Kaleidoscope of Death

Although I am used to seeing such scenes, I have to say that every time this kind of picture appears in front of my eyes, it is a challenge to my nerves.

The hostess heated the pot in front of her, and then put the meat in her hand into the hot pot.When the meat touched the hot pan, there was a sizzling sound, followed by a smell of cooked meat.The smell quickly turned into a burnt smell. Gu Longming's expression was very complicated. After all, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart - the hostess did this, at least it showed that the food they ate was not human flesh.

The meat rolled in the pot, the fat layer overflowed with abundant fat, and the meat part became blackened, and the woman scooped it up with a spatula in her hand.

Lin Qiushi looked at the furnishings in the room and the woman's actions, and instantly understood what the woman was doing—she was boiling oil with a dead body.And it seemed that what she boiled seemed to be lamp oil in the house.

Sure enough, when the transparent hot oil overflowed the iron pan, the woman turned around and picked up the lamp next to it, and then put the hot oil and wick into the small lamp.

Lin Qiushi remembered the oil lamp in their house, which was exactly the same as the one in the woman's hand. There is no doubt that the method of making the oil lamp is probably the same.

The woman was filling the oil lamp, but the cry of a child came from the room.

Lin Qiushi was taken aback for a moment, then saw her turn and go back to the back room. After a while, a small baby wrapped in red swaddling clothes came out from inside.

Because of the angle, Lin Qiushi couldn't see the child's face, but when he saw the child's outstretched hands, he saw that the complexion on those small hands was pale with a strange blue color, which didn't look normal at all. child's hand.

"Don't cry, don't cry." The woman shook the child and comforted the child in her arms with a gentle voice.

Lin Qiushi didn't dare to go too far because he was afraid that the woman would see him from the window.

The woman paced back and forth in the room full of the smell of grease, her tone and demeanor were extremely gentle, her body slowly turned around, and Lin Qiushi could just see the child in her arms.

As Lin Qiushi guessed, this is not a living child.

The face seemed to have been soaked in water for a long time, and it became swollen and pale, the eyes were narrowed into a line, and the pupils could hardly be seen. The huge blood-red mouth opened and wailed, and Lin Qiushi could clearly see the inside of the mouth. Fine teeth - no human has such teeth.And the child's cheeks were covered with cyan meridians, which further exposed his non-human identity.

Lin Qiushi felt that his arm was firmly grasped by Gu Longming, and when he turned his head, he found that Gu Longming was quite frightened.

Lin Qiushi was about to stop him from grasping so tightly, when he saw the hostess coming towards the door.He quickly turned around, pulled Gu Longming and hid in the corner together.It wasn't until they saw the hostess leaving the yard with the child in her arms that the two breathed a sigh of relief.

"Do you want to go in and have a look?" Although Gu Longming looked scared, he still made this proposal.

Lin Qiushi glanced at the door and said, "Let's go."

Gu Longming said: "Well... can I watch the wind for you at the door?"

Lin Qiushi said: "Also." He didn't force Gu Longming to go in with him.

Unexpectedly, after struggling for a while, Gu Longming decided to go into the room with Lin Qiushi to check for clues, saying that if she really came back, it seemed useless to watch the wind, and it would be safer to turn around and run.

The two entered the room through the half-open door, and quickly searched for clues in the room.

Because the hostess could come back at any time, Lin Qiushi didn't dare to delay too long, Gu Longming checked outside, and Lin Qiushi went into the inner room.

The back room is not big, and there is a small crib inside, but it is very strange that there is a shelf next to the crib, and there are dense oil lamps on the shelf. Although it is daytime, these oil lamps are all lit. with.

Lin Qiushi was about to continue watching, but he heard slight footsteps coming from the door. He knew that the hostess must be back, so he turned around and grabbed Gu Longming's arm to signal him to leave.

Gu Longming understood, and quickly left the room with Lin Qiushi.

As soon as the two of them reached the corner, the hostess pushed open the door of the yard. At this time, the baby in her arms had stopped crying, but Lin Qiushi could clearly see that there were red marks around the baby's mouth. Like leftovers after eating something...

"Be good, be good." The woman went back to the room, and after returning to the room, she looked around, with a little suspicion on her face.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Lin Qiushi said to Gu Longming, "Let's go!"

The two walked along the wall and went straight to the exit of the yard.

It was also fortunate that they slipped away quickly, because just about a minute after they left the house, the hostess came to the door and put a heavy big lock on the door of the yard.If they were a little slower, they would definitely be locked in the yard.

