It was blood, without a doubt!
There was a portable flashlight in Lingxi's mouth, and the light of the flashlight clearly showed the blood on the playing cards!
"Why are you stunned? Since it's not a joke card, put it back quickly!"
At this time, Lingxi's father snatched the poker card from his hand, and then put the card back!
After all the playing cards were put back in place, all the playing cards were naturally put back through the crack of the door.
"Huh..." Lingxi's father showed a look of relief: "Lingxi, why were you so dazed just now, I didn't see clearly just now, I thought you drew a wild card!"
"However, it's not over yet, right?" Lingxi's mother said, "I heard that on the night of the Bone Night Festival, there won't be only one card draw."
"Well... it depends on the situation. Generally, a family will have about two to three times. If you are unlucky, it is possible to draw four or five times. If there are more people in the family, the probability of drawing a ghost card will also be greatly increased. I heard that if you draw a fake card, you will have bad luck for the next year, so you usually don’t tell others even if you draw a fake card.”
Of course, no one would say anything like "superstition" here. After all... there are no strictly atheists on this island. Although it is difficult for ordinary people to accept the existence of so-called ghosts and undead, they have to admit that supernatural existences such as Moon Shadow and Qi Trainers are incredible.
"Just now... that poker card..." While his parents were discussing, Lingxi recalled the blood-stained poker card just now, and said, "The face of that card..."
"What's wrong?" Lingxi's father showed a puzzled look: "What's wrong with the playing cards?"
"No... nothing..."
Lingxi didn't say much.
He returned to his room again, and this time, he turned on the flashlight and looked at his fingers. There were still blood stains on them. Unmistakable, it's blood...
Did the card delivery person hurt his finger? This is also understandable. Just, is that really the case
"It's a weird feeling... Really, it doesn't feel right."
At the same time, at Xu Yun's home.
After seven o'clock passed, there was no "person" at home to visit.
Xu Yun, on the other hand, re-enshrined the Moon Shadow God Statue. Moreover, in front of the statue, various offerings were placed and incense was inserted.
"It's unbelievable that someone abandoned the Moon Shadow God..." Xu Yun's father, Xu Ying, looked at the newly enshrined Moon Shadow God in front of him, showing a trace of uneasiness: "But... bringing the discarded Moon Shadow God back home... I'm a little worried …”
"Worry?"
"The abandoned Moon Shadow God, it is said, will generate resentment... You should know that for many years, the people of Shishui Island have been blessed by the Moon Shadow God for generations, and we absolutely dare not disobey it. But...someone dares to abandon it. Moon Shadow God, and on a day like the Bone Night Festival..."
"Even so, it's not us who discarded the Moon Shadow God, but someone else?" Xu Yun showed a puzzled look: "I brought back the statue of the Moon Shadow God. According to common sense, if I discarded it at that time, Instead, it will…”
At this time, the back of the statue of the Moon Shadow God in front of him...
It seems to make people feel extraordinarily dense.
"Speaking of... Father... the statue of the Moon Shadow God is always from the back. Why is that?"
"You ask me why? I don't know either. It's just that during the 'Moon Shadow Festival', the Moon Shadow God will turn around and reveal his true face. But at that time, no matter who it is, no one can go to see the Moon Shadow The true face of God."
Those who see the true face of the Moon Shadow God cannot survive.
This is the same prohibition that cannot be violated, just like entering the Forbidden Mountain. For the islanders on the backwater island, these prohibitions have been instilled repeatedly from childhood to adulthood. For them, it is like the sun rising in the east and setting in the west, and no one will explore "why".
"Also... Father... During the Bone Night Festival, the people who came to give away the cards all said they were from the island government... But I always feel that it is very unreasonable."
"Where is it unreasonable?"
"If... according to the will of the Moon Shadow God, everyone must stay at home and not go out on the night of the Bone Night Festival, then the people in the Island Office should be no exception. When I was young, I would occasionally think about this issue , but... am I thinking too much?"
Xu Ying looked at the statue of Moon Shadow God picked up by Xu Yun and fell silent.
"In the end...is the person who came to deliver the cards really a 'person' from the Island Office?"
It is impossible for Xu Ying, the chief clerk of the island office, not to know the answer to this question.
"Xu Yun... There are some things that don't need to be pursued too deeply. If you are a little confused, you will live a little easier."
This sentence is implying something from the side!
"Then..." Xu Yun took a deep breath, noticed that his mother was still mopping the floor in the living room, and said in a low voice, "What will happen if you get a joke card?"
"What will happen? Nothing will happen. Doesn't it happen every year at the Night of Bone Festival?"
"Having said that... I'm still uneasy, Father. Really... is it that simple?"
Xu Ying was still silent.
"For so many years, the Island Office has always sent people to patrol the Forbidden Mountain, and in recent years, Hongluo Academy has been more active in training Qi trainers, and has continuously improved the welfare of the Qi trainers who patrol the Forbidden Mountain. Basically, as long as you agree to patrol the Forbidden Mountains, you are basically a high-ranking civil servant on the island and can enjoy many preferential policies. It can be said that it is the hottest job on the island now."
Xu Ying slowly turned her body back.
"These years... the monitoring of the Forbidden Mountain..." Xu Yun finally said what he wanted to say most in his heart: "Has there been any important discoveries?"
"You think too much, Xu Yun. You didn't find anything."
"That being the case... why are you so interested in Shanyun? You even settled all the tuition fees for the rest of the year for her, and actively recommended her to join the island government? Isn't it because she is the only one in the historical records of Backwater Island?" After entering the Forbidden Mountain, is there anyone who came back alive?"
Huang Shanyun, on this island with a population of several thousand, is a name that almost everyone knows. Why? It was because she entered the Forbidden Mountain, but not only did she not die, but she came back alive! It's just that after that... she lost all her memories!
"After entering the Forbidden Mountain, Shanyun has completely changed. She often becomes very crazy, as if she has become another person, and then... she will shout: 'This island is very dangerous, you must escape from this island. '…”
"enough!"
Xu Ying's expression became more and more serious.
"Father?"
"Escape? You should know that this is impossible. Our island's industrial level is very low, and it is impossible to develop the shipbuilding industry at all, you should also know?"
indeed.
Backwater Island is an island composed of agricultural population through and through. Its industrial level is not even just a start. It is basically based on basic handicrafts and very primitive machinery, so it does not have the conditions for industrial production at all. Even if they build ships, they can only make some relatively simple wooden boats at most. However, because the waters around the island don't even have shellfish, not to mention fish, there is no room for fishery development at all, so there are no ships in this area. Moreover, the people on the island do not have any charts of the waters surrounding the Deadwater Island. If you need to go out to sea with a few wooden boats, you are looking for death. When the time comes to the vast sea, when the food is gone, why don't you go to drink sea water to survive? Know that there is no fish in the sea!
So... It is simply impossible to leave the island by going out to sea.
However, it is obvious that Xu Ying's words hide a lot of information. Obviously, he knows quite a few things. But these things are obviously the core secrets of this island. Obviously, even if you ask now, you can't ask anything.
"After graduation, I will go hunting in the Forbidden Mountains. I will definitely!"
at the same time.
Huang Shanyun's home.
Huang Shanyun's parents were also sitting around the table, waiting.
Right now...
There was a very regular knock on the door, outside the door... It rang!
"coming!"
Huang Shanyun's father, Huang Xi, immediately stood up and took out the flashlight. Then, walked to the door.
"Here we come. Play the cards, please."
As soon as Huang Xi finished speaking, the knocking on the door stopped. then…
From the crack of the door... playing cards were stuffed in!