Ring of Seven [Online Version]

Zhou Jue didn't know where he was, the wind around him was so cold that almost covered everything with gray dust.The first question that flashed through Zhou Jue's mind was: Is he really Chen Hao?

Seeing that he hadn't regained his composure, Chen Hao grabbed his arm: "Don't be in a daze, come with me."

After finishing speaking, he dragged Zhou Jue to an alley, and the moment he touched Chen Hao, he felt a tingling pain at the place where the brain was connected to the spine, as if something had been pulled off.He covered his forehead and looked at Chen Hao's back, and soon, he was brought to the depths of the town by Chen Hao.Zhou Jue gradually smelled a burning smell coming from behind, and the surrounding color suddenly turned a strange red.

Zhou Jue asked in bewilderment, "What are they burning?"

Chen Hao didn't let go of Zhou Jue's hand, he said: "Someone is dead, they are crossing the fire."

Sure enough, in an open space at the corner, a group of people with white belts jumped across the flames one by one like skipping rope.This is a strange ceremony, Zhou Jue counted the number of people, there are seven people in total...

Zhou Jue felt an uneasy fear.He stared at Chen Hao's shoulder, and the heat came from Chen Hao's palm.Zhou Jue held his hand tightly and said, "Brother Chen, where is this place?"

Zhou Jue held Chen Hao's hand, but Chen Hao still turned his back to Zhou Jue, and said as he walked, "I don't know. Maybe it's a small town near Nanjing. Anyway, we got off the bus halfway."

Zhou Jue wanted to let go of Chen Hao's hand, but he hesitated because of the temperature. He continued to ask: "How did you get here?"

Zhou Jue waited for Chen Hao's answer. He felt that the heat from Chen Hao's palm was getting less and less, as if it was just an illusion in his heart.Zhou Jue asked tentatively: "Brother Chen? Why don't you speak?"

Chen Hao still didn't turn his head, the shadows of the two people were slightly distorted by the dim streetlights.After a long time, Chen Hao said, "Did you see her?"

Zhou Jue didn't realize who he was referring to for a while, Chen Hao turned his face slowly, Chen Hao's eyes became very cold, Zhou Jue felt a faint chill in his heart, he quickly shook off Chen Hao's eyes. hand, took a few steps back.He asked warily, "What?"

Chen Hao frowned and said, "Ru Lan, she should have left her last message here, is she... still alive?"

Zhou Jue looked at Chen Hao vigilantly and said, "I don't know, I didn't see her..."

Chen Hao smiled wryly and shook his head: "Maybe there is no chance, she should be gone..."

Chen Hao patted Zhou Jue on the shoulder and said, "Let's go, the fat three thin monkeys are waiting, don't worry, I'm fine. Ye Wei can explain to you what happened to you."

Seeing that Chen Hao had seen through his thoughts, Zhou Jue seemed to lose some kind of pull in his heart, and fell directly to the depths.He said helplessly: "I didn't see Chen Rulan, but I heard her talk with Gu Lao and Lao Zhao. Gu Lao and Lao Zhao finally left her and Uncle Yin behind."

Chen Hao's eyes finally ignited hope again, and he said, "What did she say?"

Zhou Jue said: "She said that if he fails, he will create new opportunities for us. I'm sure she did that. You see."

After speaking, he wanted to take out the clay tablet from his bag, but was stopped by Chen Hao. He shook his head and murmured: "Did you fail... What went wrong...?"

Zhou Jue stared into Chen Hao's eyes, Chen Hao returned to normal a little bit, he looked at Zhou Ji who was watching him from the side and said, "You don't trust me."

Zhou Jue hesitated for a moment but still nodded, Chen Hao said with a wry smile, "But I believe you."

Zhou Jue said in embarrassment: "I don't know what to say. Belief or not is not a verbal promise. Although I, Zhou Jue, am not a person who puts too much emphasis on credit and promises, I just want to be safe. Do something against my conscience. I don't want to hurt anyone around me, Brother Chen, I don't want to hurt you. But..."

Chen Hao asked, "But what?"

