The Secret Chamber of the Card Game

As soon as Qu Wanyue finished speaking, a chill ran down the backs of her teammates.

In the dark night, I saw the bride getting married with my own eyes. As a result, the wedding procession disappeared... This secret room may have a supernatural theme. From the mass graves at the beginning to the disappearing brides in the town, there are everywhere. Seemingly weird, these phenomena are difficult to explain with common sense.

Xiao Lou quickly calmed down, pressed the earphones and said in a low voice, "Let's find out the path of the maze first."

Lao Mo picked up the half-drawn map and said, "This maze is too large. The part we just walked through may not be one-tenth of it."

Xiao Lou thought about it carefully, and said: "Do you still remember the conversation between the two maids just now? They said that the young lady will get married at Yinshi... Yinshi, that is, between 3:5 and [-]:[-] in the morning. It's going to light up."

Yu Hanjiang said bluntly: "Let's go, hurry up. If these people in the town are really ghosts, then the town after dawn must be different from that at night."

Lao Mo led the way, and the others followed behind, walking in another direction.

The paths in the town are all detours, a bit like the "petal-shaped" maze encountered in the ancient tomb. No matter how you go, every road will return to the lake in the center of the town.And there are complicated passage connections between detours and detours. Even if Lao Mo is there, everyone will be dizzy and unable to distinguish between east, west and north after walking for a minute.

Going around in circles, one circle after another...

The forks in the whole town were marked by arrows of various colors. Lao Mo had a headache when drawing the map, and couldn't help complaining: "This time the maze is too complicated. All the roads are similar. In a circle, one ring after another, I can no longer tell which road we took when we came."

Everyone: "..."

After being reminded by Lao Mo, everyone suddenly realized that they couldn't find the way to come.

No matter how you go, the end point is the lake in the middle of the town, and all the forked roads by the lake can't get out... Are they trapped in the town?

Thinking of the welcoming team that disappeared just now, Xiao Lou felt a chill in his heart, and said, "This Qingfeng Town is probably an illusion, and we are trapped. Fortunately, Brother Jiu is outside the town. If you really can't find an exit, let Brother Jiu use the Peach Blossom Spring pulls us."

With Taohuayuan as a way out, everyone was relieved and continued to explore in the small town.

There were not many pedestrians in the small town in the middle of the night, and all the roads were unimpeded, which provided great convenience for everyone. Lao Mo took everyone around, and there were more and more paths on the map he drew.

They wandered around the town for some time, but Lu Jiuchuan's voice came from Yu Hanjiang's mind: "It's almost dawn, are you still coming out?"

Yu Hanjiang was startled, stopped, and looked up at the sky.

A crescent moon hung high in the night sky, the surroundings were pitch black, and there was no sign of "it's almost dawn". He couldn't help frowning and asked, "Brother, are you outside the town, is it dawn?"

Lu Jiuchuan said: "There is light in the east, the sun hasn't fully risen yet, it should be around six o'clock in the morning."

Yu Hanjiang turned his head to Xiao Lou and said, "How long have we been wandering around the town?"

"About two hours. The Peach Blossom Spring exists for three hours. I think we can go out again before the Peach Blossom Spring disappears." Xiao Lou also sensed something was wrong when he said this, and followed Yu Hanjiang's eyes to look at the sky, and said thoughtfully, "According to the time just now, the young lady got married in the early morning Yin hour, it should be Chen hour now, why is it still not dawn?"

"That's right... Logically speaking, we've been here for two hours. It should be dawn." Long Sen scratched his head and looked at Yu Hanjiang suspiciously. He found that the latter looked serious and frowned slightly. , seems to be thinking about something.

After a moment of silence, Yu Hanjiang said in a low voice: "Brother Jiu said, it's already dawn outside, and the night town we entered is probably another world."

Qu Wanyue froze for a moment, then blurted out: "Is it a ghost market?"

Xiao Lou realized that something was wrong, and immediately said, "Go!"

Yu Hanjiang called Lu Jiuchuan through teleportation and asked him to start the teleportation. A reminder that Lu Jiuchuan invited you to enter the peach blossom garden appeared in front of everyone's eyes. Everyone pressed agree, and the screen flashed before them, and everyone gathered under the familiar peach blossom tree again.

Looking at the pale faces of the five people, Lu Jiuchuan walked over worriedly and asked, "What's the situation? I heard from Han Jiang that you are trapped in the maze?"

Ye Qi was also very curious: "There are ghost brides? Ghost babies?"

