Edward's house, the master mechanic, and the fact that he has a large number of books related to engineering and construction in his study, can almost 100% be sure that there is a secret passage in this mansion!

And the eavesdropper may have inadvertently heard An Yizhi and Tu Hongyu's conversation when he walked through the secret passage, so the system will start to block it, or it is possible that he deliberately eavesdropped from the secret passage, and later found that the two players seemed to be aware of it, so they ran away.

But in either case, the existence of a secret passage in this mansion is a very high possibility, high enough to be described as a certainty.

But it didn't help to come to this conclusion, they didn't know where the entrance to the secret passage was, and where it led, and only one or several of the NPCs knew where the secret passage was, and had probed inside, and there were four of the most suspicious of them.

Attorney Abel, the male and female servants who work here, Charlie and Mary, and Anasta who must have been hiding something.

The NPC side already knows the secret passage, and the progress in finding the treasure is obviously much faster than that of the two players, isn't An Yizhi in a hurry?

I'm really not in a hurry.

Don't forget what their main quest is, the so-called unraveling the truth means a lot more, in other words, it doesn't matter if the treasure is taken by the NPC, their task is only to unravel the truth behind the treasure, that's all.

At the same time, An Yizhi felt that revealing the truth meant that the mystery was not only a treasure, but also a very likely homage, and then let them find the murderer and restore the meaning of the incident.

Although this is just speculation, An Yizhi has already played a lot of copies, and the general rules can still be summarized.

If players solve the treasure puzzle before all the murders happen, and get the treasure end dungeon, will they get additional rewards?

Not really, or not entirely.

Finding the treasure before all other events happen will be highly rated, but those 'events' are equivalent to side quests, meaning they don't trigger side quests at all.

This can be regarded as a pros and cons for players, as clearing dungeons quickly will indeed give you the advantage of a settlement reward boost, but ignoring side quests may miss out on more rewards.

After all, the system rewards players with a policy of 'the higher the difficulty.' The higher the reward', whether the reward is artificially higher or the system sets it high.

However, it is too early to say this, and the clues and evidence in the hands of both players are pitiful, even if they want to clear the level directly before all the events happen. It just gives them a glimpse of what to do next.

That is to wait, wait for the event to happen.

As for whether the dead NPC is innocent or not.......

An pointed and said, it's my business!

The number of books in the study is not at all completely ascertained by a copy, and the two of them are simply 'flipping books' in it, rather than reading it once, otherwise it will be impossible for them to read it in more than half a year, let alone 30 hours.

So this afternoon was spent in An Yizhi's secret calculations and the sound of the two of them flipping books.

It wasn't until it was close to dinner time that the guests, who had been scattered throughout the mansion, were called to the dining room by the male waiter, Charlie, to prepare dinner.

Although it is possible to obtain a large fortune out of thin air, Charlie and Mary still have no intention of giving up their duties, and this dedication is praised.

However, An Yi pointed at the people gathered at the table, and found that there was no one missing, which was really a little disappointed, and he also felt that he would definitely die this afternoon, but nothing happened, which was really boring......

- You can see how undesirable the chaotic and neutral nature of this thing is.

The dinner was still very rich, but compared to the delicate dishes, only they knew what was going on in everyone's minds.

Originally, An Yizhi didn't plan to eat it, because it could not be ruled out that someone had poisoned the food, but it was a bit too conspicuous not to eat it at all, so they adopted the method of 'Russian turntable'.

Specifically, when the dish comes up, An Yizhi will take a bite first, and if there is no problem in a few minutes, Tu Hongyu will eat it again. When the next dish is served, the roles of the two are reversed, so that if it is really poisonous, at least one of them can be guaranteed not to be poisoned.

Maybe it's really their own thoughts, but their little abacus didn't attract anyone's attention. Almost everyone at the table ate at the same rate and amount as at noon.

An Yizhi focused on observing Anasta's girl, she still ate very little food and drank a lot of black tea, I don't know if this girl has a small amount of food or some other reason.

Just as the maid Mary brought dessert after dinner, Ann Yiyi heard the sound of a piano.

He was obviously not the only one who heard this, and everyone was stunned for a moment, and then looked at the concert hall next door to the restaurant.

"It's the host's organ, and the piano and those instruments play themselves at dessert time after breakfast and dinner."

Charlie explained, opening the door between the restaurant and the concert hall.

Everyone saw that the pitch-black piano was playing as if it was being played by an invisible person, and it was completely comparable to the top pianists.

