Chapter 284: Turnaround
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They have been resting early these days. Because they had to get up much earlier than usual the next day, they needed to go to Huolan City and finish breakfast before Zhen Lihua and the others got up. In this way, there will be no delay in hearing the other party discuss things. Of course, if Zhen Lihua and the others like to get up in the middle of the night and sit together to conspire, Su Miao and they have no choice.
Su Miao and Song Chen would not guard Zhen Lihua all night. First, the matter is not urgent to this extent; On the other hand, if they really want to follow up all night, they will send people to Hengqing Hall to rotate each other. Otherwise, the two of them would have to stay apart for half a day. Song Chen had no problem, but he didn't worry about Su Miao guarding alone. You said that what if the other party got up in the middle of the night and ran to another place to do something, what if Su Miao followed and didn't know the way back?
So as soon as Su Miao brought up this meaning at that time, Song Chen quickly persuaded her to dispel this idea.
The next day, just after breakfast in a restaurant in Huolan City, Su Miao asked Song Chen: "Ah Chen, which house will we go to first?" "Yesterday, they discussed that today they will get Duan Yi's legendary picture album with jade pendants and Zhen Lihua's jade phoenix to make a comparison, but they have not yet detailed the specific action steps.
"Let's go to Duan Mansion first!" Song Chen had already thought about it, "Zhen Lihua's jade phoenix is in the light, and the atlas of the Duan Mansion is in the dark, and so far, we have only heard him talk about it, and we haven't seen the real thing yet!" It can be a little trickier to find, but that's one thing. ”
"On the other hand, Duan Yi's atlas will not be carried with him, and now that he has found the 'master' of Yufeng, it is estimated that he will put it on the shelf and will not take it out as often as before. In this case, even if we take something away, he will not notice it for a while; But if we want to get Zhen Lihua's jade phoenix, I'm afraid we will have to use some medicine, although we can pour the three of their ancestors and grandchildren together, but if we don't have an atlas in our hands at that time, we can only take the jade pendant away, and when they wake up, they won't remember that they were drugged, but they will also notice that the jade phoenix is missing, right? Even if we went to get the atlas very quickly, we would have left these three unconscious people there, in case the people in the house found out about the matter...... Further, even if we stunned everyone in the entire house, wouldn't Duan Yi still send someone to find Zhen Lihua? ”
"Okay, then go to Duan Mansion first." Su Miao nodded, suddenly a little interested, she smiled at Song Chen, "Speaking of which, it's been a long time since we've been to explore someone else's treasure room!" "Since that atlas is so important and can be used as evidence to authenticate their descendants of the Yasukuni royal family, that Duan Yi should be regarded as a treasure. It is said that the copy in Dong Zhao's hand is a copy he copied, such an important thing, the original must be very well hidden. Just in case an accident destroys the album. And if you want to keep the album safe and sound even in a house that accidentally catches fire, it must be placed in a secret room that won't be affected by fire, right?
"If there is a treasure room, the entrance should be in Duan Yi's study." Song Chen said very firmly, "We have been to Duan's Mansion all the times, and the Duan Yi we see is usually in the study unless he goes to the council hall or goes to sleep with dinner. ”
"But could that just be a cover?" Su Miao was a little skeptical, "Everyone knows that Duan Yiai is staying in the study, in case someone happens to come to him to report after he enters the secret room, or if Duan Lianqing breaks in and finds that there is no one inside, won't it be exposed?" ”
"With Duan Yi's cautious temperament, if it weren't for the urgency of something that couldn't be more urgent, he would definitely not enter the secret room during the day......" Although Song Chen had seen Duan Yi a few times in total, he already had a very thorough understanding of the other party's temperament, "What's more, Duan Lianqing may not know about the existence of the secret room at all." This is not surprising, Duan Lianqing has always been cultivated by Duan Yi as the next sect leader, wasn't it seen as a test before they went to the ruins of Wandao Lake to get that thing? In this case, Duan Lianqing may be the only person other than Duan Yi who knows about the existence of the secret room and the method of entry. ”
"In that case, I wouldn't have gone out so early...... If you go to Duan Mansion now, it doesn't seem to be too convenient to enter the secret room. Su Yan said regretfully, "Although even if Duan Yi is here, we can knock him out and bring him into the secret room, but someone may come to Duan Yi during the day...... If it was someone else, if it was Duan Lianqing, I always felt that she seemed to be holding back something! When she saw that Duan Yi was not there, she just waited for the opportunity to enter the treasure room to find the atlas or something-"Their whereabouts can not be leaked, or not leaked."
