Ten minutes later, Montolo and Russell refilled the pit they had dug, and Tony was laid to rest by the brook in Oyster Bay. Surrounded by mountains and streams, it is a treasure of feng shui according to the eyes of the Chinese, and it is not a loss to be buried here.

Montolo patted the soil with a shovel, and then brought some dead branches and leaves to cover it, and brought two stones to press it, so that it was almost impossible to tell that the pit had been dug in this place. Montolo was panting tiredly, and he sat on a stone and pulled a cigarette out of his pocket to smoke one, but was stopped by Arthur.

"Don't smoke, there's your saliva on the cigarette butt."

Arthur thinks of many criminal investigation dramas where cigarette butts are obtained at the scene of a crime, and the suspect's saliva will be stained on them, so that the police can obtain DNA. Although no one would find out that Tony was buried here, Arthur thought it would be better to be careful.

Montolo put away his cigarette and asked, "Where are we going next?" Back in Manhattan? ”

According to the original plan, the three of them left here and went directly to Manhattan to rest and recuperate, when nothing happened. The people below will soon find out that Tony and Casey are missing, and with the dragons leaderless, Montolo and Russell will come out to stabilize the situation and redistribute the power and interests within the family. Arthur is not ready to come out, but hides behind the scenes, peace of mind to be his cook.

But when he heard Tony's dying muttering, Arthur changed his mind and decided to take a trip to the villa to see the cellar. These are Tony's last words, and it is said that when a person is approaching death, his mind will quickly look back on his life, from birth to growth, from happiness to sadness. I don't know what kind of life comes to Tony's mind that he will end up in that cellar.

Arthur had a strong premonition that something was waiting for him there.

"Let's go back to Tony's villa, I have something to take."

Montolo was a little puzzled when he heard Arthur's decision, he spread his hands and said, "Tony went out with us, and it turned out to be Arthur and you who came back, this will cause suspicion, we don't need to go back!" ”

Russell said: "Those two bodyguards are my people, there will be no problem." Only old Larry, he's a nuisance. ”

Larry Sr. was Tony's butler, and used to follow Arthur's grandfather, Luciano Sr., who served Tony after his death, taking care of his life. He is not involved in the family business and is a clean man. And because he's clean, it's more troublesome.

Arthur looked at Russell and said in a very firm tone, "But your job is to solve problems." Got in the car and we went to the villa. ”

As he spoke, Arthur pulled the car door and got into the car, Montolo shook his head helplessly, he didn't know what Arthur was thinking. Russell, of course, obeyed Arthur's instructions, put away the shovel, got into the car, drove the car away from the bushes back to the road, and drove south in the direction of the villa.

Along the way, Russell tried to choose a little more off-the-beaten-path path, avoiding avenues where there might be cameras, and went around and back to the pink Luciano mansion. Russell rang the doorbell, opened the door and drove the car into the courtyard.

It was late at night, and the landscape lights in the courtyard were still on. There are two lights shining on the four flower trees next to the pool, and the night breeze caresses a few petals gently and falls into the pool, floating on the blue waves. Arthur got out of the car and walked past the pool, and the petals suddenly rippled out with the waves of the water without warning, as if something was swimming in the water.

But if you look closely, the pool is empty, there is nothing, and there will be none.

Russell informed the two bodyguards that they had been fired, and that the subsequent payments would be paid off for them. You don't have to work to get the money, and the two bodyguards don't have any opinions, pack up their things, return the keys and drive away.

Arthur looked at the house, which he had never returned to since his mother's death, and had not changed much from years ago.

He went into the living room, which was decorated differently than it used to be, and he remembered that when he was a child, the living room was covered with a burgundy velvet carpet and he could run barefoot. Now it has a dark maple floor, and only in front of the sofa in the reception room, there is still a camel-colored plush blanket. The walls are decorated with deer heads and shotguns, replaced with landscape paintings. The dining table near the floor-to-ceiling window is gone, replaced by a rocking chair and bookcase.

"Hmph, vassal elegance, this old guy can still read?" Arthur taunted Tony inwardly. Next to the bookcase, there is a secret door of the same color as the wall, which leads directly to the cellar.

Arthur approached the secret door and felt for it, he remembered that there was a hidden keyhole...... As a result, he didn't touch the keyhole, but opened a small hidden compartment, which contained a cipher disk. It turned out that the door had been converted into a combination lock.

Russell said, "The password is only known to Tony and Larry. ”

With that, Russell went upstairs to Larry's room to wake him up and let him come down and unlock it. Montolo went to the wine cabinet in the reception room to pour himself a glass of wine, and he was a little distraught and did not know what Arthur was going to do.

The elder Larry is in his seventies, and people his age are usually ready to go to bed as soon as it gets dark.

When he was woken up by a knock on the door, he thought it was dawn and woke up from his sleep in a daze, opening the door only to see Russell.

"Oh... Russell, it's you, how are you ......" Larry muttered as he saw Russell pull out his gun, the muzzle of the black hole pointed at him, "Oh, what's going on, Russell." ”

Larry was calm, and there was no panic in his eyes. Russell didn't want to talk nonsense, and said directly: "Go downstairs and open the door to the cellar." ”

"Tony..."

