Non-Human Seeking Re-employment

The sky slowly darkened.

The Ghost Bride was still lying quietly in the coffin, the white paper covering her face was oozing blood a little bit, and the outline of the facial features appeared, as if it was about to tear out of the paper.

The candles in the hall flickered on and off, adding to the gloomy atmosphere.

In the side hall next door, a figure stood there forming a circle. They lowered their heads. Everyone's face was hidden in the darkness, only the eyeballs were shining.

The faint voices sounded one after another.

"Say."

"What exactly is going on."

"Quickly explain clearly."

He Bo surrounded by players: ...

Why does it seem like the roles are reversed?

The man in the suit said, "How did this ghost bride get here?"

Uncle He pursued the idea of ​​asking three questions, keeping his mouth shut no matter what he asked, and not saying a word.

Seeing that it was about to get dark, the players couldn't help becoming anxious.

Perhaps due to Shen Dongqing's infection, the players became more courageous. Non-mainstream players clenched their fists and threatened, "I respect the elderly more. If you don't tell me, don't blame me for being careless."

He Bo had seen hundreds of college students who came to Sishui Town to play and collect folk songs, but it was the first time he met such a fierce one, and cold sweat broke out at that time.

"I really don't know." He Bo saw that he had no choice but to confess, "This is a custom handed down in Sishui Town, and ghost brides are worshiped every year."

The things enshrined are naturally living people.

"If you don't enshrine, something terrible will happen."

I don't know what harm the ancestors of Sishui Town have caused. Every year, living people are used to worship and sacrifice. Gradually, Sishui Town has become desolate, and there are only a dozen families left.

When the aborigines in Sishui Town were about to become extinct, for some reason, a group of outsiders would come to the town every once in a while, and these outsiders were more favored by the Ghost Bride.

Let others die so that you can live.

Such a good deal, who would not want to do it?

He Bo tremblingly said: "That's all I know..."

Some non-mainstream people don't believe it, and want to try again, but He Bo only talks about these messages.

Other players can only give up.

JK beautiful girl worried: "The ghost bride will wake up soon."

Shen Dongqing snorted coldly, and said, "I'll just wait for her to come."

The attention of the person who dared to hit him was because he didn't want to be a ghost.

The beautiful JK girl glanced at the murderous Shen Dongqing, and thought, maybe she should worry about the ghost bride.

The non-mainstream asked in a low voice: "Would you like to prepare something?"

The man in the suit nodded: "Everyone put together spells or something, maybe we can take down the ghost bride in one fell swoop and solve the puzzle."

They put together a stack of yellow talismans, represented by the beautiful JK girl, and gave it to Shen Dongqing.

Shen Dongqing asked strangely: "What are you doing for me?"

The beautiful JK girl said, "Isn't it time to prepare for a fight with the ghost bride?"

Shen Dongqing nodded: "That's true."

But he didn't go to pick up the stack of yellow talismans, but said to He Bo: "I'm hungry, go get some food, maybe hot pot."

With a gloomy face, He Bo walked out tremblingly.

The beautiful JK girl pinched the yellow talisman with a confused look on her face: "What do you want to eat?"

Shen Dongqing: "Isn't it pre-war preparations? You can't perform if you're hungry."

JK beautiful girl: "Huh?"

So a group of players watched Shen Dongqing happily eat the steaming hot pot.

The gloomy atmosphere in the hall was swept away, and turned into a delicious hot pot smell.

Midnight is approaching.

Shen Dongqing was too full again, and fell asleep leaning on Zhou Wenyan's shoulder while waiting.

In order not to be affected, the other players hid early, leaving only the two of them.

Zhou Wenyan stroked Shen Dongqing's shoulder repeatedly, and raised his eyes to look at the coffin placed in the hall.

The things inside the coffin became restless, and there was a sound of "sizzling" from it, as if something was rubbing against the inner wall of the coffin.

