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Chapter 103 Azhi
"Uncle Six." Chunsheng greeted them, looked at the group of them, and nodded politely.
"Chunsheng, these are distinguished guests from above. They are here to do some research on history, culture and folk customs. They will live here for a few days. You will take care of them." After Liu Shu finished speaking, he gave the players another Introduction: "He is the teacher in the village. His surname is Fu. The students call him Mr. Fu."
"Okay, leave it to me." Chunsheng nodded.
"Then I'm leaving. If you have anything to do, you can go to the village to find me. I will be there during the day. If you have something urgent at night, it's okay. Just ask anyone, and they will know where I live. Take a good rest." The sixth uncle said Just as Wan wanted to leave, he suddenly turned around and said, "I can tell you anything I want to ask, but well, every place has its own rules, so please don't leave the ancient town."
"Is there anything outside the ancient town?" A player couldn't help asking.
The sixth uncle was taken aback, but just smiled and said: "We are self-sufficient here. Outside is farmland. During the day, everyone will plant rice seedlings and work there. There is also a large cemetery. You know, people here are buried there when they die. Yes, my grandparents have stayed here for generations."
They followed Chunsheng into the school, which is very big. Once inside, there is a large open space surrounded by several large rooms with
There are many tables and chairs, which seem to be the places where students usually study. There are some calligraphy and paintings posted everywhere in the corridor, which has the charm of a school.
Chunsheng led them through the corridor and around the back of the school, where there were several empty rooms.
"Sorry, everyone. There are no separate rooms. There are only four double rooms and one four-person room. How do you live?" Chunsheng apologized slightly.
This time there were ten players, six men and four women.The four women asked for two double rooms, and there were two male players who seemed to know each other, and they took another double room, leaving Ren Ran, Xie Wenyi, Pan Sheng, and a male player in his 30s .
Xie Wenyi and Ren Ran wanted a double room, but the male player said coldly: "I'm not used to living with people, especially strangers, I want a double room alone, is that okay?"
"Then there is a room for four people, can you three feel wronged?" Chunsheng said with a smile, "The rooms are all the same, and there is more space for four people."
Ren Ran and the others nodded, there was no need to get into disputes over such trivial matters.
"That's great. This used to be a cafeteria. Students usually eat there at noon. From now on, your daily meals will also be there. I'll prepare it. You guys take a rest and come over to eat later." Chunsheng said gone.
Several of them glanced at each other, and no one wanted to speak first, so they went back to their rooms.
The furniture in the room is very simple, including beds, tables, chairs, and cabinets. The room for four people is nothing more than two extra beds, making the space more spacious.
Ren Ran and Xie Wenyi tidied up the clothes they brought and didn't speak. Finally, Pan Sheng couldn't hold back anymore and said, "I didn't expect you to also receive a text message."
"You forgot to roll your eyes at us." Ren Ran said solemnly.
"..." Pan Sheng smiled wryly.
Pan Sheng usually doesn't have many friends in the class, the kind who just keep their heads down and only focus on studying, not only Ren Ran and Xie Wenyi, but also the top students in other classes don't get any good looks from him.Occasionally, some students asked him about academic problems, but he just said coldly, "Please don't delay my study."
It's just that here, in this kind of environment, he is no longer that arrogant and conceited student master Pan Sheng who doesn't care about world affairs.
"How long have you been participating in this game?" Pan Sheng asked.
"Intermediate level is about to be cleared." Ren Ran said, he still didn't stop tidying his clothes.
"Oh, it's good." Pan Sheng chose a bed and began to rummage through his things. He brought a few reference books and muttered: "The grades are coming out tomorrow, and I have to talk to my mother when the time comes." Send a message, number one, I will be number one."
Ren Ran felt that Pan Sheng was really crazy when it came to his studies.
"How long have you been participating?" Ren Ran asked him.
"Not long after I entered the intermediate level." Pan Sheng had a look of envy on his face, but soon the topic changed to studies again, "My parents are both Ph.D. and do scientific research. I want to be like them in the future." Sitting down at the desk, he began to read a book.
Ren Ran ignored him and told Xie Wenyi about the details of this dungeon.
"That coffin."
"Well, someone died as soon as they came in. There must be some kind of connection. When the time comes to inquire, the environment of the dungeon this time seems to be all kinds of harmony, which is not a good thing." Xie Wenyi said.
"Yes, be careful on the first night, let's go out for dinner." Ren Ran suggested.
When they went out, Pan Sheng was still reading, and he didn't intend to move at all. They didn't bother to care about him, and went to the cafeteria on their own.
The other players have basically arrived, and the sound of cooking can be heard from the room behind.
These players were completely different from the previous ones. No one planned to introduce themselves, and no one opened their mouths. They stared at each other.
It wasn't until Chunsheng brought them food that Pan Sheng appeared. Everyone was just eating with their heads down. Chunsheng's craftsmanship is very good, and the vegetables are very fresh. They should be picked from the farmland outside the village. meals.
When they were about to finish eating, Chunsheng brought them some plums, saying they were picked from the plum tree in the backyard, and the sweetness and sourness were just right.This good dinner made everyone's spirits relax.
"Mr. Fu, I want to ask a question." Xie Wenyi didn't care what other players thought, and directly asked the answer he wanted to know.
"Because I'm out of touch, the students call me Mr. Fu, you just call me Chunsheng." Chunsheng said with a smile.
"Okay, Chunsheng, who is the funeral person in the village today?" Xie Wenyi asked.
The other players pricked up their ears.
"Cuihua's husband, Chen Shi." Chunsheng said.
"How did he die?" Xie Wenyi continued to ask.
"Dead of illness, got sick, I also heard from Uncle Six, I went there last night, in a place like ours, it's okay to have minor illnesses, but if you suddenly have an emergency, you will be helpless and resigned to fate." Chunsheng said.
"I heard Uncle Liu mention a person named Feng Po, who is she?"
"A sorceress." Chunsheng's soft expression flashed a hint of displeasure, and he said, "Everyone quite believes in her. Ask about good or bad luck, fortune telling or something."
"Chunsheng, you are a scholar. It seems that you don't believe in these things." Xie Wenyi's words were a little risky. He was not sure about Chunsheng's attitude. He said that he was afraid of causing negative reactions.
"It's not that I don't believe it." Chunsheng didn't feel strange, hesitated for a while, and said, "I just think that people's fate is in their own hands. If you can really know the future by asking a fortune teller, then there will be a lot of trouble in this world." There are no more miserable people."
Sometimes in the face of too simple facts, many people will choose to turn a blind eye.
"Go out of the cafeteria and go to the right and there is a bathhouse, but the hot water needs to be boiled by yourself. In the countryside, there is no electricity or gas, so don't dislike it." Chunsheng got up and began to clear the table, and said: "You can do it yourself, I will return it at night. I have to prepare lessons and sleep late, you can come to me if you have anything to do."
After eating, Ren Ran and Xie Wenyi took a change of clothes and went to the bathroom at the back. The oldest wooden bathtub was next to a large stove and several kettles. There was no gas, and they were cooked with firewood under the stove.Chunsheng was very thoughtful, he chopped firewood beforehand, and piled it neatly aside for them to use.They boiled several pots before they filled a tub.
"It takes a lot of time to take a shower every day. I'm too tired to think about dungeons. The system is really tricky." Ren Ran complained.
"This tub is quite big, do you want to wash it together?" Xie Wenyi stretched out his hand to check the temperature of the water, his handsome smile seemed sly.
