Chapter 113
It was a sticky, smelly and salty feeling. Either, there was a loach that had just drilled out of the mud, or there was a finger that had just been brushed, or there was a finger that was covered in blood and was about to rot and be cut off. Leyuan's hand trembled, and he quickly opened his palm. Sure enough, the thing that was originally in the palm of his hand flew away like a fish.
Leyuan quickly withdrew his hand and wiped his palm in the pile of debris. When he withdrew his palm, he saw a layer of bloody red mucus on the surface, in a semi-solidified state, like some kind of lazy jelly with too much pigment. Leyuan frowned, found a piece of paper from the side, and wiped off the object on the palm of his hand, almost wiping off a layer of skin on the surface.
He was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he suddenly realized something was wrong. He turned around abruptly and saw that there was no one around him and there was no paper box on the table. Where did the tissue come from?
Leyuan's expression couldn't help but become ugly. He looked around and didn't find anyone suspicious. However, he saw the servant was still not far behind him near the door. He lowered his head, bent his waist, and made a little sob, as if he was crying. Leyuan walked over hesitantly, patted his shoulder with the hand he had just wiped clean, and asked softly: "What's wrong with you?"
The servant shuddered suddenly and raised his head, revealing a face full of holes, as if it had just been corroded by sulfuric acid. Leyuan was caught off guard and had never expected that the person so close to him would become so unrecognizable in such a short while. He was stunned, but the servant pounced on him without hesitation, like a beast that didn't recognize people.
Leyuan immediately realized that the man in front of him was no longer a human being. This was not the servant who went out with him. This was a fake who was replaced by someone else in the house! And it was a very aggressive fake!
Leyuan stepped back, and the fake item rushed over and hit the table next to him. Leyuan picked up a bench on the ground and smashed it. The first bench he smashed broke into two pieces with a crackling sound, as if it was corroded, but the fake item was not hurt at all and looked unharmed. He turned around and looked at Leyuan, and his face was even more terrifying.
Leyuan saw clearly that this time the fake's face was not only covered with pits and holes, but also covered with soft black, white and gray bugs, which were falling out with their claws and fangs bared, all over the ground. Leyuan almost jumped up, but he knew that now was not the time to jump up and run away. Since the servant disappeared in the house, if he got rid of this fake, he would definitely have a chance to find clues.
Perhaps not only the lost servant can be found here, but also the sick Aga who was taken away by someone unknown.
We can't just leave the park like this.
He fumbled on the ground, trying to find the fallen candle, but he couldn't find it for a while, and the fake one came over. Leyuan picked up the stool next to him angrily and hit the fake one again. There was a bang, and the stool didn't break, but there was a hole in the fake's head. It seemed that the fake one was not indestructible. Leyuan was relieved, picked up the stool, and hit it with bangs.
After a few rounds of fighting, the fake retreated away from Leyuan. Leyuan breathed a sigh of relief and realized that his arm was a little sore. He had never hit anything with such effort before. Leyuan quickened his search for the candle, and this time he found it. The candle was in the darkness under the cabinet.
Leyuan stretched out his hand excitedly, wanting to touch the candle, but in the darkness, he touched a hand. The hand was loose and flabby, like an old man's hand. The skin was very old, so it was loose enough to be felt with just the touch, which made people tremble with fear and couldn't help but sigh. But this was not the time to sigh, Leyuan quickly withdrew his hand and looked down.
The fake one came over. He probably saw that Leyuan had lowered his head and thought that he would not be seen and he could seize the opportunity.
Leyuan didn't show him any mercy. He raised his head and hit the fake with a bench with a bang. The fake was dizzy and knelt on the ground to vent his anger. Leyuan kicked him away, and the fake hit a pile of strange-shaped toys not far away with a bang. The fake gasped, and Leyuan could even hear the hissing sound of him blowing air to himself.
It's really strange. It's just a fake. How can it still hurt if it looks like that? It's okay if it hurts, but it also blows air. How come it doesn't look like an abnormal thing, like someone who has changed his appearance and has been blinded by his cognition?
Leyuan frowned, trying not to think about this possibility, turned around and reached out again, trying to grab the candle under the cabinet in the dark, but this time he couldn't find it no matter how hard he looked. He looked down and found that the candle was rolling around in a pale hand that emerged from the ground. It looked very funny. The hand seemed to think that playing with the candle was a fun thing.
Leyuan's face turned green. He frowned, thought for a while, and felt that he should find something to help him. It was impossible for him to get the candle out of it with just his hands. Because he knew himself well and could be said to be a self-aware person, his arms were not that long. If he met those miserable white hands again, he didn't know what to do!
This time the candle was just moved a little further away, but next time it might be that hand holding a knife that would come over. It would be really scary to encounter such a dangerous thing in the dark without any preparation.
Leyuan thought about it and felt that this was the way to do it. He turned around to look for a broom. He remembered that the broom was behind the bookcase. He fumbled on the wall and felt a hand. He turned around and saw a protruding eye installed on the wall like a button.
Leyuan took a step back, but wanted to sweep again, so he put his hand in again, and this time he was licked by something. He looked and saw a dog licking his finger with a long red tongue. The dog was not completely a dog, because the dog's head was sewn together, and the surface was made of three layers of skin: a child's skin, a woman's skin, and a man's skin, with different textures and colors.
