Chapter 3: Funeral 03┃Ghost old man.

Ke Xun believes that, without knowing anything about the current situation, the only way is to follow one of them and act accordingly.
Through the observation of the previous group of people, Ke Xun felt that this cool handsome guy seemed more reliable than others, so it was him.
With the effort to speak, the three people who came last followed in shock and scolding. In fact, they had no other choice. Except for this small village, the four wilds were all outskirts. They did not follow everyone into the village. Where can I go?
What's more, people have a herd mentality. Under this weird and incomprehensible situation, most people choose to be bold.
A group of people entered this weird little village with different thoughts.
Ke Xun was not sure what time it was in this "painting". In the real world, it was still the morning of the day, but the sky inside was gloomy and dark, and the village was also pitch black. The doors and windows of all houses were made of wood. Some of the window sashes are pasted with old window paper, and some are directly nailed to the board.
And whether you look in from a window or a crack in the door, everything you can see is completely dark.
I don't know if it's an illusion, Ke Xun always felt that there seemed to be something looking out in the cracks of those black holes.
Following these people around in this small village, a dim light suddenly appeared in front of them, and there was actually a light on in one room.
"That's it." Someone in the team said.
"Go in." Someone sighed again.
When the crowd passed by, the big-bellied middle-aged uncle walking in the front knocked on the door.
The wooden door was opened creakingly from the inside, revealing the face of a gray and wrinkled old man.
"Everyone here? Come in." The old man said and let the door open.
Everyone filed in and saw that the walls and the ground were rammed with a mixture of mud and grass. There was only a broken table and a few long benches in the room, and an oil lamp was on the table.
It is more appropriate to describe this family in terms of family members and poverty.
The old man stood in the room, and his cloudy eyes slowly scanned the people in the room. When Wei Dong met his gaze, he couldn't help but shudder.
The pupils of this old man, there is no temperature and focus at all, they are distracted like a...dead person.
Wei Dong quickly lowered his eyelids, for fear of staring at him, listening to the old man with his ears: "Everyone is here, we will arrange the work for everyone."
Speaking, he took out a roll of cloth from his arms and stretched it out in front of everyone: "Just pierce this, one for each person."
Ke Xun and Wei Dong were at a loss, but when they saw that the few people who had come first seemed to have no surprise, they stretched out their hands one by one and pulled out one each from the roll of cloth, and they had no choice but to draw a gourd in the same way.
This cloth tape is one arm long, wide, and has a gray and burly texture. In the middle position, I don't know whether it is made of cinnabar or some kind of paint, with a dark red word written on it.
Ke Xun wrote the word "Yang" on this article, and Weidong wrote the word "Gu" on the article.
Before figuring out what the meaning of the writing on this banner was, the old man continued to say: "The person who gets the'Min' banner will be responsible for the night watch at Li's house tonight. The person who gets the'Qi' banner, Go to the northern outskirts of the village to dig a pit five miles away. The pit is six feet long, four feet wide and two feet high. Those who get the cloth strip with the word "Gu" go to the wood house of Li's family to chop wood. Man, guarding the Li's granary. The one who got the cloth strip with the word'Evil'... the cloth strip with the word'take'..."
As the old man spoke, Ke Xun pondered inwardly.
Min, and, gu, yang, evil, take... What is the meaning of these words? Obviously, the purpose of asking everyone to choose the cloth is to group these 13 people, but only literally, it is difficult to relate to the current situation.
After the old people were divided into groups, they finally said: "The Li family is under the three old locust trees in the north of the village. Everyone, you can start work. Remember: Those who stay at Li’s house and work should not go out at night. Okay, tomorrow morning at 8 o’clock, everyone. Come to me to gather."
After hearing this, everyone turned around and walked out. Wei Dong couldn't help it. He walked up to the old man and asked him, "Master, can you explain to us what is going on?"
The old man looked serious: "The Li family is under the three old locust trees in the north of the village. Everyone, you can start work. Remember: Those who stay in the Li family and work at night, don't go out at night. Well, tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock, everyone will be here. Come gather."
Wei Dong: "...No, can you tell us where this is?"
Old man: "The Li family is under the three old locust trees in the north of the village, everyone, you can start work. Remember..."
Weidong: "... Did I accidentally activate your ghost animal function? Can you say something else?"
Old man: "The Li family is under the three old locust trees in the north of the village, everyone, you can start work. Remember..."
Weidong turned his head to look at Ke Xun: "Is it illegal to beat up an unqualified old man in the painting?"
Before Ke Xun could answer, the little braid suddenly laughed and stepped forward to look at him: "Don't waste your effort, he is not a human being."
"What the is not a person?!" Wei Dong was shocked, "The repeater is fine?!"
"You can think of him as an NPC in the game, only responsible for explaining the plot or the rules of the'game', as well as some specific questions that he can answer, and he won't answer any other extra questions." Xiao Zhuzi laughed slightly. Cocked his mouth.