Even the calm Lin Qiushi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Let's go back." Gu Longming said, "It's almost noon..."

Lin Qiushi glanced at him: "You can still eat like this?" Didn't you still look like you were going to throw up just now?

Gu Longming said: "People are iron, and food is steel. If you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry. Besides, what you eat is not human flesh anyway, so it doesn't seem like a big deal..."

Lin Qiushi was helpless: "Okay."

After that, the two walked towards the place to eat.

When the two of them arrived, the others had almost eaten their food. Yan Shihe was sitting next to him and chatting with Xiaoqian. Lin Qiushi heard their chat, probably about the customs in the small town.

It seemed that Gu Longming was really hungry, after eating a bowl of rice, he started to eat big mouthfuls.

Yan Shihe glanced at the two of them, got up and walked to Lin Qiushi's side, and said, "I came to eat so late, the food is almost cold."

Lin Qiushi said: "Well, I got up late."

Yan Shihe's eyes flickered, obviously he didn't believe Lin Qiushi's excuse, and yes, it is impossible to oversleep with a big heart in such a world.

But Lin Qiushi didn't care whether he believed it or not, even if Yan Shihe didn't believe it, so what?

"We found a new clue, can we exchange it with you?" Yan Shihe sat down next to Lin Qiushi, "We are not enemies..."

Lin Qiushi looked at him: "What kind of clue?"

Yan Shihe said: "A clue about the river god."

Lin Qiushi put down the chopsticks in his hand: "What do you want to know?"

Yan Shihe said, "I want to know where you went and what you saw just now."

Lin Qiushi looked at him and said nothing.

Yan Shihe smiled: "Well, actually Xiaoqian saw that you were heading towards the place where the hostess lives. You have successfully entered, right? I just want to know what's in the house..."

"Tell me first." Lin Qiushi said calmly, "If you just use some nonsense to perfuse me, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to get the clues you want."

Yan Shihe said: "Okay, let's find a remote place." He glanced at Gu Longming who was still working hard to plan a meal, "It seems that what you see inside the door is not terrible." appetite.

Lin Qiushi looked at Gu Longming, not knowing what to say.

Gu Longming finally cleaned the rice, wiped his mouth and said righteously: "Don't waste it!"

Lin Qiushi: "Are you full?" This guy has already eaten three bowls of rice.

Gu Longming gritted his teeth: "Let's be full!"

Lin Qiushi: "..." I really wronged you.

Then the four of them found a remote room in the courtyard, and after entering, they began to exchange clues.

"I remember that you also entered the ancestral hall, right?" Yan Shihe said, "Have you seen the tablets of the children above?"

Lin Qiushi said: "I see." Hearing this, he immediately reacted, "You mean those children are river gods?"

"Smart." Yan Shihe said, "According to normal circumstances, children who died young cannot be enshrined in the ancestral hall. But they are different. Their status is no longer children, but gods."

Because of this, their tablets are even placed higher than some elders in the small town.Lin Qiushi suddenly realized that this was the reason.

"There is another tablet, I don't know if you have noticed it." Yan Shihe said, "The name on the tablet is Yu Caizhe."

Both Lin Qiushi and Gu Longming shook their heads, indicating that they did not know.

Seeing this, Yan Shihe laughed, and said, "Tell me what you saw in the room first, and then I'll tell you about Yu Caizhe. After all, both parties must show some sincerity?"

Lin Qiushi pondered for a while, and said: "We saw the hostess here frying the corpses in the pot in the yard - using the corpses of the two people who disappeared last night."

Yan Shihe sat up straight: "Frying? What is she frying the corpse for?"

Xiaoqian next to her turned pale suddenly: "Could it be for us to eat!"

If ordinary people have not seen the oil lamp, it is indeed easy to get confused when they hear this passage.

Lin Qiushi smiled, instead of explaining, he asked instead: "Who is Yu Caizhe?"

Yan Shihe knew that he had met an opponent. Although the person in front of him looked gentle and non-aggressive, he didn't seem to be a good target. He said slowly: "Did you know that the male owner of this yard is also surnamed Yu .”

Gu Longming didn't understand: "Is this his tablet?"

"No." Yan Shihe said, "It's his son's tablet." He spread his hands, "I found their family tree in a room in the courtyard."

"Is it the hostess' son? So the hostess' son has also become a river god?" Speaking of the son, Lin Qiushi remembered the pale baby with fangs in the hostess' arms. Could it be that the baby was Yan Shihe? Yu Caizhe?But he has become a river god, how could he return to the mistress's side?