Leyuan rubbed his hand on the dog's head. He was not going to give up and went to look for the broom again. The dog seemed to know what Leyuan wanted. It tilted its head back, rolled its tongue, grabbed the handle of the broom and handed it to Leyuan. Leyuan held the broom and looked at the dog's head with a complicated expression.
The dog's head disappeared into the darkness, and the tongue also disappeared. Leyuan looked at the eyes on the wall. The eyes were still there, but after smiling at Leyuan, they also disappeared. Leyuan took the broom in his hand, lowered his head, and stuffed the broom under the cabinet.
It felt like a pure black cat sleeping inside and having its sweet dream disturbed.
However, the paradise only saw a pale old man's hand underneath. Whose cat has a pale old man's hand? If there really is such a cat, this cat is similar to the dog, most likely abnormal. That's right, in such an abnormal world, wanting to find normal things is a mental disorder.
When the amusement park used a broom to get the candles out, the candles rolled out as if they were pushed by someone's hand. There was a feeling of being angry, as if someone was secretly saying in the heart, hum, I'll give it to you this time, but it won't be so easy to get my things next time, so don't think this is a simple matter, we still have fun.
Leyuan picked up the candle and looked at the place where the fake product had hit something, but he didn't see the fake product. He looked around but still didn't see it. So he guessed that maybe when the cats and dogs disappeared, the fake product also disappeared.
Leyuan wanted to light the candles, but the person who had just lit the candles was a servant. The servant might have something that could light the candles, but Leyuan didn't have such a thing, at least, not now. He also couldn't remember what he had to light the candles. He stood there, hesitated for a moment, and prepared to take the candle to the kitchen to find out what was going on.
If there is a fire in the kitchen, you can light the candles in the kitchen. It is always better to have light than no light.
Leyuan thought it through, and strode out, holding tightly in his hand the medium-length warm yellow candle. However, he did not notice that the candle had unconsciously turned into a color that was almost white while he was walking.
The candle was still a candle. Leyuan walked to the kitchen door and looked down. The candle had grown eyes, ears and a nose while moving. It only lacked a mouth. Leyuan hurried into the kitchen, hoping to find something to light the candle as soon as possible. In this way, if these things disappeared after the candle was lit, it would be acceptable.
If there are still features after the candle is lit, then Leyuan will have to find a way to remove the features of the candle and find other safe, normal and quiet candles to light in the kitchen to ensure that there is a stable flame around him.
Leyuan blinked his eyes. It was too dark in front of him. The candles were not lit. Wherever he went, the room was pitch black. He couldn't see his hand in front of him. He felt that his eyes were going blind. Everything he saw now was blurry and had no outline. Moreover, those things were originally colorful, but in the darkness, they all looked like only one color.
That's black.
In some slightly brighter places, things may appear whitish, but that does not prove that the brighter place will make things appear to have their original colors. Colors are not black and white.
Leyuan was very sure that he was not color blind. He took two steps forward and for a moment he didn't pay attention and bumped into a small table at the door with a bang.
The small table was not even as high as Leyuan's knees, but its four legs were wobbly. It became a little unstable when Leyuan bumped into it. It was already unstable, but Leyuan was too lazy to help it. He thought that there would be more debris on the ground, which he didn't care about at all. However, the table was covered with things, such as kettles with or without water, or a bunch of wires...
No matter how you look at it, it's dangerous. If you just let them fall to the ground and rot, you'll be tripped or die here if you're not careful when you pass by here after the amusement park.
He propped up the table, and when he saw that it was stable, he slowly withdrew his hand, but suddenly he noticed a gust of wind coming from behind him. He immediately moved to the side, and the gust of wind did not hit his back, and the fake goods that appeared with the gust of wind did not hit Leyuan's back either. Leyuan turned his back to the wall, staring at the fake goods that crawled up from the ground.
The fake did not feel ashamed but proud. He got up and made a face towards the paradise. Hehehe, hehehe, these sounds came out of his throat and he quickly disappeared into the darkness.
It seemed as if there was something wrong with the park's eyes again.
Leyuan blinked and focused his attention elsewhere. He saw the table that finally failed to avoid danger and collapsed to the ground. He suddenly felt a little strange. He didn't see any wires outside, so where did the wires here come from?
Since there are electric wires, why don't people use electric lights here, but still keep the habit of storing candles and lighting candle flames in their homes?
What's the problem? What's the reason?
Leyuan frowned, thought about it, but couldn't think of anything, so he stopped thinking about it. He didn't want to pick up the things on the ground or pick up the overturned table. He turned around and left. The kitchen was very narrow. Even one person felt very crowded walking in it. If two people were here like just now, there would be no place to walk. Not only would there be no place to stay, but there would be almost no place to stand.
The further Leyuan walked into the kitchen, the more he smelled a foul odor. He frowned, thinking that he must have smelled it wrong. After all, his eyes couldn't see clearly and his nose was affected a little, so it was possible that his senses were wrong and vague.
