Golden Town [Unlimited]
Chapter 23
(one more)
East Wing Courtyard, inside the main house.
At twelve o'clock, a few quaint bells rang in the house.People who were afraid to fall asleep because of nervousness, all went to Zhou Gong in a daze.
Ye Tao propped his hands behind his head, listening to the constant snoring in the room, he didn't feel sleepy.
Shen Tingbei was alone in the main hall at night, which made him really worried.
Although until now, Shen Tingbei has not been harmed in the small town.But in this small town, Shen Tingbei has a complete story line, and there is even another "Shen Tingbei".
Ye Tao waited for the right time to slip out, and when he propped himself up to observe the environment, he suddenly saw a black shadow flash past the window.
He quickly lay down, touched the dagger under the pillow, and stared out the window.
The dagger and finger ring are things that Ye Tao always takes with him when he sleeps after he came out of the last town, because he is afraid that he will not have something to defend himself after entering the town again.
After the black shadow flashed by, the window seemed to fall into silence again, only the shadow of the red silk flying under the eaves reflected on the window with its teeth and claws stretched out by the faint moonlight.
Ye Tao waited with bated breath.
Suddenly, Ye Tao heard a few melodious "click" sounds amidst the sound of snoring, one after another, very rhythmic.
He didn't dare to make a fuss, directly covered Gao Qian's mouth, and woke him up with the spike on his finger.
Gao Qian opened his eyes in a daze, and was about to make a sound when he found Ye Tao covering his mouth.
Ye Tao whispered: "Wake up everyone and keep quiet."
Gao Qian regained consciousness instantly and nodded, quickly covered the mouth of the person beside him and began to call out.
Ye Tao slept on the outermost side. He had already found out the dagger under the pillow, and looked out of the dark window with a solemn face.
The snoring in the house had stopped, everyone was woken up, and they all looked out the door in anticipation.
The sound of "creak, creak" became louder and louder, and suddenly, a thin figure appeared outside the mahogany window.
The shadow wandered around the yard several times, and the figure reflected on the window also changed from big to small.
Finally, the shadow stood in front of the door of the main house, and the regular "click" stopped.
The girls all shrank behind Luo Yi, tightly covered their mouths, and stared at the figure outside the window with wide eyes in horror.
To be honest, Luo Yi was too scared, but now he could only bite the bullet and stand in front of the girls.
"Ga——" the mahogany door of the main room was pushed open, and a withered hand supported the door, and then, a bright red shroud squeezed in through the crack of the door.
A strong smell of incense candles passed through the crack of the door, and the red silk flying around was reflected on the oil-paper windows, and the shadows changed from big to small with the wind.
A few girls huddled in a corner, forgot to breathe for a moment, and could only shake their hands to gain strength from each other.
Not to mention that these girls were scared, when that ruddy and white face squeezed in through the crack of the door, the hearts of the gentlemen trembled.
The old man in the shroud had a rosy complexion, and the corners of his mouth even drew a strange angle, which seemed to be a half-smile.He hasn't blinked since he came in, and has been staring at everyone in the room with his eyes wide open.
The skin on the old man's neck and hands is wrinkled, but his face is smooth, and the skin condition is believed to be 20 years old.
Trembling, Gao Qian held Ye Tao's quilt tightly, shrunk into a ball, and pressed against the wall tightly, not daring to let out a breath.
Ye Tao looked calm, clenched the dagger in his hand, and his posture had become half squatting on the bed, ready to explode at any time.
But the old man in the shroud suddenly stopped moving while standing by the door.
Everyone looked nervously at the old man in red at the door, and the timid girls had already begun to cry silently.
The old man seemed to have sensed it, and turned his head with a "click" and looked at the girls in the innermost place.
"Woo..." Zhao Yue couldn't hold back, sobbing.
Luo Yi was so frightened that he quickly turned around and helped her cover her mouth, and hurriedly wiped away her tears
But it was obviously too late.
The old man had moved to the inner bed with a "creak creak", and the girls had shrunk so much that they wanted to embed themselves in the wall.
Ye Tao held his breath, jumped off the bed lightly, and touched the old man's back with the dagger in his hand.
Before the old man stretched out his skinny hands to Zhao Yue, Ye Tao frowned and raised his dagger high.
Zhao Yue closed her eyes in fear, and after feeling a cold and rough touch on her neck, she screamed uncontrollably
Its daybreak.
Shen Tingbei opened his eyes in a daze, and found himself lying beside the mourning hall and sleeping all night.
He rubbed his eyes, looked at the basin full of paper ashes in front of him, and woke up after being dizzy for a while.
Next to him was the cheap godfather who was sleeping on all fours, and on the opposite side were the four spring, summer, autumn and winter sisters who had just woken up.The pair of twins in the third room seemed to have left.
Shen Tingbei stood up from the ground and rubbed his stiff waist.He suddenly remembered something, and before everyone noticed, he tiptoed and looked at the cheap grandpa in the coffin.
After taking a look, Shen Tingbei frowned suspiciously.
Could it be that the dark atmosphere last night made him hallucinate?
Now in the coffin is just a dead old man with a pale face, not the rosy face he saw last night at all.There's nothing weird about it either, the red silk in the mourning hall doesn't look scary anymore.
Shen Tingbei was about to take a closer look when he suddenly heard a fierce quarrel coming from the east chamber.
It must be that the partner is more important, Shen Tingbei gave up the idea of looking into the coffin for a closer look, and ran towards the east chamber.
Before reaching the place, Shen Tingbei heard Ye Tao's sharp voice: "Put down the knife!"
Shen Tingbei's eyes widened in astonishment, when did Ye Tao speak so loudly?He quickened his pace.
After arriving at the open-air courtyard, Shen Tingbei saw Zong Hai holding a dagger in his right hand and locking Zhao Yue in his arm with his left. He became emotional and blushed.
Ye Tao stood not far from him, half-bent, lowering his center of gravity.Although he urged Zong Hai with his mouth, his feet moved forward slowly.
The rest of the people stood either at the door of the main house or behind Ye Tao, all with very ugly expressions.A few girls wanted to cry but didn't dare to cry, they were pinching themselves desperately, blinking hard, in short, they absolutely wouldn't let themselves shed tears.
"What's wrong?" Shen Tingbei hurried to Gao Qian and Luo Yi.
Luo Yi's whole body seemed to have been greatly frightened, his arms and hands were shaking uncontrollably, his glasses had slipped to the tip of his nose, and he didn't raise his hand to help him.Gao Qian patted her on the back, but his face was also very ugly.
"Last night, something happened..."
When the old man in shroud stretched his arm towards Zhao Yue, the dagger in Ye Tao's hand also pierced straight into the old man's heart
The bright red shroud was instantly soaked with black blood.
The old man with red lips, white teeth and ruddy complexion smiled and slowly turned his head "click", retracted his hand, and looked at Ye Tao.
Ye Tao's hand was still on the handle of the dagger, and when he met the old man's pure black eyes, he suddenly felt dizzy.
"H-heh--"
The old man opened his mouth and smiled.
Ye Tao fell to the ground with a dagger in his hand. Not only him, but everyone in the main room fell dizzily on the Datong bunk.
"H-heh--"
The old man was still bleeding black from his chest, but he walked towards Zhao Yue step by step.
He stretched out his old skinny withered hand, and wiped away the tears on Zhao Yue's face.
A few black marks were left on the fair skin.
You can see it on her face now.
"This woman must have died last night, she must have died last night!" Zong Hai clasped Zhao Yue tightly, spitting, "She was targeted by that dead man last night, she is going to die!"
"You don't understand, you don't understand!" Zong Hai's eyes burst out, "As long as the dead person can trigger the change of the content on the card, you can get out of this hellish place. Anyway, Zhao Yue died last night, she cried, you I heard it all, and she cried. You can't cry here! She died long ago!"
Zhao Yue's eyes are full of tears now, but no tears are shed.
Her voice trembled, begging Zong Hai to let her go.
