Strange Stories about Castle Rules

The maid went straight downstairs with the tray, turned the corner and went to the second floor.

She was heading in the same direction as them, so they stopped at the corner of the stairs and waited for her to pass.

Xia Jialian stood at the front and noticed that the maid was heading towards Luo Lin's room in the corner and walked straight in.

The door was open, and there was no greeting, which meant that Lorraine was not in the room at the moment. It was a good time.

A few people first hid in the showroom where Ding Can had been before. After listening to the footsteps and confirming that the person had left, they went to Luo Lin's room.

Compared to a private bedroom, the more important function here should be as an office area.

The first thing you see after entering the door is a large desk. On the bookshelf behind the desk are some files and documents that Lorraine needs to deal with on a daily basis.

As for the resting place, there is only a small bed in the corner of the room, which is more like a place to take a nap when tired from work.

The broken porcelain pieces that were brought in just now were placed on the small square table for meeting guests next to them. There was a beige chair on each side of the square table.

Perhaps Lorraine wanted to ask a professional to take a look at the antique to see if there was any possibility of minimizing the damage.

They first found a way to retreat, which was a low cabinet at the head of the bed.

If Lorraine or anyone else gets close, they will leave first and then agree to meet again on the top floor.

"The files here are more detailed than those on the top floor."

Ding Can stood in front of the glass bookcase and took out several thick files according to the year when Sarah entered the castle.

These are employee work record books.

When managing her subordinates, Lorraine would keep records once a week. Any mistakes made by the servants during work, or any good performance, would be written down in the record book.

Even the little things in life, such as the cook being praised by the hostess for baking buns and the carpet being rolled up by the servants, were taken care of in great detail.

In addition to the facts, there is also Lorraine's own subjective judgment.

This results in each employee's records often starting at more than ten pages, and they are divided into several folders for the year.

Everyone searched separately, and Gao Wenwen was the first to find it in the book he was responsible for: "Found it."

Sarah arrived at the castle on January 16, 1206. After half a month of training, based on her judgment of her abilities, Lorraine sent her to be responsible for Will's daily life, replacing an older personal maid.

In subsequent records, Sarah's evaluations were quite good every week.

After all, Sarah got along well with her direct supervisor, Will, so in Lorraine's opinion, she had already fulfilled her duties to a large extent.

"Look here." Gao Wenwen noticed a long record at the end of July.

It says that Sarah has been working in the castle for more than half a year, and Will proposes to increase her salary.

He heard that Sarah lived in a small fishing village and had a poor family background since childhood, and he wanted to do his best to help her.

Although Lorraine is in charge of all affairs, she still needs to report to the person in charge of the castle.

She felt that there was nothing wrong with this matter. After all, everyone could see how Sarah performed at work.

There is another more important reason. Lorraine has been working in the castle for a long time, so naturally she witnessed Will's birth.

Many people in the castle knew that Will was color blind, and it was certainly difficult to hide the secret abuse of him from the servants.

Everyone felt sorry for Will, but the Warrens had told them that they wanted their child to learn to be strong, so they never allowed them to provide any help to Will in identifying colors in private.

For example, ask him to memorize the colors of certain objects in advance.

The servants worked in the castle and naturally could not compete with the master and mistress, but they felt mixed emotions when watching from the sidelines.

But Sarah is very special. Her innocence is completely different from the other servants who are like zombies.

She chose to save Will in another way.

When they were alone together, Sarah would tell him about her hometown and the happy and desirable things she had experienced since childhood, so as to make Will believe that there are many sights in the world worth seeing.

It doesn’t matter if you can’t see beautiful colors, words and oral descriptions can also help people imagine appropriate pictures.

Lorraine heard the conversation between the two people. They agreed to go to Sarah's hometown to see the sea together in the future.

At that time, there was a look of hope in Will's eyes that she had never seen before.

So Lorraine also likes this little girl from the bottom of her heart. With her around, Will will definitely be able to get through these bad things.

The records state that she went to see Valen and Rebecca the next day with her record sheet with positive comments.

But the result was not satisfactory, as Valen did not approve her application.

This had never happened before. Although their approval was required for matters related to the purchase of furniture, salary adjustments, and other uses of money, it was customary, but it was always just a formality.

This is the first time I’ve been rejected directly.

The reason why Lorraine refused was very clear, simply because it was Will who proposed it.

Perhaps this made the Warens feel that their son was somewhat out of control. He had always been under their control and had almost never had his own thoughts.

This time, he was willing to express something for outsiders, which was completely unacceptable to them.

