Chapter 8: The First Letter
Li Yin's heart suddenly beat violently at this time. Although he had been mentally prepared, he was still a little frightened the moment that hand stretched out.
After all, I don't know if this ghost will do anything else besides taking out the letter.
"There it is!" Murong Mirage's face was suddenly full of red light, and he looked excited. Feng Yuxian, on the other hand, was more indifferent, but he was just as staring at the white hand.
Li Yin whispered to the two behind him, "I'll go get the letter, don't move." ”
In the past, if a ghost appeared in the location indicated by the blood letter, he could choose to flee immediately. However, now it is different. Not only can't you run away, you have to walk through it!
Li Yin walked down, and he didn't dare to walk too slowly, who knows how much time limit the apartment defined as "not accepting" the letter to the residents.
Coming to the door, he reached over and took the envelope. Immediately, the white hand stretched out.
It was dark in the window, and Li Yin didn't see anything clearly. After that hand reached into the darkness inside the window, Li Yin also quickly walked towards the top of the steps!
When Li Yin walked up to Murong Mirage and Feng Yuxian, both of them saw a large amount of cold sweat on his forehead.
Li Yin would rather be an ordinary blood-lettered instruction this time, and when he got the letter just now, he had a very cold feeling. Obviously, I have fallen into a trap in the design of my apartment, but even if I know it is a trap, I must get into it.
He lifted his watch and looked at it, it was, 2:35 a.m. From now on, you must give the reply to this ghost three hours later, that is, before 5:35!
"Let's go, go up there."
Hurriedly returning to the first floor and opening the door on the first floor, Li Yin looked at the dark room and stared around vigilantly. In any case, no one can guarantee that the one below is the only ghost. Also, it may appear elsewhere in this room.
When he walked to the stairs on the second floor, Li Yin said to Feng Yuxian: "Mr. Feng, please shine a flashlight, yes, thank you." ”
After Feng Yuxian took the flashlight and shone it down, Li Yin carefully looked at the envelope.
It was a very ordinary white envelope, and in the center of the envelope was written: "I am not fortunate to open it". And the handwriting ...... It's written very crookedly, and it looks like it's unsightly.
"What kind of handwriting is this......" Li Yin looked at the envelope and felt that something was wrong.
The seal of the envelope was not touched, and Li Yin took out a piece of letter paper from inside. It was a very ordinary piece of lattice letterhead, the size of A4 paper. It was similar to Li Yin's prediction, and he brought a lot of the same letter paper.
Walking to the room on the second floor and pushing the door open, Li Yin saw the telescopic iron clip next to the window at a glance. Walking to the iron clip, he squatted down, grabbed the envelope, and waved it a few times, but the envelope did not move. It seems to be clamped very tightly.
"Looks like you're going to have a lot of money to bring with you, chief." Feng Yuxian suddenly pointed to a cardboard box in the corner of the room and said, "Here, the apartment is ready for us." ”
When Li Yin and Murong Mirage heard this, they all came over and shone a flashlight, which was a thick pile of envelopes and stationery, and there were dozens of pens and five bottles of ink. One of the bottles was still red ink.
"It's really thoughtful." Li Yin looked carefully, and the envelope and stationery were exactly the same as the ones he was holding in his hand. In other words, the apartment has been in maximum hardware condition, eliminating the possibility of forged letters being discovered.
Li Yin then took the flashlight and began to read the letter carefully. Even if there is no need to forge a reply to the letter, it is very important to know the content of the letter. When it is possible to forge a letter in the future, if you miss a letter, it may become a fatal threat.
The first letter reads:
"Unfortunately:
It's been a long time since I've written to you, and it's been a long time since I've heard from you.
I miss you so much. You haven't compromised yet, have you? You still love me in your heart, right? I'm sure you'll miss me all the time. I'm going to endure it forever, no matter how much my parents disagree, no matter how much they stop it, I must be with you.
It always feels like I've been locked up in this basement for a long, long time. I can't even remember the sky and the sun, but I have never forgotten your face. You must always remember my appearance, right?
I've been wondering how I'm going to convince my parents. Now, the main opponent is still our parents, and Li Yue has always spoken for me. After all, it would be ridiculous to separate us for that reason. It's the same with you, right? I think your brother must be working this.
As long as we have the opportunity to leave here, we must go to a place where we can be most free. Even if I give up this home and all my relatives, I can't bear to be with you anyway.
You must also persevere, your persistence is my motivation.
If you compromise, then I will despair. Please be sure to insist!
In any case, please be sure to write me back. I miss you so much.
Love you so much Lyon"
"What......" Murong Mirage finished reading the letter and said, "Isn't this similar to the Korean drama lines I watched before?" It's really a lover, but what is the reason for 'that reason'? I still don't know. ”
"Looks like a very infatuated ghost." Li Yin looked at the letter, and his fear of this ghost was also reduced a little.
However, the handwriting of this letter is also extremely crooked, and it is difficult to see the extreme.
