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Because of the accident in the morning, everyone was unwilling to let Chaoan go out anyway, so everyone stayed in the manor for a whole day.

When night fell, Chao An closed the pages of the book, rubbed the space between his tired brows, and prepared to rest. Arthur walked up to him, stretched his fingers to the buttons on his clothes, and prepared to help him change.

"I'll do it myself, you leave the candle and go to rest."

Arthur looked at Chao An, knowing that his young master would not change his mind easily, so he nodded and said, "If you have any orders, young master, you can ring the bed bell."

"I see."

Arthur withdrew, and Chaoan changed his pajamas by himself, lying on the bed and staring at the ceiling in a daze. After an unknown amount of time, Chaoan, who was about to fall asleep, suddenly heard footsteps coming from the corridor, and he suddenly woke up.

Chao An immediately threw off the quilt and got off the bed, and relit the candle beside the bed. He picked up the candlestick and walked towards the door. When he opened the door, the corridor was completely dark, and the footsteps stopped.

Chaoan felt strange, so he walked a few steps deep in the corridor. The footsteps seemed to come from this direction, but he still found nothing. After standing for a while, Chaoan decided to go back. He just turned around, with a pale face appeared in front of him.

Chaoan froze for a moment, then slowly raised the candlestick high so that the candlelight could illuminate a larger area, and saw Kathy standing in front of him in a white nightgown, her eyes closed, as if she was caught in some kind of state of unconsciousness.

Chao'an called her, but she didn't respond. Chao'an realized that Kathy was sleepwalking, and people who were sleepwalking could not be awakened, so he stood there patiently and waited.

About half a minute later, Kathy walked past Chao An, staggered towards the door of her room, and quickly disappeared.

After that, there was no other sound in the corridor.

Chao An returned to his room with the candlestick in his hand. He sat by the bed for a while, but without thinking of a reason, he blew out the candle again and lay down on the bed. This time, Chao An easily fell asleep.

clang--

The wall clock in the living room rang, twelve o'clock.

Chao An opened his eyes, and the sound of rain came into his ears noisily. He looked at the mirror in the room, and he saw the crack. Without hesitation, Chao An got off the bed and pushed the door to go out. The corridor was brightly lit. Faint laughter can also be heard.

Chao An walked in the direction where the sound came from, and soon came to the banquet hall. In the magnificently furnished banquet hall, delicious food and wine were randomly displayed. Under the illumination of candlelight, there is a seductive luster.

Chao An's eyes quickly swept across the banquet hall, and the cold faces in his memory came alive one by one. He saw the graceful lady lying down on the stairs. She was smiling and chatting with others about jewelry. The beautiful aristocratic lady whose head had been cut off was dancing a lingering dance with a handsome male companion.

It's all so wonderful and weird that everyone's still alive.

Chao An walked through the crowd, and his young status did not attract much attention. He was going to find Kathy first, so that the girl would lose her chain again when the chaos broke out. By the way, he also wanted to know the location of the other survivors.

However, Chao'an searched around but couldn't find Kathy, not even the baron. At this time, Kathy is not in the banquet hall, where is she?

Just when Chao An decided to go to other places to see, the banquet hall suddenly fell silent, even the music stopped. Everyone's eyes turned to the center of the banquet hall, with respectful expressions on their faces, as if some important person had appeared.

I saw a tall middle-aged man appearing in the center of the hall with a noble lady on his arm. It was the man that Chao An had seen fighting with the murderer before. The real owner of this manor——Duke Riddle, and the noble beside the Duke The woman was also very familiar. Chao An had seen her in the collection room in Sheffield the day before yesterday. The portrait hanging on the wall was of the Duchess.

"Thank you for coming to my wife's birthday party, I hope you will have a good time."

After a few simple greetings, Duke Riddle raised his red wine glass and motioned to the people in the banquet hall, who immediately raised their glasses in return. After drinking a glass of wine, the Duke excused that he had something important to do, and left the banquet hall in a hurry , leaving at the same time there are several big nobles.

Only the duchess was left in the center of the banquet hall, and this duchess was obviously a good dancer. She summoned her personal maid and presented the incense powder brought back from the East to several countesses. She immediately won the praise of the ladies. In the eyes of others, the duchess and the ladies sat together with decent smiles on their faces, talking about the jewelry and skirts of the capital, looking very harmonious.

The music sounded again, and the lively scene in the banquet hall resumed.

However, Chao An did not leave again. His eyes fell on the personal maid beside the Duchess. Although his appearance had partially changed, the general outline was still there, especially the familiar string of pearl necklaces around his neck, which made Chao An Instantly recognized her identity - Elsa!

The merchant's wife once turned out to be the Duchess's personal maid!

It is estimated that even the Earl of Sheffield did not know about this matter, and it can be seen that the Duchess trusts Ersa very much. The string of pearl necklaces is the proof. Such fine pearls are definitely not something that a maid's salary can afford. The only possibility It was given to her by the Duchess.

Why did a personal maid of a great nobleman become a merchant's wife?And never mentioned his former identity to anyone?Chaoan felt that there was something tricky in it, and what he saw next made him sure of it.

Chester came to the Duchess wearing a black tuxedo. He said something to the Duchess, and the Duchess nodded, and soon Chester left. Although Chaoan couldn't hear the conversation, Chess The special attire has already revealed his identity - Duke Riddle's personal servant.