Shao Qingge lightly pressed his temples and said: "So, is this a horror battle royale? Do not eat the controlled zombies, the erratic Ah Piao? And intersperse with some hunters who want our lives?"

Ye Qi looked back at him: "What is Ah Piao?"

Shao Qingge patted the young man's shoulder with a light smile, and patiently explained: "It means ghost. Usually, ghosts like to float behind people, so they are honored as 'Apiao', don't you know?"

Ye Qi shook his goosebumps: "I've never seen it before!"

Xiao Lou's mind was a little confused, he straightened out his thoughts, and said, "What is certain now is that the town at night is a ghost town frozen in time, and you can't get out once you enter it. Lao Mo, let everyone see you first. Draw a map of the maze."

Lao Mo took out a handkerchief, which was the card that Liu Qiao gave him at that time. You can draw graphics directly on it with your fingers, and it is very convenient to carry.On the white handkerchief, circles were densely drawn, and in the middle was a big circle with the words "Lake" and "Zuiyue Pavilion" written on it.

Ye Qi looked dizzy: "Is this maze a ring game? One circle after another connected together?"

Gui Yuanzhang came over and looked carefully at the floor plan, and said, "Which way did you enter? From the map, why does it look like a closed maze with no exit?"

Xiao Loudao: "I'm also surprised. When we entered the town and found this lake, we left arrow marks on the original road, but after walking around, we couldn't find where the marks were. All the roads are circular. If you go in, you can't come out."

Lu Jiuchuan frowned: "Is there going in but not out? Going but not returning?!"

Tang Ci said solemnly: "Fortunately, the Yu team let the seven of us stay outside. If the whole team enters the maze, we are probably trapped in a ghost town now."

Ye Qi turned pale, and said, "If we are trapped in the ghost city and cannot get out, after a long time, we will starve to death and become ghosts like them?"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

If it wasn't for Xiao Lou who asked Lu Jiuchuan to open Taohuayuan to attract people, Yu Hanjiang would only divide 5 people to explore the way cautiously, and the others stayed outside the town...

At that time, if we were a little careless, everyone went in together—that would be a dead end, and there would be no return!

This is the first big hole left by the gatekeepers.

Lao Mo looked at the map on the handkerchief and said, "Have you heard of the 'Beehive Labyrinth'?"

Everyone else was at a loss, but Xiao Lou quickly said: "I heard that one of the most complicated maze types in the world is often used in various maze challenge competitions. The principle of the honeycomb maze is made according to the nest of bees. Yes, there are countless forks in the road, as long as you take the wrong one, it will be extremely difficult to turn back."

Lao Mo nodded, pointed at the map and said, "Professor Xiao, the layout of the maze in this town is very similar to a variant of a beehive maze. However, the beehive maze is composed of countless hexagons connected together. It has become countless circles, the difficulty is similar, but visually it is easier to make people dizzy."

Xiao Loudao: "Let's go out of the Taohuayuan first, I want to see what the town looks like during the day."

Before leaving Taohuayuan, Yu Hanjiang reminded: "This is an ancient background. You are wearing shirts, jeans and sneakers. If you need to investigate clues during the day, you will be regarded as a stranger by the people in the town."

Shao Qingge smiled and said: "This is not a problem, do you still remember the clothes card that everyone got at 8 of Hearts?"

Sister Hongtao has always been "caring". When she rewarded everyone with the [clothes card], everyone thought that this set of "cosplay" costumes would never be used. I didn't expect the slap in the face to come so quickly, and now there are people with ancient backgrounds. Chamber of Secrets, you need to wear ancient costumes...

Ye Qi blushed, "Am I going to wear that women's outfit again?!"

Everyone had an "otherwise?" expression on their faces.

Xiao Lou pretended to be calm and put on the women's outfit, and had been Yu Hanjiang's "wife" for a lifetime in the 8 of Hearts. His clothes and Mrs. Yu's clothes were still the same color couple outfits.

Lu Jiuchuan looked at the couple outfits of his younger brother and Xiao Lou, and praised, "Not bad, it matches well."

Xiao Lou's ears were slightly red, ignoring the deep meaning in his words, and asked, "Ninth brother, I remember that you also experienced the ancient secret room once, did you get the costume card reward?"

Lu Jiuchuan smiled and touched his nose: "The ancient secret room we went to, I was a general, Huaying was a heroine, Tang Ci was a teacher, and Lao Gui was the emperor."

Gui Yuanzhang said indifferently: "I am in micro-clothes for private visits, and I also have a set of casual clothes."

Lu Jiuchuan said: "Then put it on."

