Escape from the Madhouse [Unlimited]

Half an hour later, Zhou Qian led a group of players back to the square.

There are still three NPCs in the square who have not left, they are Dar, Brega and Tara.

Among them, Tar was the most relaxed, just yawning boredly.There's only one reason she's still here—Brega and Tara haven't been able to find their dog, and she hasn't been able to send their two servings of bone broth.

"Is there anything you don't want to tell about the story back then?"

"If you don't tell me, they won't tell you where the dog is."

"Yes, I didn't expect the deserters from the Kingdom of Silence to be so capable. But the matter has come to this point, there is nothing you can do. You can talk about it casually, let's talk about it after getting the dog back!"

"Even if you can't find it, can you take the broth back first? I have something to do back at the hotel!"

This is when Zhou Qian and the others arrived, and they heard what Taer was trying to persuade the two of them.

After persuading and persuading, he looked up at the deserters who had returned to the square, and Tar finally showed a happy expression: "You guys are back!

"Ham, according to me, why did the village head entrust me with such a tiring job. It's a pity that I am not from here. If I want to stay here, I can only work hard and serve the villagers. Who asked the villagers to cook Is the meat not as delicious as the one I made?"

Looking at Dar, Zhou Qian greeted her with a smile, then looked sideways at Brega and Tara.

Just before going to the temple, Zhou Qian asked Tartar for some news about the unnamed village and these two countries.It's a pity that Tar is not a local, so he knows very little.Afterwards, Zhou Qian wanted to threaten Brega and Tara through the fact that the dog hadn't been found yet.These two people are obviously old people in the village, and they should know a lot of secrets.

But just as Tar reminded, in this village, the word "Amei" cannot be mentioned.Just as Zhou Qian asked about her, the two of them had retreated and ran to find the dog again.

The reactions of these two NPCs further confirmed the importance of A Mei.

Zhou Qian was about to split up with Yin Dao and Ke Yuxiao to pursue someone, when he received a message from Qi Liuxing.

Reminiscent of the meaning of the three heads, the color-changing glass, and the stele with the third prohibition written on it that would disappear out of thin air, and considering that many clues in this dungeon might be fleeting, Zhou Qian decided instead to Go to the Temple of the Goddess of Prayer.

Now that they have returned from the temple, the two NPCs have also returned to the square. Judging from Dar's words and the ashen faces of the two, they obviously haven't found their respective dogs yet.

They were disappointed, Zhou Qian smiled, and immediately stepped forward and asked: "You care about this dog so much, it is very important to tonight, right? It's like the indispensable fire. I'm still curious about it. How do people know that every house has a fire?"

In order to pass the night safely, players must light a fire.

Due to the restrictions of the ban, the players have to play tricks related to color so that the fire cannot be seen outside the window.

But if the red god or ghosts from another world can't see the fire, then the player's color trick is useless-the ghosts can't see the fire in the house from the window, and they may also enter the house to harm people.

It's just that there must be no dead end in the game, which means that the way ghosts perceive fire is probably different from that of humans.That prohibition should only restrict the fire from being seen by the villagers.

That's why Zhou Qian raised this question.

He wanted to make sure before the real Samhain came.

Tara replied: "People from the outside world are so capable, what don't they know? They know everything. As long as the fire is lit, they won't enter the house!"

"Since there is fire...then why do you need a dog?" Zhou Qian asked again, "I heard that dogs can communicate with people from other worlds and give early warning of danger. But it is not a must. Since fire can deal with other worlds People, you just need to stay at home, why do you need a dog?"

Brega next to him said with a livid face: "Because fire can only drive away ordinary aliens. They came to this world to eat us, and the bone sacrifice at home can drive them to this square. You see, the square In addition to burning bones, they also need to burn a lot of grain and meat! Then, they can also be satisfied when they are driven to the square and see the food we sacrificed! They will leave after dawn! In short, they are easy to deal with Yes! But if there is a red god coming... then, that would be dangerous!

"If the Red God appears, he must not be able to be dispatched by ordinary food. He will definitely ask us for things that are extremely precious to us. He wants to make a deal with us. At this time, we can't communicate with him directly. , only through dogs or some spiritual animals."

