Chapter 17: Operation Dark Night

The next day, I was awakened by the sound of pushing the door, and when I opened my eyes, I saw Dr. Qu walking in. She sat up with a bone, which startled Dr. Qu.

"You, your rope is untied?" He asked, surprised.

Xia Ye smiled lightly and said, "It's uncomfortable to tie up, and somehow it broke free." ”

Doctor Qu had a look of disbelief on his face, but he didn't want to investigate, but said to Xia Ye mysteriously: "Boss Mo asked me to release you early in the morning, if she asks, just say that the old man untied the rope for you." ”

"Thank you." Summer Night nodded gratefully at him.

"Girl, Boss Mo told the old man to look at you, if you don't run around anymore, you will be considered to have done the old man a great favor." Doctor Qu said bitterly, it seems that Mo Liangren has put the responsibility of taking care of Xia Ye on this poor little old man.

Summer Night thought to herself: If you don't have a long life, don't make trouble for others. So he smiled and swore to the sky: "Doctor Qu, if I run again, let me run and die of poison." ”

A few days later, Xia Ye really stayed honestly on the side of the medicine house, for the sake of convenience, she was still full of 'pockmarks' on her face, and no one from the silver-faced person and Cen Qiang came to her, and she couldn't run around when she had nothing to do, so she gave Dr. Qu a hand. There are a lot of people in this Wenxiang Courtyard, and from time to time there are people who have headaches and brain fevers, and there is no one to help him on weekdays, which is really enough for him to be busy. Doctor Qu was not polite, and instructed Xia Ye to do this and that, and sent her around.

Summer night personality is active, if you ask her to eat, drink, lie down and enjoy happiness all day long, you may make her 'tired' out of illness, Dr. Qu's approach is exactly what she wants. Bandage a wound, dry herbs, or cut herbs...... I have never done these things in the summer night, I think it is very fresh, and I unconsciously know a lot of medicinal materials and their medicinal properties, and know some simple pharmacological knowledge, which is really more and more interesting. She had the illusion that life could go on like this.

Old man Qu secretly observed the summer night, and couldn't help but have a good impression of her, feeling that this girl was not squeamish, but spiritual, but it was a pity that she was highly poisoned and her life was short.

After finishing her day's work, she went to bed early after washing up on a summer night, and she seemed to get used to it, and liked such a regular and light life. I don't know how long later, when she felt in a daze, she suddenly heard someone knocking on the door, she thought it was Dr. Qu - could it be that she came to the emergency room at night? struggled to get up and opened the door, and saw that it was Mo Liangren standing at the door, and suddenly understood in his heart that he was going to act tonight, and he immediately sobered up a lot.

Mo Liangren handed a package to Xia Ye and said in a low voice, "Change your clothes." ”

Soon, Xia Ye changed into a set of night clothes and walked out of the door, Mo Liangren glanced at it, turned his head and left without speaking, Xia Ye followed her closely.

They walked silently all the way, and finally came to the abandoned garden.

There is a shadow in the heart of the summer night here, and when she sees that dilapidated room, she will always involuntarily think of the tragic death of Aunt Cui, could it be that the task given to her by the silver-faced man is here?

Fortunately, Mo Liangren did not stop at the wing, but walked straight over and opened a door in the wall.

"Get out." Mo Liangren shook his head at the summer night.

Xia Ye obediently stepped out of the threshold, and was just about to look back at Mo Liangren, when he heard a 'clang' behind him, and when he turned around, he saw that the door had been closed.

"Get in the car." A muffled voice whispered into the back of Summer Night.

Summer Night was startled again, and when I looked back, I saw that a carriage had appeared in this dark back alley. A coachman sat in the driver's seat like a stone statue, this sound should not have come from him, she boldly reached out and opened the curtain of the car, and saw the silver light of the moonlight, and felt a little relieved.

"Still grinding something, get in the car." The silver-faced man whispered impatiently,

Summer Night hurriedly jumped up, and before he could sit down, the coachman threw his horsewhip in the air, and the car slammed forward, and before Summer Night could stand firmly, he fell backwards involuntarily and fell into the arms of a man.

Although the embrace was generous, it was not warm at all, and even a little cold, faintly exuding a faint bittersweet aroma of herbs.

Xia Ye knew that she had fallen into the arms of the silver-faced man, and she couldn't help but blush in the dark, but fortunately no one would see her, she coughed a few times in embarrassment, and quickly moved to the side and sat down.

