Absurd Deduction Game

Chapter 21 He is in the coffin

There are only seven extrapolators left in the yard.

They sat down around the big table, starting from the vacant seats, in order: Wei Fan, Xiao Xuechen, Ju Lan, Yu Xing, Carlos, and the two men.

The two similar-looking men looked at them and said proactively: "Hello, we were the ones who were rude at the entrance of the village. We just don't want innocent people to be harmed."

"Then you are quite self-righteous." Xiao Xuechen held up her chin and looked at the two men with a much softened look, "How are you, Feng Shui masters, this place is really unlucky?"

"It's true." Among the two men, the one in black looked around. "We are cousins. My name is Xu Hong, and my brother's name is Xu Yuan. We have received a commission from someone to investigate. His hometown is haunted."

 Entrusted?

Yu Xing curled his lips and felt that there was no need to ask. This client must also be named Zhou Yongsheng...

Xu Hong continued: "Before we came here, we looked at the Feng Shui layout. The entrance to the village faces south, and the mountains block the sky. The sun can only be seen for a few hours a day. If you choose a cemetery, this is a good place, but If it were a living person..."

He shut up abruptly because the village chief had already come out of the kitchen.

The village chief smiled and sat down in an empty seat, and finally remembered to introduce himself: "My name is Zhou Facai. You can just call me the village chief. Everyone in our village is named Zhou. It's hard to tell people apart by calling me Brother Zhou."

 Everyone responded cooperatively.

They chatted with the village chief. They just lamented how difficult it was to enter the mountain and how the air in the mountain was good. By calling each other, Xu Hong and Xu Yuan figured out the names of the other five people.

 After chatting for about twenty minutes, Yu Xing saw that the time was almost up and decided to ask something useful.

"Village Chief, I want to ask you about a few things." Yu Xing looked at the enthusiastic village chief with his big sincere eyes. The trust in his eyes made the village chief's heart heat up, and he said boldly: "What are you talking about, Mr. Jun? question?"

 Others pricked up their ears.

Yu Xing: "This village...doesn't have Internet access? The signal is not very good. After I came here, I couldn't even make a call."

The village chief was startled, and then replied: "Yes, our territory is in the mountains, and the signal is not good. Hey, no, we can also let people from the city look up and see the natural weather in a few days!"

 The implication is that the signal has always been this way.

so…

Yu Xing and Carlos received the private message from Zhou Yongsheng. Where was it sent?

You should know that in the implanted memory, Yu Xing was still in contact with Zhou Yongsheng on his mobile phone until he got off the plane and walked to Guanjiacun.

Yu Xing raised another question: "Then, why don't the people in the village come out for activities? It's just after dusk, and the villagers have rested so early."

“You are asking about this.” The village chief slapped his thigh and lowered his voice mysteriously, “As the saying goes, there is a custom on this mountain top. In our village, no one goes out in the evening.”

 What is this custom? Xiao Xuechen's expression changed, and he exchanged glances with Wei Fan.

 “Then when are you going out?” Carlos turned the small paper puppet in his hand and asked if he didn’t understand. He was very studious.

"In a while." The village chief looked up at the sky and chuckled twice. The shadow hit his face, giving a square-faced middle-aged man a somewhat sinister look. "When the candles are lit at night, Everyone went out to do some activities.”

 …Light the candles?

Yu Xing took a casual look and saw that it was already dark, but there was no light on in the village chief’s house. Could it be that this village didn’t even have kerosene lamps? This is too backward...

“Village Chief, let me ask you about another person.” He suppressed all his speculations about the village, “Do you know where Zhou Yongsheng lives?”

“Oh? So you know Xiao Sheng!” the village chief said curiously.

"Yes, yes, yes, I am... I am his classmate!" The little girl Ju Lan seemed to have lost her boyfriend, she was very active, "Where is he? I want to play with him."

"Hahaha, Xiao Sheng is a promising kid! He went to school in a big city, and his conversation is different when he comes back. He often mentions something, such as weird painters, etc. Hahaha, I can't even understand him. He's old. I'm getting old." The village chief did not directly tell everyone where Zhou Yongsheng lived, but instead sighed.

Just at this moment, a woman's voice came from the kitchen: "The meal is ready, Zhou Facai, come here and serve it!"

"Here we come!" The village chief responded loudly and was about to stand up. Xiao Xuechen immediately followed. When she looked around, she saw the slightly shy painter, the cheerful magician, and the less talkative brother among the Feng Shui master brothers. They all stood up in unison.

She smiled in her heart: It seems that she has the same idea... I want to see if the kitchen is normal. There are quite a lot of smart people in this deduction. This is good news!

“Village Chief, it’s inappropriate for us to eat for free here, so let us help serve the food.” She said to the village chief and walked towards the kitchen at the same time, not intending to give the village chief a chance to refuse.

"Okay, okay, I'll trouble you." The village chief didn't hesitate and entered the kitchen with a few people.

Yu Xing was at the back, a position where it was easiest to run back if something happened.

It was getting darker and darker, and he followed the others to the door of the kitchen. A red light shone on the kitchen wall, reflecting the shadow of a woman. The shadow swayed from side to side, seemingly dancing with the light of the fire.

 This kitchen uses a wood stove.

At some o'clock, sparks were floating in the air. A woman with her hair pulled up and wearing common clothes had her back to the crowd and was clearing away the dishes.

Most of the firewood underneath was burned, and the heat rushed to my face, and the red light illuminated the entire kitchen.

 The strange thing is that there is a white candle lit on the stove.

 The candle stood on a delicate plate of unknown material. The light was insignificant, and I didn’t know why it was lit.