Zhou Jue said: "But Brother Chen, I am very afraid of death, and I will not make fun of my life. So if I find out that someone is betting on my life, I will never let him do that. Brother Chen, I I hope you don't treat us like your sister. We don't want to trade our lives for any chance. Saving our lives is my goal. I don't have such a high level of awareness. I will choose the same way as Lao Zhao and the others, and choose my own way of life, but I don't want to betray you. I..."

Chen Hao lit a cigarette, and the smell of smoke mixed with the thick smoke from a distance became a rancid smell. Those people were still dancing, as if they would never finish.Zhou Jue looked into Chen Hao's eyes, and the latter just looked at the ground quietly.In the end, he just said lightly: "I understand."

After finishing speaking, he said with a wry smile: "Let's go, they are still waiting for us. Eat something first, you are starving."

Looking at Chen Hao's eyes, Zhou Jue swallowed back what he wanted to say.He turned side by side with Chen Hao into an alley, pushed open a wooden door, and there was a simple small courtyard inside.It says "Qinghe Bank Guest House".

This is actually a small guest house converted from a three-story residential building.A middle-aged woman was sitting on the bar. She glanced at Chen Hao and continued watching the TV series.

They entered the room and found that Fat San and Thin Monkey were eating boxed lunches.The warm air and the aroma of food immediately softened Zhou Jue's brain.When Fat San saw Zhou Jue, he immediately put down the lunch box and said, "I finally waited for you, buddy, are you all right?"

Seeing that a stone in their hearts had also fallen, Zhou Jue said, "It's okay, it's just that my mind is muddled and I haven't figured out the situation yet."

The thin monkey handed Zhou Jue a bottle of mineral water and said, "Eat something first, I have to ask that person about it."

Thin Monkey still hated Ye Wei very much, always called him that person, and always avoided talking to him directly.At this time Ye Wei sat on the bed and looked at the window.Looking at the tree branches outside the house, he saw that the thin monkey mentioned him, so he turned his head and smiled at Zhou Jue. The weird black cat nestled beside him, combing its hair lazily. He didn't seem to care about anything at all, when Zhou Jue came in, he felt the weird cat glaring at him.Zhou Jue looked at the thin monkey and said, "They're all out? What's going on?"

The thin monkey said: "He brought us out. I looked at the wall calendar, it is now 2008, at least we came back safely."

Fat San sneered and said, "Thanks to him, he didn't bring anything with him when he left, except for that damned cat. But he saved the life of Skinny Monkey, so this kid has a bit of humanity."

Ye Wei still didn't get out of bed, he looked very tired, and there was a hint of sadness similar to Chen Hao in the depths of his eyes.Ye Wei just nodded weakly at him.He said to Zhou Jue, "Did you get the thing?"

Zhou Jue touched the backpack, glanced at Chen Hao, and said to Ye Wei, "What the hell are you doing?"

Ye Wei pointed to the lunch box and said, "Eat something first. I guess you're exhausted too."

Fat San handed him a piece of fried rice noodles and said, "Hey, yes, the worst thing is that we didn't keep some of our luggage, and some materials were lost. But Brother Chen said he remembered, and it can be restored manually."

Zhou Jue handed the bag to Chen Hao and said, "See if these are useful."

Chen Hao looked at these materials and said to them: "There are materials that we don't have, and... wait, this is..." He touched the package.Everyone gathered together, Ye Wei's face turned livid when he saw the thing, he hurriedly said: "I've never seen such a strong evil spirit, please don't open it!"

After speaking, he took out a yellow charm from his pocket and hugged it on the surface of the package, but within a few seconds.The talisman burned by itself.Chen Hao couldn't grab the package, and fell to the ground with a "boom", the cat let out a scream, and quickly got under the bed, only showing its head staring at the package, hissing. cry.

The charm burned out, but the things remained intact.Ye Wei gasped, and said, "It's this thing... The reason why Ye Ting was able to retain consciousness for such a long time is entirely because of the existence of this thing."

Chen Hao silently hid the package in his pocket, Zhou Jue wanted to stop it, but Ye Wei stopped him and shook his head.

Chen Hao whispered: "Now we have all the clay tablets..."

Zhou Jue took a few mouthfuls of noodles, and finally felt some heat in his body.At this time, the lady proprietress of the guest house brought disposable cleaning supplies, she looked at the faces of several people indifferently, then put down the things and left.Zhou Jue noticed that she was wearing a white flower on her head.The villagers that Zhou Jue saw were all dressed in sackcloth and filial piety, as if the whole village was holding a funeral.An indescribable coldness permeated the small town.

