Erben quickly lifted up the floor tiles, and sure enough, he found that except for a bunch of keys in the hidden compartment, the black leather notebook he used to keep his diary had disappeared, and even the position of the bunch of keys had been moved.
Sure enough, there is a thief!
Although a diary is nothing, it contains many of his thoughts and some things about the Hedda family and the Security Agency, which cannot be disclosed casually!
He immediately rushed out the door and called to the butler. The latter ran over quickly and without even having time to put down his rolled-up sleeves that were wet with water, he asked, "What are your orders?"
"Who came into my room when I wasn't home?!"
"...There is no one else except me. I have always cleaned the rooms of you, Mrs. Helen, and the young master myself." The housekeeper looked at the door behind him uneasily, "What happened?"
"I lost something important." Alben suddenly remembered what Princess Stella said just now, "Sir... well, did the lady who was a guest just now come in?"
"No...no." The housekeeper was a little confused. "She just stayed by the door to look at the situation in the room and did not go in. What did you lose? Let me help you find it?"
Alben continued to ask: "Did she do anything suspicious? Have you ever left her alone?"
"Absolutely not!" Seeing his serious expression, the housekeeper became cautious, "She never left my sight until you came back. The reason why she came to your room at that time was because she was not satisfied with the utensils in the restaurant. Asked me if I had better candlesticks and cups and plates at home. I told her that the best porcelain cups were in the madam’s room. The young master also had a beautiful gold tea set there, and the candlesticks were in your place. She asked me to open the room. , take out the things. I thought that she was sent by His Highness the Second Highness, and with you... Well, I let her look at the door, but I didn't open the young master's room, nor did I let her enter any room. Door!"
So to say. Is she really innocent
Alben frowned. Suddenly he thought of a person: "What about her maid? Didn't you say that the maid was waiting by the stairs?" There was less than fifty meters away from his room!
The housekeeper recalled the situation at that time: "It's true... I have been helping Miss Stella prepare your supper. I didn't pay attention to the situation of the maid. The lady said she went out to see if you were back. But I didn't see her standing there The front door..." He became more and more uneasy as he thought about it. "Is there something wrong with her? Master. Are they thieves?"
Alban didn't answer. He walked to his mother and brother's room. Checking the door carefully. Both rooms were locked securely. There were no signs of invasion. To ensure accuracy. He opened the door with the key. Find a bright oil lamp. It illuminates the one-meter square area at the door. There were no marks on the thin dust on the ground. I felt relieved.
He exits the room. He turned to the housekeeper and said: "Don't spread this matter. Don't tell anyone! You can go back and do your own work. Don't let people come upstairs at will in the future."
"...Yes..." The housekeeper watched him anxiously as he went back to his room and closed the door. His face turned red and white. Tell yourself secretly. Don't make your own decisions next time.
Alben sat heavily on the edge of the bed, already guessing the truth in his heart. It seemed that Princess Stella, the master and the servant, worked together to steal his diary. But why? It's just a diary. Although there are many secrets in it, who knows what is written in it before looking through it carefully? Why did Princess Stella risk stealing it
He accidentally caught a glimpse of the low cabinet next to the bedside, and found that the two drawers on top were tightly closed, and he became alert again. The low cabinet was decades old furniture, and the slide rails were a little rough. He would never close it tightly to avoid inconvenience when opening it.
He immediately walked over and opened the drawer hard to check the items inside. Although it looked the same as in the morning, he quickly found signs that it had been rummaged through.
Although working in the Security Agency is a civilian job in the Intelligence Section, agents should receive basic training, and he has never been absent. That maid was probably a novice, and there was no way she could hide what she was doing.
Alben was angry and immediately checked all the cabinets and drawers in the room and found that most of them had been turned over. Obviously, the maid was looking for something, and finally discovered the hidden compartment on the floor.
This guess made Alben shocked and angry. This room was the room of each generation of Hedda family heads. He moved in after returning to Ito. The furnishings of the room did not change, but his personal belongings were replaced. , that is to say, those extremely valuable family heirlooms are still there, but they were so easily touched. If they were stolen...
