Chapter 7: The Castle

Judging from the style of the castle and the address where it was built, it is clear that this is a European-style fortified castle, not a church as mentioned by Nalola, and should have been used for church purposes later.

From the analysis of Kenya's history, it is likely that this is a castle built by previous British colonists, and it is clear that this should be the colony of some British nobleman, considering that Narola said that it was once the domain of a baron.

From the outside, the ancient city wall made of white stone slabs is about a thousand meters long, and you can also see the kind of surveillance towers on it, and the height of the ancient wall is about 15 meters, which looks like an ancient city.

Moreover, Xu Wenjie also noticed that there were many holes on the ancient city wall, which should be the holes left by the people inside to attack the enemy outside.

The castle is built right inside the mountain as if it were embedded in a mountain, with a wall in front of it and the other three sides completely blocked by the mountain. In front of it is a river five or six meters wide, the water is not too deep, and fish can be seen swimming in it.

On top of the river, a stone arch bridge has been erected, which is already overgrown with weeds, and looks very old-fashioned. However, Xu Wenjie knew from Narola that the bridge had not been built for a long time, as if it had been built by the old man before his maternal uncle after 1960.

"Then Lorla, such an ancient castle has been abandoned, doesn't anyone come to live here?"

Narola shook her head and said, "Look around, it takes us two or three hours to drive here, except for those rich people, who will come to live here." Ever since it was abandoned by your grandfather, I wouldn't have known there was an ancient castle if he hadn't brought me here once. ”

Xu Wenjie was speechless, if this is in China, let alone abandoned, there are many people vying to buy such an ancient castle. Not to mention anything else, if this is a tourism development or something, it will definitely be popular.

It's a pity that Kenya is a sparsely populated country, coupled with the chaotic population, there are too many dangers, and few people come here to travel.

"Let's go, go in and have a look, I remember the last time I came, it was more than ten years ago, and most of the things in it were left behind."

Walking across the stone arch bridge, Xu Wenjie found that the castle did not have a gate, and all the stone roads inside were paved, but they were already occupied by weeds.

There were also a few huge trees inside, Xu Wenjie didn't notice what kind of tree it was, but followed Narola and walked towards the ancient castle like a palace in front of him.

After walking through an arched door, Xu Wenjie felt his eyes light up, and a large number of arched corridors appeared in front of him. He thought that such an ancient castle should be very eerie, but he did not expect that there were many mirrors inside, and these mirrors reflected the sunlight into the corridor, making the corridor look a little golden.

Narola picked up the branch she had just cut from the outside and began to remove the cobwebs from the inside.

Xu Wenjie followed behind, taking Simba, curiously looking at the murals on the walls in the corridor, he found that this ancient castle really gave him a lot of surprises.

If nothing else, the frescoes on this wall look like a product of a long time ago, and it is likely that they were carved here when this ancient castle was built.

As soon as I came out of the hallway, there was a small built-in yard, which was already overgrown with all kinds of weeds, as well as some plants and flowers that might have been planted by the people who lived here before.

In front of the small courtyard, which is the main body of the castle and where the owner of the castle lived, is a typical European castle building, with round minarets, a large number of windows, and cylindrical houses on both sides.

Moreover, the main building was not built on flat ground, but on a hill, and there is a three-meter-wide stone path from the small courtyard to there. On both sides of the stone path, a large number of animals are also carved.

Xu Wenjie looked at it and found that they were all relatively common animals on the grassland, Simba also ran to a stone lion curiously, patted it with its paws, and ran back depressed after finding that it was a stone.

"Outside this gate, it used to be for those who worked inside the castle, and the house above the courtyard was where the relatives of the owner of the castle lived. Let's go up and see the situation first. ”

Xu Wenjie followed behind Na Luola, looking at everything around him with some curiosity, this kind of ancient castle was the first time he had really seen it. It used to be seen in European vampire movies.

What the two didn't expect was that the wooden gate was still fine, and the lock on it was still locked, which showed that the castle had not been patronized, which made Xu Wenjie's heart start to burn.

If he could find some antiquities in this castle, he would be able to solve the problem of lack of funds.

Moreover, if you want to live here, you will definitely have to repair the castle, which will require money. Coupled with the decoration of this place in the later stage, the little money he has left in his hand now is definitely not enough.

If the grassland is developed, Xu Wenjie finds that he is very poor, and it seems that he wants to develop such a large piece of grassland, which is not what he thinks at all.

"Click."

