Nightmare Attack

After walking out of the courtyard, Yao, Shun, and Yu were surprised to find that Li Bai and Zhang Yuanchao who were supposed to be waiting outside the door were missing, and there was no sign of them nearby.

This couldn't help but make Yao and Shunyu, who had just escaped from death, nervous. Zhang Yuanchao's true identity was probably Shen Hong. Did he attack Li Bai in advance because he found out that his identity was revealed?

The more Yao, Shun and Yu thought about it, the more anxious they became. After waiting there for two minutes, they rushed directly towards the head of the village.

That's where tonight's second mission is to be carried out. If Li Bai really encounters an accident, then the murderer Zhang Yuanchao must also carry out the mission.

If he rushes there and only sees Zhang Yuanchao but not Li Bai, then it will be very clear that he will definitely kill Zhang Yuanchao to avenge Li Bai.

"Damn it, how could I leave Zhang Yuanchao with Li Bai? Li Bai is quite proficient in the Yin and Yang techniques of Feng Shui, but in terms of skill, the two Li Bais are not the same."

Just as Yao, Shun, and Yu were walking more and more anxiously, and their hearts were getting more and more confused, suddenly, a familiar voice came from behind, "Yao, Shun, and Yu!"

Yao and Shunyu were stunned for a moment, then immediately turned around and saw two figures flashing out from behind a broken wall, it was Li Bai and Zhang Yuanchao!

"Why are you here?" Yao Shunyu saw that Li Bai was safe and sound, and a big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground. Just now, he had already thought of several ways for Zhang Yuanchao to die in his mind.

Before Li Bai could reply, he heard Zhang Yuanchao gesticulating with his hands tremblingly, and his nervous voice changed, "Oh, young man, you didn't see it just now, there was something big, it broke the courtyard wall and ran away." Out!"

Although Yao and Shunyu didn't hear anything, listening to Zhang Yuanchao's description, he also realized what the so-called big thing was.

Li Bai nodded to Yao, Shun and Yu with a serious look on his face, "It's Empress Zhusheng."

After linking all this together, Yao and Shunyu also understood Li Bai's intention of hiding with Zhang Yuanchao. The two of them did not wait for him to appear, but waited for Empress Zhusheng first. Their first reaction must be that the mission had failed and they were in trouble. He knew the poisonous hand of his mother-in-law.

When he later saw himself walking out of the courtyard safe and sound, Li Bai couldn't be sure whether it was really him or a ghost in disguise, so he didn't show his face and just hid in secret to observe.

It was not until after observing for a period of time and confirming that he was the real Yao, Shun, and Yu that he came out to meet him.

The three of them formed a team and rushed towards the next mission location. Yao, Shun and Yu also secretly told Li Bai what they had discovered.

The road was not long, and soon the three of them arrived at the clay figurine Zhang's house at the end of the village.

It is said that the clay figurine Zhang was the person in the village who was responsible for repairing the statue of Empress Zhusheng, but he fell ill and died not long ago. The task of Li and Bai tonight was to open the cellar of Zhang's house, and then go down and kowtow to the statue of Empress Zhusheng.

This task sounds simple, but when thinking about what happened just now, Yao Shunyu still broke out in cold sweat from time to time.

"Be more careful." Yao Shunyu finally reminded.

Li Bai stepped forward and was about to push open the door of the clay figurine Zhang's courtyard, but Zhang Yuanchao beat him to it, "I'll come, stand behind me."

After entering the courtyard, Zhang Yuanchao walked at the front. Judging from his cautious movements, he was also very scared, but he still insisted on protecting Li Bai behind him.

Since someone wants to be the first person, Li Bai will naturally not refuse, and she also wants to see what tricks Zhang Yuanchao wants to play.

Soon, they found the entrance to the cellar in the backyard. The entrance was strange. It was built to look like a well head and was surrounded by stones.

What's even weirder is that the entrance is covered with a heavy wooden door.

"Huh -? That's weird, why is this door backwards?" Zhang Yuanchao's eyes widened.

Li Bai squatted down, and she also noticed something was wrong. There was a very thick bolt on the outside of the heavy wooden door covering the cellar. There was only a bolt but no lock. It was obviously not to prevent outsiders. It felt like it was about to be locked. Something is locked inside.

"Daughter, don't be afraid, I'm in front of you, old man, I'm strong!"

Although he said this, Zhang Yuanchao's hand reaching for the door bolt was shaking violently, and his expression was surprisingly bad. Fortunately, after the door opened, nothing suddenly jumped out to attack them. There was only an old wooden ladder extending inside. Into the darkness below.

Zhang Yuanchao volunteered, holding a lantern, and climbed down the ladder bit by bit.

After both of them went down, Li Bai realized that this place was much larger than she had imagined, and the surrounding area didn't look like a cellar, but more like a cave. There were obvious traces of manual polishing on the nearby rock walls. .

I could feel the wind, which was very cold, as if it was blowing from deep underground.

Zhang Yuanchao raised the lantern and shone it in all directions, but the surroundings were pitch black. He swallowed hard, then licked his thumb, and then raised his thumb in the air.

After a few seconds, Zhang Yuanchao seemed to sense something, and looked excitedly in a direction in the darkness, "Girl, if there is wind, there will be an outlet. The wind is blowing from this side!"

Li Bai had given up resisting Zhang Yuanchao's enthusiasm. At first, Li Bai would get angry when she was called her daughter, but she soon realized that it was useless. Even though she had seriously emphasized to Zhang Yuanchao that they just met by chance, and she didn't like Zilai either. Zhang Yuanchao would be embarrassed to apologize to her if she was an acquaintance, but soon he seemed to have forgotten his promise, kept calling her whatever she wanted, and took more and more care of Li Bai.

Staring at Zhang Yuanchao's back, Li Bai was confused for a moment. She suddenly felt that the true care shown by this man for her did not seem to be fake, but she did not accept the word "daughter" at all. She had a father, and his father was still alive. , the family is considered happy, so there is no bloody plot, the two are just strangers.

Zhang Yuanchao cautiously walked towards the direction where the wind was blowing. Li Bai followed behind him. After a moment, Zhang Yuanchao trembled violently, "Ah!"

Li Bai pressed Zhang Yuanchao's shoulders and said, "Don't move! It's not a big deal, it's just a clay figurine."

At this moment, a clay figure suddenly appeared next to the wall. The clay figure was about 2 meters tall. It was painted with brightly colored clothes. The upper body was red and the lower body was green. It had extremely thin eyes painted on a pale face. Thin lips and exaggeratedly raised eyebrows.

It seems that the clay figurine Zhang wanted to make a funny and festive work, but when he put them all together, it looked weird, like the kind of paper maid used to bury the dead.

The movements of the clay figurine are also weird. The left hand is placed on the lower abdomen, the right hand is raised diagonally, and stiffly stretched to the other side, as if making a gesture of invitation.

Li Bai raised the lantern in his hand and shined it in the direction of the clay figurine's fingers. As the dim candlelight dispersed the darkness little by little, the scene in front of them made the two of them stunned for a moment.

They saw a cave entrance appearing in front of them, and the two sides of the cave were filled with clay figures.