Chapter 63: The Seductive Castle

  Zhang Nuon looked at everyone and said: "I want you all to help me find every single person and gather in the dining hall."

  A voice said: "We're still searching for treasure."

  "Is he dead? Are you still looking for treasure?" Zhang Nuo asked, "I'm going to find Shen Wan."

  Is anyone going? Everyone seems to have no interest in finding people in the dark. But Yu Ming doesn't agree. Yu Ming asks Li Fu: "Have you seen Miss Du?"

  "No."

  "Let's go."

  "Alright!" Li Fu and Yu Ming left together, Li Fu asked: "Is there any clue?"

  "No. But if I analyze Miss Du, I deduce that it should be in a corner on the third floor." Yu Ming explained: "Miss Du believes that the third floor has more clues. A certain corner is where Miss Du lacks confidence in her own abilities, so she will search for some places where no one goes. However, when she's alone, she's less brave, so she won't leave the main stairs too far away. If I haven't deduced incorrectly, it should be around the north or south secondary stairs. The north secondary stairs are near the tennis court. So the possibility of the south secondary stairs is very high."

  "Wow, Yu Ming. I'm looking at you in a new light." Li Fu exclaimed: "You can guess her location based on your understanding of Miss Du."

  Ming smiled and said, "Not necessarily right, let's go take a look first."

  Did you guess it? Yu Ming had been paying attention to Du Qingqing for many years, and since they worked and lived together, he was already familiar with her. When they reached the south stairwell on the third floor, Yu Ming shouted out and immediately heard Du Qingqing's response: "I'm here."

  ……

  Lin Guanjia led Zhang Nuonan to Shen Wan's master bedroom, but this was not an ordinary person's bedroom. What greeted Zhang Nuonan was a wall of iron doors. At the door, there was a password device. Lin Guanjia entered the password and then said: "Master, Officer Zhang wants to see you."

  About thirty seconds later, the iron gate contracted to the left side, and the door opened. The lights inside were bright, and Lin Guan explained: "The master bedroom has a backup power source."

  The room was luxurious, with carpets and chandeliers that were expensive items. However, there were no windows, only two exhaust fans. There was no TV, computer or phone. Shen Wan sat in a wheelchair, covered with a blanket. On the blanket was a book. Due to the effects of chemotherapy, Shen Wan had lost all his hair and was very thin. In a weak and feeble voice, Shen Wan said: "Officer Zhang, hello."

  "Director Shen, there's been a murder in the manor, I hope you'll stop the treasure hunt immediately."

  Shen Wan did not answer, and asked: "Does Officer Zhang believe in karma?"

  "Not very believable."

  "Officer Zhang, I don't care who died or how they died. There's always karma. My days are numbered, no time to worry about it."

  "Shen, is it really just for a tie clip?" Zhang Nuo Nan asked.

  "Are they really worth three billion?" Shen Wan smiled, his smile somewhat forced. "Has Officer Zhang investigated their background? Officer Zhang may not know, but my estate has a legend. It's said that when I was a pirate, I plundered ten world-class oil paintings and hid them within the estate. Over the years, many domestic and foreign thieves have tried to get their hands on them, and I myself have countless enemies seeking revenge. So I don't care about anyone else's life or death."

  "You mean there's a criminal among the treasure hunters?"

  "Old Lin, which one of them is dead?"

  "Number 41."

  "Number 41." Shen Wan pushed the wheelchair to the bookshelf, and from inside, he pulled out a file: "Chen Xi, Sino-Burmese mixed blood, Vietnamese underworld killer."

  "Zhang Nuo Nan was surprised and asked: 'How did you get these materials?'"

  Shen Wandao said: "Officer Zhang, as long as there's money, everything will be available."

  "Money can't buy life." Zhang Nuonan regretted his words as soon as they left his mouth, this remark was a bit vicious.

  "Heh heh, if I didn't have money, I wouldn't be alive today."

  "I want to see these files."

