044. Stealing knives
"Xiaobai~~ I'm so hungry" As soon as he returned to the guest room after completing the task that day, Shi Manqian ran directly to Bai Xiaoqiu and began to be coquettish.
They have taken on some less difficult tasks in the past few days, and they have scraped together enough money to buy traps, Shi Manqian has not eaten anything delicious after sleeping in the open for several days, and today he finally can't help but eat a big meal.
Bai Xiaoqiu was aroused by Shi Manqian's coquettishness, but he knew that Shi Manqian in this state would never be provoked, so without saying a word, he pulled Shi Manqian and ran downstairs directly. Although Xiao Er can be allowed to deliver the meal directly to the guest room, Bai Xiaoqiu and Shi Manqian both prefer the atmosphere of everyone eating together downstairs, and they may be able to get clues about Shi Wucao's family from the mouths of the guests
After eating this meal, although I didn't hear the clues, I heard other things related to me.
Bai Xiaoqiu's white chopped chicken at this table had just been served on the table, and before the two of them got off the chopsticks, they were suddenly attracted by the conversation of the guests at the next table.
"You know what? Chu Pingxuan and Li Huaqiang, the two dead, were slapped in the face a while ago!! ”
Another guest gloated with schadenfreude on his face: "Yes! Do they also have which big hunter they messed with today? ”
"It's not!" At the beginning, the guest teased the gossip: "They've been beaten down by a low-ranking hunter!" ”
"Huh?! It can't be."
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After that, the two did not listen again, and after dinner, they went back to their rooms to rest.
Early the next morning, Bai Xiaoqiu took Shi Manqian and ran to Shi Wuqiu's house for the last field trip, and after confirming that it was correct, Bai Xiaoqiu was finally ready to do it!
If Bai Xiaoqiu wants to succeed in this operation, there are several points that must be guaranteed.
First, it must be determined that Shi Wuqiu was at home when he started, otherwise if Shi Wuqiu was the only one in the family who knew the location of the treasure room, and he was not at home at that time, then Bai Xiaoqiu's more than 2,000 peach coins would really be lost.
The second is that the action must be concealed and fast! Twenty traps are not easy to place, and it would be troublesome if they were accidentally discovered by the Night Watchman.
The third point is to seal the doors of the Shi family's mansion to prevent the river from overflowing. Otherwise, if the water level was not high enough to threaten Shi Wucao's treasure room, then Bai Xiaoqiu's next plan would naturally be impossible.
After that, it is necessary to sneak all the way to find the right time to start, which requires Bai Xiaoqiu to adapt to the situation, and can only take one step at a time. Even because the treasure room is located in a mysterious place, the water cannot be splashed, or the shadow seam long knife and other treasures are separated from each other, it is not impossible for Bai Xiaoqiu to return in vain!
When the night was getting darker, about three or four o'clock in the morning, Bai Xiaoqiu came to the bank of the river with 20 falling holes and began to arrange them carefully.
The Cave is a trap commonly used by hunters, which, when triggered, can create a large hole in the ground within a limited area, allowing the monster to be trapped in it and unable to move, and after the trap duration ends, the ground will return to its original state. (Don't ask me how this kind of black technology came about)
Because Bai Xiaoqiu didn't know how many times he had simulated before he took action, he didn't encounter any difficulties when he really started. He turned on the stealth state, arranged the traps according to the distance measured before, carefully adjusted the depth of each trap, and made sure that the river filled the Shi family's mansion as much as possible.
After ten minutes, the traps were all set. Bai Xiaoqiu sped up his movements, sealed all the doors of the Shi family's mansion with wax and glue before the night watchman walked here, took out the heavy objects prepared in his backpack and fixed the door, and then picked up a brick and threw it on the nearest pit.
With a muffled sound, the brick immediately triggered a chain reaction, and more than 20 falling holes were activated one after another, forming a string of sugar gourd-shaped ditches on the ground.
"Hula! ――”
Before the smoke cleared, the turbulent water was already pouring down the ditch!
Bai Xiaoqiu deliberately designed a little height difference when installing the trap, which made the influx of water more ferocious, and in the blink of an eye, there was already an unknown amount of river water pouring into the ditch under the entrance of the Shi family's mansion.
