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  In the depths of winter, Beijing was hit by a strong northwest wind. In Chaoyang, an ordinary siheyuan welcomed four unexpected guests - three men and one woman, of different ages, dressed casually, but all wearing a red badge with a portrait on their left chest.

  The owner Liao Yang, in his seventies, saw the four people and knew from their eyes that nothing good would happen next. However, he still forced himself to suppress the disgust in his heart and smiled to welcome them.

  Five people greeted each other with a familiar tone and hugged, looking like their relationship was extraordinary.

  At noon, Liao Yang prepared wine and food to entertain the four friends who came from afar. After three rounds of drinking, the woman spoke on behalf of everyone, getting straight to the point.

  "Liao Lao, I suppose you have already guessed our intention for coming here today?"

  Liao Yang smiled slightly and replied: "That's right! I knew you'd come sooner or later, and that the paper wouldn't be able to wrap up the fire."

  At this point, Liao Yang's face suddenly turned serious, and he continued to say: "However, I'd like to declare in advance that the incident at Pamir Snow Lotus Cave has nothing to do with me, Liao. If you insist on blaming your elders' death on me, I have nothing to say."

  At this time, one of the three men suddenly drank a cup of white wine, slammed the wine glass on the table, stood up and spoke loudly: "Liao Lao, you misunderstood our intention for coming here. Let me, Qi Hu, speak clearly, we came here for the Ghost Face Lantern, so please hurry up and bring it out!"

  Liao Yang smiled slightly and replied, "Ghost masks are inauspicious objects. I, an old man, have studied them for a long time but still can't decipher their secrets. What can you kids do?"

  Just then, another middle-aged man stood up and looked straight at Liao Yang: "Liao, let me say something. The ghost mask lantern should be a treasure shared by our seven families. You've monopolized it for so long and still can't figure out its secrets - that's your incompetence. Moreover, just because you can't see the secret doesn't mean we younger ones can't see it either."

  The implication of provocation was more obvious, and Liao Yang didn't continue to say anything, turned around and walked straight to the east-south corner wing of the small courtyard.

  Soon, Liao Yang hurried back to the room where they had spoken earlier, holding a delicate wooden box made of precious wood, and placed it steadily on the dinner table. He stepped back one meter and said: "I'll say something ugly first, if you don't make any progress within twenty minutes, I have to put the ghost mask lantern back in its original place. If anything unexpected happens during this time, I won't be responsible either. Alright, I'll go out and get some wine, you take care of yourselves."

  As soon as Liao Yang left, the four people at the dinner table rushed to open the wooden box. Inside, they found a mirror-like structure with a ball-shaped object in the center, its surface carved with various ghostly faces. Due to its lantern-like shape, it was named Ghost Face Lantern. However, this Ghost Face Lantern was actually an ancient Lu Ban lock, and what secrets it held within remained unknown for now.

  Soon after the wooden box was opened, a fragrance filled the room. The four people present didn't notice it, and all eight eyes stared straight at the Lu Ban lock.

  At this time, Xiang put on gloves and carefully took out the Rubik's Cube from the wooden box, placed it steadily on the table, then took out a magnifying glass to observe it carefully, occasionally exclaiming: "Good stuff, absolutely good stuff, absolutely worth a city."

  When she said that, Xiang stretched out her hand to touch those ghostly faces. As soon as her hand touched the Lu Ban lock, she suddenly jumped up from the ground and let out a loud shriek.

  This scene startled the three men around him, and they all retreated a few steps. One of them, who was bolder, shouted loudly: "Stop pretending to be mysterious, I don't have the patience to watch you play this game."

  As soon as the words fell, the woman turned around and rushed towards the man who was speaking. At this moment, everyone present saw her appearance clearly: a face as black as charcoal, completely milky white pupils, and her face was constantly twisting, as if being burned by a big fire, extremely terrifying.

  Among the three men present, Zhi Hu Wan Sheng dodged faster, while the slightly older man was caught red-handed by the woman and then wailed together with her.

  The two of them looked at each other from a distance, and then heard Wan Sheng say: "This is too weird, right? Big brother, what do you think we should do?"

  "It must be that old Liao guy who's been messing with the ghost lanterns. You stay here and keep watching, I'll go find that old scoundrel."

  As soon as he heard this, Wan Sheng grabbed Qi Hu's hand from behind and handcuffed them together with a pair of handcuffs. Only then did he say: "Don't think about running away, today's matter must be clarified, otherwise no one can leave."

  As they spoke, the men and women who had been struggling on the ground had lost all semblance of humanity, their bodies withered like dry corpses, devoid of any movement. After this terrifying scene, Qi Hu and Wan Sheng, still shaken, slowly regained their composure. Qi Hu trembled as he reached for a chopstick, intending to poke at the lifeless corpses on the ground. But as soon as the chopstick made contact with the two dry corpses, the bodies that had been devoid of any signs of life suddenly sprang back to life, pinning Qi Hu to the ground and tearing into him with their teeth.

  Hearing Zhi Hu's miserable cry, Wan Sheng's heart had already jumped to his throat. Just as he wanted to run, he found that his hand and Zhi Hu's handcuffs were linked together. In a state of panic, he hastily searched for the key, but all this was already too late.

  The house was quiet again, except for the mess on the floor and four dead bodies, everything else remained as it was.

  At this time, the door of the house was pushed open from outside, and then a man's sinister laughter came, soon after this man walked into the room, from his gait it could be seen that his left leg was slightly lame, he glanced at the Rubik's Cube on the table, casually knocked it to the ground, overturned the table, poured out all the wine in one go, then took out a match, pulled out one and rubbed out a spark, casually threw it, and the room instantly became a sea of flames.

  The man looked at the Luban lock in the corner again before leaving, shook his head and said: "Liao Lao Ye Zi, let's see what you can do this time!"