I'm pretending to be a boss in infinite games

A smile appeared in Qin Zhu's eyes: "What? You didn't ask until now?"

For some reason, Zhang Chi inexplicably felt a little warm in his ears.

Maybe it was because the sun was out today, Zhang Chi looked up, the bright sunlight was a bit dazzling.

He collected himself, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "It's not too late to ask now."

Qin Zhu seems to be in a good mood today. Seeing that the other four people had disappeared, he said, "Find a place to sit and talk."

Zhang Chi nodded. There were many people coming and going in the town, and many people turned their attention to this side. It was indeed not a good place to talk.

The two of them didn't go back to the house, but found a secluded place to stand on both sides of the street in the town.The location was found by Qin Zhu, with his back against two walls forming a right angle, able to block many probing eyes.

Zhang Chi's ear fever disappeared during the walk, and Qin Zhudao's height can be regarded as outstanding among most of them, so Zhang Chi will deliberately keep a distance when talking to him, so he always feels Feel less oppressive.

At this time, due to the position, he had to look up at Qin Zhu when he arrived: "Can we talk now?"

Qin Zhu didn't hold back at all, and said: "I let her go home." As if afraid that he would not understand, he added, "Go back to her own home."

[It seems that I guessed right, those brides are probably not relatives of the owner of the house.Also, it looks like the sedan chair is going to die when it enters the water, who would marry his daughter like that. 】【If this is the case, then we, the bridegrooms, should also be there for some reason. 】However, Zhang Chi still asked in surprise: "Why do you want to seize the sovereignty of the house?"

Generally speaking, when a person is suddenly placed in an unfamiliar environment, the first thing to do is to wait and observe the surrounding environment. Unless they are in danger, "aggressive" behaviors rarely occur.

Could it be that Qin Zhu was in danger at that time?It's a pity that they were all in different places at that time, and Zhang Chi didn't know about his situation.

Soon, Zhang Chi realized that he was thinking too much.Because, Qin Zhu looked at him and said quietly: "It's nothing, I just don't like to carry others." He said it very calmly, it sounded like he didn't like to eat coriander.

Zhang Chi: Okay... okay.Thinking of the scene where Qin Zhu seized control of the house in a short period of time when there was a disagreement, he silently lit a piece of wax for the then owner of the house.

"Then, the owner of the house..." Zhang Chi said after thinking about it.

Qin Zhu glanced at him, understood what he didn't say, and said, "Well, the owner of the house is hard to describe. You can understand that he is not a human being. I will take you to see it when I have time."

Hearing what he said, Zhang Chi remembered Lin Pianpian's reminder, and always felt that it was not a good thing for Qin Zhu to show him, so he immediately refused: "That's not necessary."

Qin Zhu glanced at him again, and it took a few seconds before he said a word: "En."

So it's gone?Zhang Chi stared slightly, feeling for the first time that his words were too succinct.

Having said that, it's meaningless to continue asking these questions. Anyway, Zhang Chi thinks it would be nice to have a safe place to live at night.Of course, he subconsciously ignored Qin Zhu's option not to let him live.

After making up his mind, Zhang Chi felt that he could put more effort into his evening meals, and asked casually, "Have you made up all the ingredients in the kitchen?"

Qin Zhu gave another "hmm" as an answer.

Zhang Chi was silent for a few seconds because of his indifference, and then asked: "So, are we going to find the only surviving bride now?"

"Hmm." What responded to him was the cold and hard jawline that he saw when he looked up.

Zhang Chi was so angry that he couldn't help but take back the half-turned performance, and made a gesture of invitation: "Then please lead the way."

Qin Zhudao looked back from a tree not far away, he keenly felt the change in Zhang Chi's mood before and after, but he couldn't find the reason for the change, and he was a little uncomfortable with his sudden politeness.

He glanced at Zhang Chi again, but didn't see anything strange on his face, so he nodded and led the way.

Qin Zhu let go of the bride, of course not for the simple and crude reason of not carrying the bride. Zhang Chi guessed that he was actually fishing for big fish with a long line.You must know that the other newlyweds died before entering the water, and what they are looking for now should be the only one who survived.

Only by letting go of the bride can we find a person who can be asked in the repeated wedding ceremony.Pushing it backwards, if the bride that Qin Zhu let go is still alive, doesn't it mean that the bride after entering the sedan chair means that she will definitely die.

Moreover, Zhang Chike still remembered that the little girl he was carrying was a living person before entering the sedan chair, but she was like a lifeless puppet when she was in the sedan chair for the second time.

To be precise, the second time the marriage is repeated, it is very likely that they will not send a live bride.

The voices of people on the street gradually left him, and such a picture slowly formed in Zhang Chi's mind: On the first day, the bride they sent off for marriage actually died in the sedan chair for some reason, because the sedan chair It is clearly the paper sedan chair used by the dead, not to mention that the paper man who carries the sedan chair is also a paper man, and that day the paper man also carried the dead bride into the water to send to her husband's house; Back in the sedan chair, the bride at this time is no different from a puppet, and then she is sent to marry again.

