Chapter 104: The Ning Mansion is stolen
That night, after the romance, Ning Zezhong dragged his somewhat tired body back to his house, and he couldn't help but feel a little proud when he thought about having fun with the fairy of the Purple Pavilion along the way.
In addition to having a place to live in Dongwangfu, Ning Zezhong also has his own mansion outside, and he is now returning to his own mansion.
Back in the house, he washed up a little, and was about to go back to the room to rest, but accidentally found that the study next to the bedroom seemed to be a little wrong, he was nervous, three steps and two steps, and walked quickly to the door of the study, intending to see if he was dazzled.
He stood still at the door, turned around and asked if anyone had been on guard outside, and the sentry respectfully said to him that no one had come, he nodded, took the key out of his pocket, inserted it into the keyhole, and twisted it regularly, well, no problem, the door was locked, it seems, he was overhearted.
He slowly opened the door and walked in sideways.
There was indeed no one in the study, but what was imprinted into Ning Zezhong's eyes was a mess all over the ground. All the books and materials that were neatly placed on the cabinet were thrown to the ground and scattered all over the ground, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the copywriting were also thrown all over the ground, and the four locked cabinets were also pried open.
When Ning Zezhong saw this scene, he was shocked at first, then angry, Zuihou's eyes were full of madness, he suddenly screamed, and picked up the precious antiques and precious calligraphy and paintings thrown on the ground one by one with his trembling hands. Holding it in the palm of his hand, his face was full of despair, and his heart was bleeding.
He counted it carefully, and found that at least half of these treasures had been damaged, like these things, did he know what damage meant, it meant that it was worthless, this could be his years of hard work, thinking of this, he almost spurted out a mouthful of blood.
If excessive anger can make people lose their minds. So. At this time, Ning Zezhong was hovering on the verge of losing his mind, and going violent was the only way to vent the anger in his heart at this moment.
Who is it? Who is it? Ning Zezhong shouted in his heart, his entire face distorted by anger, and the green tendons on his forehead burst out. Like a wounded beast. It seems to be going to erupt at any moment and hurt people. If he knew who did this good thing now, he would definitely fight with him, and everyone had their own scales. And Ning Zezhong's reverse scale is the important place of this study, yes, in his opinion, this study is his important place, the most important place.
After being in the messy study for two hours, Ning Zezhong's anger gradually began to subside, you must know that Ning Zezhong rarely loses his temper in ordinary times, no matter what major events he encounters, he is not surprised by everything and advances and retreats properly, so in Yang Xiuqing's heart, Ning Zezhong is the person he trusts the most, even Zhao Xiaofeng can't compare.
The madness will not last forever, when his mind returns to clarity, he began to analyze that this situation will occur in weishenme, he understands that his study, in normal times, there will be someone to handle, under normal circumstances, except for himself, anyone who wants to enter it has to go through several checkpoints, moreover, the door and lock of this study are specially made, except for the use of the key, the only way to open it is to force it open with gunpowder, but there is only one key, which is usually carried by himself, No one else could have a key, and he had noticed when he came in that the door and lock were intact, so he couldn't think of any other way to enter the study so quietly than to open it with a key.
All the objects in the study, although they were damaged a lot, but none of them were stolen, which shows that the people who came did not come for the property, if not for the property, then for what?
Ning Zezhong thought of this, his face suddenly changed, and he secretly screamed in his heart, no, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, obviously feeling the seriousness of the situation, he hurriedly ran to the back of the copy, and buttoned a round button embedded at the bottom of the copywriting to the left a few times, and then buttoned a few times, and then, only heard a few squeaks, squeaks, a secret door appeared on the wall behind the copy, Ning Zezhong opened the secret door to just allow him to pass through, then dodged in, and then, the secret door closed by itself.
After entering the dark room, Ning Zezhong lit the oil lamp hanging on the wall for the first time.
Inside the secret door is a very humble living room, well, I should say that this is a relatively simple dark room.
