Master Swindler

Lu Qingjia raised his head abruptly, shock that didn't even bring about the continuous rebellion appeared on his face.

"Look like me?" Lu Qingjia confirmed again.

The woman nodded: "Yes, you are all so good, it's not so easy to forget if you have seen it."

"I still remember it was one night, it was almost midnight, that handsome guy came to the door, and the rented house was so big, I had nowhere to avoid it, so I just sat and listened."

"At that time, the two of them said very vaguely. I only thought the jade was worth money, so when I went to the wedding to make a fuss, I made the calculation that even if the house couldn't be brought back, it would hurt him."

Lu Qingjia didn't care about these things. He hurriedly pulled out his mobile phone, which contained photos of the world he took from his old uncle's bedroom.

He handed the photo to the woman: "Is this the person?"

The woman became more sure now: "It's him, what's the matter? So you really are brothers?"

Lu Qingjia stood up, did not directly answer the woman's question, just smiled: "I see, thank you, give me Yukou, rest assured I will pay for it."

The woman waved her hand quickly: "No, no, you have given enough, you can take this away."

While talking, Lu Qingjia had already left here.

He did not return to the mountain village, but went straight to the city where the groom’s parents were.

With the coordinates this time, I didn't need to go to the airport to toss. I opened the space door directly, hit the car and went directly to the opponent's house.

Now it is only three days before the bridegroom died unexpectedly, and it was the time for the funeral.

The bridegroom's parents were afraid that the house would not sell well after the funeral in the new house, so they held the funeral in their old community.

Rent a piece of land on the open space outside the community, and set up a few white tents as mourning halls to invite one-stop funerals.

When Lu Qingjia arrived, he followed the sound of mourning and found the mourning hall. The parents of the bridegroom and a group of elders were guarding the spirit.

When I saw Lu Qingjia, everyone looked like they had seen a ghost.

After all, he knew that he had returned to his hometown, and there hasn't been a young man who can still come out.

So everyone wondered if he had lied to everyone, and didn't go back at all.

The bridegroom's parents asked him: "You ran fast that day, what are you doing now?"

Lu Qingjia said, "I seem to have found the whereabouts of the woman, so I will tell you."

The bridegroom's parents quickly stood up, as if they didn't want Lu Qingjia to speak out in the public.

He pulled him to a place a little bit outside the tent, and asked anxiously: "Found it? Where is she?"

Lu Qingjia smiled: "Don't ask where you are. Just know that she is safe now. She already knows that you miss her too. Let me bring a word so you don't have to worry."

The bridegroom's father directly wanted to smoke him, gritted his teeth and said: "Who cares about that bitch's life and death? We have to find her to settle the account. She killed my son and let the white-haired man send the black-haired man to our old couple. She will pay for it."

Lu Qingjia laughed again: "In our family, isn't it normal for white-haired people to send black-haired people?"

Without waiting for the old couple to scold them, they took out the jade buckle. When they saw the jade buckle, they had forgotten everything and they had to reach out and grab it.

But Lu Qingjia took it back and asked in the anxious expressions of the two: "How much benefit did the second cousin promise you?"

"Huh?" The bridegroom's parents were stunned by the question. They were caught off guard before they had time to cover up, so the face was almost engraved with'how do you know?'This sentence.

Lu Qingjia said to herself again: "You two have no only son, so you can only plan for yourself next."

"When you arrive at your age, the most worrying thing is nothing more than being old and having no one to rely on. If you want to enjoy your old age, one must be rich, and the other is to ensure that someone will follow along."

"I guess the second cousin can give you almost this, right?" Lu Qingjia grinned: "He promised to provide you with old age?"

"You, what are you talking about?" The two panicked: "Dagang is our nephew. His brother is gone now, so he will naturally have to take care of us in the future."

Lu Qingjia raised Yang Yu's button and said, "But when my cousin was still alive, people didn't know anything about this."