"Go downstairs!"

"Let me get dressed."

"Go ahead."

Larry went back to the bedside and put on his clothes, and he was meticulous and meticulous, buttoning every button carefully.

Coming downstairs, Larry saw Arthur and said in a kind tone, "It's little Arthur, is it you, little Arthur?" Tony's nephew, Luther's son, I haven't seen you in a long time, and you've been here for Christmas in the past. Your poor mother... Poor child. ”

Arthur saw that old Larry was so close to himself, and his heart was disgusted, when he and his mother went back here for Christmas, this old guy did not give the mother and son a lot of faces. Now that he saw Russell and Arthur coming, he knew that something bad might have happened to Tony, and his face became very fast.

Arthur didn't want to talk nonsense with him, pointed to the secret door, and said, "Open the door, Larry." ”

Larry looked hesitant and said, "The password here is only known to Tony, I used to know it, but then he changed the password, and I don't know." ”

Would Arthur believe his nonsense? The old guy is about to see the man in the coffin, but he doesn't know how to shed tears yet. Arthur glanced at Russell, who aimed his gun at the ground, pulled the trigger, and with a "bang", the bullet shattered the maple floor next to Larry's feet, and the wood chips splashed on Larry's legs, causing Larry to jump in fright.

"The next shot will break your knee." Arthur said coldly, because Larry is not a person on the road, so he is polite enough to Larry.

Larry was so frightened that he swung his hands straight, he understood that these two people were not easy to fool, so he had to tremble to the secret door, press the number of the password disk, and after entering the correct password, the secret door opened. A dark downward staircase appeared in front of Arthur, as if he couldn't see the end.

Arthur remembers this cellar, which he had snuck in when he was very young, and underneath it, in addition to wine, there were guns, cash, and even... Corpse.

Arthur's mind flooded with terrible memories, the horrific scene hidden behind the oak barrel.

"Smack~"

Larry turned on the light switch next to the staircase, and the yellow incandescent light dispelled the darkness, but the staircase was not high, more than a dozen steps. Below is a corridor with hollowed-out walls on either side of the corridor and seven or eight oak barrels containing old wines. There are a lot of good vineyards on Long Island, so every family has a wine cellar to store some wine to entertain guests.

At the end of the corridor, there is a large iron gate on the left, which is a war protection level, designed and built during the Cold War, and can withstand the bombardment of high-energy explosives. Of course, after the collapse of the USSR and the end of the Cold War, such an iron gate became meaningless, and it was already rusted.

Arthur descended into the cellar alone, the sound of clattering footsteps echoed, and he walked through the barrel corridor to the iron door, when suddenly a strong feeling of suffocation came, and it was as if a large stone had been pressed on his chest. Arthur couldn't help but clench his fists, propping one hand on the iron door, and the other hand scratching his chest to slow himself down.

Slowly, Arthur relieved himself, the air in the cellar should be fine, the ventilation here is good. Because of the storage of sake, it has a fresh oak flavor and wine aroma. But gradually, after the suffocation passed, Arthur faintly smelled a foul smell in his nose... Corpse stench... Behind the barrel, the corpse was hidden...

Arthur grabbed the iron door handle tightly, and with a "bang", he pulled the big iron door open, and at the moment when the iron door was opened, a red blood tide rushed out from behind the door! Blood drowned Arthur in an instant! The salty smell of blood filled his mouth and nose all at once, suffocating, he felt completely suffocated!

Memories came flooding back from the dark corners, and that weekend afternoon, Arthur sneaked into the cellar with his father and the key, knowing that there were guns and other new gadgets hidden in the cellar. He turned on the light, the barrels were so big for a child, and he searched among the barrels with great interest until he saw the carcass of a deer. It stared at large, hollow eyes, discarded behind an oak barrel, emitting a hint of rotting stench. It was the prey that Luthor had shot and dumped in the cellar before he could dispose of it.

Little Arthur was so frightened that he sat down on the ground and ran out of the cellar with a tumble on his back, and had nightmares for several nights. The dead deer's hollow eyes always appear in my dreams. Later, the deer's head was disposed of as an ornament and installed on the wall, so that little Arthur was reluctant to eat in the living room for a while.

"Are you alright, Arthur?" Outside the cellar, Russell shouted when he heard no movement inside.

The memories come to an abrupt end, Arthur comes to his senses, the blood tide is gone, the suffocation is gone, and everything is an illusion.

He replied, "It's okay, I'm fine!" ”

Old Larry, who was standing aside and was pointed at gunpoint by Russell, muttered, "Bad things, bad things..."

The iron door was opened, and behind the iron door was a short hallway, and at the other end of the corridor was a wooden door, where the vault was located. It could store food, water, and had a diesel generator, which Luthor used to use as a small vault to hide some of his ill-gotten gains.

Arthur walked in and twisted the doorknob, and the door locked. Arthur pulls out the key he took from Tony, finds the brass-colored one, and opens the lock with a click. A faint light leaked through the crack in the door. Arthur hesitated for two seconds, but still pushed the door open with a "squeak" and saw the situation in the room.

A pink room.

A little girl.

She was smiling at Arthur.