After the retired judge enters the escape game

Chapter 40 The Water Ghost

The two entered this strange house through the back door of the kitchen.

After entering the living room, Qi Wuguo wrinkled his nose, the smell in this room was really bad.

It is normal for this kind of house that has been vacant for a long time to have some dusty smell, but what comes out of the nose is a moldy smell.

With dampness and heavy steam blowing towards his face, Qi Wuguo just felt like he was in a rainy weather in the south where the humidity exceeded the standard, which made people feel uncomfortable all over.

The things in the house have not been removed, and all the furniture is available.

There are even bowls and chopsticks on the drain rack next to the kitchen sink, and there are oil, salt, sauce and vinegar next to the gas stove.

Qi Wuguo said: "It seems that when the owner of this house moved out, he didn't want to take anything with him."

The two walked through the kitchen and did not stay in the living room, but went directly to the second floor.

The room on the second floor was still locked, but it was not as extreme as the house they lived in. The entire second floor was sealed with iron gates and iron bars.

The way to enter the room is naturally the same way, kicking it away.

Qi Wuguo stood behind Duan Li, only to see a shadow swaying on the floor of the room after the door was forcibly opened.

In the very center of the room hangs a man.

This was the first thought that came to Qi Wuguo's mind.

In front of that window, there was a person wearing a red dress. No wonder the red reflection was seen that day. It turned out that it was not the red curtains, but the person wearing the red dress.

Duan Li walked in, and after seeing clearly the person hanging in the air, there was a little puzzled expression on his face.

Seeing this, Qi Wuguo also walked over, then was slightly taken aback.

What hung in the house was not the expected corpse, but a scarecrow.

Qi Wuguo looked at it for a while, and said, "This scarecrow is made by the same family as the scarecrow in that village. The painters of the paper masks on their faces are horrible."

"..." Duan Li glanced at him, losing confidence in this person's ability to find key points.

Seeing this, Qi Wuguo knew that his train of thought had gone astray again.

He laughed, walked around the scarecrow, and said, "It turned out to be a scarecrow, no wonder it can be hung in this place."

In the decoration of modern houses, there are generally no beams that are strong enough to bear the weight of people.The scarecrow was only wearing a red dress and hung above the crystal lamp in the center of the room.

"strangeness."

Duan Li was silent for a long time before he uttered two words.

At such a time, Qi Wuguo didn't dare to bother the professionals, and he didn't ask until Duan Li opened his mouth, "What's wrong?"

When Duan Li opened his mouth, what he said seemed to have nothing to do with the scene in front of him: "The water ghost needs a substitute to be reincarnated, and the same goes for the hanged ghost."

Qi Wuguo said: "I read this in some folklore books. The water ghost drags a swimmer and drowns him as a stand-in. The hangman lures a person to hang himself and acts as a stand-in."

"It's like this." Duan Li said, "Sure enough, it's what I thought. Many places in this villa area have been pointed out by knowledgeable people."

Duan Li's words were a bit confusing, but Qi Wuguo suddenly thought of something from what was in front of him.

"You mean, all this is to suppress the water ghosts that appeared in that flood?"

"En." Duan Li pointed to the scarecrow hanging on a high place, "This is a very old sealing spell, which is used to hang people for things and cast spells, so that the water ghosts lurking here mistakenly think they are hanged ghosts. for."

Having said that, Duan Li paused again: "It's just that this technique usually uses paper figurines. I don't know why the one hanging here is a scarecrow."

Duan Li didn't finish his sentence, Qi Wuguo was able to supplement the following content with his rich knowledge reserve.

After the water ghost is tricked into the scarecrow, it is sealed and then burned or destroyed by some means.

Duan Li said: "However, none of these have been completed, and the changes in the garden have not been completed either."

From this point of view, things are a little strange.

If these things in the water came to Jiangxin Island along the water during the once-in-a-century heavy rain, the real estate owner invited experts to change the layout of the garden and even the villa in order to sell the houses in the community.

The purpose of all this is to drive away the water ghosts.

Then why the boss took his family to commit suicide before it was finished.

Obviously there is still hope for redemption of all this, how could a person with a death wish try his best to drive away the ghosts who invaded the community.

Qi Wuguo asked: "Then the boss was killed by these things in the water?"

Duan Li shook his head: "Impossible, water and fire are incompatible, things in the water will only make people drown, it is impossible to make people die."

Qi Wuguo said: "Maybe it's just another way to harm people. After all, it's so useless to always let people drown."

Duan Li looked at him helplessly, and said: "Ghosts are different from people. Ghosts only have obsessions, and they act only by obsessions. The obsession of water ghosts is to make people drown and become his substitutes. This will not change. of."

Since Duan Li said so firmly, Qi Wuguo, an amateur, can only choose to believe.

So the death of the real estate boss could only have been caused by something else.

There were no other clues to be found in this house, Qi Wuguo said, "Let's go."

Duan Li glanced at the scarecrow in the air and said, "No hurry, I can get some more clues."

Qi Wuguo glanced at the scarecrow, then at Duan Li: "You mean there is something inside?"

Duan Li nodded: "I said that these things are only halfway through, and the things in the water are sealed inside, but they haven't had time to completely get rid of them."

Qi Wuguo heard the words and asked, "What should we do next?"

Duan Li didn't speak, just glanced at the door.

With just one glance, Qi Wuguo knew what he meant: "Professionals do things, I am very conscious."

