Ministry of Rites Shangshu Mansion

There were many people around the door, and they were all curious about why there were royal guards surrounding Shangshu Mansion.

"Everyone, come in with me." Ning Yuan raised his hand and gestured. Walk in the front, followed by more than 20 Royal Forest Army.

Stepped forward and pushed the door open and walked in. All the maids and servants had been dismissed early.

"What are you doing, why did you break into my house?" Lu Ping's youngest daughter Lu Qing asked loudly with a frightened face, her small body trembled, but she still stretched out her hands in front of her and stopped them openly, preventing Ning Yuan and them from going any further.

"Miss Lu, your father collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, and the evidence is conclusive. The emperor has ordered the beheading at noon tomorrow, and the original beheading will be all over the house, but he will be spared the death penalty because of your innocent knowledge and your mother's sake. ”

"But the death penalty is avoidable, but the living sin is inescapable. For relatives and relatives, exile to the frontier. Miss Lu, get out of the way! Ning Yuan said indifferently. Looking into her eyes, there was not the slightest softness in her heart.

"You talk nonsense, my father will not betray the country." Lu Ming retorted loudly. She didn't believe that she would buy her delicious food on weekdays, carry her and fly, and her father, who doted on her the most, would be a traitor. Although she was young, she knew what treason was, and she had heard it said. This person must be lying.

Lu Ming's eyes were wide open, his eyes were full of tears, and he was so stubborn that he didn't let it fall.

"Chu'er...... Chu'er" Mrs. Lu, who came out of the room, saw her little daughter stopping Ning Yuan, calling her name, and hurriedly ran over worriedly. Pull her away and hold her in your arms.

"General Weiyuan, I'm sorry, the little girl is not sensible, and I hope the general is not to blame." Mrs. Lu hurriedly bowed her head to Ning Yuan and apologized.

"It's okay, it's childlike." Ning Yuan did not pursue it.

"Mother, they are bad people and want to raid our home. After that, we will have no home. Lu Ming looked up at his mother-in-law, tears fell from his eyes, and he said with a sob.

"Chu'er, don't be afraid, let them in! Everything is with the mother's family. Mrs. Lu wiped her daughter's tears and comforted.

"General Weiyuan, the little girl's words are offensive, and I hope that General Haihan will be in the background. General go in! Mrs. Lu said calmly.

Lu Qing looked up at her mother-in-law, her face was full of confusion, she didn't know why her mother-in-law would agree to these people raiding their home. The home is gone, where will they live in the future?

Mrs. Lu looked at her daughter and looked at her, her immature little face was full of trepidation and uneasiness. hugged her tightly, smiled and shook his head. Raised his hand and stroked her little head, silently soothing.

Ning Yuan looked at her, and then bowed slightly at Mrs. Lu. Then he ordered everyone to go into the storeroom and start to move things, and take away all the furnishings in the living room, but not to make too much noise. Although Lu Ping was a traitor, her wife was different from him and took the initiative to provide evidence. He was worried that it was too loud and would make her more upset. Although the sound could not affect Mrs. Lu's mood, he still wanted her to be less affected by the noise and increase her sadness.

In the Shangshu Mansion, boxes of things from the treasury were moved to the carriage outside the mansion one after another.

In the study room in Shangshu's mansion, Ning Yuan looked around, looking for any organs.

"My lord usually likes to stay in the study, even if he doesn't do anything. The most time of his day is in the study, and even sometimes he eats, he is also in the study. ”

"Sometimes, after the master enters the study, I will bring him food from time to time, and when I push the door in and find that he is not there, I will leave."

"But the strange thing is that I didn't see him go back to the study, but he came out of the study, and I was scared and didn't dare to ask him. Several times, it was in a hurry, especially for a while, I didn't know what he was doing? I didn't have time to ask...... "Ning Yuan's mind sounded what Mrs. Lu said to him that day, and he concluded in his heart that there must be secret rooms, secret compartments, or passages in the study.

Otherwise, there is no way to explain the sudden disappearance of Lu Ping from time to time.

Ning Yuan looked around carefully, but did not find any clues. He rested his hands on the table, frowning in thought.

"Someone" shouted out.

"General, what do you command?" One of the guards heard the voice, ran in, and bowed.

"You go and invite Mrs. Lu over."

"Yes". The Guards bowed his head and retreated.

……

After a while, the man returned, followed by Mrs. Lu.

"General, Madame Lu has arrived," the Imperial Forest Army arched.

Ning Yuan turned around and looked at Mrs. Lu, "Well, let's go down first." ”

"Yes," the Forester withdrew.

"I don't know what the general has to do with the people's women?" Mrs. Lu bowed her head and saluted.

Now, she is no longer the high-ranking Mrs. Shangshu. She is just a family member of a criminal courtier, an ordinary people's woman.

