"Walker, do you hear that? There's someone in there! Ham was overjoyed at the sound of Brew's staggering footsteps and shouted at me.

"I hear you." I replied with a smile, feeling as excited as Ham, how lucky I was to be able to spend a night in this castle in the dark wilderness. Now, most likely, Ham and I will be able to borrow a night in this castle. Besides, I haven't lived in a castle like this since I was a child?

The sound of Brew's staggering footsteps drew nearer, and in a moment the castle door opened, and a gray-haired old woman appeared before me and Ham.

"Hello, ma'am." Ham bowed respectfully.

"Hello, sir." The old woman's old voice said, "Do you have any business?" ”

Ham told the old woman about the breakdown of our car and the troubles and requests for help we had before, and the old woman sighed after hearing this: "When you go out, you should help you." It's just that I'll have to ask the owner of this castle. Can you wait here for a moment? ”

Ham and I nodded at once, indicating that we could wait here for a reply from the castle owner.

The old woman slammed the door of the castle shut twice, and then we heard the footsteps of the brewing staggering towards the back room, farther and farther away.

After about ten minutes, the old woman returned, and she opened the gate, and said, "The lord of the castle says that you can stay here for one night, but only for one night, and leave tomorrow morning after dawn." Can you do it? ”

"I can do it, but my car," Ham shrugged, gesturing at a JEEP car that had broken down not far away.

"At night, the owner will send someone to fix your car." The old woman squinted her eyes and looked at the lane in the distance, "You two come in first, and I'll take you to the guest room to rest." ”

Ham and I entered the castle, and the old woman closed the castle door and walked over to us. Ham and I followed him closely.

As the old woman walked, my eyes couldn't help but observe the inner structure of this castle, which is actually a typical European-style castle. It has circular towers, narrow windows, semicircular arches, low cupolas, and doorframes that protrude from each floor to decorate. The extensive use of columns and vaults of various shapes to achieve a solid, balanced, stable, and saturated aesthetic effect, the narrow windows form a strong contrast with the vast space inside, making the interior of the castle dim and deep, giving people a sense of mystery and darkness.

I followed the old woman to the second floor and found that the portraits of the castle owners of the past dynasties were hanging in the corridor, and at the end of the corridor I found that all the portraits were actually a person! However, the time of birth and death of the person in the portrait is clearly marked at the bottom of the portrait. My heart instantly swelled up with unease, and I looked at the portrait of the young man at the end of the corridor, he must be the current owner of the castle!

Below the portrait is the word Hanks, and it seems that the current owner of the castle is called Hanks. On the portrait, there is a faint smile on the corner of Hanks's mouth, and it seems to be a sneer, and I really can't figure out what Hanks is doing in the portrait.

"Sir, can you hurry up?" The old woman suddenly turned around and called me.

"Okay." I immediately quickened my pace and followed the old woman closely.

The old woman turned around and walked around and said, "Sir, it's not that I didn't remind you. You can't touch a single grass, tree, scenery or thing in the castle, otherwise the owner of the castle will be unhappy. ”

I answered softly and said nothing else. Although the old woman's words are a reminder, they are more like a warning. It seems to tell us that if I touch something I shouldn't touch, I'm going to get in a lot of trouble.

After following the old woman for a while, she finally came to the guest room.

The old woman opened the guest room and said, "This is the room where the two gentlemen live, and it has its own bathroom." So, no matter what you hear at night, don't go out. ”

The old woman closed the door to the guest room, and then I listened to the sound of the staggering footsteps of the brew fading away, and then went downstairs.

Ham waited for the old woman to go away before he said, "Walker, do you feel that this castle is weird?" ”

I was not the only one who thought the castle was a little weird, and even Ham could detect it. I was instantly relieved and was about to speak. Ham preemptively said, "Did you notice that all the people in the portrait were actually a person?" ”

I found out naturally, and the person in the portrait is indeed the same person.

I nodded and said, "Maybe the owner of the castle is a painter."

Before I could finish my sentence, Ham interrupted me and said, "What's even more strange is that I seem to know the person in the portrait, but I can't remember where I've seen it." ”

I was instantly stunned, Ham actually said that he might know the owner of this castle, according to the portrait in the corridor, the owner of this castle is one or two hundred years old, he is either a demon or a ghost, how could Ham know him?

I shook my head and said, "Ham, don't be cranky. Hanks, the owner of the castle, didn't mean to hurt us, and I don't care so much. Wash and sleep, you have to hurry tomorrow! ”

I have the mentality that it is none of my business, after all, the old woman's repeated instructions are still in my ears, obviously people don't want us to know the identity of the castle owner, why do we have to test other people's privacy?

I reassured Ham a few more times, and Ham paused, but from time to time he still read the words of knowing Hanks, the owner of the castle, and I ignored Ham, and lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

I don't know how long I slept, but when I woke up, Ham was already sleeping soundly in the other bed, snoring from time to time. I made up my mind and prepared to take a shower and sort through my thoughts for the rest of the day to see if I missed any clues that could lead to Jimir.

But as soon as I got up, I suddenly heard a "whoa-whoa" sound outside the room.

"What's the situation?" Ham was also awakened in his sleep, "There are wolves? ”

It's no surprise that wild wolves are found in the wilderness. However, I am more worried than wolves about something else terrible - zombies!

"Walker, why don't we go outside?" Ham suddenly suggested, the whining sound had completely dispelled Ham's sleepiness, and he wanted to go out and see what was going on.

Why don't I want to see what's going on?

But the old woman's warning is still in our ears, we can't rush out! Besides, when it's dawn, we'll be leaving! If you offend the owner of the castle, Hanks, who rushed out of the room, will not be able to make it.

I vetoed Ham's offer and tried to comfort him, but Ham didn't get up.

Still, the whining continued, leaving neither Ham nor I in the mood to calm down. What's even more bizarre is that later, in addition to the whining sounds, there are also crackling fights, and a few screams from time to time. This kind of scream is a scream that penetrates into the bones, and you can clearly feel that the person who is screaming is suffering unimaginably in ordinary people.

"Hanks," a woman's voice suddenly came from downstairs, "Hanks, you have to hold on!" Hold on! ”

Perhaps the woman's voice was the voice of the mistress of the castle?

Ham and I were curious, but we didn't go out to find out.