Strange Stories about Castle Rules
The fabric that can be used as curtains should not have any elasticity, but at this moment, it was like a python hunting its prey, wrapping itself around her tighter and tighter.
In addition, even fragile parts such as the head and neck were tightly strangled.
Ding Can couldn't see the scene outside, but she could feel her body rising up. It was as if the curtains had a teleportation function and were pulling her up.
She could almost hear the dull crackling of the bones in her body. If she hadn't reacted quickly and protected her neck with her hands, her cervical vertebrae would have been broken by now.
Without space, breathing naturally became a difficult task. She became increasingly breathless and had no doubt that she would soon be squeezed into a mass of flesh and bones.
She thought of using flames. The curtains were made of flammable material. If she started the fire from the center outwards, maybe she could escape.
The fingers that can still move are now the only functioning organs.
Ding Can held her breath and tried her best to suppress her brain's instinct to seek benefits and avoid harm. She stopped struggling because she found that the more she struggled, the faster the curtains would wrap around her.
Two firecrackers the size of fingernails appeared between her fingertips.
This was what she originally exchanged from the system, intending to use it to slow down the pursuer when she was being chased.
Sparkling firecracker, when using it, throw the firecracker out suddenly. Once it hits an object, very large sparks will instantly burst out.
The brightness of the sparks after they ignite can temporarily affect people's vision, and the exploding sparks can also block the pursuer's path.
But he didn't expect that before he could have a head-on confrontation with the people in the castle, he fell into the hands of a curtain.
After all, it cannot be regarded as an ordinary curtain. To be on the safe side, Ding Can threw out two at a time.
You don't need to throw it with extra force, the firecracker will take effect immediately if it touches any object.
Although there will be troubles with getting burned, I can’t care about that at this time.
When the firecrackers hit the curtains, they made a dull sound because they were wrapped in cloth. I felt a burning sensation on my fingertips, but it was bearable.
Before Ding Can had time to be happy, the disadvantages of using props appeared first.
There was no air circulation inside the curtains, and even she could only barely maintain basic breathing. The sparks could not absorb excess oxygen, so they could not burn in large pieces.
Instead, a large cloud of thick smoke was formed, which drifted into the nasal cavity.
I'm afraid she will suffocate in it before a hole is burned in the curtains.
Ding Can was unable to open his eyes due to the thick smoke. He endured the burning heat spreading from his fingers and tore the curtains that had been burned into a hole to both sides.
Just when her brain was almost unable to function properly and she was about to lose consciousness, her body suddenly became lighter and then fell from mid-air to the ground.
Perhaps because her body was injured, the curtains wrapped around her body easily dispersed. The scene in front of her suddenly changed. Without time to think, Ding Can opened her mouth wide and took a few breaths of fresh air outside.
He inhaled too much at once, and his respiratory tract couldn't react, so he choked and started coughing on the spot.
"It's okay." It was Shi Yan. She picked up Ding Can from the ground. There was a dagger lying on the carpet not far away. It was the dagger she had used to cut the curtains just now.
The sparks on the curtains next to it also caught fire, and the highly flammable fabric was quickly engulfed in flames.
Such a big commotion would surely attract other servants in the castle soon.
Ding Can waved his hands, still not recovered and without time to speak, he just pointed to the room he had just stayed in and motioned her to take him in first.
Shi Yan took the dagger back into her hand, entered the room and closed the door. Ding Can sat down against the wall and only then realized the pain in his body.
Needless to say, I felt a dull pain in my back and shoulders when the curtains fell just now.
The most serious thing seems to be the red and swollen fingers.
The sparks produced by the firecrackers almost touched the skin, so there were obvious signs of burning on it.
The skin had turned a dull brown-black color, and had begun to swell and become numb when not moving.
Shi Yan noticed the washbasin in the corner of the room and patted Ding Can on the shoulder: "Don't sit there. The burn on your hand needs to be treated quickly, otherwise your fingers will lose the ability to move, which will be very inconvenient later."
She herself had already taken action to look for a simple medicine box in the room.
Ding Can stood up with the help of her hand and turned on the old-fashioned faucet. A stream of water with insufficient pressure came out and splashed on her fingers. Although it looked gentle, it still hurt like a needle prick.
But this method is indeed the best first aid method.
On the other side, Shi Yan saw a white medicine box on a shelf in the room. It was only the size of a notebook, but the items inside were quite complete.
Bandages, hemostatic drugs, disinfectants, etc., even the most needed burn ointment, are all available.
Perhaps the owner was thinking that if someone were to suffer any accidental injury, walking through the entire castle like a marathon to get medicine at a specific place would result in missing the best time for rescue.
After all, the castle was so big that she was like a fly flying around when she was being chased just now. If she hadn't happened to see the stairs turning up, she might not have met Ding Can.
There were no chairs in the room, so the two of them had to stand while applying the medicine.