Lu Qingjia had already guessed about the effect of the jade buckle, but now he needs to find the old man and the old lady for final confirmation.

He directly said: "With this life-saving baby, if it is not useless to your family, would you be willing to tell the second cousin?"

The expressions of the old couple became more alarmed, thinking that Lu Qingjia already knew everything.

This thing can only be useful if it is hidden in someone's hands. If everyone knows, then who won't grab it?They can't protect them, but they will be resented by all their relatives for hiding them for many years.

He said cautiously: "Jia Jia, your poor cousin and aunt are helpless, and we can't do anything."

"In this way, if you find something, you will find it. Don't say anything, it's not good for you, right? We know that you are a filial child, and we will rely on you in the future."

The words are very clear, they just want to use this jade deduction for old age protection, which is the same for all juniors.

Lu Qingjia is also living under the curse, Yukou is equivalent to his life saver, and he can pass it on when he has children.

But as long as they are responsible for supporting the elderly couple, they will not talk about it, so that other relatives will not be able to make decisions, and the two sides will not tear their faces. This is mutually beneficial.

Lu Qingjia smiled, did not speak, but did not refute the two.

The old couple took it as he agreed, after all, people would not leave a life-saving straw without catching them.

He simply reminded Lu Qingjia: "This thing is not a panacea, you still have to be careful."

"I can help you avoid it once, but it won't work the second time, otherwise our family won't have a child dead, and there will be no Du Miao Miao in the end."

After Lu Qingjia left the mourning hall, he returned directly to the mountain village.

Settling down to his room, the outside lights were still on, and the players chatted in the yard to enjoy the coolness.

Everyone knew very well that Lu Qingjia had left, but the customs clearance thing, although everyone is in a peaceful relationship, they still show their magical powers, so even if they are anxious, there is no reason to say anything.

Lu Qingjia did not go out after returning to the room, but lay directly on the bed, holding the jade clasp in front of his eyes for details.

The black cat lay on his chest and swept his cheek with his tail, as if to comfort him.

Lu Qingjia was in a complicated mood, angry, sad, and inexplicably wanting to laugh.

The old uncle is decent, and in reality, in order to teach Lu Qingjia, he always sets a good example for him, and sometimes even feels a little pedantic.

But only now did Lu Qingjia discover that the old uncle's acting style was also cunning and flexible.

He told him what he had ordered and taught him how to deal with black hands. Although the old uncle looked down on him with integrity, his actual actions were also honest.

Lu Qingjia can even outline the scene of the old uncle using money to clear the way, and in front of the groom, swaying to replace the jade button.

This made Lu Qingjia a little bit uncontrollable.

But what followed was intensely worthless.

According to his investigation along the way, the old uncle's original game has a very high degree of completion, and he still holds life-saving items in his hand.

The effect of this jade buckle is to offset an attack for the cursed person. This may be of limited effect to ordinary people, but to a certain extent, the player is just a breathing opportunity and it is enough to come back against the wind.

Lu Qingjia asked repeatedly at the time whether there were anyone else around when the old uncle came to visit.

The woman's answer is no, he alone.

Because he saw a jade buckle and gave him tens of thousands, with the groom's flattery, when the old uncle left, he personally sent him out of the community.

No one was seen at all.

The groom and the woman are not players. Under the premise that other players don’t know anything about this clue, there is no need for them to separate as a warning. This is not in line with what Lu Qingjia heard from many NPCs. It is inseparable from that person.

Then the only possibility is that the old uncle avoided the man himself and came to the groom's house alone to take the life-saving jade button.

This kind of behavior may be to save a hand on other people, but on the old uncle-Lu Qingjia hoped that his purpose was to save himself a hole card.

However, Lu Qingjia knew exactly what kind of fool he was.

The more investigation, the more Lu Qingjia hates the fraudster.

He turned over, put the cat in his arms, and put away the fake jade clasp that actually had no function.

Early the next morning, all the players woke up, went out and saw Lu Qingjia sitting on a chair with a cat in the yard.