Ren Ran thought about that night, um, there was no taboo anyway, he took off his clothes and went into the bathtub.
The water temperature was just right, and the bathroom was filled with smoke, Ren Ran felt his hands gently kneading his shoulders.The strength of Xie Wenyi's hands was just right, very comfortable.
"Hey, didn't you say to wash together?" Ren Ran teased him in turn.
"I think so too, but it's not safe here. If something happens, it's better for someone to stay awake." When Xie Wenyi spoke to him, his tone was always gentle. Coupled with the delicate atmosphere now, Ren Ran's thoughts were sure. Some floated.
"Honey, I really like you more and more." Ren Ran raised his head and met his eyes.
Xie Wenyi's hand pressed on his shoulder, and with a wet touch, it slid across his whole body like an electric current.His deep and dark pupils were filled with a layer of water vapor, and Ren Ran suddenly thought of the attraction and bewitchment hidden in the deep mountains and rainforests.
Xie Wenyi bowed his head and kissed her. The lingering deep kiss and the temperature of the bath water dyed Ren Ran's skin a light red.
The carved window lattices are made of paper, and the hot air floating in the bathhouse and the orange candlelight smudge the paper windows with a layer of indistinct and fuzzy shadows.
There is a person outside the window.
Xie Wenyi let go of Ren Ran, and raised his hand to "shh".When he walked to the door, the shadow disappeared, and when he opened the door, there was Pan Sheng holding the clothes outside.
"You were outside just now." Xie Wenyi asked.
"No, I just came here and want to take a shower." Pan Sheng said.
"Did you see anyone else when you came here?" The yard in front of the bathhouse was empty, only the shadows of trees cast by the moonlight.
"No, is there anyone else in the bathhouse?" Pan Sheng asked, looking impatient, "I'm still waiting to go back and read."
"There is no modern equipment, only washing in batches, we will call you when we are ready."
"Okay, then I'll go back and read."
Xie Wenyi closed the door, he didn't think it was a tree shadow or an illusion just now.
"It's not safe, we'll go back after washing."
This night, the players are bathing in batches. Although the rooms are quite clean, many people are not used to living in such a village, especially the weather here is gloomy, but it is a bit stuffy, and there is a layer of fine sweat all over the body. Sweaty and uncomfortable.
At twelve o'clock, the first news came.
[Dear players, you must be very happy to see your incomparably beautiful game announcer again. No.90 Wanted Order No. 10, the number of participating players is 10, and the number of survivors is [-]. Will this quiet and beautiful ancient town become your final resting place? 】
In the dead of night, when they were all asleep, they clearly heard a loud cry, a woman's cry, miserable and painful, the sound disappeared after a while, and the surroundings fell into silence again.
problem occurs.
Ren Ran didn't feel sleepy at all, his bed was next to the window, when he looked sideways, Pan Sheng across from him was tightly wrapped in the quilt, trembling.
Early the next morning, they got up and went to the cafeteria. Several players were already there, including Pan Sheng. A woman in her twenties couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "Did you hear a woman cry yesterday?" Voice?"
Another female player shook her head: "I was very tired yesterday and slept soundly, so I didn't hear anything."
However, a male player also said that he heard it.
Pan Sheng shook his head and nodded again, and finally said: "I forgot."
"..."
The female player said: "I guess something must have happened. There is no possibility of mishearing. As long as you can hear something, there must be a problem."
After eating, they went back to the room to clean up and were ready to go out.
Pan Sheng hesitated for a while, then hesitantly said to them: "Well, can I discuss it with you."
Ren Ran gave him a "you go on" look.
"I want to review my homework. I have a lot of books to read and a lot of questions to do. I really don't want to waste time. If you find the clues and pass the level, can you take me with you? I will reward you and won't let you work in vain. "
This request was beyond Ren Ran's expectations. He originally thought that Pan Sheng would ask to form a team, but he wanted to be a pendant directly.
"I can give you money, as much as you want." Pan Sheng was afraid that they would disagree, so he resorted to a trick, money temptation.
"Don't tell me you have cleared customs like this before." The rich man, tsk tsk.
"I'm not afraid of your jokes. Indeed, I used to pay people to take me through the customs, but recently there are fewer and fewer people who are willing to accept orders. This time I really can't find people. I didn't expect to meet you." Pan Sheng smiled wryly, if he hadn't been able to find anyone, he wouldn't have asked these two people whom he often rolled his eyes for help.
"If we can go out, we will let you know, and we can't help with anything else. As for money, no need, I'm not short of money." Xie Wenyi looked like a big boss.
The meaning is also very clear, you can go out, you just follow along.If you were in trouble, they wouldn't risk their lives to save you.As for money, they don't need it.
Pan Sheng nodded.
They walked down the corridor to the front door.
"Is he planning to stay in the house all the time?" This brain circuit is also incomprehensible.
"Maybe, it's in our best interest not to worry about him." Xie Wenyi said.
"Haha, you probably hate him for rolling his eyes at us." Ren Ran said.
"I can only see the people I want to care about and the things I have to do. I have never seen the rest."
Xie Wenyi's words were another invisible confession. After the two expressed their feelings to each other, Ren Ran discovered that he was so good at talking.
At this time in the morning, the students all started to come to the school for class. When they walked to the front door, several children came to school happily, carrying diagonal cloth bags.
Two children, a boy and a girl, sang an unfamiliar nursery rhyme, and walked happily all the way holding hands.
"Did you have any dreams yesterday? Let me tell you that I dreamed that my aunt made sugar cakes for me yesterday. It was so sweet." The boy said, almost crying.
"I heard someone crying last night. It was so loud. I don't know if something happened." The girl said seriously.
"Azhi! Don't talk nonsense. My mother said that I was dreaming. Our village is the best and most peaceful." The boy looked serious and said, "My mother told me to go home early after school to eat pancakes." .”
"Recently, we were asked to go home as soon as school was over, and we couldn't even go to the river to play." The girl named Azhi was crying.
"I don't want to play if I have something to eat. There is nothing fun by the river. I'm tired of catching loach. Don't go to the river." The boy said.
"If you don't go, you won't go. I'll go home and recite poems." Azhi said.
"Hey, I forgot to recite yesterday's text." The boy said.
"Haha, you're going to be scolded by Mr. Fu!"
"Last time I was forced to stand for a long time. It's really annoying. I miss Mr. Mo. He never scolds us." The boy said.
"Mr. Fu said that Mr. Mo has gone to teach elsewhere and will never come back again. I like him very much."
Azhi and the boy walked away hand in hand, and more and more children came to class at the gate.
They decided to go to Uncle Liu, the village chief, and no matter what he said, they would go and find out first.
Uncle Six is in a house at the head of the village. There is only one bungalow here, which has been converted into an office-like room. He is sitting on a chair, smoking a dry cigarette.
"You are here, are you still used to living here? Did you come to see me?" The village chief told them to sit down and poured water again.
"Very good, Chunsheng is very polite, we have something to ask, when we first arrived yesterday, we saw you at the funeral." Ren Ran said.
"Oh, yes, Cuihua's husband, Chen Shi, died of illness. Poor." Uncle Liu was still smoking.
"Then did something happen again last night? I heard a woman crying." Ren Ran also cut to the chase.
"Hey." Sixth Uncle said with a cigarette holder in his mouth, "Aunt Liu is a man."
Ren Ran and Xie Wenyi glanced at each other, and asked again: "Yesterday you said that the cooking was delicious? How did he die? Is it an emergency again?"
