I don't know if it is to take care of Lin An's female identity, the main body of the Earl's Court is mainly white, and some of the tops, diaphragms and window lattices are yellow and green, and the overall style is elegant and atmospheric Si Panni style, this bold color is relatively rare in the imperial capital, and ordinary people can basically see the gender of the owner from the main color of the building.

Coming to the atrium, Lin An saw a fountain of a mermaid statue.

The silver-white mermaid has an elegant and gentle face, a slender tail and body that form a soft "S" shape, and the water bottle held in front of her chest is inclined to gurgle water, jumping off the three-tiered water platform, forming a jumping water curtain in the sun, and the pool below is crystal clear, about leg high.

Hannibal Butler highlighted this mermaid fountain:

“…… The entire mermaid fountain costs about 12,000 gold rego, which is said to be a masterpiece specially designed by the disciples of the famous master Luohanbi, but the cost of this mermaid statue is 8,000 gold rego, and the white mud on the bottom of the sea is mixed with silver powder......"

Hannibal's butler introduced for a while, and as Lin An walked around the atrium, after a while, he saw that the servants around him were far away, and suddenly whispered:

"There's a chamber under the fountain."

Lin An was surprised, glanced at John, turned his back to the crowd and whispered, "How do you know?" ”

The three of them stopped beside a flowerbed, seemingly attracted by the meticulously groomed flowers in the flowerbed.

"The villain has seen the drawings of the construction of the Earl's Court before the renovation. In addition to the fountain, there are two more private basements in the back courtyard and the main building, in addition, there are several secret passages connected to the main building, some of which are not connected to the others, but two of which can lead to the front door and the back door of the mansion respectively. "Hannibal's butler looks at his nose and nose like a servant quietly waiting for his master to admire the flowers.

"How do you read architectural drawings? That requires a lot of expertise! ”

For the nobility of this era, this was not even the necessary knowledge of the aristocracy.

It's not that the average aristocracy doesn't understand architecture, but most of the time. It was enough for them to know how to appreciate and identify architectural styles, and few delved into the field of architectural structure and drawings, which was the domain of scholars, who were usually in the service of the aristocracy.

"The villain's father was a well-known architectural scholar who once served as a staff member to a local count.

The villain luckily inherited his father's talent in mathematics, but unfortunately the villain's father died unexpectedly when the villain was eight years old, and he didn't have time for the villain to complete his studies, but with the books left by his father, the villain has no problem reading ordinary architectural drawings. ”

Speaking of this, Hannibal's butler looked slightly sad.

"That's a shame. Please mourn. Lin An sensed that Hannibal's butler was not lying.

Hannibal's butler didn't even say it mattered.

His actions were very measured, not exaggerated, and his sadness was only revealed for a moment. did not take the opportunity to seek Lin An's sympathy.

From the current point of view, he has a good impression of Lin An for the time being.

Although Lin An felt that her luck seemed to be too good, Hannibal's butler was far beyond her expectations in all aspects, and she didn't plan to put too much effort into the personnel of this mansion, and Hannibal's butler probably saw this. So as soon as they met, they began to spare no effort to show themselves, in order to impress Lin An.

But Lin An always had a little doubt in her heart, she was not at ease with these people who were arranged here and even this mansion, apart from here, where else could those people boldly insert eyeliner?

This is also the reason why Lin An did not regard this place as his home. Even though the eyeliner planted here was almost invisible, it was still easy for these servants to ventilate or take the opportunity to report some of her private hobbies or something.

Especially the housekeeper position. The better Hannibal's butler looked, the more uneasy Lin An became, these butlers were specially trained and assigned by the royal family, and it was hard for Lin An to believe that a steward who was so good now had no master. and was assigned to her.

However, Lin An did not show her distrust.

First, Hannibal is not suspicious at present, and Lin An is not good to speculate maliciously because of a suspicion; Second, Hannibal's butler Su zhì did arouse her curiosity. The same must have been true of John.

The above topic about the secret passage of the mansion continues:

"You said you had seen the drawings of the Earl's Court before the renovation, could it be that your father had been involved in the construction of the Earl's Court before?"

"Miss Hui, this Earl's Mansion has a history of more than 800 years, much longer than the recorded history of the villain family, and it has always been inhabited by the same family, until more than ten years ago, when the whole family was convicted and the title was abolished and executed, and the royal mansion was taken back and vacant.

Prior to this, that family was also a prosperous family in the imperial capital, and the villain's father was fortunate enough to follow the teacher as an assistant forty years ago and participated in the renovation of this earl's palace, and the villain's father's relics left some of the remodeling drawings, so the villain had seen the remodeling drawings. ”

Lin An nodded lightly, "I remember that the owner of this mansion is the Medici family with the Feathered Serpent as the emblem, and I have a bit of a relationship, this family is famous for producing mages, and their war spells are quite famous. ”

This is also the reason why this mansion was assigned to Lin An.

