Heartbeat, suddenly accelerated quite a bit.
I cautiously and carefully sized up the "planks".
Most of the planks were extremely long and narrow, extending from one wall to the other.
I scanned each plank with my gaze, and there was no break in any of them, no place where a passage had been made.
For a moment, I felt slightly disappointed, as if I had imagined too much. Was it just a problem with the construction of the house?
Otherwise, with an attic, how could it be possible not to allow people to go up there?
I exhaled heavily and was about to prick my finger to give Old Gong two drops of blood.
The yin essence in the blood from the tip of my finger is not enough to harm a ghost, but it can nourish one. This should be enough to wake Old Gong.
However, my eyelids suddenly twitched, and I looked up again.
I paused my hand movements and stepped out of Yu Xiu's house, fixating my gaze on the roof of the room where Yu Xiu lived.
The hall was a bit shorter, while Yu Xiu's room was slightly higher.
With a leap, I landed on the rooftop of the house.
I chose a slightly central position and lifted a piece of tile.
A cold and mysterious breath gushed out, and below was extremely dark. I couldn't see anything with my eyes.
I lifted a few more pieces of tile, and it would probably allow a person to squeeze in.
The moonlight first slithered inside, indeed revealing that below was an attic with the floor made of planks fitted together seamlessly.
However, the layout of the attic seemed rather strange and unusual.
The middle was empty, but the sides were piled with many things, all wooden boxes, with red satin ribbons wrapped around them.
In the front, it was a deep black.
The moonlight did not reach there, making it unclear.
I breathed lightly and squeezed through the hole in the middle of the tile, landing softly on the ground.
The planks creaked, and the cold air was extremely thick. It felt as if I had jumped into an ice cave, shivering.
In front, it was still pitch black, and I couldn't see anything...
But I felt... as if there were a pair of eyes staring at me directly.
I took out my phone, using it as a flashlight.
White light poured out, dispelling the darkness inch by inch.
Before my eyes was a very small coffin.
One meter high, one meter wide.
The height is a bit higher than ordinary coffins, but in terms of length, it can only fit a small child.
At the top of the coffin, there was a wooden figure.
The wooden figure had no facial features, only simple limbs.
The wooden figure itself was inscribed with characters, but the script was fading...
With a clang, the wooden figure suddenly fell over, landing behind the coffin...
My heart skipped a beat.
After glancing around again, I felt even more uncomfortable.
Not only were there red silk ribbons on the brown wooden boxes, but there were also oblong picks.
In the old days, when a rich family came to propose marriage, they would bring gifts as dowries.
I felt a bit numb in my hands and feet.
There was still a sense of oppression in my heart.
Xu Nuan's marriage certificate, Qi Yao Yao's marriage certificate...
When I saw Yu Xiu helping me at that time, I couldn't help but wonder, wouldn't old Qin head have something else like a marriage certificate again?
Seeing these boxes, it was like a slap in the face for me...
In fact, I still don't know how to deal with Qi Yao Yao's situation...
What should I do with Yu Xiu here?
I shook my head hard, shaking off my thoughts.
Old Qin's absurd actions and random matchmaking have significant consequences, but since things have come to this, we can only take it one step at a time...
I still need to find Yu Xiu.
I walked directly to the front of the coffin.
The wooden figure was still lying on the shadow at the back.
On the lid of the coffin, there were three books with red covers and golden edges.
The edge of the coffin lid was raised, and the middle was slightly indented, which is why I didn't see the books before.
In the beginning, I didn't want to move the books, just wanted to pick up the tablet to confirm whether it was Yu Xiu's, and then open the coffin to see what was inside.
But inexplicably, I still opened the wedding certificate in front.
Its format and the words of blessing for the couple were similar to Qi Yao Yao's wedding certificate.
But the names were very peculiar.
The name of the bride is Yu Xiu.
But the groom's name was not mine, but an eight-pole distant name, Luo Yan.
This was completely different from my conjecture, leaving me momentarily stunned and unsure of what to do.
Did I make a mistake? Did I wrongfully accuse Old Qin?
Yu Xiu's marriage is...
But why does she want to protect me? Who is Luo Yan? Where is he located? What relationship does he have with Old Qin?
I put down the wedding certificate and picked up Yu Xiu's tablet from the shadow behind the coffin.
The tablet in the wooden figure shape indeed wrote "The Spirit of Yu Xiu," but the characters for "Yu Xiu" were gradually fading.
Suddenly, my heartbeat became chaotic, and all the extra thoughts were instantly thrown away from my mind.
I bit my index finger, and drops of blood from my fingertip dripped into the night pot continuously.
As a result, the night pot showed no reaction, and Old Gong did not come out.
I dripped at least a dozen drops of blood, but still saw not a single ghost.
In this situation, it seems that Old Gong cannot be woken up...
After eating Wu Zhongquan's skin, the impact on him is so great?
Suddenly, my pupils contracted.
Taking a deep breath, I raised my hand, and my index finger landed on the tablet!
A piercing chill suddenly appeared from my fingertips, spreading from them to my entire body, enveloping me completely!
