Chapter 7 Chapter Six Unpredictable Changes

My first thought was that they were "joking" with me, which was a natural reaction, because I didn't think there was anyone else within the confines of the castle.But when I looked up and looked around, I immediately denied my own thoughts. The reason is very simple, the car is parked in the open space in front of the castle, within a hundred meters of the open space, there is no place for people to hide.If someone wants to hide, throw this big rock on the roof of the car. The nearest hiding place is upstairs in the building of the old castle.However, when I looked up, I found that the distance was at least 200 meters. Neither Wang Jufeng nor Rainbow could have such strength to throw a boulder weighing more than 50 kilograms so far and so accurately!

As I thought about it, when I came to the big rock, I pushed it with my foot, but it didn't move. I picked up the big rock with both hands. My estimate was right, the big rock was indeed more than 50 kilograms.Where did such a big rock come from? I couldn't help feeling a chill in my heart, and when I let go of my hand, the boulder fell heavily to the ground again. Before that moment, I had another idea.What I think of is that in the ancient castle, there may be a weapon commonly used to defend the castle in ancient times. That weapon uses a simple lever mechanism to bounce stone bullets far away to attack the enemy. ".Wang Jufeng and Rainbow may have used the catapult machine in the castle to attack me.

However, when I let go and the boulder fell to the ground, I immediately denied this very possible idea. Because after the boulder fell to the ground, it made quite a loud noise, and it caused a crack in the stone slab where the boulder hit. I was standing, holding the boulder with both hands, the boulder was no more than one meter above the ground, the force of the boulder falling to the ground was already so great.If the boulder is ejected from the catapult machine in the old castle, it must fall from a height of at least 100 meters. From the perspective of the relationship between acceleration and weight, if the boulder is dropped from a height of more than 100 meters On the roof, it is determined that it is not as simple as making a dent on the roof, its strength should be able to penetrate the roof!

After I denied my second thought, although there were many doubts in my heart, there was only one question buzzing in my mind: Where did this big rock come from? My palms were sweating. When I was wiping my clothes and trying to wipe the sweat off my palms, I found that there were a lot of stone powder and tiny stone particles on my hands. This partly answered my question. A big rock, it seems that it was mined from the mountain. However, there was no one around, who threw a big rock that was just quarried from the mountain to the roof of the car? Although I was sweating constantly, the chill in my heart was getting worse and worse. I felt an extremely indescribable, strange and inexplicable atmosphere surrounding me, and I had to break through it, otherwise, I would not be able to hold on .So I immediately got in the car, stepped on the gas pedal, and sprinted forward.

As I was speeding forward, I heard--really heard--a cry, a cry of agony, of despair, and I insisted on really hearing the cry of thousands The shouting sound was because I was really not sure if I really heard it, it was just a passing feeling, and the sound of the car's engine was very loud. In fact, even if I was sure that I heard the sound, I didn't have the courage to stop and ask where the sound came from, because I couldn't see anything that could make the sound within the range of my sight. ! I drove the car as fast as I could, even on a 30-degree incline, and I refueled. When my car rushed into the town like a mad cow and stopped in front of the small hotel, I almost Can't believe I've arrived!

The door of the small hotel was closed, I slammed on the door vigorously, and as soon as someone came to open the door, I shouted loudly: "Gu Ang, is Gu Ang here?" I didn't even look at the person who opened the door, so I pushed him away and rushed in. The noise I made must have been very loud, so when I rushed into the hotel, several people came out to greet me. I saw Gu Ang in it, and went straight to him, and grabbed his chest with my hand Clothes, shouted loudly: "Guang, you have something to hide from me about the Grand Duke's Castle. If you don't tell me the truth, I will definitely break your neck!"

As I said that, I pushed his head hard, causing his head to tilt to the side. In this simple town, it must be extremely rare for me to deal with Gouang, so everyone who watched They were all stunned and allowed me to "do evil".Gu Anggao shouted: "Let me go!" I let go: "Don't think that I came to you in the middle of the night to play a joke on you!" The expression on my face at that time must have been extremely vicious, and Yigu Ang repeatedly shouted: "I know! I know!" At this time, among the onlookers, a middle-aged man shouted to me: "Hey, what are you doing?"

