Mysterious journey

I don’t know how long it took, but the car slowly stopped.

"We're here." Mercury's voice came from the tower.

Garen slowly opened his eyes and looked out the window of the car. On the simple and beautiful hillside, the double-story buildings of Konu Town were looming and sparsely dotted. A gray bullock cart passed by the car. The driver of the bullock cart was a little boy. He looked curiously at the black car he was riding in.

"Are we here?" Garen stretched his waist.

"Yes, it's a few hours' drive. This is the town of Kenu. We have to walk a long mountain road to get to Yinsha Castle, but you can't drive on the road behind." Tali Mercury got out of the car and looked up at the sky . "The weather isn't very good either. It seems we have to get to Yinsha Castle as soon as possible."

Garen opened the door and got out of the car, looking up at the sky.

The sky was full of gloomy gray clouds, the wind was a bit strong, and there was a slight dampness.

"It's obviously noon, but the sky is still so dark. It seems like it's going to rain heavily today."

"Then let's get there before it rains." Bai Ying changed seats and sat in the driver's seat. "I'll register the car. You go find the carriage."

"no problem."

The three of them worked together and quickly found a carriage driver who was willing to go to Yinsha Castle now at double the fare.

They got on the carriage and hit the road again. After another two hours' drive, the three of them finally arrived at the hillside they had visited before.

Standing on the dark green lawn slope, overlooking the Yinsha Castle in the distance.

The castle is still surrounded by ashes. It and the surrounding soil are the color of gray-white ash after burning. It is also mixed with black carbon black ingredients. It looks like coffee powder mixed with milk powder.

The three-pointed castle was silent, eerily quiet. The only sound in the surrounding sky and woods was the rustle of the wind.

rumble

Rolling thunder came from the gloomy sky, from far to near, and then passed from the top of the three people's heads to farther behind.

"Wow. This is Yinsha Castle? The atmosphere is quite good." Bai Ying chuckled, not serious at all, but his eyes were secretly scanning the surrounding terrain.

"We have been living here for the past few days. Originally, two people from the police station stayed here, but I informed them that they evacuated yesterday. The scene where I sold you has almost not changed. It is exactly the same as when Siweika was injured. ." Tali Mercury said with a solemn expression, "Let's go, it's going to rain heavily."

He took the lead and walked down the slope, followed closely by Bai Ying.

Garen took a careful look at a second-floor window on the left side of the castle, where he was pushed down. Then followed closely.

The three of them walked on the dark green hillside, like three little ants crawling on the green carpet, extremely small.

There were no other people in the vast expanses of grass and woods around them. Only three people were slowly approaching the Yinsha Castle in the center.

Click! !

Blue lightning flashed across the sky, and a thunder exploded.

The three of them speeded up and walked into the castle fence, and soon arrived in front of the gate.

Mercury in the tower took out the key and opened the door. Bai Ying looked around at the surrounding environment and frowned slightly.

Garen, on the other hand, looked at the castle in front of him, with a faint shadow in his heart.

Last time he was inexplicably pushed down to the second floor. When he finally looked back, he couldn't see anyone, and he still heard the laughter. Now we come to this old castle again. The entire Yinsha Castle has therefore been shrouded in mystery.

"If you can, it's best to go to the last room and have a look." Garen had never been afraid of fear in his previous life, although now his skin was slightly covered in goosebumps and his scalp was numb. But instead it made him even more excited.

"The more I feel fear, the more I expose my inner weakness. Isn't this world much more interesting than the previous life?" He thought silently in his heart.

Squeak!

The door is open.

The three of them filed into the door, and then the mercury in the tower slowly closed.

The hall was dark, and Mercury in the Tower removed a torch from the wall, lit it, and held it in his hand as a lighting tool.

"Separately or together?"

"Together, it will be troublesome to disperse the people who encounter the golden ring." Bai Ying frowned.

"Indeed." Garen agreed.

"Then let's go and see the scene first, the room where Siweka found the medal." Tali Mercury suggested.

Neither Garen nor Bai Ying had any objections, and the three of them walked up the curved stairs to the second floor.

The crisp footsteps echoed throughout the castle, empty and permeable.

Soon, the three of them returned to the room where Garen was pushed.

With a click, the door was opened. A layer of white ash fell immediately above the door frame.

"It seems Kelly didn't live in this room last time. I thought you lived here." Tali Mercury smiled, "Why is there so much dust?"

He didn't go in, but squatted at the door and looked inside.

The room was full of dilapidated scenes.

The ground was covered with thick white dust. There was a big bed, a box, a stool, and nothing else.

