Chapter 74.
Tang Yu suddenly remembered that when they first entered the dungeon, they saw a farm outside the castle with cattle and sheep moving around on the farm.
However, they were faced with a crisis at the time, and because they were forced to work a day to follow the rules, the fact that there were residents outside the castle was ignored.
They should be residents who have always lived near the manor. This castle is not far from the village. Perhaps these residents know something about what is happening in the castle?
Tang Yu secretly noted this discovery in his heart and planned to go back and share the information with his teammates.
Suddenly, she turned her gaze and found that there seemed to be a fork in the path. The fork was hidden in the overgrown weeds and was difficult to find. It seemed that few people walked on it.
She could see it because the fork in the road was very close, but because of her limited vision, she had no idea where the road led to.
Tang Yu wanted to change his observation point to get a closer look, but when he turned around, he almost bumped into someone.
The man's face was pale with a deathly dark blue color, his cloudy eyeballs were bulging and covered with necrotic blood vessels, and he was staring at Tang Yu without blinking.
"Ms. Elsa." Tang Yu greeted her and took a step back calmly.
Elsa folded her hands on her abdomen. She stood very close to Tang Yu with a cold expression on her face. She asked, "What are you doing here?"
When Elsa said this, the blue-black lines on its face began to show signs of spreading, and a biting coldness gradually spread out, as if it would mutate at any time.
Tang Yu placed his hand on the space backpack that had turned into a cloth bag, ready to pull out a knife if anything went wrong.
She pointed to the damaged wall behind her and said as a matter of course: "I found that the wall here is broken, and I am preparing to report it for repair."
Elsa stared at Tang Yu closely, not missing any of her reactions.
It waited for a long time after Tang Yu finished speaking before it retracted its gaze and said coldly, "I know. I will tell Mr. Conaway about these things. Go back and do your own thing!"
Connavi is the name of Whitebeard's butler, and Elsa obviously accepted Tang Yu's words.
Tang Yu nodded quickly and said goodbye. She quickly returned to the courtyard with the broom in her hand. Elsa's cold and vicious gaze was always on her, but she never looked back.
Throughout the whole day, Tang Yu took the opportunity of cleaning the courtyard to walk around the perimeter of the entire castle, but did not get any useful clues.
This huge castle is protected by a wall, with only one part of the wall at the back being damaged. That is also the only place where one can observe the situation outside.
After Elsa left, Tang Yu bravely returned to the wall. To her surprise, the damaged wall had been repaired!
It was not until after dinner that Edward went into his bedroom to rest, and the servants had a short period of relaxation.
The five people gathered together again, and they all looked tired after working for two consecutive days without a rest.
Li Jia raised his hand and rubbed his face fiercely, saying: "Now let's integrate the information, I will speak first."
She raised her hand and said, "The room of the former owner of the castle, Clarence, is at the end of the corridor on the third floor. Today, another maid and I went in to tidy up the room, and I found that Clarence was planning something before he died."
"What's the matter?" Ning Xuanqing asked while rubbing his sore wrist.
Li Jia didn't keep the secret and said directly: "It seems that Clarence wanted to hold a dinner party before he died and invited the townspeople to attend the banquet. I saw the guest list on the desk. There must be hundreds of people."
When they heard the word "dinner party", everyone's spirits perked up. One of the conditions for passing the dungeon was related to the dinner party.
The last thing Clarence did before he died was to organize a dinner party. Perhaps he died at the party.
If we could get a list of the guests at the banquet, we might be able to learn more about the truth behind Clarence's death.
That way, it would be much easier to clear the dungeon.
Ning Xuanqing asked her: "Did you get the list?"
In response to Ning Xuanqing's question, Li Jia shook her head and said, "I was monitored by another maid the whole time, so I couldn't do anything, but I managed to remember a few names."
After she finished speaking, she recalled a few names. Ning Xuanqing waited for her to continue, frowned and asked, "That's all?"
"Please, big sister!" Li Jia's face was wrinkled, "They are all foreign names, too hard to remember."
Ning Xuanqing had no choice but to let Li Jia go. Tang Yu thought for a moment and looked at Li Jia and asked, "You said there are hundreds of names on the list?"
Li Jia scratched his head and said uncertainly: "About the same, it was a long list, I didn't even have time to take a closer look at it before the housekeeper took it away."
Ning Xuanqing saw Tang Yu was in deep thought and asked, "What's wrong?"
Tang Yu then told him what she had seen at the wall during the day. She said, "I guess the guests invited to the dinner party that Clarence organized before his death might be residents of that town."
Ning Xuanqing nodded: "It's possible, do you have any clues?"
Her task was to wash clothes. She was locked in a narrow washroom all day long and had no contact with the outside world. Compared with the other four people, she was very passive.
Tian Xun raised his hand and said, "Today I saw the butler hand a document to Edward. If I'm not mistaken, that document is the list that the president saw."