A group of people directly took out their costume cards, and changed into ancient costumes in a blink of an eye. Ye Qi wanted to vomit blood. His bright red dress was the most gorgeous. After all, he was playing the top girl in Tianxianglou in 8 of Hearts...

Lu Jiuchuan looked at Xiaoye, who was wearing a red dress and all kinds of hairpins and jewelry, and couldn't help laughing: "What kind of dress are you wearing? Could it be Qing..."

Tang Ci coughed lightly, interrupting Brother Jiu's joke.

Ye Qi gritted his teeth with hatred: "I need to change my clothes after entering the town!"

Shao Qingge lightly smiled and helped Ye Qi's crooked hairpin back up, and said, "Xiao Lou, arrange how to group up. In case there are people in the town during the daytime, there are twelve of us, and the clothes are not uniform. You can’t rush in like a swarm, can you? The locals don’t like it when they see it.”

Xiao Lou looked at Yu Hanjiang, who said indifferently: "Xiao Lou and I pretend to be husband and wife, Long and Qu follow us, and the four of us are tourists passing by here occasionally." It also fits the identity and is not easy to arouse suspicion.

Xiao Lou went on to say: "Old Mo and Xiao Liu are acting as masters and apprentices. You are pharmacists who roam around, come to collect medicine nearby."

Yu Hanjiang said: "Hua Yinghe belongs to the senior group, the mobile group, and moves freely."

Both Chu Huaying and Gui Lao have strong personal abilities, and they can act alone to investigate clues while others are not paying attention.

Needless to say about the remaining four, Shao Qingge took the initiative to say: "I, a rich man, have no choice but to take Miss Ye with me." Seeing Ye Qi blushing, he leaned over and said with a light smile: "When you enter the town, first I'll buy you a set of clothes you like, and replace this gaudy red dress."

Ye Qi was now happy: "I want to change into men's clothes!"

Lu Jiuchuan said: "Tang Ci and I stayed behind. If something happens in the town, I will use another Taohuayuan card to force you out."

The town at night is a ghost town, and you have to guard against entering or exiting.

Shao Qingge handed the copied [Tao Yuanming] card to Lu Jiuchuan. Yu Hanjiang and Lu Jiuchuan's tacit understanding can last for 20 hours. After encountering danger, there is still time for Lu Jiuchuan to open the Taohuayuan again.

After everyone agreed, they walked out of the Peach Blossom Spring in batches.

Yu Hanjiang, Xiao Lou, Long Sen, and Qu Wanyue entered the town first.

Sure enough, it was dawn outside, and a red morning glow appeared in the eastern sky, and the quiet town was awakened.After the heavy rain, the air seems to be extraordinarily fresh, and you can smell the faint fragrance of green grass.

As soon as Xiao Lou and his party entered the town, they saw a woodcutter holding a tool, as if he was about to go to the mountain to cut firewood.

When the old man saw them, he was slightly taken aback, but did not take the initiative to talk to them, and continued to move forward.

Yu Hanjiang stepped forward to stop him, and said politely: "Old man, my wife and I passed by here to find a place to stay. Excuse me, is there an inn in the town?"

The old man said: "There is an inn, you can see it if you go west along the mainland."

Yu Hanjiang nodded: "Thank you, old man."

The four of them walked into the town, it was still early, and there were not many pedestrians on the street, but some vendors could be seen preparing breakfast, and the smell of meat buns wafted in the air.The town full of lively people is completely different from the quiet and weird town last night. It really looks like two worlds.

Xiao Lou walked to the center of the town according to his memory, and he saw a lake.

The willows are reflected on the lake, the breeze blows, the clear lake water is sparkling, and the scenery is hundreds of times more beautiful than at night.

Xiao Lou remembered that he followed the lake to the right and walked to the third fork, which was the family where the bride was married at night.He and Yu Hanjiang looked at each other, and walked to the bride's house in his memory tacitly.

When he was about to walk to the door, a gust of wind blew by, and the leaves that fell on the ground from the heavy rain were suddenly swept up by the wind and made a rattling sound. The atmosphere was gloomy for no reason.

Yu Hanjiang stopped and looked at the deserted street.

The whole street was empty.

Xiao Lou gave Qu Wanyue a wink, and Qu Wanyue and Long Sen sneaked into the courtyard with the chameleon card while there was no one around.

After a while, when the two came back, Long Sen said with a sullen face, "Professor Xiao, this yard has long been deserted, and there is no one in it, but..."

Xiao Lou asked, "What is it?"

Qu Wanyue gritted her teeth and said, "There is a row of spiritual seats."