Golden Town [Unlimited]

Shen Tingbei woke up from the bridge hole again. This time, in addition to the black umbrella, sneakers, children's watch, and Mobius ring, beside him was a card with the Koch curve printed on it, and a piece of black gauze .

Shen Tingbei took the black gauze and climbed out of the bridge hole. Before he could see the situation outside clearly, he heard blowing and beating in the small town of Qiaotou.

The long and hoarse suona sound pierced the sky, together with the faint human voice in the distance, Shen Tingbei frowned.

What kind of battle is this?

He walked to the bridge and looked at the town that had changed its appearance again, without showing much surprise.

This time, the small town has a circle of rivers on its outskirts.With white walls and black tiles, and moss growing wildly, it looks like a water town in the south of the Yangtze River filled with water vapor.

Before Shen Tingbei could take a closer look, he was grabbed by the arm by an aunt with a high-pitched voice, "Oh little Shen, why are you still standing here? .”

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In front of Shen Tingbei, the aunt in white clothes with black gauze around her arms asked politely, "Who is the old man?"

The aunt gasped, and quickly covered Shen Tingbei's mouth, a pungent garlic smell rushed directly into Shen Tingbei's nostrils.

Shen Tingbei's physical tears were immediately forced out.

"Xiao Shen, you can't talk nonsense about this anymore." The aunt lowered her voice, "Even if you have an opinion on your godfather, you can't say it in front of us outsiders. Our village can't tolerate unfilial sons, remember that !"

Shen Tingbei: "..."

Why is there another godfather?

Seeing him nodding, the aunt took off her hand.

Looking at Xiao Shen's red eye sockets, he remembered that he had chopped garlic when he was helping to make the flowing water mat.

The aunt was blushing, a little embarrassed, "Xiao Shen, are you okay, auntie, I forgot that I just cut garlic with this hand. You are a student in the city with delicate skin and tender meat, so don't let me ruin it."

Shen Tingbei coughed, and waved his hands again and again: "...No way, no way."

Only then did the auntie smile happily, and wiped her hands on the apron in front of her, "That's fine. Xiao Shen, go to the east to see if your classmates are here. Didn't you say that you invited your classmates to play in the town?" ? I just came to look for you, and the east side is arguing."

When Shen Tingbei heard this, he immediately understood that Ye Tao and the others had come.

Shen Tingbei wanted to run after nodding, but the aunt hurriedly grabbed him, with a solemn expression on her face: "Remember, your old man is in mourning, so don't let your classmate cry!"

Shen Tingbei frowned, before he could ask in detail, the aunt wiped her hands and left.

Forget it, go meet Ye Tao first.

Shen Tingbei ran wildly along the path paved with bluestone slabs, almost stepped on the moss and fell several times.

He staggered to the east, and sure enough, he saw a few familiar faces.

"Ye Tao, Luo Yi...Gao Qian!"

Shen Tingbei waved at them in surprise.

"Didn't you say you don't know where this is? How do you know people who live in this place!?" A woman in a long skirt with disheveled hair grabbed Luo Yi's arm, her voice trembling.

"He's not from the small town, and he was involved just like us."

Luo Yi sighed, nodded to Shen Tingbei, and began to explain the situation to the newcomers in the town.

Shen Tingbei walked up to Ye Tao, looked at Gao Qian with surprise in his eyes, "It's great that you are still alive!"

Gao Qian seems to have changed a lot overnight, but his brows and eyes are still as pure and frank as ever.

He stood beside Ye Tao with a faint smile, and greeted Shen Tingbei.

Gao Qian knew what Shen Tingbei wanted to ask, so he took the initiative to say: "After I came out of the small town, my memory has recovered, and the time is also normal in 2030."

"Where's Yuan Yuan?"

Gao Qian was stunned for a moment, then looked down at the ring on his ring finger, "In that plane accident, Yuan Yuan and I were the only passengers in the back seat who managed to escape. But Yuan Yuan's leg was broken. Yuan Yuan is a dance teacher, She couldn't accept it. Later... she left."

Gao Qian spoke slowly, every word seemed to be soaked in blood and tears.

After Shen Tingbei was silent for a while, he said in a low voice, "Sorrow and change".

Gao Qian smiled, "It's been more than ten years, and I'm used to being alone. But it was only when I went to a small town that I realized why Yuan Yuan and I survived the accident. I don't think it was The parallel time and space that Brother Ye mentioned at the end is a bit like space-time jumping, the four-dimensional theory."