What is the point of such repetition?This is Zhang Chi's biggest confusion right now.And thinking about it this way contradicts some of the previous guesses.

There is also a key question, that is, does the place where the bride is going to marry need a living bride or a dead one?According to the newly obtained tips, the real brides are alive, so those who died are not real brides, or it can be said that they are not the brides that the husband's family wanted.

Judging from this reminder, the chances of the husband's family killing the bride are not high.Then the cause of the death of the bride is only the actions of the town residents. Why would they do this?

Questions popped up one after another, but the clues that could connect all the questions hadn't appeared yet.Where is the root of the problem?Zhang Chi is still at a loss.

Moreover, judging from Xu Tianyi's perception over the past day and the news Lin Pianpian got, there are no ghosts in this world.Without ghosts, there is no great convenience of direct empathy.

Along the way, Zhang Chi thought about a lot of miscellaneous things, but after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't come up with a reason. The place they were looking for had already arrived.

Judging from Qin Zhu's acquisition of the house, the scale of this town is not small.There are not a few residents who watch the excitement during the wedding ceremony. The construction of the streets in the town is very similar to the environment of the small town in the Republic of China in real life. If there is no strange scene of the wedding ceremony in the morning, this town will look like any other ordinary town. different.

But it is still different, at least there is no suburban house in any small town like here, every family has a red shroud hanging in front of the door.

Today's sunshine is surprisingly good. The sunshine should warm people's hearts, but when it shines on the red shrouds, it makes those shrouds seem to be stained with blood. Comfortable.

"Here we are." Qin Zhu said, as if he hadn't seen these shrouds, pointing to one of the houses with shrouds hanging at the door.

That house was no different from the simple buildings around it. It was clearly broad daylight, but the doors of every household here were closed.

Someone looked cautiously out of the window made of wood, and then quickly pulled down the curtain inside, which seemed to be very repulsive to them.

Qin Zhu didn't pay much attention to this, he just walked to the door of the house, looked up at the blood-red shroud, and knocked on the door.

"Knock...knock...knock..." The knock on the door was particularly loud in this seemingly impoverished place, like a hammer knocking on the hearts of the people huddled in the house, feeling pain and fear.

"Why so fast?"

"Isn't it three days yet?"

"I don't know whose turn it is this time?"

"God bless me, I'm just such a daughter..."

"What can we do when it's our turn? This damn world!"

"..."

Discussions and curses sounded softly from behind the door, Zhang Chi only heard the faint voices, but he couldn't make out the specific content.

Qin Zhu was still knocking on the door, but unfortunately the people inside shrunk into quails, and they didn't even dare to look outside, let alone open the door.

Zhang Chi patted his arm, and facing Qin Zhu's perplexed eyes, he pointed at the wooden door: "If you shoot again, this door will not be safe."

Qin Zhu lowered his head slightly, and sure enough, he saw thin cracks under the door panel.

He was obviously still expressionless, but Zhang Chi could read a bit of embarrassment that was rare on his face.He took a step forward, pulled Qin Zhuzhu behind him, and said with a light smile, "I'll do it."

"Yeah." That was the answer to him.

Zhang Chi didn't care, he didn't knock on the door, but walked to the window, his voice was very slow, but the volume was enough for the people inside to hear: "Hello, are you all here? The girl in your family was the one we played last time." let's go."

The person by the window moved a little, as if thinking about the truth of his words.

The chef's tone didn't change, as if he didn't know what they were thinking, he said: "If you want to escape the next time, open the door."

After saying this, Zhang Chi retreated to Qin Zhulai's side and waited quietly.

While waiting, Zhang Chi looked at the shrouds carefully.The house they were waiting for now also had it. He boldly approached and looked carefully, only to find that the shroud was very poorly made. It must have been dyed with the cheapest steps. He had no doubt that if he stretched out his hand to touch it, maybe It will also fade.

Thinking about it this way, the visual impact brought by the shroud in front of him became much smaller.Looking at it again, he can be regarded as a dyed cloth with poor craftsmanship.

After speaking, in fact, it took only 2 minutes. With a toothache-sounding "squeak", the wooden door in front of the two slowly opened.When Zhang Chi looked over, what caught his eyes was an old man with half-white hair. The marks left on him by the years seemed to be particularly deep. He looked at the two with fear and surprise in his eyes.Behind the old man stood a little girl with a sallow complexion.

In a daze, Zhang Chi thought he saw the bride who was sent off at the beginning.

It feels like the two are equally malnourished.

The old man stretched his head out the door, looked around, and finally heaved a sigh of relief after confirming that there were only two people in front of him.His voice was hoarse as if he hadn't drank water for a long time: "Come in."

Zhang Chi looked hesitantly at the dark room in front of him, but Qin Zhu walked in directly.After entering, he realized that the room was not very dark. There were lamps made of unknown materials inside, exuding an uncomfortable smoky smell.

Zhang Chi always felt that this smell was a bit familiar, but unfortunately he couldn't remember it for a while.

There are only two chairs that look fairly neat in the room, and the two of them have no intention of doing it.Zhang Chi glanced at Qin Zhu, coughed twice, indicating that he could start.