After speaking, he retreated to the door, even patted the dust on the ground, and then sat down directly.

Duan Li saw him leaning against the door, with one leg bent, his hands resting on the bent leg, and he looked sluggish.

"you……"

Qi Wu tilted his head and asked, "What's wrong?"

Duan Li thought for a while, but still didn't say anything, he just turned around and took out the talisman paper and cinnabar that he had prepared from the small black bag he was carrying.

Qi Wuguo's angle is very good, he can clearly see that Duan Li is holding the yellow talisman paper in one hand and the fine brush soaked in cinnabar in the other.The talisman paper was obviously hanging in the air at one end, so it was very difficult to apply force on it, but the tip of Duan Li's pen that fell on it did not shake at all.

It wasn't the first time Qi Wuguo saw Duan Ruo's talisman, but every time he saw it, he would be astonished.

He always felt that if a character like Duan Li was born in a cultivating novel, he would be a high-cold sword cultivator who cultivated the ruthless way; .

This kind of Ling Ran and lofty beauty makes people fear but yearn for it.

Of course, these are all out of the artist's pure admiration for the muse, without any other desires.

Qi Wuguo thought for a while, and took out the sketchbook.Perhaps influenced by Duan Li, he is also used to carrying this sketchbook with him in the game.

Intuition told him that this strange sketchbook would work at certain critical moments.

For example, now, if this kind of pure and beautiful picture slips away from his fingertips, Qi Wuguo will probably be able to regret sleeping for an hour less at night.

It's just that his outline has just been outlined, and Duan Li has already completed the work.

There will definitely be fierce ghosts appearing next time, Qi Wuguo can't help but draw pictures while the old god is on the ground, even though he is not a professional, he always has the heart to help.

I saw that Duan Li pasted the talisman paper on the scarecrow in his hand, and the talisman paper emitted a puff of green smoke and spontaneously ignited without wind.

The flames of the talisman paper were not big, just dotted with dots, but when it spread to the scarecrow, it was like a prairie fire, setting the whole scarecrow on fire in an instant.

The flames did not turn the scarecrow into ashes, but covered the surface of the scarecrow. The red flames surged, as if covering the scarecrow with a radiant coat.

As the fire spread, water oozed out of the scarecrow, and the water droplets quickly spread into one piece, making the scarecrow wet.

The walls of the room also began to seep drops of water.A large area of ​​mold spread on the ceiling, quickly making the white ceiling glow with a faint green luster.

All of these made the people present have a desperate feeling of dying and struggling when they were trapped at the bottom of the secluded water, their noses and mouths were filled with mud and slippery water plants.

Duan Li didn't have any expression on his face, he pinched a knife in his hand, and the flames covering the scarecrow's body burned more and more intensely as if with the help of a god.

A shrill scream came from the mouth of the straw, and the rough facial features that were numb and without any expression changed into a painful and hideous expression.

Drops of liquid dripped onto the ground, not blood, but a green turbid liquid.

At this moment, what was hanging on the chandelier was no longer a scarecrow, but a drenched corpse.

As the flames grew stronger, the drops of water on the walls and the mold on the ceiling receded as abruptly as they appeared.

The room returned to its previous state again, except for the scarecrow hanging on the chandelier.

Duan Li coldly asked: "Where are you from?"

The scarecrow struggled and twisted, but still couldn't get rid of the flame of the talisman paper: "Get out! Get out!"

Seeing that the water ghost was stubborn, Duan Li just moved his mind, and the flames covering the surface penetrated into the scarecrow's body.

Water and fire are incompatible. Water can extinguish fire, but fire can also evaporate water.

A water ghost is inseparable from water, and it will make all the places it passes wet and sticky.It hates dryness, it hates fire, it hates the sun.

The fire dried the scarecrow's wet surface again, and even began to scorch the scarecrow's body.

"This is our territory! Our territory, get out!"

After the water ghost struggled to say these words, there was no other words, only piercing screams.

"Tsk, it's really ugly."

Qi Wuguo said something in a low voice, then raised his hands to cover his ears.

How can the sound from this non-human creature be blocked by blocking the ears.

Qi Wuguo felt that the voice directly invaded his mind, as if someone was scratching his mind with sharp nails.

Makes people uncomfortable.

Qi Wuguo frowned slightly, feeling a little upset.

At this time, Duan Li looked over, and soon he looked away again, his expression didn't change much.

The flame attached to the scarecrow suddenly exploded, burning the scarecrow to ashes in an instant.

The room finally quieted down, Qi Wuguo stared blankly at the inexplicably changing situation.

There was only a small puddle of ashes left on the floor, and a gust of evil wind rose from the ground, rolling the ashes out of the window and then disappearing.

"Let's go." Duan Li didn't take another look, and walked directly to the door.

"This, is it over?" Qi Wuguo blinked and asked in disbelief.

Duan Li stretched out his hand, took out the sketchbook from Qi Wuguo's unzipped carry-on bag, opened it and took a look: "Didn't you finish the drawing?"

"Ah? The outline has come out, and the rest will be repaired slowly." Qi Wuguo said, "Why did you suddenly kill that water ghost?"

"You can't ask anything out of its mouth."

Duan Li's explanation was very concise and convincing, and he went downstairs directly after speaking.

Qi Wuguo scratched his hair, feeling that something was wrong, but the opinions of professionals were always more reliable than his intuition.

There were no other valuable clues in the house, so Qi Wuguo and Duan Li left directly and walked towards the ghost house on the top of the mountain.