The incident happened very suddenly and strangely.

At that time, Jian Jing was not at the crime scene, but was struggling in her room for a handicraft class. She would come back later. Suddenly, all the lights went out.

With the experience of power outages many times, she grabbed her mobile phone and used the light from the screen to illuminate the surroundings.

The next moment, the strange singing sounded again, intermittently, crawling out from the gaps in the ceiling, walls, and floors, like an all-pervasive cold wind, drilling into the eardrums.

She didn't want to listen, but she couldn't stop it.

Jian Jing opened the door and decided to follow the singing to find out.

But then, she heard a lot of chaotic footsteps, as if someone was talking.

"Meira?"

"Damn... singing?"

"Who...can't see the phone..."

[New mission has been released]

[Mission name: The Cursed Castle]

[Description: The legend of the Winter Castle is spreading in the town of Bana. The same tragedy is repeated. Who is planning the evil and who is committing the crime? Please find out the truth]

[Mission reward: 20 courage points for success, no punishment for failure]

Jian Jing's scalp exploded, and she ran towards the source of the sound quickly.

At this time, the big disadvantage of the family was highlighted. The road to the castle was winding and the vision was dim. She was slow to avoid getting lost. Fortunately, it didn't take long before the light was lit downstairs and many figures gathered there.

"Are you all right?" She trotted down, shining her cell phone at everyone present.

Kang Mucheng was relieved, Si Yingjie was not in good condition, Hollen and Mary were staring at the person on the ground, and Carl was walking from the other end of the corridor, also holding a cell phone in his hand.

Leo walked down the stairs quickly, his face extremely ugly: "Mella?"

He called anxiously.

"Leo." Melanie fell on the stairs, holding her ankle with her hand, her face showing pain. But she didn't care about herself, and hurriedly said: "Look at Kimmy, she fell."

Kimmy, wearing a bright red dress, fell to the ground and didn't move.

Mary put the candlestick on the ground, touched her carotid artery, and her expression changed drastically: "No heartbeat."

"What?" Everyone was shocked.

Mary immediately started CPR without saying anything, pressing her chest hard and trying to give her artificial respiration. But Jian Jing stopped her: "Do you smell it?"

"What?"

"She smells like bitter almonds." Jian Jing had a strong sense of smell and followed the smell to turn over her arm.

There was a needle stuck in her bare shoulder, and the end of the needle emitted a warm color similar to brass.

Melanie screamed, "Kimmy!" Her voice was shaking, "No, no..."

"Save her!" Carl grabbed Mary and said anxiously, "What should we do?" "

This is cyanide poisoning." Jane said quietly, "The attack time is very fast, and there is no way to save her."

Carl took a breath, "Damn it! What happened? My God, Kimmy?!"

"Melanie!" Leo supported the paralyzed Melanie. Her hands and feet were stiff, and she had difficulty breathing. It seemed that she had another seizure.

Mary cursed and said, "Send her back to the room quickly and give her another injection to calm her down."

Leo picked up Melanie and ran upstairs quickly.

Mary followed.

Carl was a little excited and asked loudly: "What about Kimmy? Are we going to ignore her?"

"She's dead." Jian Jing squatted down and carefully observed Kimberly's body, and suddenly asked, "Wait, isn't this necklace worn by Melanie? Did she try on Coco Chanel's look?"

Kang Mucheng now had a kind of - how to say it, probably something that can be called enlightenment - nodded, and answered as quickly as possible: "She did wear this necklace before, and showed it to each of us. What's the problem?"

Jian Jing pondered, "I'm not sure... Can I turn off my phone?"

Carl was stunned and turned off his phone.

Jian Jing also turned off her own.

There was almost no light in the interior of the ancient castle, and the vision fell into thick darkness.

In such an environment, even the faintest light is easy to distinguish,

such as the faint fluorescence on Kimberly's chest.

Jian Jing grabbed the pearl necklace, turned on the flashlight, and carefully identified it: "It is coated with fluorescent material."

"Oh my god!" Si Yingjie blurted out, "So, the murderer actually wanted to kill Melanie?"

Hollen's face turned pale: "Who wants to do this?"

Carl's expression was even uglier: "You mean... Kimmy... she was killed for Melanie?"

