absurd deduction game.

Fortunately, Zhao Yijiu just talked casually and had no intention of revenge. Yu Xing was pushed away by a hand and escaped from the shadow and became a physical entity again.

He stretched out, walked towards the glove box that he had not checked just now, and started rummaging through it skillfully.

Scissors, needlework, oil paint, scattered manuscripts...

After the inspection by the troupe apprentices just now, the things in the glove box have been rearranged, and nothing is missing at all, not to mention that Yu Xing didn't know what was in the box in the first place.

But he found some ashes in the corner of the box, which were stuck in the gaps of the box and could not even be seen without looking carefully.

There was no incense burner in the box, but there was a bundle of thin incense sticks.

So, there is an incense burner missing here.

Yu Xing tried to dip his fingers into some ashes, but the ashes had merged with the box, leaving only a color that was difficult to discern with the naked eye.

He picked up the incense and inspected it again. Zhao Yijiao looked on and asked, "Is there something wrong with the incense?"

"It's ordinary incense. You can buy it at any funeral shop." Yu Xing put the incense back and squinted his eyes, "But this bundle of incense has been stored for a long time, and it got damp, moldy, and was eaten by insects. The traces are also placed at the bottom of the box, so they can be thrown away long ago."

"It means the troupe hasn't burned incense for a long time." Zhao Yijiu followed his explanation and thought, "Why?"

Yu Xing pondered for a moment: "I don't know the customs here. Anyway, a long time ago, some businesses would burn incense before doing anything, some to worship their ancestors, and some to worship local gods."

"Nowadays, the film and television industry will also pay homage when starting the filming in order to ensure smooth filming."

"Perhaps... this troupe used to be so particular about it, but from a certain point on, they no longer paid attention to it. The incense sticks and incense burners were pushed to the bottom of the box and forgotten, so that the incense burner was missing from the box and was not noticed. "

He turned his head to look at the box itself. As expected, the box was old to a certain extent. It seemed that it had been with the troupe for many years. It was full of scratches and small holes.

What happened that caused the incense-lighting part to be forgotten?

If this is the case, then these young apprentices may have nothing to do with the dungeon, but their "old master" might know something else.

Zhao Yijiu listened carefully. Every time when business was discussed, he acted like a good student studying hard in front of Yu Xing.

There was still a lot of time before the shadow puppet show started. Yu Xing straightened up, closed the glove box, and chuckled: "The incense burner must have been taken away by Quinn. He took the things, and we will find someone. Let's go and visit. That old master."

This time Yu Xing didn't intend to be a gecko, so he simply jumped down from the third floor window and landed quietly on the ground outside the earth building.

Zhao Yijiu still blended into the shadows and closed the window.

The two went around in a circle, and this time they knocked on the troupe's door openly.

A dull sound passed into the earth building. After a while, the youngest fourth disciple ran out and opened the door.

She was only fourteen or fifteen years old. Because it was not yet time for the performance, she was wearing casual clothes that are common in the outside world. Her beautiful black hair was tied into a ponytail at the back of her head.

Maybe they thought it was the villagers from Suanyu County knocking on the door, so when they saw Yu Xing and Zhao Yijiu, the fourth disciple was startled.

Huh?Not a villager?

The little girl didn't know how to restrain her gaze, so she looked at the two people from beginning to end, and the more she looked at them, the weirder they became.

The lanterns on the eaves of the earth building have been lit by the villagers, and the bright red light falls on the two young men outside the door. One has a gentle smile, the other is cold and dark, both wearing clothes that clearly do not belong to ethnic minorities.

"Ah... who are you?" she asked.

At the end, he muttered something that no one else could hear: "Is it possible that there are really beautiful ghosts in the mountains who suck yin energy? Weird things happen every year, and this year I happened to do it?"

Zhao Yijiu: "..." It's pretty beautiful to think about.

Yu Xing understood the mental state of young people in this era so well that he didn't pay attention to the confusion in the little girl's mind. He raised a gentle smile that was harmless to humans and animals, bent down slightly, and said politely: "Hello, we are also borrowing money from this village. The tourists staying here heard from the villagers that there was a shadow puppet troupe here, so they came here specially to visit.”

The little girl blushed a little and stammered, "Why do you want to visit?"

