The Secret Chamber of the Card Game

Xiao Lou was very puzzled when he heard the results obtained by Lao Mo and Liu Qiao.

A family mysteriously disappeared?

In the house they sneaked into last night, there were more than a dozen maids and servants, and the young lady had just given birth, so she must not be able to get out of bed and move around, and the crying of the child would disturb the neighbors nearby, why? Will it all disappear overnight?

Unless they were taken away after being stunned, with so many people leaving collectively, there would definitely be some noise.

Yu Hanjiang frowned and said, "Old Mo, Xiao Liu, go to the inn to meet us first. This town is a bit weird, so don't act without authorization, so as not to startle the snake."

Liu Qiao replied: "Alright Team Yu, let's go over here."

A while later, Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou brought Long Qu and his wife to the inn in the middle of the town.

This inn is called "Fulai Inn" and is located by Zuiyue Lake.

There were not many guests in the early morning, and the waiter had just finished cleaning the room. When he saw Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou and his party, he greeted them with smiles all over his face: "Guest officials, are you going to eat or stay?"

Xiao Lou Wen said: "Give us two rooms."

"Okay!" The waiter graciously invited them upstairs, and introduced, "The Tianzihao and Dizihao rooms on the second floor are all vacant. Please stay at ease for the four of you. If you have any orders, call me anytime."

"Thank you." Xiao Lou sent the waiter away, and the four of them settled down in the room first.There were not many people in the inn in the morning, and it was inconvenient for them to directly inquire about the extermination of the Zhao family. Xiao Lou planned to wait until lunch time to go out to have a look.

After a while, Lao Mo and Liu Qiao also moved into the inn. Liu Qiao walked into the room and closed the door, pressed the voice headset and said, "Uncle Mo and I are in the 'Yin' room. Professor Xiao, where are you?"

Xiao Lou said: "The sky and the earth are two different places. Let's pretend that we don't know each other and use voice headsets to communicate."

Lao Mo pressed the headset and said: "I just observed this inn. The lobby on the first floor is a place to eat, and there are a total of sixteen rooms on the second floor. The names are Tian, ​​Di, Xuan, Huang, and Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao and other twelve earthly branches. The entire inn is shaped like a Chinese character back, and the south-facing rooms are facing the lake, with the best view, and the other three directions are all facing the street.”

He paused, and then added: "Once there is an accident at the inn, the window closest to the street is the window of the 'Yin' room where Liu Qiao and I live. We can jump out of the window and escape, which happens to be the corner of the street. place."

Lao Mo has developed the habit of drawing a map first whenever he goes to a place. He is really afraid of entering a door and encountering a maze.

Xiao Lou reassured: "Okay, I will write it down."

Yu Hanjiang asked: "Did you two go in and investigate that family just now?"

Liu Qiaodao: "At that time, Uncle Mo was standing guard outside, and I sneaked in with the Qinggong card while no one was paying attention. The yard was deserted, and there was no one there. There were rotten branches and leaves everywhere on the ground. But the strange thing is that the house There was no sign of a fight, and the quilts, tables and chairs were all very neat. I found a letter in the master's room and brought it out."

Xiao Lou hurriedly asked, "What's the content of the letter?"

"It was he who wrote the letter to his father-in-law and mother-in-law to announce the good news, saying that his wife had just given birth to a son and was weak. He planned to take his wife and children to Qingzhou City to visit his father-in-law and mother-in-law in half a year. The letter was signed by Chen Yu, the man of the family. The master should be called Chen Yu."

"Chen Yu?" Yu Hanjiang frowned and said, "Any other clues?"

"Apart from this letter, I didn't find any other clues." Liu Qiao paused, then suddenly remembered something, and added, "By the way, I also found a child's toy in the bedroom, which should be given to the newborn by them. Kids bought it."

"What toy?" Yu Hanjiang asked.

"A red rattle."

Xiao Lou: "..."

rattle?Thinking of the rattle he found in Zhao's room just now, Xiao Lou couldn't help but look at Yu Hanjiang suspiciously: "Could it be a coincidence? We also found the rattle in Zhao's bedroom."

Yu Hanjiang said: "There were not so many toys in ancient times. It is not uncommon for the elders to buy a rattle to amuse the children. This kind of toy is too common, maybe it is a coincidence."

Xiao Lou nodded in agreement: "Well, just the toy 'rattle drum' really can't explain the problem. However, there are still many similarities between the two. First of all, there was no trace of fighting at the scene of the crime, and no blood was found. The Zhao family was wiped out, and the Chen family disappeared overnight without a sound, as if they were..."

Yu Hanjiang followed his words and said, "It's like being captured by a ghost?"

