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If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, no one would have imagined that there would be such an ancient castle as Zài in the most desolate and remote part of Siberia: even on the verge of the Arctic Circle, but a family that had the misfortune of being haunted by evil spirits built their shelter here with great human and material resources.

On the horizon, there was a shadow of a tall building, a strange black stone fortress of unknown style, with a thick circular façade and three tall towers, but also a bowl-shaped roof that did not match the overall style. The castle was surrounded by snow, but the huge black building was not stained white at all as if it were cut off from its surroundings, and it was not known whether the castle's owner was very good at taking care of it or some supernatural force was blocking the fortress perimeter.

Hao Ren drove closer to the castle, and the closer he got there, the more uncomfortable he felt: the magnificent-looking building actually had a rather unpleasant atmosphere, its heavy façade and eerie ceiling resembling a prison, and in this icy world bound an inexplicable monster, an eerie cage of seclusion—a great sense of disobedience just by looking at it.

The people who built the castle in the first place were either psychologically ill or forced to do so by evil spirits, otherwise it is hard to imagine anyone willing to live in such an eerie place.

As he drove closer, Hao Ren found that there was something else around the castle, the outermost part was an old and heavy iron fence, and the inner layer was surrounded by a low stone wall. These two circles of obstacles make it feel like the fortress is not a place for people to live, but a prison for holding something. Obviously, the car can't just drive in. Hao Ren slowed down and circled around the iron fence for half a circle before he found a rusty gate, and he honked the horn a few times. After waiting for a long time, I saw an old servant in a brown coat come out of a hut next to the low wall of the inner layer, and open the door.

The old servant looked rather old and frail, and was bald, with only a mess of white hair around his head that trembled in the cold Siberian wind. His body was hunched under a heavy coat like a shell, and he came to the door with small steps, trembling and opening the gate of the fence, and glanced cautiously at the strange car outside, and said in a thick nasal voice: "Who? ”

Nangong Sanba poked his head out of the car window: "It's me!" ”

The old servant's face changed when he saw Nangong Sanba, and he looked a little frightened, and he couldn't believe that the demon hunter in front of him was still alive: "You're not dead?" ”

Nangong Sanba smiled: "I'm an expert." Specialists don't die easily - I brought a couple of helpers. According to the contract with Igor, I will always fulfill the contract until the evil spirit is expelled, and now I have fulfilled the contract. ”

The old servant's lips twitched a few times, as if he wanted to say something, but then he said nothing. He opened the gate of the fence and realized what he had always felt was wrong as the car drove past him: the only means of transportation available in this vast snowfield were sleds and special snowmobiles, and how did the car come all the way?

The old servant looked horrified in the direction where the Big Dipper had come from, and found that there was not even a single rut outside the fence gate.

Hao Ren didn't know this, he rolled down the window and greeted vigorously: "Old man! Where to park your car? ”

This is in front of ordinary people. He couldn't just throw his BMW horse into his carry-on space like he had done before.

The old servant calmed down from his surprise, he had served in this strange old mansion for decades, and he was already a little numb to all kinds of supernatural phenomena, so he just sighed at this time. Turning around, he pointed out a clearing to Hao Ren: "Feel free." ”

Then he saw another "supernatural phenomenon": six people came out of the small Big Dipper one after another, among which Nangong Sanba was carrying a box at least half a person high (his combat props)!

The old servant was stunned for a moment, and slowly muttered, "This time it may be really an expert." ”

The first few people had already gotten out of the car. Hao Ren casually took out a few jù terminals and pressed them twice on the car, and the terminal held back for a few seconds before reluctantly "Didi" twice. Then Hao Ren muttered in his mind: "Can you think that one is one?" It's tiring to bring in new scenes at any time! ”

Hao Ren didn't say anything, just pressed lightly on his chest: there was a hidden pocket there. Doudou is curling up inside, pressing twice to remind the little guy not to run out casually. But Doudou won't be bored inside: when it's inconvenient for her to show up, the little mermaid can look outside through a small monitor, and the button near the collar of Hao Ren's clothes is the camera......

This suit was made directly in the shipboard factory of the Giant Turtle Rock Platform, and I don't know if it was a piece of clothing.

The courtyard in front of the castle has been abandoned for an unknown number of years, or it should have been left without a garden in the first place. It's hard to have a lot of plants to decorate such a cold place, but there are several circles of stone bricks that look like flower beds near the low stone wall, and the open space inside the stone bricks can only see some dry and cold strange thorns, which is called a garden, but more like a bulldozed graveyard. Hao Ren and the others walked towards the main gate of the castle under the guidance of the old servant, and they didn't see anyone else along the way, which even gave people an illusion, as if there was only this old man in the entire castle.

"There's no one else here?" Becky was a little furious by the strange atmosphere here, so she had to find a topic to break the dead silence.

"Yes, in the house, but not much," said the old servant's voice, which was low, as if coming from the grave, "Lord Igor has been out in the early hours of this morning, and will probably be back tomorrow, and you can rest in your room until then." ”

As he spoke, he had already led everyone to the door, and after pressing the electric bell on the door, the heavy and simple door opened a crack, and a middle-aged man wearing a butler's costume and an expressionless face appeared in front of Hao Ren.

The old servant introduced the identity of the group of guests, and Nangong Sanba stepped forward to shake hands with the zombie-faced butler: "I've brought a helper." ”

The middle-aged housekeeper finally had a stiff smile on his face: "At that time, the explosion from the basement scared many people, but fortunately you are still alive." ”

The group walked towards the depths of the castle under the guidance of the middle-aged butler, and Nangong Sanba casually asked himself what happened after the "evacuation" (in fact, it was to send people back to the city): "Did the evil spirit come out again after that?" What did Igor do? ”

"The evil spirit hasn't moved since the explosion that night, and the underground gate has been resealed, we don't know what's going on, but the thing should have been suppressed again. Sir Igor thought you had failed, so he went to visit one of his hermit friends in the early hours of this morning, hoping to seek some soothing incense and herbs - but now it seems that he does not need them. ”

Nangong Sanba's expression couldn't cry or laugh, but it was also a fact that the mortality rate in his line of work was high, so he could only laugh dryly: "Forget it, let's rest and rectify it first, and then discuss the next step of exorcism after Igor comes back." The helpers I brought with me were all stronger than me, and if it weren't for my previous friendships, no one would have been able to move these people - the evil spirits in the castle have come to an end. ”

He had started to force the comparison in advance so that they could gain the trust of the castle owner, but Hao Ren didn't care about this, he was busy observing the portraits hanging on both sides of the corridor.

The inside of the castle is not as eerie and oppressive as it looks from the outside, and although the old stone buildings may feel a little cramped, at least the corridors are warm and bright. Illuminated by warm lighting, the corridors are flanked by large portraits of people dressed in costumes from all eras, standing or sitting, each looking to have been painted in a different era.

"This is the ancestor of the Andre family," Nangong Sanba whispered next to Hao Ren, "The Igor we want to meet is the current 'patriarch' of this family." ”

Hao Ren nodded slightly, and his gaze continued to wander over the portrait of the man and woman. With each glance he swept over the portraits, the stiff-faced ancestors seemed to be more alive, their eyes fixed on the outsiders in the corridor, their eyes cold and stiff, lifeless, but indeed as if they were looking at everyone who looked at them.

Hao Ren found that the eyes on all the portraits here were exactly the same: men and women, young and old, all had the same pair of dark brown eyes.

Nangong May pursed her lips: "It seems to be a little interesting." (The novel "Abnormal Creature Observations" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)