Qin Zhu has always spoken very directly, he just said: "Have you considered it?"

The tone of voice is not flat, if you change the scene, you will be no different from a bully.Zhang Chi saw the little girl flinch, and looked at Qin Zhudao with fear in her eyes, even her stomach was trembling.He stepped forward and said softly: "It's okay, we will help you, you just need to tell us everything you know."

When he spoke, he spoke in a soft voice. He didn't deliberately tense his face but relaxed himself. The extremely handsome face and the words like the breeze and rain made people can't help but let go of their guards.

After Zhang Chi finished speaking, he looked at her encouragingly.

The little girl's complexion was sallow, so she concealed her blushing.Her voice was crisp and clear, which reminded Zhang Chi of the early morning birdsong he heard in childhood, and unconsciously his face became softer.

Qin Zhu looked at him, his eyes darkened.

Facts have proved that Zhang Chi's words are still useful. The little girl knew that the two of them would not sit down. After asking the old man to close the door, she whispered: "I don't know much. I only know that there is a man living in the river next to our town. Monster, he needs us to sacrifice his bride every year, or the town will be flooded, and I am the chosen bride."

How does this sound so similar to the elementary school textbook He Bo's Bride?

Zhang Chi didn't let her continue, but asked: "Wait a minute, who did you listen to?"

The little girl didn't care about his interruption, and replied obediently: "Mayor."

Mayor?Zhang Chi continued to ask: "Then what are the criteria for choosing a bride?"

"On the night of the full moon, the mayor will come to us according to the instructions of the monster. He has a thing in his hand that can choose who the bride is." what happened.

"Then why are there shrouds hanging at your door?" Zhang Chi asked.

This time it was the old man who replied: "Because the chosen bride will become a puppet, just as if she died, but the family can't let them go to the ground, so they simply hang a shroud in front of the door, just for the time. They send them off. We don't know who the next one is, but there are only so many girls here, and they will all be selected one day." He glanced at Qin Zhu cautiously, and then said, "I heard, send it to The bride will die on the first day, marry again in the form of a puppet on the second day, and return on the night of the full moon on the third day."

Unexpectedly, the old man knew a lot more than the little girl.

Married alive, come back to remarry after death, then what is the reason for the full moon to come back on the third day?

"I don't know." The old man shook his head, "This is the second batch of brides."

Zhang Chi didn't expect that he accidentally uttered the question in his heart, and he asked again: "Do you know the reason why all this happened? Or, what is the monster in the river?"

Unexpectedly, the old man took a step back as if frightened, and his voice was terrified: "It's a god. Some people say that it's a god who has fallen into darkness. He wants to use the blood of a virgin to restore his divine power!"

Zhang Chi's intuition was full of black lines, and the old man's words became more and more outrageous.But the little girl next to him thought so deeply and kept nodding.

"If it is God, why didn't he directly arrest the runaway bride? And the mayor, knowing that there was an empty sedan chair, didn't he go looking for her?" Zhang Chi knew that no one could answer, so he just looked after himself. ask.

"Just ask the mayor." Qin Zhu suddenly said when he was standing beside him.

That's right, everything they inquired now seems to be related to the mayor who never showed up.The grandfather and grandson couldn't find any more useful news here, so Zhang Chi thanked him and followed Qin Zhu to go out.

"I always feel like someone is helping us. Is it so easy to find out?" Zhang Chi looked at the shrouds swaying in the wind, feeling that everything was going too smoothly.

Qin Zhu sensed his inner thoughts, and asked back, "Can someone help me?"

Zhang Chi shook his head: "It's not bad, but there is no free lunch in the world, and I'm afraid I won't be able to pay the corresponding benefits."

"Yes." Qin Zhu glanced at him and said in a low voice.

Zhang Chi, who was still in deep thought, didn't hear clearly, said "ah", and asked, "What did you say?"

Qin Zhu's jaw line was tense, and he said, "It's nothing, what those two said may not be true."

"Well, that's true!" Zhang Chi agreed, but he still said, "But they are right about one thing, that is, you can go to the mayor. If such a strange thing happened in this town, I believe the mayor He must be the one who knows best."

The voices of the two talking drifted farther and farther with the wind. After they left, the grandparents and grandchildren quietly hid at the door and talked.

"Has the lord left? His breath is terrible."

"Let's go, our mission has been completed."

"However, it's still a bit difficult to memorize such a long passage."

"Stop complaining, it will be over in a few days, let's continue to stay here."

……

Zhang Chi and the two were heading to the location of the mayor, but Lin Pianpian and Zhao Haitao, who were acting separately, encountered a lot of trouble.

Lin Pianpian didn't go around to inquire about the news. After coming out alone with Zhao Haitao, the first thing she did was to ask him about last night's situation, and asked him if he could find a safe house according to Qin Zhu's method.

Zhao Haitao looked at her in a strange way, with straight eyes. Lin Pianpian just thought it was because she was using her ability, and didn't care. After getting his affirmative answer, she urged him to take her there quickly.