clock trap

The flickering flame of the red candle made the room not so dark, but cast a ghostly shadow on everyone's face.

Everyone sat quietly at the round table, like immobile dummies. Most of them had stiff expressions on their faces, and they didn't even dare to exchange glances with each other, their nerves tensed all the time.

The four of Yu Sen were taken to one of the round tables to sit down, and there happened to be Lin Jianchuan who they knew at the same table.

Red silk is hung all around the hall, and the word "Xi" is pasted on the walls all around. Some old folks from the folk music workshop come in to play music, and the sound of the music is endless. everywhere.

It is clearly a peaceful and happy scene, but there is always a gloomy atmosphere.

Maids, servants, musicians, including Yu Sen and the other 'guests', all looked sad or expressionless, every movement seemed to be going through the process mechanically, their eyes were dull, rigid, like a walking dead, inexplicable It has a weird smell.

The auspicious time has come, and the bride and groom are supported and walked in from outside the door.

This is the first time they met the owner of 'Li Mansion'.

The bride's head was covered by the red cover, and the tassels on the cover were swaying, so she couldn't see her appearance, but the groom's official, Mr. Li, was handsome and talented, and he had nothing to do with the fat head, big ears and greasy middle-aged man in Yu Sen's imagination. His facial features look upright and handsome, his figure is tall and straight, and he has the temperament of a gentleman.

But just like this house, he was also tainted by the gloomy and dead atmosphere here, his face was numb, and his gestures seemed to have formed muscle memory, as precise as a marionette, but without the slightest emotion.

The bride and groom pulled the two ends of a red silk and were taken to stand in the center of the hall.

Yu Sen's mood was rare.

The boy in front of the hall shouted loudly: "The auspicious time has come, salute!"

The music stopped suddenly, and the room was completely silent, dead silent.

"Worship to the high hall!"

"Second thanks to heaven and earth!"

"Bye husband and wife!"

"Licheng—!"

In the eerie tranquility, the shrill voice was like a sharp sword tearing through the air, cutting on everyone's flesh and blood, making people scream and feel uncomfortable all over.

Yu Sen looked over by the dim candlelight, and at the moment Master Li turned around after the ceremony, he seemed to see a shadow that shouldn't exist on him, and his back suddenly felt a little chilly.

Sensing the sudden change in his face, Si Xuanyang gave him a questioning look, and Yu Sen shook his head slightly.

"Invite the bride and groom to enter the bridal chamber."

As soon as the witness said this, it probably meant that this weird wedding was about to end. Yu Sen watched the bride being supported by the maid and walked out the door. red hijab.

By the light of the candle, they saw the fuzzy chin and lips, the lips were as red as blood, which made Yu Sen inexplicably think of the snake letter seen in the animal world, which is highly poisonous when spit out, and the scalp becomes numb in an instant .

Before they could see the bride's full face, the figures of the two disappeared outside the door.

The sitting people looked at each other, hesitantly wanted to leave, but they didn't dare to speak when they looked at the servants and maids who didn't know whether they were human or ghosts in the room. It was Lin Jianchuan who stood up first and tried to go out. With that, everyone felt relieved and fled this weird room one after another.

Yu Sen walked slowly, and when he stepped out of the threshold, he glanced back, and suddenly found that the eyes of a little servant passed him straight, and fell on Wang Siyu who had already gone out.

There was naked malice in those eyes, like a vicious ghost in the [-]th floor of hell, who didn't even bother to put on a disguise.

Yu Sen felt a little strange, and was about to look back, when his eyes fell on the red candle beside the little servant, he froze for a moment, he remembered...they also got two red candles last night.

And when they arrived at this ancient house, there was no one in this room, but red candles were still burning.

Wedding night...should the red candles burn until dawn?

He lowered his eyes and didn't stay any longer.

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Going back to the room where I first came last night, Yu Sen observed before entering the door, some of the 'guests' lived quite far apart.

They live in the same courtyard as Lin Jianchuan and three other people, but the others live in several other courtyards, and some even have different directions.

"What were you watching just now?" Si Xuanyang asked him after entering the room.

Yu Sen blinked his eyes, he was thinking about when this "just now" refers to, whether it was during the wedding, or when he stepped out of the threshold.

But no matter which one it is, it seems that Si Xuanyang is quite concerned about him, right?

"That's right!" Si Nan said suddenly, "I saw you two flirting with each other at that wedding just now! Tell me! What did you find?"

