Only then did Al realize that the old man had been so cautious that he had carried his account books with him for a moment.

But thinking of Hardcliffe's performance just now, Al is not surprised.

"If I had known that he had brought the account books with him, he would not have had to use such a troublesome method. Al thought to himself.

Harcliffe took the account book and walked to the wall at the head of the bed, and before Al could see what he did, the wall was removed upwards, revealing a small block of space. Hackreef put the ledger into the small compartment, and with a "snap", the wall closed, intact and undetectable from the outside.

Al's eyes widened and he looked very closely, but unfortunately he still couldn't see how Harcliffe activated the switch.

"It's a pity, it seems that we can only wait until the pandan grass does it. Thinking so, Al crouched honestly on the beams of the room, waiting for the night to come.

After three watches in the night, everything was silent, and the entire general's mansion fell into a deep sleep, and so did General Hackreef. He was sleeping soundly, only to hear a loud cry for help from the window: "It's a fire! It's a fire! Don't sleep, let's put out the fire!"

Harcliffe, who was a famous man in the army, woke up immediately, and when he got up and pushed the window to look, he saw thick smoke billowing out the window and the fire visible. What's even more terrifying is that I can feel the heat wave, obviously the fire has spread to this bedroom, and everyone in the house is awakened, and the sound of the fire is loud.

Hackreef hurriedly put on his clothes and wanted to run out of the bedroom to direct the firefighting. He is the backbone of the general's mansion, as long as he comes forward, the mansion can calm down. But when he was about to run out of the house, he seemed to remember something, and hurriedly ran back to the wall at the head of the bed, opened the secret compartment, and took out the account book and looked at it. Seeing that the account books were intact, he also breathed a sigh of relief and completely let down his guard.

Hackreve carefully placed the ledger again, closed the compartment, and ran out at once. As he ran, he shouted, "Don't panic, don't panic! There is a water tank in the house, and this fire is too big to start." ”

Of course, this fire is not big, this billowing smoke, this scorching heat wave is all made by pandan grass with magic, and it is controlled by her. In fact, Al could have set off a real fire, but considering that if the fire was too big and uncontrollable, it would inevitably hurt innocents and affect ordinary people, so Al decided to let Panda grass do it.

Al jumped off the beam and leapt to the wall. He moved quickly, because time was running out of the blue. He chanted the incantation, and a flash of fire erupted from his fingertips, and Al directly used fire magic to illuminate it.

He crept over to the wall and took a closer look. I saw that the originally snow-white walls were smeared with a very light pale green layer at some point, and if you didn't look closely, you wouldn't be able to see it in the dark night.

Comoni grass seed, which is native to the south of the country, originally means "small" in the local language. This grass seed is very small in shape, like powder in the hand, and very light in color, in short, it is an extremely inconspicuous and harmless plant.

However, this kind of grass seed has a very peculiar property, unless it is stored in special soil, otherwise after leaving the mother plant, all these grass seeds will die in a short time and turn into white powder.

And Al took advantage of the wonderful properties of this grass seed, and while Hackreef was asleep, he stole Noyk in the General's Mansion, and smeared a bag of grass seeds in this bedroom. When Hardcliffe was awakened, the lights were dark, and he couldn't even notice the pale green color that was so light as he was in a hurry to put out the fire.

And when his suspicion attacks and he must check the account books, he will definitely touch the mechanism and wipe off the grass seeds. Al only needs to observe the grass seeds being wiped away in that place to know where the mechanism really is.

Al carefully observed the color on the wall, "No, there is no one on this wall. He thought about it and looked at the large table beside Hackreef's bed, and finally made a discovery.

Just a small corner on the right side of the bottom of the table, the light green has been wiped off. Al tried it with his hand, and the small corner protruded from the rest. No wonder Al never noticed that Hackreef activated the mechanism under the table with a small movement when he was turning his back to him, and Al's vision was obscured and he couldn't see at all.

"Hackreef activated the mechanism quickly, almost instantaneously, and the method of activating it should not be complicated. Thinking so, Al tried it, and after holding the bulge and turning it three times to the right, the hidden compartment hidden behind the wall finally opened.

Al didn't dare to slack off, and quickly took out the account book and looked through it. This account book is actually a general ledger, and there are no detailed detailed entries in it, even if it is a general financial accounting, it must be confusing when you look at it at first. Thanks to Al, he has studied military affairs since he was a child, and the entries in this army, whether it is the northern or western border, are much the same, there is no difference.

After a quick overturn, Al frowned, "That's what the North is trying to do?", the noise outside the window grew louder and louder, and it seemed that under the command of Hardcliffe, the entire General's Mansion had united to put out the fire. It's just that this fire is not an ordinary natural flame, but is controlled by pandan grass, and no matter how they put out the water, this fire just can't be extinguished.

Al didn't dare to delay any longer, he hurriedly put the account book back in its place, and twisted the mechanism back again, and closed the hidden compartment with a "snap". He cast another spell and blew all the grass seeds on the table on the wall to the ground with a strong wind, and by the time Hackreef returned, by the time dawn they were all dead and turned into little white powder.

Hackreef may have doubts in his heart, but the account books are intact, and there is no financial or personnel loss in the house, so he just doesn't even have the object of suspicion, and he will not take it to heart in a few days.

Taking advantage of the chaos in the General's Mansion, even those guards joined the firefighting, Al hurriedly cast the "Night Cloak" and escaped from the General's Mansion under the cover of night. In a small wine stall not far from the General's Mansion, he found pandan grass in disguise, and a nightingale guarding him.

"Well done. Al touched the little head of the pandan grass and encouraged.

"How's it going?", asked the nightingale quietly.

"The books are seen. Al sighed, "Hey, it's a big problem this time. ”