My body trembled, and for a moment, my vision became extremely blurred.
I didn't know where I was, only that everything in front of me was shaking.
The emotions inside me were very complex, very painful, and even more so.
I forced myself to suppress this feeling! I tried my best to clean up that negative emotion from my mind!
After a while, I managed to distance myself from that complex and desperate feeling, and my consciousness slowly regained composure.
Senses have side effects.
Sensing ordinary ghosts with resilient willpower would not be affected.
But if the ghost sensed is more ferocious than oneself, it will be disrupted!
It's like before, when I sensed the retribution ghost and was even drained of blood by him.
At this moment, Yu Xiu's mixed negative emotions had influenced my mood...
Even though... Yu Xiu seemed very empty, as if there was nothing inside, like just a shell. I didn't expect that beneath the shell, beneath the emptiness, there would be such pessimism...
My gaze was still unstable, in fact, it was Yu Xiu's body that was unsteady and shaking continuously...
At first, I actually saw nothing because the surroundings were too blurred, there was only vague mist.
But afterwards, I vaguely saw a face passing through the mist from time to time.
The face was skeleton thin, with black and red eyes staring at Yu Xiu with a ominous aura.
It's exactly the creeping death ghost!?!
Just as I just realized, Huang Shu had said that Yu Xiu was invaded by the creeping death ghost!
In fact, Yu Xiu has been suffering from the creeping death ghost's torment until now?
I saw the creeping death ghost, but I don't know who Yu Xiu saw...
The creeping death ghost represents the fear in a person's heart!
A piercing scream exploded from Yu Xiu's mouth!
"Not! I'm not!" The painful tremor echoed in my consciousness!
"I'm not! I'm not... Please, please..."
"Xiu... Xiu..." In a daze, I called out in my mind.
Previously, Yu Xiu had told me to call her "Xiu" if there was anything.
I've been through many things, but I also know that Yu Xiu is in a dangerous situation. I have never done this before.
I only called her name because of how much she was in pain.
I don't know if Yu Xiu can hear me in this sense.
But what I can do... is only so much...
Previously, the retribution ghost could sense my presence.
"You... you..." Yu Xiu trembled in response.
The rest of her painful words came to a halt, and the tone that remained was filled with confusion.
"Who are you?" She finally said a complete sentence.
"I am who? Don't you know, you!" The poison-filled voice exploded suddenly!
Two hands suddenly emerged from the mist, directly pressing down on Yu Xiu's temple!
It was the creeping death ghost's interrogation!
Another painful scream erupted from Yu Xiu's mouth!
"You, who are you!" The poisonous voice exploded again.
I reacted sharply, realizing that the creeping death ghost wasn't speaking to Yu Xiu.
He's found me!
"This widow, the spirit shrine is set!"
"You, do not dare to disturb! Otherwise, I'll break your bones and crush you into paste, never to be reborn in the afterlife!"
The creeping death ghost's tone was particularly malicious!
I've been in contact with spirit shrines for so long, but I've never heard the creeping death ghost speak!
This creeping death ghost chasing after Yu Xiu is likely not of ordinary rank.
"You... who are you..."
"You... he..."
"He..." Yu Xiu's voice trembled and quivered with a cry.
Everything stopped abruptly...
The sound was cut off.
The confusion in my head suddenly stopped...
My eyes were no longer foggy, nor were there the arms of the creeping death ghost, the bony face with skin hanging off the bones, I still saw the tiled roof of the attic and the full wooden chests of betrothal gifts on either side.
I was still holding Yu Xiu's wooden spirit tablet tightly in my hand.
Her name seemed to be fading, as if it was about to disappear...
I looked at her name, stupidly, my blood-stained fingers suddenly pressing down on it, drawing it out with each stroke!
I don't know why, Yu Xiu suddenly doesn't know who I am.
Is it because she didn't see me? Or just heard my voice?
Or perhaps it's the influence of the creeping death ghost on her?
Or perhaps this is something she herself has within her?
I just had an intuition that I must not let Yu Xiu's name disappear from the tablet now!
If it disappears, this tablet will no longer be Yu Xiu's.
If it's not, I won't be able to sense Yu Xiu through it anymore! The connection between us will be severed!
Blood, glaring scarlet!
Yu Xiu's name became vividly red and bright! There was no sign of disappearing anymore, and I only just let out a sigh of relief!
Originally, I wanted to sense again.
The interference of the creeping death ghost didn't give me any information; I don't even know where Yu Xiu is.
But this time, for some reason, I couldn't focus for half a while...
My head throbbed painfully, as if I had injured my soul, temporarily unable to sense...
With no choice, I could only temporarily put the tablet away.
I was about to leave the attic.
My purpose has been achieved, I've taken the things related to Yu Xiu, there's no need to leave them here.
But I hesitated for a moment and looked again at the coffin, which was over a meter wide.
What would be inside the coffin?
It shouldn't be a body. Since Yu Xiu can move around during the day and can be sensed, she should be some kind of special zombie spirit.
Perhaps, there are her former grave goods inside the coffin?
