I can keep you until the fifth watch [unlimited] verse 56
Bu Jiuzhao didn't seem to be afraid, and the few participants who were sitting behind Bu Jiuzhao and he could also see the red-clothed water ghost approaching step by step almost held their breath, but Bu Jiuzhao was still as steady as Mount Tai, and his body didn't shake for a moment.
After the red-clothed water ghost got close enough, he finally movedβBu Jiuzhao raised his right arm, pointed at Gao He with his hand in the dim night, and said, "Gao Wan, your brother Gao He has come to see you." β
As soon as the words fell, the red-clothed water ghost suddenly turned around and rushed in the direction of Gao He.
Bu Jiuzhao Xie Yinxue didn't expect this trick, because there is a folk saying: When walking in the wild at night, don't call your partner's real name, otherwise if you are heard by a dirty thing, that thing will entangle you.
And although Gao He revealed his name to everyone just now, he really didn't expect Bu Jiuzhao to use it against himself - after all, ordinary people saw this kind of scene, either they were so frightened that they didn't dare to speak, or they screamed like Li Luming, Yu Qinwen and Duan Ying to attract all the attention of the red-clothed water ghosts.
As a result, Bu Jiuzhao did not play cards according to common sense, Gao He did not have such a good concentration as Bu Jiuzhao, where could he be calm and calm as he watched the red-clothed water ghost run towards him? So he yelled, "Damn! Then he pulled out his leg and ran.
He fled in a hurry, he didn't bring anything except a handful of lit incense sticks in his hand, the straw was thrown on the riverbank, and the other remaining incense sticks in the burden were still there, Xie Yinxue was still thinking about whether to steal some incense and come back and light it to continue to pretend to be a land god, so that it would be safer, and suddenly heard someone shouting from the left rear: "Let's run quicklyββ! β
As soon as the words fell, the sound of cloth rubbing and walking around sounded, as if someone had really begun to run away with these words.
Man is a very herd creature, especially in times of crisis, and not all of them are capable of being assertive. When someone tells them to run away, they will be moved; In the same way, when Xie Yinxue shouted in a low voice, "Sit and don't move!" There are also people who stop all movements for a moment.
But it was too late, Xie Yinxue heard several footsteps and ran away, and in such a short moment, the red-clothed water ghost floated back again.
Xie Yinxue could only keep the posture of the straw above her head and stay in place, letting the red-clothed water ghost wander around them.
However, this female ghost looked terrifying, but in fact, if they did not move and did not make a sound, the red-clothed water ghost would not harm them, but just knelt down and kowtowed in front of them one by one, as if they really regarded them as land gods.
It wasn't until the dawn of the sky that the red-clothed water ghost stopped kowtowing, slowly walked to the bridge deck, and jumped headfirst into the riverβrepeating the last act of his life.
Xie Yinxue looked at the figure of the red-clothed water ghost submerged in the river, and then put down the straw on her head and stood up and looked back to check the number of participants.
Although he was seriously ill, Xie Yinxue was sure that he had no hearing problems other than dying: he did hear the footsteps of someone running away last night, but after Xie Yinxue nodded his head, he suddenly found that all the participants were here, and no one was missing.
It's not right.
"But, can you move?"
Liao Xinyang saw that Xie Yinxue got up and stood up, and the sky seemed to be bright, so he asked Xie Yinxue in a trembling voice. But although he spoke, Liao Xinyang still didn't take off the straw above his head.
Xie Yinxue said, "Yes." β
After listening to Xie Yinxue's words, the others breathed a sigh of relief and put down the straw above their heads, and at the same time lay on the ground regardless of the image and rubbed their numb and sore legs that had been coiled all night.
Xie Yinxue lowered her eyes slightly, her gaze wandering over their faces.
So Xie Yinxue found that Li Luming's first reaction was to go to see the people who entered the copy with her, and after seeing that the teacher and classmates and friends were there, she cautiously asked Yu Qinwen: "Which people ran away last night?" I heard someone running away. β
"I heard that, too." Yu Qinwen's eyes widened, pointed to her arm and said, "There are still people who pull my arm and want me to run with him." β
"Me too!" Duan Ying also mixed into the topic when she heard this, "But my legs were numb at the time, and I was ......."