However, halfway through the journey, Leyuan was suddenly tripped by something. Fortunately, the place was very narrow, and he held onto the wall, so he did not fall headfirst. When he looked down, he found a charred corpse. The corpse was pitch black, almost the same color as the surrounding area, and it could even be said to be perfectly integrated into the environment. Not to mention if you don't look closely, even if you look closely, it would not look like that.
With Leyuan's current eyesight, if he had not been tripped, he might not have noticed that there was something here.
He squatted down and squinted his eyes to look around. This made him see a little more clearly, but only a little. It was of no use. He could neither see the appearance of the body nor the pattern and shape of the clothes. It might also be that it was burned too black and too blurry, so he could not recognize what was what.
Leyuan frowned, stood up, and felt a little dizzy. All of a sudden, he saw countless colors blowing towards his face. He was startled and didn't know why he was scared, but he felt terrible and disgusted. He took a step back, but was tripped again this time. He looked down and saw a black corpse that was exactly the same as the thing that tripped him just now.
If the two objects were not so close to each other, if Leyuan saw such a corpse somewhere else, he might have thought it was the same corpse, or even that the corpse was crawling on the ground by itself and was kicked twice by him.
But in this situation, it is obvious that there is more than one body, but the cause of death is similar. Even if the cause of death is not similar, at least the way of post-death treatment is similar.
Leyuan suddenly felt confused. The body was lying here, but there was no sign of fire in the house. Why? Was it because the first crime scene was not here, and the subsequent method of dealing with the body was not here?
Leyuan squinted his eyes, then raised his head to look around, and suddenly realized that the surrounding walls had turned charred black, as if someone had just died. There was bright red blood on the ground, and pieces of charred stuff that he didn't know what it was. They made a crisp sound when he stepped on them, like some kind of burnt rose petals. But where were there so many roses here?
Clearly, new problematic areas have emerged.
Leyuan stepped on these pieces of things and walked to a cleaner place. He frowned and felt that it was not convenient to continue exploring here. He also felt that it would be a pity to give up like this. After thinking about it, he felt that he could not just leave like this, so he planned to continue looking for a flame to light the candles in the kitchen.
Suddenly someone blew a breath from behind him, and Leyuan's hair stood on end. He turned around instantly, but found nothing behind him. He turned around immediately and saw that a face had suddenly grown on the wall behind him. The face had clear features and distinct contours, protruding outwards, like a dough or a mask, and it seemed as if there were nails hidden underneath.
Leyuan moved away, and the face smiled at him, then quickly disappeared into the wall.
Leyuan touched his cheek with his fist and felt that his teeth were about to fall out. It was not that his teeth were loose, but the sharp and uncomfortable sound of a spoon hitting the inner wall of a porcelain cup that made his teeth sore and unable to continue using it. Or it could be some kind of sound that was inaudible but did exist in the room, perhaps sharp nails scratching a blackboard, or maybe a child crying.
All in all, it doesn't feel very good.
The park was choked by a puff of white smoke and couldn't help but cough: "What a bad smell."
He frowned and looked in the direction of the smoke. He saw a vague white figure standing next to the stove in the kitchen, with his head lowered and his hand stretched out. In his hand, he held something like a long spoon, as if stirring something evenly in the pot. He moved his arm position a little bit, but did not change the height. He stirred the contents of the pot a little bit, but Leyuan did not see anything in the pot.
The scene was very strange. Leyuan walked over carefully. There was still blood and black things on the ground. There were still sounds when he walked over. At least, the sounds were very clear in Leyuan's ears. Leyuan frowned but still walked over. The white figure seemed to be unaware of it at all.
Leyuan approached and asked, "Who are you?"
No answer.
Leyuan asked again: "What is your name?"
No answer.
Leyuan then asked, "Do you live here?"
No answer.
Paradise asked, "What are you doing?"
No answer.
Leyuan almost thought that this man was safe. He walked around him for two steps and peered into the pot. The man seemed to suddenly come to his senses and get angry. He raised his hand with a long object like a spatula in it and stabbed it at Leyuan, as if he wanted to push Leyuan away deliberately. However, the way he used that thing really looked like he was holding a knife.
Leyuan jumped away immediately, twisted his arms, and said with a wry smile: "Don't make a move, we have no hatred or grudges, why are you doing this? Why are you in such a hurry? Don't be angry, don't be angry, if you don't let me watch, I will just leave."
As he spoke, he waved his hand, turned around and was about to walk out, but the figure waved towards the amusement park, apparently asking him to go back.
Leyuan was stunned for a moment, then hesitantly walked back to the figure and asked in a low voice: "What do you want to do? I'm not firewood! I can't be stuffed into your stove to light a fire."
Although the figure had no face, just a wisp of smoke, Leyuan could see a bit of confusion and helplessness on his face. He lowered his head and looked for it, but couldn't find it. He squatted down and pulled out a long black object from the stove. It looked like a burnt firewood stick, or like burnt black charcoal, which was dropping residue on the ground.
Leyuan squinted his eyes and asked, "Are you going to give me something?"
The figure nodded and handed the piece of charcoal to Leyuan. Leyuan quickly took it and the figure disappeared in an instant.
Le Yuan murmured, "It's like a gift from the gods!"