I turned my head: "It's just a matter between me and Gu Ang. If other people are interested and want to participate, I welcome it too!" The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say, I couldn't help but dragged Gu Ang, walked out of the hotel, almost "throwing" him into the car, I also got into the car, and the car drove straight out It took about five minutes to stop.The car stopped on an extremely quiet mountain road, and I pressed the steering wheel with both hands: "Gu Ang, first of all, you need to know that I am serious!" Gu Ang smiled bitterly: "Actually, I didn't hide anything from you about the castle. What I haven't mentioned is just some... things that no one will believe if I tell you."

I immediately said, "For example, what?" Gu Ang swallowed a mouthful of saliva, asked me for another cigarette, took a deep breath, and said: "Those are some absurd things that cannot be explained. In the castle, things will be lost from time to time──Please don't Misunderstanding, what is lost is not the historically valuable relics in the castle, but some worthless things that our administrators use every day!" My heart suddenly moved: "For example, things like lighters?" Gu Ang said: "I have never lost a lighter, but I have lost a knife. Several of my colleagues have similar experiences!"

I said, "Under what circumstances did it all happen?" Gu Ang said: "It's a very common situation, like after putting down something, if one doesn't pay attention, even in a very short period of time, if you look again, the thing is gone!" I frowned: "Please be more specific, for example, under what circumstances did you lose that knife?" Gu Ang wondered: "Why is a small knife so important!" I can't tell why.A small knife is of course not important, but I have already discovered some very important things in Gu Ang's words, but at that time, my thoughts were still very confused, and I didn't know exactly what I caught, so I just Ask Gu Ang to explain in more detail.