After going on like this for a while, dirty blood seeped out of the cracks in the coffin, fell on the bluestone slab, and flowed into the side hall in a meandering way.

boom--

The Ghost Bride suddenly sat up, her feet lifted off the ground, like a paper kite, she floated over gently.

Following her movements, the white paper covering her face peeled off and fell to the ground, soaked in blood.

The hair ornament on the ghost bride's head hung down, and a pair of eyes without whites opened behind the golden tassels.She grinned, and the stinky mud flowed down her lips.

A gust of wind blew past, crackling the old wooden lattice windows.

Shen Dongqing frowned slightly, woke up with a start, looked up, and met the ghost bride's lifeless eyes.

After seeing clearly the people in the side hall, the Ghost Bride's body stiffened and she froze in place.

After a while, the ghost bride turned around and ran away, apparently wishing she hadn't been out of the coffin.

It's just that the ghost bride ran a little too slowly, and before she could get back into the coffin, someone grabbed her shoulders.

Shen Dongqing smiled slightly, a cute dimple appeared on her cheek, looking very harmless: "Talk?"

The ghost bride trembled under her instinctive reaction.

She still remembers the horror of being forced back into the coffin and unable to move.

The strength in Shen Dongqing's hand increased: "You have a crush on my man?"

The ghost bride is a grieving ghost supported by a wave of resentment. She doesn't have much reason, but even so, there will be fear.Under Shen Dongqing's smile, she clasped her hands together, and she was about to kneel down to prove that she didn't have such thoughts, nor did she dare to have such thoughts.

Nonsense, if you know that she is robbing the boss, she will never leave the warm coffin.

Seeing that she had a good attitude of admitting her mistake, Shen Dongqing snorted coldly and withdrew her hand: "Do you know that making yin relatives is a feudal superstition?"

The ghost bride was stunned.

She is feudal superstition itself...

But due to the gap in strength, the ghost bride can only be forced to receive education.

"Marriage is very important." Shen Dongqing said seriously, "Consensus is a must, forced marriage is immoral, and yin relatives are not protected by law!"

As Shen Dongqing was talking, she thought of the ghost who married Zhou Wenyan, and felt that she wanted to crack down on this kind of yin marriage.

After being educated, he thought about the serious matter: "Why do you want to have a yin relationship with someone?"

The Ghost Bride stood beside Shen Dongqing like a little daughter-in-law, with her head bowed.

She wanted to explain, but as soon as she opened her mouth, the mud stuffed in her mouth flowed out, and she couldn't speak at all, she could only make a sound of "ahhh".

Zhou Wenyan said, "Take us to the place with the tablet."

Fortunately, this is what the ghost bride can do. She turned around and floated ahead, leading the two of them to the depths of the Shen family's old house.

Behind the locust tree, there is a very hidden door, which is still blocked by various sundries. If it weren't for someone or a ghost leading the way, it would not have been discovered.

The ghost bride went straight through the wall.

Zhou Wenyan took two steps to the run-up, and jumped onto the fence with ease. He bent down and pulled Shen Dongqing, and the two of them jumped down together and landed in the yard.

The courtyard behind this door has not been visited for a long time, and a thick layer of fallen leaves has accumulated on the ground, exuding a rancid smell.

The ghost bride pointed to the small house in the middle of the yard.

Different from other dilapidated old buildings, this house still looks bright and beautiful, with white walls and black tiles, two doors are closed, and a lock is hung on the outside.

The ghost bride gestured, indicating that she did not have a key.

Shen Dongqing stepped forward and grabbed the big bronze lock, only to hear a "click", and the lock fell down.

Just kidding, what door has Shen Dongqing never destroyed?Even if it's an anti-theft door, it's just a one-kick thing, and it will be blocked by an old-fashioned lock?

Shen Dongqing dropped the lock and walked in first.

Here is a shrine.

Facing them is a pile of memorial tablets as high as a hill, densely packed, directly covering a wall.In front of the tablet is an offering of joss sticks, as if someone has been worshiping.