Fat San said: "I didn't expect to run out for us. When we came out, we looked back at you and found that you were running in the opposite direction. You are really there. No matter how you tell you, you don't look back."

Zhou Jue didn't understand what happened to them at that time.But it must be two different versions. He asked Fat San to continue talking. Fat San took a sip and said, "This is really exciting. We ran out while running, and when we looked back, we found that the carriage was actually It's already tilted at 45 degrees. It's like watching a thriller. I wish I could fly out with my wings. But you actually ran to the section where the accident happened. We can't call you. Then we have to ask Chen Hao and the magic stick. "

Ye Wei finally stood up from the bed at this time, and coughed continuously as soon as he stood up. The severe cough made his body bow like a shrimp.With a meow, the black cat immediately moved away from him, jumped to Zhou Jue's side, and meowed a few times towards him.The thin monkey couldn't stand it anymore, so he went up and handed him a cup of tea.He took a sip before the horrible cough stopped.Everyone found that there was a puddle of blood in his hand, so he took out a tissue to check and said with a smile, "It doesn't matter, it's not tuberculosis."

Zhou Jue asked, "What's going on?"

Ye Wei sat down again, his eyes were a little blurred, he said: "My only brother, his name is Ye Ting, we are very similar. But he died." After speaking, he looked at the thin monkey and said: "You are on the train I saw the coffin seller on the Internet is him. He is also one of the seven people. In order to protect Chen Rulan, he chose to stay in the memory of that death forever. I will save the last checkpoint for you. This kid, he should not have to get involved came in..."

Ye Wei calmly told what happened five years ago, and also revealed some things about his family.The Ye family used to be a good carpenter. They have always been carpenters for others in the Jiangnan area. They are best at making coffins, so their ancestors have made a living by opening coffin shops for generations.Naturally, I know many secret techniques that others are taboo and unfamiliar.Although he was looked down upon by others, he had to die, and after he died, he had to bring wealth to the Ye family.Gradually, the family also prospered. In fact, Zhou Jue and the others misunderstood that Ye Wei is not a magic stick. He is also a carpenter, but they are different from ordinary carpenters. They are good at winning.It is a mysterious technique circulated in the ancient carpentry industry, and it is said to come from the Luban book created by Luban.Brothers Ye Wei and Ye Ting are the few carpenters who can still use Yasheng.

Ye Ting and Chen Rulan were high school classmates who graduated from high school. Ye Ting did not go to college again, but started a family business, reselling wood, and making coffins. They have kept in touch since then.For a while, Ye Ting once pursued Chen Rulan, but Chen Rulan's attitude was lukewarm until Chen Rulan got this book.Ye Ting volunteered to help her, and Chen Rulan really needed his help, but Ye Ting found that things were getting beyond his ability, so he could only turn to Ye Wei for help, but Chen Rulan didn't let Ye Wei directly Get involved.And Ye Wei could only help his younger brother on the sidelines, but this kind of help and subsequent development became more and more endless.Until the end, both Ye Ting and Chen Rulan disappeared at the same time.Ye Wei said that that night, Ye Ting talked to him all night. Ye Ting wanted to pass the secret technique, and then keep all his information in a certain place. If he died, it could serve as an information storage station.

I don't know if Ye Ting had a premonition that he might not live long.But he did prepare for everything after death.Ye Wei naturally didn't want his brother to die, but what Ye Ting said made him feel terrified even now.

Ye Ting said that as long as he is one of the seven, there is no such thing as death, and there is no turning back.

Hearing these words, everyone in Zhou Jue felt a burst of icy cold enveloping their entire body. For the first time, they felt that life was more terrifying than death.

Ye Wei continued: "This is also the first time I feel horror. I have been exposed to death far more than any of you. Death is just an inevitable result for me. My ancestors have relied on this for generations. Even My own person, after death, is just a better coffin. It’s just that Ye Ting’s incident made me feel an impulse. It’s the first time I’ve become so interested in one thing. In the end, although I knew that Ye Ting Ting must have died in the end, but how did he die, and what did he mean by that sentence. I have always been very curious, hehe, of course, Chen Rulan wanted me to participate, but in the end he refused .Until recently, I received an email from Nanjing. And... a photo of Ye Ting's death."