The lock on the door was smashed by Nalola, and then he slowly pushed the door open, and a musty smell came to his face. Although they had been prepared, the two of them were still very uncomfortable by the smell.

Simba, however, ran away from the door the moment he smelled the smell.

The two of them waited outside for more than ten minutes, and Xu Wenjie took advantage of this time to turn around and found that the environment here was quite good. If you live in such a place in China and marry a beautiful daughter-in-law, what a thing it is to enjoy.

It's a pity that this is Africa, or on the uninhabited savannah, maybe for those who have money to spend their vacations, so that some people will want to live here.

"Alright, you can go in. Be careful, though, there may be some poisonous snakes or something. ”

Xu Wenjie nodded, but he was not worried about these problems, if there were animals, Simba would remind him as soon as possible. The contract between Simba and him is not a joke, and animals have a much stronger sense of danger than people, especially the reinforced Simba.

When I walked in the door, I found that there was a living room inside, and all the things in the living room were covered with a white cloth, and a thick layer of ash had accumulated on the cloth.

The whole house seems to have been sealed in dust for decades, and on the inner wall of the hall, a huge pendulum clock is still swinging slowly, which makes Xu Wenjie feel magical, judging from the situation of the ancient castle, no one has been here for more than ten years.

The two of them slowly pulled them open, and found that the bottom of the cloth was covered with some chairs, and some tea sets on the seats.

If Xu Wenjie was still hesitant to come here before entering the door, when he saw that these things in the house were intact, he had already made up his mind to live here.

Although it is far away from the city and in the depths of the grassland, it will undoubtedly be of great help to his future development.

Na Laura was also a little surprised, he didn't expect the things here to be so well preserved, "Wen Jie, it seems that your luck is good, these should have been packed up by your grandfather when he left." Since the old man's death, he dismissed the servants in the castle. I thought that someone would come and steal the things inside, but I didn't expect everything to be kept here. ”

Xu Wenjie also nodded, he also felt very lucky, he didn't have much hope here, it would be good to be able to live here, but the current situation was beyond his expectations.

If everything in the castle was well preserved, the castle would be worth much more than he expected. And in his heart, the hope of finding the treasure is even greater.

"Na Lola, do you think there will be some famous paintings or valuable antiques left here?"

"Don't think about those things, your grandfather once asked the auction house to come here to value the castle in order to save the animals on the grassland. It can be said that all the valuable things were sold at that time. ”

fainted, hearing this, Xu Wenjie's mood instantly dropped to freezing, he thought that it was so well preserved here that he could find something valuable. Now it seems that he is completely thinking too much.

"I'm still thinking about finding some treasures here and selling them for some money to build my grassland pasture, which seems to be too much."

"Treasure, there is really a legend of a treasure here, I heard that before the old man inherited this place, it was owned by a very wealthy British colonist. Later, the colonist seemed to have committed some crime and was hanged. But a small part of the colonist's property was not found. Some say that the property was hidden inside the castle, but the British colonial army at the time conducted a carpet search of the place and found nothing. Maybe you'll be lucky enough to find the possible treasure. ”

Of course, Xu Wenjie heard that Na Laura was just playing a good-natured joke with him, and if he really wanted a treasure, it was impossible for him to find it.

The two began to check inside the castle, and to Xu Wenjie's delight, he saw the old-fashioned generator, indicating that there was a wiring layout in it. I just don't know, those lines have gone through more than ten years, and they still don't work.

Moreover, the water used in the castle is actually spring water drawn down from the mountain, which made Xu Wenjie a little ecstatic. The design of the whole castle can be said to be very perfect, there are sewers, there is mountain spring water from the mountain, and all kinds of furniture are very complete, only some furniture made of inferior wood is damaged.

Xu Wenjie found that these damaged furniture seemed to have been added later, and those with exquisite carvings, although they were very old, were definitely very valuable.

I don't know why my grandfather didn't sell these old furniture at that time, maybe because these furniture were used by the old man, and my grandfather couldn't bear it!

In the afternoon, Xu Wenjie did not let Narola accompany him here, he was alone and began to clean the castle. However, Simba brought Xu Wenjie an unexpected surprise.

ps: First there is a car, then there is a house, well, it will be cool to have a beautiful woman with you (it is impossible now), and then the treasure will be dug up, guess what. In fact, there are still a lot of mineral resources in Africa, but it's a pity that it's too chaotic over there. Many people in Africa even have second-hand clothes, so some Chinese go there to sell used clothes. I don't know if the old clothes I donated before will also be sold to Africa, hehe.

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