Lu Ke's account VII.

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"Let's go up to the second floor in a minute. Just walk up the wooden ladder to reach the second floor. ”

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The next Dafeng held a kerosene lamp high and took the lead on the wooden ladder.

"The wooden ladder is very narrow, and the drop of each step is very large, so please be careful with your step." Lei Sheng reminded.

We lined up and followed them up the wooden ladder.

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As Lei Sheng said.

The wooden ladder is narrow and the roof slab is low.

With a slight spread of arms, your fingertips can touch the wooden handrails on both sides, and tall people can even hit their heads on the roof slab with a slight jump.

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"There are really few windows here." The shopkeeper of Mo Si said, "I'm almost out of breath." ”

"That's it, no way. You'll have to be patient until you get to the room. ”

"Okay........." Moss's eyes couldn't open wide, and he nodded slightly.

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On the second floor, at the end of the walkway next to the wooden staircase, there was indeed an ironclad figure.

This ironclad figure is very exquisitely crafted.

There are countless fine patterns on the helmet, iron armor, and leg guards, and the figure holds a large sword in his hand.

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"This form of wrinkle is a very clever casting technique that can strengthen the firmness of thin iron armor. But here, the iron armor has become a simple ornament, but it also has a different artistic conception. ”

"Is this easy to put on?" Mrs. Tong pointed to her helmet.

"It's easy to say simple, but it's also troublesome to say it's troublesome." Ma San stroked his black beard down, looking happy, "It takes a lot of time to fix the parts with a rope, and someone needs to help. If you just put it on without tying a rope, it's not so much trouble. ”

“……… It's just that the whole set of iron armor is more than fifty pounds, and it is difficult to move after wearing it, plus there are more and more artillery, and this old iron armor with a long history is no longer used. ”

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Plenty of rooms on the second floor.

The next man, Dafeng, led us into the first room on the left.

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We were finally able to sit down at the table and take a break.

The table is not large, square, and long from north to south.

There are two doors in the house, one leading to the walkway and the other to the vat house.

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There was a kerosene lamp in the center of the table, and the spark on it was lit, but the room was still quite dim, mainly dark and windowless.

In addition, the sky outside the room is dark, resulting in insufficient lighting in the room.

There are small black windows in the walkway, which may be ventilation holes.

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We sat down at a small table in the center of the room.

Six ebony chairs surround a small table, and the backs are intricately carved.

The table was covered with a gray-black embroidered tablecloth.

The light of the fire illuminated everyone's faces red.

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"Please have a cup of tea and a good rest, I think you should be very tired from the long journey. At this time, I can also explain to you the situation inside and outside the Wolf King Fang, as well as the visit I have arranged for you during this period. Lei Sheng, who was sitting on the main seat, said.

Tea, a few pieces of fruit and a plate of rose cake were served.

With a dry mouth, I quickly reached out for tea.

Mrs. Tong and Shopkeeper Mo Si happily ate rose cakes.

Uncle Wang, Lai Mo and Ma San are fruits.

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"This rose cake is so delicious!! Lei Sheng, you have a good cook, it's really enviable!! Mrs. Tong praised.

"No, there are no cooks here. All meals are taken care of by our subordinates, and her cooking skills are really good, so you may as well wait and see. Lei Sheng replied lightly.

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"Can you drink at the Furui bar during dinner?" Ma San asked as he took the peach away.

"Of course." Lei Sheng smiled back, "Wine, like this Wolf King Fang, is something that the great butler is proud of. The butler has a winery, and he often buys famous wines from all over the world. By the way, there is a cave in the cellar of the Wolf King Fang for wine storage, which houses many ancient wells. ”

"It's wonderful." Ma San nodded contentedly.

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After making sure that we were all relaxed, Lei Sheng flicked his fingers and called Guzi from the next room, and then sent us a few pieces of paper.

Inside is a sketch of the Wolf King's Square, the distribution of rooms, and the place to visit.

We looked at the pieces of paper in our hands and listened to Lei Sheng's explanation.

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"Please take a look at the schematic diagram of the Wolf King Square. The main workshop has two floors above ground and one floor underground. In fact, the third layer is there, but it is hardly used. ”

“……… In addition, as you should know, the two adjacent rooms on the second floor share a large bucket room, which is easy for you to use. If you need hot water, you can tell the next person. ”

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"We live on the third floor?" Lai Mo asked suddenly.

