Chapter 159: Winter Festival (14)
The carriage was too broken, and it ran fast and fell apart, especially in the middle of nowhere, and there was no easy way to go. So by the time the two of them went home, it was already dark.
As soon as they entered the house, they saw a large group of people talking about something. They came back and no one noticed.
Hao Pang said that the professional quality of the princess's guards was as bad as his own. Why did they all run to see the excitement, what if the thief sneaked in?
"I'm more concerned about what's going on. Xiang Bei and Hao Pang squeezed into the crowd and asked, "What's going on?"
I saw an old man lying on the ground at this time, already hanging.
"Lao Xiang, you're back, it's good to come back alive. Chu took pity and pulled him over: "What do you guess this old man is doing?"
"Where did I guess where I went, where did I get it?"
"Uncle, uncle got it. ”
"No, I'll ask him to find an expert, and he'll get me a dead one back. What about others?" Xiang Bei looked around for Chu Jingtian's figure.
Chu Jingtian came out of the room with his teeth picked: "Sir, boy, I'm here." Not long after I came back, I had a meal first, and the food you studied was getting better and better. Dumpling wine is a perfect match. Now that I'm full, I'll tell you. This old man did know a lot about shipbuilding, and in your words, his previous position was the equivalent of a shipyard manager. He wouldn't go with me, and I kidnapped him. But after all, I was too old to stand the long journey, and there were pursuers behind me, so I drove faster, and that's it. ”
"That is, you have nothing to gain from this trip, and you have not found a pit for the old man to bury halfway. ”
"No, he told me when he was dying. There's something on him that can help us find a box of boat drawings that he's duplicated and hidden. So I brought him back, but I couldn't find anything useful, so look for it. Everyone was looking for it just now, but they didn't find it. ”
"There's one thing, why did he tell you that?"
"Because I scared him, I told him that if he couldn't help me, I would go and cut off his whole family. A master of turning gas, scaring people still has a lot of weight. ”
"Uncle Chu, you are a little bit of a noble character, but you are doing the right thing, let me take a look. Xiang Bei squatted down and groped around the corpse carefully. Chu said that it was useless, this person went out in a hurry, and there were two copper plates on his body, and nothing else. They had already flipped over.
Xiang Bei ignored him, touched it carefully, and finally nodded in agreement: "It's in a hurry to go out, clean and smooth." ”
Hao Pang spoke: "Mr. Princess, you two are okay, you two have been kidnapped, can you not go out in a hurry." I suggested carrying it to the room and stripped naked. ”
"The fat man is reliable, you can carry him to the lamp room. ”
The lamproom is a room dedicated to finding things, and there is nothing else, but there is plenty of light. There are a lot of white lights in it. A special kind of oil made of oil, etc., is particularly bright. Moreover, the lighting arrangement of the lamp room is ingenious, so that no human figure can be illuminated, and the vision will not be affected by the shadow.
In the lamproom, the old man's clothes were all removed. Hao Pang Chu was shocked to follow Xiang Bei to inspect, and every piece of clothing was carefully examined under the lamp, for fear that there was a hidden map.
Hao Pang asked Xiang Bei if he didn't want to eat when he came back, there were frozen dumplings in the yard, just cook a few.
"Fatty, you're hungry, you go first, let Sister-in-law Bo cook the dumplings for the two of us, and I'll study it with Uncle Chu for a while." ”
"Okay, then I'll go, I'm fat and easy to have an empty belly. ”
After Hao Pang finished speaking, he ran away, and Xiang Bei threw down the clothes in his hand. said to Chu Jingtian: "Uncle Chu, do you think this old man will be like a fat man, like to eat indiscriminately?"
"You mean in the stomach?"
"Yes, we have to find out. Let me tell you, since this old man is hiding, what is hidden must be the most advanced blueprint of the blue ocean, and it must be found. ”
After speaking, Xiang Bei took out the dagger from his bag and handed it to Chu Jingtian: "You come." ”
Chu Jingtian waved his hand: "I won't come, this old gentleman died because of me, and I am extremely guilty." How can you knife his corpse again? ”
"Cut, suddenly it's exquisite. Xiang Bei rolled up his sleeves and stabbed into the abdomen.