"How can you imitate this kind of handwriting...... Such an ugly word, you see, this skimming, almost two squares over, and this word, I read it for a long time before I saw that it was a ridiculous absurd word. Feng Yuxian was puzzled after reading the letter carefully: "How do we imitate ......?"
"Nope." Li Yin seemed to understand something, and said, "It's a word that's easy to imitate." ”
"Easy to imitate?"
"Have you seen the Count of Monte Cristo?" Li Yin suddenly said to the two of them.
At this time, Midnight received a text message from Li Yin. Leaving the basement, in front of the window on the second floor, she also saw Li Yin in the opposite window.
It's time to send the letter out! I hope that after the letter is delivered, a reply will be written there.
Li Yin wanted to verify whether the ghost's handwriting was the same.
Stretched the iron clamp to the longest, clamped the letter firmly, and Li Yin took the iron clamp and sent it over.
Because it was the first time to send a letter, Li Yin was also very nervous. When the other end of the clip was sent out, his eyes were fixed on the letter.
Although it is tightly clamped, will a gust of wind blow away the letter?
Luckily, the other end of the clip reached smoothly into the window of the Moonshadow Pavilion. Midnight took the letter from the clip and took it down.
"I got the letter," Bai Yu said very happily, "Great, it's over there that will send the letter first." ”
Indeed, the party receiving the letter, as long as the ghost below does not write and send the letter, does not need to think about replying to the letter. Of course, it's impossible not to write a reply all the time, but the longer the time drags on, the better.
"Okay, let's ......," Midnight said, holding the envelope, "Let's send it down there." ”
"Wait a minute." Shangguan Mian suddenly said, "Let's open the letter first and take a look at the contents." It's also better to memorize the content. Li Yin's words may not be completely serious. ”
Shangguan Mian, who has lived in the gap between life and death since he was a child, will not easily believe anyone.
Although Midnight believed in Li Yin 100% and could have called and asked again, she also felt that it was better to take a look for herself, and Li Yin might not be able to completely remember the content of the letter.
Midnight took out the letter and unfolded it to look at it carefully. After reading it, I read it to Shangguan Mian and Bai Yu.
"'That kind of reason'?" Bai Yu also noticed this: "In the first place, why did you stop two people from falling in love? ”
This point has never been found. Although there are no photos of Zeng Weixing and Ren Leon on the Internet, judging from the news description, the two are talented and beautiful, and the relationship between the two families is not bad.
I really can't think of a reason. And according to the tone of the letter, this seems to be a reason to be regarded as absurd.
"Could it be infertile?" Suddenly, Bai Yu proposed a possible surname: "For example, Miss Zeng Weixing was found to be suffering from infertility, and then, she was objected to ......"
Midnight looked at the letter again and said, "It's possible." Twenty years ago, the average Chinese family still attached great importance to inheritance. The infertility of a female surname is almost a sign that she cannot marry, and of course it may be a ridiculous reason for Ren Leon. No, in fact, it is the same now, it is difficult for ordinary families to accept a woman who cannot get pregnant as a daughter-in-law. But...... That doesn't make sense. ”
"You mean......" Bai Yu seemed to think of it as well.
"Yes." Midnight pointed to his feet and said, "In this Moon Shadow Pavilion, the attitude of Zeng Weixing's parents is a bit strange. According to the description of the news at the time, both parents were against it, and as far as the Zeng family is concerned, the daughter is infertile, and there is almost no possible surname for marrying a young man without children, and Ren Leon is so obsessed with it, he should have eaten him and desperately hoped to promote the marriage. ”
"That'...... Could it be," Bai Yu still didn't give up on his guess being overturned, after all, this reason was one of the most important pieces of information for forging a false letter in the future, and put forward a hypothesis: "Judging from the letter, Zeng Weixing is not the only daughter of the Zeng family, she also has an older brother, isn't it?" Then, the Zeng family may feel that marrying their infertile daughter to the Ren family seems to be too cruel to the Ren family, which has always been a good friend, so they oppose ......"
But when it came to the future, he himself felt that he couldn't make sense. Because he assumes that he has a daughter who cannot have children, and there is a man who is willing to love her so much that he doesn't care about it, he will never object to this marriage, and it has nothing to do with whether his daughter is only child.
"But I got the information." Midnight pointed to the name "Li Yue" on the letter and said, "Judging from the letter, Li Yue may be Ren Leon's brother and sister." In this way, a very valuable piece of information was obtained. ”
This time, the blood character, the important surname of intelligence, is not lost to the blood character of "six heads" at all. It can even be said that once the intelligence is wrong, it may bring about a devastating blow!
"Let's go deliver the letter first." Midnight looked at the fluorescent watch on his wrist and said, "Li Yin's time is only three hours, and they must immediately take the letter to the ghost ...... in the basement."
Then, the three of them walked downstairs. Bai Yu walked at the back, and his heart was really frightened. After all, there's a ghost in the basement!