Lin Qiushi frowned, feeling a little puzzled.

"What about frying corpses? What is the hostess doing frying corpses?" Yan Shihe laughed, "I wouldn't believe that what we ate were corpses."

"Why don't you believe it?" Gu Longming said angrily beside him, "Could it be that you have eaten a real corpse?"

Yan Shihe glanced at Gu Longming and said calmly, "Of course not."

For some reason, Lin Qiushi had the feeling that he was lying. Of course, he didn't say this feeling, but said: "We saw her boil the oil out of the corpse, and then made it into an oil lamp."

Yan Shihe frowned: "Oil lamp? The one we usually use?"

"Yes." Lin Qiushi affirmed Yan Shihe's question, "It's the one we usually use."

Yan Shihe fell into a brief silence, and then spoke again: "So what is the function of the oil lamp?"

Lin Qiushi shook his head, indicating that he did not know.

After Yan Shihe got the information he wanted, he stood up and said goodbye to Lin Qiushi: "Then let's go first." He looked at Gu Longming with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes, "If you feel hungry, you can go back and continue eat."

Gu Longming didn't answer anything, he stretched out his hand and rolled up his sleeves, revealing his muscular arms, and sneered.

Yan Shihe turned around and left, looking slightly flustered from his back.

Lin Qiushi was a little funny when he saw this.

"Damn, this person is mentally handicapped." Gu Longming spat, "You know how to bully a poor, weak and helpless female high school student like me."

Lin Qiushi silently looked away from Gu Longming's muscular arm.

The information exchanged with Yan Shihe is very useful. At least Lin Qiushi now has a clear understanding of the so-called river god. However, when they were still thinking about the relationship between the oil lamp and the river god, they found that Yan Shihe actually put the oil lamp told everyone.

Yan Shihe said it during dinner, his tone was very flat.

Most of the people stopped their chopsticks because of his words, and one of the two newcomers rushed directly outside the door and started to vomit, not knowing what he thought of.

"All the oil lamps are made from the oil in the corpse." Yan Shihe said, "Although I don't know what the oil lamp does, I still think it's more appropriate to tell everyone about it."

Gu Longming was very displeased with Yan Shihe's behavior of spreading their clues, and kept his expression somber.Lin Qiushi also had no expression on his face, just quietly eating the food in front of him.

Some of the other people who heard the news got up and left in a hurry. It seemed that they wanted to throw the oil lamp away.

Lin Qiushi glanced at Yan Shihe, and happened to meet Yan Shihe's eyes. Yan Shihe smiled at Lin Qiushi, then closed his eyes.

"What exactly does he want to do?" On the way back, Gu Longming's dissatisfaction with Yan Shihe reached its peak, "He just said this?!"

Lin Qiushi has already figured out Yan Shihe's intentions, "He just wants to know what the oil lamp does."

Gu Longming: "What do you mean?"

Lin Qiushi said: "In fact, in simple terms, oil lamps can only be used for good or bad, so Yan Shihe needs someone to try."

Gu Longming was taken aback and understood the meaning of Lin Qiushi's words: "You mean he deliberately made those people throw away the oil lamps because of fear?"

Lin Qiushi said: "Yes."

Gu Longming: "But what if... what if the oil lamp is the condition to attract ghosts?"

Lin Qiushi said: "Do you still remember the room we inspected this morning?"

Gu Longming said: "Remember..." The room they checked was the room of the two people who disappeared last night.

Lin Qiushi said: "The oil lamp in that room is empty."

Gu Longming's eyes widened, he didn't remember this detail at all.

"Yan Shihe remembered this, so he put the treasure on the other side." Lin Qiushi slowly pushed open the door, "The world inside the door is originally a gambling, and there is a 50.00% probability of death on both sides of throwing the oil lamp. He thought If you want to find the correct answer, you have to try other people's lives." When he said this, a little bored appeared on his expression.

Gu Longming: "Then why don't we tell them..."

Lin Qiushi tilted his head, a little helpless: "Because we don't know the correct answer, what if it is wrong to leave the oil lamp?"

Gu Longming had nothing to say.

The two of them walked into the room, and their eyes immediately fell on the oil lamp on their table.

Gu Longming walked up to the oil lamp and muttered: "Then we'll keep this?" He reached out to pick up the oil lamp and was stunned, "Wait, has our oil lamp been replaced?"

