Everyone present was fascinated by her narration, and sisters Shu Yun and Shu Yu couldn't help but ask: "What's next?"
"What happens next?"
Goto Chisato glanced at them, her charming face could not hide her fear, and she lowered her voice and said: "My master's body has undergone... very strange changes."
She raised her sleeves to cover her throat, as if recalling some extremely uncomfortable memory, "It was also in the late autumn of that year. He accidentally fell into the water while admiring the red maples. When he came back, he had a high fever. No matter how many famous doctors, he could not cure it. It made his disease better and better, so that the master struggled on the bed for a month, and finally passed away."
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"In that month, in addition to the servant doctor, I was the one serving the decoction and taking good care of the Lord at the bedside. I still remember that he moaned all night long, and the skin all over his body was extremely hot, constantly festering and falling off, exuding a fishy and muddy smell. . Even if it is healed with medicine, there will still be dense, fan-shaped overlapping scars on it, which look very much like... very much like the terrifying fish scales."
Goshima Chisato's brows furrowed deeply, her breathing quickened, and her eyes filled with unbearable tears.
"During the days when the master was ill, no matter Mrs. Li Mei, Mrs. Yu Zhaocha, or Mrs. Ruozi, they kept the secret of the master's strange illness, hid their noses and looked sideways, and rarely came to ask... Yes, they are the dignitaries of the palace after all. My daughter, how can I, a mere daughter of a city holder, compare with them?" She smiled sadly, her expression full of unwillingness and stubbornness. Her snow-skinned appearance and beautiful sad face really moved people's hearts in the middle of the night. , "Later, even though the master was gone, they were still afraid of the changes in his body and did not dare to host his funeral ceremony."
She said too many words in one breath, so she stopped to moisten her throat and calm down her mood, then continued: "However, the really terrible thing happened during the time of condolence. We have applied a large amount of precious spices to the Lord's mouth and body. , but it still couldn't cover up the strong fishy smell. It was obviously a very disgusting smell, but I saw that the three ladies were secretly swallowing. "
"Swallow?" Wen Zheliu was stunned.
Goto Chisato nodded, his throat twitching slightly due to discomfort, and his voice was very depressed: "Yes, it is swallowing saliva, just like a hungry person swallowing saliva when he smells the taste of food. Then, on the way... and then... "
It seemed that she was recalling those unbearable past events, and she could no longer speak. Her face looked like she was about to feel sick, and she had to cover her face with her sleeves: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry... But I really..."
Du Zijun said warmly: "It's okay. If you can't go on, don't force yourself."
The three remaining people in No One Sleep glanced at him in surprise. Xie Yuanyuan said in a panic: "What's going on, sister, you are so gentle!"
Du Zijun ignored him, turned to look at the housekeeper coldly, and said in a deep voice: "You are the housekeeper. You should know a little bit about what happened here, right? The master doesn't want to recall it anymore, so you can take over. , what happened at the funeral?"
Suddenly his name was called by the shrine maiden with cold eyes and powerful aura. The housekeeper couldn't help but startled, and hurriedly bowed and said: "Yes... yes! Since Mrs. Ivy can't talk about such strange things, let the villain do it for me." At the funeral, Mrs. Li Mei, Mrs. Yu Zhaocha and Mrs. Ruo Zi acted like crazy, showing their hunger for the master's body, and regardless of the servants' obstruction, they pounced on the master's body... pounced on him and bit the master's flesh!"
Yu Hongyao clenched her cigarette holder and said thoughtfully: "What, cannibalism..."
The housekeeper said: "The master's body was torn to pieces by them, and many adults fainted from fright on the spot. In order to avoid bigger mistakes, we had to lock up the three ladies, but by the next day, it was like herpes, Or they were infected with the plague. Their skin also began to fall off and scars appeared like fish scales... Next, the maids who served them also showed the same symptoms. Slowly, the entire house was more or less infected with this disease. A strange disease."
He Qin asked: "Can this disease still be contagious?"
Goshima Chisato couldn't help but choked with sobs and rolled up her sleeves to show the players the abnormality on her wrist.
Her skin was as white as frost and snow, like a section of moonlight, but on her perfect arms, rows of deformed, armor-like gray-white scales appeared faintly from shallow to deep. They were densely layered, uneven, and looked disgusting. It must be fatal.
Xie Yuanyuan's face was full of resistance: "Wow, this... is simply the nemesis of trypophobia!"
Smell it again! Wen Zheliu's heart trembled, and he stared at Goto Chisato's wrist. Without the cover of the heavy cloth and the fragrance of clothes and quilts, the fishy smell in the air became several times stronger in an instant!
Seeing the disgusted expressions on everyone's faces, Chisato Goto looked miserable and said softly: "This disease is getting worse and worse, and more and more people are dying. In the end, the general had to give the order to expel us from Edo. He asked the Onmyoji master in the palace to use magical magic to make the entire mansion sit in the remote wilderness mountains at night... And we have lived here for many years."
He Qin asked: "What about food and diet..."
Goto Chisato shook his head slightly: "No need to worry, the priests in the palace will have shikigami escorted here every month, which is enough to feed the entire mansion."
