The knock on the door on Blizzard night can easily remind people of some horror stories. When Jenkins led the crowd to push open the gate, the servants behind him were all holding guns.
But in the end, it was discovered that the two missing people appeared outside. After a false alarm, the exhausted crowd worked for another hour, settled Mr. Garcia and Ms. Rick, and then rested again.
Sure enough, they attributed the return of the two of them and the appearance of Miss Michel to a common reason, and no one knew the credit of the young writer.
So far, nothing happened in the villa until dawn, but this does not mean that the future is still safe.
Jenkins slept alertly throughout the night, fearful that the doctor would wake up and cause trouble. When I opened my eyes again, it was eight o'clock in the morning, and the wind and snow outside were still raging, showing no signs of stopping.
All the friends hadn't woken up because of yesterday's fatigue, but the servants in the villa had to get up early to maintain the operation of this huge building.
Jenkins had another look at Dr. Decker before breakfast, and wondered if his prolonged coma had something to do with the blow to the head by the candlestick last night. Jenkins didn't treat him, just cleaned the wound and bandaged it afterward. Based on Jenkins' observations, he estimated that he would remain in a coma for a longer period of time.
But that's exactly what Jenkins wants, and now the only value of this person is to answer some questions.
Garcia and Rick woke up at 9 o'clock in the morning. Faced with people's inquiries, of course they couldn't tell who saved them. After hearing about Quick's death and what happened last night, the two were also silent and didn't know what to say. They could only hope that the blizzard would end soon and that everyone could leave here as soon as possible.
After a night's rest, Miss Lawrence and Miss Michael had almost recovered, but they still showed nervous expressions, and they were unwilling to stay alone in an empty room.
This is a good reaction. After all, in detective novels, people who know that the prisoner is still active, but still alone are really unreasonable.
Jenkins will not forget that there is a third benefactor in this villa. Jenkins is really not sure whether Mrs. Hydela is good or bad, and whether Miss Mihaile was rescued by her. But he had already warned Hathaway and two other girls he knew well to be careful.
After lunch, Mr. Garcia and Ms. Rick, who were the most injured, returned to the second floor to rest respectively. Ms. Lawrence and Ms. Mihail stood in front of the window watching the snow together, while Jenkins and Hathaway sat at the table and played chess.
This chivalry is played similarly to chess, a game that Jenkins is not very good at.
"Let me summarize the current situation. The murderer has been caught. We just need to wait for the end of the blizzard to leave this ghost place. Before that, we just need to watch the doctor."
Hathaway said, lifting the pawn and kicking Jenkins' Duke off the board.
"Yes... But I always have an ominous premonition that what happened here is by no means over. Remember the secret passage in the doctor's room we discovered? It was too hasty to check yesterday, but in fact it can be connected to more The place, and the doctor is definitely not the only one who knows the secret way. Many people in this villa have told lies."
He kept his voice low to make sure the girls by the window couldn't hear him.
Chocolat stared at the chessboard with staring eyes. Seeing Jenkins make another foul move, he squirmed in dissatisfaction, wishing to use his tail to help him move the chess piece.
"You mean that Quick wasn't killed by the doctor?"
"You have also seen the doctor's information. There is no traceless killing technique there. Until now, we still don't know the real cause of Quick's death."
In addition to the hut in the snow forest, some information was also found in the doctor's room. It is not clear who the original owner of these materials in Shire is, but it can be seen from the notes that Dr. Deckert is most interested in the part of necromology research and biological fusion, and left a lot of experimental materials.
These things are very sensitive, which means that a dangerous and illegal benefactor lived in the rented apartment in Shire. After leaving the snow mountain, Jenkins will give these things to the church. On the one hand, he is not interested in such knowledge, and on the other hand, he also hopes that the city where old Jack lives can be safer.
The chef made some broth for dinner, but the meat had been frozen for so long that it tasted a little bad. Although the snowstorm was not as terrifying as last night, it still didn't stop, which made people anxious again.
After dinner, Jenkins found the butler to learn about the nearby legends and major crimes that occurred in recent years, hoping to hear some interesting things. But there are few people here, even hermits or escaped criminals who want to stay away from the city will not come to such a remote place. The housekeeper has never heard of such a thing in the years he has served in the villa.
In addition to Mrs. Xu Dela, there are several servants in the villa who grew up in the small town at the foot of the mountain. But only one of the middle-aged maids told Jenkins some legends, because her family moved here at the beginning of the establishment of the Fidetictli Kingdom. Although it has declined, it is indeed one of the elders who established Tobie Town.
"My grandmother mentioned to me that she heard some legends in her childhood. It seems that before the establishment of Tobie Town, there was a family living here, and they claimed to guard the mountains here."
That's all the maid knew, and it was just one of many weird rumors. Jenkins paid a little attention, not realizing what it meant.
If these things hadn't happened, the location chosen for this vacation would have been very good indeed. Even if the blizzard outside prevented people from going out, the facilities in the villa were enough for them to spend their extra time.
In the afternoon, Jenkins checked the doctor's condition again, and treated him quietly, so as to ensure that he could ask those unknown secrets within today. But an accident happened. Before dinner, he and the housekeeper checked the library of the manor, hoping to find something about the secret passage, but at this time there were hurried footsteps in the corridor.
"Tiras, how many times have I told you that you must never run in the corridors. This will make the guests think that the servants in this villa are very rude."
The butler reprimanded with an old photo album.
"Hug, I'm sorry."
The manservant with a red pimple on the tip of his nose held the door frame and stammered an apology, then swallowed, and said nervously, "Sorry, but Mr. Decker is dead."
The unconscious doctor was originally detained in the corner room on the first floor, which was not far from the lounge and smoking room, and someone was watching him in the room at all times. According to the sequence of shifts every two hours, when the servants on shift at six o'clock in the afternoon opened the door, they smelled blood and found that all three people in the room had stopped breathing.