Ye Tao also got closer and closer to Zong Hai, "Zong Hai, calm down. You can't kill people."
"I didn't kill anyone!"
"She's already dead!"
Saying that, Zong Hai took back the dagger he was waving in the air, and slashed at Zhao Yue's neck fiercely.
Ye Tao jumped up violently, and kicked Zong Hai's arm when he jumped up. After landing, Ye Tao rushed forward and twisted Zong Hai's arm, but just like that, Zong Hai had already cut Zhao Yue's neck.
Zong Hai was knelt on the ground by Ye Tao, and Shen Tingbei hurried over to help Zhao Yue cover his neck.
Jiang Chengxian also hurriedly turned around and went to the house to get a red dress and came out, rushed out of the crowd and shouted: "I am a doctor, I am a doctor!"
"Quick!" Shen Tingbei looked at the blood on his hands, his voice trembling.
"Don't, don't talk," Jiang Chengxian held the clothes to Zhao Yue's neck, his hands were shaking, "Don't sleep, don't sleep. I'll deal with it for you, deal with it for you."
Seeing Jiang Chengxian's bewildered look, Shen Tingbei became anxious, "Can you do it!"
"I'm a plastic surgeon! I'm a plastic surgeon!" Jiang Chengxian broke down and cried, his hands were covered with Zhao Yue's blood.
Zhao Yue coughed twice and spit out a lot of blood.
Shen Tingbei stabilized his mind and made his voice less trembling, "Zhao Yue, stay awake, I'll ask someone to find a doctor for you right away, don't give up!"
Zhao Yue was finally able to cry boldly now, the tears in her eyes flowed out as if she didn't want money, and the blood from the corner of her mouth fell on the red dress around her neck together, infecting a piece of it.
The severe pain in her neck and the inexplicable wind in her ears made her feel cold all over.Many pictures flashed before my eyes, but none of them was frozen in the end.Her life hasn't begun yet!
"I, I don't want to die..."
Zhao Yue pinched Shen Tingbei's hand tightly, pleading in his eyes, "Please...please...I don't want to die..."
Shen Tingbei was panting, and his upper and lower teeth were fighting nervously: "You won't die, you won't die!"
The rest of the people under the eaves also rushed over to help, pressing the wounds and fetching water.A partner that no one wants to be involved with leaves like this.
The movement in the east chamber naturally attracted the attention of the entire palace. The four sisters of Chun Xia Qiu Dong came in from the door, and after seeing this scene, they called out their crimes, and the eldest sister Chun also said to go to the doctor.
Suddenly, a melodious and hoarse suona sounded, and the long and powerful voice broke through the sky
Zhao Yue also slowly loosened the hands tightly clasped on Shen Tingbei's arms.
She stared wide-eyed at the clear blue sky, with unfinished tears still locked in her eye sockets.
(two more)
Shen Tingbei shook his hands, shaking Zhao Yue who was already out of strength, "Zhao Yue, Zhao Yue!"
But no one could respond to him, only the sound of the suona in the back hall lingered.
Jiang Chengxian had already slumped to the ground holding the blood-stained clothes, and said blankly: "She is dead... arterial bleeding, she can't survive..."
Shen Tingbei didn't believe in evil, he laid Zhao Yue flat, took clothes and tied up the wound on her neck.He squatted beside Zhao Yue and began to give her CPR.
Shen Tingbei repeated movements, pressed repeatedly, and called Zhao Yue's name repeatedly.
The eyes were red and never stopped.
Ye Tao asked Gao Qian to tie up Zong Hai, while he stood up, hugged Shen Tingbei by the waist, and covered his eyes with his hands.
Feeling the moistness of his palm, Ye Tao paused and clasped him even tighter.
Shen Tingbei's whole body was trembling, especially the hands that had just performed CPR on Zhao Yue crazily, it was like sifting chaff at this moment.
Zong Hai was also in a daze, looking at Zhao Yue's body on the ground, without blinking for a long time.
Gao Qian tied him to the pillar, and everyone kept away from him.
The girls still didn't dare to cry, so they turned their faces away, with their backs to Zhao Yue's body in the courtyard.
Sister Chun just arrived with the doctor, but Zhao Yue has died.
The doctor sighed, took a white cloth from nowhere and covered Zhao Yue's face, "He's gone."
Sister Xia stood at the round arched door of the east chamber, and said in a sharp voice, "It's really only the young people who have studied can be so ruthless."
"Wang Xia!" Sister Chun suddenly snapped.
Shen Tingbei in Ye Tao's arms suddenly broke free, turned around and walked towards Wang Xia, grabbed her by the collar, pushed her against the pillar, and raised her right hand high to slap someone.
Wang Xia closed his eyes and waited to be beaten, but in the end he only heard the muffled sound of beating on a pillar.
Wang Xia looked up and met Shen Tingbei's red eyes.
"Pu, her, original, come, of, clothes, clothes, return, return, come." Shen Tingbei paused every word.
The clothes they wore from the real world disappeared after they changed into the red cloth rough clothes.
Wang Xia stiffened her neck and wanted to say something, but she narrowed her eyes due to the pain from Shen Tingbei's tightened arms.
"I don't care what you are doing or what purpose you bring so many innocent people into this strange world, but for now, at least give them a decent ending."
Shen Tingbei stared firmly at Wang Xia's eyes, and after a while, he let go of his hand.
The courtyard fell into a dead silence, Ye Tao picked up the blood-stained red clothes on the ground, and threw them into the wooden basin.
Han Yuanhe took out his card silently, and interjected weakly: "The content on the card seems to have changed..."
Everyone paused when they heard the words, and then took out their own cards.
On the back of the card that originally only had the word "Dian" in it, there was a small line of black words: "Little baby, this is your grandpa's funeral, you must not cry."
Han Yuanhe finished reading the black words on the back of the card softly, and looked at Shen Tingbei who was standing under the eaves with his eyes downcast and silent.
To be honest, Brother Xiaobei's story line in this small town is too complete, and he doesn't look like someone who was involved like them.
But he really saw the appearance of Shen Tingbei rescuing Zhao Yue just now.
They are ordinary people who can't think of any way, so they can only follow the train of thought of Brother Xiaobei and Brother Ye.Even at such a critical time yesterday, he couldn't fart a fart, and could only wait for fate to come and Brother Ye to rescue him.
Now that Han Yuanhe looked at the content on the card, he finally understood why Brother Xiaobei said that the world was the most hostile to him when he was stacking gold ingots yesterday afternoon.
Although he has been staying in the town, it seems that his life will not be in danger.
But every time the town has a strange connection with him in one way or another, and even put the lives of other people on his shoulders many times...
Han Yuanhe looked at Brother Bei who was drooping and silent under the eaves again, and after a while his eyes fell on Brother Ye who was also silent not far away, and sighed faintly.
Just when everyone was digesting everything in front of them in silence, Shen Tingbei's cheap old man hurried over. He glanced at Zhao Yue who was lying on the ground, without any extra expressions or words, he hurriedly rushed People all over the yard shouted: "What time are you wasting here, go to the back hall to help. The water table will open soon!"
The little old man always looked in such a hurry, and left after speaking.
Wang Dong didn't know where to take out the silk pajamas that Zhao Yue wore when he first entered this town.There are many pink strawberries and watermelons painted on the smooth fabric, full of summer vigor.
Luo Yi took the clothes without saying a word, and asked the other two girls if they wanted to help Zhao Yue change with her.
Chi Zhi, who had always had disheveled hair, bit his lip timidly and shook his head, while Miao Miao, who looked thin and thin, firmly agreed.
She was going to collapse sooner or later, she wanted to cry for a long time, but everywhere in this town reminded her not to cry, so now she can only grin wildly, pinching herself while laughing, "Don't blame me, I'm too scared , I'm too scared..."
Luo Yi hugged her, "Don't blame yourself, it's okay."
Later, she wanted to cry again, she twisted her arm hard, and started laughing wildly.
