Chapter 040
Miss Xie did not object, so Cheng Hui began to hammer and bang in the stone chamber.
However, he knocked on the entire stone chamber but did not find any hidden mechanism.
As a last resort, Cheng Hui could only shift his gaze to the only stone statue.
"Miss Xie, do you know who this memorial is for?"
Miss Xie shook her head embarrassedly.
"Then why do you worship him?"
Miss Xie was stunned for a moment, then hesitated and said, "I have nothing to do in this stone chamber... I don't know what else to do except worship the statue."
Cheng Hui: ...Oh, I see. This is the knockoff version now that it's here...
"So, did anything change after you worshipped the gods?"
Miss Xie seemed unsure: "I...seemed to hear some sounds, but I couldn't make them out clearly. How about...Young Master Cheng, why don't you try?"
Cheng Hui took a look at the cushion on the ground and placed it in front of the stone statue. The stone statue's eyes were half closed, and it looked... like it was staring at the cushion on the ground.
He imagined himself kneeling before it and praying, but when he looked up he made eye contact with the statue - well, it was like a real-life horror movie.
"Young Master Cheng, I think our chance to escape may lie in this stone statue," Miss Xie advised.
"Oh? So you think I should try praying too?"
Miss Xie gave a bitter smile and said, "I am probably dead. Perhaps it is precisely because I am dead that the immortal ignored me. If Young Master Cheng were to offer his respects, perhaps there would be a response."
"It's not impossible..." Cheng Hui pondered for a moment: "But before I pay my respects, can you help me clear up some confusion?"
"Excuse me, Young Master Cheng."
"Then I'm sorry for the offense. Miss Xie's figure when she was alive seems a little different from now." Cheng Hui looked up at Miss Xie, observing her reaction.
Miss Xie was stunned for a moment and sighed: "I don't know why it turned out like this. Maybe I'm too obsessed..."
"So that's how it is." Cheng Hui looked at it in his heart.
In his heart, Qiu had already told him bluntly: "She is lying!"
"Yeah, I can see that." Cheng Hui didn't show any expression on his face, but he had already labeled Miss Xie a big suspect in his heart.
Something has happened to everyone in the entire manor, not to mention Painter Xie and Madam Xie, even Xiyue who was devoured by Meng Lang has become a fierce ghost. How can you, Meng Lang's main target, still be able to communicate with him rationally after becoming a ghost?
Not to mention that Miss Xie was born with a disability. A woman who was extremely self-deprecating during her lifetime and even willing to share her husband with a maid, became gentle and generous after her death? Who would believe this?
Therefore, ever since entering this stone chamber, Cheng Hui did not believe a single word of what Miss Xie said.
And... he also discovered that although Miss Xie never mentioned the portrait in his hand, she had cast her eyes there several times, and it was obvious that she cared very much about the painting.
These were all shared with him by Aqiu. He had to admit that with Aqiu checking and filling in the gaps, his insight was obviously improved several times.
Cheng Hui looked at the stone statue again. It seemed more and more weird. He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he felt that the statue's eyes seemed to be a little more open than before.
"Young Master Cheng, have you come up with any ideas?"
"not yet……"
"Then... why don't you try to worship this statue? This may be our only hope." Miss Xie looked at the stone statue and said lightly.
"Okay then, I'll come and pay my respects." Cheng Hui suddenly said.
Miss Xie didn't expect him to agree so readily. After a moment of shock, she quickly reacted and showed a surprised expression: "Really? Thank you, Young Master Cheng. I've been trapped here for many years and I also want to go out and see if I can find my parents."
"Well, don't worry, you will meet." Cheng Hui said meaningfully.
He slowly walked to the front of the futon, and there seemed to be nowhere to put the scroll in his hand. After hesitating for a moment, Miss Xie took the initiative to step forward: "What is this? Is it important? Do you want me to hold it for you?"
"It is indeed very important. Miss Xie, don't you think this scroll looks familiar?"
Miss Xie examined it carefully and said, "It seems... to be the scroll my father usually uses. Could it be... that there are paintings by my father in it?"
Cheng Hui opened the painting and revealed the contents. Miss Xie was surprised: "How...how could it be me? I don't remember my father ever drawing a portrait of me."
She looked a little shy and reached out to take the painting away, but Cheng Hui reacted very quickly and took it away.
Miss Xie's face changed slightly, and she said unhappily, "Young Master Cheng, this is... inappropriate. Although I'm dead, if this portrait falls into your hands, it will inevitably damage my reputation. Besides, this is my father's painting, why don't you give it to me?"
"Nothing." Cheng Hui said lazily, then kicked the mat on the ground away.
Miss Xie was suddenly shocked and angry: "What do you mean?"
"Nothing. I just want to know what secrets are hidden in this futon that make you keep trying to persuade me to kneel down and sit on it."
Miss Xie's expression changed for a moment, but quickly returned to normal: "Young Master Cheng, please be careful with your words. I don't know what you are talking about."
