Strange Stories about Castle Rules
"That's everywhere, what do you think it means?"
The rules mentioned information about keys, saying they could be found everywhere in the castle. Shi Yan didn't understand what they were trying to tell her.
Xia Jialian lowered his brows and said, "There's only one key after all. It's impossible for it to appear everywhere at any time. Perhaps it means that it's in someone's possession."
When a person carries the key with him, he can go anywhere.
"So it's very likely that Luo Lin is keeping the important key close to her. She should be back in the room soon."
Ding Can and Shi Yan exchanged glances and already had an idea of what to do next.
About five minutes later, footsteps were heard in the corridor again. Ding Can took the makeup mirror from Luo Lin's bedside table and leaned a little towards the door.
Through the scene in the mirror, I could clearly see that it was only Luo Lin who was coming. She looked calm and had no idea what would happen next.
The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and Shi Yan, who was standing against the wall inside the door, was breathing slower and slower.
The moment Lorraine completely entered the room, she suddenly leaned forward, her upper body arrived first, and blocked Lorraine's mouth with the prepared cloth, preventing her from making any sound.
He raised his foot and kicked forward to the calf, causing Luo Lin to lose her balance and fall to the ground.
Gao Wenwen caught her first and tied her to the chair with a rope, while Ding Can closed the door again.
Luo Lin saw clearly that the person who attacked her was the intruder she had seen in the treasure house before. Her eyes widened and she let out a muffled groan.
Shi Yan took out a fountain pen from the pen holder, took off the cap, and the ink-stained metal tip was only a millimeter away from Luo Lin's neck.
"Don't make any noise. I can't guarantee how steady my hands are."
This was certainly a threat, but Luo Lin also knew how to assess the situation. She didn't think she had the ability to escape from facing four people, so she nodded obediently.
The cloth gagged her mouth was taken out. She took a few deep breaths before looking at the person in front of her warily: "How did you get in?"
From her point of view, the flow of people in a locked castle should be fixed, and the appearance of strangers is itself abnormal.
What's more, there were four of them, and they seemed to be so brazen that they dared to kidnap me directly.
"This place is so big, there must be a way to get in. It's not something you need to worry about right now. We just want to understand some things and ask you a few questions."
Luo Lin said calmly, "Since you chose to kidnap me, you should know what my responsibilities are. Many people come to my room every day looking for me. If I never show up in front of others, it will arouse great suspicion. Who knows, they might find me when the time comes."
"Of course I've thought about it, but since it's just a question, it shouldn't take too long, right?"
Xia Jialian stood in front of her, without any arrogant attitude. Instead, he leaned down slightly with a serious posture.
Luo Lin was silent for a moment before she raised her eyes again: "What do you want to ask?"
Xia Jialian got straight to the point: "Where is the key to the front door?"
Luo Lin had already anticipated this before he opened his mouth. After all, when they were in the treasure house, Shi Yan had also asked about the topic related to the gate key.
"You can leave the castle again from the same way you came in. This key is just insignificant to you."
The other party did not respond, obviously not satisfied with her answer. She caught a glimpse of the pen tip pointing directly at her throat and could almost feel the cold breath coming from it.
She had no choice but to respond to the best of her ability: "I can only tell you that the key is not with me."
Ding Can didn't think that apart from Luo Lin, any other servants could have such power, so the person in charge of the key would naturally be obvious.
There was no need to ask any more questions, so it was better not to question Lorraine any further and ask her for some useful information.
"To be honest, our friend from Sarah's hometown, her parents didn't understand what happened, so they accepted the punishment from the owner here. We came here to find out the truth. She's not the kind of person who would steal."
When Sarah was mentioned, a hint of guilt flashed across Lorraine's eyes.
But his tone didn't betray anything. "The case has been reported to the town and has long been closed. If you want to know anything, you should go to the police station, not me."
Xia Jialian's lips curled slightly. "When investigating a case, police officers are inevitably influenced by the reporter's account, and it's possible they might make the wrong judgment. So, we think it would be more effective to find the person who witnessed it. You're the best candidate."
Luo Lin slowly withdrew her somewhat vacant gaze. "When Sarah fell to her death, no one witnessed it directly. Everyone discovered her body afterward. At least, she did have a small amount of jewelry on her body."
With all the physical evidence, it's normal to subconsciously make such assumptions.
Even if Lorraine had doubts in her heart, there was no evidence to refute Sarah's theft. She couldn't overturn the case just by believing it.
Besides, Sarah is already dead, and no one is willing to spend the effort to clear her name.
Xia Jialian continued to ask, "What about Will? He has a good relationship with Sarah. What was his attitude at the time?"
"It's normal for children to be shocked and bewildered when faced with unexpected events, but things gradually calmed down. I don't think it's a big deal."
