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"The so-called reward is this envelope?"

Shao Feng picked up the paper, "It feels like there is a piece of paper inside."

As he spoke, he was about to reach out to open the envelope.At this moment, Su Ji stopped him.

Glancing at the acne-prone man not far away who has been looking at their table intentionally or unintentionally, Su Ji lowered his voice and said, "Let's change places first."

Hearing this, Shao Feng seemed to understand something suddenly, he put the things in his pocket and was about to stand up.

Glancing at the big flower python on the table, Xu Hui asked Su Ji, "What about Ah Hua? Shall we ask someone from the hotel to send it back?"

But Su Ji shook his head, "No need, I have already told the people in the hotel, they will help take care of it. Ah Hua also has to be present on the wedding day."

what? !

Ah Hua is going to the wedding too?

Hearing this answer, both of them were a little unresponsive.

What exactly is going on?

Just at this time, a sentence came from beside my ear——

"Because there is a custom in this village, whenever a couple wants to get married, they must pay homage to the patron saint of Qianshan Village. Therefore, this python must appear at the wedding scene."

At some point, Cheng Xuyuan actually stood behind them.I saw him looking at Su Ji with a half-smile: "As expected, you already knew the main task. That's why you chose to bring these things back."

main mission?Su Ji raised his eyebrows, without revealing anything on his face, "Aren't you too?"

Cheng Xuyuan smiled and did not deny it.

Seeing the two people back and forth, Shao Feng was stunned, "What main task?"

Hearing this, Cheng Xuyuan tilted his head, "You haven't told them yet?"

Su Ji: "I was about to find a place to talk, but you came here."

The implication-you came at a really bad time.

Cheng Xuyuan didn't care much about being disliked, he just smiled and asked, "Cooperate?"

Seeing the right hand stretched out by the person in front of him, Su Ji blinked, a little surprised, "Do you want to cooperate?"

Seeing the other party nodding, he asked: "I think you should be able to complete the task alone. Why do you want to cooperate with me?"

"I can really do it alone."

Seeing that Su Ji didn't seem to be willing to shake hands, Cheng Xuyuan withdrew his hand without changing his face, "However, there is still a difference between being able to finish and getting a high score. Moreover, one's energy is always limited, and it is better to have someone to help than to play alone." Fighting alone is stronger, don't you think?"

Hearing this, Su Ji shrugged and didn't say good or bad.

On the contrary, Shao Feng was a little moved when he heard it.

Pulling Su Ji aside, he persuaded in a low voice: "I don't think this kid is weak, why don't you let him join. We can have one more helper if we have one more person."

On the side, Xu Hui didn't help, but just quietly looked at the ordinary-looking science and engineering nerd in front of him.Sensing her gaze, Cheng Xuyuan turned his head and smiled politely.

Looking away calmly, Su Ji asked, "Sister Xu, what do you think?"

Xu Hui pushed her glasses and said, "I don't care, I'll follow your arrangements."

Su Ji nodded, "Okay."

Then, he looked at Cheng Xuyuan, "I can cooperate with you."

Hearing this, the corners of Cheng Xuyuan's lips suddenly rose.Before he opened his mouth to pretend to say "You made a wise choice", he heard the other party add another sentence——

"but."

Cheng Xuyuan was completely stunned when he heard this turning point in his ear.

Seeing Su Ji smiled, "But, what benefits can I get from cooperating with you?"

"Generally, Party B wants to discuss cooperation and projects with Party A. Don't they have to show their own advantages? Otherwise, they will bring some things to express the sincerity of cooperation. But you..."

Su Ji looked him up and down, "Where is your sincerity? I have to see it before we can cooperate."

"..."

Although I don't understand why Su Ji suddenly asked Cheng Xuyuan to "show sincerity", but instinctively, Shao Feng and Xu Hui formed a tacit understanding, and didn't ask any more questions about things they didn't know, and just watched silently from the sidelines.

Cheng Xuyuan didn't seem to expect that the other party would make such a sudden move, and he didn't react for a while.

Subconsciously, he asked, "What do you want?"

Su Ji: "That depends on what you have."

Cheng Xuyuan: "..."

