Chapter 125 Evidence (Part 1)

It was noon at this time, and there were no people on the street. The village was too small. Romon and Avesey locked in the target based on the brief description of the former residence mentioned in Jacob's diary.

This is a large but decaying house with grass growing around it and the door is locked.

Although it is locked, it is not difficult for Romon. Romon has also learned some thieves' skills. As long as you have time, it will be no problem to deal with a simple lock.

After a moment, the lock opened. Romon carefully pushed open the wooden door. A moldy breath rushed over. He frowned slightly and then looked inside the door.

Decline and desolation. These two words are enough to describe the scene in the courtyard. It can be seen that many years ago, the environment in this courtyard should have been good. A big tree stands in the courtyard, and three rows of tall houses are obviously more elegant and luxurious than other villages.

However, because there was no one living for a long time, the house had declined to a certain extent at this time, the weeds in front of the house also grew tall, and the yard was filled with weeds, not even a place to get a foot. The only thing that was alive was that the tall tree grew very lush.

But this luxuriantness sets off the desolation of the courtyard.

"Perhaps this is the residence of Jacob's grandfather, the former village chief." Because Jacob's grandfather, the village chief who had participated in mining, had died, and Jacob, the only one who inherited this house, was away all year round, and even when he came back, he would go back to the castle and would not come here easily. Therefore, the lack of human cuisine here for many years has ended up in such a sign of decline.

While leading the horse in, Romon and Avesey carefully observed the house. It seemed that because they were too loud, a few small animals rushed out of the grass because of their entry, and then rushed out hurriedly. When Romon and Avesey saw it, they couldn't help but shake their heads and sighed, it was indeed abandoned.

Turning to the front of the mansion, Romon looked around quietly. The wooden structure and the simple decoration room were obviously the place where the servant lived, and the main building in the middle was the residence of the village chief.

"Hey! They are already standard jazz residential areas, and they must have made a lot of money back then!" Romon looked at him, muttering in his heart.

The small building had a door again, and Romon took out another iron wire and began to deal with the door. The door soon opened again.

Another smell of bad weather filled the entire space. After it dispersed, the doors and windows were opened to let the sunlight shine in. I saw that the room was in a mess, most of the decorations had been moved long ago, and there were no more valuable things. In the empty room, there were only countless messy things scattered on the ground.

First of all, it should be the hall. I glanced at it and found that there was nothing.

Romon picked up something casually, looked at it, and threw it aside: "I don't know if there is something we need here."

"I think it's very likely that Jacob has no place to live now. Although it's desolate, he will always live here. And he can't bring many things with him, so he should just hide it here." Avesy said.

Romon nodded and said, "Then let's look for it separately!"

Then, the two separated, one went to the left and the other went to the right, each with a room there, and began to search.

What Romon went to seemed to be a study room, against the wall, and there were several rows of bookshelves. The bookshelf was shown to be the best wood in the past, because it was made of ebony, but there was nothing on the bookshelf and nothing was available.

There is also a fireplace, the desk beside the fireplace and the chair placed next to it. It is probably someone has used it recently. It can be seen from the breath, but the materials are ordinary. It is probably because Jacob made another table and chair after he came back. But he had no money, so the materials are ordinary.

When Romon was searching on the desk for a long time, but he didn't find anything useful, he felt extremely depressed. When he entered another house, Avesy, who was searching for him, suddenly shouted, "Romon, come here quickly."

Romon rushed over and found that it was a bedroom with a bed inside. Under the bed, a wooden board had been opened, revealing a secret passage.

According to Avesy, this was found by chance. At that time, she was searching for objects in the room. After searching for several times, she didn't find anything useful. She was about to leave when she suddenly encountered a mechanism, so the wooden boards under the bed separated.

At the critical moment, Avessi was not reckless. After discovering the secret room, she did not go down rashly, but called Romon and the two of them discussed it.

Because there is probably the evidence they need in the secret room, the two of them finally walked down after venting the secret room for a long time.

The two of them took a look, and Romon went down first, holding the hilt of the sword in his hand, and Miss Avesi followed.

