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Worried that Zhu Bieshu's loud shouting while moving would attract all the servants at the main gate, Su Mu simply tore off a corner of Zhu Bieshu's robe and stuffed it into his mouth.
Zhubieshu: “Woo woo woo—”
"Be quiet, I don't want to carry you through a chase." Su Mu carried Zhu Bieshu on his shoulder with one hand and walked briskly on the top of the wall.
While attracting the attention of the servants and hunters, Ding Bowen kept an eye on his surroundings, fearing that the sound of the gong would attract the wandering hunters to him. At the same time, he was worried inside the Zhu family's old house, fearing that Su Mu would be caught by other servants, or accidentally fall from the wall - even if it was only three meters high, falling on the rocks could kill people!
Dante Bowen never expected that less than two minutes after Su Mu entered, he jumped off the wall carrying a tall man of nearly 1.8 meters.
"Su, Su Mu?" Ding Bowen took several steps back in fear, pointing at the man on Su Mu's shoulder and stammering, "You...you?"
"Oh, him." Su Mu thought Ding Bowen was asking who the man on his shoulder was. He lifted the man off his shoulder like a sack, put him on the ground, and said casually, "The eldest young master of the Zhu family."
"No! I mean that the way you lead people is rather...wild." Ding Bowen hesitated for a moment. At least he didn't dare to say the word "human trafficker" in front of the camera.
Compared to Su Mu's boldness, Ding Bowen obviously thinks more than Su Mu.
"Isn't it a bit too much to tie him up like this?" Ding Bowen asked worriedly.
He was tied up tightly, even his mouth was blocked, and his face was red from all the torture. He looked really pitiful.
We are all workers. It is not easy to earn some money and get some exposure. Why should we make things so difficult for him?
Not to mention waiting for the show to be broadcast, such a brutal approach would easily be criticized by the audience and eventually turn into a public relations accident.
Facing Ding Bowen's concerns, Su Mu patted his shoulder and said in a mature manner: "You are still young and don't understand. He is worth it."
Ding Bowen looked at Su Mu's hand on his shoulder with a smile on his face, thinking: Who is older, me or Su Mu? Why do I always feel like a child when they stand together?
But what does Su Mu mean by this?
Could it be that the actor who played Jubieshu was a scumbag?
——Ding Bowen didn’t know that in today’s huge film and television base, except for the staff of the program team and these “players”, whether they were the extras playing NPCs, the leading actor playing Zhu Bieshu, or the servants and hunters, they were not actually real humans.
As early as when Lin Lang discovered that mutants controlled humans through their minds, he quietly cast a magic circle on these actors and hunters. Once the mutant's barrier was deployed, the souls of these people would be protected by the magic circle inside their bodies, and would not be affected by the mutant's powerful mental and magical powers, and thus not be damaged.
As for physical protection, it was left to Su Mu. No matter how the mutants tormented these people, their bodies would never be harmed.
It can be said that the current NPCs are nothing more than empty shells that have been fed simple instructions. They have no consciousness and no ability to think for themselves.
But "Zhu Bieshu" is different. As an important NPC that runs through the real story and the main plot of the game, Zhu Bieshu is not played by anyone, nor is she the actor herself. Just like the mutant formed by resentment, she thinks she is Mei Fang herself, and everything she does is to resolve Mei Fang's resentment in the past.
And the person existing inside Zhu Bieshu now is none other than the eldest young master of the Zhu family.
Of course, neither the eldest son of the Zhu family nor the eldest daughter of the Mei family are names deliberately made up by the program crew for fun.
But it doesn’t matter what the real name is, because it has long been burned in a fire along with the pain and despair of that year.
...
Su Mu didn't want to explain too much to Ding Bowen. This was a game that the mutant had carefully crafted based on "Mei Fang's" past. It would be too boring to get spoilers before the plot was fully explored.
Seeing that Su Mu didn't explain, Ding Bowen, who was always good at observing people's words and expressions, was puzzled but did not continue to ask.
Anyway, since it involves the plot of the game, if you follow the process and have fun, you will eventually know the "truth".
Ding Bowen thought very optimistically.
Ding Bowen can accept the current situation, but that doesn’t mean Zhu Bieshu can.
As the cloth that was blocking his mouth was removed, Zhu Bieshu let out a "Pooh" sound, anger rising in his eyes, and he yelled at Su Mu: "I am the eldest young master of the Zhu family, how dare you do this to me!"
"What happened to the eldest young master of the Zhu family?" Su Mu sneered, "The person he loved was taken away and arranged to be married in the underworld. Not only did he not save her, but he actually hid in the yard alone and drank to drown his sorrows. What a irresponsible man!"
"You!" Zhu Bieshu choked: "Who are you? What qualifications do you have to say that to me? How can you possibly understand my feelings!"
"Don't be angry, don't be angry." Ding Bowen hurriedly tried to stop the fight: "We are just here to help you and seek your help."
Zhu Bieshu snorted coldly, neither agreeing nor refusing.
Ding Bowen quickly continued, "We want to rescue Miss Mei Fang before the Ghost Marriage Ceremony is over. May I ask if Master Zhu can help us?"
