Entering the courtyard, a stone statue stood in the center, Lin Yiyi thought at first that it was the work of those inexplicable cultists, but when she got closer, she found that it was actually a bust of a man.

The bust faces the ocean, he wears a tricorne hat, his back is straight, he holds a telescope in one hand, and the other hand is behind his back, his expression is majestic and lifelike, and there is a sense of heroism across the sea.

Looking past the statue, Mu Lan found that several buildings around him were actually interconnected, which means that this area is the residence of the Leon family, so it seems that the Leon family is indeed the most prosperous family in Herzros Town.

The children in the courtyard were only four or five years old, and they were all curious to look at the guests like Mu Lan at this time, not afraid of life at all, and even followed the group into the hall.

The architecture of Leon's house is clearly imitating the Baroque style, and there is a row of stone columns in front of the main hall, but it is only used for decoration, and there is no load-bearing effect, and the walls are full of reliefs, and the windows are also vertical and downward floor-to-ceiling windows.

The main hall is even more magnificent, Leon's family used a lot of precious metal to repair the dome, there is a deliberate display of wealth, the whole building design is too deliberately exaggerated, but reveals a nouveau riche style.

"Please be seated, guests!" The veiled woman led everyone to the sofa, and Lin Yiyi sat down unceremoniously.

"Wait a minute, my husband will come over right away." The woman nodded at the crowd, removed the refreshments from the table in embarrassment, and then hurriedly disappeared into the hallway.

"Thank you, ma'am." Mu Lan smiled.

Although she wore a veil, Mu Lan could feel the true appearance of the woman, who looked similar to the residents of Herzrose Town, with that deformed face, but she chose to cover herself with a veil, perhaps because of the woman's love for beauty, and she didn't want her ugly side to be seen by outsiders.

Mu Lan sat on the leather sofa and looked around the living room, and the oil painting in the east attracted her attention.

The oil painting depicts a large ship sailing in stormy seas, the perspective can only see the deck, it should be a multi-masted sailing ship, in the center of the picture is the sculpture man seen earlier, he has a thick beard, holding a pistol and fighting the enemy, judging from the wide three-cornered hat and leather belt, this is obviously a captain, Mu Lan immediately remembered Captain Leon mentioned in the literature.

Lin Yiyi teased the three children, and several of them laughed, but with the coughing sound coming from the corridor, several children were so frightened that they hid behind the sofa.

Mu Lan followed the prestige, and the man next to the veiled woman should be the owner here: Robert Leon, but his appearance surprised Mu Lan a little, he was not like other Herzros people, neither protruding eyeballs nor flat heads, wrinkled all over his face, and a neatly trimmed beard, he looked no different from ordinary people, but his face was pale,

The veiled woman brought some refreshments and a plate of steaming meat, and the man waved her hand to tell her to step back, and then sat down on the sofa herself, smiling at the three of Mu Lan.

"Come here!" Mrs. Veil greeted the three children who were hiding, and said eagerly, "Dad has something to do, don't disturb him." ”

After the woman led the reluctant children back to the corner of the hallway, the man said, "I am the mayor of Herzros, Robert de Leon, and you can call me Robert." He gestured to the food on the table and said with a smile: "It's been a long time since I saw guests from afar, you haven't eaten breakfast, this is prepared by my wife, you can taste it." ”

Lin Yiyi stretched out her hand to bring the dinner plate, and Mu Lan smelled a strong smell of spices, Leon's family was too heavy, and it could be smelled from such a distance.

Lin Yiyi sniffed, feeling that the taste was a little strange, and just as she wanted to pick up the knife and fork, Mu Lan held her down.

"Huh?" Lin Yiyi was puzzled.

"Don't eat strangers' food, let alone this kind of family?" Mu Lan said in the Mind Link.

"I didn't want to eat it!" Lin Yiyi said aggrievedly: "I'll smell it......

When the two of them looked at each other, Robert said, "I don't know if you are coming...... Is there something going on? ”

Mu Lan looked at Professor Leonard, who had not spoken all the time, he had rarely spoken along the way, and had been in a daze, seeing that he didn't plan to speak, he introduced Robert to him: "This Professor Leonard is a well-known historian, a life member of the British Historical Society, and a senior advisor to the Newport City Museum. ”

Robert was a little surprised, with a look of respect on his face, then got up and shook Professor Leonard's hand.

"We are here to ......," Mu Lan said, with an excuse that had been made up a long time ago, "to find out the experience of Captain Leon, Professor Leonard is very interested in the history of the Age of Discovery, Captain Leon has discovered many islands in the South Atlantic, brought a lot of wealth to Britain, and also brought many legends of unknown civilizations, and is a respectable navigator." ”

Robert showed a proud expression, he turned to look at the painting, and exclaimed: "My grandfather is indeed a legend, I grew up listening to his stories, and I wanted to be a navigator from a young age......

Then he sighed and said regretfully, "But that era is over." ”

Mu Lan hooked the corners of her mouth, these privateer captains did crazy things, colonizing trade, plundering people, robbing merchant ships... Britain began to rise from a "pirate state" to an "empire on which the sun never sets", and Captain Leon said that it was an official pirate, and his descendants were proud of it.

Mu Lan patted Professor Leonard, he hummed, and saw that everyone was looking at him, then he remembered to get down to business, he took out a small notebook and a pen from his pocket, glanced at Mu Lan a little apologetically, and then said to Robert: "I am very interested in his life experience, I am sorry that the deeds of such a navigator are not known to most people, I hope his image will not be buried in a corner of history......"

Talking about his grandfather, Robert's interest rose, he took a sip of black tea, and then told those bizarre and exotic mysterious stories vividly, the language style is very similar to the stories Mu Lan has seen, and I don't know how true or how false.

Mu Lan sensed the bottomless abyss underground, the entrance of the cave was dozens of meters below the building, and there was a platform every few tens of meters in the cave, which should be built step by step, and he couldn't imagine that the project of this scale came from man-made, not caused by some miracle.

Maybe all the secrets will be solved in the bottomless abyss, Mu Lan suppressed the impatience in her heart and patiently listened to Leonard and Robert tell each other one by one.