Although they were all in tattered clothes, looking pale and emaciated, they were all men with some strength. Plus, with their numerical advantage, victory seemed assured.
But they could never have imagined that they would be defeated by a soft, dumpling-like, fair-skinned little girl!
They were completely defenseless; the little girl’s fists, fair and plump, felt like hammers smashing on their bodies, each punch powerful enough to knock a man down.
Little Taotie was like a wolf entering a flock of sheep, knocking them down one by one, and they didn’t even have the chance to fight back before they were already lying on the ground, unable to get up.
Little Taotie dusted off her hands, turned around, and saw Ji Guang, a girl, a middle-aged male artist, and members of the Rock Band all staring in shock.
Their screams were so loud that the Earl, who had been frightened by the members of the Rock Band and had retreated to his room not daring to come out, was drawn out.
The Earl had no time to ask what had happened before someone rushed at him!
The Earl didn’t have time to scream before his neck was grabbed!
The one grabbing him was not the Gardener nor any outsider who had crawled through the dog hole—it was the maid!
Little Taotie and the others were too far away, they couldn’t make it over in time now.
The maid held the Earl with one hand while the other hand was raised high, a cold gleam flashing.
It was a dagger shimmering with a cold light!
Just when everyone thought the Earl was doomed, the Earl grabbed the maid’s wrist and squeezed hard on her tendons.
The maid winced in pain and her hand loosened.
The dagger fell to the ground, and everyone’s hearts also relaxed.
At this moment, Little Taotie and Ji Guang had already reached the Earl’s side. With Ji Guang’s help, the Earl managed to subdue the maid.
Little Taotie looked towards the Gardener and then towards the maid, blinked her eyes as if numerous little stars spread out in her eyes, then converged into a single point.
Little Taotie looked towards an obvious camera as if facing the lens.
She took out her toy pipe, as if possessed by Sherlock Holmes, her expression serious, her eyes squinting, exuding a sense of mystery.
"The one who killed the Earl was the maid."
A mechanical voice came from the camera, "Congratulations, you have found the true culprit."
The task was to find the real culprit and prevent the Earl from being killed.
Now the task was only half complete; they had to wait until dawn, and if the Earl was still alive, then they would have completed their mission.
The crowd gathered around, curiously asking Little Taotie why she was certain the real culprit was the maid.
This was completely opposite to their previous speculation.
They had speculated that the Gardener, in collaboration with outsiders, was to kill the Earl, the maid loved the Earl and tried to stop it fruitlessly; maybe she was kidnapped by the Gardener, or even killed by the Gardener to silence her.
Now it turned out that the maid had killed the Earl, and the camera had also indicated that the answer was correct.
That meant the entire case’s murderer was the maid, but why? What was her motive for murder? She supposedly loved the Earl, didn’t she?
Little Taotie pointed at the Gardener, "Her killing intent was sparked by what he just said."
Ji Guang and the girl had a moment of realization flashing in their eyes.
The girl understood the maid’s feelings even better.
Putting herself in the maid’s shoes, if she were the maid, she might also have gone crazy.
The girl walked over to the controlled maid, who had a dull look in her eyes, her whole demeanor as if her soul had been sucked out, and asked, "Did your relationship with the Earl exceed that of master and servant?"
The Earl hurriedly denied it, "No! How could that be! I would never touch a lowly maid!"
Upon hearing this, the maid let out a low laugh, full of self-mockery, "Yes, it’s my fault for not recognizing my station, for longing for a love that I could never have. But by what right? By what right was I born a servant! If I can’t have it, I will destroy it! No one shall have it!"