"......"
The man who was shouting before suddenly fell silent. He turned his head away and did not dare to look at Su Mu and Ding Bowen's eyes.
Ding Bowen suddenly understood why Su Mu looked down on the man in front of him.
Dante Bowen was still trying to persuade him emotionally and logically: "We have a lot of people here. As long as we work together, it won't be a problem to save Miss Mei. Master Zhu, are you willing to help us?"
"...I won't tell Father."
"What?" Ding Bowen couldn't believe his ears.
"I won't tell anyone that you broke into the Zhu family's old house and took me away." Zhu Bieshu said, "You should leave quickly. Once you are caught by my father, it won't be so easy."
Ding Bowen asked in surprise: "What about Miss Mei? Aren't you going to save her?"
The solemnity and embarrassment melted away in silence. After a long while, Zhu Bieshu sighed heavily, but his voice was as soft as a mosquito: "But he is my second uncle after all, and the person who presided over the wedding is my father... Do you want me to disobey my own father?"
"So you're just going to watch your loved one die?" Ding Bowen looked at him in disbelief.
Even if the other person wasn't his childhood sweetheart or lover, it was still a life! Was he not going to rescue her just because he was afraid of his father?
What a waste, this man!
But I remember the script wasn't arranged like that?
Ding Bowen said in his heart.
Although the game recording scripts will not be made public and are strictly kept secret from the guests before filming, this does not mean that there are no traces of every game case.
For example, the case that happened on Minguo Street this time was based on the famous legend of "No. 81 Mansion".
It is said that the second master of Mansion No. 81 died suddenly. The first master was so sad that he decided to hold a ghost marriage for the second master.
However, it turned out that the person whose birth date and horoscope matched those of the second master was the childhood sweetheart of the eldest master of the mansion. She was sold to the mansion by her parents because her family fell into poverty, and finally "married" to the second master under the arrangement of the eldest master.
The eldest son of the mansion happened to be studying abroad. He was so upset that he fell ill due to not being able to save his beloved. Under the arrangement of the eldest master, the eldest son married the eldest daughter of another aristocratic family within two years. The two of them respected each other and were very happy.
After marriage, the two still lived in the old house No. 81. Until one day, the eldest son suddenly said that he saw his childhood sweetheart who had passed away in the mansion.
From that day on, people living in the mansion often saw a woman in red who looked very similar to the eldest young master's childhood sweetheart. People living in the mansion also contracted the infectious disease one by one, except for the eldest young lady who returned to her parents' home to visit her relatives because of pregnancy.
This sudden epidemic did not take away the lives of most people in time - a few days later, a bizarre fire enveloped the entire mansion, burning it to black ash and burying many secrets about the mansion.
It was not until decades later that someone picked up the legend about the mansion, publicized it extensively, and established a Republic of China film and television base on the site of the mansion. It is said that the current Zhu family residence is the location of Mansion No. 81 back then.
Ding Bowen knew the story of the mansion before he came, and he could probably guess that the program team might delete the eldest daughter's role for the sake of ratings, and change it into a pure love story between the eldest master and his childhood sweetheart.
Previous tasks have also proved time and again that Ding Bowen's guess is not groundless.
But Zhu Bishu's speech completely overturned all his ideas.
——The emotional director team chose the "scumbag style" which is most likely to cause bloodshed!
Ding Bowen suddenly lost interest in taking Zhu Bieshu to rescue Mei Fang, or Lin Lang.
If you bring this kind of person to rescue Mei Fang, who knows, this person might suddenly change his attitude and take all the credit for himself just to make the beautiful woman smile.
Ding Bowen sighed and tugged at Su Mu's sleeve: "Forget it, let's go. Maybe other teams will get some clues after going to the Mei family courtyard."
"Go? Where are you two taking my young master to?"
An old voice suddenly sounded in my ears.
Su Mu, Ding Bowen and Zhu Bieshu who was still tied up all turned their heads and saw that the housekeeper Wu who was in charge of welcoming the bride had appeared in front of them at some point. The "scarecrow" who was in charge of sending the bride off had taken off his bright red clothes, revealing his strong and capable arms, and he was obviously a properly trained fighter or athlete.
"This...how come they came back so quickly!" Ding Bowen said anxiously.
In total, less than three minutes had passed, which was far from the task completion time set by the "director team", which meant that the wedding ceremony had not yet been completed.
Did he abandon his bride and come back by himself?
Ding Bowen thought.
"A player has tipped off." Su Mu's voice rang beside his ear.
Ding Bowen was stunned.
"Don't forget that this is a competitive game." Su Mu smiled. He didn't really care about the players' "betrayal" and even expected it. "From the beginning, this was not a harmonious game. Betrayal was bound to happen."
Not to mention that this isn’t really a game, but a “barrier” created by mutants.
How could the mutant, who has always been loyal to his desires, let go of the opportunity to arouse suspicion, doubt and fighting among the players without any effort?
A total of twenty "scarecrows" holding iron rods were lined up in four columns behind Butler Wu.
Butler Wu raised his right hand and waved it gently: "Go, there's no need to keep him alive."
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