The door of the church was closed, leaving only a small door for one person to enter and exit at the next side.

Leswood stepped forward and tapped lightly on the door, then pressed his ear to the door to listen to the movement inside.

Others also looked up at the church, which was made of a mixture of stone and wood.

They have not seen such a building in New York, fortune tellers say, this is the Niangniang Temple in the eyes of foreigners, some for men who are not dressed and tied to the shelf, some for women holding children, and some of them are very familiar, you can see women holding torches on high-rise buildings, that is, Lady Liberty.

But no matter who the Niangniang Temple is for, the appearance is either magnificent and gorgeous, full of exquisite sculptures and flower windows, or it is relatively simple, square and neat, but the one in front of me looks a little gloomy and dilapidated.

The wood near the corner tower of this church has partially collapsed due to decay, but there is no sign of repair, and there is mottled moss growing in the cracks in the stones of the outer wall, and sometimes you can see centipedes and other insects crawling around in it, which is very disgusting.

"What the hell is this? Is it really a church? ”

Margaret frowned, and moved to the side in disgust.

"Maybe this place is poor, and there is no money to repair and maintain, don't you see that the other houses are also in tatters? After all, not every city can be like New York or London. ”

Zhou Zhen didn't feel that there was anything to dislike, the land temple where he lived when he was a child was much more dilapidated than this, but as long as there was a place that could block the wind and rain, it would be like home to him, so when he saw this foreigner temple that seemed to be neglected and somewhat dilapidated, he more or less gave birth to a sense of affection.

Just after Leswood knocked on the wooden door, he leaned there and listened for a while, looked back at Hu Rentian and Hong Ah Ghost, pouted and shrugged his shoulders.

"There's no movement at all, isn't there anybody?"

Hu Rentian took two steps forward and said, "Since it is an abandoned temple, let's tear down this door, go in and stay for one night, what are you waiting for here?" ”

"No, there must be someone here."

Hong Ah Ghost suddenly spoke, and then pointed to the metal pull ring of the wooden door next to him, which was rubbed into the light of the person.

"Look at this place, it doesn't look like it's uninhabited, it looks like someone opens this door every day, it's not early now, and the people inside may have rested."

Just as a few people were discussing, the small wooden door that could only pass through one person suddenly "creaked" inward, and a clergyman with sallow cheeks and wrinkles, dressed in linen robes, appeared at the door.

"Who are you? Pray tomorrow morning, we have other things to attend to today, and it's closed. ”

Seeing that there were really people inside, Leswood hurriedly grabbed two steps and said with a smile on his face: "This priest, we are coming from New York, we are going to Mississippi, the car burst when it drove near the village, but it is too far away from the nearest repair shop, so I thought about staying in our village for one night and leaving early tomorrow morning, you can rest assured, we are all serious businessmen, this is my business card, I am a lawyer." ”

Leswood was afraid that Hu Rentian and Hong Ah Ghost would scare the priest, so he hurriedly took out his business card and handed it over with both hands.

But the clergyman with an emaciated face full of wrinkles only glanced at it, and did not reach out to take it, and his gaze slowly swept over the few people outside the door, only lingering on Margaret for a while, and finally fell on Adam, the black driver.

He watched quietly for a few seconds, and suddenly smiled and said, "Since you are a guest from New York, then I must let you stay for one night, please come in." ”

With that, the priest flashed to the side and gave way to the wooden door.

Leswood was very happy, turned around and beckoned to everyone, "Great, it seems that this priest is still relatively easy to talk to, and my lawyer's business card can also come in handy." ”

However, when Leswood beckoned everyone to go inside, he was a little puzzled, because Hu Rentian, Hong Agui, Tongsuo, and Li Bai were all standing in place with no intention of going in, and even their expressions became a little guarded, yes, they were on guard.

Hu Rentian and Hong Ah Ghost glanced at each other, nodded slightly, Hu Rentian took the lead, walked sideways into the wooden door, Leswood was the second to enter, followed by Li Bai, Zhou Zhen, Margaret, Copper Lock, Adam, and Hong Ah Ghost fell at the back of the line.

As he approached the entrance to the church, he turned and glanced at the shadowy corner behind him, and then stepped in and disappeared into the small wooden door that seemed to be connected to hell.

Yes, Leswood probably didn't notice, but others who had been on the battlefield keenly caught the smell of blood.

How can a normal church smell blood? And the clergyman who had just spoken to them also had a faint, vague smell of blood.

Judging by the experience of several people, this so-called clergyman must have had blood on his hands.

Of course, if this faint smell of blood were placed on ordinary people, they would think that it was a butcher and a meat seller, but this is not a restaurant, this is a church, and the same smell appears on a priest, which is indeed easy to associate with a lot.

Although Leswood saw the change in the atmosphere, he tacitly did not ask questions immediately, and he was a little careful in his heart.

When everyone walked into the dilapidated church, it suddenly became clear that although the interior of the church was relatively old, it was still clean, and the candlesticks, seats, and floors were all cleaned spotlessly, except for the weeds that grew in the cracks of the stone floor.

There is no sculpture of an object of worship in the center of the church, but there is a strange pattern of a hand axe and a long sword crossed together.

Skirting the prayer hall, a group followed the priest to the rear living quarters, where the corner of the ground floor seemed to lead to a kitchen or something, with a moisture-proof wooden partition on the floor, on which were piled up some dry food and straw, and in the corner of the other side were some crushed cinders for making a fire.

The priest didn't stop and led them to a spiral staircase, down the old creaking steps, all the way to the second floor.

They did not stop on the second floor, but went all the way up to the third floor, and it seemed that the church and the attic had four floors, and of course there were only four floors of habitation except for the towering bell tower.

"There are two empty rooms here, the condition is average, if you only stay for one night, you can still do it, you can distribute it yourself, also, our church will be repaired in the interior tonight, if you hear strange noises, please don't care, don't go out and walk around at will, our village often has fierce beasts sneaking in at night, if you get hurt because of this, it's not good."

"Thank you, Father, we'll sleep for one night and leave, we won't get into trouble, we have food with us, we just need to get some water from you."

"There is a water tank in the kitchen on the first floor, so if you want to drink water, you can get it yourself."

"Okay priest, sorry for your trouble."

Leswood also saw the strange and gloomy place in this place, and thought that it should not be a big problem to sleep for one night, and that they would be able to leave here early tomorrow morning by towing their car to the nearest repair shop to change a tire, and as for what secrets the village was hiding...... It's none of their business.