Seeing the delicate atmosphere between the two sides, causing other players to turn their attention, Xu Hui reminded: "Let's get out of here first."

"Then go to my room."

Cheng Xuyuan suggested, "Just to show you my 'sincerity' in talking about cooperation."

When speaking of the word "sincerity", he deliberately added the accent.

Su Ji glanced at his companion beside him.Seeing that no one refused, he nodded, "That's fine, let's go."

Cheng Xuyuan's room is at 2 on the second floor.

As soon as he entered the door, he took out the village chronicle that he had given to the tour guide earlier.After the task was completed, the tour guide asked everyone to take away all their belongings.Therefore, this village chronicle returned to Cheng Xuyuan's hands.

Passing the yellowed booklet over, he said, "No. 60, eight pages, the content on it is my sincerity."

Suspiciously following what the other party said, a crude meticulous white drawing came into view.

I saw a monster with long hair and teeth and claws drawn in the center of the picture.And it was surrounded by a group of panicked people.If you look closely, there are even pictures of sedan chairs and a few people blowing and beating in the corner of the picture.

This is... getting married?

With doubts in his heart, Su Ji continued to look down.I saw that the bottom of this painting was marked——

The fourteenth day of the seventh month of the Xin Chou year.

Fourteenth of July?

How could anyone get married at such a time?Although the folks often say that July [-]th is the mid-July Ghost Festival, some places celebrate July [-]th.

How can anyone get married when the door of hell is so wide open?Are you insane?

Take a look at the title of this painting again - "Changing Wife and Getting Married"

Become a woman?Is it this monster?

This is not discussed for now.

Cheng Xuyuan said that the eighth page of No.60 has his sincerity. Does this mean that the content of this painting is related to the main or branch plot?

According to some of the branch plots he has unlocked, he can't help but think boldly——

The protagonists of the marriage in this painting can't be Ah Xiang and Luo Lao, right?

The moment Su Ji came up with this idea, the progress bar of the branch plot jumped forward and became 50%!

It really is.

Now that we know who the protagonist of the wedding is, we can infer the approximate age of what happened in the painting.

The fourteenth day of the seventh month of the Xin Chou year.

This year happens to be the year of Xin Chou, 60 years a Jiazi.

Sixty years ago, Mr. Luo happened to be at the marriageable age in his prime.From this, it can be deduced that the year of Dingyou should be in 60.

The event of "changing a wife and getting married" in this painting happened in 1961.

And he entered the game yesterday afternoon, July [-]th in the Gregorian calendar.The wedding arrangement will be tomorrow, and the wedding reception will be from tomorrow night to the early morning of the day after tomorrow, which happens to be July [-]th.

He always felt that this time should not be a coincidence...

This is most likely a hint given to them by the game.

However, there was one thing he didn't quite understand.What does this have to do with Ah Xiang's death?

It can't be the woman who changed Ah Xiang who killed him, right?

After all, judging from the state of Ah Xiang's soul, she looks more like she was drowned than killed by a monster like Bian Po.

If becoming a woman is not directly related to Ah Xiang's death.So where is the connection between the two?

And why did the mother-in-law make a big fuss at the wedding party?

Is it the pure purpose of hurting people or is there another reason?

Or maybe it's preventing the wedding?

If it is preventing the wedding, does it mean that it knows there is something wrong with the wedding?

It is indeed possible to deduce from known clues.As a bride, Ah Xiang died.The mother-in-law wanted to stop the wedding back then, probably because she already knew something.

And the reason why it jumps out to meddle in other people's affairs is always impossible because of the reason of "drawing swords to help when the road is injustice".

It is very possible that it has an unknown relationship with Ah Xiang or Luo Ajin.

【drop!Congratulations to player Su Ji for successfully unlocking the main storyline "The Past of Qianshanzhai". The current story exploration rate is 30%, please continue to work hard! 】

The moment they received the prompt to unlock the main plot, Shao Feng and Xu Hui were both stunned.The progress bar suddenly increased for a short period of time, and Cheng Xuyuan was also surprised.

He looked at Su Ji subconsciously: "What did you just do?"

Su Ji replied with a smile, "I just made a reasonable inference based on the existing clues."

Cheng Xuyuan: "..."

