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."
………
Da da da……
Walking among the stairs and corridors, Marquis Meyer was feeling quite heavy at the moment. He knew that this matter was very strange, and he was also puzzled by the fact that the voice heard in the wax figure room on the third floor was very similar to his father, although the church fathers had said that everyone They all have souls, but this is just a way of saying. After all, he is different from ordinary people. Like his deceased father, Marquis Meyer, who inherited his father's title, is also a soldier who has experienced war, and most soldiers are more Believe in reality.
Otherwise, in this era where nobles are afraid of death, how could His Majesty the King use his Marquis just for a small-scale rebellion?
This is completely unavailable. Of course, the above is not the point. The point is that as a soldier, he essentially does not believe in the theory of Qishen.
Having said that, who would have thought... He who usually didn't believe in God and even rarely went to church would now personally experience a strange thing, something that can be called weird!
To this day, Marquis Meyer still clearly remembers everything he experienced in the wax room that day. Before leaving, he heard a faint voice, and the voice was suspiciously like his father's. The voice that seemed like his father also said two words:
Run away!
When he and the old housekeeper walked to the third floor, Marquis Mel's thoughts stopped. He stared at the door in front of him and the big brass lock that was opened inexplicably. At this moment, Marquis Mel's face was solemn, and he was talking to Domus. They both looked at each other, and they could see the look of surprise in each other's eyes. It was obvious that even the old housekeeper who had been staying in the manor didn't know what was going on. After all, there was no one living on the third floor, and the corridor The other rooms on both sides were all empty, and few people usually came. In addition, the Marquis had issued a ban not long ago, so the old housekeeper had not been to the third floor during the week since the Marquis left.
………
squeak.
Perhaps the doubts in his heart were too strong. Different from the panic when he heard the sound in the room, Count Mel, who was mentally prepared today, was much more courageous than last time. First he stretched out his hand to push open the door, and then let out a long breath. In one breath, Marquis Mel walked into the room with his loyal old butler Domes, walked into this room that had been silent for a long time, and walked into this wax room that he had cared about for a long time.
There is no doubt that a marquis is a higher title than an earl. Although there are only a few marquises in the country, as a high-level nobleman in the British Empire, the size of his mansion will naturally be larger than that of other nobles, not smaller. This is indeed the case. This palace Halton Manor was personally given by the king after the old Marquis was canonized. It was an abandoned manor before, but its area is really not small. The three-story building in the center of the manor is one of the few tall buildings in this era. As you can imagine , every room in the building has a lot of space.
Because the space in almost every room is not small, only one room was used to store all of my father's life collection.
Walking straight into this wax statue room that was covered with dust because it had not been cleaned for a long time, in front of it were wax statues of men and women that were the same as ordinary people in terms of body shape and height. Entering the room, Marquis Meyer couldn't help but sigh a lot. These things in front of him were all his father's. What he left behind during his lifetime was, at least to the old Marquis, a treasure.
There are two rows of wax figures placed horizontally in the room. The wax figures are neatly arranged and the number is not small. There are 10 in each row, and the total number is exactly 20. Of course, this refers to 20 sitting side by side. In fact, At the very back of these wax figures is a human wax figure that is not placed with other wax figures, and this wax figure is also the only wax figure in the entire room that is covered with a layer of dust-proof white cloth.
Why is this wax statue the only one that is covered with a white cloth to prevent dust from falling? That's because this is the wax figure of the Marquis Mel's mother, Lady Lina, and it was also the old Marquis's favorite wax figure during his lifetime.
only……
The above scenes were just the impressions Marquis Mel and Domus had of the room in the past. In fact, today, when the two walked into the wax room again... the scene changed, and even the Marquis Mel and the old housekeeper were frightened. Both of them collapsed on the ground!
because……
I don’t know when, but at this moment, in addition to the original 21 wax figures, there were more than 40 more wax figures in the room! ! !
For a time, the originally slightly empty room was occupied by a large number of wax figures.
fear!
Real fear made the two of them wide-eyed and shocked. If the inexplicable appearance of dozens of extra wax figures was enough to frighten the Marquis and the old housekeeper, then when they saw that these extra wax figures were all familiar faces to them, How did you feel afterwards?
