Chapter 953 Faded Lantern

The first seven?

In the dim lobby of the ancient house, everyone looked at the body of the skinny old man sitting on the black Taishi chair. Their expressions suddenly changed after Zhou Deng's words.

According to folklore, after a person dies, his soul comes back to life within seven days, which is called the first seven days.

On this day, the dead will turn into ghosts and return to their hometown to see their loved ones for the last time before returning to the underworld. In addition, there is another saying. If the deceased has resentment, he will turn into a ghost and seek his life in the first seven days.

"The letter from the post office requires us to stay here for seven days. If the old man dies today, then we will have to wait until the first seven days of the old man's life."

Eagle thought of some bad things, and his face turned slightly gloomy.

"The resurrection of the first seven? It's just an unfounded theory. In my opinion, what is really possible is that the old man's body is revived by the ghost seven days after his death. Don't look at it now, this is just a normal corpse. Maybe once it is revived, it will It will turn into an extremely terrifying ghost, and if you stay here for seven days, you will definitely die miserably."

A ghost master among the crowd spoke.

"That's right. Although I don't know why there is a corpse of an old man who just died here, but in my opinion, this old man is probably a ghost controller. He just died now and the ghost has not yet revived, but he will definitely be in a few days. There will be problems. I suggest you throw this body away, so that even if the evil ghost resurrects, it won't affect us."

Fan Xing said: "It would be a bit reckless to throw it away far away. It is safer to nail it with coffin nails."

He said this to Yang Jian, hoping that he would use the coffin nail.

As long as Yang Jian does not have the coffin nail, his strength will be greatly reduced. Even if he is powerful, he will not have no room for resistance.

This is a disguised weakening.

Li Yang immediately stared at him and said: "You want us to use coffin nails? Don't think that I don't know what you are worried about. At worst, no one cares about this corpse. Let's see which of us can survive to the end after the evil ghost wakes up."

Human nature is ugly.

Once Yang Jian selflessly leaves this coffin nail on this corpse, then these people will be ready to take action.

"Li Yang, don't be angry. I'm thinking about everyone too. I admire Captain Yang very much. But at this time, facing unknown dangers, we don't have much confidence. We can only turn to Captain Yang for help. Captain Yang, you Say a word, if you are willing to use coffin nails to eliminate the hidden dangers here, then no matter what you ask us to do next, we are willing to agree, what do you think?"

Fan Xing said very seriously and sincerely.

"Yes, I am still convinced by Ghost Eye Yang Jian's reputation. As long as Captain Yang is willing to lead by example, we will obey your orders from now on, Captain Yang."

"It's not impossible to work hard for Team Yang. Team Yang needs to show some skills."

Others immediately responded.

They seemed to be vaguely united and wanted Yang Jian to leave the nail in the coffin.

Fan Xing on the side seemed to be thinking about everyone wholeheartedly, without any selfish motives at all.

But who can become a ghost master and live to this day is a simple thing? In order to survive, it is most normal to be two-faced.

Believe them, Yang Jian has died countless times.

Yang Jian's expression changed. He turned around slightly with the cracked spear in his hand, glanced at Fan Xing, and then at the others: "You can have my coffin nails. I, Yang Jian, am not a stingy person. I will do it for everyone." I am very willing to ensure safety and eliminate hidden dangers in advance, but I have a small request."

"Captain Yang, if you have any requests, just ask us, as long as we can do it." Fan Xing said.

In just one sentence, we have already united the remaining ghost masters to form a team.

It’s not that others don’t know Fan Xing’s intentions, it’s just that facing Yang Jian, the top leader, they can’t unite. Otherwise, if they are deprived of the right to speak, they will be reduced to cannon fodder once a supernatural incident occurs. .

If you want to fight for survival, you must have a certain right to speak.

Therefore, since Fan Xing dared to take this step, they did not mind cooperating with Fan Xing temporarily.

It's a pity that Zhou Deng doesn't seem to have the intention to unite. Otherwise, including this guy, he would be able to compete with Yang Jian's team.

Yang Jian said: "My request is very simple, that is, I will provide the coffin nail, and you will provide one person."

"What does Captain Yang mean?" Fan Xing asked.

