Lawyer Luke's choice obviously surprised Lawyer Luke, and he carefully observed the two of them for a while before he spoke: "Of course, Mr. Constantine. This master key opens all the doors of this house......"

Chen Ang didn't seem to react, but still smiled and said, "It's my request that is abrupt!" ”

"But who would have a plan for this house?" Lawyer Luke laughed, "This house may have been worth a lot of money before, but it's really old. It's been lived here for more than four generations, and we don't have the money to maintain this big house, so it's in tatters, and it's a country town – it's really not worth much! ”

Nick interrupted, "But there must be a lot of antiques in such an old house!" That's a valuable thing! So this key can't be given to him ......"

Lawyer Luke smiled, "Both of you are trustworthy people, and those 200,000 inheritance can help us a lot - we plan to get the inheritance and leave here, we are old!" There was a need for better medical care and retirement conditions, and with that money, we were planning to move to New Orleans. ”

"Besides, all the antiques were put away by us and put in a house in the attic. It was the only door in the house that couldn't be opened with a master key. ”

Chen Ang unceremoniously accepted the key and thanked him: "Thank you for your generosity, it was really pleasant to talk to you." You are a man of great knowledge, and you are like witnessing the history of this town and the changes of the times. I'm really interested in history, this house has a long history. It's like a gallery of time, some of the styles and features of the old times, which are very well preserved here...... Shall we take a tour of it? ”

Lawyer Luke welcomed, "After dinner, you can browse as much as you like. It's too old! Nothing but history! ”

A few people leaned in front of the fireplace and chatted for a while, and had dinner in the restaurant, which was chickpeas with mashed potatoes, a classic rustic style, and after dinner, Attorney Luke apologized: "I'm used to sleeping after dinner, you know—the country people's habits, our nightlife here is boring, and we usually go to bed early!" ”

Chen Ang and Nick looked at each other and nodded in understanding—the gap between the city and the country town in the United States is very serious, the international metropolis sings every night and has a developed nightlife, but the country town is simple and boring, and the traditional Puritan lifestyle still dominates here, although now the country town has also begun to be dominated by entertainment - the party and entertainment life of young people is no worse than in the city.

But this couple is really traditional—they are traditional like the most conservative American Puritans.

Some hunchbacked hostesses took Chen Ang and them to the guest room where they rested, the room was on the second floor, and when they opened the door, a faint musty smell wafted out, the house was quite big, although there was some moldy smell, but it was quite clean, Chen Ang touched the desktop, and there was no ash on it.

It's a strange thing, it's a big house with thirty rooms.

And Chen Ang also arrived suddenly - he came an afternoon earlier than Nick, without any prior notice.

People who live in a big house know that if you want to maintain the house for a long time, it is not realistic at all, and the kitchen without the habit of firing will fall into dust, as long as you don't use it a little, even the corners of the bedroom where you sleep will accumulate dust, this is still a young person's room, not to mention two widowed middle-aged couples.

How can they have the energy to clean up more than 30 rooms? - It should be covered with a white cloth everywhere and most of the rooms that are not used should be sealed.

Chen Ang put down his luggage and went to look for Nick, who lived next door to him, and as soon as he stepped inside, he found that it was also clean—it smelled musty, but it didn't fall into the dust, not even in the corners.

Nick didn't talk about Chen Ang suddenly calling him here, but as if chatting, he naturally took out some information about the owner of this house from Chen Ang, their words were clever, and they exchanged a lot of information, but it was very natural, and at the same time, he didn't reveal a word about his identity.

It's enough so that the eavesdropper doesn't understand anything.

"There are a lot of images and sculptures of religious symbols, of the Virgin and of the Child, of the Child, and of some biblical characters." Nick joked, "You're going to be interested!" ”

"I'm more curious......" Chen Ang pointed to what hung from the ceiling on the top of the large bed in Nick's room, which was a doll about the size of a human palm, with eyes sewn with buttons, and the other organs of the doll's face, the nose and mouth, were painted with a clumsy graffiti-like brush.

"How does it feel to lie in bed and open your eyes to meet this thing?"

Nick was not only afraid, but was also a little curious when Chen Ang said this, he lay back, and a black bald head fell on the head of the bed, his eyes were facing the position of the doll: "It's quite cute...... If I had a daughter. I'll play with her dolls, and you know I'm going to be the kind of father who can put down his body and have a good affinity. ”

"You have to have a daughter first!" Chen Ang said with a salty blow.

"And, before you have a daughter, you first have to have a wife, and yet you don't have ......"

Nick lay on the bed and said, "I just went to the toilet, can you imagine?" Such a big house doesn't even have a mirror! I was curious and asked the woman who brought me here, and she said: The mirror is a door, it will make you see bad things, and if you want to live quietly alone in such a place, it is better not to see the mirror. So ......"

"So she secretly rummaged through your luggage?" Chen Ang said calmly.

"She's very light-handed, but I can still see it...... It's not easy to hide from me, people like us. Nick said, "Sounds like she's rummaged through your luggage too." But the secrets of people like us can't be discovered so easily...... Is she looking for a mirror? ”

"Whatever a superstitious old man does, it's possible!" Chen Ang didn't seem surprised.

"And do you smell it?" Nick impulsively sniffed, got up and sniffed around, he turned to Chen Ang and said, "There is a faint smell here...... There are many kinds of odors, and this one happens to be particularly familiar to me. The relaxed look on Nick's face gradually changed, and his eyes were a little sharp at this moment, but this feeling quickly disappeared.

He's become a funny black guy again.

Chen Ang walked around the house, he lifted the stall on the ground with his foot, and drew two straight lines with white and red powder under the stall at the door, blocking the doorway.

"Does this mean anything special?" Nick asked.

"Salt can block evil damage, and red brick powder has the effect of blocking enemies from approaching in Haitian witchcraft." Chen Ang twisted the white powder, and easily judged that it was salt - and it was unfiltered coarse salt, and the red brick powder was a little difficult to judge, but fortunately he was familiar with the mysterious cultures of various countries and regions.

"We usually use cinnabar there!" Chen Ang put down the carpet and said.

"Is cinnabar more useful, or salt and red bricks more useful?" Nick asked curiously, "I've never seen you handle a case!" If you want me to say, I was really taken aback when I saw your resume. ”

"In the hands of experts, all useful. We follow the rules......"

"Oh! Tell me the truth! Nick said, "Now we're partners, aren't we?" Tell me a little bit about your industry! ”

Chen Ang said helplessly: "Okay! I'll say some...... In folk witchcraft, there is one principle that is important - believe it and believe it and don't believe it! Some magic works on energy, like Kama Taj, where mages collect energy and turn it into weapons, so I say they play by the rules. But there is some magic, and it depends on belief in its function. ”

"The will of the mage makes it work!"

"So at that time, the will of the receiver was also very important, and once you don't believe in witchcraft, its power will be greatly reduced, because the world is material, witchcraft is conscious, consciousness can act on consciousness, but it is difficult to act on matter."

"So, stand firm in your convictions."