Nightmare Attack

Everyone understood that it seemed that these people had already prepared for their funeral. Their guess last night was not wrong. The general was testing them. If they could survive, it would prove that they were really capable, and they would be killed next. Recommend it to the Marquis of Zhennan. If you open the door this morning and see a lake full of water on the ground and a few gnawed corpses, then just collect the corpses for them.

Judging from the general's smooth steps, it was obvious that this was not the first time this happened, and everyone became increasingly curious about the Marquis of Zhennan behind the general.

When he went upstairs and saw Gao Yanqing's body, the general showed a sad expression and did not forget to comfort the remaining people. "Masters, please rest assured. After all, this incident also happened in our Luo'an City. This master's funeral is We will take care of it, and his family will receive a handsome reward."

In such a world, Jiang Cheng and others don't care about rewards at all. They only think about how to survive, but they still have to say what needs to be said. After all, the plot has to advance. Zhang Qizheng raised his hand to the general and said, "My brother is also a Poor people, we are not familiar with the place here, so I’ll leave the funeral arrangements to the General.”

"It's your job."

After the general answered, he immediately glanced at the soldier behind him. An elderly soldier with a beard came over. He first bent down and carefully inspected the remaining half of the body.

Jiang Cheng noticed that the other party's attention stayed on the huge wound on the body and on the face for the longest time. There were several beauty incense plants near the wound. After a while, this person didn't seem to find any special clues. Several The soldiers stepped forward, wrapped half of the body in the quilt on the bed, and then carried it away.

The quilt was completely soaked by the lake water, and water was still dripping along the way. The fat man looked at the remaining water stains on the ground, and suddenly felt very sick.

The water had a thick texture and continued to emit a stale smell.

Later, several teams of soldiers who had previously arranged to inspect the entire courtyard also reported back. Just as Jiang Cheng and others thought, except for the room where the dead person was found to have water damage, everything else in the courtyard was normal.

After hearing this, the general's tense expression relaxed a lot, and then he nodded to everyone and said in a firm tone: "If something like this happens, we will definitely not dare to let the masters continue to live in this courtyard. If it’s convenient for you, masters, please follow me to the Marquis’ Mansion to meet with the Marquis now.”

Although the words were polite, they did not give Jiang Cheng and others a second choice. After hearing the words, the fat man took a deep breath. The next plot seemed familiar to him. It seemed that the plot map was about to advance to the Hou Mansion.

There was no doubt that they agreed. After the general arranged the affairs here, the group headed to the Hou Mansion under the leadership of the general. This time, their treatment was much better than before. Not only were they surrounded by soldiers to protect them, but they also arranged He bought some horses for them to ride on, and the group marched toward the Hou Mansion in a mighty manner.

The team was marching on the road, which was very eye-catching. Jiang Cheng noticed that the equipment used by these horses was also engraved with strange patterns, and he had seen this pattern before, on the furoshiki. It was the exclusive symbol of the Marquis Mansion.

Pedestrians and merchants around them all gave way wherever they went along the way. Their eyes looking at Jiang Cheng and others were filled with complex emotions, including awe, fear, and a subtle emotion that even Jiang Cheng could not figure out. Being treated like this Both eyes were staring at each other, and the fat man suddenly felt inexplicably nervous. It felt like... he was seeing them off.

No, it's for the funeral.

To everyone's surprise, the famous Zhennan Hou Mansion is not located in the center of the city, but is located in a remote place. It takes a full stick of incense to walk from the previous courtyard to this place. time.

As early as when they were still some distance away from the Hou Mansion, the general asked everyone to dismount, and the group walked instead.

It was broad daylight, and the lavish front door of the Hou Mansion was closed tightly. There was no one outside the door. Perhaps it was because of the light. The fat man looked at the front door of the Hou Mansion. After looking at it for a long time, he only felt a gloomy ghostly aura.

The general walking at the front turned his head and explained, "Masters, the Marquis prefers peace and quiet, and he doesn't care about ostentation. We entered the mansion through a side door."

"It all depends on the general's arrangement." Everyone responded.