Tang En suddenly said, "By the way, I heard from the cook in the kitchen that these few days will be very busy because Mr. Edward is planning to hold a banquet."
"Really?" Ning Xuanqing suddenly turned to look at him and said, "Why didn't you say so earlier?"
Tang En was a little timid when she asked him this. He said hesitantly, "I, I just remembered it too."
God knows he has been peeling potatoes for two days in a row. Now everything looks like potatoes. His brain is about to shut down.
Seeing him like this, Ning Xuanqing didn't say anything. She rubbed her head and integrated all the information from everyone.
"Edward should be inviting the guests on the banquet list. These guests are from small towns near the manor. They may know the inside story of Clarence's death."
Tang Yu asked, "You mean, Clarence's death is related to the people on the list?"
Li Jia expressed a different opinion: "No way, the residents of those towns have nothing to do with Clarence, why would they want to kill Clarence? I still think the servants in the castle are the most suspicious!"
Ning Xuanqing looked at her and asked, "Why?"
Li Jia said directly: "For money, or for doing something bad and being discovered by Clarence, so he killed her to silence her. There are many motives!"
After she said that, it seemed that the servants were more likely to have committed murder, but Ning Xuanqing never gave up his speculation.
"You overlooked the most crucial point."
Ning Xuanqing propped up his chin and said, "The big guy heard the conversation between Edward and the butler. Another purpose of his inheriting this manor was to avenge his father. That means he knows who the murderer is. Think about it, if it was really done by a servant, what would Edward do?"
Before Li Jia could say anything, Tian Xun said directly: "I must have chopped off the heads of those thieves!"
Li Jia reacted instantly after hearing what he said, and she suddenly said, "That's right."
If it was really the servants in the manor who killed Lord Clarence, then Edward, who knew the truth, would definitely not allow these servants to stay in the manor.
Ning Xuanqing had thought of this from the beginning, but she didn't bring it up early because she had no other suspects at the time. Now there was an additional banquet list.
Combined with the requirements of the copy mission, the two conditions of dinner and truth are linked together. It is not difficult to guess that Clarence, the previous owner of the manor, died at that dinner, and the guests who came to the banquet were inseparable from this matter!
Others had apparently figured out the ropes as well.
Tang Yu said: "It seems that we are still missing key information, otherwise we can't connect the guests' motives for murder."
Li Jia said in a positive attitude: "It's just an investigation. As long as we carefully follow the hidden rules in the copy, we will always be able to find the final truth."
Ning Xuanqing saw everyone nodding their heads and wanted to say something but couldn't bear to undermine everyone's confidence.
After all, this is a C-level multiplayer copy. Some dangers have gradually emerged in the copy, but everyone can still cope with it.
However, she didn't believe that this dungeon was just that difficult. What she cared about most was the dungeon clearance mission.
'Witness the whole dinner and find out the truth.'
Is it really that simple?
Where is the real crisis?
However, the clues she could obtain now were very limited. If she rashly expressed her concerns, it would only add unnecessary burden.
but......
Ning Xuanqing looked at Tang Yu and Tian Xun who were sitting beside him, and touched the poison needle hidden in his sleeve pocket.
Even if they really face a crisis, their team is not without the ability to fight...
As expected, the sky brightened in the blink of an eye.
As the copper bell rang to call the servants, the neatly dressed and energetic servants walked out of the room and began a new day of busy work.
For a team of five, the experience is completely different.
The copy stole their dark nights for spiritual recuperation, but preserved their sleepiness.
The five people at this moment felt as if they had stayed up for two nights, and a deep sense of fatigue spread throughout their bodies.
"No, don't worry, this should be the mental erosion of the copy. We should try to stay awake." Li Jia yawned loudly and cheered everyone up.
But the effect was not good. The other four people saw Li Jia yawning and began to yawn as if they were infected.
Li Jia yawned and saw the four people yawning, and yawned too. The four people saw Li Jia yawning...
Just as the five people were yawning one after another, butler Conaway appeared.
"You are so lazy. There are still a lot of things to do in the manor, and you dare to slack off here!" Conaway's voice was very stern.
Maybe it was because of the extreme sleepiness that made their nerve reactions even slower, but when the five people heard the scolding, they subconsciously felt guilty as if they had been caught doing something bad.
They were about to return to their workstations reflexively, but were stopped by Conaway.
"Wait, put aside what you are doing today. I have something important for you to do."
"Really? But I still have a lot of work to do. Is there anyone who can do it for me?" Li Jia asked hesitantly.
"I'll take care of this matter, you don't have to worry about it."
Conaway didn't want to explain any further. He took out a thick stack of letter paper from his pocket, glanced at the five people, and handed it directly to Tian Xun.
"Mr. Edward is going to host a dinner party. These are the invitations to the guests. They need to be delivered to them one by one. I'll leave this to you."
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