Chapter 18

Zhan Jingzhi was not the only one who was in despair.

If Li Lingli and Lu Renzhi had not supported each other, they would have fallen to their knees.

Ruan Jiaxiu buried her head and whispered behind Xia Tianqing what everyone was thinking: “It’s over, Sister Qing, we don’t know how to summon spirits at all!”

Xia Tianqing had no time to pay attention to them, and didn’t even hear Ruan Jiaxiu’s helplessness.

She stared at the Hanseatic Duke in a sluggish state without blinking.

He looked very painful.

His state was consistent with the emotional dispute that was passed down sixty years later – the Duke was indeed obsessed with his wife Eleanor, whom he had forced to marry, so much so that after she died for love, he had to gather wizards to forcibly summon her soul back… Then what?

 What did he want to do? Question? Or condemn? Or imprison?

However, it seems that it is not easy to gather the souls of the vengeful spirits that will appear in the castle at any time in sixty years.

At least the genuine wizards who were beheaded just now didn’t seem to have done it… Then it is even more impossible for these counterfeit ones to complete it.

So, where is the way out?

How should she impress the Duke?

The Duke of Hanseatic raised his hand and held up the crystal goblet filled with rose-colored wine.

He raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.

Xia Tianqing’s eyes narrowed slightly.

She was blocked by the candlesticks and flowers on the table just now, so she didn’t see the cup at first… The rippling stream on the cup belly, surrounded by the blooming tulips, sparkled in the candlelight.

It was exactly the same as the crystal cup she put in the Props.

Xia Tianqing’s heart moved slightly.

The stern-faced butler raised his white-gloved hand and waved at the maid.

The maid hurriedly bowed in response, turned her head and whispered to Xia Tianqing and the others: “Follow me.”

Xia Tianqing turned slowly, her thoughts turning rapidly.

Her eyes swept over the golden tulips on the table, recalling the warm little space in the attic, the exquisitely carved tulip railings she saw when she walked down the spiral staircase, and the patterns on the wine glass… Is the content of tulips in this castle too high?

More importantly, when I touched this crystal cup before, the reaction of the vengeful spirit was very intriguing…

That cup, even if the vengeful spirit has lost its memory, it will be easily affected by the emotion of the object.

Xia Tianqing made up her mind and stopped.

Ruan Jiaxiu saw that her expression was not right and asked in a low voice: “What’s wrong?”

“You go first,” Xia Tianqing whispered: “I may have to take some risks.”

Ruan Jiaxiu: ? ? ?

Li Lingli opened her mouth slightly: “What?”

Isn’t it dangerous enough now!

Without waiting for them to react, Xia Tianqing turned around quickly and walked towards the Duke of Hansa.

The first second she turned around, the housekeeper’s brows sank instantly, his eyes were stern, and the two armored guards standing in the shadow behind the dining table immediately strode forward with machetes.

The vicious momentum seemed to be ready to deal with the slaves who dared to disobey the orders of the superiors and overestimated their own abilities on the spot.

The maid leading them was horrified and shrank to hide in the corner. Zhan Jingzhi, Ruan Jiaxiu and others also retreated subconsciously, trying to reduce their presence.

Xia Tianqing took out the crystal cup soaked in blood from the [Props] and raised her hand to the Duke of Hansa, “Your Highness, I seem to have picked up something of your wife.”

The burly armored guards had arrived and clamped Xia Tianqing’s shoulders without saying a word. With one force, Xia Tianqing’s arm was instantly buckled behind her. With a click at her shoulder, the crystal cup fell to the thick carpet.

She was forced to kneel on one knee in the severe pain of her arms, but her body stubbornly stayed where it was and refused to be dragged away, her eyes fixed on the reaction of the Duke of Hansa. She

was gambling.

The cup that can arouse the instinctive reaction of the vengeful spirit is likely to have some special meaning.

The Duke of Hansa frowned and looked down at the blood-stained cup on the carpet.

The next moment, his eyebrows twitched noticeably, and he stood up suddenly, walking towards Xia Tianqing with an angry face.

Xia Tianqing’s neck tightened, and he was strangled by the throat and forcibly pulled up, and pressed hard against the Roman column.

The bet was won.

Xia Tianqing’s neck was so suffocated that it was difficult for her to breathe, but her heart was relieved.

The Duke of Hansa’s eyes were bloodshot, and his expression was collapsed to a little madness. He asked angrily: “Where did you get this cup?”

The maid was frightened, took a few steps back, turned around quickly, and evacuated quickly out of the restaurant.

Zhan Jingzhi glanced at Xia Tianqing, gritted his teeth and said to the panicked players: “Let’s go!”

