Instance game: I signed a pact with the gods, and the gods accused me of cheating

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As soon as he finished speaking, the portrait on the tombstone seemed to have heard Qin Shang's request.

The pretty and smiling face, with its black eyes that were originally looking straight ahead, moved to the side.

The pretty face seemed to hold a meaningful smile, and then, in the face of Qin Shang's bloodshot expression, it slowly recovered.

A light breeze blew by, as if nothing had ever happened.

Qin Shang swallowed hard and subconsciously glanced to the left.

He was even more shocked.

Next to Shen Xiuxiu's tombstone, there was a family tree with a white cover.

Why did Qin Shang know that it was a family tree at a glance?

Because those two words are written directly on the cover.

Clue, this must be the clue...

"Come to think of it, I should actually thank the guy who just picked out to mess with my mentality..."

If that headless female corpse hadn't caused trouble just now, Qin Shang would definitely not have worn the red dress.

At that time, you will lose your night vision ability, but you will be able to clearly see the things next to the tombstone, every blade of grass, flower and tree.

All of this is thanks to the buff of this priest-exclusive skill after wearing the red dress.

Otherwise, even if Qin Shang hit his head in front of this tombstone, Shen Xiuxiu would have to appear in person to tell him that a family tree had fallen next to it.

Otherwise, Qin Shang would not have noticed the family tree dropped so far away from the tombstone.

"It looks like the final mystery has been basically solved!"

He was not brave enough to sit in this eerie and scary cemetery and look at the family tree.

Qin Shang is not brave enough to do this.

Just now, when I encountered the headless female corpse, I was not in a hurry because I had two priest props in my hands.

Although the priest of the Holy Church is a profession introduced from the West, there are many rumors about it in medieval Europe and the United States in history (unofficial history).

For example, rumors about priests catching ghosts, priests fighting zombies, and priests fighting vampires.

Of course, whether it's vampires, zombies, evil spirits or something like that.

Qin Shang thought there was nothing wrong with classifying them all as evil spirits.

Therefore, the two [Priest] professional items, the 'Holy Cross' and the 'Cursed Red Dress', gave him more confidence when facing such supernatural events.

"Wake up! If you keep pretending to sleep, I'll just leave you here!"

The next moment, Qin Shang pushed the fainted maid in annoyance.

Xiao Yu quickly woke up from her coma and saw Qin Shang's expression froze, then he started crying;

"Master, you are in the underworld too? It's over, it's over. I am destined to be a slave for life. Even in the underworld I have to serve you. How can I go to justice?"

When Qin Shang heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched.

You, NPC, are really good at stealing the show!

"I'm going to give you a hammer. Are you going to leave or not? That was just an illusion. Look at me, I'm a staunch materialist. I wasn't scared at all."

"You are too unworthy to be my maid. Go away now."

Hearing this, Xiao Yu was startled, and looked around. As expected, there was no trace of the female ghost, and he was immediately happy.

"Master, did you kill that headless female corpse?"

"No, I told her that my maid had tender skin and delicious taste, so I asked her to hide in your room and wait for you to return at night and enjoy her slowly. Then she agreed and left."

"What?"

As soon as these words came out, Xiaoyu was struck by lightning and burst into tears.

"Master, how could you do this? We have been through thick and thin together, and yet you have abandoned me."

"I, I, I hate you..."

Damn, can’t women of this era even say “f*ck”?

But I have to say that this little girl is quite relaxed.

The fear brought by the headless female corpse just now disappeared in an instant.

After a while, Xiaoyu, who was still unhappy, looked up at Qin Shang, her big eyes full of tears;

"Master, for you, I am willing to sacrifice my head and shed my blood. This is my way of repaying you!"

"But after I die, Master must remember Xiaoyu..."

Damn, isn't it just a joke?

Still can’t get out?

"You're just kidding. I'm born with a domineering aura. All evil and sneaky people would avoid me as much as possible."

"The headless female corpse just now was so frightened that she ran away in panic when she saw me. You didn't see how miserable she looked."

"Oh, no wonder you wear a red skirt, it turns out it's to scare away evil spirits!"

"I understand. As long as we act more like a ghost than a ghost, he won't be able to do anything to us, right?"

"Master, you are wise. A grown man wearing a red skirt is not only not a human, but even ghosts would be scared. She must have thought that you look more like a ghost than she does!"

Xiaoyu clapped her hands in surprise.

His eyes fell on the red dress worn by Qin Shang.

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When Qin Shang heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched violently. Damn it, I forgot about this.

However, Xiaoyu's words did serve as a reminder to myself.

