I asked in a deep voice: "Didn't Master Mu say what he wanted to do with this cellar?"
The butler replied: "The young master said: He wanted to save something. But, he didn't tell me what he wanted to save?"
"After the cellar was built, he never saw it again except for the first time."
The housekeeper looked at my face: "I only know this much about the young master's past. He never told me, why did he build the cellar and set up the array? I guess it has something to do with poetry."
I asked, "What was Master Mu doing in the days before the accident in the Mu family?"
The housekeeper said: "The young master has always been in his room and has never gone out. I followed the master's instructions and brought the food mixed with medicine to the young master. The young master seems to have forgotten all the previous things and has been relaxing in the yard. I didn’t even take a single step out of my studies. For this reason, I even invited Mr. Wang to have a drink!"
I asked: "What was Mr. Wang doing during those days?"
"It's also hiding and not showing up." The housekeeper said: "I heard from the master: Mr. Wang doesn't like to deal with people. It's okay, don't talk to him."
"I didn't see Mr. Wang until the day something happened to the Mu family. The young master never came out..."
The housekeeper recounted what happened that day, and it was basically consistent with the vision we saw. It seems that Master Mu did not appear that night.
An idea quickly came to my mind: Maybe Master Mu had already gone by then, but no one could see him except the old couple of the Mu family.
When a ghost doesn't want to be seen by everyone, only the people he is looking for can perceive his existence.
Master Mu was probably dead at that time, otherwise, when that kind of crisis was approaching, even if he didn't come out on his own, the old couple of the Mu family would have found him.
I looked at the housekeeper and said, "Who brought your body in?"
"It's Mr. Wang!" The butler gritted his teeth and said, "I have no enmity with that bastard. But he got me into such a hellish place. If I can get out, I won't be able to spare him."
I immediately asked: "Where do you think Mr. Wang will hide?"
The housekeeper said: "It must be hidden in the money cellar of the Mu family. It is the safest place in the Mu family. Originally, the master and his wife wanted to take the young master to hide in the money cellar. If you can't find it elsewhere, Mr. Yin Yang, he must be in the money cellar."
The money cellar is indeed the safest place.
In ancient times, some wealthy families would secretly build a money cellar to hide money. The money that went into the money cellar was sometimes left untouched for generations, in order to cope with famine, war, or to prepare for a comeback for future generations.
Of course, only the head of the family knows the location of those secret money cellars. It is often the case that the secrets of the money cellar are told to the descendants who take over the family until the head of the family is about to die.
According to the custom developed by Kongmen, if the money cellar is built at home, the entrance to the money cellar is usually the study or bedroom of the owner of the house.
It seems that I have to go to the secret room to take a look.
I stood up and said, "Hang yourself, break down the bricks! Let these people out."
The Hanged Ghost sneered: "Why should I let you go? It's you who made the agreement with those evil ghosts, not me. Do I need to abide by the agreement?"
My heart suddenly sank: the thing I was most worried about happened.
The hanged man smiled sinisterly and said: "My little friend, if you have another life, you have to learn to be smarter! If a few of us dare to come to the underworld to gamble on wisdom, we will be fools who can't calm down and can't understand things. ?"
"Kid, remember, don't think that people in the world are fools. Even if you think they are stupid, they are still pretending to be stupid."
The hanged ghost kept pretending to be stupid in order to deceive my trust and let me gamble. She was sincerely cooperating with me.
The hanged man smiled and said: "Now that I know everything I want to know, you can go and die. See you again when we are destined!"
"Wait a minute!" I said quickly: "I have to be a wise man even if I die. There is no limit on the number of people who can pass the ninth level. Why do you have to kill me? Can't we pass the level together?"
"Haha..." The hanged man covered his mouth and laughed: "Kid, you are too naive. Do you think that if there is no conflict of interests, others will not want to kill you?"
"Some people just can't see others being better than themselves or stronger than themselves. When they see it, it's more uncomfortable than killing them! That's the kind of person I am! Who told your master not to listen to me? For this reason, he deserves to die. You deserve to die too."
While the Hanged Man was getting carried away, I raised my hand and fired two sleeve arrows at her. The hanged ghost just turned slightly and dodged the arrow in his sleeve: "Sisters, how about you kill them two first to vent your anger? I'll watch here? If you kill well, maybe, I can really let you out!"
The eight fierce ghosts looked at me at the same time. The leading female ghost said coldly: "You first move the bricks in front of the housekeeper. We will kill him first and give you a good time."
The housekeeper roared with a tearful voice: "You kid, how can you pretend if you don't have the ability? If you are a man, don't touch the formation around me."
"If you sell me out just to work for yourself a little longer, I will look down on you to death."
At that time, I didn't have the energy to deal with the crying housekeeper. I reached for the hidden weapon with both hands and stared at the two ghosts closest to me.
I just made a rough estimate: If I completely ignore the ghost behind me and attack the female ghost in front of me with all my strength, there is at least a 40% chance that I will be able to escape from the cellar after being seriously injured.
Unexpectedly, before I could take action, the hanged man standing outside sneered: "Sisters, be careful, that kid is going to risk his life."
"He risked his life and you tore off the human skin on his back, and he was able to rush out after killing someone. Don't stand behind him, stand in front of him. He can only run out. You take turns to block him, he You won’t be able to escape, and you won’t have to die.”
I suddenly raised my head and stared at the hanged man outside, but the latter smiled proudly and said: "I know, you are not convinced. So what can I do?"
"Children, you have to learn to be convinced when you are in the world."
"I stand here just to watch you die."
"The hidden weapon on your body may allow you to rush out, but I can still beat you back. If you can't get out of the cellar, the eight of them can grind you to death inside even if they grind you."
"Resign yourself to your fate! Come out, have a good fight inside, and die a heroic death. Let me appreciate it."
The Hanged Ghost said: "Of course, you can keep your last bit of dignity, that is, if you don't listen to me, you will be arrested. I won't be able to see what I want to see."
"What do you want? Think about it, think about it?"