"Oh, the two of us are graduate students who are working on folk culture topics, and we are already very interested in shadow puppetry." Yu Xing took out a brand new pink hair rope with an exquisite candy model hanging from his pocket, "This is for you, can you Could you please help us ask if your master will accept the interview?" Seeing the little girl hesitantly not extending her hand, Yu Xing sighed softly: "It doesn't matter if you don't accept it. We just wanted to give it a try. We chose this topic at the time. , mainly to promote ancient art, shadow puppetry is also an art form that is about to disappear..."

At this time, a young man asked from inside the room: "Junior sister! Who is knocking on the door?"

The little girl coughed lightly, but still took the hair rope gift from Yu Xing: "I'll ask the master, don't leave!"

The door is closed.

Tulou fell into silence. Several villagers passed by and glanced at the two of them, but did not come to ask anything. They had always been at ease with outsiders and had no plans to restrict them.

A few seconds later, Zhao Yijiu did not hesitate: "Hair rope? Pink?"

Sometimes Yu Xing's hair would grow long, and if it was troublesome, he would tie it up with a rubber band.

But Zhao Yijiu didn't expect that Yu Xing would carry such a girly hair tie with a candy pattern.

How should I put it... Zhao Yijing couldn't help but imagine the scene of pink candies dangling in Yu Xing's hair. It was simply——

indescribable!

"What are you thinking about?" Yu Xing turned his face and raised his eyebrows, "I bought it specially before going out. The pink candy hair rope is neither expensive nor has any special meaning, but it is very beautiful, small and unnoticeable. Use it It would be perfect to bribe the female ghost npc."

Although he may not necessarily use it, he is prepared for any eventuality. Look, before he even entered the deduction, he met a girl of the right age.

Yu Xing took out a few identical ones from his pocket and said, "Do you want one? I'll give you one. It can barely be used to pierce the sky."

Zhao Yijiu: "...Get out."

"Okay." Yu Xing retracted his hand regretfully in the face of Zhao Yijiu's resistance. As soon as he put the things back, the door opened.

The person who opened the door this time was a short young man, the third apprentice who was the most perfunctory in checking things on the third floor. The young man had a pretty face and glanced at the two of them: "Come in, the master said he can chat with you."

……

On the other side, several helicopters making machine gun-like noises flew over the rift valley with the suspension bridge, over the dense and sparse woods, and stopped a few hundred meters away from Suanyu County.

The fuselage was covered with yellow symbols, hanging in the air, with ladders hanging down. Several teams of people who were obviously close to each other climbed down the ladders until they landed.

After everyone confirmed that it had landed safely, the helicopter pilot made a signal and returned the same way. The remaining eight people looked at the surrounding environment frequently with different expressions.

Luo Yan took two members of his family to sense the strange smell in the air first. Several people in the Zhao family looked at each other, and a young-looking woman pushed Zhao Ruru who seemed to be in a daze: "Ruru, you ask Mr. Ren, do you want to join us later?"

Zhao Ruru said oh.

Then she walked slowly to the man who was standing alone. From an angle that no family "teammates" could see, she winked at the man and said, "Ren Yi, Zhao Dongxue asked me to ask you what you want later. Don’t go together. Hehe~ She must want to harm you.”

Ren Yi smiled at her gently and tilted his head so that others could not see the shape of his lips: "Okay, but it doesn't matter. I have always been very tolerant of people who are about to die."

He felt that none of the Zhao family members, except Zhao Ruru, would survive this deduction.

The reason is very simple, not only because the Zhao family always competes excessively with the research institute in terms of intelligence, but also because Ren Yi learned about Zhao Yijiao's experience.

He believed that if Zhao Mou had a temper, he would not let go of such a good opportunity, and if the Zhao family targeted him, he would not be arrogant.

After speaking, Ren Yi glanced at the other seven people.

Four from the Zhao family, three from the Luo family—one of the people from the Luo family was a disciple with a different surname.

But this time, he only temporarily obtained the clues for this deduction. He was a lone wolf who hitched a ride in order to make a deal with the Zhao family in a hurry.

They have different positions, but they maintain a peaceful appearance because of the social tacit understanding of adults.

Coupled with the fact that Zhao Mou and others will definitely be present - Ren Yi is not sure whether Yu Xing will come. In short, his anticipation for this deduction is getting stronger and stronger. (End of chapter)