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The Andre family, that is, the "local tyrant family" in Nangong Sanba's mouth, has been rooted in this icy snow field for more than 300 years. They were wealthy and long-standing, with incredible industries and ancient roots in Europe, yet few people in the world knew about the existence of this family: for for for more than three hundred years the family had followed the strict precept handed down from time immemorial, not to get too involved in the world, not to try to escape from this snowy field, not to attract the attention of others, whose ancestors and every patriarch were convinced that this was the only way to maintain the family's fortune and, of course, their own life.

The castle's mottled façade is a testament to the family's ups and downs, the castle's elegant and luxurious décor showcases their wealth and history, and the castle has been renovated and modernized over the centuries without changing the most important part of the frame, and it is clear that every generation of the family knows what secrets lie beneath their castle: they dare not disturb the beasts of the cage too much.

Later in the day, Hao Ren saw some servants in the castle running around preparing dinner, which somewhat made the gloomy and oppressive building a little more popular. He wondered where the servants of this place had come from: such a desolate and remote place, and a secluded castle with an eerie atmosphere, did not seem to be able to be recruited casually.

Nangong Sanba had already understood the basic situation here, so he naturally took on the responsibility of explaining: "Most of the servants in the castle have served for generations. The Andrei family used their wealth to support these people, allowing their descendants to be educated as professional servants from an early age. In addition, they also called in manpower from outside at a high price. Even so, every few years there are still some people who die in accidents. Some couldn't stand the atmosphere and ran away. But anyway...... Rich people always have their own solutions. ”

Hao Ren: The place where they are staying now is the "VIP area" on the third floor of the castle. There are splendid rooms with heavy velvet carpets, decorated in a palatial style. The firewood in the stove crackles, and all kinds of furniture and appliances are available. However, this luxurious and comfortable room was not much reassuring, and from the moment he stepped into the castle, Hao Ren had always felt an uncomfortable aura coming from under his feet, and he asked several other people to find that it was not an illusion.

Vivien had come into contact with the Wraith several times, and she could roughly judge the situation here: "The Wraith is supposed to be under the castle, but it hasn't fully entered the material world. And let's be honest...... The building feels weird. ”

Hao Ren glanced at Vivien: "It's very strange, this house looks like a prison from the outside." ”

Vivien shook her head. Push open the window of the guest room and look out at the black atrium of the castle. The two wings of the building have two rows of low longhouses that extend out, forming a cage-like structure behind the castle. She looked thoughtfully at the gradually gloomy sky outside: "I'm talking about something else...... I always felt as if I had seen this place somewhere. ”

"I don't know if you've seen it or not, I'm freezing to death anyway," Becky jumped around the room with her arms crossed, then slammed the window shut, "It's so cold in this place!" Are you all monsters? ”

Lily was lying in front of the fireplace staring at the fire in a daze at this time, and when she heard this, she raised her head and threw a disdainful look at Becky: "You can't stand this temperature?" I feel like it's cool! ”

Vivien smacked her lips: "This is really a bonus from the ancestors as soon as it gets close to the Arctic Circle, and at this time, it is estimated that you can run eighty miles by giving a sled." ”

Night is falling. However, in this place that is already close to the Arctic Circle, the polar day and night phenomenon can still affect the daily routine here. As the sun progresses closer to the horizon, it does not continue to sink, but stubbornly retains a weak ray of sunlight on the earth. The castle did not brighten up under this ray of sunlight, but became more gloomy because the light was tilted and dimmed.

Hao Ren had dinner in his room. After doing nothing, I decided to go outside and wander in the hallway.

Outside the room is a straight hallway with a dark red carpet, and many portraits of people hang on both sides of the corridor, and the portraits here are no longer full-body portraits. It's the kind of human head that is framed in an oval frame. These rigid figure paintings look very strange in the warm lighting, and Hao Ren mutters to himself as he walks down this corridor: he can't understand the local tyrants who hang their figure paintings in the corridor of his home. Is this because my psychological element is too good or what's wrong, it's gloomy with such a long aisle. You also have to hang two rows of zombie face ancestor stickers, hang the stickers, and add two half-bright and non-dim small light bulbs next to each sticker, these three more come out in the middle of the night to go to the toilet and seep people, in case you catch up with which lamp is not in good contact, it is simply the rhythm of going all the way to pee......

