Chapter 605 The Strange Red Coffin

With a creaking sound, the dilapidated wooden door was pushed open from the inside.

When the wooden door was opened, the strange stench of corpse immediately came out, and then, I saw a hunched old man wearing a black cloth standing in the darkness.

He stood in the darkness with a hunched body, and even I couldn't see his appearance clearly. I could only judge from his posture that he should be an old man in his seventies or eighties.

"Why is it so dark in this room?" Nangong Xiayu behind me couldn't help but mutter: "Besides, it's sunny outside and the moon is bright, but why can't the moonlight shine into the room? It's as if... the moonlight is swallowed by that room, so weird."

After hearing what Nangong Xiayu said, even I couldn't help but frown.

Because this time he was right.

At this moment, although we are in the deep mountains and old forests, this place is a wide open space. It stands to reason that on such a clear night, even if there is no light on in the house, the moonlight can at least illuminate some outlines in the house.

However, even with my eyesight, I couldn't see the old man's appearance, let alone the furnishings in the house behind the old man.

At this time, the old man's hoarse voice sounded: "Are you the young man of Wu Shushan?"

"You should be Senior Aguo, right? I am Mr. Wu, the younger generation, and I have met you." Mr. Wu said respectfully.

"Haha, I am Aguo. I didn't expect that after more than 20 years of retirement, Wu Shushan still remembers me." After saying that, the old man looked Mr. Wu up and down, and then asked: "Who is your master?"

"My master is Kong Laosan, do you know Senior Aguo?" Mr. Wu asked with a smile.

"So you are the disciple of that old guy Kong Lao San. No wonder I smell the breath of an old friend. Haha, come to think of it, Kong Lao San owed me a drink back then, but that was more than 20 years ago. Come in."

After the old man finished speaking, he measured his body to the side, and then he actually raised his head and looked in my direction.

I don't know why, when the old man looked in my direction, my heart suddenly tightened for no reason, and a feeling of palpitation instantly came to my heart.

Moreover, although this old man was old, his eyes were extremely bright in the dark. At this moment, he looked straight at me, giving people the feeling that it was... the eyes of an owl.

It made me shudder!

"That look... is so scary!" Nangong Xiayu couldn't help shrinking his neck: "Captain Zhang, I, we are not going to spend the night here tonight, are we? I, I don't want to live here, don't we bring a tent? Let's camp?"

I glanced at Nangong Xiayu, and then whispered: "The Miaojiang Mountains are full of poisonous insects and beasts. If you are not afraid of being taken away by wild animals at night, or bitten to death by poisonous insects, then you can camp outside."

"Uh..." Nangong Xiayu's expression froze when he heard it, and then he shook his head and said with a dry smile: "Then, I'd better stay with Captain Zhang. I feel the safest when I stay with Captain Zhang."

"..." I heard the corner of my mouth twitched, and I was speechless.

Not only me, but even Xiao Li and Xiao Fan looked at him with contempt.

At this time, the hoarse voice of the old man rang out: "You young men, don't hide anymore, come in."

After hearing his words, Xiao Li and Xiao Fan all looked at me. Seeing this, I took a deep breath and said, "Be careful for a while. There are many rules in Xishen Inn. Don't break the rules. Besides, this old man may be strange."

"Understood." The three of them nodded at the same time, and then we walked out of the darkness and walked quickly to the front of the house.

When I got closer, I could see the old man's face clearly.

I saw that his face was very old, and the skin on his face was like a wind-dried orange peel, covered with wrinkles and age spots, but his eyes were extremely bright, so bright that it was even inconsistent with his face and age.

"Come in, the old man just cooked something, let's eat together." After the old man finished speaking, he turned around and walked slowly into the house. Seeing this, I looked at Mr. Wu and whispered, "Do you want to notify Lao Kong and the others?"

"No need." Mr. Wu shook his head and didn't say much. Then, he walked in first.

After entering the house, I was shocked to find that the house was even darker than the outside.

