Looking at the very old Ming and Qing Dynasty buildings in front of him, Yu Siqi felt a sense of history taking root and growing in this soil.

The alleys are full of decay and desolation, and the uninhabited houses have withstood the ravages of time, and the scarred shells have slowly died away under the erosion of time. Two rows of dilapidated brick houses divide the entire interior of the Fang family's compound into a spider web, and some of the windows on the houses are not even glass.

Following what appeared to be a walkable path, he came to a low, crimson wall, a dry well fenced by an iron railing, with the words "Water is contaminated, please do not drink it directly." There was also a signboard next to the rusty railing, and it took about 5 seconds for Yu Siqi to realize that he had come to the center of the Fang family's compound.

However, I did not see a place like a church where priests could stay.

Is that guy lying to himself? Unlikely, it doesn't look like he's deliberately trying to deceive himself, so is he going in the wrong direction?

No way, there is only one way to go from that station, and it is impossible for me to go the wrong way. Unless you neglect something in the process of coming, but it's not likely, because you don't really see which house is inhabited.

I can only go forward and walk again, if there is still none, so be it for today.

With this belief, Yu Siqi chose a street that looked slightly easier to walk, and there were many more abandoned brick houses like a maze than he imagined.

When he crossed an abandoned house that had completely collapsed, he felt a little strange in a very large old-fashioned courtyard house next door.

When he came to the door of the courtyard, he looked at the door knocker that had turned green and patina hanging crookedly on the black wooden door, and he went up and knocked curiously.

As he stood outside the door and waited, an indescribable sense of tension was spreading through his mind, and the panic and confusion almost made him turn around and leave.

About half a minute passed, just when Siqi felt that he might be thinking too much.

There was movement behind the door, and as it opened, an unexpected person looked at him, his eyes full of curiosity.

"Lao Huang?" Yu Siqi looked at the man who opened the door in surprise, isn't this Lao Huang on duty in apartment 23?

"Do I know you well?" The man cracked the door wide open and stared at him suspiciously.

"Oh... No... I guess I recognized the wrong person. Yu Siqi noticed that although this guy was exactly the same as Lao Huang, his hair was obviously much longer than that of the security guard Lao Huang, and it was also a little greasy.

The waxy face had no life, as if it were a dead thing.

He looked at Yu Siqi in an indifferent tone and said, "Is there anything wrong?" Are you uncomfortable somewhere? Or are you here to find Ah Zhen? ”

"Hmm... I'm here to find a priest, it's said that he lives in the Fang family's compound, but I don't know exactly where he lives, so..."Yu Siqi was a little embarrassed.

"Come in!"

He took a small step back and motioned for Yu Siqi to enter the house. Then he looked around and closed the door heavily.

Following the shattered bluestone pavement, Yu Siqi followed him to a very large vestibule, where the patio that was supposed to cast light was blocked by a mess of debris. The entire large vestibule was dimly lit, and the blue wall tiles were covered with moss and roots, as if the place was uninhabited.

"You wait here for a while, I'll call Xiao An over." The man whispered and walked towards the back room.

After a while, Father An, who was dressed in civilian clothes, hurriedly appeared in front of Yu Siqi and said.

"Our Lady is above, and I was worried that you wouldn't be able to find a place, but you showed up here."

"Where is this?" Yu Siqi looked at the surrounding environment, frowned slightly, and said, "This doesn't look like a church!" ”

"Of course, this is definitely not a church, this is the Jiang family ancestral hall." Father Ann patted him on the shoulder, motioned for him to follow in his footsteps, and said, "Come with me, and I'll show you around." ”

"Why is a priest in the ancestral hall, this is not like the place you should be." Yu Siqi joked.

"Because I was excommunicated 30 years ago," says Fr. Ann with a calm face, "so I can't swagger and call myself a priest in the church." ”

"That's why you're selling the Bible?" Yu Siqi asked.

"Of course not, and I haven't sold a Bible." Fr. Ann pointed to a door in front of him and said, "This place is in disrepair, but it is a very good place to stay, and we can do something meaningful here." ”

"What's the matter?" Yu Siqi asked again.

"Save the life and help the wounded," Father An said first into the house, "Has anyone ever told the Jiang family ancestral hall that it is a private clinic?" ”

"No... And I think your sanitary environment here may be..."Yu Siqi's eyes were so bright that he couldn't open them, "It's not big... It's so bright..."

As his eyes adjusted to the glare in the room, he was taken aback by what he saw. A small double-storey duplex apartment appeared in front of him, and there would be such an operation in the courtyard, I really don't know what words to use to describe it.

There was a man and a woman sitting on the sofa in the living room on the first floor, the man was the guy who had just picked him in, and the woman was a little sister with glasses, and she didn't feel very old.

Probably sensing a stranger entering the house, the girl with glasses said, "Didn't you say that you wouldn't take a job today, why did you bring someone in again, really... The rest that was said to be good is going to be in the soup again. ”

"Don't keep complaining about work, paying you to do the work, and he's not here to see the doctor, Ah Zhen." Father Ann was slightly displeased.

"Got it, Uncle An," said Miss Ah Zhen, who leaned back on the sofa and rolled her eyes.