Speaking of this, Duan Ying secretly glanced at Xie Yinxue.
In fact, Xie Yinxue's "sit and don't move" tone last night was very fierce, which scared her into a daze, and when she came back to her senses, the red-clothed water ghost had already returned, and she didn't dare to run around.
After Li Luming waited for the numbness in her legs to finally ease and she was able to stand up, she lowered her head and thanked him in front of Li Hong: "Li Hong, thank you, if it weren't for you, I might have died last night." β
"It's no good to run around in that situation, don't run around in the future." Li Hong wanted to scold them, but Li Luming was the girl he liked, and he couldn't say anything too heavy in the face of her, so he grabbed his head and said, "And you should thank Mr., not me." β
When the three girls heard this, they all walked up to Xie Yinxue with their heads down and thanked him, their eyes were red, and they seemed to be frightened, hoping that this time they really remembered the lesson.
Xie Yinxue wasn't angry with them at all, after all, they were the ones who died in the accident and not themselves, if they really ran away last night, the people they could harm were themselves, and they had nothing to do with others.
Besides, it was normal for them to react like that last night, some girls are just timid, and they are easy to panic when they encounter a situation, and girls like Chen Yun, who is extremely adaptable in the first copy, are a minority after all.
They are not Su Xunlan's kind of pretending to be innocent and not causing trouble, but in fact, they are the biggest trouble, Xie Yinxue already thinks it is very good.
So in the end, Xie Yinxue just told them gently: "It's dangerous here, you must know that your life is only loved by you, I can save you last night, and next time I won't be so lucky." β
The three girls nodded again: "We remember, Mr. Xie." β
"That's right." Xie Yinxue pursed her lips and asked softly, "You said last night that someone grabbed your hand and wanted to take you to escape?" β
"Hmm!" Duan Ying raised her head to look at Xie Yinxue, and rolled up her sleeve to show Xie Yinxue, his hand was so strong that it hurt me. β
"That's right." Hearing this, Li Hong also lifted his sleeves and exposed his wrists, "Look at Mr. Xie, I was also pulled." β
Seeing this, the others gathered one after another, only to see that Duan Ying, Li Hong, and Li Luming and their group had a few dark finger marks on their wrists or arms, not like the bruises left after being pulled by gravity, but as if they were drawn with charcoal, but no matter how they rubbed them with their hands, these marks could not be rubbed off.
Another girl, Ying Yishui, said strangely: "Why haven't I been pulled?" β
Xu Lu also said: "I wasn't pulled either, but I also heard the footsteps." β
In this way, everyone heard the footsteps, but only some of them were pulled.
"And who told us to run away last night? If Mr. Xie hadn't said don't move, I would have almost run away. Liao Xinyang got angry at the mention of footsteps, "Isn't this harmful?" The female ghost in the back turned back again, and if we did run away, we might have died. β
It was dark last night, but all the participants present had their own unique voices, such as Xie Yinxue was gentle, and Bu Jiuzhao was low, so that when the two of them spoke last night, even if they couldn't see their faces clearly, they could instantly hear that they were talking.
But the sound that made them run fast was so unfamiliar that it was difficult to distinguish where it came from.
At this time, Xie Yinxue took Li Hong's arm and said, "This mark on your hand is called a ghost scratch." This kind of bruise will be left after being caught by a ghost, and it will take a while for it to gradually disappear. β
Li Hong swallowed his saliva when he heard this, and was speechless.
The others were also stunned, and at the same time, there was endless fear in their hearts - the "run" and messy footsteps last night were not made by the participants, but ...... Ghost?
"This turned out to be a typical supernatural copy." Lu Ling frowned and looked not very good-looking, looked at the sky and said, "It's almost dawn, let's go back to the village house first." β
They stayed under the bridge all night and didn't return all night, and they didn't know what they would be scolded by Min Yuandan when they went back now.
