Chapter 169: Exploring Lu's Mansion at Night
"Your wine recipe has Liu Ling's ancient method of making wine?" Zhong Yihan asked.
Lu Xiyi shook his head innocently: "No! I don't even have a book of wine recipes. However, you reminded me that in the future, I will record all the brewing methods in a book and pass them on to future generations, so that all kinds of brewing methods will not be lost. Eldest son, do you think it's good? ”
Zhong Yihan was a little angry, Lu Xiyi didn't seem to care at all about what he said, it was a matter related to her life!
"Xiaoxi, I asked you if there was a way, but you talked to me about other things?" The gaze that emerged from behind Zhong Yihan's mask was very stern.
Lu Xiyi looked at Zhong Yihan stupidly, this was the first time he was angry with her. Zhong Yihan was very uncomfortable with her, so he dodged his eyes.
"Why are you looking at me like that? I'm asking you! Zhong Yihan said.
Lu Xiyi felt that Zhong Yihan's eyes were familiar: "I'm sorry, eldest son." You remind me of that best friend of mine. ”
Next, there is a brief embarrassment.
Lu Xiyi put the axe down: "Actually, I have already thought of a way." Eldest Prince, do you remember when Manager Lu competed with me, at the end, he sacrificed a piece of wine, what do you remember? ”
"Oh, I remember!" Zhong Yihan suddenly realized. That night, Zhong Yihan, Liu Ji and Li Xiao climbed up to the wall of the Zizai Liquor Workshop, and saw Manager Lu reading a book in the room while weighing the raw materials, and the kind of wine he brewed at that time was brewed using Liu Ling's ancient method. The next day, Mr. Lu also advertised it at the door to attract customers.
Lu Xiyi said: "Since Manager Lu has Liu Ling's ancient method, why don't we learn it?" Although Mr. Lu is dead, there must be a book in his home that records this wine-making method, and as long as we find this book, we can complete the task given to us by the emperor. ”
"Now let's go to Manager Lu's house?" Zhong Yihan turned around and was about to leave.
Lu Xiyi grabbed his hand: "The eldest prince is not in a hurry!" It's just nightfall, and it's not suitable to go yet, so let's talk about it when it's late at night. ”
Zhong Yihan was desperate to get the ancient method of Manager Lu for Lu Xiyi, but he even forgot this simplest truth.
In the dead of night, Lu Xiyi and Zhong Yihan changed into black clothes, set off from the back door of the winery, and quietly came to Manager Lu's house. Mr. Lu was a eunuch with no children, and when he withdrew from the palace, he adopted one, and now he is a young man in his early twenties. Since the death of Mr. Lu, the adopted son inherited the family property. The adopted son spent money like dirt, spending all day drinking, this day Lu Xiyi and Zhong Yihan came, there were already two more ten, but Mr. Lu's adopted son was still drinking for fun.
"It's really a drunken dream!" Lu Xiyi pursed his lips disdainfully.
Zhong Yihan observed Manager Lu's house: "Now that Manager Lu is dead, the place where he once lived must be locked, and the lights on must not be a place to sleep." ”
So, Zhong Yihan jumped off the wall with Lu Xiyi, slipped to the backyard, and saw which room was dark, so he picked the lock open, just looked for a few rooms, and found no signs that Manager Lu lived. The two of them were anxious when suddenly there was a sound of footsteps in the verandah, and it was not just one person. Lu Xiyi and Zhong Yihan hurriedly hid behind the curtain to see who was coming.
I heard a young man say, "Although the old eunuch adopted me as his adopted son, he was actually very wary of me. He has been the chief steward in the palace for many years, how can he have that little bit of family wealth! Damn, he's got to hide a big chunk! It's just that he died so suddenly that I didn't have time to open his mouth. ”
Mr. Lu guarded against his adopted son, so he hid a large part of his property, not to mention his high position, but he also had his own scriptures that were difficult to read. What kind of life is it to guard against your adopted son every day, afraid of being killed by your adopted son and taking away the family property? Lu Xiyi felt very terrible when he thought about it.
Zhong Yihan said to Lu Xiyi: "As long as we follow Manager Lu's adopted son, we can know where Manager Lu's room is!" ”
The two quietly walked out of the room where they were, climbed up the wall again, and followed Mr. Lu to take care of his adopted son. With Mr. Lu's adopted son is an old man, and the two of them are very imaginative.
"Child, I've wronged you all these years!" I only heard the old man say, "Back then, I gave you to Eunuch Lu, on the one hand, for your own good, so that you can live a life of fine clothes and food, and on the other hand, for today's consideration." If Governor Lu dies, his family property will be yours, and wouldn't it be wonderful for us father and son to enjoy the eunuch's property together! What I never expected was that Eunuch Lu was still on guard against you and hid most of the family property! It's hateful! ”
Manager Lu sneered: "The people who come out of the palace don't have such simple brains!" ”
Lu Xiyi and Zhong Yihan couldn't help but shake their heads, although they despised Mr. Lu's adopted son in their hearts, but the biological father of the adopted son deceived Mr. Lu for money, which made them even more ashamed! It is in response to that saying that there is a Father and a Son.
The two of them talked, and walked through the verandah to a small courtyard. Through the lights, Lu Xiyi could see that the yard was full of peach and plum blossoms, and the flowers were in full bloom, falling like snow, which was very beautiful.
Then hearing Solang's voice, Mr. Lu's adopted son took out a large set of keys, picked out one of them, and opened the main room. Then the adopted son lit all the candles in the room, and the whole house became bright.
"Father, where do you think Eunuch Lu will put the family property? I've searched here many times and haven't found anything. The adopted son drank wine, and the more he talked, the more angry he became, and he raised his foot and kicked it on a chair, and kicked it with too much force.
The adopted son's father, whose eyes were the size of mung beans and like falcons, scouted around the room, and after a while he turned over the bed and knocked on the wall to see if there was a mezzanine on the wall. Finally, his gaze fell on the bed.
It was a kang bed, made of bricks, and the father of the adopted son came over and knelt down, looked at it and looked: "Do you think that Eunuch Lu will hide all the treasures in it?" ”
"Impossible!" The adopted son expressed doubts, "Every time I see the servant put the charcoal fire into the kang, how can he put the treasure in it?" Aren't you afraid of fire? ”
The adoptive son's father gritted his teeth, his eyes greedy and fierce: "The entire mansion, we have searched all the places we can find, and the ground has almost dug three feet, and nothing has been found." Now only this kang bed is left, what is left for it! Take the guy, our father and son worked together to dismantle the kang bed. ”
Without doing anything, Mr. Lu's adopted son brought an ax and a hammer, and worked together with his biological father, smashing it for a long time, knocking the bricks of the kang bed, and finding nothing except a blackened fire kang.
Mr. Lu's adopted son was very discouraged: "I said, it is impossible to hide treasures here." ”
The adoptive son's father observed the kang bed, and the kang only took up one-third of the bed: "Generally, our kang bed is a big fire kang, but this bed is just a small kang, which is a bit strange!" Is it necessary to leave so much space next to it? ”