As he spoke, he chuckled, lowered his head, looked at the charcoal in his arms, rubbed it gently, and the charcoal suddenly caught fire. Perhaps the figure was afraid that Leyuan couldn't light the fire, so he lit it for Leyuan. Leyuan happily took out the candle, whose eyebrows and teeth were almost fully grown, and Leyuan quickly tried to find a way to light the candle.
After the candle was lit, the surroundings suddenly became bright. Leyuan happily held up the candle and looked around. Suddenly, he saw countless corpses lying beside him. He was almost scared to the point of shaking his hands and dropping the candle. However, soon after, Leyuan rolled his eyes and found that the corpses had disappeared again, as if it was an illusion that appeared when the candle was lit, which scared him.
Although it is not certain that the corpses are hallucinations, since the corpses did not attack Leyuan at the first time, it can be proved that they are not dangerous for the time being. Leyuan thought about it, walked out of the kitchen holding the candle, walked around outside, and unknowingly walked into a small courtyard near the kitchen. The reason why it is called a small courtyard is because it is difficult to turn around here.
But even in such a place where it was difficult to turn around, there was still an open space. Next to the open space was a corner where dry grass and grains for cattle, horses, donkeys and mules to eat and drink were piled up. The things were piled very high, and those things looked light and empty, not heavy at all. Leyuan blinked his eyes, and those things did not fall down the next second. Leyuan felt that it was relatively safe inside.
He walked over carefully. After all, he was looking for someone or something, whether here or outside, he might as well take a walk around here. If he could find the person, that would be the best. If he couldn't find him, it wouldn't be a loss. It would be worth the trip. He didn't need to be particularly afraid of anything he encountered, because the things here were just scary, not particularly dangerous.
In addition, now that Paradise had a glowing candle in his hand, his courage increased greatly.
Courage is something that is most likely to ebb and flow. Once I got excited in the park, I felt that everything was a lot quieter. Before, when I walked on the road, I always felt like something was following me, but now I gradually lost that feeling. There were always rustling sounds in places that I couldn't see before, just like hearing mice running by my ears when I was sleeping at night, but now it's gone.
Paradise was very satisfied, and he happily went to the pile of hay.
Because he was worried that the candle flame might accidentally burn the things here that had not been burned yet, he carefully protected the candle with his hands and moved the candle a little bit behind him. In this way, he could ensure that the candle would not burn the things in front of him if he was not careful. Leyuan nodded, feeling a little relieved, and moved closer to take a look, but suddenly he saw a pair of eyes.
Just like before, when he was about to open the cabinet, he suddenly saw a pair of eyes in the gap of the cabinet door. Now he saw a pair of eyes in the gap inside the hay pile. The two pairs of eyes did not look alike. Leyuan blinked, and the eyes inside disappeared. Leyuan felt his eyelids begin to twitch, and he began to feel that there was a little danger here.
He planned to walk away so as not to be affected by what happened here later, but he was a little slow to realize this, so when he was about to retreat, the ground was already on fire. He didn't know whether this house wanted him to experience the pain before death or wanted him to understand how the people who lived here before died, the flames soon burned to him.
He stepped back, but there was no place left. He turned around and found a pile of hay behind him. The hay pile caught fire the moment he saw it, and suddenly turned into a pile of black ashes, the kind that would turn black if you stepped on it.
Leyuan could only turn his head and look at the oncoming flames. The flames met the light of the candle in his hand, paused, and went out.
When Leyuan looked again, the candle light was about to go out. Leyuan could not delay and ran out quickly. On the way, he saw the fake again. The fake was crawling on the ground, trying to pounce on Leyuan and grab her feet to stop her from going out. Leyuan kicked him away and rushed out. When she went out, the candle in her hand went out, and the bright moon in the sky burst like a bubble.
The world in front of me seemed to be rippling like ripples in a lake. When I looked again, everything around me became bustling.
Some people passed by and looked at him, while others came over curiously and asked, "What are you doing with the candle in your hand?"
Leyuan took a look at the candle, which still looked ordinary. He held the candle and asked, "Can't I hold the candle?"
The curious people shook their heads, thinking he was a weirdo, and gradually backed away and walked away.
Leyuan returned to the crowded street. He looked around and was suddenly approached by someone who grabbed his arm. The person took him to a dark alley. Leyuan looked at the person in front of him in the light outside and found that the person was the servant who went out with him. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Do you still recognize me?"
The servant was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "What are you talking about? How could I not recognize you?"
Leyuan asked: "Where did you go before? Why didn't I see you?"
The servant said, "I am with you. Am I not?"
Leyuan was confused by his words and narrowed her eyes and asked, "What happened? Tell me in detail, starting from when we left the gate."
The servant said, "Well, after we left the gate, we walked on the road. It was very quiet and there was no one there. You thought it was strange and wanted to open a door. When you opened the door, you found no one there. So you went in to check, but you didn't see anyone inside.
I picked up a candle and lit it. You said you wanted to go in and take a look, so you went in. I waited for a long time before you came out. Is there anything else? Or did you see something in there? If you saw something you shouldn’t have seen, we should report it to the police.”
Leyuan smiled and said, "Not really."
