In the center of the manor is a three-story villa, where 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 Hepzibah Smith, an avid collector.

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

On the way the elf 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 Penello recognizes include ash snakes, big-headed monsters, soft-clawed land shrimps, Riem cattle, etc. There are also some that Penelo does not recognize. One of them is like A large durian or a large balloon covered with thorns with a leopard's head on it made her feel the most dangerous.

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 crossing 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 couch 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. thing, so 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 that is involved in……"

"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 have thrown away all these nasty things."

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

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

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

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

A lie is the most deceptive when it is 90% true and 10% false. In fact, most of what Penello said is true. Amelia Bones herself was really busy during this time. On the one hand She has to compete for power with the Fudge faction in the Ministry of Magic, which is lagging behind. On the other hand, she needs to be responsible for her own views, deploy troops to detect the movements of the Death Eaters, and make preparations for Voldemort to come out.

After all, even if Ye Ting promises, It will take time to destroy Voldemort.

Moreover, if Bones does nothing, even if Ye Ting destroys Voldemort, she will not get much benefit.

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

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

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

Of course, Penelo and Zhang Qiu are not Bones' subordinates, but Manasseh didn’t know.

Therefore, Penelo’s explanation deceived her perfectly.

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

"It is rumored that the Smith family is descended from Helga Hufflepuff. Is this true?"Zhang Qiu asked at the right time.

"Of course," Manasseh held his head high and said with a little pride,"Our family tree goes all the way back to Helga Hufflepuff. In fact, generations of our family have been Hufflepuff graduates."

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

"Hufflepuff's Gold Cup?"As soon as this name was mentioned, Manasseh became alert. She frowned and looked at Penelo,"Why do you want to know this? 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."

"The Dark Lord?"Manasseh's frown deepened.

"Maybe you've heard of him by another name," Qiu Zhang added,"Tom Riddle"

"Ah, it's him! After hearing the name, Manasseh immediately screamed,"I seem to know him... I see... he is the real murderer!""

Seeing Manasseh's suddenly enlightened look, the two girls looked at each other, wondering what was going on.

After a long while, Penelope asked tentatively:"Excuse me, is there anything related to Tom Riddle and Hufflepuff's golden cup? ?"

"Well, this is 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 Hezipah. The whereabouts of the Qijin Cup may be related to what happened 49 years ago……"

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