"Anya, did you tell this story or did I tell it?" Before telling the story, Hanks also asked Anya in his arms.

Anya smiled and said, "Let's talk about it, your storytelling ability is a little better than mine." ”

Hanks smiled when he heard this, and when he was about to tell the story, Hinrich took a thick book and placed it in front of Hanks and Anya. The senile Hinrich then stood behind Hanks and Anya, his head bowed.

Neither Ham nor I spoke, and although we had a thousand doubts in our hearts, we never asked. It seems to me that if Hanks wants to tell us, he will tell us. Perhaps, what he didn't want to tell us, he wouldn't have said if he was forced to do so.

Ham and I sat quietly and listened to Hanks' story.

At this time, the east is slightly white, and the dark night is soon coming to an end, but Hanks's story has only just begun.

Anya has lived in this castle since she was born, when was she born? Even Anya herself doesn't remember this. She only remembered that after she was born, the whole castle was full of people and bustling. Before Anya was 10 years old, she was able to enjoy family fun with her grandfather, grandmother, father and mother. She was still able to enjoy brotherhood with her brothers and sisters, but when she was 10 years old, an accident brought it all to life.

When Anya was 10 years old, it was the year when World War II broke out. In order to dominate the world and enslave mankind, the fascists led by Hitler launched a war of aggression under its full name. And Britain is not immune. In London, German Hitler often sent bombers to bomb it, and at this time the castle was also seriously attacked.

In a bombing, Anya's grandfather and grandmother were both killed and passed away. Anya's family, who lost their loved ones, resolutely joined the army to participate in the anti-fascist war. The only people left in the castle were the old and weak women and children who were helpless. At this time, Hinrich had just entered the castle as a servant.

I thought London would be too peaceful!

But in troubled times, many bandits and robbers took advantage of the troubled times to make a lot of war money! Under the guise of anti-fascism, they plundered the property of the inhabitants around London. On a dark night, Anya's castle was also attacked by bandits and robbers.

Because the whole castle was full of old and weak women and children, they were powerless to resist these bandits and robbers, and overnight, the property of the entire castle was plundered by bandits and robbers. And all the people in the castle were killed by these robbers and bandits, and Anya was also killed on this day.

It's just because Anya's belief is strong, she doesn't want to be reincarnated after death, she stays in this castle, and tries her best to avoid the search of the ghosts, and over time Anya has become a lonely ghost guarding this castle.

"Didn't Anya think about revenge?" I couldn't help but ask, "The ghost has powers that humans don't have, and it's not difficult for her to get revenge." ”

"Hmph," Hanks snorted coldly, "Of course Anya thought about revenge, but those bandits and robbers are all rogues, and Anya can't find them at all!" Moreover, a female ghost walking in the barren mountains and mountains is easy to be discovered by the ghost, and Anya does not dare to stay outside for too long. She lived in this castle waiting for her parents, her brother. But after waiting for more than twenty years, I didn't wait. ”

Hanks sighed at this.

It wasn't until 1951, when Hanks came to the castle, that Anya saw the living come here. Anya never imagined at the time that what she was waiting for would be Hanks, who had turned into a zombie.

"Why are you telling us this?" When Hanks finished the story, I asked him curiously.

Hanks said, "I have a pact with Anya that everyone who comes to live in the castle for a while will tell them these two stories. We want them to spread among the people."

"But the story never went viral, did it?" Before Hanks could finish speaking, I asked him rhetorically.

Hanks was silent for a long time before he said, "How do you know?" ”

"Because none of these people who have heard the story have left the castle alive." I said it coldly, and Ham, who was next to me, trembled with fear.

Hanks and Anya weren't annoyed by my point, but were unusually calm.

Ham hesitated, "Walker, how do you know?" Ham Day Hanks asked the question.

I smiled and poured myself a glass of wine, then stood up with my glass in my hand, and I walked around the hall for a while before turning to Hanks and Anya and saying, "Because both stories are false!" ”

"Fake?" Ham was the first to raise doubts.

Hanks, Anja, and Sinrich were silent, but the three of them were much calmer.

"Hanks, you're not the castle you came to in 1951." I walked back to the table and said to Hanks, "There are many portraits on the walls on both sides of the cloister leading to the guest rooms on the second floor, and although the history of the dynasties is more different, it is undeniable that the person in the portraits is a person, and this person is you—Hanks!" I finished and pointed to Hanks with my right hand.

Hanks sneered.

I took a sip of wine and continued: "If you had only come to London in 1951, there would have been no paper on which your portrait was drawn! The first portrait in the cloister is made of Chengxintang paper invented by Li Yu of the Later Tang Dynasty during the Northern and Southern Dynasties of China. Hanks, what exactly is your relationship with Jimir? ”

In fact, I had already found out that the Chengxintang paper appeared in this castle, but I didn't see the owner of the castle at the time, so I wasn't sure if Jimir was here.

Hanks laughed, and after laughing, he said, "Jimir? I've never heard that name. ”

"How is that possible?" I was puzzled by Hanks's words, "Chengxintang paper has long been lost, and all that comes after is an imitation." My uncle told me that only people who know how to make paper can do it in the ancient kingdom of Shangbao. And Jimir is the only survivor of the ancient kingdom of Shangbao, you have Chengxintang paper here, it is impossible for Jimir not to be here! ”

"I'm not lying to you, I've never had such a person as Jimir here." Hanks still didn't change his face, "I'm weird, you're the first person to see if these two stories are fake. What exactly are you? ”

"It doesn't matter who I am, what matters is who you really are? How did you get the paper? I asked Hanks rhetorically.

Hanks was reluctant to answer my question.

I was about to ask when Hinrich, who was behind Hanks and Anya, suddenly stepped forward and threatened me in an old voice: "Little doll, don't be so rude to my master!" ”

"Hinrich, stand back." Before I could speak, Hanks lashed out at Hinrich.

Sinrich obediently retreated behind Hanks and Anya.

"Well, how about we make a deal?" Hanks said suddenly.

"What deal?" I asked him.

He smiled, pointed at Ham and said, "He stays, you can go." ”

"It can't be," I immediately rejected Hanks's words, how could I be someone who abandoned my friends? What's more, Ham's identity is my employer, and I can't do such a thing, "He goes, I'll go." He stays, I stay. ”

"Are you really going to do that?" Hanks asked me in disbelief, "You know, for the first time in hundreds of years, you're not satisfied?" ”

"First of all, it's not certain who will win or lose between you and me." "Secondly, I'm not going to leave until something is figured out. Again, Mr. Ham is both my employer and my friend, and I will not abandon my friend. ”

I resolutely finished speaking, and went toe-to-toe with Hanks, Anya, and Hinrich, and suddenly the scene fell into a tense atmosphere.