Chapter 7 Chapter 6 Lost head

I remember someone said that the things that you can see under your nose, every moment of every day, every minute, every second, are not necessarily familiar to you.Your brain will be self-righteous and automatically recognize those things as something, but the reality is often far from what you see. For example, in the house you live in, you must go up and down the stairs at least once a day, and pass the stairs you are familiar with at least twice, so you will pass 730 times a year, and there will be two more times every four years. In this way, after ten or twenty years, you already know everything about this staircase.

But how many people clearly remember how many steps there are in the stairs that they know and are familiar with? The one placed in the yard is indeed not a copper lion. I looked at it carefully from top to bottom, and my heart grew colder and colder, and I couldn't help but tremble. Shen Ke patted me on the shoulder unceremoniously, and asked in a rough voice: "Xiao Ye, is there really something wrong with these statues?" I nodded heavily, smiled wryly, and said in a dry voice: "The bronze statue in the courtyard is indeed something else. This thing is the Nian Beast!"

"Zodiac?" He shouted in surprise: "What is that?" Although my mood was very complicated, I still explained patiently: "The origin of the Nian monster can be counted from the late Qin Dynasty at the earliest. It is said that it usually hides in the mountains to prey on all kinds of beasts, but in winter, the monsters in the mountains As food became scarce, the monster would run out of the mountains and break into the villages, robbing food, hurting people and animals, so every winter, every village would be in panic." The old ancestor and Sun Luyao also came out and listened carefully.

I licked my lips, and said again: "Although the Nian beast is terrifying, it is afraid of three things: one is the bright red color, the other is the bright fire light, and the third is the loud noise. "So all the villages united and asked every household to prepare these three things, hoping that the Nian beast would not dare to enter the village again to make trouble. "It's winter again. Every household in the village paints the door red without exception. A blazing fire is lit at the door. Everyone stays awake at night, knocking at home and making loud noises. The night gradually As it got darker, Nian Beast appeared at the entrance of the village, saw red things and fire lights everywhere in the village, and heard loud noises in the village, it suddenly panicked, turned around and hid in the mountains, and never After that, I dare not come out to harm the villagers and livestock..."

"Stop! Stop!" Shen Ke shouted: "Isn't this the origin of 'Nian'? Speaking of which, why do you treat this unlucky thing as a treasure for protecting the courtyard and place it at home dignifiedly?" "That's where you have to ask your ancestors and Feng Shui masters!" I looked deeply at the old ancestor of the Shen family, who was pretending to be stupid, and Sun Luyao, who was standing still with a smile on his face, and said slowly, word by word: "Nian beast is a monster, if I guess right If you use it to protect the courtyard, it is not used to protect the so-called feng shui of the Shen family, but to suppress something!"

The old ancestor and Sun Luyao trembled slightly, it seemed that I had hit the mark. Shen Ke opened his mouth wide in surprise, and when he was about to say something, a person suddenly broke into the yard, it was Shen Xue. Her face was covered with sweat, and she shouted at me out of breath: "Xiaoye, and Xiaoke...Xiaolu, something happened to her!" so tired!The eyelids were so heavy that they couldn't open them, as if they were tightly glued together. Xu Lu felt that the place where she was lying was very comfortable, warm and safe, making people's heart inexplicably very peaceful, just like being in a mother's womb.

Everything would be perfect if it weren't for the old feeling of tiredness! Someone pushed himself beside him, and those hands were soft and cold. It seemed to be joking with her, constantly scratching her neck to freeze her, finally, she lazily opened her eyes, and looked at the owner of those hands unwillingly. Around, nothing. Only then did she realize that she was on a bed covered by a red mosquito net. It was a very antique bed. She gently stroked the head of the bed with her hands. The tentacles felt warm, and the place was soft like wood. It also moved up and down very regularly.

Xu Lu didn't feel scared at all, but just rubbed her eyes curiously. The place where the wood was still wood, she just reached out to touch it, and felt that it was still shrinking, wriggling with a strong sense of rhythm like life. Xu Lu became impatient, she opened the mosquito net to look for shoes, only to find that her original pair of white casual shoes were gone, only a pair of red embroidered shoes were left alone by the bed. She hesitated for a while, but finally put it on reluctantly and got off the bed. She looked around slightly, this is not a big room, of course, if you want to compare it with your own bedroom, it is not too small, it is square, about forty square feet, and it can be seen that it is a woman's boudoir, the room All the furnishings in the hotel are carefully designed, and every inch of the place is just right to put the famous and expensive antique furniture.