After wiping off the water stains on her hands, Shi Yan looked at her wound carefully. It was a close-range burn and the surface skin tissue had been damaged.
For normal healing, you need to wait for new skin to grow, and you need to take careful care of it before that.
However, under the current circumstances, there is obviously no time to be cautious.
When the white paste was applied to his fingertips, Ding Can hissed, but then he felt a cool sensation, and the burning sensation that had been there was relieved a lot.
"It's so effective?" She was a little surprised.
As expected, people who can own an ancient castle must be from a wealthy family. Maybe these medicines can only be bought at a high price outside.
Shi Yan's movements were very quick. After applying the ointment, she started bandaging it with a bandage. "It's only effective in the short term. Your hand will hurt again after a while. Keep the ointment on your body and reapply it after a few hours."
"Thank you. Luckily you showed up just now, otherwise I would have been choked and turned into a charred corpse."
Ding Can noticed that she was wearing a pair of black leather shoes that were very similar to his own. "You were in the closet before, too."
"Well, I saw the rules above and saw two pairs of leather shoes, one black and one white, outside the door, so I walked around the room for a while wearing them."
Shi Yan walked out of the cabinet and noticed that she was actually in a tea room.
There are quite a few transparent cupboards in the room, divided according to their functions, with main varieties such as coffee and tea, as well as condiments such as sugar cubes, milk, and lemon slices.
Each type of material is arranged in its corresponding position according to category.
There is a long table in the middle, and almost half of the area is used to place cups.
At first glance, there are a wide variety of cups.
There are short-legged porcelain cups in a floral pastoral style, simple and elegant white tea cups, and special-shaped cup holders in the shape of shells that sparkle with fine silver light.
It was so dazzling that Shi Yan looked at it for too long and didn't notice that the second hand of the clock in the room was approaching nine fifteen.
She finally realized it because she heard footsteps coming from the stairs.
The cleaners walked in a line with very regular steps, so each footstep overlapped with the other, and she could hear them very clearly even through a door.
Shi Yan still remembered that it was time to clean the room and people were not allowed to be in the room, so she ran out of the door desperately.
When she pushed the door handle and walked into the corridor, she moved so quickly that she didn't actually notice what the cleaner who almost bumped into her looked like.
He just quickly stepped back into the corridor along the wall, lowered his body slightly, and clenched his fists in a defensive posture.
She felt her heartbeat rising rapidly, and looked up at the person who was only a few feet away from her.
But he frowned the next second. From this angle, he could only see the side of the person next to him.
There was no distraction in the middle-aged woman's eyes. She was already standing at the door, holding a bucket and looking inside. She completely ignored my existence and walked straight in.
She was left alone in the corridor, bending over and kneeling on one knee, looking very embarrassed.
"Can't you see me..." Shi Yan murmured a few times. Indeed, after the cleaner walked into the room, he first checked whether there was anyone in the cabinet before starting to clean.
Shi Yan was standing at the door, and within the normal range of a woman's movements, she could clearly see her.
She thought that perhaps it was because, apart from cleaning, anything seen outside the room was not within the cleaner's management scope.
She was so nervous just now.
Shi Yan breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the surrounding environment, and decided to explore the internal structure of the castle first.
The corridor is very long and it is difficult to see the end at a glance. It is about fifty meters long.
After walking a few steps forward, she first found a staircase that only led upwards. This was the first floor. Further ahead, she seemed to be able to see a small open space belonging to the hall.
The hall must be facing the entrance of the castle, which is where they will leave after getting the key. It is a good opportunity to see what type of lock it is and what the key looks like.
Shi Yan lowered her footsteps and walked forward along the wall. Unexpectedly, before she reached the hall, two new figures appeared in the corridor.
There were two male servants holding wooden boxes in their hands. They were dressed in neat trousers, white shirts and black vests with buttons buttoned to the top and decorated with bow ties.
Shi Yan's eyes widened, but before she could do anything, the two men in the distance reacted first.
They all placed the wooden boxes in their hands on the carpet, being very careful as if they were afraid of making any noise.
When she lowered the lid a little, Shi Yan noticed that there were several bottles of red wine inside.
Without any objects to restrain their movements, they rushed directly towards their own positions.
What are you waiting for if not running now? Shi Yan turned her head and went straight up the stairs.
I first went to the second floor, and as soon as I turned into the corridor, I saw the person with his back to me again, and someone was chasing me from behind. It was impossible to go back.
Seeing a large potted plant in front of her, Shi Yan came up with an idea and hid in the corner between the potted plant and the wall. The huge and lush leaves were just enough to cover her squatting figure.
She was gambling that as long as no one came over to look for it on purpose, she wouldn't be seen.
Just as she hid, the two people who were chasing her arrived. Shi Yan heard two footsteps suddenly stop at the stairs.
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