Chapter 50
When Yi Tu met Dong Haoyue's fiancé Chu Sichi, he had just come out of the Dong family ancestral hall.
The man was tall and handsome, but his face looked extremely haggard.
Although Dong Haoyue was not yet his married wife, Chu Sichi still wore a white linen coat to mourn for her.
He did not look surprised when he saw so many guests coming to look for him. Instead, he calmly asked the servant beside him:
"Where are Mr. and Mrs. Dong?"
"Master Chu, Master Dong is ill and can't get out of bed today." The servant replied quickly, "Madam Hui is waiting for you in the lobby."
Chu Sichi nodded, and then said to the other players:
"Everyone, let's go to the lobby to discuss things."
After saying that, he took the lead and walked towards the lobby. The other players had to follow him, with Yi Tu and Song Jingchen walking at the back.
After all, there is a difference between low-level card fields and high-level card fields. The plot NPC characters here are becoming more and more flexible, almost close to real people.
Yitu was thinking quietly, but he didn't know what role Chu Sichi played in this story.
If it is just a simple plot NPC, there is nothing to be afraid of. But the fear is that the plot NPC will also turn into a ghost NPC.
With the shadow of the pair of red embroidered shoes last night and another person's sudden death in the morning, there are at least two ghost NPCs in this depressing and empty Dong residence.
Thinking of this, Yitu looked at Song Jingchen, but the latter was not in the right state at all, with melancholy and sadness between his brows.
"Xiao Song, was there any strange movement in your east wing last night?"
Hearing Yi Tu's question, Song Jingchen came back to his senses.
"have."
"Last night, a ghost stood in front of the window of Qian Yang and my room. It was very tall and didn't look like a human."
Qian Yang is Lu Nan's pseudonym.
Song Jingchen couldn't describe the terrifying feeling. The Dong residence was haunted to the point where ghosts didn't even avoid people.
Not only the servants in the house were superstitious, but even the housekeeper was worried.
Yi Tu couldn't help but frown after hearing this. They had too little information now, and the most worrying thing was that they had no idea of the rules of how ghosts killed people.
"Last night, a drowned ghost wearing a red wedding dress appeared in our room," Yitu said. "It didn't look like the eldest daughter of the Dong family."
Song Jingchen was stunned. "A red wedding dress? Is there anyone else in the Dong family getting married besides Dong Haoyue?"
Yitu shook his head, "It may not be the Dong family's bride."
Jiang Hanyu said that it was the second good news, and the so-called double happiness did not only come to the Dong family.
Several people soon arrived at the lobby. Mrs. Hui sat on a high chair with a sad face. A bloated old mother stood beside her.
The remaining players who had not been met were already sitting in the hall.
Yi Tu immediately caught a glimpse of Jiang Hanyu sitting in the lower left corner. It looked like the man had just woken up and was called over by the servant.
"Si Chi, you're here."
When Madam Hui saw Chu Sichi, her worried expression finally eased a little. She asked everyone to sit down, but Chu Sichi stood there without moving.
"Madam, a guest died this morning, and I was the first to discover it."
When this matter was mentioned, Hui Furen's pretty face was filled with sadness again, and she sighed softly.
"We all know. I'm afraid that the distinguished guest...I'm afraid he died a violent death."
"This matter has nothing to do with you, Si Chi, you should sit down and talk."
After all, the guest died in a miserable way, and no one heard any sound at all when he died. This is definitely not something an ordinary person can do.
Chu Sichi shook his head and insisted on standing. Madam Hui had no choice but to let him go.
"I have called the servants to take the distinguished guest to the back mountain for burial." Madam Hui covered her chest with her hands, still feeling frightened.
"Only the first night after Xiaoyue's death, something like this happened."
Madam Hui smiled bitterly, "I think everyone has already made up their minds. I'm afraid Xiaoyue's ghost is asking us to give her an explanation."
"Especially since she was murdered before her wedding day and still harbors resentment, how can she be at peace in her reincarnation?"
"Although I was mentally prepared, I never expected someone to die so soon, and in such a tragic way."
"Xiaoyue has always been gentle and lovely. How could she do such a thing after her death?" Madam Hui murmured.
