Victory Utopia

Everyone didn't sleep well that night, especially when they woke up the next day and found that the sisters from the Qi family hadn't shown up again, the faces of the survivors were all ugly.Although this is almost doomed, no one can take it to heart.

"I warned her, but Qi Minmin is really stubborn!" Qu Shan let down her long fluffy hair, pinching the center of her brows irritably.

The doctor shook his head and said, "Why do they..." At last, he couldn't continue and only sighed.

When the door of Room 1 was pushed open, there was no bloody scene as they had imagined.

Everything was in its place, as if no one had ever lived here.The breeze lifted the curtains, the room was softly lit, and the twin sisters disappeared here.

The boy's heart is heavy: "We heard a lot of noises here last night, and there should be a broken vase here."

And the ground is clean, nothing.

Needless to say, at dawn, Margaret left, the guests in room 1 ceased to exist, and everything returned to the way it was when no one stayed.

The boy recalls a night of horror, when both the doctor and he were hesitant to help.

But Elizabeth said not to go out, and that idea was suppressed.

He is indeed greedy for life and afraid of death, and he doesn't have any deep friendship with the sisters of the Qi family. Although it sounds cruel and indifferent, how many people can really save a stranger who has just known each other for two days?

Seeing the boy's dejected and self-blaming expression, Qin Yu comforted him: "There is nothing wrong with thinking about others while ensuring that you can survive. Don't ask yourself by the standards of a saint."

"But, but..."

In the end nothing came out.

At this time, the manor was quiet, and there was not a single servant in sight.There is a ghost hidden in the ancient manor, and traces of her are everywhere in this silent morning.

When a group of people walked together, it seemed very crowded and noisy, so the remaining five people dispersed separately, and the time that was supposed to be slow suddenly seemed to be chasing after a ghost.

Elizabeth did not restrict their freedom, so they all went to different places to find clues to clear the customs.

Qu Shan still walked alone, did not say which exact place he was going to, only said "walk around casually".

The doctor and the boy inquired about Baker and got permission to do a simple observation for Elizabeth.

Baker didn't refuse, but seemed very embarrassed.The special doctor of the Bicester family had an accident on the way to the manor. The carriage overturned into the river, and the doctor was hit on the head by the torrent and couldn't come back.

Qin Yu and Ge Yin went to the basement.

There was a strong wind last night, and there were fallen leaves everywhere in the hall, and the clouds were so gloomy that they seemed to hang down to the ground.

Passing the garden on the way to the wine cellar, several servants were bending over to sweep the fallen leaves.

The road is not long, and at the end is the wine cellar.

But the two of them didn't talk all the way, because the servants were too quiet, their movements seemed very rigid and mechanical, every movement seemed to be calculated, smooth but unnatural.

Turning the corner amidst the sound of sweeping the floor, we walked to the entrance of the wine cellar.

"It always felt like they were staring at us."

Qin Yu rubbed his numb earlobe, he called Ge Yin to stop, and walked back a few steps by himself.Pushing aside the dense bushes that could just block him, he looked towards the servants working in the garden.

Ge Yin leaned over and took a look: "You are right."

Through the gaps in the leaves, they saw the overnight changes in the manor, not only the return of the dead, the disappearance of the living, but also the group of servants who returned to the manor.

Those servants were standing casually in front of the neatly trimmed green trees, but when the figures of Qin Yu and Ge Yin disappeared around the corner, they all stood up straight and stared at Qin Yu's position from all directions.

They lowered their eyebrows one by one, pursed the corners of their mouths together, and their sinister eyes focused on their positions at this time.As if being frozen, to be honest, most people really can't maintain this position for too long.

Faced with such a weird scene, Qin Yu didn't particularly care.The eyes fell on the farthest man, who was almost behind the manservant, who still turned his head hard and stared at them.

"It's really hard for him, this posture hurts the neck."

After looking at them for a while, he found that the servants just looked at them like this, and felt that it was meaningless, so Ge ​​Yin stood up and said, "I don't know how to bite."

"Of course you won't bite. Why are you so cute?"

Qin Yu jokingly said, putting the branches and leaves back.The servants were not aggressive, and somehow he was a little disappointed when such a good thing happened.

"I wonder if everyone has changed."

A simple small shed was set up at the entrance of the wine cellar, and the dry and blue straws were piled together. The place was surprisingly humid, and the two old logs that fell on the ground were covered with fungi.

As soon as you step out of the border of the garden, it seems that this place does not belong to the jurisdiction of the manor. The stone bricks under your feet disappear in front of the brown lines, replaced by soil with a faint smell of wine.

In places where the owners would not set foot, everything was arranged casually, and there were even rotten grapes in the soil. Such an environment made Qin Yu wonder if the wine in the wine cellar would not go bad?

The basement that Qu Shan mentioned was just behind a few trees.

"There is wind." Ge Yin stretched out his hand and felt the air flow from the basement.

"Then it is indeed connected, and there are other exits inside. Go down and have a look."

Qin Yu picked up the half of the candle next to him, and rubbed the damp match a few times before polishing it. He suddenly realized that during the few days that he and Ge Yin spent together, most of the time he either lit the lamp or lit the match.

Now let's light the candles again.

There are not many bright places.

Qin Yu stepped on the first step of the stairs, and the wet and slippery boards made a groan that seemed unbearable. The musty smell in the air was very strong, but fortunately there was no other smell.

