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Chapter 184 188: Skeleton

"The owner of this castle is so sentimental that he actually makes wine."

Eric seemed very interested in those barrels of red wine, "If there is no damn ghost, you can drink at least ten years of wine in the castle, it will be much more enjoyable."

Vera is not as carefree as Eric, she doesn't like alcohol, only clues can move her nerves.

They bypassed several wine barrels placed near the stairs and went inside.

August, who was in the lead, stopped without saying hello, and the people behind him almost bumped into each other unprepared.

"Augus, what the hell are you doing?!" Eric cursed immediately.

Vera also pulled the hem of Oggs' T-shirt in confusion and asked, "What's wrong with you, Oggs——"

As she spoke, she took a small step forward, and when she saw the place illuminated by the flashlight, she suddenly silenced her voice, and tightened her hand holding the corner of her clothes.

Mahao and Eric also saw that something was wrong now.

Eric pushed away the people in front of him and looked at the situation ahead by himself.When he saw what was inside, his reaction was bigger than that of Augus and Vera. His body trembled and he almost cried out.

On the inside of several oak wine barrels, there were stark bones.

The withered skeleton was wearing a pink and white lace dress, which was covered with dust and spider webs, giving the whole dress an old and messy texture.

The two hollow eye sockets on the skull were facing the direction of Mahao and the others. Seeing such a scene unexpectedly would make people scream in fright.

When Ma Haohao was punishing the world, he also saw the skeletons of dead people, so he was not so scared at this time.

On the contrary, it was the clothes on the skeleton that attracted her attention even more.

This style of lace is so distinct that it is difficult for people not to remember it.

"The style of this dress is the same as that in the master bedroom." Ma Hao said, "This skeleton is probably the mistress of the castle."

The initial shock passed, and the other three people also recovered.

"Mistress..." Vera guessed and chewed mahjong carefully, then got up to check the situation of the skeleton.

Ma Hao followed her a few steps forward, and saw the unusual color of the skeleton without looking too carefully.

White bones White bones, under normal circumstances, the bones of a person after death are white, but the bones of this skeleton show signs of turning black.

Thanks to various costume dramas, even Ma Haohao, a rookie, knows that the blackening of the bones is a sign of poisoning.

"She was poisoned?" Eric asked.

Well, it seems that this is common sense/knowledge that everyone knows, and Eric can answer it.

Vera nodded: "The possibility of being poisoned is very high. But..."

But why did she die in the basement?

Was he tied up in the basement by someone and force-fed poison to death?

Vera didn't dare to touch the bones of the corpse lightly, who knew whether the toxin left on it would kill her through touching.

She searched around the skeleton, but found no binding rope or other things, but something that shouldn't be in the basement made her feel weird.

A baby rocker.

Several broken bowls.

A broken doll.

"..."

Vera picked up the doll that fell on the ground.

It was so worn out that one eye was missing and the other would only turn with the angle of the shake.Vera touched it, and the doll actually moved, making intermittent sounds from its body.

"Ma... Mama... M..."

The sound is very strange. It may be that the battery inside is dead, so there is a strange feeling of being blocked by the current.

A basement with wine, cribs and dolls.

The latter two things can be explained together, but they cannot be put together with wine.

There are attics, special utility rooms and warehouses in the castle. It can be seen that the owner or servants of the house care about classifying the items.

If the basement is a wine cellar, why are there cribs and toys?If it's a storage room, why is there wine?
While Vera was thinking, Eric also came to the side of the mistress's corpse and kicked the blackened skeleton as if to vent his anger: "I'll scare you, I'll scare you! If you have the ability, you can scare others!"

Mahao hurriedly asked Augus to hold him, Eric went crazy, why didn't he even let the dead go?
Vera was also startled by Eric's noise, and stopped him sharply: "Eric, what are you doing?! Have you forgotten the ghost in the house?!"

What Eric fears most now is ghosts. Vera's words awakened him from his anger and he immediately took his feet back.

"Eric, please control your temper!"

Vera said, "You keep saying that there is a ghost in the house. Please have some respect for the dead souls. Aren't you afraid of the owner of this bone, who is the ghost?"

"No... no way..." Eric trembled when she said it, obviously his behavior did not go through the brain's thinking, and after acting impulsively, only fear and regret remained.

Vera didn't want to comfort a thug. If Eric really offended the ghost because of this incident, he asked for it.

Her eyes glanced at the skeleton that was kicked over by Eric, and swept to something under the bone skirt, and she frowned and asked, "What is that?"

Ma Haohao also saw what was under the skeleton skirt, because of Eric's atrocities, a silver-black edge was exposed from the corner of the pink skirt, shining brightly under the light.

Is it a silver jewelry box?
Eric didn't dare to touch the skeleton anymore, and he muttered to himself with trembling lips.Augustus bent down and took out what looked like a jewelry box from under the skirt.

Only then did Mahao and Vera see the whole "jewelry box" clearly.

What was exposed just now was only a part of its handle, this jewelry box is actually a sharp short knife...

Augus felt particularly uncomfortable holding the short knife in his hand.

This short knife is somewhat like a lady's dagger. The handle is engraved with exquisite patterns and is inlaid with several red gems.The blade was covered with dried blood, and the erosion of time had made the bright red blood black and dirty.

August and the others looked at each other, and they all thought of that page of news clippings.

——The male owner of the castle, Mr. Andry, was stabbed more than 40 times and died in the corridor on the second floor.

Could it be this dagger that killed the hostess?

Thinking of that news, Vera felt something was wrong again, "Who can still clearly remember that report? I remember it said that the hostess died in the room and was stabbed in the chest."

"If the report is correct, then whose body is this wearing the mistress's clothes?"

Ma Haohao remembered it when she reminded her, "Indeed, it was reported that the hostess was stabbed to death with a knife in the chest, and their daughter was poisoned to death."

"The adult's body was probably taken away by the police, while the little master's body was thrown in the basement."

Vera analyzed, "Is it because of this reason that she became a ghost in the castle?"

(End of this chapter)