Kaleidoscope of Death

After connecting with Tan Zaozao, Ruan Nanzhu quickly identified clues about Tan Zaozao.

That's Tan Zaozao's third door. Generally speaking, it's not very difficult, but you still have to be careful enough.But this time the clue is only four words - the girl in the rain.

Ruan Nanzhu had already done his homework before giving the clues, and simply told Lin Qiushi the general information about the girl in the rain.The Girl in the Rain is a portrait painted by a Ukrainian artist. This portrait depicts a girl with a black hat and a pale face. The girl has her eyes closed, the rain is dripping down her cheeks and the brim of her hat, and she is dressed in black. She seemed to have just attended a funeral, her expressionless face was as indifferent as winter.

Lin Qiushi also saw this painting. Of course, what he saw was an imitation. Although the girl in the painting has her eyes closed, if she observes carefully, she will have the illusion that she has opened her eyes.The tone of the whole picture is very dark, with a dampness of rain.

The background of this painting is also quite special, and it has been sold to three buyers.The three buyers all chose to return the goods in the end. They all said that after buying the painting, they began to be followed by a girl in black, even in dreams.

The girl began to get closer and closer to them, and they finally couldn't stand the situation, and returned the scroll to the painter in a panic.

This painting is indeed not very likable, Lin Qiushi closed the webpage after reading it.

Ruan Nanzhu sat next to him, handed him the silver bracelet, and told him to wear it on his wrist for the next few days, but there is one thing to pay attention to, that is, once you enter the door, you must remember to put it on the first Time to take the bracelet off so no one else can see it.

"Are you afraid that people from other organizations will find out?" Lin Qiushi asked.

"Yeah." Ruan Nanzhu said, "This is one of the reasons, but there is actually another reason."

Lin Qiushi said: "What?"

Ruan Nanzhu glanced at the bracelet: "Because this bracelet is a cursed thing."

Lin Qiushi: "..."

Ruan Nanzhu: "Oh, by the way, in fact, your earrings are also the same, but the effect is not so strong."

Lin Qiushi touched the earrings on his ears reflexively. After being forcibly nailed to his ears by Ruan Nanzhu, this thing had almost no sense of existence. He didn't notice it usually. He was a little surprised when he heard Ruan Nanzhu say that. : "A cursed thing?"

Ruan Nanzhu: "Well, but don't worry, this thing is basically useless, and it can only be used to find people."

When Ruan Nanzhu said so, Lin Qiushi nodded in reassurance.

But when it comes to cursed things, Lin Qiushi still hasn't found a way to use the notebook that Ruan Nanzhu brought out from the door. The only thing that is certain is that the notebook cannot record the content, because everything written on it will disappear for no reason.

Ruan Nanzhu said: "Don't worry, the function of the notebook can be explored slowly."

Lin Qiushi said hello.

In the next few days, Lin Qiushi focused his energy on clues, but there were not many clues about the girl in the rain. Now this painting has been banned from being exhibited. The reason is that when the painting was exhibited, many viewers There were mood swings, and even visual and auditory hallucinations.And the author of the original painting also suffered from serious mental problems. Of course, the official statement is that the author of the original painting used raw materials and canvases contaminated by pharmaceuticals when painting the painting—as for whether this is really the case, no one knows the answer .

Where exactly this painting is now is also a mystery, but it should be sealed up.

Tan Zaozao also knew the clues about her door, she was very relaxed, and she was completely different from Xu Xiaocheng who was crying because of the slightest disturbance inside the door.

Tan Zaozao's explanation for this was his acting skills, and Ruan Nanzhu sneered after hearing this.

"What are you laughing at?" Tan Zaozao was a little annoyed.

Ruan Nanzhu said: "Why, you don't even allow people to laugh?"

Tan Zaozao snorted and said, "Are you still wearing women's clothes this time?"

Ruan Nanzhu said: "No."

Tan Zaozao: "Why don't you wear it..." She seemed quite disappointed.

Ruan Nanzhu: "There is no reason."

When the two were communicating, Lin Qiushi was secretly poking and eating ice cream next to him, Tan Zaozao turned his gaze to him, and coquettishly said: "Lin Lin, please persuade him, let him continue to wear women's clothing. "

Lin Qiushi: "...Does it matter if you wear it or not?"

Tan Zaozao sighed: "Oh, what a pity that such a good foundation doesn't wear women's clothing."

Lin Qiushi: "..." Why does he feel that Tan Zaozao has other plans.

Soon, it was time to enter the door, because it was the third door, and Tan Zaozao was not particularly good at controlling the time.So one night Lin Qiushi was lying on the bed sleeping, and suddenly woke up. He felt a kind of shock, as if the bedroom he was familiar with had turned into another place.

