The storm was fierce. When the Flower Town was swayed by the strong wind, sand and dust filled the sky. For a moment, the whole world suddenly became quiet.
Then, bean-sized raindrops pattered on the top of the castle's steeple, as if a basin of water had been poured down, splashing everywhere.
In the kennel, Dosen's loud barking came.
In a room downstairs, Blessedcurls was also 'quack', 'quack'.
Outside the castle and inside the castle were two different worlds.
Listening attentively, Liszt could hear the servants chatting in the kitchen and dining room downstairs. Due to the heavy rain, there was nothing to do, so they could only chat.
Mr. Carter's footsteps lingered upstairs and downstairs. He was always wandering around, inspecting every part of the castle. Mrs. Morrison, who was inspecting the maid's cleaning, met with Carter. They seemed to chat for a while, evaluating the performance of the servingmen and maidservants.
The two stewards were conscientious and conscientious.
The fifteen servants did not always get along so well.
Thomas's attitude towards the servingmen was very bad. However, he was Liszt's valet and had a very high status, so no one dared to say anything.
Not only did he often find fault with the servingmen, but from time to time, he also made some sarcastic remarks. Sometimes, he was not so respectful towards Carter.
Carter could not figure out why Liszt would tolerate such a bad Thomas. Thomas destroyed the harmonious atmosphere of the castle's servants.
He could only say.
Carter and Liszt had different identities, so they looked at things from different angles.
Carter tried to make the castle full of harmony and love.
But Liszt did not want this to be the case. If the servants were united, he, as the master, would feel uncomfortable. Imagine a servant making a mistake, and because they had a good relationship, all the servants helped to cover it up. Wouldn't it be possible to fool Liszt?
Without Thomas as a troublemaker, the servants would become more and more indulgent.
With Thomas keeping an eye on them and finding fault with them at any time, the servants would work in fear.
Those in a higher position would always place a few confidants in their subordinate organizations. Even the school teachers knew that they had to cultivate a few students who were good at snitching.
He did not choose to eavesdrop on the servants' conversation.
Liszt's expression was slightly serious.
His thoughts drifted: In this world, there are actually such things as ghosts?
When the predecessor was young, the bedtime stories that were passed down by word of mouth mentioned ghosts. Legend has it that after a person dies, their soul will leave their body and exist. They have no consciousness and only wander aimlessly.
Almost no one had ever seen a ghost.
He searched all the memories of his predecessor, but he had not heard of anyone encountering a Specter on Coral Island. Of the hundred or so Knight novels that he had read recently, there were a few that mentioned ghosts, but most of them were just like vampires, werewolves, and zombies in the mines. They were relatively unpopular and rarely appeared.
In the past, when he saw it, he would just laugh it off, not taking it seriously.
The reason why he thought of ghosts again was that the smoke mission reminded him of ghosts.
"Mission: an old and dilapidated shipwreck. Exposed to the wind and sun, fishermen who pass by the shipwreck often feel a chill on their backs. It seems that there is something in the shipwreck staring at them, making them not dare to approach. Please find out the reason. Reward: a broken bone. "
Liszt did not let anyone chop the shipwreck with the five treasure chests and burn it for firewood.
He felt that the shipwreck could barely be regarded as a tourist attraction, so he placed it in the oyster settlement to add to the oyster settlement's historical heritage. He was also planning to have the shipwreck properly maintained when he had time.
He did not expect that the shipwreck would actually hide a secret.
"What is in the shipwreck? Previously, when the patrol team was looking for the treasure, they had already searched the entire ship inside and out. Apart from some cloth, grain residue, and five treasure chests, there was nothing else … Or perhaps, there was something, but it was not easy to see? "
He could easily associate it with ghosts, dirty things, shipwrecks, ghost ships, and finally with the legendary Specter.
Bang bang!
A bright light flashed outside the castle, followed by the rumbling of thunder.
The wind blew again, accompanied by the pitter-patter of raindrops, isolating the castle from everything outside.
Walking to the window, he put down a wooden block and looked at the curtain of rain outside. Liszt felt a sense of desolation, as if he was isolated from the world. Loneliness welled up in his heart, and he suddenly realized that he had been here for half a year. From the world of technological civilization, he had entered the world of magic and qi.
It was hard to say whether it was good or bad.
In his hometown, the standard of living was a bit higher, but he was just a bitter overtime dog.
Here, the standard of living was relatively poor, but he was an aristocrat with supreme power. He also had qi to strengthen his body and was immune to all kinds of diseases.
"In comparison, I prefer my current life. I like the picture of a maid busying herself in front of me …" There was a slight smile at the corner of his mouth. He was not too conflicted.
Soon, his thoughts returned to the smoke mission.
"If there is really a ghost in the shipwreck, then it must be eradicated as soon as possible so as not to endanger the lives of the fishermen … The mission reward is a broken bone, but does it have anything to do with the ghost?"
He wanted to go to the shipwreck, find out the reason, and complete the mission.
But the rain was too heavy outside, and it was difficult to travel.
He could only stay in the castle and wait in boredom.
However, he waited.
Three days.
The heavy rain flooded the entire town. Fortunately, the town-wide wooden houses had been repaired in advance. The patrols braving the rain had yet to find any collapsed wooden houses. The worm stalks were also safe. Even the most fragile black nightshade worm stalk was still intact because of the protection.
But after three days of heavy rain, two people died.
An old serf went out to pick vegetables, accidentally slipped, and never got up again. Another mother of three went to the beach in the rain to pick up shells, but after returning, she fell seriously ill and died.
"Picking up shells on the beach?"
Liszt listened to Gort's report, and his heart stirred: "Could it be related to the shipwreck?"
He immediately asked: "Teacher Gort, the woman who died of illness, has the body been examined? Is there anything wrong?"
"Examine the body? Sorry, Sir, I did not examine the body. I thought it was just a serf who died of illness. This kind of thing, it happens very often."
Perhaps Liszt was too sensitive.
But he still decided to examine the body of the woman who died of illness in person: "Teacher Gort, be sensitive. Recently, there have been fishermen who have responded that there is something wrong with the shipwreck, as if there is something dirty on it. I suspect that the woman's death may be related to the shipwreck. "
"Shipwreck?" Gort was puzzled.
He had not heard of such news at all, but when Liszt mentioned it, he had to pay attention to it. He believed that Liszt had a lot of eyes in Flower Town, and nothing could escape Liszt's attention.
"Sir, I will go arrange it. Do you want to examine the body together?"
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