Zhou Jue frowned and said, "It's another photo..."

Ye Wei said disapprovingly: "Yes, the photo of his death contains the above materials in the email. The moment I got it, I felt Ye Ting's breath, and... a very strong death breath. I knew right away Got picked. It made me feel scared for the first time, and it was exciting...something that made me feel scared."

After speaking, he waved to the black cat, and the black cat seemed to be summoned, and jumped back into Ye Wei's arms.

The thin monkey couldn't help throwing out a sentence: "Pervert."

Ye Wei stopped, and he frowned slightly: "I'm sorry, I just want to express that this matter has a great influence on me. And it chose me. It's really not easy to have such a deep arrangement."

Zhou Jue anxiously continued to ask: "Could it be Chen Rulan?"

When Ye Wei heard Chen Rulan's words, he would always pause subconsciously.This woman seemed to have a special meaning to him.But he denied it: "Impossible, there is not enough time. No matter how smart and cautious Chen Rulan is, she is only one person, but... I feel that the one who arranges everything is no longer alone. The depth of his layout seems to have Beyond the boundaries of time and space. Not to mention..."

Suddenly Chen Hao stood up and walked back and forth several times. Everyone had never seen Chen Hao who was so at a loss. He lost his usual calmness and suddenly sat down on his buttocks: "It's true."

Fat San asked anxiously, "What do you mean?"

Others didn't understand, Chen Hao covered his forehead and began to laugh, he said: "Ru Lan left us two lines of news, the first news is the information we got in Shanghai, these are actually the previous Prepare, and the two messages are brought by you, Zhou Jue. It is too critical, it contains quite a lot of information about the tomb, and Ru Lan helped us divert Lao Jiu’s surveillance! The fusion of these two messages is her real clues! And the key point should be the contents of that package.”

Zhou Jue froze for a moment, his brain was suddenly magnified by something, and he said loudly: "Chen Rulan knows about the existence of this old nine, and gave us a set of pre-designed materials, let the old nine go first, Then in the middle of the train, with the help of Ye Ting, left the most authentic news in that space?"

Chen Hao nodded excitedly, his voice trembling, and he said, "That's right, but Rulan doesn't know that Lao Jiu is abnormal, but he knows that one of us will betray us."

Chen Hao opened something like a map for us and said: "This is a composite map with two lines on it, one is the road that Lin Xu walked in the story, and the other is a strange road, but he The starting point is our place. This village! If you guessed correctly, this village is the village where they encountered the agency back then."

Everyone looked around the drawing, Zhou Jue said, "Where does this lead to?"

Chen Hao said: "I don't know yet, but I found several characteristics. The first is that this route has a part of the road that is repeated with Lin Xu in the story. I deduce that the road is likely to be Huzi and the others. The ancient tomb where I took refuge. And the second paragraph is somewhat incomprehensible, and I can't decipher it for the time being."

Fat San said: "Your sister is so awesome, she can do this too? Could it be a scam?"

The thin monkey said: "The point is, is that Guhunpo in that ancient tomb? Then do we need to go to the ancient tomb where they took refuge, to get Guhunpo?"

Chen Hao paused for a few seconds before he said: "Yes, the role of Guhunpo must be very important, but we still don't know what real role he has."

Zhou Jue said, "You mean we have to go back to the ancient tomb they mentioned along the same route as Hu Zi? It's too risky."

Fat San hurriedly said: "Yeah, it's too dangerous. They are all awesome characters, and they hang up and hang up in the end, so let's not talk about it. It's too far-fetched."

But the thin monkey shook his head and said: "Not necessarily, we really need to go there once, because Lao Jiu must have gone there. And that Lao Jiu can no longer be regarded as a person, who knows how he will come here."

Chen Hao pursed his lips and did not speak, but looked at Zhou Jue. He became the one who made the decision again. He felt more and more that his analytical ability could no longer handle such a situation. Zhou Jue hesitated and said, "Do you think Woolen cloth?"

The thin monkey said, "Go."

Fat San hesitated, but refused to speak.

Ye Wei, who hadn't interrupted all this time, said, "I agree to go."

