Margaret was ill, so Leo had to call Mary and give her a sedative.

"Margaret." Margaret lay on the soft velvet bed, like a real Sleeping Beauty. She reached out and grabbed Mary's sleeve, "Don't, don't let Leo... Mary won't leave..."

She looked at least seventeen or eighteen years old, but she acted like a child, grabbing Mary's sleeve and refusing to let go.

Mary also changed her cold attitude towards outsiders and gently comforted her: "The wedding has been postponed. If Leo doesn't leave, I won't leave either. Let's go to sleep."

Margaret smiled with satisfaction and murmured: "No Melanie, just Peggy, Leo and Mary. We will stay in the castle forever and not go anywhere..."

Leo's eyes flashed with pain, but he could no longer say "one more person to love you".

The drug began to take effect, and Margaret's breathing slowly eased and she fell into a deep sleep.

Mary then exploded and said in a sharp voice: "Why are they here? Leo, you know that Peggy's recent situation is very bad and she can't stand any stimulation!"

Kang Mucheng immediately stood up: "Sorry, it's our fault for disturbing her."

"Don't go too far." Mary questioned, "This is Leo's private matter. Why do you pry into other people's privacy?"

"Because Kimberly is dead." Jian Jing emphasized her tone and confronted her tit-for-tat, "In your eyes, she is a weak and helpless poor girl - I don't deny this, Miss Sal has suffered a lot - but she is also a suspect in the murder case."

Mary said: "Peggy has no ability to kill anyone. She has not touched the pearls and can't get the poison."

"But she can go through the secret passage and appear anywhere at any time." Jian Jing said coldly, "What if she has an accomplice?"

"Accomplice? Me?" Marie asked sharply, "Because I don't approve of Leo's marriage?"

"No, it's Margaret who doesn't want her brother to get married." Jane said quietly, "and you are her friend."

With the appearance of Margaret, most of the mysteries about Marie were solved - she said that her mother was employed by the Winter Castle, and it can be inferred that she should have spent a long time here when she was a child, and it is very likely that she was a good friend of Margaret, who was about the same age.

Therefore, Marie's disapproval of Leo's marriage was not due to love, but because of her concern for Margaret.

However, this cannot reduce their suspicion.

"You were not in your room when the power went out." Jian Jing said, "Only by clearing your suspicion can we clear Margaret's suspicion."

Mary was silent.

Jian Jing turned to look at Leo: "Who knows Margaret?"

"Only me and Mary." Leo said uneasily.

"Then we are here, just a few of us, to figure out the matter: when the power went out, Leo came in from the secret passage in the library to look for Miss Margaret, right?"

Leo: "Yes."

"You found the door open, was she there?"

Leo shook his head and looked at Mary inquiringly.

However, Mary said, "I don't know. I was in the kitchen preparing dinner for Peggy. Uncle George didn't know Peggy existed, so I had to avoid his sight. After the power went out, I immediately found the candles and went upstairs."

The time from the kitchen to the second floor was consistent.

Jane Jing pondered, "Didn't you go to see her?"

"I knew Leo locked her in the bedroom, and I didn't expect her to come out." Mary pursed her lips, "My first reaction at that time was of course to go upstairs and find out what happened."

Jane Jing nodded without commenting, and took out the steak knife that was put aside: "Have you seen this?"

Mary said, "It's the kitchen knife."

"When I came in, Miss Margaret attacked me with this."

Mary frowned, her face full of confusion.

But Jian Jing unexpectedly gave up the question and asked, "Can you draw me a picture of the secret passage? It doesn't need to be very detailed, just the first, second, and third floors."

Leo hesitated for a long time before saying, "Okay, it's not a secret."

He drew a simple picture.

It must be said that there are a lot of secret passages in the ancient castle.

Front view:

.................Secret mezzanine........................

.Secret passage.. (4th floor) Portrait room...Stairs....Leo & Melanie's room..

. (3rd floor) Mirror room..Stairs....Karl's room..Con..Jane..Si..Secret..

(2nd floor) Library..Stairs.......Dressing room (Golden room)..Passage

..(1st floor) Reception room..Stairs....Living room.Dining room.Kitchen....

..................Basement area.....................

The first secret passage is on the 4th floor. Through the Portrait room, a new corridor can be opened, leading to Margaret's room. In this corridor, there is a hidden door with stairs behind it, which is the second secret passage, leading to the Mirror room on the 3rd floor, the Library on the 2nd floor and the Reception room on the 1st floor.

The third secret passage is on the right, going down from Leo and Melanie's room, passing Si Yingjie, Kimberly's room, the mezzanine behind the kitchen, and leading to the basement.

Behind most of the rooms on the fourth floor, there is a secret mezzanine that connects to the secret passages on the left and right.

"The entrance to our bedroom has been sealed." Leo said, "She should have gone around the mezzanine to Si's room."

Jian Jing: "Why is it sealed?"

Leo was embarrassed: "It's not very convenient."

Kang Mucheng: "Ahem."

"Oh, that's right." Jian Jing said nonchalantly, "Does the secret passage lead to the kitchen?"

Leo explained: "Peggy used to like throwing things into the food, so my father sealed this floor a long time ago."

Jian Jing felt something was wrong. If Margaret had no way of getting into the kitchen, why did Leo think it was a prank by his sister after the first poisoning?

"Could Margaret have gotten in?" she asked.