Yang Jian said: "It means that I have no problem using coffin nails to deal with this corpse, but I think there is a person who talks too much, and I am not very happy. If you are willing to do me this favor and get rid of this person who talks too much, then When I am in a good mood, I will naturally be willing to take care of you."

"If you want to survive, you have to sacrifice your life to please me, so let me see your determination."

After he finished speaking, a cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and his eyes stayed on Fan Xing.

Fan Xing felt a chill run through his body at this sight, and he even felt the unkind glances from several people nearby.

It seemed that he was really shaken by Yang Jian's words and wanted to take action against him and submit a petition.

"Yang, Captain Yang, this must be serious." Fan Xing squeezed out a smile, looking slightly uneasy.

Yang Jian didn't speak, but turned around and said: "Of course, I have another suggestion, that is, if you count them all together, try it now. As long as you kill me, everything in my hand will be gone." It’s yours, you can do whatever you want when the time comes.”

After speaking, he glanced at the others indifferently.

Li Yang also frowned and was ready to take action.

The other messengers hesitated for a moment. Although they did not speak, they also looked at the strangers, their eyes showing unkindness.

No matter what, Yang Jian is still delivering messages and completing tasks just like them. In the future, Yang Jian will need to rely on many places.

If Yang Jian is killed here, then the messengers will also be dead.

"This, this is boring. We are talking to you properly, why do we have to take action? Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, everything just now was a misunderstanding."

Some people saw that the situation was not right and felt that they were going to start a fight, so they immediately backed down.

"We don't dare to offend you, Yang Jian, no matter what. Besides, I admire you very much privately. I just made a sound suggestion with no other meaning. I hope you don't take it to heart, Yang Jian."

Immediately these people apologized and explained. Their attitudes were so good that it was impossible to find fault.

If a thin-skinned person is said something like this, he or she may even feel embarrassed.

Yang Jian's eyes were cold and his face was expressionless. He still said: "You don't have to agree immediately. You can think about it more. Don't be in a hurry."

The others were silent, and even Fan Xing was stunned immediately.

Later, he realized the impact of Yang Jian's words.

From now on, as long as the ancient house is more dangerous, the probability of Fan Xing being killed by other ghost controllers will be greater, because until Fan Xing dies, it is impossible for Yang Jian to use coffin nails to deal with the ghosts.

As for the second option, unite to deal with Yang Jian?

Do not make jokes.

Don't say you can't defeat a captain-level figure in the headquarters. Even if you can, you will inevitably be liquidated by the headquarters afterwards. What's more, there are other ghost masters around Yang Jian, and he is not alone.

At this moment, an invisible impulse and conflict was temporarily put on hold.

"Yang Jian, now that we have arrived at the ancient mansion, what should we do next?" Eagle broke the stalemate and asked about the next action plan.

"Find a room to rest." Yang Jian said; "You don't plan to stand in this lobby all the time."

Everyone looked at the dead body sitting there in the lobby and felt inexplicably frightened.

If there weren't too many people.

Who would want to stand in the lobby of such an eerie old house and face a tall and skinny corpse.

Yang Jian didn't care what they thought at the moment. He was going to check the rooms on both sides of the corridor to see if there was any hidden danger.

The body has been identified.

Since you don’t want to waste coffin nails on this, then just leave it alone.

If this corpse really wants to be revived by a ghost, then he will not be the only one who is in danger.

and.

If according to what the ghost post office said, the ghost will appear after the seventh day, then there should be nothing unusual about the old man's body before then.

So let’s observe it first.

Yang Jian left the lobby at this moment and came to the corridor next to the patio. He walked to the corridor on the right.

The floor of the corridor is made of bluestone tiles. It seems that no one has walked here for a long time. The ground is a little black and seems not very clean.

The first room in the corridor on the right is closer to the patio, so you can still clearly see the door and window.

The wooden hollow windows look very retro, and you can see what's going on inside if you stand at the door and poke your head slightly.

The room was very empty, with only an old round table, a cabinet, and a canopy bed. There were quilts on the bed, but they were all covered with a layer of dust, making it look like it had been unoccupied for a long time.

"A very normal room." Yang Jian did not feel any supernatural presence in the room.

