Chapter 129: The Cause of My Death
In the depths of the Spring Building, in the unknown small courtyard, the young man with the broken wrist of his left hand still maintained a sitting posture, watching the graceful Sister Ling walk in again.
"Master...... That kid really went to the place where the accident happened...... Sister Ling reported, "He didn't come to have fun at all, Bi Xiao didn't have to go through the third round of wine in the past, so he slipped out under the pretext of sneaking out...... He must have known something—he had escaped and 'revisited', and if he was a gentleman, he wouldn't have to! ”
The young man let out an "um", lowered his eyes, and looked at the table. On the long case in front of him, there are a few paper manuscripts, which are the information about Zhou Daoan!
Long before looking for Zhou Daoan, this young man checked the other party's information - this is not a difficult matter! The Zhou family is a local clan in Yuzhang County, and in addition to the exercises and family inheritance, there is no special information that is particularly confidential. In addition, Chunlou is the most favorable place to collect information! That's why this young man set up the intelligence point here.
Just now, he once again read Zhou Daoan's information carefully, and to be honest, he couldn't find anything extraordinary about this kid.
The identity of this young man is naturally not ordinary, put it on the table, it is even stronger than the Yuzhang Zhou family, originally, he didn't think much of the "waste wood" young master of the Western Zhou Dynasty, so he suddenly made a move when Zhou Daoan returned to his own sect - this was originally a matter of being caught, but he was caught off guard by Zhou Daoan.
So, the young man was a bit overkill. Since coming back, I have been reflecting, and even heard that Zhou Daoan came to the door for the first time, and I was a little unsure of the other party's origin, so I was cautious and wanted to stabilize the other party first.
However, the other party didn't seem to be very interested in the beauty, and after talking for a while, he borrowed the urine to start wandering around the spring building casually, and went to the place where he had an accident - obviously, the other party came with a purpose! And...... There is a little bit of "no one in sight".
This young man didn't expect that from Zhou Daoan's point of view, he was not sure about the background of Liuyue Pavilion, and he didn't know if the accident of his predecessor had anything to do with Liuyue Pavilion, but because he was attacked, he wanted to come to investigate, and he was not sure that he would be able to see something.
The most important thing is that he didn't know about Zhou Daoan's "amnesia" at all - he almost didn't die here last time, this kind of thing must be unforgettable! Who would have thought that Zhou Daoan himself didn't know the reason, so he was investigating? In the eyes of this young man, Zhou Daoan's "revisiting the old place", the meaning of provocation is the main thing!
The two have different thinking, and this matter will not be able to cooperate together.
The young man was silent, and a slight anger appeared on his face! The original cautious attitude towards Zhou Daoan has dropped back - this kid is so fearless? Does he really think that if he defeats me once, he can ignore people?
"Since he has sent him to the door, shall I fulfill him? Oh, that's for sure! The young man said a half-self-questioning remark, and then left the table and got up!
Poor Zhou Daoan didn't know that he had been targeted. He was engrossed in the probing of the toilet.
This toilet is not unusual at all, except for being clean and gorgeous. Zhou Daoan first knocked on the various wall panels of the compartment, but there was nothing abnormal.
He squatted down again, in a squatting position, stepping on the pedals on both sides of the ditch, and looking down carefully. The toilets of this world are not in the modern toilet installation on the earth, with no flushing and no screw suction. It was just an ordinary ditch, about a foot deep, with a constant flow of living water underneath. If there is feces, urine and vomit, it will be washed away by running water if it falls into the pit.
And his toilet is the top one, which is the side where the water pipe is installed. And the abyss-like sewer mouth is in front of Zhou Dao'an's eyes - looking at the past, he doesn't think there will be anything strange about this sewer, with this depth, it is estimated that it will go down all the way to the third floor, the second floor, and the first floor......
All the way up to the first floor...... Well, that means that the same location downstairs should also be a toilet! From top to bottom, it is a common design used in buildings to arrange sewer installations.
"Downstairs is the theater...... The place where the fire caught fire was also a theater...... But smoke can come up from below...... This shows that there is a gap or air circulation hole between the upper and lower layers! ”
Air ducts! This is a device that "I know it is, but I don't usually pay attention to it, and I don't know where it is". As a modern person on earth, Zhou Daoan knows that the larger the building, the larger the air duct design inside. Liuyue Pavilion, obviously in this world, belongs to that kind of particularly large building! Inevitably, there will also be the design of air ducts.
This toilet is located not on the four sides of the building, but in the middle. Because the Jinghua Yanyun area itself is in the center of the fourth floor.