The dark corridor, a moldy, quirky smell of rotten smell, ravaged Romon and Avesi as they entered the passage.

Walking down the road, the dry air gives people a feeling of being very stuffy.

Before entering, Romon and the others had actually opened the entrance and ventilated for a long time, but even so, when it came down inside, the smell in the secret passage was still unbearable.

It was better to walk in this passage that seemed to have been abandoned for many years. After all, in the ruins of the Thorn Forest, he had visited a secret room passage that was more harsh than the environment here, so he could still tolerate the situation here.

He just recited silently and released another "light technique" to let the light above his head shine across the corridor.

Avesi followed behind, seeing the corridors and underground floors full of disgusting debris, and the smell in the air was even more rotten and fishy. She couldn't help but frown.

Although the ventilation effect in the secret room was not very good, the steps and surrounding walls were still neat and solid. The two walked down for a while, and not long after, a secret room of more than ten square meters appeared in front of them.

The light technique was only temporarily. When Romon saw a table inside, there was a candlestick on it, and there were several candles on it, he went over and lit one of them.

There are two kinds of light sources, and the room suddenly becomes bright. Looking around, the secret room looks quite crowded and narrow, surrounded by chaotic objects, utensils, and all kinds of things.

There is also an open box, which contains coins, but all of them are copper coins. Due to the long-term corrosion of the air, it has long lost its shining luster at that time.

Evessi has been watching around since entering here, and saw Romon staring at the coins in a daze, saying, "If you want it, take it, it's a masterpiece anyway."

"No... I was thinking, maybe not just this money, but there might be other silver coins and gold coins. Jacob saw it. It would be impossible if he didn't take it away." Romon said, looking at the copper coins scattered on the ground.

"From the records in Jacob's diary, he has already found this place. Since we have arrived here, we should start looking for clues. If there is no evidence here, then it will not be too easy to find evidence elsewhere." After that, she started to search.

Romon nodded, but he didn't take much time to find a bandaged document.

The two of them started to look through it, and for a moment, they felt relieved. Yes, what they found was indeed the evidence left by the village chief.

These are several books of account books, and there is a letter in it. The person who wrote the letter was Jacob's grandfather, the former village chief of the village.

The letter was written in detail. After reading this letter, Romon and Avesey finally knew another thing unexpectedly, that is, the death of Jacob's grandfather Victor was not simple.

It turned out that when mining, it was done with the then mayor Sobrey, and most of the ore was handed over to Sobrey in exchange for a lot of money.

Because this was hidden from the lord, he might be hanged if he was discovered. In order to fear that he would be silenced later, Jacob's grandfather Vidot once privately recorded a book that recorded their daily mining quantity, money obtained, distribution results, and some important events, and used it to ensure their lives.

He also gained some peace for many years, but until a few years ago, a book he held was stolen and he died of illness. Because of the hasty death, he didn't even have time to tell others that in fact, in order to prevent problems, he copied two copies of the book and one of them, hiding it in the basement.

In order to be afraid that no matter how careful one is, one will still be silenced one day. Leaving this last evidence can be considered as leaving behind a backup plan and not letting one die in vain.

Looking through the account book in my hand, I have to say that although they have learned about some of the incidents through Jacob's diary, Romon and Avesy still sighed a lot while holding the more detailed original records in their hands.

Especially in the last paragraph, even the village chief Vidott suspected that the mine accident did not happen naturally, but was intentional. After all, a mine accident happened when the mine vein was hollowed out, which was a bit coincidental.

The two of them looked at it, feeling pitiful for the villagers who were buried alive, and sighing for Jacob's grandfather Victor.

"Okay, since we have obtained the evidence, hurry back to the castle and let Baron Galle decide what to do below, and those are not something we can do." Avesy said.

Romon nodded: "Yes, the power of the ghost is getting stronger and stronger. The sooner the better, the better. We will rush back overnight."

The two discussed it and thought that the sooner the problem was solved, it would be beneficial to the dead people and the plant growth in the territory. So, after coming out of the room, the two led the horse out of the house, got on the horse, ignored the village, and ran away.
Chapter completed!