I made a gesture of insistence.Gu Ang said: "The administrator of the castle, sometimes I have to do some maintenance work. I only remember that day was last year, but I can't remember which day. I was in a room, repairing a bed foot──" I interrupted him: "Which one?" Gu Ang looked at me, unable to answer, and was stunned for a moment: "I don't remember clearly, is this really that important?" I said, "Is it the room where Miss Gao stayed overnight?" Gu Ang said: "No, it's on the east wing, the second floor, or the third floor──" I said again: "Your other colleagues can't see anything, and they are also in various places in the castle, not in a fixed place, a room?" Gu Ang said: "No, everywhere in the castle──" When he said this, he stopped abruptly: "By the way, it seems that all of them happened in the east wing. Nothing happened in the middle lobby and the west wing." I nodded: "Keep talking!" Gou Ang said: "I brought a toolbox, entered that room, and started to tidy up the work. During the work, I clearly put a small knife, which is a Swiss-made small knife, very delicate, on it. On the mantel-" I startled abruptly: "On the mantelpiece?" Gu Ang blinked: "Yes, every room in the castle has a fireplace!" I spread my hands: "Please continue." Gu Ang said: "Actually, there is nothing special. When I tried to use this knife again after a minute, the knife disappeared! I searched and searched and couldn't find it. Since this is not the first time, We all regarded it as a strange thing, so we didn’t search any further, I knew we couldn’t find it! The whole thing happened like that.” I said, "It's not weird to lose something." Gu Ang looked at me for a moment: "The weird thing is that in the castle, sometimes something is lost for no reason. Sometimes, something is gained for no reason!" As soon as I heard Gu Ang's words, I couldn't help standing up straight.Losing things for no reason, although strange, can be imagined, but getting a little more things for no reason is a bit scary! I hurriedly said, "For example, what?" Gu Ang said: "One night, a few colleagues and I were about to go to bed when we heard a noise on the roof. A colleague and I climbed up to the roof to have a look and saw a large plate of hemp rope on the roof!" I swallowed and asked, "Didn't any of you stay on the roof?" Gu Ang said: "Impossible, the rope is old and smelly, we don't use this kind of rope at all. Another time, an ax suddenly fell from the sky and landed in the yard, almost causing no trouble!" My heart was pounding: "Could there be a big rock falling from the sky?" Gu Ang shook his head and said: "No, most of them are some weird things, sometimes it's a clay bowl, sometimes it's a wine pot, a wooden ladle, etc." I reached out and pressed his shoulder: "I completely believe what you said, because when I came, outside the gate of the old castle, a big rock weighing at least 50 kilograms suddenly fell down and pressed on the roof of the car! If you If you don’t believe me, you can check the dent on the roof!” Gu Ang's expression was extremely surprised: "What? You... just came from the Grand Duke's Castle! The castle has been closed! Every year after the castle is closed, no one goes there, and no one even approaches it!" I smiled wryly, unintentionally, I revealed that I had been to the castle!I hurriedly said, "I... just wandered around the gate of the castle for a while out of curiosity!" Gu Ang shook his head and said solemnly: "That's not good either!" I asked, "Why?" Gu Ang said: "Every winter, the castle does not belong to people, but to the gods. In the few small towns closest to the castle, on cold nights, you can even hear many cries from the castle. No one has ever dared to Let’s get closer to find out! After all, we are just ordinary people, who would dare to deal with gods?” Hearing Gu Ang say this, I couldn't help but take a deep breath.I looked at him and said that I just lingered on the gate of the ancient castle for a while, Gu Ang already felt extremely serious, and Rainbow and Wang Jufeng entered the ancient castle, what will happen to them now? As I thought about it, I asked, "Has anyone had an accident because they entered the castle after it was closed?" Gu Ang said: "No, because no one would do that at all!" At this time, I had an idea, and I sorted out the idea again: "Guang, since the castle is closed and no one approaches it, is it possible that someone, for example, a certain criminal group Use it as their lair? Because it can be said to be the most remote place in the world, and no matter what activities are carried out in the old castle, it will not be interfered by outsiders!" I put forward my idea seriously, and I think it is quite reasonable.Didn't the invisible castle just happen to be used as a lair by a large-scale criminal group? My basis is that I always thought that someone was hiding in the castle.Not to mention what happened to Gu Ang and his colleagues, but to talk about the recent events. Rainbow lost the lighter, got a bronze medal, and touched a human hand, which proved that there were outsiders in the castle at that time.I found the lighter, and a big stone was thrown at my car, which also proved that there was someone else in the castle! If there are people hiding in the castle, and they continue to create strange things to scare people, then they must have ulterior motives, saying that these people are criminal groups, although they are not far