The darkroom was simply furnished, with nothing but a bed, a table, a few chairs, and a huge iron cabinet.
After Ning Zezhong came in, a pair of eyes were fixed on the iron cabinet, he checked the cabinet seriously, and then, tremblingly, he took out a special key from his pocket, and inserted it into the spherical lock on the cabinet with a serious expression, and then turned left a few times and turned right a few times regularly, zuihou, after hearing the click, he nodded with satisfaction, put the key into his pocket, and then carefully opened the cabinet door with both hands.
There were stacks of materials in the cabinet, a few books and paintings, and a small amount of gold, but there was nothing else. If on the surface, the things placed here are not as precious as those antique calligraphy and paintings in the study outside, but Weishenme Ning Zhong regards these things as so important, and keeps them in such a hidden place?
Ning Zezhong carefully checked it in the cabinet and confirmed that there was no shortage of things, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and the nerves that were excessively tense due to nervousness just now also relaxed, and subconsciously stretched out his right hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead. He was glad in his heart that it was okay that the thing was still there.
He paused, then stretched out his hand to carefully take out the same things as those paintings and calligraphy, gently placed them on the table next to him, and then slowly, cautiously spread out several pairs of calligraphy and paintings in his hand one by one, each spread, he couldn't help nodding, and seemed to be silently saying in his heart, yes.
It didn't take long for Ning Zezhong to read the books in his hand one by one, and then, with a satisfied smile on his face, he didn't have the anger when he first entered the study, obviously. He was glad that the most important thing was still there.
In fact, after these twists and turns, Ning Zezhong's mentality has undergone earth-shaking changes, from the mood caused by the damage of precious antiques, to the nervousness when he thinks of the theft of something hidden in the dark room, and then to the joy when Zuihou finds that the thing is still there, it is simply a feeling of going from hell to heaven.
The things were still there, and Ning Zezhong's heart calmed down completely, and he sat down on a chair in the dark room. Start thinking about the history of the theft. All indications are that the thieves were not interested in money or anything like that, nor were they precious antiques, calligraphy and paintings. The only explanation. The thief came for something hidden in his secret room.
Who could it be? It stands to reason. The things hidden in his secret room are top secret, and few people know about them, and they can count them on their fingers. Except for the East King, that is, the trio of their East King Mansion knows, and even the newcomer Huang Xu doesn't know, so who knows that I have such a thing in my hands, and who did they know about? Also, the door to the study was obviously not opened by force, and the key was on him, but how did the thief get in?
All kinds of doubts suddenly surged into Ning Zezhong's mind.
At a time when Ning Zezhong was puzzled. At Huang Xu's residence in Dongwangfu, Yao Dahong's brothers were also getting together to talk about the same topic.
I saw Yao Dahong throwing a bunch of keys in his hand and said: "This Ning Zezhong is really careful, a broken study is so mysterious, if you don't have a key, you really can't get in." ”
Looking at the key in Yao Dahong's hand, it became clear that Ning Zezhong's study turned out to be Yao Dahong's where they had entered, and the key to open the door was a backup made by Yao Dahong after he stole it from Ning Zezhong when he was in the Purple Pavilion.
"Did you really not find anything in the study?" Wang Xiaoyong looked at Yao Dahong, and then looked at the east and said without confusion.
"I didn't find anything, but this guy's antique calligraphy and paintings are priceless, if you hadn't told him in advance, I couldn't help but give him a hand." Dongfang is not confused and said with a smile.
"Look at you, I haven't seen money, right, just thinking about those things that don't have four or six." As soon as Dongfang Bufu's words fell, he heard Wang Xiaoyong scolding.
Dongfang was not confused after hearing this, and he was not annoyed, he laughed a few times, which was regarded as an answer.
Going to Ning Zezhong's study to steal something, after everyone discussed, Dongfang Bufu and Yao Dahong were responsible for the implementation, and Dongfang Bufu was responsible for attracting the attention of the sentinels first, Yao Dahong took the opportunity to open the door and sneak in, and then, Yao Dahong covered Dongfang Bufu to enter.
