As the carriage jolted, the scenery outside the window had changed, clumps and clusters of lavender stretched to the horizon, and a quaint castle mottled with years gradually appeared in view.

The carriage stopped, the black iron door was hollowed out, the spear-like spikes were carved with intricate and beautiful patterns, and the fragrance of lavender was carried by the wind.

Hao Zhendong sighed: "Rich man." ”

The castle is about 300 meters behind the iron gate, and there is a circular fountain between the two, and in the center of the fountain is a statue of Pegasus about 10 meters high.

The manor was deserted, there seemed to be no one, and the gate was not even locked, and the three of them entered the door, and when they reached the fountain, they found that the castle was very large, and the verdant creeper crawled all over half of the castle. The castle is surrounded by grape trellises that spread all the way to the back of the castle.

A middle-aged man in a tuxedo walked out from behind the grape trellis, and Hao Zhendong hurriedly handed over the introduction letter from the church.

The middle-aged man nodded frequently and was a lot more respectful, but he didn't seem to know Chinese, so the two sides had to communicate with translation software.

After some negotiations, after the middle-aged man took the three of them around to the castle, Hao Zhendong and others found that there was a modern villa here.

When asked about this castle, the middle-aged man explained with a smile that it was actually a processing line, and the castle was left from before, but now there are not so many people in the family, so it was converted into a factory.

The natural landscape around the villa is even more beautiful, the entire stone steps in front of the door are shrouded in the shade of the trees, the flowers are blooming, the birds are singing endlessly, it seems that the owner of the manor is still quite lively.

The owner of the manor was an old man over the age of six, with a slight figure, wearing burgundy short sleeves, a mustache, and a slight rosacea, and at first glance he looked like an ordinary French citizen.

The lord of the manor waited at the door early, and when he saw Hao Zhendong, he enthusiastically stretched out his hand and said in French: "Were you introduced by the church?" I've been waiting for you for a long time. Of course, the translator was a Chinese girl, and kindly reminded her that the name of the owner of the manor was Dominic.

Hao Zhendong briefly understood the situation, roughly similar to what the church letter said, in the past two months, a large number of red wine has deteriorated, and there is no problem with the environment of the wine cellar, and the usual maintenance is also in accordance with the usual steps, and many experts have been invited to test and test without any results, and foreigners more or less believe in God, so in desperation, they asked the clergy to help.

Hao Zhendong could see the suspicion in his eyes, and he didn't explain much, but just proposed to go and see the wine cellar first.

The entrance to the wine cellar is in the basement of the villa, which is a very large space with tens of thousands of barrels of wine on display, with strict temperature and humidity control.

The décor in the cellar is not ostentatious, but it is stylish, and although most of the cold lights are used, the warm colors of the walls and floors do not make people feel cold.

Hao Zhendong asked, "Who usually comes in to take care of it?" ”

Dominic said: "There are not many people in the cellar, only at noon and before dinner to ask the butler to come in to measure the temperature, I am more strange that both the wine in storage and the wine being made have different degrees of deterioration. ”

Hao Zhendong asked, "Mr. Dominic should also be an expert in winemaking, right?" Since there is a problem with this batch of wine, have you ever wondered what caused it? ”

Dominic took a bottle of red wine from the wine shelf and said: "Normally, there are many reasons for spoilage, temperature is the most common reason, followed by bacterial infection, cork rot caused by excessive humidity, etc., but we have been monitoring 24 hours a day in the past few days, and we have not found anything abnormal, and there are no outsiders in the manor." ”

Hao Zhendong nodded: "Understood, I basically understand what's going on, if nothing happens, it can be solved within two days." ”

The interpreter was a little surprised, and waited for an affirmative answer before translating to Dominica.

Dominic was overjoyed, and hurriedly shook Hao Zhendong's hand and thanked him, after all, the church had already made a package ticket, in case Hao Zhendong couldn't do it, he could also take the opportunity to negotiate with the church, throw this thorny issue to the church, and then use appropriate means to publicize it and increase his popularity, in general, he would not lose.

Dominic treated Hao Zhendong and the three of them warmly, and Yuzao also ate an authentic French meal as she wished, but judging from her expression, this meal did not seem to meet her standards.

When night fell, Hao Zhendong and the three of them got Dominica's permission to blow the wind on the covered bridge on the top floor of the castle, watching the afterglow of the setting sun sprinkle over the entire manor.

Hao Zhendong took a deep breath: "It's time to find out the culprit." ”

Ling Qiqi said, "What are you going to do?" Since this cultivator blatantly chose this place as a hiding place, it is estimated that he has no fear, and the 24-hour surveillance in the manor has not allowed him to reveal his flaws, which shows that he knows everything about what is happening in the outside world, and eighty percent already knows that we are coming. ”

Hao Zhendong said with a smile: "Think about it from another angle, the three of us are united, even if it is a thunder tribulation master, it is difficult to parry, no matter how strong this person is, he can't be a golden immortal, right?" Then there is only one reason why he doesn't run, and that is that he can't leave now. ”

Yuzao snorted coldly: "What nonsense, I already know where he is, but you don't guess all right." ”k

Hao Zhendong just wanted to ask clearly, Yuzao had already floated down in front of him, Hao Zhendong was dumbfounded, and said to Ling Qiqi in a daze: "Is her brain getting more and more problematic, there is surveillance everywhere here......"

