"What's wrong, Midon?"

Moko was called over by her sister.

"Rings."

Midong stared at the box: "I just remembered that the most important thing when I inherited the inheritance was this family owner ring. ”

She laid the ring box flat on the dresser and said to the oncoming Mozi, "I didn't pay attention to this at the beginning, so I put it away as soon as I got it." But Mozi, come over and take a closer look, should this ancestral ring of our family really look like this? ”

That's a quirky question. Although the Miyamoto family has a history of more than 160 years, after all, it is not as long as the European aristocracy, let alone the emperor's family, and there is nothing like the ancestral artifact illustrated book. Is there a comparison between the so-called whether it should look like a certain one?

"So, what do you mean ......"

The brass shell, set with large rubies, has rounded edges and is clearly finely worked. The reason for this is that the surface of the ring is delicately textured, almost comparable to a miniature carving, and the gemstone holder seems to have advanced mechanical technology, almost like a peerless Swiss watch. Therefore, if you really choose any utensils as family heirlooms, especially in the name of the Patriarch's Ring, it is obviously qualified.

"But you see, this thing should have been made by our first patriarch, and then if I'm not mistaken, our old mansion was also at that time. Approximate time, around 1890? ”

In this regard, of course, Mozi knew better than Midong, and pondered for a moment: "It was probably 1899, when the first patriarch was in his forties. No matter how young he is, he is still struggling, how can he have the heart to build such a large mansion, let alone a symbolic object like the patriarch's ring, so what do you mean? ”

"In the Meiji era, when Eastern and Western cultures met, it was clear that our ancestors chose the path of Westernization. Western-style houses, rings, or this European medieval royal style style, so think about it again, what other cultural information was also circulated in China at that time? ”

This time, Mozi didn't choose to think about it anymore, but sighed directly: "Midong, tell me your opinion directly." ”

"Our ancestors were obviously mystery fans!"

Mi Dong laughed: "Such a deep mountain, such a lush fir forest, and such a huge classical European mansion are obviously influenced by Edgar Lunbo!" ”

A well-known figure, Moko immediately knew who Midong was talking about.

Edgar Allan Poe, an American poet, writer and literary critic of the early 19th century, was an important member of the American Romantic period, the epitome of Gothic horror, and the well-known founder of world reasoning. Many later writers were influenced by him, such as Conan Doyle and Jules Verne, and the Japanese pronunciation of the pen name Edogawa Ranbu was modeled after "Edgar Allan Poe". What's more, he is really a super literary master who is still "ghostly" in the fifties and sixties of the 20th century!

"So you mean ......"

"Although there is no evidence yet, do you think, that Hawaiian villa, such a hidden mechanism for hiding gold, can really be designed by any business group on the bad street? Although the location in Hawaii is not literary enough, if you only consider the setting of 'secret room in the basement', isn't it also typical Gothic? ”

Midong gets excited, because she thinks she's discovered a big secret. But maybe she really didn't think she was right, Mo Zigang wanted to reprimand her for talking nonsense, but she was suddenly stunned and couldn't help but be silent.

Hawaii, where my grandfather bought a property in the 80s and sold it a few years ago. If you want to talk about the Japanese obsession with Hawaii, World War II is obviously the most important reason for contemporary times, but even if you go back to the Meiji era, is there no one?

Of course, if the villa was built in the Meiji era, of course, it is nonsense, but what if it is just a secret room? And after all, Midong and she only learned about the previous shareholders of that resort, but what about the last one? You know, since it is a place like Hawaii, hasn't it been used as a vacation destination by American colonists many years ago?

Mozi then said everything that came to mind, not hesitating to interrupt Mito's speech, but this just played a complementary role. The situation is obvious, but who funded that kidnapping gang for more than 20 years, since it is a force, it is natural to have a specific executor. And that executor, even the strength of the behind-the-scenes funding, it seems, it seems, is the Miyamoto Foundation?

"It won't be that disgusting, will it?"

Midong was really disgusted by her own reasoning, not frightened, disgusted.

"It's hard to say." However, Moko said: "The male head of the family of the ninth generation suddenly changed to a woman, and she was only a girl, and she was a literary girl who had never dominated the business world, and it was also a Japan that has always been patriarchal." Even if the family will listen to the ancestral teachings, even if Miyamoto Moko is a treasure that everyone loves, but ......"

A Dan word, and then Mozi was dumb for a while, but the information conveyed was enough. There are too many people in the family or senior employees of the consortium who are suspicious, and there are too many follow-up work to be busy. However, although the above truth has been guessed over and over again, what does it have to do with what they are busy with now?

"Sure enough, let's look for the secret room."

Mi Dong clapped her hands and put the ring in her pocket with the box: "According to classical reasoning and Gothic reasoning, this ring may be the key to something, as for the position of the switch, the most typical is the bookcase, right?" Since our ancestors liked Edgar Lunbo so much, and even really built a huge mansion in the dense forest, we can't share their kindness, right? ”

"So you mean, if grandfather had any real secrets, he would hide them in the secret room."

This time, Mozi didn't think about being the opposite, and followed Midong's train of thought: "My grandfather is sixty or seventy years old, and when he inherited power from his great-grandfather, he was not in such a hurry as you, so he must have a deeper understanding of the family." Think of it this way......"

"Such a huge house, and the ancestors still like the Gothic style so much, and they also built an ancestral house for their newly established chaebol family, and there is no secret room to call it a ghost."

Midong came to a conclusion, took Mozi's hand, and was about to prepare to go downstairs.

"So in a place like this, I really started looking for it from the basement! Let's go, Mozi, and see what unknown places are still in our old mansion! ”