Gao Qian, Han Yuanhe, and Jiang Chengxian helped the two girls move Zhao Yue into the main house, and Niu Xiangdong, who had been silent all this time, silently fetched a bucket of water and put it in.Two male students, Sun Qi and Xuan Ran, helped wipe up the blood in the courtyard.
The two girls closed the door and began to tidy up Zhao Yue's remains.
The four sisters of Chunxiaqiudong seemed to have been frightened by Shen Tingbei just now, or Sister Chun whispered to Shen Tingbei, "Remember to come to the back hall when you are done busy" and left.
Shen Tingbei didn't speak all the time, standing in the corridor with his head down, it was hard to see his expression clearly.
Ye Tao went to the bathroom to wet a towel, walked to Shen Tingbei's side, held his wrist and began to wipe his hands.
Shen Tingbei didn't say a word, watching the wet towel was stained red, without any expression.
"Follow me to the bathroom to wash up."
"……Um."
Ye Tao held Shen Tingbei's wrist like this, led him into the bathroom, bent down and began to wash his hands.
Two big men stood in the cramped bathroom, and the air flow seemed to be slower.
Shen Tingbei stared at the bubbling cold water on the back of his hand, and said slowly: "Zhao Yue said she didn't want to die."
"Well," Ye Tao bent over and smeared soap on him, "but this is beyond your control."
"But she told me, she begged me." Shen Ting Beiwei's voice trembled, and his hands began to shake uncontrollably.
Ye Tao frowned, crossed his fingers and held Shen Tingbei's hands, and trapped the person between his arms: "Shen Tingbei, don't take everything on yourself."
Shen Tingbei's eyes were red, he raised his eyes to look at Ye Tao who was getting closer, and when he suddenly bumped into Ye Tao's deep eyes, he suddenly came back to his senses, pushed him away, and ran out of the bathroom in a panic.
Ye Tao stood in the bathroom, turned and turned off the faucet, and smiled self-deprecatingly at himself in the mirror after a while.
Just now he thought...
Half an hour later, Luo Yi and Miao Miao came out from the main room, Zhao Yue's face and body were also clean.
"Let's go, go to the back hall." Shen Tingbei seemed to have recovered.
Everyone nodded, and Han Yuanhe asked, "Is Zhao Yue's body just left like this?"
"According to the experience of the previous two small towns," Luo Yi said slowly, "Maybe Zhao Yue can appear in another way, but Zhao Yue was killed by our own people, so... I also Not sure."
"Give me the corpse." The doctor who had been standing by said.He was invited by Sister Chun, and he was also a person who lived in the water town.
"We will settle Zhao Yue properly and give her a decent ending." The doctor's attitude is sincere, and everyone knows that if they don't give it to the people in the town now, it's hard to say what will happen tonight, so they nodded and agreed.
After the doctor and his apprentices took away Zhao Yue, Shen Tingbei and Ye Tao led the people to the back hall.
Zong Hai, who had been tied to the pillar silently all this time, suddenly panicked. He called out "Ye Tao" weakly, and after seeing that people ignored him, he called Gao Qian and Luo Yi's names again.
But still nobody paid attention to him.
Zong Hai was deliberately forgotten by everyone in the east chamber.
The condition for leaving the town is to be alive after five days, but being killed by one's own people and being selected to be killed by strange things in the town are completely two concepts.
No one would sympathize with Zong Hai, he was the one who attacked himself first.
When we arrived at the back hall, there were not as many people in the compound as yesterday, but people were already coming and going.There are still many women busy in the open-air kitchen, and they all seem to be women from the village.
The little old man saw them coming, and hurriedly greeted them to help spread the tablecloth and serve the dishes.
Yesterday Chunxiaqiudong said that the flowing water banquet is eaten from morning to night, as long as there are people at home, the table must be set, and they must entertain the guests well.
This time, Ye Tao and the others also met the legendary "Three Brothers and Sisters".
The elder brother is called Wang Bai, and the younger sister is called Wang Ye.
The two also look exactly the same, but one has long hair and the other has short hair, one speaks in a thick voice, and the other speaks in a thin voice.
After the two assigned tasks to the 11 people, they started busy in the yard non-stop.For a while to urge the cook, for a while to order drinks and drinks, for a while to help prepare ten sets of utensils on the red tablecloth.
After the first group of people sat down and started to eat, many people came in the back hall, laughing and chattering, knocking sunflower seeds and talking about family affairs, and waited for the first group of people to finish eating before serving.
Everyone in Shen Tingbei woke up in the morning and hadn't eaten yet, and Han Yuanhe's stomach was rumbling loudly.
The little old man was talking to the villagers, but when he heard the Korean won and the loud belly, he glanced at everyone angrily, and said angrily: "The second table, you all eat together!"
After the little old man spoke, the second batch of tables had just been set up, and everyone chose a table and sat together.
When Ye Tao just took a stool from the side and was about to sit in, the little old man walked over angrily and said displeasedly: "After reading so many books, it can only seat ten people at a table, can't you tell? Go elsewhere !"
Shen Tingbei quickly stood up to change Ye Tao, but Ye Tao had already turned around and went to the table behind them.
Shen Tingbei still wanted to say something, but the scene in the bathroom in the morning flashed inexplicably in his mind, and he blushed instantly and turned his head away.
Ye Tao didn't notice it, and after sitting down, he began to observe the villagers on his round table.
They were like one big family, coming in for breakfast, then off to do their work, and then coming back for lunch and dinner.
Suddenly, Ye Tao was poked by the grandmother beside him, "Xiaosheng, are you Xiao Shen's friend, or Xiao Wang's friend?"
Ye Tao: "?"
Perhaps Ye Tao's puzzled expression was too obvious, and the grandma asked again with a smile, "Xiao Shen and Xiao Wang are both twins."
Before grandma finished speaking, the daughter-in-law beside her tugged at her sleeve, and then said to Ye Tao with apologetic expression, "I'm sorry, Xiaoshen's classmate, my grandma is confused and can't remember many things clearly."
Ye Tao caught the twins that grandma mentioned just now, and asked politely: "Does the Xiao Wang that grandma just mentioned look very similar to Xiao Shen?"
The daughter-in-law hadn't spoken yet, but grandma spoke first with a smile.
"Yes, yes, Xiao Shen and Xiao Wang, they are both smart and beautiful."
(three more)
But just knowing it, there are still many unexplainable mysteries about Shen Tingbei and the other "Shen Tingbei".
Ye Tao sorted out his thoughts, and then asked, "Isn't Xiao Shen the child picked up by Da Fang?"
Grandma grabbed Ye Tao's sleeve mysteriously, dragged him to her side, and whispered into Ye Tao's ear, "I didn't pick it up, it belongs to the Wang family, and it belongs to the Wang family."
Grandma said it firmly, as if she was afraid that Ye Tao would not believe it.
Her daughter-in-law sat next to her, shyly pulled the old man back, and apologized to Ye Tao: "My mother-in-law is really a little confused, so don't trust her."
"Ah."
Ye Tao nodded and began to eat, but only he knew whether he believed what grandma said.
After eating, the little old man came over angrily and called all of them to go to yesterday's courtyard to help fold ingots.
When everyone got up and followed Chun Xia Qiu Dong to the courtyard, Ye Tao asked Sister Chun, "Is there anyone else who looks like Xiao Shen at home?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Sister Chun was shocked, and even the other three sisters beside her turned pale.
For the first time, Sister Chun showed a serious look to everyone, "You can't ask this question anymore! Remember! You can't ask it anymore!"
Shen Tingbei frowned, looked at Ye Tao, and Ye Tao gave him a "I'll talk about it later" look.
After arriving at the courtyard full of paper money, everyone found small benches and sat down, and began to do the same movements as yesterday.
After doing it for a while, Ye Tao suddenly got up and said to go to the bathroom, Shen Tingbei also stood up and said together.
Chun Xia Qiu Dong had no doubts, nodded and let the two go.
Shen Tingbei hurriedly asked Ye Tao if he knew anything in the corridor where the courtyard could not be seen.
