Chapter 7 Extending Survival Time
However, as soon as He Fei finished speaking, Zheng Xuan suddenly thought of something, then raised her wrist and looked at her watch and said, "Wait for a moment, we have been delayed outside the village for almost 10 minutes. If we don't enter the village, the task may have an unknown change that is unfavorable to us. So we go to the village first and say something after entering the village."
After Zheng Xuan reminded everyone, they noticed this point. Then Zhang Hu made a gesture to Zhou Bin, who was guarding Zhang Xiaosan. Then, under Zheng Xuan's leadership, a group of five people escorted Zhang Xiaosan and walked towards the entrance of the village.
I soon arrived at the entrance of the village. I looked at it and saw that the village was not big. I could barely see from the entrance of the village to the end of the village. And since it was noon, most of the villagers seemed to be eating at home. There were not many villagers on the street, only an old man basking in the sun and a few children playing under the trees. Moreover, the houses in the village were almost all thatched huts, but there were two houses, one of which was tiled house at the east end of the village and the other at the north end of the village.
Seeing the people dressed in a very different manner from them, the children playing in the village seemed to feel very novel, but they did not dare to get close to them, and stopped playing and looked at them blankly.
At this time, the old man basking in the sun also found a group of strangers coming from the entrance of the village. After seeing them, the old man walked over.
With the old man taking the lead, the other children seemed to be no longer afraid and followed them one after another.
When the old man came to everyone, he first looked at He Fei and his others. His turbid eyes swept across everyone's bodies and faces. As a result, he found that the clothes of the group were very glamorous and modern. Then he found Zhang Xiaosan among everyone. At this time, Zhang Xiaosan was sandwiched between Zhang Hu and Zhou Bin, one left and one right. Behind Zhang Xiaosan, a dagger that stretched out from Zhang Hu's right arm was pressed tightly against Zhang Xiaosan's back...
While the old man was observing everyone, everyone was naturally observing the old man. This was an old man in his 60s, and his wrinkles on his face seemed to prove that his first half of his life seemed to be very hard.
Finally, the old man broke the peace first, but he said to Zhang Xiaosan in the crowd. The old man asked, "Zhang Xiaosan? Why are you bruised and swollen? And the people who are with you are..."
Zhang Xiaosan was also in a dilemma at this time. He wanted to say that he didn't know these people at all, and was held hostage by them. However, after feeling the cold dagger behind him... and the fierce gazes of Zhou Bin and Zhang Hu who were holding him in the middle... In the end, Zhang Xiaosan's thin face barely squeezed a smile at the old man, and then said, "Uncle Chen, it's nothing. I was hit by a rickshaw in the city this morning and fell to me so much. But in the end, the boss in the car saw that I was pitiful and gave me three o'clock. In short, I was a blessing in disguise... As for these people... these people are my friends in the city."
"friend?"
The old man was very confused. Zhang Xiaosan is a famous gangster in the village. He cheated on food and drinks everywhere without doing his job all day long. Even Widow Li’s door was knocked frequently in the middle of the night. It was said that he did it. However, he was not able to catch it, so the villagers could not cure him. In short, this person has a bad reputation in the village. However, looking at the people with him, all of them are dressed in modern clothes. He has never seen such a person in his life, especially those two girls, who are all beautiful and have fair skin. Those strange women’s clothes he has never seen before are so beautiful when wearing those two girls. According to his more than 60 years of experience, this group of people definitely did not come from other villages, or even from the city. After all, he has been to the city. These people are probably Chinese who have returned from abroad. However... As the identity of this group of people... how could they be friends with people like Zhang Xiaosan?"
Seeing the doubt in the old man's eyes, He Fei hurried forward a few steps to the old man and smiled and said, "Uncle Chen, right, hello, that's it..." Then he pointed to Zheng Xuan, Zhao Haili and others behind him and said to the old man, "This is my sister and my sister. My sister is a Chinese entrepreneur who just returned from the United States by boat. The two men are my sister's bodyguards. My sister likes to collect antiques. When we bought antiques on the street, we almost got cheated by a scammer. Zhang Xiaosan happened to pass by and recognized the person as the scammer, which made us recover a lot of money. Zhang Xiaosan also said that his family has antiques heirloom, so we came to his house to see it. If the price was reasonable, we would sell it to us."
Uncle Chen was suspicious after hearing this. Zhang Xiaosan's family has ancestral antiques? Why haven't he heard of it? If there were ancestral antiques, he would have sold them long ago. How could he have become like this now?
However, when Chen Bo finished thinking and when he came to his senses, everyone had already walked away from Zhang Xiaosan...
Soon, everyone followed Zhang Xiaosan to his home. A dilapidated yard was barely surrounded by a fence. The house was also a thatched hut. The house was divided into three rooms on the left, middle and right, and there was a wood-room nearby. After entering the room, a smell of mold came over the face. Everyone couldn't help but wrinkle their noses. Then everyone found several stools and sat down around the table. Then, Zhang Hu started to flip through the cabinet of Zhang Xiaosan's house at Zheng Xuan's instructions, and indeed a bundle of ropes came out of it.
At this time, Zhang Hu held the rope in his right hand, raised his left hand and touched the thick stubble on his chin. Then he turned his head and mocked Zhang Xiaosan who was pressed by Zhou Bin and said, "Are you really not a good bird? Even the ropes for people are so well prepared. It seems that you have done a lot of unethical and bad things."
After hearing this, Zhang Xiaosan's expression changed suddenly, and then immediately defended himself, "I'm unfair, I'm a good person, I've never done anything bad!"