Seeing the crowd, he motioned to them to sit down: "I have something important to say, sit here first."

Generally speaking, if the players in the game are not in an opposing state, as the game progresses, the players will naturally form a clear face or default leader based on performance, contribution, and reputation.

Of course, this is the general status of the low-level field, but the higher the level, the less likely it will be, because everyone is strong, and players of the same level rarely have an overwhelming advantage. Everyone is strong and experienced, so naturally they won’t. Who is easy to be an echo bug.

But this copy is too difficult, and compared to the information they have obtained so far, Lu Qingjia seems to be always ahead of them, and the amount of information he has is not the same level.

The two players with him naturally obeyed, and the other players sat down as well.

But he didn't want Lu Qingjia's open mouth to say something like thunder that exploded in his ears.

Lu Qingjia said: "I know the source of the curse in this village, the form of the curse, the law of the curse, how to avoid it, and how to pass customs."

"I can share this information with you, but only if you follow my instructions."

Everyone was surprised and wanted to question this guy's big talk, but it was not that they hadn't been beaten in the face before, so they looked at each other.

Finally reached a consensus: "If you are as you said, you have now completed to this point, then naturally we are thanking you."

"According to the customs clearance rules, of course, the one who has contributed the most will get the big head. It's natural to ask the brothers to help you if you want any benefits."

"But the premise is that what you say is true."

Lu Qingjia smiled: "That's why I like games more and more."

Because as the level increases, the difficulty increases, and the people you face become smarter and more aware of current affairs. Many things do not need to be emphasized repeatedly, which saves a lot of effort.

Lu Qingjia threw out a miniature projector, the size of a bee, also bought by Infinite City, and cast a picture in his eyes.

It was exactly what Lu Qingjia looked for at the village chief's house yesterday.

He said to the picture: "This is the genealogy and the records of the sacrifices over the years. Excluding the ones before that, compare the time of the first session, the identity of the priest, the identity of the sacrifice, and the year of death of the family members related to the sacrifice. month."

"It's easy to conclude that this sacrifice began with a blow against a family."

Following Lu Qingjia's explanation and comparing the key information, everyone found that the sacrifices for the previous two or three sessions were all from the same family. The first priest was the son-in-law of that family, but it seemed that the son-in-law had killed his Yue family.

Most people in this village are ignorant and ignorant. By now, more than half of the villagers are illiterate, so in the earlier feudal era, it was naturally impossible to understand what was recorded.

Before the first generation of priests, the genealogy in the village was also messy, and there was no clean and orderly following. Looking at the names of the previous priests, they are all the same surnames as the first generation, and it is also indicated that the previous priests were all teachers and disciples or foster fathers and sons.

After serving as a priest, he must remain unmarried for life, but it can be seen that for so many years, almost only the priest has monopolized the cultural heritage. In the past, one or two scholars would occasionally appear in the village, but after that, there was no such thing.

For thousands of years in the entire village, there is only one way out for farming. Of course, as I said before, the singularity here has always been regarded as a smooth and bumper harvest. It has nothing to do with natural and man-made disasters outside or the change of dynasties.

Lu Qingjia said: "From the initial festival to the maintenance of the status quo for the next thousand years, it is not difficult to see that the beginning of everything is the handwriting of the original priests."

"Then since he deliberately cultivated heirs, other villagers will forget the original reason over time because they are illiterate and ignorant, but the priests will not."

"By digging along the resumes of the first priests, many problems can be found."

"First of all, he has a different surname from the village. As the first priest, and the first person to propose a living sacrifice, the symbol in the village is no different from the endorsement of the gods, and his resume is naturally recorded."

The screen of the projector the size of a bee has become the life record of the priests of the past.

"The first priests lived here in XX year with others, and married a woman in the village the following year. Less than five months after marriage, the woman gave birth to a baby girl. In less than one month, the baby girl and the black cat raised at home Together they were hanged on a tree at the entrance of the village."