Ye Tao told Shen Tingbei all the news he had learned from his grandma for breakfast, and finally concluded: "The Wang family basically has twins, but you are the only one in the big house. And if you look exactly like that 'Xiao Wang', why are you Are you the only one who picked it up?"
Shen Tingbei frowned, thought for a moment and said: "How about we take this time to visit the house and get out the map? Now our scope of activities is only the East Wing, the back hall, and this cluttered courtyard. The information we have learned The only channel for them is to deliberately disclose through the villagers. This is too passive.”
"One more thing," Shen Tingbei looked up at him, pointing to the black gauze on his arm, "I received the same black gauze as you guys this time, I don't know if it's a sign that I can go out too, I Want to try."
Ye Tao nodded: "Okay."
The palace is a big house with three entrances and three exits. The main hall, back hall and main courtyard on the central axis are the most luxurious places in the palace, and also the most well-decorated courtyard.
Shen Tingbei and Ye Tao looked at the entrance of the backyard. Although they didn't go in, they knew that the Wang family was really rich just by looking at the antique vases by the window.
In addition to the central axis, there are wing rooms and ear rooms on both sides.The people living in the East Wing are the juniors, and the people living in the West Wing are the little old man and the parents of the second and third bedrooms.
After strolling around with Ye Tao, Shen Tingbei and Ye Tao asked doubtfully, "I have a cheap godfather, so what about my cheap mother?"
The wife of the second bedroom and the third bedroom, he met Ye Tao when he was taking the map just now, and also met many residents in the water town.But Dudu is Dafang's wife, and the two of them have never seen each other until now.
With this question in mind, Shen Tingbei and Ye Tao went back to the courtyard.
Chun Xia Qiu Dong had no doubts about the two of them going to the toilet for so long, but when Shen Tingbei asked him where his "godmother" was, Sister Chun's expression flustered for a moment.
Sister Chun: "Why did you suddenly ask about my aunt? Just, she died of illness a few years ago. We all know this. There must be nothing wrong with it. Brother, you are not still angry now, are you?"
Shen Tingbei followed her words and asked, "Can't I be angry?"
"This..." Sister Chun smiled awkwardly, "Everyone knows that it was an accident that my aunt fell into the water. Brother, you have made a lot of troubles. Now is the time for grandpa's funeral. You should know something, so stop making trouble. "
Shen Tingbei continued the routine: "I just don't think it was an accident that my godmother fell into the water."
Sister Xia threw the ingot in her hand into the basket, and said in a shrill voice, "If you say it's an accident, it's an accident. Why are you always so stupid? Do you really believe that uncle strangled aunt to death?"
The eyes of the people beside the small bench widened, apparently they did not expect such appalling secrets to exist in the palace.
A flash of inspiration flashed through Shen Tingbei's mind, imitating Sister Xia, and asked at a high volume: "I didn't find out what happened back then!"
Sister Chun sighed heavily, "Little brother, listen to me, it won't be too late to talk about this matter after Grandpa's funeral is over. Auntie has been gone for so many years, so there is no rush at this moment."
Seeing how the four of them kept secret about the Dafang's affairs, Ye Tao almost realized that things in the Dafang were tricky.
So he said lightly: "It's strange, I have seen a 'Shen Tingbei' in white clothes several times at home these few days, and he looks exactly like him."
The four sisters of Chun Xia Qiu Dong froze in place for an instant.Steady as Sister Chun, the gold ingot stacked in her hand also fell to the ground at this moment, being swayed by the wind.
Ye Tao's ending sound was still lingering on the beam, and everyone looked at the four sisters in spring, summer, autumn and winter, waiting for their answer.
Sister Chun laughed dryly, "You must have misread Xiaoye, it's impossible. Xiao Shen is the only child in the family who looks so good-looking."
"Really?" Ye Tao looked at her, "This morning at the running water table, a grandma told me that there is a little Wang in the big house. Did I remember wrongly?"
Ye Tao looked at Sister Chun with a half-smile, but Sister Chun turned her head and did not dare to look Ye Tao's eyes squarely.
The four spring, summer, autumn and winter sisters all have ugly expressions now, and Wang Dong, who is the youngest and least talkative, even stood up staggeringly and said to go to the toilet.
Everyone looked at the four sisters' reactions, no matter how slow they were, they realized that the big house had a secret.
Can……
Han Yuanhe approached Ye Tao in a daze, "Brother Ye, what does this have to do with our going out?"
Ye Tao glanced at the silly and sweet Han Yuanhe, and explained: "From the perspective of the last two small towns, every time you want to leave the town, you must start from the town itself or the people who enter the town. This time, the selection of people in the town The method is random, so the way to break the game should be in the story of the town itself. Find out what happened in the palace and what will kill us, that is the safe way to get out of the town."
Everyone was confused, but they all knew that Ye Tao was right now.
After another afternoon of stacking gold ingots in the courtyard, everyone returned to the east chamber after dinner.
In the morning, Zhao Yue's blood splattered on the ground had been cleaned up, and Zong Hai was still tied to the pillar. After seeing everyone coming back, he spoke to him, but still no one paid attention to him.
Zong Hai licked his lips, and almost begged Ye Tao: "Brother Ye, I was fascinated by this place this morning, I really didn't mean it. I know I'm wrong, I really know I'm wrong .And... taking a step back, if there are clues on the card, I, I can be regarded as... I have made a meritorious service, yes, yes, I have made a meritorious service."
Before Ye Tao could speak, Niu Xiangdong, who had been silent all this time, spat at Zong Hai directly, and then entered the house.
The rest of the people also looked at Zong Hai with contempt, and then went into the room to rest or find clothes to take a bath.
Tonight, Shen Tingbei will still go to the main hall to kneel and watch the coffin, and tomorrow morning he will go to the coffin with the men at home.So after the first one went to take a bath, he sat in the yard and looked at the locust tree in a trance.
Zong Hai looked at Shen Tingbei who was not far away from him, opened and closed his mouth, and finally couldn't bear the pain of being tied up for a day, so he weakly called Shen Tingbei's name.
Shen Tingbei raised his eyes and looked at him lightly, then suddenly frowned, stood up from the stone bench with a "shua", and looked at Zong Hai nervously and warily.
Zong Hai was frightened by his expression, he stammered and said, "Brother Bei, Bei, I'm tied up now, you, why are you looking at me like this..."
Shen Tingbei stared at Zong Hai closely, and said slowly, "Who are you?"
"I, Zong Hai!"
After Zong Hai opened his mouth in a daze, he suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing on the back of his neck, and he shivered instantly.
There are only him and Shen Tingbei in the courtyard now, and the cool breeze behind that...
The night wind blows, and the branches of the locust tree in the courtyard dance with the red silk under the eaves.
Zong Hai blinked, clearly felt the breathing and chuckle beside his ear, and immediately peed on his pants.
The smell of urine instantly filled the entire yard with the night breeze.
"Heh..." A feminine and indistinguishable voice sounded in Zong Hai's ear, "I'm you, Shen Tingbei."
Shen Tingbei stared intently at the woman in white clothes behind Zong Hai who looked exactly like him—the long-haired woman!
"I'm a man." Shen Tingbei can be considered to have experienced in the first two small towns, and seeing the scene in front of him now, his legs are not weak.
Zong Hai heard another chuckle in his ear, he wanted to turn his head to look, but he didn't have the guts to close his eyes.
"Shen Tingbei, why don't you call me Grandpa?" The woman who looked exactly like Shen Tingbei showed a sad expression on her face, "Why don't you take a good look at Grandpa?"
"Get out," Shen Tingbei looked at her coldly, "I have nothing to do with this town, I will go out sooner or later."
"Really?" The woman laughed again, and suddenly turned her head to look at the bathroom at the end of the corridor. The next second, the door of the bathroom was opened.
Ye Tao rubbed his hair and raised his eyes, the movements of his hands froze instantly.
The red silk was flying under the eaves, and he saw the long black hair of "Shen Tingbei" not far away.
