In the dark corridor, the vermilion paint has turned reddish-brown, and the pieces are mottled and withered, and the exposed wood has been eroded and decayed by the wind and rain. The corridor leads to the inner courtyard. There are yellow leaves and dead trees along the way. There are some paper money scattered on the ground. There are new and old, and the year of the memorial service cannot be seen.
The four followed the Money Counting Ghost in the corridor, adhering to the principle of less talk and fewer mistakes, they were all quiet, waiting for the Money Counting Ghost to speak first. In the end, the money-counting ghost was more silent than them. Helpless, Xu Wang could only ask, "Brother Ghost, where are you taking us?"
The Counting Ghost gave him a sideways glance, and finally said, "Don't you want to live here. I can tell you that we don't keep idle ghosts here. If you want to live here, you have to do your best."
"Contribute?" The eyes of the four partners lit up, and the task came.
"Well," the money-counting ghost continued to walk forward, not seeing the four pairs of gleaming eyes behind him, "The West Court is now using ghosts, and the boss has been worried about finding new ghosts recently, so you will come, if not It's such a coincidence that I can't cross-examine you like that."
"Western courtyard?" Xu Wang had never heard the word last time.
"Why are there so many problems?" The money-counting ghost became impatient. "Anyway, I'm taking you to see the boss now. The boss wants to agree to accept you, so you've already settled here, do you understand?"
The four partners looked at each other, seeing the boss
The last time they came in, a ghost was looking for something, but the team that came in at the same time was faster and grabbed the task, so they found the next ghost and took the task of "The willow head on the moon, the ghost meets after dusk". But whether it is "searching" or "love", the NPC directly gives the task, and the goal of the task is very clear.
But now they have been following this NPC for a long time, and has not updated the task.
It can be seen that "seeing the boss" is not the content of the task.
"That, Brother Ghost," Xu Wang took two quick steps, leaned over, and asked with a smile, "You didn't lose anything that we needed to find? Or maybe you want us to help you reunite when your love is not going well?"
The money-counting ghost slowly turned his head and looked at him with no love: "Do you think I am like this, can a female ghost like me?"
Xu Wang: "..."
The deep sadness of this question made the male ghost silent and the female ghost cry.
The air was suddenly quiet, save for the faint hum of the wind blowing through the corridor.
Xu Wang seemed to think of something and changed the subject directly: "Brother Ghost, do we have a bridge here?"
"Bridge?" The money-counting ghost looked at him inexplicably.
Xu Wanggang wanted to explain further, such as the small bridge in the back garden, as long as it was a bridge, but Wu Sheng suddenly reached out and pulled him back to his side, holding his shoulders firmly.
"It's alright, Brother Gui, he just has nothing to say, you don't need to pay attention to him." Wu Sheng rushed to count the money and smiled embarrassedly.
The money-counting ghost had a very good impression of this mountain ghost now, nodded, no doubt about him, and moved on.
Xu Wang gave Wu Sheng an irritated elbow with his elbow. It was not heavy, but the meaning was obvious - who has nothing to talk to
Wu Sheng didn't move, just handed his arm in front of him, stayed for two seconds, and quickly retracted it.
But it was enough for Xu Wang to see clearly that on the badge booklet opened by his military advisor, the badge reminder on 5/23 was: bed lover.
Xu Wang was stunned, it was still a "ghost bridge" just now!
To be exact, since ten days ago, the reminder of "Ghost in the Wall" was replaced by "Ghost Bridge", the 5/23 badge reminder has not been moved again. When entering the level today, he confirmed it again. Who would have thought It has only been ten minutes, and already a team has found the badge? !
No matter how efficient the team is, it can't be that fast. The only explanation is that some team hit the big luck, and they met the flash as soon as they entered the house. Maybe when they got the badge, they were still blindfolded.
But no matter what, he was indeed negligent.
There was a trace of annoyance in his heart, and the hand on his shoulder was wrapped tightly again, and then Wu Sheng sighed softly.
From that sigh, Xu Wang heard five words - I can't do it without me.
He glanced at him, Xu Wang reluctantly pouted - OK, I was careless.
Wu Sheng smiled, the corner of his mouth was a satisfied arc.
Xu Wang squinted at him - can you take it off
Wu Sheng raised his eyebrows in confusion—Huh
Xu Wang: "..."
You can communicate with your eyes in the first eight hundred sentences, but you can't understand this sentence? !
I don't know when, Qian Ai and Kuang Jinxin had fallen behind the captain and the military advisor, and saw the badge manual displayed by the military advisor. process.
Kuang Jinxin was amused when he saw it.
Qian Ai was filled with righteous indignation - this is crazy public money to fall in love!
