Nightmare Attack

Through the paper on the door, one could vaguely see something emitting warm light floating over. It was a lantern, and it was held in someone's hand. A young woman's voice later sounded: "Masters, please." Okay, the Marquis and his wife will invite some masters to come over and talk.

This was an appointment made early in the morning and there was no way to shirk it. Moreover, everyone urgently needed to contact Zhennan Hou to get more information. After repeated testing, the woman did not show any flaws.

After the door opened, standing outside was a girl dressed as a maid. She was very young, probably not yet an adult, with beautiful eyebrows and a hint of agility.

"Does the Marquis want us to go there together, or some of the people we haven't met this afternoon?" Jiang Cheng asked very naturally, while also gauging the girl's reaction.

The girl seemed embarrassed to be stared at by Jiang Cheng and the others. She lowered her head, bowed to everyone, and asked, "I don't need to bother all the masters to go with you. The Marquis has ordered me to tell you my birth date and birth date." Let me tell you, the Marquis must choose the right person."

As soon as these words came out, everyone shuddered, and the fat man even looked at Jiang Cheng secretly, because in the story Jiang Cheng told, there was a group of poor fishermen who were kidnapped by the officers and soldiers assigned by the Hou Mansion. Tie to Spring God Lake to perform the task of salvaging treasures, and the method chosen is through the so-called birth date horoscope.

According to everyone's later calculations, the old fisherman was able to come back alive at that time, most likely because his horoscope did not match the horoscope calculated by Master Ye. After all, he was the only one who was added to the roster. He replaced a The position of the person called Gouwa.

This is not picking people, this is picking people to die.

But everyone had no choice but to tell their birth dates. Of course, everyone made them up, but even so, 4 people were still singled out.

Fatty, Yao, Shun, Yu, Lu Qin, and Shao Tong.

Except for Shao Tong who still looked nervous, the other three people all had ugly expressions.

"These four masters and I are going to see the Marquis. The rest of the masters have a good rest. I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you all tomorrow." The girl is very polite, not like an ordinary maid, and her gestures make people feel very comfortable. If she hadn't appeared in This kind of occasion will win the favor of many people.

Later, the girl took the lantern in front and left with the four fat men. Looking at their retreating figures, Jiang Cheng's worry became more intense.

Finally, at the last moment when the light outside was about to disappear, Jiang Cheng gently opened the door and said, "I'll follow you and have a look. You guys wait for my news."

Li Bai took a step forward, "I'll go with you."

"No, it's more convenient for me to be alone. Jiang Cheng gently pushed Li Bai back behind the door, gave her a reassuring look, then closed the door and chased her along the corridor with gentle steps.

Jiang Cheng's attention was focused on the erratic lantern in the darkness at the front, and therefore he ignored the long string of white paper lanterns hanging on one side under the eaves of the corridor. As he walked by, a series of white paper lanterns appeared nearby. The firelight in the paper lanterns seemed to be suppressed in some way, becoming weaker and weaker.

What's even weirder is that the two are not completely unified, but only become like this after a second or two in Jiangcheng, as if there is an invisible thing behind him, following him closely.

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Fatty and the others naturally didn't know that Jiang Cheng was following behind them, especially Fatty, who became more and more frightened as they walked. It was too quiet in the Marquis Mansion after nightfall. The surroundings were as quiet as death, and they could only hear the footsteps of a few of them. Voice.

Indeed, as everyone said, the road in this courtyard was too circuitous. He didn't pay much attention when he came here. Now it seems that it is extremely complicated. He felt that he had walked for a long time, but the result was still the same corridor, on the first floor. It is covered with one layer, like a maze. If a thief breaks in, he will probably wander around until dawn.

According to the order of roll call, Fatty took the first place, followed by Yao, Shun and Yu, then Lu Qin, and finally Shao Tong, who was in an abnormal mental state.

The fat man was still very satisfied with Shao Tong, the Queen. After all, this person looked like he had a lot of tricks up his sleeve. He might be a hidden elder.

Jiang Cheng had told him before that in fact, when walking on such a night road, you are not afraid of being the first one, but you are afraid of being the last one. After all, you never know when you turn around and the last person disappears.

"It's so quiet."

The fat man just sighed, but the next second, a hand suddenly placed on the fat man's shoulder, the hand was still shaking slightly.

The fat man immediately didn't dare to move, and then slowly turned around, facing Yao Shunyu's tense face. His face was ugly, and his eyes were full of tension. Yao Shunyu stepped aside slightly, and the fat man glanced back. After taking a glance, the next second, the hair on the hair stood up. Behind them was empty, Lu Qin and Shao Tong, both of them were gone.

This was a mission that required going to the Marquis, and it had been discussed early in the morning, so it was unlikely that the two of them escaped because of fear. Something must have happened to them.

But what circumstances could cause both people to disappear?

Yao Shunyu pushed the fat man and motioned for him to continue walking. The light of the lantern in front was still swaying. The girl's hand holding the lantern was steady, as were her steps, but after looking at it for a long time, she actually felt stiff.

Cold sweat broke out on Yao Shunyu's forehead. The fat man suspected that Yao Shunyu had already noticed something was wrong, but he did not take rash action because he was concerned about him.

"Something's wrong." Yao Shunyu gestured to the fat man and said in a very low voice: "The way she led is wrong. We can't have been out of the courtyard for so long. This courtyard can't be so big. I'll calculate the steps." Count, this is enough for us to get out of the Hou Mansion."

The fat man immediately groaned, and he also noticed something was wrong, "Is she taking us in a circle?" The fat man indicated with his eyes that the girl in front was 5 meters away from them, but her figure became more and more moldy.

"No, it's not going around in circles." Yao Shunyu's expression became even worse.

Later, the fat man also took a deep breath. He thought he understood Yao and Shunyu's concerns. The maid in front did not go around in circles, so where did they go? The extra distance they walked was enough for them to get out of the Hou Mansion, so... Where exactly are they now, around here... and where exactly are they?

Suddenly, Shao Tong's annoying face appeared in Fatty's mind, as well as what he said: Since the blood of a dead child was splashed on the way here, then... a few... It's not too much to make a living pile.

Could it be that they were bewitched by ghosts?

Is there a human stake planted in this courtyard?

"She is taking us in the opposite direction of the courtyard gate." Yao Shunyu lowered his voice and clenched his pale teeth together.