Although what he saw and what the servant said were not completely different, they felt different, especially in the details.
Leyuan looked at the servant suspiciously, suspecting that he was also a fake, and asked, "What do you remember?"
The servant asked, "Is there anything I should remember?"
Leyuan said, "It's not a question of whether you should or shouldn't do it, or whether you remember or not. I think something is a little strange. If I can think it through here, maybe I'll know where to find someone. If we can go back as soon as possible, that would be great. You also hope that we can go back as soon as possible without being discovered by others, right? Isn't this what we all think?"
The servant nodded doubtfully and said, "Okay. What do you want to ask?"
Leyuan asked, "I came out of the house, why didn't I see you? Didn't you go in with me? Why didn't I see you when I went in, and didn't see you when I came out? Where did you go?"
The servant replied, "I was waiting outside. As soon as you came out, I rushed over. We were separated for less than 30 seconds."
The park felt that the measurement unit of his words was a little wrong, so he continued to ask: "Okay, then after I go in, why don't you come in with me?"
The servant said, "Didn't you tell me not to follow you?"
I didn’t say that at all, Le Yuan thought!
He then asked, "Well, if I told you not to follow me, then you really didn't follow me?"
The servant nodded and said, "Yes, you told me not to follow you, but I still followed you. Isn't that annoying and rude? I won't be that kind of person."
As he spoke, he began to laugh: "Don't underestimate me. I am a very successful person in the mansion. How could I not hear what you say? If that were the case, I would have been beaten to death and thrown out to feed the dogs. If I were such a waste, I would have no complaints if you killed me."
Leyuan didn't completely believe him, so she just asked, "Where will you wait for me when you get out?"
The servant pointed to the tea stall next to him and said to the amusement park with a smile, "Isn't it the tea stool of the older master Wang Da Ye that my master often uses when he goes out to give money to help? Everyone likes to drink tea there. The price is not expensive, there is not much to do, the people are easy to talk to, they know a lot, it's fun to play, you can see it everywhere, you can get close to it by just saying hello, it's great."
Le Yuan said, "I am thirsty too. Take me there. I want to ask him a few questions. Maybe he has seen my servants before."
The servant smiled and said, "Okay, I'll take you there now."
He knew that Le Yuan was not referring to him as his servant, so he was in a calm mood. Le Yuan looked at him one more time.
The servant smiled and said, "I am not a person without self-awareness. I am your servant, and it is not my turn. I just came out to help you find someone. What's the big deal about such a small matter? It's good that nothing serious happened."
Leyuan nodded, and while walking on the road, he suddenly felt something was wrong. He glanced over secretly and saw the servant beside him limping forward, but he didn't need anyone to support him or a cane. He walked skillfully, as if he had been doing this for many years. But he clearly broke his leg today and had no time for treatment. How could he walk so skillfully?
It was okay that he was skilled, but it was strange that he didn't cry out in pain. Of course he could have chosen not to say that he was in pain, not like Xianglin Sao. However, his forehead was clean without any beads of sweat, and his expression was relaxed and normal, without any sign of pain. He didn't seem to want to avoid the injured leg when he walked, as if he had accepted the reality. The injury was indeed there, but it was also healed.
This is even more wrong!
Le Yuan frowned as he thought about this, but smiled and said, "How long will it take? Do you have money with you?"
The servant seemed to have not expected that Leyuan would speak to him so kindly. He was flattered and quickly bent down and said with a smile: "What are you talking about? Do you still want my money after you come out?"
It seemed that although his expression was respectful, his words were not as respectful as his expression, which made Leyuan feel that he did not take himself seriously in his heart. Although this was normal, the previous servants were not so brave.
No matter how much he disliked the amusement park, he still had to pretend on the surface. Even if he didn't beg and cry to the amusement park saying that he had no money, at least he didn't say it so directly.
Leyuan laughed and said, "I don't have that much money. You know, my brother didn't give me that much money when I was at home. Of course I don't have any, but you are an outsider, how could you not have any money at all? My brother doesn't give me a monthly allowance, but he will give it to someone like you, right? Sorry, I don't mean to provoke you, you know what I mean, right?"
The servant smiled and nodded, but his expression was a little unhappy. Seeing his dissatisfaction, Leyuan became more certain that the person in front of him was not the servant who followed him before he entered the room.
Leyuan asked, "So what do you mean?"
The servant thought for a moment and said with gritted teeth, "Of course I am following your wishes! If you want me to give you money, I will give you money. If you want my money, I will give it to you! What else can I compete with you for? It's great that you like my money! I'm just afraid that if I want to give you a little money, you will dislike me and think that my money is cheap and unreasonable."
As he spoke, he seemed to have convinced himself, and said to Leyuan with a smile: "It is my honor that Your Excellency can use my money. How dare I say no? If Your Excellency wants to use it, just take it. Although I don't have much money here, I can still afford the money for a bowl of tea. I think that Your Excellency has power and influence, and he will definitely not covet my small amount of money.
After all, your wealth is much greater than mine."
Leyuan nodded: "My brother is indeed much richer than you."
