Nightmare Apostle

Time passed by minute by minute, and just when everyone was getting impatient, suddenly, a bell sounded in the distance, which was exactly the same as before.

"Wuma Haoming is back!" Lu Youcheng stood up excitedly.

At the same time, the mission continued, and the next Hu Yanming was also ready. Yang Xiao and others confirmed that Sui Chengguo was still hiding far away from the door, and then opened the door. Hu Yanming held the incense with both hands and walked out with firm steps.

When he stepped out of the door, the rest of the people quickly closed the door, and at the same time, they kept watching the movement in the courtyard through the cracks in the door and windows. Fortunately, Sui Chengguo was very honest and always hid in the shadows. He didn't get close at all until Hu Yanming's back disappeared outside the courtyard gate.

Soon, Wu Ma Haoming came back. Seeing his miserable appearance, everyone couldn't help but be stunned. Just like Sui Chengguo, Wu Ma Minghao who came back was also soaked all over, like a drowned chicken, and there were constant drops of water dripping along the corners of his clothes and trousers.

Seeing that Yang Xiao and the others refused to open the door, Wu Ma Minghao also became anxious, "Don't be afraid, I am a human, I don't know how it happened, something climbed onto my boat along the rope, but I passed out, and when I woke up, the boat had already docked."

Wu Ma Haoming's words were exactly the same as Sui Chengguo's, but even so, no one opened the door. Yang Xiao noticed that after Wu Ma Haoming came back, Sui Chengguo hid, and from his current position, he could no longer see Sui Chengguo's trace.

"Sui Chengguo ran away." Lu Youcheng suddenly became a little nervous, "Could it be that he found out that Wu Ma Haoming was problematic, or... or he was the ghost?"

"Not necessarily, if I were Sui Chengguo, I would hide too, just in case." Cheng Cha squatted on the ground, looking at Wu Ma Haoming's every move through the crack in the door,

Two people in a row did this, rather than saying that they made a mistake and suffered the poisonous hands of the ghost, Yang Xiao was more inclined to think that it was the arrangement of the task itself.

It was up to Hu Yanming next. If Hu Yanming also came back and was in this state, then it would be a big problem. Yang Xiao didn't believe that all three of them could escape unscathed. Perhaps the real ghost was among them.

Wu Ma Haoming cried and talked until his lips were worn out, but the people in the room remained unmoved and asked him to wait outside.

"Where is Sui Chengguo?" Wu Ma Haoming suddenly reacted, "Let Sui Chengguo come out and speak. Why can he go in and not let me in? This is unfair!"

"Stop talking nonsense. Brother Sui didn't come in either." Tong Han frowned and calmed him down with one sentence, "Be careful not to attract those things. You will be the one who dies then!"

Sure enough, Wu Ma Haoming shrank his neck and stopped making noise. He looked around as if he was looking for something, "Brother Sui, where did he... go?"

"I don't know. It's too conspicuous outside the door. I advise you to find a hidden place to hide. When Hu Yanming comes back, we will open the door for you." Tong Han used the same trick again. The focus now is to stabilize them. If Hu Yanming really comes back, it will be lively.

She and Yang Xiao agree that if all three of them come back safely tonight, there is a high probability that there is a ghost hiding inside.

After Wu Ma Haoming left the door and found a place to hide, Cheng Cha found Yang Xiao and Tong Han again, hoping to persuade one of them to go with him to the boudoir of the daughter of the Du clan leader to find clues, but was rejected again.

In desperation, Cheng Cha could only climb out of a window behind the room alone, confirming that no one was watching nearby,

and then crouched down and left quickly.

For Cheng Cha's departure, the others did not stop him too much, and even felt a little happy in their hearts. Yang Xiao knew that they were worried about the red ghost following Cheng Cha.

Because they left quietly from the back of the room, they did not alarm Sui Chengguo and Wu Ma Haoming in the yard. Not long after Cheng Cha left, Yang Xiao found Tong Han, and he planned to follow Cheng Cha secretly.

"No, it's too risky." Tong Han refused directly.

"It shouldn't happen. Cheng Cha has a very clear plan. The ghosts are tied to the river tonight, and the people in Dujia Village will not come out and walk around easily after nightfall. So as long as we are careful and don't make a big noise, safety should be guaranteed." Yang Xiao analyzed, "This kid has too many tricks. It's hard to say what tricks he is doing behind our backs. I feel uneasy if I don't keep an eye on him." "Then I'll go with you." Tong Han knew Yang Xiao's skills. Once he met a tough guy, it would be difficult for him to deal with him without a gun or a resentful eye. Since the last joint attack on Yan Hetian, the relationship between the two has unknowingly become much closer. Yang Xiao declined Tong Han's kindness, "You stay. Someone needs to keep an eye on this place. Remember, don't open the door unless you are absolutely sure." Seeing Yang Xiao and Tong Han whispering together, Mi Shu came over curiously. Yang Xiao took the opportunity to pull her to his side and told her the plan. At the same time, he agreed with Tong Han and Mi Shu that he would come back from the window and knock on the window frame as a signal. Three fast and two slow, and tap the ground to demonstrate for them.

After the instructions were completed, Yang Xiao also climbed out through the window, the window where Cheng Cha left, and quickly chased in the direction where Cheng Cha disappeared after landing.

