XXXVIII. Visit the Marquis' Mansion at night

At that time, the night was cool and the wind was cold.

Due to the curfew, the streets of Qiantang were empty. In the dark night, there were no fingers left, only the watchman carrying the lantern, with the faint light of the fire, wandered in the quiet streets and alleys.

Lin He put on his night clothes, walked out of the door, poured his internal strength, jumped on the roof lightly, and the wind under his feet was like a flying swallow, shuttling through the rows of buildings, and running straight to the Linjiang Marquis's Mansion.

With a stick of incense, Lin He gently jumped off the high wall of the Hou Mansion, and when the rabbit fell down, he had quietly avoided the Hou Mansion Courtyard that was patrolling and standing guard. He went to Shimosaka and went from room to room to investigate.

"It's ...... Den? Lin He secretly opened the window and turned over from the windowsill to come in, his face slightly happy.

Generally speaking, the study room is the easiest place to hide secrets, and since he has found the study, Lin He must check it carefully.

Just as Lin He was rummaging through the cabinets, there was a sudden sound of broken footsteps outside the door, from far and near, it seemed that the destination was the study!

"Someone's coming?"

Lin He muttered in his heart, hurriedly tidied up the study, jumped on the beam, and held his breath.

Outside the screen window of the study, a woman's figure was reflected, she tiptoed open the door of the study and flashed in, turned her head and looked out left and right, and quickly closed the door gently.

This woman wore a long skirt and gold and silver hair ornaments, not like a thief, but like a princess.

Lin He frowned and continued to read.

When the woman walked into the study, she didn't hold the lamp, and flipped through the books one by one by the starlight, as if she was rummaging for something.

Suddenly, there was the footsteps of the nursing home patrol outside the study, and the woman hurriedly put the book away, hid in the door with bated breath, and left the study in a hurry when the nursing home was far away.

Could it be that there are ghosts in this Hou Mansion? Who installed this internal response in the Hou Mansion? Lin He pondered in his heart.

When the woman's footsteps were a little farther away, Lin He gently jumped off the beam, flew out of the study window, and followed the woman not far away.

In front of the rockery in the backyard, the woman met a team of nurses head-on, and the warrior who led the team looked at the woman strangely, and arched his hand: "Lady Nine, it's so late, why are you here?" ”

The woman looked at him expressionlessly and said coldly: "I can't sleep, come out to breathe." Why, do I have to inform you about this too? ”

The warrior hurriedly lowered his head and flashed aside, "The villain doesn't dare, the Ninth Lady please." ”

The woman ignored the person and walked straight to the bedroom in the backyard of the Hou Mansion.

Lin He was like smoke on the roof, quietly following.

The samurai who led the team suddenly raised his head and stared at the roof, but found nothing, so he said strangely to the person beside him: "Did you see that there seemed to be a shadow flashing on the roof just now?" ”

"Dark Shadow?" Everyone looked at each other, and one of them touched his head and said, "I didn't see the black shadow, but I saw a tanuki just now." ”

"Cats? Maybe I'm wrong. The samurai who led the team shook his head and said, "Brothers, the ears of the movers are bright." ”

The backyard of the Hou Mansion is the bedroom of Zhao Guangcai's daughter, and after the woman entered the backyard, she walked west to a side courtyard.

A woman who looked like a maid hurriedly greeted her, blessed her, and said respectfully, "Madam, you are back." ”

"Hmm" The woman nodded, and immediately walked into the house, and the maid hurriedly followed.

Lin He, who was hiding in the corner, gently jumped on the roof and carefully uncovered a tile, and the scene in the house suddenly came into view.

I saw the Ninth Lady lying on the desk writing something, but unfortunately it was too far away for Lin He to see at all.

After the tea was done, Mrs. Nine finished writing, blew lightly to dry the handwriting, then folded it up, handed it into the maid's hand, and said, "When you go out tomorrow, put this in the old place, be careful." ”

"Don't worry, ma'am." The maid put the note away and nodded in response.

Lin He gently closed the tiles, thought for a moment, and then ran towards the front yard of the Hou Mansion.

The front yard is where Linjiang Hou entertains guests. It was pitch black at this time, but there was a faint light in the main hall.

Lin He's heart moved, jumped to the roof of this room, bent down, listened carefully with his ears against the tiles for a while, and there were two voices in the room, one of whom was Zhao Guangcai!

Lin He gently uncovered the tiles and looked into the living room.

I saw Zhao Guangcai sitting on the main seat, and a middle-aged scholar wearing a blue Confucian shirt sat at the bottom, he had phoenix eyes, long eyelashes, a white face and beard, and a handsome appearance, and he could vaguely see that he was handsome and chic when he was young.

Behind the middle-aged scholar stood a guard wearing a red power suit and holding a long sword, who looked to be about thirty years old, with a cold face, standing behind him without moving.

"Master Hou, what the prince means, you should understand." The middle-aged scholar picked up the teacup and said leisurely.

Zhao Guangcai scratched his chin and asked suspiciously, "This King of Changsha really buried the wealth he had accumulated all his life in our Linjiang County?" But I've heard that he divided the treasure map into four pieces, but is that the case? ”

The middle-aged scholar blew on the warm tea, took a sip, and nodded: "That's true, it is said that in this treasure, there are Sima Yi's belongings, if you can find this treasure, the prince's major affairs will be guaranteed." ”

"However, this matter is just a legend, and there are no clues, so how can I find out?" Zhao Guangcai said with a frown.

The middle-aged scholar just wanted to speak, but saw the cold guard behind him leaning into his ear and whispering something.

The middle-aged scholar's eyes flashed, nodded and said no more.

The red-clothed guard turned around suddenly, flicked his long arm, and with a "whoosh-" sound, shot a black marble into the roof!

Not good! It's been discovered!

Lin He's face changed slightly, although he didn't know what this black marble was, he instinctively sensed a great danger.

Marbles came with the sound of the wind. Lin He flipped over in the air to avoid the black beads.

"Boom-"

After the black marbles flew out of the house, they suddenly made a loud noise and exploded!

Lin He's face changed drastically, and he turned over again to dodge. The impact of the explosion knocked Lin He over more than ten meters, and Lin He lost control of his body in mid-air, and fell to the ground outside the courtyard with a "bang".

"Black Thunder Bead...... cough cough ......" Lin He's face was pale, he covered his chest and spit out a mouthful of blood, and hurriedly used his internal force to stabilize the internal injuries.

The black thunder bead is made of saltpeter, and it is occasionally used in the army, but the black thunder bead has too many shortcomings, such as high price, difficult to preserve, easy to injure one's own people, etc., so the general battlefield will not use this thing.

After the explosion, a huge cloud of smoke filled the surrounding area, and the entire roof of the living room was blown into a hole.

"This ...... What is it?! Zhao Guangcai's face changed greatly, his face was panicked, and he pointed to the explosion path tremblingly.

The middle-aged scholar sat still and said with a smile: "Master Hou, don't panic, there are guests on the roof." ”

After the red-clothed guard struck a blow, he stretched out his body, jumped onto the roof along the loophole, and chased him out in an instant.