Chapter 8: Treasure Hunting
Tonight was much darker than ever, dark clouds gathered in the sky, obscuring the moonlight, and the lanterns in the courtyard seemed to be affected by the breath of the night, giving off a lazy glow. Under the light of this light, a black shadow ran past.
"The moon is dark and the wind is high on the night of killing, which is just right for now." Qiu Luoxue hid behind a pillar, the big and round pillar perfectly covering her petite figure. A round head swayed from side to side behind the pillar, and then the head ran to the end of the verandah.
"Huh? No, I'm in my own house, so why should I be so sneaky. ”
After hiding like this for a while, Qiu Luoxue finally discovered the strangeness of her actions, so that it was easy for people to misunderstand the sneaky. So she simply swaggered up, and if no one stopped her, she could walk much faster just now, and after a while, she walked to the Evergreen Courtyard where Qiu Yinghao and his wife lived, because the two elders had passed away, and there was no one here, and it was more convenient to act.
Qiu Luoxue walked into the courtyard alone, and an old woman in her fifties and sixties walked over, saluted and said, "Childe."
"Suddenly I miss my father and mother, come and see, you don't have to worry about me, go down." Qiu Luoxue put on a master's posture and said that she has become more and more proficient in mastering and using her identity recently, and she feels that many things will save a lot of trouble after they are put on the shelf.
After the old woman left, Qiu Luoxue stepped into the evergreen courtyard alone, the environment inside is really quiet, there is a bamboo forest in the courtyard, it is summer, the bamboo is lush and lush, and the straight bamboo points to the sky. Deep in this tranquil bamboo forest, stone tables and benches are placed. It looks like some hermit dwells. From the depths of the bamboo forest to the courtyard, a row of bright red lanterns hangs, brightening the originally dark night sky.
Listening to the maid Biyu, Qiu Yinghao's wife likes bamboo very much, so Qiu Yinghao planted bamboo in the courtyard. Madame was afraid of the dark, so he hung lanterns in the courtyard to light her. After his wife's death, he would light these lanterns with his own hands whenever night came, and until the night of his death, he closed his eyes with peace of mind after doing this.
Qiu Luoxue looked at the green bamboos and flaming red lanterns in the courtyard, and sighed in her heart, she was also a pair of lovers, but unfortunately her wife died too early, which made Qiu Yinghao's love seem miserable. After the death of the prime minister's wife, Qiu Yinghao has been guarding here and has never remarried. In this ancient generation, which regarded women as playthings, his love was truly admirable. If the lady can live longer, they will also be an enviable fairy couple.
The firelight was shining and burning in the air, and the small flames that were moving up and down looked bright in the dark, and the projection on Qiu Luo's snow-white face was very beautiful. Use this fire to carefully light the candles, the candle flame illuminates the study, the room is complete with all the items, neatly furnished, although no one lives, but still clean, the items do not fall dust.
With the bright light, Qiu Luoxue began to look around, the owner of the study must be a vassal and elegant person, just look at the literati calligraphy and paintings and various ceramics placed here. Facing Qiu Luoxue is a desk, behind the desk is a large solid wood bookshelf, which is full of books, if it is not a full number, then the owner of the study should be a knowledgeable person.
"Let's start with the bookshelf, after the bookshelf is opened, there is a darkroom in the general TV series."
Qiu Luoxue said as she began to move, putting her hands in the gap in the middle of the bookshelf, one hand to the left and the other to the right, exerting force. Well...... It's good, it doesn't move at all.
Rolling up her sleeves, Qiu Luoxue was ready to move seriously, her legs were apart, the soles of her feet were on the ground, her hands were tightly clasped on the edge of the bookshelf, and even her facial expression was straining. I push, I push, I push.
"Uh-_-
, um......" Qiu Luoxue felt that she had used the strength to feed, but the bookshelf still didn't move.
"It looks like it's not opened the right way."
Qiu Luoxue looked at the immovable bookshelf, and said with a snort. I started looking for other places again, and I thought there should be some mechanism.
Suddenly, Qiu Luoxue noticed that there was a vase on the bookshelf, which looked like it was made of porcelain, and of course the workmanship was very exquisite, after all, she had never seen anything with bad workmanship in this prime minister's mansion. Not only that, but the color of this vase is also very good, and it makes people like it when they look at it. However, Qiu Luoxue didn't look at its good looks, but felt that the position of this vase was a bit problematic.
"No, no......" Qiu Luoxue hugged her arms and dragged her chin with one hand and said, "There is definitely a problem with this vase, there are books everywhere else, but there is a vase in this position, there must be a problem." It can't be a trap. ”
Thinking of this, Qiu Luoxue was already ready to move, and began to fiddle with the vase.
"Watching the TV series, it should be like this." Qiu Luoxue said and began to turn the vase, expecting the bookshelf to open and a dark room appear, but the bookshelf did not move at all.