"Let me tell you." Mary said, "Originally, you couldn't get in, but the kitchen was remodeled two years ago, and the wall was damaged. There was an empty cabinet behind it, so you could crawl in."

Leo looked embarrassed and explained, "Peggy couldn't get the poison, nor could she recognize it."

"Maybe, but that's not a problem." Jian Jing was distracted for a while and said, "Okay, I don't have any doubts about Margaret anymore. Now, I'm going to investigate other things. You don't have to wait for me to have lunch."

Jian Jing returned the same way, came out of the mirror room on the third floor, and went into the room opposite through the side door.

Here, it is necessary to present a bird's-eye view of the second and third floors.

The layout of the two floors is similar, with the stairs separating the left and right areas, and a corridor in the middle, with rooms on both sides of the corridor.

Aerial view of the second floor:

Lounge....Stairs....Guest roomDressing roomGuest room (changing room)

.......Corridor..........................

Library....Stairs.....Billiard room...Smoking room...Viewing room

Aerial view of the third floor:

Collection room....Stairs.....Card...Con...Jane......Si...

.......Corridor.......................

Mirror room......Stairs.......Small dance hall..Lounge..Piano room.

Opposite the Mirror room is the collection room of the Sarr family, which displays antiques collected by the Sarr family, such as exquisite silver tableware, gold-carved pocket watches, enamel snuff bottles, swords of famous people, Chinese ceramics, couple rings with names engraved on them... They may not be worth a fortune, but they are definitely passers-by in history.

Or family-related souvenirs, such as medals, manuscripts, sidearms, court skirts, fans... all of which are old things from our ancestors, telling the history and glory of the family.

After staying in this room for more than an hour and carefully admiring the exhibits, I went to the small dance hall.

This was where the noble ladies danced in the past. Now it has not been used for a long time. The floor is dull and the wallpaper around it also exudes a moldy smell.

Directly through the dance hall is another lounge.

Compared with the large lounge on the second floor, the walls and ceilings here are more feminine, and the paintings are all of the Virgin Mary and goddesses, with pink colors.

In contrast to the decoration, the furniture is very modern, with a comfortable large sofa and a large screen, suitable for watching movies with friends.

The last room by the window is a piano room, which of course also has an old grand piano. The windows are locked, and outside is a frozen layer of ice. From a distance, it looks like a devil hanging on a cliff, staring at everyone coldly.

So far, all the rooms on the third floor have been checked.

Going down to the second floor, she met Hollen in the smoking room.

"Mr. Hollen, are you here to smoke again?" she greeted.

Hollen nodded coldly.

"Seriously," Jian Jing asked casually, "are you sure you don't want to tell me who you were with when the power went out yesterday?"

Hollen was startled: "What did you say?"

"You were not here at all." She said.

Hollen said calmly, "No, I was there."

"I didn't smell cigarettes on you during the power outage," Jian Jing bluntly said, "but I smelled cigarettes again when we met in the library."

Hollen paused and immediately said, "You remembered it wrong."

"My sense of smell is more sensitive than that of ordinary people. If you had smelled cigarettes on you at that time, I would have smelled it."

Intermediate Observation Card would not miss such an obvious clue. Jian Jing had no relevant memory, which proved that he should not have smelled the smell.

"So, you are doubting me?" Hollen asked back.

Jian Jing smiled slightly: "On the contrary, I think you know that Kimberly is wearing Melanie's necklace, so it's definitely not you, unless you were angry and killed her to vent your anger because of Kimberly's joke."

Hollen was stunned: "Why?"

"Because you met Melanie." She said, "You kept it a secret and concealed the truth, just because you didn't want to cause trouble for Melanie. A woman who is about to get married - no, a married woman - talking to a close friend, avoiding their good friends and husbands, can easily arouse romantic associations."

He pondered in silence, the cigar between his fingers burning silently, and the smoke drifted into the air.

After a long while, he spoke: "Jane, you really surprised me - I didn't expect you to be serious. I thought you were just having fun - playing a detective game."

Jian Jing chuckled.

"I did go to Melanie and talk to her about something that is not convenient to say." Holen adhered to the bottom line, "Even if you doubt me, I won't tell you."

She didn't care: "You don't have to tell me, just say 'yes' or 'no'."

Holen raised his eyebrows and made a "please speak" gesture, with a very elegant posture, as if he was a nobleman from Prussia, gentlemanly and arrogant - although women's IQ is not commendable, they have the privilege of being willful.

But when Jian Jing asked her question, the reserved expression on his face froze.

"It's just a little, um, small result of the detective game." Jian Jing said hypocritically, "So, yes or no."

Holen tightened his face for a long time and nodded slightly.

"I have nothing to ask you." She said coldly.

After noon, the weather finally cleared up.

Jian Jing visited Melanie who was recuperating: "Are you okay?"

"My chest feels a little stuffy, and Leo said he would take me to the hospital." Melanie forced herself to sit up and smiled bitterly, "Jane, give me some good news, please."

Jian Jing said: "Mr. Hollen has admitted that he met you before the power outage."

Melanie exclaimed softly, and then felt ashamed: "I should have told you myself, August...not him."

"Of course, he knows that the necklace is not on you." Jian Jing comforted, "At present, the clues are very clear, but I am worried about Leo..."

Melanie was puzzled: "Leo?"

"No, nothing." She interrupted, "You should go to the hospital."

"Will everything be resolved when I come back?" Melanie asked expectantly.

She replied simply, "Yes, I think everything will be resolved."