It's just that the tone of the whole room is dark, and everything is vermilion, which makes people feel depressed. Xu Lu took a deep breath, but immediately covered her nose. When the air was poured into her nasal cavity just now, a disgusting strange smell also rushed in, and her brain paused for a moment because of the smell. A candle was burning on a table not far away, and its light became ethereal at some point since then, and streaks of red smoke were constantly floating around. These blood-red smoke were as tough as flowing water, no matter how she swung her hands, they didn't move at all, and even entangled her hands shamelessly.

Xu Lu reluctantly ignored them and continued to look around. Then, she saw a very familiar screen mirror. She walked over and stroked the mirror lightly with her hands, her brain was working fast, but no matter how hard she tried to recall, she still couldn't remember when, where, and why she came into contact with this mirror. She took a few steps back, and found that she was really slender in the mirror, so she started to dance briskly, and she couldn't help being fascinated by the flying figure, but she couldn't get excited at all deep down in her heart. I seem to be missing something.

correct!Why no head? Where did my head go! And the neck, the neck is gone too! Facing the mirror, she kept touching her face and neck. In the mirror, he lacked the movement of his neck and face, which made him look weird. The candlelight behind him, which was already weird enough, suddenly lit up and turned blood red. The smell of blood kept pouring into the nose, a large amount of blood sprayed on the mirror suddenly from nowhere, and flowed down the smooth mirror, like a stream, and slowly trickled down to the ground, looking for his own soul as if alive. Heels, flow over... Xu Lu yelled and sat up from the bed, breathing in fresh air. She looked at the sunlight that had climbed onto her arms in confusion, and it took her a long time to realize that it was already morning. It turned out to be just a dream!Fortunately, it was just a dream... Pressing hard on her still beating heart, she rolled over and got out of bed, walked to the sink, splashed water on her face with her hands, took a towel to dry off, and looked up at the mirror reflexively. Immediately, an unparalleled fear rushed into the heart that still had lingering fear. Her face was pale, and she covered her mouth with her hands, and there was a "clucking" sound in her throat. Finally, her staring eyes turned white and she passed out. At the last moment when her consciousness disappeared, she still desperately saw herself in the mirror, where the head and neck turned into a blank... Without saying any extra polite words, Shen Ke was obviously more anxious than me, grabbed my arm hard, and ran outside. "What happened?" I smiled apologetically at my ancestor, and asked Shen Xue in surprise while walking quickly. I saw her frowning, with an unclear expression on her face, and said: "I don't know too well, but when Xiao Lu woke up early in the morning, she smashed the mirror with a stool, like crazy !" Back to the place where I stayed, before I walked in, I heard a "click", followed by another sound of glass breaking, and I didn't know how many mirrors the little girl had started to smash. The three of us quickened our pace and entered the room, only to realize that her insanity was not ordinary and serious. All the things in the room that could reflect her appearance were thrown out. was smashed. The whole room was empty, and Xu Lu curled up at the corner of the bed, her body trembling constantly. "Xiaolu, what's wrong with you?" Shen Ke walked over cautiously, reaching out to pat her. Just when her hand was about to touch her body, Xu Lu, like a frightened deer, jumped out of bed with a strong reaction and hid at the foot of the opposite wall. Shen Ke's hand just hung in the air blankly, without changing its posture for a long time, and his face became very ugly. My eyes followed Xu Lu, who was in a very bad state of mind, and I saw that she kept chanting something. I hesitated, then walked up quickly and grabbed her arm. Xiao Lu struggled desperately, grabbing me with both hands. "What's wrong with you? Damn it, what's the matter!" I couldn't worry about how that guy Shen Ke would feel, so I hugged her tightly and hugged her tightly. Her mouth was pressed tightly against my shoulder, and it was only then that I finally heard her voice keep spinning in her throat. "My head, my neck... Gone! Gone!" Suddenly, a chill rushed from the soles of my feet to the top of my head, and the inexplicable fear made the hairs all over my body stand on end. But what exactly does that sentence mean? Looking at her involuntarily, her neck and head are still well where they should be. The shards of glass in the room were scattered all over the floor, my eyes shifted from her body to the ground, and I looked around again. What did Xiao Lu see that would drive her crazy from fear?Would rather force her brain to be in an abnormal state than wake up and face the truth in her eyes? What else would turn her into a destructive madman, messing up the good room like a lunatic? She threw out all the furniture in the room, and there was only one bed left in the huge room. What was she afraid of? It took a lot of time for her to calm down, but Xiaolu still didn't explain anything, just kept crying, her face full of despair. Shen Ke sat quietly on the side of the bed, holding her hand firmly, holding it firmly, as if once he let go, the woman he loves the most in front of him would leave forever... I gently