Just like now, although Shuli did not pull out the book that actually recorded the former owner of the manor by luck, she also found the key to the "mystery".
If Shuli gave up on the book when she saw the cover, she wouldn't find any information.
However, despite this, Shu Li only changed her opinion slightly.
And the reason is the painting on the album.
Those golden fragments do not appear randomly, but are the shapes of the forest that have been specially pruned by the gardener and are illuminated by the sun at a specific time.
In addition, there are five words written in the lower right corner of this photo: The most perfect light.
Those lights formed two words: Ming Ji.
Shu Li connected all the colors with a pen. When these two words appeared, she seemed to understand why this was the last photo.
The unlucky gardener probably discovered the butler's secret and was silenced.
So, what’s the butler’s secret?
Shu Li stood up and walked back to the bookshelf, searching for books one by one about the two keywords "taboo".
There are three related books in total, and their uneven thickness seems to be a predetermined reading order.
Shu Li sat back at the desk and started reading carefully.
About a hundred years ago, the owner of Rongge Manor was a family named Rong.
At that time, this was not Rongge Manor, just the Rong family.
The housekeeper and the heir at that time grew up together. He was extremely loyal to the heir and believed that no one of the Rong family children at that time could be better than the heir.
However, at that time, Mr. Rong suddenly brought back an illegitimate son and announced in public that he would give one-third of his inheritance to the illegitimate son.
Although only one-third, Mr. Rong had four sons and three daughters in addition to his heirs and illegitimate children.
An illegitimate child took one-third of the money directly, and the rest could not be divided equally.
The other children could not take action against the illegitimate son who was taken by Mr. Rong every day, so they all set their sights on the heir.
The heir was always on guard, caring about the blood relationship between the brothers and sisters, but never revealed it.
But this only inspired others to hate him.
So, I don't know how many times, the heir was kicked by a crazy horse and seriously injured, and he could only lie in bed from then on.
Mr. Rong investigated the matter thoroughly, but was unable to punish every child, so he attributed all the faults to his three daughters.
After that, he sent all three daughters out of here in the name of marriage and studying.
As for the four sons who made big mistakes, he also gave them some assets and kicked them out.
Later, when it was determined that the heir could no longer stand up, Mr. Rong arranged the housekeeper next to the illegitimate son, as if he had already planned to replace him with an adult.
Although the housekeeper was unwilling, he was just a hired servant. He was worried that he would not have an heir to take care of him, so he had no choice but to agree.
Days like this lasted for a long time, Mr. Rong gradually aged, the illegitimate son became more and more like a master, and only the heir was still lying on the bed like a waste.
Fortunately, the butler, who had been searching for a way to restore his health, finally brought back good news.
The butler told him that as long as he could take out the bones and blood of people who were related to him, grind them into powder, mix them in water and drink them, the heir would be able to recover.
Moreover, even just the finger bones will do.
But the heir was too kind, otherwise he wouldn't have been killed like this. He was unwilling to let the housekeeper use force to get it for him. Instead, he wrote letters to his brothers and sisters, asking them if they were willing to help him.
The result is, of course, pessimistic.
He didn't receive a single reply. In despair, when he asked his father for help, he was insulted as a waste who only sucked his blood.
When the heir was about to give up his life, he was saved by the illegitimate son.
The person who originally thought he would be the least able to help him actually happily called a doctor and gave him his own bones.
The heir kept this kindness in mind and left the place on his own after recovering his health, and asked the housekeeper to help the illegitimate son prepare for his future position as the master of the Rong family.
Seeing this, Shu Li let out a breath.
This is the thinnest of the three, in the form of a diary. The tone and perspective above are those of a butler, but also of an unrelated, distant bystander.
However, Shu Li doesn't quite believe this record.
The narrative inside is somewhat inconsistent, and there are many contradictions.
Moreover, there is no explanation as to why the manor is what it is now.
However, Shu Li was not in a hurry to sort out her chaotic thoughts, and immediately opened the second book.
This is not a diary record, but a first-person narrative.
There is a madman named Rong Ge in the big house in the south.
I grew up hearing her name.
When I was a child, whenever I was naughty and naughty, my mother would shout "I want to invite Rong Ge over" when she couldn't control me, and I would immediately become well-behaved.
For no other reason than that she's terrible.
The elders always use Rong Ge to scare us. In fact, we were scared at first, but then we were no longer scared, but then we were scared again.
My mother and other adults must not know that some of our naughtiest children once broke into the big house they were talking about.
The backyard is a thicket of flowers. You don't even need to climb over the wall. You can just run a few steps and use your strength to jump in.
The big house is really big, even a room with air leakage is half the size of my house.
The house is also very beautiful, even higher up close.
We were counting how many rooms there were on the fifth floor, and that's when Rong Ge appeared.
The corners of her mouth were scarlet, she was wearing white clothes, but there was a large red flower blooming on her chest.
We were all stunned. No one turned around and ran away. We all stared at Rong Ge blankly.
But something even scarier happened. Rong Ge suddenly jumped out of the window.
She landed accurately on the windowsill of the next floor every time, landing on the ground within a few seconds.
Next to me, my companions were wailing in a tearful tone: "Aren't we going to run away?"
"Hula", everyone around him ran to the backyard like crazy, as if running out of the flower bush could escape the fear brought by Rong Ge.
But I didn't run.
It's not that I'm not afraid, it's that I didn't react.
At that time, I only thought Rong Ge was beautiful, even more beautiful than the second aunt’s little girl, who was the most beautiful girl in our village.
Rongge walked towards me slowly, but I felt in my heart: She doesn't hurt others, and she won't hurt me.
Facts have proved that Rongge did not hurt me.
She looked at me and suddenly started to cry.
With unstoppable tears, Rong sang a song.