The faces of the corpses of the two male servants were swollen, the conjunctiva of the eyelids were hemorrhaged, and the corpse spots visible to the naked eye were dark purple. Although no autopsy was performed to see the bleeding in the lungs and internal organs, it was clear that the death was caused by asphyxiation.
It looked as if someone had literally snapped their necks, but there were no finger marks to be seen.
The unconscious doctor's throat was cut open with a sharp knife, without any signs of struggle. The murder weapon was thrown aside. It was the doctor's surgical knife, but it should be in the doctor's room upstairs at this time.
Instead of letting the girls watch this disgusting scene, Jenkins and a few bold servants simply covered the corpses with a white cloth after recording the situation at the scene, hoping to find out some clues.
"Has Mr. Williams been so bold?"
Garcia stood in the corridor and asked his companion. As a young man of the same age, he couldn't imagine that Jenkins could walk into that room without blinking.
"Jenkins works in an antique shop and says he's come across something more disgusting..."
Having said that, Miss Michel hesitated for a moment, and added:
"I heard him say that the collection market for ancient corpses is also... sorry, I shouldn't bring up this topic."
Miss Lawrence and Miss Rick were already showing expressions of wanting to vomit.
While Jenkins was busy observing the scene, other people who could not help could only stand in the corridor and discuss the man full of courage and wisdom. Even Miss Rick, who had a crush on Garcia, had to admit that that kind of man was the most attractive.
"Mr. Williamette is able to fix everything that happened here, I believe that."
Miss Lawrence already had a sort of blind obedience for him.
"Yeah, he's really smart."
Miss Michel's understanding of the whole matter was not as clear as Miss Lawrence's, so she simply agreed at this time. In her eyes, Jenkins is indeed admirable intellectually, but she does not think that ordinary people who have not been trained can face vicious murderous mobs without guns.
Everything that happened here made this girl who had never been in contact with death at a loss, and now she just wanted to return to the safety of Nolan City immediately.
A few people turned their heads to look out the window while talking, the white world was covered with white snowflakes, if it wasn't for what happened around them, they should be able to fully enjoy the joy of this vacation, but at the moment everything is gloomy Incomparable.
So far, the death toll in this blizzard villa has climbed to eight, and strong evidence proves that besides the doctor, there is an even more murderous prisoner active in the castle.
The arrest of the doctor last night was probably the beginning rather than the end of everything.
But the most surprising thing is that people who did not have an alibi accounted for more than half of the time when the doctor and two servants died according to the corpse spots. At that time, most people thought that the murderer had been caught, so they were no longer with their companions when they acted.
As a result, neither Jenkins nor the housekeeper could find any relevant clues, and no one had ever discovered that people who should not be in the corridor were haunting that time period.
Therefore, Garcia made a bold guess:
"Didn't we discover that there is a complicated secret passage in the villa? Maybe someone was transferred through the secret passage. Even, the murderer is not someone we know at all. There may be a mysterious person living in secret in the secret passage!"
When he announced this to everyone, all the living people in the villa gathered in the restaurant for dinner. It is extremely humiliating for the butler to have servants and guests eating at the same table, but it is the safest course of action at present.
It was already dark, but the restaurant was brightly lit. In the most primitive instinct, fire and light often mean safety. Even if a short candle is useless, people can gather together in a warm and bright room, which still gives everyone great courage.
Right now, the creature in the best mood in this room should be the chocolate on Jenkins' right hand. In order to reward it for its brave behavior last night, Miss Lawrence and Miss Mihail specially asked the kitchen to prepare a sumptuous meal for it, and forbade Jenkins to interfere with their cat.
It was quietly enjoying its own food at the moment, and occasionally stroked the back of the man's hand with its fluffy tail, hoping that he would not be so anxious.
"Secret passage? It is indeed possible. After entering from the entrance of the doctor's room, a narrow gap can be found between the corridor and the wall of the guest room. But the secret passage in the doctor's room has all collapsed, and the only remaining The one below leads directly to the outside of the manor. He probably used this road to go out continuously to carry out his own terrible experiments during the year, so there must be other secret passages in the manor, otherwise there is no way to explain all this .”
Jenkins picked up the spoon and tapped his soup bowl lightly, hoping everyone could focus.
He wasn't worried about his own safety, but the safety of Miss Michel and Miss Lawrence was hard to guarantee, after all, he couldn't monitor them 24 hours a day.
This made Jenkins very anxious. He raised his head and looked at the people at the long dining table. It seemed that everyone's face was full of treachery and viciousness.
Shaking his head violently, he said again:
"I hope everyone can pay attention to some walls or corners around them. Before this matter is over, it is best to work and rest together."
"But the murderer won't suddenly jump out of the wall, right?"
Miss Rick asked in horror, and Hathaway immediately pulled Jenkins' sleeve.
"Oh, what I just said is just an exaggeration. No matter how cruel it is, it's just a human being."
It's hard to say whether it's useful to go together, after all, the murderer can kill two servants silently. If he or they are not skilled killers, then they must be supernatural benefactors.
Thinking of this, Jenkins glanced again at Mrs. Hydra and the key keeper, Audley, especially the former. With the arrest of the doctor, it can be determined that the two people have nothing to do with the outdoor spiders, but this does not mean that they are all kind people.
Mrs Hydra was the giver, and old Audley lied about the secret passage. They all fit the bill for murdering doctors and servants, but Jenkins couldn't point the finger at anyone until evidence was found.
Once everyone starts to distrust each other, this will be the starting point of the collapse of the villa.
PS: This chapter is 4K. After the defense is over, it should be no problem to pass, and now you can wait for the submission of the final draft and graduation with peace of mind.