"That's right, the weather is not good. It's very hot this year. Hey, it's probably because of something dirty. Now I'm afraid that the whole village will be infected." Uncle Six kept sighing.
"Uncle Six, if it's an infectious disease, there must be certain symptoms. Have they mentioned it before?" Ren Ran asked.
"Who knows, there's a lot of people here, and the villagers won't bother me if there's nothing serious about it, hey." Uncle Liu said.
"Then Uncle Six knows what he was like before he died?"
Ren Ran's question made Uncle Liu tremble for a while, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he said tremblingly, "It's scary, I was scratched bloody from the face to the chest, and I don't know if it was stained with something. The skin disease made everyone sick to see it."
Xie Wenyi was silent for a while, and then said: "Is it going to be buried today? Please forgive us for being presumptuous, under normal circumstances, we will stay at home for a few days."
"Everyone is afraid of getting sick. How dare you keep it? You have to ask Feng Po to calculate the auspicious time before you can bury it. Today's auspicious time is evening. There are a few middle-aged people in the village who will carry the coffin. In the evening, I, the village chief, will have to go Sit down."
"Uncle Six, can we go together?" Xie Wenyi asked.
Ren Ran also had this intention, and hurriedly said: "We need to collect some materials for our on-the-spot investigation, such as the etiquette of the burial process and so on. I guarantee that it will not affect you. It is actually very difficult for us to talk about it."
Uncle Liu thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay, I'll wait at the entrance of the village at ten o'clock tonight."
They left Uncle Liu's place, asked passers-by, found Cuihua's house, and happened to see two female players coming out of Cuihua's house.
They didn't say hello, just as Ren Ran was about to go, the two female players suddenly said, "Do you want to ask Cuihua about her husband's death?"
"What's wrong?" Xie Wenyi said.
"Well, how about making a deal with you?" One of the female players said, "My name is Xu Ying, and her name is Yu Tong."
"What do you mean?" Ren Ran asked.
"These women's mouths are not easy to pry open. Let's put it this way, if you don't want to tell the truth, you guys probably don't want to tell the truth. It took us a lot of effort to dig out some information." Xu Ying was a little proud.
"How do we know if what you said is true or not? Maybe you cut out the most important part to deceive us." Ren Ran raised his eyebrows and asked with a half-smile.
"What's more, how do you know that we don't have the ability to pry their mouths open." Xie Wenyi made up his knife.
"A few of you who have reached this level are fools. Of course, it is not ruled out that those weak people rely on others to pass the level. This is a later story, let's not talk about it for now."
At first glance, Xu Ying was a strong female player, and she clearly distinguished the pros and cons in her heart.Along the way, Ren Ran has never met a similar female player, but wants to know what kind of deal she plans to do.
"Everyone saw the coffin on the first day they came here, and they will find the details of that person by following the clues. I think most of the players today will be concentrated at the house of Sixth Uncle, Cuihua and Aunt Liu who died yesterday, right? "
Seeing that they were silent, Xu Ying was even more proud, and continued: "Aunt Liu's husband will be buried tonight, and he will definitely not talk to us in broad daylight. If we go, we will only be kicked out. Only Cuihua can try it." I asked. And if I guessed correctly, the two of you may go to the burial together today."
Xie Wenyi also heard what she meant, "You want to go too, but you don't dare, and you want to follow us for help?"
"That's right, I'm very straightforward. Anyway, it's a deal. If you're willing, we'll make it right away. How about it?" Xu Ying said.
"Okay, ten o'clock in the evening, no problem, what news did you dig up from Cuihua?" Xie Wenyi asked.
"The people here are very strange, and they look very peaceful on the surface, but when it comes to these people who have suffered sudden death in the emergency department recently, they are not willing to talk about it. To be honest, I don't believe it is an emergency, and Cuihua doesn't want to talk about it. In the case of her late husband's death, she only said that he kept scratching himself, as if itching unbearably, and couldn't stop his hands until he was bleeding, but in the end she said, that person is a disaster. I am a Psychologists are more able to induce others to say what they don’t want to say, but this system is too rigid, and I have only heard so much today, so I don’t know who that person is.” Xu Ying said.
"At first we really thought it was an infectious disease, but after hearing that sentence, we knew there must be something hidden in it." Yu Tong said.
"Okay, see you on time at ten o'clock tonight." The two left after speaking.
"These players are more interesting than each other." Xie Wenyi held his chin and fell into deep thought: "That person? The range of people in the village is too wide."
"Do you believe what they say?" Ren Ran asked.
"What do you think?" Xie Wenyi asked back.
"Half-truth, half-false, or say something, but hide some." Ren Ran said.
"Honey, we really have a good understanding." Xie Wenyi smiled.
Today's weather was gloomy, and they returned to school in the afternoon, just as the children were leaving school, and they were happier than when they first arrived.Chunsheng greeted them, cleaned up the classroom, and began to prepare dinner for them.
Pan Sheng really spent the whole day squatting in the room to review and do questions. He only left the room for a while when eating and going to the toilet. Before ten o'clock, he saw Ren Ran going out, and even asked them what to do in surprise. What.
After hearing the answer, he showed a horrified expression, continued to look down at the book without speaking, and continued to babble: "This time the number one must be me."
"..."
They went out speechlessly and arrived at the entrance of the village before ten o'clock. Not long after, Xu Ying and Yu Tong also came, and they stood and waited for a while.
"Psychologist, I would like to ask why you found us and not the other players?" Ren Ran couldn't help being curious.
"The one of your roommates has never come out of the room. This kind of waiting to die is never in my consideration. I don't consider the other two female players for the time being. I'm not sure about the one who lives alone, let alone today. I didn’t meet him, and the remaining two heard that they guessed that someone must die tonight, so I guess I’ll look for clues in the village when I think about it. But my thinking is the same as yours, this burial is very strange, you must go and see it once.”
Ren Ranxin said that you are very good at analyzing, so they stood and stopped talking.
At night in this ancient town, red lanterns will be lit all around, but the brightness of the candles is always limited, the air here is particularly dark, and the visibility is not good. And the fog that I suddenly felt, my heart was indeed chilled.
Xu Ying and Yu Tong were obviously a little scared, and they leaned against Ren Ran.
The sound of mourning and music is getting closer, and the scene of figures in sackcloth and filial piety and the coffin being carried is really chilling.
Uncle Six was at the forefront, and when he passed by them, he made a shush gesture, signaling them to follow him.
Walking all the way outside the village, they left Xianghe Ancient Town.
The mountain road was relatively flat, and the huge tree shadows blended into the night. The people walking in front were holding white lanterns, like two ghost shadows floating in front of them.
They walked for a while before stopping. In front of them was a large cemetery, with tombstones and grave bags, all of which were generations of villagers from Xianghe Ancient Town.
A place had been dug there beforehand, and Aunt Liu stood by the side in a daze until the coffin was carried to the side for burial, when she suddenly turned red and threw herself on the coffin and cried bitterly.
Uncle Six pulled her over and shouted: "Die, you forgot what Feng Po said, don't cry, don't touch the coffin."
Others stood aside, the lantern illuminated the entire coffin, only then did Ren Ran realize that there were yellow paper heads pasted around the coffin.
"Amulet paper?" Ren Ran said softly.
"That's right." Xie Wenyi said.
Why do people who die of illness have to stick talisman papers?
The coffin was buried and covered with soil. Uncle Liu took out a large piece of yellow paper from his pocket. Before Ren Ran had time to see what it was, he was set alight by Uncle Liu and instantly turned into ashes.