Lin Qiushi: "Replaced?" Lin Qiushi looked at the oil lamp and found nothing unusual.

"Yes, it has been changed." Gu Longming was very sure, "I'll show you if you don't believe me." After saying this, he put his hand into his pocket, took out an object, and took it out.And when Lin Qiushi saw clearly what he took out, he showed a look of astonishment: "Wait, you were not when we entered the door..."

"That's right." Gu Longming said, "It's all here."

I saw an extra oil lamp in Gu Longming's hand. The oil lamp was ready, and the lamp oil inside had solidified into a milky white paste.There is no doubt that Gu Longming secretly took out this oil lamp from the hostess' living room when they first entered the yard. Lin Qiushi stared at the oil lamp, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"Hehehe, fortunately I have a vision." Gu Longming was quite happy, "Come and see, is the color of our oil lamp different from this kind of oil lamp?"

Lin Qiushi leaned over and found that the colors were indeed different.It's just that the difference is very small. The color of the oil lamps in their room is only slightly lighter. Without comparing them together, Lin Qiushi really can't see the slight difference between the two.

"Right, right?" Gu Longming said, "I read it right, right?"

"It's not wrong to see it." Lin Qiushi took the lamp from Gu Longming, "I want to go to other rooms to have a look."

He wanted to compare it with other oil lamps.

Gu Longming said, "Let's go together."

As soon as the two of them left the house, they saw the hostess in the red dress standing quietly in the middle of the courtyard at some point, with her back to their room.

Gu Longming felt a little guilty and didn't dare to look more.

However, Lin Qiushi noticed that she was holding a small red quilt in her arms, which was the swaddle she used to wrap the baby during the day.It's just that the swaddling baby is empty at this time...

Lin Qiushi and Gu Longming went to other rooms and found out after comparing the lamp oil.

The lamp oil in the room where Yingke was crying was exactly the same as the lamp oil in their house, that is, it was different from the lamp that Gu Longming stole from the hostess' room.

And if you look at what happened last night, this kind of lamp oil will obviously bring disasters, but lamp oil made from human body is safe.

But even though they came to such a truth, it still makes people feel very uncomfortable. After all, the oil in the body of the same kind should be used to illuminate...

So Gu Longming and Lin Qiushi didn't light the lights that night, they went to bed early and chatted on the bed.

Gu Longming talked a lot and was good at bragging. Lin Qiushi listened with gusto when he talked about the interesting things he encountered in the real world.

But before falling asleep, Lin Qiushi got up and looked at the window.

It was pitch black outside, and there were only two rooms with lights on. One was Yan Shihe's room, and the other belonged to a couple of elderly people.The other rooms were pitch-black, and it was obvious that either the owner of the room had thrown away the lamp oil, or had kept it and hadn't lighted it.

Lin Qiushi returned to the bed, his eyes slowly closed and he wanted to fall into a deep sleep.But there was something in his heart, but he couldn't sleep too hard, and the slight footsteps outside the window woke Lin Qiushi from his light sleep.

Lin Qiushi opened his eyes and saw the darkness of the room, only the faint moonlight projected in from the window, casting white light on the ground.

Lin Qiushi saw a row of figures through the window paper on the window.These figures were very short, and judging from their height and shape, they seemed to belong to children. When he saw these voices, he couldn't help but think of those children who appeared in the corridor last night and walked forward slowly with their shoulders on their shoulders.

And worst of all, Lin Qiushi heard the sound of fingers rubbing against the window again.

Because the woman poked a hole in the window last night, Lin Qiushi even used glue to fill up the hole during the day, he was lying on the bed, his heart was hanging high, the small voice was like a rope for life, At any time, it may be put on a person's neck and pushed down again.

The sound lasted for a long time, and finally stopped. It seemed that something outside found that the window paper was impenetrable, so they moved slowly and walked towards other rooms.

And Yan Shihe's experiments also yielded results. The lamp oil boiled from the human body is not harmful, but it is a tool to protect them.

However, Lin Qiushi was lying on the bed, just about to breathe a sigh of relief, but from the corner of his eyes, he saw another tall figure outside the window—it was the mistress in the yard. She was standing very tall, separated by a thin layer. of glass peering into the house.

Lin Qiushi held his breath, but he suddenly remembered the oil lamp that was suddenly lit last night.

Why does the oil lamp suddenly light up? Is there any other hidden death condition besides the oil lamp?Lin Qiushi was thinking about this when the oil lamp on the table suddenly ignited a dazzling light again——