The pine branches made a slight popping sound, but in the silent atmosphere at this moment, they actually seemed so popping.
Just like in Yu Tangzhi's heart: When the sand is touched, the cara will burst into laughter...
Vincent didn't know when he appeared at the door, and he didn't know how much he heard.
Yu Tangzhi: Goodbye mom, I will sail away tonight~
But she still looked back with a smile and said:
"Okay, since Mr. Vincent is willing to say it, then it's better to be respectful than obey."
"Excuse me, when did you come to work here?"
Seeing that she didn't panic at all, Vincent's smile deepened and he said directly without hiding anything:
"A year ago, it was the first time I came here."
Yu Tangzhi frowned secretly. He had only been in the castle for a year, which was somewhat beyond her expectation.
The girl had gotten the information she wanted to know, and took the initiative to find an excuse to leave.
She went for a walk in the garden, ostensibly taking a walk but actually waiting for Vincent to go away before returning.
Except for the tall trees, almost all the other plants in the garden were withered.
Except rose.
Dark red flowers climb up the outer wall of the castle warmly and enchantingly, blooming in the cold winter, like dried blood stains on a dirty rag.
Yu Tangzhi looked closer and saw a familiar strong fragrance. He looked down against the growth direction of the branches and leaves, and saw some strange bulges in the soil at the roots.
"Miss, please don't come any closer!"
The sudden hoarse sound startled Yu Tangzhi. She turned around and saw that it was the gardener looking at her not far away.
"These flowers are the Duke's collection. Please do not approach them at will."
"Otherwise, the Duke will blame me."
The gardener's voice was hoarse and unpleasant, as if it had been burned by something, and he was wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat, making it difficult to see his true face.
got windy.
Yu Tangzhi couldn't help but shiver, and said with a smile:
"Sorry, I was attracted by their charm."
The gardener still stood motionless, monitoring her every move.
Yu Tangzhi changed her mind and took off her earrings and quietly threw them into the flowers by pretending to straighten her hair that was messed up by the wind.
"The wind has picked up, you should go back."
The girl gently held her hair blown by the wind and smiled:
"Thank you for your concern."
After that, he turned around and returned to the castle.
There was silence in the hall, and Vincent was indeed gone.
Yu Tangzhi carried her skirt and quietly slipped up the stairs to the door of the study.
Gently pressing down the bronze door handle, the door opened a crack, but no one was inside. The girl opened the door and closed it quickly.
The study room is simple and elegant as a whole, with many books placed on neat rows of wooden bookshelves.
It seems that Adams was a well-read man...
What a fart!
With a dark face, Yu Tangzhi put the clean book in his hand back on the bookshelf without opening the cover.
Then he picked out many books in a row, all of which were clean without any trace of reading.
There is a shelf in a hidden corner of the study room with a stack of newspapers on it.
The girl walked over to check, and when she touched it with her thin white fingers, she found a thin layer of dust.
"It looks like no one has cleaned it in a long time."
She covered her mouth and nose with one hand, picked up the newspaper with the other and began to read.
The date of the nearest newspaper is stuck at Christmas a year ago.
Yu Tangzhi opened the newspaper and examined it carefully. Some of the printing on the oxidized and brittle paper was blurred.
The girl squinted her eyes to identify it carefully, and finally found a clue among the festive joy on the paper.
In the inconspicuous cracks of the newspaper, there is such a report:
“Some villagers said they saw flames reaching into the sky from the Salzburg Castle in the early hours of last night.
The next day, the reporter went to check and found that the castle was no different from usual. The reason was actually a dream the villagers had..."
A few lines of words seem like an insignificant little thing about Christmas.
The girl's face became more and more ugly, her brows furrowed.
Something is wrong.
The burning smell on the tip of my nose seems to be stronger.
"This shouldn't be as simple as a bizarre dream that the villagers had."
The girl continued to flip through the newspaper, and finally found some clues in an issue of the newspaper a few months before Christmas.
"Duke Adams has spent a lot of money to seek medical treatment. If you are interested, please come to Salzburg as soon as possible!"
This time the information was more concise, but revealed an important message:
Adams had been seriously ill for a year and a half, a year after a serious fire in Salzburg.
Now, he is still lingering on, and invited Miss Yu to come and get married...
The girl unconsciously clenched the newspaper in her hand, and a layer of cold sweat broke out in her palms.
Adams, is he still alive?
Click——
The sound of a door lock turning.
Someone actually came in again!
Yu Tangzhi was so frightened that he crouched down and hid behind the bookshelf, staring at the door with his big eyes.
A man in a deacon's uniform walked in, it was Vincent.
He walked to the wooden coffee table and put away the tea sets that the Duke had used before.
Behind a row of bookshelves, Yu Tangzhi breathed a sigh of relief watching his actions.
But the next moment, she was secretly annoyed that she hadn't noticed that the tea sets on the coffee table hadn't been put away just now. There must be a servant to put them away!
The girl hid behind the bookshelf, staring at the movement outside with her eyes exposed.
To be fair, Vincent has an excellent figure and appearance, with blond hair, blue eyes, broad shoulders and narrow waist. The tailored deacon's uniform outlines a lean waist and perfectly curved hips when bending over.
If it weren't for the inappropriate location, Yu Tangzhi would have wanted to whistle. (Rogue candy is real.)
Vincent packed up the tea sets and left the study.
It's just that before he left, he accidentally touched the spine of a book, and it stuck out a little.
The wooden door closed again, but Yu Tangzhi did not come out immediately.
She stayed there quietly for five minutes, and after making sure that Vincent would not come back again, she quickly walked to the bookshelf and took out the book.
The cowhide cover is wrinkled, and its size is slightly smaller, making it difficult to find when hidden in a bookshelf. The paper on the surface and sides shows an oxidized yellow color, which looks like it has been aged for a while.
Yu Tangzhi opened it, and inside it seemed to be a diary. The immature handwriting showed that its owner was young, and some trivial matters and graffiti were recorded in it.
She frowned and continued to flip through the pages. The clues left "deliberately" by Vincent should not be so ordinary.
Until she reached the end, there was a huge crack and jagged edges, and someone had torn out the rest of the diary.
She gestured at the thickness, which was close to half.
Turning back to the diary, the graffiti inside caught Yu Tangzhi's attention.
The painting shows two stick figures. One is always playing, while the other stands quietly aside. Most of the time, the quiet little man is painted black.
Yu Tangzhi made some considerations in his heart. According to the condition of this diary, its owner should be Duke Adams.
She had a guess in her mind: Duke Adams might have an unknown brother, and the relationship between the two was tense.
But where is this person now?
And the torn half of the diary inexplicably made her a little concerned.
