Chapter 245: Cat and Mouse

Li Xuan smelled the smell and walked into the store, and found that the smell of fire oil was getting stronger and stronger.

"Why is there fire oil in the storefront of this grain store?"

Li Xuan kept sniffing his nose, looking for the source of the smell of fire oil.

As a result, he came to the bottom of the counter, and the smell of fire oil emanated from it.

"Is this the organ that Mr. Shang is talking about?"

Li Xuan couldn't help but be shocked.

Mr. Shang once mentioned to him that they acted so secretly tonight because they were afraid that the shopkeeper of the four grain stores would have the means to destroy the account books.

Now it seems that Mr. Shang's guess is indeed not wrong.

Although Li Xuan still didn't know what the principle of the mechanism in this counter was.

But if it is attracted by the shopkeeper, I am afraid that the account books in it will be wiped out in an instant.

Li Xuan was attracted by the smell of this fire oil just now, and as a result, he had already walked into the storefront of the grain store in a daze, but fortunately, it did not attract anyone's attention.

He didn't dare to delay here, so he quickly flicked his tail and approached the counter with the Dihong bone ring, as if he was using a stethoscope, carefully probing the contents of the counter.

Mr. Shang told him that although it was possible for the Dihong Bone Ring's ability to retrieve things through the air to directly take out the account books hidden in the counter, this distance would probably be very extreme.

Now it seems that this is indeed the case.

The counter in the four grain stores is very thick because of the hidden mechanism.

Li Xuan searched the front of the counter and could vaguely detect that there was something hidden inside, but because the distance was not enough, he couldn't take out the contents with the Dihong Bone Ring.

He anxiously walked to the back of the counter and continued to probe the counter with the Dihong Bone Ring.

Li Xuan probed carefully, and he had previously felt that something seemed to be hidden.

As a result, when he attached the Dihong bone ring on his tail to the place where the counter touched the ground, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Right here!"

Li Xuan didn't dare to delay, and directly used the ability of the Emperor Hong Bone Ring to take things in the air.

In the next moment, there were several thick account books in the space inside the Dihong Bone Ring.

"It's done!?"

Li Xuan was suddenly pleasantly surprised, and inexplicably didn't expect that tonight's action would go so smoothly.

But then, the smile on his face suddenly froze.

The Dihong Bone Ring no longer absorbs the account books in the counter, but he can clearly feel that there are still things left in the counter.

"This ......"

"Did you finish it?"

Li Xuan was suddenly in a hurry.

He circled the counter several times, only to find that no matter how much he sucked, he couldn't suck out what was left inside.

"What can I do?"

Li Xuan returned to the position where he had taken out the account book earlier.

Here he could vaguely feel that there were still a few account books under the counter that could not be sucked out, but this distance was already beyond the distance that the Dihong Bone Ring could take things in the air.

No matter how it wagged its tail and changed the position of the Dihong Bone Ring close to the counter, it was still the same.

"I can feel it's just a little bit close."

Li Xuan was very unwilling.

He only needed to go a little further down to get the Dihong Bone Ring to suck out the contents of it.

But the problem now is that the position he is now attaching to the Dihong bone ring is already the junction between the counter and the ground.

"The counter is where the mechanism is, and you must not touch this."

"That is to say......"

Li Xuan looked down at the bluestone paved ground.

"Can you only dig down?"

Thinking so, he silently popped out his claw blade.

Li Xuan looked worriedly in the direction of the backyard.

"You can't use the power of qi and blood, otherwise you will definitely alarm the masters here."

"I can only use the power of my physical body, so that there may be a chance of success."

Li Xuan couldn't help but swallow nervously.

The next moment, when he was ready, a pair of claws tore hard at the bluestone on the ground.

The hard bluestone is easily torn like a tofu block, and the soft soil and stone below can't stop this pair of sharp claws.

During the whole process, Li Xuan tried his best to suppress all kinds of sounds that might be made, but he didn't dare to delay his actions in the slightest.

He hurriedly dug out the lump of earth and stone debris on the ground silently, and then stuck his tail in without hesitation.

This time, Li Xuan sucked all the account books hidden in the counter into the Dihong Bone Ring.

"It worked!"

Li Xuan looked at the ten thick account books lying quietly in the space inside the Dihong Bone Ring, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But at this time, there was some movement in the backyard.

It was the sound of the door opening.

Although the voice was negligible, it couldn't hide from Li Xuan's ears.

"Oh no!?"

Li Xuan hurriedly restored the bluestone fragments on the ground, but his heartbeat sped up a few points.

He really didn't expect that he was so careful, and he still alarmed the people of the Siyun Grain Shop.

"These people are too vigilant, aren't they?"

Li Xuandu couldn't help but feel a little speechless.

He was very careful when he was plowing the ground before, and the noise he made was probably not as loud as when no one turned over in bed.

But even so, it actually attracted people from the four grain stores to come and check.

"These people really have ghosts in their hearts, but I'm afraid that the secrets they hide are not small."

It's the agency to hide the account books, and it's the master who sits in charge, and then there is such vigilance at night.

