blind circle

The next day, Ji Liang and Shu Xin, who were still asleep, were awakened by a knock on the door. Shu Xin was just about to get up to open the door, but Ji Liang pressed his body with his hands, put on pajama pants and came to the door.

"Thank you, you didn't even leave me a single rose!" Li Shengfeng stood at the door with a reprimanding tone.

Ji Liang shrugged, and immediately put on a smile, "I'm so sorry Tom, I can pay the price."

"Forget it," Li Shengfeng waved his hand, "The flowers are just a gift for you. Hurry up and tidy up, the housekeeper of Zhan Yinglian's family has already driven to pick us up."

"So early?" Ji Liang looked towards the door of the house, and sure enough, a long black Lincoln stopped by the side of the road, and beside the car, a blond old man in a black dress bowed slightly to Ji Liang.

Ji Liang was a little surprised. The butler was well dressed, and his words and deeds were elegant and decent. It looked like he had received professional training, and he was nearly 60 years old. The annual salary of such a butler must not be low.

Zhan Yinglian, a writer of novels, is so rich?

Ji Liang didn't express any doubts on his face, he responded with a smile "Understood", and closed the door.

Shu Xin was already standing at the door of the bedroom, looking forward to the probe frequently.Ji Liang gestured in sign language: "Things are a bit weird, we must be cautious in this trip."

Shu Xin responded, "Zhan Yinglian is very strange, he specially asked me to bring the book he gave me yesterday..."

Ji Liang picked up the book and flipped through it, but didn't find anything unusual, it was indeed just an ordinary novel.

Shu Xin then asked, "Is Zhan Yinglian from CJF?"

"No," Ji Liang denied, "Yesterday someone investigated Zhan Yinglian's life experience. He graduated from Harvard Divinity School and worked in a restaurant in his early years. After meeting Li Shengfeng, Li Shengfeng borrowed a sum of money to support his creation. The two have become close friends."

"This is very strange. Li Shengfeng always puts interests first, why would he support a young man who writes novels?" Shu Xin was also puzzled, "Is it possible that the writer is just a cover for him to deceive others?"

Shu Xin suddenly remembered seeing the ring on Zhan Yinglian's hand yesterday, and reminded: "By the way, his ring is a weapon."

Ji Liang walked around the room with his hands behind his back, "So, his real identity may be an agent of the Five Peaks Alliance."

"Anyway, you must be careful when you go." Ji Liang put his glasses on Shu Xin's face, "Don't be brave in everything, just hide behind me."

There were not many vehicles on the streets in the early morning of the weekend, and the road was unimpeded. After leaving New Jersey, the black extended Lincoln set off for Queens, New York.

Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 was playing in the car, and three men in suits and leather shoes were sitting together. Li Shengfeng picked up a goblet from the armrest of the seat, and golden champagne bubbled continuously in the glass.

"Shu, I still like to see you in Converse." His eyes fell on the Brogue carved leather shoes on Shu Xin's feet.

It was the first time for Shu Xin to wear such a formal dress. A white shirt was used as the base of the pure black suit, and a black velvet bow tie was pinned to the collar of the shirt.

Shu Xin was a little shy. He picked up his mobile phone and wrote: "I heard that Mr. Zhan's castle has a history of [-] years. It is better to be more formal when visiting for the first time." Shu Xin picked up the gift box at hand.

"What is this?" Li Shengfeng looked it up curiously.

Ji Liang looked away from the car window, "Old Gan/Mom, a specialty of Huaguo."

The smile froze on Li Shengfeng's face for a moment, he took a sip of champagne, and said casually: "I believe Mr. Zhan will like it."

After a while, the music in the car jumped from Mozart to an unknown piece, and the sound of the piano became a little weird, making people shudder, and those notes falling on the body kept giving people goosebumps.

The sky outside the car window was originally clear, but since entering New York City, it has gradually darkened. The dark clouds have accumulated thicker and thicker, and the smell of the sea has returned to the air.

"Do you know?" Li Shengfeng stared at the wine glass in his hand, the champagne in the glass rose and fell, "It's not a good thing to live in a house like that."

The air conditioner in the car was fully turned on, Ji Liang held Shu Xin in his arms, "What do you mean?"

"I heard that the house is haunted!" Li Shengfeng said word by word.

Wearing white gloves, the old housekeeper who was driving heard this and glanced back, his hands still on the steering wheel.

"That's why I gave that house to Zhan," Li Shengfeng said with a faint smile, "Of course, I don't believe it, it's just that it's a waste for me to live there as an old man."

Shu Xin and Ji Liang looked at each other and continued to listen.

"That castle was originally owned by my cousin, the Duke of Montgomery, but he had no children. After he was declared dead, the property was naturally distributed to me." Li Shengfeng's eyes were indifferent, "There is no one under my knees." Heir, why not give it to Zhan as a wedding present."

Ji Liang remained expressionless, he had scolded Li Shengfeng thousands of times in his heart, Montgomery only had one cousin, and after Montgomery disappeared, Li Shengfeng actually pretended to be his cousin!It is not difficult to guess that his cousin should have died at the hands of Li Shengfeng.

