In the center of the manor is a three-story villa, in which Manasseh Smith lives.

The house elf walked ahead and opened the door to the villa for the two girls.

When the two girls walked into the villa and entered the foyer at first sight, they discovered that this villa was indeed the property left by the fanatical Collector, Hepzibah Smith.

Various antiques and collectibles are placed in every corner of the villa.

On the way the elves led them to meet Manasseh, they saw many dazzling collections.

There are vases of different styles placed in every corner, and there is a pair of deputy knight armor in the corridor, which looks like the product of goblins. Zhang Qiu suspects that they can move freely like the armors in Hogwarts.

When passing by the fireplace, they saw many animal heads hanging on the fireplace, just like Muggle nobles displaying their hunting harvests, but the difference was that these heads came from magical creatures.

Among these heads, the magical creatures that Penelo recognizes include ash snakes, big-headed monsters, soft-clawed land shrimps, Riem cattle, etc. There are also some that Penelo does not recognize, and one of them is like A big durian or a big balloon full of thorns with a leopard's head on it made her feel the most dangerous. 633 In addition, they also saw many various copper vessels, and many lush plants grew vigorously from these vessels. The plants looked neat and tidy, and it was obvious that the house elves had been pruning them very frequently.

Finally, after passing through the living room and going up the stairs, the house elf opened a thick wooden door for them.

Behind the wooden door was a study room. On the recliner in the center of the study room, they saw a very fat old lady. The old lady was wearing a green floral robe and a pair of tight satin shoes on her fat feet.

Obviously, this old lady is the owner of the manor, Hepzibah Smith's sister, Manasseh Smith.

The house elf took Ms. Bones' letter of introduction from Penello and handed it to the old lady. After reading the letter for a while, the old lady roughly drove the house elf away.

There were only three of them in the room now.

The old man seemed to have a bad temper. She looked at the two visiting girls and spoke first: "Amelia told me that two girls were investigating for the Ministry of Magic and wanted to know something about what happened in the past. Things, then are you the ones doing the investigation?"

"Yes, Granny Smith," Penello replied first, "we would like to ask you about the whereabouts of a certain antique, which is involved..."

"Ah, antiques," Manasseh interrupted impatiently, "I knew they were antiques. There are antiques everywhere here. How could I know the whereabouts of all the antiques? I don't like them. If it weren't for my sister, I would I've long since thrown away all these annoying things.

"I promise, you will be deeply impressed by this antique!" Zhang Qiu said quickly, "This antique involves something very important, so you must help!"

"Is it a very important matter?" Manasseh squinted at them for a while and suddenly said, "You look very young. Are you really sent by the Ministry of Magic?"

The old man's suspicion made Zhang Qiu panic, but Penello calmly took over the conversation.

"Actually, it was not our turn to be responsible for this matter." The girl explained seriously, "We just graduated from Hogwarts and joined the Ministry of Magic not long ago, but recently due to the news of the Dark Lord's resurrection, The Ministry of Magic has always been very busy. In order to cope with possible crises in the future, Ms. Bones has deployed a large number of manpower, so the current staff of the Ministry of Magic is tight, and such relatively safe tasks are the responsibility of those of us who have just joined the Ministry of Magic. "

When lies are 90% true and 10% false, they are actually the most deceptive.

Penello's words are actually mostly true. Amelia Bones herself was indeed very busy during this period. On the one hand, she had to compete for power with the Fudge faction in the Ministry of Magic, which was lagging behind. On the other hand, (bbdi) She also needs to be responsible for her own opinions, dispatch troops to detect the movements of the Death Eaters, and make preparations for Voldemort to come out.

After all, even if Ye Ting promised to destroy Voldemort, it would take time.

Moreover, if Bones does nothing, even if Ye Ting eliminates Voldemort, she will not get any benefits.

If Bones can make preparations after Voldemort is resurrected, then even if the plan goes completely smoothly, these preparations will be in vain. Voldemort will be killed by Ye Ting before he can really show his power. Bones himself will still get huge amounts of reputation. .

After all, all her preparations at least prove that she has done something, that she has foresight, etc. Fudge's clumsiness will bring out her brilliance.

However, Bones now has to face the embarrassment of insufficient manpower.

Definitely, Penello and Zhang Qiu were not Bones' subordinates, but Manasseh didn't know that.

Therefore, Penello's explanation deceived her perfectly.

"So, what news do you two want to ask for?" Manasseh finally got to the point.

"It is rumored that the Smith family is the descendant of Helga Hufflepuff. Is this true?" Zhang Qiu asked in a timely manner.

"That's definitely true," Manasseh held his head high and said with a little pride, "Our family tree goes all the way back, and it can indeed be traced back to Helga Hufflepuff. In fact, our family has been around for generations. They are all Hufflepuff graduates."

"So, do you know the whereabouts of the Hufflepuff Gold Cup?" Penello asked.

"Hufflepuff's golden cup?" As soon as the name was mentioned, Manasseh became wary. She frowned and looked at Penello, "Why do you want to know this thing? What is your purpose?"

There was something wrong with Manasseh's reaction. The two looked at each other, and finally Penello replied, "This is a very serious secret. I can only say that this secret is related to the Dark Lord.

"Dark Lord?" Manasseh's frown deepened.

"Perhaps you've heard another name for him," Cho Chang added, "Tom Riddle."

"Ah, it's him!" After hearing the name, Manasseh immediately exclaimed, "I seem to know him...it turns out...the real murderer is him!"

Seeing Manasseh's suddenly enlightened look, the two girls looked at each other, wondering what had happened.

After a long while, Penello asked tentatively: "Excuse me, is Tom Riddle related to Hufflepuff's Jinlin?"

"Well, it's a long story," Manasseh let out a long sigh and softened his tone, "For the sake of asking me to understand the truth, I will tell you about Hutch. The whereabouts of the Patch Gold Cup may be related to what happened 49 years ago..."

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