Wen Zheliu said: "So, everyone here has suffered from this disease to one degree or another, right?"
Goto Chisato was silent for a moment and nodded in agreement: "Yes. With this disease, we have to drink a lot of water a day, as if some part of the body is gradually turning into a fish, and the body odor is also quite unpleasant..."
Her cheeks were slightly red, and she continued: "Also, in terms of diet, she has begun to prefer eating raw and cold food, and cannot see more sunlight... However, that's all, the more terrifying things are still in the back house."
"Back house?"
She took a deep breath: "This is why I called you all here. You must have seen the ghosts and monsters making trouble below, right?"
The members of Shenzao and No Dorma nodded in unison.
"Since it's a disease, how can it not kill people?" She sighed, "In the past, there were thousands of servants, but now, these are the only ones left in the front house, and the rest of the dead souls who died of illness are sealed in the back house by the priest. But there are frequent heavy rains here, and one person The wall of the back house was accidentally broken down, causing evil spirits to escape, which not only turned Asakusa into a ghostland, but even endangered our safety."
Wen Zheliu subconsciously glanced at He Qin, and both of them were keenly aware of something.
"Among them, the ghosts of the three ladies are the most ferocious. They can almost be called ghosts." The beauty looked frightened and endearing. "The barrier set up by the priest before can no longer completely stop them. Please help me." Even if we cannot return to Edo, we can spend the rest of our lives here peacefully!"
After saying that, she bowed deeply, and several maids and servants behind her also bowed and said in unison: "Please!"
Main mission 1: Understand the ins and outs of the commission (1/4) has been completed.
Wen Zheliu's eyelids twitched, and he suddenly realized something.
Chisato Goto told them about the content of the commission and the causes and consequences. The system immediately showed that a quarter of the first main mission was completed. What about the remaining three quarters? Should they still be asked to question the three dead ghost ladies
Late at night, several people slept together in a large, empty room. Due to Du Zijun's health, the four of them were temporarily separated by a screen and slept in three separate places.
"It's so weird." Wen Zheliu was sleeping on the ground, and the hard floor beneath him made his shoulders uncomfortable. "It's really weird everywhere."
"Really?" He Qin asked him to get up, thickened the mattress underneath him a few layers, and asked casually, "What's weird?"
"That's it..." Wen Zheliu hesitated for a moment, then he lit the candle and took out a piece of paper, "When I came here, I jotted down some information on it. Do you still remember those ghost children singing when you cross Azuma Bridge? Song?"
Xie Yuanyuan said: "Ah, is that the nursery rhyme about a high official marrying three wives and then divorcing them all?"
Du Zijun: "Remember, the song says that the first concubine likes to drink, the second concubine is good at managing money, and the third concubine is the daughter of a locksmith and is very beautiful. What's wrong?"
Wen Zheliu: "What about the three ladies whom Goshima Chisato just mentioned, and their fathers' official positions?"
He Qin said calmly: "The chief chef, the palace minister, and Zhong Nayan."
Sensing the order of words he arranged, Wen Zheliu laughed happily: "Yes, if I remember correctly, the chief cook is in charge of the meals and banquets in the palace, and the minister of the palace is in charge of the income and expenditure of money in the palace. And Zhongnayan is the official voice of admonishment..."
Du Zijun suddenly said: "... If you put it this way, these three identities match up. The daughter of the chief baker corresponds to the concubine who is good at drinking; the daughter of the palace minister corresponds to the concubine who is good at financial management; and Zhong Na Yan should correspond to the concubine who is good at lock and key. The craftsman’s concubine!”
"Hey, but Yan Guan versus locksmith..." Xie Yuanyuan said in confusion, "This is a bit abstract, right?"
Separated by two screens, He Qin said: "Actually, it's not abstract. The official is responsible for conveying the emperor's words. To the ministers, its importance is the same as the key to unlocking the door. It's okay to understand it in this direction. It’s not impossible.”
"So..." Xie Yuanyuan asked doubtfully, "What does the ghost child's song hint to us?"
Wen Zheliu: "I'm afraid we have to wait until tomorrow. We can go to the back house to investigate."
Du Zijun continued: "Take your time, this is just the first day. People on both sides are trying to cover up right now. Haven't you noticed that except for Yu Hongyao, almost all the members of Shenzao don't speak?"
"They are hiding their strength." Xie Yuanyuan judged, "However, it is Mrs. Goto who is talking today, and we only occasionally interject."
"There are problems in Five Islands and Thousand Miles," Wen Zheliu reminded, "Try to be careful and don't trust her too much."
He Qin suddenly said: "This article is specifically aimed at Du Zijun."
Du Zijun was silent for a while and said impatiently: "...Ah, I understand."
It was night, everything was silent, the water in the courtyard was flowing in the distance, and subtle sounds gurgled out in the quiet night.
Xie Yuanyuan fell asleep in a daze and crawled out of bed. He drank too much water at night, and the food here was not to his liking. He felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach and intestines just after spending the night.
"It's so troublesome..." He murmured softly, grabbed a candle light next to him, and walked out the door, intending to find a place to go to the toilet.
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