"Mrs. Lu doesn't have to be so polite, she doesn't need to bow to her juniors. Madame can separate herself from him, he is him, you are you. Madame was only implicated, and there was nothing wrong with it. Ning Yuan looked at her and said.

The general laughed, how can they be separated. If they could be separated, there would be no such thing as involvement. ”

"The women are fine, and the general doesn't have to bother to be relieved. If the general asks his courtiers for something, just say it! Whoever the women know, they must tell them one by one. Mrs. Lu lowered her head and whispered.

"Okay, General Ben asked."

"I don't know if Mrs. Lu knows where Lu Ping's ordinary valuables like to hide? What are your hobbies? Do you have any special habits? Or something that no one is allowed to touch on a normal day. Ning Yuan looked at Mrs. Lu and asked seriously.

Mrs. Lu's face was puzzled, "Valuables?" The woman didn't know. The old man usually doesn't have a special eye on anything. ”

"As for hobbies...... The old man usually likes to paint, but he is not very good at drawing. ”

"There's nothing he allows people to move on a day-to-day basis. Sometimes I will clean the study myself, because he is not at ease, and he is afraid that people will look through the things in the study at will. ”

"He didn't have any opinions, and he was happy to see it happen. It's just that when I go to deliver snacks, he will ask me to bring him less food, and it is not appropriate to eat in the study, so if I don't have anything important, I should not go to the study to bring him food."

Madame Lu answered all the questions in one breath and looked into Ning Yuan's eyes.

Ning Yuan pondered Mrs. Lu's words carefully, and there was no problem in listening, but he felt that things were not so simple. Lu Ping has been an official for more than ten years, embezzling silver, filling his own pockets, there must be other treasury, it is impossible to have those outside the house.

Ning Yuan observed the various directions of the study again, guessing in his mind......

Thinking of something, he turned to Mrs. Lu and said, "By the way, Mrs. Lu just said that Lord Lu likes to paint?"

"Yes, but the paintings made by adults are not good. This ink bamboo painting could not have been made by him. Mrs. Lu saw him looking at a picture of ink and bamboo hanging on the wall and explained.

Ning Yuan walked in and looked at the ink bamboo, lifted it, and there was a wall behind it, without any mechanism.

Looking around, a picture of a woman's back next to Mo Zhu attracted his attention.

"General, this should have been bought by the master from outside the house, and he couldn't paint the artistic conception of this woman walking alone." Mrs. Lu explained.

Ning Yuan wanted to take it off, but found that it was connected to the ink bamboo next to him.

One hand at a time, I ripped it off. Above the center of the two paintings, there is a square of wood. If you don't look closely, you can't tell that the little piece of wood is free-standing at all.

Ning Yuan looked at it, reached out and took off the wood, and a button inside appeared in front of him. Mrs. Lu looked at it, her eyes full of disbelief. She had been to the study many times, and had never noticed that this was the case under the painting.

She also took out this painting to dry it in the summer, for fear that it would be wet and moldy in winter. I never found out.

Ning Yuan raised his hand and pressed the button. Nearby, a door opened.

"Someone," Ning Yuan said loudly.

The "general" came in alone and got down on one knee.

"Go and call them in."

"Yes," the man stood up and walked out.

After a while, half of the "general" came to the study, waiting for orders.

"Leave two people in the study, and the others, come in with me." After Ning Yuan finished speaking, he took the lead and entered the secret room. Mrs. Lu came back to her senses and followed in.

When I came to the secret room, I found that it was very simple all around. There was only one table with a few secret letters to and from other officials.

Ning Yuan walked over, picked up one and looked at it...... They were all letters he had found, some of which were not, and they involved other officials who had not yet been found.

"Come and put these letters together, General Ben will be useful." Ning Yuan commanded in a deep voice.

A man came and packed up all the letters on the table. The shelves next to the table are full of old books.

"My lord, there are a few big boxes in there," one person reported.

There are two secret rooms, one connected and one interconnected. There is no door in between.

"Let's see," Ning Yuan took the lead and walked in. Five chests are covered with a piece of cloth, and there is one next to it, which does not look as old as the others.

"Lift the cloth," Ning Yuan instructed a person next to him.

"Yes, General," the man walked over and lifted the step away with a little force. Suddenly, dust overflowed.

"Ahem, ahem," everyone stepped back.

Everyone waved the dust in the air with their hands, and their vision became clear.

Ning Yuan walked in, squatted down, and raised his hand to open the box.

"Pop" the sound of the lid of the wooden box falling to the ground.

Half a box of jewelry, gold leaves, and ingots are presented in front of everyone.

"Remove the box and open it." Ning Yuan stood up and ordered the people next to him.

The Guards stepped forward and put down the stacked boxes and opened them one by one.

The five chests full of gold and silver treasures almost blinded everyone's eyes.

Madame Lu was so shocked that she couldn't speak, she never knew when that person had so much wealth. She didn't even know when he had moved in, and she couldn't believe what she was seeing, what she was seeing.