Chapter 47 A Trap?

Chen Xiaomeng's pace gradually slowed, but she remained within the range of the light. She also noticed the strangeness and suspected whether this was a trap set by the ghost.

Holding her breath, the massive building was close at hand. All the scenes before her were just deep black outlines, as if they could move at any moment.

As they got closer, Zhou Rong suddenly heard a strange sound.

"Shashasha..."

It sounded like cloth rubbing against branches or stones.

He looked in the direction of the sound, and after a few seconds, his slightly squinted eyes suddenly widened.

Under the corner of the wall, there was a wrinkled face trying to shrink itself!

Jiang Cheng and Chen Xiaomeng also noticed the abnormality at the same time.

At this moment, Pei Qian no longer had the unfathomable look he had before. His eyes were bloodshot, his hands tightly covering his mouth, and he was hiding in the corner, shivering.

But fortunately, it seemed that apart from being a little dirty, no injuries were found.

In other words, someone else was emitting the bloody smell.

Pei Qian's gaze was fixed on one spot. Jiang Cheng moved the kerosene lamp and shone it in the direction Pei Qian was looking, which was the windowsill.

There was a small tree in front of the windowsill. The small tree was broken in the middle, and the exposed break was unusually sharp.

At this moment, a corpse was hanging upside down on the tree, the sharp break piercing through the mouth and protruding from the lower body. The abdomen was completely cut open, and the organs were dripping down with blood, a truly tragic scene.

It was Jiang Zhongyi...

In his drooping hand, he was still clutching a rough wooden cross, which was now stained red with blood.

From time to time, fresh blood dripped down along the cross.

Zhou Rong couldn't help but be stunned.

The scene before him was filled with a strong religious color. If it weren't for being in a nightmare, he would have even thought he had returned to medieval Europe.

Due to the angle, they couldn't see Jiang Zhongyi's eyes.

Zhou Rong slowly raised his head and found that the window on the second floor of the building was broken, leaving only some wooden structures protruding outward.

It looked as if Jiang Zhongyi had jumped out of the window on the second floor, and then, unluckily, was pierced by the tree.

But this was a nightmare, and Jiang Zhongyi wasn't an idiot.

If he had simply fallen from the second floor, the force of the fall would not have been enough to penetrate his entire body. The scene looked more like Jiang Zhongyi was being held by a huge force and then stabbed down hard.

Later, Pei Qian, who had gradually recovered, explained what had happened.

About half an hour ago, the villager sent by the village chief to deliver food arrived. It was the dark-skinned man from before. The man didn't say much, put down the things and left, but Pei Qian noticed something was wrong.

At that time, it was almost dark, and after the man delivered the food, it would be difficult for him to get back before dark.

And the villagers' fear of the night had reached the point where they would turn pale at the mention of it.

Pei Qian didn't publicize it. Instead, he asked Li Lu to stay behind, and then, under the pretext of going out for a walk, he took Jiang Zhongyi with him. The two followed the man to see what was going on.

As expected, after the dark-skinned man went out, he made a circle and returned to the yard through a very hidden gap in the fence.

Then he went straight to the abandoned building and climbed into the building along a window.

Seeing this scene, Pei Qian suggested going back first, and then waiting for everyone to gather before making a plan.

But Jiang Zhongyi got angry at that time. He insisted that this was a good opportunity to find clues, and that such opportunities don't come often.

Pei Qian couldn't persuade him, so he could only discuss that Jiang Zhongyi would go in to investigate, while he would stay outside to respond.

He also warned Jiang Zhongyi that if the situation was not right, he should evacuate quickly and that safety was the first priority.

Speaking of this, a trace of regret appeared in his eyes.

The others simply took his words as farting.

With Jiang Zhongyi being such a coward, even if he had ten times the guts, he wouldn't dare to go in by himself. He must have been tricked and scared into going in by this old thing, Pei Qian.

There was definitely no way to deal with the corpse. To take it away, they would probably have to saw the tree down along with it.

After observing, they decided to leave.

There was definitely something wrong with this lonely building.

Back in the room, Li Lu couldn't help but look sad again when she heard that Jiang Zhongyi was dead.

What was interesting was that after hearing that the dark-skinned man had a problem, Li Lu paused, and then, as if she suddenly realized something, she rushed to the door and threw up with a "wah" sound.

The remaining people were not surprised.

After all... only Li Lu had eaten the food delivered by the "man".

And it was meat soup.

Jiang Cheng felt excited just thinking about it.

Yu Man leaned against the door. The series of events had also made her face lose its previous composure. They had only been in the village for a day and a night, and they had already lost two teammates.

She had previously gone to another room to light the stove, and then moved some charcoal back.

Tonight, everyone decided to gather together.

There were three men and three women left, so the rooms were easy to divide.

Jiang Cheng reluctantly took out a few steamed buns from his arms, which made Yu Man and Li Lu stare straight at him.

He originally planned to divide it in half, but before he could break it apart with his hands, Chen Xiaomeng snatched it away.

So, it was changed to one bun per person.

Jiang Cheng hummed and hawed about it for a long time.

"There must be something wrong with that building," Li Lu said with a pale face. After throwing up, she looked weak, as if she was about to faint in the next second.

Pei Qian sat cross-legged on the kang and shook his head, "I'm afraid it's not just that building that has a problem."

He raised his head and continued in a low voice, "Have you ever thought about who could live here, given the location and grandeur of this courtyard?"

"A wealthy family in the village," Chen Xiaomeng broke a piece of firewood and threw it into the stove, then looked up and said, "Like the Qian family, who produced the village chief."

The rest were smart people and understood immediately.

Moreover, after Jiang Zhongyi's accident, some people had already begun to suspect the origin of the courtyard.

Pei Qian was just making it clear.

"If this is really the Qian family's courtyard, then it makes sense why Zhao Xiangmei would kill people here," Li Lu said, "She may have mistaken us for members of the Qian family."

The next thing was a little subtle. The village chief didn't tell them that this was the Qian family's courtyard, nor did he remind them that there would be risks living here.

If the guess was confirmed, then the village chief's attitude was also worth considering.

After all, according to the owner of the inn in Anping Town, the "experts" who came to Anping Town eventually disappeared inexplicably.

And those people had also lived here before.

Just like them now.

The brief discussion ended, and everyone summarized three doubts.

First: Who was the former owner of this courtyard?

Second: Zhao Xiangmei's true identity.

Third: Why did the ghost hang the corpses near Anping Town after killing people in the village?

They had already asked the village chief about the second and third questions, but they didn't get any valuable answers. But the village chief couldn't possibly not know the answer to the first question.

They planned to ask the village chief clearly when they saw him tomorrow.

In fact, there was one more thing that everyone knew tacitly. The huge building not far from the courtyard... probably hid clues.