The Du family's ancestral home was eerily quiet at night. Except for a few lanterns hanging at the gate of the courtyard, there was only a thin moonlight illumination. From a distance, some remote places were shadowy, as if something was hidden.

The trees that looked normal during the day were now more evil, baring their fangs and claws, standing in the yard like monsters.

During the day, Yang Xiao roughly remembered the way inside the ancestral home. He followed the route in his memory and came to a remote courtyard, which was the courtyard where Miss Du's boudoir was located.

Yang Xiao was very cautious along the way and tried to walk as close to the dark wall as possible, but not to mention people along the way, he didn't even see a bird.

This huge mansion is like a pool of stagnant water, without any life.

To Yang Xiao's surprise, the courtyard door was actually locked, with a large orange copper lock hanging on it.

It looks very solid.

I lay down at the crack of the door and looked in. It was pitch black inside, and I could just barely make out the outline of the house and the trees in the yard, which gave me an eerie feeling.

It didn't look like there was anyone inside, but he didn't find any trace of Cheng Cha along the way, so...where did this kid go?

Are you lost, or do you have other plans?

"Brother Chu?"

Suddenly, a soft call came from behind. This suddenness almost scared Yang Xiao into having a heart attack. He froze on the spot and did not dare to look back.

When Du San mentioned the rules of tonight's mission before, he specifically mentioned that if you encounter someone calling your name from behind while walking at night, you must not look back.

A burst of brisk footsteps approached quickly, and they circled around and came to Yang Xiao. It looked like it was Cheng Cha, "Brother Chu, it's really me."

Cheng Cha had a sad face, but his body was dirty and his clothes were scratched in several places, as if he had suffered a lot.

"Are you waiting for me?" Yang Xiao suddenly became alert. Logically speaking, Cheng Cha set off earlier than him and should have entered the boudoir to investigate. After all, the night was full of unknown risks, but at this moment, he actually bumped into him outside the yard. He was clearly squatting. .

Seeing the murderous look in Yang Xiao's eyes, Cheng Cha immediately waved his hands and defended, "No, no, Brother Chu, don't get me wrong, I'm not waiting for you, and I didn't know you would follow me because you were worried about me. I'm here solely because of the door lock. Yes,

I.. .I can’t get in. "

"You can climb over the wall and get in." Yang Xiao said straightforwardly. The wall of the courtyard is not too high. Yang Xiao believes that he can use his strength to climb over it.

Cheng Cha pulled Yang Xiao to a corner, where it was safer, and pointed at the crooked neck tree next to him.

He lowered his voice and said, "I just wanted to climb in by stepping on this tree, but it turned out that the tree was dead. The branches were dry and couldn't bear the strength, so they broke in the middle. Look at me."

Turning around, Cheng Cha found that in addition to the scratches on his body caused by tree branches, there was also a lot of mud stuck to him. It was obvious that he had fallen badly.

This kid looked quite shrewd, but he didn't expect his skills to be so poor. Yang Xiao had to climb up the courtyard wall first, and after confirming that there was no movement inside, he stretched out his hand to pull Cheng Cha up. This kid was not big, but he weighed a lot. Yang Xiao is so powerful.

Sitting on the wall of the courtyard, Cheng Cha, who was tired and out of breath, was quite embarrassed and explained to Yang Xiao that he had not been like this before, but he had been eating better recently and hadn't exercised much. He would do it next time.

"Go down by yourself. I'll keep a lookout for you from above. You should move more quickly." After a pause, Yang Xiao added: "Don't take too big risks. If you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about running out of firewood."

"receive."

Cheng Cha climbed down the wall and landed lightly in the courtyard. After observing for half a minute and confirming that there was no movement, he immediately walked to the closed boudoir. Surprisingly, the door to the boudoir was also locked. In addition to the courtyard door, there are actually two locks here.

Cheng Cha went around to the back of the boudoir and found that a window was unlocked and opened about a third of the way. He guessed that it was a ventilation hole specially left by the Du family to dissipate the bloody smell in the room as soon as possible.

He probed inside and saw that the room had obviously been tidied up. The head on the dressing table was gone, and the blood on the floor had been wiped clean. Everything was back to what it was before, but the smell of blood could still be smelled.

Climbing in through the window, there was no one in the house. The surroundings were eerily quiet. Cheng Cha could even hear his own heartbeat at this moment. He walked to the dressing table, not daring to look at himself in the mirror. Instead, he quickly opened the drawer and rummaged around. Soon, I found a small bronze mirror.

Holding the bronze mirror, Cheng Cha cautiously approached the screen, took a deep breath, then slowly leaned over with his back to the screen, lowering the bronze mirror in his hand until one side of the bronze mirror was against the cold ground.

The lower end of the wooden frame supporting the screen left a gap of about 10 centimeters from the ground. Through the reflection of the bronze mirror, Cheng Cha could just see the scene on the ground behind the screen. Even though he was fully mentally prepared, he could see it with his own eyes. This scene still made his blood pressure rise and his heart beat wildly.

I saw pairs of black and blue swollen severed feet squeezed into the small space behind the screen, still squirming.

Pointing his toes outward, he seemed to be confirming his position.