In fact, he guessed correctly, the security guards in the monitoring room were stupid, suspecting that there was something wrong with their eyes, the castle was forty meters high, so if you jumped down like this, you wouldn't die? So he ran to find Dominic, only to find Hao Zhendong and the three of them talking and laughing at Dominic.

Dominic asked, "William, what's wrong?" ”

William said dryly: "No, nothing, I read it wrong, I read it wrong." ”

In the dead of night, Dominic and the others went back to rest according to Hao Zhendong's request, and handed over the key to the wine cellar to Hao Zhendong before leaving.

The three of them drank and admired the moon under the grape shelf in the courtyard, and when it was past midnight, they quietly came out of their bodies, and under the cover of the Yantian Maiden's seal, they went directly through the walls of the wine cellar and drilled into the wine cellar, and at this time the wine cellar was cold and biting, and a huge white snake with a length of more than ten meters was entrenched on the beams and pillars of the wine cellar!

The white serpent was squirming slowly, the scales on its body glistening coldly, the scarlet snake eyes looking around vigilantly, and the snake hyacinth hissed, as if sensing something unusual.

Ling Qiqi said: "I see, the snake likes shade, this wine cellar is estimated to be the lowest temperature he can find now." ”

Tamamo also said: "This beast's cultivation is not low, but the injury is too serious, it seems that it is because of the rejection of the 'door'. ”

Hao Zhendong remembered what Yuzao said before, the bearing capacity of the "door" is limited, and it is inferred that the cultivation of this big snake should be very high, even if it does not reach the realm of golden immortals, it is estimated that it should be almost the same as Zhang Zhiyi and other figures, which is enough to be called the top combat power in the cultivation world, but at the moment he is obviously seriously injured, otherwise he would not choose a place where there are mortals to heal.

The three of them secretly lucked the true yuan, the yin god turned into the yang god, and they shot at the same time in an instant, and the fierce offensive was fleeting, but at this moment, the snake pupils of the white snake contracted, and it turned into flying smoke in an instant, and the temperature of the entire wine cellar rose instantly, and a monster with a human body and a snake tail, about two meters high, appeared in front of him.

The monster had long yellow-brown shawl hair, fierce muscles all over his body, white scales covering his back to his front body, exposing only his waist, abdomen, chest, neck and cheeks, and he had a pair of cyan snake eyes, and a pale white mist from his fanged mouth.

Fortunately, Hao Zhendong asked the manor to turn off the camera in advance, otherwise this scene would definitely scare mortals half to death.

The monster with a snake tail twisted its thick snake tail, making the sound of steel hitting the floor, and drops of venom flowed down its claws, and as soon as it opened its mouth, it was the language of the ancients, and only Tamamo could understand one or two in front of the dragon.

His voice echoed in the cellar like a bell: "Who are you? ”

Tamamo didn't rush to attack, but also replied in the ancient language: "If I'm not mistaken, you are Gongzi?." ”

The snake demon twisted and looked in front of Tamamo, and the snake's eyes were full of suspicion: "You are also from over there?" ”

Tamamo's color in front of him remained unchanged, and he smiled, "No." ”

Hao Zhendong watched the two start talking, and couldn't help but whisper: "What are you doing with so many words, can't you just kill it?" ”

Ling Qiqi shook his head slightly: "Don't be reckless, this snake demon may be Chi You's right-hand man." ”

"Confinement?" Hao Zhendong's face was strange and authentic.

Ling Qiqi pursed his lips and smiled: "Bastard who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to do it." Forget it, you don't have to care, it's definitely an enemy anyway, and he's very strong, don't take it lightly. ”

Seeing Hao Zhendong and the two talking and laughing, Gong Zi was inevitably irritable and shouted, "Who are you?" ”

Although he has not been in modern times for long, he has also found that the "technology" here is much higher than his own era, but the number of cultivators is pitiful, he did not have such a serious injury, but in order to fill his stomach After eating someone, he suddenly descended the heavenly tribulation, and split him half to death, if he hadn't turned into a long snake and drilled under the nine earths, I am afraid that he would have been hacked to death by the heavenly thunder.

The extremely depressed Gong Zi had no choice but to heal nearby, and the only place that could heal his wounds was the wine cellar of this manor.

However, he is also cautious, choosing the dead of night every time he appears, and will use a spell to completely seal the entire cellar so that no mortals will come and disturb him.

He wasn't afraid, but he was worried that he would accidentally kill someone and cause a catastrophe.

In front of him, Tamamo was the first person he had seen who could speak an ancient language, and it would be good to be able to babble a few words, whether it was friend or foe.