East Wing Courtyard, inside the main house.
At twelve o'clock, a few quaint bells rang in the house.People who were afraid to fall asleep because of nervousness, all went to Zhou Gong in a daze.
Ye Tao propped his hands behind his head, listening to the constant snoring in the room, he didn't feel sleepy.
Shen Tingbei was alone in the main hall at night, which made him really worried.
Although until now, Shen Tingbei has not been harmed in the small town.But in this small town, Shen Tingbei has a complete story line, and there is even another "Shen Tingbei".
Ye Tao waited for the right time to slip out, and when he propped himself up to observe the environment, he suddenly saw a black shadow flash past the window.
He quickly lay down, touched the dagger under the pillow, and stared out the window.
The dagger and finger ring are things that Ye Tao always takes with him when he sleeps after he came out of the last town, because he is afraid that he will not have something to defend himself after entering the town again.
After the black shadow flashed by, the window seemed to fall into silence again, only the shadow of the red silk flying under the eaves reflected on the window with its teeth and claws stretched out by the faint moonlight.
Ye Tao waited with bated breath.
Suddenly, Ye Tao heard a few melodious "click" sounds amidst the sound of snoring, one after another, very rhythmic.
He didn't dare to make a fuss, directly covered Gao Qian's mouth, and woke him up with the spike on his finger.
Gao Qian opened his eyes in a daze, and was about to make a sound when he found Ye Tao covering his mouth.
Ye Tao whispered: "Wake up everyone and keep quiet."
Gao Qian regained consciousness instantly and nodded, quickly covered the mouth of the person beside him and began to call out.
Ye Tao slept on the outermost side. He had already found out the dagger under the pillow, and looked out of the dark window with a solemn face.
The snoring in the house had stopped, everyone was woken up, and they all looked out the door in anticipation.
The sound of "creak, creak" became louder and louder, and suddenly, a thin figure appeared outside the mahogany window.
The shadow wandered around the yard several times, and the figure reflected on the window also changed from big to small.
Finally, the shadow stood in front of the door of the main house, and the regular "click" stopped.
The girls all shrank behind Luo Yi, tightly covered their mouths, and stared at the figure outside the window with wide eyes in horror.
To be honest, Luo Yi was too scared, but now he could only bite the bullet and stand in front of the girls.
"Ga——" the mahogany door of the main room was pushed open, and a withered hand supported the door, and then, a bright red shroud squeezed in through the crack of the door.
A strong smell of incense candles passed through the crack of the door, and the red silk flying around was reflected on the oil-paper windows, and the shadows changed from big to small with the wind.
A few girls huddled in a corner, forgot to breathe for a moment, and could only shake their hands to gain strength from each other.
Not to mention that these girls were scared, when that ruddy and white face squeezed in through the crack of the door, the hearts of the gentlemen trembled.
The old man in the shroud had a rosy complexion, and the corners of his mouth even drew a strange angle, which seemed to be a half-smile.He hasn't blinked since he came in, and has been staring at everyone in the room with his eyes wide open.
The skin on the old man's neck and hands is wrinkled, but his face is smooth, and the skin condition is believed to be 20 years old.
Trembling, Gao Qian held Ye Tao's quilt tightly, shrunk into a ball, and pressed against the wall tightly, not daring to let out a breath.
Ye Tao looked calm, clenched the dagger in his hand, and his posture had become half squatting on the bed, ready to explode at any time.
But the old man in the shroud suddenly stopped moving while standing by the door.
Everyone looked nervously at the old man in red at the door, and the timid girls had already begun to cry silently.
The old man seemed to have sensed it, and turned his head with a "click" and looked at the girls in the innermost place.
"Woo..." Zhao Yue couldn't hold back, sobbing.
Luo Yi was so frightened that he quickly turned around and helped her cover her mouth, and hurriedly wiped away her tears
But it was obviously too late.
The old man had moved to the inner bed with a "creak creak", and the girls had shrunk so much that they wanted to embed themselves in the wall.
Ye Tao held his breath, jumped off the bed lightly, and touched the old man's back with the dagger in his hand.
Before the old man stretched out his skinny hands to Zhao Yue, Ye Tao frowned and raised his dagger high.
Zhao Yue closed her eyes in fear, and after feeling a cold and rough touch on her neck, she screamed uncontrollably
Its daybreak.
Shen Tingbei opened his eyes in a daze, and found himself lying beside the mourning hall and sleeping all night.
He rubbed his eyes, looked at the basin full of paper ashes in front of him, and woke up after being dizzy for a while.
Next to him was the cheap godfather who was sleeping on all fours, and on the opposite side were the four spring, summer, autumn and winter sisters who had just woken up.The pair of twins in the third room seemed to have left.
Shen Tingbei stood up from the ground and rubbed his stiff waist.He suddenly remembered something, and before everyone noticed, he tiptoed and looked at the cheap grandpa in the coffin.
After taking a look, Shen Tingbei frowned suspiciously.
Could it be that the dark atmosphere last night made him hallucinate?
Now in the coffin is just a dead old man with a pale face, not the rosy face he saw last night at all.There's nothing weird about it either, the red silk in the mourning hall doesn't look scary anymore.
Shen Tingbei was about to take a closer look when he suddenly heard a fierce quarrel coming from the east chamber.
It must be that the partner is more important, Shen Tingbei gave up the idea of looking into the coffin for a closer look, and ran towards the east chamber.
Before reaching the place, Shen Tingbei heard Ye Tao's sharp voice: "Put down the knife!"
Shen Tingbei's eyes widened in astonishment, when did Ye Tao speak so loudly?He quickened his pace.
After arriving at the open-air courtyard, Shen Tingbei saw Zong Hai holding a dagger in his right hand and locking Zhao Yue in his arm with his left. He became emotional and blushed.
Ye Tao stood not far from him, half-bent, lowering his center of gravity.Although he urged Zong Hai with his mouth, his feet moved forward slowly.
The rest of the people stood either at the door of the main house or behind Ye Tao, all with very ugly expressions.A few girls wanted to cry but didn't dare to cry, they were pinching themselves desperately, blinking hard, in short, they absolutely wouldn't let themselves shed tears.
"What's wrong?" Shen Tingbei hurried to Gao Qian and Luo Yi.
Luo Yi's whole body seemed to have been greatly frightened, his arms and hands were shaking uncontrollably, his glasses had slipped to the tip of his nose, and he didn't raise his hand to help him.Gao Qian patted her on the back, but his face was also very ugly.
"Last night, something happened..."
When the old man in shroud stretched his arm towards Zhao Yue, the dagger in Ye Tao's hand also pierced straight into the old man's heart
The bright red shroud was instantly soaked with black blood.
The old man with red lips, white teeth and ruddy complexion smiled and slowly turned his head "click", retracted his hand, and looked at Ye Tao.
Ye Tao's hand was still on the handle of the dagger, and when he met the old man's pure black eyes, he suddenly felt dizzy.
"H-heh--"
The old man opened his mouth and smiled.
Ye Tao fell to the ground with a dagger in his hand. Not only him, but everyone in the main room fell dizzily on the Datong bunk.
"H-heh--"
The old man was still bleeding black from his chest, but he walked towards Zhao Yue step by step.
He stretched out his old skinny withered hand, and wiped away the tears on Zhao Yue's face.
A few black marks were left on the fair skin.
You can see it on her face now.
"This woman must have died last night, she must have died last night!" Zong Hai clasped Zhao Yue tightly, spitting, "She was targeted by that dead man last night, she is going to die!"
"You don't understand, you don't understand!" Zong Hai's eyes burst out, "As long as the dead person can trigger the change of the content on the card, you can get out of this hellish place. Anyway, Zhao Yue died last night, she cried, you I heard it all, and she cried. You can't cry here! She died long ago!"
Zhao Yue's eyes are full of tears now, but no tears are shed.
Her voice trembled, begging Zong Hai to let her go.