Li Yang touched the door with his hand, then shook his head slightly, indicating that he didn't notice it.

The room is safe.

Yang Jian continued to walk forward, and he saw the door of the second room.

There is a copper lock hanging on the wooden door, which locks the room and cannot be opened. What's strange is that this room has no windows and the walls are intact. It seems that no windows were designed for this room when the house was built.

Li Yang walked over, stretched out his hand to test, then his expression changed and he suddenly took his hand back.

"Did you find anything?" Yang Jian asked immediately.

Li Yang lowered his voice and said: "Captain, this room is very strange. It is isolated from the influence of supernatural powers. The moment I touched this room, it seemed that even the ghosts in my body fell silent. There may be something terrible in it."

"If I want to open it, I'm afraid I have to smash the lock, but I think this lock may be a supernatural object, because this lock has been here for so long without any trace of rust, and there is not even any dust on it. .”

"Observe very carefully." Yang Jian also guessed that the lock might be a supernatural item.

Because this lock is very bright in the dark corridor, as if it can shield the influence of darkness.

Bronze locks, coffin nails, hatchets, and scissors seem to be supernatural items from the Republic of China. As long as they involve metal materials, they are very unusual.

"Good thing, really good thing. This thing is very unusual. It's such a waste to put such a good lock here." Zhou Deng suddenly came over at this time. He grabbed the copper lock on the door and pulled it Pulled.

The brass lock banged, but there was no way to remove it.

Zhou Deng took out his gun without hesitation and shot him twice, trying to destroy the door bolt.

"What are you doing?" Yang Jian asked in a deep voice.

"Take it down and study it, Captain Yang, you are busy with your business and don't worry about me." Zhou Deng waved his hand, reminding others who heard the gunshots that they don't need to make a fuss.

But after he fired, the bullet penetrated deeply into the wooden door.

The door bolt was not damaged, but blood was oozing out from the bullet hole.

This scene is familiar.

It reminded Yang Jian of what happened when he chopped down the ghost cabinet with a hatchet.

It's also bleeding out.

"There's something wrong with this room. This copper lock is not put here for me to take away, but to lock the things in the room. It's too evil. I have to leave quickly." Zhou Deng's face changed and he immediately put down the copper lock. Lock it, then turn around and walk away.

high speed.

It disappeared all of a sudden, and seemed to have gone elsewhere to find the treasure.

"What a madman." Li Yang watched him leave and began to take precautions.

If you dare to mess around in this hellish place, you are either seeking death or you are out of your mind.

This Zhou Deng obviously belongs to the latter.

Because he also knows how to be afraid and how to run away.

So the only possibility is that the brain is abnormal.

"It's useless to use a gun. It's probably difficult to pry open. If you want to open this room, you just have to find the key." Li Yang stared at the bottom of the copper lock.

There is a keyhole there.

Apparently, there is a key specifically designed to go with the copper lock.

Yang Jian didn't speak, he was observing and thinking.

He has the key.

It's on him.

It's just that Yang Jian has no intention of opening the door now.

"No matter what's inside, you have to wait seven days for the letter to be successfully delivered before opening it. By then, the letter delivery task and the ghost closet transaction will be completed together. This is the safest way." Yang Jian was very cautious. He wanted to open it at the last moment. door.

"Look inside again."

He kept walking.

The third room is also a normal room, the fourth room is also normal, the fifth and sixth rooms are also normal.

The corridor got darker and darker as we walked forward, and in the end we had to take out our mobile phones and turn on the lights.

Fortunately, the light was not affected by the supernatural and could clearly illuminate the surroundings.

"An endless corridor." Yang Jian and Li Yang stopped.

The two of them didn't dare to go deeper for fear of getting lost inside.

Everything that comes before feels repetitive.

There are no numbers on the doors of the rooms, corridors, or corridors, nor do they look different. Every room has the same layout and furnishings.

Yang Jian wanted to turn back, but he took the flashlight on his mobile phone and looked forward, and suddenly found a chair in the middle of the aisle in front of him.

Black Taishi chair.

It was exactly the same chair as the dead body sitting in the lobby.