Passing through the corridor, and then through two small courtyards, four people and one ghost finally came to a conference hall. The money-counting ghost asked them to wait outside the door, and went in first. After two minutes, he came back and said that the boss agreed with them.
The four followed behind the money-counting ghost and finally entered the council hall.
The council hall is not big, there are a row of ghosts sitting on the left and right, all of them maintain their miserable state before death, some eyes will not fall out, and some jaws are directly torn open, and they can't be closed again, but that's it, it's time to drink tea Drinking tea, smoking when it is time to smoke, each of them looks quite pompous, all like a big brother.
But the real big brother, of course, is sitting at the forefront, in the main position.
It was a thin middle-aged man with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He should have been a very festive and kind-hearted appearance in his lifetime, but now, his face is blue and purple like a dead person, and a bullet hole between his eyebrows directly penetrated his head, and the On the front, you can see the wall behind him directly through the bullet hole.
As soon as the four came in, all eyes were on them.
The originally noisy conference hall was suddenly silent, and when so many ghosts stared at it, the nerves of the four little friends suddenly tightened.
The money-counting ghost said respectfully: "Boss, they are the four new ghosts. The one with the remaining head is the flying-head ghost, the one with a broken hand is the broken-hand ghost, the one with the shadow is the back spirit, and the heroic one is the mountain ghost. "
Xu Wang, Qian Ai, and Kuang Jinxin: "..."
Emotional preference is not so obvious!
The bullet hole ghost tilted his head slightly, looked at the four of them up and down, and finally asked the money counter: "Have you been tested?"
"Don't worry, everything has been checked," said Qian Qiangui. "The cause of death is clear, the state of death is reasonable, and there is nothing suspicious."
There was no expression on the bullet hole ghost's face, and he couldn't tell whether he believed it or not, but after a moment of silence, he still said quietly: "I just need a few new faces, Xiao Qian, you did a good job of this."
Money Counting Ghost is not often praised. Hearing that, he shrank his neck and smiled shyly. The picture couldn't be more beautiful.
The bullet hole ghost didn't speak any more, just stared at him.
The money-counting ghost was stunned for a few seconds, suddenly understood, and immediately resigned, and closed the door of the conference hall from the outside very intimately.
As the door closed again, the air in the conference hall became dignified and suppressed.
The vigilance in the hearts of the four partners gradually increased, and the military division Wu even started to calculate, if the situation was not good, he would go ahead with the thirty-six strategies, or die and live.
Next to the bullet hole ghost, a "body" suddenly appeared slowly.
To be precise, it was a ghost with only a body but no head. He was covered in blood, and he was slashed. His neck incisions were also uneven.
As soon as the headless ghost appeared, a slightly shrill voice sounded in the entire council hall—
"If you want to live in the West Courtyard, you must contribute to the West Courtyard, understand?"
Compared to the bullet hole ghost, this headless ghost does not feel so oppressive, and as soon as he appears, the bullet hole ghost leans back and throws his hands at the shopkeeper. Obviously, this is a role of a military advisor or a think tank. .
The four partners can understand that the big brother will not explain the task in detail to the small soldiers in person, so naturally a spokesperson is needed. But... this guy doesn't even have a head, how does he transmit his voice? This kind of unscientific phenomenon really makes people care! ! !
"Cough," Xu Wang said, forcing himself to ignore the channel of voice, "I understand, but I don't quite understand what kind of effort should be made..."
The headless ghost in front stretched out his hands as if he was about to give a lecture, and the shrill voice hanging over the council room matched his posture and explained slowly.
The four partners were in this weird space-to-air collocation, after listening to the mission background—
"This old house is divided into East Courtyard and West Courtyard. The West Courtyard, which is here, is our site, while the East Courtyard is the site of the diggers. For a long time, we have wanted to move to the East Courtyard, but the diggers are stingy. Don't let…”
"Well, can I ask a question?" Xu Wang weakly raised his hand to interrupt.
The headless ghost said, "Speak."
"Isn't the west courtyard very good, it's big and open, the trees are dead and the wind is gloomy," Xu Wang really didn't understand, "Why do you have to move to the east courtyard?"
"What do you know," the headless ghost sneered, "The feng shui of the East Court is a hundred times a thousand times better!"
"No..." Xu Wang's eyes swept across the eyeballs in turn, the chin was torn, the hands and feet were broken, and finally fell to the front, the bullet holes in the eyebrows and the headless, and asked sincerely, "We're all like this, right? Is Feng Shui so important?"
The Bullet Hole frowned.