The group of people turned a corner and walked into a secluded alley. Not long after entering, everyone felt an indescribable discomfort at the same time. The walls on both sides were painted vermilion, and they were so high that the sky was squeezed into There was a gap, and the surroundings were surprisingly quiet. Everyone pursed their lips and said nothing, and the atmosphere was very depressing.

The fat man looked left and right, staring at the vermilion walls on both sides. This wall was so red that it made people unable to take their eyes away, as if it was like a bottomless pool that was about to swallow people up. There was a faint ringing in the ears. The laughter was the laughter of a child, one after another, distant and near, erratic, but at the same time very crisp, crisp and even a little weird.

Until someone stretched out his hand to block his eyes, the fat man who came back to his senses suddenly found that he had walked to the wall unknowingly, sticking his head out in a weird posture, facing the wall, so close that he was almost touching. Go up.

"What...what's going on?" The fat man suddenly felt a chill and immediately backed away.

The person blocking his sight was naturally Jiang Cheng, and when the fat man retreated, he accidentally bumped into Tang Qisheng. Tang Qisheng supported him and whispered, "Don't look at the walls on both sides. There is something wrong with this wall. Dead people are mixed in the paint on the wall." Blood."

Zhu Jie stared at the fat man, especially his pupils, as if he was confirming something. After a while, he nodded and breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, I discovered it in time, otherwise I would have been in trouble if my mind was taken away."

After a brief hesitation, the group continued to move forward. The general walking at the front was walking alone in the narrow passage, as if he didn't care about what was happening behind him.

The combination of these strange things strengthened everyone's determination to explore the Zhennan Hou Mansion. Yao and Shunyu turned to look at Tang Qisheng. The other party's behavior just now must have seen the mystery behind the wall, "Mr. Tang, you just said that the wall What does it mean that the paint on the paint is mixed with dead people’s blood?”

Tang Qisheng hesitated for a moment and shook his head, "Maybe what I said is not accurate. I have to ask him for details. Tang Qisheng looked at the fat man and asked in a serious tone: "What did you see just now? "

"No, I didn't see anything, but I heard...I heard a burst of laughter. It was the laughter of a child. It was very clear. It couldn't be...it couldn't be wrong!" Recalling the scene just now, the fat man trembled in his heart. How could he not be clear about it? He almost got hurt just now.

"There is only laughter. Have you seen the child's face or head?" Zhang Qizheng, who was walking at the end, suddenly said: "Like the child's head hanging on the wall?"

Just listening to Zhang Qizheng's description, Fatty felt that he was not well. What kind of underworld scene is this, with a child's head hanging on the wall?

"No, no, it's just...only laughter." The fat man quickly corrected him.

Tang Qisheng breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, "That's not a big problem. It seems that I guessed it right. It's not that kind of thing. It's just that the vermilion paint on the wall is mixed with the resentful blood of the dead child. No wonder it's so red."

"This wall is built too high, and the road in the middle rarely gets sunlight. Over time, evil will naturally breed. The resentful spirits of those dead children will not dissipate and will seduce those who are not determined on the road. You just happened to be caught. It’s just Tao.”

Hearing Tang Qisheng's nonchalant tone, Fatty's whole body felt bad. He was a person who had experienced it, so he naturally knew the weirdness. And listening to Tang Qisheng's meaning, he seemed quite lucky that they were just the resentful spirits of some dead children, and Not those things.

Those things... what the hell are they?

Seeing the fat man's doubts, Li Bai, who had not spoken for a long time, said slowly: "Don't be afraid, what they are worried about is casting creatures. The so-called casting creatures is somewhat similar to driving piles. They are both pouring living people into the building, using the flesh and blood will of the living people. Blessing the building to achieve a certain effect, and the biggest difference between the two is that driving piles is generally used in water, building bridges across rivers, etc., while casting piles is different. Most of them are used in homes. The specific process is to pull piles. Living people are poured into the foundation or cast directly into the wall. There is a saying that the more resentful and fearful these people are before death, the better the effect of casting living beings. At least it can protect the building from falling down for a hundred years. The effect is even better, it can even help the owner’s family to ward off evil spirits.”

