Xie Zhe and Ru Yuejun's side did not go well.
Although the courtyard is large, the rooms are limited. Many of the rooms were locked, but judging from the candlelight there was nothing important in the windows. They found only two unlocked rooms, both of which were empty, with furniture and valuables already cleared out. Moreover, the two of them did not notice any abnormalities in their perception of spiritual power.
"Has it already been transported?" Lord Ruyue felt strange, "No way. I asked someone to keep an eye on it. Not many people have come in and out recently. Besides, there must be some movement when moving large items."
"Then did your informant find that only people came out and no one went in?"
"Of course I thought about it, but that's not the case."
The two found nothing, but were unwilling to go back empty-handed. They decided to search carefully to see if there was any attic or cellar where things could be hidden. Liudao Wuchang's eyes have long been accustomed to the dark night. Lord Ruyue doesn't need more light. Only Xie Zhe holds the lamp behind. Although he can see many things that ordinary people cannot see, darkness can still trap him.
As he walked, he thought about it in his mind.
Since it is Wuyong's territory, why is there no barrier set up?
As early as when they were in Huansha City, they had heard that Wuyong's idle escort agency had a barrier. But that's not the case here. From infiltrating to now, a few people have gone too smoothly. It may also be because this is just an ordinary residential area. Since everyone is dead, there is no need to set up a barrier. But didn’t Ruyue-kun say that? There seems to be suspicious puppets stored here. If so, how could he be so unprepared?
Is the doll really not here anymore?
After walking around a few times, he fixed his sights on an old locust tree in the backyard.
"Is there something wrong with that tree? I can't understand the flowers and plants."
Lord Ruyue was honest and said that he could not see the reason. Xie Zhe explained:
"Generally, locust trees are not planted in backyards."
"Why?" Mr. Ruyue looked at the old tree up and down and asked blankly, "The sophora japonica flowers smell delicious and taste delicious too."
"The locust tree is in Feng Shui... well, it's considered an evil tree."
"Evil tree? A tree that brings evil?"
"Yes. Don't plant mulberries in front, don't plant willows in the back, and don't plant ghosts in the courtyard. These are all matters of residential feng shui."
"Ghost claps your hands?" Lord Ruyue really knows nothing about this.
"Polar tree. When the wind blows, the leaves of the poplar tree rustle, as if something invisible is clapping."
"Then what does this have to do with the locust tree?"
"There is also a jargon saying, 'If there is a willow tree in front of the door, pearls and agates come home; if there is a locust tree in front of the door, gold and silver treasures come home'. So it's not that willow trees cannot be planted, but they cannot be planted in the backyard. If they are planted in In the backyard, money will flow out. The same is true for the locust tree. There is a ghost character in its name, and it is a tree with a strong yin energy. It is easy to attract wealth in front of the yard and control the house in the yard. It is easy to put it in the backyard. Gathering Yin energy and attracting unclean things will bring bad luck to the family as a whole.”
"I think... am I thinking too much? Maybe this tree was here a long time ago, and the house was built later. Look, this locust tree is so tall, and the whole house looks small in comparison. ”
"That's a deliberately chosen construction method."
Lord Ruyue remained silent, no longer refuting, and just wandered under the tree for a while. She vaguely felt that Xie Zhe was right. After all, he is a member of the Wuyong family, and every move he makes must have a special meaning. He cannot be so tolerant. What's more, they are also proficient in Yin Yang and Five Elements, so there is no way they failed to take this into consideration.
"If you do this... it may be to adjust the proportion and circulation of Yin Qi and Yang Qi. But why?"
They circled around the tree. Soon the two discovered something - this towering tree was not completely independent of the backyard. About a quarter of it is embedded in the wall, and the wall is not sunken. It is not known whether the wall was later destroyed and rebuilt, or whether the wall bricks were built around it. The two of them observed it for a while and decided to go back to the room from the front to see what was wrong.
Arriving at the front, they found that the room was also locked, but it had no windows. Since this is a small place, even a latrine would be too narrow, so the two of them thought it was a compartment for storing tools and didn't pay attention. Could it be that this is really the place? But no matter how you look here, it doesn't look like a place where large items can be stored.
Lord Ruyue was about to kick the door open, but was stopped by Xie Zhe. He first tried to peek in through the crack in the door, but saw nothing but darkness, and even his eyes could not see anything. Then he put his ear to the door again, listened, and knocked on the door with his knuckles. After repeating it several times, he stood up straight and said to Lord Ruyue:
"Judging from the echoes, it's bigger in here than we thought."
"Spells from space?" Lord Ruyue tilted her head and looked at the door lock, "Is the spiritual power of the locust tree used here?"
