Chapter 85 The lamp in the ancestral hall

Lamps are sure to be stolen, but where to steal the lamps has become a problem.

They once quietly brought out a lamp from the hostess, which means that the lamp there can be taken out, but there must be a certain risk if the hostess is guarding it. If one is accidentally caught by the hostess while stealing the lights, it is estimated that the hostess will kill them on the spot as if they were killing pigs.

In addition to the hostess's place, the ancestral hall they visited before also had oil lamps, and the ones placed in it should also be human oil lamps made by the hostess using the corpse.

In fact, Lin Qiushi felt very uncomfortable when he thought of the ancestral hall. If they guessed correctly, it is very likely that something very cruel is being suppressed in the ancestral hall filled with oil lamps.

Just when Lin Qiushi and Gu Longming were confused about where to get the lamp, they saw a few people in the team sneak out of the yard.

Gu Longming saw Yan Shihe's figure among those people, he stood up and said, "Yan Shihe is also there, where are they going?!"

Lin Qiushi said, "They went out?"

Gu Longming nodded and looked at Lin Qiushi: "Should we follow secretly, I always feel that they want to do something."

Lin Qiushi thought for a while: "Let's go."

So the two of them followed quietly.

There are four people in this group, and one of them is Yan Shihe. He stood in the middle of the crowd and whispered something to the others. Lin Qiushi vaguely heard the content of their conversation, but because the distance was too far, he could only vaguely hear a few words, oil lamp, opportunity , the ancestral hall.

Although it is only a few words, it is enough to provide the most crucial information. Lin Qiushi knows where they want to go. These people obviously want to go to the ancestral hall to steal oil lamps! And since Yan Shihe is in the crowd, it is very likely that he instigated it.

Lin Qiushi frowned and said to Gu Longming, "They're going to steal the lamp."

Gu Longming was startled: "What? To steal a lamp? An ancestral hall?"

Lin Qiushi nodded.

Gu Longming said: "This..." He couldn't say it was a bad thing, because if these people could safely bring the lamp out of the ancestral hall, then they wouldn't have to venture to the hostess' residence.

Lin Qiushi said, "Let's take a look and then talk about it."

For fear of being discovered by the people in front, Lin Qiushi and the others did not dare to follow too closely. After walking a few paths, the magnificent ancestral hall built in the small town appeared in front of them.

Yan Shihe and the people he brought walked directly into the ancestral hall.

Lin Qiushi and Gu Longming were close to the door, hiding in a corner and sneaking in.

Lin Qiushi saw Yan Shihe through the crack of the door and heard his voice.

Yan Shihe was talking, he said: "There are oil lamps here, don't you need them? Why don't you get them quickly?"

"Isn't it safe to take it?" One of the men hesitated, looking at the dimly lit ancestral hall, "It seems that something is enshrined here."

"Do you worry about this now? You will all die tonight if you don't have the lamp." Yan Shihe said, "What are you doing with me if you are so afraid? You don't take me first." After he finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and took it. He put out an oil lamp, put out the burning wick on it, and put it directly into the pocket he was carrying.

There was silence in the crowd, and everyone was a little surprised by Yan Shihe's neatness.

After a long wait for a few minutes, nothing happened in the ancestral hall. Yan Shihe seemed very impatient. He said, "You guys continue to linger, I'll go first." .

Others saw that there was no accident after Yan Shihe took the oil lamp, so they also stretched out their hands and took down the oil lamp closest to them.

After the oil lamp was in hand, everyone had a smile on their faces.

Lin Qiushi, who was standing outside the door, noticed an unusual sight. After these people took off the oil lamps and put them out, there were some dark red bright spots on the dark ceiling of the ancestral hall.

Lin Qiushi initially thought those bright spots were light sources, but after careful observation, he found that those bright spots were actually blood-red eyes. These eyes stared silently at the person holding the oil lamp under the ancestral hall showing a happy look, and blinked slowly.

"What's dripping?" Someone suddenly dripped something on his body. He was startled. He wiped it with his finger and found that it was a drop of viscous liquid. Although it was transparent, it exuded a disgusting smell. , feels like something... saliva.

The man was startled by his own association. For a while, he didn't dare to look up to see what was on top of his head, and his footsteps towards the door involuntarily sped up a lot.

But Yan Shihe, who was the first to get the oil lamp, had already stepped out of the gate of the ancestral hall.

Lin Qiushi and Gu Longming were afraid of being discovered, so they didn't dare to get too close. They hid in the woods next to the ancestral hall and saw people from the ancestral hall come out one by one.