"Okay, let's go, everything is fine."
A group of people turned back and walked towards the ancient town. Those middle-aged men who came to work as coolies were so tired that their backs were sore and their arms hurt, and they continued to beat and beat while walking.
Aunt Liu staggered in the front alone, leaving a very sad back, and no one helped her.
"Uncle Six, what are those talisman papers?" Ren Ran didn't say the last key.
"Fengpo gave it to her, saying that she was buried with the coffin to keep her safe. There have been so many incidents in the village recently, and everyone is in a bad mood." Uncle Liu said.
"That's right, Aunt Liu's back looks so pitiful." Xu Ying once counseled some widowed or orphaned families, and knew that oftentimes words of comfort were useless.
"Aunt Liu is still young, if she meets a suitable one in the future, she will be fine." Yu Tong said.
"Don't talk nonsense!" Uncle Liu put on a straight face, "If a woman in Xianghe Ancient Town becomes a widow, she will never be able to remarry in this lifetime."
It is not surprising that there is such a custom in such a backward place, Yu Tong hissed softly to express his dissatisfaction.
"Then if a woman really meets a suitable one, won't you allow it? Force them to separate?" Ren Ran asked.
"Yes." Sixth Uncle replied as a matter of course.
"Then if she wants to marry someone from outside the village," Xie Wenyi said.
"Life in Xianghe Ancient Town is the people here, death is the ghosts here, don't even think about going out for the rest of your life!"
Under the hazy moonlight, Uncle Six's expression was cold and frightening when he said this, and there was a sense of coolness everywhere.
When they returned to the school, the light in Chunsheng's room was still on, and through the thin window paper, he could be seen writing with his head down.
When they happened to pass by his door, the door of Chunsheng's room opened. He was holding a somewhat damaged ceramic pot, and greeted them: "Hey, did you guys go out just now?"
"Yeah." Ren Ran replied simply.
"Be careful, the road is not easy to walk in the dark." Chunsheng said.
He has always had a shallow smile and a gentle expression. He has seen too many hypocritical people in the dungeons. Ren Ran often would not choose to trust NPCs, but he felt that Chunsheng's kindness was true.
"Is anyone crying tonight?" Ren Ran asked.
Chunsheng was startled with the hand holding the ceramic pot, and said, "Yes, I heard the cries of children and women."
"Oh, some of the partners who came with you went out when they heard the sound." Chunsheng had already walked a few steps, and turned his head and said.
"Thank you, good night."
[Dear player, the game announcer, wearing snow-white cloth shoes and holding an oil-paper umbrella, is walking quietly on the blue stone road. No.90 No. 10 Wanted Order, 10 players participated, and 90 people survived at present. From this time on, the broadcaster will continue to broadcast personal progress for everyone by using her celestial vision.Player Ren Ran, currently ahead of [-]% of the players, please continue to work hard. 】
On the third day, when they got up to have breakfast, they found that the buns and rice porridge were already on the table. He woke up very early today, and he didn't expect Chunsheng to be earlier.
The male player in his 30s was already having breakfast, and there were two other male players who hadn't spoken to each other. They went out as soon as they heard the noise last night. They looked normal and didn't say anything.
Pan Sheng was the last one to come to the cafeteria. After the other players had left, Pan Sheng moved to his side and said, "How are you two investigating? Is there any hope of clearing the level?"
"It's hopeless, you still have time to hug other people's thighs." Ren Ran looked serious.
Of course Pan Sheng understood that he was mocking him, muttered something inaudible, and the three of them walked forward together.
Chunsheng was talking to a man. He was dressed similarly to Chunsheng, with a rough mandarin jacket, and his back was facing them.When Chunsheng saw them, he didn't know what he had said to the man, so they turned their heads together.
This man has the same face as Dr. Chen.
Even Pan Sheng, who didn't care about clues and just wanted to survive, was stunned on the spot. He shook violently and stammered, "Chen... Dr. Chen... head teacher... teacher..."
Chunsheng introduced them. This is the new teacher at the school, surnamed Chen.
Dr. Chen doesn't remember them at all, he is just an NPC now, a player who has not cleared the level and became an NPC, in reality he is one of the many names on the missing list.
Ren Ran's emotions are very complicated. Although he is obsessed with reading, he is a person who cares about many people and things. He likes this teacher very much. He wears a Chinese tunic suit and looks like a person from time travel. He is shy and talkative to students, caring and strict.No one is perfect, he is not the best, but he is the most suitable.
Chunsheng walked away while talking about the school with him. Pan Sheng lowered his head and said, "Before he disappeared, he was always out of his mind. He always misspelled words when he was teaching. I didn't expect that he was also a game player, didn't he?" It will become like this if you don’t clear the customs.”
"Yes."
"I don't want to die here, I want to get out alive, I want to get the first place." Pan Sheng quickened his pace and returned to his room.
"Ren Ran, are you okay?" Xie Wenyi asked with concern.
"We guessed it a long time ago, didn't we? Let's go, we also want to live." Ren Ran glanced at the direction Dr. Chen left, and strode forward.
The students came to class one after another. The girl they saw yesterday, named Azhi, walked to the door alone with her schoolbag on her back, but she didn't come in. She stood at the door for a while, then turned and left.
"Where's the boy she was with yesterday?" Ren Ran felt that this was the key, and any differences in the dungeon needed to be noticed.
"We follow her."
A Zhi walked along the alley for a long time, and when she reached the village, Uncle Six just came out of the house and said to her, "Why are you wandering around here at this time, little girl, you don't study anymore!"
Ah Zhi walked up, raised his face, and said seriously: "Grandpa Village Chief, Ah Hua won't come to study anymore?"
Uncle Six touched her head, "Of course not, he will come tomorrow."
"But Grandpa, I heard crying yesterday, it was Ah Hua and his mother." Azhi said.
"Don't talk nonsense!" Uncle Six put on a straight face, "Xiao Nizi must be having nightmares at night, let your mother cook some herbs for you, drink it and you'll be fine, stop wandering around, hurry back to class."
Uncle Six muttered, "Women don't need to study at all. They talk weird things all day long. Reading is useless." As he opened the door, he refused to yell at A Zhi who was standing there. : "Hurry up and go to study, hurry up."
After Sixth Uncle went back to the house, Ah Zhi didn't listen to his advice to go back to the school, she continued to walk, that direction was the exit of the ancient town.
"The cries of Ah Hua and his mother, could it be that the father of the boy named Ah Hua who died yesterday?" Ren Ran said.
"Yes, it's the third person. Let's go and see where this child is going." Xie Wenyi said.
Out of the ancient town, to the left is the cemetery they visited yesterday, but A Zhi walked to the right.
The mountain road was much narrower than the one leading to the cemetery yesterday, and there were no human-made paths. It seemed that few people walked here, and it became more and more overgrown with weeds and messy.
After passing through the dense bushes, a small river appeared in front of her. Azhi stopped by the river, Ren Ran and Xie Wenyi hid behind the bushes and watched her.
Azhi sat alone by the river for a long time with her chin in her hands. From their point of view, the girl was talking to herself in the air, she burst into tears for a while, and laughed again after a while.
Ren Ran thought that she must have seen a ghost?But it's broad daylight, where did the ghost come from, and Azhi basically lowered his head when talking, as if he was talking to himself.
Soon, she stood up, walked under a big tree, squatted down and dug up with her bare hands, and after a while she dug out something from it, re-buried the pile of soil, and walked slowly to the river.