Shen Tingbei seemed to have been reminded of something, when he was about to discuss this issue with Gao Qian in depth, Luo Yi was grabbed by the collar by a strong man.

Ye Tao reacted instantly, raised his foot and kicked at the man's heart.Shen Tingbei also caught Luo Yi who was coughing.

The strong man stood up and looked at Shen Tingbei and the others fiercely, "Did you do this! How could there be such an unlucky thing in my pocket!"

The man took out a piece of black gauze from his pocket and threw it on the ground vigorously.

But the gauze is not like a stone, it can be smashed when he throws it.The gauze was thrown down vigorously by him, but it just fell lightly on the ground.

It seemed to mock his incompetence and rage.

"This is a filial belt, only for attending funerals. What the hell kind of place is this! I don't believe it was somehow involved!"

Ye Tao looked at him, and said blankly: "According to the previous two towns, you must not have been involved inexplicably when you entered the town. Now please think about whether you have forgotten anything, and what you have done recently. something happened."

When Ye Tao was talking, Shen Tingbei counted the number of people, and this time including him, there were still 13 people.

Same as last time.

A timid female voice suddenly appeared from among the standing crowd, "...Is that the Weibo I forwarded?"

Luo Yi was stunned for a moment, "Huh?"

The girl who spoke had a cold complexion and was wearing a delicate silk pajamas.

"When I checked Weibo before going to bed, I saw a question about what you can do for 100 million US dollars. There are several options at the bottom, and I saw an option to have nightmares. I thought it was fun, so I forwarded it It's..."

After she finished speaking, the faces of the rest of them turned pale instantly.

Shen Tingbei looked at the expressions of the crowd, it was hard to believe that these people got involved in the town this time only because they retweeted Weibo.

Ye Tao frowned uncomprehendingly: "Have you really forwarded Weibo?"

The crowd nodded.

"They all chose the option of having nightmares?"

The crowd nodded.

Even the strong brother was pale.

Luo Yi was curious: "Then what other options are there?"

The girl in the silk pajamas said weakly: "Eat poop upside down, change sex, and experience ten-level pain of giving birth for a week..."

Luo Yi was dumbfounded, and it took a long while before he recovered his vocal cords: "Then having nightmares is really a pretty choice."

The four of Shen Tingbei looked at each other, this time the town's selection method is really...

Moreover, the appearance of the first two small town exits is also related to everyone's past. Now it seems that starting from this small town, something is really different.

"Then how to trigger the change of the content on the card? If the conditions for the appearance of the exit are all above, can we trigger the change of the content of the card now?"

A boy with a baby face raised his hand to ask a sincere question, and the Rolex on his wrist immediately hurt Shen Tingbei's eyes.

Shen Tingbei secretly hid his right hand wearing a children's watch, coughed and said, "Dead."

Everyone's pale faces were even more ugly.

The strong man obviously didn't accept everything in front of him. He stood by the river and tried several times to break through the mist, but all were in vain.

Eventually, he stopped too.

At this moment, a woman with small feet wearing a green cloth dress and a bamboo hat suddenly appeared on the water bridge.

"Little brother, why are you still standing and chatting? Hurry up and take your classmates back with me, the noon water table is about to open."

Shen Tingbei paused, and after responding to the little-footed woman, he turned around and said to Ye Tao, "This town seems to be having a funeral. It was my grandfather who died, and I have a godfather."

Ye Tao's expression was complicated: "...Godfather?"

Shen Tingbei gave a "hmm" at first, then realized what Ye Tao was thinking, and immediately gave him a slap, "It must not be that godfather!"

"Let's go." The corners of Ye Tao's mouth raised slightly, and he followed the woman.

Shen Tingbei squinted at him and followed him.

Although the people who were newly involved in the town were still in shock, their fledgling mentality made them immediately follow in their footsteps.

Following the little-footed woman on the stone-paved road, he walked through many small alleys, and finally arrived at the gate of an old house with a simple plaque hanging on it.

"Prince's Mansion" was written on the plaque. The paint on the pillars on both sides of the porch was almost peeled off, and the walls were mottled and yellow.

The little-footed woman stood at the door and whispered: "The old man has a new funeral. He has just finished reporting the funeral. Right now, there is a spirit in the main hall. You are all college students in the city. You must not go to the main hall. If you collide, who will we Neither is good."

