Chapter 33: The Five Elements Lack Gold
Gu Shiwei nodded, walked towards the weapon rack in the study, and glanced around to select a mace from it.
Wu Jiang instructed the two Kaifeng Mansion officials to guard Li Zhenxian's body, excitedly pushed the housekeeper to lead the way in front, and walked towards the small Buddha hall with high spirits.
Han Shiyan looked at Gu Shiwei's appearance that fell down as soon as the wind blew, and then looked at the hideous big mallet on her shoulder, and silently chose to shut up.
Threesome, both of them are masters who can fight!
The small Buddha hall is in the south of the backyard of the Li house, through the second gate of the round arch, and it is not far away.
As soon as you arrive at the door, a scent of sandalwood will come to your face, and the sight is a wooden altar, on the top of which stands a half-human Buddha statue, which is carved from wood and lifelike, and it is extraordinary at a glance.
On the ground under the altar, there are two futons and a dustpan of Buddha beans, and nothing else.
"Gu relatives, if we smash this Buddha statue, will we be unlucky?" Wu Jiang looked at the majesty of the Buddha statue and said with affection.
Gu Shiwei glanced at him, and smashed towards the altar without hesitation, "Where else can we be unlucky?" ”
Wu Jiang was stunned for a moment, and he was enlightened!
One of them was a pusher who died on duty in Kaifeng Mansion, and the other was a butcher of the Imperial City Division who crawled out of a mass grave, so there is no room for more bad luck!
He thought about it, glanced at Han Shiyan again, and suddenly felt that the smell of this Buddhist hall was fresh!
"Brother Shi Yan, don't be stunned! You have fallen to your wife three times in a row, and there is no taboo! The three of us are friends with Jin Lan! ”
Hearing this, Gu Shiwei shook his hand and almost smashed the wrong place, smashing the mace on Han Shiyan's head on the side.
She controlled herself slightly, and the mace landed heavily on the altar, making a loud bang, and the wooden shell outside the altar exploded, and the sawdust flew everywhere, revealing the golden light inside!
Wu Jiang looked at it, and instantly came to his strength, "Gu relatives!" Let me! I'm especially good at dismantling things! ”
He said that it was like a mad dog that had just come out of the cage and went up to shoot it, and it took almost a moment for him to tear down the wooden shell of the altar and the outside of the statue.
A whole altar made of gold bricks, with the golden body of the Buddha statue was displayed in front of everyone.
Gu Shiwei looked at it and couldn't help but gasp......
Good guys are really good guys! How much money did Li Zhenxian have to be greedy to get such a big mountain of gold in his own home!
I saw a few gold bricks before, and I couldn't be shocked, but now I felt shocked when I looked at the gold that went straight to the ceiling and almost occupied half of the Buddha hall!
"How...... How could that be! Old lady! How can there be so much gold in the house? ”
There was silence in the room, but Li Mao, the housekeeper who helped Mrs. Li, took the lead in breaking the silence.
After a long time, Old Madam Li's expression calmed down a lot, her whole person seemed to be pulled away from her anger, and after listening to it for a long time, she finally let out a long sigh, "Why do you knowingly ask?" ”
As she spoke, she walked to the golden body of the Buddha statue, straightened the incense burner that had fallen to the ground, and then took three more incense sticks and bowed seriously.
"There are all laymen in this world, who is not tempted by money, fame and fortune? Isn't Guan Zhengqing, the cleanest in the Dayong Dynasty, lying in a coffin now? ”
Old Madam Li said, looking at Gu Shiwei, "In this court, who has a few taels of gold, and who does not cultivate virtue and raises an outer room outside, where is there anyone who knows better than your Imperial City Division than the official family?" If the official family doesn't want to check, it's a confused account, and if the official family wants to check, it's a matter of blinking. ”
"From the moment my son brought back the gold and silver, I knew that one day it would be discovered. But he didn't expect that he would die. ”
"Why hide the gold bricks in the lanterns?" Gu asked curiously.