"It doesn't matter." Cheng Hui smiled, suddenly jumped up and punched the stone statue in the face.
Bang--
The face of the stone statue suddenly exploded, revealing another face hidden underneath - Miss Xie's face.
Cheng Hui smiled. He had always felt that something was wrong. The stone statue seemed to be staring at the cushion. But after careful observation, he found that it was actually because there was an extra layer on the face of the stone statue, making it look a little leaning forward, which created the illusion that he was looking down.
"How about it? Miss Xie, do you have anything to say?" Cheng Hui sneered at Miss Xie.
"How did you find out?" Miss Xie finally stopped pretending and her expression became very cold.
Cheng Hui touched his nose and thought to himself that he really hadn't noticed anything, mainly because Ah Qiu was very observant. But there was no need to tell her about this.
"Forget it, it doesn't matter. Really, you people...why don't you just die honestly? Why are you still struggling!" Miss Xie showed a twisted smile.
Cheng Hui thought to himself, why? Why should I die?
Miss Xie clenched her fists suddenly, and a red magic circle like a spider web instantly spread out with the cushion on the ground as the center.
Just as the magic circle was about to show its power, Cheng Hui rushed to Miss Xie first and punched her.
I can't beat those powerful ghosts, but can't I beat a weak woman like you...
Although beating women has a bad reputation...but female ghosts shouldn't fall into this category, right?
Cheng Hui's mind was full of random thoughts, but his hands were moving very quickly.
He did not act blindly, but the female ghost tried every means to make him worship the statue, which indirectly proved that her own strength should not be that good, and this gave him the opportunity to fight back.
Miss Xie was punched in the face and immediately screamed, "Damn it! You can't escape!"
"I didn't mean to escape!" Cheng Hui retorted to her, and then started punching and kicking her. However, he discovered that Miss Xie's ghostly body seemed to have a strong defensive effect against this kind of physical attack. It felt like hitting thick rubber. The damage was not great, but it was extremely insulting.
Miss Xie doesn't seem to be good at fighting, at least in the fight with Cheng Hui, her performance was really bad.
After Cheng Hui discovered this, he attacked even more ruthlessly. As the saying goes, "kill you while you're weak." If he had shown mercy to her, he might have been the one to die when her accomplices arrived.
Yes, accomplice.
From the beginning to the end, time in this manor was a game.
The purpose of setting up the trap is for these four people with special fates.
Although we don’t know the purpose of these people, it is certain that it is disadvantageous to the four of them.
Cheng Hui even suspected that the painter Xie, Meng Lang and Mrs. Xie had all worked together to set up this play.
That’s not right… It’s hard to say about Madam Xie and Meng Lang, but Painter Xie should not be in the same group with them, otherwise this painting would not have fallen into his hands.
He had already discovered that the main reason why Miss Xie performed so poorly in front of him was because of the painting.
In order to take action just now, he temporarily rolled up the painting and stuffed it into his belt.
During the fight, Miss Xie almost hit his lower abdomen several times, but for some reason she changed the direction temporarily, so he was sure that this painting was related to Miss Xie.
He suddenly pulled out the painting and opened it, and sure enough, he saw Miss Xie's face turn pale and she reached out to grab it.
There was a small dagger on Cheng Hui's wrist, which he pulled out and stabbed into the thigh of Miss Xie in the painting.
"ah!"
Xie Wan screamed in pain. Although she was clearly a ghost, black liquid was flowing out of her thigh.
"I will kill you!" Xie Wan screamed miserably, and her whole body seemed to be half stained by ink, turning into a ball of dark mist and quickly merging into the stone statue.
"Fuck!" Cheng Hui screamed.
It was already uncomfortable enough to hit the rubber, and now it has been replaced by stone. Is there any way for people to survive?
However, it can be seen that Xie Wan's method of integrating into the stone statue must have cost a great price, otherwise she would not have waited until now to use this trick.
Xie Wan's stone statue came to life, with an ominous black light flashing in its eyes.
Cheng Hui dodged her heavy attack by jumping and skipping. It would be painful to be hit by such a heavy stone.
He used a dagger to repeatedly pierce the arms and chest of the person in the portrait.
The stone statue seemed to have been hit hard, and numerous cracks appeared in the places where it was stabbed.
It is conceivable that if this continues, the stone statue will definitely not last, but the question is... can Cheng Hui hold on until then?
"You've cost me more than ten years of hard work. Don't even think about escaping today! I will kill you even if I have to use up all the energy of this stone statue!" Xie Wan screamed.
Cheng Hui didn't say anything. He ran away while tumbling and crawling, while using a dagger to pierce the portrait into pieces.
There were more and more cracks on the stone statue, but Xie Wan held on and blocked Cheng Hui in the corner of the stone chamber.
"Run, keep running! I wonder where you can run to! Die!" Xie Wan punched Cheng Hui hard on the head.
Once hit, the skull will inevitably be fractured.
Cheng Hui: Danger!
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