The Secret Chamber of the Card Game

This small town reminded Xiao Lou of Liuxi Village in 4 of Spades.

It is also located in a remote mountain forest, and few outsiders can usually find it here.On the surface, it looks like a paradise isolated from the world, but actually hides many secrets.All the villagers in Liuxi Village were poisoned and blinded by the old lady Qin, and they don't know what happened in Qingshan Town?What about the mass graves on the cliffs near the town?

Xiao Lou looked at Yu Hanjiang and suggested in a low voice: "It's late at night, and I don't know if there are hunters in this town. For safety's sake, it's better not to act in groups. Just send a few people to investigate, it's enough."

Yu Hanjiang thinks about it too. There is no need for 12 people to enter the town together. Some teammates are not good at scouting.Lu Jiuchuan is the creator of the Taohuayuan, he can stay where he is and bring his teammates back at any time.

Chu Huaying, Senior Gui, Shao Qingge, Ye Qi and Liu Qiao can all stay.The chameleon card of Long Sen and Qu Wanyue can completely integrate with the bluestone board in rainy nights, which is very convenient for investigation.Lao Mo has the strongest sense of direction among all the people. If the road inside the town is complicated, Lao Mo can quickly identify the path and guide everyone.

Thinking of this, Yu Hanjiang called his name and said: "Long, Qu, and Lao Mo, you three will go to the town with me and Xiao Lou to investigate, and the rest will stay in Taohuayuan." He looked at Lu Jiuchuan and said, "Brother, I'm connected with you." We have a good understanding, if we are in danger, I will notify you as soon as possible, and you will directly pull us back to Taohuayuan."

Lu Jiuchuan simply nodded: "Okay. The rest of us will take a look around the town, everyone be careful."

Xiao Lou, Yu Hanjiang, and Lao Mo put on the invisibility cloak, while Long Sen and Qu Wanyue used the chameleon card to quickly integrate with the environment. A group of five entered the boundary of Qingfeng Town and walked along the spacious stone road.

After walking for a while, the rainstorm gradually stopped.

The dark clouds in the sky dissipated, and the soft moonlight shone through the clouds, covering the town like a veil.

The town is huge in size.

There is a lake in the center of the town, and the clear water reflects the moonlight.Weeping willows are planted around the lake, and there is a pavilion in the middle, with a plaque on it, called "Drunken Moon Pavilion", the scenery is very beautiful, very suitable for watching the moon.

The bluestone road that surrounds the entire lake was washed clean by the heavy rain.

Xiao Lou stood by the lake and looked into the distance. By the moonlight, he could vaguely see a patchwork of buildings.The style of the building is very uniform, with white walls, blue bricks and green tiles, which has the charm of a small town in the south of the Yangtze River.

Seeing that there was no one around, Xiao Lou said in a soft voice, "I have seen bicycles, electric vehicles, and other modern means of transportation along the way. It seems that this time is indeed an ancient background."

Long Sen said in a low voice: "The zombies in the mass grave are not all town residents, are they?"

Xiao Loudao: "Go inside and have a look. This small town is strangely quiet. Go left first."

When everyone heard this, they immediately followed Xiao Lou.

Everyone came to the main road on the left side of the town and continued to check forward.

The door of a family in front is closed. There are two stone lions at the door. It looks very dignified. It should be a big family.

Xiao Loudao: "Long Sen, Teacher Qu, please go in and have a look at this house."

Long Sen and Qu Wanyue turned over the wall with the cards whose legs grew longer, and then quickly climbed to the window by touching the ground. Long Sen pretended to be windy and opened the door, and Qu Wanyue followed closely behind.

After a while, the two quickly returned to Xiao Lou's side and said, "There is no one in the room."

Yu Hanjiang said: "Explore again."

Long Sen and Qu Wanyue continued to go to the next door in this way, and after a few seconds, they said, "There is still no one."

Yu Hanjiang frowned: "Could it be an empty city?"

Xiao Loudao: "Let's check another way, we can't come to a conclusion yet."

Everyone returned the same way and came to the lake.

Lao Mo suddenly said: "The roads in this small town extend in all directions, and there are many detours. I just observed carefully. The willow trees around the lake in the center are almost the same. The gazebo in the center of the lake is in all directions. The words 'Drunken Moon Hall' are engraved. That is to say, it is difficult for us to identify the direction based on the reference objects inside the town."

Xiao Lou looked up at the sky and frowned slightly: "There was a heavy rain just now, and now there is only the moon in the sky, and no stars are visible, and there is no way to identify the direction according to the North Star and the Big Dipper."

Yu Hanjiang whispered, "Is it a circular labyrinth?"

Lao Mo nodded: "It's probably a maze, we have to continue investigating."

Xiao Loudao: "It seems that we can only use markers to find the way. Fortunately, it is dead of night now, we use arrow markers, and we should not be found. The invisibility cloak is only 30 minutes, everyone hurry up."

Mo Xuemin said: "The road I went just now is tentatively on the west side. I will use the left arrow to draw the map. When the sun comes out tomorrow, if the direction is wrong, I will just rotate the map by a certain angle. .”

Xiao Lou said: "Alright, let's go to the opposite place next."

A group of people crossed the Huxin Pavilion and continued to investigate in another direction.

Just walked into an alley, and suddenly heard the loud cry of a baby, in the quiet night, the cry of the baby startled everyone, Long Sen took a deep breath, said: "This is too infiltrating people!"

Qu Wanyue said, "Do you think it's better if there are people in the town, or if it's empty?"

Long Sen: "..."

Are the two options relatively speaking, or is the former better?At least someone can find clues.

Thinking of this, Long Sen volunteered, "I'll go and have a look."

Xiao Lou said: "Let's go together."

