Chapter 109 Double Happiness Town (10) Ghosts Tell Ghosts
Li Yao calls herself a supernatural novelist, and her role in this copy is very clear, which is to provide players with supernatural knowledge.
But what if she lied?
She naturally has an information advantage, which is unfair to other players; that's why the mobile phone exists as another source of knowledge.
But in this way, her existence seems superfluous...
Qisi's expression did not change: "By the way, Li Yao, when was your last dungeon? I think many people waited until the seven-day countdown ended and were forced to continue matching dungeons."
Li Yao was confused. Dei blinked and was about to answer, but was interrupted by a warm greeting.
"Hey! Why did you get up so early? After such a long journey, you didn't even take a break on the first day!" Mrs. Xu walked out from the right side of the house door with broken steps.
Qisi looked at her waist and did not see the bell.
She seems to only wear the soul-calling bell that can connect yin and yang after dusk. I don’t know what she is avoiding.
Qisi asked: "Sister-in-law Xu, where is the bell on your waist? Did it fall somewhere, or is it because you don't want to wear it for some reason?"
Sister-in-law Xu patted her thigh and said "Ouch": "Old woman" I have a bad memory. Fortunately, you reminded me, otherwise I would have lost it without knowing it.”
This was false at first sight. Qisi pretended to be concerned and said: “That is your family heirloom. It’s of great significance. You don’t have to worry about us. It’s not too late to find the bell first.” I’m taking you guys to a banquet!”
A banquet? Qisi raised his eyebrows slightly: "Did anyone die last night?"
"Hey, it's not good to talk about life or death. It's unlucky." Mrs. Xu's smile softened a little, "We organized a red event for Xi'er, chicken, duck, beef and mutton, green, yellow, red and white wine, and placed them from the streets to the alleys. At the end of the day, the whole town is here to have a feast!”
“Old lady, I’ll take you away first, and then I’ll bring someone to dress Xi’er up later. The ceremony and other things have arrived, and I’ll send her to the sedan chair with some music. Let her marry in glory."
This was said politely, but it was intended to separate the player from Xi'er.
Qisi lowered his eyes and asked warmly: "I haven't seen a Chinese wedding yet. Can you stay and see what the process is like?"
Although Li Yao didn't understand what it meant, But he also helped: "Yes, we folklore investigators have grown up in the city and have never seen many things. We finally had a chance to take a look, and we were all curious..."
"No." Mrs. Xu's tone became stiff, "According to what we say here, Xi'er will be a concubine in the future. No matter how you are our honored guests, you will still be outsiders after all. When the time comes, Miss Xi'er will start to make trouble. It won’t look good after a few collisions.”
She said “collision”, but her eyes were as cold as looking at a dead person. Replacing the content of her words with "let several people die unexpectedly" would not seem inconsistent.
Qisi knew that he could not ask any more questions, so he pursed his lips and stood aside, indicating that the matter was none of his business. Li Yao naturally said no more.
Seeing that the two of them stopped talking knowingly, Mrs. Xu's expression gradually returned to peace, as if the viciousness just now was just the player's illusion.
Swinging her two inverted tapered legs, she nimbly crossed the threshold and went deeper into the house, probably to call other players.
Listening to her footsteps walking away, Qisi smiled coldly: "After we leave, the people in the town will probably do something to Xi'er, and those things are shameful, so we need to be avoided."
It is known that the town's source of happiness comes from the resentment of the girl who died on the day of her wedding. If you want to get more blessings, the heavier the resentment, the better. In other words, that girl had better die miserably and endure inhuman torture before her death.
"But Sister-in-law Xu said that after she sends us to the table, she will bring us back. At that time, we will have plenty of opportunities to leave the table quietly and come over to take a look again..."
Qisi didn't finish his words, but Li Yao agreed without hesitation: "I'll try to see if I can come back secretly. I have a skill in the stealth field..."
The sound of footsteps sounded again behind him. Cut off her subsequent words.
Mrs. Xu led the three players out of the door and greeted with a smile: "Follow me, I'll take some of you to a banquet."
She staggered as she walked on the first day. Ahead, I walked around the small water town with white walls and black tiles. Players followed suit.
I don’t know how Shuangxi Town is laid out. When they came to the house, everyone came from the left road. When they went to eat, they took the right road. They clearly didn’t go back. After going around in circles for a long time, unexpectedly We passed by the Temple of Happiness that we passed on the first day.
Behind the vermilion temple door, the statue of the god in red dress seemed to take a small step forward, closer to the door than yesterday, as if he was about to step down from the shrine. You still can't see the whole face, but you can see the pale and soft jaw and bright red lips.
The man and woman kneeling under the statue also turned slightly to face the door, their heads twisted in a strange posture, staring at the players passing by.
The smoke from burning paper diffused faintly, and the thin smoke inside could be seen through the crack of the half-closed door, giving the already dark interior a layer of decayed atmosphere.
"Someone is burning paper inside? Does this God of Joy care about funerals?" Du Xiaoyu muttered softly.
Sister-in-law Xu said with a smile: "After we finish the meal, let's come together to worship at the Temple of Happiness. The Goddess of Happiness not only blesses happy events, but also blesses the newlyweds; those who want to seek blessings and avoid disasters As long as you worship Him, you can seek good luck, avoid bad luck, and gain happiness.”
Qisi raised his eyebrows slightly as he caught the key word “source of blessing.”