Since there are no windows that ventilate to the outside, there must be more air ducts! Otherwise, the larger the building, the more difficult the air will circulate, and the more depressed people will feel in it. And so far, Zhou Daoan is in the cubicle of the toilet, and there is no discomfort!
He immediately began to search for air ducts! This type of pipe is laid invisibly and does not show the surface. After looking for a long time, Zhou Daoan found that the top compartment was located at the four corners of the entire toilet. At the corner of the two log partitions is a large log that serves as a column.
The log is a cedar wood, and the original skin on the surface has been removed and painted with a primary color lacquer, giving the wood a dark brown color, while also revealing the unique straight texture of the cedar inside.
The light in the toilet is not strong, or simply a little dim, Zhou Daoan approached the log, touched the surface with his hand, and found that although the log was painted, it was not smooth and concave. The most important thing is that after touching a section, the fingers suddenly feel empty and sunken!
It was a hole about an inch in diameter, with smooth edges, and it could never have been moth-eaten, but it was intentional. Then, after touching some more distance, several more of the same holes appeared.
Just put your finger on the hole and you can feel the air flow that seems to be nothing. There is no doubt that these holes hidden in the cylinder are hidden air "pipes".
Although these "pipes" are small, they are numerous, and together with the windows (in fact, they are only the windows leading to the large interior), they are enough to achieve air circulation.
Zhou Daoan looked at these holes that were not obvious, thoughtfully, took a step forward, and put his ears on them......
"Whew! Boy! Zhou Daoan sighed secretly......
With his enhanced sense of hearing, he had just put his ear close to these vents, and immediately he could hear a burst of sound!
“…… I said, Lao Meng, don't hold your voice...... Listen to the drama honestly! I'm sitting next to you, and my left ear is your out-of-tune voice......"
“…… Lao Dong, I haven't seen you for a long time, come to listen to the play today? ”
This is two different voices talking to each other, and the words can be heard more clearly. In addition, in addition to the conversation between the two parties, there is a very small sound of musical instruments playing in the background......
"Oops, the second one begins...... I won't wait for you......" one of them said suddenly, and then there was the sound of pushing the door, and in an instant, the sound of the bamboo playing was even worse, and there was a hint of singing like a hanging voice.
This all shows that following these pores, what Zhou Daoan heard was the movement from the theater downstairs!
Similar to the local drama of China on the earth, each place has its own unique genre of opera. In the era when there were no TV dramas and movies, drama was a major pastime for people! As the premier entertainment venue in Yuzhang County, why wouldn't Liuyue Pavilion leave a floor for ticket holders?
The theater is lively and noisy, which is completely different from the quiet, independent "box" service of the Spring Building. Even in the toilet, you can hear some sounds coming from outside. At the same time, it also means that if someone is talking in a low voice here through this noisy scene, it can be covered up by "background sound". In the movie, many underground transactions and joints are set up in cluttered bars and disco bars, which is not for nothing! It's vulgar, but it works!
Zhou Daoan couldn't help but understand a little - and he figured out several points:
First of all, the smoke that choked him to death in the first place came up down the toilet cubicle on the top of the room. At that time, I should have been lying half-upside down in the toilet unconscious, vomiting and dazed. And the downstairs was on fire, and the smoke naturally rose down the trachea, and he was the first to fill the top compartment, and he suffered.
Secondly, why did the downstairs suddenly catch fire? Bacheng is some ulterior secret, it happened in the toilet of a noisy theater, in order to cover up the secret or destroy the scene, and even, in order to escape from the chaos, someone set a fire!
Also, when he was attacked and forced to ask, "On the third day of the seventh month, Liuyue Pavilion, what do you know", it should be that the other party thinks that his "resurrection from the dead" is a bit strange, and what does it have to do with that secret incident - the other party may not know that he was drunk at the time, and nine out of ten can't hear any sound from the exhaust hole, but it is more like being "killed". Because of this ventilation hole, the sound can be transmitted from downstairs, and the sound from the toilet cubicle upstairs can be transmitted!
At that time, there was only one person in the toilet, vomiting loudly, saying some mushy words, and putting some nonsense, if it was heard by the "caring person" downstairs, it was really possible to be mistaken for "the wall has ears"!
This can almost be said to be inferred!
Zhou Daoan showed a wry smile on his face - his predecessor, the real Zhou Daoan, is really a complete "decrepit boy"! It's a little transparent, and he came to the Qinglou hard, without a girl to accompany him, but he poured wine wildly. In the end, they may be misunderstood, or they may be implicated and killed......
Knowing this, Zhou Daoan can be regarded as completing the task of "toilet exploration". He pushed the door out, washed his hands, and walked out of the luxurious latrine......