Shen Dongqing took a closer look, and there were lines of characters written on the tablet, all of which belonged to the Shen family.

It seems that this Shen family has a long history, there are hundreds of memorial tablets alone, and it is dazzling to see under the candlelight.

At first glance, there was nothing wrong with these tablets, but Zhou Wenyan looked carefully at the two rows and found a special place.

"The names on these tablets are all surnamed Shen."

Logically speaking, all the elders of a big family are worshiped in the ancestral hall, whether it is a man in the original family or a daughter-in-law married in outside, they can enjoy the offerings, but here, there are obviously no people with foreign surnames, and every tablet is Shen surname.

Another point is that the daughters of Shen Moumou who were written on the tablet all died young, and the oldest one never survived, as if only boys in the whole family survived.

So where did the woman go?

Zhou Wenyan looked at the ghost bride standing aside.

tick-

A drop of turbid water dripped from the Ghost Bride's body, and it could be seen that the exposed skin was covered with mud.

Zhou Wenyan was thoughtful: "Pond?"

At this moment, a gust of wind blew over a tablet and rolled it to Shen Dongqing's feet.

He bent down to pick it up, turned it over, saw the name engraved on it, and said in surprise, "This is actually my tablet!"

If ordinary people saw their names appearing on the tablet, they would have been scared to death.Fortunately, Shen Dongqing was not an ordinary person, he had already died once, so he didn't care about it, and even picked up the tablet to observe carefully.

"Why use such poor wood?" Shen Dongqing was very dissatisfied, "The engraved characters are too ugly."

Zhou Wenyan stepped forward: "Is there a tablet for me?"

"No." Shen Dongqing shook the tablet, "Shall I engrave one for you?"

Zhou Wenyan pressed Shen Dongqing's hand, and explained helplessly: "This is for the dead." He still doesn't need this thing yet.

Shen Dongqing suddenly realized: "Does that mean I'm dead now?"

Zhou Wenyan let out a muffled laugh, reached out and pinched his cheek: "How is it?"

Shen Dongqing could clearly feel the slightly rough fingertips sliding across the skin. If there was a tactile sensation, it meant that she was not dead yet.

"Itchy." Shen Dongqing patted off the hand that was still touching his face.

Zhou Wenyan put down his hand and said, "But why is there no tablet for me?"

According to the character design of the game, he and Shen Dongqing are "brothers", but one is an aborigine from Sishui Town, and the other was fostered outside since childhood. The two sides are opposing camps.

Could it be that the problem lies in this tablet?

Zhou Wenyan didn't think of a reason, so he decided to leave here first.

On this night, no one dared to fall asleep.

The other players were all huddled in a room, waiting for the dawn with trepidation.

In the silence, someone suddenly said: "Is there something wrong with the two of them?"

The man in the suit said: "Who knows, this game is very dangerous, and no one knows how long they will live."

The non-mainstream said hesitantly: "If both of them fall to the ghost bride, wouldn't we be in danger..."

The man in the leather jacket said: "They didn't die in vain. At least we know the conditions for getting married. Just be careful not to be named."

The non-mainstream interrupted him: "It's not dawn yet, how can you be sure that something happened to them?"

The man in the leather jacket: "It's a matter of chance, why don't people say it?"

While the two sides were arguing fiercely, the JK beautiful girl who had been silent all this time gently pushed open the door and walked out without a sound, without attracting anyone's attention.

In the deep corridor, the JK beautiful girl walked out like a ghost, her eyes blank

She heard a call ringing in her ear.

"come over……"

"Come here……"

The JK beautiful girl was conscious, but her body couldn't help herself, and walked over following the calls.She wanted to fight, but she was lazy and couldn't get up.

Tick.

A bit of foul-smelling liquid fell to the ground.

The beautiful JK girl looked up and saw the swollen and pale woman lying on the wall, waving at her.

past.