"It is said that if you want to distinguish whether this house is a casting house, you can refer to a few points. The house of the casting house is very cool in summer. It is not the coolness with the wind, but just sitting there, not moving, it is very cool, and there is a little , that is, the home building will not rot or be infested by insects and ants, and even mosquitoes will not be visible. "

Li Bai explained in detail, and Fatty suddenly realized at this moment that this was already a high-end game. Among his teammates were crouching tigers, hidden dragons. If it weren't for the doctor's guidance, he wouldn't even be qualified to participate in this kind of game.

We haven't entered the Zhennan Hou Mansion yet, but the alley outside has almost got the fat man in trouble. Everyone is not optimistic about the situation in the Hou Mansion.

Finally, the general who was walking at the front stopped. A side door appeared on the side of the wall. The side door was divided into two parts, the left and right. It was dark. The general stood in front of the door, stretched out his hand and knocked on the door. He kept moving. , there was actually a stiff feeling.

Judging from the knocking sound, this old wooden door is made of very solid materials and makes a very solid sound.

The fat man stared at the door, feeling strange for some reason. The two door panels gave him a very bad feeling, as if an accident would happen after the door was opened, and... there was a row of holes on the edge of the door.

The holes were neither big nor obvious, and you had to be very careful to see them. They were lined up in a row from top to bottom. Before the fat man could continue to think about it, there was a "creak" and the door opened.

The person who opened the door was a woman. The woman was wearing a green skirt. She looked pretty. She should be a maid in the Hou Mansion. However, the woman's face was expressionless, and there was an unnatural white color on her face. "General Yuwen "The Marquis is waiting for you inside." The maid's voice was calm and without any emotion.

General Yuwen... This is also the first time everyone knows the name of this general.

There is a man standing behind the woman. The man has a beard and a big waist. He is wearing a short jacket and has two bare arms. The exposed muscles look full of strength.

Several people in Jiangcheng keenly noticed that whether it was the clothes on the maids or the shorts on the shirtless men, the unique patterns of the Hou Mansion were displayed in conspicuous positions, which seemed to have become a means of showing off one's identity.

The man didn't say anything. A pair of leopard eyes glanced at General Yuwen, staring at Jiang Cheng and others, as if he wanted to drill two holes in them. Fortunately, Jiang Cheng and others were experienced in hundreds of battles and had never seen any scenes before. He was not intimidated by the man, and kept his expressionless expression.

Later, the maid and the man stepped aside, and General Yuwen was the first to step into the door, followed closely by Jiang Cheng and others.

The space inside was very large. The group of people walked through the corridors and came to a secluded courtyard. Along the way, Jiang Cheng and others looked around, trying to write down the topography of the Hou Mansion, but soon gave up because It was really too complicated here, one layer inside another, and many places were almost the same. Fatty even suspected that General Yuwen was leading them in circles just to stun them and prevent them from remembering what was going on in the Hou Mansion. The real road.

Stopping in front of a courtyard, General Yuwen stopped and turned around and said, "Masters, please take a rest here. I have to go inside to report to the Marquis. The Marquis has been resting for a while."

Later, General Yuwen lowered his voice and continued: "By the way, I want to remind all the masters that during the waiting period, all masters should try not to move around. There have been some things in the house recently, and the situation is relatively complicated. Once let go, It would be bad if the others misunderstood.”

After finishing speaking, without waiting for the reaction of others in Jiangcheng, he walked into the courtyard alone. After turning around a few times, the person disappeared.

After General Yuwen left, the fat man really breathed a sigh of relief. This man was standing next to him, which made him very nervous. "Damn, what is this man talking about? He also specifically told us not to walk around, but why did I listen?" Do you mean to instigate us? Do you think..."

But when the fat man turned around, he suddenly found that Zhang Qizheng and others in Jiangcheng had completely ignored him. Their expressions were very bad, especially Zhu Jie's face, which was extremely gloomy.

Zhu Jie stared at a few people, his eyes swept across Jiang Cheng's face one by one, as if he was confirming something. After a while, even his breathing became faster, "Stop hiding it, you can see it too." Yes, right?"

"Yes." Zhang Qizheng glanced at the other courtyard and nodded calmly, "There was something wrong with the door we came in just now. It was not an ordinary door panel, but a coffin. That door was made of a coffin, and it was sunk. The black cellar coffin has been in the water for a long time, and the holes on the edge of the door were left by the nails that were driven into the coffin.”