Ye Tao also got closer and closer to Zong Hai, "Zong Hai, calm down. You can't kill people."
"I didn't kill anyone!"
"She's already dead!"
Saying that, Zong Hai took back the dagger he was waving in the air, and slashed at Zhao Yue's neck fiercely.
Ye Tao jumped up violently, and kicked Zong Hai's arm when he jumped up. After landing, Ye Tao rushed forward and twisted Zong Hai's arm, but just like that, Zong Hai had already cut Zhao Yue's neck.
Zong Hai was knelt on the ground by Ye Tao, and Shen Tingbei hurried over to help Zhao Yue cover his neck.
Jiang Chengxian also hurriedly turned around and went to the house to get a red dress and came out, rushed out of the crowd and shouted: "I am a doctor, I am a doctor!"
"Quick!" Shen Tingbei looked at the blood on his hands, his voice trembling.
"Don't, don't talk," Jiang Chengxian held the clothes to Zhao Yue's neck, his hands were shaking, "Don't sleep, don't sleep. I'll deal with it for you, deal with it for you."
Seeing Jiang Chengxian's bewildered look, Shen Tingbei became anxious, "Can you do it!"
"I'm a plastic surgeon! I'm a plastic surgeon!" Jiang Chengxian broke down and cried, his hands were covered with Zhao Yue's blood.
Zhao Yue coughed twice and spit out a lot of blood.
Shen Tingbei stabilized his mind and made his voice less trembling, "Zhao Yue, stay awake, I'll ask someone to find a doctor for you right away, don't give up!"
Zhao Yue was finally able to cry boldly now, the tears in her eyes flowed out as if she didn't want money, and the blood from the corner of her mouth fell on the red dress around her neck together, infecting a piece of it.
The severe pain in her neck and the inexplicable wind in her ears made her feel cold all over.Many pictures flashed before my eyes, but none of them was frozen in the end.Her life hasn't begun yet!
"I, I don't want to die..."
Zhao Yue pinched Shen Tingbei's hand tightly, pleading in his eyes, "Please...please...I don't want to die..."
Shen Tingbei was panting, and his upper and lower teeth were fighting nervously: "You won't die, you won't die!"
The rest of the people under the eaves also rushed over to help, pressing the wounds and fetching water.A partner that no one wants to be involved with leaves like this.
The movement in the east chamber naturally attracted the attention of the entire palace. The four sisters of Chun Xia Qiu Dong came in from the door, and after seeing this scene, they called out their crimes, and the eldest sister Chun also said to go to the doctor.
Suddenly, a melodious and hoarse suona sounded, and the long and powerful voice broke through the sky
Zhao Yue also slowly loosened the hands tightly clasped on Shen Tingbei's arms.
She stared wide-eyed at the clear blue sky, with unfinished tears still locked in her eye sockets.
(two more)
Shen Tingbei shook his hands, shaking Zhao Yue who was already out of strength, "Zhao Yue, Zhao Yue!"
But no one could respond to him, only the sound of the suona in the back hall lingered.
Jiang Chengxian had already slumped to the ground holding the blood-stained clothes, and said blankly: "She is dead... arterial bleeding, she can't survive..."
Shen Tingbei didn't believe in evil, he laid Zhao Yue flat, took clothes and tied up the wound on her neck.He squatted beside Zhao Yue and began to give her CPR.
Shen Tingbei repeated movements, pressed repeatedly, and called Zhao Yue's name repeatedly.
The eyes were red and never stopped.
Ye Tao asked Gao Qian to tie up Zong Hai, while he stood up, hugged Shen Tingbei by the waist, and covered his eyes with his hands.
Feeling the moistness of his palm, Ye Tao paused and clasped him even tighter.
Shen Tingbei's whole body was trembling, especially the hands that had just performed CPR on Zhao Yue crazily, it was like sifting chaff at this moment.
Zong Hai was also in a daze, looking at Zhao Yue's body on the ground, without blinking for a long time.
Gao Qian tied him to the pillar, and everyone kept away from him.
The girls still didn't dare to cry, so they turned their faces away, with their backs to Zhao Yue's body in the courtyard.
Sister Chun just arrived with the doctor, but Zhao Yue has died.
The doctor sighed, took a white cloth from nowhere and covered Zhao Yue's face, "He's gone."
Sister Xia stood at the round arched door of the east chamber, and said in a sharp voice, "It's really only the young people who have studied can be so ruthless."
"Wang Xia!" Sister Chun suddenly snapped.
Shen Tingbei in Ye Tao's arms suddenly broke free, turned around and walked towards Wang Xia, grabbed her by the collar, pushed her against the pillar, and raised her right hand high to slap someone.
Wang Xia closed his eyes and waited to be beaten, but in the end he only heard the muffled sound of beating on a pillar.
Wang Xia looked up and met Shen Tingbei's red eyes.
"Pu, her, original, come, of, clothes, clothes, return, return, come." Shen Tingbei paused every word.
The clothes they wore from the real world disappeared after they changed into the red cloth rough clothes.
Wang Xia stiffened her neck and wanted to say something, but she narrowed her eyes due to the pain from Shen Tingbei's tightened arms.
"I don't care what you are doing or what purpose you bring so many innocent people into this strange world, but for now, at least give them a decent ending."
Shen Tingbei stared firmly at Wang Xia's eyes, and after a while, he let go of his hand.
The courtyard fell into a dead silence, Ye Tao picked up the blood-stained red clothes on the ground, and threw them into the wooden basin.
Han Yuanhe took out his card silently, and interjected weakly: "The content on the card seems to have changed..."
Everyone paused when they heard the words, and then took out their own cards.
On the back of the card that originally only had the word "Dian" in it, there was a small line of black words: "Little baby, this is your grandpa's funeral, you must not cry."
Han Yuanhe finished reading the black words on the back of the card softly, and looked at Shen Tingbei who was standing under the eaves with his eyes downcast and silent.
To be honest, Brother Xiaobei's story line in this small town is too complete, and he doesn't look like someone who was involved like them.
But he really saw the appearance of Shen Tingbei rescuing Zhao Yue just now.
They are ordinary people who can't think of any way, so they can only follow the train of thought of Brother Xiaobei and Brother Ye.Even at such a critical time yesterday, he couldn't fart a fart, and could only wait for fate to come and Brother Ye to rescue him.
Now that Han Yuanhe looked at the content on the card, he finally understood why Brother Xiaobei said that the world was the most hostile to him when he was stacking gold ingots yesterday afternoon.
Although he has been staying in the town, it seems that his life will not be in danger.
But every time the town has a strange connection with him in one way or another, and even put the lives of other people on his shoulders many times...
Han Yuanhe looked at Brother Bei who was drooping and silent under the eaves again, and after a while his eyes fell on Brother Ye who was also silent not far away, and sighed faintly.
Just when everyone was digesting everything in front of them in silence, Shen Tingbei's cheap old man hurried over. He glanced at Zhao Yue who was lying on the ground, without any extra expressions or words, he hurriedly rushed People all over the yard shouted: "What time are you wasting here, go to the back hall to help. The water table will open soon!"
The little old man always looked in such a hurry, and left after speaking.
Wang Dong didn't know where to take out the silk pajamas that Zhao Yue wore when he first entered this town.There are many pink strawberries and watermelons painted on the smooth fabric, full of summer vigor.
Luo Yi took the clothes without saying a word, and asked the other two girls if they wanted to help Zhao Yue change with her.
Chi Zhi, who had always had disheveled hair, bit his lip timidly and shook his head, while Miao Miao, who looked thin and thin, firmly agreed.
She was going to collapse sooner or later, she wanted to cry for a long time, but everywhere in this town reminded her not to cry, so now she can only grin wildly, pinching herself while laughing, "Don't blame me, I'm too scared , I'm too scared..."
Luo Yi hugged her, "Don't blame yourself, it's okay."
Later, she wanted to cry again, she twisted her arm hard, and started laughing wildly.
