Nightmare Attack

Chapter 1053 The Finishing Eye (4000 words)
Fatty looked at the floating paper figurines above his head, and felt that there was no such thing as paper figurines, they were clearly hanged ghosts disguised as paper figurines.

Suddenly, a hand reached out and touched Fatty's arm. He was caught off guard and almost jumped up in fright. When he turned his head, he found that it was Jiang Cheng.

Following Jiang Cheng's line of sight, a paper figurine was hanging in mid-air, shaking slightly.

The paper figurine is a bit shorter than most paper figurines, and its body is painted with festive bright red. Fatty has heard the saying of red men and doll girls, so this paper figurine should be a paper boy for funerals.

Because of the angle, the boy's face was hidden in the shadows, and he couldn't see it, but as his eyes fell on the boy's feet, a few seconds later, the fat man's shoulders trembled, and his breathing suddenly became short of breath.

The soles of the boy's paper feet were dirty, with grass and dirt on them.

A picture uncontrollably appeared in Fatty's mind. The paper boy raised his eyebrows and smiled, and left the house in the dark night. He lined up with other paper figurines and came to Wu's house with strange steps. The mansion carried away several large coffins in the mourning hall, and then placed the coffins by the river of crossing. Taking advantage of the night, they returned to the house and waited for them to come to the door.

"Wait for them to come!!"

Thinking of this, Fatty's pupils suddenly constricted. These guys deliberately left an opening, waiting for their group to find it!
As soon as this idea appeared, it quickly occupied Fatty's brain and couldn't get rid of it.

What's even more frightening is that there is more than one paper doll with problems in this room. Judging from the footprints, there must be at least a dozen or so. Moreover... the fat man turned his attention to the man who led the way, and felt that he was also weird.

Everyone is concerned, they not only have to be wary of the paper figurines around them, but also keep an eye on the teammates around them, maybe if they are not careful, they will be replaced by ghosts.

"Oh, there's nothing like that." The man leading the way shook his head in frustration, "I really don't know where this woman went, forget it, let's go back and deal with business."

Leaving the room where the paper figurines were stored and being exposed to the outside air again, Du Moyu couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. He actually felt like being resurrected from the dead. It was too much to be stared at by those paper figurines who knew there was a problem. It's hard.

"That's right, it looks like the woman hasn't come back here, let's...let's go back first." Jia Jinliang wiped his forehead, his forehead was covered with sweat, it didn't look like an act, he was really scared.

Before leaving the paper maker's house, he was bumped head-on by several people. It was an old man whom he had met not long ago, and several villagers. The old man looked busy and rushed to greet him, "Masters, You are here!"

"Is there something wrong?" Lei Mingyu didn't give the old man a good look.

"Yes, of course there is something to do." The old man hurriedly said, "The wife of the paper maker in the village disappeared. We searched the whole village, but we couldn't find it. No, I still want to go to the paper maker's house to have a look."

"No need to go, we just came out of the papermaker's house, and the woman wasn't there." Zhou Qing said quickly.

The old man frowned, "Aren't you here? No way, where else can she go as a woman, we have people watching by the river, and she didn't go to the river either."

"Village chief, let's put it aside for those who are looking for someone, you forgot what the caller told you?" A middle-aged man next to the old man urged.

Everyone had different expressions when they heard the word "watchman". They knew that there was a new task.

Sure enough, the old man who was the village head patted his forehead, showing annoyed and apologetic expression, "I'm sorry, I forgot the most important thing, I told the watchman, let the masters go It’s the last trip for Shopkeeper Zhou.”

"It's the paper maker. People in our village call him shopkeeper Zhou." Worried that Jiangcheng and the others might not understand, the village chief explained, "Don't ask me how to do it, because I don't know, and I will make an update later. People will tell you."

After speaking, the village chief took out a small wooden box from his body as if by magic, and when he opened it, there were some wooden sticks inside, the flat ones, which looked like ice cream sticks to the fat man.

"Come on, masters draw lots first, this matter is not difficult, don't bother all masters to go together." The village head handed over the wooden slips with a smile on his face, but the smile seemed unnatural no matter how you looked at it.

Everyone has to draw, this time without Fatty's help, Jiang Cheng won the lottery without any surprises.

Turn the wooden stick over, and there is a section of red on the back, which seems to be painted with blood.

