Chen Zheyan licked his lips, "Then shall we go in through the back door?"
Zhang Meng continued: "We are here to perform ghost marriage rituals for people. How can we go in through the gate openly and tell outsiders that this house is unlucky?"
Wu Biao also nodded and touched his cleanly shaved chin. He couldn't feel the edges, only a pile of flesh. "This rich family knows how to be particular!"
Wang Li stepped forward, pulled the door knocker and knocked, paused, and knocked again. It took about two or three minutes before someone inside replied: "Coming, coming."
The voice is old and hoarse.
The door was pulled inward, making an unpleasant "squeak" sound. The person who opened the door was an old woman with gray hair and drooping skin on her face. She was hunched over her back. She stared at the few people with cloudy eyes. After a long time, she said: "Taoist priests, please come in. My wife is waiting for you in the main hall. "
Xu Zhixi and others followed the old woman through a dense bush, and passed by a pool and rockery. Xu Zhixi glanced into the pool. The water was calm and without any ripples. The water looked clean, but it looked a little black, like an abyss.
Xu Zhixi felt a little funny at her own thoughts. How could the pool in the house be an abyss?
However, since entering Xu House, the sky seems to be getting darker faster, and the water in the pool has turned black. Is it because of the sky?
She suppressed her doubts in her heart.
After a while, several people arrived at the main hall. The front of the house was hung with red silk cloth, but it didn't look festive, but rather gloomy.
When I entered, I saw an ink landscape painting hanging in the middle of the main hall. The painting was just an ordinary landscape. The brushstrokes were not as free and easy as everyone else's, but a little more beautiful.
The mistress of the Xu family was sitting in the center, her posture was steady and elegant, and she was dressed in ancient costume. Beside her stood the eldest daughter-in-law and the second daughter-in-law.
Mrs. Xu is about thirty or above, and Mrs. Xu looks younger, but she is still in her twenties.
Xu's mother is at least in her forties, but if it weren't for the fine lines at the corners of her eyes, you really wouldn't be able to see the traces of time left on her face.
"Dear Taoist priests, thank you for your hard work coming from afar."
Wang Li replied: "It's not hard."
It's just that Mrs. Xu is wearing ancient clothes, while the second wife is wearing a small dress, which is still a popular style during the Republic of China. Xu Zhixi judged that the background of this copy should be the Republic of China period.
"Fellow Taoist priests, I'll leave it to you for tomorrow's ceremony."
Several people responded quickly. After being invited to sit down, the maid came with tea. The others thanked them and put the tea cups on the small dark red wooden table next to them.
But Xu Zhixi opened the lid, and the tea mist curled up, and the fragrance hit her nostrils. She looked at the pure color of the tea, but she saw that no one else drank, so they closed the lid.
A clear female voice came, "Mother, I'm here."
Before I saw her, I heard her voice first, and then a girl in a pink dress stepped into the hall, with a beautiful face, lively and playful, "Mom, I just picked up the bride."
The expressions of several people changed.
It's the ghostly bride.
"Okay. Taoist priests, this is my youngest daughter Xu Bai. According to the previous instruction of Taoist Fang, she was asked to bring the bride to the house in advance."
The girl raised her chin, looking innocent: "You are the new Taoist priests, can you really control my third brother who has turned into a fierce ghost?"
Faced with this question, Wang Li and Gu Zi did not answer. They frowned tightly and looked angry.
The other one had a gentle and comfortable look, with a smile on his lips, not knowing what he was thinking.
The atmosphere was a little cold at this moment. When Wu Biao saw this, he laughed and tried to smooth things over, "Don't worry, Sister Xu, we will definitely suppress the evil spirit."
Sister Xu?
Xu Zhixi raised her eyebrows, as if the title just now seemed to still apply to her.
But she didn't care, and instead watched these NPCs secretly.
Xu Bai looked around and said, "Are you all Taoist priests? There shouldn't be any imposters, right?"
Her expression suddenly became fierce, and the original innocence and cuteness on her face disappeared.
Mrs. Xu reprimanded: "Bai'er, don't be ridiculous. These are Taoist people. Why don't you apologize quickly?"
Xu Bai regained his cuteness and cuteness, "Okay, mother. I was wrong. Dear Taoist priests, you are highly respected, so you shouldn't care about me, right?"
In this way, it is hard to blame the few people who are "Detao Zhenren".
Xu Bai's eyes swept around, and finally landed on Xu Zhixi who was standing aside, and then stared straight at her. Xu Zhixi had a hard time ignoring this burning look.
Meeting her probing gaze, Xu Zhixi smiled friendly at Xu Bai.
The corners of Xu Bai's mouth curved even more, and his smile was funny and a little weird, "This Taoist priest is the least like a Taoist priest."
Xu Zhixi was stunned for a moment. Why did the topic turn to her alone? Her long eyelashes trembled and she replied softly: "How could it be possible? I am an orthodox Taoist priest. Miss Xu was joking."
Xu's mother actually interjected at this moment, stretched out her hand to hold Xu Bai's wrist, and said with a smile: "I also saw that this Taoist priest really didn't look like a Taoist priest, but rather he looked like a noble lady from a waiting family. I don’t know, don’t you know your last name?”
No, none of the players here look like a Taoist priest, so why are they "paying attention" to her alone?
Is it because she looks easy to bully?
Xu Zhixi stood up and bowed slightly, "Thank you, Mrs. Xu, for the compliment. I am a poor man named Xu. He is just a country man. He grew up in the mountains and cannot afford such praise."
"Unlike Miss Xu, she is a true lady from a well-known family.
Xu Zhixi was extremely wary of this back and forth confrontation.
Getting extra attention from NPCs in a horror game is not a good thing.
She didn't want to be the target and cannon fodder at the beginning of the plot.
Mrs. Xu's expression seemed to change for a moment, but soon returned to her previous dignified appearance.
Xu Bai smiled charmingly and leaned against Xu's mother affectionately, "Taoist Priest, I was just joking, don't blame me. Taoist Priest was born with immortal muscles and jade bones, so he must be a real Taoist."
"Thank you for the compliment, Miss Xu."
Xu Zhixi could only smile and respond.
