Chapter 220: A Trembling Past
"My father, Viscamel, was different from me, who was a man of wax art but also a soldier and a hero, who won great glory for his country with his army during the war, and after the war, His Majesty the King elevated my father from a hereditary baron to a hereditary marquis in recognition of my father's merits."
"Speaking of my father, I have to mention my mother, it is undeniable that my parents were very loving during their lifetime, but it is a pity that God did not let this love last long, although my father was given the hereditary title of marquis for his military exploits after the war, but not long after, my mother also died of illness."
"My mother, Mrs. Lina, died before my father, and after my mother's death, my father fell into a state of long-term grief, and at the same time became more and more obsessed with wax figures, as you first saw in the wax room, the only wax figure in the room covered with a dust-proof white cloth was my mother, Mrs. Lina, and my father's favorite wax figure during his lifetime, which was made by my father after my mother's death. So I'm going to tell you all about my father's experience before he died. ”
Xu really admired his father, and under the joint inquiry of He Fei and Zhao Ping, the marquis did not directly tell everyone about the old marquis's death, but first remembered the old marquis's past, until he sighed, and then, the original melancholy Marquis Mel's face became more and more solemn as if he really recalled some incredible past, and the subsequent narration made everyone present suspicious.
Through the Marquis of Mel's narration, it turned out that some strange and strange things did happen a year ago, that is, before the old marquis's death, it was said that the old marquis's love for wax art was known to his family and the people in the manor, but, for some reason, since the wax figure of his wife was made, the marquis would often go alone to the room on the third floor where there was originally only a wax figure of Madame Lina, and whenever he entered, the marquis would forbid others to follow, and at the same time, the marquis would occasionally whisper from the wax room, As if he was talking to someone, the family thought that the Marquis's behavior was caused by the Marquis's missing his wife, and even the Marquis Mel at that time thought so, and no one cared at first.
But as the days passed, the people who thought that the Marquis would only be sad and sad for a while gradually found that the old Marquis's behavior became more and more eccentric, not only did he still go to the room where Mrs. Lina was held every night, but he also stayed in it for a longer and longer time, and even finally developed to the point that he stayed in it for most of the day, and he did not think about food and tea, and he became more and more depressed and emaciated day by day.
Moreover, it was from that time onwards that the Marquis began to become taciturn, depressed, and more and more eccentric, and did not communicate with anyone, not even his son Marquis Mel and his most faithful butler, Domus.
Finally, Mel, who had not inherited the title at that time, couldn't stand it, and his father's abnormality in recent times made him very worried, he began to dissuade his father, and even broke into the wax room to forcibly pull his father out, but in exchange for the old marquis's reprimand and indifference, it is conceivable that even his own son is ineffective to dissuade him, and who in the other parts of the manor dares to dissuade the marquis? But there are no absolutes, the only exception is Lisa.
Lisa is the old marquis's favorite granddaughter before his death, at the request of his father, Lisa, who was only 12 years old at the time, went to the wax room according to his father's instructions and found the old marquis who was sitting next to his wife's wax figure in a daze, and then, something unexpected happened.
The old marquis, who had not left the wax room for a long time, followed his granddaughter Lisa out of the wax room!
However, this was also the last time the old marquis left the wax room.
It's really weird to say, if the old marquis had a strange temper and didn't communicate with anyone when he was in the wax room before, then, when he walked out of the wax room with Lisa, the old marquis seemed to have regained all his previous consciousness and consciousness and became normal, but even so, in the face of his usual favorite granddaughter, the old marquis, who was finally a little sober, still didn't leave the wax room too far, but grabbed Lisa's little hand first as if he had caught a golden opportunity, Then he said something in a staccato tone of anguish, something that only the blonde girl could hear, because Lisa was the only one present at the time:
"Lisa, ...... Tell your parents and everyone in the manor to get out of ......."
The above are the words of the old marquis after he walked out of the wax room, and it is also the last sentence of the old marquis, because, after saying that sentence, the old marquis seemed to be pulled by something, and before he finished speaking, he pushed away his frightened granddaughter Lisa with a painful expression, and then returned to the wax room with a sluggish expression, and finally locked himself in the room.
That night, the old Marquis died, in the wax room, in front of the wax figure of his wife, Madame Lina.