This is not particularly surprising, as early as the 19th century there were small mechanical puppets that could play the piano automatically, and in the 20th century, the use of perforated paper as a 'tape' of player pianos also entered people's homes, until the rise of film made these player pianos obsolete.

The real catch of everyone's attention is the mechanical swan in the middle of the concert hall.

It swims on the 'surface of the water' formed by wavy glass, looking left and right from time to time, then bends its long neck, pulls a brass-colored metal fish out of the 'water', and raises its neck to let it fall into its belly.

This series of movements does not have any sluggishness and stiffness at all, it is simply a living picture of a swan predatoring, which is really amazing.

"Will those violins and wind instruments play automatically, too?"

An Yizhi asked.

You say that the piano can play automatically because there are mechanisms in it, which is easy to understand, and it can almost be seen as a large music box, but what about those instruments that need to be held or blown to play?

When he visited the concert hall before, of course An Yizhi would not let go of such obvious things, although the piano was blinded by the complex structure, but things like violins and clarinets were so small in size and normal in weight, it was unlikely that they would play automatically.

"I don't know much about this, but the master told me that Mary and I haven't met."

Charlie's expression doesn't look like a lie, and there is no need to lie.

Although the automatic instrument is indeed magical, it does not care too much about the two 'future people' An Yizhi and Tu Hongyu, they care more about where Edward's treasure is and what will happen in this copy.

The dinner was spent in the admiration of everyone.

After dinner, An Yizhi and Tu Hongyu did not return to the library or to the room, but went to the recreation room, sitting at the square table by the wall and playing chess.

The reason is simple, Ann Yizhi wants to observe Anasta that girl.

She has a lot of suspicions, and it is very likely that she has clues about the treasure that Mr. Edward has hidden.

However, they were not the only ones in the recreation room, almost everyone gathered here, not just by coincidence but also by other people who realized that Anasta had a problem.

"General!"

"Damn, and this kind of operation?"

Tu Hongyu smiled proudly:

"Play chess with me, you're too tender."

He is the best at table games, while An Yizhi is the complete opposite, he only knows the rules of chess, and he can't talk about any research at all, and he has been killed by Tu Hongyu almost every time.

This chessboard is also very chic, and it has a mechanism, as long as you put all the pieces on the board, press the button on the side of the board, and those pieces will line up on their own, which is really a bit incredible.

They were playing chess on the side, while the lawyer Abel and the old Earl and his wife sat at the bar drinking and chatting, not knowing what they were talking about, but it was quite pleasant, and from time to time there was a low laugh.

Burlick, a university lecturer, was interested in the dart target on the wall, and was throwing darts alone with a glass of whiskey.

And Anista was still sitting on the single sofa reading a book, and this time it was replaced by Jane. Love. and frowned from time to time, perhaps due to the plot in the book, but it was more likely that the people present disturbed her reading.

In particular, An pointed out that this thing was carrying a pipe found in his arms, and he smoked without a puff, and the smell of tobacco quickly filled the room.

The maids, Charlie and Mary, are somewhere, maybe they're washing the dishes? They weren't in the recreation room anyway.

Except for the fact that the rain outside is getting heavier and heavier, and now it looks like the faucet is opening the gate to release water, everyone gets along quite well.

"See what?"

Tu Hongyu picked up the 'knight' and put it on the chessboard, and whispered to An Yi.

"Not yet."

An picked up the 'soldier' casually with one finger:

"But I was right about the classification of these people before, they don't all know each other, the relationship is relatively complicated, some people know each other, and some people don't know each other at all."

"That's all?"

"Of course not, I also know that Anasta girl must have an oversized bladder"

Tu Hongyu: "......"

Why is this guy's focus always so weird?

It's a bit strange that Ann is concerned, but it's not entirely unreasonable.

Not to mention how much black tea Anasta drank at dinner just now, she had already drunk almost a whole pot of water in the recreation room, and she didn't go to the toilet after drinking so much water, and she obviously couldn't do it without an oversized bladder.

Although it's a bit bad to talk about a girl's bladder, An Yizhi didn't care too much about it, as the saying goes, when the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds, and when there are more people, there are all kinds of ghosts.

There are more strange people in this world, what are the characteristics of being able to drink water? If you want to talk about the characteristics, Tu Hongyu in front of An Yizhi is also peculiar enough.

He is only in junior high school, he is 195 tall and weighs 0.16 tons, is this the body type that a normal person can have?

Ann's eyes swept from the chessboard, to the crowd, and back to the chessboard.

Everything seemed normal and harmonious, and there was nothing suspicious or wrong about it.

Thinking about it later, this must have been their last comfortable time......