The two of them covered their noses and rummaged through their stomachs, and soon found something white. Xiang Bei picked it up with a knife: "Such a big one, how can you swallow it, you can't pull it out, aren't you afraid of constipation?"
Chu Jingtian said that this is a kind of resin-condensed wrapping. It is very light and can be on top of other objects in the stomach without causing blockages. To pull it out, you need to drink half a catty of soybean oil.
Xiang Bei listened to it terrifyingly: "This old man is so old, I didn't expect it to be so fierce." ”
"Interest, since these ship drawings are kept secret, he knows that they must be valuable. is still hidden elsewhere, which means that it is left to his son, not to be sold himself. Let's see. ”
Xiang Bei threw the thing into the water and washed it, and after opening it, they laughed together, it was indeed a map, and a place was marked on the map.
Chu Jingtian said, "Why don't I go to the blue ocean again?"
"Don't worry, it's not that simple, let's go together when the time comes. Celebrate the festival first, and then talk about it after the festival. Don't make any claims that we've found it, just let the princess know. ”
"Understood. ”
The two of them left the lamp room with a sigh on their faces, and Hao Pang happened to come back from the kitchen and asked them how they were, did they have any gains?
Xiang Bei pouted: "Do you see that the two of us look like we have harvested, everyone has been cut open, nothing has been found, and it is estimated that we have been deceived." ”
Chu was indignant: "I'll go and kill that old man's whole family another day." ”
Hao Pang told them not to be angry, it's not good to be angry for the big holiday. I'm going to clean up with Xiao Jiu.
Xiang Bei nodded, and Hao Pang took Xiao Jiu into the light room. Xiao Jiu said that he was really unlucky, he was tricked by this old man, and a large group of people were tricked.
Hao Pang didn't think so, let him see the basin?
"What's wrong with the basin, there is blood in it, this is normal, Mr. washed his hands after the operation. ”
"No, it's a bit bloody, not just washing your hands. Mr. is working, it is impossible to get blood on his hands, this is what was cleaned. So Mr. found it, but he just didn't say it, and you kid don't say it. Go and pour the water first. ”
"I understand" Xiao Jiu picked up the basin and left, admiring Hao Fat's thoughtfulness in his heart, he didn't expect this. It is not unreasonable for the fat brother to be liked by Mr.
Hao Pang wrapped the corpse in a corpse cloth and muttered to himself: "Shipbuilding, going into the river is always a little inconvenient, do you want me to help Mr." ”
I don't know what he's thinking, but it doesn't sound like a bad thing anyway.
Xiang Bei returned to the room, and Chu Pian immediately ran to inquire about the situation.
Xiang Bei poured tea: "I just talked to the fat man in the courtyard, you should have heard it, I didn't find it." ”
Chu pity told him: "Don't make trouble, your words are for others." Again, that's not the case. I have confidence in you, you are old, there is nothing that can't be done, right? ”
"Then you still ask" Xiang Bei looked like I was the best.
Chu took pity on Dale: "Haha, it's another harvest, I made a lot of money today." ”
"What's the point?"
"You don't know yet, do you? For the winter feast, with our dumplings, 5,000 gold coins and 5,000 pieces, you say you don't make money. ”
Xiang Bei thought for a while: "The king has a good intention to give this business, but I'm afraid that this money will not be stable, who provided it with food before?"
"Lin Fulou, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing, it's just that Lin Fulou is Lin Zheng's industry, this time it should be a little unhappy, pay attention. ”
"I'm still a princess, I don't believe he dares to get along with me. ”
"But this is Xiangfu, and you don't take the princess too seriously. The princess is not an official position. After Xiang Bei finished speaking, he asked her why the kite hadn't come yet?