"Is it the wrong angle?"
Next, Qiu Luoxue surrounded this vase and began a battle. Thirty degrees? Sixty degrees? Ninety degrees? One hundred and eighteen? Three hundred and six? Seven hundred and two? I turned the vase over and over several times.
"It's really a vase, it's useless at all." After making sure that the vase was not a mechanism, Qiu Luoxue muttered. (Vase: Huh, it's a vase.) )
During this time, Qiu Luoxue turned over almost everything in the study: the books on the shelves, the decorations on the table, and even the chair she moved, but there was no hidden passage or anything like that.
"Whew, I'm tired."
After rummaging through things, Qiu Luoxue was tired and dressed roughly, and now she was resting on the chair in front of the desk.
"Aisi, is the emperor lying to me, where did the treasury come from? Irritating. She said that in order to vent the anger in her heart, she kicked her feet casually a few times.
"Knock" didn't know where she kicked it, but it made such a sound, and then the bookshelf behind her really opened. Qiu Luoxue looked at the voice and let out a "wow" exclamation. Immediately jumped up from the table and happily ran to the edge of the bookshelf.
"Awesome, there's really a dark room."
Qiu Luoxue probed her brain and looked inside, there was roughly a long dark passage, and she couldn't see it if she went inside, so she decided to go in and take a look, so she took the oil lamp from the table and went in. When she entered, the bookshelves closed automatically, and the study was plunged into darkness because there was no light.
After entering, there was a long dark passage, Qiu Luoxue thought that it should be pitch black inside, but it turned out to be extremely bright. Qiu Luoxue thought it was the oil lamp in her hand, but after thinking about it, the oil lamp should not be so bright, and when she looked forward, she found a bead that would shine.
"Oh my God, isn't it? Pearl of the Night! ”
After Qiu Luoxue saw the Night Pearl, she immediately threw away the dim oil lamp in her hand and ran to the Night Pearl, salivating and watching.
"Wow, it's really the Pearl of the Night, can you pick this thing off and take it away."
I looked at it on the wall with the night pearl for a long time, and although I wanted to take it away, Qiu Luoxue still held back.
"Let's go, let's go, there's got to be something better in there. Little girl, you wait here for a while, and wait for my sister to come back and take you away. Thinking like this, Qiu Luoxue walked forward even more excitedly, and as she walked, she saw a secret door.
"That's right, it should be here, open this door, it must be a vault inside." Saying that, Qiu Luoxue began to look around for a way to open the door.
"Huh? What is it? ”
Qiu Luoxue's hand touched a dent, and with his years of experience in watching dramas, this thing decided that there was a problem. After careful study, I found that the pattern of this depression was somewhat similar to the jade pendant on my body, and I thought that the weak water said that this jade pendant was very important, and I couldn't help but think that this jade pendant should have something to do with this secret door.
After no longer stopping, she immediately took off the jade pendant on her body and put it in the depression on the secret door, which really fits very well. After the jade pendant was placed, the door opened.
"The ancients were really powerful, and they actually made this kind of mechanism."
After admiring it, Qiu Luoxue walked in. After entering, it was a place similar to a room, with beds, tables and some necessary furnishings, but there was no treasure that Qiu Luoxue wanted.
"What's going on? What about my treasures? After looking for a long time, I found such a place, which is really uncomfortable. ”
Seeing this scene, Qiu Luoxue was not an ordinary disappointment, she worked hard for most of the day, but only found a dark room. Turning around, the night pearl outside of this hellish place is valuable, and there is nothing valuable.
"What the hell, it's really just a dark room." Qiu Luoxue said with a sad face.
However, this kind of place should not only be connected to this place, there should be another place to go out. Since they are all here, it is better to find out where this place leads at once.
Under the hard work of Qiu Luoxue, she really found an exit, and when she went out from the exit with a heart of exploration, she came to a golden place. Wait a minute...... Resplendent?! In Qiu Luoxue's brain, there is only one place where these four words can be used - the palace?
"The Imperial Palace? Nani? No way! ”
"It seems that Aiqing is thinking about me, and she has only been looking for me for a few hours." Xia Zimo appeared in front of Qiu Luoxue wearing a dragon robe.
Qiu Luoxue smiled awkwardly and asked, "Your Majesty, what kind of place is this?"
"My dormitory."
“……???”
Looking for the vault and finding the emperor's bedroom, Qiu Luoxue, you really don't have anyone, how do you explain it?
"Haha, haha, it turns out that the emperor's bedroom is like this." Qiu Luoxue said with an embarrassed smile, "It's late at night, your majesty, rest, Weichen will retire first." ”
Saying that, Qiu Luoxue planned to return the same way, but was stopped by Xia Zimo: "It's all here, let's wait a while."