"Is Master Xu at home?" Jin Xu stepped forward and knocked on the door and shouted loudly, and Wei'er next to her was startled.

"Haha, I'm afraid that the people inside won't hear it." Jin Su smiled embarrassedly.

There was a sound from inside, but it was a long time before the door opened.

"Hello, we want to ask Master Xu some questions."

"I'm sorry, my father is resting, and I've just gone to call him." The door was opened by a young man in gray coarse cloth clothes, and when he saw that it was two pretty girls, he said a little embarrassedly, "Please go inside first." ”

"My name is Xu Hu, and I am Master Xu's second son." The man sat them down, "I'll make you tea, please wait a moment." ”

"I'm sorry for you." Jin Xu said.

"It's strange, I haven't seen Master Xu's second son before." Vile whispered to Jinfu.

"Oh? That's right. Jin Xu looked at Xu Hu's calm back, and he couldn't say it and gave birth to a strange feeling.

"The two of you have been waiting for a long time," Master Xu appeared not far away in a wheelchair, and when he saw Wei'er, he grinned, "Ah, it's Miss Wei'er, does the eldest lady have any orders?" ”

"Master Xu, what's wrong with you?" Vile quickly stood up and helped him push the wheelchair over.

This is difficult to do, if you want to let Master Xu pass, it is a little difficult, because pushing a wheelchair is very conspicuous. And with Master Xu's physical condition, can he still trouble him to help make the exact same jewelry box?

"Alas, this man is old-" Master Xu said with a helpless smile, "I made another mistake a few days ago. ”

"Master Xu, you have to take care." Weier said with concern.

"Thank you, Miss Vielle. Who is this girl? Master Xu asked when he saw Jinxu, who also stood up to greet him.

"Master Xu, the eldest lady has passed away." Speaking of this, Weier couldn't help crying again.

"What? How so? ”

"The eldest lady was murdered by an adulterer. This girl is the brocade girl who has come to help with the investigation. Vale cried.

"Miss Jinxu, the eldest lady is kind to our Xu family, what do you want to ask, the old man must know everything."

"Then thank Master Xu first. Actually, my master wants to ask you to help make something and go to the house to understand the situation, but can your body stand it? ”

"I don't have much of a problem and can ask my son to help."

"Is that your second son?" Vile asked, "I've never seen him before." ”

"Huh? I only have one son. Master Xu was also surprised.

Now that the strangeness just now has finally been solved, recall carefully, that person just now is not at all like Master Xu, so who is he? Why did it appear at Master Xu's house? In fact, if he hadn't introduced himself just now, he wouldn't have goofed now, but he deliberately said that he was Master Xu's second son, and his name was also used by his eldest son Xu Hu, what was his intention? Just now, Jinxu accidentally revealed the purpose of their visit, and I don't know if it will affect this plan.

"Daddy." A middle-aged man came to the front room, "Dad, why did you come out?" ”

"This is my son Xu Hu."

"Who was the guy who just opened the door for us?" Vile was taken aback.

"Master Xu, is there anyone else in your family?"

"I didn't ...... Pregnant. Master Xu hesitated.

It seems that there is indeed an inside story.

Now Jinxu is a little entangled, if you leave the jewelry box to Master Xu and go to the tailor and Master Lian, you are afraid that someone will snatch the jewelry box or put Master Xu in a dangerous situation; On the other hand, if she didn't go and invite the master over immediately, she was afraid that something would go wrong over there. Moreover, if they have been targeted, then they will be in danger on the way back, what can I do?

Jin Xu had to go to the toilet first, and quickly wrote a short letter with charcoal, and the flying pigeon passed the book to Bai Qiuchi, just in case, and also set up an enchantment protection for the pigeon.

"Master Xu, do you remember how to make the secret jewelry box that the eldest lady asked you to help with last time?"

"This secret should be kept for Madame, does this have anything to do with Madame's death?"

"It has a lot to do with it. In this box, is it opened with a hairpin? ”

"This ......," Master Xu sighed, "this secret that has been hidden for many years has been seen through by you." This is indeed the jewelry box that Mrs. secretly asked me to create, she took the Hu family's blood gold hairpin to me, and asked me to set up two keyholes according to this hairpin, and there is a secret grid that needs a password after opening, but it is unknown what Mrs. wants this jewelry box to contain. Is this the box that the girl said she was going to make? ”

"That's right. We'd actually like you'll make one overnight. ”

"This ...... It was a bit difficult, and it took me more than a month to research and make this jewelry box. ”

"Just look the same." Jin Xu added.

"If the appearance is consistent, it will also take a day or two to prepare the materials." Master Xu thought for a while and said, "For the sake of the eldest lady, the old man must do his best." ”

"I'm sorry for you." Jin Su suddenly thought of a somewhat risky solution, "Master Xu, can you trouble your son to help?" ”

"Absolutely."

"I want to ask him to help me secretly invite Master Lian, the tailor, to the house, because Master explained that he wanted to invite the two of them together." Jin Xu said.

"My son is doing things in a down-to-earth manner," said Master Xu, "Don't worry, Miss Jinxu, I'll let him go out of the secret passage of our house." ”

Sure enough, there is a problem, how can an ordinary person have a secret passage? After a while, Jin Su had to quietly follow Xu Hu.

