The carriage went east on the city's main east-west road. After passing through the parliament square in the city center, it drove for another half an hour before entering the east side of the city.
After entering the east side, the carriage followed the main road for another two blocks before turning into a north-south street. This street was Heim Street.
Heim Street was one of the busiest commercial streets in the east side.
The carriage drove north on Heim Street for another three blocks before stopping in front of a four-story building.
This was a rather majestic building for this era. It had four stories, and each floor was more than five meters tall. The entire building, including the huge vault in the middle of the roof, was more than 25 meters tall.
The building had typical gray walls and a blue roof. The heaviness of the gray walls and the elegance of the blue roof formed a sharp contrast.
Feng Chou got out of the carriage and threw the coachman a crown. He turned around and walked toward the building's main door.
Passing through the open door and the spacious lobby, Feng Chou went straight for the stairs.
Detective Megore's office was on the third floor of the building.
Going up to the third floor, Feng Chou immediately saw the sign for Detective Megore's office on the left side of the third floor. There was a reception desk under the sign, and a young waiter in a vest and bow tie stood behind the desk.
Feng Chou walked to the reception desk. Before he could ask, the waiter had already said, "Sir, how may I be of service?"
Feng Chou said, "I need a detective, a good detective."
"Detective Megory has the best detective in Casablanca, sir," said the waiter. "Follow me, sir, and I will take you to see Mr. Arnault. You will tell Mr. Arnault your commission, and he will arrange for you the most suitable registered detective."
The waiter led him into the corridor and invited him to the first office on the left side of the staircase.
A middle-aged man in a new suit sat in the office. He was a little fat, and there was a little sparse hair on his hatless head. His hairline even reached the sky.
This was Mr. Arnold. "A veteran detective who has retired to the second line," he introduced himself.
After the two shook hands, they both took their seats. The waiter gently closed the office door from the outside.
Mr. Arnold crossed his arms and seemed a little surprised. He looked at Feng Chou and said, "You said you're a Baron?
I have rarely seen a true nobleman give up their fine silk gowns for this new style of dress. "
Feng Chou smiled and said, "I really like this new dress. Wearing it makes me feel dignified and capable. It's a very good dress. I think it will be accepted by the nobles."
Arnold complimented, "You're really an open-minded gentleman."
Feng Chou said, "Thank you for your compliment. Now, let's talk about my commission. This is my first time in Casablanca, but I've found that I've fallen in love with this city. So, I plan to purchase a manor near this city.
Through a real estate investment company, I found a manor called 'Wood'. According to the information provided by the investment company, it's a very good manor. The only problem is that the other party's asking price is too low. It doesn't seem to match the value of the high-quality manor. "
Arnold said, "So you have doubts and want us to investigate the real situation of the manor?"
At this point, Arnold nodded. "That's a wise decision, sir. There's a saying in my industry: there must be a reason for doing things differently."
Arnold stood up and walked to one side of the wall. He pulled open the curtain hanging on the wall, revealing a rather large map below.
He pointed at the map and said, "Sir, can you point out the location of the Wood Manor that you have your eyes on?"
Feng Chou stood up and walked to the map. It was a very detailed map that basically marked almost all the towns and manors in Casablanca.
Feng Chou quickly found the location of the Wood Manor. It was more than 100 kilometers northeast of Casablanca.
Looking at Feng Chou's finger, Arnold said softly, "Aha!"
Arnold thought for a moment and said, "Sir, I think I already know the reason behind this matter."
"Oh?" Feng Chou was a little surprised.
Arnold said, "I have to say that it's because you're a foreigner that you don't know the reason. If you were a local, you wouldn't have come to me at all."
Feng Chou said, "Please tell me."
Arnold poked his finger hard on the map. There was a town in the middle of the territory north of the Wood Manor. The color of the town's name was different from the other territories. It was red.
Arnold pointed at the map and said, "This territory is the territory of Viscount Chapman. The center of the territory is Chapman Castle …"
He paused and said, "And Chapman Castle is the most famous ghost castle in Casablanca."
Feng Chou said, "Ghost castle?"
"Skeletons?
Zombies?
Ghouls?
Or ghosts?
Will the church just sit back and do nothing? "
Arnold said, "It's said to be an evil spirit."
"As for the church?
After the Church of Nobles and Knights paid the price of a high-ranking bishop and two high-ranking Templar Knights, no other church was willing to take care of the territory. After all, the people in the territory had all died in the initial accident.
"Evil spirit!" Feng Chou sucked in a cold breath.
There were many types of undead, but generally speaking, they could be divided into two categories. One was the corporeal undead such as skeletons, zombies, ghouls, and the other was the incorporeal undead such as wraiths, ghosts, and shadows.
Once a creature died and its soul left its body, it would be easily contaminated by all kinds of natural energy and form all kinds of spirits.
Wraiths, ghosts, shadows, and even the natural spirits of Shamanism were all incorporeal undead formed by the combination of a creature's soul and various kinds of energy.
However, undead were very rare in the main material world. This was because when a creature died in the main material world, its soul would soon enter the underworld due to the natural attraction.
However, the souls of some creatures would be forced to stay in the main material world due to special reasons, such as stubbornness or being sealed by spells. If these souls stayed in the corpse of a living creature, they would become corporeal undead. If they left the corpse, they would become incorporeal undead creatures.
Wraiths were the weakest among the incorporeal undead. They were formed by the souls of ordinary people who stayed in the main material world due to their stubbornness and eventually combined with negative energy. These wraiths were usually very weak and couldn't even cause physical harm to living creatures. They could only scare people.
Ghosts, on the other hand, were formed by the souls of powerful professionals who were unwilling or unable to go to the underworld. They stayed in the main material world and combined with negative energy, forming a type of undead creature that was much more powerful than wraiths. These undead creatures were very difficult to deal with and very difficult to destroy.
Shadows were similar to wraiths, but the energy they combined with was shadow energy.
Evil spirits were different from the other types of undead creatures. They were the creations of arcanists.