"What about the Warrens? We've been searching here for a while, but we don't seem to have seen them?"
"You must have just arrived here," Lorraine paused. "Mr. and Mrs. Warren tragically died in a fire last year."
Ding Can's eyes twitched: "Fire? Where did it happen?"
"It's a room on the top floor, but we've already made repairs and remedies since the incident."
The room that Lorraine was referring to should be the small attic.
Only after his parents passed away could Will openly set up a house in memory of Sarah without any hindrance.
"What caused the fire?"
"Because the fire started upstairs, in a small attic where people don't often go back, the people inside didn't notice the fire when it first broke out."
A gardener was trimming flowers on the lawn when he happened to look up and noticed thick smoke billowing out of the window of a room on the top floor.
By the time he notified the servants in the castle and they rushed to the top floor to fetch water to put out the fire, it was too late.
The bodies of the host and hostess lay on the floor, burned into two black charcoal balls.
Later, when the cause of the fire was investigated, it was discovered that the fire started from several boxes of candles in the room.
This batch of candles was recently purchased for a banquet to be prepared in half a month, and they are from the popular rainbow series.
When making candles, special plant extract pigments are added to them, which will make them appear different in color from ordinary candles.
There are hundreds of candles, and roughly speaking, there are at least a dozen colors.
Perhaps because of the hot and dry weather, or other reasons, the candle caught fire, and the two people who happened to go to the storage room failed to escape at the best time, which led to the disaster.
Xia Jialian glanced at Luo Lin's face and said, "It was just a candle fire. It should have been easy to escape. How could it have escalated to this point?"
Luo Lin lowered her eyes and said, "We are all very sorry. Perhaps it is due to the negligence of Mr. and Mrs.
She sighed almost inaudibly, "You came here to ask for an explanation from Mr. and Mrs., but they're already dead. The dead are the greatest, so let's not pursue it any further."
This doesn't sound like it's just to cover up the crimes of the Warrens.
Lorraine seemed to hope that they would stop there and not continue the investigation.
There were two knocks and someone knocked on the door from outside.
The four people who were originally concentrating on listening to her speech did not notice that Shi Yan cast a threatening look at Luo Lin.
Luo Lin was tactful and didn't want to make things worse, so she just asked, "Who?"
"Mrs. Lorraine, lunch is ready."
"Just put it at the door, you can go first."
The maid outside was silent for a few seconds before answering, "Okay."
Listening to the footsteps gradually fading away, Luo Lin spoke first: "Don't worry, I know your original intention is good. I won't tell anyone that outsiders have been here. Just leave quietly."
They wanted to leave quickly, but they couldn't find the key and couldn't get out of the castle.
Shi Yan untied the hemp ropes that bound Luo Lin's hands and feet, and saw her twist her wrist and go over to open the door.
After picking up the tray with food on the ground, she placed it on her table.
"The next quarter of an hour is my lunch time. I hope I won't see you again after this."
Lorraine just slightly turned her wrists, which had been tied stiffly, and opened the thermal cover. It seemed that she was not going to care about them and had already started to eat.
"Thank you for your help." After Xia Jialian thanked them sincerely, several people left her room.
I got new information and learned that the key was with Will. The next step was to get the key to leave from him.
The time it takes the cook to prepare lunch wouldn't be much different, and Will should be having lunch by then.
Will had his breakfast in the small restaurant, and lunch should be no exception.
Xia Jialian thought about when she was at the restaurant counter and found that there were more than three servants serving her.
It would be inappropriate for them to rush into the restaurant and subdue Will, as it would violate the rules.
Why not use the same method as before and wait for Will to come back in his room.
But unfortunately, just as they were about to go upstairs, a servant was tidying the carpet on the stairs leading to the third floor.
The carpet was probably stained, so they wanted to replace it with a new one and take away the one on the steps.
The carpet on the steps must be carefully veneered and fixed at each step so that there is no risk of falling when walking on it.
This is a sophisticated activity that cannot be completed in a short period of time. They cannot just wait here. If Will goes upstairs before them, their side will lose the initiative.
After discussing it, they decided to go through the cabinet.
Ding Can and Shi Yan had only been to the ballroom on the second floor, and they were teleported to two different places: the laundry room and the treasure house.
There is no other pattern to the teleportation location except that it matches the season.
If I go into the ballroom again, I may not be teleported to the same place. It is better to enter a room at random. No matter whether I go to the fourth or fifth floor, I can reach Will's bedroom faster.
Ding Can stopped at the door of the room opposite the dance hall and noticed a knife and fork pattern engraved on the nameplate next to the door.
This means that this is also a dining area, and it is set up here more like a restaurant for entertaining guests during banquets.
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