Once they agreed and started, it would be hard to go back to the time when Will obeyed them.

Lorraine didn't understand, but she couldn't persuade them any more. She knew the psychology of her two masters from the bottom of her heart. The more she tried to persuade them, the more counterproductive it would be.

She could only go back and tell Will the news, but she concealed the reason and only said that because Sarah was a newcomer, after weighing the pros and cons, in order not to make the other servants jealous, she decided to put the salary increase on hold for the time being.

However, she also promised Will that this money could be added when distributing bonuses at the end of the year, which would be much more reasonable then.

It can be considered as helping Sarah. Although the result is somewhat different from what she imagined, it does not violate the original intention, so Will is satisfied.

But the good times didn't last long, and an accident happened.

Gao Wenwen turned the page. This was the last page of Sarah's personal record, which foreshadowed her ending.

"On August 7, 1201, Sarah's body was found behind the castle building. She had fallen from the third floor and hit her head on the ground, tragically dying.

We found some jewelry that Rebecca usually wore around her body. Rebecca believed that Sarah was afraid of being discovered after stealing, so she jumped out of the window to escape in a panic, but she didn't expect to lose her life.

The police officer from the town closed the case after learning the facts. Sarah's body was taken back by her family. Because she had committed theft, the owner did not give any compensation.

Shi Yan just thought it was ridiculous: "Sarah wouldn't be such a person."

Just by looking at the way Sarah treats Will, you can tell that she must be kind-hearted.

Before the salary increase, perhaps the Warrens had never noticed Will's special attitude towards a maid in their home. After all, she was just a maid and not worth their careful observation.

But after this incident, knowing that there was someone who could influence Will's thoughts and even had the tendency to confront them, the two of them would definitely not treat Sarah well.

Will would never have known at that time that his kindness brought disaster to Sarah.

In that era when class divisions were very clear, it was not difficult for noble capitalists to frame the lower classes with false charges, or rather, it was as easy as pie.

During this period, something must have happened that was intolerable to the couple, which led to them making such a decision.

"Sarah is the only and most important variable for his parents."

While Xia Jialian was talking, he also listened attentively to the movements outside to ensure safety.

Perhaps from the perspective of bystanders, Sarah's appearance did not need to cause such great hostility from Will's parents.

But considering their previous behavior, in order to prevent Will's illness from being discovered by outsiders and affecting the family's long-term development and status, they started the so-called training from a very young age.

This shows that their thoughts tend to be network-like, and when encountering problems, they will constantly diverge their thoughts and think about deeper details.

When he heard that his child had shown affection for Sarah, he began to worry that his absolute authority was being shaken.

A thousand-mile dam can be breached by a single ant's blood. Even if there is a little bit of resistance in the mind, it is likely to erupt at some point in the future.

They didn't want this to happen, so they decided to solve the problem at the source before taking action against Sarah.

Shi Yan couldn't understand: "With parents like this, even a healthy child wouldn't necessarily be able to grow up in a normal living environment."

Gao Wenwen sighed, "It must be Sarah's death that gave Will dark thoughts, which led to their eyeballs being gouged out."

The only person who gave him a glimmer of hope died a violent death, so it's not surprising that he did something extreme.

Sarah's personal record stopped here, and she ended her young life in the castle.

After they roughly understood the direction of the story, they continued to look for the key in Lorraine's room.

On the wall on the left side of the door, there is a blackboard hung, and the top of the blackboard is fixed with a metal fastener.

The surface of the blackboard is inlaid with dozens of nails, each of which has a key hanging on it.

The keys are divided into seven rows, which should correspond to the two underground floors and five above-ground floors.

The number of rooms on each floor is different, so the number of keys in each row hanging on the board in front is also different.

Based on this speculation, the door key should be in the fifth row from top to bottom.

Just by scanning them one by one, I found that the keys on the first floor were all the same size, which means that these keys were used in the same keyhole.

The setting of the castle's main entrance must be different from that of other rooms.

When going upstairs from the interrogation room, the two passed by the corridor on the first floor, and Ding Can noticed the lock on the door.

The main entrance of the castle is designed in a retro palace style, with double doors. The heavy wooden doors are affixed with metal reliefs, which are carved with elements of the sun and mythical beasts. The bottom module is decorated with the shape of grains.

The two door handles were hooked together with a long chain and locked to the chain with a simple rectangular long lock.

According to the shape of the rectangular lock, the keyhole is on the side, so the key handle should be longer and the key teeth should be concentrated in the front part.

There is obviously none among the ones in front of me.