In the dust on the ground in the middle, there is only a line of footprints, which looks relatively light.

"These are Siweka's footprints. It seems that he found the medal on the bed or on the box, then walked directly to the window for some reason and jumped out." Tali Mercury said solemnly. "I haven't let anyone touch this scene here at all."

Bai Ying nodded and followed to check the furnishings in the entire room.

Only Garen, when he opened the door, he felt his scalp numb and goosebumps all over his body.

He clearly remembered that he had entered this room at that time, and even the furnishings were exactly the same.

But now, it's only been a month or two since he last came here, and it's impossible for so much dust to accumulate! !

The point is, the big bed in the room is obviously where Tali Mercury came to live! ! The bed is definitely a new bed, a very clean new bed!

But now, the big bed looks like it hasn't been used for many years. The bed is yellow and full of dust and cobwebs.

"Tali, didn't you stay in this room when you came here with me last time?"

He squatted down and his voice was dry.

"How is that possible?" Mercury in the Tower glanced at Garen in confusion, "Only Siweka has been in this room. The ash on the ground will take at least many years to accumulate."

Garen recalled the scene when he came in last time, and an uncontrollable strange feeling suddenly surged into his heart.

"So, which room was the room I entered last time?" He was a little confused. "Could it be that the tower deliberately spread ashes to disguise it?"

He carefully inspected the situation inside the room. Stand at the door and look in.

Everything inside was the same as the last time he saw it, except that it looked dusty and worn out.

"What now?" he asked in a low voice. But he didn't tell me what happened last time.

"Let's clean up. We'll stay in the two rooms next door. I want to see what's weird about this Yinsha Castle." Tali Mercury said without fear.

"How to allocate it?" Bai Ying glanced at Garen, "How about the three of us share a room and just move a bed. Otherwise, I can't guarantee the safety of both of you."

Garen was silent for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "I don't need it. I'll sleep in a room by myself. You two sleep together. It's convenient for you, Bai Ying, to protect the tower. Don't forget that I'm not an ordinary person without the ability to resist." ." He showed a smile.

"That's fine, this time I want to see the truth about the bad luck of the doomed antique!" Tali Mercury nodded.

Click! !

Another bolt of lightning flashed, making the faces of the three people pale, and the rumble of thunder continued.

Pah. Pah pah pah..

Big drops of rain hit the windows of the castle, and soon turned into a dense and large knocking sound, which was continuous and crisp.

"who!!"

Tali Mercury's eyes suddenly froze, and he suddenly pulled out his pistol and pointed it at Galen's back. The two stood facing each other, with Mercury's pistol in the tower pointed at Garen's back in the corridor far away.

Bai Ying frowned. He didn't feel anyone behind him. He was facing the tower like Garen. He looked back behind him and wondered.

"What's wrong? I didn't feel anyone behind me."

Garen also looked back at the corridor, but it was empty.

"No, I saw a dark shadow flashing past the end of the corridor. He was obviously spying on us just now!" Tali said sternly, "If it weren't for the metal wall lamp on the right side of the corridor, I wouldn't have been able to spot that person's shadow."

"So you saw someone moving from the reflection of that wall lamp?" Bai Ying thoughtfully looked at the wall lamp pointed in the tower.

It was a brass wall lamp. The strange thing was that the brass base was still shiny and had no patina.

"Yes. Let's stay in the same room, it's safer." Tali whispered.

"I have no objection." Garen nodded, looking at the Bronze Cross medal around Tali's neck, a trace of solemnity flashed in his eyes.

"Maybe the people from Jinhuan think we need to be a little more vigilant and see what tricks they are playing!" Baiying said coldly.

The three of them moved two single beds and stuffed them into a room next door. Then they cleaned a little, and they were able to sleep with their clothes shared.

Garen knew that neither Tali Mercury nor Bai Ying believed in the antiques of misfortune. After all, as long as they had the information, everything he said before could actually be disguised. Instead, they believe that these so-called antiques of bad luck are probably man-made disasters.

But he didn't know for sure, this Yinsha Castle was indeed a little weird.

"This time it's not me who carries the Bronze Cross, but Tali. From another angle, I want to see what happens to the owner who carries the medal!" Garen kept secretly paying attention to Tali's mercury while moving the bed.

boom!

A muffled sound suddenly came from outside the room, as if the wind was blowing the window and hitting the window lattice.

The three of them were sitting on the bed and stools respectively. Neither of them made a sound, just quietly listening to what was going on outside.

The sound of rain became louder and louder, as if you were pouring water down with a gourd. The whining sound of the wind came from other parts of the castle, like a ghost's cry.