The vacant courtyard was overgrown with weeds, and it looked like it had been uninhabited for a long time. A large number of creepers clinging to the exterior walls of the mansion give the whole house an eye-catching green. The garage's roller shutter was not fully closed, and a dusty private car was parked inside.

The low hedges have also become a little uneven because they have not been tended for a long time. On the doormat in the hallway of the foyer are neatly placed a few pairs of shoes with good styles, combined with the dust on them. Yu Siqi made a hypothesis, and he deduced whether the family had not left

If this is the case, then there is a high probability that they will come across a corpse or a living creature that is still at home after entering

When he felt the need to share this point of view with the priest, Yu Siqi realized that the other party was picking the door lock unscrupulously. Before he could step forward, he heard the click of the lock.

The door that was pushed open led to an extremely spacious hall with not so much light inside. It is because the doors and windows are locked, the indoor air is not particularly smooth, and even a little dusty.

"Did you just say something to me?" asked Father An, looking at Yu Siqi with a smile on his face.

"Oh, by the way, I just deduced that this family may not have left, and I plan to remind you" Yu Siqi hurriedly said his opinion, and the latter listened with relish, and even laughed.

"Thank you for the reminder, but I don't think you should have to worry about that for the time being." Father An strode around Yu Siqi, walked to the windowsill, touched the thick dust on it with his hands, and then opened the windows one by one and said, "This is much better, and sure enough, the room should be more ventilated." ”

After all the windows had been opened, Father Ann wiped his dirty hand on the hem and said, "Don't follow me, the consequence is that it is easy to be blamed by Jane." She always said that I made my clothes very dirty like a child, and it was a hassle to wash them. ”

"Of course, I personally prefer to wash my hands with water." Yu Siqi took advantage of Father An to do these seemingly unclear things, and took the time to look around the hall, and found that not far from him, there seemed to be a list of needed coins.

When I got closer, it was a large jar of glass filled with change. Looking at the hundreds of coins of all kinds, Yu Siqi directly picked them up and held them in his arms.

However, his action aroused Father An's dissatisfaction, "You don't need to take them all away, do you plan to keep them to buy candy to eat, just bring a few with you?" ”

"Oh," Yu Siqi unscrewed the dusty lid with force, grabbed a small handful of coins from inside, put it in his pocket, and put the jar back.

When he had done this, Father Ann said to himself at a picture of a horse in front of him, "What a galloping horse, this painting is really good." Just a little bit interesting."

Yu Siqi leaned over inexplicably, he first watched Father An walk on the spot, and then he looked at this painting with great curiosity, which even the priest praised.

Admittedly, this is a pretty good ink painting, but I don't know if it was his delusion or because the priest left the windows open. The reverse light prevented him from seeing the whole of the painting, and if he wanted to see it, he had to either look sideways, or walk around the dining table to the window.

But that doesn't mean that it has something that can be evaluated by the priest as interesting, unless

Yu Siqi thought of a possibility, although this possibility was a bit too exaggerated in such a remote farmhouse courtyard. Considering that the kind-hearted old lady before almost subverted the three views, it may be possible to say anything now.

Could the priest have found something, something other than a picture book?

Such an idea is not the focus of Yu Siqi's suspicions. And if this line of thought continues, then the priest's strange actions are well explained.

For example, he actually lay flat on the floor tiles, listening to the movement under their feet with his ears; Another example is that the priest leans directly against the wall where the painting is hung and looks behind the painting with his side eye.

Whether he was looking for a mechanism or a secret door and other speculations made Yu Siqi a little impatient and joined him.

There is a small door to the left of the painting, and judging from the pots and pans hanging on the wall behind the door, it is supposed to be the kitchen of the family. To the right of the painting, there is a spiraling staircase that leads to the top floor of the house.

For now, that's what he's observed.

Maybe it's because of the lack of clues, even if the two of them spend a lot of time here, they still don't have any good benefits to speak of.

In the end, it was when Siqi felt that it was almost time to get down to business. Somewhat reckless, he suddenly bumped into the table behind him, making a dull sound. This movement directly woke up Father An, who first looked at Yu Siqi, who was touching his stock, and realized that the sound was made by him.

Then he moved his gaze to the dining table, and Yu Siqi, who was quite concerned, also followed his gaze, but he still didn't find anything. The dining table is just a dining table, and there is nothing to care about except for being knocked out of position by yourself.

The priest, however, did not give up as easily as he did, and moved the table far away from them. Then he took a few steps back, stood at the same table as he had been, and laughed.

"And so it was"

As soon as he heard Father An say such words, Yu Siqi knew that he should have some eyebrows. So I hurriedly walked to his side and looked at the paintings again and again, just like him. Because there is no dining table in the way, Yu Siqi can see the pattern on the painting very clearly without changing the position, and he doesn't have to care about the afterglow outside the window into the house.

"Did you find it?" said Father Ann, pointing to the table that had been removed, "it shouldn't have been placed here." ”

"I can see it," to say that Yu Siqi thought of this layer, it is not entirely. But let him follow the priest's words, which he was very good at as a former personnel officer.

Fortunately, Father An, like those who are easily fooled, is not interested in whether the people below are using their brains or not, they only care about showing their intelligence to each other in this way.

"You go over there and stand first, I have some ideas." After Father Ann motioned for Yu Siqi to walk to the table, he stood alone in the same place as if he were walking in a grid, first three blocks forward, then one square back, and finally four and a half steps to the right, just in front of the spiraling staircase.

Yu Siqi, who didn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in Father An's gourd, stretched his neck like that and watched the priest's every move carefully. After a slight vibration came from the bottom of the staircase, the staircase that had been spiraling up suddenly gradually fell, until it completely turned into a downward spiral staircase under Yu Siqi's gaze, Father An clapped his hands, and Yu Siqi called back to the side and said, "Are you ready for an adventure, I hope you have no taboos about the underground." ”

End of chapter