Hearing Zhang Xiaosan's pale and powerless defense, Zheng Xuan, who was sitting on the bench, looked at Zhang Xiaosan with disgust. She did all kinds of bad things and lies. She dared to kill people for some money. Chu Renmei, whom he and Bu Wantian, jointly killed Chu Renmei, turned into an unjust ghost to take her life. 66 lives were killed for no reason. Now even these reincarnation passengers are in trouble. She said from the bottom of her heart that she really wanted to let Zhou Bin or Zhang Hu kill this person immediately, but He Fei said that this person seemed to be useful to them, so Zheng Xuan suppressed her emotions and then ordered Zhang Hu and Zhou Bin, "There is no need to talk nonsense with such people, and throw them into the west room."
At this time, He Fei hurriedly said, "Wait a minute, I'm asking him something."
Zhang Hu nodded.
Then He Fei looked at Zhang Xiaosan who was firmly held down by Zhou Bin, and then asked him, "Who are the two tile houses at the east end of the village and the north end of the village?"
"The tiled house at the east end of the village belongs to the village chief Liu Fa, while the tiled house at the north end of the village belongs to my eldest brother Bu Wantian, who is my teacher."
After hearing this, He Fei nodded thoughtfully. Seeing that He Fei stopped asking anything, Zhang Hu came to Zhou Bin and pulled Zhang Xiaosan up, and then pushed him into the west room with Zhou Bin. Then the two of them tied Zhang Xiaosan tightly with the rope in Zhang Hu's hand. After that, they came out and closed the door. After that, Zhang Hu said to everyone in the living room, "The person has been tied tightly, so he can't escape."
Zheng Xuan looked at Zhang Hu and Zhou Bin and nodded, then turned around and asked He Fei, who was sitting opposite the table, "You said before outside the village that Zhang Xiaosan is related to your guess, and this guess may be the key to whether all of us can survive until the end of the mission. You can tell me it now and let everyone listen."
He Fei said "um" and then expressed his speculation about this matter...
"The original movie mentioned that Chu Renmei died unjustly, and there were two people who killed Chu Renmei, one was Chu Renmei's husband, and the other was Zhang Xiaosan. I just asked Zhang Xiaosan that there was indeed a person named Bu Wantian in this village. The tiled house at the north end of the village was where Bu Wantian lived. This person's name appeared in the original movie, and everyone should have an impression, yes, this person named Bu Wantian was Chu Renmei's husband."
Then He Fei thought for a while and added, "As for Zhang Xiaosan, he is actually Bu Wantian's subordinate. Bu Wantian is a teacher in this Huangshan Village. However, in fact, he is a beast in clothes. In order to marry the rich daughter, he set up a plan to kill his wife Chu Renmei. After Chu Renmei's death, he learned the truth from Li Qiang, who was still a child at the time. The resentment was difficult to calm down, so he killed 66 lives in the village in three days."
Zheng Xuan next to him said, "You mean..."
After hearing this, He Fei glanced at the people sitting around the table with his eyes, and then said in an uncertain tone, "In the memory clip of the original movie, Chu Ren is beautified as an unjust ghost and kills people. The first person he killed seems to be Zhang Xiaosan, because he took a big stone and killed Chu Renmei. I mean, although it is certain that ghosts will definitely kill all the people in the village, and we are naturally unable to escape in the village, but even if we kill indiscriminately, ghosts are likely to start from the person he hates the most... And from the original movie, Chu Renmei kills people one by one..."
As soon as He Fei finished speaking, Zheng Xuan, who had been looking at him, nodded slightly, and then said, "I understand, what you mean is that if a ghost doesn't kill a first-kill target, it will never kill the second target. In other words, only if the first target is killed will you turn back and kill the second one, and so on, so even if we are still chased by ghosts... But as long as we can ensure the safety of those ghosts' primary killers... or try to delay the time when ghosts kill those people, the time when ghosts choose us as their target will be greatly delayed until the end of our mission time, so that we may survive."
After Zheng Xuan finished speaking, He Fei slapped his face and continued, "Yes, that's what I meant."
But then He Fei said, "But after all, this is just a speculation from me. I am afraid that ghosts will not be the same as in the original work, but will become a random murderer. In this way, my previous speculation will become meaningless."
After he finished speaking, Zhang Hu, who had been standing next to him, suddenly patted his shoulder and praised him, "Okay, boy, I can't tell you that you can guess. What he said makes sense. If I hadn't picked up the train you took in personally, I wouldn't have really seen that you were a newcomer."
He Fei shook his shoulders and broke away from Zhang Hu's big hand awkwardly. He smiled bitterly and said, "I just used to like reading some detectives and mystery novels, but this is just a paper talk and has no practical effect."
After hearing this, Zheng Xuan did not say the same words as Zhang Hu. When He Fei said the second paragraph, she was pondering. At this time, Zheng Xuan also expressed her concerns to the others. "If the direction of speculation is correct, then the method He Fei said can indeed delay the time when ghosts come to us, but there are risks. Once there are some errors in speculation... For example, ghosts do choose the order of murder according to the hatred value as expected, but if we interfere with it... will it attract the hatred value of ghosts and affect us?"
As soon as Zheng Xuan said this, everyone suddenly realized that imagination is beautiful, but reality is cruel. But how could ghosts kill rules be seen through so easily by humans? Once the risk failed, they would not have been the priority target of killing, and they would probably be attacked by ghosts in advance... Instead of doing anything, they would rather find a corner to hide.
"Ah! Help!!!"
However, just when everyone was in a dilemma, a terrifying scream suddenly came from the room in the west room, and the owner who heard the terrifying sound was naturally Zhang Xiaosan, who had been tied to the west room before!
Chapter completed!