Chapter 116: At the mercy of others
"Sister." Lan Xuewu recovered from the thrill of Fang Cai, and immediately became lively again, she was held by Qiao Yixia tightly, and said, "Now like this, it feels like the scene of a suspense novel I read before." What's it called, yes, "Murder on the Orient Express", we are trapped here now, we can't get in and can't get out, it's really super like the 'Blizzard Mountain Villa model'......, and I'm still a little scared. ”
Meng Liuchen followed Lu Xifei and said like a bodyguard: "With my sister here, let alone a blizzard, even if it is the great destruction of the universe, you don't have to be afraid." ”
"Cut, Brother Liuchen, I should say this sentence. Don't underestimate my sister, she's no worse than Sister Lu. ”
With Meng Liuchen and Lan Xuewu, it added a bit of joy, and the four of them were not like exploring, but like traveling. The cave is long and winding, as if there is no end to it. Walking around, it was as if I had come back to square one.
Suddenly.
"Ahh
This cry did not come from Meng Liuchen, not from Lan Xuewu, not from Lu Xifei, but from Qiao Yixia. Hearing the sound, Lu Xi, who had been at the forefront, froze and trotted a few steps to hug Qiao Yixia, who was staring at a pair of eyes and had a dull face. Lan Xuewu was also frightened, in her impression, she had never seen Qiao Yixia like this, she took a few steps back and hugged Meng Liuchen's shoulder, Meng Liuchen patted her back to express comfort.
"Natsu, what's wrong?"
"Let go of me!" Qiao Yixia pushed Lu Xifei away, and the force was so strong that Lu Xifei was directly thrown to the ground by her.
Meng Liuchen stepped forward to help her up, and she went to hug her again.
"Xia, I'm Xiyu."
"Blood." Qiao Yixia squatted on the ground, stretched out her hand to pull the ball of straw on the ground, Lu Xihua took a closer look, and found that it was red, very much like a pool of blood, Qiao Yixia kept shaking, looking down at her hands, "I killed someone, I killed someone......" After speaking, she suddenly laughed, as if she was stupid, got up and ran to the opposite side, wanting to hit her head on the hard stone.
Lu Xifei hugged her from behind, but at this moment, Qiao Yixia, who was hysterical, didn't say it was her, even Meng Liuchen couldn't stop her.
"Get out!"
Lan Xuewu stood in place and shook her head with tears in her eyes, she didn't know why it was like this, what happened to her sister, what was she going to do.
"Sister!"
It was not Lan Xuewu who screamed, but Meng Liuchen. She saw that Lu Xifei put her hand on the big rock that Qiao Yixia was about to collide with, and went up to desperately pull Qiao Yixia away, and Lan Xuewu also mustered up the courage to go up and hug her. When he heard Lu Xifei say to him, Liuchen, don't hurt her, Meng Liuchen felt that he wanted to cry. He suddenly felt that he should stop Luci from coming here, otherwise this would not have happened and his sister would not have been hurt.
"I killed someone, I killed someone, Dad, you forgive me, Dad!"
Looking at Qiao Yixia, who suddenly went insane, Meng Liuchen couldn't help but feel distressed: "Sister, is Yixia an evil spirit?" He took her hand and looked at it carefully, "But she's wearing a ring, it's impossible, what's going on?" Why is this happening all of a sudden? ”
"Sister Lu." Lan Xuewu wiped the tears on her face and pointed to Lu Xizhu's hand, "Your hand is bleeding......"
"Oops, I didn't have bandages and potions either, what if I got infected." Meng Liuchen said with annoyance.
"Out of the way." Lu Xiyu squatted down and took Qiao Yixia, who was a little calmer, from Meng Liuchen's arms, "Wait a minute, someone should be coming soon." Don't stare at her, let her be quiet. ”
Her lips turned from red to white, and her forehead was sweating, and Lucy gently patted her, so that she could be relieved. Lan Xuewu sat beside Qiao Yixia with her legs crossed, and wiped the sweat on her head with a towel. Meng Liuchen walked around the neighborhood, hoping that someone would come looking for them sooner. He leaned down, put on his gloves, and reached out to touch a puddle of light gray powder from the haystack on the ground.
"Sister, this seems to be zinc powder."
"Zinc powder?"
"Hmm." Meng Liuchen nodded, took out a small glass bottle from his bag, and got some in, "You can check it when you go back, it's really strange, how can there be such a thing here." Sister, let's stay away, this thing is too poisonous. ”
Qiao Yixia closed her eyes, let out an even breathing sound, and had fallen asleep. Meng Liuchen picked her up, and a few people walked in the direction of the entrance of the cave.
"You wait here, I'll go in and have a look." Luci said.
"Sister." Meng Liuchen grabbed her, "I'll go with you." ”
"You stay here." Lu Xifei refused, "Take care of Yixia and Xuewu, I'll go back as soon as I go." ”
Lu Xifei walked along the road again, and found that this cave was like a * array, going around and around, and it was easy to detour people with a bad sense of direction into east, west, north and south, and could not find the exit. Suddenly, she found that there was a very flat place on the uneven stone wall on both sides, covered with a cloth, and there was a pile of straw, she removed the straw, the cloth was lifted, reached out and touched it, took out her mobile phone so that she could see clearly, she found that this place was very much like a door, the surroundings were very rugged, potholes, only this one was very smooth, and there were gaps, what could be on the side of the door.
