The wedding procession walked forward with gongs and drums, but no one spoke. The atmosphere was solemn, as if they were in a mourning hall.
Behind them, there were many ghostly spectators who followed silently. Unlike the bustling crowd, these ghostly spectators were silent, as if they were conducting some kind of ceremony.
The five members of the White Phoenix Squad followed at the back of the crowd. Bai Xiaowen even activated his mental scan to sense the surroundings.
Qin Bing was not nearby. Of course, it was also possible that he was in a high-priority state of invisibility and could not be detected.
Liujia Village was not big. The wedding procession soon arrived at their destination — a threshing field.
There were three to five households at the side of the threshing field.
Bai Xiaowen noticed that this was the corner of the village, which was also suitable for the Zhou family's status as an outsider.
In the wedding procession, a tall and thin villager with the appearance of an old gentleman could be vaguely seen. He floated forward and shouted loudly,
"The auspicious hour has arrived!"
"Bride, enter the sedan!"
The ghostly wedding procession parted in the middle. A simple red sedan was carried by four able-bodied villagers to the door of one of the households.
Bai Xiaowen used his Insight to observe and found that both the old gentleman and the villagers carrying the sedan were under the protection of the white stone. They could not be targeted, which meant that they could not be detected.
Well, there was no way to cause trouble now. They could only watch the show.
The villagers carrying the sedan shouted a few times, but the door was tightly shut. No one responded.
The old gentleman in the lead said loudly, "The auspicious hour cannot be delayed. Invite the bride out!"
At the front of the wedding procession, there were two middle-aged women holding "Wedding Procession" and "Leave" signs. They were dressed in red and had fat bodies. When they heard the order, they immediately rushed over, like two puffs of smoke drifting into the tightly shut door.
Then, the two women in red floated out first. Behind them was a figure dressed in a red wedding dress with a red veil on her head. Behind them were two women. The four of them seemed to be escorting the bride into the sedan.
"The bride looks like she can't move. Is she tied up?" Li Shuyi's eyes were sharp.
Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes. Upon closer inspection, the bride's walking posture was indeed strange.
Their legs were motionless and they were floating on the ground. This was a common trait shared by all the villagers of Huai King Village, so there was no need to talk about it. However, the bride's arms were tightly attached to her body. No matter how she walked, her arms did not sway at all. It looked as if there was an invisible rope binding her.
"It seems that the bride is the second sister of the Zhou family. She has a good figure." Li Shuyi laughed.
"What do we do now?" Qiao Rui asked.
Bai Xiaowen shook his head. "We can't make a move yet … There are still many things that I don't understand. For example, this wedding scene. Does it happen every day, or does it happen on the day we enter? If it was the latter, it would be too much of a coincidence. If it's the former … then it's even harder to understand. "
In the end, Bai Xiaowen decided to wait and see. After all, the secret of the Serene White Stone had not been unraveled, and the group did not have the ability to kill these ghosts.
The bride was dragged into the bridal sedan, and the bridal procession disappeared at the intersection.
"Let's go to the Zhou family and look for the remnant diary pages." Bai Xiaowen led his teammates and climbed over the wall of the bride's house.
The courtyard was empty except for a few ridges. It was probably where the Zhou family planted their own vegetables, but it had long since been abandoned. There was an abandoned well next to the ridges, and behind the well was an old stone mill.
Bai Xiaowen frowned slightly. "Is this the Zhou family? It doesn't seem like it. It's hard to imagine that an outsider who was sent here would have something like a stone mill. "
His teammates had already split up to search the courtyard, but they did not find any remnant diary pages.
Suddenly, Qiao Rui said, "Captain, come and take a look. There's something wrong here."
Bai Xiaowen walked over.
There were two deep stains on the stone mill, as if they were deeply embedded in the stone. Even after a long time, there was no way to remove them.
More importantly, when he got close to the stone mill, he could smell a strong smell of blood.
"These should be blood stains, but they've already dried up to this extent. There's still such a strong smell of blood. It's really not normal …" Bai Xiaowen frowned. He had also seen blood stains between the stone mill and the abandoned well, but the blood clots were smaller.
Bai Xiaowen took a few steps back, looked around, and said, "Back then, the second sister of the Zhou family was probably forcefully pulled out of the house. She was really stubborn. First, she hit the stone mill. She didn't die, and then she jumped into the well. I think there should be something in the well. We should go down and take a look. "
Li Shuyi shrunk his head, and even Qiao Rui's face turned pale.
Han Xu said, "I'll go."
"No need." Bai Xiaowen waved his hand, and Kitts, dressed in aristocratic attire, appeared.
"Kitts, go down and take a look." Bai Xiaowen had chosen a fixed airdrop, and the target was the well.
Kitts: "???"
The sound of coughing came from the well, and Kitts' voice rang out. "Boss, what are you doing? It's all dust in here."
"Did you find anything?" Bai Xiaowen asked.
"Nothing at all," Kitts said.
Bai Xiaowen opened Kitts' shared vision and scanned the well. He really couldn't find anything.
"Strange …"
Bai Xiaowen frowned in thought. Since the ghost bride had jumped into the well, then there should be something strange in the well.
