Just out of the gate of the ancient house.

Xie Chen exhaled.

For the situation just now, to say that you will not be nervous is absolutely false.

But there is one more thing that Xie Chen has already figured out.

The reason why the pocket watch just reacted was all because of the existence of the paper matchmaker.

It doesn't have much to do with my mother-in-law and the ancient house.

This also indirectly proves that in this copy, the biggest threat to himself is the paper matchmaker.

It's just that even the wedding invitation at the beginning was sent by it, but the final spearhead was all pointed at it.

What are the pros and cons of this?

The tighter the time, the more urgent this matter becomes.

This is also Xie Chen's next goal.

"It's just that the danger factor is too great......"

To find out the identity of the paper matchmaker, it is estimated that it is difficult to find out the identity of the paper matchmaker.

Xie Chen was temporarily renovated in a small pavilion some distance from the old house.

Not long after, the welcoming team was also sent out by the old steward.

After coming out of the ancient mansion, the paper figures floated in the air one by one.

Xie Chen stared at them intently, and these beings were tantamount to real people in the strange world.

But at least from Xie Chen's point of view, they are real paper figures.

I even suspect that among these paper figures, there may be a paper matchmaker herself.

It's a pity that after staring at them completely disappearing at the intersection of another road, there is still nothing to be found.

The group of paper figures walked numbly towards the front all the time.

Xie Chen still remembers that direction, which is towards the wedding shop.

It's a good thing they didn't go to their own white shop, otherwise it would be a big murder.

Xie Chen rubbed his eyebrows, a little embarrassed whether to follow the past now.

Maybe you can also meet a paper matchmaker?

Forget it......

Xie Chen shook his head, anyway, there is still a day and a half to go, and the paper matchmaker can delay a little longer.

The most important place is the exploration of the ancient house.

Since my mother-in-law's room is on the first floor, whose room is the room on the second floor?

I don't know why, as the time to get closer to the end of the dungeon, the more uncomfortable Xie Chen feels.

The level of danger is even increasing.

To put it bluntly, so far, nearly eighty percent of the ideas are their own subjective assumptions, and in this strange world, you need to be able to confirm your own ideas, and you need to be hard enough.

Otherwise, if you guess incorrectly once, you will die without a place to be buried.

If the latest inferences are correct, then the information we have now is enough to subvert Xie Chen's cognition.

Who would have thought that in this copy, the wedding has nothing to do with themselves.

His identity as a groom is only valid for the bride in red.

But in the definition of this copy, she is already a dead person.

Only "living people" can attend the wedding.

Only those who appear as dead creatures are considered living people in the dungeon.

In addition to the wedding procession, it is the wife who has become a paper man, and it is the bride of this wedding.

……

On the other hand, the tattered doll is considered a mother-in-law.

But why did it appear in the form of a doll?

Could it be......

In the subconscious, the wife imagines all the characters that she wants her mother to have on the doll, so that it will become the embodiment of the mother image of this wedding?

That's pretty much it for the first two, and then all that's left is who the groom will be......

Alas.

Xie Chen sighed, according to the current situation, it is true that the deeper he explores, the more troublesome it is.

Seeing the old steward walking back to the inner courtyard of the ancient mansion, Xie Chen also slowly twisted his neck and quietly followed.

When I came to the old house again. The gate has been shut.

Originally, only the door inside the ancient mansion was closed, but the outer door was never closed.

Xie Chen was a little speechless.

It is estimated that the mother-in-law of the white cheongsam specially instructed the housekeeper, and it seems that the stinky girl really thinks she is a pervert.

But it doesn't matter, it's a big deal.

As soon as I was at the pavilion, I had already cleaned up all the confetti on my body.

Now, even if people see it, they won't say that they are covered in blood.

Xie Chen grabbed the railing of the iron gate with one hand, and moved up directly with both feet.

Fortunately, the iron gate railing on top of this is a semi-circular arc, and there are no spikes or barbs.

Otherwise, every step of Xie Chen's eyes will hurt to death.

This scene reminded him of the school-wide announcement of skipping class in high school before.

That's a real social death.

After all, he has a "criminal record", and Xie Chen's movements are called skilled, and he directly turned over the gate of the courtyard of the ancient house with three strokes and five divisions by two.

Those wreaths, as well as burnt paper pots and palanquins, were placed in the courtyard.

In addition, the original atmosphere of the ancient house was not good, but now it looks even more terrible.

Xie Chen exhaled and forced himself to calm down for the time being.

After all, I am impetuous, and I can't calm down my mind later, and when I encounter something, I guess I can't even bend my brain.

I walked down the flowerbed to the side of the old house.

Xie Chen looked at the passage leading to the window of his room, and after hesitating for a while, he still didn't think about going over to take a look again.

That's too dangerous.

It's better to go straight into the ancient house.

Xie Chen slowly put his ears on the door of the ancient mansion, pricking up his ears and quietly listening to the movement inside.

After a long while.

The ancient mansion was still very silent, and there was not even the slightest sound.

Xie Chen's expression was full of doubt.