When the little-footed woman spoke, her eyebrows were lowered, and the corners of her mouth were raised at a weird angle.

The girl in silk pajamas was called Zhao Yue. Seeing her like this, she let out a cry of surprise, and cried out the first sound in an instant.

The little-footed woman looked at her with a straight face in an instant, her eyes widened and her eyes protruded: "Why are you crying! Our old man is in mourning! Why are you crying! Don't cry!"

After speaking, he made a gesture to hit the girl.

Zhao Yue was so frightened that she lost her voice for a moment, Luo Yi quickly covered her mouth and patted her on the back to comfort her.

Wanting to cry but unable to cry, Zhao Yue burped loudly.

The little-footed woman glanced at the girl again, then turned her head and muttered to Shen Tingbei: "Little brother, you are knowledgeable and read a lot, but don't bring anyone to our house. It's okay when you come back, let's go." Pay attention back."

Shen Tingbei: "..."

To be honest, if he could, he would not bring anyone in.

"Take your classmates to the East Wing to settle down first, and then come to the back hall to help." The woman with little feet glanced at the dozen or so people behind Shen Tingbei, and muttered with some dissatisfaction: "After five days of running water, these people will You have to leave. Don't stay any longer."

Shen Tingbei knew that this was telling him that he must find the exit within five days, so he nodded immediately.

The little-footed woman snorted, pointed Shen Tingbei in the direction of the East Chamber, turned around and left.

Shen Tingbei also led everyone to the East Chamber.

As soon as he entered the threshold of the palace, Shen Tingbei smelled a strong scent of incense.

He sniffed, and instantly felt that his mind began to sink.

Ye Tao frowned, obviously smelling the smell, and quickly asked everyone to cover their mouths and noses.

Shen Tingbei quickened his pace and found a round arch along the corridor. After seeing the "East Chamber" written on it, he immediately turned around and led people into the round arch.

There are houses on all sides of the East Wing, and the exit is the round arch they just saw. In the middle of the open-air yard is a thick pagoda tree that is as wide as a person.

Naturally, the drowsy smell of incense candles disappeared in the open-air courtyard. Everyone loosened their mouths and noses and took a deep breath of fresh air.

Shen Tingbei and Ye Tao stood on the steps of the round arch, looking at the yard, both frowning.

"Did you see it?" Shen Tingbei said solemnly.

"It's a word 'sleepy'."

Ye Tao looked at the soaring locust tree in the middle of the yard with indifferent eyes.

22. Happy funeral in the water town (2)

When the two were observing the east chamber on the steps, Gao Qian also turned around and came back.

"There are traces of people living in the house, only the big wing room in the middle is not occupied, but it is a large shop. It seems that the 13 of us will be crowded together at night."

Shen Tingbei: "It's good to squeeze together, we can take care of each other."

Gao Qian nodded: "There are thirteen sets of red clothes in that room..."

Obviously it was for them.

Ye Tao: "Let's follow the instructions step by step and adapt to the situation. First divide into two groups of men and women and go in and change clothes."

Everyone nodded, and then let the lady go in and change clothes first.

There were four girls who entered the town this time, including Luo Yi.Besides Zhao Yue, there is also a girl named Miao Miao and a girl named Chi Zhi.

They moved very quickly, and they changed their clothes and came out in a short while.

Several men followed.

After Shen Tingbei put on his clothes, he turned around to talk to Ye Tao about the strange color of the clothes, but before he could speak, he saw Ye Tao's strong waist and abdomen.

And under the smooth waistline are the pants that have not been put on neatly, hanging crookedly between the crotch, as if they could fall off at any time.Shen Tingbei was dizzy by the shaking, and quickly turned back.

Ye Tao looked at the autistic Shen Tingbei, and chuckled, "What are you doing?"

Shen Tingbei spoke righteously, with a serious tone, and asked Ye Tao loudly like reciting a poem: "Even if it's a funeral, you should wear white clothes. Why do we wear red clothes?"

Ye Tao fastened his clothes, helped Shen Tingbei's shoulders to straighten him, and after facing himself, he said: "It may be the customs of this place, or it may be other clues. Anyway, let's go and have a look first. I always feel that this town is different from the previous two.”

Shen Tingbei's ears were still filled with blood, but his face was calm, and he continued to recite the poem: "How do you say it?"

Gao Qian looked at Shen Tingbei strangely, "Brother Xiao Bei, why are you talking in such a tone now?"

