“Pah.”

Carl was quick-witted and subconsciously caught the coin with both hands. He didn't even need to check it. It felt so familiar!

After his pupils dilated slightly, Old Carl narrowed his eyes and took a closer look at the young man standing in the middle, who was protected by several old guys. The more he looked at this face, the more familiar it looked.

"Come with me!"

Old Carl nodded calmly at Allen, motioning him to come in for a talk.

…

"Shi Tou! Just wait for me in the car and don't ask any more questions!"

"Master!"

"Wait for me in the car!"

"yes……"

A few old guys took a look at this shabby repair shop and returned to their cars obediently. They didn't know why Alan came here, nor did they know what the good stuff he was talking about was.

But this is not what they should ask.

Just listen to my instructions obediently!

…

Old Carl didn't exchange any pleasantries with Allen. He led Allen and his companions in silence through the repair shop and walked to Old Carl's office at the back. He closed the small iron door of the office. Old Carl moved the cabinet at the back that looked like a bookshelf, revealing a small secret passage.

“Follow me!”

He moved the baffle of the secret passage, reached inside, took out a flashlight, and went down first.

Alan looked defenseless and bent over and followed him into the secret passage.

The office became empty again.

…

"Second Young Master! I didn't expect you to come just now. I almost didn't recognize you after not seeing you for so many years."

"Hey...you can't recognize it, or you don't want to recognize it?"

"Uh... Second Young Master, I was raised by my family since I was a child, and my loyalty to my family..."

“That’s enough!”

Alan took a look at this small secret room at the end of the secret passage. The ventilation facilities were very complete and the overall environment was a bit stuffy, but not humid.

There were various stacked metal boxes all around, a wooden desk, and a recliner.

Allen walked over to the recliner, lay down on it, looked up at old Carl and said, "There are some things that old guy Huth doesn't dare to say. I still don't know what's going on. You tell me!"

…

This old Carl lived in London when he was a child. His family was killed by German bombers. He was later adopted by Alan's grandfather, the earl.

When he was young, he served as an attendant to Allen's father.

Later, I changed my name and was assigned to open this car repair shop here in the suburbs of Swansea.

The suburban area where his car repair shop was located was quite remote, and even if the servants of the Hill family came to Swansea, they would not be met.

Old Carl has been here for decades, just to monitor some people, find out some information, and occasionally help the family do some dirty work.

The mechanics outside him didn't even know who they were working for. They only knew that Old Carl was their boss.

…

These are old tricks of big families. This is one of the retreat routes kept by the Hill family. Unexpectedly, the old earl did not use it, but Alan did.

In addition to storing some floating wealth, this secret room also contains a few foreign property deeds and the like. This is to prevent the descendants of Xier's family from escaping if something bad happens at home and the manor is raided. This place can be used as a support base for them to make a comeback.

So these things are not particularly valuable, but they are all accumulated and hidden by generations of the Hill family.

…

This kind of place.

It was too far from the manor... On his way to escape, he was caught up and killed by the enemy before he even reached the destination.

If it’s too close, it will be too easy to be found if the enemy’s encirclement is large.

This place is more than 40 kilometers away from Hill Manor, just right!

Further south are the port and the sea, which can be called an one-stop escape route.

…

At that time, it will depend on the survivors' choice whether to flee overseas with the money or to hide their identities.

But... with the development of the times, such old methods have become outdated.

So... this place was later turned into the old earl's mistress!

This concubine is not used to hide a mistress, but to hide information.

The old earl would occasionally come secretly and tell old Carl something, and he would be responsible for listening, like a human phonograph. The information he heard were all family secrets that could not be recorded in detail on paper, and the old earl was not in a position to tell his own children for the time being.

These secrets may never be used, or they may be used someday!

Now that Alan has just taken over the family, it is definitely unrealistic to let him come here secretly!

I can only come here on my way to Swansea for the appointment this time, and...

Once used here, it's useless!

…

"The last time the master came here was half a month before his accident. At that time... he didn't say anything useful."

Old Carl stared at Allen, and while recalling, he began to open the cabinet to look for his notebook.

Alan glanced at his notebooks. The things written on them would give most people a headache after just one look!

There is a very fucked-up thing, Wales has its own language, but... as of now, less than 30% of the people in the entire Wales region can speak Welsh!

As for Welsh...how should I put it, the phrases are just long strings of letters connected together, which are long and boring. Although they are all English letters, they are definitely not the same as English!

In addition, this is a code made by old Carl himself. The notebook is full of Welsh words and special symbols. I believe that apart from him, few people in the world can understand this kind of weird stuff.

…

"Second Young Master... The Master has never mentioned to me that he has had any conflicts with outsiders in the past year."

"So you're going to tell me this was an accident? Huh?"

Alan's voice rose a lot. Until now, he didn't know the specific reason for this incident, but from Hut's words, he knew that this incident was not an accident at all!

Just think about it, an old earl and his eldest son were in a car accident at the same time, so quietly.

Hut actually didn't dare to say it!

It's not that he is disloyal to his family, he just advises Alan to live a good life.

But Alan can't do it!

Some things can be vague, but some things can’t!

People cannot live ignorantly like an idiot, living in fear all day long. Even if they die, they want to die with understanding!

…

Allen said irritably, "Not in the past year, but before? Think about it! I suspected someone before I came here... but I don't think it was him. He didn't need to do that."

Alan suspected that person, there was no need to kill the old earl, that would be equivalent to cutting off one's own arm!

Moreover, it's not just the old earl, but also Alan's eldest brother. They are aiming to interrupt two entire generations of a family, which is almost equivalent to wiping out the entire family. How big a hatred must one have to do such a thing?

"Hmm? Second Young Master... do you think it could be..."

Old Carl seemed to suddenly think of something, and then his face turned pale, and he couldn't even speak clearly.