Gao Qian, Han Yuanhe, and Jiang Chengxian helped the two girls move Zhao Yue into the main house, and Niu Xiangdong, who had been silent all this time, silently fetched a bucket of water and put it in.Two male students, Sun Qi and Xuan Ran, helped wipe up the blood in the courtyard.
The two girls closed the door and began to tidy up Zhao Yue's remains.
The four sisters of Chunxiaqiudong seemed to have been frightened by Shen Tingbei just now, or Sister Chun whispered to Shen Tingbei, "Remember to come to the back hall when you are done busy" and left.
Shen Tingbei didn't speak all the time, standing in the corridor with his head down, it was hard to see his expression clearly.
Ye Tao went to the bathroom to wet a towel, walked to Shen Tingbei's side, held his wrist and began to wipe his hands.
Shen Tingbei didn't say a word, watching the wet towel was stained red, without any expression.
"Follow me to the bathroom to wash up."
"……Um."
Ye Tao held Shen Tingbei's wrist like this, led him into the bathroom, bent down and began to wash his hands.
Two big men stood in the cramped bathroom, and the air flow seemed to be slower.
Shen Tingbei stared at the bubbling cold water on the back of his hand, and said slowly: "Zhao Yue said she didn't want to die."
"Well," Ye Tao bent over and smeared soap on him, "but this is beyond your control."
"But she told me, she begged me." Shen Ting Beiwei's voice trembled, and his hands began to shake uncontrollably.
Ye Tao frowned, crossed his fingers and held Shen Tingbei's hands, and trapped the person between his arms: "Shen Tingbei, don't take everything on yourself."
Shen Tingbei's eyes were red, he raised his eyes to look at Ye Tao who was getting closer, and when he suddenly bumped into Ye Tao's deep eyes, he suddenly came back to his senses, pushed him away, and ran out of the bathroom in a panic.
Ye Tao stood in the bathroom, turned and turned off the faucet, and smiled self-deprecatingly at himself in the mirror after a while.
Just now he thought...
Half an hour later, Luo Yi and Miao Miao came out from the main room, Zhao Yue's face and body were also clean.
"Let's go, go to the back hall." Shen Tingbei seemed to have recovered.
Everyone nodded, and Han Yuanhe asked, "Is Zhao Yue's body just left like this?"
"According to the experience of the previous two small towns," Luo Yi said slowly, "Maybe Zhao Yue can appear in another way, but Zhao Yue was killed by our own people, so... I also Not sure."
"Give me the corpse." The doctor who had been standing by said.He was invited by Sister Chun, and he was also a person who lived in the water town.
"We will settle Zhao Yue properly and give her a decent ending." The doctor's attitude is sincere, and everyone knows that if they don't give it to the people in the town now, it's hard to say what will happen tonight, so they nodded and agreed.
After the doctor and his apprentices took away Zhao Yue, Shen Tingbei and Ye Tao led the people to the back hall.
Zong Hai, who had been tied to the pillar silently all this time, suddenly panicked. He called out "Ye Tao" weakly, and after seeing that people ignored him, he called Gao Qian and Luo Yi's names again.
But still nobody paid attention to him.
Zong Hai was deliberately forgotten by everyone in the east chamber.
The condition for leaving the town is to be alive after five days, but being killed by one's own people and being selected to be killed by strange things in the town are completely two concepts.
No one would sympathize with Zong Hai, he was the one who attacked himself first.
When we arrived at the back hall, there were not as many people in the compound as yesterday, but people were already coming and going.There are still many women busy in the open-air kitchen, and they all seem to be women from the village.
The little old man saw them coming, and hurriedly greeted them to help spread the tablecloth and serve the dishes.
Yesterday Chunxiaqiudong said that the flowing water banquet is eaten from morning to night, as long as there are people at home, the table must be set, and they must entertain the guests well.
This time, Ye Tao and the others also met the legendary "Three Brothers and Sisters".
The elder brother is called Wang Bai, and the younger sister is called Wang Ye.
The two also look exactly the same, but one has long hair and the other has short hair, one speaks in a thick voice, and the other speaks in a thin voice.
After the two assigned tasks to the 11 people, they started busy in the yard non-stop.For a while to urge the cook, for a while to order drinks and drinks, for a while to help prepare ten sets of utensils on the red tablecloth.
After the first group of people sat down and started to eat, many people came in the back hall, laughing and chattering, knocking sunflower seeds and talking about family affairs, and waited for the first group of people to finish eating before serving.
Everyone in Shen Tingbei woke up in the morning and hadn't eaten yet, and Han Yuanhe's stomach was rumbling loudly.
The little old man was talking to the villagers, but when he heard the Korean won and the loud belly, he glanced at everyone angrily, and said angrily: "The second table, you all eat together!"
After the little old man spoke, the second batch of tables had just been set up, and everyone chose a table and sat together.
When Ye Tao just took a stool from the side and was about to sit in, the little old man walked over angrily and said displeasedly: "After reading so many books, it can only seat ten people at a table, can't you tell? Go elsewhere !"
Shen Tingbei quickly stood up to change Ye Tao, but Ye Tao had already turned around and went to the table behind them.
Shen Tingbei still wanted to say something, but the scene in the bathroom in the morning flashed inexplicably in his mind, and he blushed instantly and turned his head away.
Ye Tao didn't notice it, and after sitting down, he began to observe the villagers on his round table.
They were like one big family, coming in for breakfast, then off to do their work, and then coming back for lunch and dinner.
Suddenly, Ye Tao was poked by the grandmother beside him, "Xiaosheng, are you Xiao Shen's friend, or Xiao Wang's friend?"
Ye Tao: "?"
Perhaps Ye Tao's puzzled expression was too obvious, and the grandma asked again with a smile, "Xiao Shen and Xiao Wang are both twins."
Before grandma finished speaking, the daughter-in-law beside her tugged at her sleeve, and then said to Ye Tao with apologetic expression, "I'm sorry, Xiaoshen's classmate, my grandma is confused and can't remember many things clearly."
Ye Tao caught the twins that grandma mentioned just now, and asked politely: "Does the Xiao Wang that grandma just mentioned look very similar to Xiao Shen?"
The daughter-in-law hadn't spoken yet, but grandma spoke first with a smile.
"Yes, yes, Xiao Shen and Xiao Wang, they are both smart and beautiful."
(three more)
But just knowing it, there are still many unexplainable mysteries about Shen Tingbei and the other "Shen Tingbei".
Ye Tao sorted out his thoughts, and then asked, "Isn't Xiao Shen the child picked up by Da Fang?"
Grandma grabbed Ye Tao's sleeve mysteriously, dragged him to her side, and whispered into Ye Tao's ear, "I didn't pick it up, it belongs to the Wang family, and it belongs to the Wang family."
Grandma said it firmly, as if she was afraid that Ye Tao would not believe it.
Her daughter-in-law sat next to her, shyly pulled the old man back, and apologized to Ye Tao: "My mother-in-law is really a little confused, so don't trust her."
"Ah."
Ye Tao nodded and began to eat, but only he knew whether he believed what grandma said.
After eating, the little old man came over angrily and called all of them to go to yesterday's courtyard to help fold ingots.
When everyone got up and followed Chun Xia Qiu Dong to the courtyard, Ye Tao asked Sister Chun, "Is there anyone else who looks like Xiao Shen at home?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Sister Chun was shocked, and even the other three sisters beside her turned pale.
For the first time, Sister Chun showed a serious look to everyone, "You can't ask this question anymore! Remember! You can't ask it anymore!"
Shen Tingbei frowned, looked at Ye Tao, and Ye Tao gave him a "I'll talk about it later" look.
After arriving at the courtyard full of paper money, everyone found small benches and sat down, and began to do the same movements as yesterday.
After doing it for a while, Ye Tao suddenly got up and said to go to the bathroom, Shen Tingbei also stood up and said together.
Chun Xia Qiu Dong had no doubts, nodded and let the two go.
Shen Tingbei hurriedly asked Ye Tao if he knew anything in the corridor where the courtyard could not be seen.
