The more I thought about it, the more I felt that this matter was not reassuring, because, if the old man really had the heart to help us and provide us with clues, wouldn't it be over if he didn't have to go around such a big circle at all, and just hand over the wardrobe? He tried everything possible to get us to go to his so-called old mansion, which was clearly a trap.

I counted it with Qin Yiheng and told him that it was better for us not to go to this place. He thought about it for a long time before he said, "We still have to go, but we have to be more careful." This old man doesn't seem to want to hurt people, in your words, even if he wants to hurt people, there is no need to go around in such a big circle. ”

I pondered for a while, although I still didn't know the bottom in my heart, but Qin Yiheng said that I didn't have a reason to retreat, so I immediately said goodbye to him in the teahouse and went home to wait for news.

The old man didn't break his promise, and someone contacted me early the next day, told me the location of the house, and told us to leave as soon as possible, and call him again after we landed, and someone there would go to the airport to pick me up.

This house is in a prefecture-level city in the south, and the specific address of the other party was not revealed on the phone, I didn't even have the opportunity to check it in advance from the network map, so I could only look at it with a black eye, and I bought a ticket for the nearest flight with Qin Yiheng, and went on the road nervously.

I kept my eyes closed all the time, but I couldn't sleep at all. Qin Yiheng looked unfazed. When we got off the plane, I called them, and after waiting at the airport for half an hour, someone came to pick us up.

The man who came was in his thirties, with a public face, and except for saying hello when they met, he rarely spoke, and he didn't even introduce himself, and I didn't know who his surname was. I got into his car with Qin Yiheng, and I tried to talk to him all the way, trying to see if I could get something out. I don't know if it's because of his strict mouth or his personality, he doesn't take my stubble at all, which makes me very embarrassed, so I can only shut up.

The car drove for a long time, from the airport into the city, and then out of the city, along the national highway. By the time the car stopped, it had been on the road for nearly four hours.

Originally, it was afternoon when we got off the plane, and it was already dark after such a toss. I was tired and hungry, so I got out of the car and looked left and right, and I felt that this time it was really a sheep's mouth.

Our location, I'm afraid, is already very remote, and it looks like a small town. Although it is not surrounded by mountains, it always feels sparsely populated, there are not many buildings as far as the eye can see, and there are few houses with lights on. In this kind of poor country, I am afraid that I can't find a decent place to stay.

At first I thought it was too late to travel, so I stayed here for the night, but the man who didn't want to pick us up said that the house was at the end of the street where we stood, and that we should have something to eat first, and then he would take us to see it.

Qin Yiheng didn't feel surprised when he got out of the car, and nodded at me lightly, and I didn't know if Lu Dao was comforting me. I said in my heart, now that I can only come and settle down, I smoked a cigarette and followed the person who picked us up to a small noodle restaurant. The noodle restaurant is about to close, so I helped cook a few taels of noodles, and the taste is not bad. The two of us were hungry for a long time, and by the time we had eaten, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening.

When I came out of the noodle shop, it was even darker outside, and some of the people who had turned on the lights before had turned off their lights. There are no street lights on the road, so I always feel a little hairy on the way to the house. When you stand in front of the house, this hairy feeling is even more obvious.

This house is much bigger than I thought, and although it is not majestic, compared to the house next to it, it must be the mansion of the richest man in town. The style of the house is Chinese, the courtyard gate is very high, and it looks a bit like the kind of gate in the Forbidden City, but it is reduced in equal proportions. Anyway, this kind of self-built house can be built whatever it wants, and there will be no relevant departments to manage it.

Before I even entered the house, I was already deflated. I don't know how big this house is, but it must be difficult to eat. Besides, this house is in such a remote town, unless the highway is repaired here one day and needs to occupy an area, it will only be a loss if you take this house.

I pondered for a moment, and completely dispelled the idea of taking over this house. Now the only purpose of this trip is to see if there is a wardrobe inside. The person who picked us up opened the courtyard gate, but he didn't rush in, but first took three big black umbrellas from the wall behind the courtyard gate, handed two to me and Qin Yiheng, and he opened one himself, and then walked in first.

His behavior made the two of us look at each other, what is the leakage of this house, and you have to go in with an umbrella? But at this time, the sky was full of stars, and there was no rain. I asked Qin Yiheng in a low voice. He said that he would follow the local customs, so he opened the umbrella and walked in.

I walked behind the gate, entered the courtyard gate, and when I came to the courtyard, I suddenly had a feeling of enlightenment. The old man's aesthetic standards are not low, although the yard is not very large, but the layout decoration, flowers and ponds are still very beautiful. However, I did not have time to admire, and after passing through the courtyard, the three of them entered the main hall of the house. The person who picked us up entered the house, but he still didn't put the umbrella away, Qin Yiheng and I had to continue to hold it, and the three of them walked around the house like a nervous disorder.