Sure enough, as soon as Lin Qiushi opened his eyes, he saw that there were no longer walls around him, but twelve doors appeared. These twelve doors formed a circle, surrounding him with him as the center.

Lin Qiushi got up from the bed, quickly changed his clothes, found the third door, took a deep breath, and pulled the handle of the door.

The scene changes instantly.

After a burst of dizziness, everything around him changed.

A tall castle appeared in front of Lin Qiushi's eyes. This castle seemed to be a little old. It stood in a dense bush. The bush was surrounded by dense iron fences, enclosing the whole castle.

Lin Qiushi stood beside the bushes, and there was no one around.After entering the door, he did not forget Ruan Nanzhu's instructions, and the first thing he did was to take off the bracelet on his wrist.

This was the situation when he was alone after entering the door for the first time. Fortunately, there was no too scary scene when he first entered the door. Lin Qiushi walked towards the inside of the castle while observing the surrounding scene.

The environment here is very desolate, the bushes have not been pruned for a long time, they are dense and lush, and some vines are beginning to block people's sight.There is an endless thick fog on the surface of the iron fence. The thick fog seems to be a warning to people, making people want to stay away involuntarily.

Lin Qiushi walked to the gate of the ancient castle, and before he entered, he heard howling from inside.

"Help, help—" This was the voice of a young girl, her emotions seemed to have completely collapsed, and her crying was miserable and hoarse, which made people feel unbearable.

"Can you stop crying? You've been crying for more than an hour." Someone tried to persuade him impatiently, "If you really don't believe me, go out and see for yourself to see if you can get out of here."

When Lin Qiushi heard this, he immediately understood the situation inside. This is probably the newcomer link that must appear every time.

People who have just come to this world will always be a little uncomfortable, and all kinds of strange reactions can be understood.

Lin Qiushi thought so, pushed open the door of the castle, and walked in.

At this time, five people had gathered in the door, and they were standing or sitting in the hall on the first floor of the castle. When they saw Lin Qiushi coming in, they didn't say hello, and their expressions were mostly indifference and suspicion.

Lin Qiushi found a place to sit down at random, and then began to look around. Soon, he found what he was looking for in the crowd.

In the corner of the crowd, sat a handsome man in denim T-shirt. Although the man was sitting in the corner, he was very eye-catching, because his appearance was so beautiful, especially the mole at the corner of his eye. It adds a bit of style.Although his expression was cold, his temperament was alienated, and he seemed very unapproachable, but the people around him couldn't help but cast their eyes on him.

Lin Qiushi vaguely understood another reason why Ruan Nanzhu wanted to dress up as a woman. There are many beautiful women, but such a beautiful man is easy to attract the attention of others, and even attracts attention that should not be there.

Ruan Nanzhu also noticed his gaze, he gave Lin Qiushi a cold look in his eyes, and then looked away.

The crying girl is obviously a newcomer. She just came to this world, and she can't accept this weird scene for the time being, so she can only express her fear in her heart by crying.

She was sitting on the sofa, her tears kept flowing, and she looked at the people around her with fear and suspicion from time to time, "Where is this place, can you let me go? Is this a TV show? I don't want to play anymore, I beg you-"

"I said it's not a TV show. Are you fucking annoying? You cry as soon as you get here. The brains of those who cry will explode." A young man finally couldn't stand the girl's crying, and yelled violently. Said, "If you want to cry, go cry, it's up to you wherever you go, don't bother us here!"

The girl was yelled at and cried. Seeing the man's ferocious appearance, she forcibly stifled her crying, her whole face flushed red.

Facing such a scene, the others tacitly pretended not to see it.In fact, it is wise to accept the reality as early as possible. Unfortunately, it is difficult for most people to quickly adapt to the drastic changes in the environment.

The door of the castle was opened, and people came in one after another.

Tan Zaozao was the last one to come in. She was wearing a long orange dress with a white corsage hanging on her chest. She had a pitiful expression and sobbed from time to time.It's a pity that someone took her role at this time. The new girl has been crying for more than an hour, but it still hasn't stopped. After being yelled at by the man, she was quiet for at most 5 minutes, and then began to cry again. Lin Qiushi's ears were covered. The cries she gave were numb.

There are a total of ten people in the castle, half men and half women. Among them are two newcomers, one is the tearful girl who can continue to cry for two hours, and the other is the black-haired boy who hid in the corner and shivered after entering.

After everyone arrived, a dull bell rang in the castle, and at the corner of the stairs, a man wearing a black butler uniform appeared.

The man walked among them, smiled kindly at them, and said: "Everyone is finally here, my master has been waiting for a long time, please."

After he finished speaking, he turned and walked towards the second floor.

Experienced people knew that this was about to release clues, and followed closely behind. Although the two newcomers didn't know what was going on, they didn't dare to leave the main force, so they also joined the crowd and walked towards the second floor .