Visually, the basement space is not spacious, but there are not many sundries piled up, and a dozen of them can still stand up.

Ge Yin used the light of the candle to light up the wall lamp, and the basement, which had only a few small windows to provide light, instantly became much brighter.

The space left on both sides of the basement is not wide, but the length is far beyond Qin Yu's expectation, and there is a deeper place ahead.

"You don't know everything? Can you see what's wrong?" Qin Yu casually placed the candlestick on the wooden table.

"Maybe."

Qin Yu raised his eyebrows indifferently, and his eyes fell on the skylight.

But at this moment Ge Yin stopped suddenly, he slowed down and took two steps back.

Taking every step cautiously, he raised his hand to tell Qin Yu not to speak, while listening carefully to the sound of the wooden board under his feet deformed due to force, subtle differences are often the key to deciding the outcome.

Then he found the unusual board.

"There is an interlayer below." Ge Yin half knelt down, lifted the hem of his clothes and pulled out the knife.

A corner of the coat swept out a piece of the original color floor, Qin Yu's heart twitched when he saw it.It was an immature and irresponsible act to lend Ge Yin his coat.

This person doesn't care about these at all!

But Ge Yin was a little irritable.

This piece of wood seems to have never been opened, and it is quite laborious to break it apart.In the end, he pushed his foot into the gap between the wooden board and the bottom, then lifted it up, and finally pried it open with the sole of his foot.

"Is there anything?" Qin Yu didn't look, because he found some strange signs.

Ge Yin didn't speak, so he guessed that there was nothing in it, so he didn't look at it, lest people would be embarrassed because of a wrong judgment.

The ground is outside the skylight. After rain, water seeps, and there will be water stains on the walls.

He touched the wall, and there was ocher red on his fingertips.

And this colorful one is a little too much.

Just when he wondered if it was paint, Ge Yin called him over.

The moment Qin Yu turned his head, he didn't expect this result. He originally guessed that if there was really something down there, it might be a gadget that the young lady of this family had hidden when she was a child, waiting to be opened when she grows up.

but--

Ge Yin got up, holding a string of gold necklaces that were dusty but still dazzling in his hand.

Pearls, diamonds, and a green malachite, even without counting the number, Qin Yu has already concluded that this is the necklace that Margaret said was taken away by Qi Minmin.

His eyebrows frowned without him noticing: "Qi Minmin really didn't take it."

Then why, Margaret came to them?

"Maybe it's a similar one?" When Ge Yin said this, he didn't believe it. This necklace was padded with clean goose down. Although it seemed that the necklace had been placed here for a long time, there was no trace of sticky dust on the goose down.

"The necklace was lost yesterday, and it was found here today." Qin Yu's heart was beating wildly, and he put those colored powders behind him in an instant: "Who could have done it?"

"He's leaving clues for us, but it doesn't rule out that it's a trap." Ge Yin held the necklace in his hand and said.

The necklace couldn't be a fake, but he was surprised that the person who placed it could arrange the process of "accidental discovery" so perfectly.

"Smart means. What's the purpose of that person?" Qin Yu said, "Did Margaret do it on purpose? Or, even she was deceived?"

Temporarily suppressing the uneasiness in their hearts, they continued to walk deep.

Scattered wheat grains, sacks with holes in them, the more you go inside, the less you can see these things.The dust on the ground had accumulated for some time, the footprints were messy but clear, and the new footprints were narrow and exquisite, and it could be seen that they were female footprints.

The words of the woman who accused Margaret of having a private meeting with Gordon at night cannot be completely denied, because the footprints do exist.

Regardless of whether Margaret has been here or not, it is definitely not a maid like Lisa. No servant will step on shoes that can leave such marks.

Immediately afterwards, suspicious traces that could not be found before appeared in pairs.

They found a side door next to the so-called other exit, which could not be found without looking carefully, but the further they walked in, the more chiseled traces they could find, until the road ahead was divided into two.

"How dare you do this in the basement?" Qin Yu said worriedly, "Will the house sink if you're not afraid of damaging the foundation?"

They picked a path where the light could be seen, and every time they walked less than fifty steps, Qin Yu's heart felt cold.

There are several forks in this basement, and what is even more chilling is that each fork leads to a different direction, and it is bottomless.

"There are still many secrets in this manor." Ge Yin said.

Watching for suspicious signs everywhere, it took them almost an hour to reach the end.

But this end is obviously not the real end. There is also a small door in this wall, which is ajar, and it is completely inviting the people who come here to enter.

They did go in, but a black cloth blocked the door.

A corner of the frame is exposed under the black cloth.

"This is—" Qin Yu's pupils opened slightly, and the scene in front of him sent chills down his spine.

There are many sharp corners on the surface of the deep black cloth, and the easels in the corners and the rows of paint silently indicate the identity.

The second secret is enough to involve a plan that people can't think about deeply. From here, he smells the smell of conspiracy.

Ge Yin walked up to him and completely lifted the black cloth.The velvet in his hand slipped out of his fingers, and his palms were sweaty.

He said: "The person who painted that picture is the son of this family."

Densely packed paintings filled this humble room. Those paintings were excellent works, but their content was "rebellious".

The same strokes as "Burning in Hell", frenzied techniques, bold color blocks, peculiar composition... The content of each picture is different, but they have the same theme——

Crucifixion.

In the lower right corner of each painting, there is a cursive signature.

Richard B.