Compared with the previous villages, Hongshui Town can indeed be called prosperous.
Although there is no city wall, the town's borders are fenced and there are militiamen on guard duty.
The houses in the town are built along the streets, and they are continuous all the way down. You can vaguely see a mansion located in the center of the town, which is very conspicuous.
The sky had not yet broken, and was in the darkest stage before dawn. There was no one on the street, and the militiamen on guard were all yawning.
"It's finally here."
Drizzt breathed a sigh of relief, at least they should be able to attend the wedding smoothly.
Just when he was relaxing, Drizzt's eyes caught what seemed to be a person standing under a tree not far to his left.
The man was wearing red clothes, with black hair, a pale face, but his lips were redder than the clothes.
"Hello..."
Drizzt patted Lu Trip's shoulder, but in the blink of an eye, the man in red disappeared.
"Did you see anyone under the tree just now?"
He put down the bowl and asked.
"Well, indeed."
Lu Tan also saw the person in red, and he could clearly see that the person was still a woman.
"The woman in the red wedding dress, is this the bride?"
He was a little confused.
According to the mission description, the son of the Hai family is getting married and the bride is an outsider, so the groom should be the one with the problem.
Now, if the bride appears suddenly, something is wrong.
He withdrew his gaze and glanced around again.
At this time, Lu Tiao discovered that inside the carriage, sitting on the bench facing him, was a woman.
The woman in red, with a red hijab covering her face, was sitting there in an elegant posture.
Her skin was extremely pale and her fingernails were blackened. Moreover, Lu Jian could smell a salty and wet smell. The woman's skin seemed to be wrinkled and wet.
Lu Tiao immediately turned around and raised the crowbar in his hand.
"What's wrong?"
Drizzt also turned his head, but saw that there was nothing in the car.
Lu Tan frowned, walked into the car, and came to the place where the woman had been sitting just now.
My hands were cold when I put them on the chair. Not only was there no temperature, it was even colder than the night wind outside.
On the ground, Lu Jian saw some water stains.
Lu Tian touched a little bit with his hand and sniffed it.
"It's sea water."
They had been in the carriage just now. There must have been no one else in the carriage, so there was no way there was sea water.
"This town doesn't look very welcoming to us."
After listening to Lu Tan's story, Drizzt's face became a little solemn.
"I have encountered more monsters before, which can be solved with a gun. It is a bit troublesome to encounter such ghosts."
Perhaps due to the privilege of the Quiet Place, they entered the town without much obstruction, although the eyes of the militiamen were the same as the people in the village before, full of suspicion, resistance, and wariness.
After parking the carriage and holding the lantern, Lu Jian and Drizzt walked along the quiet street towards the largest mansion in the town.
Almost all the houses had no lights, and only the moonlight illuminated the streets.
Lu Tiao caught a glimpse of a rat in the alley and made a squeaking sound.
Suddenly, he stopped.
"What's wrong?"
Drizzt was startled and stopped too.
"listen."
Lu Jian put his hands next to his ears and listened carefully.
Drizzt also calmed down and pricked up his ears.
He heard a certain melody echoing in the air.
Within that melody, there was also a low murmur.
"...waiting for you...when will you return...on a good day..."
Weeping and complaining, like the cries of a resentful woman in her boudoir.
"Where is this sound?"
Drizzt felt his hair standing on end and goosebumps all over his body. He looked around, but there was no light at all.
No.
In that deep darkness, there were only two red lights.
Drizzt saw two bright red lanterns hanging at the door of the imposing mansion ahead of the road.
The light of the lantern flickered in the night, falling bright red on the ground.
The singing seemed to be coming from the courtyard.
"...Guanren, don't leave..."
A crisp whisper, accompanied by a chill on the back of his neck, made Drizzt suddenly turn his head.
He saw that the woman covered with a red hijab was very close at hand.
The lower half of the face under the hijab is soft to the bone, but frighteningly white, and the red lips are particularly eye-catching.
It was only then that Drizzt discovered that the woman's clothes were actually made of paper!
This strange scene caught Drizzt's attention for a moment, causing him to think for a while.
Swish——
Before she could react, a crowbar swept across the bride's body, but as soon as the crowbar touched her, the woman in red disappeared.
"careful."
Lu Tan reminded.
"Is the singing just now the strange sound in the Caspian family mansion described in the mission? What does it have to do with the bride? Her clothes are made of paper, why?"
Drizzt was puzzled.
The faint singing lingered in my ears, which was creepy, but perhaps because of the crowbar that was in awe of Lu Jian, the woman in the red wedding dress did not appear again.
The two came to the entrance of the Hai family mansion.
The mansion was indeed majestic and magnificent, but whether it was the pillars with some mottled and peeling paint, the door plaque covered with messy vegetation like seaweed, or the door with some unknown scratches, they all told them that this was no ordinary wealthy family.
But after waiting for a while, no one came out to open the door for them.
"Do we still have to find a way to get in by ourselves?"
Drizzt touched his chin, shook off the ashes from the burnt pipe, and put it away in his coat pocket.
"I'm familiar with this. When we get married and have a flowing banquet in the countryside, we can just sneak in and eat."
Lu Tan patted his chest.
"?"
A question mark appeared over Drizzt's head.
"Both of you."
At this time, a faint whisper came from behind the two people.
Lu Tiao subconsciously swung the crowbar, but missed it.
They saw a short man standing nearly one meter behind the two people.
The man was wearing well-made silk clothes, which was completely different from the shriveled villagers.
However, this man's face was heavily powdered, making him look too fair and even sickly, which was in stark contrast to his black clothes. His lips looked like they were smeared with lipstick, and were too bright.
In Lu Jian's words, this person is more like a dead person than a living person.
"!"
Drizzt looked at him warily, this man gave him a rather bad feeling.
"You are here to attend the wedding, please come with me. Our master has arranged another place for you two to stay."
The man's voice was as calm as ever, like an unchanging tombstone.
"good."
Lu Tan and Drizzt looked at each other and followed the man's footsteps.
They came to a three-story inn-like building next to the mansion. In the dim light, the innkeeper received the two of them with a numb expression and gave them the keys to the two rooms on the third floor.
Drizzt walked into his room and checked it first, but found no major problems.
He took off his coat and was about to take a rest when there was a knock on the door.
"It's me."
Lu Tan's voice came from outside.
Drizzt opened the door and saw Lu Tan holding a quilt in his hands.
"Let's sleep together tonight."
He said very seriously.
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