The chairs are not facing this way, but with their backs to this side, as if to prevent them from moving forward.

"Who would put a chair here?" Yang Jian had more doubts in his heart.

He looked at the chair to make sure there was no one there and then turned back.

On the way back, he met Yang Xiaohua, Yingying and others.

They were even more afraid to go deep, and they only dared to linger around Room 3 and wait.

"Just rest in this room and stay away from other people. Those desperadoes are all madmen. You are far behind them. Ignore the corpse in the lobby for now. Maybe that is the target of our message. , but no matter what, we have to wait seven days to see the situation." Yang Jian said while looking at the others.

"Are you sure you want to stay in this room? Wouldn't the outermost room be better? At least you can retreat more quickly when you encounter danger." Yang Xiaohua suggested.

"It's not a good thing to be too close to the lobby." Wang Feng's eyes moved slightly and he said: "It's not a good thing to be too far away. The second room is locked, which doesn't seem to be normal. I would recommend the one in the corridor on the left. Room."

After speaking, he looked across.

The door of the opposite room has been opened by other ghost masters.

"Right here." Yang Jian repeated again, with a firm tone.

The others didn't say anything more when they saw this.

Although the room on the left is better, there are other ghost masters staying there, so it doesn't seem safe.

All the messengers on the fourth floor live here, so they feel more at ease.

After opening the door, Yingying, Yang Xiaohua, Daqiang, and Wang Feng began to put down their luggage.

The luggage contained some emergency food and water, as well as some flashlights, batteries, tools and the like.

It seems to be relatively well prepared.

If there is no danger, ordinary people will have no problem surviving here for seven days.

Yang Jian doesn't need this, he can go without eating, drinking or sleeping now.

Li Yang doesn't really need it either. His body has been corroded by the evil ghost, so even if he stays there for seven days, there won't be any problem.

Several people silently began to check some conditions in the room, and then each found a place to sit down.

As for the bed.

No one touched it, and no one planned to sleep on the bed. They preferred to sit in the corner and rest.

Looked at the time.

We set off from Dachang City at nine o'clock, passed through three stops, and then came here again. Unknowingly, it was already eleven forty.

After twelve o'clock, the task of living in the ancient house for seven days begins.

Not yet.

"This room is not safe at all." Eagle looked at the hollow window and complained slightly.

Anyone passing by can see it clearly.

The wooden door offers no means of defense.

The room is small and the corridor is narrow.

If I really encounter a ghost, I'm afraid I'll have to fight like when I was at the post office.

"Huh, no place in the whole ancient house is safe. It's even weirder outside. The old woods look wrong. There are corpses in the lobby. Unless we stay in the front yard, we have to survive here for seven days. Seven days. The room is better, at least not so conspicuous." Daqiang snorted at the eagle.

Eagle didn't object.

Because he also knows that this is the most correct choice.

Hiding in the room, you are lucky and unlikely to be targeted by evil spirits. If you wander around, you will be afraid of death.

"Have a good rest. I'll keep vigil on the first night." Yang Jian said.

"Captain, take turns," Li Yang said.

Yang Jian said: "No need, I am the only one who can cope with emergencies in this situation, and you can't have an accident. If you have an accident, we may not be able to leave here alive."

Li Yang can connect to the ghost gate.

This leaves a way out.

So nothing can happen to him.

Li Yang did not refute, but just nodded, acquiescing to this approach.

The others had nothing to say, just waiting quietly for the passage of time.

Twelve o'clock has arrived unknowingly.

Everything was normal, nothing unexpected happened, but it was getting quieter and quieter outside. It seemed that the ghost masters had their own plans and were not jumping around stupidly.

And at this moment.

What no one noticed was.

The two red lanterns at the entrance of this ancient house began to fade quickly after twelve o'clock.

The red color faded, the lantern gradually turned white, and even the light inside the lantern also turned from red to white.

soon.

The two red lanterns turned into two white lanterns.

A cold wind blew in the old forest.

The white lantern turned slightly.

On the other side of the lantern, a black word "Dian" appeared out of nowhere.

No.

Maybe this word has been on the lantern for a long time, but it was just ignored before.

The ancient house seemed to have turned into a place for funerals at this moment.

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