Instance game: I signed a pact with the gods, and the gods accused me of cheating

the truth……

Maybe it's more complicated than you imagined.

The shopkeeper Cui who disappeared without a reason, Shen Xiuxiu who died unexpectedly, Lin Zekai who disappeared without a trace, the third concubine whose arms were chopped off, the embroidered shoes on the little white boat...

“There must be a connection between these series of events.”

Qin Shang took a deep breath and looked through the thick fog towards the island in the middle of the lake not far away.

It is called the Island in the Center of the Lake, but in fact it is just a small island standing in the middle of the lake.

It looks like a mass grave inside the Lin residence. It was probably built by asking someone to transport some sand, gravel and stone piers.

Perhaps if those servants who were bought died, they would all be buried in places like this by the Lin family?

During the Republic of China period, human trafficking was still rampant, and most of the family's servants were bought from the public.

Even his servant probably couldn't explain his origins and background clearly, so even if he died while working for the Lin family, he would most likely become a homeless ghost.

The Lin family couldn't just leave the corpse like that and let it rot.

It is reasonable to arrange a place inside the Lin family specifically for burying servants.

It was really a bit insulting to bury the woman that Lin Zekai, a young master, married in such a place...

"What was the reaction of the Third Concubine when Shen Xiuxiu was buried?"

Soon, the little white boat arrived in front of the island.

Across a patch of reeds, you can see a mass grave. The one with the newest tombstone is Shen Xiuxiu's grave.

In the thick fog, Qin Shang walked towards the tombstone in the dark with a lantern.

Xiaoyu followed closely behind, fearing that the young master would leave him behind and he would encounter some supernatural incident alone.

"The third concubine felt a little regretful, and even thought about sending Miss Shen to the clan's mourning hall."

"In the end, it was the Second Young Mistress who strongly opposed it. The Third Mistress thought about it and decided that it was inappropriate, so she gave up..."

Qin Shang frowned.

"What did the Lin family's Patriarch say?"

"Homeowner?"

"The head of the family has not been in charge of the family for many years. Young Master, Young Master Lin Zekai was previously trained by the Third Concubine as the heir, but was strongly opposed by the Second Young Master. In addition, he himself had no talent for business, so the Third Concubine simply gave up."

The head of the Lin family is no longer in charge?

Who was the person in charge of the huge Lin family in the past?

Qin Shang widened his eyes, feeling as if he had caught something;

"So, before the Third Concubine passed away, she was the most powerful person in the entire Lin family?"

"Yes, it has always been the Third Concubine who has been managing the Lin family!"

Qin Shang took a deep breath and sorted out the relationships between these people.

The third concubine is Lin Zekai's mother. Lin Zekai was originally going to be trained as an heir, but he was a hopeless case and later on insisted on marrying a prostitute.

Isn't this definitely a chance for people to criticize and gossip about you?

If there is anyone who is his competitor, it is completely reasonable for him to use this as an opportunity to attack him.

Although Shen Xiuxiu was just a singer who sold her singing but not her body, if someone insisted on throwing mud at her, that would be a perfect excuse and pretext.

The discrediting of Shen Xiuxiu took the opportunity to attack Lin Zekai.

Moreover, if this matter gets out, whether it is to the ears of other members of the Lin family or the third concubine, they will think that Lin Zekai is crazy and mentally ill for marrying a prostitute and bringing her home.

No one cares about the truth. At this point, it doesn’t matter whether Shen Xiuxiu is a prostitute or not.

As long as there are rumors in the outside world, she will definitely be a daughter-in-law who cannot marry into the family...

And Lin Zekai is infatuated with Shen Xiuxiu, so the relationship between mother and son will definitely become very strained.

At the same time, Lin Zekai's support rate among the Lin family will also decline.

After all, the head of the family would marry either a lady from an upper-class family or someone from a prominent family, who would be well-read in the Four Books and Five Classics, and observe the Three Obediences and Four Virtues, as well as the Seven Chaste and Nine Fidelity Characters.

It would be fine if Shen Xiuxiu was just a singer, but once inappropriate rumors spread, everyone in the Lin family would think that Lin Zekai is unreliable and would have opinions about him.

"So who is managing the Lin family now?"

Qin Shang took a deep breath and asked a crucial question.

Hearing this, Xiao Yu looked at the young master in confusion;

"Second Young Master, but the Second Young Master has been ill recently and cannot receive guests, so many things fall on the Second Young Madam's head..."

Qin Shang's face darkened.

It turned out to be this little Bidden.

At this moment, a faint light flashed from the tombstone in front of me.

For some reason, the melodious sound of the pipa rang out again from all directions.

The woman's ethereal voice came again.

"Zekai, you're back. I missed you so much..."

Qin Shang’s body stiffened.

I just felt a gust of cold wind in my ears, turned my head with a numb expression, and was immediately scared to death. A headless female corpse was standing in a mass grave not far away.

The moment Qin Shang looked over, the woman's upper body rotated at a particularly strange angle, and then she picked up a round object from the ground and held it in her arms.

Qin Shang looked at it carefully, and his expression twisted unnaturally.

I saw that the headless female corpse was holding a head, a round head with long black hair hanging on it like a waterfall.

The dirty and muddy hair did not reflect light in the night, so Qin Shang did not notice it at first.

