"The nearest person was the owner of Yinsha Castle thirty years ago. We don't know exactly which antique of bad luck it is. This time, we went there specifically to check out the specific situation and see if we could find out the hidden antique of bad luck."
Tari Mercury added.
Garen nodded.
He does know that the so-called antique of doom is most likely the Bronze Cross Medal he carries with him. Although the medal currently provides very little potential, with only a slight improvement in a week, it is better than no improvement at all, and is better than nothing.
Garen was also very curious as to why potential antiques could provide potential and why they were called doomed antiques. So it was also based on this idea that he agreed to Tali Mercury's invitation and went to Yinsha Castle together.
The carriage drove from noon to the afternoon, and the orange-red sun had already sunk halfway below the horizon. It finally stopped at the top of a yellow-green slope. Below the slope was a continuous green grove.
The four of them got off the carriage and stood at the top of the slope looking forward.
In the distance of the continuous dark green woods, on the same higher sloping hill, a gray-white dilapidated castle is clearly visible.
The castle looked like it had been burned by fire, with gray and black traces of smoke everywhere. There were no traces of green plants.
The exterior of the castle, the lawn surrounded by railings, and some surrounding small trees were all gray and black, as if they had just been hit by a fire not long ago.
The entire castle has three points, forming a mountain shape. The surface is densely covered with square cross windows. Looking from a distance, it is dark inside the windows and nothing can be seen clearly.
"This is Yinsha Castle. It is said that there was a fire thirty years ago, and the subsequent owner had no money to repair it, so it became what it is now. Unfortunately, it was still a famous garden castle in the records. Yinsha means
The surface seems to be covered with a layer of silver gauze, which is beautiful and dreamy, hence the name."
Mercury in the tower pointed at the castle and sighed.
Grace wondered on the side: "Isn't that right? Mr. Tali, there was a fire thirty years ago. Why is the castle still so gray and black now? How is it possible that not even a little bit of green plants have grown?"
Miss Silan took over. "No one knows this. Some people speculate that the ashes cover the growth of surrounding plants. Others speculate that there are no plants on the land itself that can grow. There are even a few weird rumors, but
None of them are credible.”
"Have you asked the people around here?" Grace frowned.
"There is no human habitation within a thirty-mile radius around the castle. The surrounding terrain is relatively complex and not suitable for growing crops, so you have to walk a long way to get to the nearest farms, small towns and villages."
Garen touched the fake beard on his chin.
"In other words, we may have to rest here all night? Is it okay to eat and drink?"
Tali Mercury nodded.
"No problem, Si Lan and I have been resting here for many days. Apart from the inconvenience of going out to communicate with people, the environment here is still very good and suitable for self-cultivation. Okay, let's continue walking and look at the distance from here.
, we actually have to walk a long distance, at least half an hour’s walk to get to the castle.”
"What about the carriage?"
"Bundle them here, and someone will pick them up later. I have made all arrangements. It's just that we can take a carriage when we come here, but if we go out, we can only walk. It takes more than four hours to walk from here to the nearest town of Konu.
"We can't get there before," Tali Mercury explained. "So we have to make plans to stay here for a few days."
"This is not bad, it is equivalent to a vacation. Grace, you go back to the city and inform me." Garen lowered his voice, "Just say that I am visiting a friend's house, so don't worry at home. I will go back in a few days."
Grace knew what he meant, and he asked her to help hide it. After all, Garen was only a high school student, and running too far would make people worried.
"Then why don't I just drive back and get the carriage back to town?"
"That's fine." Tali Mercury nodded in agreement.
The three of them watched Grace driving the car back, until it gradually disappeared around the curve of the driveway, and then they came back to their senses.
"Let's go, it's getting late. If you arrive early, you can have a good night's rest." Tali Mercury held a long black bag in his hand, "I brought a shotgun. I can hunt some game around then.
barbecue!"
"That's really good! You're so thoughtful." Garen also laughed.
Silan smiled and picked up the red bag in her hand. "I also brought some spices and tea leaves and coffee beans. There is a small river nearby where you can get water to make tea and coffee."
"Badly ground coffee is not a good thing."
"I have a secret weapon! Haha..." Silan smiled mysteriously. "Mr. Kelly rarely goes out for picnics, right? Unlike us, sometimes we chase criminals into deep mountains and forests, and we have to learn these preparations."
"That's true." Garen shrugged, "I just brought some emergency tools and a set of casual clothes. I also brought some seasonings and other things, but I'm not as thoughtful as the two of you."
"Okay, let's go. Go to the castle early to tidy up the room. Here we will use the oil lamps we brought earlier." Mercury in the tower looked at the sun that had completely set and whispered. "Otherwise it will be too late.
It’s inconvenient.”
"That's right."
The three of them walked quickly along the slope to Yinsha Castle.