"Hu'er, come here!" Master Xu is full of energy, not like an old man who has just recovered from his illness.

"Dad, do you have any orders?" Xu Hu looks very honest.

"Go and invite the old company leader to our house, I haven't talked to him for a long time, you remember to be clever and go out through the secret door."

Hearing that he was going to go through the secret door, Xu Hu nodded and said, "Dad, I have a plan in my heart." ”

"With Miss Wei'er and me to take care of, Brother Xu can rest assured to go, I'm sorry for you." Jin Su said with a smile.

"It's okay, I'll go."

"Hu'er, by the way, a pot of Cen family rice wine, the two brothers can drink a few sips later."

"Okay, Dad." Xu Hu was stunned for a moment and agreed to come down.

"Miss Wei'er, Master Xu's legs and feet are inconvenient, can you please accompany Master Xu to help sort out the materials first? I may have a bad stomach, and I'll come back to you later. Jin Xu pretended to have a stomachache, and planned to follow Xu Hu to the secret passage to investigate.

"Okay. I can also talk to Master Xu. Wei'er pushed Master Xu's wheelchair and walked to the studio.

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Jin Su secretly followed Xu Hu to Master Xu's room, only to see him carefully turn the handle on the wardrobe, and the wardrobe moved by itself, revealing the secret door behind it.

After waiting for Xu Hu to go down, Jin Xu quietly came to the wardrobe, moved the wardrobe according to his practice, and walked into the secret door. She found that there were two forks in the road, and Xu Hu's back to the left was getting farther and farther away, knowing that it was the road to the outside, but she didn't follow, but leaned to the right.

The passage was very dark, and she took out the treasure bag that the master gave her before leaving, and touched the pearl of the night, which illuminated the way. There were five dark rooms on either side of the passage, all with closed doors, and at first glance, only one was locked.

Time was limited, so Jin Xu quickly went to push open the unlocked rooms in turn. The first room was empty inside, presumably a spare room. There are many cabinets in the second room, and when you open a few of them, there are some tools or some precious materials in them; In the third room, there are a lot of wooden boxes and finished products. The fourth locked room, I don't know what the purpose is, and I have to find a way to get the key.

The last and fifth rooms are furnished like a room, and there are obvious signs of use. If the person who lived here before, he would definitely come back to rest, and the family is so big, there is always a way to catch him. Find a way to stay overnight...... But why did Master Xu hide the truth about other people in his family?

Jin Xu was just about to leave, and suddenly found that the wardrobe here was exactly the same as the one in Master Xu's room, would there be any more Qiankun? Jin Fu stepped forward and twisted the handle carefully, and the wardrobe actually moved.

There is even a secret door inside, but this one is relatively small and can be seen at a glance. So the stunned "fake Xu Hu" inside has nowhere to escape.

Jin Su immediately pulled off her hairpin, pointed at him and asked, "Raise your hands!" Who are you? ”

"I ...... It's really Master Xu's second son! He raised his hands in obedience.

"Then why did he say he had only one son?" Jin Xu brought the hairpin close to him, glaring as if to see through him.

"Don't...... Don't do it, girl. I say, I say! He looked at the brocade pitifully and said, "But if I tell the truth, will you help me?" ”

"Tell me first, what's going on?" Jin Fu shook the hairpin and threatened, "Tell the truth! ”

"I knew you were a good person and would definitely help me!"

"I haven't promised you yet! Long story short! ”

"Okay, I'll short, short. My name is actually Cen Li, and I am a carpenter. Cen Li sighed.

"Speak quickly!"

"Five years ago, I came to Jinghu City because there is a carpenter who is famous in the country, Master Xu. At that time, he was recruiting talented apprentices from all over the country, and I finally succeeded in becoming his first apprentice. Frightened by Jinxu, Cen Li's words flew as fast, "Under his guidance, I have made rapid progress, and four years ago, I suddenly found that my skills surpassed him. At that time, I heard that my mother was seriously ill and wanted to go back to visit, but Master Xu put me under house arrest, perhaps because he was afraid that I would set up my own business after I left.

In the first half of this year, I was locked in the room next to me, and Xu Hu brought me food every day. Later, I made a compromise and pretended to be obedient, so that I was able to operate in this secret passage. Recently, I secretly discovered the secret of this wardrobe, and found a way to open the secret door, but I still need a key to get outside. I had to sneak out occasionally to observe their movements, waiting for an opportunity to escape. Recently, Master Xu fell ill, and I felt that the opportunity had come. Today I was observing the escape route, and I happened to see you coming, I thought you had an extraordinary temperament, and I thought that if I could take this opportunity to expose Master Xu's crime before leaving, so that no one would follow in my footsteps. ”

"That's why you deliberately introduced you as Xu Hu to get my attention?" Hearing him say that he has an extraordinary temperament, Jinfu is still very useful.

"That's right, I believe that the girl is thoughtful, and she must be able to see it."

"Are you so sure I'm going to help you?" Jin Fu didn't look like he was lying, and put the hairpin down.

"The girl is chivalrous and will definitely help me."

"But I just revealed in a conversation with Master Xu that there are other people in the room, so won't Master Xu know that you escaped?"