Hou Zhen held the long sword in his hand and stepped into the door. Inside the door was an empty and very small inner hall, with only a long cabinet on it, on which was a bottle of jade Ruyi, and next to it was an abacus and an open booklet, probably for settling accounts. To the left of the gate is a mahogany staircase. The face of the staircase is shining with glittering brilliance, and it is a lotus pattern made of colorful luodian pieces, and the concave and convex waves below are actually inlaid with countless large lake beads, which looks very luxurious.

Hou Zhen raised his foot and was about to go up, but he saw a person suddenly standing up behind the counter, still holding a rag in his hand. The two of them were stunned for a moment at the same time, and looked at each other: "Guest officer...... What's the point? Seeing Hou Zhen's gloomy expression, this bookkeeper looked defensive, and it really didn't look like he was here for recreation, so he asked.

"Oh, the kid is running around, I heard that someone is coming here, I'll look for it." Hou Zhen squeezed out a smile. He almost never smiled, and suddenly made such an expression, and the muscles on his face were a little overwhelmed, and he moved stiffly.

Although the bookkeeper didn't believe what he said, because when he squatted down to wipe the counter just now, he really didn't notice whether there were children running in, so he didn't dare to assert directly: In case the child is really on it, he will stop the child's family from going up to find it, and if something happens on it, everyone can't tell clearly.

"Ah Hong, come out for a moment." The bookkeeper turned around and shouted, and after a while, the secret door of the organ with the picture of the lady embedded in the side of the counter opened, and a teenage waiter came out and said, "Mr. Pang, what are your orders?" "This guest officer's child may have run upstairs, you take it and take a look, remember, don't disturb the other guests."

"Got it." Without further words, Hong walked up the stairs. Hou Zhen glanced at the secret door suspiciously, and then followed Ah Hong upstairs. Hou Zhen originally thought that when he went up to the second floor, there would be many guest houses, but he saw that this staircase was like a spiral wooden ladder in an ordinary tower, turning upwards all the time, and there was no place to stay.

The two of them walked one after the other, walking on the stairs non-stop, and Hou Zhen walked dizzy. "Here we are." Ah Hong's foot stepped on the ground on the fourth floor, and he turned back to Hou Zhen and said. Hou Zhen raised his eyes and saw that there was an extremely narrow corridor in front of him, with many opposite rooms on the left and right, and there was a delicate small lamp outside each room, but some of the lights were bright, and some were dark.

"The ones that are lit are all guests, and the rest are nobody's, no one's rooms are locked, the key is with Mr. Pang, and no one can enter." Seeing Hou Zhen staring at the wall lamp, Ah Hong explained. "How do I know that the child is not in someone's room?" Hou sincerely suspected that maybe Su Mengtang and the others lived in a room with lights on.

As he spoke, he took a few steps forward, trying to push open the nearest lighted door to take a look, but suddenly realized that his wrist holding the sword was held by a strong force. Hou Zhen looked up along his wrist in surprise, but saw Ah Hong's expressionless face, which seemed to hide anger. "No, there are guests inside." Hong shook his head and said.

"You don't care." Hou Zhen roared in a low voice, and quickly touched the back of his waist with his left hand, as if he wanted to take out something. Unexpectedly, Ah Hong's hand that grabbed Hou Zhen's wrist suddenly twisted it hard behind him, knocking him to the ground. The moment he was crooked on the ground, Hou Zhen was amazed: a young man of this age could have such internal strength.

"What are you doing, my child just ran upstairs to you, I can't look for it?" Hou Zhen was not sure that he could beat Ah Hong, and shouted weakly. He knew in his heart that even if he could beat Ah Hong, if the movement was too big, it would inevitably startle the snake, and he was on someone else's territory, so he couldn't tell how many masters like Ah Hong were in the secret door downstairs, and smart people couldn't trap themselves here, and it was not too late to wait for the prime minister to come again.

"There is no one you are looking for in the guest room," Ah Hong let go of his hand, pulled Hou Zhen up, and said calmly: "This is just the way here, you can only go to the end and come back, I will look at you." Hou Zhen stood up in embarrassment, snorted, and walked forward. This corridor was deep and long, and Hou Zhen walked fast and slow, and when he passed by the lighted guest room, he approached to listen. Fortunately, Ah Hong is a chronic son and did not rush him.

At the end, Hou Zhen had to turn back the same way, and the rooms with lights on both sides were either silent or snoring, and no other movement could be heard. "Yes?" Ah Hong asked knowingly. Hou Zhen raised his head angrily, but saw that behind Ah Hong, on the side of the stairs he had just come up, there was a room, and some decorative eaves poked out. It is very different from the small room structure. Because it is half a meter back from the stairs, I didn't notice it just now.

"What is this place?" Hou Zhen asked, pointing to the two doors behind Ah Hong. "It's where the girls live upstairs, and ordinary people can't go in." Ah Hong said. "Do you know who I am?" Hou Zhen pretended to lower his voice and said: "I am ordered to do things, I can not enter the room where there are guests, but inside, I want to go in and have a look." ”

"You can go in, you have to get the silver." Hong held out a hand. Hou Zhen didn't expect Ah Hong to suddenly agree, and stumbled and said, "How ...... How much silver? Do you have to pay money to find someone? Ah Hong didn't seem to want to reason more with him, so he only said: "It costs five taels to enter the door." It's the rule. Moreover, you are not here to find someone. ”

Hou Zhen was not sure if Qiuqiu was hiding inside, but this place was empty, and if the two children really ran here in a panic, maybe they would hide here. Reluctantly, he pulled out a silver bag from the front of his coat, took out a piece of silver from it, and threw it at Ah Hong's feet with bad intentions, wanting to see him pick it up.

Unexpectedly, Ah Hong stared at Hou Zhen's face, but the tip of his shoe accurately stepped on the ingot of silver, he rubbed his foot back, lifted it up, and deftly kicked the silver off the ground and held it in his hand. "Let's go inside." Hong made a "please" gesture and leaned sideways. "What the hell are the rules, it's not like you're looking for money." Hou Zhen sneered.

He was just about to walk forward, but he heard Ah Hong say, "You can't bring weapons in." "Here you go—" Hou Zhen angrily stuffed the sword into Ah Hong's arms before he was about to move forward, Ah Hong said again: "And this, it won't work." Before Hou Zhen could react, he felt a hand take something out of the waist seal on his back waist very quickly.