Chapter 572: Surprised
Bai Lang thought carefully for a moment and said, "Can I meet her?"
"Absolutely. That's what she called. Takeda commanded, and for some reason, a contemptuous smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Seeing him like this, Bai Lang felt that this guy must have a bad heart.
Ma Ziya is a cute girl. His hair was pouring down like waves, and his big dark eyes seemed to be always looking into the distance and couldn't concentrate. Her thoughts didn't seem to go on properly, she looked thin and pale, and she only smiled stupidly at the sight of people. What a poor girl!
Bai Lang held Ma Ziya's hand and asked for a long time, but she would only look at him silently, occasionally answering a sentence or two, but Bai Lang couldn't understand it. Bai Lang looked at the poor girl in front of him and sighed involuntarily. The heart of this kind-hearted monster thief is filled with deep sympathy for this unfortunate girl.
He stroked the girl's hand and whispered affectionately to her. Told a few things about her childhood, about her favorite grandfather, about the old city, and playing in the green courtyard. But Ma Ziya would only giggle on the side.
"What's the recipe for her to get back to normal and remember?" Bai Lang looked at the girl's deep black eyes and kept thinking.
Bai Lang spoke to her in an extremely loving manner, unhurriedly, so that she could understand, but it still had no effect. But the girl seemed to feel Bai Lang's love for her, and seemed very happy, and was happy to let Bai Lang touch her little hand.
Bai Lang suddenly remembered something and wrote the following words in pencil: 8-1-3.
The girl just stared blankly.
Takeda smiled again with a scornful smile.
"Takeda, do you think that's funny?" Bai Lang asked a little angrily.
Takeda immediately realized something, and hurriedly said, "No, it's nothing, it's just, it's just a little ......."
Shirarou already sensed that there must be something in this. He went on to write "Hide from the Sea".
At first, the girl didn't seem to understand. But after waiting for a while, she seemed to suddenly remember something, her cheeks were crimson, her eyes were also bright, she took a pencil, and added a "sky" between "concealment", so it became:
"Hiding from the sky and crossing the sea", one of the thirty-six strategies.
"Ah, hide from the sky and the sea......" Bai Lang couldn't help but cheer up, and hurriedly said, "Come, write again...... Write another ......" After the girl was encouraged, she went on to write:
Watch the fire from the other side.
"Very well written! Write a few more and write everything you know! Inspired by Bai Lang's gentleness, the girl used a pencil to write a "dark" vigorously, and almost cut through the paper. It seemed that she was exhausted at this point, sighed, and threw down the pen.
"Is that all? Try writing again! Good boy, Ma Ziya. The girl returned to her original state, still staring at him blankly, as if she could not write anything. Seeing this scene in front of him, Bai Lang had no choice but to give up, and was about to get up and leave, when Ma Ziya suddenly blocked in front of him.
"What else is going on with you?" Shirahiro asked her with a smile. The girl held out her hands to him expectantly.
"Oh, there's a reward for writing, right?" Hearing Bai Lang say this, the girl nodded in affirmation, and then took out two gold coins from her pocket to show him.
"Ah, this, who gave this to you?" Bai Lang was taken aback.
It's two gold coins, and it's the first gold coin that was released just this year. Who will give her the gold coins? This person must have had the same purpose for her to write as I did! Who could that be? Also, what will the girl write to him?
Bai Lang kept thinking in his heart, and glanced at Takeda, seeing that he was secretly sneering on the side.
There must be something wrong with this! Bai Lang thought to himself. He gave her a gold coin. Ma Ziya happily played with the gold coins in her hand. After playing for a while, she suddenly remembered something, and pointed to the roof of the building on the left side of the ancient city.
What's the implication in this? Or was she referring to it randomly? No one knows. Shirarou looked in the direction of her finger, thinking about something.
Here is the palace of the ancient city. The first floor is a large living room, while the second and third floors have 12 smaller halls each, each connected by a corridor. Due to the war and disrepair, the whole building appears to be in a dilapidated state, and it is no longer rich and luxurious.
Shirarou looked from hall to room, and suddenly he saw Takahashi in a small hall leisurely smoking a cigar and sitting in an easy chair.
"Ah, it's you......, minister," Bai Lang exclaimed in surprise.
"Bai Lang, haven't you found the secret document yet? If you can't find ...... by noon tomorrow."
"I know that, Minister. I'll find out before that. Now I've found the clue. ”
"Oh, what is it?"
"On the doors of the 12 halls, there is a sign with the name of the hall engraved on it. The names of the halls are all named after the thirty-six measures. This hall is 'hiding from the sky and crossing the sea'. ”
"Yes, you guys thought of going together, just two weeks ago, Wu Changhao also deduced this, and searched this hall."
"Oh, Wu Changhao is the same...... That Ma Ziya's gold coin was given by Wu Changhao...... Presumably, that's why Takeda laughed at me......" Bai Lang secretly hated in his heart, and was preempted by Wu Changhao again.
"But Wu Changhao, I didn't find anything!" Takahashi continued, and Hakuro was relieved when he heard this.
"Minister, I have the ability to find it!" As soon as Bai Lang finished speaking, a question immediately came to mind: the mute girl had two gold coins in her hand, one was given by Wu Changhao, and the other was most likely given by the murderous demon...... You know that he has come into the city. If he snatches it in front...... Bai Lang couldn't help but be a little anxious.
"Minister, what Wu Changhao can't do in four days, I can do in a few hours. As long as there's no destruction from that guy. ”
"Who would dare to sabotage your operation?"
"It was the murderous demon who had no humanity, and he killed his accomplices mercilessly even when he was in danger. He's a dehuman! ”
"What? He's in this ancient city, too?" Takahashi was also a little surprised, because he had learned about the cruelty of this murderous demon from the newspapers.
"How did you know he was in town?"
"I learned from the gold coins in Ma Ziya's hand."
"It's simply impossible, you have to know that there are 200 officers and soldiers here who are closely guarded. If there was a suspicious person, it would have been discovered long ago. ”
"Maybe so. But someone has definitely seen him, and that is Ma Ziya. I want to see Ma Ziya again and ask her more carefully. ”
"Yes." Takahashi then instructed Takeda: "Take him to Ma Ziya's room!" ”
Ma Ziya lived in a room in the barracks, and when they arrived there, they found that she was not there.
"Probably in the attic." Bai Lang climbed down the narrow stairs to the attic where the miscellaneous items were piled up, and when he looked for him, he suddenly shouted, "Takeda, ...... Ma Ziya was poisoned! ”