This old castle is very large, and the stairs to the second floor are extremely long. After walking through the long stairs, there is also a long and narrow corridor. The lights on the corridor are dim, and only a few faint oil lamps are hung.Behind the oil lamps are oil paintings with peculiar styles.

Why do you say that the style of painting is peculiar, because these oil paintings can hardly see the main body in the picture, like scenery, but also like people, the colors are on the canvas, forming a distorted posture, giving people a very uncomfortable feeling Feel.

The thick carpet on the floor eliminated the sound of everyone's footsteps, and the entire corridor was silent except for the flickering light.

At the end of the corridor, there was a half-closed wooden door. The butler walked to the wooden door, bent down and opened it, and made a gesture of invitation.

Ruan Nanzhu walked in the front, he took a step and entered the room.

Lin Qiushi followed closely and also saw the scene in the house.

It turned out that this was a dining room, and there was a huge dining table in the center of the room, on which all kinds of food had been arranged.At the end of the dining table, sat the master that the butler said - a woman with a slender face wearing a black hat and a long black dress.Her face is very white, almost as white as paper, but her black eyes are a bit too big. Under the dark light, they seem to be like two bottomless black holes. Her lips are painted with bright red lipstick. Shi Zheng grinned slightly, smiling at them—if that could really be called a smile.

This scene really made people feel uncomfortable. Everyone fell silent, and even the newlywed girl who had been crying all the time stopped sobbing in horror.

"Please." The butler's voice came again, "Everyone, please enjoy the delicious meal."

Ruan Nanzhu was the first to move. He found a chair at random and sat down, then took the prepared wet towel and wiped his hands.

Lin Qiushi sat next to him.

Others began to sit down one after another. After everyone was seated, the hostess picked up the bell and shook it, announcing the opening of the meal.She didn't speak from the beginning to the end, and didn't even change her expression. She silently picked up the knife and fork, and began to eat the food on the table slowly.

Lin Qiushi observed her from the corner of his eye. He noticed that the woman's hands seemed to be too big, with protruding knuckles, and the nails showed a dull off-white color. Those huge hands carefully held the cold tableware, delicately Thinly cut the bloodshot steak on the plate, then forked the steak and sent it into Bloody's mouth.

This scene was too uncomfortable. Lin Qiushi watched it for a while, and even had a sense of doubt about whether the hostess was human.He looked away, but noticed that Tan Zaozao, who was sitting next to him, also started to stare at the hostess in a daze... as if possessed by a demon.

Lin Qiushi gave a low cough and grabbed Tan Zaozao's attention.

"Let's eat." Lin Qiushi whispered.

"Hmm." Tan Zaozao also noticed something was wrong with him, and after nodding, he didn't dare to look any more, and began to cut the steak with his head down.

The taste of this meal is actually good, whether it is an appetizer or a dessert, the taste is very authentic.It's just that in such an environment, everyone really doesn't have much interest in tasting food.

Ruan Nanzhu has always been big-hearted. He didn't show any discomfort from the beginning to the end. He ate all the food, not even the fruit.

In the end, it became a situation where everyone was watching him eat, and he didn't feel unnatural. He wiped his mouth after eating, and then put down the knife and fork.

After the last person stopped to eat, the hostess stood up and walked towards the door.

The housekeeper said: "Please, everyone, the master is going to take you to see what you have been waiting for for a long time."

Everyone hurriedly followed, following the hostess up the winding stairs.

I don't know how many floors this old castle has. Lin Qiushi counted the floors as he climbed up, and the hostess led them to stop at the seventh floor.

She walked to the end of the corridor on the seventh floor, opened a door, and walked through the door.

Everyone didn't dare to go in directly, but chose to observe at the door for a while.

The room in front of me should be a studio, where there are many tools used for painting, but the most eye-catching thing is a painting covered with a white cloth in the middle of the studio.The butler's voice sounded right behind them, and he said, "There are still a few days left, and the painting that everyone is most looking forward to is about to be completed. The other scenery in the painting, after the master completes the painting, he will give everyone a good review."

When Lin Qiushi heard this, he understood their identities.They probably appeared as admirers of the mistress's painting skills, and they need to stay here for a few days until the mistress's painting is completed.According to the current information, the key to go out may also be related to the final painting of the hostess.

"Everyone, don't disturb my master to continue his creation." The housekeeper said, "It's getting late today, please go back to your room early to rest."

He said and brought everyone back downstairs.

They live on the third floor, one room per person, and the keys to the rooms are randomly assigned, and the numbers above correspond to their respective rooms.

Lin Qiushi was lucky, he happened to be opposite Ruan Nanzhu, but Xu Xiaocheng was unlucky enough to be assigned to a room in a corner. She held the key and muttered dissatisfiedly for a while.

The rooms are large and beautifully decorated.It's just that whether it's the astonishingly large bed or the complicated dressing table, they all reveal the atmosphere of the times.