After the death of the old marquis, Marquis Mel learned from his daughter what his father said before he died, and Marquis Mel didn't care about his father's words at first, after all, his father had been abnormal for a long time before he died, not to mention that many people in the manor also privately thought that the old marquis was crazy, who can believe the words of a madman? What's more, this manor is a mansion given by His Majesty the King himself, and its value is extraordinary! Who would easily move out of here? Or who would dare to move out of here at the risk of being disrespectful to the king? Therefore, with sadness, after the funeral for his father, the Marquis of Mel, who inherited his father's title and became the second-generation owner of the manor, could only keep this matter in his heart, and since the death of his father, everything in the manor has returned to normal, and this matter has gradually been forgotten by the Marquis of Mel and all the people of the manor.
The only exception is Lisa, for some reason, since the death of the old marquis, Lisa often dreams of her grandfather in the following year, but every time she wakes up, she forgets the content of the dream, because she can't remember the content of the dream, so Lisa just told her mother Lady Linda about it, and Lady Linda didn't care about the fruit, only regarded it as the reason why her granddaughter missed her grandfather.
The days passed, and the good times did not last long, until the first anniversary of the death of the old marquis, and the Marquis Mel, who had returned from the cemetery, heard a voice in the wax room on the third floor and heard his father's voice.
It was also from then on that strange things began to happen frequently at the manor.
First, it was found that there were inexplicably more wax figures of all the people in the manor, and a week later, there were frequent disappearances of the servants and guards of the manor, and finally the body of the missing person was found in the wax room!
Until today, the entire manor has been banned, and everyone including his own family has fallen into the abyss of death!
Of course, at the beginning of the incident, it was not that no one cared about this matter, if the Marquis of Mel did not believe in the god of the scorpion because of his military talent, then at the beginning of the strange incident, Domus, who had served the Marquis for two generations and was also the oldest housekeeper in the Marquis's Palace, had always been very concerned about the death of the old Marquis, and when everyone, including the Marquis of Merle, knew that the old Marquis was actually dying of hunger strike, Domus, who had followed the old Marquis for decades and even knew his former master better than his son Marquis Merle, did not think so, but doubted the doubts, But he couldn't find any evidence, so he had no choice but to give up.
It wasn't until he and Marquis Mel saw a large wax figure in the wax room with his own eyes ten days ago that Marquis Mel finally panicked, and at the same time, Domus, who thought that the situation might be more serious than Marquis Mel, also took advantage of the situation to make a suggestion, for example, to let the church send someone to the manor to have a look.
The long-panic Marquis Mel immediately agreed, and according to custom, the Marquis of Mel called Mavl Larson, who was usually in charge of driving for him, and then ordered the servant, who had always been able to do things, to go to the town to ask Cardinal Stam, but when Larson came back to return to his life, the Marquis of Mel and the master and servant of Domus received an extremely incomprehensible reply from Larson:
The cardinal did follow the carriage to the manor, but before the carriage could drive into the manor, the cardinal, who had always been quite capable in the eyes of others, actually crawled away?
Seeing this result, the Marquis of Mel, who couldn't understand what was going on at all, was stunned, but the thoughtful old butler asked Larson for some details, and Ralph answered truthfully, he had gone to inquire before the bishop fled, and the only regret was that knowing nothing did not mean that he had no reservations, he only said that the other party might be crazy, but Larson did not mention what the cardinal said to him before leaving.
The above is the truth narrated by the Marquis of Mayer, during which the old butler Domus also added on the side, but some surprises are that after listening to the narrative of the master and servant in front of him, He Fei, who has been listening silently on the other side, did not say a word for a long time, seeing He Fei did not speak, and saw the handsome young man showing a frowning look, Peng Hu and Cheng Ying glanced at each other, although the two were slightly puzzled, they did not disturb each other, yes, as partners who have lived and died together for a long time, the two know He Fei very well, there is no doubt At present, He Fei is definitely analyzing and thinking about something in his mind.
It can even be said that whoever dares to disturb He Fei's thinking at this moment, then they will definitely not let go of that disturber easily.
However, just when the living room returned to silence, just when most people thought that He Fei would think for a long time, He Fei, who was frowning just now, suddenly changed his complexion, first stood up from his seat with a bang, and then looked at the opposite side under the stunned gaze of everyone around, and then asked the Marquis Mercer master and servant opposite in a nervous tone:
"Larsen, where is that Mavlarsen now!?"