Li Shengfeng: "However, Zhan has a little nervous breakdown, and insomnia all night is already a common occurrence, so... it's not surprising that he saw something strange in the house."

The car finally stopped at Xiaowan Park. Due to the weather, the waves beat against the shore one after another, and the howling sea wind blew the bangs on Shu Xin's forehead. It is going to rain.

The old butler took out a few life jackets from the car, handed them to everyone, and told them to put them on.

The steward led them to the shore, only to see a speedboat tied to the shore.

Li Shengfeng stretched out the crutches he brought with him, Shu Xin hurriedly stepped forward to support Li Shengfeng's arm, Li Shengfeng smiled and said, "You are such a good boy."

Shu Xin nodded. He lowered his head and glanced at Li Shengfeng's crutches. Through his glasses, he noticed that the part of the crutches on the ground was glowing with a faint blue light.If the guess is correct, the tip of the crutch should hide the blade.

The speedboat drove on the sea for a full hour, bypassed Siti Island, and finally arrived at the unnamed island where Zhan Yinglian's family was located.

The few people had just set foot on the island when a strong wind and rainstorm hit in an instant. The housekeeper quickly took out a few long-handled black umbrellas from the speedboat and distributed them to them.

"It's really not fair." Li Shengfeng held an umbrella in one hand and a cane in the other, with a hint of displeasure in his smile.

"It's okay, as the saying goes, good things take time." Ji Liang put his arms around Shu Xin's arm, and tapped Shu Xin's arm twice with his fingers.

From the moment he set foot on the island, he always felt something was wrong.

If this time is really a Hongmen banquet, how to escape will be a difficult problem until the worst step of the development of the matter.

Looking around, there was no other boat in sight except the speedboat when they came.

Shu Xin also understood what Ji Liang conveyed. This island is not big, but there is no way to connect to other small islands.

If the other party comes to catch a turtle in the urn, they have nothing to do.

Under the leadership of the butler, the four of them marched hard against the wind and rain, and entered the interior of the island within a few steps.

The island is overgrown with trees, and the branches of the fangs and claws are entangled together, covering the sky airtightly, and everyone's figures are swallowed by the strange shadows of the trees.

After walking about a kilometer, I finally saw the centuries-old castle left by Montgomery. The castle still retains the decoration style of the British aristocracy in the last century, but after years of erosion, some corners and corners have been damaged. .

Half of the entire castle is occupied by green creepers. From a distance, it really looks like a giant gecko is lying on the wall, sucking the old soul of the castle.

Perhaps because of the weather, the gardens and lawns that had been meticulously repaired seemed to be covered in dust and seemed lifeless.

The outer perimeter of the castle is surrounded by rusted iron fences, as if imprisoned forever.

Shu Xin murmured to himself, this doesn't look like a home, it's like a place where mental patients are detained.No wonder Li Shengfeng said that this ancient castle is haunted, normal people will definitely be driven crazy within a month after living in it.

Before entering the castle, the iron fence was opened, but the person who opened the door really shocked Shu Xin!

That person had thinning blond hair on her head, and she was wearing a gray maid outfit with a white apron on her body, but her facial features were extremely ferocious, they couldn't even be called facial features!

The skin on the face has obvious burn marks, ugly scars spread below the neck, and even the hands are wrinkled.

Seeing Shu Xin's frightened eyes and hands, the woman subconsciously took a few steps back, lowered her head slightly, and tried her best to cover her face.

Seeing her cowering, Shu Xin changed from original panic to pity and heartache. They are also people with disabilities. It is even more difficult for him to understand that other people's surprised eyes are actually a kind of naked/naked/naked injury.

Shu Xin bowed slightly to apologize to her, but the maid didn't raise her head, she just tightly clutched the hem of her apron with her hands.

The butler said blankly: "Amanda has experienced a fire before she became what she is today. The fire not only burned her skin, but even took away her ability to speak, but she is actually very kind-hearted. "

Shu Xin nodded, feeling even more sorry for the maid. Shu Xin immediately sympathized with the fact that she had to speak.

Shu Xin looked away from the poor maid, and continued to walk forward behind the crowd. After taking two steps, he couldn't help turning around and looking at the maid again, but the maid actually said "be careful" to him in sign language !

After the maid quickly gestured with her hand, she hurriedly turned around and closed the iron door.

Shu Xin was surprised and suspicious, why did she tell me to be careful?

When Shu Xin was contemplating the strange behavior of the maid, a pair of big warm hands took his cold hand, "What are you thinking?"

Shu Xin's thoughts were pulled back by Ji Liang, his lips were drawn into a line, and his eyes revealed deep anxiety.

Ji Liang's hand was a little harder, he shook his head lightly, then turned to Li Shengfeng and asked, "Apart from us today, who else is there?"

"There are also some old friends of Zhan and I." Li Shengfeng said lightly, but there were different shades of light in his eyes.