Chapter Ninety-Seven: An Investigation of the Servant's Courtyard
This is a small courtyard, only slightly larger than the average courtyard.
Directly to the courtyard gate is a stone path for two people to walk side by side, and at the other end of the path is a cluster of low houses that occupy most of the courtyard.
The house was built in a very ordinary way, with no cloisters and no carvings. There is a small flower stand under the corner of the east wall, the shelf is very small, and there are only two or three small benches for one person to sit underneath.
On the west corner of the small courtyard, there is a locust tree, the body of the tree is extremely high, the branches and leaves are dense, covering half of the small courtyard. The alluring green that the two of them had seen outside before was the branches and leaves of this tall locust tree sticking out of the wall.
"Come on. ”
Liu Shuangli pulled Lan'er who was still stunned again.
The position where the two of them were standing at this moment was by the wall on the west side of the small courtyard, very close to the tall locust tree. On the left-hand side is a bungalow that is clearly in disrepair.
When I got closer, it was just a utility room, and some shovels, barrels, and other tools were stacked in a small room.
Liu Shuangli dragged Lan'er's hand over the utility room and came to the community house where the servants lived.
Looking through the paper window, in addition to a large cabinet standing against the wall on each side, in the middle of the room is a large bunk that can be used to sleep side by side with five or six adults.
Liu Shuangli only glanced at it and turned his face away, and then looked down, the other houses in this small courtyard were all furnished in this style, no different.
There is nothing to look at, Liu Shuangli shook his head, dragged Lan'er to the courtyard wall, and then took a vertical leap over the low courtyard wall and fell into the small courtyard next door.
The courtyard next door is similar, but it is slightly smaller, and there are a few fewer rooms.
Liu Shuangli hurriedly glanced at it, didn't look at it anymore, dragged Lan'er quickly over the courtyard wall, and came to another courtyard.
In this way, Lan'er was dragged by her young lady through one small courtyard after another, from the initial utility room with a large bunk, to the later well-equipped courtyard with a stove patio, and several big tree pavilions in the middle, Lan'er didn't find that her young lady had the slightest intention of staying.
This is here to cool off, this is clearly to find something hotter.
In the middle, you should also be careful to avoid the Chen family members who pass by or rest in the courtyard house from time to time. Lan'er was dragged by her young lady several times to dodge, the young lady's hand strength was so strong, the pace was so fast, every time she was dragged so much that she almost screamed, but fortunately, every time her young lady was in a hurry to cover her mouth.
After a few more times, Lan'er finally got used to numbness, and although her heart still beat hard every time, she instinctively didn't have the urge to cry out anymore.
After several times like this, Lan'er was simple and ignorant, and she also understood that she was brought here by her young lady to investigate the matter.
Jumping over another courtyard, Lan'er was already sweating profusely, panting, and the steps under her feet were even more vain and completely devoid. Looking at her young lady again, although her face was also covered with a layer of sweat, it was only a thin layer, her breathing was also very stable, and her steps were as solid and powerful as before.
Miss, is this still a human being?
Could it be that people who practice martial arts don't know how to get tired?
"Are you tired?"
Liu Shuangli finally stopped walking forward when Lan'er almost fell again, and turned back to Lan'er to ask.
"It's okay, little, Miss doesn't, don't, leave me alone, continue—continue—before—" Lan'er gasped and replied, but the words were almost incomplete.
Liu Shuangli looked at Lan'er's strong appearance and smiled: "Let's take a break." He took Lan'er's sweaty hand and walked slowly to the shade.
The small courtyard here also has a small flower shelf, and a large bluestone slab is placed under the shelf, which is large enough for one person to lie down and rest.
The two sat side by side on the big bluestone, Lan'er leaned against the shelf, took out the water bag prepared for the matter, poured a few sips, and rested for a while, finally couldn't hold back the curiosity in her heart, and asked out loud: "Miss, what is this checking again?"
"Don't check anything. Liu Shuangli squinted and smiled, handed the water bag he had drunk to Lan'er, and said, "I'm just curious about how the people of the big family live, so let's take a look." ”
Lan'er: ......
Miss, is it really okay for you to talk nonsense with your eyes open like this?
Although Lan'er is a little stupid, she is not completely stupid.
……
Liu Shuangli was still smiling as always, ignoring Lan'er, who was staring at her displeasure with a straight face, and took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat that was still rising on her face.
Lan'er was stunned for a while, and after a while she was sure that her young lady would not say any more, she hurriedly snatched the handkerchief in the young lady's hand, wiped a few handfuls vigorously, and finally said with an apologetic face: "The young lady's handkerchief is dirty, Lan'er will take it first, and then return it to the young lady after washing it." ”
Liu Shuangli nodded with a smile, turned his eyes to look into the distance, paused and said suddenly: "Lan'er, have you ever heard that two months ago, the second son of the Chen family was hit by a carriage and died?"