Long Sen's scalp became numb when he heard it, and he couldn't help but said, "If it's really a monster who committed the crime, it's hard to explain it with common sense, right? Monsters and ghosts kill without leaving traces, and it makes sense to just eat the whole family... ..."

Xiao Lou didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Captain Yu is just joking. Ghosts commit crimes and eat up the whole family. I don't think Ace of Hearts will be so boring. Set up such illogical cases for us to investigate. Besides, if ghosts commit crimes, How to explain the mass graves on the cliffs outside the town?"

Long Sen was stunned for a moment, then patted his forehead suddenly: "That's right! Will ghosts kindly bury people in mass graves after killing them? This must be man-made, and besides, throwing corpses into mass graves, it can be seen It turns out that the murderer has great hatred with the Zhao family and the Chen family."

Ye Qi was shopping for clothes in the store at this time, and when he heard Xiao Lou and the others' discussion, he felt extremely anxious, but couldn't get in a word.The store proprietress blushed anxiously when she saw the "girl" in front of her, and couldn't help but said, "Don't worry, girl, there are no ready-made clothes in the store that suit you, we can also make tailor-made clothes."

Shao Qingge walked up to Ye Qi with a smile, and asked, "What? Anyone like it?"

Ye Qi picked out a blue men's suit casually, and said, "Just this one."

The proprietress looked surprised and said, "Girl, these clothes are for men, do you want to go over there and choose?"

Shao Qingge moved closer to the boss's ear, and explained in a low voice: "The two of us eloped."

Ye Qi: "..." Elope your sister!Mr. Shao didn't change his face when he told a lie.

Only Shao Qingge continued: "It's not easy for his family to find him wearing men's clothes. Boss, if someone comes to ask you if you've seen a woman in red, please help us keep it a secret."

After he finished speaking, he took out a piece of white silver from his wallet and stuffed it into the proprietress's hand.

The proprietress immediately smiled: "Young master, don't worry, I haven't seen you at all today."

Shao Qingge followed closely: "By the way, boss, do you know where Chen Yu's family lives? I was a good friend with him when I was young. This time, I wanted to stay at his house, but the letters I wrote to him have been confiscated. to the response."

The lady proprietress looked around, but there was no one on the nearby street, she turned around nervously to close the door, then walked back to Shao Qingge, lowered her voice, and said mysteriously: "The Chen family, they met overnight three years ago. All the rooms are missing! The old people in the town said that the Chen family must have offended some evil spirit and was eaten by the monster."

Shao Qingge's face changed: "Monster?"

The proprietress nodded solemnly: "Yes. Since then, our town has established a rule that you must not go out after midnight, and those who go out will never return."

Just when Ye Qi came out in men's clothes, she glanced at Ye Qi in men's clothes, and kindly told her, "My lord, you two are newcomers, you must be careful at night, once the midnight is over, there may be ghosts demanding your life."

Ye Qi pretended to be afraid and hid beside Shao Qingge, Shao Qingge naturally wrapped his arms around his shoulders, and comforted him softly: "Don't be afraid, we are just passers-by, and we have no grievances or enmities with the evil spirits here. You can't kill us if you kill us."

Ye Qi nodded, looked at the proprietress, and asked curiously: "In the small town, are there many people eaten by ghosts? Chen Yu is our friend, how could such a thing happen?"

The proprietress sighed: "I don't know, he usually looks very kind, and on the night of the accident, his wife just gave birth to a child. It is said that when the child was born, red lights flashed in the sky, very similar to It was the disaster star who came to the world... Maybe it was the disaster star that attracted the ghost."

"..." Shao Qingge and Ye Qi looked at each other and looked at each other.

Calamity star, fierce ghost, this statement is unreliable.

But Shao Qingge's method of "spending money to inquire about news" was very reliable. After receiving the money, the proprietress spoke eloquently and told them many bizarre legends. The two at least confirmed the exact time when the crime happened.

Three years ago, July [-]th, the day before the Ghost Festival.

Chen Yu's wife gave birth to a child on this day, and a vision fell from the sky, like a disaster star descending on the world.The next morning, the Chen family members disappeared collectively, and their whereabouts are still unknown.

Shao Qingge asked: "Three years ago, only Chen Yu's family had an accident?"

The proprietress said mysteriously: "There is also the Zhao family. On that day, the second lady of the Zhao family, Zhao Ze'an, got married. It was originally a great event, but the next day her fiance came to the door and said that she had not received a bride. Moreover, the people from the Zhao family They're all gone too."

Ye Qi's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe it: "Is the whole family gone?"

The proprietress had a worried look on her face: "Yes, the matchmaker, bridesmaid, and those who carried the dowry out of the town have all disappeared. It's really strange."

