Little Li tremblingly brought Lu Yingjiu to the place where the giant cockroach was gushing out.
"That's it." Xiao Li's voice was shaking. "I'm getting closer. Look carefully, all those cockroaches can fly! When I hit them just now, I got covered in dust."
"Okay." Lu Yingjiu nodded.
Next to the workbench, a group of giant cockroaches were surging. When the light of the talisman paper approached, the cockroaches moved their antennae nervously, and their brown shells were illuminated with a glossy shine, looking extremely terrifying.
Lu Yingjiu's movements were a little stiff.
… It wasn’t because of the cockroaches, but because of the resentful look from Jing Xian behind him. He turned around and could still see Jing Xian staring at him, like a silent accusation.
The talisman paper glowed suddenly and burned the cockroach easily without leaving any ash.
There was nothing under the cockroach cluster, but there was a foul smell.
It was somewhere between the smell of rotten fish and shrimp and the stink of rotten flesh. Although it was not strong, it was enough to make people sick.
Lu Yingjiu waved his hand and several pieces of talisman paper flew out, illuminating the surroundings.
There were still a few places where cockroaches gathered, but when the fire got closer, they fled in all directions and there was nothing underneath.
But before that, there must be something in these places that left a smell, which caused the cockroaches to gather here and mutate because of the Yin Qi. The sheep ghost must also be related to it.
Lu Yingjiu murmured: "Maybe the person who left the cigarette butt took something away..."
But no matter what, we have no way to verify it.
He stood there and thought for a few seconds: "I'd better deal with the remaining ghosts first and send Yang Tianle and the others out first."
"Okay," Jing Xian said, "I'll go with you."
Lu Yingjiu originally wanted to ask Jing Xian to stay, but when she turned around and saw the resentment in Jing Xian's eyes, she refused to say it.
Although I didn’t feel that I had done anything wrong, I still felt inexplicably guilty.
It seems like I have done something wrong.
It is also okay to bring some gifts with you.
Lu Yingjiu returned to the corner and picked up a few pieces of talisman paper and gave them to Xiao Li: "Use these at the critical moment."
Xiao Li hurriedly grabbed it tightly and glanced at Chen Yanyan and the faceless man behind him: "I will protect you, Brother Lu, you must go and come back quickly!"
Lu Yingjiu responded, then carefully pasted a few talismans on the surrounding walls, and walked out of the corridor shoulder to shoulder with Jing Xian.
It was very dark outside, and Jing Xian wanted to hug him and walk away on the pretext that "the talisman paper might attract ghosts", but Lu Yingjiu insisted that her level was good enough this time, so she flatly refused and lit a piece of talisman paper to provide lighting.
Lu Yingjiu was very patient along the way. He did not leave any room or corner unattended, and even the slightest trace of evil spirit could not be concealed.
At the end of the south corridor, he found a place of yin energy and led Jingxian and to the corridor of the head and hoof processing room.
Boom boom boom.
Boom boom boom.
Before I got close, I heard the sound of a blunt object hitting something.
Lu Ying raised the wine glass, the fire went out, and he approached quietly.
The door was open, and through it a vague outline could be seen, and another tall sheep ghost could be seen.
It had its back to us and was hitting something with the hammer in its mouth, making a very regular thumping sound.
Jing Xian whispered to Lu Yingjiu: "It has a human face glued to a horse's head, and it's being fixed with a hammer now."
Lu Yingjiu also whispered, "Didn't the human skin get broken?"
If it gets damaged and then stuck back on the faces of those anchors, the scene will be terrifying.
"It's not broken." Jing Xian said, "Have you seen the film on the phone?"
The topic changed so quickly that Lu Yingjiu was stunned for a moment: "See you, what's wrong?"
"When the human skin was pasted on the horse's head, bubbles appeared just like when it was pasted on the mask. It just didn't fit well." Jing Xian said, "This ghost must have obsessive-compulsive disorder. Seeing this, he used a small hammer to slowly beat away the bubbles. I saw it hammering for a long time, but it was useless."
Lu Yingjiu: “…”
He was unable to understand this strange behavior, nor did he quite understand Jing Xian's wonderful metaphor, so he simply took out his dagger.
The knife rises and falls.
The clear light of the knife almost cut through the darkness. The sheep ghost had sensitive hearing and noticed the slight sound of breaking air. He turned around and swung his hammer!
