Chapter 112 The Murderous House Case 1
At nine o'clock, the recording of the sixth episode of "All Rounder 3" officially began. After a routine self-introduction, the director announced the task of this episode: "This time we have received a request from Mr. Meng to investigate the old property behind you.”
"An ancient property?" The group turned around and saw the large Chinese-style property behind them. The vermilion door was mottled and worn. The blue bricks on the wall were all pitted and full of traces of time.
The weather happened to be a bit cloudy today. When the breeze blew, a tile fell down and hit the ground. This startled everyone.
"Is our task today actually here?" Jian Cang rubbed his arm, "I thought this is the starting point. What to do? I have an ominous premonition in my heart? This episode won't be a horror theme, right?"
Shu Hua was a little scared, "Our program team won't do this, right? When it comes to ancient properties, it would be too boring to do horror."
Compared with their worries, the audience was very excited:
【No, no, no, we find it very interesting. 】
【That's right, I like to see the university top students, who usually take it easy, panic, hahaha. 】
【It’s so exciting to see what top students in a state of fear will do. 】
【I want to see Qin Shiyu turn pale with shock. 】
【It’s better not to have any delusions about this matter. So far, I haven’t discover anything that can scare God Yu. 】
【I want to see Elder Sister Yu. The black light in the last episode was too short. Had yet to see her react excessively. 】
【+1, I want to see how extreme Elder Sister Yu will be after being scared, hahahaha. 】
【+10086. 】
As soon as Shu Hua finished speaking, a squeak sounded from behind them. Shu Hua instantly hugged Jiang Yu's arm before daring to turn back.
The vermilion door opened slowly. A housekeeper-looking middle-aged man in a Tang-style clothes came out. When he saw the six people, he immediately smiled warmly, "Are you the famous all-rounder investigation team? Delighted to meet you at last. I had been instructed to wait here!”
The normal scene made everyone sigh in relief. Only Jiang Yu, who was closest to the middle-aged man, silently took a step back.
Xiang Chen couldn't resist smiling when he saw her actions. He quickly reached over to her and held hands with the man, "You flatter us. You are..."
"Oh, I am the Housekeeper of the Meng Family. You can call me Housekeeper Meng." Housekeeper Meng raised his hand to invite them into the property. He introduced as he walked, "This time, I have no choice but to invite you."
The group observed the ancient property in front of them. Shu Hua grasped Jiang Yu's arm. Jian Cang followed Shu Hua. The nervous reaction made Jiang Yu nervous. The main reason was that the two of them had the superimposed buff on the terrifying atmosphere. Not scary things could be made terrifying by them.
Fortunately, everything was normal after stepping into the gate. It was like an ordinary yard. The group didn't dare to relax and huddled together to move forward.
Housekeeper Meng said, "This ancient property was purchased by our Mr. Meng's great-grandfather. But after old Master Meng bought it, he went out to do business. Afterward the business got better and better. For convenience, he directly bought a foreign-style property in the prosperous City M and didn’t come back much. Later he settled there. The property at this side had been completely vacant for more than ten years.”
"Recently, a gentleman who likes ancient properties fell in love with this property. Mr. Meng thought since we won't live in it, he wants to sell it."
Reaching here, Housekeeper Meng was a little helpless. “Because we don’t live here, the villagers insist on spreading rumors that this property is unclean. Saying that they can hear children crying and women screaming in the middle of the night."
He sighed, "Our ancestral home has turned into a haunted house out of nowhere. There is no way to sell it well..."
He stopped quickly as if he realized he had made a mistake.
The group stared at him in unison. Shu Hua said, "Sell it for a good price?"
"Haha, this is of course not the main reason," Housekeeper Meng waved his hand as if to coolly pass it off, "Although our Meng Family don't come back often, we are considered the richest people in City C. Why would we care about this little money? The main thing is a perfectly fine property getting labeled as a haunted house.”
He led them all the way to the back, going further and further in. Seeing everyone's doubts, he grinned, "I'm sorry. I arrived here not long ago. The lobby of the main property is too big. I haven't cleared it out yet. Must inconvenience you to drink some tea in the backyard.”
The group followed him into a side hall, with chairs and ancient tea tables on both sides. It was indeed a place for entertaining guests.