On the side, Shao Feng, who had been quiet for a while, asked, "I've been wanting to ask since just now, where did you get this village chronicle? It stands to reason that such things shouldn't be easy to get, right? "

"Of course I got it from the village chief's house. As for how to get it," Cheng Xuyuan paused, and said mysteriously: "The mountain people have their own tricks."

Shao Feng: "..."

Cheng Xuyuan looked at Su Ji, "How about it, do you believe in my sincerity now? Can we cooperate?"

After closing the village log, Su Ji tilted his head and smiled, "Of course. We're happy to cooperate."

"Now that we have reached a consensus, can we exchange information with each other now?" Cheng Xuyuan glanced at Xu Hui and Shao Feng, "It seems that your two companions still have a lot of unclear things."

As soon as the words fell, the two of them turned their heads and looked at him expectantly.

Su Ji paused, and said: "Actually, when I bought Ciba today, I already knew that Mr. Luo's grandson was going to have a wedding. Through chatting with the boss, I also learned some local wedding customs."

"In addition to the procedures required for ordinary weddings, newlyweds here need to worship the snake god, which is the patron saint of the cottage, Ahua. They also need to worship the patriarch, and ask the patriarch to write an inscription for the new couple at home."

Hearing this, the two were startled.

Su Ji continued: "Because I met Ah Xiang who was wearing a wedding dress last night, and there was a wedding in the village, so I guessed at that time whether the items with local characteristics needed by the tour guide were related to the wedding. of."

Xu Hui: "No wonder you thought of going to Mr. Luo's place to write an inscription yourself, and you also wanted to bring Ah Hua back."

Hearing this, Cheng Xuyuan frowned, "Wait, who is Ah Xiang?"

He triggered the main plot, knowing that a major incident happened in Qianshan Miao Village 60 years ago, but he didn't know the name of the protagonist of this incident, and what happened afterwards.

"Ah Xiang is the bride of this wedding." Su Ji pointed to the line drawing on the booklet and explained: "I met her in the room last night."

Hearing this answer, Cheng Xuyuan was stunned for a while, then asked slowly——

"So, the bride in this painting is dead?!"

"Yes."

Su Ji nodded, "And she seemed to be drowned. When I met her, she was wearing a red wedding dress and was looking for embroidered shoes everywhere."

"Wearing a red wedding dress, but still drowning... This is a ghost!"

Cheng Xuyuan exclaimed and subconsciously cast a surprised look at Su Ji: "It's the first time I've seen a red-clothed ghost without running away. You are so fierce."

On the side, Shao Feng joked cheerfully: "It's because you have less knowledge. Our little Su brother is an existence that remains unchanged even before Mount Tai collapses. Don't talk about ghosts, he is not afraid of evil gods."

"..."

Ignoring Shao Feng's joke, Su Ji went on to say: "It was also through Ah Xiang that I triggered the side plot."

"She was murdered."

Hearing this, Cheng Xuyuan asked subconsciously: "By whom?"

"I don't know yet."

Su Ji shook her head, "She has lost her memory, the only thing she remembers is finding embroidered shoes and marrying Brother A Jin."

"Brother Ah Jin?"

Cheng Xuyuan was a little overwhelmed by the sudden appearance of a new character.

"It's the bridegroom officer in the painting."

Su Ji explained concisely: "He is also the patriarch Luo Lao and Luo Ajin of the Qianshan Miao Village."

Cheng Xuyuan was also a little surprised to be instilled with such a huge amount of information in an instant.

"Old Luo is actually the bridegroom in this painting? Is it true or not?"

Seeing Cheng Xuyuan's expression of being struck by lightning, Shao Feng and Xu Hui looked at each other, feeling that they had found a little sense of balance for a moment.I remember that when they heard the news during the day, they were also surprised.

"I also found out through his inscription on the copybook." Su Ji squinted his eyes while speaking, "I always feel that Ah Xiang's death is inseparable from him."

On the side, Xu Hui agreed: "Indeed, judging from Lao Luo's reaction today, he definitely knows something. His reaction is really abnormal."

Hearing this, Cheng Xuyuan shook his head and looked at Su Ji with admiration: "It's only been two days, and you've dug up so many things. It's amazing."

