Horrible elevator

On this day, Julia met an old man named Sabash at a club. When the old man learned in the conversation that the forty-five-year-old Julia was still an old maid, he told him bluntly that he was a prince of a certain country, that he had not yet married, and that he wanted to marry Julia if he wanted to.

That said, Julia could be a princess.

Julia knew that she did not have much education, and she was not in touch with Sabash, and their marriage was definitely not a love union, to put it bluntly, Sabash was looking for her virgin body, and she was looking at his wealth, each with its own needs.

The two agreed and married lightning.

But Julia never expected that after only three months of marriage, Sabash fell ill and died.

Before she could lose her breath, Sabash handed Julia a key and told her that, according to their custom, Julia would have to live in the mansion used as a mausoleum for a month. In return, she will receive a rare ruby, hidden in a very secret place in the mansion, which requires a lot of brains to find.

Rubies are so wonderful, they must be glorious to wear around your neck! Julia swept away the frustration of marriage and began to think about it.

One afternoon a few days later, Julia drove alone to the mansion.

The mansion was built in a remote place, and when Julia arrived there, it was late afternoon, and To Julia parked her car in the private driveway and took the key to the mansion from her handbag.

At the moment of pushing the door, Julia suddenly felt an unspeakable panic in her heart, and she hoped that Sabash's original servant would remain inside.

Julia settled, opened the door, and hesitantly entered the main hall. Sabash once lived here for a while, and it is said that he liked the mansion very much, so there are still many traces of Sabash here, but perhaps because of its long-term popularity, the tapestries, furniture, etc. here have emitted a musty smell.

Julia took a step or two inside, and suddenly a chill came from nowhere, and she couldn't help but shiver. The hall was so cold that the old house imprisoned winter in its stone, and the cold air seemed to seep out of the cracks in the stone, grabbing everyone who walked in with its invisible claws.

Julia had just stepped inside the door and stood there when darkness began to descend, and shadows crawled out of every corner, constantly expanding their realm until they occupied the entire mansion. Julia rolled her eyes, saw the light switch, and immediately went over to the switch, and the shadows began to dissipate one by one.

"Hey," she shouted inward, "is there anyone inside?" The voice went down the stairs in front of him, but no one responded.

Somehow, Julia got impulsive, and she decided to go on a carpet search that night to find the ruby as soon as possible. She thought to herself that once she found the ruby, she wasn't ready to stay in this ghost place for a month.

She started on the ground floor and searched from room to room.

There was a library full of hardcover books, probably not read since they were bought, and a thin layer of dust had been covered. She thought that the ruby was unlikely to be hidden in the study, so she went to another room, where the net was a few harnesses, the walls were pictures, and a pair of polo clubs hung crossed on the fireplace, emitting a faint smell of saddles.....

The bottom floor has been searched almost, but there is no trace of ruby. Julia was ready to go upstairs to have a look.

The first room upstairs is a nursery with a lot of luxury toys and a picture of a little boy on the table, and Julia can see at a glance that this little boy is Sabash. She picked up the photo and wanted to take a closer look, but a piece of paper fell from behind the photo with the words: Heat. You feel hot, my dear.

hot? What does that mean? She remembered that it was Sabash giving her clues, hinting at the location of her ruby.

She began to search the drawer of the cabinet where the pictures were kept, but found nothing. It was only on the back of another photo that she saw another note, what was hot and hot, and the content was almost the same. Gradually, she seemed to understand that photographs or anything related to The Sabash image might reveal the secrets of ruby.

Over the next hour, she searched most of the mansion, specifically looking for messages behind paintings and photographs, and to her dismay, she still couldn't guess the location of the treasure in terms of content, which was basically the same, always saying that she was hot, or that she was hotter.

Finally, she came to a living room and saw a portrait of the same size as Sabash, and Julia couldn't help but feel a burst of excitement in her heart: Yes, the ruby must be here!

She fumbled with her hand around the edge of the frame, and sure enough, she found a button. Pressing the button and listening only to the sound of "squeaking", the portrait moved to the side, and an elevator appeared in the empty space.

What are elevators used for?

Julia racked her brains and thought. Yes, the cellar can be reached by elevator, and ah, the ruby is hidden in the cellar below! Thinking of this, Julia lit a cigarette with her trembling hand, trying to stabilize her mind, but her heart was still "throbbing", and the lighter almost burned her fingers.

Julia rubbed her eyes and took a step closer to the portrait, when she saw a strange look in Sabash's eyes and instinctively took a step back.

What's next? She turned her head again to look at the elevator that had been opened. The elevator looked like a special product, lined with silk, it looked graceful and luxurious, it was strange to say, this elevator was like a magnetic force for her, and unconsciously, she actually stepped into it.

Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she found that the ruby was actually in front of her, embedded in the button of the elevator.

She reached for the ruby, and just then the elevator slowly closed the door, followed by a bang, and the elevator started and went down.

Julia panicked, afraid that the elevator would fall all the way down.

However, the elevator did not fall to the end, but fell rhythmically one level at a time. Bang, the elevator seemed to have hit the bottom, and the stone in Julia's heart had fallen to the ground, and she felt that she had just been too nervous, and she wiped the cold sweat that came out of her forehead.

Just then, from deep underground came a few "click, click, click, click, click" sounds, followed by a dull roar. Julia's heart, which she had just let go, brought up her throat again: What's going on?

Meanwhile, in the loudspeaker above her head, there was a seemingly ominous music that she had heard at Sabash's funeral the other day.

At this moment, she suddenly found that the sound of the music was accompanying her down the elevator.

What's going on here?

The cold sweat on Julia's head "ticked" and fell straight down. At this time, the air inside the elevator was getting hotter and hotter, and every minute and second was filled with unspeakable fear, and Julia pressed the button hard to make the elevator stop falling.

"You're hotter, honey!" At this time, sabash's strange voice came from the loudspeaker.

The elevator was still descending, and Julia's throat seemed to be choked, getting hotter and hotter and hotter and hotter and hot

It wasn't until the last moment that Julia finally woke up: Sabash was a prince, and according to their ancient custom, when the prince died, he would burn the princess alive on the firewood.

That is, the elevator was sending Julia into a furnace, and as she started the elevator, the stove was also lit at the same time.

Ah, got it! What an elevator, it's actually a specially made living coffin!

At this moment, Julia's heart was full of remorse, fear, anger and helplessness, "Sabash," she screamed, "you—"

The temperature inside the furnace was enough to melt the ruby, engulfing Julia's last voice.....

(Compiled by Li Hua)

(Caption: Arrow)