At this time, someone asked:
"So what is the madam going to do? We were invited here to attend a wedding, not to catch ghosts."
Yitu looked at the man when he heard the voice. The man who spoke had sharp features, especially his tall, hooked nose.
His question seemed like a deliberate reminder to Madam Hui. Yi Tu's heart moved and he roughly knew the purpose of this man's behavior.
After all, one of the conditions for them to pass the level is to complete the mandatory tasks in the card field.
The mandatory task of this card game is to complete the red "囍" wedding.
Even if the player does not bring it up, the wedding will eventually take place for various reasons; it is just a matter of time.
But it’s too early to do this. Every day they delay in playing cards means a day more of risk.
Instead of being pushed around by the plot, it’s better to take the initiative.
As the level of the card field increases, players' attitudes towards the game change a lot.
Most players in low-level card games are thinking about escaping, while mid-to-high-level players are thinking about cooperating.
Madam Hui was stunned for a moment, and it took a long time before she spoke:
"In this case, I'm afraid only a ghost marriage can resolve Xiaoyue's resentment."
"If we do this, how will Young Master Chu be able to marry and have children normally in the future? I really can't make the decision on this matter."
At this time, Chu Sichi suddenly said:
"Madam, I am willing to enter into a ghost marriage with Haoyue. I will only have Haoyue as my wife in this life."
"Whether she is a human or a ghost."
Madam Hui held her forehead with her hand, her expression complicated:
"Si Chi, I know you and Xiao Yue love each other and have a deep relationship, but this is no small matter..."
Chu Sichi raised the corner of his lips slightly, "Madam, I know what you are worried about. Now I have the final say in the Chu family. No one can be my master."
"I said I would marry her, and I won't break my promise."
Speaking of this, a special kind of attachment and love appeared on Chu Sichi's face.
Yi Tu couldn't help but frown. For Chu Sichi, the tragic death of someone in Dong's house not only had no impact at all, but was actually a good thing.
Because he wanted to be with Dong Haoyue forever, and at this time Dong Haoyue's ghost was wandering in the compound.
Extreme love makes people lose their minds.
Madam Hui was silent for a long time, then she sighed and said:
"Well, in that case, there is no other choice. Apart from a ghost marriage, there is no other way to appease Xiaoyue's spirit."
"The 18th day of the first lunar month is a good day. I will order people to start preparing right away."
As soon as Madam Hui finished her words, plot prompts popped up on the players' game panels.
[The progress of the card game has reached 15%, please keep up the good work! ]
When everyone was leaving the hall, Yitu stopped Chu Sichi who was about to turn back to the ancestral hall.
"Sir, what can I do for you?" Chu Sichi frowned slightly.
Yitu stepped forward and said, "Master Chu, I would like to ask you something about Miss Dong."
Chu Sichi was slightly stunned, "Please speak."
Yitu got straight to the point: "Did Miss Dong have a close boudoir friend when she was alive?"
"How do you know?" Chu Sichi's face flashed with surprise, "Haoyue had a very good playmate when he was alive. She was Du Jinyu, the cousin of the Du family."
"Miss Du?" Song Jingchen pressed, "Is it the Du residence next door to the Dong family?"
Chu Sichi glanced at him and said, "That's right."
"Sir, why do you suddenly ask this question?"
Chu Sichi frowned even deeper, his gaze fixed heavily on Yi Tu.
Lu Nan, who had originally planned to leave on his own, also stopped.
"Because she appeared in my room last night." Yitu said softly.
Chu Sichi was stunned for a few seconds, then immediately realized what Yi Tu meant.
Dong Haoyue is Dong Qingshan's only daughter. Apart from Madam Hui, there is no other young woman in this house.
However, Yi Tu was certain that the person who appeared in his room was Du Jinyu. This was impossible, but because of Dong Haoyue's death, it became the only possibility.
That means Du Jinyu is dead.
It was her ghost that appeared in Yitu's room.
"How could this happen?" Chu Sichi's face was full of shock, but a hint of understanding flashed in his eyes.
Yitu did not miss this detail, Chu Sichi must know something.