His eyebrows suddenly jumped, and he rushed to the door to lock it, then ran back to the bedside, gently pulled the brass gauze hook upwards, and then pulled it down. The solid wood bedside was quietly exposed. A big hole two feet square. There is a large space in the cave, with about a dozen boxes of various sizes, as well as some drawings, documents and notebooks. These are the most valuable collections of the Hedda family.
This is a secret that only the head of the family knows. When he went to Balasig to visit his father and brother for the last time, his father passed on the position of head of the family to him and also told him this secret. It was just because the house had been locked down that he was unable to come back to check. It was not until he returned to Ito and was given the mansion back that he opened the small secret room.
At that time, he just glanced at it briefly and threw it away. This was the past glory of the Heda family. He had vowed to wait until he successfully revitalized the family before letting these things see the light of day again.
Alben inspected the objects in the small secret room bit by bit. There are the ducal scepter and ducal badge inlaid with huge rubies and countless diamonds, several sets of priceless antique jewelry, two or three alchemical products with storage functions (all of which are antiquities opened by blood), and three bottles filled with crystal bottles. Potions (the labels on them indicate that one is poison, one is antidote, and one is wound medicine), two deeds of large estates unknown to the outside world, and floor plans of several houses in Ito Castle and territory (which contain secret passages, secret passages), a map of the cave where a huge amount of property was buried, and a list of people on the dozen or so secret routes of the Hedda family.
Nothing was missing. He breathed a sigh of relief and finally turned his attention to a semi-old black leather notebook. His father's name was written in gold ink on the cover. It should be his father's notes of the head of the family.
Opening the note and seeing the familiar font inside, Alben couldn't help but feel a sore nose and could only barely hold back tears. He was about to put the note back to its original place, but he felt something fall from the note. He quickly picked it up and saw that it was a note, which read: "I don't know whether this decision will bring the family to glory or not." Destruction, if I fail, when my descendants see this note, they must learn lessons seriously and not choose the path I took."
Alben was a little surprised. He had never heard his father mention this matter. He quickly looked through the diary to find out what was said in it.
Looking at it, he became more and more frightened.
I started remembering this diary twelve or thirteen years ago. At first, it was just some daily information.
Gradually, the king's suppression of the old nobles was mentioned, and the latter's deal with Prince Noga Mario. His father once provided Prince Mario with a lot of internal intelligence on East, including the army's soldiers' equipment, officers' status, weapon casting, etc., and also drew connections from it to win over many old nobles to participate.
His father wrote down these people and families one by one in his notes, and wrote: "The more I do things, the deeper the fear in my heart becomes, but I can't look back and can only keep going forward. If I If I hesitate, I will be defeated immediately. However, facing these people, I cannot trust them. If I am exposed in the future, even if they stand by and watch, I will keep the secret, but if they choose to silence, then, my Future generations can know the true identity of the enemy from this list. Don’t retaliate blindly, and don’t forgive easily. As long as you catch them, hit them hard and don’t give them a chance to stand up.”
Alben's heart was beating wildly. The names on the list included relatives from his mother's natal family, relatives from his grandmother's natal family, parents and relatives of his childhood playmates, and some who were falling out right now. If the supporters of the first and second princes had not seen this list with their own eyes, they would never have believed that those who regarded each other as enemies were actually accomplices!
Although some of the people and families on this list have declined in the past few years, the vast majority are still there, and some even occupy high positions of real power. You don't know, but these guys who are superficially loyal to the king actually had treasonous transactions with the Noga people...more precisely, the Noga people who were tempted by the Demon Realm!
Fortunately, he discovered it in time, otherwise, when those people unite, wouldn't East become the master of the Demon Realm? !
no! He must hand over the notes to the Director and Mallory immediately!
Alben stood up suddenly and rushed towards the door, but stopped as soon as his hand grasped the doorknob.
If the notebook is really handed over, it means that his father's crimes will be exposed again, and even because the notebook contains a lot of dissatisfaction with the king, the situation may be worse than before. When the time comes, can he maintain the trust of the king and the security agency? Can the Hedda family turn around
Moreover, there are so many people involved in the list. Once leaked, the entire Ito, no, the entire East, will set off a huge storm! By then, I don’t know how many people will die, how many families will fall apart like their Heda family, and the glory they once had will be gone in the blink of an eye...
