The Secret Words of Immortality Chapter 46 The Phantom of the Wu Mansion
Mingli Lane is located in a remote place in the south of Chang'an City, where workers from textile factories and machinery factories live nearby, and it is a less prosperous and more dilapidated place. It stands to reason that Professor Wu's monthly money is not low, but because he spends a lot of money on antiques all year round, his financial reserves are stretched, so he can only live in a remote place like Mingli Lane.
It's the morning and most of the residents of Mingli Lane have gone to work in the factory. There was not a shred of wind in the streets, and there was no one in the street. Only the scorching sun and the noisy voice, the flirtatious Mu Zifeng was restless, and the sweat from his head almost soaked his whole body.
After knocking on the door for a while, there was still no response, Mu Zifeng suddenly remembered something and patted the back of his head.
"Look at my memory." Mu Zifeng said to "Lin Sanguo" with a little embarrassment: "My wife Wu Xi is still recuperating in the hospital, of course there is no one at home. ”
"Ah...... If you didn't say it earlier, wouldn't it be a trip for nothing? Lin Sanstick complained a few words, turned around and raised his footsteps and was just about to leave, when he suddenly grabbed Mu Zifeng's shoulders again.
"Xiaofeng, look, what is that? Following the gesture of "Lin Sanguo", Mu Zifeng saw a black figure at a glance, jumping into the courtyard of Professor Wu's house.
"That's ......." Mu Zifeng was about to shout in surprise, but stopped in time.
I saw that "Lin Sanbang" stretched out his slender arm, took out a Browning pistol from his waist, opened the safety quickly, and put the gun on the chamber.
"What do you mean? Let's follow up? Mu Zifeng said softly and pointed to the door of the Wu Mansion with his finger.
"Xiaofeng, do you know how Sherlock Holmes investigates?" "Lin Sanguo" was like a cheetah seeing its prey, and the corners of his mouth grinned mysteriously.
"Stick, you name it!" Mu Zifeng's face was full of indifference, he knew that this self-styled detective wanted to sell melons and boast about himself.
"Just like me." As soon as the words fell, "Lin Sanguo" flew up his legs as thick as chopsticks, jumped up, lightly stretched his ape arms, and pressed it slightly on the courtyard wall, and after a dazzling white light, the "Lin Sanguo" wearing white overalls had disappeared.
Almost at the same time, there was a gentle knock on the door, and Mu Zifeng knew that it was "Lin Sanguo" who had entered the inner courtyard of the Wu family.
Unexpectedly, this time, "Lin Sanguo" did what he said, and his actions were as fast as words, Mu Zifeng was dumbfounded, and thought: "It's really not clear what the detective skills of 'Lin Sanguo' are, but this 3-meter-high wall is easy to wade through, and the light work is really good." “
"Master, I'm not a wine bag or a rice bag." Mu Zifeng held his breath and condensed, ran in the direction of the courtyard wall, kicked the wall with both feet, his body soared in the air, and his hands took the opportunity to support the top of the wall, and then a military general dismounted and landed steadily in the courtyard.
Although the area of Wu Mansion is not large, it has a cave, which was designed by Professor Wu Zhixuan himself, and it is quite a bit of the style of a northern courtyard. As soon as the guests enter the door, they will encounter a three-meter-long and wide shadow wall, which is made of the overall relief of the Weihe River boulder, carved with a pine tree and a cypress tree, implying that the pines and cypresses are evergreen, welcoming and sending them off.
Mu Zifeng has been to Professor Wu's house many times, and he is very familiar with the situation and layout of the hospital.
Behind the shadow wall, there is a path paved with gravel and mud, and a peach tree and a plum tree are planted on each side of the path. Underneath the plum tree, placed in a goldfish bowl. Mu Zifeng spied around and found that all the goldfish were floating on the water, turning out their miserable white bellies, and they were motionless.
"It must be that my wife is too sad and flawless to feed the fish." Mu Zifeng sighed thoughtfully.
There are clouds in the Book of Poetry: He Bi is as beautiful as a peach and plum! The grandson of King Ping and the son of the Marquis of Qi. For Mu Zi, he deeply understands that this "one peach and one plum" means that the peach and plum are all over the world.
Every time the peach and plum are ripe, his wife Wu Xi will always call him over and ask him to accompany Professor Wu under the peach and plum tree, eat peaches and plums, make new tea, watch goldfish, play Go, and so on.
At that time, the master and mother would always show a motherly and kind smile, looking at the two of them. Mu Zifeng knew that his wife was pitiful for having no father, but in fact, in his heart, he had already regarded the professor and his wife as close relatives.
"Hey, where did the stick go?" Mu Zifeng looked at it for a long time, but he didn't find the figure of "Lin Sanguo", and he suddenly became alert. He looked at a small two-story building in front of him, because the door of the small building was hidden, and the darkness was faintly revealed.
"Could it be that the stick followed the man in black into the small building?" Mu Zifeng guessed as he walked up the steps and entered the building.
