Chapter 134 The Infinite Player's Ghost Wife
Dark clouds were gathering in the sky, and it seemed like it would rain at any moment.
Zhang San and Zhang Yunzhao started searching from the entrance of the village, and they also found the same pattern: whenever there was someone in the house, the door would be open.
They did not open the door and check every house, but chose to ask the villagers first.
"Out of more than ten households, only three had their doors open. One was empty, and two were NPCs that could not be spoken to. How strange."
Zhang San murmured, this weirdness was too obvious.
Although the village had seen a number of casualties, resulting in a decrease in population, but from what they saw this morning, at least five out of ten households had people coming out. In contrast, the situation at the entrance of the village seemed very strange.
"Let's go back and search the one where no one is."
Zhang San looked at Zhang Yunzhao, and the two returned again.
The ground in the yard was clean and free of traces, proving that it had never been visited by monsters.
From the furnishings in the room, it can be seen that this is the residence of a man living alone. There are no photos, but there are books, papers and pens, but other than that, it is very empty.
Zhang Yunzhao was in charge of keeping watch. When he saw Zhang San come out and shake his head at him, he knew that there was still no gain.
Zhang Yunzhao: "Brother, this person should not be a fisherman. There is nothing related in his yard."
Zhang San nodded. "No, it's not like the fishermen. I feel like there must be something there. Maybe a cellar or a secret cabinet. Let's go look for it together later."
"I don't know what lines they have..."
Zhang San was talking when he suddenly fell silent.
He approached quietly to an old house with the door closed.
Zhang Yunzhao followed him carefully and also caught the faint voice of talking floating in the air.
There was actually someone talking in the closed house. Zhang Yunzhao held his breath and stuck to the wall with Zhang San.
Unfortunately, the sound was still intermittent and not very clear, but I could hear Uncle Guo's voice.
Zhang San stretched out his hand, pressed it against the wall, and murmured, "Walls have ears."
The wall rippled like water, and then sank slightly, outlining the shape of an ear. An extremely clear sound came from the courtyard through the bricks.
Zhang Yunzhao widened his eyes and silently gave Zhang San a thumbs up.
"Third brother, this is probably our retribution."
In the courtyard, Uncle Guo lit another cigarette. He was not actually very old, but he looked old, with slightly gray temples and rough cheeks full of wrinkles from time, revealing a bit of sadness.
"But many people are innocent. If I could be like you back then...ah..."
Uncle Guo sighed and took a deep puff of his cigarette.
"If you can, try to run outside. We can't get out. No matter how far we drive, we will still return to the road leading into the village."
Uncle Guo threw the cigarette butt on the ground, crushed it with his foot, and coughed twice.
"I'm leaving first, take care of yourself."
Hearing this, Zhang San and Zhang Yunzhao immediately shrank a little closer to the wall to avoid being discovered.
The sounds of footsteps and doors opening and closing gradually rang out, and Uncle Guo walked towards the village along the dark blue road.
Zhang Yunzhao: "Go in and take a look?"
Although Uncle Guo was talking to someone, they did not hear another person's voice.
Zhang San nodded, and they stood at the door and knocked.
There was no response from inside the door. Zhang San and Zhang Yunzhao both prepared for attack and pushed forward.
A man with disheveled hair was standing in the courtyard, staring at them.
Not only was his hair messy, he also had a beard on his face, his clothes were tattered, and he emitted a bad smell, as if he was mentally ill.
Both players were shocked and tried hard to control their emotions and communicate with each other.
The man opened his mouth, stretched out his hands and gestured randomly, trying to express something excitedly.
Zhang Yunzhao saw the broken tongue in his mouth and the missing fingers when he stretched out his hand.
There were only three fingers left on both of his palms, with the middle finger and ring finger missing. The cuts were neat and the tricky placement showed that they were obviously man-made.
The man walked around the yard twice, ran to a wall, lowered his head, and began to dig the soil with difficulty, holding the shovel with his elbow.
Seeing this, Zhang Yunzhao and Zhang San immediately stepped forward to help him dig out the things inside.
There was an iron box there. Zhang Yunzhao opened it at the man's signal. Inside was only a black-and-white photo of a young man and woman.
The man held the photo in his crippled hand and tried hard to express something, but he couldn't say anything and tears flowed from his cloudy eyes.
"Yuan?"
Zhang Yunzhao saw the blurry words on the back of the photo. He could not make out the first word, so he stared at the outline of another word and made a guess.
The man nodded vigorously and made an ahh sound in his throat.
Zhang San: "She is Yuan, is she related to Queen Hai?"
The man nodded and made a hug gesture.
"You mean, she came to hug you?"
The man nodded, then suddenly shook his head and began to gesture randomly again, as if he was on the verge of a mental breakdown.
Zhang San: "Brother, wait a minute. I'll go get my friends to come over. Don't worry. We will stay here until this matter is cleared up."
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"What's the name of the sister who was persecuted?"
With candy in his mouth, Shitou tried to recall and said, "I think her name is Dong Yuan."
After coming out of the house, Lin Zhi and Xie Qing continued to search for clues, but the men they met refused to communicate with them when they heard the topics they were asking about.
Lin Zhi saw Shi Tou hiding behind the house and secretly wiping his tears. Losing his mother was a huge blow to him and he didn't want to talk to anyone.
But Xie Qing was always good at communicating with people, and he quickly opened the child's heart with words and candies, and asked him whether there had been any cases of women being forced to become brides in the village.
The stone man is not big, but he knows a lot.
He said that before the strange things happened, Hai Niangniang's brides were always unmarried women, and some people did not want to marry Hai Niangniang.