But Lu Yingjiu was much more agile than it, and the sheep ghost swung in vain, wailed, and blood spurted out of the wound. It retreated repeatedly, then pawed its hooves and rushed forward again!
It was not as tall as a sheep ghost, and its body was similar to that of an ordinary person, but it had extremely sharp horns on its head. If it was scratched, it would be ripped open in a matter of minutes. Lu Yingjiu turned sideways and was about to dodge when he saw it flying up.
Jing Xiandan grabbed it by the horns and swung it gently.
—This "gentle" is only seen from an outsider's perspective, and even with a hint of elegance. In fact, when the sheep ghost landed, it made a horrible sound of bones breaking, without even making a sound, and black mist burst out of its body, turning into a group of ordinary sheep skeletons.
Easier than crushing an ant.
Jing Xian didn't even look at it, he picked up the human-skin bull head from the table and went back to Lu Yingjiu: "I take it?"
"Yeah." Lu Yingjiu glanced at him, "... If you want, you can take everyone out immediately."
Jing Xian laughed: "How can that be possible?"
Lu Yingjiu said: "Some people say that your acting is good, right?"
"Never." Jing Xian answered decisively.
First, everyone who can speak is a “human”;
Second, no one dares to say it.
Lu Yingjiu let out a soft click of the tongue and poked Jing Xian's head.
He was expressing his dissatisfaction, but Jing Xian was distracted by his poking, as if he had been poked in the chest, feeling numb and itchy.
I really want to give way to Lu Yingjiu and poke her a few more times.
But this request sounded too abnormal, and I couldn't say it out loud, and could only regret it inwardly.
The two searched all the way and found a sheep ghost in the south corridor.
The other party was holding a huge meat-cutting knife, and on his waist were two human-skinned bull heads, one on the left and one on the right. When it saw the two, its pupils burst into ecstasy.
Then his head was smashed by Jing Xian.
Jing Xian moved slowly and steadily, without getting any stains on his body.
Sure enough, Lu Yingjiu stretched out his hand and poked again.
Respect leisure and be content.
Lu Yingjiu looked at his smile, took a half step back, and asked cautiously: "... Do you have any strange hobbies?"
"No, no."
After the sheep ghost died, the yin energy suddenly disappeared, and that eerie feeling was gone.
The screen of Lu Yingjiu's phone flickered on and off, and several messages came in. Then the signal was restored and the flashlight could be used again.
Finally, Jing Xian returned with a full load of bull heads. He followed Lu Yingjiu back to the mask workshop and found everyone waiting in the corner.
Lu Yingjiu leaned in to the firelight, took out a short knife, and carefully cut off the human skin piece by piece along the cracks.
Jing Xian held down the faceless man and gently put the human skin back on. The facial features returned to the face, and everyone's faces were blank, horrified, and confused at first, but soon, Yang Tianle explained the situation to them and said that the ghosts had been completely eliminated.
After all, these anchors had been to a supernatural place, and they were all relatively calm. The road reception must have been professional, and they must have heard it correctly. After listening to the explanation, they huddled in a corner and whispered.
There was only one person left, and Jing Xian held the man's head steady, while Lu Ying drank the wine and put his face close to his.
The man struggled in pain, but Jing Xian was very strong and held him down steadily.
When Lu Yingjiu took it back, Jing Xian suddenly pulled her back and asked, "Does your wound hurt?"
Lu Yingjiu was stunned for a moment before realizing that Jing Xian was asking about the place on his body that was scratched by the door handle.
I never cared about this little injury and said, "It's just a nuisance."
Jing Xian responded and was just thinking about how to treat it again when he heard Lu Yingjiu change the subject: "If you can tell me who you are, it will hurt less."
Jing Xian was stunned and looked up.
In the firelight, Lu Yingjiuchong gave a teasing smile.
The warm light made my skin look very delicate, like some kind of exquisite work of art. I looked so beautiful with my smile. I added, "Why, do you want to consider it?"
There's a slight drawl at the end of the tone, which is a normal tone, but when heard in this context, it's like a poke on the forehead, with an inexplicable subtle sense of tune.
Jing Xian showed it on his face, but in fact he was wildly shaken inside.
In fact, with his totally unintended acting, the vest had already been on the verge of collapse, but he still wanted to struggle until the last moment.
said: "We have known each other since childhood, why are you still asking this question?"
