Survival game: my plug-ins can stack up

Zhao Xun was walking in front, seemingly unprepared, but in fact he was always paying attention to what was going on behind him.

After he took two steps, there were gentle footsteps behind him.

The speed is not fast, and he follows step by step, keeping a certain distance, and has no intention of getting closer.

Until Zhao Xun sat down on the stool and looked up, Chuntao had already walked to the table, waiting for Zhao Xun to speak with a low eyebrow.

Chuntao always maintained her duties as a maid, never getting close to her or flattering her.

She acted like a maid completely, without any intention of attacking.

Of course, this cannot completely rule out the possibility that Chuntao is a doll. Zhao Xun will not completely let go of Chuntao just because of a test.

"Chuntao, how long have you been here?" Zhao Xun asked.

Chuntao lowered her eyebrows and answered honestly: "As for the young master, I am a son of the family and have been in the family since I was a child."

"Then you should know a lot about the situation in the mansion, right?" Zhao Xun asked again, "Can you tell me about the relationship between the masters in the mansion?"

Chuntao looked up at Zhao Xun with surprise in her eyes.

She quickly lowered her head again: "Sir, this servant cannot say anything about the master's family affairs at will."

"I'm not asking you to talk about secret past events," Zhao Xun's tone became lighter and seemed extra gentle, "I just want to get to know the masters in the house so that I can move around in the future. Find out the relationship between them. It also prevents me from accidentally offending anyone, right?"

Seeing Zhao Xun's sincerity, Chuntao then spoke: "Our master has a wife and three aunts. The wife gave birth to two daughters and a son, Aunt Liu gave birth to a son, Aunt Zhang gave birth to a son and a daughter, and Aunt Xue gave birth to a son. She also gave birth to a son. Among all the children of the master, the eldest daughter is the eldest, and the youngest is Aunt Xue’s son, who is still in his infancy. "

"Among all the young masters, Madam's son is the eldest son. As the legitimate son and the eldest son, the eldest young master is very valued by the master." Speaking of this, Chuntao looked proud, "The eldest young master himself is also very impressive and is already a Jinshi. ”

Zhao Xun took notes while listening, and at the same time he did not forget to sigh: "Your master has quite a lot of children."

"Yes, everyone says this is a sign of prosperity for the family." Chuntao replied with a smile, her eyes full of innocence, "Having more children means more blessings."

Zhao Xun was noncommittal and asked instead: "The area where I live should be guest rooms, right?"

Chuntao was stunned for a moment, obviously not following Zhao Xun's train of thought.

But after reacting, she still answered: "Yes, the west wing is specially reserved for guests to live in."

"Are there any other guests here?" Zhao Xun asked again.

"Yes," Chuntao answered truthfully, "there is a newly promoted flower hunter who is my wife's cousin and is staying with us temporarily. There is also a famous doctor who stays at the house to treat the masters."

"A famous doctor was specially left to treat the patient?" Zhao Xun raised his eyebrows slightly, "Is there anyone in the house lingering on the sickbed?"

He didn't read many history books, but in his impression, except for the imperial palace where there were imperial doctors, the residences of other princes, nobles or officials did not specially support doctors.

Usually, you go to an outside medical clinic to ask a doctor to see you after you are sick.

If you have a good relationship with the royal family, you can also go to the palace to ask for a doctor.

A family like this one has a doctor who is said to be a famous doctor, so they have to ask him to guess whether someone is sick all year round.

"It's not like we were lingering in bed," Chuntao scratched her head and explained, "I don't know what happened to the master and his wife, but they often suffered from headaches and discomfort in the past six months. However, the doctor's wonderful rejuvenation gave him and his wife acupuncture once a month. It can prevent them from relapsing within a month.”

"Can't it be cured?" Zhao Xun asked.

Chuntao was stunned for a moment, obviously not thinking about this issue at all.

After a while, she murmured: "Yes...it shouldn't be possible, otherwise I wouldn't let Doctor Zhen live in the house permanently?"

"The doctor's surname is 'Zhen'?" Zhao Xun confirmed, "The selected Zhen?"

"This..." Chuntao looked confused, "I am illiterate. I don't know if it is the word you said, Master. I only know it is the doctor's surname."

Zhao Xun nodded clearly: "That should be it."