Kitts turned into a swarm of bats and flew out of the abandoned well. He patted the dust off his body. "Speaking of strange … hmm, it seems a bit cold down there? But I'm a vampire. This little difference in temperature really doesn't make much of a difference. "
"Maybe it's because you're a vampire and not a living person." Bai Xiaowen's eyes suddenly lit up. "It seems I can't be lazy and use my summoned creatures to scout the way. I'll go down and take a look myself."
Bai Xiaowen's summoned creatures were basically all of the undead, and the Wrath Claw was a wild beast. It would be very difficult for them to find anything strange in the well.
"Xiaowen, be careful," Li Shuyi said.
"Yes, this well is the only strange thing in the courtyard. There are no other clues. Shuyi, you and Sister Qiao go to the Zhou Family's house and look around. Old Han, you stay at the well and guard it for me. "
After Bai Xiaowen finished speaking, he jumped into the well.
The wind whistled. One second, two seconds, three seconds …
He still hadn't hit the ground.
Bai Xiaowen had a bad feeling. When Kitts had jumped into the well, he'd fallen to the bottom. The abandoned well was at most three to five meters deep. But now, it seemed like it couldn't even reach thirty to fifty meters!
Bai Xiaowen danced around, trying to grab the walls of the well in the air, but he grabbed nothing.
"I won't fall to my death, right?"
Bai Xiaowen's fingers touched the Town Portal Scroll. At the same time, he tried to open his eyes and look down.
The bottom was shrouded in a thick fog, like a monster with its mouth wide open. He couldn't see clearly.
Suddenly, Bai Xiaowen's body froze. He felt his feet touch the ground, but he didn't feel the pain of falling from a high altitude.
An obvious feeling of weightlessness and dislocation came over him. The next moment, Bai Xiaowen was standing in a courtyard, looking confused.
The familiar stone mill, the familiar well, and the familiar mud wall.
"This is clearly the Zhou Family's courtyard … Just now, I had the illusion of heaven and earth being turned upside down. It's like I've entered a mirror world, and my head is upside down. So, in terms of space, this courtyard shouldn't be Han Xu's courtyard. "
Bai Xiaowen sighed. Fortunately, he was brave and had good judgment. If it had been someone else, they probably wouldn't have been able to recover for a long time.
In this mirror dimension, the sky was also gray and overcast.
Suddenly, the sound of gongs and drums could be heard from afar. Bai Xiaowen's expression changed. "No way, there's also a bridal escort team here?"
Different from the previous bridal escort team, Bai Xiaowen was in the courtyard this time, so he could see the situation in the bride's house.
Following the shout of "the auspicious time has arrived", two stout women pushed open the courtyard door and came in. The door in the house was also opened. The bride, wearing a red wedding dress, was tied up with ropes. Two stout women also pushed her out.
"Hua Yurong, you don't know how lucky you are. How many girls in the Liu Family village want to marry Da Liu? After you marry into the family, you won't have to worry about food and drink. You won't have to work in the field to earn work points. You can enjoy leisure … "
Under the red veil, a voice sounded.
"I know. Can you untie me? "
"Oh, that won't do. What if you try to kill yourself again? What should we do?"
"I won't. I've thought it through. Besides, can the Liu Family afford to be tied into the sedan by force? "
"That's true … Alright, since Yurong has thought it through, untie her and let her marry into the family peacefully …"
Bai Xiaowen seemed to be an invisible person. Those stout women ignored him. When he reached out to touch, he only touched the air. The other party was just an illusion.
Soon, the rope was untied.
The bride in red pulled down the red veil, revealing a beautiful face with a heroic spirit. She said sternly.
"Even if I, Hua Yurong, become a ghost, I will not marry into the Liu Family!"
The four women were stunned. Before they could say anything, Hua Yurong rushed to the stone mill.
There was a woman standing on the road. When she saw Hua Yurong rushing fiercely, she subconsciously dodged. Suddenly, with a buzzing sound, the stone mill trembled. Hua Yurong's head was dripping with blood. Two pieces of blood splattered on the stone mill.
The bridal escort team outside the courtyard seemed to have heard the noise. Immediately, some people followed in. The leader, a middle-aged man wearing a felt hat, said anxiously, "What? Why is there blood … "
The three women surrounded Hua Yu Rong, they were all frightened and frightened.
"Husband, this Hua Yurong said she had thought it through, so I untied the rope. Who would have thought that she would knock her head over …" The last woman, the wife of the village chief Liu Fu, said in fear, "Fortunately, no one died. You see, how about we just forget about this matter …"
The man in the felt hat was slightly stunned. He repeated, "Not dead right?" His face quickly returned to normal. He snorted, "She's not dead right! Who are you trying to scare? Let me tell you, Hua Yurong. Today you must marry into the Liu Family. If you're alive, you're a member of the Liu Family. If you're dead, you're a ghost of the Liu Family! Take her away! "
Hua Yurong punched and kicked. The stout women were thrown to the side. As the bridal escort team rushed over, Hua Yurong suddenly screamed and rushed over. She jumped into the well.
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