Shen took the letter he handed over, the letter was sealed with oil and wax, stained with blood, and when it was opened, there were only some greetings written in the letter.

Hu Shenglin said that there was an accident at home, and it was inconvenient for Hu Yan to stay here to study, so he asked his cousin Hu Shengquan to help take care of Hu Yan for some time and teach him about going to school.

The letter also mentioned the marriage between Miss Hu and Uncle Pingyuan, Hu Shenglin earnestly asked his cousin to help go to Pingyuan Bofu to discuss the extension of the marriage, and said that if Pingyuan Bofu was unwilling, he would dislike the three-year filial piety period was too long, and let Hu Shengquan help his daughter quit his family.

There was no mention of the black mine and Hu Rong in this letter, and it looked like a very normal greeting, but since Hu Shenglin suddenly let Hu Yan leave, he must have discovered something, or sensed that Hu Rong's mother and son were in danger of being killed.

Since he had left a way out for his son, he would not say anything about it.

Xue Nuo asked beside him, "Childe, what does this letter say?" ”

Shen shook his head: "I didn't say anything, Master Hu just asked the servant to take care of Master Hu and them." ”

Xue Nuo couldn't help muttering, "But Mrs. Hu just died, and Master Hu didn't let his children stay to keep filial piety, how could he send them to the capital?" Miss Hu doesn't matter, can Gongzi Hu still want to be an official in the future, go out during the filial piety period, aren't you afraid of being poked in the back? ”

Shen pursed his lips when he heard this, even children know the truth, how could Hu Shenglin not know.

He obviously wanted a pair of children to go to the capital to avoid trouble.

Shen looked down at the letter paper in his hand, there was no mezzanine in it, and there was no code word worth scrutinizing on the letter, but since Hu Shenglin asked a pair of children to go to the capital to avoid trouble, he must have noticed that something was wrong around him, and even knew in advance that something might happen to him.

Since it is the same, he will definitely leave something for Hu Yan's brothers and sisters to protect themselves.

"Master Hu, your father asked you to go to Beijing to visit Hu Shilang, and let you live in their mansion temporarily, did you prepare anything for you to bring?" Shen asked.

Hu Yan's voice was hoarse: "Yes, yes, but they are all ordinary meeting gifts, and the most valuable one is only a guqin." ”

"Guqin?" Shen was puzzled.

Hu Yan explained with red eyes: "My father likes to play the piano, and my uncle was also good at the six arts of a gentleman when he was young. ”

"Three years ago, when my father took me into Beijing, the two of them also played the piano together, some time ago my father got a very expensive guqin, and I had to play it every day, this time there was an accident at home, and my father said that when I entered Beijing, I would take the piano to the capital and hand it over to my uncle as a gift."

Shen was thoughtful: "Where are all the things you took away?" ”

Hu Yan said: "The guqin is in my father's study, he said that he would debug it first, and then hand it over to me when I left, and other things are still in the warehouse, and they are all packed and placed in the corner." ”

Shen immediately made a decision: "You take me to the study to find the guqin." Fu instructed the people around him, "You two, go to the warehouse with the people of the Hu family to see if there are any things inside, and pay careful attention to whether there is anything inside." ”

Hu Yan was frightened and frightened by the tragedy that almost wiped out the door tonight, but Shen not only saved him, but also the only life-saving straw he could hold on to now, so he did not hesitate to his words, and ordered the people below to take two guards to the library to inspect, and he himself was carried by someone and led Shen and them to the study.

The courtyard of the Hu family is extremely spacious, and Hu Shenglin's study is in one of the attics.

Unlike other people's study on the first floor, Hu Shenglin put the study on the second floor of the attic, and when everyone passed, they found that the door of the study was wide open, the wooden bolt was broken in half, and the bookshelf in front of the door was crooked to the side, and the study was obviously rummaged through, and all kinds of things were scattered on the ground.

"Somebody has been here." Xue Nuo whispered.

"If the Hu family really has any handle, they will naturally not let go of a place like the study before they come to extinguish it."

Shen had expected it, and it was precisely for this reason that he didn't let people come in to search just now.

Those people in black had the intention of destroying their mouths, and they would definitely destroy the "evidence" first, and places like the study would never be missed.

The subordinates of the Hu family were all retreated, and there were guards guarding the door.

Xue Nuo swept around the inside, and hurriedly trotted to the corner: "Childe, Qin." ”

She pulled out a guqin from under the fallen cabinet over there, which was completely black, faintly green when it met the light of the fire shining in front of the door, and the edges of the piano were carved with lines like green vines wrapped around the ancient wood, and the strings glowed in the candlelight at night.

Xue Nuo took advantage of the cleaning of the things pressed on the piano, touched it with her hand, and soon found an extremely secret gap on the side of the piano body, she pretended not to find anything, and returned to Shen Qi with the piano in her arms.

Shen took it and asked, "This is the qin that your father asked you to give to Hu Shengquan?" ”

Hu Yan said a little sadly: "That's it, my father has been in the study since he brought this piano back, he will wipe it every three or five times, and occasionally play a song, he said that this piano was collected by him with great difficulty, and no one is allowed to touch it on weekdays." ”

Shen lowered his head and plucked the strings, the sound was warm and loose, pure and perfect, and there was still an aftermath when the strings stopped: "It is indeed a good qin." ”

Hearing this, Xue Nuo stretched out his paws curiously and flicked with it, and then raised his eyes to look at the room: "Aren't your family afraid of attracting thieves?" ”

"Huh?" Hu Yan was puzzled.

"Others have good things, who is not hiding them, if Master Hu really likes this piano, he should put it away, how to put it here, look at the shelf that was pushed down just now, if it is a little crooked, it will be broken." Xue Nuo said puzzled.

Shen Ke paused in his hand, and when he pressed the strings, the sound on the piano stopped abruptly.

This piano is indeed a good piano, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is worth a thousand gold.

Hu Shenglin is a person who loves the piano, and never let people touch this piano, it should indeed be put away, even if it is not hidden, it should not be placed in the most conspicuous place, what if it is accidentally touched or damaged by a subordinate?

In other words, it is Shen Qi, and the things he loves must be treasured and placed in the safest place, not on the shelves that can be seen at a glance as soon as he enters the study.

Guqin is not a sword and other things that can withstand tossing, and poor maintenance will affect the sound quality, Hu Shenglin is not at all like treating cherished things, but more like wanting to cover up, borrowing the truth of darkness under the lamp to make people who may break into this study not pay attention.

Shen hurriedly asked people to light the curved neck lamp in the study and hugged the piano aside.

He lowered his head and looked at it carefully, and knocked on the body again, and after a while, he found the secret box on the side of the instrument, and when he opened it, he saw that the body of the instrument was actually empty, and there was a book wrapped in oiled paper.