With my current eyesight and five senses, even if there is only a little light source, I can see the surrounding environment roughly.

However, the house seemed to be absolutely dark, without a single light source. After entering, I only felt that my eyes went black and I couldn't see anything.

It felt like someone covered my eyes with his hands.

The sudden darkness made my heart skip a beat, and the palpitation became stronger.

Then, I heard some panicked footsteps and panting behind me. Obviously, Xiao Li, Xiao Fan, and Nangong Xiayu had the same experience as me, and they were panicking at this moment.

"There is something strange in this room!" I gritted my teeth and put my hand on the dagger at my waist.

However, just as I was about to draw the dagger, suddenly, a bean-sized flame suddenly lit up in the darkness.

It jumped a few times at first, and then the flames began to burn, and as the flames burned thoroughly, my eyes, which were originally pitch black and as if covered, could suddenly see things clearly.

I blinked hard, and then I found that the old man was holding an oil lamp in one hand, looking at us with a smile, and the flickering candle was emitted from the oil lamp.

"It's dark in the house, walk carefully." After the old man said that, he turned around and continued to walk into the house.

"Are you sure that this old man is the guide that Mr. Huang found for us?" I looked at Mr. Wu and asked in a low voice.

Mr. Wu nodded and said, "The code is right, it should be OK. However, this room is a little weird, but this is the God of Joy Guest House after all, so it's normal to be weird. Just be careful."

The God of Joy is afraid of light, so in order not to disturb the God of Joy, the God of Joy Guest House usually paints the walls of the house with special paint, and this paint has a feature that it can swallow light sources, so this room looks so dark.

However, I saw all this in ancient books, and I don't know if it's true, but now it seems that what is recorded in the ancient books should be true.

After entering the hall, the strange smell I smelled before became stronger. I wrinkled my nose and turned my head to look around.

However, the oil lamp was only bright enough to illuminate a distance of one or two meters around. As for what was around the hotel lobby, we couldn't see it clearly.

"Hehe, young men, sit down first. I'll go get you some food."

The old man put the oil lamp on the wooden table, then turned around and walked towards the back hall with a hunched back.

After the old man left, Nangong Xiayu spoke tremblingly, "Captain Wu, Captain Zhang, this place... is so scary. Do we really have to spend the night here? I, I'm a little scared."

Mr. Wu glanced at Nangong Xiayu and said, "Let's see what happens later. If we feel that this person is unreliable, we will leave quietly."

"Yeah." Nangong Xiayu nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

"Qian Yu, go and see what's there. Don't use a strong flashlight or a torch. Use the light from the phone screen." Mr. Wu turned to me and said.

"Okay." I nodded, took out my phone, unlocked it, and walked to the side with the help of the faint light from the phone screen.

I groped my way to the corner of the wall, and then took the phone to observe carefully.

At first glance, I found that the wall was indeed black, and I didn't know what kind of paint it was painted with.

However, there seemed to be nothing in this inn except a table and a few chairs, and the walls were also bare.

But the next moment, I suddenly stopped.

Because in front of me, there was a rectangular object, but it was covered with a layer of plastic cloth, making it difficult to see what was covered inside.

"What is this?"

I frowned, turned around and looked at Mr. Wu and the others, and found that I was nearly seven or eight meters away from Mr. Wu.

The space inside the Xishen Inn is very large, and because the house is rectangular, the space inside the house is very cramped. I just groped along the wall and unknowingly left Mr. Wu and the others so far away.

At this moment, I can no longer see Mr. Wu and the others' faces. I can only see the outlines of several people sitting in front of the wooden table with the help of the light of the oil lamp.

I took a deep breath, then grabbed the plastic sheet and quietly lifted a corner.

I slowly brought my phone closer, but when the dim light from the phone screen illuminated the object under the plastic sheet, my heart skipped a beat. I almost subconsciously threw away the plastic sheet and took a step back.

Hidden under the plastic sheet was a...red coffin!