"Da Hong, you are careful, you can talk about it, is there really nothing to discover?" Wang Xiaoyong was a little unconvinced, if the things they were looking for were not in it, then why did Ning Zezhong make his study so mysterious.
"Brother Yong, after I went in, I really checked every place in the study seriously, zuihou, I really didn't find anything." Yao Dahong said affirmatively.
"This is strange, impossible, judging from the information you have obtained from Ning Zezhong during this time, the roster and the grain and grass equipment map should be in Ning Zezhong's hands, but if it is in Ning Zezhong's hands, then the most likely place for him to hide is not other than the study, but you didn't find anything in the study, how can this be explained? Could it be that our previous inference was wrong, these two things were not in Ning Zezhong's hands at all. Wang Xiaoyong also has too many doubts to explain.
"Is there any dead end, you haven't found it, or is it a secret door, etc." Liu Yuhua said coldly from the side again.
"Yes, yes, yes, Dahong, have you found any secret doors, secret passages or something?" Wang Xiaoyong also seems to have been inspired.
"We also looked for this at the time, but we couldn't find it." Yao Dahong said.
"Is there anything missing?" Wang Xiaoyong asked again.
"Probably not, right?" Yao Dahong became a little uncertain at first.
He carefully reviewed the scene again, thinking about every place he walked after entering the house, and Zuihou still felt that it seemed that he had searched for it.
"Alas, it's a pity for those good things." Dongfang is not confused, and he is still sighing there.
"I, I remembered, Dongfang, as soon as you said those good things, I remembered one thing." Yao Dahong suddenly shouted.
"What's the matter?" As soon as the other three heard him screaming like this, they hurried over, stared at Yao Dahong and asked nervously.
"Dongfang, do you remember, when I was checking the copy, you suddenly screamed." Yao Dahong said to Dongfang Bufu.
"yes, a lot of treasures, yes, that's what I said at the time, because I did see a lot of treasures." Dongfang is not confused, I don't know what Yao Dahong is doing with this.
"I remember, at that time, my hand seemed to touch something round under the copywriting in the study, I wanted to take a serious look, but you screamed and diverted my attention, and later, I also forgot about it, if it wasn't for Yuhua and Brother Yong mentioning the secret door at this time, I may not be able to remember, now think about it, if my expectations are good, then the copywriting should be a secret door activation device." Yao Dahong sighed.
"Are you sure you're not mistaken?" Wang Xiaoyong said.
"I'm sure." Yao Dahong.
"I didn't know there was such a thing." Dongfang Bufu interjected.
"You also said that if you hadn't been shouting there, maybe Dahong would have found the entrance to the dark room, maybe everything is in our hands at this moment, you are embarrassed to say." Wang Xiaoyong taught.
"I don't know, but they're all good things." Although Dongfang Bufu was a little reluctant, he still muttered in a low voice.
Wang Xiaoyong glared at him fiercely with his eyes, Dongfang didn't shrink his head in confusion, and didn't dare to speak again.
Although the East is not confused, although the sky is not afraid, the earth is not afraid, but he is afraid of Wang Xiaoyong, and he doesn't know the specifics, maybe this is called one thing and one thing.
"Now that we have new clues, it is inevitable to run again, but we have already been surprised by going this time, and it may not be so easy to go again." Yao Dahong said.
"Yes, but anyway, since we have new clues, we have to go, and as for how to go, we will find a way." Wang Xiaoyong said.
"Then I'll keep an eye on Ning Zezhong and see if I can find an opportunity to start." Yao Dahong groaned.
"It seems that this is the only way to go." Wang Xiaoyong nodded.
"Okay, then you can wait for the good news." Yao Dahong said.
Subsequently, Yao Dahong was okay and went to find Ning Zezhong tomorrow. (To be continued......)