"No, your rooms are on the second floor, and the rooms have been allocated to you first, if there is any inconvenience, you can replace them at will."

I set my sights on a schematic diagram of the second floor.

There are four rooms on each side of the walkway, for a total of eight.

Each room is numbered.

Starting from the first room on the east side, there are room 1 and room 2 in order......... On the west side is Room 8.

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The rooms are assigned as follows:

Room 2: Laimo

Room 3: Tong Li

Room 4: Lu Ke

Room 5: Uncle Wang

Room 7: Mo Four

Room 8: Ma San

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"I don't have a problem with that." Ma San replied in a low voice.

"I'm sorry, can you give me another piece of rose cake? The rose cake is so delicious. Mo Si nodded and asked Lei Sheng.

Lei Sheng immediately ordered someone to bring a piece of rose cake to Mo Si.

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"Do all of you guys live on the first floor?" Lai Mo took a bite and said lazily.

"Yes. The chief butler, the wife of the chief butler, and the son of the chief butler, Lei Lai, all lived on the first floor. My room is on the second floor like all of you. It's room six. ”

"Oh!!" Ma San let out a cheering voice, "The big housekeeper couple has a child? ”

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"Yes, my lovely nephew too." Lei Sheng said in a proper tone, "He is seven years old this year, and he is a wise boy. ”

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Lei Sheng nodded, and then said, "The rooms of the servants are in the kitchen, where there are many large bunks, when you can't find anyone on it.........

“……… Please ring this. The main rooms are equipped with bells that connect directly to the kitchen, so someone will come as soon as they pull it. ”

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Lei Sheng turned to the corner of the room behind him and pointed to a dark rope hanging from above.

Then he took the rope and threw it twice.

There were two "knocks" in the kitchen downstairs.

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The subordinate Guzi and the other two subordinates immediately walked up from downstairs quietly.

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Now there are three people at the table.

They lined up with their backs to the door of the aisle.

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"They are the ones who take care of you. In order, it is Guzi, Dafeng, and Dan. If you are a cook, if you have something you want to eat or drink, please don't be polite, just tell her. Of course, I will do my best to meet your needs. I'm a country doctor, so don't worry if you get sick. ”

Dafeng is a middle-aged man with a serious and solemn face.

Guzi is a sturdy old man.

The two of them had met before.

On the side was a fat woman of about sixty years old, with red cheeks and nose, and half-white hair under the headdress.

All three of them were silent, and almost did not take the initiative to speak except for answering.

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After taking the photo, Dafeng stayed and waited for everyone, and the others all retreated.

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"By the way, when will we meet Grand Butler Rego and Mrs. Grand Butler?" Ma San asked.

"Actually, there is one thing I have to apologize to you." Lei Sheng's face was suddenly full of apologies, "We made a mistake in the arrangement of time, and the relationship between the big housekeeper's business will return to the Wolf King Fang tomorrow." We really feel sorry that this kind of thing has happened to you all the way from afar, so please forgive me. ”

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"Is it that the guest is here, but the host is not there?" Lai Mo said lightly.

"It's a shame." The shopkeeper Mo Si whispered with a disappointed face, "We have a lot of matters that we would like to discuss with the chief butler about the future of the He'an ticket number in Shili City, and this is also the purpose of our trip.........

"I'm really sorry." Lei Sheng apologized again, "But the lady of the chief butler and the son of the chief butler will return to the workshop before dinner tonight." Before the big butler returns, Mrs. Lei will temporarily take over the master!! ”

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"May I ask where the big butler is now?" Uncle Wang, who was rarely silent, asked.

"Ten Mile City. The butler was there negotiating a gem deal. ”

"Why? Does the butler love gemstones? Mo Si's eyes sparkled, he was very interested in talking about gold and silver.

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"It seems that those gems are particularly .........rare," Lei Sheng replied in a slightly lowered voice.

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May six.

Judging from the roundabout way of speaking, I guess the big butler and the seller may know each other.

Everyone else should think the same way, but it has been agreed in advance that we will not ask anything about the big butler, and we will not continue to ask about it.

