On more than 30 branches, the scene of each player's dice rolling is divided into different areas, which are displayed in a corner of the annular light screen. It is through this light screen that other players who are not participating in the competition can understand the participating team members. progress.
After the dice slowly stabilized, the two numbers that stopped in front of Su Lin were (1, 4). Su Lin remembered that the first level should be a childhood game, and by coincidence, he avoided the previous repeated levels.
He counted the remaining levels, and there were about 4 levels left, and 4 represented the hoop rolling game.
Su Lin's mental power swept through the dice of the people on the opposite side and found that Zhang Beibei's points were (5, 3), Adeli's points were (2, 4), and Li Yanran's points seemed to be (4, 2).
Su Lin had no time to pay attention to the dice rolls of the other people farther away, because as the dice rotation stopped, the annular light curtain had already started a countdown for them to enter.
In one leap, he crossed the distance between the three entrances. With the help of the iron rod, he successfully landed in the fourth entrance of the first branch. The 1 point on the dice corresponds to the number A. branches.
After entering it, Sulin's mental power slowly opened up, and he found that he seemed to have entered a world. The originally dark night in the circular clearing was now as bright as day, and what appeared around him seemed to be a small town full of people.
He just didn't know whether the time flow rate in the tunnel was at the same proportion as the outside world. As Sulin thought about it, the cries of various vendors and lackeys could be heard endlessly. The thick smell of fireworks made him feel like he was in a bustling metropolis in the real world.
At this moment, the corresponding scenes inside the tunnel entrance of Su Lin and other contestants were also displayed on the annular light curtain through the annular light curtain.
At the same time, several red prompts slowly appeared on the light curtain representing Su Lin: "Please find the necklace worn by the bride within two days and roll it around for a week."
The moment Xue Dongluo and the others saw the light screen prompt, the corresponding text was immediately input into Su Lin's sea of consciousness.
"Bride, collar? The so-called hoop rolling means you need to find the hoop first and then roll it? And there is a two-day deadline, but where can I find the bride? Or every bride can do it."
The moment he got the prompt, some similar questions also appeared in Sulin's mind.
He was thinking as he walked, paying attention to the objects in the streets and alleys, and checking out the women coming and going around him.
Not long after walking, there was a faint sound of gongs and drums on the street in the distance. Su Lin took a closer look and saw that it was a big red sedan chair. The person sitting in the sedan chair must be the bride herself who was reminded by the closed-loop world.
The sound of joy passed by Su Lin's ears quickly. After the sound of suona drifted away, he clearly saw the sedan turning around the corner of the street and entering Cheng's mansion.
Su Lin followed here, but because he was not a guest invited by Cheng Mansion, he could not enter.
I had no choice but to walk into a nearby teahouse to find out about the bride first.
Su Lin asked the waiter to order a pot of tea. Just as he sat down, the noisy voices of several men could be heard in his ears. He regained his energy and listened to what they said about today's major events.
"Have you heard that the sick man from the Cheng family got married again? It's so unlucky. How many girls have been ruined by this." A man in coarse clothes had a look of disdain between his brows.
"Keep your voice down, why are you shouting so loudly? Do you want to live if the Cheng family listens? The Cheng family has contributed to the Tang and Ming Empire for generations since the Southern Tang Dynasty was still a vassal state. Not long ago This sick man's father, now the old man Cheng Yaojin, led hundreds of thousands of troops to fight against the barbarians on our desert border, thus averting the collapse of our Tang Ming Empire.
"The momentum is building now. Although the old man Cheng Yaojin doesn't come back to live often when he is an official in the court, his son will die if you criticize him like this."
The person who spoke seemed to be very familiar with the Cheng family's affairs. Su Lin took a closer look at the person's clothing and found that it was similar to the clothes worn by the boys who were leading the way in front of the sedan. He must be taking advantage of the Cheng family's wedding. Sneaking out to meet some friends.
There were about four people gathered around the table. The young man, wearing black fine servant clothes, was sitting in the center of the table, surrounded by several people, and seemed to be enjoying himself very much.
"Brother Park, what you're trying to teach me is that I was too dissolute just now." Although the disdainful look in the eyes of the man wearing coarse cloth still remained, his voice became softer:
"Why does Cheng Jinghui, Cheng Yaojin's youngest sick child, have to marry a bride every other year?"
The two people next to the table also seemed to be interested, and they took the initiative to move forward.
"It's a long story. Do you remember the legend in our town?"
"Brother Park, you are not talking about the legend of the river god sacrifice, are you?"
Seeing the young man in black nodding, the man continued to say in horror:
"A long time ago, it was said that our town was protected by the gods. Fresh cattle and sheep were often sacrificed to the river god to ensure that the town had good weather every year. But then a female mage came who used iron rings as weapons. She just didn't believe it. The so-called demons and evil gods actually want to save the river god, so that the common people no longer have to sacrifice cattle and sheep that they are reluctant to eat to a non-existent evil spirit."