任燃
"Chunsheng, these are distinguished guests from above. They are here to do some research on history, culture and folk customs. They will live here for a few days. You will take care of them." After Liu Shu finished speaking, he gave the players another Introduction: "He is the teacher in the village. His surname is Fu. The students call him Mr. Fu."
"Okay, leave it to me." Chunsheng nodded.
"Then I'm leaving. If you have anything to do, you can go to the village to find me. I will be there during the day. If you have something urgent at night, it's okay. Just ask anyone, and they will know where I live. Take a good rest." The sixth uncle said Just as Wan wanted to leave, he suddenly turned around and said, "I can tell you anything I want to ask, but well, every place has its own rules, so please don't leave the ancient town."
"Is there anything outside the ancient town?" A player couldn't help asking.
The sixth uncle was taken aback, but just smiled and said: "We are self-sufficient here. Outside is farmland. During the day, everyone will plant rice seedlings and work there. There is also a large cemetery. You know, people here are buried there when they die. Yes, my grandparents have stayed here for generations."
They followed Chunsheng into the school, which is very big. Once inside, there is a large open space surrounded by several large rooms with
There are many tables and chairs, which seem to be the places where students usually study. There are some calligraphy and paintings posted everywhere in the corridor, which has the charm of a school.
Chunsheng led them through the corridor and around the back of the school, where there were several empty rooms.
"Sorry, everyone. There are no separate rooms. There are only four double rooms and one four-person room. How do you live?" Chunsheng apologized slightly.
This time there were ten players, six men and four women.The four women asked for two double rooms, and there were two male players who seemed to know each other, and they took another double room, leaving Ren Ran, Xie Wenyi, Pan Sheng, and a male player in his 30s .
Xie Wenyi and Ren Ran wanted a double room, but the male player said coldly: "I'm not used to living with people, especially strangers, I want a double room alone, is that okay?"
"Then there is a room for four people, can you three feel wronged?" Chunsheng said with a smile, "The rooms are all the same, and there is more space for four people."
Ren Ran and the others nodded, there was no need to get into disputes over such trivial matters.
"That's great. This used to be a cafeteria. Students usually eat there at noon. From now on, your daily meals will also be there. I'll prepare it. You guys take a rest and come over to eat later." Chunsheng said gone.
Several of them glanced at each other, and no one wanted to speak first, so they went back to their rooms.
The furniture in the room is very simple, including beds, tables, chairs, and cabinets. The room for four people is nothing more than two extra beds, making the space more spacious.
Ren Ran and Xie Wenyi tidied up the clothes they brought and didn't speak. Finally, Pan Sheng couldn't hold back anymore and said, "I didn't expect you to also receive a text message."
"You forgot to roll your eyes at us." Ren Ran said solemnly.
"..." Pan Sheng smiled wryly.
Pan Sheng usually doesn't have many friends in the class, the kind who just keep their heads down and only focus on studying, not only Ren Ran and Xie Wenyi, but also the top students in other classes don't get any good looks from him.Occasionally, some students asked him about academic problems, but he just said coldly, "Please don't delay my study."
It's just that here, in this kind of environment, he is no longer that arrogant and conceited student master Pan Sheng who doesn't care about world affairs.
"How long have you been participating in this game?" Pan Sheng asked.
"Intermediate level is about to be cleared." Ren Ran said, he still didn't stop tidying his clothes.
"Oh, it's good." Pan Sheng chose a bed and began to rummage through his things. He brought a few reference books and muttered: "The grades are coming out tomorrow, and I have to talk to my mother when the time comes." Send a message, number one, I will be number one."
Ren Ran felt that Pan Sheng was really crazy when it came to his studies.
"How long have you been participating?" Ren Ran asked him.
"Not long after I entered the intermediate level." Pan Sheng had a look of envy on his face, but soon the topic changed to studies again, "My parents are both Ph.D. and do scientific research. I want to be like them in the future." Sitting down at the desk, he began to read a book.
Ren Ran ignored him and told Xie Wenyi about the details of this dungeon.
"That coffin."
"Well, someone died as soon as they came in. There must be some kind of connection. When the time comes to inquire, the environment of the dungeon this time seems to be all kinds of harmony, which is not a good thing." Xie Wenyi said.
"Yes, be careful on the first night, let's go out for dinner." Ren Ran suggested.
When they went out, Pan Sheng was still reading, and he didn't intend to move at all. They didn't bother to care about him, and went to the cafeteria on their own.
The other players have basically arrived, and the sound of cooking can be heard from the room behind.
These players were completely different from the previous ones. No one planned to introduce themselves, and no one opened their mouths. They stared at each other.
It wasn't until Chunsheng brought them food that Pan Sheng appeared. Everyone was just eating with their heads down. Chunsheng's craftsmanship is very good, and the vegetables are very fresh. They should be picked from the farmland outside the village. meals.
When they were about to finish eating, Chunsheng brought them some plums, saying they were picked from the plum tree in the backyard, and the sweetness and sourness were just right.This good dinner made everyone's spirits relax.
"Mr. Fu, I want to ask a question." Xie Wenyi didn't care what other players thought, and directly asked the answer he wanted to know.
"Because I'm out of touch, the students call me Mr. Fu, you just call me Chunsheng." Chunsheng said with a smile.
"Okay, Chunsheng, who is the funeral person in the village today?" Xie Wenyi asked.
The other players pricked up their ears.
"Cuihua's husband, Chen Shi." Chunsheng said.
"How did he die?" Xie Wenyi continued to ask.
"Dead of illness, got sick, I also heard from Uncle Six, I went there last night, in a place like ours, it's okay to have minor illnesses, but if you suddenly have an emergency, you will be helpless and resigned to fate." Chunsheng said.
"I heard Uncle Liu mention a person named Feng Po, who is she?"
"A sorceress." Chunsheng's soft expression flashed a hint of displeasure, and he said, "Everyone quite believes in her. Ask about good or bad luck, fortune telling or something."
"Chunsheng, you are a scholar. It seems that you don't believe in these things." Xie Wenyi's words were a little risky. He was not sure about Chunsheng's attitude. He said that he was afraid of causing negative reactions.
"It's not that I don't believe it." Chunsheng didn't feel strange, hesitated for a while, and said, "I just think that people's fate is in their own hands. If you can really know the future by asking a fortune teller, then there will be a lot of trouble in this world." There are no more miserable people."
Sometimes in the face of too simple facts, many people will choose to turn a blind eye.
"Go out of the cafeteria and go to the right and there is a bathhouse, but the hot water needs to be boiled by yourself. In the countryside, there is no electricity or gas, so don't dislike it." Chunsheng got up and began to clear the table, and said: "You can do it yourself, I will return it at night. I have to prepare lessons and sleep late, you can come to me if you have anything to do."
After eating, Ren Ran and Xie Wenyi took a change of clothes and went to the bathroom at the back. The oldest wooden bathtub was next to a large stove and several kettles. There was no gas, and they were cooked with firewood under the stove.Chunsheng was very thoughtful, he chopped firewood beforehand, and piled it neatly aside for them to use.They boiled several pots before they filled a tub.
"It takes a lot of time to take a shower every day. I'm too tired to think about dungeons. The system is really tricky." Ren Ran complained.
"This tub is quite big, do you want to wash it together?" Xie Wenyi stretched out his hand to check the temperature of the water, his handsome smile seemed sly.
Ren Ran thought about that night, um, there was no taboo anyway, he took off his clothes and went into the bathtub.
