"Damn, why is it so dark in here...... Don't you have any electric lights? ”

Rupert kicked away an empty barrel in his way with disgust, and the barrel rolled in the dark cellar with a distinct noise.

"You guy, don't you know how to be quiet? Don't be heard by Harriman......"

David, who was observing the rusty lock on the cellar door, frowned and turned back to reprimand his brother.

"Don't come to point fingers at me, do you really think of yourself as a brother?" Rupert looked unhappy and said unruly, "What does he know?" I just want to follow him, and he still dares to beat me? ”

As he spoke, he put his hands in his pockets, sneered and stepped to the side and kicked all the barrels down so hard that they made a particularly loud and obvious sound, as if he was deliberately trying to alarm the others in the cellar.

And in the process, he still looked extremely remarkable with his head up, unruly.

“……”

David was stunned suddenly, he looked at the rebellious young man in front of him, and suddenly felt that he had made a mistake by choosing to team up with such a brain-dead person.

No wonder my father has always disliked this guy the most, and he can often hear that he has done some stupid things that are angry and resentful, and sometimes he thinks that kind of thing is too ridiculous for anyone with brains to do.

Maybe it's just that his eldest brother has ulterior motives, pouring dirty water on Rupert's body, as if he usually suppresses himself intentionally or unintentionally.

But now, David felt like he knew the truth.

What if it's a real retarded person who can't do something with a brain? Then it is understandable that such a thing would be done, and the big brother who thought of himself would not be able to splash such dirty water.

It's too unforced, and it's too low for your identity.

But there is no other choice at the moment, the eldest brother who wants to fight against him, it is necessary to pull this mentally retarded into the carriage, there is nothing to say, only if Harriman is defeated first, the position of the heir can be vacated.

Next, the fourth child is not a woman to be afraid at all, and Rupert, the third child, is a mentally retarded person, and it is easy to eliminate him by his own means.

That's not a good thing for me...... It's just that you can't let Rupert be bad at the first step, and you have to appease him. Even a piece of toilet paper is useful, just a retarded person, endure it yourself!

Thinking about it like this, David felt that the depression in his heart quickly dissipated, he squeezed out a smile, and said in a low and gentle voice: "Of course he won't dare to hit you, but won't we be exposed in this way?" ”

"What if Harriman had been wary and had deliberately led us in the wrong direction or hidden that most crucial secret? Father has already said that whoever grasps this secret first can ...... You know. ”

"Now that Harriman guy has a clear advantage, the old butler won't reveal anything to us, and won't let us come...... So we have to act quietly and wait until the last minute to come out, so as not to miss this opportunity......"

It's easy to talk about it, and the saliva is dry, and David successfully persuaded the rebellious young man who is the eldest and my second.

The other party thought about it and seemed to think that it was such a truth, and if Harriman was directly vigilant, no one would benefit. It's better to quietly follow the other party and wait until the last moment to come out and snatch the fruits of victory!

That's good, him off!

David breathed a sigh of relief, then turned his back and gritted his teeth, it was really tiring to reason with such a mentally retarded person. Wait, when you take control of the family, you and Harriman will have no good fruit to eat!

What David didn't know was that the moment he turned around, Rupert's rebellious expression instantly converged, and a hint of mockery flashed in his eyes when he looked at him.

I guess these guys think they're stupid, but who knows that if you don't do this, you won't even have a chance? Haven't you been pretending to be so long, just to wait for such an opportunity?

David probably thinks he's easy to deal with, but when he's out with Harriman, he'll understand who the real idiots are.

The two of them reached a consensus for the time being, and they quietly followed, they didn't dare to use the flashlight, the pillar of light was too conspicuous, in case they followed too closely, they were afraid that they wouldn't be able to collect it temporarily.

It's too easy for Harriman to discover, and they still need the former to lead the way, so they have to hide.

Therefore, the two of them also carried a windproof lamp, and with the help of a faint and soft light, they cautiously groped towards the deeper darkness.

They were actually quite far away from Harriman, but it wasn't a big problem, and it seemed that very few people came under the cellar, so the traces left by Harriman were very clear. And this is not an underground labyrinth, there is basically only one way.

The rest of the places are some rooms or something, but most of them are also shelved with a lot of sundries, which has a sense of age and history.