Zhou Qian had received the message from Bai Zhou, so he naturally understood what the Red God was. To understand it simply and crudely, it was the great ghost of hell, or a ghost with power.

On this basis, when Brega talked about it here, he understood it-if the Red God came, there was no dog to pass the word in the middle, and the villagers would not know what the Red God was asking for, and if they couldn't satisfy him, they might be directly punished. he kills.But if there is a dog as an intermediary, they can get the Red God's needs in time.

Zhou Qian asked Brega curiously: "So, people here can talk to animals?"

——This is really a magical dungeon.

"Yes! Every one of us will!" Brega raged, "So can you give our dog back?"

"No." Zhou Qian looked very innocent, "You haven't told me A Mei's story yet."

Brega couldn't help being angry: "You have to figure it out, you are deserters! We are the ones taking you in! Don't go too far, we can drive you out at any time!"

Zhou Qian looked at the pattern on his clothes: "You are from the Yue family. Without our help, you will probably be sent to watch the night. As for you—"

Looking at Tara next to him, he said again: "You belong to the Yun family. We are on the same front as you. There is no need to cross the river and destroy the bridge so quickly, right? Take ten thousand steps back. The worst result for us is to be kicked out People? But what about you? Without dogs, you might not survive tonight.

"So why bother, I just want a story. How about we start with..."

Zhou Qian smiled, stared at Brega's eyes again, and said word by word: "Let's start with the story of 'Golden Feather'."

Zhou Qian's last sentence probably mentioned a key word.

At that moment, Brega and Tara, who were originally in opposing camps, actually made a neat movement in unison—they looked at each other, and then subconsciously moved closer to each other.

This seemed to be two villagers who were fighting internally. They felt some kind of common hostility towards the two of them, and subconsciously made a concerted external action.

"Well, the golden feather is very important. Ah Mei's story is indeed related to it. She stole it, which caused conflicts between the two countries, right?" Zhou Qian said with a smile, "So you see, in fact, the general story I have already Got it. It’s just about some of the details…”

Hearing this, Tara and Brega looked at each other again, and then glanced at Dar in unison.

Zhou Qian saw the clue, turned around, smiled and said to Tar: "If you don't mind, I'll chat with them first. Thank you lady boss for taking care of me. We will bring these pots back to you in the evening. You don't need to be here Keep it."

Hearing this, Tar happily turned around and left. "Okay. I am very happy to have someone help me with my work. But you have to come back before 10:[-]. I have something to tell you. Otherwise, you will be in danger at night!"

Zhou Qian nodded, then looked at Tara and Brega. "Now we can tell. What kind of story is this? What is the role of the golden feather? What did Ah Mei do?"

"You have to swear, you must never tell this to outsiders! Otherwise, you will turn into a bird and never be a human again." Tara looked at Zhou Qian and said very seriously, "This is a scandal here, No one outside the village will be allowed to know!"

"Okay. I swear. I won't tell foreigners." Zhou Qian said very solemnly.

When he said this, of course, he didn't show any strange expression, but it didn't mean that he didn't find some kind of subtle coincidence—why did this oath also have something to do with "bird"?

For the time being, Zhou Qian didn't ask about Asuka, and quietly waited for the next reaction of the two people in front of him.

Apparently, this dungeon is full of magic. The people living here have great trust in magic elements such as oaths, prohibitions, and curses. They believe that these elements can really restrict people's behavior.

In this way, after Zhou Qian solemnly swore the oath, the expressions on the faces of both of them relaxed a lot, and they seemed to be willing to tell stories.

Of course, they only wanted to tell Zhou Qian who had sworn.

After a while, Zhou Qian asked the other players to wait for him outside the square, while he stood alone in the center of the square, and finally heard a fairly complete story.

About six or seventy years ago, the four major families of Sun, Moon, Xing, and Yun did not live here. They all belonged to the guard army of the King of the Kingdom of Languages, but they belonged to different branches.

The four branches, marked by the four symbols, swore death-defying allegiance to the royal family of the Kingdom of Languages ​​since their establishment. They were intimate with the royal family and had intermarried with each other.