Walking up the stairs to the iron door at the bottom of the basement, Midnight held the letter in both hands and walked over gradually.
The question is, how do you send a letter? If you look through the window, there is no one in there at all. Did you hold the letter and hand it to the window?
Midnight came to the iron door, stretched out his hand, and knocked on the door.
Then she took the letter to the window, and the man stepped back. If you don't come out to answer the letter...... Speaking of which, the apartment doesn't force them to deliver the letter to another ghost, so theoretically, as long as the ghost doesn't write letters, they can do nothing. Send the letter in, and the ghost inside is likely to write the letter.
However, in the current situation, the people of the Moon Shadow Pavilion will definitely not fail to hand over the letter to the ghost in the basement. Because once the ghost in the basement starts writing, he needs to reply. A reply is naturally the best true reply, so for the sake of the chain of continuous delivery of letters by both parties, this letter needs to be sent.
And Bai Yu looked at the letter he was holding in the middle of the night, and a thought suddenly flashed through his mind: It is said that there is a way to live, but it is ...... Could it be that if you don't give the letter to the ghost in it, you will be able to live? Yes, there's no evidence that the ghost in the basement would have written a letter, if not? If the demons in it don't write letters, then we don't have to do anything, don't we...... But that's just talk. Although he entered the apartment for a short time, he also knew what the relationship between Ying Ziye and Li Yin was. It was absolutely impossible for Ying Ziye to ignore Li Yin's life or death, and Bai Yu was not cold-blooded to that point.
What's more, if the ghosts inside really write letters, and no one sends them back, then they will have to keep forging replies to them. If it is discovered, the consequences will naturally be ...... Suddenly, Shangguan Mian turned his head to look at Bai Yu. Her eyes suddenly released a strong killing intent! That killing intent made Bai Yu tremble, as if the person standing in front of him was not a person, but a demon in the form of a human!
What those eyes conveyed was infinite coldness. It seems that no matter how many people are killed, there will be no trace of horror in the eyes!
Bai Yu was so frightened that he almost immediately fled, he wondered if the person in front of him was a ghost pretending!
However, suddenly she walked up to Bai Yu and whispered in his ear, "It's best not to think about something you shouldn't think. It's not just ghosts who can kill people. ”
Just locked by that look, Bai Yu felt as if he couldn't move. He suddenly thought: Who is this woman? Does she have the ability to read minds?
At this moment, suddenly, there was movement on the other side of the door.
Then, in the midst of the darkness, suddenly a somewhat thin hand was stretched out, and he grabbed the letter, and took it into the window!
Just a moment. And in the middle of the night, across the window, I still couldn't see anything.
Midnight retreated and said, "I'll stay here, and if you want to accompany me, I'll accompany you, and if you don't want to accompany, go to the second floor and wait for the letter." ”
"I'll stay here." Shangguan Mian leaned against the wall indifferently, staring at the door in front of him.
Bai Yu saw that the two of them stayed here, and wherever they dared to go up, they could only stay. Thinking that there was a ghost not far from him, he was also very frightened in his heart.
"Don't overthink it." Midnight said, "As long as you find a way to live, you will definitely be able to live." Absolutely. ”
She looked at her watch again. Li Yin sent a text message saying that he would reply by 5:35.
Until then...... Will I receive a reply? If you can't receive it, you'll have to forge a reply based on what you just said.
"There's a passage in The Count of Monte Cristo." In the Crown Pavilion, Li Yin said to Feng Yuxian and Murong Mirage: "At that time, the protagonist Edmund was imprisoned, and the Elder Faria he met saw through the tricks of the person who framed him in the first place, that is...... Use your left hand to write a whistleblower letter. ”
"I've seen the Count of Monte Cristo." Feng Yuxian recalled it and said, "But I don't remember this paragraph." ”
"The Count of Monte Cristo" is Li Yin's favorite world masterpiece when he was a student, so many details of the book are remembered very clearly.
"Left-handed letters, everyone's handwriting is almost the same, except for left-handers, of course." Li Yin continued: "In other words, the apartment also helped us solve the 'handwriting' problem. These two ghosts, all of them...... Left-handed letters. This should be the limit imposed by the apartment. ”
"So...... We only need to write a reply with our left hand to prevent the handwriting from being recognized! ”
"Isn't it?" Feng Yuxian was a little difficult to accept: "We are all right-handed, and we write letters with our left hand...... It's too difficult, and it's a question of whether you can write it or not. ”
"I can write it." Li Yin took out a pen and letter paper and said, "It doesn't matter how ugly the words are, as long as they are written." ”
Then, Li Yin held the pen in his left hand, put the letter paper on the wall, and began to write.
Writing with the left hand is really hard work for right-handers. However, when Li Yin finished writing and handed the letter to the two, the two found that it was indeed written with their left hand...... It's impossible to distinguish handwriting at all!
(To be continued)