"Qiuqiu's body hasn't recovered yet, I understand if you want to hide it from her for the time being, but you can't lie to me. ”

After hesitating for a moment, Li Qing nodded very seriously: "I also found out the clues a few days ago, Qiuqiu was attacked this time, and it was Lin Sheng who did it." ”

"What!" Ning Manxuan's eyes widened in disbelief, "Lin Sheng, isn't he Qiuqiu's grandfather?"

Li Qing couldn't help but smile bitterly: "That's right, the struggle for power of the big family is really incredible sometimes. ”

"Then you this time..."

"Solve the trouble. Li Qingjing said to himself, "I reached an agreement with Lin Sheng to let Qiuqiu leave the Lin family. Although the process was a bit tortuous, the ultimate goal was achieved. ”

"That's why you have to hide it from Qiuqiu, I understand. Ning Manxuan bowed her head slightly, "You did the right thing, Qiuqiu's injury is not healed yet, let her know it later." ”

Ning Manxuan didn't mention it again, and walked along the sidewalk side by side with Li Qing, the two of them said very little along the way, as if they deliberately did not touch something, and finally bought some supper at a roadside restaurant and brought it back to the ward.

Lin Qiuqiu has a good appetite, and she can eat and drink during this period of recuperation, Ning Manxuan joked that when she recovers, she will become a pig.

After eating, Ning Manxuan went back to her room to rest, and Li Qing accompanied Lin Qiuqiu to talk for a while and coaxed her to sleep.

"Does the wound still hurt?" asked Li Qing softly.

"It hurts, it's a little itchy. Lin Qiuqiu pursed her ruddy little mouth and said softly.

Li Qing smiled and leaned forward: "Let me see?"

Lin Qiuqiu blushed at the moment: "You are really shameless." ”

"Uh, let me look at your wounds, why are you shameless?"

"You don't just want to see it, you just want to see it..."Lin Qiuqiu covered his little face with the quilt, and he was so ashamed that he couldn't speak.

With such a sometimes sexy and charming, sometimes delicate and lovely woman to accompany her for the rest of her life, Li Qing really didn't know that she had cultivated for several lifetimes.

"Old husband and wife, what are you afraid of, I'll take a look. Li Qing said and reached out to unbutton Lin Qiuqiu's hospital gown.

"Don't make a fuss, Manxuan is still in the house. Lin Qiuqiu knocked Li Qing's restless hand away and rolled her eyes at him.

Hearing Lin Qiuqiu mention Ning Manxuan, Li Qing's joking mind just now suddenly became sluggish, and he sighed softly. Lin Qiuqiu naturally noticed Li Qing's changes, and said in a low voice: "Li Qing, I actually feel quite sorry for Man Xuan. ”

"Qiuqiu, in this life, it is impossible to get everything, in order not to let others suffer more harm, I have learned how to choose. A smile appeared on the corner of Li Qing's mouth, and he helped Lin Qiuqiu fold the quilt, "It's late, you're not in good health now, go to bed early." ”

has been sleeping with Lin Qiuqiu, Li Qingcai quietly left the ** side, wrapped a blanket and slept on the sofa next to him for a night.

Early the next morning, when Li Qing accompanied Lin Qiuqiu and Ning Manxuan to breakfast, Xie Yuyan called. It is clear that some progress has been made on that metal box from yesterday.

Li Qing hurriedly ate something, then picked up his coat and went out of the door, going straight to Xie's house. When he arrived, Qi Yiping was already waiting there early.

Entering the room with a chill, Li Qing pulled a chair and sat closer to the stove, and asked while roasting the fire, "What did you find?"

Xie Yuyan saw that he was cold, so he stuffed the hand warmer in his hand into his arms, then leaned back, and said coldly: "The liquid in the box yesterday, I asked people to check it overnight, and it is indeed acid." ”

Qi Yiping grinned: "What is that stinking smell?"

"It's a corpse. Xie Yuyan said lightly.

Li Qing and Qi Yiping both stiffened, staring at Xie Yuyan in disbelief with their mouths slightly open: "What!"

"Corpses. Xie Yuyan's voice was still unhurried, "I don't know if it's a human or a beast yet." However, I prefer the former, after all, it would be too much to say that there was such a big commotion that it would be the corpse of a wild beast. ”

Li Qing exhaled, only to feel that it seemed to be a little colder out of thin air. He turned his head to look out the window, and the small waterhole outside had formed a layer of ice floe, and colorful koi fish could be faintly seen swimming underneath.

"You mean to say that those corpses were melted in acid and then sealed in cast copper, right?" Li Qing's voice was a little dry, and even changed his tone slightly.

"Not bad. Xie Yuyan nodded slightly, "Not only that, but there are also some other things found in those liquids." ”

While speaking, Xie Yuyan took out a piece of printing paper from the pocket of his robe and handed it to Li Qing.

