Chapter 177 Chess (a warning: your knight is gone)
“What are the rules?” Cheng Yu asked doubtfully.
The gloomy young man looked at the darkness behind him, his eyes were lowered and his voice was dull:
"The rules of the theater troupe are that in the backstage, what ends up depends on what comes up. Generally speaking, it is not a drama. Members of the troupe are not allowed to enter the backstage, especially when the troupe starts singing.”
"But these are all about the theater troupes outside. It's different here. Here we can enter the backstage, and when we enter the backstage, we are equivalent to the people who are going to die. So when I saw those ghosts just now, I directly chose Give way, let them pass, because those who come off must give way to those who come on.”
"And as long as we give in, those evil spirits will not attack us. This can be said to be the rules of the troupe."
Hearing the explanation of the shadowy young man, Cheng Yu and the woman immediately understood what was going on. , but one problem was solved, and a new one popped up:
"Then why, after those evil ghosts passed, did we run so fast? Aren't you afraid that we might accidentally trigger some taboo? ?”
The gloomy young man looked at the woman who asked the question, looking at her like a wise man looking at a fool, while Cheng Yu had a thoughtful look in his eyes. Suddenly he seemed to have thought of something, and turned to look in the direction he came from. :
"Generally speaking, only after one play has been sung and it is the turn of another play, will someone come on the stage, and only after the people from the previous play have left the stage and the stage is vacated will the stage be vacated. It’s someone else’s turn to perform.”
Speaking of this, Cheng Yu did not continue speaking, and the expression on his face was very solemn. After hearing Cheng Yu's words, the woman's pupils shrank and her mouth opened:
"That is, He said that there will be evil ghosts coming off the stage, and these evil ghosts will not stop attacking us just because we make way for them, so you just run away. "
Hearing the woman's words, the Yinyi young man was noncommittal, but nodded and said:
"That's it, there are no such rules for the dead ghosts, so once we encounter the dead ghosts, we will be 100% Will be attacked."
The Yinyi young man's voice was very calm, and Cheng Yu and the woman's pupils shrank.
The shadowy young man withdrew his sight from the darkness and turned to look at the wooden door in front of him. This was the end of the corridor. As long as they passed here, they could reach the hall. If nothing else happened, their task would be easy.
"Go in later, don't touch anything, don't make noise, don't run, just walk at a normal speed."
After saying that, the shadowy young man opened the door to the room. Taking the lead and walking in, looking at the shadowy young man who entered the room directly, Cheng Yu and the woman turned their eyes slightly, followed without saying a word, and went in.
Creak
After the three people entered the room, the door closed automatically, footsteps sounded in the corridor, and five opera ghosts in costumes slowly appeared from the darkness.
As long as they slow down a little bit, they will encounter these evil ghosts directly. It can be said that the time is just right.
In the room, the three of them looked at the boxes stacked on both sides. On each box was a bowl of rice with chopsticks inserted. On the other side, there was a wooden shelf with painted face masks hanging on it. .
Red, white, green, black, colorful, thirty-six in total, filling the shelves.
The Yin Ying young man looked at the scene at the door of the room, his pupils shrank, and he whispered to Cheng Yu and the other two:
“Go quickly, don’t touch these things, and try to stay away from them. .”
After hearing the reminder from the Yin Ying young man, both of them realized the danger of these things, and instead of seeking death, they followed the Yin Ying young man and walked inside.
The room was not big. The three of them passed by the boxes with rice, walking lightly. Along the way, they also saw a black umbrella placed in the corner and a shelf in front of it. The chessboard is chess, and they all know it.
In the west corner of the house, there is an altar placed in a square shape, with complete tributes, two sticks of red wax, three sticks of incense, and paper money under the altar, but it is not burning.
Two sticks of red wax and three incense sticks were lit. The red candlelight was swaying in the room. The statue of the god on the altar was covered by a piece of red cloth. I didn't know what god it was.
According to the tradition of the opera troupe, this should be enshrined in the Xian Sheng Zhenjun, also known as Erlang Shen.
But here, if you don’t lift the red cloth, God knows what is being enshrined on the altar.
The three of them looked at all this. Cheng Yu and the other two didn’t think there was anything wrong with it. They just thought these things were weird and dangerous. However, the Yin Ying young man was different. After seeing these arrangements, he I was shocked, and the cold sweat was just enough to soak my back.
He understands the rules of the troupe, not only the rules outside, but also the rules here. But when he saw the layout here, he just felt that this is not a place where people can stay. place.
This theater troupe has taken all the taboos that should be taboo and should not be taboo, such as no umbrellas allowed backstage, no chess playing, no cheating, etc.
But here is a good place. There is an umbrella upright in the corner, a box full of dumplings, a chess board placed directly under the shelf, and what’s even more terrible is that the altar is actually placed West...
The Yin Ying young man felt that if the troupe could successfully operate with this kind of arrangement outside, it would be because of the hardship of the people inside the troupe.
Looking at these arrangements, the Yin Ying young man swallowed his saliva, said nothing, and led the two of them carefully past these arrangements and towards the door in the room.
In the dim room, the glowing red candle swayed slightly in the air. The woman looked at the two candles next to the altar, not knowing what to think.
When she passed by the chessboard, the corner of her clothes was suddenly blown slightly by the wind, and the corner of her clothes was accidentally brushed against the chessboard.
The woman did not notice this change. Her attention was attracted by the altar.
But at this moment, her vision blurred, and the world was spinning. When she regained her sight, she found that she was sitting in front of the chessboard, and sitting opposite her was an old man with a numb expression and dark pupils.
Looking at this scene, the woman’s pupils were constricted and her eyes were full of fear. She just wanted to struggle, but she desperately found that no matter how hard she struggled, she could not stand up from the chessboard. The evil ghost in her body was like It's like it has disappeared, and I can't feel it at all.
At this moment, the old man sitting opposite the woman stretched out his withered black hand, directly picked up a cannon on the chessboard, and ate her knight without hesitation.
Before she could react, her horse was gone. At the moment her horse was eaten by the old man's cannon, the woman's face changed drastically, and an unspeakable fear spread in her heart.
Her hands were gone. The woman looked at her rotten and disappeared hands, her eyes full of horror. She looked up at the old man sitting opposite her, her face was pale, her lips were opened, and she wanted to say something. But after waiting for a long time, no words came out. (End of chapter)