As long as it's over you'll be fine.

The JK beautiful girl only struggled a bit, then walked over in a daze.

Just when she was about to walk into the arms of these women, she suddenly heard a voice.

"Is she sleepwalking?"

Then the JK beautiful girl's eyes went dark and she lost consciousness.

With a hand knife, Shen Dongqing knocked out the beautiful JK girl neatly, preventing her from sleepwalking, and then made people lie on the ground without any sense of sympathy.

The JK beautiful girl hit the back of her head on the ground, and woke up again from the pain.

"Hey, why does my neck hurt so much?" The beautiful JK girl rubbed her neck and stood up in doubt.

Shen Dongqing put her hands in her pockets, as if it was none of his business.

Zhou Wenyan took the topic directly, and asked, "What did you see just now?"

It’s okay not to mention it, but the beautiful JK girl almost cried in fright: “I just saw a lot of women lying on the fence…” When she turned her head, the fence was bare and there was nothing there.

The beautiful JK girl was stunned: "Where are the ghosts?"

Zhou Wenyan went over to have a look. There were no ghosts on the wall, but there were wet marks and smelly mud left.

silt.

Another pond.

Zhou Wenyan said, "Looks like I'm going to see the pond."

There must be something in the pond, but they can't seem to dig out the things in the pond alone, so they still need to find a few coolies to help with the work.

knock --

The voice is not heavy, but it is particularly prominent in the middle of the night, which makes people feel nervous.

The players in the room stopped talking unanimously, and turned their heads stiffly to look over.

Under the moonlight, a long figure could be seen standing outside.

"Fuck."

"It can't be a ghost bride, can it?"

The players froze in place. There was only one exit in this room. If the ghost bride blocked them and opened the door to kill them, they would really be unable to escape.

The man in the suit suggested: "Rush out."

This is the only way. The non-mainstream closed his eyes and said: "Life and death are fate! Whoever dies will be unlucky!"

As soon as the voice fell, he rushed out towards the door, trying to escape in one go.

But as soon as he opened the door, the non-mainstream realized that the person standing at the door was not the ghost bride but Zhou Wenyan. He wanted to brake quickly, but he rushed so hard that he braked suddenly and fell to the ground, even the people behind rushed over. .

Zhou Wenyan was silent: ...

It has to be said that this is the worst class he has ever led.But it's okay, you don't need to rely on them to decrypt, just use them as coolies, and it's not impossible to have a low IQ.

Shen Dongqing was amused, and couldn't help but pat her thigh.

The JK beautiful girl let out a snort and laughed.

Zhou Wenyan was also infected by Shen Dongqing, with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth: "Come out and help."

As soon as the players stood up in disgrace, they followed the two bosses and walked out.

When she was about to go out, Shen Dongqing stopped.

Zhou Wenyan asked, "What's wrong?"

Shen Dongqing said: "The game said before that my setting is that I cannot leave the Shen family's old house."

But he thought about it, and took out the tablet from his pocket. He took it out beforehand, and it just happened to be useful now.

"It seems to be fine with this."

Zhou Wenyan glanced over the tablet, but did not stop him.

The streets are dead silent at night.

It seems that there is no living person in the whole Sishui Town, it is quiet, and there is no sound at all.

The beautiful JK girl rubbed her arms, bowed her head and followed the team.

As she walked through one house after another, she seemed to sense something, and she lifted the lantern and took a look.

It's okay if you don't look at it, but you are shocked when you see it.

A figure was standing behind the window, quietly watching the group of people passing by.

The beautiful JK girl was frightened and stood there, her throat seemed to be blocked, and she could not make any sound.

The non-mainstream was the first to notice something was wrong with her, and stopped: "What's wrong?"

The JK beautiful girl pointed to the window with trembling fingers, and stuttered: "There are people there."

When the players heard this, they looked in the direction she pointed.

The non-mainstream subconsciously burst into a foul language: "Fuck."

