In order to keep it a secret and ensure that no outsider would know about these secret passages, the head of the Ferguson family, Del Ferguson, had decided under the suggestion of the family's council of elders that these secret passages would not be used together. Instead, they would be used separately according to the family's status.
The clan elders had their own secret passageways, the core members of the clan had their own secret passageways, and the clan head and his heirs had their own secret passageways. These secret passageways were not connected to each other, and each secret passageway led to different directions. In this way, not only could the clan be kept secret to the greatest extent, it could also ensure that the clan would not be wiped out!
Hundreds of years had passed since the construction of the secret passage. Coupled with the stability of the Empire and the establishment of a legal society, the secret passage in the Ferguson Manor was becoming less and less useful compared to the initial expectations of the establishment. However, at this critical moment, the secret passage was the greatest hope of Butler Martin and even the entire Ferguson Family!
As the head butler and an elder of the family, Martinez had to leave through the secret passages of the elders according to the rules. However, he didn't want to do that. The reason was simple. In his eyes, Domenech and Bernardo were both elders of the Ferguson Family, and they knew the location and route of the secret passages of the elders. If the men in black didn't find him in the manor, they would probably go to the secret passages of the elders to intercept him.
After leaving the bush, Butler Martinez didn't hurry to find the secret passages. Instead, he came to a small bungalow where the handymen lived. He took off his clothes and burned them in the furnace. After that, he put on a set of handyman's clothes and smeared some ashes on his face to cover his appearance. He wanted to make himself look like an old and stupid handyman instead of an elder of the family and a powerful head butler.
After disguising himself, Martinez gently flicked his finger on the black cane. Along with his movement, the mechanical mechanism on the black cane, the only weapon in his hand, seemed to have been activated. Under the great force of Martinez, the cane turned into a short stick the length of a palm and was hidden in his sleeve.
After that, Butler Martinez left the bungalow and slowly walked towards the northeast corner of the manor. On the path that Butler Martinez was walking on, groups of men in black were searching every corner of the manor according to Domenech's order. However, they didn't know that their target was right next to them.
After walking for about ten minutes, Butler Martinez, who was disguised as an old handyman, arrived at a garbage dump. Ferguson Manor occupied a large area, so there were two garbage dumps in the manor. They were used to collect and transport the garbage produced by the manor. One was located in the southwest corner of the manor, and the other was in the northeast corner of the garbage dump that Butler Martinez had just arrived at.
Once he arrived at the garbage dump, he didn't rush to take action. Instead, he looked around to make sure that there were no men in black around before he began to take action. According to his memory, he went to the workers' toilet in the garbage dump. Looking at the stinky toilet, he didn't show any disgust. On the contrary, there was a touch of joy in his eyes.
When he came to the tightly locked door of the tool room, Butler Martinez, who was a grand knight, easily broke the lock and walked in. Looking at the dazzling tools such as mops and brooms in the tool room, Butler Martinez tried to recall his memory while searching for something.
It didn't take long for Butler Martinez to find what he was looking for. It was a rough but sturdy hammer. After getting it, Butler Martinez started to smash the right wall of the tool room without any hesitation. He didn't know what was so magical about this seemingly ordinary hammer. The very sturdy wall of the tool room was made of reinforced steel and cement, but it was as if it was made of tofu after being smashed by this hammer. Through this large gap, he could faintly see that behind this wall was a big, black iron door!
After a few more hits, Butler Martinez directly peeled off the wall, exposing the big iron door behind the wall. The big iron door was about two meters high and one meter wide. Except for a keyhole in the middle of the iron door, there were no other markings on the iron door.
Seeing the iron gate appear, Butler Martinez threw the hammer in his hand to the side, and a complicated look appeared in his old eyes. There were tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of ancient books in the Ferguson family's storage, but without exception, there was no record of this iron gate in any form. This iron gate and its current location only existed in the oral tradition of the Ferguson family's patriarchs!
This iron door was made of refined steel. Once the door was locked, unless there was a special way to open it, it would be very difficult to blow it open even with tons of gunpowder. Behind this iron door was the Ferguson Manor, the location of the most secretive secret passage for the head of the family. According to the Ferguson family's rules, the secret passage that belonged to the head of the family and the first in line of succession could only be known by the head of the family. Then, when the first in line of succession reached adulthood, the head of the family would personally explain it to the first in line of succession.
Although he was the butler of the family and a member of the family's council of elders, according to the rules, Martinez didn't know the location of this secret passage before. However, more than a year ago, Connor's father, Alfredo Ferguson, was seriously ill and knew that he didn't have much time left. When he saw that Connor hadn't returned to the family for a long time, he was in despair. He was afraid that he wouldn't see Connor return while he was still alive.
Therefore, in order to prevent the secret passage of the master of the Ferguson Manor from being lost, Alfredo Ferguson made a very bold decision. He broke the tradition of the master of the Ferguson family telling the first successor about the secret passage. He made an exception and told the location of the secret passage to his most trusted butler, Butler Martinez, who had worked hard for the family all his life. He hoped that Butler Martinez would tell the secret of the secret passage to Connor on his behalf after his death.
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