Chapter 190: Approaching the Gods (12)
Gently push open the door covered with talismans.
Because there has been no ventilation for a long time, the smell of paper, books and mold is coming.
Liu Sheng could also smell a faint smell of blood.
[Be careful, the weird thing is still inside, just hidden. 】The world reminded her.
The little tentacle also said that the aura inside was very mixed, and there was more than one strange thing.
Of course Liu Sheng also knew that it was dark inside Zhizhai, and there seemed to be something lurking in the darkness, eager to peek at her.
【Don't you have a way to directly calculate where it is? 】
【Once it involves strange objects, all information is chaotic, so I cannot directly deduce it and need more information. 】
Liu Sheng nodded, indicating that he understood.
Stepping on the paper under his feet, small tentacles poked out and looked around.
Zhizhai's store is not spacious, with a counter and bookshelves on three walls. There is not even a back room, which can be seen at a glance.
The monster hasn't appeared yet, so let's just check to see if there's anything she needs.
【What are we looking for? 】
[Map, history books, county annals, mountain and river annals. 】
If you are new here, this is the fastest way to get to know the place.
Liu Sheng just wanted to use his little tentacles to quickly browse the books on the bookshelf using the old trick, but the world stopped him.
[Be careful and read them one by one. The rules of the strange things here are not yet clear. 】
It does make sense. What if one of the strange things here appears every time a book is drawn?
At least now, when all the books are still on the shelves, the monster has not appeared.
So, Liu Sheng carefully asked the little tentacle to look at the top of the bookshelf, only wanting to read the title of the first book on the surface.
However, all the books were placed with their covers facing down, so Liu Sheng had to take out one and turn it over.
The Four Books and Five Classics are of no use. She was not taking the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty in this era.
I picked out one book from each shelf on the bookshelf and read four books in total. I can confirm that these books are all the Four Books and Five Classics.
So Liu Sheng quickly moved to the next bookshelf to reduce the number of trials and errors.
The cover of this book had some black and red stains, and the title was blurred. She had to hold it in front of her eyes to see it clearly.
However, as she took the book closer and closer, she suddenly felt something brushing above her head.
She didn't dare to raise her head, so she looked up little by little with her small tentacles.
I saw a pair of shoe soles dangling in the darkness above my head.
Looking further up, the toes of the shoes were holding a drooping face, facing Liu Sheng below.
The upper half of his face was covered in black hair, while the lower half of his face was extremely pale, with a long purple-red tongue sticking out.
Next to it, there is another pair of shoe soles, and a little further over, there is another pair...
Liu Sheng counted carefully, and there were now five people hanging on the small shop floor. In other words, there were five people hanging there. things.
It exactly corresponds to the five times she drew the book.
So, every time she takes out a book, a hanging trick will fall out?
However, now that the strange thing has appeared, it’s time for the world to analyze it.
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[Name: Diaosigui]
[Analysis completion: 100%]
[Effect description: Comes with a book It's a good value for money, and it won't let you read. Also, don’t let it ride on your shoulders. 】
[Influence level: C]
[Analysis and evaluation: The shopkeeper of Zhilizhai assured these scholars that if they buy his book, they will come with secret books, and they will definitely pass the imperial examination. As a result, they failed in the exams many times and their money was cheated. The young ladies and maids they met on the way to the exams abandoned them, so the scholars hung themselves in Zhiliao Zhai one after another. Remember, the exam is just an exam. If it doesn't work, selling sausages is another way. 】
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So, the prerequisite for launching an attack is that she opens it and reads it?
Fortunately, the world reminded her.
She looked above her head with her little tentacles and tentatively brought the book in her hand a little closer.
Sure enough, the feet on the head dropped a little more.
No wonder she didn't notice it just now.
There is an invisible thread pulling between the book and the strange thing. No wonder it is called "suspicious thing".
【Are you sure it's not for other reasons? 】
[Ahem, don’t say indecent words. 】However, this also gave Liu Sheng some hints.
So Liu Sheng no longer picked up the whole book, but only lifted it slightly until he saw the title of the book. He stopped when he saw shoes appearing on the beams. Reach down to the next bookshelf.
Up to the last bookshelf, no matter how many books are pulled out, these hanging legs will no longer appear.
At this time, if anyone looked up at the roof of Zhizhai Zhai, they would probably be scared out of their wits.
Because above the roof, there are more than a dozen pairs of black shadows hanging down in shallow depths. In the shallower ones, only the shoes are visible, and in the deeper ones, even the hanging heads can be seen.
But Liu Sheng knew that it would not appear again in the future.
Based on the analysis results, these clueless people should have hanged themselves because they bought exam-related books and failed in the exam.
Therefore, the grievances of these strange creatures are related to the examination books, and the miscellaneous books Liu Sheng is looking for are not among them.
General bookstores place imperial examination books and miscellaneous books in separate categories, so Liu Sheng can rest assured to find books.
...
When Liu Sheng left Zhiliao Zhai, he was holding several books in his hands.
One was a map of Xuansanjiu City. The strange thing was that when she tried to find a map other than the unit "city", she couldn't find it.
A county chronicle, a handbook found under the counter that should have been written by the shopkeeper, and three story books.
[That’s all. What’s going on in the script? Don’t read idle books during the exam! 】
Liu Sheng objected.
[The best way to understand the local customs, culture and customs is of course to read the story books! 】
This statement is true and righteous, but it is also somewhat unreasonable.
"Congratulations, candidate Xuan 39... Huh? Why are you congratulating me?"
As soon as the world released the "Examination Assistant", there was a certain mechanism immediately The "little assistant" who was still confused was triggered.
After being stuck for a moment, the "little assistant" suddenly realized.
"Oh, congratulations, candidate No. 39 Xuan!"
"Successfully passed the "Cicada Story"!"
"Congratulations, you have become the No. 39 candidate!" A candidate who passed the weird story received an item reward: "Holy Water""
Liu Sheng put away the extra bottle in his hand and pressed the item that was about to pop up.
【Already introduced! 】
【No more pop-ups! 】
At this moment, a trembling female voice suddenly sounded across the street.
"Girl... did you come out of Zhi... Zhi...?"
Liu Sheng took a look and saw that it was an aunt who had just picked up a load of sweet potatoes to sell. The person on the other side looked at her in horror, as if she had seen something strange.
"You mean Zhizhai Zhai, right?" Liu Sheng smiled lightly, "Yes, I just went in."
"Are you... not afraid?" The aunt felt even more excited when she heard her admission. Incredible.
"Wait, are you a human or a liar?" She quietly put down her burden, wondering if she should prepare to escape.
Liu Sheng couldn't help laughing when he saw the aunt's reaction.
If it is a monster, how can it admit it? It is even possible that the death rule will be triggered because of these words until the identity.
But people at this time did not have this understanding of strange things, so the mortality rate was extremely high.
Liu Sheng shook his head: "Aunt, of course I am a human being."
"I heard... others said that it is extremely scary here. The shopkeeper died a few days ago, and so did the customers. , blood and intestines flowing All over the ground... Later, the people from the county government came in and turned into strange things..."
"Why, are you okay?" The aunt's lips trembled, but she looked at Liu Sheng steadily. There was a faint hope in his eyes.
"Because, I have the protection of God." Liu Sheng clenched his right fist close to his left chest, looked up at the sky, and said with a pious expression.
[The appearance of the magic stick is there. 】
"God?" The aunt looked dejected and murmured, "What kind of god can protect us now? What kind of god? Everyone has prayed for it and drank a lot of talismans, but it's useless. Ah..."
(End of this chapter)