Sick beauty loses horse in thriller game

Looking at the cold door that was tightly closed in front of him, the village chief Tokutomi couldn't help but frown.

However, he did not say much, but took Jiang Lai and the other nine people to the next house.

Unfortunately, Tokutomi approached three or four families, but was rejected by all of them.

The villagers gave various reasons, leaving Tokutomi, the village chief, with no way to refute them.

In the end, he could only bring Jiang Lai and the other nine people to the gate of a courtyard located in the center of the village.

"This was originally the courtyard where the richest man in the village lived. However, that family moved away more than ten years ago, and the courtyard has been abandoned. The villagers in the village are in financial difficulty and it is inconvenient to take you in. You can stay here temporarily. Oh, don't worry, this courtyard has always been cleaned, and the rooms are clean. I will have someone send you some bedding and pillows."

After saying this, the village chief handed a key to Lu Zhou, who was standing next to him and closest to him, and then he left without looking back, running away at a speed as if he was avoiding some terrible beast.

The village chief Tokutomi acted in such a way that even Lu Zhou standing next to him was stunned.

He held the key in his hand and stood there for a moment. Then he reached out and touched his face and said, "I think I'm quite handsome. At least I'm not scary at all, right? That village chief... How did he get scared and run away? And he ran so fast."

Li Wei twitched his lips and whispered, "Have you ever considered that maybe it's not you who's scary, but the yard where we're going to stay tonight?"

Hearing this, Niu Lingling suddenly became nervous, and quickly pulled Jiang Lai gently and asked, "This... this yard, is it the kind of haunted house where someone has died?"

Niu Lingling was so frightened by Li Wei's words that she even forgot that Jiang Lai would never speak to comfort anyone, and subconsciously wanted to seek shelter and comfort from her.

Jiang Lai glanced at her and gestured to her to keep quiet.

"Since you know everything, don't speak too loudly, lest you wake them all up and make them crawl out of hell to escort you to your death."

Niu Lingling: ...

Help!

After being comforted by her, I felt even more scared!

Lu Zhou, holding the key, saw Jiang Lai nodded at him, so he walked forward and prepared to open the large copper lock on the courtyard gate that looked very old.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Lai temporarily stopped his actions, walked forward, took out a pair of white gloves from the prop bar and put them on, picked up the not-so-big copper lock, and examined it carefully.

If it weren't for Xiao Ai, with her eyesight, it would be difficult for her to find any clues in such dim light.

Standing in front of such a large yard, I guess few people would pay attention to the lock on the gate.

"Look, this lock is made of brass, and there's an image of a tiger carved on it." Jiang Lai said as he pointed to the tiger head to others.

"I know this." Chen Gongxun said, "There is such a custom in my hometown. The brass lock hanging outside the gate is engraved with the image of a tiger. The purpose is to use the domineering and noble image of the tiger, the king of beasts, to ward off evil spirits and ensure safety."

"In addition to warding off evil and disasters, tigers also symbolize longevity, which is why children are given tiger-head hats," Zhen Zhen added.

Jiang Lai nodded.

Niu Lingling said nervously, "Ah, since this brass lock has the effect of suppressing evil spirits, it means... this yard is not so clean after all... do we... do we really want to live here?"

Jiang Lai shrugged, "If you can find somewhere else to live, you don't have to live here."

Niu Lingling pursed her lips and dared not speak again.

After the eight players checked the door lock, they checked the gate and wall.

They found that the courtyard wall of this courtyard was completely different from the walls of other villagers' houses, which were only two feet high and could reveal the houses and courtyards inside.

The courtyard wall of this family is more than two meters high, which is three times the height of the courtyard walls of other villagers' houses. This family can be regarded as a truly wealthy family in the village.

Apart from the tiger on the brass lock, they did not find anything else unusual.

So Jiang Lai asked Lu Zhou to open the door.

When the door was opened, everyone found that the small courtyard was just as the village chief had said, very clean, so much so that the wind blowing in from outside did not stir up any dust.

It seems that someone has been cleaning here.

This small courtyard, which is said to be where the richest man in the village once lived, looks particularly mysterious and eerie on a night like this.

The trees planted in the yard were shrouded in darkness, and the leaves swayed in the wind, making a hissing sound, as if telling something.

Perhaps because no one has lived here for more than ten years, the courtyard, although clean, still exudes a hint of oldness.

In this courtyard, in addition to the two-story building in the center, there are four rooms in the east, west, south and north, distributed around the courtyard.

Among them, the room on the east side is probably the room where the owner of the yard lives, so it has the largest area.

It was a suite with a living room outside and a large bedroom inside.

The rooms in the other three directions were divided into two.

One room for living, and one room for daily necessities.

The kitchen is on the south side of the yard, and the bathroom and washroom are on the north side of the yard.

In addition to the living rooms on the west side, there is also a storage room.

After the eight players exchanged glances, they first went to see the room in the east where the owner lived.

The outer reception room of this suite is furnished with old-fashioned solid wood tables and chairs, as well as a treasure cabinet filled with antique furniture.

Jiang Lai found two gilded copper candlesticks on the table, with two thick red candles on them. He lit the two candles and used the candlelight to observe the situation inside the room.

The gleaming copper and bronze wares placed on the Duobao Pavilion, reflecting the candlelight and shadows, looked particularly eerie in this old house.

Seeing the decorations on the Duobao Pavilion, Jiang Lai frowned slightly and thought to himself, according to Xiao Ai's judgment, these things, if not priceless, are at least antiques, gold and silver jewelry.

How could it be possible that when the richest man in the village moved to another place, he didn't take these things with him?

Maybe it was because they encountered some situation at that time, so they left in a hurry.

Maybe it's because...