After the six people were seated, Housekeeper Meng poured tea for them one after another, "My family head wants to entrust you to investigate the truth about this property, so that the villagers around the village could feel at ease and stop engaging in feudal superstition."
After pouring the last one, he seemed to remember something, "By the way, if you see four sandalwood boxes during your investigation, please help collect them."
Jian Cang was perplexed, "Four sandalwood boxes?"
Housekeeper Meng grinned, "Actually, it's nothing valuable. It’s something that the old master who bought this property likes. His memory isn't the best after getting old. He likes to hide things everywhere, hiding his cherished items here and there, and can’t find it in the end.”
"We haven't been back for so many years, so we left it be. But now the property may be for sale and it’s precious to Old Master, we have to do our best and leave a thought when we find it."
He cupped his hand toward the six people. , "If you can bring out the sandalwood boxes, our Meng Family will heavily thank you."
Upon hearing this, Jian Cang immediately said, "Mr. Meng, don't worry, we will definitely get the heavy thank, oh, no, we will definitely find old Master Meng's most cherished thing."
【Hahahaha, as expected the familiar flavor. 】
【A group of money-crazed people! How can one believe that they are top students? 】
【Help, they look like scammers, hahaha. 】
Housekeeper Meng was extremely grateful. Then he suddenly received a call and said to the six of them, "Sit down for a moment. I'll take care of some things first."
Before going out, he reminded them, "Oh, by the way, if you find four boxes, please tell me Don’t open it. After all, it contains the personal belongings of our ancestors.”
After he left, Jian Cang said, "Why do I feel that his request for us to investigate the truth of the property is a pretense. His real purpose is to get us find the boxes?"
Ye Yuanyu said, "He’s probably hiding something."
Shu Hua caught on, "He said that children's cries and women's screams would come from this property, right? This phenomenon is explained in "Approaching Science", right?"
Jiang Yu stated seriously, "When the airflow blows through the narrow holes and gaps, it will vibrate due to friction. The narrower the gap, the higher the vibration frequency and the higher the pitch of the sound, so it sounded like a child's cry or a woman’s scream.”
Jian Cang stood up, "So are we going to find the holes in this property?"
【……】
【Hahaha, they are trying to use science to explain metaphysics. 】
However, as soon as Jian Cang finished speaking, the door closed with a bang. Shu Hua subconsciously screamed. The window that had been open closed with a snap. The room instantly fell into darkness. It wasn't so dark that one couldn't see their fingers. But coupled with the faint whining sound, people immediately got goosebumps all over in the middle of summer.
Jian Cang asked tremblingly, "What's going on?"
Shu Hua groped toward the crowded area.
Jiang Yu seriously explained, "The first one should be the pressure switch. It should be on the chair. Jian Cang, the door will be closed after you stand up. The second one should be voice control. When the decibel reaches a certain level, the window will automatically close. The whining sound is surrounding sound…”
【Hahahaha, Elder Sister Yu, stand up when you explain. Don't huddle into a ball. 】
【That's right! You aren't convincing like this. Stand up and don't be afraid. 】
"It sounded like it's not a big deal. Then let's look for the switch... Damn!!!" Before Jian Cang could finish speaking, he suddenly screamed in fear and rushed to the door, Shu Hua followed closely. Ye Yuanyu He and Xiang Chen stood up and backed away in fright. Jiang Yu couldn't pretend to be calm anymore and hurried to follow.
It turned out that the curtain directly on the opposite side suddenly fell down, revealing a rows of placard behind. At the same time, weird laughter sounded. The candle in front of the placards spontaneously ignited without fire. It was a permeating green...
Shu Hua screamed and pulled Ye Yuanyu with one hand and Xiang Chen with the other to surround herself tightly. Jian Cang couldn't squeeze in even if he wanted to. He could only hold Xiang Chen's waist tightly with his eyes closed and scream. This startled Jiang Yu who was following behind, to dodge to the side. Qin Shiyu happened to be coming over. Jiang Yu quickly reached out and grabbed his clothes and hid behind him.
Qin Shiyu paused, turned around, stood in front of her, and didn't move again.