"Second son Chen?" Lan'er was stunned and replied puzzled, "How can I not have heard of this, this matter spread so much at that time, everyone in the streets and alleys was talking." The sisters and aunts in the neighborhood were talking about this when they were free, and Lan'er listened a lot to it. ”
"Yes, what does Lan'er think about this?"
"What do you think?" Lan'er was stunned again and shook her head, "Lan'er just listened to the gossip of others, but her father and mother didn't let her mention it or let our brothers and sisters talk about it." Therefore, Lan'er didn't know what this was about, and she couldn't say it. Why is the young lady asking this? Isn't this the home of Second Prince Chen?"
"Yes, when I came here, of course I was curious about the most powerful thing that has been spread recently, but Lan'er didn't say anything, so I had to forget it. Liu Shuangli shook his head with a smile and stopped talking.
Lan'er still didn't know why, but it was not good to ask again.
The clouds were getting thicker, and the sky was slowly getting darker.
Without the scorching sun, the weather should have turned cold, but because there was still no wind to see, the heat was stuffy, and I was very breathless.
After resting for two quarters of an hour, Lan'er finally stopped sweating, and her sweat-soaked clothes and hair were dry, so Liu Shuangli pulled her up and looked down.
The next courtyard is finally no longer a matching quadrangle.
This time, the courtyard is smaller than the previous walk, the house is only three small rooms, but it is not small than before, although it is not rich, but the green tiles and white walls, real bricks and solid materials.
Seeing this courtyard, Liu Shuangli's pace of moving forward finally slowed down, and she no longer climbed over the wall and left after a hurried glance in the courtyard as before. Instead, she ordered Lan'er to wait in front of the gate of the hospital, and if she heard that someone was coming, she would quickly come over to remind her. She used a wire to open the door and went into the house to check them one by one.
Lan'er didn't understand what her young lady was going to do, so she could only obediently obey orders every time.
In this way, he jumped over two more small courtyards, carefully avoiding the subordinates who passed by three times.
Seeing that the high wall of the dwelling under the partition was close in front of them, the five-entry courtyard of the Chen family's mansion had to be visited by them, but there was still nothing.
Liu Shuangli's cheerful state of mind is also a little indifferent.
climbed over the wall and entered a small courtyard, there was nothing left, and at the moment, according to the data of the Chen family's back house that Liu Shuangli knew in advance, it was already the penultimate one.
There was no one around, Liu Shuangli once again signaled Lan'er to wait in front of the courtyard gate, and if someone came, he quickly hid behind the house and woke her up.
She dodged and leaped to the front of the house.
This small courtyard also has three small houses with blue tiles and white walls, and the layout is also very simple, but very sturdy.
Liu Shuangli lightly opened the door with a wire, and then flashed in.
There was a large bed in the middle of the room, and at the end of the bed was a one-man tall cupboard, which was attached to the other side of the wall. There is also a small cabinet in front of the bed with random items on it. There was a table in front of the window, but it was empty. There was also a small table in the room, on which was a teapot and a few cups, and a few small chairs.
There was nothing left in the house but that.
It is a very simple single room.
Liu Shuangli swept around, first looked for the case in front of the window, cautiously, and then put it back to the original state after checking it, and there was no trace of dust under the feet of the case. Then I looked through them one by one, the table, the chairs, the bed, and the cupboards, and even the bottom of the bed.
After some inspection, it was still the same as before, and there was nothing to find.
Liu Shuangli shook his head in disappointment, turned around and walked out of the house, locked the house as it was, and then opened the next room in the same way. I also carefully searched them one by one, but still found nothing. And then to the third room, the same result.
Liu Shuangli sighed lightly, walked out of the third room, closed the lock, swept the yard in disappointment, and smiled bitterly at Lan'er, who was standing behind the door.
Raising the step was about to leave, something suddenly flashed in his mind, Liu Shuangli lowered his head and thought about it, what he had just checked, there seemed to be something wrong. With a sudden jump in her heart, she turned around sharply and quickly turned back to the room she had just left.
The wire he was still using lightly opened the door again, and then dodged in.
The house is not large, with the same layout as the first two rooms. A large bed, pressed against both sides of the wall, takes up one-third of the space in the room, a large cupboard at the end of the bed and a small utility cabinet at the head of the bed.
I don't see any difference.
Liu Shuangli twisted his eyebrows and slowly walked to the small cabinet at the head of the bed and looked down.
The cabinet is the most common style in ordinary people's homes, and although it is new, it is also inconspicuous. One side of the cabinet is against the wooden frame at the head of the bed, and the back is against the wall. Two wooden boxes and a used rag were randomly placed on top of the cabinet.
Everything looks so ordinary, so there shouldn't be any problems.
It's just that that rag, no matter how you look at it, should be torn off from a rag and used as a rag.
The cloth had apparently been used many times, and it was so gray that it was no longer visible in its original color.
Liu Shuangli stretched out his hand and gently flipped through the dirty rag, and his heart couldn't help jumping again.
The scattered dust chips on the cloth are not ordinary dust, but crumbs of lime powder.
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