Because the image of the mage is too mysterious, the magic family likes to set up exorcism spells on their territory, and there are often some strange sounds and lights or something, and it is even more demonized by some rumors, and the average new nobleman is not willing to take over the mansion where this kind of family has lived, and the new nobles of the earl level are not common, so this mansion has been vacant for more than ten years.

Lin An knew that this background was popularized by John on the way here, but of course she didn't know that this mansion had been rebuilt, and her housekeeper actually had such a relationship with this mansion.

But if you count the age of Hannibal's butler, push it back to about eight years old, about thirty years ago, that is, shortly after Hannibal's butler's father participated in the reconstruction of the Earl's Court, his father died unexpectedly.

Connecting the background of this mansion and the relationship between Hannibal's butler and this, Lin An no longer saw that it was no coincidence that Hannibal's butler was such a high-ranking talent assigned here, so it was really a waste of a smart brain.

This also explains why Hannibal's butler was eager to express his feelings and was desperate to reveal his inner story in front of her soon after they met:

He is afraid that he has already inquired about his resume, and the identity of a female mage who has no intersection with the magnates of the imperial capital, who is clean and young and has little experience, is already hard to find, Hannibal has waited for so many years, it is impossible to hope for the faint hope of Lin An and Medici to die in a few years, not to mention that he has waited for so many years, and now he is in the prime of life around forty, and if he misses this time, he may not be able to wait.

The next words are not appropriate to be said outside.

Lin An didn't ask, but motioned to Hannibal's butler, "Take me to the study." ”

Hannibal's butler's eyes were on Lin An, and he suddenly understood, a trace of excitement flashed in his eyes, he quickly calmed down, restored the image of a housekeeper who was no different from usual, bowed down gracefully, and walked in front to lead Lin An.

Lin An's eyes flashed with appreciation, he had been waiting for many years to realize it, and he could quickly control his feelings and keep his calm, and Hannibal's willpower was very good.

Despite the renovation, the interior of the mansion building is very empty due to its lack of furniture.

The four walls are bare, and only the sound of footsteps echoes in the empty corridors when people walk on them, and if the lights are not lit at night, coupled with the terrifying legends left by the family in front of this mansion, it is really like a haunted house: the average person scares out a heart attack, and it costs nothing at all.

Because it was already evening outside, the interior of the building was a little dimly lit.

After Hannibal's butler entered the door, he familiarly took down a candlestick on the windowsill on one side and lit it, and John followed behind Lin An, because he listened to the conversation just now and entered a dark and unfamiliar place, he subconsciously remained vigilant.

Hannibal's butler led Lin An to a small empty living room, located on the outer edge of the first floor of the main building, with windows open on three sides, and only the direction of the door was connected to the corridor, so that anyone who approached could hear and see.

When Hannibal's butler entered, he lit several oil lamps on the four walls of the room, and placed the candlesticks on a wooden shelf by the door, the flames on the candlesticks danced in the unobstructed air of the room, but the light in the living room was much brighter.

Lin An had just ordered the housekeeper to take them to the study, and of course she and John could see that the location of this living room would never be a study, but they didn't make a sound.

"This living room is made of bluestone on all sides, poured with iron juice, there is no possibility of leaving duct vents, and the four sides have a wide view of the windows, and it was once the private reception room of the Medici family, and the villain took it upon himself to disobey the orders of the young lady and brought you here."

Hannibal's previous act of lighting the lamp was to try to calm his mind, and after setting up the candlestick, he returned to Lin An, took a deep breath, and knelt down to plead guilty.

Lin An didn't let him get up immediately, and thought for a while: "The study is not safe? ”

"There is a secret passage in that study that leads to the back court, and the villain has never opened it, and he doesn't know what's inside."

Lin An knew that it was natural for the study to have this kind of setting, as a long-inherited magic family, even if there were still things like the magic circle prohibition that had not been discovered, Lin An was not surprised at all.

Like in this living room, there seems to be a shielding circle that is still in operation, but this circle forms a force field instead of a shield, and the effect is worse than the shield, but under the prohibition of the imperial capital, it can already block and discover most of the peeps-

Of course, the private meeting room of a magical family can't be as simple as physical isolation as Hannibal thinks, but Hannibal, as an ordinary person, doesn't know it, and this time it was a mistake.

(To be continued)

ps：

Thank you for the big pink of Blue Feather Zhi and the big pink of the blood silver of the forest, and the big tip from falwind! At the same time, congratulations to Falwind for his great promotion to the master, everyone has benefits! o(n_n)o~

Actually, it's always been two chapters together.,I don't know if you're used to it.,So it's a point.,If you don't like it.,Then it's better to continue to combine the chapters.,Anyway, the update time is together.。