Yes, not only have the number of wax figures increased, but the dozens of inexplicably extra wax figures are all people familiar to Marquis Meyer and the old butler Domus:
As far as the eye can see, there are 20 wax figures in the front row. The guards are wearing military uniforms. Although these people have different shapes and shapes, their faces are exactly the same as the 20 guards in this manor. !
The second row is also a group of familiar faces, including 10 wax figures of men and women wearing servants' clothes. Their appearance is the same as that of the maids and male servants in the manor.
As for the last row, there are still 4 more wax figures next to the wax figure of his mother, Lady Lina. Four wax figures of characters that made Marquis Mel further shudder. They are his wife, daughter and old housekeeper Domes. His vision continues to shift. , when he glanced at the last wax statue on the right, in addition to the sweat on his forehead, the corners of Marquis Meyer's mouth began to twitch...
That is……
he himself! ! !
It is a wax figure of a character wearing a noble attire. Not only the clothes, but also the figure and even the appearance are no different from myself!
There are 34 more wax figures in the room, and these 34 extra wax figures are all people of Halton Manor. All the wax figures of the master's family, housekeeper, guards, and male and female servants are all gathered here.
Why?
What exactly is going on? Why are these extra wax figures all people from the manor? Where did these wax figures come from? Or is it that someone specially made wax figures for everyone in the manor that are indistinguishable from real people?
If so, what is the purpose of the guys who made these wax figures? What's the purpose? And how did that guy perfectly restore the appearance of everyone in the manor? You must know that there were no cameras in Europe during the Middle Ages. Strictly speaking, if a wax figure wanted to make a real wax figure, he had to have a real person in front of him before he could make it. But, in fact? In fact, dozens of wax figures appeared in the room for no apparent reason, including wax figures of everyone in the manor.
Is this something an average wax figure artist can do? Even a group of top wax figures... probably wouldn't be able to create so many wax figures with almost 100% restoration from memory without the presence of real people as templates, right?
What's more, the above speculation itself is untenable. The manor guards and servants may not know it. At least in Marquis Meyer's own impression, he does not remember that he had asked someone to make a wax figure for him. In the same way, his wife, daughter and butler Dom Si also has no such experience.
If that's the case, what's going on with the wax figures popping up suddenly in the room? .
"This, this...this is..."
Back to business, looking at the room full of wax figures, he stood there for a long time, slightly lost in thought. Marquis Meyer raised his trembling right hand and pointed at the wax figures of himself and other acquaintances. At this moment, the man's face kept twitching. He wanted to say What, but driven by confusion and fear, he couldn't finish a sentence anyway. Similarly, the old butler Domes next to him was similar to him at the moment, just staring at the wax figure with his body trembling. in a daze.
brush!
But there is a saying that goes well, when there is no danger, time will smooth everything out, and the passage of time will make the slowest people react. Finally, after about four or five minutes, Marquis Meyer finally calmed down and did not bother to erase everything. There was a cold sweat on his forehead, and he pulled out the sword from his waist with his right hand. It was obvious that although there were wax figures in front of him, which were a pile of lifeless dead things, because these wax figures were too familiar and appeared too strange, based on A soldier's instinct for danger. When he came to his senses, the Marquis still instinctively drew his sword and made a warning gesture.
Unfortunately, even with the weapon in hand, the sword in his hand still did not reduce the fear in Marquis Mel's heart. At the same time, when Marquis Mel drew his sword and was on guard, the old butler Domes, who had come to his senses, seemed to have discovered something new. The thing's face suddenly changed like that, it touched the owner's body with its hand, and raised its hand to point to the right side of the room.
There is a corner, the corner of the room that usually attracts no attention.
"Your Majesty the Marquis, look, there is..."
Domes hesitated to speak, but from the suspicious tone in the other party's words, Marquis Meyer could still tell that the old butler was very confused. When the other party reminded him, he instinctively looked in the direction the old butler pointed. But at this glance...the next second, Marquis Mel also showed the same suspicious expression as the old butler.
At this moment, in this wax figure room full of familiar people, there are actually a few more wax figures in the right corner of the room, but this time it is a little different. The newly discovered wax figures in the corner are not familiar to Marquis Meyer, and they look like They are also very strange. He has no impression of these figures made of wax. The reason is very simple. That is because...
The wax figures in the corner looked familiar, even their appearance was completely different from those of their European counterparts.
Because these people, no, I should say these wax figures... all have oriental faces!