Seeing this, Fat San said, "Really? Well, then let's go all out. But is it reliable?"

Ye Wei sarcastically said, "What are you afraid of? You can at least have a meal in peace, can't you?"

Fat San got up and was about to rush up, but was held down by the thin monkey, who looked up at Ye Wei and said, "If I find out that you are using us, I will wait for you.

Ye Wei no longer smiled, but his eyes suddenly lost the playful look. He said coldly: "My purpose is to find out this matter. Correct a mistake."

Zhou Jue stood up and said, "That's the decision, let's follow this route, Brother Chen, you can arrange the follow-up."

Chen Hao nodded, he wrote a few words on the paper, and he hid the road map in his pocket.Zhou Jue saw a kind of anxiety in Chen Hao's eyes. He said: "Let's stay for one night first. I have already contacted my friend in Nanjing. Then I will ask him to prepare the things we need. But I hope everyone will be happy. This operation is kept secret, otherwise it may break the bureau created by Ru Lan's painstaking efforts."

Zhou Jue agreed: "I understand that she paid too much for creating opportunities for us."

After staying for one night, several people dared not sleep, so they had to take turns to watch the night, but Chen Hao didn't sleep all night. He kept writing and smoking.He used almost all his brain cells in it. Zhou Jue was on the last shift. When he got up and saw Chen Hao, there were cigarettes around him. He was looking at the window with a cigarette in his mouth. A very exaggerated amount of paper was collected.

Zhou Jue poured him a cup of tea, he asked Chen Hao for a cigarette, and sat beside him.Chen Hao's eyes were bloodshot, he took a few puffs of cigarettes from time to time, and didn't say a word to Zhou Jue beside him.

Zhou Jue silently smoked beside him. He looked at the materials piled up beside Chen Hao, and found that he had spent the whole night analyzing all the things that he might encounter, and made an analysis based on the materials he brought. added.In other words, he at least calculated [-]% of the possible accidents for us in advance, but his expression looked very tired.

Zhou Jue said softly with regret, "Brother Chen, go to sleep. It will be dawn soon."

Chen Hao put out the cigarette butt, took a sip of tea and said, "I'm not tired."

Zhou Jue scratched his hair and said, "Don't worry about what I told you during the day."

Chen Hao hummed, and said, "It's okay, what you say is from your heart, that's enough."

Zhou Jue didn't know how to continue talking, and the two fell into silence again.Chen Hao broke the silence first, he said: "There is one thing I have to tell you. But don't tell other people first, it will be bad."

Zhou Jue said, "What's the matter?"

Chen Hao turned around and looked into Zhou Jue's eyes, and Zhou Jue was frightened by him.Chen Hao's face was very pale, almost frighteningly white.Zhou Jue smiled guiltyly, "What's the matter?"

Chen Hao said: "Not all the people of the previous generation died. There is one person or a fool who is now. It is very likely that he will lead us into a trap."

Zhou Jue said, "Old Jiu?"

Chen Hao continued: "No, because according to the current calculation, Rulan didn't make a mistake, so what is the reason for her failure? There must be something she didn't think of. So she failed, and this factor has been lost to her in the end. I didn't have time to tell us. I found that there is one person missing in the original photos, that is to say, there are only six people. There is still no news about one person. The strangest thing is that Rulan did not mention this person. What the hell did he do?"

Zhou Jue said: "Indeed, the female corpse in the box said that the appearance of the seventh person means that we have failed."

Chen Hao said: "It's almost the same meaning, but what is this thing? Is it a person, or a thing? Or something, I can't guess, the information we have now is based on Ru Lan's clues, and Ru Lan What about Lan’s clues? Where did she get so much information? And that package that was supposed to be just in the story, but it really appeared. I think there is still a mysterious force holding us back.”

Zhou Jue couldn't continue imagining. He looked at his sleeping companion anxiously and said, "What do you mean, there is another person behind us? That is the seventh person we don't know yet?"

Chen Hao lit a cigarette again, he said: "I don't know, but if this is the case, we are too dangerous. Maybe at the last moment when we are about to succeed, this person is likely to appear and destroy us."

Zhou Jue looked very cramped, he looked at the information in his hand unnaturally, and said, "Then what can you do?"

Chen Hao said: "There is no solution yet, but I can be sure that this person is not Lao Jiu."

