Chapter 280: Peacock Pattern Box (II)
Jiang Cheng and Dr. Dai analyzed whether they quietly followed the steps of the suspicious manservant Archie, and secretly went over to check whether he was loyally going straight along the way, or whether he deliberately met others for a conversation.
Dr. Tai also wondered if the servants were hiding in the corners and whispering.
But Dr. Dai trusted his instincts, because he knew the servants in the family, because of the family's wealth, the old man was generous, most of the servants were currently in a state of pampering, and Archie was one of the youngest but most cunning among them when he first arrived, so he could conclude that those who whispered would not be a threat to their future, but Archie was a category to be wary of.
Today, he deliberately gave Archie the key to the treasure, so that he could catch a "big fish" with this man.
Jiang Cheng is a smart person, so when Dr. Dai told him a brief word or two, he already understood. So he told Miss Lan and Miss Zhu to wait here, while he and Dr. Dai quietly groped their way along the corners of the nearby eaves.
At this moment, Archie, who was in Dr. Dai's room, was looking at the peacock-patterned box with anxiety, and the eldest young master kept urging him to explore what was inside the box with his own hands.
Archie knew that the eldest young master had been using him, but because he was greedy for money, he silently accepted this kind of mercy.
Listening to the sound of gears turning like a mechanism in the peacock pattern box, he was also surprised, the second young master just let himself take some things out, does this box have it? Look at this box is not big, what is inside?
He saw a brush on the table, so he took it in his hand and poked it in. But I didn't touch anything, it seemed to be empty. The eldest young master was already impatient and urged him to hurry up.
Jiang Cheng and the others had already rushed to the vicinity.
The door was hidden, and you could see the table in the room, and there was the eldest young master hidden under the table.
Jiang Cheng almost laughed out loud, and said helplessly: "Your family is really interesting, it's just to open a box and take something, and the eldest young master is still here." ”
Dr. Dai shook his head: "As I expected, Archie was indeed instructed by my brother. ”
The two gradually groped for the window, poked open the window paper, and could see Archie tremblingly probing the box with a brush, not daring to look at it, and said in a very low voice: "Big young master, did you say that the second young master, did you give me a trick?" There seems to be nothing in it. ”
When the eldest young master learned that there was a hole inside, he immediately jumped up from under the table, strode over, pushed Archie away, reached out and leaned into the box, and motioned for him to come along.
Archie was also bold, and reached out to probe the box, but the two of them didn't touch anything.
"Where did the sound of gears come from?" the eldest young master was surprised, and just as he was about to pull out his hand, suddenly a hole appeared in the box, and a child grabbed his hand.
Archie's hand quickly withdrew his hand, but it looked like it had been bitten by something.
Immediately, the bookshelves began to shake, and the lattice of the book collection suddenly threw out a number of small objects like darts and hit the two of them one after another.
The eldest young master was already a thief, and he was suddenly attacked, feeling as if he was poisoned, so he stumbled and fell to the ground, and his hand was still stuck in the secret compartment of the box. The action looks like holding a box in your arms.
"Second Young Master, there is such a big movement in your room, is Archie moving things, or is there a thief? Let him get something, why don't you come back for a long time? Let's go in and have a look!" Jiang Cheng looked at Doctor Dai and said deliberately: "This little servant, you have to clean him up well, and do something so slowly!"
Dr. Dai then pushed open the hidden door and saw the eldest young master looking embarrassed, holding the box. But he deliberately pretended not to see his face, stretched out his foot and kicked him a few times: "Okay, you thief! You dare to come to my house to steal things! You also dare to steal the young master's clothes and put them on, what kind of body has become, and this manservant, covering his injured hands, you are the one who caused the trick! I will take you down and hand you over to the police station." ”
"Before the traffic police station, let me discipline him well, I haven't had a chance to practice these days, and this fist and foot kung fu can't be wasted. I want to use which move is better, the tiger going down the mountain or the eagle flying claws?" Jiang Cheng frightened.
The eldest young master poked his head out of the box and said helplessly: "It's me, don't do it!"
After they deliberately gave him a few kicks, they hurriedly stopped, pretending to see the embarrassed young master's face. Seeing his hand sandwiched in the box, Jiang Cheng suddenly understood how smart Dr. Dai was.
Jiang Cheng helped the eldest young master up and asked with a smile: "There is one thing that I am very strange, why is Archie fine, and your hand is caught in it?"
The eldest young master didn't know how to answer, looked at his younger brother embarrassedly, and hurriedly pleaded: "Fangcai, I just heard Archie shouting in this room, I just came over to help, who knew that this thing would bite?"
Doctor Dai saw that the key was still inserted in the keyhole, and quickly pulled out the key, and the hidden mechanism immediately loosened the hand of the eldest young master.
He pulled out his hand, which was already covered in blood, and he was in pain, and said angrily: "How can there be such a monster? ”
Jiang Cheng looked at Archie and his sneaky gaze drifted over, he didn't know how to say it, he couldn't wait to escape quickly at this moment, because the eldest young master and the second young master were facing each other, he didn't know who to turn to?
Then he plucked up his courage and found a reason to say: "I just followed the instructions of the second young master step by step, and I really don't know how to use this box, and I haven't seen anything in it until now, and the eldest young master is also kind enough to come over to help me, because this box just caught my hand." ”
"Is that really the case? How could it be such a coincidence? Young Master, did you pass by just when Archie was trapped?" Jiang Cheng asked.
Seeing that Dr. Dai gave him a look, he didn't say anything more, and Dr. Dai immediately let them go, and let Archie support the eldest young master with the injured hand.
Seeing that they had already walked away, he hurriedly closed the door and pulled Jiang Cheng to the box. Holding the key into the keyhole, he pinned it to the left, then twisted it to the right, and then turned it around twice, and the box really opened.
Inside lay a ring of the eldest young master.
Doctor Dai took out this item and held it in front of Jiang Cheng's eyes: "They really steal chickens and rice." ”