He was worried that if it was a trap, Long Qu and his wife might not be able to solve it.

The five people quickly moved towards the direction where the baby was crying. After a while, they saw a house with lights on, and there was a commotion in the house. An old woman said: "Congratulations, young master, mother and child are safe!"

The child was crying very loudly. The young man took the child from the swaddle and said happily, "Great! That burst of lightning and thunder just now really shocked me. I thought something would happen to Madam..."

The mother-in-law said with a smile: "Madam is auspicious, this child cries loudly and was born at full term, and looks very energetic."

The young man said: "How is Madam?"

The mother-in-law said: "She was so tired that she fell asleep, and the servant girl is taking care of her..."

The five of Xiao Lou hid under the willow tree by the wall, looked at this scene, and looked at each other.

This family should be quite rich, with more than a dozen maids and servants busy in the yard. It turned out that the young lady gave birth tonight and gave birth to a fat boy.The young man who became a father was full of smiles, and carried the child into the house, and the cry of the child was still very loud.Xiao Lou and his party stayed outside for a while, and when they found nothing happened, they quickly evacuated.

Lao Mo picked up a pen and paper, quickly recorded the location of the family, and said, "I marked it on the map. I don't know if there is a child born in this family. Is it a clue related to the plot?"

Xiao Lou said: "It's not clear yet, write it down first, and talk about it tomorrow."

Everyone continued to move forward, most of the houses in this area were occupied, Long Sen and Qu Wanyue sneaked around all the residents, 99% were asleep, and the remaining 1% were awakened by the crying of the baby just now, there was a couple Still discussing: "Did the young lady of the Liu family give birth? Do you want to go and see?" "What are you looking for so late, go to bed first, and talk about it tomorrow."

In the Xue family, Lao Mo wrote the word "Willow" on the map.

The five of them took a detour and found that they were back at the lake in the middle of the town. Old Mo said, "A ring structure?"

Thinking of the leaf-shaped labyrinth in the ancient tomb, everyone couldn't help feeling overwhelmed.

After walking for half a day to return to the original road, he must have taken a circular road, but the structure of the whole maze is still unclear. Xiao Lou glanced at the two roads marked with arrows that he walked just now, and said: "Continue to investigate , time is limited, we try to check as many maze areas as possible, everyone will come in together tomorrow, and we have a bottom line in our hearts."

Everyone picked a path they hadn't taken before and continued on.

Just after walking a certain distance, I suddenly heard a burst of loud firecrackers coming from the side alley, followed by the sound of beating gongs and drums, and several people blew the suona at the same time.

I have to say, he played much better than Ye Qi.

Suona is a musical instrument, worthy of being the king of musical instruments, and its refreshing effect is extremely powerful.The five people were shocked by the sudden suona sound, and Xiao Lou looked back——

I saw a row of welcoming teams beating gongs and drums, carrying eight big sedan chairs, and carrying the bride out of a house.

The bride's family background should be quite good, and the dowry alone carried more than a dozen boxes. Four dowry maids followed the sedan chair, as well as matchmakers, bridesmaids, and a welcoming team...

This long line of welcoming relatives was really spectacular, they passed in front of Xiao Lou and the others, and since the five of them were in an invisible state, the welcoming team did not notice them.

A maid smiled and said to the matchmaker: "The rain has finally stopped. If it doesn't stop, our lady will have to brave the heavy rain to get married. Fortunately, God has eyes, and the auspicious time will not be missed."

Another servant girl said: "The fortune teller said that it is better for the young lady to get on the sedan chair at Yinshi, isn't that true? The rain suddenly stopped when it arrived at Yinshi. The young lady and the young master must be a match made in heaven."

The woman in the sedan chair said softly: "You two, don't be poor, be heard, and beware of being laughed at."

"Yes, Miss." The two maidservants who were whispering shut their mouths immediately, and walked forward beside the sedan chair.

The mighty welcoming team walked out of the town with drums and gongs. Many people around were awakened by the sound of firecrackers, and some people came out wearing capes to watch the excitement.

Xiao Lou always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell.

The five continued to investigate the area, walked around and returned to the central lake.

At this moment, Lu Jiuchuan's voice sounded in Yu Hanjiang's mind: "Hanjiang, have you finished the investigation? 30 minutes are almost up, come back first, and talk about it at dawn. Don't be too risky."

Yu Hanjiang asked: "Brother, did you see a wedding party leaving the town?"

Lu Jiuchuan was puzzled: "The welcoming team? I didn't see it."

Yu Hanjiang couldn't help being stunned when he heard this: "Didn't see it? Didn't they walk out of the town?"

Lu Jiuchuan said: "We have been at the gate of the town, and there really is no welcoming team."

Yu Hanjiang: "..."

Yu Hanjiang, who found something wrong, immediately told Xiao Lou the news: "Ninth Brother and the others guarded the gate of the town, but they didn't see the wedding procession going out. Is this lady married to a local man, or is there another person in this town?" An exit?"

Xiao Lou was silent for a moment, and then said: "The two maids chatting just now, I always feel familiar with one of them."

Yu Hanjiang was puzzled: "Familiar?"

Xiao Lou took a deep breath and said in a low voice: "I don't remember their faces clearly, but I remember the pair of red embroidered shoes... Among the zombies who crawled out from under the tombstone just now, there is a female zombie wearing the same embroidered shoes. She was very close to me and almost grabbed me, so I could see clearly."

This sentence made everyone at the scene gasp.

In other words, the maid who was smiling and chatting with her companion just now had crawled out from the ground not long ago, and almost grabbed Xiao Lou's ankle with her white hand.

She is dead.

Qu Wanyue's voice trembled: "This... Could it be that the wedding party just now married... a ghost wife?"