Before Yu Sen could speak, Si Xuanyang became anxious again——

"we do not have!"

"What... What!?" Si Nan was taken aback by his sudden outburst, stretched out his hand and made two feigned moves, but didn't dare to really fight, because he was destined to fail.

"Ahem..." Si Xuanyang held his forehead and bit his lower lip unnaturally, "I said we didn't flirt."

"If you don't have it, you're so excited?" Si Nan squinted at him, then glanced at the innocent Yu Sen, his eyes flicked between the two of them, always feeling that something had changed, and he , a bond that connects the relationship between the two, but they can't even eat a little bit of melon!

How can this work! ?

"Is there something you guys are hiding from me?" Si Nan looked serious.

"What nonsense are you thinking?" Yu Sen rushed to speak before Si Xuanyang, and he could see that if he didn't speak again, this person might go berserk.

"Do you think with your brain and mine, if I really want to hide something from you, can you still see that I'm hiding it from you?" Yu Sen's tone was very indifferent.

Si Nan: "...Don't think that I can't hear that you are mocking me."

"Of course I didn't mock you, I'm praising you for your simplicity." Yu Sen shrugged, ignored him, walked to Si Xuanyang, and raised his hand to touch him.

"What are you doing!?" Si Xuanyang took two steps back vigilantly, raising his hands slightly forward, like a defensive posture.

Yu Sen: "..."

As for what for what for!

Is he a scourge! ?

Yu Sen laughed angrily, took a deep breath, and said with a cold face: "What do you think I can do? I just want to see the two dragon and phoenix candles I got last night!"

"Ah? Oh..." Si Xuanyang was stunned for a rare moment, and he didn't lose his temper even after being yelled at. Instead, his expression was a little embarrassing, which made Si Nan look at him in disbelief.

Si Xuanyang quickly took out the dragon and phoenix candle from his pocket and handed it over. He looked down at Yu Sen's finger that took the candle and tightened it deliberately, as if consciously trying to avoid touching him, and felt like being stabbed by a needle for a moment It hurt for a while, and the emotions inflated in my mind were like a balloon full of air, and it was poked lightly, and it quickly deflated.

"Give you."

Yu Sen didn't look at him, took the candle, and felt a little confused, his thoughts were unclear, as if he had woven a net, only to realize in the end that he was careless while weaving the net, and woven himself into it.

He exhaled slowly, put aside those complicated emotions, and glanced at the candle in his hand.

"If this candle keeps burning, how long will it last?"

Luo Yu took one and took a closer look, saying: "With this material, one can burn for about one night."

So these two can burn for two nights?Yu Sen thought about it. Judging from the situation when he first arrived last night and tonight, he guessed that there would be a repeated wedding every night. If so, they only have one night left.

Or...was he wrong about the use of candles?

Si Xuanyang looked at him scratching his ears and scratching his cheeks anxiously, and wanted him to talk about what he thought, but thinking about his face just now, he couldn't say it again.

On the other hand, Si Nan didn't have any worries, and directly patted Yu Sen on the back: "What's wrong with me, Brother Yu? Is there something wrong with this candle?"

Si Xuanyang pursed his lips and lowered his eyelids expressionlessly.

"Candles are definitely fine," Yu Sen said. "The wall clocks should give us something that can save our lives. I'm wondering if lighting these candles can help us resist some unclean things at night."

"Then light one and have a look?" Luo Yu said.

"Forget it," Yu Sen shook his head, "I don't know if this guess is right. If it's a life-saving thing, it would be a pity to use it up so soon. Let's see it later tonight."

"Okay, let's pay attention to the movement outside at night."

Si Nan spoke lightly, but at night he was the one who slept the most solidly, lying next to Yu Sen without moving.

But Yu Sen couldn't fall asleep, with his hands behind his head, staring at the moonlight coming in through the paper window at the door in a daze.

He turned his head to look at Si Xuanyang, but his sight was blocked by Si Nan's bulging quilt, and he could only see a little puffed up black hair, the softness of which didn't look like his master's at all. Out of temper, he wanted to rub it a little, to try the texture.

But just think about it.

He doesn't do such naive things, if he is found out, he won't be ashamed!

No one was snoring, the surroundings were quiet, Yu Sen sighed, turned over to go to sleep, but his eyes suddenly froze, the chill spread all over his body in an instant, and his heart tightened uncontrollably——

The door of their room was opened a crack at some point, and outside the threshold, a ball-like thing wrapped in black hair was slowly squirming.

It was a human head.