away! However, when I mentioned this point to Gu Ang, I was only halfway through, and Gu Ang’s face had already shown an extremely funny expression. When I finished speaking, he couldn’t help but burst out laughing: “Of course not Yes, if there is one, where is he hiding?" I said: "This is what I want to investigate further. I think there is an extremely secret tunnel system in the Grand Duke's Castle, but ordinary people have never discovered it!" At this time, Gu Ang was also a little angry, and said loudly: "It is absolutely impossible, I am too familiar with the castle!" I insisted: "There must be, otherwise look at this—" I took out the rainbow lighter from my pocket: "This is Miss Gao's lighter, it suddenly appeared!" Gu Ang said: "I have already said that there are some strange things in the castle, and suddenly more things will come out." I stared at Gu Ang, thinking in my heart: Could Gu Ang be a member of a criminal group?But I denied my own idea. No matter how you look at it, Gu Ang is a sincere and simple mountain village youth. I stayed for a while before saying: "Gu Ang, I need your help!" Gu Ang smiled bitterly: "You were too fierce when you stuffed me into the car, so I won't help you!" I said, "Don't be joking, this matter is serious!" Gu Ang was stunned: "How serious is it?" I said: "Listen, everything I said, whether you believe it or not, you must never tell others!" Guang also became nervous because of my seriousness.I said again: "Also, after you hear my story, don't be angry, if I were you, I would definitely be furious, because there are two people, they are too nonsense, they, they—" I really didn't know how to start. After hesitating for a while, I briefly told the story of Gao Caihong and Wang Jufeng.Gu Ang can be said to be a very good-tempered person. However, when I mentioned that Rainbow and Wang Jufeng climbed into the wall, he was a little bit impatient!When I said that the two of them hacked open the door with an ax and entered the castle, Gu Ang's face was flushed red, he fidgeted, and said repeatedly: "How can it be! How could they do this? No one has the right to do this!" I smiled wryly: "Listen to me!" Gu Ang clenched his fists tightly, reluctantly holding back, I continued to talk, Gu Ang could only smile wryly when he heard that the two were searching for secret passages, and when he heard that Wang Jufeng and Rainbow were going to play hide-and-seek in the castle, he tightly hugged his head with his hands . However, when I continued to speak, Gu Ang's anger gradually decreased, and his surprise gradually increased. The more he listened, the more surprised he became: "You came because the king... disappeared?" I said: "Yes, when I came, he appeared again!" I continued talking, and when he heard me tell what happened to Wang Jufeng, he sighed: "Sir, you just told me the story of two lunatics!" I said: "No, although their behavior is perverse, they are definitely not crazy!" Gu Ang blurted out: "If the two of them are not crazy, then you are—" He must have meant to say "You're crazy," but he didn't.But it doesn't make any difference whether he says it or not, because he looks at me like a madman! I shook my head: "Gu Ang, in all things, no one is crazy, and there must be something we don't understand!" Gu Ang didn't respond to my words: "I really have nothing to help you!" I smiled wryly, "I haven't told you what I want your help for!" Goon looked at me with a very strange look.For everything I have told him is queer enough, it would be a little strange if there was anything left unsaid! I smiled wryly: "They, Mr. Wang and Miss Gao, have gone to the castle again!" Gu Ang clenched his fists with both hands: "That's too hateful, I must drive them out, it violates the laws of our country!" I hurriedly said: "That's right! What I want to ask you for help is to ask you to drive the two of them out of Zhanbao!" Gu Ang's expression was very excited: "You don't need to ask, unless I don't know, as long as I know, I will drive the two of them out, I--" He stopped abruptly and stared at me, Obviously in an instant, he thought that things must not be that simple, and there was something wrong! He looked at me with a questioning expression, I nodded, and Gu Ang's expression became even uglier: "They...they..." I said, "I can't find them! Their car is at the gate of the castle. I'm sure they've been to the castle, but I can't find them. They...they..." I was thinking about how to describe the situation of the two of them in the castle now, but Gu Ang shouted: "They are missing! They were swallowed up by the castle, they..." The more Gu Ang said, the more terrifying his expression became. Moreover, he seemed to be afraid that I would force him to send him to the old castle. While screaming, he opened the car door and jumped out.I stretched out my hand to pull him, but I didn't pull him for a while. He had already got out of the car and was running wildly forward.I hurriedly started the car and chased after him. After a while, the car blocked his way. He ran very fast, threw himself on the car body, panted, and shouted: "I won't go! I won't go! " I stretched out my hand from the window through the car door, and held him, lest he escape again, while trying to make my voice sound calm: "Why are you so afraid? Look at me, in the castle, alone It's been a long time, and there is no surprise at all!" I noticed Gu Ang's gaze, fixed on the roof, and secretly