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As soon as these words were spoken, the hotel room immediately became quiet, and everyone looked towards He Lizhou's feet.
He Lizhou also lowered his head and saw that there was indeed a shadow under his feet. Then he raised his head and looked at everyone in the room innocently.
Jiang Jiang: "...Brother, stop pretending now."
He Lizhou's expression was serious, and he stopped joking. "Okay, comrade, please contact the person who reported the case over there. Maybe he didn't see it clearly at all?"
He Lizhou had anticipated this, and he stayed here and did not go back. The group of sculptures at home knew that he was not the real person, and he did not know what means they would use to "create" another one of their real masters.
This contact lasted until the early morning, until news came from the other side confirming that there was a dummy in the room, and then He Lizhou was released.
But this night was wasted. He Lizhou followed Jiang Jiang who came to pick him up and left, rubbing his eyes to relieve fatigue. "Did you get anything out of other people?"
Jiang Jiang nodded, "A few days ago, a mysterious guest came to see you, sir. You had a long secret conversation with him. He was a big man with a thick beard."
Jiang Jiang repeated the servant's original words, "This description is probably Uncle Zhao, right?"
He Lizhou nodded. If Uncle Zhao had been in contact with Yu Guoan before, it would explain why Uncle Zhao would guide everyone to find the truth about the castle. The two of them probably reached some kind of deal in private.
The servants were not allowed to approach the study and did not hear the conversation between the two.
But if it was Uncle Zhao, the mud in the room would not have been brought by Uncle Zhao, and the clue would be interrupted.
Jiang Jiang sighed, "There's no point in being anxious. Fortunately, this instance doesn't have a time limit. Let's go back to the villa first, so Yu Guoan won't think we're going to run away."
Xu Zian caught up halfway, looking disheveled, and no one knew where he had gone. It was not until he had tidied his hair and clothes that he told him mysteriously about his gains of the night.
"I have a lot of talismans. I went up a hill last night and found a Taoist temple. I used the talismans to exchange for the temple master to tell me a few words about the Yu family."
Xu Zi'an narrowed his eyes, "The master said that the Yu family's ancestors have unpaid sins, and the things that were once suppressed have lost their power, so they have entangled in the Yu family's villa. Yu Guoan has a life-saving thing to protect him, so he can't get close to him. The other servants are in trouble."
He Lizhou thought for a moment and said, "Let's go back and take a look at the body of the servant who died last night."
Xu Zi'an waved his hand, "No need, I went there secretly, otherwise how do you think I got this messy look - it's definitely the way the underworld seeks revenge."
Jiang Jiang: "Why should the servants pay for the bad karma of Yu Guoan's ancestors?"
Xu Zian was not very good at learning, but after studying with the master for one night, his eyesight became much better. "That servant must have done something wrong, so he came to her first."
While the three of them were talking, they returned to the villa again. When they came yesterday, although the atmosphere in the villa was tense, it was still in order. Today, as soon as they walked into the front garden, they saw the servants passing by walking hurriedly with uncontrollable fear on their faces.
He Lizhou and the other two guessed that something had happened and rushed into the hall, only to see a dead body lying on the ground.
He Lizhou stepped forward and recognized the clothes. It was Baili Yi.
He thought last night that He Lizhou had agreed to him, so he should have stayed in the room. After He Lizhou asked a passerby, he confirmed that Baili Yi died in his room.
Sun Hanqi huddled in a corner. She raised her head when she heard He Lizhou's voice and rushed over trembling. "This place is really haunted. Brother He, I'll stay with you guys tonight!"
Xu Zi'an took a half step forward and calmly slapped away Sun Hanqi's hand that was holding He Lizhou's. Then, he took He Lizhou and Jiang Jiang and took a half step back to distance themselves from Sun Hanqi. "Tell me what happened last night first?"
Sun Hanqi was still panicked. She could hardly hear what Xu Zian was saying to her and kept looking for someone to protect her.
Xu Zian couldn't help but frowning when he saw her like this. Sun Hanqi was also an old player, so how could she be scared unconscious in one night?
His eyes moved to a row of guest rooms. He noticed something and grabbed Sun Hanqi, asking anxiously, "Which room did Baili Yi sleep in last night?!"
Sun Hanqi understood this sentence, but her gaze slowly fell on He Lizhou.
Baili Yi slept in He Lizhou's room last night because he was scared.
In other words, Baili Yi lying on the ground now should have been He Lizhou's fate.
*
Xu Zi'an stepped forward and pulled away the white cloth covering Baili Yi's face and body, revealing his dead body.
The corpse still maintained the same expression and movements as when it died, with a strange smile on its face and its hands slightly forward in a hugging position, which was really weird.
Jiang Jiang's face didn't look good. While comforting Wenwen, she whispered, "I think there is something wrong with this villa. We should move out as soon as possible."
Yu Guoan appeared out of nowhere and suddenly replied from behind Jinjiang, "Yes, I think so too, but the villa was built at a huge cost, and I even quarreled with my wife and children over it. Wouldn't it be a slap in the face if I moved out?"
Jiang Jiang: It’s already this time, and you’re still thinking about your shameless behavior.
She didn't say this out loud, but Yu Guoan understood the meaning from Jiang Jiang's contemptuous look and kept silent.