After another burst of candlelight flickering and frightening sounds, a newly wedded suddenly appeared in front of the memorial tablets. The man in a mandarin gown swayed. While the woman decked and veiled in bright red bridal wear cowered. She seemed weirdly fearful.
The voice of the master of ceremonies sounded in the air, "Today is the joyous day of Chen Dongqing, the eldest son of the Chen Family and Meng-er, the daughter of the Yang Family! The auspicious time has come. The bride and groom bow to heaven and earth -"
The two newly wedded turned around. They could see the man's appearance more clearly. He had sunken eye sockets and a pale face, which looked even more strange in the green light. He grinned at them, revealing his white teeth. Shu Hua and Jian Cang exclaimed in unison. The four of them were about to form a ball under Shu Hua's strong force. At the side, Jiang Yu couldn't care anymore and gave in to the urge to move to Qin Shiyu's side. Qin Shiyu Yu turned to look at her and raised his hand to move her behind him. Jiang Yu hid behind Qin Shiyu. Being well hidden, she couldn't see anything...
The weird voice of the master of ceremonies continued, "Second bow to the high hall——"
The two newly wedded turned around. Qin Shiyu felt a head slowly sticking out from his arm.
Qin Shiyu:......
【Hahahaha, this is the legendary noobie but still liked to play person! 】
【Scared to death, but still couldn't help but be curious. 】
【Elder Sister Yu is so cute. 】
【ROFL, Shu Hua was sneaking a peek and got shocked when she finished watching. The unlucky ones are Ye Yuanyu and Xiang Chen. They were almost dragged into kissing by her, hahahahaha... 】
The audience had a hearty laugh while those at the scene were scared to death.
"Husband and wife bow to each other——"
As the master of ceremonies’s voice dropped, the ghost-like man collapsed. The woman suddenly raised her veil and looked at Jiang Yu and the others. She distantly said, "To give husband a wedding to counteract his bad luck, the unity of three loving couples is required to tie a knot together."
A somewhat old voice appeared, "Oh, aren't there exactly three loving couples watching the ceremony? Meng-er please ask them to help!"
As soon as these words came out, Jian Cang immediately ignored his fear and uttered in surprise, "The three loving couples watching the ceremony? He can’t mean us?"
【Wow, it must be! 】
【But how can four men and two women form three pairs? 】
【As mentioned before, don’t be so rigid about gender, it’s okay. 】
【Hahahaha, so the paradise for CP fans is coming? The program team understands us. Love this! 】
Sure enough, they saw a woman bowing to them: "Human life is at stake. I beg you all here to wish us a long life and have children soon..."
Jian Cang quickly refused, "No, no, no, how can we six singles have children early? Miss, you got it wrong!"
However, it was impossible for ghosts to be reasonable. The woman suddenly raised her head toward them and with a ghastly face, she whispered softly, "If you don't help, you will have to stay here forever with my husband..."
Then all the light disappeared, scary music sounded at once. The six people huddled together again. After a few seconds, the lights on the four walls turned on again. The bride and groom were nowhere to be seen. This seemed to be a normal side hall, oh , except for those tablets of course.
But it was no longer so scary. The atmosphere of terror faded. Ye Yuanyu and Xiang Chen were finally free from Shu Hua's hands.
Ye Yuanyu had become accustomed to it. He calmly straightened his clothes, "Isn't this Meng’s property? Why is the eldest young master of the Chen Family getting married?"
Shu Hua asked a question, "Is it a ghost marriage?"
"No," Xiang Chen said, "The young master is alive, just looked terminally ill. Didn't she say a wedding to counteract bad luck?"
Ye Yuanyu began to look around, "Three pairs of loving people to tie a knot together. The clue is probably based on this sentence. The task is completed in pairs?"
Jian Cang was more concerned about another problem, "How to get three new couples? We only have two girls!"
Ye Yuanyu turned to Shu Hua, "As a human being, you got to know to repay kindness? Form a team?"
Xiang Chen immediately looked at Jiang Yu, "Us two together?"
Jian Cang eyed Qin Shiyu:...
Qin Shiyu expressionlessly stared at him.
Jian Cang quickly waved his hand, "I’m not doing it voluntarily!"
【Hahahaha, not voluntary? Then it’s a snatching? What they want are loving couples. 】