"Of course, our little brother Su is very powerful."

After complimenting Su Ji proudly, Shao Feng caught a glimpse of the sauerkraut jar Xu Hui had placed at the foot of the table, and suddenly froze.

"its not right."

He frowned, "Su Ji, just now you said that what the tour guide wanted was actually something related to the wedding, how do you explain the altar 'Gu' that Miss Xu is holding? There will never be such a thing at the wedding, right?"

"Hey." Hearing this, Cheng Xuyuan answered, "I want to correct you. What the tour guide wants are not just things related to the wedding, but items related to the plot. Since the tour guide approves of such things, it means it It does have something to do with what happened 60 years ago."

"You are all right."

Su Ji paused and said, "Normal weddings do not have such things as Gu. But the wedding 60 years ago was different."

Shao Feng: "What's the difference?"

Su Ji: "Ah Xiang's grandmother is a Gu girl."

Shao Feng:! ! !

Xu Hui was thoughtful, "So you mean that Ah Xiang also knows Gu, and she also had Gu on her body on the wedding day?"

"No." Su Ji shook his head, "It's the bridegroom."

Shao Feng:? ? ?

Looking at Shao Feng's unbelievable eyes, Su Ji said slowly: "Luo Lao has Gu on his body, and it should have existed for a long time."

One sentence was like a blockbuster, which immediately shocked Shao Feng and Cheng Xuyuan.

"what!"

"How did you know?"

Su Ji shook the silver bracelet in his hand, "When I went to Luo's hometown today, it sensed it."

Seeing the carved silver bracelet on his hand, Xu Hui couldn't help asking, "Isn't this the silver bracelet Ah Xiang gave you?"

"Yes." Su Ji nodded, "It's actually an item that can expel Gu poison. As long as you wear it, ordinary Gu poison will not dare to get close to you. Once there is Gu poison approaching, both parties will feel it."

Xu Hui suddenly understood: "No wonder, I always felt that Mr. Luo was hiding from you intentionally or unintentionally yesterday. It turns out that the poison in his body is afraid of the silver bracelet in your hand."

"However, why does Lao Luo have Gu on his body? Could it be that Ah wanted to release it?"

No wonder Xu Hui had such an association.There are folk rumors that some Miao girls who can poison poison will give love to their lover in order to make their sweetheart die.Once the other party betrays oneself, love gu will break out.

If Luo Ajin has Gu on his body, then it is taken for granted that the person most likely to cast Gu on him is the bride Ah Xiang who has "family origin".

"Do not."

Su Ji shook his head and denied, "The bracelet in my hand was actually given to her by Ah Xiang's grandmother. This bracelet can expel Gu poison, so that these things dare not get close. It's like some kind of protective cover, protecting Ah Xiang. "

"I think, if Ah Xiang knows how to use Gu to control Gu, then there is absolutely no need for her grandmother to give her such things."

Saying that, Su Ji paused, "So I'm more inclined, Ah Xiang doesn't know Gu."

"As for the Gu on Luo Ajin's body... I guess it was cast by her grandmother."

As soon as this statement came out, the four were shocked.

After a long time, Shao Feng said with a dull expression, "Why?"

Cheng Xuyuan frowned, "Maybe Ah Xiang's grandmother was dissatisfied with Luo Ajin, so she tricked him and wanted to punish him?"

Xu Hui shook her head: "I think the most likely reason for her doing this is to give her granddaughter an extra layer of protection."

As an elder, she can understand this feeling of wanting to protect her children.

After all, Ah Xiang lost his father and mother, and apart from a grandmother, there was no other elders in the family to support him.Her grandmother was afraid that if she passed away in a hundred years, there would be no one in Ah Xiang's natal family.At that time, she was bullied and no one helped her.Leaving a Gu on the groom's body can also make him vigilant and dare not make mistakes.

Although this approach is immoral, it may be the only thing this old man can do for her.

The atmosphere suddenly became heavy.

If these conjectures are true, then everything Grandma Ah Xiang did was useless.Ah Xiang died in the end, and his death was unclear.

"Don't think about it yet."

Beside the ears, Su Ji's voice instantly attracted everyone's attention.

