Near midnight, Su Qiqi and others moved into Zhang Fuhu's house. The moment she closed the door, Su Qiqi still felt a little uneasy.
When she first entered the courtyard, Su Qiqi noticed that the housekeeper's eyes were wandering and his expression was a bit strange when he was introducing the situation of the house. He also repeatedly told everyone not to go near the Buddhist hall in the backyard and the third courtyard.
Isn't this too strange? Is there any secret hidden in this house? Or do these people also have something to do with Yeyou Alliance? Lin Quan has not been seen since he escaped. Could he be hiding here? Su Qiqi's heart was filled with curiosity and confusion. She walked gently to the table, put down the baggage, and asked Yan Ruoyu in a low voice: "Ruoyu, do you think this house is weird?"
Yan Ruoyu frowned when he heard this and replied: "Yeah, there is indeed something unusual. This house obviously has three courtyards, but the Zhang family only lives in the first two courtyards. The last courtyard is empty, and the front and rear courtyards are connected. The place was specially sealed with wooden boards to prevent anyone from getting close... There must be something fishy about this!"
Su Qiqi nodded and said solemnly: "We have to be careful tonight... That Zhang Dashan looks like a smiling tiger... This place is not far from Mrs. Wu's resting place. If they secretly collude, our situation will be dire. It’s dangerous…”
Yan Ruoyu listened to Su Qiqi's words and was silent for a while, then suggested: "How about we prepare in advance?" After that, she pursed her lips and patted a small wooden box placed beside her.
Su Qiqi looked at the small wooden box, her eyes lit up, and she said with a smile: "With it, we can sit back and relax!"
Yan Ruoyu stood up and opened the small wooden box, took out several special fire shelters from it, and sent them to Qin Chuan and others separately with Su Qiqi, telling them to remember to use them before going to bed to ensure safety.
After finishing all this, Su Qiqi and Yan Ruoyu took a quick shower, then sat cross-legged on the bed and chatted. After chatting for a while, they both felt a little sleepy when they heard the faint sound of the night watch. Yan Ruoyu stood up and cast a fire shield to cover the main range of activities of himself and Su Qiqi in this room, then put on his clothes and lay down, and soon began to snore slightly.
On the other side, Qin Chuan, Nangong Yu, Nangong Yue, King Jingbei, Xiao brothers and others also settled down respectively. Qin Chuan, Nangong Yu and Nangong Yue lived in a large room in the west wing. King Jingbei and the Xiao brothers stayed in two adjacent rooms in the east wing. There is a small courtyard between the east and west wing rooms.
The hundred or so men under King Jingbei stayed overnight in an ancient temple and ancestral hall next to Zhang's residence. There was no room in the temple and ancestral hall, so some soldiers simply spread some hay in the open space in front of the temple and slept in the open for the night. .
Commander Liao had just recovered from his injury. Originally, King Jingbei was worried about his health and wanted him to live in Zhang's house, but he repeatedly insisted on sleeping in the ancient temple with the soldiers. Seeing that he had made up his mind, King Jingbei and the Xiao brothers gave him a fire shelter and told him how to use it, and then the three of them went back to the east wing to rest.
Qin Chuan, Nangong Yu, and Nangong Yue stayed in the courtyard for a while before they felt sleepy. The three of them flew up to the roof of the Hanging Flower Gate, looking around in the dim moonlight and taking a closer look at this mysterious house.
"Brother Yu, the layout of this house is a bit unusual! The shape of the last courtyard looks like a gourd with a corner missing..." Qin Chuan looked at the house shrouded in shadow, turned to Nangong Yu and said.
After hearing this, Nangong Yu turned around and met Qin Chuan's eyes. He suddenly hissed. After a while, he lowered his voice and said to Qin Chuan and Nangong Yue: "Be more alert at night. We may have strayed into the land of tigers and wolves... …”
Qin Chuan glanced around subconsciously and saw a few black figures flashing past the roof and courtyard wall.
"There's someone!" Qin Chuan roared, turned to say hello to Nangong Yu and Nangong Yue, and warned them.
Nangongyue glanced at the black shadow that was retreating, curled his lips and said, "These rookies are too impatient..."
Nangong Yu glared at his younger brother and said, "Not necessarily, those people might just be bait..."
Nangong Yue showed a surprised expression and asked: "Second brother, how did you tell? Maybe they are just simple-minded bandits and bullies..."
Nangong Yu smiled and shook his head and said: "They are definitely not ordinary bandit bullies... Bandits don't have that many tricks, but from the time we entered the house to now, the people we met and the things we saw seemed to go against common sense... This It’s anything but simple…”
Qin Chuan nodded when he heard this and said, "Would you like to catch up and take a look?"
Nangong Yu pondered for a moment and said, "You two go to explore the situation together, and I'll go find the prince..."
Qin Chuan and Nangong Yue agreed, and they immediately jumped away, secretly following the dark figures. Nangong Yu immediately went to the east wing to find King Jingbei to discuss countermeasures.
About a quarter of an hour later, Qin Chuan and Nangong Yue followed the black shadow to the vicinity of the Buddhist hall.
"Huh? They didn't bring us here on purpose, right?" Nangong Yue said with some doubts as he watched the black shadow walk slowly towards the Buddhist hall.
Qin Chuan patted Nangong Yue on the shoulder and signaled him to be silent. The two of them observed quietly for a while, only to see a few black figures turning into the Buddhist hall from the window.
Then, the candles in the Buddhist hall went out and fell into deep silence.
Qin Chuan and Nangong Yue were both a little nervous, wondering whether the other party had set up an ambush in the Buddhist hall. Would the two of them have fallen into a trap in the past?
Just as I was thinking about it, the candles in the Buddhist hall suddenly lit up again. Qin Chuan and Nangong Yue were both very curious. They glanced at each other and tiptoed towards the Buddhist hall.
The two of them ran to the window sill of the Buddhist hall and cautiously looked through the cracks in the window. In the Buddhist hall, in addition to the usual Buddha statues, altar tables, and offerings, there was also an old woman with pale hair, kneeling on a futon, holding a rosary, and muttering a sentence: "The red moon appears again." , Not an inch of grass can grow...The red moon appears again, not an inch of grass can grow..."
Her voice was hoarse and gloomy, echoing in the silent night, extremely terrifying. Qin Chuan and Nangong Yue had goosebumps all over their bodies. The two communicated with their eyes and retreated into the trees near the Buddhist hall together.
The moment the two turned around, the old woman suddenly opened her eyes and showed an evil smile. At the same time, the Buddha statue in the Buddhist hall suddenly rotated, revealing a secret door, from which several men in black poured out.
The men in black walked quickly to the old woman, bowed and said: "Mrs. Wu, the leader of the alliance invites you!"
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wu stood up slowly, pulled off her wig, put it under the altar table, and then followed the man in black towards the secret door.