Weird games will not put the key to cracking the worldview on a single clue, otherwise hiding a clue can wipe out all other players. Such a design would test luck too much, and be too simple and crude.
Obviously there are still some clues in the Temple of Happiness. Even if players do not see the relevant pictures and text on their mobile phones, as long as they dare to explore the Temple of Happiness, they can restore the world view of the copy. Qisi spoke at the right time: "Sister-in-law Xu, I have been wanting to ask you since I entered your town. Double Happiness is the collective name for red events and white events. In addition to the God of Joy, is there a God in charge of funerals in your town?"< br>
The players all pricked up their ears, waiting for Mrs. Xu’s answer. After all, if there is a god of joy, there should be a god of mourning. This speculation is completely in line with their common sense.
Sister-in-law Xu smiled: "There is only one god in our town, the Goddess of Joy, so we worship the God of Joy. She was born in our town and died in our town." God, if we don’t provide for her, who will we provide for?”
Qisi pretended to hesitate: “Then the Goddess of Joy cares about everything? She also cares about life, death, and wealth.”
"Of course, our Goddess of Joy is in charge of everything, even the hauntings," Mrs. Xu said.
It is really funny to say that ghosts are haunted. Du Xiaoyu smiled "hehe": "Is your town still haunted? What's the method for haunting?"
Sister-in-law Xu patiently replied: "There have been several hauntings in our town, and everyone has nightmares; let's go together Burn paper in the empress's temple to pray for the empress's blessing, and all the sneaky people will be trapped in the well."
The well.
In the story of Zhiguai, Zhang Sheng [lost his footing and fell into a well one day, and saw the corpses lying there, feeling melancholy].
In the clue of "Man in the Well", the bottom of the well is filled with corpses that condensed grievances and accumulated blessings.
Sister-in-law Xu said that the Goddess of Joy died by throwing herself into a well.
Li Yao asked: "What kind of sneakiness is it exactly? And why did you go to the well? Did you go to the well where the body of the Goddess of Joy was?"
Sister-in-law Xu was a little unhappy: "Sneaky is sneaky, and we don't have yin and yang eyes, so how do we know what kind of sneakiness it is? If you go to the well, you will go to the well. How can there be so many reasons?"
Seeing Mrs. Xu getting angry, The players who had prepared a basket of questions to ask could only silence themselves and follow behind quietly.
After walking for a while, Mrs. Xu pointed ahead and said: "We're there, that's it."
Most of the fog on both sides of the road dissipated unconsciously, and you could see dense fog in the distance when you raised your eyes. People wearing all kinds of clothes came and went, squeezing each other, some carrying plates, some holding bowls and chopsticks.
The venue was decorated quite festively, with red crumbs scattered all over the ground. Huge mahogany round tables were arranged one after another and placed in invisible corners. There were twenty of them as far as the eye could see. many.
The vision touches the hearing, and the bustling crowds are heard, which is really lively and lively. There were also a few dog barks, and Zeiss caught a glimpse of a tall black dog holding a bone in its mouth and walking happily on the red carpet.
Qisi heard from Jin Yusheng about some supernatural knowledge and knew that black dogs are innate and yang creatures, so it is logically impossible for them to appear in a town full of ghosts.
Is the town really "full of ghosts" as Xu Wen said?
When two men saw the guests arriving, they came over one after another and greeted Mrs. Xu: "Mother Xu, thanks to you, our town is what it is today. Just rest until then. , let everyone do the bits and pieces of work. "
Both of them have dark farmer faces, with wrinkles at the corners of their eyes. They look unattractive, but they smile happily.
They respected Mrs. Xu very much. It wasn’t until the woman waved her hands and left that they looked at the players with a reserved expression: “Guys, you can sit down, eat, and watch as you please. If you need anything, call us. That’s good!”
The players looked at each other and saw the calculation in each other’s eyes. It is impossible to sit down and just eat. The main purpose of this trip is to look around, and it is best to find some important clues.
Liu Bingding smiled at the two men: "Don't be so nervous, you two. We don't know much about customs and particularities, so we still need you to tell us."
Shang Qingbei was all the way. Without making a sound, he saw Liu Bingding was about to start talking nonsense using a set of adult social sayings, and quickly interrupted: "Do you know where the groom is?" When I was doing the side mission "Happy Event", I was thinking about how to complete it.
It is definitely unrealistic to take Xi'er to escape. He is a fool. His words don't make sense. Could it be possible that he would knock people out and hide them?
This happy event is said to be a sacrifice, but after all, it has the title of "happy event", so it should have a groom.
Shang Qingbei believes that any task in the weird game has a solution. Xi'er couldn't find a breakthrough, so she came to the groom to look for it.
"Little brother, do you have anything to do with the groom?" the man asked suspiciously.
"I..." Shang Qingbei was stuck for a moment.
He was about to make up an explanation, but before he could say a few words, the electronic sound of [Side Mission Completed] sounded coldly.
Looking at the text on the system interface, Shang Qingbei blinked twice in confusion.
What is going on?
He hasn’t done anything yet, how come the side mission is completed?
[Because your participation is too low, the performance points provided by this task are automatically transferred to the player with the highest participation]
The new prompt text is refreshed. After understanding its meaning, Shang Qing Bei's eyes widened, messy in the wind.
Speed of life and death.
(End of this chapter)