The water temperature was just right, and the bathroom was filled with smoke, Ren Ran felt his hands gently kneading his shoulders.The strength of Xie Wenyi's hands was just right, very comfortable.
"Hey, didn't you say to wash together?" Ren Ran teased him in turn.
"I think so too, but it's not safe here. If something happens, it's better for someone to stay awake." When Xie Wenyi spoke to him, his tone was always gentle. Coupled with the delicate atmosphere now, Ren Ran's thoughts were sure. Some floated.
"Honey, I really like you more and more." Ren Ran raised his head and met his eyes.
Xie Wenyi's hand pressed on his shoulder, and with a wet touch, it slid across his whole body like an electric current.His deep and dark pupils were filled with a layer of water vapor, and Ren Ran suddenly thought of the attraction and bewitchment hidden in the deep mountains and rainforests.
Xie Wenyi bowed his head and kissed her. The lingering deep kiss and the temperature of the bath water dyed Ren Ran's skin a light red.
The carved window lattices are made of paper, and the hot air floating in the bathhouse and the orange candlelight smudge the paper windows with a layer of indistinct and fuzzy shadows.
There is a person outside the window.
Xie Wenyi let go of Ren Ran, and raised his hand to "shh".When he walked to the door, the shadow disappeared, and when he opened the door, there was Pan Sheng holding the clothes outside.
"You were outside just now." Xie Wenyi asked.
"No, I just came here and want to take a shower." Pan Sheng said.
"Did you see anyone else when you came here?" The yard in front of the bathhouse was empty, only the shadows of trees cast by the moonlight.
"No, is there anyone else in the bathhouse?" Pan Sheng asked, looking impatient, "I'm still waiting to go back and read."
"There is no modern equipment, only washing in batches, we will call you when we are ready."
"Okay, then I'll go back and read."
Xie Wenyi closed the door, he didn't think it was a tree shadow or an illusion just now.
"It's not safe, we'll go back after washing."
This night, the players are bathing in batches. Although the rooms are quite clean, many people are not used to living in such a village, especially the weather here is gloomy, but it is a bit stuffy, and there is a layer of fine sweat all over the body. Sweaty and uncomfortable.
At twelve o'clock, the first news came.
[Dear players, you must be very happy to see your incomparably beautiful game announcer again. No.90 Wanted Order No. 10, the number of participating players is 10, and the number of survivors is [-]. Will this quiet and beautiful ancient town become your final resting place? 】
In the dead of night, when they were all asleep, they clearly heard a loud cry, a woman's cry, miserable and painful, the sound disappeared after a while, and the surroundings fell into silence again.
problem occurs.
Ren Ran didn't feel sleepy at all, his bed was next to the window, when he looked sideways, Pan Sheng across from him was tightly wrapped in the quilt, trembling.
Early the next morning, they got up and went to the cafeteria. Several players were already there, including Pan Sheng. A woman in her twenties couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "Did you hear a woman cry yesterday?" Voice?"
Another female player shook her head: "I was very tired yesterday and slept soundly, so I didn't hear anything."
However, a male player also said that he heard it.
Pan Sheng shook his head and nodded again, and finally said: "I forgot."
"..."
The female player said: "I guess something must have happened. There is no possibility of mishearing. As long as you can hear something, there must be a problem."
After eating, they went back to the room to clean up and were ready to go out.
Pan Sheng hesitated for a while, then hesitantly said to them: "Well, can I discuss it with you."
Ren Ran gave him a "you go on" look.
"I want to review my homework. I have a lot of books to read and a lot of questions to do. I really don't want to waste time. If you find the clues and pass the level, can you take me with you? I will reward you and won't let you work in vain. "
This request was beyond Ren Ran's expectations. He originally thought that Pan Sheng would ask to form a team, but he wanted to be a pendant directly.
"I can give you money, as much as you want." Pan Sheng was afraid that they would disagree, so he resorted to a trick, money temptation.
"Don't tell me you have cleared customs like this before." The rich man, tsk tsk.
"I'm not afraid of your jokes. Indeed, I used to pay people to take me through the customs, but recently there are fewer and fewer people who are willing to accept orders. This time I really can't find people. I didn't expect to meet you." Pan Sheng smiled wryly, if he hadn't been able to find anyone, he wouldn't have asked these two people whom he often rolled his eyes for help.
"If we can go out, we will let you know, and we can't help with anything else. As for money, no need, I'm not short of money." Xie Wenyi looked like a big boss.
The meaning is also very clear, you can go out, you just follow along.If you were in trouble, they wouldn't risk their lives to save you.As for money, they don't need it.
Pan Sheng nodded.
They walked down the corridor to the front door.
"Is he planning to stay in the house all the time?" This brain circuit is also incomprehensible.
"Maybe, it's in our best interest not to worry about him." Xie Wenyi said.
"Haha, you probably hate him for rolling his eyes at us." Ren Ran said.
"I can only see the people I want to care about and the things I have to do. I have never seen the rest."
Xie Wenyi's words were another invisible confession. After the two expressed their feelings to each other, Ren Ran discovered that he was so good at talking.
At this time in the morning, the students all started to come to the school for class. When they walked to the front door, several children came to school happily, carrying diagonal cloth bags.
Two children, a boy and a girl, sang an unfamiliar nursery rhyme, and walked happily all the way holding hands.
"Did you have any dreams yesterday? Let me tell you that I dreamed that my aunt made sugar cakes for me yesterday. It was so sweet." The boy said, almost crying.
"I heard someone crying last night. It was so loud. I don't know if something happened." The girl said seriously.
"Azhi! Don't talk nonsense. My mother said that I was dreaming. Our village is the best and most peaceful." The boy looked serious and said, "My mother told me to go home early after school to eat pancakes." .”
"Recently, we were asked to go home as soon as school was over, and we couldn't even go to the river to play." The girl named Azhi was crying.
"I don't want to play if I have something to eat. There is nothing fun by the river. I'm tired of catching loach. Don't go to the river." The boy said.
"If you don't go, you won't go. I'll go home and recite poems." Azhi said.
"Hey, I forgot to recite yesterday's text." The boy said.
"Haha, you're going to be scolded by Mr. Fu!"
"Last time I was forced to stand for a long time. It's really annoying. I miss Mr. Mo. He never scolds us." The boy said.
"Mr. Fu said that Mr. Mo has gone to teach elsewhere and will never come back again. I like him very much."
Azhi and the boy walked away hand in hand, and more and more children came to class at the gate.
They decided to go to Uncle Liu, the village chief, and no matter what he said, they would go and find out first.
Uncle Six is in a house at the head of the village. There is only one bungalow here, which has been converted into an office-like room. He is sitting on a chair, smoking a dry cigarette.
"You are here, are you still used to living here? Did you come to see me?" The village chief told them to sit down and poured water again.
"Very good, Chunsheng is very polite, we have something to ask, when we first arrived yesterday, we saw you at the funeral." Ren Ran said.
"Oh, yes, Cuihua's husband, Chen Shi, died of illness. Poor." Uncle Liu was still smoking.
"Then did something happen again last night? I heard a woman crying." Ren Ran also cut to the chase.
"Hey." Sixth Uncle said with a cigarette holder in his mouth, "Aunt Liu is a man."
Ren Ran and Xie Wenyi glanced at each other, and asked again: "Yesterday you said that the cooking was delicious? How did he die? Is it an emergency again?"