The person who picked us up showed us room by room, without any explanation or description. I can only estimate the size of the house through experience. Removing the yard, it is estimated that it can be 500 to 600 square meters. There are a lot of rooms, as the old man said, the furniture is antique wooden furniture, I don't know if the road is a modern imitation or has been left earlier.

I saw that Qin Yiheng's eyes kept scanning around, probably searching for the wardrobe. I also tried to find it, but although the house was large, I really didn't find anything as big as the wardrobe.

The three of them roughly circled, and after the last one they all sat in the living room. Although I don't plan to buy the house, after all, I still have to talk about it symbolically. So, I asked the person who picked us up if the old man had said anything about the psychological price at which he sold the house. The person who picked us up listened to my question, but seemed a little absent-minded, staring at the umbrella in his hand all the time.

At this time, Qin Yiheng and I didn't put down the umbrella in our hands, this scene was quite funny. Seeing that he didn't answer, I raised my voice and asked again. This time he shook his head at me, indicating that he didn't know what to do, and looked up at the inside of the umbrella again.

I was completely annoyed by him, and I felt a little angry in my heart, what is there to look at with an umbrella? He also looked up. I was quite surprised to see this, on the top of my umbrella, there was a piece of self-adhesive or plaster or something like that, not long, the size of half a thumb, it looked a bit like the umbrella was leaked, and someone temporarily filled it up.

I thought to myself that this umbrella had just been mended by this man? Why else would he keep thinking about this? I lowered my body as low as possible, wanting to see the inner top of Qin Yiheng's umbrella. Helplessly, he lifted it relatively low, and I couldn't see anything, so I had to glance at him and remind him to look inside the umbrella.

Qin Yiheng also glanced up in understanding, frowned at me, stretched out two fingers, and pointed at the person who was picking up us, not knowing what he meant by it. I guessed, did he tell me that there were two things stuck to the umbrella? Now I'm even more puzzled, this umbrella is broken? This old man's family doesn't look like he can't afford an umbrella, is he so frugal?

Thinking about it, I opened my mouth and asked this person, "What do you mean by holding an umbrella all the time you came in?" ”

The man was stunned by my question, and did not answer directly, but told me with a somewhat panicked look that we can live in this house tonight, and by the way, we can also watch the house. After saying that, he got up to say goodbye to us, and before leaving, he put the key to the courtyard gate on the table, and told us that he had bought water and vegetarian food in advance, put them in the kitchen, and hurried out of the house.

I still wanted to ask him a few words, but Qin Yiheng stretched out his hand to stop me, and whispered to me to stop chasing, saying: "There is something wrong with this person, it seems that he is not familiar with this house, and when he takes us around, he will enter when he sees the door." As he spoke, he held out two more fingers and pointed to his eyes, "His gaze has been wandering, and it is obvious that he is also angry with this place." ”

I thought about it for a while, and judging from the various performances of the person before, it seems that he really told him. Although he didn't come for the first time, he probably hasn't been here a few times. What is the old man's intention in arranging such a person to receive him? Obviously, it doesn't look like you're going to sell your house.

I asked Qin Yiheng, he also shook his head, telling me that it was useless to think about it now, and after speaking, he pointed to the ceiling of the house again.

I moved the umbrella a little bit away and looked up, only to realize that the ceiling of this house was very interesting. I don't know if the old man likes to look at the stars very much, there are many skylights on the ceiling, each skylight is not small, and there is no cover on it, and you can see the sky directly through the glass. I was wearing an umbrella all the time, so I didn't pay attention, but now that I see it, it's even more strange. This kind of skylight is hardly used in private houses, and even if it is, it will not be used on such a large scale. Moreover, this house is Chinese style from the exterior wall, interior and even furniture, and the skylight is also very incompatible.

I lit a cigarette and asked Qin Yiheng if there was anything to say about this skylight. He let out a "hmm" and was silent for a while before he said: "That person kept telling us to use umbrellas, and before leaving, he specially instructed us, which may have something to do with the skylight." With that, he walked around the room, looked at the skylights one by one, and came back and lit a cigarette, as if in thought.

Seeing this, I also guessed that this umbrella has two functions: to shade the sun or to keep out the rain. The glass on this skylight is intact, and it hasn't rained, so is this umbrella used to block the light? In this house, people can't be exposed to the light above their heads? Thinking of this, I looked up again. This time, I didn't dare to move the umbrella away to look directly above, but tilted it a little, leaving an angle to look at the skylight diagonally above.

There was no moon in sight, and the lights were on in the house, so even if there was moonlight outside, it would not shine in. I said in my heart that I had to turn off the lights to see the clues, and I was about to tell Qin Yiheng my speculation, when I suddenly remembered another thing. I heard that there is a lot of folk saying that you can't use an umbrella indoors, and legend has it that it will attract ghosts. The person who picked us up before was in such a hurry to leave, could it be a trap? He knew that there was something in this house, so he used it to harm us in this way?