As soon as Yu Xing saw the plate, a chill swept over him.

He was startled, his expression remained unchanged, but he was surprised: after so long...his physical condition was difficult to be affected by external forces, but two abnormalities occurred in the short period of time after becoming a Deducer! ?

 Fortunately, the coolness came and went quickly this time, and it was not as violent as when the Persona appeared for the first time. He only trembled slightly for a while and then suppressed the discomfort.

Yu Xing’s face turned pale and he secretly covered his heart. Fortunately, he was standing at the end and no one noticed him.    But there is definitely something wrong with this plate!

Hehe, his body is sensitive to some supernatural things. Although it will cause pain, but...if you think about it from another angle, it can be regarded as a mistake, right?

  Self-mockery, self-mockery, in order to see clearly, Yu Xing deftly squeezed from the end to the front.

There are seven dishes placed on the table. Although they are all home-cooked dishes, you can smell the fragrance from a distance and the color is beautiful, which makes your fingers twitch.

The plate with the candle on it was placed aside. It was too exquisite to be something that should appear in this small village. The corners were hollow and octagonal. The tears of the candle melted and dripped onto the plate. It did not cool down and solidified, but became like water droplets on the plate. Retain.

“This is kind of interesting, I wonder if there is a chance to do it...” Such an idea came to his mind.

"Aunt, let's help you." While Yu Xing was thinking about this, Xiao Xuechen enthusiastically stepped forward to help carry the plate. The woman laughed and counted the chopsticks.

However, Yu Xing, who was paying attention to the woman's movements, narrowed his eyes, and a dangerous arc appeared at the end of his eyes.

　　 No... He caught a glimpse of the movement of the woman's wrist and his eyes flashed.

This woman’s movements are too stiff, and why doesn’t she turn her head?

 Don’t go yet!

Seeing Xiao Xuechen's figure passing by him, he subconsciously raised his hand, and then hesitated inexplicably for a moment.

This hesitation missed the best opportunity to grab the person, and he only vaguely touched the corner of Xiao Xuechen's clothes.

"Aunt, come on, give it to me." Xiao Xuechen walked to the woman's side and reached out to take the bowl from the woman's hand. The next moment, the woman turned her head away with a smile.

With a blue-black face and dry skin, the woman looked like an exhumed corpse. On her stiff face, she probably wanted to be friendly, but unfortunately it only added to the horror. Xiao Xuechen, who was the closest, suddenly faced her. With such a face, his chest suddenly felt stagnant.

"Ah!" She couldn't help but let out a short scream, and stepped back repeatedly. Her back hit Yu Xing with a "bang" sound, and the hit was quite hard.

"Huh?"

 “Are you okay?”

 Carlos and Xu Yuan stepped forward one after another.

"No, it's okay..." Xiao Xuechen quickly calmed down. She had seen ghosts before, so she shouldn't have such a big reaction. The key was that she was too close to this ghost just now!

A few random thoughts ran through her mind: Is this special meow a dead person? The village chief’s wife is a corpse! ? Wait, it's so hard...

After the shock faded, she suddenly felt that the man's chest muscles that she bumped into from behind were extremely hard, and she turned around with residual fear and a moment of surprise.

I never expected that it was the beautiful young man who looked soft and weak -ah, was the painter who refused to disclose the real name?

Yu Xing lowered his head in silence, watching the face of the young lady whose height had just reached his chest changing constantly, from fear to confusion, and then a suspicious blush appeared...

 He raised his hand.

Paled face.

  Take a step back.

　　He covered his chest and let out a slightly painful groan.

It was so good that he was not dead. It happened to hit him when his body was just out of condition. He had just recovered and was hurt again, phew!

 What is the truth of this!

His body is now as brittle as glass shards, and it will basically "break" in one hit. He really shouldn't avoid avoiding others to prevent others from falling. There is a saying that Xiao Xuechen's weight is heavier than he thought...

"Yes, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it." Xiao Xuechen saw his face turn pale and couldn't help but doubt his life.

 Why is she so powerful?

 Is it time to lose weight?

　　No, she shook her head and shook the messy thoughts out of her head - the most important thing now is the village chief's wife -

"What's the matter, little girl, don't you want to help me carry the bowl?" The commoner woman turned around completely at this moment, holding the dish in one hand and the plate with the candle on it in the other.

From the looks of it, she is just an ordinary woman in her thirties. Although she is not good-looking, she is still very normal.

 Was it an illusion just now?

“Yes, please bring the dishes out quickly.” Xu Yuan observed his words, immediately took the plate, and gave a look to the following deducers to tell them to go out first.

Yu Xing raised his hand to wipe away a drop of cold sweat from his forehead, and his eyes swept over the woman's hand holding the candle plate without leaving a trace.

 He didn’t know if Carlos and Xu Yuan had seen the woman’s face just now, but he had seen it anyway.

That face definitely does not belong to a living person!

The village chief didn't seem to notice what the guests were thinking, so he happily took the plates and went out with the woman.

Yu Xing took a plate of scrambled eggs, took a breath to relax, and then walked out.

Wei Fan, Ju Lan and Xu Hong who stayed in the courtyard didn't know what happened. They just saw their different expressions and couldn't help but become vigilant.

After setting out the dishes, bowls and chopsticks, and sitting down in the same position as before, Ju Lan, who didn't know anything else, picked up the bowl full of rice and continued to ask: "Village Chief, you didn't finish what you just said, where does Zhou Yongsheng live?"

"Oh, yes, Xiao Sheng..." The village chief looked at the very kind-looking woman with a clear look, and said with a smile, "He is in the coffin."

 (End of this chapter)