Sure enough, the next moment, Chu Sichi said with a hint of melancholy:
"Haoyue and Jinyu had a very good relationship. They had a promise in their lifetime."
"That means having a wedding together on the same day."
"If Haoyue hadn't died, if Jinyu was still alive, this wedding should have been ours."
Chu Sichi smiled bitterly, "But after all, sisters are so close, how could it be such a coincidence that they both died on the same day."
"I am left alone to bear the pain."
"Master Chu, what is your relationship with Miss Du?"
At this time, Jiang Hanyu's faint voice sounded behind Yi Tu.
Chu Sichi looked up, his expression slightly complicated:
"We...were playmates who grew up together."
The Dong family and the Chu family are old friends, and Dong Haoyue and he are a well-matched couple who were engaged at birth.
They grew up together, were almost inseparable, and had a deep bond.
When Du Jinyu was six years old, she returned to the Du family with her widowed mother and changed her surname.
Originally, Chu Sichi didn't know Du Jinyu until Dong Haoyue accidentally picked up Du Jinyu at a street party who was deliberately left behind by a servant.
Dong Haoyue was kind-hearted and brought such a lovely little friend back to the Dong family, and they stayed there for three or four days.
By the time the Du family came looking for her, Du Jinyu was already reluctant to leave.
She held the hands of her two little friends and cried silently, her tears forming a string of pearls.
The master of the Du family felt ashamed and his face turned blue.
However, Dong Qingshan thought it would be nice for his daughter to have a playmate, so he allowed Du Jinyu to come to Dong's house to play with his daughter at any time.
With Mr. Dong's words, Du Jinyu finally followed her mother home obediently.
From then on, there was a little tail like this behind him and Dong Haoyue.
But now, the two beauties are no longer around, and Chu Sichi feels extremely depressed.
"Before Jinyu died..."
He wanted to ask what Du Jinyu looked like before his death, what kind of suffering he had endured, and whether he was killed by someone like Dong Haoyue.
But his voice had already become hoarse. Yitu saw this and said:
"Miss Du was covered in water. She must have drowned."
"Drowning?" Chu Sichi was stunned for a while before he said in a deep voice:
"Why don't you all come with me to the Du family and ask for clarification."
They followed Chu Sichi out of the Dong family's house and knocked on the door of the Du family's house. After a while, a servant opened the door.
"Master Chu, why are you here too?"
"Madam Hui just brought a group of guests in. What are you doing..."
Yitu was slightly stunned. It seemed that someone was even faster than them and reached the Du family's gate.
After entering, he found that the Du family was larger than the Dong family and had more servants.
Compared with the white flowers and white cloth everywhere in Dong's house, Du Jinyu's death was like a drop of water falling into a pond, without making any splashes.
There were no white flowers, and the "囍" character was torn cleanly. There was no sadness on the faces of the Du family members, and the children were still playing in the yard.
As luck would have it, the naughty child bumped into Jiang Hanyu's legs and burst into tears.
Yitu raised her eyebrows slightly and looked at the unhappy man with a hint of ridicule in her eyes.
However, before the old woman could pick up the child to coax him, Jiang Hanyu frowned and glanced at the child coldly, and the child's cry was immediately choked in his throat.
Now it was Yitu's turn to be dumbfounded. Is this even possible?
Song Jingchen couldn't help but laugh beside him.
Yitu chuckled, "It's pretty good, but this NPC isn't very dedicated."
"I think it's quite vivid." Song Jingchen said quietly: "Brother Yu treats his children the same way in real life."
"Really?" Yitu was a little surprised.
Song Jingchen nodded and was about to say something else when the cold knife began to fly towards him. He could only shut up awkwardly.
They were taken into a side hall by the Du family's servants, where Du Jinyu's coffin was placed. They were not even qualified to enter the Du family's ancestral hall.
The ones who arrived before them were Hai Ling and others who were looking for Madam Hui.
"Oh, what a coincidence, we meet again."
Hai Ling greeted them with a smile, but no one paid any attention to him.
He was not angry, he touched his nose and said:
"I heard from the servants that Du Jinyu committed suicide by jumping into a well at night. She died very quietly and no one knew about it."
"She didn't like her current fiancé and was arguing with Madam Li about breaking off the engagement before her death."