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"I see." Ma San nodded vigorously, "Then there's no way, let's meet with the lady of the big housekeeper and nephew Ling first tonight!" ”

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"Lei Sheng, didn't you prepare some places to visit? Can you explain this to us? Mrs. Tong asked sideways.

"Yes, there are a lot of them, so let's take a look at the places you visited, so that you don't get bored during this period, we have come up with various proposals, for example.

"Tomorrow, I would like to take you to visit the Nuwa Cave near the Wolf King Fang. This Nuwa Cave was discovered by chance when the Wolf King Fang was rebuilt, and few people in the world know about its existence. The cave is very wide, and you can see all kinds of rare mysteries. ”

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"Nuwa Cave?"

A smile appeared on the round face of the shopkeeper of Mo Si, "It's really rare!" I didn't expect to see it here. ”

"Let's take this trip as a trip!! We'll eat in the Nuwa Cave, which should be good. ”

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"In addition, we hired an artist. Although he is not very famous, his paintings are very good, everyone can change their clothes, take the wolf king square as the scene, and read a painting. ”

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At this time, everyone was delighted, and told each other their thoughts on the various arrangements made by the Grand Butler Rego.

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"Then, I'll take you to see your respective rooms now, as well as the far-reaching view around this Wolf King Fang!!"

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If you want to climb to the distance, you have to go back to the first floor. Go up the hospital gate.

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Before going to the first floor, Lei Sheng took us to see our respective rooms on the second floor.

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The walls of the room are all dark and look very dark.

In addition to kerosene lamps, there are couches, small wardrobes and low cabinets.

My room number four is at the end of the hallway, and there is no window on the wall facing the hallway.

Only the corridor wall has a small black window for ventilation, and the light is blocked by trees, making the room very dark.

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We walked up to the first floor and exited the courtyard gate.

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Halfway through.

See a huge rock.

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This boulder is a round stone about two people long on one side and high with many potholes, and there are about one person on it.

When we had all stopped, we surrounded the boulder.

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"Brother Lu Ketai, please go up to the stone and see the scenery on the other side of the valley." Lei Sheng invited me to climb the boulder.

"Thank you. I'm afraid of heights, just stand in the back. With that, I looked at the others.

The surrounding leaves are falling, and the cold wind is constantly blowing.

I tilted my head, and I could still see the gloomy sky that had been cut into square by the leaves of the forest, and it was almost dusk.

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"Don't have to go to the edge of the cliff? Can you see it from above from here? "Come to Mo suspiciously.

"Yes, this is a telescope, the crop of Suzhou craftsmen, but dozens of miles away, as long as you stand high, unobstructed, you can see ........."

As he spoke, Lei Sheng took out a black wooden flute-like thing from his arms.

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"Lu Ke, come up and take a look!!"

Mo Si, who was the first to climb the boulder, exclaimed to me with an excited face, "The scenery of the valley is really spectacular, and it is worth spending 10,000,000 taels of silver for it!" I was so lucky to see this!! ”

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May six.

He didn't lie.

It's truly an incomparable picture.

It's like a famous painting painted by a master skillfully wielding his brush in an endless valley.

I really want you to see the magnificent, endless scenery.

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As soon as I climbed the big rock, I took the glass.

Then you saw the ancient square that towered deep in the forest on the other side of the valley.

Dog meat shop.

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This solid-looking, dignified ancient square is like a large square iron box placed in the deep forest.

However, the ancient square in the twilight now looks a little black.

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The pitch-black forest stretches from the back of the dog meat mill to the edge of the valley cliffs.

The steep valley cliffs stretch to the left and right almost all the way, and merge into one in the distance.

The two squares are about sixty miles apart, and are completely separated by a valley that is more than 100 zhang deep, and they face each other from a distance.

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"The cliff on the other side seems to be a little higher than ours." Ma San beside me narrowed his eyes and whispered.

"Is there one?" Mo Si climbed onto the boulder and looked at it carefully, "It should be about the same!" ”

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It's stuffy, and it looks like it's going to rain at any moment.

The mountain breeze blew through the valley and stirred the forest.

A terrifying silence enveloped the dogmeat shop over there, then froze in the majestic landscape around it.

