light, short, scattered

Chapter 181 "The Gate of Truth" Part Two

The footsteps are getting closer and the voice is getting louder.

Holding on to the door panel, I thought of the window and stepped out with one foot.

I stepped on the outside window sill, making sure I stepped firmly on it.

Then he took the other foot out and closed the window.

I closed the window again, squatted down and moved half of my body out of the window.

At this time, his feet were struggling to rub against the outer wall, and his hands were tightly grasping the lower window edge.

I pushed my head down and tilted my head to look into the small attic.

Putting your ears slightly against the window, you can hear every move inside.

"Are you sure you received the telegram?"

"This is still false. Look at the door. The handle has been smashed off. Someone must have broken in."

"Is it going to be in disrepair? We haven't been to this attic in six or seven years."

"Why are you discussing this? You'll find out if you go in and take a look."

I frowned slightly when I heard this. The voices of several people were very familiar to me.

"Wait a minute, maybe people are still inside."

"I'll open the door. You four have blocked the door."

"Ah."

Four blocked doors?One opens the door?The voices that sounded so familiar could be those of the five priests.

At this time, the rusty shaft made a sound of laborious rotation. I turned my head hard and looked into the small attic with my peripheral vision.

Five people rushed in with flashlights and cell phones, and I knew the identities of all five people.It was my five priests, headed by the bearded priest.The Father of the Sea came in last and stood in a row in the attic, shining his light on every corner of the small attic.

"no one."

"He must have run away, Dawu. Are you sure you received the telegram?"

"It's not wrong. The five short blasts must have come from here. The door was also smashed, so it's still fake."

"Who is on duty today?"

"It seems to be a road bridge. The door wasn't even closed when I first came in."

"Which one of you has that dead kid's phone number?"

"The sea, the sea must exist."

"I'll fight, don't worry." Dahai said.

I tremblingly let go of the hand that was holding the window edge, went deep into my pocket, and pressed the lock screen button and volume down button to force shut down.

I didn't dare to look at the screen, for fear that the screen would glow and be noticed by someone inside.If I couldn't turn off the phone at this moment, I might be doomed.

Ten seconds, 20 seconds of waiting.

"what happened?"

"Can't get through."

"Will something happen to the road bridge?"

"Are you kidnapped? You should have gotten off work early at this point."

“Has the thing our grandparents worried about happened?”

“Have you seen anyone suspicious coming to church recently?”

"They are all familiar faces, there are no strange new faces."

"Open it and see what's missing. It would be terrible if something was taken out of this room."

After the five people finished talking, they started to work.

Open the four wooden tables.

"Look, the clothes have been tampered with."

"You three go down, leave me and Dahai here. See if anyone is still hiding in the church, remember to stay together and don't be alone."

The footsteps gradually faded away, and the three people left the small attic.

At this time, there were two other people in the small attic, namely the bearded priest and Dahai.

"Look at Dahai, this one has been touched. The dust on the buttons on the telegraph machine has been wiped off. Come and take a look."

"Dust, to dust. Let's not move."

"what happened?"

"Look down and look at your feet. If we remove our traces, you can tell what the people who came here have done."

"You're right, let's shine a light on our feet together." The light jumped several times and actually shined towards the window, which was illuminated with light.

I pressed down hard and turned my head completely away from looking inside the small attic.

"Have the people here been to the window?"

"Apparently, yes, we went there more than once. None of our people have been to the window just now, right?"

"I'll go over and take a look, you keep watch."

"Wait, let me take a look. I don't understand this telegraph machine. See if it was damaged by the intruder."

I heard the voice clearly, it was the sea that said this.

"Well, just take a look and don't stick your head out. Maybe they are looking up from somewhere below. Don't act rashly when you don't know who is on the other side."

I don't know what the priests are worried about, but from what they said, it seems that there are really some people who covet the things behind the door.

typewriter?Telegraph machine?The island nation’s military uniform and flag?
Does all of this mean the above?I was confused at this point.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer to me, and I seemed to be standing in front of the window.

I can feel that the sea is only a wall away from me at this moment.

"What did you see?" came the voice of the bearded priest in the distance.

My hand holding the window edge was a little sore, but if I let go I might fall off the tower.

Dahai's head was pressed against the window, and Dahai and I looked at each other.

My heartbeat was beating faster and faster.

Dahai watched me slowly raise my left hand, raised my index finger and put it to my lips.

I can tell that this means I should be quiet and don't make any noise.

"No, there is nothing outside." Dahai said.

"I guess I came to the window to check my position after coming up."

"Nothing is lost, let's go down and meet them." Dahai said.

"Dahai, do you think it could be a road bridge?"

"What are roads and bridges?" Dahai said.

"This child is usually taciturn. Is there something wrong with him?"

"You're overthinking. I grew up watching Lu Qiao. He was only a few years old at the time, so he couldn't be a bad person. And I also know his character. He's honest and honest," Dahai said.

"Could he be bribed? After all, he is such a big kid."

"What do you doubt about Lu Qiao now?" Dahai said.

"I know you are partial to Luqiao. We agreed to stay with each family for a day. As long as one of us observes something wrong with this child, we will not tell him the secret. On the contrary, we will make him the heir. Luqiao makes us all satisfied, But who refused to tell him this secret later? Who said you wanted him to be a normal person? Aren't they all you? Dahai."

"We are not qualified to deprive others of their freedom, and Luqiao has no obligation to inherit our secret." Dahai said.

"According to what you said, did our fathers give us a choice? Do our five families have a choice when they have been guarding this church for generations?"

At this time, several footsteps came up.

"Why are you arguing again?"

"We looked and the church was empty."

"We didn't quarrel, it wasn't Lu Qiao's problem. At that time, Dahai vowed that he wanted Lu Qiao to inherit this church, but Lu Qiao later said that he was just an outsider and we couldn't restrain him. I think you have developed feelings and are unconscious. Head."

"Didn't we say that this matter is over? Why are we still mentioning it? Besides, the road and bridge are gone now, so don't talk about it."

"We agreed at the time to let immediate family members come. We kept silent about this matter to Luqiao. We still don't know if they will kidnap Luqiao."

"Okay, I won't say any more. You can think about it yourself, Dahai. You are really unlucky."

"What will we do later?"

"Everyone, please disperse, but one person must stay here to guard the place today and cannot sleep. We will repair the iron gate and re-reinforce it tomorrow. Let's wait for one of the five to choose to stay."

Dahai said: "Let me stay. There are people in your family. My daughter is going to graduate school. I just need to call my wife and explain."

"Excuse me, we will repair it early in the morning. As for the road and bridge, if someone really takes the road and bridge and let us choose to tell the secret or tear up the vote. We can only choose to tear up the vote. I hope you can understand this."

The sound of footsteps going out sounded, getting farther and farther intermittently.

Dahai quickly came over, took off the wooden window and reached out to grab my arm.

At this time, I had no strength left, and was pulled back into the small attic by the sea.

"Ask, I know you are full of doubts now." Dahai gasped and said from the side.

To be continued~

(End of this chapter)