Chapter Sixty-One: Investigation

  After dinner, everyone strolled around within the allowed range and found their own rooms. As Li Fu said, this castle is quite large, covering an area of five to seven football fields. From time to time, someone would get lost and press the alarm bell. The second floor was even more complex than the first, consisting mainly of small rooms of ten or twenty square meters. The corridors were dense and not divided according to a grid pattern. If you weren't careful, you might end up in the old castle section, which was even more chaotic. Some areas looked like they hadn't been visited in years. In some places, one floor was divided into three small layers. Some rooms were connected by the same door, while others were separated only by a wooden door.

  The contestants' rooms are all located near the central main staircase, easy to find. However, everyone is not going to give up this opportunity, and they are all using their limited time to understand the structure of this castle. Except for Ye Zhan.

  Ye Zhan lay in his own room, took out a tablet computer and turned it on, quickly calling up the castle's structural diagram. This was something a security guard had privately sold to him. It wasn't expensive, but the quality wasn't very good either, with some areas being quite blurry. The new and old castles only had around 75% exploration.

  At two o'clock in the afternoon, the castle broadcast sounded with Lin's voice: "Please ask everyone to return to their own room within half an hour and do not move around. We will place some colored heads inside the castle. Whoever finds them is theirs."

  Yu Ming returned to his own room, which he shared with Ye Zhan. The room was very simple, with two iron-framed beds, a grass mat and a woolen blanket, one pillow, a plate of mosquito coils, as well as earplugs and eye masks for camping use. There were no electrical appliances or sockets in the room. It seemed that it wasn't originally a place for people to live. Or maybe it was where the security guards and service staff lived before the dormitory building was built. Yu Ming had a question: considering the old castle was already sufficient to accommodate Shen Wanyi's family and their staff, why did they still build another castle within the castle in the middle of the square?

  For now, it seems that the tie clip should be lost on the third floor. It is believed that the surface has been searched by security guards. The thief would not steal a worthless tie clip. There is only one answer, the tie clip was lost in a place on the third floor that was overlooked by people. Yu Ming did not go up to the third floor because there were security guards guarding each intersection and not allowing contestants to enter. However, it can be seen that the third floor is as luxurious and grand as the living room on the first floor.

  There was a knock at the door. Yu Mingdao said, "Come in."

  Zhang Nuonan pushed open the door and came in. Yu Ming sat up and Zhang Nuonan said, "You're also here. I'm looking for Xia Ye Zhan."

  "Suit yourself," Yu Ming said and lay down. Ye Zhan wore an eye mask and ignored Zhang Nuonan.

  "Yè zhàn, you didn't feel this match is a bit strange? Find a tie clip?"

  "Mind your own business."

  "Hehe." Zhang Nuonan wasn't angry: "Still resent me? I had no choice, I had to write the report. The police spokesperson publicized your heroic deeds."

  Ye Zhan didn't say a word, Zhang Nuonan just stood there like that, this method was similar to Yu Ming's soul-calling technique. Ye Zhan couldn't bear it for long and opened his mouth: "I suggest you investigate the background of No. 041."

  "Why?"

  "He successfully found the second-floor toilet."

  Yu Ming and Zhang Nuon both understood the meaning of this sentence. On the second floor of the castle, Yu Ming found two toilets. However, 041 was very smooth, that is to say, he quickly found the toilet, indicating that he should be familiar with the second floor.

  Zhang Nuonan smiled and asked: "Yu Ming, what's your opinion?"

  "I think we can pay attention to No. 2, besides being handsome, he is also very brave." Yu Ming smiled and replied. He himself was No. 2.

  "Alright, I won't disturb your rest." Zhang Nuonan went out and closed the door.

  Yu Mingdao said: "You're absolutely suspicious. You just want to get rid of Officer Zhang."

  "...the leaves blocked the ears."

  Yu Ming muttered to himself: "Strange, Officer Zhang is the head of the criminal police team. If he didn't find something wrong, he shouldn't have followed me. Could it be..."

  Ye Zhan rubbed his head, knocking off an earplug. Then he fell asleep. Ye Zhan didn't get angry this time, what Yu Ming said made sense. Zhang Nuonan was the captain of the criminal police team and shouldn't be here unless she had received some news. Ye Zhan thought of Wang Hui, the middleman who was released by the police, or was it aimed at himself?

  The rest area for contestants is guarded by security personnel. You can leave the room to use the restroom, but you cannot leave this area. Some contestants try to get close to the security guards, who ignore them.

  At half past four in the afternoon, a car drove into the manor. The driver got out and put down the side plate. A beautiful nurse pushed Shen Wan out of the car. Ye Zhan stood at the window and looked, then noticed that Yu Ming's pupils contracted, apparently making a major discovery. Turning his head again, he couldn't see anything different.

  Inside the castle, there is an elevator that is exclusively for Shen Wan's use. Right next to the dining area, two security guards stand at the entrance. When they see Shen Wan arriving, one of the guards presses the elevator button. Shen Wan throws off the beautiful nurse and goes up to the third floor alone.

  Around five o'clock, Lin Guan's voice came over the broadcast: "Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. The treasure hunt activity has officially begun, you can enter any place except for the third floor master bedroom to search. Dinner time is from 7:30 to 8:30 for a buffet. Everyone adjusts their own time. In the castle, we have placed fifty-four poker cards, any one of which can be exchanged for a one-ounce pure gold coin at the first-floor restaurant."

  About 1 ounce and 9 coins. Less than 10,000 yuan according to gold price. It's indeed a small fortune.

  "I'd like to add that whoever gets the king card, the big king can get one kilogram of gold and the small king can get one jin of gold. I wish everyone a happy game. Also, some places in the villa are quite dark or the light bulbs haven't been replaced. Each room has its own corresponding numbered flashlight, please keep it safe."

  This is awesome, one kilogram of gold is about 300,000. The audience in the contestant area was in an uproar.

  Then a voice came out of the door, and everyone rushed into the treasure hunt activity.

  ……

  The first floor can basically be ruled out, there are too many staff. The second floor has some areas with staff. There won't be any valuable goods on the second floor. The most suspicious is the third floor.

  It seems that everyone had the same idea as Yu Ming, and they all swarmed to the third floor. When they arrived at the third floor, everyone couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. The first room was a greenhouse garden, covering an area of over 300 square meters. All kinds of beautiful flowers were planted inside. The second room was a small bar, although someone had cleaned it up, but it seemed abandoned. Yu Ming picked up a bottle of golden liquor and opened it to take a sniff, and indeed the fragrance of agarwood was gone.

  Some people continued south, while others went north. Yu Ming walked towards the back door of the bar. Behind the door was a single-person washroom. Pushing open the door revealed a billiard room. It's strange that Shen Wan is alone, yet there are so many entertainment facilities. Yu Ming slowly slid his hand over the billiard table as he walked forward. Then, on one of the tables, he found a pyramid-shaped arrangement of balls with a lone number three ball separate from it. Yu Ming smiled and pushed aside the pyramid of balls to reveal a square piece of paper underneath.

  Yu Ming continued to walk forward, leaving the entertainment room, and entered a corridor. The corridor was paved with carpet. He casually pushed open a door, which led to a rock climbing room. There were also pottery rooms, painting rooms... Yu Ming became increasingly bewildered. How did Shen Wan have so much energy to indulge in all this?