After the village head saw it, he nodded to Jiang Cheng, "That's it. The masters with red on the back of the wooden sign please follow me. The rest of the masters should go back to rest. Thank you for your hard work last night."

In addition to Jiang Cheng, there were 4 other people who won the red lottery, A Biao, Zhou Qing, Zhang Junyu, and Du Moyu.

"Why... and me?" A Biao's voice was hoarse, and it sounded uncomfortable. He clenched the wooden stick tightly, and the fierceness he displayed in an instant made people shudder.

Lei Mingyu seemed to be reading a joke, with his arms folded on his chest, squinting his eyes and mocking: "Maybe it's because you escaped what you deserved in your life last night, and I'll make it up for you today."

A Biao quickly looked at him, the eyes of the two met each other, no one would let the other go, and the air became anxious.

In the end, it was Jia Jinliang who jumped out to smooth things over. Chen Hao also pulled Lei Mingyu and said something with a smile, and the latter's expression eased a bit.

Zhou Qing and Zhang Junyu gathered beside Chengmu, and they were interrupted by the village chief just after saying a few words, "Masters." The village chief said, "Let's go on the road now."

The word "going on the road" instinctively repulsed everyone, "Let's go now, what are you doing in such a hurry?" Zhang Junyu frowned. He still had a lot of things to ask Yu Chengmu, and it took time.

But the village chief said that he was the one who asked for an account, so everyone had nothing to say, so the two teams separated, and those who were not drawn went back, while Jiangcheng Zhang Junyu followed the village chief.

To Jiangcheng's surprise, the village head stopped within a few minutes of walking, pointed to a yard with an open door and said, "Masters, rest here first. There are 4 rooms inside, enough for you to live in. Don't leave after entering, the watchman will come to you later and tell you what to do."

Without waiting for Jiangcheng and the others to ask questions after speaking, the village head and his party walked away in a hurry, their backs hurried.

"Oh, this old thing runs fast!" Zhou Qing stared at the back and said angrily.

Everyone bravely walked into the yard. The yard is not big or small. There are a few simple houses on the east and west sides, separated by a wall in the middle. There are all kinds of clothes on the wall, which is full of life.

Zhang Junyu took a look and pointed to a room on the east side, "We'll stay here with Zhou Qing."

"What?" Du Moyu asked in a low voice: "Although there is nothing abnormal here, it's better for us to live together to be safer. The watchman may come only at night."

Because of Lei Mingyu's relationship, now A Biao is particularly displeased with Du Moyu, "Didn't you hear what the village chief said? He specifically mentioned that there are four rooms in the yard. We live together, which will only bring danger." .”

Ah Biao's mandarin was indeed substandard, and his cold tone coupled with his poor mandarin, not only did not make Jiang Cheng feel terrible, but he wanted to laugh, but he held back.

In the end, A Biao chose to live with Zhang Jun and Yu Zhouqing on the east side, but Jiang Cheng and Du Moyu had no choice but to live in the west side of the room.

The 4 groups of people in name chose 4 rooms respectively and lived separately.

The facilities in the room were very simple. Jiang Cheng found a clean chair and sat down. What was rare was that he found a dark pot, lifted the lid, and there was still boiled porridge inside.

The porridge was still warm.

After drinking the porridge, Jiang Cheng's complexion improved a lot, and he had the energy to think about the next situation.

At present, it seems that what happened in this village is related to this so-called Dahe Empress, who is the eldest lady of the Wu family mansion. She was sacrificed to the river god 10 years ago. Ten years later, the village was plagued by bad luck and died. It was also privately rumored that he had met Empress Dahe and got married.

These people all disappeared at night without knowing it, and when they were found again, they would be floating in the river.

But the village head said that the Miss Wu family did it voluntarily.

Jiang Cheng also talked with Fatty about this point, and Fatty insisted that the village head was not telling the truth, they must have tied him up and thrown him into the river, but Jiangcheng felt that things were not that simple.

It can be seen from the house that the Wu family is one of the largest families in the village. Even if the village really needs to elect a woman to sacrifice to the river god, it should not be Miss Wu's.

With limited information at present, Jiang Cheng can only come up with two vague guesses for the time being.

First, the most direct guess, just like what the fat man said, the village chief didn't tell the truth, the Miss Wu family was forced, the whole thing was a conspiracy against the Wu family, as for the money, or something else, Still need to investigate.