Ah Mei was born in the most noble family in the cloud branch. Her father was the most favored subordinate of the king. Not long after she was born, she was adopted by the king as a righteous daughter and became a princess.

But it is said that she is so ugly that the prince of the land of words would even look at her disgustingly.Otherwise, based on the relationship between the king and her father, she would be betrothed to the prince instead of just accepting her as a righteous daughter.

Because of her appearance, Ah Mei has lived in contempt since she was a child.She is indeed pitiful, but she should never have done what happened later——

She didn't know which god made a wish, or which evil magician she got help from, she suddenly became beautiful and became the number one beauty in the Land of Languages, but the price she paid was the health of her parents.

The moment she became beautiful, her parents' health also weakened day by day, and they died within three months.

Afterwards, conflict broke out between the Kingdom of Words and the Kingdom of Silence, and the war was imminent.

During the peace negotiations between the two parties, the king of the Kingdom of Silence mentioned that he had seen A Mei's portrait, fell in love with her at first sight, and was willing to marry her.

The king of the Land of Languages ​​asked Ah Mei about her wishes, and Ah Mei readily agreed.Her actions are not because she wants to think about the country of language and the people, but she just can't stay in the family anymore.

When everyone talked about her, they said that she was selfish, femme fatale, and the culprit who killed her parents.

When A Mei, a scourge, was sent away, none of the four branches of the guard who knew her nature were unhappy.

But no one thought that the story was far from ending here.

There was a young man named Bei Lan in the sending team, who was born in the star branch of the guard army.

On the way to see off his relatives, he fell in love with A Mei.

In the following years, on the surface, A Mei was the wife who respected the king of the silent country, but in fact she had been secretly communicating with Bei Lan.

Bei Lan quit his job as a guard, left the king whom his family had been loyal to for generations, and turned to become a merchant, often traveling between the two countries, just to have a private meeting with Ah Mei.

If there is no accident, maybe the two of them will continue to live like this.

But the accident happened after all.

When Bellan returned to the Land of Languages ​​one time, it happened to be the Samhain Festival.

The passage between the two worlds was opened, and the Red God came to the world.He said that he wanted to experience life in the world again, so he occupied Beilan's body and expelled his soul to another world. Since then, Beilan has become a wandering soul in another world.

Because of the psychic white dog and the fact that the villagers can communicate with the dog, everyone knows where Belan is going.Somehow, this incident reached A Mei's ears. She missed her lover, and of course wanted to bring Beilan back, or at least meet him again.

But yin and yang are separated, and it is easier said than done to talk to a lover in another world?

It is said that Ah Mei was once so worried that her hair turned white.

The people in the Land of Languages ​​rely on the white dog for psychic communication.

As for the people of the Kingdom of Silence, they rely on Asuka.

Animals are regarded as elves by people in this world, and they are channels for them to communicate with other worlds.

It is said that the king of the kingdom of silence has a particularly noble golden feather, which fell from the most powerful bird elf.

With the help of this feather, you can talk to people from different worlds without waiting until the door of the two worlds opens on Samhain.

So Ah Mei stole the feather from the king in order to communicate with the other world and find Beilan.

After stealing the feather, Ah Mei naturally did not dare to stay in the Land of Silence, so she fled back to the Land of Words.

The most precious golden feather was stolen to the Kingdom of Words, and the King of the Kingdom of Silence sent troops in anger.

When the soldiers were approaching the city, the Kingdom of Words found A Mei to investigate everything, and after understanding the whole story, they returned her to Zhao together with the golden feather, and returned them to the Kingdom of Silence.

The crisis of war between the two countries was lifted once again, and Ah Mei returned to the country of silence.

Ah Mei, who harmed her parents was unfilial, rashly stealing the national treasure of the country of silence, disregarding the anger of the country of silence, and putting the people in her hometown in danger, was disloyal.In addition, as a married woman, she did not abide by women's morals, and even had an affair with others...

These bad reputations also accompanied her back to the country of silence.

As a result, Ah Mei has been hated and reviled by thousands of people in the country of silence.

So what about the ending?

What is the final outcome of this disloyal, disfilial woman who almost caused a war between the two countries?

Zhou Qian thought so, so he asked.

