"The first round is a no-brainer, I didn't expect to fall into Bai Lang's trap, he actually guessed that I killed the horse pistol halfway, set up a trap for me to drill, and planned to lock the two of us up for a whole day."

"Aren't we trapped here as captives?"

"For the time being, but the struggle has just begun, and if the gentleman doesn't win the first three games, we still have a chance."

"Markovsky, look at that room on the second floor, when is the light on?"

I saw a room on the second floor, and I don't know when the light was turned on, as if someone was inside.

"Be careful, you go up through the side door."

The two of them rushed to the lighted room at the same time. I didn't meet anyone all the way, and when I got to the door, I listened carefully, and there was no movement inside.

Markovsky gave Bunin a look, and the two slammed into the door.

The door was unlocked, and it was empty. The table was full of food. There is a candle lit in the center, and there is a basket next to it, which contains long bread, tender chicken legs, and a large bottle of wine, knives, forks, cups and plates, which is quite like a small banquet.

Markovsky couldn't help laughing: "Bai Lang is worthy of being a thief, with a gentlemanly demeanor, knowing that we are going to spend the night in this room without a fire, and sympathetically arranging a meal for us. Good! Generous! Enough to be upright! Bunin, do you say yes?"

"Alas, although the food is in front of me, it is not a taste in my heart, and I have no appetite. Bai Lang, this guy, tease us, and be a good person to bring us food, don't be afraid of ...... here"

"You would be wrong, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and you can't go hungry because you lose a battle. The cold night is long, and we are hungry, why don't we accept the good intentions of others? As for the food, don't worry, poisoning is not in line with Bai Lang's identity, although we are incompatible, but we are both upright and upright men, and we will never do things that hurt people with hidden arrows. If this were the case, Bai Lang would have been discredited for a long time and would have been stinking for 10,000 years. This meal is a hero's tribute to his opponent, and we're welcome. ”

Bunin thinks about it. So the two of them ate wine, nibbled on the tender chicken thighs, and ate them happily.

However, it was not long before the candles burned out, and the room was dark again, and the room was empty except for the tables and chairs, and the two of them had to sleep on the floor.

The ground is hard and cloudy, and the taste is really bad. Bunin really couldn't sleep. Markovsky comforted him: "Don't worry, we will have a way to go out as soon as the morning dawns, if you come, you will be safe, bear with it, it seems that Bai Lang still does not take care of it." ”

Despite Markovsky's words, he could not bear the torture, and he tossed and turned all night without sleeping soundly.

When the day dawned, Bunin was awakened by the cold of the early morning, and lay on the damp and hard floor with his clothes all night, Bunin felt that every joint was frozen, and he hurriedly got up to stretch his legs and twist his neck, really worried about his rheumatic pain. On closer inspection, Markovsky was already up, kneeling on the floor as if looking for something, and from time to time jotting down something in a pamphlet.

"Markovsky, something new?"

"Of course, come and see, it's funny."

Markovsky excitedly took Bunin to inspect each room, and found that two identical pastel marks were drawn on the floors of the other two rooms, as well as two circle marks on the oak siding, two arrow markings on the marble siding, and a number on the door of the staircase on the fourth floor. These were recorded in the pamphlet by Markovsky.

"This could be an important clue, but we just have to look into what they mean."

The meaning of them is: "Bunin looked at these marks, and realized that this was the new discovery that Markovsky had just put his face on the floor and searched carefully with a magnifying glass, and immediately said angrily: "The number indicates the number of blocks on the floor." The circle indicates that the back of the wall is empty, and you can tell if you knock on it. There are also arrows that point in the direction of the lift that transports items up from downstairs. ”

Markovsky was taken aback: "How can you know so clearly, you're not joking with me, right?"

"No, absolutely, because those are the results I measured last night before you came. Didn't you ask me to survey the room on that letter? Of course, now we already know that it is the masterpiece of Shiraro. ”

Markovsky suddenly felt that his hope had come to naught, and Bai Lang's joke was not over today! It's no use getting angry.

"Let's go!"

"How to go, the iron gate is still locked."

"Let the security turn on, there are two people over there, let them go and call the security for help."

"What, let the security come? Then tomorrow the whole Dongzhou will know that the great detective Markovsky was tricked by Bai Lang and spent the night in an empty house. It's going to make us lose face. ”

"There's no way, it's okay to let the security know, or let the citizens of Dongzhou laugh at it, it's imperative to get out from here."

"We can also think of other ways, the people who deliver the food come and go unnoticed, and it is impossible to walk through the gate, which means that this house must have a secret passage, if we can find it, we don't have to lose so much face."

"Although the idea is good, but Dongzhou security has been checking for 6 months, and has not found anything, I checked carefully again last night, but I still found nothing, maybe you don't have to bother looking for it. Besides, if it was found so easily, the name of the Bailang Giant Thief would be in vain.

Forget it, let's go to security, that's the only way to go. ”

It was already 11 o'clock when the two left there, and when they returned to the Elysee Palace Hotel, Bunin asked the counter for his room key, which caused great surprise to the waitress:

"Sir, didn't you just vacate the room?"

Now it was Bunin's turn to scratch his head: "Me? Where, I just rented it yesterday! ”

"But your friend just removed your suitcase and luggage, said you were going to move somewhere else, and showed your business card and a note you wrote."

There was nothing wrong with the business card, and the handwriting on the note was exactly the same as Bunin's.

"I was fooled, and I was teased by Bai Lang again." Bunin said viciously, almost scolding the street.

The two of them now walked down the street alone, and neither of them spoke. The bright autumn sun shines on the foliage of the trees on both sides of the street. As if intoxicated by the air, Markovsky took out his pipe and lit it, pacing leisurely.

"Markovsky, don't you really care, don't you get angry? Being fooled like this, you still look like nothing. ”

"I was angry, too, but I just didn't let it out. He can imitate the handwriting of both you and me in the slightest, and he can get your business card to trick us, and his fame is truly deserved. However, only I can deal with such a strong enemy. Bunin, cast a long line to catch a big fish, it will not happen overnight to deal with him, I am thinking about the future strategy, as long as we turn defeat into victory in the final battle, we can achieve the goal. ”