"I didn't say anything." Jian Jing glared at Si Yingjie and said, "Carl, send Kimberly back to her room first. Hollen, please tell Leo and Mary that we will go to the library later and figure out the whole thing together."

Whenever she encountered a case, she would have an extra force of shock. No matter how older or more powerful the people present were than her, they couldn't help but do what she said.

"What's the situation with the lights?" Jian Jing asked methodically, "Has anyone checked the switch box? Where is George?"

Kang Mucheng said, "I'll go with you."

Si Yingjie couldn't help but interrupt, "Wait, there's a question - am I the only one who heard the singing? Did you all not hear it? Was it when the power went out just now?"

The air suddenly stagnated.

He: "?"

"Brother Yingjie." Jian Jing grabbed his arm and said expressionlessly, "You'd better come with me."

The switch box was in the corner of the castle. They couldn't find it, but they ran into George who was looking for a tool box. He took the three of them to the power distribution room, opened the switch box and cursed, "Damn it, who did it?"

There was a small remote control device in the switch box.

The structure is not complicated. As long as the remote control is turned on, the mechanism will be activated, and the water in the mezzanine will flow down and infect the wires, causing a short circuit and a large-scale power outage.

Fortunately, the repair is not difficult. George replaced the old wires, cleaned the electrical box, reconnected the wires, and pulled the switch, and the lights came on again.

Jian Jing breathed a sigh of relief. A power outage in a place like this could be a minor or major problem. As long as it can be fixed,

it's fine.

She called George to the library.

Except for Melanie, the others arrived one after another and asked, "Jane, what do you want to say?"

"Kimberly was wearing Melanie's necklace, which was coated with fluorescent material. There is a remote control device in the electrical box. It can be determined that the power outage just now was caused by human factors." Jian Jing calmly reported the discovery.

Leo's face was no longer ugly, but terribly stiff: "She was wearing Melanie's necklace?"

"I think it should be correct." Kang Mucheng said, "We have all seen necklaces before. Pearls like this are rare. I shouldn't make a mistake." Jian Jing

was surprised: "Is it a real necklace?"

The others nodded.

She frowned and began to recall the causes and consequences of tonight's fitting.

The afternoon before yesterday, Leo said that he wanted to make up for the shock Melanie had received, and decided on the spur of the moment to hold a masquerade.

He specially ordered a batch of masquerade clothes and asked for them to be delivered to Bana the next day.

The merchant was not far from here, and because the shipping fee was quite generous, he patted his chest and said that he would definitely deliver it. However, it snowed heavily the next day, and the road was still passable. When they arrived in Bana, due to the complex terrain and heavy snow, the car could not drive in.

George had to go to pick up the goods in person. The snow was so heavy that the car could not start at all, and he even had to use the snowmobile in the garage. It took three hours to successfully bring the things back to the castle.

The next step was to set up the venue.

Kimberly shook off her previous frightened dejection and became excited. She kept giving suggestions. She said that Melanie liked masquerade balls "like a high school student who just graduated", and then complained about the continuous blizzard. It was indeed "exciting" to be able to hold a Versailles-style ball.

Melanie felt guilty for scaring her sister and was very tolerant of her. She always agreed with "Okay Kimmy", "That's a good idea", "I think we can try it".

Others were reluctant to compete with the lady, so Kimberly took the lead and became the commander.

It must be said that although she was a little noisy, she was quite capable. After rearranging the antique tables, chairs, pianos, vases and other objects in the castle, the whole ballroom seemed to have traveled back to before the French Revolution, full of style.

Leo was generous in his praise: "This is really surprising."

"I am fascinated by French history, I love my country." Kimberly lifted her blonde hair proudly, "France is the best."

Jian Jing: "Ha."

Si Yingjie: "Haha."

Kimberly didn't understand. She couldn't tell the difference between China, Japan and South Korea at all. Instead, she deliberately asked: "Mr. Holen, what do you think?"

"If there is a guillotine, I think it will be more in line with history." Holen sneered.

Kimberly responded, "Maybe we should prepare a Nazi military uniform for you."

"Kimmy." Melanie was in a much better state. She sat on the sofa and watched them talking. She had to stop them from talking, "This is not an appropriate topic."