In fact, when they returned to the village house, as soon as they stepped into the courtyard, they were scolded by Min Yuandan pointing at the tip of their noses and scolding them with "decaying boy", Min Yuandan did not allow them to go back to the room to make up for sleep, and insisted that they take the script and quickly memorize the lines to practice the big play in order to prepare for the evening rehearsal.
Not sleeping for a night has no effect on Xie Yinxue, and the same is true for Liu Buhua.
What's more, Xie Yinxue has an excellent memory, so he wrote down all the lines after reading the script, and chatted with Liu Buhua on the side: "This copy is not bad, there seem to be a lot of ghosts, it would be better if Morberd could come, and it would save me from taking him to play a game of summoning ghosts." β
"yes, and there's the Lady in Red." Liu Buhua also held the script and said, "It's a pity that the hair is too long and I can't see the face." β
But the others weren't in the same good mood as the two of them.
Everyone thought they could ask for any clues about the swimming spot from Gao He last night, but it was a dangerous trap, and Yang Ruolan and Xue Sheng's marriage didn't find out what was wrong, and they almost put their lives into it.
As soon as they thought of this, they wished that Gao He, who had slipped away last night, was chased and killed by the red-clothed water ghost.
Unexpectedly, when Min Yuandan took them to familiarize themselves with the stage that had been built, everyone met Gao He again on the road.
Xu Chen couldn't swallow this breath, and when he saw Gao He, he shouted at everyone with wide eyes: "That dog mongrel is here!" β
No one understands how Gao He survived in a situation like last night, and Gao He saw them like a mouse seeing a cat, slipping faster than anyone else, and ran away as soon as he let go, and everyone couldn't find a shadow if they wanted to.
"Why don't we ask a few villagers about him?" Seeing this, Li Hong proposed, "Is that water ghost in the river last night really his sister?" That's too ...... Scary, right? β
Lu Ling scolded in a low voice and said, "I should find someone to ask, Yang Ruolan and Xue Sheng's situation can't be investigated, maybe he can be a breakthrough." β
Lu Ling didn't plan to take care of too many things at first, and was only ready to honestly act in accordance with the rules given by the guide NPC, but this copy guide NPC Min Yuandan was too unreliable, just like his money-loving philistine character, Min Yuandan was even stingy with clues, no matter what they asked, Min Yuandan just let them be nosy, honestly rehearse and sing, and wait for the wedding to end.
But can this really clear the customs?
Lu Ling didn't want to fold his life in this copy, he saw that none of the newcomers in this copy were capable, and there was even a Bu Jiuzhao among the old people who could stand by and watch more than him, and felt that if he didn't do anything again, he might really die, and he could only stand up and lead everyone to find clues.
It just so happened that Min Yuandan only let them memorize their lines and practice playing during the day, but did not restrict their freedom, which gave everyone a chance to walk around and find out about the situation with the villagers.
Everyone took advantage of the lunch break to find an old man who looked kind-looking, and Li Luming, who looked the weakest and quietest, stepped forward and asked: "This old man, we are from the Golden Ingot Troupe, and you also know that we are here this time to help the marriage of the Xue and Yang families, so do you know that Yang Ruolan and Xue Sheng have a good relationship?" β
"Okay, the two of them have the best relationship." The old man was old, and when he saw that Li Luming was about the same as his granddaughter, he had a kind face and answered all her questions, "The people in our Qingfeng Village think that it is not easy for the two of them to be together." β
The answer is exactly the same as what other villagers say.
So Li Luming asked again: "Then how could Gao He say that the marriage between the two of them can't be completed?" β
"How did you end up with this street boy?" When the old man heard Gao He's name, he frowned, "Ouch, you should stay away from him, although he is honest, this person is not a good thing, he has no interest at all, and he is angry with his parents, it's really damned." Sister, you look so beautiful, be careful that Gao He beats your idea! β
Li Luming glanced back, looked at Lu Ling's mouth shape and continued to ask, "Uncle, what about his sister Gao Wan?" β
The old man didn't answer Li Luming directly, but asked her: "Gao Wan?" What do you ask her to do? β
Li Luming smiled and said, "...... Just curious. β
"It's also a good baby, but it's a little tougher, and it was gone last year, pitiful." The old man sighed, shook his head with his right hand, and sighed again, "If she doesn't die, Gao He can still have the money to marry a daughter-in-law, but now it's good, no one can marry her, she deserves it!" β
The old man probably hates Gao He very much, and mentioning him is all kinds of belittling and downfall.