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Walking into the iron gate of the castle, the ground is a strange color of black gray mixed with white powder. It seems like a road paved with ashes after a fire.
There is a triangular cone lighting fire platform on the left and right sides. It is built with a black metal frame, with a brazier on top. I don’t know what kind of metal it is. The fire platform is connected to a black fence, dividing the castle and the woods outside into two sides, like a
Two worlds.
Outside are dark green dense trees, and inside the fence is a scene like a fire burning through it. The lawn inside the castle shows a pale yellow color, and a few large black trees that are about to die give people a sense of lifeless silence.
The three of them walked into the gate carrying their things and walked along the straight road paved with black and gray until they reached the gate of the castle.
The door is an arched wood-clad iron door, dark in color, with a pale circle in the center, and inside the circle is a wide keyhole.
Tali Mercury took out a brass key and inserted it, turned it several times, and then pushed the door hard.
With a bang, the door opened inward, revealing the empty hall inside.
Garen followed Silan into the hall and looked around. There was nothing in the entire hall, no furniture, no decorations, no carpets. Even the wall lamp holders on the wall had been taken off and sold. The whole hall was gray and black.
.
The skylight directly opposite the door slanted down a beam of reddish sunlight, which was projected on the black ground, making the entire hall even more empty and silent.
"Let's book your bedroom first." Tali Mercury closed the door and hung the key back on his waist. "You pick a room to rest in. Then we have to prepare dinner ourselves."
"It's quite novel to have a picnic in the castle yourself. Haha."
Under the leadership of Silan, Garen chose a room on the right side of the castle as a bedroom, arranged the iron bed inside, and put in a spare bed before sleeping.
After hurriedly finishing dinner, it became completely dark. There was not enough kerosene in the castle to light it for a long time, so the three of them agreed to rest early and get up the next day to explore the entire castle.
Entered the room, sat on the bed and rested for a while.
The room was extremely quiet. There was a rectangular door-like floor-to-ceiling window on the side. The ground was covered with light red hexagonal stone tiles, densely packed into a flat floor. There was nothing else in the room except a big bed. There was nothing else around the big bed.
There are also iron frames for putting up mosquito nets.
Galen sat on the bed and didn't dare to move much. If he moved even a little bit, the rust on the iron frame might fall off.
The kerosene lamp beside the bed was placed on a makeshift stool, emitting a pale yellow flickering light.
Garen walked to the window wearing only his underwear and looked down. There was darkness outside the window.
On the gray-black lawn at night, not a single figure could be seen, and looking toward the mountains in the distance, there was no human habitation. No sound came from the entire castle. Mercury and Silan in the tower went to bed early in two rooms.
.
It seemed like there was only one room in the whole castle with people and light.
Garen opened the window, and the cool air outside suddenly rushed in, and the faint sound of an owl could be heard in the distance. The hazy moonlight shone down, and he could only barely see the scenery outside.
"It's better to go to bed early. Let's see what clues Tali Mercury finds here tomorrow. This guy might have figured out that I put on makeup. Let's not talk about my brain, but my observation ability is not that strong."
After practicing boxing in the room, Garen slowly stopped, closed most of the windows, and lay down on the bed to rest.
I don't know how long it took.
Garen turned over and was in a daze, when suddenly the door of the room opened with a creak, as if someone pushed it open quietly from the outside.
He was suddenly startled. He sat up and looked towards the door. The door was ajar. He couldn't see outside and there was no movement at all.
He stood up and walked over, closing the door gently.
"Maybe it was blown open by the wind." He guessed.
I returned to bed and fell asleep again, when suddenly there was another soft sound.
squeak...
The door opened again.
Garen sat up suddenly, unconsciously grabbing the table lamp beside the bed, and stared at the half-open door.
Still can't see anything.
"Who's kidding me?" he asked, raising his voice. "Tari?"
The sound spread into the corridor outside the door, echoing in the empty space.
No one answered. There was silence outside the door.
Garen walked out of bed, put on his slippers, carefully carried the lamp to the door, closed the door gently, then locked it, hung up the chain, and bolted the door.
Snap.
As the last bolt was inserted, the door was completely locked.
Garen took a long breath and turned back to the bed. He did not sleep, but sat on the bed and listened vigilantly to the sounds and movements around him.
Suddenly, there was a sound of fiddling with the keyhole coming from outside the door.
Garen stood up suddenly, rushed to the door and opened it suddenly, and the sound suddenly stopped.
It was empty outside the door, there was nothing.
Suddenly he was slightly startled.
"Didn't I lock the door?" He looked back at the door latch and was suddenly startled.
"I obviously locked the door and inserted a few bolts!!??" He clearly remembered that he just opened the door and it opened directly!
"What's going on!!?" "What's going on!!?"
He slammed the door shut, and stepped back with numbness, his feet hit the bed, and he sat down on it.
"If I find out who is playing a prank on me! You will be dead!!" He shouted loudly.