"Really?" Lu Yingjiu said, "What was the surname of the old lady next door in our yard at that time?"
"ginger."
"What does Uncle Han like to eat most?"
“Pickled radish.”
"The one on the corner..."
"The orange cat is called Daju." Jing Xian answered fluently, "It was later adopted by the owner of the afternoon care center across the street."
Since I decided to impersonate the "big dog", I made full preparations.
Jing Xian smiled and said, "Do you have any more questions?"
Lu Yingjiu: “…” He tried to find a flaw and asked.
Jing Xian saw that Lu Yingjiu was rarely humiliated, with a slightly tense mouth, which made him inexplicably cute. He went up to rub Lu Yingjiu's head, making Lu Yingjiu's hair a mess. Lu Yingjiu glared at him, and then he quickly started to smooth his hair.
After the masks were pasted, everyone left the workshop. Lu Yingjiu walked at the front, Xiao Li led the group in the middle, and Jing Xian was at the rear. Then they returned to the back door.
This time, the back door appeared intact.
As soon as Xiao Li pressed the doorknob, he was stopped by Lu Yingjiu.
Lu Yingjiu looked at Yang Tianle and his group and said, "Did you drive here?"
I was in the parking lot just now and didn’t see any other cars.
One of them nodded and said, "Yes, we have two cars. We sneaked in and parked them in the corner." He looked at the door anxiously and said, "Let's get out quickly."
Lu Yingjiu took out a few small red sachets and distributed them to each of them one by one.
The sachet was very small and exuded a soothing fragrance.
He said, "The ghosts have been eliminated. There is no evil spirit in you. You can rest assured. But I have one more thing to say. Keep this treasure bag within one day. Keep it 5 meters away from you when you sleep or take a bath. Also, on the way back, if you see someone trying to hitchhike, don't let him get in the car, and don't look back."
These few words made everyone shudder and shiver quietly.
Lu Yingjiu then let Xiao Li continue to open the door.
Because it had not been opened for a long time, it was badly rusted and every inch of metal seemed to be stuck together. Xiao Li had to use a lot of effort to pull it open.
Squeak—
Along with a harsh friction sound, sunlight poured in from outside, so bright that it was blinding.
Yang Tianle looked at Lu Yingjiu: "Then, then shall we just leave like this?"
"Let's go." Lu Yingjiu said.
So those people didn't bother to cover their eyes and rushed out immediately, running faster than rabbits. When Xiao Li came back to his senses, they had almost rushed to the parking lot, their figures were so fast that they left afterimages, and they ran straight to the gate of the slaughterhouse.
"I'm going to run faster than my rabbit!" Xiao Li was shocked and looked at Lu Yingjiu, "What should we do next?"
"The ghost possessing her has not been dealt with yet." Lu Yingjiu pointed at Chen Yanyan, "Remember, we came here to play the four-corner game. Imitate the game we played back then, and then lure out the evil ghost."
The so-called four-corner game requires four people to complete.
The four people stood at the four corners of the empty room, turned off the lights and faced the corners, not being able to look around.
Start with the person in one corner, walk to the other corner, and tap the person in that corner on the shoulder. Then the person being tapped walks in the same direction until he meets the next person and taps that person on the shoulder.
By analogy, if you come across an empty corner, you should cough and keep walking until you meet the next person.
The reason why this is a supernatural game is that while playing, no one starts coughing.
There is always one person on the road, but there are people in all four corners.
An extra participant appeared out of nowhere.
That’s how Chen Yanyan and the others played at that time.
Lu Yingjiu said: "There are reasons for hauntings, and ghosts in the same place are closely connected. Now that we temporarily know why there is a 'sheep ghost', we also know what items were taken from the mask workshop. Perhaps it would be better to continue with another clue."
He looked at Chen Yanyan and said, "Can you tell me the game process again? Remember to include all the details."
"… OK." Chen Yanyan nodded, "Just like what you said before, it was me, my best friend Fan Xin, and our boyfriends playing together. As we were playing, we couldn't hear the coughing anymore. We were very scared at the time and didn't dare to stop playing the game or look back. In the end," she shuddered, "Fan Xin couldn't help but look back, trying to find out who the extra person was."
She continued, "At the moment she turned around, the lights in the house came on. The light was so strong that we couldn't see anything clearly at first. When we could see clearly, we were the only four people in the house."