Madam Li is Du Jinyu's mother.
Having said that, Hai Ling looked at Chu Sichi who was standing silently beside her.
"Master Chu, does Miss Du's death have anything to do with you? Or is it related to Miss Dong?"
Chu Si Chi suddenly looked up at him with a serious look.
Hai Ling wasn't afraid either. Her fox eyes narrowed slightly, "Why aren't you talking? There can't be no connection, otherwise why would Du Jinyu go to the Dong family?"
"In fact, her coffin has been buried three times, but each time it failed."
Hearing this, Yitu subconsciously looked at the corners of the coffin, and indeed there was some moist brown soil.
"Miss Du must be unwilling to give up, so after each burial, she would return to the well."
At this time, Madam Hui, who had been silent the whole time, spoke up. "Master Du has no other choice, but if the body stays here, it will stink even in March."
There were dozens of people in the Du family, and they had to draw a lot of water from the well every day. However, Du Jinyu's body sank in the well and there was no way to bury it. This made Mr. Du very angry.
Fortunately, the Du family still had a well for drinking, so Du Jinyu's body was left in the side hall and no one cared about it.
"Mrs. Li is so cruel that she doesn't even protect her own daughter and lets her stink and rot?" Song Jingchen said on the way back.
Yi Tu did not deny that the groom Du Jinyu was going to marry was the second young master of a wealthy family.
He was attracted by Du Jinyu's beauty and forced himself on her to marry him, and stayed in the Du family for a long time.
Although Du Jinyu didn't like him, she had to get along with him reluctantly because of her mother and uncle's wishes.
But in the end, he couldn't escape the fate of being forced into marriage.
The Dong family's lunch was delivered to the room by the servants, and thus the four of them separated.
Yi Tu and Jiang Hanyu returned to the west wing. There was no white silk on the eaves of Miss Dong's room, and Yi Tu felt relieved.
Even though this card game is of a high level, nothing terrible has happened so far except for understanding the background of the story.
But precisely because of this, Yitu felt particularly uneasy. The fear of being unable to control his own situation and not knowing when death would come always enveloped him.
Perhaps his expression was too serious, affecting someone's appetite.
Jiang Hanyu put down his chopsticks and sighed softly:
"Don't think too much, this card room is actually very simple."
"What do you mean?" Yi Tu's heart moved.
Seeing that he was clearly trying to get something for nothing, Jiang Hanyu raised the corners of his lips slightly:
"The card room requires players to complete the Red Wedding, so let's complete it."
Yitu was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he finally understood what the man meant.
Yeah, why didn’t he think of it?
No matter how complicated the plot is or how intertwined the characters are, they themselves are already outside the story.
Apart from ensuring their own survival, the only thing they have to do is to complete the red wedding.
The prerequisite for completing the red wedding is that the two grooms are not dead.
If one of Chu Sichi and Shao Feng died, the wedding would not be able to be completed as planned.
If nothing unexpected happens, they will be trapped in the card room.
Jiang Hanyu had already seen through the essence of this game from the moment he entered the card room.
To a certain extent, it is often said that not only are they not the protagonists here, but they are all supporting roles that must protect the protagonist.
Yi Tu felt instantly upset when Jiang Hanyu revealed this.
It was already difficult for him to save himself, and now he had to save two key NPCs.
As for Chu Sichi and Shao Feng, the latter is most likely to be killed by a ghost.
Du Jinyu was forced to death by Shao Feng, but it is also possible that it was related to Chu Sichi and Dong Haoyue.
But they still don't know Dong Haoyue's motive for murder.
A love triangle?
This thought just flashed through his mind, and Yitu no longer thought about it.
As time goes by, everything will come to light. It's just a matter of time.
After lunch, Jiang Hanyu was preparing to take a nap, and Yi Tu was planning to go for a walk.
At this time, Song Jingchen came hurriedly again, with a lingering sense of fear on his face.
"Something happened in the main house!"
"What's wrong?" Yitu was stunned. "Tell me slowly."
After seeing the two of them, Song Jingchen finally felt a little relieved.
"Many servants were hanged on the eaves on both sides of the main house!"
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