One, two, three... The moment the third person stepped out of the ancestral hall, the door of the ancestral hall slammed shut.

The three people standing at the door saw the sudden closing of the door, and their faces were all stunned. The next moment, one of the girls turned around crying and started slamming the gate of the ancestral hall, shouting, "Xiaojian, Xiaojian—" It seemed that her teammates were locked in the ancestral hall.

There were shrill screams from inside the ancestral hall.

This cry should belong to the man called Xiaojian. No one knows what he encountered inside, but thick blood water overflowed from the crack of the gate of the ancestral hall, and the blood water flowed out along the narrow gap. It dripped to the ground, looking extremely terrifying.

Lin Qiushi heard the voices in the ancestral hall. Although he didn't want to hear them, the voices still got into his ears. He heard Xiaojian's cries, the sound of his flesh being torn apart, and the crisp laughter of children.

A few minutes later, everything was calm, and the door, which remained motionless no matter how many people outside, slowly opened again.

The woman who was slamming on the door outside rushed in regardless of her own safety. However, there was nothing in the ancestral hall. Except for a pool of blood on the ground, the people who were supposed to be inside had disappeared, as if they had never existed. .

The woman lowered her head, tremblingly picked up something on the floor, it was a piece of fingernail, she finally understood what was happening, and cried out in pain.

Yan Shihe did not enter the ancestral hall again, but just stood at the door and watched from a distance. Facing the death of others, his expression was untouched. He even raised his wrist and looked at his watch, which seemed to think it was a waste of time.

"I'm going to smash this place, I'm going to smash all of you!" The woman who lost her companion was on the verge of collapse. She grabbed a tablet and was about to smash it on the ground, but her raised hand was stretched out behind her. A pair of withered hands grabbed tightly.

The woman turned back and saw the gatekeeper's gully and old face.

"You..." Before the woman said anything, the gatekeeper grabbed her arm and dragged her out of the ancestral hall abruptly. The gatekeeper looked short, but with great strength, he forcibly dragged the woman who was about 1.7 meters away from the ancestral hall.

The woman struggled and cried, but there was only indifference in the eyes of the person walking with her. This is the world inside the door, a cruel world where life may be lost at any time.

The woman who was thrown out of the ancestral hall gave up. She knelt on the ground crying and almost fainted. She pointed at Yan Shihe and scolded, "You know, you must know, you just want to kill us!!!"

Regarding the woman's accusation, Yan Shihe's face didn't change at all, he said, "Everyone got the lights, I'll go first."

The other people who got the oil lamp showed gratitude to him and said, "Brother Yan, let's go together."

No one pays any attention to women who are emotionally broken because of the loss of a teammate.

Gu Longming spit at this scene and said, "This Yan Shihe is not a good thing at first glance."

Lin Qiushi agreed: "Indeed."

It seems that the lamps in the ancestral hall can indeed be taken, but there is a limit to the quantity. When a certain quantity is obtained from quantitative change to qualitative change, the things in the ancestral hall will come out.

Gu Longming licked his lips and said, "Lin Lin, what should we do?"

Lin Qiushi said: "I suddenly had an idea. If it goes well, we shouldn't have to go to the hostess's courtyard."

Gu Longming said, "What do you think?"

Lin Qiushi didn't speak, just turned around and said, "Go."

The two returned to the courtyard along the path. When they passed the street, they saw several townspeople carrying live pigs towards the river. Only this time the number of live pigs has become two, and the number of people playing music has also increased. This seemed to be a signal, reminding them of the approaching River God Festival.

Lin Qiushi finally stopped outside Yan Shihe's room, and took out a hairpin from his pocket.

Gu Longming's eyes straightened: "Lin Lin, what are you doing..."

Lin Qiushi said softly, "Open the lock." He bent down and quickly inserted the hairpin into the keyhole. A few seconds later, the big lock in front of him opened.

Gu Longming said with admiration, "It's awesome."

Lin Qiushi always felt that this picture was a bit familiar. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that this was a replica of Ruan Nanzhu with him, but now he played the role of Ruan Nanzhu.

"What are we doing here? Looking for the oil lamp?" Gu Longming looked around, "But will he hide the oil lamp..."

Lin Qiushi said: "I saw it, at least they didn't wear them." The oil lamp is made of bronze, not light, and it weighs at least three or four pounds, and Lin Qiushi noticed that Yan Shihe didn't have a backpack on his body, his friend Xiao Qian only carried a single shoulder bag that was not big enough to put down the oil lamp. This means that they must not carry the oil lamps with them, either in the room or hidden elsewhere.