Use iron rings as weapons? He didn’t know if it was the iron ring he was looking for. When Su Lin mentioned the ring, the first thing that came to his mind was the third prince Nezha from the myth and legend. He preferred to use the diamond ring to hit people, and then the Taishang Laojun. It seems that the iron ring was also used when beating Sun Wukong.
Su Lin knew that he had strayed a little too far, and was afraid of missing important information. He picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, feeling the warmth between his lips. He continued to explore the information around him, and had no intention of taking the initiative to talk.
"What happened next?" A stout man next to the explainer continued to ask.
"Later, it is said that after the woman holding the ring magic weapon entered the river, she fought with the river god at the bottom of the river for nearly three days and three nights. Finally, only the head of the female mage was found by the river, and the head of the mage she carried with her. A magic weapon stained with blood.
"And it was also on that day that women who had not left the palace began to mysteriously disappear in the small town. Everyone said that the female mage had angered the River God. I am afraid that it would be difficult for ordinary cattle and sheep to satisfy the River God's appetite. After drinking the blood of the female mage, I am afraid that only the blood of an innocent woman can appease the anger of the river god."
"But what does this have to do with the Cheng family?" The man in rough clothes came here from a foreign country. Among the rumors passed around in the small town, he suddenly heard that Cheng Jinghui was so debauched and immoral. I felt particularly angry about his deeds, and I didn’t want the gossip to lead to a past incident of the River God.
"I can't say what the relationship is. How about you, Brother Park?" The man seemed to have thought of something terrible, and his mouth was dry. He picked up the tea bowl in front of him and drank heavily. Two bowls.
Everyone's eyes turned to the young man in black again. They saw him tapping the table with his right index finger, making a recalling look in his eyes, straightening his body again, and then said with a serious face:
"Didn't Xiao Yang just say that after the female mage was killed, only her head and the iron ring she used to use were found by the river?"
The Xiao Yang mentioned by the boy in black was naturally the man who drank two bowls of hot tea before.
"So what? Isn't this related to the woman behind sacrificing the river god? Why did the Cheng family get involved again?" The stout man also asked closely.
But when Su Lin thought about it, the magic weapon contaminated by evil spirits like the River God might have the aura of the River God himself, and might even be contaminated with some unknown dirt. If it was picked up by someone...
The fact was as Su Lin expected. The young man in black continued to say: "It was Cheng Jinghui of the Cheng family who discovered the iron ring earlier. Before he obtained the iron ring, the young master had always been in good health and had the appearance of someone from a small town." One of the most elegant and elegant people.
"But since he got the iron ring, not only did his body grow strange scales, but his face was covered with dense vertical lines. He couldn't get used to the food in the house, and he also didn't like the sun. In addition to His temperament became gloomy and strange, and since then, his body has been constantly sick."
Having said this, the young man in black could not help but reveal a complex expression of pity and hope:
"It was also from that time that the maids in the house and some newborn children died one after another. Everyone said that Cheng Jinghui was cursed by the river god, and several mages were invited to do it for him, but to no avail.
"Until one time, the young master accidentally entered the mansion of a woman who was getting married, and suddenly his bestiality became strong. After kidnapping the woman back to the mansion, it seemed that his condition was under certain control.
"In order to prevent the man from suing the official, Cheng Yaojin, the master of his hometown, gave the man a large amount of gold and silver, which silenced him. From then on, whenever the Cheng family master became mad again in the summer, he would only It seems that his condition can be alleviated by marrying him.
"It is also very strange to say that since the Cheng family's young master got married, the river god who originally had to be sacrificed four times a year in spring, summer, autumn and winter only needs to be sacrificed once a year. Moreover, the river god openly said that my young master He was his spokesperson on land. The result would be the same if he was betrothed to him or thrown directly into the river.
"But the difference is that since the girl was betrothed to the young master, there have been very few young girls missing mysteriously in the town, and the original eerie atmosphere has gradually become normal.
"Although our young master has contracted a strange patient and is a bit uglier, it is still better than just throwing his own daughter into the river. Therefore, after selecting a girl for sacrifice every year, she is sent to our house on a wedding scale. It is equivalent to marrying a daughter, and you can also become relatives with the famous Cheng Yaojin, so why not everyone.
"For example, the girl I'm marrying now is the second daughter of Mr. Wang, a single seller of cooking cakes in the town. A few years ago, it seems that her eldest daughter also married into the Cheng family. I can't remember clearly.
"However, according to my experience in staying in Cheng Mansion over the years, few of these married girls survive more than a year for unknown reasons."
After hearing the bride's address, Su Lin silently remembered it in his heart. He paid for the tea and walked out of the teahouse. The teahouse behind him was still bustling with people, but a haze suddenly appeared in the sky in front of him.