"The treasure room in the study is just a hypothetical...... Song Chen said slowly, "We have to go over and investigate the situation first to see if our estimate is accurate." Maybe there isn't a treasure room at all? If Duan Yi directly mixed the album into the book, it would have to be easy to find. The more Song Chen thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible, because Duan Yi's study was huge, and there were many wooden bookshelves in it, full of books. If it's really in the pile of books, it won't be a long time to turn over!
“…… If that's the case, that's a bit of a problem. Su Miao pondered for a solution, "If you look for it during the day, even if you subdue Duan Yi, you have to guard against Duan Lianqing and the others; At night, although it stands to reason that Duan Yi and Duan Lianqing should not be there, it will be very conspicuous when the lights are lit at night, right? In that case, I'm going to have to make some cloth that will cover all the light. Or maybe find a way to keep the candlelight out of the window? ”
Song Chen finally made a decision: "Then it's decided." Let's go over and see what the situation is. If there is really a treasure room, then after taking Duan Yi in, the two of us will divide the work, one person is responsible for finding things, and the other is staying inside the entrance while guarding, if Duan Lianqing enters, she will also be stunned. After finding something, let them recover, and then Lian Qing didn't dare to tell her about fainting in the secret room, because she was afraid that Duan Yi would blame-"
Su Miao felt that Song Chen's method was feasible, she could stay at the entrance to be vigilant, and she didn't need to use force at that time, she only needed to sprinkle the drugged powder on the small section of the entrance.
"If we don't have any treasure rooms after finding them, let's go back to the inn in Silver Lan City first. Once you've got all the cloth or candles you need ready, we'll go over the books! ”
Originally, they had planned to encounter the worst situation before going to Duan Mansion, but when they arrived, Duan Yi was explaining to the others in the council hall the reason why Zhen Wangnan and Tang Miao would suddenly appear.
It's a long story......
In other words, Song Chen and Su Miao had plenty of time to find out the secrets in Duan Yi's study.
At that moment, Song Chen and Su Miao seized the time and ran towards Duan Yi's study instead. As expected, when Duan Yi was away, the doors and windows of the study were closed, and the door seemed to be unlocked, but there were people passing by in front of the door from time to time. Su Miao and the others looked at a gap, flew to the door and pushed it one by one, and the two of them were already in the study.
In broad daylight, even if the doors and windows are closed, the light in the study is still very sufficient, Su Miao is not good at tricks, seeing that Song Chen began to look and touch in the house, she consciously took on the responsibility of vigilance, while looking at the room full of books, and sighed in her heart: If you really want to find it one by one, it will be more huge than when they found the local chronicles in the mansion of Cuilan City!
If the atlas was mixed with the book, where would Duan Yi put it? Surely it won't be on this shelf outside, right? Because most people start looking for things in the closest place, it is too risky to leave things out there so big. Of course, there will be people who do the opposite, but if you meet someone who doesn't like to make inferences from common sense, then you will be smart and mistaken by cleverness.