These people don't know what they're planning?

The people outside were silent as they walked, but Li Xuan had already smelled an unfamiliar smell and was getting closer.

He couldn't help but speed up his movements and bury the traces on the ground.

But in the process, it is inevitable that there will be a bigger disturbance than before.

"I can only fight once."

"If it doesn't work, I'll forcibly break through and let Mr. Shang come to support me."

Li Xuan made up his mind in his heart, and then took out something from the Dihong Bone Ring and put it in his mouth.

He could already smell it, and the unfamiliar smell was getting closer and closer to the storefront.

Taking advantage of the fact that the way out had not been blocked, Li Xuan rushed out with his head bored, no longer hiding his footsteps.

When he rushed to the door of the storefront leading to the backyard, he saw a figure standing not far away, looking at him coldly.

The figure didn't use its strength, but just standing there was already quite a bit of deterrence.

Li Xuan was suddenly startled, and with a "meow", he bounced up on the spot, like a spring, and the thing in his mouth fell to the ground.

After this movement, the figure's head flicked slightly, and its attention was clearly drawn to what was on the ground.

Although it was dark in front of him, Li Xuan still saw the other party's face clearly with his night vision ability.

It was the shopkeeper of the Siyun Grain Shop that I had seen during the day.

He was standing in the courtyard wearing only a shirt at this time.

Seeing that his attention was attracted by the things on the ground, Li Xuan hurriedly followed the debris in the yard to the beam, and then fled.

During the whole process, the shopkeeper of the Siyun grain shop did not stop him.

At this time, the guy in the store was also awakened by the movement in the yard and hurriedly walked out.

And he was holding a dagger in his hand, and his face was full of gloomy expressions, which was completely different from when he sold goods during the day.

The man opened the door of his room and saw a figure standing in the courtyard, and was immediately startled, and clenched the dagger in his hand.

"Don't worry, it's me."

The shopkeeper of the Siyun grain shop took the lead in reminding.

The man got used to the darkness and saw who was standing in the yard.

I clearly felt that the guy suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Shopkeeper, what happened just now?"

"I seem to hear ......"

The shopkeeper of the Siyun Grain Store waved his hand and looked at the rat on the ground whose neck had been bitten off.

"Nothing."

"It's just a wild cat that catches mice at night."

"A false alarm."

Following the shopkeeper's gaze, the job also saw the dead rat on the ground.

Without hesitation, he picked up the rat's tail and found it dead.

"I see, you are still the shopkeeper who is alert."

"I didn't even hear a wild cat break in."

The man's tone at this time couldn't help but relax.

The shopkeeper of the Siyun Grain Store nodded and didn't say anything.

Instead, he walked to the entrance of the storefront and reached out and touched a beam.

When the man saw the shopkeeper's actions, he couldn't help but ask:

"The wildcat didn't mess with anything, did he?"

Only then did the shopkeeper withdraw his hand and replied:

"Thankfully, there's no sign of the agency being touched."

"Alright, let's get some rest early."

The shopkeeper waved his hand, and went back to the house first.

It is a tiring errand for them to run the business of the grain store during the day and to be vigilant at night.

The man yawned, then said goodnight to the shopkeeper, and went back to the house to rest.

At this time, Li Xuan, who had successfully left the Siyun Grain Shop, was finally able to breathe freely.

Fortunately, he had made a preparation in advance and got a mouse and stuffed it into an empty space inside the Dihong Bone Ring.

I didn't expect to get through so easily.

There was just one thing he didn't expect.

In pursuit of authenticity, Li Xuan specially caught a live mouse into it.

It's just that he didn't expect that the space inside the Dihong Bone Ring couldn't store living things, and when he took it out just now, the rat was already dead.

The rat does not have any wounds on its appearance, and it is likely to be suffocated.

"It seems that there is probably no air in the space of the Emperor Bone Ring, or for other reasons, it is impossible for life to survive."

Thinking of this, Li Xuan couldn't help but think of the situation when he stuffed the mouse into the Dihong bone ring.

Although the power of the rat was very weak, it would also instinctively resist the power absorbed by the Emperor Hong Bone Ring, which made Li Xuan feel quite tricky at that time.

Li Xuan, who had no choice but to use his tail to stun the mouse before stuffing it in.

He found out at that time that after the rat lost its struggle, it was obviously much easier to stuff it into the Dihong bone ring.

This made Li Xuan also have to think about a question.

"One cubic meter of space, it seems that one person can be crammed into it even if he stacks it."

"But the other party must be in a state of inability to resist."

"And there's a high probability that he'll die."

Li Xuan thought about it and couldn't help but shake his head.

He wasn't sure if the living creature would die immediately if it was stuffed in, or if there would be a corresponding process.

"Catch some more rats and do experiments."

Of course, that's all for later.

Li Xuan looked at the ten neatly arranged account books in the Dihong Bone Ring at this time, not to mention how proud he was.

Especially when he saw that there was no movement in the Siyun grain shop, he couldn't help but smile crookedly.

"Zero Meow, complete the mission!"

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