"That's right, the weather is not good. It's very hot this year. Hey, it's probably because of something dirty. Now I'm afraid that the whole village will be infected." Uncle Six kept sighing.
"Uncle Six, if it's an infectious disease, there must be certain symptoms. Have they mentioned it before?" Ren Ran asked.
"Who knows, there's a lot of people here, and the villagers won't bother me if there's nothing serious about it, hey." Uncle Liu said.
"Then Uncle Six knows what he was like before he died?"
Ren Ran's question made Uncle Liu tremble for a while, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he said tremblingly, "It's scary, I was scratched bloody from the face to the chest, and I don't know if it was stained with something. The skin disease made everyone sick to see it."
Xie Wenyi was silent for a while, and then said: "Is it going to be buried today? Please forgive us for being presumptuous, under normal circumstances, we will stay at home for a few days."
"Everyone is afraid of getting sick. How dare you keep it? You have to ask Feng Po to calculate the auspicious time before you can bury it. Today's auspicious time is evening. There are a few middle-aged people in the village who will carry the coffin. In the evening, I, the village chief, will have to go Sit down."
"Uncle Six, can we go together?" Xie Wenyi asked.
Ren Ran also had this intention, and hurriedly said: "We need to collect some materials for our on-the-spot investigation, such as the etiquette of the burial process and so on. I guarantee that it will not affect you. It is actually very difficult for us to talk about it."
Uncle Liu thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay, I'll wait at the entrance of the village at ten o'clock tonight."
They left Uncle Liu's place, asked passers-by, found Cuihua's house, and happened to see two female players coming out of Cuihua's house.
They didn't say hello, just as Ren Ran was about to go, the two female players suddenly said, "Do you want to ask Cuihua about her husband's death?"
"What's wrong?" Xie Wenyi said.
"Well, how about making a deal with you?" One of the female players said, "My name is Xu Ying, and her name is Yu Tong."
"What do you mean?" Ren Ran asked.
"These women's mouths are not easy to pry open. Let's put it this way, if you don't want to tell the truth, you guys probably don't want to tell the truth. It took us a lot of effort to dig out some information." Xu Ying was a little proud.
"How do we know if what you said is true or not? Maybe you cut out the most important part to deceive us." Ren Ran raised his eyebrows and asked with a half-smile.
"What's more, how do you know that we don't have the ability to pry their mouths open." Xie Wenyi made up his knife.
"A few of you who have reached this level are fools. Of course, it is not ruled out that those weak people rely on others to pass the level. This is a later story, let's not talk about it for now."
At first glance, Xu Ying was a strong female player, and she clearly distinguished the pros and cons in her heart.Along the way, Ren Ran has never met a similar female player, but wants to know what kind of deal she plans to do.
"Everyone saw the coffin on the first day they came here, and they will find the details of that person by following the clues. I think most of the players today will be concentrated at the house of Sixth Uncle, Cuihua and Aunt Liu who died yesterday, right? "
Seeing that they were silent, Xu Ying was even more proud, and continued: "Aunt Liu's husband will be buried tonight, and he will definitely not talk to us in broad daylight. If we go, we will only be kicked out. Only Cuihua can try it." I asked. And if I guessed correctly, the two of you may go to the burial together today."
Xie Wenyi also heard what she meant, "You want to go too, but you don't dare, and you want to follow us for help?"
"That's right, I'm very straightforward. Anyway, it's a deal. If you're willing, we'll make it right away. How about it?" Xu Ying said.
"Okay, ten o'clock in the evening, no problem, what news did you dig up from Cuihua?" Xie Wenyi asked.
"The people here are very strange, and they look very peaceful on the surface, but when it comes to these people who have suffered sudden death in the emergency department recently, they are not willing to talk about it. To be honest, I don't believe it is an emergency, and Cuihua doesn't want to talk about it. In the case of her late husband's death, she only said that he kept scratching himself, as if itching unbearably, and couldn't stop his hands until he was bleeding, but in the end she said, that person is a disaster. I am a Psychologists are more able to induce others to say what they don’t want to say, but this system is too rigid, and I have only heard so much today, so I don’t know who that person is.” Xu Ying said.
"At first we really thought it was an infectious disease, but after hearing that sentence, we knew there must be something hidden in it." Yu Tong said.
"Okay, see you on time at ten o'clock tonight." The two left after speaking.
"These players are more interesting than each other." Xie Wenyi held his chin and fell into deep thought: "That person? The range of people in the village is too wide."
"Do you believe what they say?" Ren Ran asked.
"What do you think?" Xie Wenyi asked back.
"Half-truth, half-false, or say something, but hide some." Ren Ran said.
"Honey, we really have a good understanding." Xie Wenyi smiled.
Today's weather was gloomy, and they returned to school in the afternoon, just as the children were leaving school, and they were happier than when they first arrived.Chunsheng greeted them, cleaned up the classroom, and began to prepare dinner for them.
Pan Sheng really spent the whole day squatting in the room to review and do questions. He only left the room for a while when eating and going to the toilet. Before ten o'clock, he saw Ren Ran going out, and even asked them what to do in surprise. What.
After hearing the answer, he showed a horrified expression, continued to look down at the book without speaking, and continued to babble: "This time the number one must be me."
"..."
They went out speechlessly and arrived at the entrance of the village before ten o'clock. Not long after, Xu Ying and Yu Tong also came, and they stood and waited for a while.
"Psychologist, I would like to ask why you found us and not the other players?" Ren Ran couldn't help being curious.
"The one of your roommates has never come out of the room. This kind of waiting to die is never in my consideration. I don't consider the other two female players for the time being. I'm not sure about the one who lives alone, let alone today. I didn’t meet him, and the remaining two heard that they guessed that someone must die tonight, so I guess I’ll look for clues in the village when I think about it. But my thinking is the same as yours, this burial is very strange, you must go and see it once.”
Ren Ranxin said that you are very good at analyzing, so they stood and stopped talking.
At night in this ancient town, red lanterns will be lit all around, but the brightness of the candles is always limited, the air here is particularly dark, and the visibility is not good. And the fog that I suddenly felt, my heart was indeed chilled.
Xu Ying and Yu Tong were obviously a little scared, and they leaned against Ren Ran.
The sound of mourning and music is getting closer, and the scene of figures in sackcloth and filial piety and the coffin being carried is really chilling.
Uncle Six was at the forefront, and when he passed by them, he made a shush gesture, signaling them to follow him.
Walking all the way outside the village, they left Xianghe Ancient Town.
The mountain road was relatively flat, and the huge tree shadows blended into the night. The people walking in front were holding white lanterns, like two ghost shadows floating in front of them.
They walked for a while before stopping. In front of them was a large cemetery, with tombstones and grave bags, all of which were generations of villagers from Xianghe Ancient Town.
A place had been dug there beforehand, and Aunt Liu stood by the side in a daze until the coffin was carried to the side for burial, when she suddenly turned red and threw herself on the coffin and cried bitterly.
Uncle Six pulled her over and shouted: "Die, you forgot what Feng Po said, don't cry, don't touch the coffin."
Others stood aside, the lantern illuminated the entire coffin, only then did Ren Ran realize that there were yellow paper heads pasted around the coffin.
"Amulet paper?" Ren Ran said softly.
"That's right." Xie Wenyi said.
Why do people who die of illness have to stick talisman papers?
The coffin was buried and covered with soil. Uncle Liu took out a large piece of yellow paper from his pocket. Before Ren Ran had time to see what it was, he was set alight by Uncle Liu and instantly turned into ashes.