The people who were cheated by Gao He last night agreed very much with the old man's words, but the situation on Gao He's side was indeed better than that of Yang Ruolan and Xue Sheng, and he pulled a villager at random on the road, and got a lot of clues, such as: Gao He needs to rely on Gao Wan to have money to marry a daughter-in-law.
Li Hong and Liao Xinyang, who are also men, were more surprised, and couldn't help complaining: "How many unpromising men need to rely on their sisters to marry daughters-in-law?" β
As soon as this sentence came out, Duan Ying looked at Xu Chen - before entering the dungeon, she and Xu Chen had some problems in their relationship, and the two quarreled a lot, although they didn't quarrel anymore after entering the dungeon, it didn't mean that the problem between them was solved.
Li Luming, Yu Qinwen and Li Hong all thought that she and Xu Chen quarreled because they bumped into evil on the top floor of Wenxin Building. But the truth actually has nothing to do with Wen Xinlou, and the incident of Wen Xinlou is just the fuse that detonates the problem that the two of them can't reconcile.
The real crux of their problem: Xu Chen has two older sisters, and he is the third child in their family.
The patriarchal phenomenon in Xu Chen's family is very serious, and the most troublesome thing is that his two sisters and mother are all poisoned by this kind of thinking, Duan Ying is very suffocated as long as she thinks of living in such a family after marrying Xu Chen.
But now it doesn't make sense to think about these things, Xie Yinxue said that once they enter this game, they must clear the level, otherwise they will die; Even if they clear the customs, they only have one month to live, and they need to continue to enter the dungeon and then clear the customs to live.
Those who enter the game are people who are dying, perhaps this is the retribution for them to explore the darkness and continue to die, because those who stare into the abyss are also being gazed at by the abyss.
Thinking of this, Duan Ying withdrew her gaze from looking at Xu Chen and sighed softly.
As a result, her actions seemed to provoke Xu Chen's sensitive nerves, and Xu Chen suddenly asked her: "What do you see me doing?" β
Shocked by Xu Chen's tone, Duan Ying looked up in a daze, and as soon as she met Xu Chen's eyes, she heard him say, "You also think I'm useless?" β
"Xu Chen." Duan Ying was speechless, she spread her hands and said, "I didn't say anything." β
Xu Chen laughed twice: "Hehe." β
The inexplicable quarrel between the two of them made everyone look at them in amazement, Duan Ying felt panicked on his face, so he said to Xu Chen: "I don't want to quarrel with you now, we have more important things to do." β
"Yes, no one here cares if you're good or not." Bu Jiuzhao either didn't speak, or what he said at the beginning was not very good, he glanced at Xu Chen coldly, and said indifferently, "It's impossible for the villagers here to ask for any news related to Yang Ruolan and Xue Sheng, we have to go directly to Xue and Yang to have a look." β
It would be better to see Xue Sheng or Yang Ruolan directly.
But after the people and villagers asked where the Xue and Yang families were and how to go, they felt that it was unlikely that they would be able to see Xue Sheng or Yang Ruolan on the way, and the result was really like this-
Although the lanterns were hung high outside the door of the Xue family, and the red silk was tied to the beams, the gate was closed tightly, and they knocked on the door and said that they wanted to see Xue Sheng, the young master of Xue, but they were stopped by the slaves of the Xue family, and they couldn't even step into the door.
Liao Xinyang even decided: "No one is allowed to see it, this is definitely tired!" β
Liu Buhua thought about it and gave everyone a suggestion: "Then let's go over the wall and go in?" β
Before the words fell, Xie Yinxue's clear voice came: "No need to go in." β
When the crowd followed the sound, they saw a young man in a snow-colored coat standing by the road with his back to them, not knowing what he was looking at.
Liu Buhua walked up to him and asked, "Godfather, what are you doing?" β
Xie Yinxue bowed her head slightly, pointed to the road with her chin and said, "Look at the road." β