"He seems to know me, but I don't know him." The man next to Miss Ah Zhen muttered to himself.

As if noticing Yu Siqi's doubts, Father An pointed at the guy and said, "You think it's amazing, don't you?" He and your security guard have the same face, but they are not the same person, let alone the same surname. His name is Shi Yizhe, and he is my piano teacher. ”

"How many times do you want me to say it, don't... Call me - teacher! Shi Yizhe suddenly yelled.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I forgot, I should call you Azhe. Father An quickly apologized, and pulled Yu Siqi into the kitchen and whispered, "Don't you want to talk to me?" ”

"Yes, of course... That's what I'm here for. Yu Siqi found a good chair and sat down and said, "But when I came here, I found that I didn't know what to ask. I'm just an ordinary office worker! ”

"Well... There is nothing wrong with your logical thinking, which is so in the eyes of mortals. Father Ann took a glass of water and put it in front of him and said, "This glass of water in front of you is the water we usually drink, it doesn't look like much, does it?" After all, it's boiling, but if you look at it from another angle, you find that it's full of things you don't expect, which requires the use of a water purifier. ”

"You're not advertising the Bible to sell water purifiers?" Yu Siqi cocked Erlang's legs and said: "I'm sorry to disappoint you, I've drunk 'impure water' for decades, and nothing happens at all, so most of the time nothing will happen in the future, as long as I don't die." ”

"Let's move on to you," Father Ann seemed indifferent to Siqi's hot and cold taunts, "You may have noticed the disappearance of the woman next door to you, right?" ”

"I ran into the landlady when I went out," Yu Siqi asked, "Why, I don't know her well." ”

"It's not a question of familiarity, it's that the timing of her departure is interesting." Sitting across from him, Fr. Ann said: "I have been observing her for a while, and the word 'mysterious' is too understatement to describe her, and there is an unsettling aura all over her body. ”

"I didn't find anything disturbing about her, other than the fact that she ran away without paying the rent." Yu Siqi said.

"I don't blame you for not having formal contact with her, if you have been with her up close, you will find that she smells very strong." Father An looked at Yu Siqi with a firm expression and said, "That is a smell of corruption, a smell that only people who often deal with corpses will appear. ”

"I just remember that her formalin smelled very strong, and I didn't pay attention to anything else." Yu Siqi thought for a while and said, "But she has a specimen at home, there should be no problem with the smell of corruption, I don't know much about this thing." ”

"Have you noticed that something unnatural is coming to you so often?" Fr. Ann asked.

"As for nightmares, I've had some weird dreams lately." Yu Siqi snapped his fingers and said a little crampedly.

"That's right," said Father Ann, who suddenly stood up and walked back and forth, "and I knew that I had not found the wrong person this time, and I knew that something was going to happen." Thank you, Lord, for your grace. ”

"I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're talking about." Yu Siqi asked with a confused expression.

As if not hearing his words, Father Ann went into the living room and said to the two guys who were watching TV, "Go to the basement and get something, I'm going to do a test." ”

"Now?" Ah Zhen bit the doughnut and asked, "Can you wait for me to finish eating?" ”

"No," Shi Yizhe snatched the doughnut from Ah Zhen's mouth and put it on the coffee table, "Since Xiao An has decided, we must help him." ”

"Well, well... Hell knows what's going on in your head. Ah Zhen looked at the doughnut that had been bitten and followed Shi Yizhe away.

"Excuse me... What tests are you going to do? Do you want to do a test paper? I don't believe in God! Yu Siqi asked puzzled.

"Of course... That's right... Excuse me, what did you just say? Father An came back to his senses and looked at Yu Siqi with a confused face and said, "It's okay, it's just a small test to confirm my thoughts and inferences." ”

After less than ten minutes, Shi Yizhe and Ah Zhen walked up to them with a large silver box, and when the box was placed heavily on the table, Yu Siqi noticed that the cross on it was upside down.

"What is this?" Yu Siqi asked.

"Just open it and you'll know," said Father Ann, whistling and looking cheerful.

However, no matter how Siqi fiddled with the lock, the box did not move, as if the box had been solid from the beginning.

"Ah, he's not the one who can open boxes." Ah Zhen licked her fingers and said, "I'm going to cook." ”

"Looks like you're getting it wrong again, Ann." Shi Yizhe glanced at Yu Siqi lightly and sat back on the sofa, his eyes deep and empty.

"No way, my instincts tell me he's the guy I'm looking for." Father An suddenly became a little excited, and said, "There must be something wrong with something, how can there be a phenomenon that cannot be tested." Let me think about it..."

"I'm sorry to disappoint you, I'm really not a locksmith, I'm just a small employee of an ordinary company." Yu Siqi patted the big box casually and said, "This thing is probably solid." ”

Something unexpected happened, and at the moment when he finished patting the box, the silver cross of the large box suddenly turned one hundred and eighty degrees, and the box opened.

Shi Yizhe, who was deep in thought, stared at this farce blankly, his mouth wide open.

Ah Zhen, who was cooking in the kitchen, threw the wok to the ground in surprise: "How... Probably...", the clatter still did not startle the surprised crowd.

What is even more surprising is that there is only a yellowed postcard inside the box, on which is written a poem: "There is no yellow spring above the underworld." ”