"Squeak-"
The dim light of the flashlight illuminated the narrow stairs. Cheng Zhichu stepped on the old wooden board and made a sour sound, which made his heart tremble, and the hand holding the flashlight shook involuntarily.
The matter of encountering the Specter just now made him still have lingering fears. If he was the only one in this haunted house at this time, he would probably have been scared crazy.
But fortunately, he is not alone here, and there are teammates like Bai Yi...
Looking at the back of Bai Yi who was walking in front of him, Cheng Zhichu shook hands with the flashlight, and said good luck in his heart, and decided that after the dungeon was over, he must add Bai Yi's friend, um, with such a good character as Bai Yi. , should not reject him...
He is not ashamed of the idea of hugging his thighs at all, but he is still thinking that after becoming a good friend, he can invite Bai Yi to write a book together, cultivate more feelings, and maybe become a regular partner in the future.
Although he still had some doubts in his heart, that was why Bai Yi used a mineral water bottle to hold such powerful holy water, but he quickly found a reason for Bai Yi himself, for example, this was obtained by Bai Yi in the previous dungeon Props, holy water was already packed in mineral water bottles at that time.
"What kind of identity do you think the ghost just now was?"
Walking on the stairs leading to the second floor, the group was too quiet, Lu Wenjing seemed a little nervous, and spoke to ease her emotions: "Why did it chase Cheng Zhichu in the first place?"
"Although I can't prove it yet, I think it may be the second owner of the mansion, the one who wrote the letter."
Cheng Zhichu thought for a while and said, "It came out after getting the letter and the key, and I was holding both of these things, so it's not surprising that it would chase me."
So if you think about it, you can understand that the final boss will definitely not be it, but the ghost who killed the first owner, Mrs. Mei Jie, and it was only one of the victims of the haunted house.
While talking, they went up to the second floor and came to a gorgeous door. Lu Wenjing has the ability to automatically read the terrain. According to what she said, this is the master bedroom of the mansion.
"I'll go first."
Bai Yi, who was walking at the front, whispered to them and tried to twist the door handle. The door was not locked, and was opened with a slight push.
He walked in first, looked around with a flashlight, confirmed that there seemed to be nothing unusual, nodded to a few people outside the door, and then all walked in.
The house is very spacious, as dark as the outside, covered with dust everywhere, the walls are covered with dark red wallpaper, there are several oil paintings hanging, the floor is covered with carpets, surrounded by beds with curtains and furniture made of solid wood. The crystal lamps on the ceiling reflected a little white light under the illumination of the light, and the windows were all nailed down by wooden boards from the outside, leaving no gaps.
Cheng Zhichu activated the cueing skill again, and this time he saw three flashes, which were located on the dresser, the head of the bed, and behind the largest oil painting.
"I see three clues." Cheng Zhichu explained his skills to the others, and then explained the location of the clues, "Let's take them separately."
The others had no objection. Lu Wenjing walked to the head of the bed, Ren Xue chose the dresser, and Wang Jianming followed behind her, smiling happily.
He originally made Ren Xue angry, but because he was strangled by a ghost just now, Ren Xue was not only angry, but he also saw her cry for him, which was a blessing in disguise.
Cheng Zhichu and Bai Yi came to the large landscape oil painting and worked together to remove it. As expected in the letter, there was a secret door behind it.
Cheng Zhichu took out the key and tried to open the secret door. The key fit perfectly into the keyhole, and when it was turned gently, the door opened.
"Wow..."
As the iron secret door slowly opened, the heavy dust shook down one after another. Cheng Zhichu coughed a few times, took a flashlight to illuminate the interior of the secret door, and instantly his pupils shrank. The flashlight also fell, and tumbled to the floor.
A shriveled corpse slammed down and hit Cheng Zhichu's feet. A dry arm also touched his feet, so frightened that he screamed and moved back with his buttocks. Ren Xue and the others were also caught by him. The howl was startled, and they turned around with wide eyes in horror, and they all saw the mummified corpse on the ground.
"It's okay, don't be afraid."
Bai Yi leaned over to help Cheng Zhichu up, patted him on the back soothingly and said, "This is not a ghost, just a corpse."
"Yes, is it..."
Cheng Zhichu looked at the ground in shock, and found that the thing was motionless, it was really just a corpse, he was relieved, wiped off the cold sweat and said, "When it fell out, I wasn't mentally prepared at all, it scared me to death. now…”
"You have the nerve to say that the most frightening thing is you. You scream more frightening than a corpse!" Wang Jianming slapped his chest and cursed.
Cheng Zhichu was choked for a moment. It was true that he had overreacted just now. At this time, facing the ridicule of his teammates, he could only be as quiet as a chicken. Bai Yi glanced at Wang Jianming lightly, patted Cheng Zhichu's back again, and squatted down to check the device. corpse.