“But…” Ruan Jiaxiu stood there hesitating, and Zhan Jingzhi turned around and grabbed his arm, whispering: “Listen to her arrangements!”

A group of people hurriedly followed the maid and left.

Xia Tianqing breathed hard. She watched their hurriedly leaving figures through the corner of her eyes, and raised a twisted smile at the corner of her lips: “Your Highness, this cup is very important to your wife. Am I right?”

The Duke of Hansa’s men increased their strength and their breathing began to quicken: “How did you know?”

“When I touched this cup, I sensed Eleanor’s soul…” Xia Tianqing felt dizzy due to suffocation. She opened her mouth with difficulty and managed to speak: “… Your Highness, why don’t you let the others go out first.”

“Your Highness.” The butler frowned and bowed, obviously dissatisfied with her request to dismiss the people around him: “The lady’s cup should have been kept in the collection room… This person is probably a thief.”

“How dare a thief bring stolen goods to me?” The Duke of Hansa shook Xia Tianqing off, like a lit oil barrel, his emotions instantly exploded, and he glared at the butler and roared: “Get out! I want to hear

What did she say! “

Xia Tianqing’s neck loosened, and she fell on the carpet weakly, the Duke’s roar echoing in her ears.

She grabbed the soft hair on the ground and took a deep breath to calm the instinctive trembling reaction of this fragile body.

“… Your Highness, I’ll guard outside the door.” The butler responded respectfully.

In the gradually clearer vision, Xia Tianqing saw the butler and the armored guards retreating.

The Duke of Hansa leaned over impatiently, excitedly grabbed Xia Tianqing’s shoulders and lifted her up, and once again pressed her against the Roman column behind him.

“How did the cup come from?” The Duke of Hansa squeezed out a sentence from his teeth: “If you can’t give a legitimate reason, I will make you regret being born into this world.”

Tsk, what a lunatic.

Xia Tianqing looked straight at him with a sincere look: “Your Highness, I am different from other wizards. I was inspired by your wife after I picked up this cup in the castle.”

“I can feel that my wife is in pain. I don’t know what happened to her. Her memory has disappeared… She hopes that I can find out the truth for her. “

“Your Highness, her departure must not be simple.”

The Duke of Hansa suddenly froze.

His breathing was heavy, his eyes slightly opened, and he slowly loosened his hands that were holding Xia Tianqing’s shoulders. His lips trembled and he stepped back slightly, as if he had heard something shocking.

“Her departure was not simple? I knew it…

” The Duke of Hansa had tears in his eyes, but the corners of his mouth showed an exaggerated and ugly smile on his cheeks,

“I knew it… How could she betray me so easily?!

“He burst into tears, raised his head and choked:

“She knew it very well. If she really wanted to leave…

I would not stop her at all! “

Xia Tianqing’s heart moved slightly, and she caught the key information from his words.

The Duke of Hansa said that if she wanted to leave, he would not stop her at all? If the situation is true, this is contrary to his behavior of “forced marriage”.

But his crazy state does not seem like he firmly believes that she will not commit suicide for love… What is the inside story?

Xia Tianqing said: “I feel that she is entangled in resentment. Behind the so-called suicide, I am afraid there are some unavoidable difficulties. “

The Duke of Hansa’s eyes were so red that they almost seemed to drip blood: “But why doesn’t she want to come out to see me? I have found so many wizards to summon her soul, but she has never really appeared!”

Xia Tianqing’s thoughts turned rapidly, and she boldly speculated: “It’s not that I don’t want to, but I can’t do it. I also felt a trace of her resentment through this cup.”

She paused and decided to first figure out the situation between the vengeful spirit and the Duke of Hansa.

“Your Highness, can you tell me what happened between you and the Duchess?” Xia Tianqing said: “The lady’s spirit has lost her memory. Even if the summoning of the soul is successful, she cannot tell you the truth. I am shouldering the expectation of helping the lady to find out the truth… If I can know something, it may be helpful to find out the real cause of the lady’s death. “

The Duke of Hansa swayed, “Yes… the real cause of death… Yes, even if everyone says that she committed suicide for love, the fact must not be so.”

He fell back to the ground dejectedly, covering his scarlet eyes with trembling hands.

Messy golden hair hung between his fingers, and he spoke in a buzzing voice: “Because no one knows… the secret between Eleanor and me.”

As he spoke, the carpet suddenly undulated and fluctuated like water waves, and even all the scenes in front of him became faint and blurred as if faded, as if something was about to surge out and submerge the entire space…

Xia Tianqing leaned against the Roman column behind him, staring at the sudden change in front of him.