The kitchen, utility room, bathroom, and stairs to the second floor are all here.

Detective Bai Ma just glanced at these insignificant areas and then came to the second floor from the spiral staircase.

The entire second floor is the owner's leisure and rest area, including a living room, study room, piano room, etc.

However, the situation is similar to the situation on the first floor. All the valuable things in these rooms have been removed, leaving only some old furniture.

Although these pieces of furniture were exquisite items for nobles back then, after so many years, the old paintwork has become covered with dust, and now they are just a pile of old furniture that is so dirty that people don’t want to reach out and touch it.

But in the study, Bai Ma found a mezzanine in the second drawer of the desk.

The mezzanine is separated by wooden boards. If it weren't for Detective Bai Ma's keen observation as a detective, it would be really difficult to find it.

He dug out the board and found two pieces of paper underneath.

When I took out the piece of paper and shined the flashlight on it, I discovered it was a letter and a photo.

The photo is a yellowed black and white photo, and the edges of the photo have become slightly warped due to moisture.

However, the middle part of the photo is well protected due to a layer of wax.

This is a photo of a young man and a woman.

Among them, the young people were dressed very luxuriously, which was the exquisite dress only worn by the nobles at that time.

The mother's clothes were relatively ordinary. A white fluffy lace dress was not in harmony with her thin body and did not look tailor-made.

On the back of the photo, there is a line of neat handwriting that reads: Son Spencer Renye and mother Sera, pictured on July 4, 1870.

Lianye...

This name reminds Hakuba Tan of the rich man Karasuma Renya.

Could this person be Renya Karasuma in his youth?

Detective Baima recalled the tragedy 40 years ago that the old lady Qianjian told about in the dusk villa.

In her version of the story, Renya Karasuma became a centenarian 40 years ago.

If this is the case, Renya Karasuma was indeed a young man in 1870.

But later, the White Horse Detective used the police database and never found any information about the tragedy 40 years ago.

The existence of this photo now seems to really prove that Renya Karasuma is indeed an old man who is older than ordinary people.

Detective Bai Ma turned the photo back to the front and stared at the face in the photo carefully.

The women among them are relatively delicate in appearance, and contain a kind of oriental beauty that Westerners do not possess.

The son next to him also looks very handsome, with some mixed-race features, a handsome face like a knife, and a tall and thin figure.

Although the resolution of the photo at that time was not high, he always felt that there was a heroic spirit between the eyebrows of this "Lian Ye", which was very similar to a certain person.

Who is coming?

Detective Bai Ma couldn't think of it for the moment, so he put the photo in his pocket and picked up the letter to read.

Due to the age, moisture and other reasons, most of the handwriting on the letter has become blurred and cannot be read.

However, there are still a few edges on the letter paper, allowing Detective White Horse to see clearly.

The first letter begins with the title: Dear Mr. Chagay.

(blurred) Settling down in Japan (blurred)...

(a big blur)

(blurred) Move the temple to Japan (blurred)...

…

Detective Baima read hard for a long time and could only see these contents clearly.

Temple...

Are you talking about Dusk Villa?

There is also this letter, which seems to be written to the servant who stayed at the manor to take care of it.

However, judging from the respectful title of "Dear Mr. Haguet", this person's relationship with "Spencer Lianye" is more than just a master-servant relationship.

Just as Baima was exploring the contents of the letter and photos, a muffled sound suddenly came from downstairs.

Detective Bai Ma raised his head alertly, walked to the stairs, and gave a tentative shout.

"Afu?"

No one answered at the bottom of the empty stairs.

Realizing that something might have happened, Baima Tan hurried a few steps downstairs. Passing by an empty room, he saw Ah Fu lying on the floor.

"Afu!"

Detective Bai Ma quickly ran over, put the flashlight aside, and picked the person up.
Chapter completed!