Bai Yi held the bones of the corpse in his hands, his expression was quite indifferent, as if he was just holding a piece of wood. He looked at the mummified corpse's hand, turned the corpse over and said, "He should be Mr. Charlie, Madam Meijie's husband, and the first male host of the mansion."
"How did you know?" Cheng Zhichu asked in shock.
"His nails are badly damaged, he must have scratched something hard. As the letter said, there are many scratches in the basement, which should be left by him, and it also mentioned that Charlie died in the basement. "
Bai Yi looked at the corpse and pondered for a while: "The way he died is a bit strange... He died of starvation."
"He's turned into a mummified corpse, can you still tell that he starved to death?" Wang Jianming asked suspiciously.
"I have the skills in this area." Bai Yi explained briefly, and then added, "Maybe Mrs. Mei Jie ordered her husband to be locked in the basement, and no one was allowed to bring him food. Charlie was almost mad with hunger. , scratching the wall, but Mrs. Mei Jie did not sympathize with him, and in the end he was starved to death."
"If it's true, it's too cruel. She can actually starve her husband to death? What kind of hatred is this?"
Cheng Zhichu's face was unbelievable. It was hard for him to imagine any wife would do such a vicious thing to her husband.
"I starved my husband to death, and after the husband died, he hid his corpse in the oil painting, and still lived with her in this master bedroom day and night, doing such a thing, maybe Mrs. Mei Jie's spirit is not very good normal."
Bai Yi smiled lightly, the hand examining the corpse suddenly paused, and then he took out a note from under the corpse's clothes and said, "There is something here."
The notebook was hidden with the corpse, and when Cheng Zhichu took it over, he was very upset, but Bai Yi, who inspected the corpse, didn't say anything, and he was even less qualified to pick and choose.
He took the note in his hand, glanced at the cover first, and then showed an indescribable expression on his face: "Mrs. Meijie is not normal... This is her diary. She even put her diary and her husband's body in the together."
Hearing that there was a diary, Lu Wenjing and Ren Xue each came over with the clues they found. Lu Wenjing found a piece of paper similar to a report, and Ren Xue brought a jewelry box because the diary was thicker. , a few people checked these two items first.
The report found by Lu Wenjing was an autopsy report. After reading it, Cheng Zhichu confirmed that it belonged to the second owner. The report mentioned that his body was missing half of the soles of his feet and half of his head, which also proved that they met just now. The ghost is the second master.
Then they opened the jewelry box, and their eyes couldn't help but be attracted - this is an emerald necklace of extremely fine workmanship. It is very precious.
Cheng Zhichu read the information on the necklace.
[Item name: necklace. 】
[Item type: copy props. 】
[Whether the copy can be brought out: No. 】
[Description: A precious necklace, it is not clear what purpose it has. 】
"It's a pity I can't take it out..." Ren Xue said a little disappointed, and put the necklace back in the jewelry box.
Wang Jianming took the opportunity to confess: "This necklace really matches you. I will work hard to earn money to buy you the same one in the future!"
Ren Xue didn't speak, but she could see that she was a little happy. Lu Wenjing seemed to be very interested in necklaces, but they didn't dare to wear them casually.
Wang Jianming volunteered to put the jewelry box into his backpack, lest anything really happened and Ren Xue would suffer. He also took the report, but the ghosts related to the report have been eliminated, so it shouldn't be. Something will happen.
"Next is this diary..."
Cheng Zhichu cast his eyes on the diary, took a deep breath, and opened it. However, after opening it, they found that most of the pages were stained with blood or stuck to it, so they couldn't see it at all, and the content behind it was torn off, and only a few pages could be read when they turned over.
"… "
Cheng Zhichu read the first page first, and couldn't help being silent for a few seconds before he said with a complicated expression: "I think I can probably understand why Mrs. Mei Jie did that."
"Charlie was really killed by Mrs. Mei Jie, and it wasn't just him. Mrs. Mei Jie also killed a maid. The maid's name was Mary, and she was a childhood sweetheart with Charlie. She came to the mansion as a maid through Charlie's introduction."
"Charlie doesn't love Mei Jie at all. He just covets the status of the Solza family. The person he really loves is his childhood sweetheart Marie. Not long after Marie came to the mansion, the two of them betrayed Mei Jie together."
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Bai Yi's Diary Part 7
I also thought about betrayal before, and imagined what I would do if one day he fell in love with someone after Zhichu was with me.
But I don't get an answer. That assumption alone is enough to drive me crazy, and continuing to think only makes my soul break even more.
I have been troubled by this for a long time, trying to come to a conclusion, but unable to think deeply, which caused me to become more and more anxious, as if I could not get the answer, this terrible idea will definitely come true.
The restlessness continued until I suddenly realized another problem.
— Zhichu was not with me, he didn’t even know me at all.
I became depressed.
The author has something to say: Bai Yi's mentality is like the couple in the news who fantasized about what to spend after five million, but ended up having a disagreement and fighting.