"Okay, let's go, everything is fine."
A group of people turned back and walked towards the ancient town. Those middle-aged men who came to work as coolies were so tired that their backs were sore and their arms hurt, and they continued to beat and beat while walking.
Aunt Liu staggered in the front alone, leaving a very sad back, and no one helped her.
"Uncle Six, what are those talisman papers?" Ren Ran didn't say the last key.
"Fengpo gave it to her, saying that she was buried with the coffin to keep her safe. There have been so many incidents in the village recently, and everyone is in a bad mood." Uncle Liu said.
"That's right, Aunt Liu's back looks so pitiful." Xu Ying once counseled some widowed or orphaned families, and knew that oftentimes words of comfort were useless.
"Aunt Liu is still young, if she meets a suitable one in the future, she will be fine." Yu Tong said.
"Don't talk nonsense!" Uncle Liu put on a straight face, "If a woman in Xianghe Ancient Town becomes a widow, she will never be able to remarry in this lifetime."
It is not surprising that there is such a custom in such a backward place, Yu Tong hissed softly to express his dissatisfaction.
"Then if a woman really meets a suitable one, won't you allow it? Force them to separate?" Ren Ran asked.
"Yes." Sixth Uncle replied as a matter of course.
"Then if she wants to marry someone from outside the village," Xie Wenyi said.
"Life in Xianghe Ancient Town is the people here, death is the ghosts here, don't even think about going out for the rest of your life!"
Under the hazy moonlight, Uncle Six's expression was cold and frightening when he said this, and there was a sense of coolness everywhere.
When they returned to the school, the light in Chunsheng's room was still on, and through the thin window paper, he could be seen writing with his head down.
When they happened to pass by his door, the door of Chunsheng's room opened. He was holding a somewhat damaged ceramic pot, and greeted them: "Hey, did you guys go out just now?"
"Yeah." Ren Ran replied simply.
"Be careful, the road is not easy to walk in the dark." Chunsheng said.
He has always had a shallow smile and a gentle expression. He has seen too many hypocritical people in the dungeons. Ren Ran often would not choose to trust NPCs, but he felt that Chunsheng's kindness was true.
"Is anyone crying tonight?" Ren Ran asked.
Chunsheng was startled with the hand holding the ceramic pot, and said, "Yes, I heard the cries of children and women."
"Oh, some of the partners who came with you went out when they heard the sound." Chunsheng had already walked a few steps, and turned his head and said.
"Thank you, good night."
[Dear player, the game announcer, wearing snow-white cloth shoes and holding an oil-paper umbrella, is walking quietly on the blue stone road. No.90 No. 10 Wanted Order, 10 players participated, and 90 people survived at present. From this time on, the broadcaster will continue to broadcast personal progress for everyone by using her celestial vision.Player Ren Ran, currently ahead of [-]% of the players, please continue to work hard. 】
On the third day, when they got up to have breakfast, they found that the buns and rice porridge were already on the table. He woke up very early today, and he didn't expect Chunsheng to be earlier.
The male player in his 30s was already having breakfast, and there were two other male players who hadn't spoken to each other. They went out as soon as they heard the noise last night. They looked normal and didn't say anything.
Pan Sheng was the last one to come to the cafeteria. After the other players had left, Pan Sheng moved to his side and said, "How are you two investigating? Is there any hope of clearing the level?"
"It's hopeless, you still have time to hug other people's thighs." Ren Ran looked serious.
Of course Pan Sheng understood that he was mocking him, muttered something inaudible, and the three of them walked forward together.
Chunsheng was talking to a man. He was dressed similarly to Chunsheng, with a rough mandarin jacket, and his back was facing them.When Chunsheng saw them, he didn't know what he had said to the man, so they turned their heads together.
This man has the same face as Dr. Chen.
Even Pan Sheng, who didn't care about clues and just wanted to survive, was stunned on the spot. He shook violently and stammered, "Chen... Dr. Chen... head teacher... teacher..."
Chunsheng introduced them. This is the new teacher at the school, surnamed Chen.
Dr. Chen doesn't remember them at all, he is just an NPC now, a player who has not cleared the level and became an NPC, in reality he is one of the many names on the missing list.
Ren Ran's emotions are very complicated. Although he is obsessed with reading, he is a person who cares about many people and things. He likes this teacher very much. He wears a Chinese tunic suit and looks like a person from time travel. He is shy and talkative to students, caring and strict.No one is perfect, he is not the best, but he is the most suitable.
Chunsheng walked away while talking about the school with him. Pan Sheng lowered his head and said, "Before he disappeared, he was always out of his mind. He always misspelled words when he was teaching. I didn't expect that he was also a game player, didn't he?" It will become like this if you don’t clear the customs.”
"Yes."
"I don't want to die here, I want to get out alive, I want to get the first place." Pan Sheng quickened his pace and returned to his room.
"Ren Ran, are you okay?" Xie Wenyi asked with concern.
"We guessed it a long time ago, didn't we? Let's go, we also want to live." Ren Ran glanced at the direction Dr. Chen left, and strode forward.
The students came to class one after another. The girl they saw yesterday, named Azhi, walked to the door alone with her schoolbag on her back, but she didn't come in. She stood at the door for a while, then turned and left.
"Where's the boy she was with yesterday?" Ren Ran felt that this was the key, and any differences in the dungeon needed to be noticed.
"We follow her."
A Zhi walked along the alley for a long time, and when she reached the village, Uncle Six just came out of the house and said to her, "Why are you wandering around here at this time, little girl, you don't study anymore!"
Ah Zhi walked up, raised his face, and said seriously: "Grandpa Village Chief, Ah Hua won't come to study anymore?"
Uncle Six touched her head, "Of course not, he will come tomorrow."
"But Grandpa, I heard crying yesterday, it was Ah Hua and his mother." Azhi said.
"Don't talk nonsense!" Uncle Six put on a straight face, "Xiao Nizi must be having nightmares at night, let your mother cook some herbs for you, drink it and you'll be fine, stop wandering around, hurry back to class."
Uncle Six muttered, "Women don't need to study at all. They talk weird things all day long. Reading is useless." As he opened the door, he refused to yell at A Zhi who was standing there. : "Hurry up and go to study, hurry up."
After Sixth Uncle went back to the house, Ah Zhi didn't listen to his advice to go back to the school, she continued to walk, that direction was the exit of the ancient town.
"The cries of Ah Hua and his mother, could it be that the father of the boy named Ah Hua who died yesterday?" Ren Ran said.
"Yes, it's the third person. Let's go and see where this child is going." Xie Wenyi said.
Out of the ancient town, to the left is the cemetery they visited yesterday, but A Zhi walked to the right.
The mountain road was much narrower than the one leading to the cemetery yesterday, and there were no human-made paths. It seemed that few people walked here, and it became more and more overgrown with weeds and messy.
After passing through the dense bushes, a small river appeared in front of her. Azhi stopped by the river, Ren Ran and Xie Wenyi hid behind the bushes and watched her.
Azhi sat alone by the river for a long time with her chin in her hands. From their point of view, the girl was talking to herself in the air, she burst into tears for a while, and laughed again after a while.
Ren Ran thought that she must have seen a ghost?But it's broad daylight, where did the ghost come from, and Azhi basically lowered his head when talking, as if he was talking to himself.
Soon, she stood up, walked under a big tree, squatted down and dug up with her bare hands, and after a while she dug out something from it, re-buried the pile of soil, and walked slowly to the river.
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