Outside the castle is a cold night breeze in Siberia with temperatures of minus 10 degrees, but inside the castle it is still warm and pleasant. Hao Ren was wandering in the corridor in a single coat when he suddenly stopped.

He kept counting the portraits of the ancestors of the Andrei family in his way, from the youngest generation (that is, the father of Andrei's current patriarch Igor) all the way up, watching the faces from the Bolshevik, Alexandrian, and Catherine periods cast a cold gaze on him in oval frames, and before he knew it, he had reached the end of this corridor.

On the wall facing the hallway hung a strange portrait:

Unlike the oval frames on either side of the hallway, this portrait is a full-length portrait of a woman in a black gown, standing against a background of dark red roses. The woman's face, however, was shrouded in a veil of black.

The portraits of Andrei's ancestors on both sides of the corridor are marked with his name and era in a uniform format, but there is only one simple word underneath this strange full-length portrait of a woman: ведьма (witch)

This strange thing immediately aroused Hao Ren's interest, and he began to study the portraits of the people on both sides and the introductory text under the portraits, and finally confirmed that the white-bearded old man hanging on his left hand side was the first ancestor of Andrei's ancestor in history, and the woman hanging on the wall in front of him with his face covered should not be a member of Andrei's family.

She wasn't from the family, she didn't even have a name, she was simply labeled as a "witch", but she was hung in a starting position higher than all of Andrei's ancestors.

Hao Ren just wanted to go back and beckon Vivian and the others to come and see the situation here, but suddenly heard a noise from nowhere.

The sound seemed to come from a room on the upper floors of the castle, and it was faint but audible despite the thick walls. It sounded like someone was crying, mixed with the crunch of smashing cups and dishes, and the loud sound of furniture toppling over, and in the midst of all that there was a cacophony of shouts, dissuasions, and screams. The commotion continued for a few minutes before it subsided, and finally Hao Ren faintly heard the sound of the heavy iron door shut, and the noise was cut off.

Hao Ren suddenly felt the breath of a stranger beside him, and immediately turned his head vigilantly, but he was suddenly startled: a white figure appeared behind him at some point, standing there like a wandering spirit!

When he looked closely, he realized that it was not a geist, but a thin young girl in a white dress. The other party seemed to be seriously ill, her face was pale and her steps were vain, even if she stood there, she couldn't help but dangle around, she shrunk her shoulders and looked at Hao Ren for a while, and suddenly pulled away the long hair hanging in front of her face, revealing a weird smile: "Did you hear the sound upstairs?" ”

Hao Ren patted his chest, and said in his heart that even if he experienced a war in another world and encountered the situation in front of him, it was really still hairy: these two horrors were not the same style of painting at all, and the experience did not seem to be cumulative. Then he looked at the strange girl in front of him curiously: "Uh...... You are? ”

He didn't know the man in front of him, but judging by what he was wearing, he wasn't supposed to be a servant in the castle.

The young girl didn't seem to hear Hao Ren's words, but just listened to the movement upstairs, with a weird smile on her face: "That's my brother...... Giggle...... Andre's last male in the family, if he can't survive this year, this prison should collapse! ”

Then she suddenly looked up at Hao Ren: "Are you here to catch ghosts?" ”

"Uh...... Sort of. Hao Ren made the other party's white eyes a little hairy, he realized that the girl in front of him might have a problem with her sanity, and at this time he just wanted to leave quickly

"Hey—hey, he's here to cheat my family again......" the young girl giggled, "yes, yes, it's all cursed things, you all cheat them...... The witch can't spare us, and she can't spare you...... It's all cheated! ”

Hao Ren's ears pricked up: "Who is the witch?" ”

But at this time, the madness of the girl in front of her seemed to have attacked, and she no longer paid attention to Hao Ren's questioning, but muttered and gradually drifted away, and could only hear an intermittent voice coming out of her mouth: "...... Money is cheated and is to be cheated...... Endless money, endless death...... The prison is going to collapse, it's going to collapse, it's going to collapse......" (The novel "Abnormal Creature Observations" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will 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......)