"Sister!" Meng Liuchen's voice got closer and closer, until it appeared in front of her eyes, "Someone is coming, we can go out." ”
"Got it."
It was Shijing's person who came to answer him, of course, not Charles himself, nor a casual pawn, but Charles's personal bodyguard, absolutely safe, and would never leak secrets. On the way back, Lan Xuewu had been in a trance, not frightened by this treacherous cave, but by her sister's sudden changes.
"Xuewu. Take your sister home. ”
"What? Do you want my sister to go back? Why? ”
"It's your sister's birthday." Qiao Yixia seems to be making trouble with her family, with her temper, I'm afraid she won't want to go home for her birthday if she doesn't force her.
"Yes. Alright then, I'll take my sister home first, and I'll definitely return it to you in good condition. ”
Lan Xuewu and Qiao Yixia returned to the Qiao family's mansion, Meng Liuchen followed Lu Xihua back to the apartment, it can be seen that Meng Liuchen is not very happy along the way, he always feels that he is a man, he should have taken the responsibility of protecting his sister, but he let his sister get hurt, and his self-esteem is very unbearable. Lu Xifei naturally saw through his thoughts, so he said that he wanted to follow, and she didn't refuse. I used to think that Meng Liuchen was an ignorant child, but as time went by, Lu Xifei found that he was actually a meticulous person, for example, he would gently help her apply medicine and tie gauze, and he would also give her a deep sense of security like a big man.
Before this moment came, she had never had such a thought even for a moment, she never thought that in this world, in addition to Lu Shuye, there would be such a man, which made her feel so at ease.
At three o'clock in the morning, the whole city fell into silence. He got up and boiled a glass of milk and handed it to her.
"She's coming home for her birthday, what about you, sister."
"Huh?"
"I mean, you live by yourself, I'm not at ease."
She couldn't help but laugh: "For a long time, I lived alone. ”
"Sister, I don't think Yi Xia is simply evil, she is a typical mental disorder, I think she may have some knots in her heart that have not been untied, or she has encountered some misfortunes before. In short, this is not a simple matter. She can self-harm like this today, and I can't say if this kind of thing will happen again in the future, if next time, she is not self-harming, but directly kills people and hurts you, then what should I do? He looked worried, "I don't mean to stir up your feelings, I'm just worried." ”
"You don't have to worry about this matter, don't ask about it, and don't make a noise. I've got my own measure. She rubbed her temples and looked tired, "It's not early, you go sleep on your side." Also, give me that glass bottle of yours. ”
Upon examination, it was found that the light gray powder in the vial was actually zinc powder. It is absolutely no accident that zinc powder appears in that kind of place. Thinking of the flat stone that resembled a door, Luci felt that this cave contained a long-buried secret, and the guardian of the secret was related to the owner of zinc powder.
Why did Zhu Yunhuan sue her for the existence of this cave? He was one of the participants in the treasure hunt, so why didn't he mention it too deeply to the police officer who investigated the case? What is the secret that keeps him wanting to talk and stop? Does it have anything to do with Lu's?
Regarding the results of the treasure hunt that year, the outside world has been divided, whether it is Zhu Yunhuan or the old man Lu but he never mentioned this matter, since this is the case, then it cannot deny the possibility of the success of the treasure hunt, is there a possibility, treasure hunting is not just a simple treasure hunt......
This woman, who had never missed a case before, had a deep sense of panic for the first time, and she felt that she looked down on Zhu Yunhuan. She is like a lifeless marionette, at the mercy of others, and Zhu Yunhuan is the behind-the-scenes manipulator.
She turned on the computer, typed a string of numbers on the search bar, and called up all the heavy news of that year, that month. Swiping the mouse wheel, the crimson light added a bit of gloom to the night. Her long fingers stopped moving, moving from the mouse to the screen. Her pupils dilated, and her eyebrows tightened. After about three minutes, she got up suddenly, and left the apartment without even bothering to fix her messy hair, leaving only a note.
This is the way to the house of the Lu family. When dawn came, the housekeeper greeted her with courtesy, and the Filipino maids bowed to her in uniform attire. She didn't look at them, and went straight to the storage room at the back of the house.
It is said to be a storage room, but in fact, the decoration is not random at all, and it is particularly chic in mid-air. This was repaired by Old Man Lu during his lifetime, and no one else was allowed to enter, even Lu Huiyun did not have the right to enter and exit at will. After Master Lu's death, Meng Qingdong doubted whether the storage room was a small private vault, and wanted to ask someone to pry it open several times, but because of Lu Huiyun and Lu Xifei, he didn't do it for a long time. It wasn't until Lu Huiyun passed away and Lu Xi went abroad that he finally put it into action, only to find that it was just some books, and even gramophones, CDs and the like, which were worthless.
Lu Xifei is not unaware of his father's "robber behavior", but he doesn't want to deal with him, this is the most frequented place when his grandfather is resting except for the study in the house, she insinuates in front of the servants that no one is allowed to enter, Meng Qingdong is extremely faceless by her at the moment.
She rummaged through the dusty desk in the storage room, and she didn't even remember putting on a mask, the dust blew into her nose, and she coughed irrepressibly, and her chest tightened.
Finally. She pulled out the thick notebook with the combination lock. When she was very young, Lu Huiyun took her to the study to find her grandfather, she remembered that he used a pen to brush things in such a notebook, if nothing else, this is his diary. She shook off the dust and held it tightly in her hands.