The headless ghost immediately reprimanded the big brother: "The ghosts have come from the east since ancient times, and they don't live in the east, so how can they control the ghosts in the world!"
I have only heard Xu Wang, Wu Sheng, Qian Ai, and Kuang Jinxin who drove the crane back to the west: "..."
It is true that there is knowledge everywhere, regardless of Yin and Yang.
"Then... how can we contribute?" Xu Wang hurriedly asked the key point, for fear that he would not be able to keep up with his mind if he continued to talk about more knowledge about the ghost world.
The high-pitched voice above his head didn't answer, and the headless ghost suddenly came down.
Watching this headless body walking towards him is not a beautiful experience. The four partners unconsciously gather, rely on each other, and absorb a little bit of human warmth.
The headless ghost stood still in front of Xu Wang, and said softly with his head: "Stretch out your hand."
Xu Wang followed suit.
A small paper bag in his palm.
"This is the soul-killing powder," said the headless ghost, "your mission is to sneak into the east courtyard, find the ghost spring, and pour the soul-killing powder into the spring."
Xu Wang stared blankly at the small paper bag in his hand: "Then what? What will happen?"
"Ghost Spring is the source of ghost energy for all the ghosts in the East Courtyard. Once the Ghost Spring is destroyed, the ghosts in the entire East Courtyard will be wiped out."
Xu Wang couldn't bear it: "Be tough..."
The headless ghost turned around and walked back to the boss.
The bullet hole ghost said quietly: "Perform the mission, or I will eat you now."
"Leave that flying-headed ghost to me," said a shrill voice hastily, "I just happen to be missing a head."
Qian Ai: "… "
Not afraid of ghosts stealing, but afraid of ghosts! ! !
Having said that, Xu Wang knew that it was impossible not to accept the mission. In other words, they are destined for this task since they talked to the money-counting ghost.
"We'll pick it up." Xu Wang raised his head.
"Ding-"
: [Task] Infiltrate the East Courtyard, look for the ghost spring, and pour in the soul-killing powder!
Don't look at it, the four partners also know their future destiny...
Not only do you hide your human identity to survive in the haunted house, but you also need to hide your identity in the west courtyard to survive in the east courtyard, and wait for the opportunity to poison. ! !
…
The headless ghost personally sent them to a very hidden moon gate in the inner courtyard.
"Going past this gate is the East Courtyard."
"Thank you headless brother." Qian Ai was eager to send this person who was thinking about his head away quickly, "We will be careful, you walk slowly."
The headless ghost didn't move.
Qian Ai was puzzled when the headless ghost suddenly grabbed his head!
Who the hell can stand being held up by a headless body! Qian Ai was so frightened that all his hair stood up, "Ow" in a voice that could make a hole in the night.
The headless ghost was also startled: "What are you howling!"
Qian Ai's teeth chattered: "You, what are you doing with my head!"
The headless ghost said: "Maybe it will be mine in the future. I will appreciate it in advance."
Qian Ai resisted the urge to throw a fist: "..."
The headless ghost released his hand: "Alas."
"..." What the hell is a sigh after admiring it! ! !
Everything that should be explained has been explained, and the head has also looked at it. The headless ghost has no more nostalgia and turned to leave.
Wu Sheng suddenly stopped him and asked: "Headless brother, you have been a ghost for a long time and have rich experience. Do you know there is a kind of ghost that loves bed?"
The three partners quieted down, knowing that their military advisor was looking for clues about the badge.
"Bed lover?" The headless ghost shook his head, but because he had no head to shake, he could only shake his body, "I've never heard of it."
Wu Sheng asked again: "What about lingering on the bed? Is there any ghost who likes to stay on the bed?"
The headless ghost's shrill voice suddenly became ambiguous: "If you want to say that, of course there is, romantic ghost, peony flowers die, and they will be romantic after death. Those who are hooked on the edge of closing their eyes will stay on the bed and can't get off, ghost. It's annoying to be called a ghost, hehehehe..."
Xu Wang, Qian Ai, Kuang Jinxin, collectively indifferent: "..."
They don't want to get in the ghost car, thank you.
"Only romantic ghosts?" Wu Sheng's face was rigorous in scientific exploration, and he was not distracted by the ghost car at all.
The headless ghost's laughter stopped, and after a while, the voice suddenly lowered: "Dream ghost."
"Dream ghost?"
"The person who died in the nightmare is a ghost, still guarding the bed, repeating the nightmare before death over and over again."
Wu Sheng, who got the answer, has no problem.
But Xu Wang heard something unusual from the headless ghost's suddenly lowered voice: "Dream ghost, very fierce?"
The headless ghost didn't answer, only reminded: "Just remember one thing, don't go to its bed."