Chapter 194 The Third Victim's Fallen Statue
Dozens of eyes stared at Gao Mengtang, as if they could find the truth about Bai Qiqi's death in his delicate facial features.
"I didn't hurt him." Gao Mengtang defended weakly, "Li Mo has been sleeping in my body."
"Of course, the painting belongs to you, and he won't provide any evidence against you," Bai Ke said.
Gao Mengtang said helplessly: "...Do I look like someone who would repay a drop of hatred with a spring of water?"
"You have killed 20 people in my family," Bai Ke glared at him with hatred, "two in the Tangdi Tongxin dungeon, 17 in Block 13, and Bai Qiqi."
You guys are the ones who always start trouble! Gao Mengtang protested in his heart, but in the current situation, the more he said, the more disadvantageous it would be for him. Gao Mengtang remained silent.
Bai Shu sighed pretentiously, "It was a very clever assassination, in a theater dedicated to the gods. The lights were dim, the sound effects were loud, and there were all kinds of aromas to cover up the smell of blood. With her throat cut, Qiqi couldn't make a loud sound even if she wanted to call for help, as it would definitely be covered up by the singing. With her cervical vertebrae severed, Bai Qiqi is paralyzed, and she can't use any healing potions even if she wants to."
Gao Mengtang: “…”
"Yan Qie offended you and died. Bai Qiqi made you unhappy and died too." Bai Ke said, "Leader Yue Fan, how do you explain it? Coincidence?"
Gao Mengtang: "Then you better be careful, Bai Ke, you're making me very unhappy now."
Bai Ke: "Are you threatening me?"
Gao Mengtang fell silent again. The dead were all related to him, and all signs pointed to him. It was useless to say anything. The auditorium was silent for three minutes.
They couldn't find any concrete evidence, nor could they do anything to Gao Mengtang. After more than an hour of confrontation, they ended up parting on bad terms.
After returning to the bedroom, Gao Mengtang fell tiredly on the bed.
"Did you kill him?" Wei Wei asked in a low voice.
Gao Mengtang: "No! Although, although it does look like I killed him...ah." He sighed and covered his face with a pillow.
Wei Wei lit a cigarette and frowned in the rising smoke: "Something is not right... Yan Qi was crushed to death by the collapsed objects weighing more than 100 kilograms, and Bai Qiqi's throat was cut... There were ding-dong sounds at night..."
"The problem isn't with me, it's with this mansion." Gao Mengtang sat up abruptly. "Let's take another look at Bai Qiqi's body."
The four of them returned to the auditorium, where Bai Qiqi lay on the white rose petals, candles were burning quietly, and Bai Ke was alone there keeping vigil.
As soon as Gao Mengtang entered, Bai Ke glared at him viciously. If that look had substance, Gao Mengtang would have been tortured to death.
"I want to check Bai Qiqi's wound." Gao Mengtang said.
Bai Ke: “No.”
“I’m very sorry,” Wei Wei said, “We are not asking for your consent.”
He Luo's tentacles and the black clay puppet pinned Bai Ke to the ground, and the ice crystal fragments surrounded Bai Ke tightly. Bai Ke was so angry that he yelled, "Gao Mengtang! I, Bai Ke, will not be a human being if I don't kill you!"
"You don't have much to do with people." Bai Jie said.
Gao Mengtang ignored him and walked straight to Bai Qiqi's body. The four-finger-wide cut was open, the skin and flesh were rolled up, revealing the severed cervical vertebrae and trachea. Gao Mengtang supported the edge of the coffin with both hands, leaned down, squinted his eyes, and observed carefully.
"I will kill you!" Bai Ke roared. As soon as he struggled, the ice crystal fragments cut his face.
Gao Mengtang ignored it and continued observing the wound.
"Stay away from my brother, demon! You're insulting him!"
“…”
Half a minute later, Gao Mengtang suddenly said, "Bai Ke, come and take a look."
The ice crystal fragments scattered and surrounded Gao Mengtang. Gao Mengtang pointed at the wound, a piece of dried brown blood: "Look here, it seems there is something."
Wrapped in the flesh and blood was a small black object that seemed to be stone debris.
"My ice crystal fragments won't leave any stone residue. Bai Qiqi's neck must have been cut by a sharp stone."
Bai Ke gently took away the small piece of stone and did not speak for a long time.
"Is my life now clear from now on?" Gao Mengtang said, "You saw it just now. I didn't touch Bai Qiqi's wound."
After a pause, Gao Mengtang continued, "Remember the explosion scene in the musical for sacrificing gods? The fragments created by the special effects seemed to fly onto the audience's faces. I suspect that something, during the explosion, mixed in a real fragment and flew onto Bai Qiuqiu, cutting his throat."