"We thought it was over and ran out of the slaughterhouse. Unexpectedly, such a terrible thing happened afterwards..."
After that, Chen Yanyan's entire family died, and Fan Xin also died "accidentally".
"Which room did you play in?" Lu Yingjiu asked.
"It's in a utility room near the main door. I remember the exact location." She glanced at everyone. "If you find it there, I'll be able to recognize it."
20 minutes later.
We stood in the utility room in the corner.
After entering, the room was empty and the air was so turbid that it made me feel dizzy. The room was a square with a side of about 6 or 7 meters.
There happened to be four of us, and we each chose a corner to stand in, facing the wall.
Lu Yingjiu said, "If you are ready, I will extinguish the talisman paper. We will go clockwise, starting with me."
"Okay." Chen Yanyan's voice was thin and weak, and a little trembling.
"No problem." Xiao Li's voice was also tense.
"Yeah." Jing Xian was very calm.
Lu Yingjiu extinguished the talisman paper.
The room was pitch black and so quiet that it made people feel uneasy.
Lu Yingjiu took the first step, walked clockwise along the wall, reached the corner, and patted Chen Yanyan on the shoulder.
Then he stood quietly in the corner, waiting to be photographed.
The room was covered with thick carpet, so the footsteps could not be heard at all. After a while, Jing Xian coughed, and he walked to the corner where Lu Yingjiu had just left.
Lu Yingjiu waited for a few seconds, and then someone patted her shoulder gently.
Just as I was about to leave, Jing Xian grabbed me and moved closer.
It seems that Jing Xian discovered something unusual.
If it were someone else, Lu Ying would definitely think so, after all, there are many people who are more perceptive than him. But Jing Xian is the same after all, if it were him, he would definitely notice that there is an extra person in the room.
So Lu Ying drank wine and listened with bated breath.
Jing Xian leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Aren't you married?"
Lu Yingjiu: “…?”
I could hear the background music of an idol drama, and I couldn't help but ask, "Jingxian, what are you thinking about all day long?"
Jing Xian insisted: "You are not married?"
Lu Yingjiu said, "No."
Ghost marriage can be explained clearly in one go, so I don’t intend to say more.
Before Jing Xian could say anything, he heard Xiao Li speak hesitantly in a very low voice: "Hey, Brother Lu, is there something wrong? Why do I hear someone talking in a very low voice?"
Lu Yingjiu: “…”
It was said that Jing Xian was just chatting with him, and he coughed and said, "No, no, continue playing."
Leave this corner and walk towards Chen Yanyan.
“Ahem—”
The person who coughed this time was Xiao Li.
After a while, Jing Xian came back again.
This time it was Lu Yingjiu who spoke up, "Why are you so interested in my marital status? Did Xiao Li tell you something?"
"No." Jing Xian denied it flatly.
"Then why did you look at me with such resentment before?"
Jing Xian lied with his eyes blinking: "My eyes are sensitive, and the dust there makes them feel more comfortable. You must have misunderstood."
Lu Yingjiu: “…”
He wanted to poke Jingxian’s head again.
But the Four Corner Game stipulates that you cannot turn around and look, which greatly limits your performance. You can only walk to the next corner in silence.
“Ahem—”
In this round, Chen Yanyan coughed.
Jing Xian came back again.
Lu Yingjiu said in a low voice: "Hey, I suddenly remembered it."
"What?" Jing Xian asked.
"I heard this from you before - that I had a ghost marriage." Lu Yingjiu said, "But I told Big Dog." His voice was a little amused, "Why, you don't remember this now? Why are you hinting at this?"
Xiao Li spoke again, his voice trembling: "Brother Lulululu! I heard someone whispering!"
Lu Yingjiu rejected it again: "No, you must have heard it wrong." He lowered his voice and said, "I said, I will settle the score with you after the matter is resolved."
After saying that, he continued to walk along the corner, but he noticed that Xiao Li in the corner was about to cry.
Xiao Li felt that he was going to die.
Qian Wanwan indeed heard someone talking, but Lu Ge said he didn't hear it.
What does this mean!
This means that even the ghost Lu Yingjiu is helpless this time!
Once Lu Yingjiu discovered a dead ghost, no one else could solve it.
Xiao Li felt like crying but had no tears. He wrote countless suicide notes in his heart, preparing to say goodbye to this beautiful world.