Gao Qian's actual age should be older than both Ye Tao and Shen Tingbei, but because he was in a small town, he is still called Brother Ye Tao and Shen Tingbei.

Shen Tingbei coughed, and asked Ye Tao in a rough voice: "Is it the way the town chooses candidates? It has become random."

Ye Tao nodded, and after sweeping his eyes over Shen Tingbei's red ears, he said lightly: "There are people who appeared in the town, who are more like living people than the last one. This town is too real."

Shen Tingbei nodded in agreement.

After the strong man changed his clothes, he said impatiently: "The clothes are too rough, and my body hurts from wearing them."

Gao Qian laughed, "Be patient, the four girls outside didn't say anything."

The strong man muttered a few words in a low voice, but he still didn't dare to speak loudly.

Rolex's baby face glanced at him, then extended his hand to Ye Tao and Shen Tingbei: "Han Yuanhe."

Ye Tao and Shen Tingbei also introduced themselves.

The atmosphere is here, and the rest of the people who changed clothes in the room also introduced themselves a little bit.

The guy who didn’t talk much all the time, the guy who looks more introverted is called Niu Xiangdong; the guy who is strong and busy is called Zong Hai;

The delicate middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses is called Jiang Seung-hyun;

There is also a pair of friends who know each other, named Sun Qi and Xuan Ran.

After a little familiarity, the nine men changed their clothes from the main room and joined the four ladies outside.

After summing up, everyone decided to go to the back hall to find someone first.

On the way, Ye Tao talked about "finding a teacher" that Shen Tingbei said before leaving the town last time.

Shen Tingbei immediately turned his head and looked at him with burning eyes.

Ye Tao laughed: "After you don't remember things, you really became more lively."

"...I wasn't like this before?"

"So..." Ye Tao thought for a while, and said lightly, "Even if you want to know, you should raise your head and say that you don't care."

Shen Tingbei: "..."

What an awkward temper.

Ye Tao smiled faintly, and walked with him down the corridor and said, "Your master supervisor and two doctoral supervisors are busy with their own projects, and there seems to be no problem. If you can think of other information, You can tell me, and I'll check it out."

Shen Tingbei thought for a while, and talked about the scene that came to his mind after they left the town last time, "...it should be a meeting, there are many people in the audience, and I will give a report on the stage."

Ye Tao wrote down all the information points Shen Tingbei said, then nodded, "I'll help you pay attention."

"Thank you." Shen Tingbei sighed incredulously.

When Ye Tao was about to say something, Gao Qian pointed to the right side of the two and said, "The back hall!"

Sure enough, another round arch appeared on the right side of the corridor, and a "rear hall" was written on the stone plaque.

Everyone followed the instructions and walked in.

As soon as I entered, I was frightened by the scene of people in the back hall.

The back hall is very large, dozens of round tables are just placed in the yard, and the eaves beside the tables are full of people, eating melon seeds and chatting together.

Red silk was tied to the pillars under the eaves, and the round mahogany table in the huge yard was covered with poor-quality red plastic tablecloths.

There are several large aluminum barrels not far away, and many women in white clothes are busy shuttling around, which seem to be cooking utensils.

There were a few suona players standing under the eaves, playing music in tune with the hustle and bustle of voices.

Everyone had beaming expressions on their faces, chatting and laughing lively in a red curtain, it didn't look like they were attending a funeral at all.

As soon as Shen Tingbei and his party arrived at the back hall, the originally noisy and lively courtyard immediately became quiet.

Even Suona is dumb.

The two groups of people faced each other silently in the scene where the red curtain was flying.

A few women in the corridor whispered

"Is that Xiao Shen?"

"I haven't been back for so many years, tsk, it's still so pretty."

"Why do you bring so many outsiders?"

"People who study outside don't know the rules!"

Suddenly, a skinny old man jumped out from the crowd, and when he saw Shen Tingbei, he immediately rushed up and cursed without saying a word: "You bastard, where are you being lazy, and you have brought so many The outsider is back! If it weren't for the old man's funeral this time, look, I won't beat you to death!"

It was the first time for Shen Tingbei to be scolded so harshly, and he couldn't recover after opening his eyes for a long time

If it wasn't for Ye Tao's kick.

The little old man clutched his chest, "Ouch, ouch" on the ground for a long while without getting up, stretched out his fingers, and swayed on Shen Tingbei and Ye Tao for a long time, as if he was full of words.