Su Miao wandered between the frames, looking at the place, thinking to herself if she wanted to hide a book in the study, where would she put it? It should be left or right in the center, right? Because if you are rummaging, someone will start from the left, someone will start from the right, and someone will start from the middle, so if you put it in the position she has set, it is most likely that it will not be found in the first place. This stalled for time for its owner. Of course, if the owner does not come back for a long time, so that the other party has enough time to look for it, there will always be a time to find it.
Therefore, Su Miao will not put important things in a place where others can find them.
Su Miao thought whimsically, while casually flipping through the books on the shelves, if there really is no treasure room or anything like that, then she will start doing some work first, and then when she comes back at night, she will be able to flip a little less. However, she also paid great attention to the fact that each book was restored to its original state after being turned over, because if Duan Yi really hid the books on the shelf, then he should pay special attention to what the books were originally arranged, and if she rashly messed up, it would definitely arouse Duan Yi's vigilance.
Su Miao walked as she flipped through, and just as she was almost finishing a whole row of books along the bookshelf, she heard a "click" on her right-
"Found it!" At the same time, Song Chen's suppressed voice sounded.
"Really?" Su Miao asked in surprise, and after not forgetting to put the book in her hand back on the bookshelf as it was, she quickly arrived at Song Chen's side. That's great! Looks like you don't have to rummage through the bookshelves!
A downward passage appeared on the ground in front of Song Chen's feet, and on the wall on his right, there was a panel that was recessed inward, which seemed to be the switch of the secret room. At this time, the light in the room was bright, and you could see that the passage was not long, and after only going down a dozen steps, you could see the bottom, which was an unremarkable wall.
"Such a shallow chamber?" Su Miao was surprised, "And there's nothing in it, it's too shabby!" ”
Song Chen glanced at it and said, "There are steps in the right corner of the wall." The real treasure room should be around the corner. As he spoke, he took out a fire fold and blew it up, and walked down first.
Su Miao followed, and after walking down more than a dozen steps, she looked to the right, and sure enough, there was still a step to continue to go down. Turning and taking two steps down, they saw a bulge in the wall. Song Chen reached out and pressed it without thinking about it. Then there was another "click", and the floor of the entrance to the top was closed.
Su Miao looked left and right: "Ah Chen, you closed the entrance, where will we go when we come out?" Do you need to look for a mechanism first? ”
"No, you don't." Song Chen looked at the opposite wall in the same position as the bulge, "The setting of this kind of mechanism is symmetrical, and the mechanism that opens the entrance should be there." ”
Since Song Chen said so, then Su Miao had nothing to worry about. She followed Song Chen and continued to walk down a few steps, and came to a square space, except for the entrance where they entered, the other three walls were full of shelves, but instead of books, boxes were placed one after another.
It's smaller than a study, but there may be more boxes than books for what you're looking for, so it's quick to rummage through. After a cup of tea, Su Miao and Song Chen had already rummaged through these boxes, and in a small box in the bottom row of the wall on their right, they found a booklet without any text description on the cover.
Song Chen flipped through the booklet quickly, then opened a page and handed it to Su Miao: "Miaomiao, look! Jade Phoenix! ”
Counting the time, Duan Yi's side should be almost over, and now that the things have arrived, Su Miao and the others will no longer stay in the secret room. There are a lot of treasures in the secret room, I don't know if it was the treasures that the ancestors of the Duan family helped the prince to keep when they fled, or if the people of the Duan family earned them back over the years. Anyway, they didn't take anything else with them except the booklet, including the small box containing the booklet.
After the two came out, Song Chen restored the entrance of the mechanism, and when they heard that there was no movement outside, they returned to the roof the same way.
"Next, is it going to Zhen's Mansion?" Su Miao's eyes sparkled as she looked at Song Chen. Things went more smoothly than she expected, which put her in a good mood.
"Let's have lunch first!" Song Chen shook his head and said with a smile, "But it may not be a little early for lunch at this time, I suggest that we go to Duan Lianqing's courtyard to have a look!" Duan Lianqing was so calm that it was hard to believe that she didn't have something brewing.