called "Oops" in my heart, because there was a rather large dent on the roof, and I just told him that the dent on the roof was Under what circumstances was formed. Sure enough, Gu Ang immediately shouted: "You still say there is nothing wrong? That big rock that fell from the sky almost killed you!" He said, panting, and looked at me at the same time: " For your own sake, leave as soon as possible, and don't mess with the Grand Duke's Castle again!" I couldn't help but laugh: "Gu Ang, will you ignore your friends and just leave?" Gu Ang blinked: "It's no good to pay another one! I will definitely not go!" I knew it was hard to convince Gu Ang, so I had to smile wryly: "You must not go, and I have no other choice. I regret that I told you everything!" Gu Ang hurriedly said: "Don't worry, I will never tell anyone that I will soon forget all of this, just pretend it never happened! Don't worry, just don't worry!" At that moment, I had an idea, I let go of Gu Ang, and said coldly: "I am really relieved, because you can completely forget about the disappearance of your own father and uncle, let alone two stranger!" Gu Ang was shocked suddenly, his face flushed: "My father and uncle, they... just left their hometown and went outside to seek development!" I sneered and said, "You found such a reason to hide that you didn't have the courage to explore the truth, very good! Very good! They went outside to seek development, not bad. How many years has it been? Have you ever received anything from them? letter?" Gu Ang's expression was ugly, I opened the car door, walked out, and shouted at him: "Go back! Go back to the bar and flirt with the waitress, you fool who doesn't want to know the truth And coward, you only deserve to live like this!" Under the twilight of the stars and the moon, Gu Ang's face was pale. My words obviously stimulated him greatly, his body trembled a little, and he stared at me.After a full minute, he said: "What do you mean? You mean, my father and uncle, they... disappeared in the Grand Duke's castle, what happened to them?" I said: "I don't know, I just invite you to explore together, if you dare not go, forget it!" Gu Ang raised his hands and walked towards the car without saying a word. I quickly opened the door, Gu Ang got into the car, sat down beside the driver's seat, and I drove the car forward. At this time, I asked Goang to go with me to the Grand Duke's Castle.Afterwards, a series of unexpected things happened. Looking back, I don’t understand why Gu Ang was forced to go to the Grand Duke’s Castle with me!Gu Ang can't really help me. In the two conversations with him, I know that he doesn't know much about the Grand Duke's Castle, and he doesn't know if there is another secret passage in the castle. What is it for? The only explanation is that at that time, deep down in my heart, there was also an inexplicable fear, and I wanted to bring someone to accompany me, so Gu Ang was naturally the most ideal candidate. Gu Ang sat beside me, not saying a word.It wasn't until the sky turned white, and he was very close to the Grand Duke's Castle, that he suddenly said a word: "If my father and uncle are still in the castle, then they are now...now..." I patted his arm backhand: "After so many years, their lives are of course over!" Gu Ang smiled wryly, and didn't say anything more. After the car turned a corner on the mountain road, the Grand Duke's Castle could already be seen.In the morning light, it looks very majestic.I can't help but think: When this ancient castle was built, the project was so arduous, and the Grand Duke Baoneng recruited so many civilians!I'm afraid that none of the peasants voluntarily participated in the construction of the castle. During this period, I don't know how many tragic things happened!When I was thinking this way, I vaguely heard the cries of the peons, the waving of the whip, and the shouts of the soldiers. I got myself together and the car drove more steadily. The car stopped in the open space in front of the gate of the ancient castle. I drove the rainbow car to find Gu Ang. My classic car was at the gate of the ancient castle.It seems that Rainbow and Wang Jufeng haven't left the castle yet. If they want to leave, of course they will use my car instead of walking down the mountain. Gu Ang and I got out of the car and came to the door. I said to Gu Ang, "Do you want to take a rest?" Gu Ang shook his head: "No need!" As he and I walked into the castle, we said, "It seems that many things happened in the east wing, especially that room. Let's start from that room, shall we?" Gu Ang took a deep breath: "According to what you said, you have already searched in that room?" I said: "Yes, I didn't find anything, Wang Jufeng didn't find anything at first, but later, he obviously found something!" Gu Ang murmured: "I hope we find something too!" While we were talking, we had already listened from the central hall to the hall in the east wing.Then, go up the stairs to the third floor.That room was the first at the beginning of the corridor on the third floor. When I pushed open the door, when Gu Ang saw the situation in the room at a glance, he couldn't help calling out.I don't know whether he is angry or sad. He walked into the room as if he was drunk, and then slumped down on a chair, his face pale and ugly. I could see that he was extremely tired, so I said, "Would you like a cup of coffee first?" Gu Ang waved his