Chapter 118: Trying to Cover Up
"My lord, Dingwu is not in the house, he went out on an outing, and it will take several days to come back." Tang Xuefei grabbed the white road.
Ning Ze moved his gaze to her again, Tang Xuefei didn't raise his head, just lowered his head desperately, the loose cuffs of the purple dress on his body were a little wrinkled, and the handkerchief was tightly pinched in her hand.
"Don't challenge the bottom line of this king, if this king finds out that you are all lying, then, this is not a matter of the nine clans, everyone present will suffer joint punishment, if anyone provides useful clues, this king can consider letting you go."
These words caused a commotion in the originally silent group of subordinates, and Mrs. Mao and Tang Xuefei were very worried in their hearts, not knowing if these subordinates would betray them.
Ning Ze waited for a while, and when he was almost impatient, he finally said in a subtle and timid voice: "My lord, the young master is in the room in the south, and he usually stays at home, but there is still someone to deliver the food." ”
These words made Ning Ze hear hope. Without delay, he directly called those officers and soldiers to search together, took all the people of Maofu with him, and did not allow anyone to run away.
Even if he knew that such a direct order to execute someone would violate the law, but for Ning Ze, he couldn't control it so much now, Qi Shu, find Qi Shu first!
Ning Ze, who had a straight face, rushed to the south of Mao's mansion with those people, and was identified by the maid just now, this maid was not from Mao Dingwu's room, but was responsible for sprinkling and sweeping, Tang Xuefei and Mrs. Mao didn't recognize it, so they could only secretly look at her with resentment.
"This is it." The maid stretched out her hand and pointed to a row of bungalows next to the guide, with white walls and black windows, which were covered with a heavy black cloth, and it was impossible to see what it looked like from the outside.
"Demolished."
Of course, Ning Ze didn't mean to let them really tear down the house, but just let them carefully inspect the inside, tear off all the curtains and everything, and restore the bright appearance of the house.
Finally couldn't help it, Ning Ze rushed in and turned Mao Dingwu's room upside down with those subordinates, but still found nothing, and looked at the maid who had just identified this location with red eyes, the maid was so frightened that she shuddered fiercely, and then muttered: "That's not the case, the young master is inside, and he has never been out." "I almost cried when I heard the voice.
Looking at the sheets and bedding that were lifted, and the tables and chairs that were pushed to the ground, there was nothing in Mao Dingwu's room, only calligraphy and paintings, all kinds of calligraphy and paintings, or cats, snakes, insects, rats and ants, or character portraits and ghosts. It looks weird.
Where else haven't you found?
Ning Ze looked at the people of the Mao family and found that they were all with their heads down, trying to escape, and no one dared to respond to his gaze.
The roof is definitely impossible, just now those officers and soldiers have already set up a shelf, and nothing has been found, and a lot of roof tiles have been removed.
Could it be the walls? Or is it the floor? Thinking of this, Ning Ze went to knock on these things, trying to find something.
But Ning Ze, who walked from the east to the west, didn't find anything when he knocked and knocked, and there was no mechanism or anything on the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, this house seemed to have no problems at all, but in Ning Ze's eyes, he always felt that something was wrong.
Hu Xianling didn't even dare to be angry when he watched his movements, thinking that he was a big official in Shaoliang City who was handling the case, or a prince. must be an unusual character, he can't show his cowardice in vain to make people laugh.
After patrolling for a while, Ning Ze set his eyes on the place where Mrs. Mao stepped in and stood, the position of the threshold.
"Get out of the way." Ning Ze looked at Mrs. Mao fixedly and motioned for her to stand over and don't get in the way.
Mrs. Mao was a little nervous, her hands were trembling and she didn't know where to put them, she looked a little flustered, but Ning Ze was not panicked at all.
"Get out of the way!" Ning Ze accentuated his tone.
Seeing this, the officers and soldiers next to him hurriedly dragged Mrs. Mao to the side, what is this old lady doing to hinder the adult's office affairs? Looking for death?
Ning Ze saw that Mrs. Mao avoided getting out of the way, and her fair-skinned and slender fingers touched the threshold of this house, the wooden high threshold, long and square, looked much larger than the ordinary threshold.
It doesn't feel right.
Knocked, then broken with his hand, and finally tugged hard. The pitch-red threshold, which was still at the door of the room, was instantly pulled open, revealing a fan-shaped opening-like scene.
And beneath this cave is dark and dark, and there is no bottom.
Hu Shang knew that it was his turn to perform. Hurriedly beckoned to his subordinates and said, "Hurry up, take a ladder and a rope." ”
But Ning Ze didn't panic, since the entrance of the cave that revealed a pitch black and dark was on one side, then there must be an entrance on the other side, and since it was the entrance to the west that was the entrance, then there should also be an entrance to the east.
Ning Ze continued to push the threshold, but it was too heavy and astringent, and with his strength, it was almost there. Seeing this, Hu Shang hurriedly squatted down and acted with Ning Ze.