Bai Ke tightly grasped the bloodstained stone fragment and suddenly raised his voice: "Get out! Get out! Get out of my brother's funeral hall!"
Gao Mengtang rolled away quickly.
At around midnight that night, half of the people were still awake. They gathered in groups of three or four in the bar to discuss the two bizarre deaths that had occurred in the past two days.
Gao Mengtang told everyone about his new discovery as soon as possible, and the ancient god believers' attitude towards Gao Mengtang softened a little.
"One was crushed to death by a mere 100-jin stone, and the other had his throat cut by a sharp stone... Bai Ke also claimed that the steps were slightly raised and he tripped..." He Suzhi tapped the cocktail glass with his index finger, his expression solemn, and he was lost in thought.
"Is there any mechanism in Xiao Tien's manor?" Gao Mengtang asked.
He Suozhi shook his head: "I haven't heard of it. This house is older than the age of the deputy leader of the Black Owl, Wei Xiangchen. It has not collapsed yet. It completely relies on the magic of the other world. It is impossible to add any mechanisms."
"Just an ordinary house?" Gao Mengtang asked.
"It's just an ordinary house." He Suzhi said confidently.
How is this possible? Gao Mengtang asked the servants, but they knew nothing about the ding-dong noises in the middle of the night, and they had never filled their rooms with stone carvings, bones, and other small items while they were sleeping.
It took the servants two hours to clean up those creepy black magic props.
At this time, Luca interrupted tremblingly, as nervous as a high school student trying to attract the attention of the goddess he has secretly loved for five years: "Those, uh, stone sculptures. For us wizard families, yes, yes..."
"Holy objects." He Suozhi said, "Those are treasures for offering sacrifices to the gods. They are equivalent to human tributes such as fruits, snacks, and fine wine."
“Yes, yes,” said Luca, who had accidentally spilled Bloody Mary on his collar and was wiping it off in a panic.
The things in the house were secretly offered to Gao Mengtang?
The starting point is good, but it is better not to start. Because Gao Mengtang doesn't like those things at all.
"Those things are too ugly," Gao Mengtang complained to Wei Wei in a low voice, "The offerings to me should be fruits, vegetables and ice water, right?"
That night, Gao Mengtang shared a bed with Wei Wei.
Not long after falling asleep, Wei Wei pushed Gao Mengtang awake: "Mr. Blind, please listen."
It was two o'clock in the morning. Gao Mengtang opened his eyes drowsily. There was only one bedside lamp on in the room. Ding-dong-dong sounds came from all directions.
I reached out and touched the wall, and it was still vibrating.
"You heard it, didn't you?" Wei Wei whispered, "This sound was heard all night long last night."
Gao Mengtang opened his hazy eyes, not yet fully awake from his sleep. Not long after, the noise stopped.
"Hmm... stop, go back to sleep." Gao Mengtang fell back into the pillow. He had encountered too many bizarre things, so it was just a little white noise to help him sleep, so he could ignore it.
Wei Wei slowly lay down on the bed. Not long after, he heard Gao Mengtang's breathing while sleeping, and Wei Wei gradually felt a little sleepy.
However, just as Wei Wei fell asleep, he was awakened by a thunderous "boom" sound. He suddenly opened his aqua-green eyes and stared at the ceiling. The knocking sound of "ding-ding-dong-dong" rang out unscrupulously.
"Get up." Wei Wei woke Gao Mengtang up again.
Something strange happened. Gao Mengtang had just sat up when the ding-dong knocking sounds stopped again.
"What's wrong, Avi?" Gao Mengtang rubbed his eyes, "Why did you wake me up?"
Wei Wei: “There was a knocking sound just now.”
The two of them sat quietly by the bed for 20 minutes. The Xiao residence was as quiet as a tomb.
Gao Mengtang's body softened and he slid into the quilt: "Silent earplugs. Avi, good night."
15 minutes later, Gao Mengtang fell into a deep sleep, and the knocking sound continued persistently.
Wei Wei: “…”
The knocking sound was also avoiding the blind man? Was it just concerned about whether the blind man could fall asleep, without caring about the life and death of others?
To verify, Wei Wei pulled Gao Mengtang out of the bed for the third time. Sure enough, half a minute later, the knocking sound stopped.
"I really want to verify whether this is Xiao's house or Gao's house," Wei Wei said with a numb face, "Why is it centered on you?"
Gao Mengtang was also confused, but he was very sure that he had never set foot in Xiao's house before.