The current cause of Baili Yi's death is unclear. Not only that, his death also caused confusion in the corresponding cause of death. Wenwen had found poison in Baili Yi's room. Baili Yi's cause of death should have been poisoning, but he died for other reasons, disrupting the arrangement of the copy.
Xu Zian's face gradually became solemn, and he looked at He Lizhou, "Since he died for you, the simplest and crudest way is to make your cause of death correspond to his cause of death."
He Lizhou nodded, "If there is really no other way, I will reduce the amount of food I eat in the next two days."
I still don't know when I can leave the dungeon, and it's unrealistic to go on a complete hunger strike, so this is the only way.
Yu Guoan lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking. After they finished their brief chat, he suddenly raised his head and stared at He Lizhou with his eyes, "Is there nothing you can do?"
He Lizhou was caught off guard and met Yu Guoan's eyes. Somehow, he always wanted to nod and acknowledge it. Fortunately, He Lizhou came to his senses in time and felt that something was wrong with Yu Guoan, so he left quickly without responding.
Afterwards, Xu Zian asked He Lizhou what happened at that time. He Lizhou then realized that not only he, but also Xu Zian and Jiang Jiang were affected.
*
"Xiao He."
He Lizhou turned around and saw Dongping standing by the window inside the house, calling him with a cold expression.
Jiang Jiang was a little wary. In their eyes, Dong Ping was still in cahoots with Uncle Zhao, and he had ulterior motives in stopping He Lizhou.
But He Lizhou knew that Dongping stayed with Uncle Zhao only to avenge Xiang Qian, and he was able to discover the basement and the secret passage connecting to the hotel thanks to Dongping's help. So he signaled Jiang Jiang not to be anxious, and he turned back to the villa to meet Dongping.
The table in Dongping's house was filled with food, which showed that he had not eaten anything that had been delivered to him in the past two days. The flesh on his cheeks quickly faded, and his mental state was completely different from when he first entered the dungeon.
Neither of them spoke first. Dongping just let He Lizhou look at him quietly. He didn't hear He Lizhou say anything to persuade him, and the expression on his face improved a little.
"Bai Liyi is dead."
Dongping spoke with a hoarse voice, as if he had not spoken for a long time.
He Lizhou didn't ask him how he knew that, but nodded in acknowledgement.
Dong Ping confessed directly, "My ability after entering the dungeon is that I can talk to ghosts. You probably guessed it. I met the ghost who followed me in the castle last night. He told me that they followed us here."
This sentence completely overturned all of He Lizhou and the others' speculations about the matter. Even He Lizhou couldn't help but take a breath, "How could it be?"
But Dongping looked calm and his eyes were clear, and there was no sign that he was lying. He Lizhou was silent for a moment and accepted this statement.
"So, Yu Guoan had planned to ask us to come here?"
Dongping shook his head and lay back on the bed, "I don't know about that. The rest is up to you."
Dongping looked like he refused to communicate any further, but the meaning he revealed was enough to make people think deeply.
Yu Guoan said that the villa was haunted, so he asked them to come and solve the problem.
Dongping said that the ghost in the villa followed them from the castle to the villa.
The two statements contradict each other, who is telling the truth?
He Lizhou prefers Dongping. Dongping has nothing to pursue now, so there is no need to lie to them. So what is the reason why Yu Guoan lied to them?
Why did he lie to everyone and say that there was a ghost in the house?
He Lizhou told Xu Zian and Jiang Jiang the whole story. Jiang Jiang did not express his own opinion, but started talking about another story.
"In our hometown, there was a very popular magic. It is said that as long as the targets are gathered together, the targets are killed with the same cause of death as the deceased, and finally the witchcraft is used, the souls of the targets can be controlled to enter the bodies of the deceased, and the deceased can enter the bodies of the targets, thus achieving the effect of exchanging bodies and bringing the dead back to life. However, it is important to note that the caster cannot be discovered by the targets."
She raised her eyes and said, "Don't you think this is very similar to what Yu Guoan is doing?"
First, everyone was called to the castle and some of them were killed; then the location was moved and some of them were killed in the villa. The rooms were arranged in the same way, probably for this reason, so that the ways of death had to correspond.
"Also, did you notice that the housekeeper didn't show up today?"
Jiang Jiang laughed, "I think the butler is probably getting used to his new body now."
Behind him was Baili Yi's body. According to Jiang Jiang, the butler was inside Baili Yi's body.
Xu Zian looked at Jiang Jiang's abnormal smile and fell into a rare silence. After a long while, he asked weakly: "How do we solve this problem?"
Jiang Jiang thought for a moment, "In this process, the caster must ensure absolute safety, and between us, the one who corresponds to the caster Yu Guoan is Chen Ling."
But Chen Ling is already dead.
He Lizhou and Xu Zian's expressions clearly showed this, and Jiang Jiang spread her hands helplessly, "I don't know about this. I don't understand these things, otherwise I wouldn't have thought of it now."
"If Chen Ling was not dead, then letting Chen Ling fight Yu Guoan would be the best option. Yu Guoan would not attack Chen Ling personally. If Chen Ling was injured by himself, it would backfire on him. But now that Chen Ling is dead, Yu Guoan is even less concerned."
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