Chapter 036: Search (1st Update)
Early the next morning, Mo Fei pushed open the door of his room and yawned twice.
After he handed over the golden hairpin to Dongling yesterday, the latter was very moved, but he still refused euphemistically, allowing him to truly experience the taste of refusal. Fortunately, they succeeded in diverting the attention of the other party and eliminating the trouble.
Since it was late, the guards in the inner courtyard had already begun to patrol the night, and if they wandered outside, they would be in danger of being interrogated, so Dongling left Mo Fei in his room for one night, and did not return to his residence until it was about to dawn.
About because of the fact that there was a man living in the room, Dong Ling didn't fall asleep for half the night, and even Mo Fei could only talk with him, plus he got up early, he only slept for two or three hours. If you don't reach the foundation building realm, the monks still need to sleep, and even after the foundation is built, the monks will occasionally fall asleep to regain their spirits.
So Murphy yawned and looked sleep-deprived.
Fortunately, the exploration operation has also achieved a lot of gains. The first is that he has mastered a route to Shao Minghui's residence, and the second is that he has learned some information about Shao Minghui from his chat with Dong Ling yesterday, knowing that he will go to another place every afternoon to listen to the Jindan elders' preaching, and there will be an hour or two when he will not be in Linchun Pavilion (the name of Shao Minghui's residence), and usually the Jiedan monk will follow.
In addition, Dong Ling also talked about some things that made her feel uneasy, she heard other servants mention that Shao Minghui often had maids who died of illness, and the people who died were some people with outstanding appearances, as if there was some kind of curse in his room, so she was very worried about her safety.
Mo Fei couldn't help this, and only comforted her twice, telling her that if she had any trouble, she could go to herself for help and so on. He just borrowed Hu Mincai's identity, and he didn't really like Dongling, so it was only perfunctory.
After going out, he first went to the Foreign Affairs Hall to order Mao, Mo Fei calculated the time, came back to rest for a while, then slipped out again, came to the inner courtyard through the gap, walked along a remote path, walked to the vicinity of the lotus pond, found a tall tower that looked deserted, climbed up, took out a clairvoyant mirror from the storage ring, and observed the Snow Fragrance Garden opposite.
He was waiting for Shao Minghui to leave.
Every day at noon, when the other party went to listen to the sermon, the monk would also be taken away, which was when Mo Fei was most likely to infiltrate the Linchun Pavilion.
He came at the right time, and after a while, Shao Minghui walked out of the door and appeared in the field of vision, followed by a young man. Mo Fei hurriedly retracted his gaze, that young man was probably the strong man who protected Shao Minghui, even if he was separated from such a distance, it was still very likely that he would be detected by such a strong person by snooping at will.
He didn't dare to continue to snoop, came down from the tower, and walked towards the Snow Fragrance Garden casually, there were a few maids by the lotus pond, chatting and chatting, Mo Fei walked over and asked, "Dare to ask a few sisters, is the ninth prince at home?"
The maids all looked over, and one of them said, "Gongzi has to go to Elder Chengwen to listen to the sermon at this time of day, and he has already left." What's the matter with you?"
Mo Fei's heart was relieved, but he pretended to be anxious on his face, "Alas, it's really unfortunate, just now a guest outside, who claimed to be Gu Kangshi, said that he was here to visit Gongzi, and I specially came to Tongbing...... Anyway, thank you to a few sisters. Mo Fei said nonsense, hurriedly made a gesture, and left.
Several maids only thought he was anxious, and did not suspect it, and when they saw his panicked appearance, they thought it was funny, laughed a few words, and continued their work.
Mo Fei ran a few steps, ran into the path covered by green bamboo, reached out and took out an invisible talisman from his bosom and stuck it on his body, and suddenly his body shook for a while, gradually dissolving into the air.
This is what he asked for from Lingwen, although it is a low-level talisman, it is more troublesome to make, it is not common, and its effect is not enough to shield the divine mind from probing, but it is enough to blindfold mortals.
Then he ran out of the road, rushed to the back of the Linchun Pavilion, looked left and right to see that there was no one, and then climbed the back wall of the brick and stone with his hands and feet, and climbed up in twos and threes. There is a gecko wall swimming technique in the martial arts, but Mo Fei is just a rock climbing that relies on strong finger power.
I climbed two more floors, saw an open back window, and quietly turned in.
This is a study, with a long case next to the window, and shelves full of books on both sides, Mo Fei carefully pulled out a few books, and found that they were all mortal classics. And there hung a sword on the wall, and it was also mortal iron.
After rummaging around, there was no trace of the Shark Emperor Pearl, Mo Fei came to the door, first entered the spiritual power layer, and confirmed that there was no other heartbeat nearby, and then lightly opened the door and came to the corridor outside.
A glance reveals that there are seven rooms in a concave pattern, and the study is located in the northwest corner. Two of the other rooms had their doors open, and of the other four locked rooms, the room on the east side seemed to be covered by an enchantment, but Mo Fei gave it up after just one glance, judging from its location, this room probably belonged to the monk who had no way to break the enchantment at this time.
The rest were the two rooms in the north and northeast, Mo Fei came to the door of the north room, carefully checked the crack of the door, and found no organs, prohibitions, or anything like hair. After making preparations, he gently pushed the door open, there was nothing unusual, it seemed that Shao Minghui was not the kind of character who was extremely cautious.
It is an outer hall with a dining table and an elegant layout, but the room to the northeast is connected to it, with a curtain hanging in the middle and a bedroom in the back. Murphy quickly surveyed the two rooms, then began rummaging.
The technique is very quick and neat, but very light, without destroying any place, first look through the open drawers, cabinets and the like, and then gently brush your fingers under the table, behind the cabinet, in the gaps, there is no mechanism, every time you look at a place, it will be reset as it is, to ensure that no one will find that this place has been searched.
There was nothing unusual here, not even anything that could indicate his status as a monk, as if it were an ordinary scholar's bedroom.
Just in doubt, suddenly Mo Fei felt a vibration under his feet, and his heart was shocked, and after listening carefully, there seemed to be a sound of heavy stone slabs rising and falling, and the direction from which the sound came was under the golden silk nanmu stepping bed.
Seeing that the bed began to sink gradually, Murphy immediately realized that someone was coming out of the mechanism below.
Although he still had the effect of the invisible talisman on his body, he didn't dare to stay in the room at all, so he quickly withdrew from the inner room, moved back to the study in a few steps, held his breath, and suppressed the heartbeat rate with Zhiqun, so that its vibration was weakened, and his existence was minimized.
At this moment, he heard a creak of the door opening, followed by footsteps, and someone walked out of Shao Minghui's bedroom and was about to leave.
Mo Fei looked close to the crack in the door, but only saw the back of a man wearing a cloak.