pulled Shen Xue and walked out. Breathing in the fresh air of this eventful morning, he and Shen Xue aimlessly took a walk in the Shen family's mansion. "Do you know?" I smiled wryly and said indifferently: "Some people say that the price of wisdom is contradiction. This is the biggest joke that life makes on the outlook on life. In fact, I have never known which things I am doing are right. , and which ones are wrong, maybe I will gradually understand when I die of old age... So I often tell myself that what I can do now is to try my best to do everything well, and then lie on the chair and wait to die! " "Sorry, I've never been interested in philosophical things." Shen Xue gently hooked my hand with her little finger and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it directly, don't beat around the bush." "Then tell me, is there something wrong with my handling of Xiaolu's matter?" I stopped, looked into her eyes, and blamed myself: "Maybe, she became what she is now...all because of me! Blame me for being too curious...Damn it! If I don't care about anything , maybe nothing will happen!" "No! You are not wrong!" Shen Xue grabbed my hands, shook her head desperately, tears seemed to flow out of her eyes, she said: "From the beginning to the end, you are not wrong! I believe that all of this is a big trap, I don't know The purpose, and I don’t know who is the bait. In the dark, there must be a hand manipulating all of this. Everything that happened recently was caused by that thing. Xiaoye, you have discovered it too. The Shen family seems to be Something has changed, it's just a feeling...but I just feel like something is different, like, like, something is remotely controlling our every move, every word and every action, pushing us to the pit that it has already prepared, All it takes is a kick from behind!" I looked at the girl in front of me with a little surprise, always thought she was confused, and her nerves were as thick as table legs, but I didn't know that her senses were so sharp, and she even thought of many things that I didn't even notice. After wandering around Shen's house for an unknown amount of time, we made a detour and prepared to go back. Suddenly, my eyes discovered a strange phenomenon. I stood blankly in front of a yard, staring at the sign on the door. "What's wrong with you?" Shen Xue shook me vigorously. I didn't divert my attention at all, but asked abruptly: "Xiaoxue, how long have you been in the Shen family's main house?" "I've been here since I was born." Shen Xue was very surprised by my question, but she answered it obediently. "Then you should be familiar enough with the Shen family, right?" My eyes drifted to the south direction, the next door to the house is the courtyard where our group lives. "Of course I'm familiar with it!" She found out that I asked her in a strange tone, which seemed to hide something: "Why are you asking this?" "I'll tell you why later." I smiled mysteriously: "Tell me first, if you don't have the house number, can you clearly remember the exact location of the house you often visit?" "Impossible!" Shen Xue shook her head without hesitation and said, "Without the house number, I'm afraid I can't even find my own home. All the houses here are printed from the same mold. I can’t even tell which house I’m looking for.” My eyes suddenly lit up, and I continued to ask: "That is to say, Shen Ke is not a guy who goes home often, it is impossible to remember the exact location of his home, and he can only rely on the house number as a road sign?" "If it's Xiao Ke that idiot, it's definitely possible!" "Very good, then tell me," I looked into Shen Xue's eyes, and said slowly, "If someone, for some purpose, secretly swaps Shen Ke's house number with the one next door, so that the boy's house will be for nothing. Moved forward for no reason, with his slow personality, it should be difficult to find out?" "What did you say?" Shen Xue's eyes widened in shock, her whole body was stiff, and she just froze in place. Pointing to the house number with great interest, I explained: "I have long since discovered that the nearby yard has been vacant for a long time, since no one uses it, why is there only this house with a special house number? "Look, there's no dust where it meets the door, which means someone moved it recently. "Also, other Shen family members have the right to use the items in the vacant house at will. The purpose of the room has been changed, or the furnishings have been changed. These will not make Shen Ke, who has come back for a long time, feel that Strange. As long as the door plate bears his father's name, he will not suspect it at all, let alone think that someone has tampered with the house." I licked my lips and continued: "Actually, I talked to that guy last night, maybe the place where I live now is not his old den. Now, the evidence is finally there." After I finished speaking, I kicked on the door. There should have been a door that hadn't been opened for a year, and it separated to the left and right with a "creak".Immediately, a small path was exposed, extending continuously into the courtyard. "What do you want to do?" Shen Xue was taken aback by my actions. I smiled and looked inside, "Of course I went in to have a look. Maybe that person's purpose is hidden inside." Suddenly, I felt a chill emanating from the open courtyard door. The door was like a big mouth with teeth and claws. It grinned ferociously and waited quietly for us to step on its tongue. Its stomach throws itself into the trap. Taking a deep breath, I forced myself to lift my foot calmly and stepped in...