The carriage moved in the dark, and no one in the carriage spoke except for the slightly heavy breathing of the two men, and after a long jolt, the carriage finally stopped.

When the car stopped, the silver-faced man asked in a sullen voice, "How?" ”

"Master, rest assured!" The coachman whispered back.

The silver-faced man jumped out of the carriage with a small black package on his back, and he also wore a night suit tonight, and jumped out of the carriage after him in the summer night. By the clear moonlight, she saw them outside a tall courtyard wall.

"Find a hidden place in front and hide until we come out." The silver-masked man commanded softly to the coachman.

The driver nodded, and carefully drove the carriage away.

As soon as the carriage left, the silver-faced man used his hands and feet together, and easily climbed the wall in two or three strokes. When Xia Ye was stunned, he hung the golden bell upside down, grabbed Xia Ye's arm, and pulled her up with a little effort.

After the two of them rode down the wall and looked down, the silver-masked man jumped into the courtyard with Summer Night.

At night, the wind was clear and the moon was clear, but at this time, the two of them had no intention of appreciating it, and after landing, the silver-faced man immediately became familiar with the door, stood on tiptoe and ran in one direction. Xia Ye didn't dare to lag behind, and hurriedly followed.

Suddenly, the silver-faced man walking in front stopped, and Xia Ye was caught off guard and hit his head on the back, and the silver-faced man hurriedly hugged her tightly with his backhand, retreated behind a bush, and did not dare to move a little bit. I saw the fire flickering not far away, and two people dressed as family members carried lanterns, whispered, and walked this way, and after a while, they passed by and went elsewhere.

The silver-faced man let go of Summer Night and stood up silently.

On the summer night, she felt the smell of herbs, drifting away with the wind as she left her arms, and she was in a trance for a moment.

"Let's go." The silver-faced man waved decisively.

......

I don't know which big family's residence this is, the place is really not small, and the pavilions and pavilions are winding and quiet, but it seems that this silver-faced man has done his homework and has a very clear goal. It's just that they need to watch out for the occasional night watchman from time to time, but they finally arrive at their destination - in front of a tall rockery, it is surrounded by all kinds of tall trees, there is a quaint pagoda on the mountain, a thin stream flows down through the pagoda, like a miniature version of the waterfall, half-covered and half-hidden like a bead curtain hanging in front of the rockery's stone cave, which can't help but remind people of the water curtain cave of Huaguo Mountain.

The silver-faced man didn't look at it much, and went directly into the stone cave of the rockery, and had to follow in the summer night.

A chill came unexpectedly, and the summer night couldn't help but hug her arms.

The silver-faced man seemed to be unaware of the temperature inside, and blew up the fire fold and took the lead. It was damp and cold, and from time to time water droplets fell, and the silver-faced man needed to half-cover the fire fold with one hand so as not to be extinguished by the water. He raised his hands and looked east and west in the stone cave of the rockery, as if he was looking for some entrance.

Suddenly, the silver-faced man stopped, leaned the fire fold close to a stone wall, carefully illuminated it for a long time, and turned back to point to the summer night.

Summer Night stepped forward, she saw a compass size on the stone wall, like a 'gossip' figure, it protruded slightly from the stone wall, like a relief, and gently clicked it with her hand, feeling some slight movement, it should be a good switch, but I don't know how it opens, it was originally covered by vines and plants hanging all over the stone wall, and it is difficult for this silver-faced man to find it.

The silver-faced man looked at her and nodded, and put down the package on his body, put it on the ground and opened it, and Xia Ye saw that it was full of delicate tools that could be used to break the mechanism, and thought that this silver-faced man was really thoughtful. She picked a hammer out of it, picked it up, and carefully tapped it lightly around the disc, mainly to hear the echo, and the sound coming from behind the heavy stone wall could tell her where the 'heart' of the mechanism was.

Without modern high-tech equipment, she can only take the way of capturing the thief and the king, dismantling it from the inside, just like in the dungeon that day, and reverse the method of cracking it. Suddenly, she heard a relatively empty sound from behind a stone wall, as if she was afraid that this feeling would slip away in an instant, she quickly knocked a few more times, and finally determined the location.

Just as Summer Night was about to tear it down, she thought that this stone wall was different from the wall in the dungeon, it was very hard, even if it was made of iron, it would take a long time to break it open, not to mention, in the dead of night, this abrupt blow would not be heard for long.

"If the mechanism fails and needs to be repaired, you won't have to smash the rockery every time." Summer Night took it for granted that she thought there should be a convenient setting for repair, and it was near the stone compass.