Zhou Jue asked puzzledly, "Why?"

Chen Hao said: "Because Lao Jiu was exposed too quickly, he was considered abnormal by us almost from the beginning. However, according to Rulan's instructions, the content of the story will be reflected in our lives to some extent. The novel All seven people appeared, but Rulan never showed the seventh person. This is the difference between the story and reality, and I can conclude that this difference is the key."

Zhou Jue didn't ask any more questions, but kept digesting Chen Hao's words. Every time he had a private conversation with Chen Hao, he always felt that it would be the beginning of something.He knew that Chen Hao had too many things hidden in his heart.He is too harsh on himself and treats himself as a superman, but in fact he is just an ordinary person. Zhou Jue felt sour when he thought of this, and he slowly said: "Brother Chen, I think you can say something, don't worry about it." If you carry it alone, maybe I can help you, really, I would like to believe you. After all..."

Zhou Jue found that Chen Hao was not listening to him with his head down, Zhou Jue called his name softly, Chen Hao breathed lightly with his head down, maybe because he was too tired, he leaned on Zhou Jue's shoulder unexpectedly Unknowingly fell asleep.

Zhou Jue sighed and took the cigarette still in Chen Hao's mouth, and smoked it silently.He whispered to Chen Hao who was asleep, "Sleep, Brother Chen."

The next day, when the thin monkey got up, he found that everyone was fast asleep.Perhaps it was really too tiring, and no one persisted until the last vigil.

He woke up Zhou Jue, and Zhou Jue said sorry that he was too tired to hold on.Thin Monkey didn't feel at ease either, since nothing happened anyway.The two woke up the others one after another.Ye Wei had just come back from the outside at this time, holding a bag of steamed buns in his hand, still wearing a very unflattering smile.

He smiled and said: "Everyone is too tired. I ended up keeping vigil."

Fat San rubbed his eyes and said, "Hey, the buns in this small place are really fucking delicious. Is it refined flour?"

Ye Wei said: "There are several breakfast shops in this town, but it's very strange. It seems that every household is holding a funeral. There is a pile of paper money ashes and white lanterns hanging at the door of each household. It's like being in the middle between Yin and Yang. "

Chen Hao muttered silently, and suddenly realized something, he immediately rushed downstairs, the middle-aged woman was still grinding tofu, her face was as pale as the bean juice she ground, all of us surrounded her, she didn't even look up at us Anyone, just grind tofu.Chen Hao asked: "Auntie, I want to ask you something!"

The voice of the middle-aged woman sounded very slight, as if it had been squeezed out from between her teeth.She said; "What's the matter?"

Chen Hao asked, "What's the name of this village?"

The middle-aged woman replied without raising her head, "It's called Yingbin Town."

Chen Hao's face also began to turn pale, when suddenly there was a shout at the door, like a funeral procession.Then the sound of crackling firecrackers also sounded immediately.

The middle-aged woman is still grinding soybeans with her head down.She kept muttering something in her mouth, but no one could figure out what she said.

Chen Hao looked at the crowd with a frown and said, "Yinbing Town...it really is here."

The author has something to say: Summary of the previous article: Zhou Jue, Chen Hao and the others got separated and got off the train inexplicably. In a wasteland, he picked up a lot of materials and a mysterious package.In the end, I also heard the conversation between Chen Rulan and Gu Lao and others, from which I learned that Gu Lao and others finally abandoned Chen Rulan, and Chen chose to sacrifice everyone to provide conditions for the next batch of seven people.

Then Zhou Jue walked out of the wasteland and came to a small town, where he met the lost Chen Hao...

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Well, I'm really sorry for everyone this time, so I'll update it later, and this time I wrote more, more than 7900 words.I've been very busy lately and everything has come at the end of the year.After all, I don't specialize in writing articles, and I have to bow down for five buckets of rice...

The story is now almost 16W written.It is estimated that there are about 15W or so.According to the situation, this is the first time I have written a novel.It was very laborious to write, and I found it much harder to write than a short story, with more things to think about.But very enjoyable.There is a feeling of being a director...

Read it slowly, and leave a message if you have any thoughts and comments on the story.If you find it troublesome, please email me at [email protected].Hmm, any good story material is fine too~~~