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I put it in the lookout glass, stood on top of the boulder, and looked down timidly.

Directly below was the land more than a foot high, and the thought of breaking my leg on the spot if I fell down suddenly made me feel dizzy and floating under my feet.

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"Be careful, Lu Ke!!" Ma San grabbed my arms in time and held me up.

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"Thank you, thank you." I shook my head to calm myself down, and thanked him.

"It's so useless." Lai Mo on the side smiled and said, "You are the youngest, why were you scared so easily?" It's .........."

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"I'm sorry." I left the boulder with a flushed face.

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"Lei Sheng, is the Peerless Mountain Midnight Valley on the other side of the valley?" Uncle Wang, who walked to the big stone, asked.

"Yes. This valley is where it separates from the Immortal Mountain. Lei Sheng walked up to him and said.

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"It shouldn't be that easy to cross the valley to the other side."

"yes, it's not possible. You have to go to the bottom of the valley to have the road to the Immortal Mountain. Lei Sheng said with a smile.

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After spending about a quarter of an hour and letting everyone see the valley through the goggles, we headed back to the Wolf King's Square.

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After Lei Sheng explained that he could move around until before eating, everyone dispersed on the spot.

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I decided to go back to my room and sleep.

Others said they wanted to visit other parts of the workshop.

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As soon as I got back to my room, I couldn't bear the heavy slumber that hit me, so I fell asleep.

Soon after, someone came and woke me up.

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"I'm sorry, Lu Ke." It was Mr. Ma San's voice, "It's almost time to eat, I'm here to wake you up." ”

"What time is it?" I asked, rubbing my eyes. The kerosene lamp on the table flickered with red firelight, and Ma San's face was half-hidden in the shadows.

I couldn't read his expression clearly.

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"It's about the end of the day."

"Really?" I got up and sat on the edge of the couch, "Thank you, I'll go over right away." ”

However, Ma San does not seem to have any intention of leaving.

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"I'd like to ask you for a favor." Ma San lowered his voice and said, "If you can, I want to hire you, please do something for me." Doesn't a lawyer have a duty of secrecy? And, for me, it's great to have your help. ”

"Doing things?" I was a little surprised, "Is it something that requires a lawyer?" ”

"No, strictly speaking, it's not so........." Ma San stroked the black beard on his chin and took out the silver ticket, "I just need a companion, and I even have the silver ticket ready to hire you." ”

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"But........." I took it habitually, not quite quite what he meant.

"Just put your money away. I believe in you, and I believe that you will not take money that you should not take. ”

"This ......... Hmm........." I nodded vaguely, "what do you want me to help you?" ”

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"What you have to do is simple. I'm looking for something that is irreplaceable for my studies. I want you to help me find it, and keep it a secret from others. ”

"This ........."

"It's not hard. I'll look for it myself, and you just need to tell me anything you hear or see about this thing during your time in the Wolf King's Square. ”

"That's what you hired me for?" I don't know what the situation is at all, and I only understand half of what Ma San said.

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"It doesn't matter why. You're going to take this job, right? ”

"But," my words were suppressed by Ma San's serious tone.

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"You don't have to worry. This thing is not dangerous......... I just wanted to see that cannon tip with my own eyes. ”

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"Gun tip?" He uttered the word out of nowhere, which made me even more confused.

"That's right. It's the stuff at the front of the artillery. I've just taken a cursory look at the blade room on the first floor, but unfortunately I didn't see it. ”

"What kind of gun tip are you looking for?" What are the characteristics? ”

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Mr. Ma San stopped talking suddenly, and only said after a while, "I don't know, I haven't seen it." But it should be very old, it may be rusty or worn, and that's probably the only thing that can be called a characteristic. ”

"But ......... like this"

"Ugh!!" Ma San coldly interrupted my rebuttal, "You should know when you see it." ”

"But, for such a simple matter, I can't take your money."

"That doesn't matter." Ma San said anxiously, "You just have to do what I say." Please, you must help me, and remember, don't mention it to anyone, you know? After repeated admonitions, Ma San quietly left my room.

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I was quite confused and didn't know what to do.

I stared at the closed door for a few moments, trying to figure it out.

The room and the Wolf King's Square fell into an eerie silence.

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