"Zekai, come with me, come with me!"

The next moment, the female corpse took a step forward and pressed her head back on top of her head.

There are holes in his eyes, but it gives people the illusion that they are being stared at.

Qin Shang couldn't help but take a breath of cold air and felt his scalp tingling.

"Zekai, come with me!"

woohoo-

Wrapped in gusts of cold wind, the female corpse began to walk towards Qin Shang.

After a brief moment of shock and silence, Xiaoyu finally couldn't bear the fear anymore, her eyes widened, and she let out a sharp and piercing roar.

"Ah! Master, it's Miss Shen. Miss Shen is here to take revenge on us!"

At the same time, the female corpse was also walking towards them step by step.

"Come with me, Zeke, come with me, Zeke!"

[Item: Holy Cross (consumable)]

Qin Shang calmed himself down, and a silver-white cross appeared in his hand. He looked at the female corpse not far away and said in a deep voice;

"You are not Shen Xiuxiu at all!"

After saying this, he directly activated the Holy Cross.

"Purify!"

[No attack target]

A notification suddenly popped up in the bright blue property panel.

Qin Shang’s expression froze.

What the hell?

What does it mean?

Isn’t this ghost a vengeful spirit?

Otherwise, why would the Holy Cross pop up such a prompt?

Could it be that someone is playing tricks?

However, the attack of the Holy Cross should not only be aimed at evil spirits. Even if someone is pretending to be a ghost and activating the purification function on their own, it will also launch an attack.

Thinking of this, Qin Shang realized how tricky this thing was. It was indeed worthy of being a copy of the Shenlu game.

It is normal to lose one's life accidentally in a place like this, so she subconsciously put on the "cursed red dress".

This thing has two life-saving skills, one is [Void] which ignores physical attacks for five seconds, and the other is [Rewind].

If this ghost thing is really beyond the attack range of the Holy Cross and is a boss above level three.

Perhaps it makes sense that the Holy Cross cannot attack the other side.

So to be on the safe side, Qin Shang did not dare to bet on the nature of this thing.

If he was killed instantly when his head was exposed, at least the red skirt could give him a chance to rewind after death.

"Come with me, Zekai, come with me, Zekai..."

The next moment, the cold wind intensified and enveloped Qin Shang fiercely.

Xiaoyu was so frightened that she fainted.

"Damn it, this is an illusion, right? This is an illusion, right?"

Qin Shang swallowed his saliva unconsciously.

Then, he closed his eyes tightly. The Holy Cross did not work again. If this thing was really a boss-like existence.

Then Qin Shang can only hope that the 'Cursed Red Dress' can come back and give him a second chance to revive.

The sound of a sad female voice and a pipa continued to ring in Qin Shang's ears, and he felt like he was about to get goosebumps all over his body.

However, no physical contact really happened. Qin Shang didn't even feel that someone touched his body.

About three minutes later, Qin Shang felt that the female voice and the sound of the pipa in his ears had become much quieter, and he subconsciously opened his eyes.

There was nothing in front of me.

The eerie shadow of the headless female corpse just now has disappeared without a trace.

Qin Shang was stiff for a long time before he moved his limbs, and the fear in his heart slowly subsided.

"It's really an illusion..."

The clues he currently has always give Qin Shang an inexplicable sixth sense.

Shen Xiuxiu is not the type to kill innocent people.

Otherwise, she could have killed herself in the okra forest. And if she really had the ability to wreak havoc on the Lin residence, why would she have asked me to help her find the embroidered shoes and the bloody pipa?

Perhaps, the crisis that broke out in the Lin residence within 72 hours of three days was due to something that happened afterwards.

Without any special stimulation, Shen Xiuxiu would not have massacred the Lin family.

With this thought in mind, Qin Shang looked towards the depths of the island, a solemn look flashing across his dark eyes.

"It looks like someone is messing with me. Someone who knew I would be here today and deliberately waited here to mess with me using illusions..."

Since props like the [Soul-Locking Furnace] have already appeared in the copy.

That means that at least in the background board, there may be strange people and things similar to the players in the Godly Road.

Similar to the priest Vayne in the [Death Train] dungeon, doesn’t this profession correspond to the [Priest] among players?

What if in reality there were indeed priests in the Middle Ages who had abilities such as night vision and resurrection?

Then, could it be that in [Lin’s House No. 36], there is also an NPC hidden in the background board that is similar to the player profession of Shenlu?

Qin Shang was not clear about the skills of high-level players in various professions.

But the symptoms I just experienced were undoubtedly like being hypnotized and seeing hallucinations...

Qin Shang took a deep breath. The surroundings were filled with thick fog and he didn't have the time and energy to explore the entire island in the middle of the lake.

What's more, if the guy who deliberately messed with me planned to hide and use the terrain in a place like this, I would obviously be no match for him.

When Qin Shang thought of this, he began to think about going home.

But he still walked straight forward and placed Shen Xiuxiu's spirit tablet next to the tombstone.

Looking at the beautiful portrait of the girl, Qin Shang hesitated for a moment.

"I still need to use the embroidered shoes as evidence for my reasoning, so I can't return them to you for the time being."

"Ms. Shen, I will help you clear your name. Please give me some more hints..."