"I know that Xiangyun Opera is a unique type of opera in southern Guizhou. It is said to have a history of thousands of years."

"In southern Guizhou, it is not uncommon to know a few lines of Xiangyun Opera, and it is very rare to be able to sing about Emperor Qian killing Zhongliang. The collapse of the Feng Dynasty is inherently mysterious, and there are not many surviving materials left."

"Then isn't this play just for us?"

"Well, everyone, please be careful and don't get into trouble."

After a short while, there was a knock on the door, and it was the old man again.

He barged in with a huge aluminum pot, placed the pot directly on the ground, opened the lid, and steaming hot steam hit his face, carrying a strong fishy smell. When everyone saw clearly, it turned out to be a Pot mutton.

"You have been traveling all the way and it's quite hard. You can try our local specialties."

"Thank you, then you can leave it here. Let's clean up first and then eat."

"You have to eat this mutton while it's hot. It will become old in a while and the taste will be bad."

The old man refused to leave and remained rooted to the spot.

Bai Chuchu had no choice but to use the large spoon in the pot to scoop a spoonful into the thick-mouthed bowl, brought it closer and looked at it.

A layer of white fat floated on top, and several pieces of meat were floating in the bowl. Occasionally, deep red blood stains could be seen on the bones, and the heat made the fishy smell even stronger.

It smelled so white that I almost retched.

She leaned closer to the mouth of the bowl and sipped the edge of the bowl, resisting her nausea and not swallowing the soup.

"The fishy smell is too strong, and we inland people can't get used to it."

"You guys should try it and you'll get used to it."

The uncle diligently served everyone a bowl, and when he saw that everyone was picking up and drinking, he left with satisfaction. He felt a little proud, and couldn't help but hum the scene about killing Zhongliang.

"I hate Emperor Qian and kill loyal and good people, slanderous ministers are in power, the dragon returns to the sea and the phoenix leaves the nest..."

At nightfall, Bai Chuchu quietly got up. Just as he was about to put on his shoes and get out of bed, the quilt around him was also lifted.

"Where to go?"

Ling Ziyue's eyes stared at her hotly in the dark night.

"I'll go out and take a look."

"I'll go too."

Bai Chuchu knew clearly that she couldn't defeat him, so she had no choice but to acquiesce.

Who knew that as soon as the two of them got out of bed, all the other people on the bed stood up.

"You guys haven't slept yet?"

"Nonsense, who can sleep in such a scary place?"

Gu Yan muttered and climbed up.

"Where are we going?"

"No, you just wait here. With so many people together, the goal is too big."

Bai Chuchu lowered her voice because she was afraid of attracting the strange man outside.

While they were whispering, there was a bang, and the dark room lit up, and everyone was startled.

It turned out that the lights in the house had been turned on.

"There's no need to hide. I've checked all the rooms and the old man disappeared."

"Zhang Ruoyao, you are going to scare people to death."

Zhang Ruoyao suddenly turned on the lights in the room.

"What are you afraid of? There are only seven of us in this guest house."

Zhang Ruoyao sat down carelessly, took a cup, and poured herself a cup of hot water. She drank it without caring about how hot it was.

"What’s wrong with you?"

Bai Chuchu grabbed Zhang Ruoyao's arm and took her cup. The water vapor was steaming and the whole cup was still very hot, but she didn't care at all. She shook off Bai Chuchu's hand and continued to drink a whole cup.

During the two days he spent with Zhang Ruoyao, Bai Chuchu discovered that Zhang Ruoyao didn't like drinking water, let alone this kind of scalding water. Even ordinary people would not just drink it. This situation is very abnormal.

"You are not Zhang Ruoyao!"

Bai Chuchu shouted loudly and exposed her.

However, the next second, there was a "pop" sound, and the bright lights in the room suddenly went out again. This time, even the lights in the corridor outside were all out, and the entire guest house fell into darkness.

Bai Chuchu's eyes adjusted to the darkness, and she discovered that Zhang Ruoyao, who was sitting here drinking water just now, had disappeared.

"Hey, hey hey..."

A wave of female laughter surrounded my ears.

"I cao!"

Gu Yan yelled, jumped to Ling Ziyue's side and hugged his arm, tremblingly asking Bai Chuchu who was looking around cautiously:

"You, what did you mean just now? She, she is not Zhang Ruoyao, who is that?"

"There's something wrong with that incense."

Bai Chuchu calmed down and recalled everything they had experienced from staying in the guest house to now, and soon discovered the problem.

"Actually, from the moment we stepped into this guest house, we have all been tricked."

Bai Chuchu was a little annoyed.

"But why is that old man okay? It's impossible that this old man is also a collective fantasy of ours, right?"

Bai Chuchu shook her head.

"I haven't figured this out yet, but what is certain now is that we have fallen into a trap, and now we need to find a way to get out as soon as possible."

"You~ don't know~ the blue sky is high, the loess is thick, and you hate the blood~ the green earth in the thousands of years~"

The lingering female voice echoed again, a thousand times, full of sorrow and hatred. Bai Chuchu saw this ghostly figure flashing past the end of the corridor, and chased after it desperately.

"If you catch up with her, there must be clues!"

Bai Chuchu felt that this "female ghost" was guiding them where to go, so she followed them all the way.

"Why are you chasing the female ghost? What if it's a trap again..."

"Even if it's a trap, we have to break through it. Should we hide here and wait for death?"

Gu Yan flinched a little. He was afraid of being tricked along the way, so he thought it would be better to be cautious.

"Let's do this. I'll go by myself and you stay where you are and wait for me."

Bai Chuchu firmly believes that the way to break the situation lies with this so-called female ghost. Only by taking the initiative can we find the key to breaking the situation.

"No, we all must stay together and act together. The person who organized this plan just wants us to be alone and deal with all of us one by one."

Everyone gathered together and nodded in agreement with Ling Ziyue's statement.

"Then let's go and have a look. Just staying where you are is not an option. It's better than just sitting there and waiting for death."

Vincent thought for a while and decided to go with Bai Chuchu.

"Yeah, hiding here is not an option."

The minority obeyed the majority, so everyone walked together to the place where the white shadow finally disappeared.

This was a small single room with only a small wooden bed, a gas tank, and on the stove was the pot of mutton soup that the old man had served them when they first arrived in the afternoon.

"Is this where the old man lives?"

Everyone automatically dispersed, rummaging through boxes and cabinets to see if they could find any clues to get out.

Bai Chuchu followed the old man's messy bed and found an old-style wardrobe.

As soon as she opened the wardrobe, she immediately saw the package wrapped in clothes but with a lot of blood oozing from it.

She carefully took out the things and peeled off the layers of tightly wrapped fabrics layer by layer.

When the last layer was unveiled, she couldn't help but take a step back.

It turned out to be a bloody sheep head!

"I'll go! There's a sheep's head hidden in the closet. It's so perverted."

Bai Chuchu stroked her pounding heart and looked at the sheep head carefully.

It was still a little lamb, with its eyes closed tightly. The neck was neatly chopped off, some of the skin and flesh were turned out, and blood was still dripping down. It must have been chopped off not long ago.
Chapter completed!