With a "creak" sound, the wooden door let out a groan, and the light outside the courtyard shot into the darkness of the house, Mu Zifeng's eyes floated through the air, and he glimpsed the room, the tables and chairs were overturned, messy, as if they had been turned over, what were they looking for?
The messy scene reminded Mu Zifeng of the note handed to him by "Lin Sanguo", "Jinshi can be seen in Mingli Lane"?
Mu Zifeng and the others came here to find the manuscript of "Jin Shi Kejian", because it was possible to find the secret of Professor Wu's disappearance. But now this scene shows that someone is already searching for things in the Wu Mansion, and the man in black just now is very likely to be looking for something.
"Is it for money?" Mu Zifeng had an idea, but he quickly denied it. He looked around the room and saw a lot of calligraphy, paintings, and jade piled up on the ground, you know, they are all unique items that Professor Wu has treasured for many years, but the value of these antiques is immeasurable!
Precious antiques are discarded at will, and the people who come are certainly not for money, so what......
"Is it for?" Mu Zifeng reacted with a spirit, are those people also for the manuscript of "Jinshi Kejian"? His gaze naturally turned to a corner of the room, which was the staircase leading to the second floor.
The second floor is Professor Wu's study and bedroom, and it is also the most likely place where the "Golden Stone Kejian" is stored. Mu Zifeng clearly remembered that the last time he read the manuscript of "Jin Shi Kejian" was in the study upstairs.
Thinking of this, Mu Zifeng made a "whoosh" and pulled out the Yue Wang Sword on his back, and the blade made a sound that pierced the air. Mu Zifeng cautiously bypassed the staggered furniture on the ground, bent over, crossed his sword, made the best defensive posture, and slowly climbed the stairs.
Due to the fact that he has been encountering all kinds of strange things during this time, after returning from Santa Maria Hospital, Mu Zifeng tied the Yue Wang sword to his back, and in his spare time, he re-studied Tai Chi swordsmanship, which he practiced when he was a child. "Lin Sanguo" also laughed at him, saying that in the era of firearms, there was no need to dance a big knife.
In Mu Zifeng's opinion, in such a narrow space, holding a short sword is far more advantageous than a long and short spear. Perhaps before he could press the trigger, his sword had already stabbed the other man's throat.
While climbing the steps, Mu Zifeng pushed his puzzled gaze to the depth, he still didn't see the "Lin San Stick", and the quiet in the small building seemed to be able to hear the sound of a needle falling. The wooden steps creaked at his feet.
Ascending to the second floor, Mu Zifeng walked towards the study on the west side, there were two windows on the wall on the second floor, although they were tightly closed, but the light through the glass illuminated the room a lot. From afar, he saw that the door to the study was open, and the bookcase was lying on the floor.
After walking into the study, Mu Zifeng saw all kinds of books piled up on the desk and on the floor, and this situation made him even more sure of the idea in his heart, the manuscript of "Jin Shi Kejian" is still coveted, what secrets are there in the manuscript?
He knew that this manuscript contained the most complete annotations of the Great Xia script, and before it was published, it was also extremely confidential, and although Mu Zifeng was fortunate enough to see the manuscript, he did not know where the manuscript was stored. Presumably, the people who came to look for the manuscript did not know where the manuscript was.
"Presumptuous, teacher." Mu Zifeng muttered a few words in his heart, and searched them one by one, he remembered that the manuscript of "Jin Shi Kejian" was written on the manuscript paper issued by Chang'an University, Mu Zifeng regarded Professor Wu as an old father, and another reason was that Professor Wu attached great importance to him, Professor Wu taught Mu Zifeng the Daxia script he was studying, including part of the manuscript of "Jin Shi Kejian", and he was also fortunate to study one or two.
Therefore, although Mu Zifeng is only an intern archaeologist, he has become one of the few top talents in China in the study of Daxia characters. At present, Mu Zifeng knows more than 200 Daxia characters, and you must know that Yi Tingfang knows more than 150, all of whom are already leaders in the archaeological field.
The study is not big, Mu Zifeng quickly finished searching, he walked out of the study again, looked around the second floor, and did not find "Lin Sanguo" and the figure in black, although he was a little confused, but Mu Zifeng knew that "Lin Sanguo" must have found something, and chased it away. Since this was the case, he decided to concentrate his efforts on searching for the manuscript of the Golden Stone Kejian.
That manuscript is so hot now, there must be some important clue hidden in it.
With such a belief, Mu Zifeng returned to the study again, carefully observing every corner, the layout of the study was very simple, a bookcase, a desk, a chair, the desk and the bookcase were not locked, and Mu Zifeng turned them all over, but he didn't find the manuscript.
The study was small and the items were extremely limited, so those people had already taken the lead and taken the manuscript. Mu Zifeng thought in his heart, and he did not rule out the existence of such a possibility.
Just as Mu Zifeng was about to give up looking for the manuscript and prepare to walk out of the study, a black light passed in front of his eyes, blocking his way, and landed on a floor in the study, with two scarlet dots floating in the black light, like two bloodshot eyeballs.
Mu Zifeng looked at it, and suddenly his scalp was numb, isn't this it?