So she took the fire fold from the silver-faced man's hand, and began to look carefully against the stone wall, and sure enough, the work paid off, and in the stone wall, she found a crack that was easily overlooked, and this gap outlined the outline of a door, which was larger than a human head.

"There's a door." Summer Night turned around and handed the fire fold into the hands of the silver-faced man, and pulled out an arm-length iron chisel from the package, which had a wooden handle at one end, and was thin and flat, just enough to fit into the gap.

She pressed her ear to the stone wall, and listened carefully to the feedback coming from inside as she played with the iron chisel, and in a short time she heard a crisp 'click' on a summer night, and the small door opened.

Xia Ye put the iron chisel back into the package, took the fire fold and shone it inside, and couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart, there is indeed a mechanism here, although it is not as complicated as in the dungeon, but ordinary people see that it is a head two big - there is no way to start.

But for summer nights, it's only a matter of time.

Finally, after some tinkering, suddenly the stone wall made a 'Carrara' sound, and the rockery, which looked like an iron plate, slowly cracked a hole, until a dark doorway was revealed that could be walked through by one person.

The two glanced at each other, and the silver-masked man walked in first, and after Summer Night entered, the stone gate slowly closed behind them. At the moment when the stone door was closed, Xia Ye felt that her eyes suddenly lit up, she was startled, thinking that they had been discovered, and when she looked closely, it turned out that the torches on the wall were burning automatically, and she didn't know what the principle was, but it was convenient for them.

"That's amazing." Summer Night couldn't help but sigh heartily.

But the silver-masked man didn't respond, just kept looking around. Summer Night didn't know what the silver-faced man was looking for, so he took the opportunity to observe this stone cave.

This stone cave is the size of a bedroom, it looks like an ordinary hole in a rockery, but it is obviously much drier than the outside, she understands that this place is not ordinary, otherwise it would not use such a clever mechanism, there must be a secret in it.

The cave was very quiet and quiet, only the breathing of the two could be heard, and Summer Night closed her eyes slightly, and she heard a strange sound.

'Drip-Drip-Drip'

It was the sound of water dropping on the stones, and it had an echo that there must be an empty space somewhere.

She asked the silver-faced man softly, "Do you hear the sound of water?" ”

The silver-faced man seemed a little impatient, and replied casually: "I haven't heard it." But his eyes were still nervously pressed against the stone wall, refusing to let go of a small place, he could not believe that he had bothered to come in, and there was nothing in it, just an empty cave.

"There is the sound of water, listen carefully!" Summer Night held on and pulled him to his side.

The silver-faced man couldn't help it, so he had to calm down and listen attentively, and suddenly he opened his eyes and said with surprise in his voice: "There is a cave down there." ”

Xia Ye thought about it and felt that his analysis was correct, the rockery was only so big, and the sound of water must have come from underground.

"There must be a switch." Summer Night said while looking around.

"Look for it."

At this time, Xia Ye saw that there were many stones of different sizes on the ground, and suddenly her heart moved, and she leaned down to look at the ground piece by piece, and she found that there was a fist-sized stone that seemed to be much smoother than the others, so she stretched out her hand and pushed it hard.

I heard the ground rumble, and a black crack opened wider and wider, revealing a staircase going down.

The silver-faced man rushed over, blew up the fire fold, and walked down first. In the middle of the road, there is water dripping from above, making a 'drip-drip' sound, the sound of water she heard just now, presumably from here, she thought of the 'waterfall' pouring down from the rockery, thinking that there must be a mechanism here to pump the water from the ground to form a 'waterfall', and the cycle repeatedly, it seems that it should also be the handiwork of the apprentice of the 'No Right Holy Hand'.

After walking a dozen or so steps, there was no such wet section, until they had finished the stone steps, and suddenly a cave appeared in front of them, much larger than the one above, and just as they stepped into this place, torches lit up in the cave again, as if they had senses, and the summer night also found that there was a stone door at the junction of the cave and the stairs, and for some reason it did not close, and she even found a switch, which could only explain that the owner of the place had forgotten when he left.

"This is it, I finally found it." The silver-faced man made a dream-like sound.

Summer Night immediately put aside the study of the door, and saw several large wooden boxes in the cave, and when I walked over and opened one casually, my jaw was almost droppedβ€”it was a box full of gold, silver, and jewelry, shining in the light of the fire.

"This is the Treasure Cave!" Summer Night felt that she must be very greedy at this time.