Second, what the village chief said was the truth, Miss Wu's sacrifice was voluntary, but if this is the case, then things will be complicated, and Jiangcheng has no clue for the time being.

Tired of thinking, Jiang Cheng lay down on the table to rest for a while, but unexpectedly, he closed his eyes and fell asleep. When he opened his eyes again, it would be dark outside.

He patted his face to wake himself up, and took out his mobile phone, trying to send a message to the fat man. He tried several times, but the sending failed.

After thinking for a while, he dialed Fatty's number again, but he couldn't get through.

It seems to be blocked here.

An ominous premonition came to mind.

Just as Jiang Cheng was thinking about what news the watchman would bring at night, there was a furtive "swish" sound approaching the door, and Jiang Cheng immediately became vigilant.

Then there was a very soft knock on the door.

"Who?" Jiang Cheng asked.

"It's me." The outside replied: "Du Moyu." Although the voice was small, it was very clear, and it didn't sound like there was a problem.

"What are you here for?"

"I have something to discuss with you." Du Moyu said tactfully, "Don't worry, I'm a human being, and it's not completely dark yet. If I were a ghost, I wouldn't come here now."

"That's not necessarily the case, the ghost thinks so too." Jiang Cheng stiffened his neck.

After a long struggle, Jiang Cheng confirmed the identity of the other party, but he didn't open the door for Du Moyu, but let him jump in through the back window.

After entering, Du Moyu was shivering from the cold, and his body kept shaking. Seeing Jiangcheng pour a cup of hot tea, Du Moyu immediately reached out to take it, "Thank you, thank you, thank you..."

"Suck it—" Jiang Cheng picked it up, smashed it, and then put it back.

Du Moyu: "..."

"You're not staying in your room, what did you come to see me for?" Jiang Cheng asked very rudely.

"I found that Zhou Qing and Zhang Junyu also left the room and went to A Biao's place." Du Moyu said cautiously, "I was worried that they had a conspiracy and wanted to inform you, but there was no signal on the phone, so I had to run here."

"How did you see them?" Jiang Cheng asked in a puzzled tone.

"It was just getting dark, and I was worried that something might happen, so I kept paying attention to the movement outside, looking out through the crack of the door, just in time to see Zhou Qing and Zhang Junyu open the door, and then sneaked into A Biao's room."

Hearing this, Jiang Cheng couldn't help sighing, and looked at the nominal ally in front of him with caring eyes, "That was for you to see on purpose, think about it, if you were them, in this situation you would open the door?"

"If you want to go, you have to go through the window. The doors on the east and west sides are facing each other. You can see it clearly from the hollow part of the wall in the middle. But if you go in and out through the window at the back of the house, you can't see it from the other side. That's why I let you go through the window."

Du Moyu took a deep breath, "It's like this..." His face changed slightly after a while, "It seems that they have become suspicious, suspecting that our two groups have cooperated behind their backs."

"Before it was suspicion, but now it's certain." Jiang Cheng poured another cup of tea and handed it to Du Moyu, "And it seems that they have also noticed that we already know that they are two teams, one bright and one dark."

"It's a mutual understanding now." Jiang Cheng added with a sip of his tea.

"This... This is my negligence." Du Moyu looked at Jiang Cheng, "Mr. Jiang, but I think the communication is broken, which is a good thing for us. That old fellow Yu Chengmu knows too much. He did it last time. , killed Pang Xiaofeng, but this time, he has no chance to help the remaining three people."

"Indeed." Jiang Cheng nodded.

"I suspect that the mission tonight has something to do with those paper figurines, otherwise what happened during the day would be too strange. We followed our footprints all the way to the door of the papermaker's house, and then were inexplicably brought in to find someone." Du Moyu revealed Thinking expression, "I even suspect that those paper figurines lured us to the door on purpose."

Jiang Cheng fumbled for the teacup with his hand, "I feel the same way, and the missing woman...hasn't disappeared yet."

"I'm here mainly for this matter, Mr. Jiang, you should also be able to see that this mission has a deep connection with folk taboos, especially funerals and the like. Regarding the paper figurines you may meet tonight, you know Are there a lot of them?" After a pause, Du Moyu continued: "Paper making is also one of the professions where you can get sideways, and there are a few very strange taboos in it."

"The first rule is not to give eyes to paper dolls." He suddenly lowered his voice.

(End of this chapter)