Players Please Get In the Car

  Chapter 341 The Secret of the Castle

   "A pair of crazy people." After the Ma couple left, the baby-faced man came to Xu Huo and said something in a low voice.

   Xu Huo finished his breakfast unhappily, said "excuse me" and left the restaurant.

  He didn't go out in a hurry, but looked at the portrait of Hope, the owner of the castle, in the corridor.

  Although the person in the portrait is dressed in European style, his appearance is close to that of Asians. The housekeepers and servants in the castle are all Asians, and the decorations in the castle also have traces of Chinese Fengshui.

  The butler walked past him quietly, Xu Huo called him, "How long has Mr. He lived here?"

  He was just asking casually, but the housekeeper gave an unexpected answer: "Five years."

  Xu Huo looked back at the expressionless butler seriously, and then asked, "Is Mr. He free to see me today?"

"I don't know." The butler didn't intend to talk to him, and left soon. 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 have already started to search inside and outside the castle. Xu Huo went straight to the third floor through the spacious corridor, but unexpectedly, he broke down in front of the door of the first room as soon as he stepped up the stairs. She held a clothes basket and looked at him sternly, "The master doesn't 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 didn't arrive until midnight, you forgot to tell me about it."

  The maid's face turned blue, she was still very unhappy, and said aggressively: "Even if no one reminds me, is there a reason why guests can enter the master's room at will?"

   "Didn't you say that you can visit at will?" Xu Huo said: "And the poor-quality paint used on the door of this room should not put too expensive things, see if there is a problem?"

"The third floor is not allowed!" The woman leaned closer to the door, and pulled her face when she smelled the smell, "Why did Mr. Dong buy the wrong paint again? Save this little money? He is a butler, and he doesn't even care about the master's face!"

  That being said, she stared at Xu Huo and went downstairs before hurriedly looking for Mr. Dong, the housekeeper.

  Xu Huo walked down the second floor and then went to the study at the end. When he passed, someone just came out of it, two people, Babyface and Blackface.

  The baby face was talking to the black-faced man, "...he looks quite rich, he doesn't even clean the study room, there are spiders everywhere, disgusting stuff!"

   The three of them met each other, the baby face was not in a good mood, and the black-faced man nodded towards him.

   Passing by, Xu Huo entered the study.

  The collection of books in the study room is comparable to a small library. The entire oval wall is covered with bookshelves, and there are several rows of cabinets in the middle, all of which are books sorted by catalogue, some of which have been rummaged.

Probably for the 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 the previous owners. The current owner of the castle is named He Pu , bought this house fifteen years ago, and was awarded the title of Baron.

  Xu Huo paused on fifteen years, put down the book and found a photo album in the cabinet.

  In addition to landscape photos and photos of some celebrities, at the beginning of each year there was a photo of He Pu standing in front of the castle with the housekeeper, Mr. Dong, 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 raised his eyes and saw that Mr. Dong was instructing the servants to trim the garden maze flower wall.

The young servant brought black tea and desserts, saw him looking at the maze and said, "Sir, you are also interested in the garden maze? Then you might as well go down for a walk, but it's best to watch it from the outside. A few guests went in just now and asked Mr. Dong to take them to the labyrinth." from."

  Xu Huo drank the lipstick tea, "Can't you enter the maze?"

"That's not true, it's just that the maze is too big. Before, a worker was injured and fainted. It took two days to find it. There was almost an accident. Later, Mr. Dong only asked people to trim the outer wall." The servant said: "If you want to go in and have a look If so, I have to tell Mr. Dong in advance, only Mr. Dong knows the way inside."

  Xu Huo nodded, and asked again: "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 old castle were all raised by my husband before. After my husband got sick, I didn't like to play with them. I didn't take care of them, but they don't hurt people, and where there are spiders, other insects are also there. Less. We're all used to it."

   "I don't think the housekeeper likes it very much." Xu Huo said.

   "Housekeeper?" The servant was surprised, and then suddenly realized, "You mean 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 been taking care of his diet since Mr. He fell ill, so she is... stricter." The young maid was somewhat shy.

   "So that's how it is." Xu Huo sighed with emotion, "That's equivalent to a housekeeper."

   After speaking, he sighed towards the garden maze outside, "Such a beautiful castle must have been visited by many people 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 celebrities in politics and movie stars will come, but I came late, so I didn't see those photos." kind of event.”

  Xu Huo had already read the photo album just now, and he took it and turned over two pages, and asked a few more casual questions before dismissing her.

  Walking around in the study room, I got a lot of bits and pieces of information, the more critical one is the time node five years ago.

  Five years ago, the owner of the castle, Hope, fell ill, faded out of public view and closed the castle.

   Also five years ago, there should have been a new batch of servants in the castle. At least most of the servants he saw in the photos entertaining the flower-viewing guests were not in the castle.

  In addition, He Pu and Mr. Dong stopped taking photos together five years ago, and Mr. Dong did not avoid this point. I don’t know if it was out of misleading or hinting.

The guest who disappeared in one of the game missions may be a guest who disappeared before, or it may be a player who has not disappeared in this instance. For the second mission, the truth should not only point out the culprit who caused the guest to disappear, otherwise the answer would be too easy.

   The key to the mission should still be the secret of the castle.

   After a little thought, Xu Huo left the study and went downstairs.

  At this time, apart from the Ma couple resting in the bedroom, the remaining nine people gathered in the hall on the first floor.

The servant was dismissed, 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. Tickets and return tickets, so we are now on the same boat, and everyone cooperates to complete the task within the stipulated time."

"Cooperation is no problem." The tall and thin man on the opposite side said: "But this time the game did not clearly indicate whether to submit tasks cooperatively or separately. I think the possibility of submitting tasks distributedly is higher. In this way, the worst result is that everyone You have to find a 'disappearing guest', even if the first task can be submitted repeatedly, how can you ensure that the answer is shared?"

  (end of this chapter)