And the two of them didn't know that a few minutes after they left, there was another person behind them who carried a lantern and followed them cautiously.

Joanna endured the damp and strange disgusting smell as she walked forward step by step, and when she discovered that the three brothers' target was actually the cellar of the ancestral home, she also moved her mind, not necessarily to fight for something or prove something.

It's just unwillingness, she feels that even if she can't inherit the family from the beginning, she should at least know the family's secrets.

……

……

Unbeknownst to Harriman, his siblings had noticed his actions and had even followed.

In fact, it's no wonder that he would be absolutely careful to do his best if he was in the past, and put an end to all surprises. But now the mood is high, so it's hard to calm down and think about things.

Moreover, the most important thing is that this matter is actually beyond his control, because someone wants to muddy the waters, so no matter how careful Harriman is, his brothers and sisters will still trigger small probability events by various coincidences, intentionally or unintentionally-

So as to find clues, and then get involved.

Even their emotions are interfered with, and then their thinking and perception are affected.

This makes them always inadvertently ignore some details, ignore some things that are wrong, have no way to think calmly, can only move forward according to the script, and will not find out that something is wrong......

Even in retrospect, they will only feel that they were careless or impulsive.

The terrible thing about illusion is that the person who has been tricked does not know that he has been tricked, and his emotions, perceptions, and thoughts have been affected...... I only feel that it is my normal emotional ups and downs and cranky thoughts.

Not to mention anything else, a person usually in life, suddenly feels irritable and inexplicable, unable to think calmly, and only thinks about what happened, or he has ignored something very important, but the subconscious still remembers, so he is so uneasy.

Anyway, the reason must be out of oneself, and it is estimated that no one will have a big brain or suffer from victim paranoia, feeling that this is their thinking and emotions being manipulated and interfered with by invisible forces, and all their performances are not their original intentions.

So—

Harriman is now preoccupied with the so-called "family secrets", and he has no time to pay attention to other things at the moment.

He never thought that the cellar on this side of the ancestral house was so huge, no, this was no longer a cellar, but another terrible dark and huge underground space......

The man had been walking to the end of the cellar before, and he thought that there was no way, but those constantly changing shadows made him grasp a glimmer of inspiration. Using the glow of the oil lamp and the guidance of the shadow, he found the hidden lattice on the wall and opened a hidden entrance.

No wonder the old butler wants to let himself come with an oil lamp, if the light of the flashlight shines directly, he will not be able to see those shadows, and without "guidance", he will naturally not be able to find the right path.

Although everything was vague, after seeing the general characteristics of a dozen different shadows, he still had some vague conjectures in his heart, and his heart almost exploded.

He seems to have an impression of those "people...... Because just a day ago, when I just came back to the ancestral house, I followed my father to see it.

- Portraits of the heads of the houses hanging in the house.

Those...... Those...... A "person" who has been dead for an unknown amount of time has appeared here now? Are you even pointing the way for your juniors? Are they souls, or is this the family's greatest secret?

From the fear and trembling at the beginning, to the current rapid acceptance, although it is because those "people" did not hurt themselves, there are also Harriman own reasons.

The direction of his brain supplement has been hopelessly biased in a certain direction, and he subconsciously believes that this is a great opportunity, a turning point that separates mortals from extraordinary destinies, how can there be so much fear and fear, and how much is it possible to retreat?

Harriman's eyes were red, and he wanted to go to the end immediately, see the most critical secret, and make the most important choice.

Can it prolong life? Can you live forever?

No matter how bad it is, like these ancestors, you can immortalize your soul, right? Besides, I haven't been able to determine what kind of state they are in yet!

He was now walking down a rough, dim stone staircase, a narrow spiral staircase that was very dry, but permeated with a strange smell, and the monotonous walls were full of dripping stones and peeling mortar, and so on and so on went deep into the ground.

It was a silent and terrible descent, and the further down Harriman became, the more frightened Harriman became, as the steps gradually became as if they had been hewn straight out of the rock.

How big a project was this in the previous era?!

Da Da Da ...... On the dark stone staircase, only his footsteps echoed.

After a seemingly endless descent, he finally reached the bottom of the staircase. Then it was discovered that in the unknown depths of the darkness, there were some dark and mysterious passages or caverns in the ground, which looked like alleys that branched out.

They are numerous, like unclean, unidentified catacombs, or old but abandoned mine passages......