The night breeze was cool, the moonlight was sad, and the dilapidated manor gave people an unusually familiar yet unfamiliar feeling.
The feeling of alienation, as if you are in the human world, but are moving away, returning to the wilderness, makes people involuntarily feel a sense of humility and insignificance between heaven and earth.
"The human world...the mysterious realm..."
Li Chuan seemed to be touched, and suddenly felt that this place was somewhat similar to the mysterious area of Hujiazhuang.
They were all dilapidated gardens that once existed in reality, but were later abandoned due to the passage of time. They were inexplicably contaminated with strange power and turned into strange realms.
Outsiders like them already have such a feeling. I really wonder if people who have entered or even lived here decades ago will also feel that things are right and people are different?
"This is a villa in reality, not a villa in a strange realm."
After the two approached, Xue An raised his head and glanced at the plaque above. It was the two characters "Huang Mansion".
"We have to find a way to get in."
Li Fan took a look and found that there were black and white mist intertwined on it, condensing and not dissipating.
Domain Eye (opened)
"You should walk in directly like Hujiazhuang did at the beginning. However, the mysterious realm was new at that time, so there was no obstruction to access. However, this mysterious realm was activated by the entry and exit of many groups of people. The evil spirits inside are likely to have appeared. If you want to be careful."
Xue An asked: "Do you want to find the descendants of the Huang Hanlin family? They are still local and have families and businesses, so they should take the initiative to cooperate."
Li Chuan said: "It's not necessary.
What those people should cooperate with has been written in the dossier of the strange incident, and the rest is either deliberately concealed, or they really don't know about it. "
"That's true."
Xue An thought for a moment and felt it made sense.
They had gone to Lantai Institute to read relevant files before setting off, so there was really no need to look for Huang Hanlin's descendants.
What Li Fan has always relied on is not the ability to detect people's emotions, but he can see into people's hearts, distinguish truth from falsehood, and find clues.
Compared with those, he prefers to go to the scene in person and see it with his own eyes.
Now he took a step forward and took the lead into this dilapidated garden that had been abandoned for a long time.
As expected, when they stepped through the gate of this dilapidated villa, they immediately seemed to have crossed an invisible boundary and "slipped" into it along a twisting invisible void.
In the blink of an eye, the front was bright, and the sun was shining brightly at noon.
As expected, the scene where the demon had appeared and ran amok did not appear. Instead, a well-dressed slave in the village came over and asked: "Are you two distinguished guests coming to attend the painting appreciation party? Please show me the invitation." ."
"Painting appreciation party?"
"invitation?"
Fortunately, he was well prepared before coming here. Li Chuan calmly took out an invitation card from his arms and showed it.
Of course this thing is a forgery, but Hu Nong, who appears to be a slave in the mansion, is actually a demon.
As expected, the other party didn't make a detailed analysis and led them in after a brief look.
There are already some guests sitting in the lobby inside, but it is difficult to distinguish between humans and ghosts, and it is difficult to distinguish whether they are humans or demons.
Li Fan's eyes moved slightly, and he found a seat at the bottom of the hall to sit down and observe the surroundings secretly.
To his surprise, in addition to the expected demons, there were actually several humans nearby.
They didn't know when they had sneaked in, but they were actually mixed in among the guests, sitting there and waiting solemnly, integrating themselves into this strange event like real guests.
"It hasn't even appeared yet."
Li Chuan was slightly surprised at first, but soon he vaguely understood.
This place may be divided into multiple places like the Baihualou Strange Domain.
What he and Xue An came to was not the level that had completely collapsed, but a place that still maintained a surface of peace and followed the rules of the past.
They found safety here, but they were also trapped in it, unable to get in for a long time.
Since they couldn't tell whether the guests next to them were humans or ghosts, the strangers were obviously a little wary and pretended to be calm.
In their opinion, Li Fan and Xue An, the pair of masters and servants who had just entered, were half likely to be evil spirits. There was no need to risk their lives to come and talk or do other things.
Li Chuan's eyes wandered around for a while, and suddenly fell on one of them, but unexpectedly discovered that the other person was a young woman.
Stranger (Huang Ying)
Since the night of awakening, all living beings have become demons. They have been contaminated by the strange source and turned into strangers.
Therefore, even if Li Fan looks like an ordinary person at this moment, he actually appears to be a different person.
But he didn't see the exotic treasure he controlled from the other party. It might be that it was deeply hidden, or it might not be there at all.
The reason why he paid attention to her was entirely because she was wearing smart and smart clothes, and she looked strong and not fond of red makeup and preferred to be armed.
Is this the so-called Jianghu chivalrous woman?
Although the Daqian world is peaceful and prosperous, after so many years of troubles, it has gradually begun to show signs of chaos. The activities of the Gu Xin Demon Cult have created many wanderers.
Especially in rural areas where even county governments are unlikely to be able to control the situation, there is serious polarization.
One is that the power of clans in the countryside is strong, and Neo-Confucianism cannibalizes people; the other is that all the rules that men and women sit on separate tables have been thrown out of the window, leaving only the people in the world who are informal.
But even so, such a woman was still very conspicuous sitting among the literati and knights-errants in the hall.
"Master Huang is here."
At this moment, a spirited old man in brocade clothes, surrounded by several servants and a man who looked like a middle-aged son, came over and said, "Dear friends, I am late, please forgive me. "
"Master Huang is serious."
"Where is Lao Hanlin?"
Everyone stood up one after another and greeted each other.
Huang Ying stood up suddenly, staring closely at the old man who was speaking, and then at the middle-aged man next to him. She looked excited, as if she wanted to say something, but when she reached her lips, she swallowed it back. .
Next to her stood a man with a square face who looked like a nurse, and said in a deep voice: "Miss Third, don't be impulsive, they are not real old masters, but ghosts transformed by evil spirits.
Don't disturb the interpretation of these old events, and wait for the guests to analyze the secrets in the painting. "
This nurse had obviously been here before and had some experience in dealing with strange events. He actually knew how to follow the rules and not forcefully confront them.
Huang Ying heard this and nodded slightly.
Soon after, everyone sat down again and watched Huang Hanlin sitting at the top, chatting freely with the evil guests about the art of painting.