But in Ye Tao's cold eyes, he finally said nothing.Keep your mouth shut tightly.

Everyone in the yard looked at Shen Tingbei and the skinny old man, and whispered together and pointed.

Ye Tao didn't think there was anything wrong with kicking an NPC in a small town at all. He looked at the little old man on the ground coldly, and said lightly, "Keep your mouth clean, and it won't be a kick next time."

The people behind swallowed, and secretly vowed not to mess with Ye Tao in the future.

The little old man got up from the ground, his old skin wrinkled in anger, and after a long while of wheezing and huffing, he waved his hands and said, "Get out... come and help!"

Neither Shen Tingbei nor Ye Tao moved.

The little old man was furious, and was about to grab Shen Tingbei, but after meeting Ye Tao's gaze, he withdrew his hand resentfully.

"Your grandpa's paper money and gold ingots haven't been finished yet, only the four girls in spring, summer, autumn and winter can't win! Hurry up and help! Tonight's vigil will be used."

Some women in the yard threw away the melon seed husks in their hands, and whispered to Shen Tingbei: "Xiao Shen, go quickly. This is what you juniors should do."

Everyone looked at each other, and after a little calculation, they raised their heels and followed the distraught little old man.

The little old man led them through the back hall and into another courtyard.

This small courtyard looks like no one lives there, and there are new spider webs under the eaves.There are weeds growing in the gaps between the bluestone slabs in the yard, it should be an abandoned yard where sundries are piled up.

The middle of the yard is full of yellow paper money, piled up in several bundles.

The little old man was about to speak viciously, but when his eyes swept over Ye Tao, he swallowed the swear words back.

"...Fold the paper money before we can eat!" The little old man walked away angrily after finishing speaking.

Everyone stared at it for a while, and finally turned their attention to Shen Tingbei and Ye Tao for help.

How to stack?How many stacks?When will it stack up?

Boss ask for advice!

Shen Tingbei was silent for a while, and then turned his attention to Ye Tao.

Ye Tao looked at the anxious people in the room, and coughed, "I'll go out and ask someone."

"What are you asking, am I here?" The woman with small feet on the water bridge at first appeared again, and the green dress on her body changed into the same red dress as them.

She nodded Shen Tingbei's head immediately, "You, even if you have a problem with uncle, you can't let your classmates kick him in front of so many people. After all, he is also a godfather for you to go to study. Now Alright, he's going to howl in the main hall now, and he can't stop tonight."

"..." Shen Tingbei was silent for a while, "He asked us to fold paper money..."

Speaking of this, Shen Tingbei frowned and asked in doubt: "Isn't it true that you can't cry when you're happy or mourning?"

The little-footed woman covered her mouth and smiled: "Uncle, can you cry? He shouted in front of him with a broken voice, and he just wanted to pour dirty water on you again. Don't worry about him."

After finishing speaking, the little-footed woman took a small stool and sat down beside the bundle of paper money, "You scholars can't do this kind of thing, just rest next to it. Uncle, he just feels uncomfortable and is looking for trouble. The few of us in a while The sisters will come over as soon as they finish their work, we can just do it."

"Is it spring, summer, autumn and winter?" Ye Tao asked.

The woman with small feet smiled, "Xiao Shen is a very handsome classmate, he already knows the names of our sisters."

As if to confirm her words, three women with exactly the same appearance appeared at the gate of the courtyard

Wearing blue, yellow and white clothes respectively.

One by one, they took small benches and sat next to the bundle of paper money, swiftly folding paper money into the shape of gold ingots.And the movements are exactly the same, just like artificial AI that has been programmed early.

The woman in red with small feet continued: "You are Xiao Shen's friends, and maybe he hasn't mentioned our family's situation. Our Wang family is the largest family in the town, and there are three sons under the grandfather's knees. Xiao Shen was picked up by the big house. The children we are raising. The four of us are two-bedrooms. There is also a brother and sister who are three-bedrooms."

Shen Tingbei frowned, his story line was too complete in the small town.

The woman in red continued: "Our four sisters are called Wang Chun, Wang Xia, Wang Qiu, and Wang Dong. Xiao Shen has never distinguished us all these years. Just remember to look at the color of the pendants on our ears. I am red, Xia'er is green, Qiu'er is yellow, and Dong'er is white."

Everyone looked at the four identical twins and nodded blankly.