"Hard to say."
Lord Ruyue nodded, rolled up his sleeves, and looked like he was about to kick in the door. Xie Zhe stopped her again and said to her:
"If the spiritual power inside is disturbed and the door is damaged, trouble may occur. This door should not be an ordinary wooden door. If nothing else, the inside side must be covered with charms. Maybe, it is not that It can be opened easily."
Lord Ruyue thought it was reasonable, but was unwilling to accept it, so he stopped his strength and kicked him. Xie Zhe really got it right. Under normal circumstances, even the iron door would have been shaken, but it did not move at all, as if it was firmly fixed to the entire wall. Xie Zhe took out a charm from his body and folded it into a paper figure. After he recited the mantra, the paper man stood up and crookedly crept into the room along the crack of the door. After a while, the lock outside automatically unlocked and fell to the ground with a "snap".
The door creaked open, and it was dark inside.
The two took a step back and felt a blast of cold air on their faces. There was no smell of dust or mold in the air-conditioning, and the two of them couldn't help but feel a little confused. Since there are no windows and the door is locked, how can there be air circulation? The room was still dark, but in the dark, Xie Zhe felt that the space here gave him the illusion of vastness and distance.
Is it really an illusion?
"hiss……"
Kisaragi-kun took a breath of air. What did she see? Lord Ruyue took the lead in two steps and left the place where the candlelight could reach. It is true that from the outside, this lamp is enough to illuminate the place, but in fact the wider darkness is suppressing the light, boundless. Xie Zhe turned around and closed the door. Sure enough, as he thought, the back was covered with talismans. And there were more spells than he expected, layer upon layer, densely packed, some new and some old. Because the scene was so dazzling, he couldn't even judge the function of those spells at the first time. But it didn't matter anymore. He turned around and walked towards the house.
After walking a few steps, he felt a numbness in his scalp.
There are many...many "people" here. Of course, they are all fake, but they look so realistic. They all have hair of different lengths and colors. And they all had their eyes open, looking straight ahead with dilated pupils. Xie Zhe put the candlelight closer and found that the colors of those eyes were also slightly different. These dolls are unclothed, but rough distinctions can be seen in the body outlines, such as the rise and fall of the chest and the shape of the skeleton - of course, they have no real skeleton.
Lord Ruyue reached out and touched the temples of a female doll and said, "It's human hair, not animal fur."
Xie Zhe also plucked up the courage and gently flicked the eyeball of a puppet. The eyeball is slightly tilted away, then slowly resets. Based on the texture just now, Xie Zhe made a judgment.
"The eyes... are also real."
"Are the eyes real too?"
Lord Ruyue walked to him and suddenly tripped over a puppet. The puppet fell to the ground with a "snap", which shocked them. They leaned down and found that the puppet's eyes were closed. Xie Zhe stretched out his hand and tried to open his eyelids.
"The eyelids are made...it seems to have some kind of mechanism. They close when they lie horizontally."
"It's so realistic..."
Lord Kisaragi sighed as he helped it up. This level of bumping will not cause it to break. It seems that other ingredients are mixed into the material to make it stronger and stronger. Sure enough, when Lord Kisaragi asked him to sit up again, his eyelids slowly opened again. Xie Zhe didn't dare to put the candlelight too close to its face, because it had long eyelashes stuck on it and could be easily burned by fire.
"Wait a minute..." Xie Zhe became alert, "There's something wrong. I thought it was an illusion just now..."
"What?"
Lord Kisaragi observes with him. When a candlelight is brought close to a puppet's eyeball, its pupils will shrink slightly. Although it's not as exaggerated as a cat's eye, it does happen. The two of them immediately stood up and used candlelight to re-examine the other puppets. Sure enough, almost every puppet whose eyes were held by a candlelight would have their pupils slightly narrowed.
This is a reaction only a living person would have.
Xie Zhe felt his hands and feet were cold. Even if these things are really taken from a living person, how can they react on such a false body? Immersed in the shock, they did not notice the changes behind them. The door was closed, and a brand new spell appeared out of thin air at the connection between the door and the wall, and the two of them were unaware of it.
It had been so long, and the two people waiting outside were somewhat anxious. The weather didn't look to be getting better, and the clouds were still thick and gloomy, making people breathless. The wind has not blown for a long time, and the moon has been hidden behind the dark clouds.
"I don't know how long it will take them..."
Han Chang also shook his head: "It's such a big yard, I really don't know what to look for."
As soon as he finished speaking, the candle lamp on the ground suddenly went out.
But there is still no wind.
"Oops!"
Han Zhang suddenly tensed up his nerves, which startled Ling Huan.
"How……"
"problem occurs."
