Real Cthulhu Running Game

"It's getting more and more lively."

Liu Xing leaned on the bed, looking at the brightly lit City Lord's Mansion in the distance and said: "To be honest, I think the old City Lord is just raising gu. Of course, this is not impossible, because this is already a better solution. , but it is a pity that the old city lord left too suddenly, and as a result, these Gu who have not yet decided the winner lost their restraints."

When it was getting dark, Ding Kun took the members of the hunting team out of the city again, while Liu Xing and Ding Kun moved into a large courtyard that Meng Fugui bought in the afternoon. Another location in the city.

In addition to its very high cost performance, the reason why I bought this yard is that there is another very important reason, that is, there is a two-story building in this yard.

You must know that in Boyang City, 90% of the buildings have only one floor, and the buildings with more than two floors are basically businesses with the word "lou" in them, such as teahouses and restaurants.

So even though this two-story building is not very high, it can still provide a good view.

For example, Liu Xing can now see the City Lord's Mansion in the distance.

"It looks lively from the outside, but I don't know what's going on inside."

Yin En looked at the decoration in the room and said with some confusion: "By the way, Liu Xing, did Meng Fugui say who the original residents of this courtyard were? And what is this two-story building used for? It seems like Doesn’t it look like a serious bedroom?”

"This does not look like a normal bedroom, just like the first floor looks a bit strange." Liu Xing nodded and said.

This two-story building is quite ordinary in terms of structure. The first floor is composed of a living room and a second bedroom, while the second floor is an oversized bedroom. However, screens and furniture are used to separate spaces with different functions, such as There is a study room and a place dedicated to playing the piano and painting. There is even a special space for drinking tea and playing chess.

This looks pretty good?

But after entering the two-story building, Liu Xing and Yin En felt that something was wrong here. First of all, the various furniture in the living room on the first floor were out of place. For example, a square table was only equipped with three chairs. , but the tea set on the table consists of two teapots and five teacups, and the teacups and teapots do not match at first glance! At the same time, the five tea cups also come in three different styles.

Then there are four paintings hanging on the left and right walls of the living room. As a result, there is also a picture hanging on the right wall, which makes the two sides look a bit inconsistent. What's more, these four paintings also have different styles and three main themes - Flowers and birds, figures and landscapes are all gathered together.

That's right, the content of this fourth painting is a painting of flowers, birds, landscapes and figures, and you can tell at a glance that the artist's skill is very average, because this painting is really ugly, and the proportions of various things are seriously out of balance.

So the four paintings on the wall are like a picture of the Four Beauties, but Xi Shi is replaced by Dong Shi.

As for the calligraphy, Liu Xing and Yin En, as non-professionals, felt that it should be in cursive script. . . Because Liu Xing and the other two could only recognize one or two words among them.

Then there are the various decorations in the living room, such as vases and so on, which are of different styles, making Liu Xing feel like he has walked into a porcelain store. In short, there are all kinds of styles.

However, the problem is that neither Liu Xing nor Liu Xing can see obvious flaws on these porcelains without looking carefully. For example, one vase is missing a small opening, and the glaze on the surface of another vase next to it is also smeared.

All in all, just looking at such a living room, Liu Xing felt that the layout inside was quite uncoordinated. Of course, this also made Liu Xing think of a relative who decorated a new house for his son, so he chose The decoration style of the house, and his son was responsible for purchasing the furniture because he worked in a furniture store. As for pots, pans, cups, quilts and other scattered items, his son's fiancée purchased them.

As you can imagine, there are hundreds of millions of differences in the decoration style and furniture types. In addition, the colors of the kitchenware and bedding do not match well. Therefore, when Liu Xing went to attend the wedding, she felt that the new house was very special. It's so unique, it's almost like a completely random character when you play some games where you can pinch people.

As for the second bedroom on the first floor, it doesn't look like anything special, but it doesn't look like anyone has lived in it, because it only has some simple furniture and no decoration at all.

After arriving on the second floor, although Liu Xing agreed with the idea of ​​using screens and furniture as partitions, the degree of completion was really too low. The partition between the two spaces looked very stiff, like the curtains of a hospital bed. It's like replacing it with a cabinet screen.

This reminded Liu Xing that when he played some games with construction elements, he simply put various areas together to save trouble, regardless of whether it was reasonable or not.

So Liu Xing very much suspected that this room was actually a room randomly created by a "programmer" in the Cthulhu Run game lobby to be lazy after receiving an art request.

But that's not the point. The point is that the proportions of the bed in this bedroom are a bit wrong. It's almost a square of about two meters.

Of course, this can also be explained by the fact that the residents of this two-story building are not honest when sleeping. In short, they sleep head-to-tail when sleeping, so they made such a special bed to ensure that they will not fall. .

As for the various decorations on the second floor, they are similar to those on the first floor. In short, there is a kind of beauty that is missing from the brain stem.

"According to Meng Fugui, this courtyard originally belonged to a merchant selling groceries. At the beginning of this year, he encountered some bad luck. In short, he went bankrupt. In the end, this courtyard was still worth some money, so he wanted to Sell ​​the yard for some money, and then go back to your hometown to live out your old life; as you saw when you came here, the location of the yard is quite good, and the price-performance ratio on paper is also very high, so it stands to reason that it should be sold long ago It’s better to go out, but the businessman’s bad luck is not over yet.”