This is very inconsistent, and it is okay to hide the gold and silver in the Buddha hall, after all, to avoid people's eyes. But those six eye-catching lanterns will be noticed by anyone who enters or passes by the study.
Old Madam Li listened, her expression was a little complicated, she hesitated for a moment, and her face showed mockery.
"My son almost died earlier, if it wasn't for Li Mao's rescue, he would have died in Huangquan a long time ago. For this reason, he asked the master of Wuyun Temple to approve the order, his five elements of gold is insufficient, the master let him cast a golden body with the Buddha, and with gold bricks hanging on the top, laid down a large array. ”
"It's also a miracle that since the formation of the formation, my son has indeed risen steadily, without illness or disaster."
"I didn't fail to persuade him that the lantern was too conspicuous and that he should be watched. But he went in and out of his left ear, and he didn't listen to it in his heart, and he was convinced of the great array, and as long as he was in the mansion every day, he would definitely sit in the study for at least half an hour. ”
"Later, he invited Wang Xi to come to his house to have fun, and when he saw that Wang Xi didn't notice anything, he couldn't listen to half a sentence anymore, so he was proud of it."
"The old body can't be his master, so he can only pray to the Bodhisattva every day in this Buddha hall that he can have a good death, at least not to cut off my poor grandson's path to the imperial examination."
Old Madam Li said, gritting her teeth, "I knew that today, he might as well die directly." ”
The housekeeper Li Mao listened, but he was in tears, he stepped forward to support Mrs. Li, and said to relatives, "My lord, he ...... He's a good guy. The old lady said this, which made Li Mao embarrassed. ”
Gu Shiwei listened and glanced at him lightly.
Tonight is wonderful, one corpse and two cases.
Li Zhenxian's murder is the first case, and his greed for a house full of gold and silver is the second case, whether it is Kaifeng Mansion or Yushitai, it is so busy that people are going to turn over.
Gu Shiwei thought about it, and walked towards the door of the small Buddha hall, and in the thick night, Zhang Yan's figure was revealed.
He glanced at the "Golden Mountain", slightly surprised, but still lowered his voice and said, "We went a step late, after Chen Chao went out of the mansion today, he immediately got into the carriage and left Bianjing with his wife and children. ”
"I arranged for someone to chase after me, and I don't know when I will return. We inquired in detail that Chen Chao once made a Zhuge repeater for people. ”
Zhang Yan said, untied the big burden behind him, and respectfully handed it to Gu Shiwei with both hands, "My lord, we took it together, it is this crossbow, Chen Chao gave it to his neighbor Wu Hai, Wu Hai is a hunter, and he has to use it." ”
"Wu Hai said that he heard Chen Chao mention earlier that he wanted to go back to his hometown to worship his ancestors and hang Qingming, and he also put wine to see him off last night, and he didn't hear him say that he was going to come to Li's Mansion before leaving."
"When we catch Chen Chao, we will take him to see the adults as soon as possible."
Gu Shiwei glanced at Zhang Yan in some surprise, but he looked calm and generously let Gu Shiwei look at it.
She thought for a moment, and then she understood why Zhang Yan was doing things differently than before. He wasn't her subordinate before, and he did things to deal with things, but now he needs to take credit.
She thought and nodded, "Good." ”
Zhang Yan was neither happy nor sad, nodded, and disappeared into the night.
Gu Shiwei opened the baggage, and a delicate crossbow machine was placed inside, and her eyes fell on a mark engraved on the crossbow machine.
It was a blooming mille-feuille, and the roots of the chrysanthemum petals were distinct and clearly visible.
Gu Shiwei's heart thumped.
"It turns out that there are still descendants of the Qianji Chen family who are still alive."
Gu Shiwei turned his head to look, Han Shiyan squatted down, reached out and touched the mark on the crossbow machine.