Li Qing was about to reach out to pick it up, but Qi Yiping grabbed it first, squinted his eyes and looked at it, then raised his head and looked blank: "What is this?

"I don't know what you're robbing. Xie Yuyan glared at Qi Yiping impatiently, "This is the ingredient list of that liquid, there are many ingredients in it, all of which are derived from medicinal herbs, and even cinnabar, anointing oil, mercury and other things." ”

"Medicinal herbs?" Li Qing was a little confused, "What does this mean? Could it be that this thing can cure diseases?"

The jade hand held his chin, Xie Yuyan pondered for a long time before he said softly: "The casting time of these bronzes is at least two thousand years old. I think it's more like an ancient sorcery, or a sacrifice or something. ”

Qi Yiping stood up suddenly: "Isn't this nonsense? What does the crooked path of the evil sect thousands of years ago have to do with today? The Chen family even built a secret room alone to hide it?"

"Uncle Qi, don't be so surprised, sit down honestly, let's talk well. Li Qing frowned, this Qi Yiping really deserves a military background, no matter what he does, he is in a hurry, as if he wants to swallow a fat man in one bite.

"I just don't understand, what's the point of engaging in these things?" Qi Yiping sat down, propped his arms on his thighs and gasped, "In my opinion, directly seal that secret room, as for what it is used for, what is it used for, let's leave it alone." ”

Xiu raised his eyebrows slightly, Xie Yuyan turned his head and looked at Qi Yiping: "Are you afraid?"

"This thing...," Qi Yiping muttered, "Evil." ”

Li Qing stretched out his hand and took the printing paper, looked at it carefully, and nodded slightly: "Yes, the sulfur, cinnabar, mercury and other things in here are all used for alchemy in ancient times. ”

Reaching out and gently rubbing his temples, Xie Yuyan frowned slightly: "No matter what it is for, it happened thousands of years ago, what does it have to do with people now?" I mainly can't understand what the purpose of the Chen family is to make these things. ”

Saying that, Xie Yuyan raised his head and looked at Qi Yiping again: "I'll ask you to send someone down again to check the situation in that secret room, but is there any news?"

"I got my heart struck, and last night I ordered someone to do it, and found two young people who specialized in building construction. Their teachers are all well-known scholars in the industry, and I originally wanted to get the old guy into the water, but it turned out that he was too old and had to send the younger one down. Qi Yiping said, and also took out a drawing from his arms and handed it to Xie Yuyan.

Receiving the drawings in his hand, Xie Yuyan didn't look at them, and threw them directly on the table on the side, and then asked himself, "What's the situation?"

When the young men came back, they said that there should have been no water in the secret room. When Qi Yiping said this, his face suddenly looked a little weird.

Li Qing was speechless: "Isn't this nonsense, after the secret room was blown open by me, I poured water into it, which is normal." ”

"That's not what it meant. Qi Yiping waved his hand, "What I invited those people means is that the original intention of building this secret room was that there was no water. But after the repair, there was water pouring in. In fact, before you blew up that chamber, there was water inside. ”

Stretching out his hand and scratching his head, Li Qing glanced at Xie Yuyan: "Am I stupid?"

"I didn't understand. Xie Yuyan said lightly, "Your level of expression is really lacking." ”

Qi Yiping stretched out his hand and gestured in mid-air: "I'll just tell you two like this, that secret room has no door." Not just without a door, it's sealed from the inside. ”

Li Qing and Xie Yuyan glanced at each other, and their eyes couldn't help but be a little stunned: "Sealed from the inside?"

"In other words, the craftsman who built the secret room was sealed inside and did not come out?"

"That's right. Qi Yiping nodded hurriedly, "You should have heard of the ancient imperial tombs, after the mausoleum is repaired, in order not to leak the news, the craftsmen who built the underground palace will be sealed inside." Although this secret room is not as imposing as the imperial tomb, it also adopts this method. ”

Li Qing glared: "Then what do you mean by mentioning that there is stagnant water in the secret room just now, is there anything in between?"

Xie Yuyan turned his head and looked at Li Qing with beautiful eyes: "Don't you understand?"

opened his mouth, and a flash of inspiration flashed him, and Li Qing suddenly realized: "In order to survive, the craftsman who built the secret room secretly left a secret door to escape, so there is stagnant water in the underground palace, right?"

"Hahahaha, I didn't expect you two little guys to be so smart. Qi Yiping slapped his face and smiled, "It's really good, but it's not a secret door, it's just a temporary tunnel, and it has been dug into the sea." We couldn't find the bodies of the Artisans in the vault, so they must have all escaped. ”

After pondering for a while, Li Qing said in a deep voice: "If this is the case, everything will make sense." Since there was stagnant water in advance, and there was a secret passage connected to it, those strange fish also had a living environment, and it seemed that they really came from that secret room. ”