When the footsteps disappeared, the heart that Qi Luoling was carrying finally returned to her stomach, but the ugly footsteps still seemed to linger in her ears. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Qi Luoling listened carefully again, and indeed couldn't hear anything. She mustered up the courage and acted resolutely, opened the door to the study, and shouted at the other side of the stairs: "Who is there?" There was no answer, only her shouts echoing through the empty hallway.

Qi Luoling has always believed that the sound that people strive to make when they are alone and secluded should have a strong exorcism power. But it was all in vain, on the contrary, she did not get any response to the shouts, which increased her sense of fear.

When she turned around and was about to go back to the study again, she found that the door to the study was closed. She distinctly remembered that she had come out without closing the door to her study.

She panicked a little, worried that her back road would be blocked, so she slammed the door open, but fortunately the door to the study was not locked.

As soon as she entered the study, she locked the door of the study and sat there in a daze, letting the time pass little by little. It was not easy to survive until Mrs. Carolina and her party returned to the manor again in a car.

Qi Luoling went to the study, came to the door of the hall on the first floor, and greeted him.

"Miss Qi, are you feeling unwell?" Lady Carolina looked at Qi Luoling's pale face and said with concern.

"It's a little bit comfortable."

"Are you sick?"

"It's not. I want to ask you, ma'am. After you leave in the afternoon, am I really the only one left in the manor? ”

"Of course, I'm sure." Lady Carolina looked at her in surprise, "What's wrong with you?" ”

"It's nothing, I'm just asking."

Qi Luoling thought thoughtfully, if she was the only one in the manor, then whose footsteps were there? Could it be a hallucination after drinking mead and getting drunk?

Soon it was time for dinner, and it was still the same table, except that the main dishes were traditional Polish dumplings and potatoes. Two pairs of slender silver candlesticks are placed on the table, and the candlesticks are lit with white candles, which are unusually bright, and the whole restaurant has a special atmosphere.

The candles danced in front of her, there was no wind, and the flames did not tremble in the light. She had been staring at it for a long time, and suddenly she noticed the black image cast by the flames on the wall, and the shadow of a person standing quietly there. A breeze blew, the flames fluttered weakly, and the figure suddenly disappeared.

After dinner, Qi Luoling felt a little tired, so she went back to the bedroom to rest.

When I woke up the next day, it was not early, the hands on my watch pointed to nine o'clock, and the morning was gone.

Chilla went downstairs, and after breakfast, Lady Carolina proposed that after dinner she set out to the grave of Monsieur Brandmeis.

Qi Luoling nodded.

The two walked out of the park and into the forest. Lady Carolina led her along the path of the dense forest.

Lady Carolina was familiar with this forest, and there were dark green leaves everywhere that covered the ground, and if she hadn't led the way in front, Qi Luoling would not have been able to see the path hidden in the forest. Walking on the forest path, the crunch sound of stepping on broken leaves and branches under your feet.

The forest was quiet and deep, the tall trees obscured the sky, the leaves overlapped, and the sunlight was dyed green, like an arrow piercing through the gap.

The air was fresh and smelly of the earth, and from time to time there was the gentle chirping of birds. Many of the large tree trunks are covered with long pineapples like fine yarn, like a woman's light skirt, fluttering in the breeze. The forest trail is sometimes uphill and sometimes downhill, sometimes flat and sometimes steep, and walking here is like walking in a green time tunnel.

Qi Luoling didn't know how long she had been walking, and she felt that she had never seen so many trees. The endless green stretches forward, and there seems to be no end in sight. Beams of light peeking through the leaves passed before her eyes.

Madame Carolina was very experienced, and must have walked it countless times, so her steps were nimble and brisk. Qi Luoling has never walked on a mountain road, her balance is not strong, and she doesn't know the depth of her feet, so she feels very difficult to walk. Soon, Lady Carolina was far ahead of her by a long distance.

But then, Lady Carolina would always stop and wait for her. When the road is not good, Lady Carolina will also hand her hand and help her to walk over.

I don't know how long I walked, but Mrs. Carolina said, "It's not far, it's almost there." ”

Qi Luoling breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the time, it took about forty minutes.

Finally, on a lawn, it is the destination.

It was a large lawn surrounded by trees around it, and it was strange that there was not a single tree on this lawn. The sun shone straight down, and the green grass on the grass shimmered. There were all kinds of narrow-leaved and broad-leaved grasses growing on the ground, and the breeze blew, and she seemed to hear the joyful laughter of the grass.

In front of the lawn there is a huge ancient tree, like a century-old man who is silent. The trunk is thick and thick, and it takes several people to hug the trunk. The roots of the ancient tree are covered with moss, and there are many beard-like pineapples hanging from the tree. A few unknown birds chirped crisply in the trees.

There are two black tombstones under the tree, one is that of Pallandmeis, with his name written on it. The other tombstone is blank. The raised nameless grave adds a bit of sadness to the hearts of passers-by

Lady Carolina carefully placed the two bouquets of pure white flowers in her hand in front of the two tombstones, then stood up and stood side by side with Qi Luoling, silently gazing at the tombstones for a while.

"Who's that tombstone next to it?" Qi Luoling asked curiously.

"I don't know. When I came to this estate, that tombstone was there. Lady Carolina said lightly.

"Oh, didn't Mr. Brandmeiss say who he is?"

"No, he never said that. Every autumn, he would come to this tombstone for half a day. “

"Oh, doesn't Mr. Billmeiss have no wife and children?"

"No, he's been celibate all the time."

At this time, the sky began to darken, and the bright sun just now did not know where to go. Occasionally, a bird flew through the air, and with a long, screeching sound, it was empty. Only in front of the tombstones of the dead can the living have a more or less sense of life, to themselves or to others.