Jian Yao and the three of them came to this century-old street according to the map on the light screen.
As soon as they walked to the entrance of the commercial street, the sense of history and modernity that hit them were mixed together, forming a beautiful and special scenery in Yucheng.
Most of the buildings here were built in the past, and while they have a sense of age, they also incorporate the modern feel of the shops.
The hotel they were going to stay in was located in a remote corner of this commercial street, consisting of several residential buildings connected together.
The first floor of one of the buildings is the hotel's shop, which contains some antique furniture.
A grandma who looked quite old was sitting on a rocking chair, blowing the cool breeze from the fan, resting with her eyes closed, as if all the disturbances in the outside world could not affect her.
Jian Yao's eyes lingered on Grandma's gray hair for a while, and then she walked into the shop.
The lucky cat placed at the door waved its hand and said "Welcome" in a mechanical voice.
"Madam boss." Jian Yao walked to her grandma and called.
Grandma seemed to simply close her eyes and rest for a while. There was no trace of sleepiness in her open eyes. She just sat up slightly from the rocking chair and responded to Jian Yao's words in a gentle tone: "What's wrong, A-mei? It's the room."
Any questions"
Jian Yao shook her head and showed a cute smile that all elders would like.
"Grandma, we are here to travel to Yucheng. I would like to ask if there are any unknown stories or things in Yucheng? For example, it is related to the heartless man..."
Jian Yao stared into Grandma's eyes. The look in Grandma's eyes was still gentle when she heard Jian Yao's first words, but when Jian Yao finished her last words, the look in her eyes became visibly panicked.
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Grandma waved her hands in a panic, and directly said that she did not want to talk about such topics, and asked Jian Yao and the others to leave quickly and stop asking these questions.
It seems that the issue mentioned by Jian Yao is a taboo among the older generation in Yucheng and cannot be spoken out easily.
After Wujiu saw Jian Yao's look towards him, he understood it in an instant. He immediately walked up to grandma and skillfully used his high charm attribute to act coquettishly.
So here comes the question! Can Granny resist Wu Jiu’s “attack” when faced with a high charm value?
Grandma looked into Wu Jiu's watery eyes, like those of a little puppy, and felt that her heart was so soft. It was as if she had seen her eldest grandson who had been busy working in another city, and the emotion of love and pity suddenly surged up.
Come up.
Jian Yao naturally saw the obvious change in the mood in grandma's eyes.
In the first round, grandma lost!
I saw grandma glance towards the street. Fortunately, this place is in a remote place. Except for people who want to stay in a hotel, no one else will take this road, so there is basically no one visible outside.
Grandma stretched out her hand to ask Jian Yao and the three of them to come closer, and then whispered a story that she didn't want to mention easily.
Decades ago, there was a beauty in Yucheng who was a top-notch opera singer. Whenever she performed, the seats would be packed, and it was difficult to buy a ticket for her no matter how rich you were.
But such a myth chose to retire after marrying her mysterious lover, switching from the stage that attracted much attention to a family life with a lot of firewood, rice, oil and salt.
No one knew whether she lived a happy life after marriage, but one day she suddenly learned from her mother that she had died due to dystocia, killing one and two.
But there was nothing that could be done about this kind of accident, so the people of Yucheng could only lament that "beautiful women have a bad fate."
Originally, this incident was going to become a somewhat regretful story in Yucheng City, and I never thought that in the first seven nights after her death, her mother and lover died tragically at home, and their neighbors only discovered that they were there the next day.
Bodies at home.
People who had seen the two of them die couldn't help but change their expressions. Although they prohibited those people from spreading the news, the people in Yucheng were talkative, and the uncles and aunts were very well-informed.
So within a day, most people in Yucheng knew that her mother would peel off human skins alive and hang them on the rafters, and her husband was found to have several silver needles in his stomach.
There were so many sharp silver needles that they could pierce the belly directly, and the needles exposed to the outside air were still stained with red blood.
The densely packed and disordered needles glowed strangely under the cold white light, making anyone who saw it feel chills in their hearts.
The tragic state of the corpse was obviously beyond the reach of ordinary people, so various rumors spread in Yucheng.
Some people said that vicious gangsters broke into their home, while others said that their daughter was too lonely down there, so she came back and brought her family downstairs to stay with her during the first seven days.
In short, there are various theories, but the most widely circulated one is the so-called evil ghost seeking his life.
But since then, several similar cases have occurred in succession. The people of Yucheng have been panicked for a while. They don't understand who did these cases, and they don't understand why they were targeted by the murderer. They are afraid that they will be targeted next.
They are the ones who are on top.
When they said this, a gust of cold wind mixed with chill blew in from the door of the store and got into their collars, as if someone was blowing air into their collars behind them.
Wu Jiu shuddered subconsciously, and Grandma's voice became smaller and smaller, as if she was afraid that what she said would be heard by some terrifying existence.
"However, these things only lasted for about a month, and were solved by the mages invited by Yucheng. Those things have not happened again in the following decades. It's just that after what we experienced back then, we all subconsciously
I will never mention this incident back then..."
Grandma picked up a cup of hot tea placed on the wooden table nearby and took a sip of tea to moisten her mouth, which was a little dry.
She looked at Wu Jiu with very loving eyes, and said earnestly: "I still remember that my parents used to scare us about this matter. The little boy who didn't obey would swallow silver needles and die alive, and the little girl who didn't obey would die of pain.
Being skinned alive..."
"But you don't have to be afraid. After all, this happened decades ago. What era is it now? It will definitely not happen again, but it is best not to tell this matter, for fear of attracting others.
Bad things…”
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After Jian Yao and the others said goodbye to their grandma, they each found the rooms corresponding to the stickers on their keys. They were all old rooms, but the beds looked quite clean.
They tidied up the room a little and then gathered in Jian Yao's room to discuss.
"It seems that the case we are investigating did not occur recently, but that similar cases occurred decades ago."
"Perhaps the truth of the case is related to the family murder case decades ago."