Finally, he asked: "Hasn't your master seen any other doctors?"

Chuntao shook her head: "No, the results of Dr. Zhen's diagnosis are very good. The master and his wife are very satisfied, and they have never thought about looking for another doctor."

Zhao Xun repeated a sentence softly: "The master and his wife are very satisfied..."

Doctor Zhen can obviously only treat the symptoms of the master and his wife's illness, but not the root cause. Under such circumstances, the master and his wife are actually satisfied?

Even if Dr. Zhen is a top famous doctor, a normal person would still want to find another doctor.

After all, no one wants to endure a long-term illness. As long as there is a glimmer of hope for recovery, everyone should try it.

But the master and his wife did not try any other methods at all. Even though they knew that Dr. Zhen could not cure their disease, they still gave their disease to Dr. Zhen for treatment.

and expressed "very satisfied".

Very strange.

Although it is unclear whether there is any connection between this incident and the doll, since there is something strange about this incident, it is worth investigating.

Maybe there will be something gained.

Seeing that Zhao Xun didn't speak for a while, Chuntao asked cautiously: "What's wrong, sir?"

Zhao Xun came to his senses. He did not answer Chuntao, but just asked: "When does Doctor Zhen usually give acupuncture to the master and his wife?"

"They always choose one of the nights at the end of each month." Chuntao recalled it for a moment before saying, "This month it should be tomorrow."

At this point, she warned again: "Sir, when Dr. Zhen is treating the master and his wife, no one is allowed to enter the room. Don't go there at that time, otherwise it may affect the master and his wife." treat."

"Yes, I understand." Zhao Xun responded casually.

We have to wait until tomorrow night to find out, so we have to find something else to do today and during the day tomorrow.

Listen to what Chuntao just said, the master has a wife, three aunts, and so many children.

If each child was given an independent courtyard, the house would definitely be very large.

If he searched for clues all over the place, he would not be able to search even one-third of the area by the time the game time was over.

What's more, in ancient times, as a foreign man, he could not enter a woman's courtyard casually.

It is better to inquire more about things and search for clues in a targeted manner to get twice the result with half the effort.

Thinking of this, Zhao Xun asked Chuntao again: "How is the relationship between the master and the madam? Do the madam get along well with the three aunts?"

"This..." Chuntao looked hesitant.

Zhao Xun smiled and said, "Didn't I say that before? I want to find out the relationship between them, mainly to avoid offending someone unintentionally when I talk. For example, if Madam doesn't like a certain aunt, if I still Saying good things about my aunt in front of the madam won’t make the madam unhappy?”

"Yes, the young master is right." Chuntao nodded repeatedly, then lowered her voice and said, "But as a servant, I should not talk about the master casually. I also ask the young master to help the slave keep the secret and don't let others know that it was me who said it. .”

Seeing that Chuntao was unwilling to talk, Zhao Xun's smile became even warmer: "Don't worry, you know that I know, and no third person will know."

Chuntao then spoke with confidence: "The master and his wife have always been respectful to each other, and their relationship should be pretty good. The wife is indifferent to the three aunts, but she doesn't particularly dislike anyone. The master stays in the wife's room every month The most time is enough to witness that the master is interested in the madam, so there is no need for the madam to care about those aunts."

Zhao Xun thought for a moment and then asked: "Does the relationship between the young masters and the ladies be harmonious?"

Since you didn't hear any problems from that angle just now, let's look at it from another angle.

"The concubines are very respectful and courteous to the legitimate children. Although there are occasional quarrels and conflicts, most of the time they are quite harmonious." Chuntao lost his scruples and said whatever came to his mind, "But... the eldest lady has been silent for the past six months. It’s a little weird.”

Zhao Xun keenly captured the key point: "Did the eldest lady become strange half a year ago? At the same time as the master and his wife had headaches?"

Chuntao was stunned and suddenly realized: "Yes, so to speak, they did have problems at about the same time."

Then, she became a little confused: "Is it a coincidence? It should be a coincidence. The situation of the eldest lady is completely different from that of the master and his wife. It must be a coincidence."

Zhao Xun had no intention of explaining Chuntao's doubts, but just reminded: "You haven't said yet, why is the eldest lady so strange?"