Ye Qi looked terrified: "Could it be that there are really ghosts looking for their lives?"

The proprietress said: "Since then, we have not dared to go out at night. Over the years, many people have disappeared in the town, and they all disappeared after going out at night. Every night when it gets dark, we all go to sleep. I advise Don't go to Chen Yu's house, you two, the yard of his house has not been lived in for three years, it's very evil! Why don't you find an inn to stay in."

Shao Qingge took out another ingot of silver from the purse and handed it to her, and said with a smile: "Thank you lady proprietress, we will find an inn to settle down right now. We are two new arrivals, please take care of us in the future."

The proprietress quickly put the money into her pocket, and smiled and narrowed her eyes: "It's easy to say, if you need help, please feel free to ask me, I have lived here for more than 30 years, and I am very familiar with the surrounding area!"

The two said goodbye to the proprietress and went out side by side.

Ye Qi changed out of the cumbersome brothel top brand red dress, took off the jeweled jewelry on his hair, and wore a clean and tidy blue gown with black boots. His long hair was simply tied into a ponytail at the back of his head, giving him a youthful look. .

Shao Qingge felt that such a small leaf was much more pleasing to the eye, full of vitality.

It's just that Ye Qi's eyes were full of doubts at this time, and he asked softly in Shao Qingge's ear: "Do you believe that a ghost wants your life?"

Shao Qingge shrugged: "I'm an atheist, but nothing is impossible in the secret room world. Didn't we encounter zombies last night? Professor Xiao and the others also saw the ghost bride get married."

Ye Qi shook the goosebumps all over his body: "Let's join them as soon as possible."

The two came to the inn and lived in the "Xuan" room on the second floor.

Then, Shao Qingge pressed the bump on the earphone, and told his teammates the results of the inquiry just now: "The time of the incident was three years ago, the fourteenth day of the seventh lunar month, the day before the Ghost Festival. Many people in the town People think that the Chen family and the Zhao family have done something bad, and there are ghosts coming to claim their lives."

Xiao Lou frowned and said, "Hungry Ghost Festival is also called Ghost Festival. It is said that it is the day when the passage between the human world and the ghost world is opened. It happened on the day before the Ghost Festival, and the two families disappeared so strangely. Residents will associate ghosts with death."

On the surface, it seems that the two families have committed some evil and suffered revenge from the ghosts.

Yu Hanjiang said: "It seems that this 'ghost' is the murderer."

Ye Qi asked curiously: "So many people disappeared overnight, how did the murderer do it?"

Xiao Lou thought about it carefully, and said: "The mourning hall of the Zhao family is full of spirit tablets, and there are still people offering incense to the spirit tablets, which proves that the members of the Zhao family are not extinct. Zhao Zeping's wife and children escaped. We must find this survivor, maybe she knows something?"

Yu Hanjiang said: "But what if she secretly comes to offer incense every night?"

Xiao Lou was stunned for a moment: "This...at night, the town will become another world, can't we see her?"

"Well, this is the first problem." Yu Hanjiang whispered, "We are challengers, not locals. Once night comes, we will be forcibly teleported to the ghost town maze at night after we enter the town. This is what we did last night. It has been tested. Many streets in the ghost town are empty, and those who stay there should be ghosts who died unjustly."

Lu Jiuchuan and Tang Ci have been staying outside. Hearing this, Lu Jiuchuan interjected: "You mean, the town at night will be divided into two copies, the aborigines will still be in their town, and we will be teleported to the ghost town? "

Yu Hanjiang said: "That's right, during the day, we can freely come and go in and out of the town to investigate clues. The real battle royale is at night. If my guess is correct, the ghosts who stay in the ghost town at night will soon find us. May attack us."

Lu Jiuchuan said: "Then how about we leave the town before dark?"

Xiao Lou pressed his temple helplessly: "Then there will never be any clues to be found, and the case of the mysterious disappearance of the two families will not be solved, and there will be no way to get out of this secret room."

Everyone: "..."

This is too pitiful.

If you don't leave the town, you will be teleported to a maze full of ghosts at night.They left the town after dark, and they couldn't find any complete clues. It was an endless loop.

The two worlds of day and night are forced to switch. Is this forcing them to go to a ghost town at night to be tortured?

Yu Hanjiang whispered: "Do you have any suggestions?"

Xiao Lou said: "I want to go to the ghost town again tonight. The ghost bride may appear again tonight. Although the ghost town is a survival dungeon, it is very dangerous, but it is also a clue dungeon. We must go to the ghost town to find clues."

Yu Hanjiang nodded: "Okay, I'll go with you."