"People in the castle are also panicking because of these things, so we thought of you. After all, you are a favored person of the God of Fools and Lies, and you are also my father's best friend during his lifetime. You will definitely be able to solve these things."
While Gray was saying flattering words, he cast his attentive eyes on Jian Yao who was sitting on the sofa. He didn't know that he thought he actually admired Jian Yao.
Jian Yao also knew that Gray was performing in front of her and wanted to take the opportunity to win her favor, but she didn't know why he acted like this. Could it be that Gray wanted to become the real master of this castle?
But before Jian Yao had time to delve into this issue, she was sent to the guest room on the second floor by Gray's series of "operations".
Gray held the door frame of the guest room, looked at Jian Yao who was standing at the door and said, "You must be very tired from coming from a distant temple, so sir, you can have a good rest in the room tonight, and you can start the investigation again tomorrow.
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"Tonight's meal will be delivered to your room by the maid. Just rest."
"Only when you're well rested can you have the energy to start tomorrow's investigation, right?"
Gray's face still showed respect for Jian Yao, but what he said clearly meant that he didn't want to delay Jian Yao's time and prevent her from launching an investigation.
It seems that Gray doesn't really believe her, and may even suspect that she is the murderer who killed his adoptive father, and also suspects that she is the real culprit that caused the abnormal situation in the castle.
However, it is understandable that he would doubt Jian Yao. After all, among the characters related to the Duke, she is the only one who has superhuman strength. It is simply a trivial matter to kill people and curse her from a distance.
But to be honest, Jian Yao really doesn't know whether the character she plays is the murderer in this copy, nor does she know what role she plays in these two cases.
It is also possible that Gray is the murderer. Perhaps he was worried that he would be discovered by Jian Yao, so he did not let Jian Yao start the investigation immediately, so that he would have time to destroy the evidence.
Even if Jian Yao firmly rejects Gray's proposal now, I'm afraid Gray will have more ways to prevent her from investigating in the castle.
In this case, it is better to do less than to do more. It can not only reduce one's suspicion slightly, but also test whether Gray is related to the cause of the Duke's death.
But if Gray was really related to the Duke's death, then why would he want to investigate it?
Because shouldn't the murderer hope that no one will interfere with the case? Then why did he take the initiative to ask her to investigate the case?
Apart from Gray thinking she was an idiot, there were only two possibilities left.
The first possibility is that Gray knew that the murderer was not him, so he was so eager to catch the murderer.
The second possibility is that Gray is the murderer, so he wanted to shift the suspicion of the murderer to her or someone else, so he came to find her.
"Okay, you do the same, go to bed early."
After Jian Yao watched Gray leave, she closed the door, but she did not intend to just stay in the room like this. Only a fool would stay in this room in vain and wait for the next day.
However, before leaving this room, Jian Yao quickly checked it again.
This room is probably specially used to entertain distinguished guests. The decoration and furniture inside are extremely luxurious. It even comes with a small living room and a small study room, and the bathroom also has a large bathtub that can accommodate more than a dozen people.
As expected of a wealthy family, even the guest rooms are so luxurious.
Jian Yao checked the guest room for a long time, but did not find any hidden clues or secret passages hidden in the guest room. It seemed that there were no useful clues in the guest room.
After she figured out the situation in the guest room, she put on a badge that could reduce her sense of presence, and then opened the door to the guest room a crack.
Looking out from the crack of the door, no one could be seen in the corridor.
Jian Yao opened the crack in the door until a relatively thin person could pass through, and then got out through the crack.
Burning candles hung on the walls of the corridor. The candlelight lit up the area and also illuminated the portraits hanging on the walls.
These paintings all have a portrait of a person. From the facial features of the portrait, it can be judged that the people in the portrait should be members of the duke's family. It seems that the people painted in the painting should be the ancestors of the duke's family.
In the middle of the second floor is the stairwell they just came up from, which connects the lobby and living room on the first floor. Looking down from the corridor on the second floor, you can take in the entire lobby on the first floor.
Jian Yao glanced in the direction of the stairwell and saw no movement in the direction of the hall.
It seemed that the Duke and his family were no longer in the hall on the first floor. Perhaps they had all returned to their rooms. This was a good time for her to go to the Duke's study to investigate.
This stairwell also plays the role of dividing the second floor into two halves.
The side where Jian Yao was standing was filled with guest rooms one after another, nothing surprising.
She passed the stairwell and walked to the other side of the second floor. Jian Yao still casually pushed open a room in the corner, but was almost shocked by the scene inside.
The room Jian Yao opened was dark. Not only was the bed curtain covered by thick black velvet, but there were no candles lit.
Wu Jiu, whom he had just met downstairs, was now lying on the bed in the room. The black velvet sheets made his already fair skin even paler.
This paleness made Jian Yao think of a terrible guess. Could it be that Wu Jiu had been killed?!
No, is it time to kill so soon?! Does this monster understand the rules? According to the rules of werewolf killing, isn't it allowed to kill only at midnight?
Wait, but there are generally no time limits for murderers in scripted killings. Was Wu Jiu killed by a living person? Or was it an accidental death?
Jian Yao opened the door of Wu Jiu's room and walked in slowly. She saw Wu Jiu lying motionless on the bed. She really couldn't tell whether he was dead or alive.
The distance from the door to the head of the bed was only a short dozen steps, but it gave Jian Yao a feeling of "shocking every step of the way".
Jian Yao stretched out her hand, wanting to check if Wu Jiu was still breathing.
But before she could reach her hand completely under Wu Jiu's nose, she saw Wu Jiu suddenly open his eyes, with a bit of confusion and sleepiness in his eyes.
Jian Yao: It was so scary. I thought he really became the victim in the next case.
But now it seems that Wujiu just fell asleep in bed and nothing really happened.
She almost asked the white-haired person(???) to give the black-haired person a favor.
Because of the badge on Jian Yao's chest, Wujiu didn't notice that there was someone standing in front of his bed. He just glanced at the half-opened door strangely, and then his expression changed obviously.