This is what Shitou heard when the adults were chatting at home. At that time, the wedding ceremony was held once every three years. Generally, after a wedding ceremony, the priest would choose the next bride based on her birthday, and the next bride would be notified early and make preparations.
About ten years ago, there was a bride who, after waiting for two years and one year before marrying Hai Niangniang, told the villagers that she had someone she loved and could not marry Hai Niangniang.
This incident aroused the anger of his family and villagers. They asked her to tell them who she liked so that they could take action, but she never said it.
Even if she was punished to kneel in the ancestral hall and was beaten, she would fight back resolutely and even wanted to commit suicide.
So for the first time in all these years, a tied bride appeared at the wedding ceremony.
Because of the clan nature, most people in this village have the surname Dong, and even if they are girls with the same surname, the result is still the same.
"Big brother, do you have any more candy?"
Shi Tou looked at Xie Qing, desire in his eyes.
Xie Qing took out another one from his pocket and handed it to him.
Xie Qing bent down and touched the little boy's head, then said with a smile, "I can only give you one at most. I'll leave the others for my wife."
"Then big brother, you better be careful and don't sleep with your wife in our village, otherwise Queen Hai will eat you up, and your wife will be a widow like my mother."
Shitou thought that the brother who gave him candy was a good man, so he gave him careful instructions.
Xie Qing replied calmly: "It's okay, we are outsiders, Queen Hai can't control us."
Sorry, his wife is a man.
Shitou inexplicably felt that there seemed to be a hint of pride in the elder brother's expression, but being able to sleep with his wife and not be eaten by the Queen of the Sea was indeed something to be proud of.
Lin Zhi looked at Xie Qing who was happily chatting with the children, and raised her lips slightly.
He caught the key words in the stone's words and asked, "Was your father also eaten by the sea goddess at home?"
"No, his boat broke and drifted back along the sea. My mother said that the Queen of the Sea left him on the sea and he will never come back."
"I really hate the sea."
Shi Tou looked toward the distant ocean, his fists clenched tightly.
Lin Zhi followed his gaze towards the sea, and the sound of rapid footsteps interrupted his thoughts.
The one coming from the left is Liu Yue holding Tongtong, and the ones coming from the right are Zhang San and Zhang Yunzhao.
When Shi Tou saw so many strangers, he ran away.
Liu Yue: “There is a discovery!”
Zhang San & Zhang Yunzhao: “We have found something!”
Liu Yue: "Look at me first!"
Zhang San & Zhang Yunzhao: "Look at us first!"
Liu Yue: "I'm in a hurry here. There's an old lady who seems to be an important NPC. She even knew the first bride, Chen Alian. She was a complete witness of history. When I tried to push the door open, dark blue mucus gushed out of her room, although it disappeared later."
Zhang San: "We have come across an important clue. Uncle Guo was talking to a man. He was talking about past events, saying it was retribution. The man had his tongue and fingers cut off. The man showed us a photo of a woman named Yuan. He said that the woman was related to Queen Hai and had hugged him, and there was something else!"
The two looked at each other and said at the same time: "Yours seems to be very important too!"
They looked at Lin Zhi and Xie Qing, as if waiting for them to make a decision.
Xie Qing raised his index finger and said, "This is your information."
He held Lin Zhi's fingers again: "This is our information."
“It can be connected in series.”
Fingertips touch lightly, closely connected.
Xie Qing's palm was warm. Lin Zhi was pinching his wrist. He watched Xie Qing naturally hold his hand after completing the action, and raised his eyebrows slightly.
Xie Qing: "So don't worry, we can sort it out first, don't worry about the clues slipping away. After all, it's still a while before dark, so nothing should happen."
Xie Qing knew very well that the game had its own rules, and that not all events would occur in the same period of time, but would progress gradually.
Lin Zhi pushed open an empty house and motioned for them to come in and talk.
Lin Zhi: "Let's start with the old lady."
Liu Yue nodded and told the whole story. Tongtong once again recounted her experience of coming into contact with the old lady.
Tongtong found the woodshed because he heard the singing. The old lady was lying on the bed inside. After she finished singing, she started talking to her.
Tongtong: "I asked the question, and after grandma answered it, she said she was tired, so I left."
Liu Yue: "After I was scared, I wanted to go directly to you, but I met an aunt on the way. She was the daughter-in-law of the old lady. She kicked open the door of the woodshed impatiently with a bowl in her hand, complaining about being served while asking her to eat. I even looked inside and didn't see anything strange, but I was sure I was definitely not seeing things."
"Then I went to talk to that lady, and she said that Chen A-Lian was my grandmother's good friend. After Chen A-Lian became a sea princess, my grandmother got married. But not long after she got married, she started having nightmares and going crazy. She said that Chen A-Lian was crying for help."
"After she gave birth, she became even crazier. She is too old to take care of herself, so as her daughter-in-law, she can only serve her."
"But I think this family treated grandma abusively, forcing her to sleep in a woodshed that is totally uninhabitable."
After Liu Yue and Tong Tong finished talking, Xie Qing started to talk about the information that could be connected.
"We found a house with blood all over the door, and found the tablet for the offering inside. Chen Alian was the elder sister of the offering, but her tablet was turned upside down. The one being worshipped was the son of the first fisherman in the legend. Calculating his age, he should be 63 this year."
This happened 60 years ago. The house of the first bride who was sacrificed is now full of blood, which shows the tragic scene of the massacre.
Her friend had dreamed of her crying for help many years ago, and monster-related phenomena appeared in her room.
But this time the monster should not be just one person. These clues also mention a girl named Dong Yuan who was tied up and sacrificed nine years ago.
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