So many things have just happened, and the old housekeeper has only returned to the ancient mansion for a while, and it is impossible for the mother-in-law of the white cheongsam not to explain anything.

But even if he had doubts, Xie Chen didn't want to wait any longer, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he gently opened the door of the ancient mansion.

There was a loud squeak that echoed around the old house.

Xie Chen's whole person was a spirit.

What's the difference between that and putting on a horn and telling everyone that someone is coming?

But now, as a thief, he has no choice but to resign himself to fate.

The sandalwood door of the ancient mansion slowly opened, and Xie Chen involuntarily held his breath, his eyes open as big as he wanted.

At the front of the aisle of the ancient house, a wedding dress slowly ripples lightly.

Xie Chen also sighed in his heart, it's over......

The bride in red......

Xie Chen just looked at her blankly.

The eyes of the two just looked at each other, and neither of them made any movement.

This made Xie Chen feel uncomfortable all over, and it couldn't be described as uncomfortable.

Whew......

A crisp and heavy voice sounded, like footsteps, and it was burned into Xie Chen's heart little by little.

The bride in red in front of her is also getting farther and farther away with the footsteps, thus becoming more and more unreal.

Wrong!

Xie Chen rubbed his eyes, confirming that the scene in front of him still existed.

Immediately, he slapped himself in the face twice.

The hot feeling on his face made Xie Chen can't help but sober up a little.

These are also hallucinations.

The body of the bride in red in front of her quickly dissipated, and then turned into a puppet with strings, and just collapsed in place.

Xie Chen immediately ran up, and the puppet on the ground was dressed in a bride's costume, but its delicate figure was matched with a messy face.

There are extremely obvious scratches engraved on it, which is shocking.

"Who is this from?"

Xie Chen gasped, what kind of thing is this kind of puppeteer and leather painter, in his own opinion, the most disgusting, whether it is a movie or a legend, he has heard a lot.

They are inseparable from curses and dead people.

If it was in the real world, then Xie Chen could still laugh and scold, go to your feudal superstition.

But now, it's a weird and irrational world of weird talk.

I can't say anything......

Xie Chen muttered to himself: "Could it be that in this copy, there is really such a disgusting thing that has not yet appeared, right?" ”

Just as Xie Chen was about to take his eyes off the puppet, he was surprised to find that the words engraved on his face happened to turn around to form several words.

"I don't want to die."

Xie Chen's whole person paused.

This thing...... It can't be left by his fiancée, right?

Even with such a question in his heart, Xie Chen still took a deep breath and tried to keep himself calm.

An ethereal song rang out.

Slowly wandering in Xie Chen's mind.

"It told me it loved me."

"It laughs and says, you're a burden."

"It won't leave me."

"I can't live without it."

"It pounced on me."

"It left me."

"I can't live without it."

"I love you..."

Xie Chen shuddered, and his vision became a little blurred.

But it may also be because the light level of the old house has decreased.

The crack in the door of my mother-in-law's room revealed a faint light.

The bridal puppet at the foot of the pavilion also disappeared as the song stopped.

Xie Chen slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

The weirdness did not come, this may be a hint from his wife to himself.

Who is "it"?

Xie Chen's brows furrowed, although this matter is complicated, but in fact, it seems to be similar to what he thinks.

Not much in and out.

Xie Chen walked towards the hall with steps, this time the pace was a little faster, and he now needed to see what the "mother-in-law" had become.

Just after Xie Chen stepped into the wide main hall.

The candles were almost extinguished.

Only one or two remained.

Under such dim light, Xie Chen began to look around.

After making sure that there were no tables or leather chairs, he slowly walked towards the hanger from earlier.

A mass of unknown things was hung on it, completely devoid of the previous doll's appearance.

Xie Chen turned his perspective to the front, and the whole person was taken aback.

The doll had only half a leg left, and the other half had all disappeared without a trace.

The cotton on the lower half of the body was emptied, and only the shriveled shell of the lower body remained.

On the doll's face, the cracks and cuts could still be seen in the dust, but now it was pitch black, and it was no longer visible what it should be.

Xie Chen's heart hung in the air, and a strong sense of unease followed.

Does this mean that this spiritual sustenance has become more and more blurred in his wife's thoughts?

As the time of marriage drew closer, the situation of the wife became worse and worse.

Xie Chen rubbed his head and looked at the second floor of the ancient mansion.

It's pitch black up there.

Compared to the first floor, there is not even a single candle fire.

It can be said that it is extremely cold.

But what exactly is up there, how many rooms are there, Xie Chen himself is not clear.

Under the search in the cabinet in the main hall.

Xie Chen also found some pastries, candles and lamps.

These things are extremely useful things for Xie Chen.

After trimming it a little and filling his stomach, Xie Chen also lit the lamp in his hand.

The time that passes becomes faster and faster as I explore more deeply.

After nightfall, it darkens outside, and the brightness of the first floor gets darker and darker, not to mention the visibility on the second floor.

Xie Chen took a deep breath and stepped out of the stairs.

A voice came from behind him.

"When are you going to take Li'er home?"