"What a crazy couple." After the Ma couple left, the baby-faced man came to Xu Huo and whispered.
Xu Huo finished his breakfast without any excitement, said "Excuse me" and left the restaurant.
He was not in a hurry to go out for a walk, but looked at the portrait of the owner of the castle, Hope, in the corridor.
Although the people in the portrait are dressed in European style, their appearance is close to that of Asians. The housekeepers and servants in the castle are all Asians, and the ornaments in the castle also have traces of Chinese Feng Shui.
The housekeeper walked quietly behind him, and Xu Huo stopped him, "How long has Mr. He lived here?"
He originally just asked casually, but the butler gave an unexpected answer: "Five years."
Xu Huo turned around and looked at the expressionless butler carefully, and then asked, "Mr. He, are you free to see me today?"
"I don't know about that." The butler had no intention of talking to him and left quickly. Xu Huo originally wanted to ask him to introduce the plants in the castle, but he refused, saying that he would find another one for him.
The maid leads the way.
Other players had already begun to search inside and outside the castle. Xu Huo walked through the spacious corridor and went straight to the third floor. However, he did not expect that as soon as he stepped up the stairs, he collapsed in front of the door of the first room. A man with a solemn face walked out from the next door.
The woman was holding a clothes basket and looked at him sternly, "The master does not like outsiders entering the room on the third floor. Guests can only move around on the first and second floors. Please leave the third floor immediately."
"I said these words to all the guests yesterday."
Xu Huo looked calm, "I arrived at midnight, and you forgot to tell me about this."
The maid's face turned green, she was still very unhappy, and said aggressively: "Even if no one reminds me, is it true that guests can enter the host's room at will?"
"Don't you mean you can visit it at will?" Xu Huo said: "And the door of this room is painted with low-quality paint, so there shouldn't be anything too valuable. Is there something wrong with it?"
"Not allowed on the third floor!" The woman approached the door and made a long face when she smelled the smell. "Why did Mr. Dong buy the wrong paint again? The castle receives a lot of autumn guests every month. Is it still necessary?"
To save this little money? He is a butler and he doesn’t even care about his master’s face!”
After saying this, she stared at Xu Huo and went downstairs, then hurriedly went to find the housekeeper, Mr. Dong.
After Xu Huo walked down the second floor, he went to the study at the end. When he passed by, someone happened to come out of it, two people with a baby face and a black face.
The baby-faced man was talking to the dark-faced man, "... he looks quite rich, but he doesn't even clean the study room. There are spiders everywhere, disgusting things!"
The three of them looked at each other. The baby-faced man had a bad expression, while the dark-faced man nodded towards him.
Xu Huo passed by and entered the study.
The collection of books in the study room is comparable to that of a small library. The entire oval wall is covered with bookshelves, and there are several rows of standing cabinets in the middle. They are all filled with books sorted according to catalogues, some of which have been rummaged through.
Probably for guests to read, all the books related to the castle are placed on the low cabinet next to the entrance. In addition to mentioning the construction background and architectural style of the castle, there are also the names of past owners. The current owner of the castle is named He Pu.
, bought this house fifteen years ago and was awarded the title of baronet.
Xu Huo paused with his fingers on the fifteen years, put down the book and found a photo album in the cupboard.
In addition to landscape photos and some photos of celebrities, there was a photo of Hope and the butler Mr. Dong standing in front of the castle at the beginning of every year until five years ago.
Five years ago happened to be the time when Rose Flower Castle was no longer open to the public.
"Knock knock." There was a knock on the study door.
"Please come in." Xu Huo put down the photo album, picked up a history book and walked to the window. He looked up and saw Mr. Dong instructing the servants to trim the maze flower wall of the garden.
The young servant brought black tea and desserts. Seeing him looking at the maze, he said: "Sir, are you also interested in the garden maze? You might as well go down and take a walk, but it's best to look outside. There were a few guests who went in just now, so let's ask Mr. Dong to lead them."
from."
Xu Huo drank the black tea and said, "Can't you enter the maze?"
"That's not true, it's just that the maze is too big. In the past, a worker was injured and fainted, and it took him two days to find it, which almost caused an accident. Later, Mr. Dong only asked someone to trim the outer wall." The servant said, "If you want to go in and have a look, sir.
If so, I have to tell Mr. Dong in advance, only Mr. Dong knows the way inside."
Xu Huo nodded and asked: "Why are there so many spiders in the castle? Is there anything special about it?"
The servant pursed his lips and smiled, "The spiders in the castle were all raised by my husband before. After my husband got sick, he stopped playing with them and didn't take care of them much. But they don't hurt people, and where there are spiders, other bugs can also be found."
Less. We are all used to it."
"I think the housekeeper doesn't like her very much," Xu Huo said.
"Housekeeper?" the servant was surprised, and then suddenly realized, "You are talking about Hu Shan, right?"
"There is only one housekeeper in Rose Flower Castle, and that is Mr. Dong. Hu Shan is Mr. He's personal maid. She has taken care of Mr. He's daily life since he became ill, so she is... relatively strict." The young maid
Somewhat shy.
"So that's it." Xu Huo sighed, "That's equivalent to a housekeeper."
After speaking, he sighed at the garden maze outside, "Such a beautiful castle, there must have been many people visiting it in previous years."
The young servant looked proud and took out a photo album from the drawer, "These are photos taken in previous years. Many political celebrities and movie stars will come, but I came late and didn't see them.
Such a grand occasion.”
Xu Huo had already read the photo album just now. He took it and flipped through two pages. He asked her a few random questions before turning her away.
I walked around the study and got a lot of bits and pieces of information, the more critical one was the time point five years ago.
Five years ago, the owner of the castle, Hope, fell ill, faded from public view and closed the castle.
It was also five years ago that a group of servants should have changed in the castle. At least most of the servants he saw in the photos who entertained the flower-viewing guests were not seen in the castle.
In addition, He Pu and Mr. Dong stopped taking photos together five years ago, and Mr. Dong did not avoid this. I don’t know if it was out of misleading or a hint.
The guests who disappeared in one of the game tasks may be the guests who disappeared before, or they may be the players who have not disappeared in this instance. As for the second task, the truth should not only point out the culprit who made the guests disappear, otherwise the answer would not be
too easy.
The key to the mission should still be the secret of the castle.
After thinking briefly, Xu Huo left the study and went downstairs.
At this time, except for Mr. and Mrs. Ma who were resting in the bedroom, the remaining nine people gathered in the lobby on the first floor.
The servant was sent away, and after confirming that no one was eavesdropping, the black-faced man said to the others: "I know there are cannibal players participating in this mission. I'll make a long story short, no matter what kind of player you are, you won't get it if you fail to clear the level.
Tickets and return tickets, so we are now on the same boat, and we can only complete the task within the specified time by working together."
"Cooperation is no problem." The tall and thin man opposite said: "But this time the game does not clearly indicate whether to cooperate or to submit tasks separately. I think it is more likely to submit tasks separately. In this way, the worst result will be for everyone.
You have to find a 'missing guest'. Even if the first task can be submitted repeatedly, how can you ensure that the answer is shared?"