"Is this priest trying to avenge his daughter?" A player interjected, "Could it be the patriarchal son who gave birth to a daughter who was disliked by the elders and killed him? The first sacrifice time was after his daughter died. For half a year, the village had already suffered a severe drought and had no harvest. Presumably it was already very difficult when the daughter was born. It is not strange to kill a girl."

Don't say that at that time, even now, there are still such things in many places.

Someone objected: "I don't think so. The child will come out after five months of marriage. Isn't it clear that I want to be a father?"

"It is impossible to say that the child was killed by the priest, because he was too careful, so he took revenge on his wife and the whole family."

"Then you don't have to wait that long? I gave birth to a child in May. It means that I was pregnant when I got married. Wouldn't it be obvious? I really don't want that child. I don't have to wait until the birth."

A group of people held their own opinions, but Lu Qingjia said: "This is not the point."

Everyone was shocked, and they didn't expect to get such an answer. After all, from the records, the death of the baby girl was the beginning of everything.

"Look at the genealogy of the year again." Lu Qingjia said: "The record of the priest is to live in seclusion here hand in hand with others. What about the other people?"

"At that time, in addition to the priests, there were three other families in the village with surnames, but they all can be traced back to their ancestors and settled here."

"However, in those few years, apart from the priests, there were no records of people moving in. On the contrary, there was a record of the life of the master in the handbook of the disciples of the first priests."

"The other party often worships in Houshan--that is, the place where we found the mountain god flower yesterday. On a certain day of the year, we will sit there for a day without water."

"The time of this day is also interesting, it turned out to be the day he got married."

The surrounding players tasted: "You mean, the priest was originally a wild mandarin duck who lived in seclusion with his lover."

"As a result, because the talents are good and literate, they are admired by the big households in the village. The priest and the lover do not follow, so they are likely to be designed to cook rice and cook mature rice. He is a foreigner who slept with a girl in the village. It was justified to be irresponsible to kill you at that time."

"So the priest compromised and got married, but the lover couldn't bear the blow and died on the day of the marriage. Since he died near that family's house, he probably committed suicide."

"This incident caused too much shock to the priests, so they hated their wives and their family members, and even bitterly killed their newborn children. Through the drought at that time, they encouraged the villagers to sacrifice their wives’ children and sacrificed them. A family cut off their children and their grandsons are ruined?"

According to the data records and Lu Qingjia's prompts, everyone concluded with a brainstorm.

Lu Qingjia nodded: "The priest is the only learned person in the village. It is recorded that he loves Feng Shui metaphysics. If driven by hatred, he wants to use natural disasters to confuse the villagers, build his own reputation, and retaliate against the Yue family. What is difficult."

"But I didn't expect that the living sacrifice was really useful, and the effect was immediate. The villagers were even more convinced. Perhaps the priest also saw other hope in it, but when he presided over, he made up his own The wish made by the mountain god may not be what the villagers hoped to make the village smooth."

"This logic is quite reasonable, but there are too few clues after all, and many places are supplemented by guessing, not too tenable." Some players questioned: "After all, a thousand years have passed."

Lu Qingjia smiled: "As long as it is a copy of the game, no matter how long time passes, it is impossible to really bury the truth."

"The record may be missing, but as I said at the beginning, not everyone in the village is kept in the dark."

"The first generation of priests deliberately cultivated heirs to allow this scam to continue for thousands of years. There must be something he wants to accomplish even if he died."

"A person's life is always limited, so he has to let others complete the unfinished work for him. Now, starting from the escape of a group of young people in the village, it is no longer a traditional sacrificial issue."

"After all, if the hard target is only to offer virgins, as long as the villagers do not do it every three years? But the rules that have been formed for thousands of years are obviously more than that."

"The cursed people outside are actually not concerned with the people who stay in the village. I haven't heard of any curse that affects the village. As long as they maintain the offerings, they can watch it coldly. So why do the village chiefs want to do this extra work? The curse? It's greeted us with dead cat girls, made oil lamps, and put a spell under our bed."