He smiled and said, "You hit the nail on the head. Very good, very good, I will let my brother give you a separate share of the money someday. If you become richer than my brother one day, I will definitely feel bad, unless you are willing to tell my brother that you are the only rich man in the world. I will never let you down. Then I will be happy. I'm sure your brother will be happy too."
The servant pulled the corner of his mouth and laughed awkwardly: "Ha, ha, ha, I think if your brother heard these words, he would not be as happy as you think."
Leyuan said: "That's what you said, but who knows what will happen in the future? I know what you mean. My brother may not be happy, but whether he is happy or not is his own mood. Whether he can see my feelings and thoughts, and whether my thoughts can reach him, depends on you. If this thing succeeds, I will thank you. If not -"
He smiled at the servant and said, "Then I want to see if you can die."
The servant didn't know how the topic suddenly turned to this. He was stunned for a moment, then he continued with a smile: "You are really good at joking. A small person like me dare not compare with you, let alone your brother. How can I embarrass myself in front of you two? I can't do that, otherwise, my ancestors will scold me for being embarrassed!"
Leyuan kept asking, "Ah, you mean, if you follow me, you feel ashamed, and if you follow my brother, you think my brother will also embarrass you?"
His face had already turned a little blue, and it looked like a ghostly corpse crawling out of a grave, just illuminating the color of a ghost fire not far away. The servant blinked, a little scared, and took a half step back, wanting to distance himself, but not wanting to show it too obviously so that Le Yuan would notice, so he smiled more reluctantly: "No, of course not!"
Paradise said, "You swear."
"I swear! I swear!"
The servant quickly comforted Le Yuan.
Le Yuan was skeptical: "Well, I will believe you this time, but if you say that again next time, I will not forgive you."
The servant nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, you are right, I will listen to you."
Paradise said, "Huh, that's how it is."
The servant nodded and said, "Yes, yes, yes."
As they talked, they walked to the tea box. An old night watchman was sitting next to him. Next to him was a small stool. The stool was not even half a leg high under the knees, but many people were sitting here. They all looked tall and strong, very strong and brave. The servant shrank a little, but Leyuan was not sure whether his reaction was acted out.
Leyuan felt a little pain in his eyes, so he covered them. When he turned around and looked again, he found that the people around him had changed. Some of them turned into lively skeletons, some were covered with a layer of skin with a pig inside, and some had two faces inside and outside. Leyuan blinked and vaguely heard someone talking in his ear, so he concentrated and listened.
Heard those people talking about him.
“Isn’t this guy actually an idiot?”
"That may not be the case. If you are thrown into a haunted house like that, if you can escape, it's your luck. If you can't escape, it's your weakness. If you die in there, that's normal. If you don't die in there, you must not be afraid of ghosts. We won't lie to you. If you go in, I don't think you will survive for more than two minutes. He stayed in there for at least ten minutes."
"Besides, he even strolled around like he was strolling in the house. Do you know what that means? He treated the house as a commercial street! Who would walk slowly in a place like this? I really don't know what he was thinking, and I don't know what you were thinking. Are you stupid? If he was not well, he would have died in there a long time ago."
"Anyway, he's pretty fun. Why don't we play with him for a while longer? Maybe he'll die of exhaustion soon. How fun!"
"How can you get bored with just one thing? If you can keep playing with a person for who knows how long, I think you are sick. Don't you want to reflect on yourself?"
"People who reflect on themselves all the time are the ones who are really sick, okay?"
"He looks pretty and quite smart. Can I like him and make him into my own specimen?"
"That depends on whether he agrees or not. If he dies, he will agree even if he disagrees. If he wins, he will probably disagree even if he agrees."
"You are telling me a tongue twister here? What a mistake. Who can get used to you!"
Le Yuan opened his eyes again, and those sounds disappeared like an illusion.
The old night watchman asked, "What are you doing here?"
Leyuan said, "Oh. I've been walking for a while and feel a little tired. I want to rest here and drink some tea. Is that ok?"
The old man nodded and said, "Sure, why not? The benches here are for people to sit on. You can take a rest if you want. You can also drink tea. Would you like one bowl or two? The tea here is at room temperature. There is no boiling or iced tea. One bowl is just one bowl. Do you still want it?"
The servant looked toward Paradise, hoping he would say no.
Leyuan smiled and said, "Of course. We have already sat down, how can we leave without eating anything? Wouldn't that be a waste of your hard work?"
The servant nodded and said, "Okay, just give us one bowl. I'm not thirsty, but my master is thirsty, so let him drink one bowl. I'll pay for it."
The old man laughed and said, "Haha, OK. Wait for me for a while."
He nodded, turned around, took a bowl, scooped a small pot of water from the bucket, poured it into the bowl, and handed it to the servant. The servant carefully placed the bowl in front of Leyuan. Leyuan smiled, moved the bowl towards himself, looked up and said to the servant, "Thank you."
The servant nodded, looking unhappy about the expense.
Leyuan lowered his head to drink the tea, but before he could drink it, he suddenly heard the voices of those people again. They started chattering in his ears: "Oh my! Look, he wants to drink water."
"We put a lot of lost people in the water! We're not afraid that he won't faint."
"Hahaha! We should win this round. How can a group of people fight against one and still lose? I've said it before, those who lose should be nailed to the game's pillar of shame. Come to think of it, there are less than five losers in this multiplayer vs. single-player game, right?"