Unfortunately, he was not a professional after all, and the trap he had painstakingly designed was far worse than he would have wanted, the water was not rushing in as fast as he had expected, and a large amount of river water had overflowed to the ground on both sides of the ditch. Fortunately, the sealing of the door of the house is quite strong, and there is no overflow when the water level is still low.
This was enough, and by the time Bai Xiaoqiu climbed into the Shi family's mansion and climbed onto the roof, a minute or two had passed. The old man who guarded the door was the first to spot the ankle-high river, and a noisy shouting gradually sounded, and the originally calm and peaceful mansion suddenly became lively and brightly lit.
There are more than a dozen people in the Shi family, and the security in Bangshui Town has always been very good, and there are only three or five people who stay on patrol and vigil at night, and by the time they beat gongs and drums to wake everyone up, the water is almost up to the legs.
Shi Wuwu was woken up by the sound, wading through the water and hurriedly putting on his clothes and walking out of the house. He was about forty or fifty years old, and his old face turned red with anger as he looked at the river water in the courtyard: "What's going on?!" ”
The family member who was pulled by him replied tremblingly: "Old, master, I don't know what's going on, when I wake up, the water has reached my ankles, and I heard the old king who guards the door say that the water seems to be pouring in from the main entrance, and we have found someone to hit the door, but it seems that something is up to the outside, and it hasn't been hit open yet."
Shi Wucao's old face turned black again: "Find a few strong people and continue to bang on the door!" Find two more jumpers and see if you can flip out and remove the things blocking the door! "Now that the water is so deep, it is difficult to exert force, and it is very difficult to climb over the towering wall.
He continued, "Let the rest of the women and children take the container and scoop the water out!" After he had said this, he set off for the treasure room.
In fact, as soon as he saw the water, he chuckled in his heart, and he wanted to run to the treasure room. You must know that the things in that room are his lifeblood, and many antique calligraphy and paintings are eager to make a board like their ancestors, not to mention soaking in water, and he is distressed when he is blown on the painting.
The big water was about to reach the calf at the moment, and the treasure room was just built underground, and although there were many partitions blocking it, there was no guarantee that water would seep into it. When he thought of this, he was distressed to death, and his steps became faster and faster, but there was an obstacle from the flow of water, and his movement was inconvenient, and his running speed was not as fast as walking in the past.
Bai Xiaoqiu was lying on the roof of Shi Wuxian's bedroom at this time, and when he saw his footsteps hurriedly walking somewhere, he immediately got up and followed. Because the flow of water would affect the stealth effect, Bai Xiaoqiu had to shuttle on the roofs one by one, and it was inevitable that there would be a sound between jumps.
Fortunately, Shi Wuwu was in a hurry at this time, and there were also noisy voices in the courtyard, which did not attract Shi Wucao's attention.
Just as Shi Wuwu walked to the door of a certain house, two cheers suddenly sounded not far away:
"The water stopped! I don't rush in!! ”
"The door is open!! The door was slammed open!! ”
As soon as the words fell, the water level under Shi Wuxian's feet immediately began to drop at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Shi Wuyan's face was happy, his steps were a little brisk, and he opened the door and walked into the house.
At this time, five minutes had passed since the trap was activated, and the duration had just ended, and after the trap failed, the ground gradually returned to its original state, and the water naturally did not continue to pour in. As for the door being knocked open, it was not Bai Xiaoqiu's expectation at all, after all, there was such a big commotion, and most of the surrounding residents were woken up, and it was naturally very easy for them and the Shi family to break the door.
However, this has no impact on Bai Xiaoqiu's plans, those antiques are very expensive, and there is so much water in the house, Shi Wuqiu, as a collector, will definitely check his collection!!
Bai Xiaoqiu turned over and jumped into the water, following Shi Wuxian through four or five secret doors in a row, and the cheers outside just covered out the slight sound of water when the two of them moved.
After Shi Wuwu opened the last stone door with the ring on his middle finger, a small stone house suddenly appeared in front of Bai Xiaoqiu.
This stone house is almost less than twenty square meters, and the collection is not as many as Bai Xiaoqiu imagined, there are only about a dozen pieces. There are all kinds of calligraphy, painting, porcelain, jade and so on.
But these were not the focus of Bai Xiaoqiu's attention, his eyes were only on the gray-white ancient knife in the center of the house.
The name of the knife - shadow seam!