"What did I say wrong? Melanie, even if you are not..." Kimberly wanted to argue, but Melanie was one step faster and interrupted her, preventing her from bringing up a more sensitive topic: "Kimmy, I'm a little bored. Let's go out for

some fresh air." Kimberly rolled her eyes.

"Okay, okay." She stopped talking angrily, "Let's go out for some fresh air."

Melanie took her sister's arm and said softly, "The clothes have been delivered. Which role does Kimmy want to play?"

"Oh, dear, you are the bride, you choose first." Kimberly said.

Melanie hesitated: "I haven't thought about it yet, what do you think?"

The point is that as of this afternoon, Melanie has not decided who she is going to dress up as.

In the evening, something big happened.

The snow was too heavy and the Internet was down.

The infrastructure level of foreign countries is well known, and no one has any hope, so they would rather have fun on their own.

Kimberly - yes, it was her - took the initiative to suggest changing into clothes and trying them on, just as a rehearsal for the wedding.

Leo readily agreed: "Good idea, Mary, please ask Uncle George to come along. I hope you can also participate."

Mary said: "This is not appropriate."

"No, there's nothing inappropriate." Leo smiled, "You are all my friends."

Mary is not a hypocritical person, since he said so, she nodded in agreement.

All the clothes were piled together, and the men said that the ladies had priority and let them choose first. The location was a large bedroom on the second floor, with an extra-large dressing room.

While choosing clothes, Kimberly kept looking at Mary, and her scrutinizing eyes could almost burn a hole through a person.

Mary did not give in at all: "What's the matter?"

Kimberly raised her chin, full of fighting spirit: "You be careful."

Mary sneered.

"Kimmy, just think of it as for me." Melanie sighed and pleaded softly.

Kimberly then retracted her gaze and began to choose clothes: "Is this a druid? Oh, it doesn't match your hair color."

Melanie picked up a green wig: "We have wigs."

"What is this? Countess of Bartoli, dear, you should try this." Kimberly held a red court dress and giggled, "You are also a countess."

As she said, she looked at Mary provocatively.

Mary didn't want to pay attention to her, she directly picked up the Nightingale suit and walked out without looking back.

Jane asked quietly: "You seem to dislike Mary?"

"I think she did it." Kimberly repeated her reasoning.

But Melanie said, "Leo said it was just a prank, it's over, okay Kimmy, let's not talk about it."

Her eyebrows slightly wrinkled, and she was already a little disgusted with this topic.

Kimberly stopped talking in time: "Okay."

Jane took a cool pirate costume with interest, leaving the rest of the complicated choices to them, and went back to the room to change clothes.

This is a female pirate costume, with a fancy style, a lot of lace, and a color scheme that is very similar to Caribbean pirates, and even a fake sword.

Melanie said, "This one is too fake. There's a real one in the collection room. I'll bring it to you."

She thoughtfully took out the real sword, put it on her, and praised, "It looks great."

Jian Jing thanked her happily and went to the lounge for a stroll: "How is it, is it suitable?"

Leo was very polite: "Jane is really unique."

Kang Mucheng looked at her for a long time, hesitating to speak.

Hollen suggested: "Why don't you try an oriental role? Ada Wong may be suitable for you."

Carl agreed.

Si Yingjie was the most embarrassed and burst into laughter: "Hahaha, is this really a one-shoulder dress?"

George was full of sympathy: "You are still a child."

Huh? Jian Jing took a deep breath, and in her heart she kept cueing the system: "How is my health?"

[System: The host's body is very healthy, higher than the standard value of human females, and the immunity and limb flexibility are above the average level. Please continue to maintain it.]

Listen, this is the truth.

However, this kind of masquerade costume is not only not restored at all, but also likes to add sexy elements. The skirt is short and the collar is low, which makes the plump white girls look curvy.

But she wears it well.

The low collar with ruffles is not ugly. Although the curvature is average, it is precisely because of this that it avoids disharmony and highlights the pirate's heroic posture.

Jian Jing drew out the sword from her waist and gestured: "This is the real sword that Melanie lent me. It seems to be Leo's collection."

She smiled: "What did you just say?"