The person who was peeping at them was not only not afraid, but also looked at them through the window with cold eyes, as if he was looking at a dead person.

"I, let's go quickly." JK beautiful girl urged.

The others also agreed, wanting to leave here quickly, after all, this person looks so weird that it makes one's scalp tingle.

But there was one person in the team who did the opposite.

Shen Dongqing went straight through the crowd and walked towards the house.

The man in suit standing next to him didn't even have time to stop him, he could only look at Shen Dongqing's back and stomp his feet: "What did you do in the past?"

Shen Dongqing tilted her head: "What's there to be afraid of? There are so many of us, he should be the most afraid."

As he spoke, he opened the window and smiled friendly with the people standing inside.

The voyeur standing by the window obviously didn't expect such a hand, and shrank back in fear.

Shen Dongqing grabbed the person directly, and dragged him out forcefully.

He threw the slightly thin man on the ground and raised his chin: "Don't you want to dig a pond? Coolie."

The other players were stunned.

Shen Dongqing touched her chin: "It seems that one is not enough."

He raised his eyes and glanced over, meeting the pairs of eyes hidden in the darkness.

The other players watched as Shen Dongqing knocked on the doors one by one, then pulled out all the aborigines roughly and drove them to an open place.

The aborigines were lined up into two teams. At a glance, there were at least forty or fifty people, all of whom were young and middle-aged, and there were no women in the entire Sishui town.These people were all pale, with thick dark circles under their eyes, none of them were sleeping, and they were all standing in front of the windows and peeping.

Players shudder at the thought of so many pairs of eyes staring at them from the shadows.

"It's terrible..." Someone muttered.

Then the Aboriginal people paid the price for the voyeurism right away—they were all sent off to dig ponds.

For some reason, as soon as the aborigines approached the pond, expressions of panic appeared on their faces, as if they really didn't want to get close.But after Shen Dongqing easily picked up a person and threw him into the pond, the other aborigines could only reluctantly walk down the pond.

The pond was not deep, and forty or fifty people were squeezed into it and forced to do coolies. When it was just dawn, the water in the pond was drained, exposing a thick layer of silt underneath.

JK beautiful girl pointed to a corner: "There seems to be something there."

Forty or fifty aborigines looked at that place in unison.

A pale phalanx emerged from the mud, like a human finger.

Seeing this, the expression of the aborigines changed, and they ran out like crazy regardless of the big bosses on the shore to suppress them.

"Such a big reaction?"

Shen Dongqing didn't stop it either, anyway, the coolies had already been done, and the next thing to do was to dig out the contents.

The three male players resigned themselves to digging the mud.

But after digging, it was discovered that there were too many bones buried in the mud, and some of them were only found after digging all morning.

They had no choice but to stop first and go ashore to rest.

The excavated bones were placed by the pond, neatly, without even a place to rest.

Zhou Wenyan said: "They are all female bones."

There are no married women on the tablet in the ancestral hall, and the bones of women are buried in the pond, and the aborigines in Sishui Town are only male.

These are definitely connected, but there are still not enough clues to get a proper explanation.

Shen Dongqing yawned: "Why don't we go back first."

He was sleepy after working all night.

In this way, the other players were also infected, and they all yawned.

Fortunately, after a night of suffering, the players got into the room, forgetting about the danger, and fell into a deep sleep.

On the contrary, Shen Dongqing, who was sleepy at first, didn't feel sleepy anymore. He tossed and turned on the bed, and suddenly felt a hard thing on his waist. He sat up, opened the bed and saw that there was a notebook stuffed under it.

Another notebook.

It seems that the collection of clues in this game depends entirely on notebooks. Who else can write a diary except elementary school students?

Shen Dongqing opened it and saw that the owner of this notebook was not very old, and he might really be a primary school student. The handwriting was crooked, and there was a line of big characters on the opened page, revealing a strange atmosphere.

—Mom is crazy.