Tara replied: "The king of the country of silence asked us if Amei was allowed to deal with him. Everyone in the two countries knew everything Amei had done at that time. There is no one who does not hate Amei. We The king is her adoptive father, but even the king replied, of course she can be disposed of by the kingdom of silence at will!"

Brega next to him took the words: "So later, the king of the Kingdom of Silence let the magician flow water and turned her into a horse."

"A horse?" Zhou Qian was a little surprised.

"Yes." Brega said, "She was sent to guard the gate of the city. Once there are distinguished guests visiting the king, they can ride her to the palace. The king said that his women like to be ridden anyway."

The two were unwilling to talk about A Mei at first, thinking that this person had brought humiliation to everyone, but when they talked about the punishment she received, they both felt excited. At this moment, before Zhou Qian took the initiative to ask, Tara couldn't help but said: "In addition to becoming a horse and camel, I heard... the nobles can drive her to carry goods at will. Sometimes the things she is asked to carry are too heavy, and she will inevitably run slowly. At that time, the nobles will whip her!"

"It's a pity. I didn't get to see that scene with my own eyes. Otherwise, I must be very happy."

Brega said, "Without this woman, we would still be the guards, and we would still enjoy the glory and wealth! But now? We have been implicated and considered sinners! We have rushed to this remote place... There are only various fields, Mining, there is no more wealth to enjoy!

"When I left Wangcheng, I was 7 years old. I still remember that there were delicious candies there. But since I left Wangcheng, I have never eaten it again. It was all caused by that woman! She really deserves to die!"

Tara said: "Yes. But rather than being directly executed and being humiliated alive, I'm afraid it is more suitable for her. I heard that many nobles who visited the king have ridden her. They yelled at her 'horse' while riding. Run... run...' Hahaha, that would be so much fun."

"It seems that she will die in ten years." Brera sighed, "I guess she was exhausted. It's a pity, she should suffer for two more years!"

·

After inquiring about the news he wanted to inquire about, Zhou Qian left the square.

After that, the 32 people who came to this square in the name of vigil tonight were about to sacrifice.

Before everyone arrived, the village head counted the number of people himself, while pacing back and forth, as if he was anxiously waiting for something.

After a while, a subordinate ran over.

The moonlight reflected his pale and anxious face.

Seeing this, the village chief Abu seemed to sense something was wrong, and asked him, "What's going on?"

The subordinate looked around and found that the people around him were still far away from him, so he whispered to the village chief: "The psychic in the neighboring village really helped a lot. She went to another world with her soul through secret techniques, and found The Red God in charge of our land. That Red God leaked his request for this year in advance!"

"What request? Hurry up and say it!" The village chief urged anxiously.

"He said something—" the man swallowed, "1, or 31."

The village chief's face darkened completely. "What do you mean? He either eats one person or thirty-one?"

"Maybe that's what it means. Anyway, that Red God only said one word to the psychic," said the man.

"Can the psychic explain it more clearly! How much did we give her? Just one sentence? She is really..." The village chief couldn't help but said, "Why can't we have some psychic or psychic who can communicate with the two worlds?" Where is the magician!"

"After all, she is human and cannot stay in another world for too long. According to her, it is not easy to find the Red God. Although the Red God is cruel, the words that can be said and the deals that can be reached with people have never been possible. Cash in. The Red God never plays tricks. So I think..."

The man said, pointing to a certain corner of a square.

Following his gaze, the village chief Abu looked over and naturally saw that person.

That person was Bai Zhou.

At this moment, he was standing quietly against a pile of bones that had not yet been ignited.

The moon became brighter, and the light cast by Qinghui stretched his shadow very long.The silvery moon intertwined with the faint blue light of the Bone Sacrifice fire, making his stern face even more expressionless.

"You want to get his idea?" Abu, the village head, frowned.

"He likes to act like a hero and watch the night for A-Lian, so let him come." The speaker's eyes showed a bit of cruelty for a moment.

"But we promised Tar. This is the labor she bought." The village chief frowned. "Tar knows a lot of people. If news about us gets out..."

"What she wants is money. We can just stop her with money. Otherwise—" the man narrowed his eyes, "the psychic in the next village...has a way to get rid of her! Anyway, she is a foreigner people!"