The two of them worked together to push the threshold completely to the east, revealing a stone staircase.
Seeing this, Hu Shang hurriedly wanted to praise Ning Ze, but the other party had already gone down the stone steps with great speed, and Hu Shang had to hurriedly call someone to help, and quickly go in to assist the prince.
"Hurry up, move quickly!" urged his subordinates to hurry down to assist Ning Ze, and Hu Shang himself was the last to go down, leaving some people above the house to guard the Mao family.
Seeing that there was such a cave in his own son's room, and he didn't even know it, Mao Anbang couldn't believe his eyes.
"What's going on?! Father! How about you say something! Mao Anbang looked at Mrs. Mao with some annoyance, although he was old, he was not confused at all, he was just afraid that he would not be able to do anything.
"That's right! What the hell is going on?! Old lady Mao said kindly.
Mrs. Mao and Tang Xuefei were selectively silent, no one wanted to admit that they knew about it, this hole was made by Dingwu himself, and they didn't know it at all.
"Do you have to watch the Mao family finish before you are willing?" Mao Anbang didn't know what to say.
"Anbang, no, listen to me, there is a reason for this, and we don't know if it will bring back a * annoyance!" Mrs. Mao said with a wink, glaring at Tang Xuefei.
"Xue Fei, you say, what the hell is going on?" If you can't ask your mother, your wife should say it.
Tang Xuefei didn't dare to say it out loud, but just tugged at Mao Anbang's sleeve and whispered, "Then Qi Shu and Dingwu stay together." ”
Mao Anbang looked at Tang Xuefei with an incredible look, why didn't she say it just now? Why do you say it now? Crazy? Didn't you hear what the adult just said?
"I'm not, don't I think he can't find it? Who knows......" Before Tang Xuefei's words were finished, a loud slap from Mao Anbang had already landed on her face.
"Bastard!" Mao Anbang shouted angrily, how could she be so confused? This is harming herself, harming the entire Mao family!
The crutches that the old lady Mao was holding also stomped on the ground fiercely, and he looked a little angry, why did he go earlier?
"Shut up! What does it look like to be noisy? Yes?! The officers and soldiers next to him shouted, this is useless in front of them, let them cry after the adults come up.
I don't know what the adults saw when they went down, whether they caught the person they wanted, they were all a little tired of tossing, and the brothers were all counting on this matter to end quickly, who could stand it if they squatted like this every day.
After Ning Ze went down first, he found that the inner environment of this cave-like existence was very dark, so that it was difficult to see the direction of travel, and it was only after someone brought a torch that it was a little better.
This underground cave should have an exit and entrance, at least Ning Ze felt that the air was circulating, there was no dull and unpleasant smell, but it was still full of dampness.
"Ah!!h An officer and soldier put the torch close to the cave wall and tried to adjust his boots, but accidentally touched a somewhat sleek and raised thing on the cave wall, and when the torch shone closely, he saw clearly, it turned out that what he was touching was actually a human skull, can this not be scary?
Ning Ze said angrily: "Shut up! "It's a narrow passage, what if someone hiding in this hole finds out? Isn't that just a scare for the snake?
But even when Ning Ze himself brought the torch close to the wall, he found that there was something wrong with this place, and many bones were scattered here, which was very shocking and terrifying.
Could it be that there is some monster down here?
Ning Ze's heart was half cold in an instant, he couldn't accept the result that Qi Shu was already dead or about to die. Suddenly, the exploration of the road ahead was a little more fearful.
After walking for a while, when Ning Ze felt that he had made a mistake and was spinning in place, there was finally some light on the road ahead.
When everyone breathed a sigh of relief and felt that it might be a little better when there was light, a black shadow suddenly jumped out of the light and went directly to the crowd, wanting to break through the officers and soldiers behind Ning Ze.
"Catch him!" Ning Ze shouted violently.
The officers and soldiers subconsciously immediately reached out to grab him and prevent him from escaping, because he looked like a human and did not look like a monster, so no one was afraid to move his hands.
It took eight big men before the general held him down.
Ning Ze didn't dare to think about it, and ran forward desperately, running towards a place with a little bit of light.
Bless, you must bless Qi Shu there, you must be well, if something happens to her, he will definitely kill all these people! Kill them all!
The torch in his hand floated behind because of the running, and Ning Ze took advantage of this dim light, and his eyes did not dare to stop searching around, expecting to see the figure, Qi Shu's figure.
This narrow passage was extremely dark, only the light above his head hung in the head, and he couldn't even grasp it when he looked at it, and he couldn't touch it.
Suddenly, there was a stumble under his feet, Ning Ze almost tripped over something, and there was a "clang", which was the sound of the iron tool, which made Ning Ze, who was running, have to stop and check. Although he was anxious.
Ning Ze cautiously took the torch and approached the thing he accidentally kicked, it turned out to be an iron porcelain bowl, and there were a few steamed bun slices in it.