"Yeah, there are not even five in total, it's really funny. We are almost winning, it just depends on how he drinks it. Soon, this thing will be done."
A group of people followed suit and burst into laughter.
Leyuan paused, pretending to drink a little, but in fact, he didn't drink it at all. He just put the water on the table, looked at the servant, waved to him and said, "Come here, I think you paid for this thing, it's not good for me to drink it, why don't you drink it."
The servant's expression was very ugly for a moment, but his acting skills were pretty good. He blinked and adjusted himself. He said in a normal mood, "No, you are the master and I am the servant. How can I use something that you have used?"
Leyuan raised an eyebrow and asked, "Oh, you mean you dislike me?"
The servant didn't know what to say, so he denied it awkwardly, "How could that be possible? No, I didn't mean that."
Le Yuan sneered, "In that case, I now order you to drink this bowl of water and don't let me scold you! Do you listen or not? Do you think you are the master?"
The servant's face really became increasingly ugly. This time he did not try to hide it and almost knelt down, probably wanting to kneel down and beg for forgiveness and sympathy. But after thinking it over, he felt that it was unnecessary and that drinking it would not matter. He stood up, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll drink it. I paid for it and it was given to me by my master. How can I refuse it? Ha."
He said, and drank it.
There was a thud, and he lay on the ground, unconscious. Soon, people gathered around to watch the excitement and found blood oozing from the corners of his mouth. They all looked at each other in shock and shouted, "Someone's dead! Someone's been murdered!"
Leyuan squatted down, pulled the man up and examined him, then shook his head and said, "Maybe he's not dead yet. I can't be sure. I'm going to send him to the government. There must be a coroner there. We'll know how he died after an operation."
The crowd said, "But, the person is dead, and there is no complete body. This is really not good! Let's just forget it, right?"
Leyuan shook his head: "No, no, no, you don't know. He personally handed me this bowl of water. That is to say, if he died, I should have been the one to die. Since I am not dead, I must find the real murderer and avenge him! You don't need to persuade me, I have already decided, let's do this!"
Someone in the crowd shouted, "Who do you think you are? What are you? Are you his relative or friend? On what basis do you decide this for him? Do you think this is a righteous act? We will not praise you!"
Leyuan replied, "If you want to talk, please come out and talk! What kind of person are you? I am the owner of this corpse. I have the power to decide his life or death, and naturally I have the power to decide whether his body should be dissected! I came out with him and was going to go back immediately after talking. Who knew he would die here? Why can't I decide for him? I will decide for him!
I am not a person who seeks fame and reputation. Do I want others to praise me because my companion who went out with me died? If you want to scold me, it is also reasonable. I don't mind. But if you are too aggressive, don't blame me for being ruthless! We are not ruthless in the first place. I am not your neighbor, right? If that's the case, then I will not be polite.
If anyone says something bad to me again, I will grab that person and beat him up!"
A man who didn't believe in evil came out with a knife in his hand and said to Leyuan, "Just come on! See if you can beat me!"
Leyuan asked: "Are you shameless or are you desperate? I think you have both. You are a fool without brains. I am afraid of dirtying my hands."
He said, turning his head.
The man suddenly picked up a knife and chopped down Paradise, laughing: "Idiot? You are! I see, you are just good at talking and bragging here, I don't believe you! If you do what you say, I can still believe that you are a good man, and you keep your word! But what? Aren't you saying one thing and doing another now?
Didn't you say you would be rude? Your rude means backing off? Hahaha! Ladies and gentlemen, why bother trying to persuade him? He won't listen. He just killed people here. We have avenged the bodies! A group of us went to the government, but the government couldn't do anything to us! Hahaha! Hahaha! What are you afraid of? What on earth are you afraid of? Come on! Fight! Kill!"
Le Yuan had only stepped back to avoid his knife, but after hearing him speak wildly and provoke her again and again, and then chop at her with the knife handle, the blade shining coldly, she smiled and said, "Since you ask for this, you can't really blame me."
As he spoke, he kicked over and hit the man with the knife on the wrist. Probably the kick hit a numb tendon. The man let out a cry, and the knife in his hand was about to fall to the ground. Leyuan turned around, stretched out his hand, and caught the knife. He raised his eyes and chopped at the man's neck. He only heard a cry, and the man was still rubbing his wrist with his head down, trying to recover, when he was beheaded.
When his head fell from his neck, he still had a confused expression on his face, and he finally shouted: "Good knife!"
Le Yuan sneered and threw the knife into the man's body. The tip of the knife pointed downward and pierced into the chest of the corpse. The blood in the corpse gushed out like a fresh and warm blood fountain, and the ground was immediately filled with the smell of bright red blood.
The handle of the sword stood upright next to the amusement park, just like a living man standing in front of everyone with his hands on his waist and wearing armor.
Leyuan asked, "Who else wants to cause trouble for me?"
Someone hiding in the crowd shouted, "You killed someone, you broke the law! You are wrong! How dare you say that? How dare you ask? You are so shameless!"