Alben gritted his teeth and held the doorknob's hand without making any move.
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Stella sat in the carriage, flipping through the black leather notebook in her hand with the dim oil light, and sneered.
The waiter asked quickly: "How is it? Am I wrong? They said it was a diary with a black cover."
"There is no mistake, this is indeed the notebook of the head of the Heda family." Stella opened the title page of the notebook and gave it to
"As long as it's the owner's notes." The maid breathed a sigh of relief. "There are so many things in that room. Time is too tight. I couldn't search carefully. Fortunately, I was smart, otherwise the housekeeper would have discovered it."
"You did a good job. Now those people have nothing to say, right? Humph, it's really troublesome, this is not our job in the first place!" Stella snorted coldly, and pointed to a certain page of the note to the maid in a funny way. Said, "Look here, 'Wasn't the boy who saved me back then? Why did his ring appear on a girl?' It's ridiculous. What's so confusing about this kind of thing? And here, 'The Department sent We sent a spy to Shaonan to monitor the movements of the people in Shaonan, but aren’t we allies in Shaonan? Why would we do this to our allies? How naive! That Alben looked coldly proud. , but actually as stupid as a child!”
"What does this guy who has lived a good life since childhood know? I really don't understand why Poppy wants us to steal this kind of person's diary!" The maid curled her lips and looked out the window, "It seems to be around here. Poppy once mentioned…"
The carriage stopped in front of a low bungalow. The gorgeous carriage and tall horse formed a sharp contrast with the simple house. Even though it was late at night, there were still nearby residents peeking out of their windows to look curiously.
Stella frowned when she saw this and urged: "Go find someone quickly! Hand the things over and we'll go back immediately! Cousin Jada will get suspicious if it's too late!"
The waiter got out of the car and ran to the front of the house and knocked on the door. After a long time, no one came to open the door. He had to twist the door handle and got in. After a while, he came out and said: "She seems to be looking for us. Why?" manage?"
"It's really troublesome!" A hint of impatience flashed in Stella's eyes, "Get in the car quickly, we'll rush back immediately!"
The carriage drove back onto the road and approached the Noga Embassy. Stella ordered the driver to slow down. She and the maid paid attention to both sides of the road to see if they could find the figure of a charming woman. Unexpectedly, not long after looking, someone came on horseback to meet them. He ran over and said, "Is this the princess? Your Excellency, the Duke, has been waiting for you for a long time. Please go back quickly!"
Stella secretly called out bad luck, responded with a sweet smile on her face, gave the maid a look, and followed the visitor back to the embassy obediently. When she entered the embassy gate, she caught a glimpse of a purple corner of clothes disappearing behind the big tree outside the door, and she couldn't help but sigh: she missed it like this!
Jada sat in the middle of the hall, staring coldly at her cousin who came in: "Where have you gone? Why didn't you say anything?!"
Stella smiled and jumped over to hold his arm: "The lady I just met has such a cute personality! We talked about jewelry at the ball, and she mentioned that she had a precious emerald necklace in her home. It’s a special item from the palace during the time of Emperor Nicodemus! I couldn’t wait to see it, so I didn’t tell you, I’m sorry, I never dared to do it again.”
Jada stared at her expressionlessly, which made her feel scared. After a while, he calmed down and said, "Really? The emerald jewelry from the time of Nicodemus the Great is indeed very precious." , which lady’s collection is it? I’ll ask tomorrow to see if they can part with it, right?”
Stella looked regretful: "I have already asked, but the lady said that it is an ancestral treasure of their family and cannot be sold. No matter how much I beg, it is useless. I was almost kicked out by her father! Next I don’t dare to go to her house again.”
"That's really too much." Jada glanced at her waist casually, "What is that?"
Stella was stunned, looked down, and realized that the notebook had accidentally slipped out of the pocket on her cloak, and she hurriedly reached out to cover it.
"What is it? Show it to me." Jada raised her hand and grabbed the notebook.
(Secrets are often leaked inadvertently...) (nm, more chapters, support the author, support the original version!)