Liu Xing sat down and said, "Originally, the yard has been sold, and all we have to do is pay the money with one hand and the deed with the other! But something happened at this time, that is, the buyer insisted on paying the money. He fell down more than ten times in a row! You must know that there is nothing wrong with this buyer. He has not fallen down as many times in the past ten years as he did that day. What’s more, he watched the road very carefully after falling a few times, and the result still came. It fell flat on the ground! Especially when he entered the gate of this yard, he made a point of looking at the height of the threshold, but he still lost his front teeth after being thrown, so naturally the buyer did not dare to buy this yard again. "

"Oh, it seems that this courtyard has a lot to say, but it is also suitable for us players in the Cthulhu Run game lobby." Yin En said with his hands on his hips.

Liu Xing nodded and continued: "Yes, several subsequent buyers also encountered some strange things, so no one is willing to buy this yard again, but none of the previous buyers have visited this yard. The two-story building was because the seller said that this two-story building was his daughter’s boudoir, and the reason why it was specially built as a two-story building was because his daughter liked to climb high and look far away. At that time, the seller had no other place to live, so he and The buyer agreed to give him a week to move out after all the money and goods were settled, so the buyer wouldn't want to wander around in someone else's daughter's boudoir, right? Besides, this two-story building is also a gift from the yard, and it doesn't count. "

“So if nothing else happens, we should be the first outsiders to enter this two-story building besides the original owner of the yard, and this two-story building may be the main reason why the previous buyers encountered strange things! But this is not a problem for those of us. After all, this is a task that comes to our door. So Meng Fugui asked me during dinner in the evening and said that if I was not interested in this task, then he would I took people into this two-story building to take a look, and of course I wouldn’t refuse, because I noticed one detail.”

As Liu Xing spoke, he took out a "house purchase contract" from his pocket.

"This is the house purchase contract signed by Meng Fugui and the seller. Although it seems a bit simple, it is enough in this martial arts module. Of course, the focus here is the signature of the seller."

Liu Xing pointed to the seller's signature, or thumbprint, on the "House Purchase Contract."

In the martial arts module, although the literacy rate of ordinary people is much higher than that of various dynasties in the real world, it is only about 12%, and the extra literacy rate here can be summarized into a profession ——Martial arts people.

As a martial arts person, if you are illiterate, how can you understand various martial arts secret books?

Therefore, many sects regard literacy as the entrance examination to ensure that new disciples do not need to waste time on literacy.

Therefore, all young people who want to become heroes will basically sign up for a crash course in literacy. The main teaching materials of this crash course are not enlightenment books such as "The Three Character Classic", but those that can be found everywhere on the street. The entry-level martial arts secrets you bought can be regarded as targeted training.

So in general, nine out of ten ordinary NPCs in this martial arts module still cannot read, and the remaining one can only recognize some simple characters, or some specialized characters.

As for most businessmen, it highlights a partial subject. In mathematics, they can get 80%, and if they add Chinese, they can get a perfect score of 100%. . .

Therefore, if these businessmen encounter some occasions that require signatures, they will directly print their fingerprints instead. This is also one of the origins of "signatures and drawings".

"Huh? Why are some of the fingerprints on this thumbprint missing?"

Yin En looked at the "house purchase contract" by candlelight, then frowned and said: "This is a bit interesting. It is unlikely that a normal person's fingerprints will disappear due to wear and tear, so unless it is done deliberately , use unconventional methods such as burning to erase fingerprints! But this will usually erase the entire fingerprint, not just a part of it; so what I want to say now is that the yard seller may have been exposed to some corrosive substances for a long time. It was a sexual object, so part of my fingerprints disappeared."

"Yes, this should be related to the business of this businessman, so Yin Enqi now thinks about it, what corrosive items can the businessman in this martial arts module come into contact with, and this thing will not directly damage the entire finger. All the fingerprints were wiped off? By the way, Meng Fugui had noticed this businessman's hands during the transaction. They looked rougher than ordinary people, and there were no signs of damage or injury." Liu Xing asked with a smile. road.

After Yin En thought for a moment, he suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "It's salt! I remember that salt water has a certain corrosiveness, but the corrosiveness of this salt is not very strong. It requires long-term contact to show its effects! And this The erased part of the fingerprint is concentrated in the middle part, so it is possible that this businessman often rubs salt with his thumb and other fingers; wait, I remember that the Xinlong Empire also specializes in salt and iron, right? So ordinary businessmen are Selling salt and iron is not allowed, so this businessman is selling private salt!"

"Yes, Meng Fugui and I both suspect that this businessman is selling illegal salt, because as you have seen, this yard is originally very expensive! But this businessman's apparent business is selling various groceries. But you can't make much money, because the value of these goods is not high; at the beginning of this year, a shipment of this businessman's goods was robbed, and as a result, his business collapsed. This is obviously very unreasonable. , because if this shipment of goods were ordinary groceries, it would not bring this businessman directly to the edge of bankruptcy."

"After that, the businessman's confidant accountant accidentally fell into the river for no apparent reason. According to eyewitnesses, he drank too much during a spring outing by the river with a few friends, so he went crazy while drinking by the river. I fell down, but the problem is that this accountant doesn't usually drink, because settling accounts requires a clear head! And the friends who drank with the accountant can't be found. As for the accountant's wife and children, they are also finishing the accountant's account. After the funeral, he went back to his hometown... and after this incident was over, the businessman gave up his last struggle."

"Didn't I say before that this businessman said that the two-story building was his daughter's boudoir, but the problem is that no one outside knew that he had such a daughter, and his wife and daughter had not lived in Boyang City before. , but after he went bankrupt, they all came to Boyang City. This seemed a bit unreasonable, because his wife and daughter could have returned to their hometown first. After all, their lives in their hometown needed to be taken care of in advance, and the prices in Boyang City were It’s not low, so many people think there is something wrong with the businessman’s wife and daughter!”