Leyuan smiled and said, "People who hide their heads and show their tails are shameless, so they can only talk to others like this. I know you are a coward, so I won't bother with you for now. Just wait for me. If you take the wrong path one day, you will know how the pit under your feet will bury you.
If I am wrong, only the law of nature can judge me. Who do you think you are? You are making a fuss here! You even dare to bark? Your master didn't tie you up properly, and you ran out to bite people? Do you think I can't open your mouth, pull out your teeth and throw them out? I'm afraid that you won't be able to bear the sight of blood, and you will have to close your eyes and cry for mercy to me!
What's more, I have never heard of someone who cannot fight back after being beaten. Even if I go to the government, I dare to say that I am innocent! Killing is a crime, but being killed is not. If I don't take the knife, I will die. This knife is not mine. You can see it with your eyes. If anyone is talking nonsense, don't blame me. I will take revenge even if I have to bear the death penalty!
Maybe you think that you can talk nonsense without reason. Of course, if you are not in front of me, I don't care about you, but since you are in front of me today, stop talking nonsense to me!"
Leyuan said this with a cold face, "I killed someone here today, so I should go to the government to answer for my crime. You all have your eyes open, so you can go with me, and give evidence or speak for me. The final verdict is up to the government! Are you going or not?"
Some people nodded and said, "We'll go with you!"
Some people lowered their heads, tucked their tails between their legs like mice, and ran away stealthily, disappearing into the darkness without a trace, without looking back, and without saying a word.
Leyuan went into the government office with those who were willing to go with him. The official was wondering why so many people suddenly came today. Was there a big case in this small place?
After listening to the man's words, the old man sat up high, stroked his beard, and said with a smile: "So that's what happened. Now that it's been made clear, it doesn't matter. Everyone saw it. That man wanted to kill someone but was killed instead. How can he be considered a victim? He can only be considered a corpse of a criminal and a case item! Having said that, it's clear, it's clear! Don't worry, everyone, the matter will definitely be resolved.
You all can go home. I will have someone collect the body, and I will judge the case in a fair and just manner. The matter is resolved here, and you can go home."
The crowd watched the lively scene, nodded with satisfaction, turned around and walked away while talking.
Leyuan looked at the backs of the crowd, then looked at the official and asked, "Now that they are gone and the matter is over, can I go home?"
The official nodded: "Of course!"
As he spoke, he raised something like a wood chime in his hand. There was a loud bang, the table shook, and the world before his eyes disintegrated.
Leyuan blinked his eyes, and the scene in front of him became much clearer. He returned to the dark room with a candle in his hand. He walked towards the door holding the candle, but he couldn't get through. He took a look and found that the candle had no flame, so he lit the candle. Within the range of the candlelight, he could see more clearly this time. The threshold was right in front of him, and Leyuan stepped out.
After he walked out, the servant was scrambling around with sweat on his forehead. He looked towards the door and saw Leyuan coming out. He was stunned for a moment, then he was surprised and happy. He almost rushed over and shouted in joy: "You finally came out! I thought you couldn't come out. How are you? Are you injured?"
Leyuan was puzzled by his surprised and enthusiastic attitude, which was too enthusiastic, and he was not like this before he went out, so she pushed him away, looked at his legs and asked: "Are your legs better?"
The servant smiled and said, "It's much better now."
Leyuan was even more confused and asked, "Why did it get better all of a sudden?"
The servant said, "I don't know, but when I was in the room, my legs didn't hurt as much. Maybe it was the room's effect. My Lord, you should know that this is not an ordinary room."
Leyuan nodded and said doubtfully: "Although it is not an ordinary house, I didn't expect that it could have therapeutic effects."
The servant thought for a moment and asked, "Now that you have come out from inside, do you feel anything different?"
Paradise felt it for a moment, then shook its head, feeling nothing.
The servant looked at him and said, "Your Excellency seems more energetic than before, and less anxious."
Leyuan thought, ah, yes, I have a lot of things to do in there, which enriches my life, so I can't be anxious for the time being.
He smiled at the servant and said, "So, that house does have one good thing."
The servant nodded and said, "Yes, yes."
Leyuan asked: "So you can leave by yourself now?"
The servant said with a tearful face: "Of course I can, but it still hurts a little. It's not very convenient to walk alone with only one leg. If you can, please help me!"
After he said this, Le Yuan had put aside most of the doubts in his heart, so he walked over to him, supported him and asked, "So you have been waiting for me outside for a long time?"
The servant shook his head and said, "It wasn't long. It felt like just a moment, I was outside, and then another moment, you appeared."
Leyuan asked even more puzzledly: "Then how did you come out again after you were in there? Did you come out by yourself or was you trapped by something?"
The servant thought for a moment and said, "I remember that when I lowered my head and bent my waist, I felt very sleepy, as if I had fallen asleep briefly and suddenly. I woke up with a start, opened my eyes, and tried to look, and found myself outside the house, but I felt as if I was thrown out by something. My lord, do you think that there is a spirit in the house? It doesn't like me."
Leyuan shook his head: "Not necessarily, don't think too much about it."
Being liked by that kind of house is not a good thing.
Leyuan smiled at the servant and said, "Maybe after you went in, you had nothing to do and walked out without noticing."
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