The uniform uniform of the male servants in the noble family is black tuxedo, and the cuff buttons of the personal servants will have a circle of gold decorations to distinguish the identities of the ordinary servants from the personal servants, as is the case with Arthur.

Personal servants must be the confidants of the master, and their status is much higher than that of ordinary servants. Elsa and Chester are obviously the survivors of the Duke's mansion, but they have concealed their identities and become businessmen, so people have to think about it. Why they do it.

Many thoughts immediately turned in Chaoan's mind. Just as he was thinking, he covered her eyes with his hands from behind, and the girl's crisp voice sounded, "Guess who I am~"

"Cousin Kathy." Chao An said lightly.

"Angelet, you're so boring." Kathy put down her hands, pouted a little dissatisfied.

Chaoan turned around and looked at Kathy, and found that Baron Villiers was beside her. Oh, he is not a baron at this time, he is just an heir, so I can only call him Villiers, Villiers About 15 years old at this time.

"Cousin Kathy, have you been there before?"

"I'm about to tell you about it." Kathy smiled triumphantly, as if she was about to share a big secret, "Just now Villiers and I saw three sneaky people outside the banquet hall, those The guard didn't notice it, so Villiers and I deliberately lured the guard away and let the three of them in. Hahaha, Angelet, just wait. If the Duke's mansion is burglarized, he will definitely become tomorrow's boss. news."

Kathy's cheeks were flushed with excitement, and it could be seen that she enjoyed the thrill of doing bad things secretly, but Chao'an, who had listened to the whole process, showed a strange expression.

"You said, you and Villiers put those three people in? Just for fun?"

"Yeah, Angelet, why are you looking at me like that? It's just three little thieves, maybe civilians who sneaked in to eat and drink, it's no big deal." Kai Xi obviously didn't take her prank to heart, She still thought that she just did a small thing.

Chao An turned to Villiers beside her, and said in a solemn tone, "Master Villiers, you should know that it is not wise to offend the Duke's House, why would you do such a thing with Cousin Kathy?"

Chao An's question was very ordinary, but it seemed to have poked a sensitive nerve in Villiers. He immediately became angry and said, "So what about the Duke's Mansion? A high title can humiliate others. I am also a nobleman. I don't believe it." His Excellency the Duke will send me to prison for three civilians sneaking in."

Zhaoan stared into Villiers' furious eyes, and there was a flash of understanding in his heart. Although he didn't know why, Villiers was indeed hostile to the Duke's mansion, so he could just push Kai Xi to do such a thing. Understood.

Yes, although Kathy is restless, she is not someone who can come up with such a solution, so Villiers must have taken the lead in this matter.Previously, Chao An wondered how the three thugs got in. If two nobles helped cover it up, things would make sense.

Without further ado, Chaoan decided to find the three culprits immediately. He was not planning to stop what had happened, but wanted to know the identity of the culprits.

"Cousin Kathy, do you still remember the appearance of those three people? Can you take me to find them?"

"Huh? Angelet, why are you suddenly interested in this?"

"Curious, don't you wonder what they want to do in here?"

"Yeah, let's go, let's go take a look."

Kathy grabbed Chao An's hand, turned around and walked away, Chao An was staggered by her, a man happened to pass by Chao An, the two collided, Chao An was small and weak, and retreated after being hit After two steps, he was about to fall to the ground, and his arms supported him from behind.

"Master, be careful."

Arthur's voice came from above his head, and Chaoan grabbed his right hand and stood up from the ground.

"Arthur, you're back."

"Yes, sir."

After Chaoan stood firm, Arthur withdrew his arm. He put his right hand behind his back and gently clenched his palm. If Chaoan observed carefully enough, he would find that Arthur's arm was trembling slightly. He smelled the smell of medicine, but he was thinking about the three murderers at this moment, and didn't pay too much attention to Arthur.

"Where is the young master going in such a hurry?"

"Arthur, you came just in time, help me find three—"

Before Chao An finished speaking, a scream suddenly sounded at the door of the banquet hall.

"Ah—killed!"

This scream seemed to kick off the prelude to the killing, and then the entire banquet hall fell into chaos. Everyone ran out like crazy. A symphony, every time it is played is the withering of a life.

Chao An was standing motionless with his back to the door. He wanted to turn around and take a look at the murderer who came in, but he couldn't do it anymore. Just now, a big hole was opened in his chest out of thin air, and blood flowed from it. The hole flowed out, almost staining him into a man of blood.

Zhao An opened his eyes and watched the scene around him shatter like a mirror. The screams and chaos were far away, and the clearest thing left was Arthur's abyss-like eyes. flames of anger.

boom--

After a short period of dizziness, he opened his eyes towards An, and he found himself back in the familiar bedroom, with a dark floor, thick scarlet curtains and brightly colored paintings on the ceiling...

Everything was the same as before falling asleep, but it was different, because a sword was being stuck in Chao An's chest, it was "Shemos", such a thick sword almost split his upper body in half.

Chao An felt the blood being absorbed by the soft mattress beneath him, he opened his mouth, trying to make a sound, but only blood gushed out continuously.

Chao An's consciousness began to blur, he felt the darkness engulfed the whole room, and finally even the "True God" above his head turned black in his eyes...

On the second night of coming to the manor, Chaoan was killed.

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