Chuntao came back to her senses and explained: "I heard it from the maid in the eldest lady's yard. Starting from half a year ago, the eldest lady no longer likes to be served close to others, and her relationship with the eldest young master has become much colder."

Afraid that Zhao Xun would not be able to understand the relationship, Chuntao explained: "The eldest young master and the eldest lady are from the same mother. They are not much different in age and have always had a good relationship. But in the past six months, the eldest young master has been looking for the eldest lady. , the eldest lady doesn’t meet eight times out of ten.”

Zhao Xun held his head with one hand, still thinking about what Chuntao said just now, "I don't like to have people serve me close to me."

Maybe, this eldest lady is one of the dolls?

No matter how much it looks like a real person on the surface, even if it has self-awareness and can completely disguise itself as a human being, as a doll, there is still a clear difference between the body and the real person.

The most obvious difference is at the joints.

In order to prevent others from noticing the difference, naturally they cannot be served closely.

If this guess is correct, it means that the real eldest lady was replaced half a year ago.

So where did the real eldest lady go? Who was replaced?

Can't a doll that looks exactly like the eldest lady appear naturally and take the initiative to kill the eldest lady and replace it by himself because he has developed self-awareness?

Well, forget it, the reason or whatever, it doesn't really matter.

His mission is to find and kill the doll. There is no need for him to care where the real eldest lady has gone.

As for whether this eldest lady is a doll, maybe we can determine if we have a chance to meet her.

However, it was not convenient to talk to Chuntao about this matter, nor was it appropriate to ask Chuntao about the eldest lady's residence.

Let’s continue asking for other clues about the suspected doll.

Zhao Xun was persuasive to Chuntao: "Chuntao, in the past six months, is there anyone else who looks a little strange or very different from before?"

Chuntao tried her best to remember for a while, then shook her head: "No more, everyone else is still the same as before."

"Did anything strange happen in the past six months?" Zhao Xun asked again, "Maybe after something happened, the master and his wife started to have headaches, and the eldest lady started to behave strangely."

Chuntao blinked her eyes blankly, then shook her head after a while: "No."

Zhao Xun fell into deep thought.

Is it really such a coincidence that the master, madam and eldest lady are the three dolls he is looking for?

Is it really that easy to determine the identity of a doll?

It feels unlikely.

One of the rules of the game states, "If the player relies on clues and reasoning and still kills the wrong person, 10 points will be deducted for killing the wrong one." Since there is such a rule, it is very likely that there are some misleading clues in the game.

He cannot jump to conclusions easily, otherwise he may fall into a trap.

Moreover, after all, Chuntao is just a little maid, and it is impossible to know everyone in the entire mansion.

Just because she didn't find anything wrong with anyone else in the past six months doesn't mean there weren't others who behaved strangely.

Then, he will do at least three things next.

The first thing is to go find other people during the day today to find out if anything strange has happened in the mansion in the past six months or if anyone has behaved abnormally.

The second thing is to go to the eldest lady’s yard tonight to explore the situation.

The third thing is, go to the madam’s yard tomorrow night to find out.

"Chuntao, I don't need you to do anything here for the time being. You can go and have a rest." Zhao Xun waved his hand to Chuntao.

There is no use value for the time being, so there is no need for him to let Chuntao follow him all the time.

"No, this slave is sent by the master to serve the young master personally. How can I be lazy and rest by myself." Chuntao shook her head repeatedly, "Moreover, the master is going to entertain all the guests in the mansion today. The master just came yesterday and is not familiar with the mansion yet. Go Servants are needed everywhere to guide the way."

Hearing this, Zhao Xun gave up the idea of ​​driving Chuntao away: "That's fine. If you stay by my side, you can also help me introduce the people in the house."

Seeing that Zhao Xun no longer drove her away, Chuntao showed a happy smile: "Thank you, Master, for not driving away this slave."

"When does lunch start?" Zhao Xun asked, taking out his phone and checking the time.

Ten ten in the morning.

"Usually lunch is served at noon," Chuntao replied, "Young Master has to go to the dining hall a little early."

Zhao Xun calculated in his mind that noon was eleven o'clock in the morning.

Then he will have to go to the dinner party in a while.

Thinking of this, he stood up and said, "It's getting late, why don't I go out for a walk and head towards the dining hall on the way."

I feel that my body is recovering well. If everything goes well, I should be able to return to normal next Monday~

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