If you do not retract the 'Cursed Red Dress' into your inventory within five minutes, you will have to pay the price yourself.

It has been three or four minutes since the headless female corpse appeared.

Thinking of this, Qin Shang immediately took off the red skirt.

He is still in the copy and doesn't want to pay the price of going blind for a day.

If I really act blind for a day, then the whole day tomorrow will just pass by...

By then, I guess I won’t even know how I died.

On the way back, the two of them were silent.

Nothing weird or scary happened in the middle, and Qin Shang soon returned to his Third Young Master's Mansion.

When she reached the door, Xiaoyu was still quite scared.

He looked back every few steps, unwilling to leave.

Dangdang——

As a result, a sound of gongs and drums rang out at the other end of the quiet corridor.

Qin Shang was startled, and then said in astonishment;

"Is this the night watchman?"

Xiaoyu pursed her red lips and nodded;

"Yes, Master."

After hearing this, Qin Shang actually became interested.

After all, as a person from a big city, Qin Shang could afford a watch no matter how poor his family conditions were.

In his impression, the act of night watchman is a folk custom that existed in ancient times.

He had never learned about the history of night watchmen and was completely in the dark about their customs.

So I asked subconsciously.

"What time is it now?"

"Third update."

"I see. Since there is still someone able to keep watch, it means nothing strange happened tonight. Otherwise, the night watchman would be the first one to get into trouble."

"Okay, if you have nothing else to do, go back to bed. I'm tired from the journey, and nothing happened tonight. It's time for me to rest!"

Hearing this, Xiaoyu nodded obediently.

However, the sound of gongs and drums by the night watchman did give the girl some courage.

The girl suppressed the fear in her heart and simply said goodbye to the young master.

On the other side, after entering the room, Qin Shang lit the oil lamp.

Then he leaned against the door panel, waiting until the noise from the night watchman and Xiaoyu completely disappeared. Then he hesitated for a moment, and finally took out the family tree from his arms.

His intuition told him that the final secret of the Lin family was hidden in this family tree.

At this point, the truth about the Lin residence is about to come to light.

This family tree may be the sharp blade that tears off the last fig leaf of the huge Lin family.

Qin Shang opened the family tree, which was thin and actually did not contain much content.

It is nothing more than the inheritance of several generations of the Lin family, how their ancestor was so-and-so, how he became rich and how he got to where he is today, and it tells in a long-winded way the process of migrating from Jiangnan to Shanghai.

The story of how he finally settled here and became the most famous herbal medicine merchant in the area...

Qin Shang was not interested in the contents of the first few pages at all and quickly skipped over them.

Until I saw a few familiar names on the penultimate page.

It is probably this generation, which is the fourth generation page of Lin Zekai, Lin Xuyang and others in the background board!

Just then, something small fell out.

Qin Shang picked it up and saw that it was a blood-stained piece of cloth with a line of small words written in a rather messy handwriting on it.

"Zekai, you promised to let me enter the Lin family tree. You didn't lie to me, right?"

Qin Shang's eyelids twitched. It seemed that this family tree might have been written by Shen Xiuxiu because she was unwilling to be married and had to stay alone in an empty room. She was afraid that she would be kicked out of the Lin family or kicked out of the house, so she was worried!

Then, Qin Shang looked at the family tree.

The part about people's names is written in great detail, and there is a life record for almost every descendant of the Lin family.

There are even clear records of the names of the descendants. At that time, some large families still named their children according to their generational names.

For example, if this generation of grandchildren is named Xu, then no matter whether it is the eldest grandson or the second grandson, there will definitely be a character "Xu" in their names.

For example, Lin Xuyang, Lin Xudong...

These two people are the eldest and second young masters of this generation of the Lin family.

Qin Shang knew the second young master's name.

But strangely, he didn't find his father in the family tree.

If there is a biographical record, the name of the son will definitely be written in it.

However, the children of the first, second and third concubines were all recorded.

Lin Xuyang, Lin Xudong, Lin Zekai, and others all have...

But Lin Tao was the only one missing.

"hiss!"

"Weird."

"I am the third young master of the Lin family after all. It is impossible for me to be nameless in the family, right?"

Qin Shang read the family tree twice again to make sure that he didn't miss anything, but that there was indeed no such person as Lin Tao.

He frowned tightly, and found no other clues here.

Just when he was about to give up on the family tree, a cold electronic prompt sounded in Qin Shang's ears.

[The Fraudster hidden mission unlocked; Who am I? ]

boom--

At this moment, Qin Shang's hand holding the family tree trembled.

His pupils tightened and he stared at the three words "Lin Zekai".

Expression stiff.

I...am I not Lin Tao?