The owner of the castle probably likes painting very much, and there is even a painting hanging in the center of the room.This painting seems to be an ancient castle under a rain curtain. The tone is very dark. Lin Qiushi took a look at it, then took the painting off the wall and covered it on the ground.

Because the clue is Beauty in the Rain, Lin Qiushi always felt that the accident must have something to do with the painting.

After he washed up, he went to bed. Before going to bed, he checked his mobile phone as usual. Not surprisingly, he saw that there was no signal on the mobile phone.

He lay on the bed for a while, and when it was almost time, he got up and knocked on the door quietly.

With a soft creak, Ruan Nanzhu opened the door for Lin Qiushi.

"Nanzhu." After Lin Qiushi went in, he noticed that there was also a painting in Ruan Nanzhu's room. This painting seemed to be a bush at the entrance of the castle, and the weather was still rainy.

"Hmm." Ruan Nanzhu seemed to have just washed his hair, and his hair was wet. He wiped his hair and said, "What did you find?"

"She looks so much like the Maid in the Rain." Lin Qiushi said, "It's almost like walking out of a painting."

Ruan Nanzhu nodded: "Indeed."

What Lin Qiushi was talking about was the mistress. As long as you saw the painting of the girl in the middle school, and then saw the mistress of the castle, you would definitely connect the two of them.

Ruan Nanzhu pointed to the paintings hanging on the wall: "You also have them in your room?"

Lin Qiushi nodded: "Yes, the content is different, it is a painted castle."

"Take it off." Ruan Nanzhu said.

"It's already taken." Lin Qiushi said, "How about Tan Zaozao?"

Ruan Nanzhu said: "I'll go over and have a look later, if it doesn't work, I'll take her here."

Lin Qiushi hummed.

Ruan Nanzhu said: "You have nothing to say?"

Lin Qiushi thought that Ruan Nanzhu was asking him for clues, he shook his head, saying that he didn't find anything more, and he had to look again tomorrow.

Ruan Nanzhu: "...Forget it, it's nothing."

In fact, if possible, Lin Qiushi is naturally most willing to live with Ruan Nanzhu, because in this way both of them have a support.But this time there is still Tan Zaozao who needs to be taken care of, so Lin Qiushi can only make do with it.

After talking with Ruan Nanzhu for a while, Lin Qiushi returned to his room.

As a result, he was stunned as soon as he entered the room, only to see that the painting he took off from the wall just now returned to the wall...

Lin Qiushi: "..." He was silent for a moment, then stepped forward and took down the painting again.

This time he didn't put it in the corner, but opened the drawer and put the painting inside, and then used a stool to prop up the drawer.

As night fell, the wind began to blow outside the window. Lin Qiushi lay on the bed and heard the rustling sound of the breeze passing through the treetops.

There was a beautiful crystal chandelier hanging on the ceiling of the bedroom, Lin Qiushi stared at the chandelier in a daze.He knew that it was time for him to sleep, but he couldn't fall asleep no matter what. He wanted to forcefully empty his mind, but his spirit became more and more awake.

The wind was getting stronger and stronger, and Lin Qiushi smelled a fishy smell of rainwater. It was the raindrops on the dry land, and the unique smell of water. This smell should be very light, but now it is getting stronger and stronger. His nostrils began to fill with that damp breath.

Lin Qiushi's gaze, which had been looking at the ceiling, suddenly froze. At some point, an obvious water stain began to appear on the top of his head, which was so conspicuous on the white wall.He rubbed his eyes vigorously, the water stain was indeed still there... It wasn't his misreading.

But shouldn't there be a room on his roof?How could it be leaking?Lin Qiushi felt that the situation was not good, the water stains became more and more obvious, a dark mass, as if wriggling and changing.He didn't dare to lie on the bed anymore, so he got up and turned on the light.

After the lights came on, Lin Qiushi looked at the ceiling again, only to find that the ceiling was empty... nothing.

Is this hallucination?Or a hint?Lin Qiushi tried to turn off the light, but as expected, after the light was turned off, the black water stains appeared again, and compared with just now, the water stains were bigger again, and began to present a strange pattern, like The profile of a... woman.

Lin Qiushi turned on the light again.

He looked around, got up and went to the window, pulled the window over, and unhooked the lock.

It had already started to rain outside, the rain was not heavy, but the sound was very clear, the raindrops fell on the leaves with a crisp rhythm.

Lin Qiushi glanced out the window, and he saw the garden in the rain.

In the deepest part of the garden, there seemed to be a black figure, wearing a raincoat and a black round hat, standing quietly in the bushes, staring at the castle in front of him, as if he was a visitor, but also as if he was returning.

But Lin Qiushi took another look, and the figure turned into the shadow of a tree again, but it was just an illusion of his being too nervous.