"Don't you all want to know what rewards are in the envelopes?"

Seeing Su Ji shaking the envelope in his hand, he smiled slightly, "Perhaps, there is a key clue in this envelope."

Su Ji's words instantly reminded everyone.A group of people turned their attention back to the envelope.

Shao Feng raised the white envelope and looked at the light, "It's so thin, it feels like it's filled with a piece of paper. The so-called rewards should be clues related to the plot."

"uncertain."

Rubbing the envelope in his hand, Cheng Xuyuan said slowly: "Although it seems that there is only a piece of paper inside, the specific reward still depends on what is written on the paper."

"Under normal circumstances, there are more clues and prompts, and occasionally props are given as rewards. But if props are given, it means that this prop will definitely be used in the next plot. Even, it is also It may become a necessary item for you to pass the plot, without which you will not be able to pass the final level."

"Of course, there is another unfavorable situation where the player holding this prop may even lose his life."

Hearing this, Shao Feng was startled.Looking at the unopened envelope in his hand, he felt a little bit thorny for a while.

Xu Hui pushed her glasses, "It sounds like getting props may not necessarily be a good thing."

"You can say that." Cheng Xuyuan paused, "It can be regarded as a double-edged sword. If you use it well, you can become a weapon for customs clearance, and if you don't use it well, you will be GameOver. Of course, it can also be regarded as a reminder given to us by the main god of the game. .”

"How to say?"

"Getting the props means that in the next 48 hours, high-risk ghosts will appear."

Hearing this, several people faced each other and clenched the envelope tightly in unison.

Seeing the nervousness of the group of people, Cheng Xuyuan added a sentence in a relaxed manner: "In fact, there is no need to worry too much. The probability of props appearing is not high. Generally speaking, the envelopes contain clues."

Listening, Shao Feng clenched his fists, and no longer worried about the sky, he directly tore open the envelope, and a piece of paper fell out of it.

When I unfolded it, I saw three words written on it——

[with yin marriage]

Seeing these three words, Shao Feng was stunned for a moment, then he seemed relieved and said with a smile: "It seems to be a clue."

"A yin marriage?" Xu Hui stared at the three words in front of her eyes, "Could it be that Ah Xiang's death was caused by a yin marriage?"

"I can't rule out this possibility." Cheng Xuyuan said and opened his envelope again, and saw a line of scarlet words written on it——

[The mountain road is slippery in rainy days, so be careful when climbing the mountain. 】

It was clearly a warm reminder, but it looked particularly scary because of the color of the font.Especially the word "be careful", there was even a long trace, as if it was bleeding, or it was warning them.

Shao Feng didn't dare to look more, "So... there will be a mountain climbing project next?"

Putting away the paper, Cheng Xuyuan nodded, "This is a danger reminder. It tells us that we will need to climb the mountain next, and what will be encountered on the way."

Su Ji: "Anyway, let's be careful in the future. Try not to act separately."

Xu Hui nodded, and then opened her envelope.Unlike Shao Feng and Cheng Xuyuan, her envelope contained neither clues nor hints about props, but a string of numbers.

"666?"

Shao Feng was immediately happy, "Did you double-click 666?"

Hearing this, Xu Hui frowned, "What does this mean?"

Shao Feng scratched his head, "Eh... Sister Xu, don't you watch the slow-handed ones? The bloggers in it often say this, asking you to double-click his video, so that his video will become popular on the homepage. "

"So that's the case." Xu Hui nodded, "I really don't look at that."

"So what exactly do these numbers mean?"

"Points." Cheng Xuyuan said: "In addition to plot clues, points are also the most common rewards. I heard that players with the best luck once got [-] points rewards from NPCs."

Hearing this, Su Ji's eyes lit up.God knows what he lacks most now are points.If he could get enough points, wouldn't he be able to upgrade his skills and props?

Thinking about it, he quickly opened the envelope.

However, what awaits him is neither points nor clues, nor a warning of danger, but a white card.I saw a pair of scissors drawn on the card, and there was even a red thread wrapped around the handle of the scissors.

I saw two lines of small characters marked at the bottom of this hand-painted drawing——

[Story Props: Marriage Scissors]

[Prop Description: Save it well, you will need it later. 】