  "Officer Zhang, the rumor is true. There are indeed ten oil paintings worth over $300 million in the manor. Four of them were stolen by me. The other six were purchased later. As a pirate and businessman, I have had many enemies. The manor has all sorts of secret passages and mechanisms. These people are also one in a thousand, I really want to know if they can find my treasure."

  "Why?" Zhang Nuo Nan asked.

  Shen Wandao: "The purpose of this activity is true, I just want to find a tie clip."

  "Is a tie clip really that important?"

  "It's extremely important, so important that I can give up everything for it." Shen Wanda said: "Old Lin, see the guest off. I'm tired and want to take a nap."

  "Officer Zhang, please."

  Zhang Nuonan reluctantly left.

  ……

  Ye Zhan knelt down, took out his tablet computer and shone the flashlight on it for comparison. He was certain that there was a hidden room. He flashed into the room, which turned out to be a stone-carved chamber. Ye Zhan felt around each stone carving. When his hand touched the base of the Venus statue, he had an idea and moved the statue and its base aside, revealing a metal ring. Ye Zhan pulled up the stone slab on the ring, shone the flashlight, and a dark staircase extended downwards.

  Suddenly he heard two gunshots, without hesitation, he immediately left the stairs, put back the pulley, and moved the statue back to its original position. Out of the door, only twenty meters away in the corridor, a person wearing a long thin black windbreaker was running forward. Ye Zhan turned his head to look, ten meters away from himself, woman No. 043 lay in a pool of blood.

  Ye Zhan saw the wind blowing clothes but no one was in sight, so he rushed to check on the woman. The woman grasped Ye Zhan's hand and panted: "Collar... pin... down..."

  He's dead. Ye Zhan shouted: "Come on, kill him." The scene itself left too much evidence, and they couldn't leave quietly.

  At 10 o'clock at night, two people had already died. However, there were only ten people in the first-floor restaurant. Yu Ming was drinking Coke and staring at Lin Guan Jia, who didn't flinch at all. Ye Zhan quietly drank water on the side.

  "Come quickly." A man rushed out and appeared at the main staircase: "Someone is injured."

  Liu Mang was the one who got hurt, his occipital bone was hit by a heavy object and he fainted on the ground. Everyone carried him to the first floor restaurant. Yu Ming glanced at Du Qingqing: "Miss Du, are you going to gloat or show sympathy?"

  Du Qingqing thought for a moment and said: "I'm also very conflicted. Should I sympathize with him while he's still unconscious, and then rejoice in his misfortune?"

  "Seriously, it's murder."

  Li Fu said after investigation: "I don't think it's the same murderer."

  Zhang Nuonan agreed: "Then why was he attacked?"

  "You'll know when you ask." Yu Ming poured the water from the table onto Liu Mang's face. Ah, Liu Mang didn't wake up. Isn't this trick always effective in TV dramas? Yu Ming looked at the empty cup.

  Du Qingqing said: "I'm coming." She poured a cup of boiling water, thought for a moment, added some cold water, and then poured it into Liu Mang's nostrils.

  This trick really works, Liu Mang jumped up and sat down, spouting water from his mouth and nose nonstop. He was coughing and had a runny nose. Yu Ming looked at Du Qingqing's cup, did she add mustard?

  Liu Mang calmed down and looked around, then looked at his own hands, suddenly losing control of his emotions and shouting loudly: "Where's my oil painting? Where's my oil painting?"

  Zhang Nuonan pinned him to the ground and asked, "What oil painting."

  "What I found was Picasso's oil painting."

  "You stole things." Du Qingqing accused justly.

  "Nonsense, there's a note on the oil painting side that says whoever finds it will be given to them."

  Everyone looked at Lin Guanjia, and Lin Guanjia smiled: "Indeed, whoever finds it gives it to whom. There's no need to feel sorry, it's possible that the oil painting you got is a fake."

  "Fake goods?" everyone asked.

  "Only one of the ten oil paintings is genuine." Lin Guanjia said, "There are many secret passages and secret rooms in the castle, you can dig at will."