After rummaging through the house, the two finally saw what they were looking for under the bed. Yan Shihe's oil lamp was indeed hidden in a hidden place under the bed.

After Gu Longming turned out the lamp, he involuntarily scolded a swear word.

There is no other reason for the swearing, because there is more than one oil lamp under the riverbed of Master Yan. There are actually five or six oil lamps neatly placed underneath, which seems to be the oil lamp that other people have disappeared.

"This Yan Shihe is too fucking not a thing." Gu Longming scolded, "It's also thanks to him for doing it!"

He stole other people's oil lamps, and then created the illusion that the oil lamps were destroyed. In fact, he took all of these things into his own pocket, and even encouraged others to steal the lamps from the ancestral hall and lost his life.

Seeing these lights, Lin Qiushi had a stronger sense of disobedience towards Yan Shihe. He always felt that Yan Shihe seemed to know something from the moment he entered the door.

And Lin Qiushi had seen such a situation once, in the world of the girl in the rain, the human betrayal who murdered with a picture frame.

Could it be that Yan Shihe is also... Lin Qiushi thought of this, his brows furrowed tightly.

"Hey? There seems to be something else under his bed..." Gu Longming found something out from behind the oil lamp, "Family... family tree?"

Lin Qiushi took a look and found that it was the family tree that Yan Shihe had mentioned to them.

He turned to the first page and found that there were still photos in the family tree. Although the photos were in black and white, it could be recognized that the figure above was the mistress of the yard.

After roughly flipping a few pages, Lin Qiushi showed a look of astonishment. This family tree was more like a record than a family tree. It was almost all pictures of the hostess and the children. There was no expression on her face. Always hold a baby. Some of those children were crying and some were laughing, but it was obvious that they were not the same.

And none of these children's names are extra, all of them are Yu Caizhe. There was not even the appearance of the male host, as if from the beginning to the end, only the hostess and the child existed.

Gu Longming also vaguely understood something, he looked at Lin Qiushi: "These children are not her children at all?!"

Lin Qiushi said, "Maybe."

Yu Caizhe is just a code name, it does not refer to a specific child, as long as the child adopted by the hostess will be called Yu Caizhe.

Lin Qiushi glanced at the timeline of the family tree and said, "Let's go, take this with you too."

Gu Longming: "Then why we came in is not exposed."

Lin Qiushi smiled but said, "Didn't you say that you are a ghost hunter outside the door? You should be very skilled at tricking and abducting."

Gu Longming defended: "Only occasionally, occasionally, most of the time I'm still a good citizen with integrity."

Lin Qiushi: "Aren't you an upright female high school student?"

Gu Longming said shyly: "If you need me to become a girls' high school to make you happy..."

Lin Qiushi: "..." Why are you suddenly so disgusting?

"Anyway, I have to steal the lights, so let's expose them. Besides, he probably also replaced our lights." Lin Qiushi put the family tree into his bag rudely. "Bring a few more lights as spares."

"Okay." Gu Longming put everything into his bag. He didn't like Yan Shihe in the first place, and he was naturally quite happy to be able to pit Yan Shihe.

After the two packed their things, they left Yan Shihe's room. They first hid the lights they brought out in a corner near their house, and then took a light with them to prevent accidents. Of course, the family tree They didn't forget to stuff it in the bag either.

Yan Shihe soon found out about the theft in the house. During lunch, his whole face was black, his eyes wandered among the crowd, and finally landed on Lin Qiushi's face who was eating slowly.

Lin Qiushi's expression did not change at all. Facing Yan Shihe's eyes, he just raised his eyes and said, "Is something wrong?"

Yan Shihe smiled: "Have you found any new clues?"

"New clues?" Lin Qiushi said, "Even if I find out, what clues do you have to exchange with me?"

Yan Shihe: "It depends on what you find."

Lin Qiushi didn't speak, just looked at Yan Shihe quietly.

"Okay, if you want, we can make another deal." Yan Shihe said, he said he wanted to make a deal, but there was a hint of exploration in his eyes, obviously wanting to see what Lin Qiushi would do to his words. What is the reaction.

But Lin Qiushi's reaction disappointed Yan Shihe. He wiped his mouth, as if he was thinking about something, and finally said, "I have nothing to exchange with you." The sentence was short and firm.

Yan Shihe said: "Oh, so, you have been in the yard all morning?"

