The gate of Chai Mansion was closed, and Marquis Yu was experienced, so he asked Wuhou and the city defense soldiers to surround the courtyard wall in advance, and really caught a few small guys who drilled dog holes.

Several soldiers climbed in through the dog cave, opened the door of the mansion without hindrance, the armor sounded, and countless soldiers lined up in two to enter the mansion, Yu Hou and Li Yan walked in the middle, and followed in unhurriedly.

Standing in the middle of the courtyard, Marquis Yu ordered: Gather everyone in Chai Mansion here, quickly!

Wuhou brought two chairs, and Li Yan sat down after a few excuses.

Suddenly, a soldier came to report: Chai Fu hanged himself!

"What?" Li Yan exclaimed in disbelief.

Yu Hou also frowned slightly, stroked his beard, and said: "Register all the gold, silver, jewelry, and valuable objects, and return to the official's house." ”

Turning his head, he saw Li Yan looking unrelenting, and said with a smile: "It's a pity to let this guy die so comfortably." ”

Li Yan hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It's good to be dead, it's good to be dead." ”

However, a question arose in his heart.

In Li Yan's impression, Chai Fu is a fairly big person, how could this kind of person end his life so easily.

Even if someone in the palace leaked the news and let him know the seriousness of the matter in advance, he would not be guilty of death.

At least there is a chance to fight, how can you hang yourself in a daze?

This is completely unconscionable.

Don't...... The person who hanged himself was not Chai Fu? Is it a stand-in?

Li Yan couldn't sit still, and said to Yu Hou: "The lower official wants to go and verify the body." ”

"Identity?" Marquis Yu is a military general, his mind is relatively coarse, he didn't think too much, and replied: "Master Li, let's go, Benhou will not go." ”

"Okay, okay, Yu Hou sits, and the next official will go back when he goes."

Li Yan walked to the back house with the corner of his clothes, and there were soldiers to guide him along the way, and he came to the courtyard where Chai Fu hanged himself.

After a simple glance at the layout of the courtyard, Li Yan concluded that the person who should live here should be Chai Fu's wife.

There were several soldiers who were carrying valuables outside, and when they saw Li Yan coming, they all clasped their fists and saluted.

"No need to be polite, where is Chai Fu?" Li Yan said kindly.

A handsome soldier pointed to the main room and said, "Go back to your lordship, hang it in that room." ”

The word hanging made Li Yan swallow his mouth, and he only took a step forward, then turned around and grabbed the handsome soldier, took out a fifty taels of silver ticket from his cuff and said, "Can you help Li take that guy off and put it on the ground?" ”

The handsome soldier didn't dare to answer, and said in a loud voice: "Your Excellency can just command, there is no need for this." ”

Li Yan's principle is "scatter more wealth and make friends with others", and the terrible thing is not that spending money is like running water, but that there is nowhere to spend money.

To survive in officialdom, people's hearts are the most important, and the most direct and effective way to win people's hearts is bribery.

In this era, having power is equal to having money, but having money does not necessarily mean having rights, Li Yan knows that as long as he holds the power, the money will continue to come to the door, so Li Yan never skimps on the money he buys.

Li Yan looked at Chai Fu, who was lying on the ground with a stiff body, and sighed helplessly, always saying that the world is impermanent, and now he is really touched.

When the enemy is straight in front of him, no one can hate it, a living person who was still alive a few days ago, has become a cold corpse today, how can there be a trace of hatred, only endless desolation and cold.

Who can be sure that the next one won't be him?

Li Yan turned around and wanted to leave, but at this moment, he suddenly saw that the root of the north wall was a little different, because its bottom was not close to the ground, but hung a finger high in the air.

If all the flower stands were like this, it would not attract Li Yan's attention, I think there are legs at the bottom, but it is because the other shelves are close to the ground that it seems to be extremely abrupt.

Li Yan's mind came to mind that Li Wei'er's treasure was under the flower stand, could it be ......

"Brother, is there a whip?" Li Yan said to Junlang's soldiers.

"Whip?" The handsome soldier hesitated, took off the horsewhip from his belt, handed it to Li Yan, and asked, "Do you want it?" ”

Li Yan shook the whip heavily, the whip snapped crisply, and nodded with satisfaction: "Brother can you help Li take away all the people in the courtyard, Li must be grateful." ”

The soldier guessed what Li Yan was going to do, and a flash of fear and disgust flashed in his eyes.

Although it is shameful to whip the corpse, it can't resist the temptation of money, especially the heavy thanks, gritting his teeth and agreeing.

When the courtyard door closed, Li Yan walked to Chai Fu's corpse with a whip, turned his head and couldn't bear to look at it, waved the whip and whipped it hard, and pulled out a crack in Chai Fu's clothes.

Bang bang, one after another, Li Yan silently recited Amitabha Buddha countless times in his heart, and finally said: People die for money, and birds die for food.

Disgusted, he threw down his whip and ran towards the north wall.

He used all his strength to push the flower stand, only to hear the sound of Gada, directly cracked the mechanism, and forced the flower stand with brute force.

I didn't care about it much, so I took out Yan Jiuniang's dagger inlaid with precious jade from the cuff, knocked it with the handle of the knife, and made a knocking sound, I was overjoyed, and said secretly: It's really empty!

After searching carefully, I finally saw a slight stubble, and I inserted the dagger into it and pried it, only to see that the secret door opened slightly, and then closed again.

Well?

Li Yan scratched his head, and two things popped up in his head: spring? Belt?

Tentatively prying it again, this time with a scabbard into the gaping slit, something strange happened!

The scabbard bounced out and landed on the ground a meter away, Li Yan was so frightened that he took a few steps back, and a cool breeze blew from the neckline into his back, and he couldn't help but shiver.

It's so weird!

Especially with Chai Fu's corpse behind him, how could he not let him think about it, just for a moment, countless beads of sweat oozed from his forehead.

Licking his dry lips, and looking back at Chai Fu, Li Yan changed the dagger to his right hand, held it tightly, his muscles were violent, and he gritted his teeth and walked towards the secret door.

Because Li Yan tried to restrain his fear, he didn't think about those demons and monsters, implying that he must have set up a strange mechanism by Chai Fu to scare the thieves.

If he leaves, he will miss out on a huge amount of treasure, and Li Yan is very unwilling.

He found another stack of books, took a deep breath, slowly inserted the dagger into the gap, paused to feel it, and did not feel anything wrong.

Pry open a little bit and tuck a book in.

It's okay!

Pry it up a little more, and stuff it into a book.

After waiting, there was still no movement.

Li Yan became more and more bold, but it wasn't until he stuffed the sixth book and just stormed the seventh book that a strange scene happened again!

Those six books suddenly ran into the secret door!

No, it's not so much "falling in" as being sucked in by some kind of force, very neat, and extremely fast, almost in the blink of an eye, and it goes in.

Li Yan's heart was beating wildly, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, and suddenly realized a problem-

In fact, it doesn't take much effort to pry, and only when he loosens his force, there will be a force inside to close the door, if ......

At this time, Li Yan's blood was rushing, and he only had treasures in his mind, a large amount of treasures, which were the property accumulated by the third-richest businessman in the Great Song Dynasty for many years, how could he not be crazy about it!

Like last time, he stuffed a book first, then a second, and a third, but at this moment, instead of stuffing the fourth, he suddenly dropped the dagger, and ten fingers firmly hooked the door, and pulled the door open violently with all his strength!

But the moment the door opened, Li Yan saw it......