Ye Tao told Shen Tingbei all the news he had learned from his grandma for breakfast, and finally concluded: "The Wang family basically has twins, but you are the only one in the big house. And if you look exactly like that 'Xiao Wang', why are you Are you the only one who picked it up?"
Shen Tingbei frowned, thought for a moment and said: "How about we take this time to visit the house and get out the map? Now our scope of activities is only the East Wing, the back hall, and this cluttered courtyard. The information we have learned The only channel for them is to deliberately disclose through the villagers. This is too passive.”
"One more thing," Shen Tingbei looked up at him, pointing to the black gauze on his arm, "I received the same black gauze as you guys this time, I don't know if it's a sign that I can go out too, I Want to try."
Ye Tao nodded: "Okay."
The palace is a big house with three entrances and three exits. The main hall, back hall and main courtyard on the central axis are the most luxurious places in the palace, and also the most well-decorated courtyard.
Shen Tingbei and Ye Tao looked at the entrance of the backyard. Although they didn't go in, they knew that the Wang family was really rich just by looking at the antique vases by the window.
In addition to the central axis, there are wing rooms and ear rooms on both sides.The people living in the East Wing are the juniors, and the people living in the West Wing are the little old man and the parents of the second and third bedrooms.
After strolling around with Ye Tao, Shen Tingbei and Ye Tao asked doubtfully, "I have a cheap godfather, so what about my cheap mother?"
The wife of the second bedroom and the third bedroom, he met Ye Tao when he was taking the map just now, and also met many residents in the water town.But Dudu is Dafang's wife, and the two of them have never seen each other until now.
With this question in mind, Shen Tingbei and Ye Tao went back to the courtyard.
Chun Xia Qiu Dong had no doubts about the two of them going to the toilet for so long, but when Shen Tingbei asked him where his "godmother" was, Sister Chun's expression flustered for a moment.
Sister Chun: "Why did you suddenly ask about my aunt? Just, she died of illness a few years ago. We all know this. There must be nothing wrong with it. Brother, you are not still angry now, are you?"
Shen Tingbei followed her words and asked, "Can't I be angry?"
"This..." Sister Chun smiled awkwardly, "Everyone knows that it was an accident that my aunt fell into the water. Brother, you have made a lot of troubles. Now is the time for grandpa's funeral. You should know something, so stop making trouble. "
Shen Tingbei continued the routine: "I just don't think it was an accident that my godmother fell into the water."
Sister Xia threw the ingot in her hand into the basket, and said in a shrill voice, "If you say it's an accident, it's an accident. Why are you always so stupid? Do you really believe that uncle strangled aunt to death?"
The eyes of the people beside the small bench widened, apparently they did not expect such appalling secrets to exist in the palace.
A flash of inspiration flashed through Shen Tingbei's mind, imitating Sister Xia, and asked at a high volume: "I didn't find out what happened back then!"
Sister Chun sighed heavily, "Little brother, listen to me, it won't be too late to talk about this matter after Grandpa's funeral is over. Auntie has been gone for so many years, so there is no rush at this moment."
Seeing how the four of them kept secret about the Dafang's affairs, Ye Tao almost realized that things in the Dafang were tricky.
So he said lightly: "It's strange, I have seen a 'Shen Tingbei' in white clothes several times at home these few days, and he looks exactly like him."
The four sisters of Chun Xia Qiu Dong froze in place for an instant.Steady as Sister Chun, the gold ingot stacked in her hand also fell to the ground at this moment, being swayed by the wind.
Ye Tao's ending sound was still lingering on the beam, and everyone looked at the four sisters in spring, summer, autumn and winter, waiting for their answer.
Sister Chun laughed dryly, "You must have misread Xiaoye, it's impossible. Xiao Shen is the only child in the family who looks so good-looking."
"Really?" Ye Tao looked at her, "This morning at the running water table, a grandma told me that there is a little Wang in the big house. Did I remember wrongly?"
Ye Tao looked at Sister Chun with a half-smile, but Sister Chun turned her head and did not dare to look Ye Tao's eyes squarely.
The four spring, summer, autumn and winter sisters all have ugly expressions now, and Wang Dong, who is the youngest and least talkative, even stood up staggeringly and said to go to the toilet.
Everyone looked at the four sisters' reactions, no matter how slow they were, they realized that the big house had a secret.
Can……
Han Yuanhe approached Ye Tao in a daze, "Brother Ye, what does this have to do with our going out?"
Ye Tao glanced at the silly and sweet Han Yuanhe, and explained: "From the perspective of the last two small towns, every time you want to leave the town, you must start from the town itself or the people who enter the town. This time, the selection of people in the town The method is random, so the way to break the game should be in the story of the town itself. Find out what happened in the palace and what will kill us, that is the safe way to get out of the town."
Everyone was confused, but they all knew that Ye Tao was right now.
After another afternoon of stacking gold ingots in the courtyard, everyone returned to the east chamber after dinner.
In the morning, Zhao Yue's blood splattered on the ground had been cleaned up, and Zong Hai was still tied to the pillar. After seeing everyone coming back, he spoke to him, but still no one paid attention to him.
Zong Hai licked his lips, and almost begged Ye Tao: "Brother Ye, I was fascinated by this place this morning, I really didn't mean it. I know I'm wrong, I really know I'm wrong .And... taking a step back, if there are clues on the card, I, I can be regarded as... I have made a meritorious service, yes, yes, I have made a meritorious service."
Before Ye Tao could speak, Niu Xiangdong, who had been silent all this time, spat at Zong Hai directly, and then entered the house.
The rest of the people also looked at Zong Hai with contempt, and then went into the room to rest or find clothes to take a bath.
Tonight, Shen Tingbei will still go to the main hall to kneel and watch the coffin, and tomorrow morning he will go to the coffin with the men at home.So after the first one went to take a bath, he sat in the yard and looked at the locust tree in a trance.
Zong Hai looked at Shen Tingbei who was not far away from him, opened and closed his mouth, and finally couldn't bear the pain of being tied up for a day, so he weakly called Shen Tingbei's name.
Shen Tingbei raised his eyes and looked at him lightly, then suddenly frowned, stood up from the stone bench with a "shua", and looked at Zong Hai nervously and warily.
Zong Hai was frightened by his expression, he stammered and said, "Brother Bei, Bei, I'm tied up now, you, why are you looking at me like this..."
Shen Tingbei stared at Zong Hai closely, and said slowly, "Who are you?"
"I, Zong Hai!"
After Zong Hai opened his mouth in a daze, he suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing on the back of his neck, and he shivered instantly.
There are only him and Shen Tingbei in the courtyard now, and the cool breeze behind that...
The night wind blows, and the branches of the locust tree in the courtyard dance with the red silk under the eaves.
Zong Hai blinked, clearly felt the breathing and chuckle beside his ear, and immediately peed on his pants.
The smell of urine instantly filled the entire yard with the night breeze.
"Heh..." A feminine and indistinguishable voice sounded in Zong Hai's ear, "I'm you, Shen Tingbei."
Shen Tingbei stared intently at the woman in white clothes behind Zong Hai who looked exactly like him—the long-haired woman!
"I'm a man." Shen Tingbei can be considered to have experienced in the first two small towns, and seeing the scene in front of him now, his legs are not weak.
Zong Hai heard another chuckle in his ear, he wanted to turn his head to look, but he didn't have the guts to close his eyes.
"Shen Tingbei, why don't you call me Grandpa?" The woman who looked exactly like Shen Tingbei showed a sad expression on her face, "Why don't you take a good look at Grandpa?"
"Get out," Shen Tingbei looked at her coldly, "I have nothing to do with this town, I will go out sooner or later."
"Really?" The woman laughed again, and suddenly turned her head to look at the bathroom at the end of the corridor. The next second, the door of the bathroom was opened.
Ye Tao rubbed his hair and raised his eyes, the movements of his hands froze instantly.
The red silk was flying under the eaves, and he saw the long black hair of "Shen Tingbei" not far away.
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