Ke Xun and Wei Dong looked at each other, and Ke Xun asked Little Braid: "Is this a painting or a game?"
"Painting." Little Braid sneered, "It's just that the rules in the painting have been set strictly and precisely. There is only one result of violating the rules, which is death."
"Dead? GAMEOVER?" Wei Dong stunned, "How many lives does a person have? Can you save the progress and read the bar again?"
"I said this is a painting, not a game!" Little Braid glared at him impatiently, "You are really dead if you die in a painting. Never want to leave here and return to reality again, understand?!"
"True, true or false?!" Wei Dong was shocked.
"Believe it or not, anyway, I have already made it clear to you. Don't blame anyone else when you die." Little Braid glanced at the cloth strip in Wei Dong's hand boredly, "Why are you new here? It's really unlucky to be put in a group! Are you going?"
"Go? Where to go?" Wei Dong looked stunned, looked at his pigtail, and then at Ke Xun.
The pigtail rolled his eyes and took a deep breath, as if trying to control his temper: "I also got the cloth strip with the word'Gu' written on it. This proves that the two of us are grouped together, so now you and I You have to go to the so-called'Li Family' according to what the old man said, understand?"
Wei Dong asked him: "What if you don't do what the village chief says?"
"I just said that you didn't hear it?" The pigtail was hot, "If you violate the rules, you will die! Death!"
"Then, can we organize freely, for example, if I don't go to Li's house with you to cut some firewood, then I will go to guard the granary with him?" Wei Dong pointed to Ke Xun.
"Dead!" Little Pigtail roared grimly.
"Grass." Wei Dong looked at Ke Xun, "What should I do?"
Ke Xun touched his chin and thought for a while: "I think we have really encountered a strange thing that common sense cannot explain. The reason here is probably not understood for a while. It is better to listen to him for the time being and look at this one. It seems that someone who knows some doorways would rather believe in the existence than in the untrustworthy, life safety is the first."
"Okay." Wei Dong asked him, "How about you? Who are you with?"
When the three of them came out of the old man's room, Ke Xun saw a man standing under the steps, a tall man, a cold expression, and a handsome face.
The linen strip he had drawn was tied loosely around his waist, with the word "Yang" written on it.
Wei Dong looked at this person, and then at the little braid beside him: "By the way, what if you change the cloth strip with someone else?"
"Dead!" Little braid gritted his teeth.
"Be careful, be vigilant, safety first." Ke Xun told Wei Dong.
This guy hasn't done well since he was a child. Ke Xun is afraid that he doesn't know what is good or bad, so he really confesses his life in this strange place.
"I see, you also pay attention, don't forget your life." Wei Dong snarled at the tall man under the steps.
"...Fuck." Ke Xun held his arms silently.
According to the old man's arrangement, most people's destination was the "Li Family", and the others had already walked ahead, so the four of them went together.
After walking not far, Ke Xun turned his head back and found that the old man's house had its lights out sometime, and like the other houses around it, it was plunged into silence and darkness.
In villages without lights, the roads are difficult to walk. The dirt roads in the countryside are not flat, with hard feet and soft feet. The soles of straw sandals under the feet are very thin, and the touch feels more acute when stepping on.
Ke Xun dropped his foot, and suddenly seemed to be stepping on a hand, and the sharp, sharp, stiff fingers were clearly on the bottom of the foot.
Ke Xun reacted very quickly and jumped up and was hitting the tall man. When he landed, he could almost hear his heart hitting his chest frantically and vigorously. He had to reach out and press his chest, as if once he held his hand. Open, my own heart will be pulled out of the cavity by the hand just now.
"What the are you doing, I was scared to death!" Wei Dong said in shock.
Ke Xun's heartbeat was so fast that he couldn't even make a sound for a while.
Feeling that the palms and lips were chilled by this shock, I heard the tall man's voice faintly pass into his ears: "Don't worry about anything, keep walking."
It was as if he had guessed what Ke Xunwei was doing and suddenly jumped up.
Ke Xun let out an "um", trying not to look at his feet, looking far away, but saw that this small village was enveloped by a thick gray night fog sometime, making it possible to see the unclear scene. Even more chaotic.
"Oh, by the way, since we are all teammates in the future, it's better to get to know each other," Wei Dong seemed to have noticed something too. By speaking boldly, he stretched out his hand in the braid first, "My Weidong, my buddy Ke Ke Searching."
Little Braid refused to shake hands with him, only snorted: "Liu Yufei."
Wei Dong turned his head and stretched out his hand to the tall man: "What about you buddy?"
The tall man glanced at him indifferently, but did not shake hands with him: "Mu Yiran."
Weidong had no choice but to grab Ke Xun's hand and shook it: "Fortunately, I will be lucky."
Ke Xun felt the cold sweat in Wei Dong's palm, squeezed it his hand, then let it go, turned his head and asked this handsome man named Mu Yiran next to him: "In order to avoid being a pig teammate dragging you down, This little brother, can you tell us the truth about this matter?"