hand, neither saying yes nor no.In fact, I was just as tired at this point and needed a cup of coffee myself.I wanted to make the atmosphere between us more relaxed, so I said: "If you are not afraid of being alone in this room, I will go to the backyard and bring a pot of coffee, and we will discuss how to proceed!" Gu Ang smiled bitterly: "It's not humorous at all!" I shrugged, turned and walked outside.When I walked outside, I saw him stretching out his hand to caress his face, which is usually what people do when they feel tired. When I went downstairs, the stairs turned around, and there were many paintings hanging on the wall next to the stairs.In my opinion, these oil paintings are of extremely high value. The Grand Duke’s castle is always empty in winter, allowing people to steal in. However, it is strange that so many valuable things in the castle can be preserved. ! As I was thinking, I was going down the stairs. When I came to the second floor, I suddenly heard a scream from Goon from upstairs, calling my name.He couldn't pronounce my name very well, but I clearly heard him scream, "Wesley!" I was startled abruptly!After hearing Gu Ang's scream, my first reaction was to turn around abruptly and rush upstairs.I jumped up the twenty-odd stairs almost five times, and I shouted: "What's the matter? Gouang?" I just yelled, and the person had already reached the third floor. As I have already introduced, the room where Gu Ang lives on the third floor is at the beginning of the corridor.So, as soon as I reached the third floor, in fact, it was equivalent to arriving at that room, and the door was open, I went upstairs, took only one step, and I could see the situation in the room! I have narrated all this tirelessly, and I want to make one point: the time interval between when I heard the scream and when I could see the situation in that room would not exceed five seconds! Goon was not in the easy chair. I yelled for the rest of my life, rushed into the room, turned around, I couldn't see Gu Ang, and shouted: "Gu Ang!" I yelled a lot and got no response, during that time I was just running around the room and doing totally pointless things like leaning over to look under the bed, hoping that Gouang was calling me After that, he hid under the bed. Gu Ang must still be in that room, I can be sure of that.His screams came from this room, and within five seconds, I went upstairs.If he left the room within these five seconds, besides going downstairs, I would definitely see him, but I didn't see him when I went upstairs. That scream sounded very anxious, as if something extremely unpredictable suddenly happened to him during the short period of time I was away.Of course, something unfathomable happened because he was missing!A young man weighing over seventy kilograms suddenly disappeared into the air, gone! This is really impossible, but Gu Ang is indeed gone! My mind is in a mess!When I regained my composure, I thought: "I'm leaving, and Goon is sitting in that easy chair. If the unfathomable happens, I hope that the unfathomable will happen to me again." , then, at least I can know where Gu Ang went!" As I thought about it, I sat down in the easy chair too.And imitating Gu Ang's sitting posture at that time, lowering his body as low as possible, it was the sitting posture of a tired person.But at this time, due to the disappearance of Guang, I had long forgotten my fatigue. I sat down expecting the unfathomable to happen to me.But nothing happened. The room, the entire castle, and even the surroundings of the castle were extremely quiet, and it was hard to imagine any unimaginable special accidents. I am sitting, knowing that sitting like this is not an option, but I can only sit like this.Although Gu Ang never showed up, I shouldn't sit still, I should go to him, but how can I find him?Gu Ang was undoubtedly in the room, he shouldn't be anywhere else! I couldn't tell exactly how long I sat there, until I heard the sound of a car coming from outside the castle, and I jumped up abruptly. I sat in that chair longer than Goon, but nothing happened. Then, I heard human voices again. It sounded like there were several cars and many people.I left the chair, went to the window, and looked out. I saw three cars parked outside the wall, in the open space in front of the castle, and many people got out of the car. Four of them were wearing uniforms. It looks like they are the police. Only then did I feel that the situation was serious! Last night in town, I took Guang away in a very bad manner.Originally, if Gu Ang was still there, my crime would at best be that of trespassing into the Grand Duke’s Castle, it’s no big deal.But now Gu Ang is gone!How do I explain Goon's disappearance to anyone who has come? As soon as I thought of this, I knew that if I hadn't left the castle immediately, I might not be able to leave! The people outside the castle had only just come to the gate of the castle at this time, pointing at the open gate and shouting.I can't hear what they're shouting, but they're coming to the castle at once, there's no doubt about it!But I can also have enough time to walk away. However, even if you can escape from the castle, what will happen in the future?I don't know where Wang Jufeng and Gao Caihong are, and now that there is another Gu Ang, I really can't just walk away! So although I knew there would be great trouble, I gave up the idea of ​​running away and went down.