Chapter 1826: Chapter 1671: Escape Game 23

The man was changed into new clothes, made up and dressed up, then two villagers helped him into the bridal sedan, and all the villagers together knocked and banged as they led the man up the mountain towards the temple.

Soon the villagers brought the man to the temple, pushing him inside, and first led him to the side near the miniature well.

The village chief held a dagger, cut the man’s wrist, then put the man’s hand into the well, allowing the blood from the wrist to flow into the miniature well.

The man remained unresponsive from start to finish, allowing the village chief to bleed him, and when the wrist had no more blood, the village chief continued to make another cut, continuously squeezing the man’s arm.

Once the blood from this hand ran dry, they switched to the other hand and continued until the man’s entire body was drained of blood, and only then did the village chief stop.

The blood-drained man was supported by several villagers and placed in the secret chamber behind the temple, alongside all the ghost grooms.

Then the village chief led everyone quietly out of the temple and returned to Lao Mountain Village, marking the end of the wedding.

This wedding was dark, bloody, simple and brutal, and all the villagers were like evil ghosts, completely indifferent to life.

Once again, it went black before Shuangshuang’s eyes, but this time she was not nervous. Soon her sight returned, and indeed, she was still in the secret chamber behind the temple.

Everything Shuangshuang had just experienced was simply the experience of the ghost groom she was supporting before he died.

Shuangshuang reached out and lifted the sleeve of that ghost groom, as expected, she saw that the ghost groom’s wrist was covered with scars. Shuangshuang also checked the wrists of the other ghost grooms, and they all had their wrists cut.

Shuangshuang walked out of the secret chamber, Xiao Zhongjing was still nervously waiting at the temple entrance, and when he saw Shuangshuang come out, he hurried over to help close the door to the secret chamber.

"What was it like inside? Was there anything strange?"

Shuangshuang’s expression was grim: "A room with nothing in it, filled with ghost grooms caught by the villagers for sacrifice, a lot of them."

Xiao Zhongjing’s face went pale, even though he had anticipated something terrible might be in the secret chamber, he still hadn’t expected there would be so many ghost grooms.

Shuangshuang walked to the miniature well, picked up the small wooden bucket next to it, threw it into the well, pulled up a bucket of water, and brought it to the entrance of the temple to examine it carefully in the sunlight.

The water in the small wooden bucket was clear and bright, just like ordinary transparent water, without any smell of blood, completely unlike blood. Could there be a lot of water in the well, diluting the ghost groom’s blood?

Thinking this, Shuangshuang suddenly patted her head, realizing how silly she was, since the ghost groom had been dead for who knows how long, any smell of blood would have long dissipated.

"Miss Miao, it’s almost dusk, let’s hurry back, if we’re late the villagers might get suspicious."

Shuangshuang poured the water back into the well, and together with Xiao Zhongjing, left the temple and headed down the mountain. This time, Shuangshuang still took Xiao Zhongjing down the original path.

Furthermore, when going down the mountain, they deliberately took a detour, entering the village from the other side, trying not to let the villagers realize they had been up the mountain before.

On their way down, they passed a household that kept two big fat pigs, and Shuangshuang thought of the few pieces of cured meat hanging in Cao Laoer’s kitchen and the courtyard full of chickens.

When the host cooked, they were quite stingy, saying they would slaughter a chicken, and ended up just cooking one chicken, not even putting a piece of cured meat, aside from that plate of chicken, all the other dishes were vegetarian.

Shuangshuang, being someone who preferred meat over vegetables and didn’t much like chicken, duck, or fish, saw the fat pigs and directly knocked on the door, entering the house.

When they returned to Cao Laoer’s home in the evening, villagers carrying a slaughtered pig followed behind Shuangshuang. This pig Shuangshuang had bought for the high price of three thousand dollars.

Because Shuangshuang paid generously, the pig sellers helped with everything, from slaughtering to stripping the hair, even processing the organs, delivering a clean pig.

Seeing Shuangshuang bring back a big fat pig, Cao Laoer and his wife Jinhua’s eyes went wide.

Shuangshuang directed to have the pig laid down, and said to Cao Laoer: "Uncle, could you and aunt prepare a good meal with this pig, and for the meat we can’t finish, please help make it into cured meat, and when cooking, I hope Aunt can add more meat."

Just then, Lin Yu and Zhao Chu returned from outside, seeing Shuangshuang had brought back a large fat pig, Lin Yu immediately laughed: "You’re smart, Shuangshuang, I didn’t even think to buy a pig."

Zhao Chu circled around the pig, also quite excited: "Now we have pork to eat, this is great, there was too little meat at lunchtime, I felt bad taking any, now I can finally eat to my fill."

Afterwards, Zhao Chu turned to Jinhua, discussing how to cook with her. Jinhua was good in the kitchen, and naturally interested in cooking.

After only a few words with Zhao Chu, they started opening up to each other, immediately engaging in a lively conversation, exchanging recipes, and preparing dishes like candied pork knuckle, deep-fried pork intestines, and Dongpo pork.

Shuangshuang witnessed Zhao Chu’s social skills firsthand; he made close friends with just a few words, it was quite impressive.

Later, Chen Fei returned as well, and apart from Ye Fuyu who was still inside the house, the five of them all gathered, chatting idly in the courtyard with Cao Laoer.

Shuangshuang said to Cao Laoer: "Uncle, I’m a history major, and I’m interested in ancient or modern historical sites.

I see your Lao Mountain Village is isolated from the world and has existed for a while. Does your village have anything worthy of study, like temples or ancestral halls?"

Cao Laoer’s expression stiffened momentarily, then quickly smiled: "Our village doesn’t worship gods or Buddhas. Besides the green mountains and clear waters, there aren’t any historical sites around here, I’m afraid you’ll be disappointed."

Shuangshuang made an "oh" sound, took a sip of water, and did not continue questioning, it seemed the villagers aimed to keep the temple hidden, not wanting outsiders to know.

Indeed, who would want to let outsiders stumble upon such a terrifying place? It would be bad if someone discovered those ghost grooms and brought in the police.

Though Lao Mountain Village is remote, in today’s developed society, if the police wanted to come, it wouldn’t be a big deal, and a case involving so many lives would create a nationwide sensation if solved.

Jinhua was having trouble cooking for such a large group alone, so the few players, hoping to coax information, actively helped by picking and washing vegetables.

Jinhua squatted on the side, cleaning the pig intestines with soda water, while removing the fat from them, as unremoved fat in the intestines would make them extremely greasy when eaten.

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