My father likes wax figures. I don’t know when this hobby first started. Anyway, my father has always been fond of wax figures since Marquis Meyer was just a teenager. If the war that lasted for more than ten years made him focus on My father who was fighting in the war still neglected this art. So after the war, my father, who had been canonized as a marquis and had nothing to do, rediscovered his goal and once again devoted all his energy to the art that he had been away from for a long time. among personal hobbies.
In the words of the old Marquis himself:
People will gradually grow old and die with the passage of time, but wax figures that look the same as real people will not. The wax figures are lifelike, they will not age, let alone die. Beauty and time will always stay on the wax figures. This is a It is an art that only a few people can appreciate.
Yes, in the following days, as he grew older and his wife passed away, the old Marquis who lost his lover became more and more addicted to it. Over the years, the old Marquis not only collected many wax figures at home, but also hired wax figures from the town while he was alive. Many wax figures came to the manor to make wax figures for him according to his requirements. The first and earliest wax figure made was that of his late wife, Mrs. Lina. He ordered the wax figures to perfect the most beautiful and young appearance of Mrs. Lina during her lifetime. He restored it to the wax figure, and then placed his wife's wax figure in an empty room on the third floor of the manor. Whenever night came, the old Marquis would look sad and walk into the room alone, and then silently accompany his wife's wax figure. .
It can be seen that my father really loved his deceased mother, and he would stay in that room for a long time every time.
A few years later, the old Marquis died of illness. As his only son, the Marquis of Meyer inherited his father's title. Although the Marquis of Meyer had no interest in the art of wax figures, he did dismiss the wax sculptors after the death of the old Marquis. Out of respect for his father, Marquis Meyer did not clear out his father's collection. Instead, he placed all the wax figures that the old Marquis had made or collected during his lifetime that were almost indistinguishable from real people in a room on the third floor of the manor. And that room was also where the wax figures of his mother were. Later, Marquis Mel gradually left these wax figures behind until...until a year later, which was also the first anniversary of his father's death, when he finished paying homage to his father. Count Mel suddenly remembered the wax figures on the third floor.
That incident happened about 10 days ago. Under the escort of guards, Marquis Meyer returned from the cemetery out of memory for his father. He returned to the manor. He left his wife and daughter Lisa, and then came to the third floor alone. He walked into the room, staring at the wax figures that were almost indistinguishable from real people all over the room. After recalling all the past, he sighed. Marquis Mel planned to leave, but...
Just as he walked to the door and was about to push it open, an extremely weak sound that could still be barely heard in this silent room... just appeared right next to his ears.
Although the voice was so weak that you couldn't hear it unless you listened carefully, Marquis Meyer still heard it. Not only did he hear it, he even noticed a familiar feeling in the voice that he hadn't heard for a long time. That voice... that voice seemed to It's his father's voice!
Unfortunately, the content of the voice was too weak to be heard clearly. He could barely hear a few words in the words, including:
"Quickly...escape..."
There is no doubt that Marquis Mel was frightened when he heard his father's voice! At that time, he didn't dare to dwell on the content of the voice. He was so frightened that his legs became weak and he just ran away from the room.
After escaping from the room, he was afraid of scaring his family, so he did not tell his wife and daughter about the incident. He only told the incident to his old housekeeper Domes, whom he had always trusted.
Of course, Marquis Meyer also suspected that the sound he heard in the wax figure room on the third floor that day might be a personal illusion, or it might be an auditory hallucination caused by him missing his father too much. For the sake of caution and the advice of the old housekeeper, The Marquis of Meyer sent a servant to the town church to invite a cardinal with a high status. It was obvious that Europe in this era was in the late Middle Ages, and both civilians and nobles believed in religion. Sure enough, the red cardinal Although the bishop had a high status in the church, he didn't dare to neglect it when he heard that the marquis had sent someone to invite him. He immediately followed his servant and rushed to the manor in a carriage.
Next, something incomprehensible happened... When the driving servant led the cardinal to enter the gate of the manor, somehow, the originally calm clergyman seemed to find something extremely dangerous ahead. The terrible thing not only did not enter the manor in a carriage, but jumped out of the carriage before it entered the gate of the manor. The Bible and the cross fell to the ground, and even more fell to the ground afterwards. He didn't even have time to pick up his things, so he turned around and ran away, looking panicked.
This scene was so abrupt that the two guards guarding the door and the servant driving the car were stunned.
It's no wonder that the servants and guards were stunned. After all, no one in this era has ever seen a high-status clergy behave in such an embarrassing manner. This also made several people wonder whether the cardinal was mentally ill. , Otherwise, how could he do such an action that is obviously inconsistent with his identity?
After listening to the servant's report, Marquis Meyer couldn't help but be extremely suspicious. He was about to send people to the town again to ask the cardinal for questioning. Unexpectedly, he received a summons from His Majesty the King. As the saying goes, the monarch's order cannot be violated. He did not dare to neglect the king's task of leading troops to suppress the rebellion somewhere in the border area. He had no choice but to temporarily lock the room on the third floor. Before leaving, he specifically told his family not to enter.
It was only today that he finally returned to the manor after quickly suppressing the rebellion. To his great surprise...
As soon as I came back, the first thing I saw was my daughter Lisa, who was panicking and uneasy. She also heard a sound in the wax figure room on the third floor!
It would be fine if it was just like this, but...
He had obviously locked the door before leaving, and the only key was still with him, but why could Lisa still walk into the room? And who opened the copper lock?
………
After staring at the oil painting for a long time, Marquis Mel gradually came back to his senses from his thoughts. As for the old butler Domes, he still stood beside him without speaking. After another moment, maybe he thought of something or made a decision. The Marquis first stood up from the chair, and then ordered the old housekeeper in a solemn tone:
"Let's go to the third floor."