The world is big, but sleeping is the most important thing. Gao Mengtang was confused for five minutes, but he couldn't think of an answer, so he decided to continue sleeping. He lay down in the quilt for the third time, covering half of his face with the quilt.
Bang--!
There was a loud bang that shook the glass in the room, followed by a scream. Gao Mengtang was woken up for the fourth time. He opened his eyes blankly: "What happened this time?"
Wei Wei had given up on falling asleep. He had just opened the Secret of the Moon when he heard the noise. He was also confused: "The sound came from the first floor. That direction seems to be the auditorium."
"Let's go and take a look." Gao Mengtang put on a fluffy home coat and went downstairs with Wei Wei.
The noise startled many people, and more than a dozen wizards hurriedly put on black robes and ran downstairs.
When they pushed open the door of the auditorium and looked out, they screamed "Ah!" in surprise.
The stone sculpture of the ancient god in the auditorium fell down!
The 20-meter-high statue smashed Bai Qiuqiu's body and was now pressing on Bai Ke. The scream just now was made by Bai Ke.
Bai Ke's face flushed red, and he pushed the stone sculpture desperately, with the shield around him glowing. Everyone was busy pushing the stone sculpture.
The statue didn't move at all. Even if everyone used all their strength, they couldn't move the stone sculpture even a millimeter. It was as if... there was an invisible, powerful force pressing down on the stone sculpture.
Bai Ke's shield shattered with a crackling sound. The statue was about to crush him. He clenched his teeth and said, "Gao, Meng, Tang, is this you who did this?"
"It wasn't me! I was just sleeping!" Gao Mengtang looked so innocent. He also pushed the stone sculpture. "I didn't mean to kill you at all!"
Seeing that Bai Ke's shield was about to break and Bai Ke was about to be crushed into a meat paste, the mysterious force applied to the stone sculpture suddenly loosened, and more than a dozen Black Tower players did not have time to retract their strength and directly knocked the stone statue away.
The statue hit the opposite wall, smashing it into pieces.
Now, they finally understood why Yan Ke was crushed to death by 100 kilograms of collapsed objects.
"There is something wrong with this manor," He Suzhi said calmly, "Absolutely."
"Thank God, I'm glad you understand." Gao Mengtang said in a low voice.
Everyone sat in the messy hall, looking at each other in bewilderment. Ten minutes later, the attendants hurried over, bowed 90 degrees to them, and sincerely apologized.
"Ten hours ago, we reported all the abnormalities to the patriarch. Before we could get his feedback, another accident happened. We are very sorry to disturb all the distinguished guests," the servant said while maintaining his bowing posture. "The patriarch has arranged another place for you to stay. You can reach there through the teleportation array."
The ancient god's followers, their faces still extremely pale from fear, had already managed to smile:
"Patriarch Xiao is really thoughtful!"
They were afraid of Xiao Tien and dared not utter a word of complaint.
Only Gao Mengtang stiffened his neck and stood up straight: "Where is Xiao Tien? Two guests met with misfortune in his house, and he didn't even show up?"
As soon as these words came out, there was two seconds of absolute silence in the room, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. It almost made you wonder if you had suddenly lost your hearing.
The others looked around, but did not dare to look at Gao Mengtang.
"Boss, Boss," Bai Jie reminded tremblingly through the mental link, "That's Xiao Tien. To the ancient god believers, he is the emperor of feudal society. You can't say such things."
The attendant bowed to Gao Mengtang again and said, "I am very sorry to have disturbed you. We will do our best to make it up to you. Chief Xiao is old and unwell, so he cannot apologize in person. I beg you to understand."
"Yes," Bai Ke put away his arrogant attitude, "How can such a small matter disturb Chief Xiao?"
At Bai Ke's feet was the smashed body of Bai Qiqi, but he showed no sign of anger at all.
Gao Mengtang: “…” Just smile.
The group returned to their bedrooms in twos and threes, preparing to pack their luggage and leave overnight.
The attendant first brought Gao Mengtang and others to the warehouse and gave them a whole box of level 2 ancestral remains as compensation, weighing five kilograms.
"I am so embarrassed." Wei Wei snatched the wooden box and said with a smile, "Patriarch Xiao is really thoughtful."
They happily returned to the bedroom and prepared to pack their luggage. As soon as they opened the door, the fragrance of vegetables, fruits and melons hit them in the face.
The carpet, bedside tables, space in bookcases... every corner is filled with fresh fruits and vegetables, and hundreds of glasses are filled with ice water.
Wei Wei: "...Mr. Blind, this is really not your old house?"
Gao Mengtang: “…No.”
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