"All these points indicate that the motives and atmosphere of the whole village and the rules of formation have long been different from the original intention. Other villagers may be stupid and don't know, but some people definitely know."

"Priests of this generation?" Several people spoke at the same time.

Lu Qingjia nodded, it was the man who guarded the ancestral hall.

"Then let's go to him for verification now." Someone stood up and said, "I have tried. He is just an ordinary person. With our ability, as long as we grasp the direction of the problem, it is okay to ask the truth."

"No, I already asked." Lu Qingjia said, saying that a puddle of silt popped up on the ground, and after it spread, it was the scene of the man being tied up and gagged.

It's no wonder that Lu Qingjia brazenly said that he had cracked everything from the beginning, so he had confirmed it early.

Now his words became more credible, and some players directly asked: "Then what is the law of curse?"

"Excluding those who died suddenly yesterday, you have experienced the curse more than once. If you share it equally, this is obviously not in line with the law."

Lu Qingjia said: "You don't need to include me. My business has no reference value for finding the law, but it will disturb your judgment."

"what did you say?"

"why?"

"Do all players have a different starting point?"

Everyone was a little shocked, because the game emphasizes absolute fairness and the treatment of players should be similar in terms of rules. This is also one of the points that players care about most.

Lu Qingjia was targeted by a curse alone. Although the players were not feeling outrageous for him, the injustice was definitely worrying.

Lu Qingjia motioned everyone to calm down: "The reason I was cursed was because my blood relatives had come to this game. It may be a curse inherited from that time, so it was against me at the beginning."

"But on the other hand, because following the opponent's idea of ​​clearance can solve the truth of the dungeon more efficiently, this is both risk and good for me, so there is no need to question the fairness of the game."

Of course, the real reason is definitely more than that, but there is no need for Lu Qingjia to say it.

But what he revealed was enough to surprise everyone.

Lu Qingjia continued: "The order in which the curse begins is based on the order in which the oil lamps are made. The players who died yesterday were the first to collect their body tissues and produce lamp oil, so they were the first to die after returning to the village."

"I have asked him about this order." Lu Qingjia glanced at the man on the ground.

The guy stared at him desperately trying to make a sound.

No one paid any attention to him, Lu Qingjia sent the order to the players. Those who were in the front of the order were naturally worried, while those who were in the back were a little relieved.

But before letting go, I listened to Lu Qingjia: "But you don't have to trust this order too much. After all, you can find a dead ghost."

When Lu Qingjia said this, he closely watched the expressions of the people around him.

In the stiff expressions of the crowd, they said: "As long as it is your turn to put the mountain god flower representing the sacrifice on other players, someone will accept that round of curses on your behalf."

As soon as these words came out, everyone took a breath, and almost everyone took a step back, watching the teammates around them become vigilant.

Only one person reacted slowly.

Lu Qingjia grinned, and the scalpel in his hand cut quickly, but when he was about to touch the opponent's skin, it was blocked.

Lu Qingjia was not surprised that he could not make a single blow. Mud didn't know when he had already appeared at the opponent's feet. At the same time, he activated his formidable speed and melee ability to attack with a rhythm that was almost indistinguishable from the naked eye.

It stands to reason that among the mid-level players present, Lu Qingjia's strength is the most powerful. His current strength has surpassed many high-level players. This was stamped by two administrator-level players.

Lu Qingjia's attack of this level, and the ties of ability, has been replaced by a normal intermediate player, and he has been beaten into a pool of flesh by now.

His strength is the strongest in this instance, which is also recognized by all players present.

However, to everyone's surprise, the player who had looked mediocre before was unharmed in Lu Qingjia's powerful raid, and even handled it quite calmly.

After fighting a few moves, the opponent no longer pretended to be low-key, showing an interesting expression——

"Sure enough, as that person said, there can be no negligence in front of you."