Lin Qiushi said: "I went to see the sacrifices by the river, what do you want to ask?"

Yan Shihe smiled, stood up and said, "It's okay, I'll just ask." He turned around and left.

Four people have died now. Including the person who died in the ancestral hall in the morning, the total number of dead is five, and there are still seven living people. Therefore, after finding out that something was missing, Lin Qiushi became Yan Shihe's first one. Doubt the target, no, in fact, Yan Shihe has almost convicted Lin Qiushi and the others.

Fortunately, Lin Qiushi didn't care about this. After lunch, he got up and left with Gu Longming.

Yan Shihe's gloomy eyes fell behind Lin Qiushi.

Seeing this, Xiao Qian asked, "Brother Yan, is that the lamp and genealogy they took away?"

Yan Shihe said: "Who else is there besides them." He said in a cold voice, "Aren't the other people in this sect all useless waste?" He was talking about the remaining three, he A little irritable, "If you didn't want to carry the genealogy on your back, there would be so many things."

Xiao Qian defended: "I...I'm not afraid of this..." She didn't want to carry the genealogy book full of black and white photos of the hostess on her back.

"It's alright now." Yan Shihe sneered, "They all stole it."

"But we've already seen it, it doesn't matter if they take it away, right?" Xiao Qian murmured, "It's not an important item anyway."

Yan Shihe gave Xiao Qian a cold look: "It's a miracle that you can survive until now."

Small talk.

After lunch, Lin Qiushi randomly found a servant in the yard and inquired about the history of the yard.

The servant said that the yard had a history of over a hundred years, and had gone through three generations, the most recent generation—that of the hostess.

Lin Qiushi asked the detailed date of this world again, and the servant returned a number.

Gu Longming realized something was wrong as soon as he heard it, he said, "1867? It's impossible—"

He was about to say something, but Lin Qiushi stopped him and said with a smile, "We know, thank you."

The servant who was asked the question waved his hand casually, indicating that it was okay, then turned and left.

Lin Qiushi and Gu Longming looked at each other, and he said, "Do you understand what I mean?"

Gu Longming said: "Understood."

The time when the family tree was created was the time when the house was built, and there was also a photo posted below the time of that day, which was a solo photo of the hostess. There is no timeline on the family tree, only the date when it was created, but if you don’t know the actual time, you may not feel that there is anything special about this family tree.

Gu Longming said: "She has actually lived for more than a hundred years..."

Lin Qiushi said: "It's certain that she is not human."

"Is this important?" Gu Longming didn't understand, "Is she a human being that we can't afford to offend?"

Lin Qiushi shook his head: "No, this is very important. Her different identities mean that we have to treat her differently." If it is a human, maybe they can still fight against her, but if it is a ghost , then they have absolutely no possibility to come hard with the hostess.

Gu Longming scratched his head and seemed to understand.

"I always feel that the clue to the key is on her." Lin Qiushi said, "If there is a chance tomorrow, we'd better go to her room to check again."

Gu Longming nodded: "Yes."

Lin Qiushi said: "There is still a story about this house..." He glanced at the sky, "Let's go, let's go around the small town, the people in the city should know something."

So Lin Qiushi and Gu Longming left the yard and walked around the small town.

This small town is not big, and the dense fog shrouded it has isolated it into an isolated island. They asked some residents in the city on the street, but their attitudes were very vigilant, and they didn’t want to do much about Yu’s yard. talk.

Both Lin Qiushi and Gu Longming felt helpless.

Gu Longming said: "Why don't we go to the restaurant to sit, I'm hungry, and I don't know if the food in this world is delicious."

Seeing that there was no breakthrough, Lin Qiushi nodded and said hello.

The two walked into the restaurant and found a random table to sit down. They were about to order food from the hall, but they heard the sound of Xingmu hitting the table.

"But it was said that it was raining continuously that year for seven days and seven nights..." Lin Qiushi looked around and saw a storyteller in old clothes. The city is about to be flooded, but it is said that a family named Yu came up with a method, and that method is to sacrifice to the river god to stop the continuous heavy rain—”

When Lin Qiushi and Gu Longming heard the word Yu family, their eyes widened slightly. They didn't expect to hear the story about the Yu family compound in this way.

The author has something to say:

The reason why the kid entered other rooms was bloody because there was no oil lamp in that room. Lin Qiushi and his room had lights, so the kid could not turn into bloody water. This is not a bug, nor is it a golden finger, it is very strange to see someone, so explain it.

Alas, my butt hurts after eating too much hot pot _(:з"∠)_