Chapter 345: The Vanishing Thief
Ximen Changhong hurriedly rushed into the Hall of Famous Weapons, squatted down and asked, "Two uncles, what happened, why are you ......?"
One of the old men said weakly, "It's okay, we still have a breath here." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info There is more than one enemy, and they come and go without a trace, and their martial arts are very high. They broke into the Hall of Famous Weapons not only to steal the divine weapons, but also to provoke our Famous Weapons Villa, you must arrest this group of thieves!"
After saying this, the old man seemed to have exhausted all his strength and immediately passed out. The other old man opened his mouth to speak, but he didn't say a word, and he also passed out.
"Is this still called okay?" Ximen Changhong's eyes widened angrily.
Doctor Zhuang Shang hurriedly explained: "The second elder has serious internal injuries, and he must recuperate for at least half a year. Coupled with his age, his martial arts will definitely be much worse than before after recovery. At least the second elder does not have to worry about his life, which is a blessing in misfortune. ā
Ximen Changhong waved his hand helplessly: "Take the second elder back for good treatment, I will deal with the matter here!"
As soon as the two old men were carried down, an imposing white-haired old man rushed into the hall.
"Changhong, what happened?"
Ximen Changhong had to be respectful when he saw this person: "Father, a thief broke into the Hall of Famous Weapons, injured two uncles, and stole more than a dozen weapons. Fortunately, the thieves did not open the secret room in the temple, and the most precious divine weapon was not stolen. ā
The white-haired old man scolded angrily: "This is a good thing? No one has broken into the Hall of Famous Weapons for many years, injured the master of the Villa and stole the weapon, this is a provocation to our Villa of Famous Weapons." You must find out the murderer before dawn, otherwise I will accept the things of the villa!"
After a reprimand, the white-haired old man left angrily, leaving everyone in astonishment.
Bu Feng smiled: "I didn't expect the old owner to be so resolute." ā
Ximen Changhong shrugged: "He is ninety years old and still so frizzy, I have been in charge of the affairs of the villa for the past few years, otherwise how can he have the kung fu to enjoy Qingfu!"
Some of the people present did not know the old owner, including Chen Feng. Ximen Changhong introduced, it turned out that the old owner was Ximen Changhong's father, named Ximen Song.
Ximen Song was also outstanding in martial arts when he was young, but in his last years, no matter who he was, his kung fu would decline as before, after all, not everyone could be like the ancestor of the Wudang faction.
"I'm sorry, you want to go back and rest, I still have to investigate the murderer, so I won't accompany you. Ximen Changhong apologized.
Bu Feng said: "Where can Brother Ximen get the words, the enemy can seriously injure the two seniors in Zhuang, it must be a strong martial arts, and our Mingjiao will definitely help!"
Ximen Changhong clenched his fists: "Then thank you very much!"
Everyone searched in the Hall of Famous Weapons, but they didn't find any clues. As for the secret room in the palace that Ximen Changhong said, everyone didn't see it, after all, many of the people present were outsiders, and the secret room was the secret of the famous villa, and Ximen Changhong would never show it casually.
Just as everyone was searching, a burly figure entered the hall.
"Qi Yu Zhuang master, the mountain gate has been dispatched to guard a large number of masters, and others are searching around the village, but no one has broken out of the mountain gate, and there is no sign of Tibetans in the village!"
Ximen Changhong said: "Shankui has worked hard, I will introduce you first......
The big man who came in was named Ximen Shankui, and he was the first guard of the famous weapon villa. Ximen's surname was given by the villa, his father's generation has served the famous villa for generations, his father is a forging master, and he has shown his talent for martial arts since he was a child, and was taught martial arts by the Ximen family as an exception, and now his strength is only weaker than Ximen Changhong.
Ximen Changhong regards him as a brother, and Shankui is also loyal to the villa, which can be described as a model of master and servant!
Ximen Shankui scratched his head: "The owner of the village, I have searched all over the villa, there is no trace of the thief at all, and no one has left the villa, where did the thief hide?"
Ximen Changhong also had a big head for a while, rubbing his head and thinking, he really couldn't think of a reason.
Chen Feng took the initiative to ask: "Master Ximen Zhuang, can you tell me what happened again? We only know that the Vessel Hall was broken into, but we don't know the specific cause and effect. ā
Ximen Changhong slapped his forehead: "It's my negligence, here's how it ......"
When the people in the villa knew that the Hall of Famous Weapons had been stolen, it happened to be the guards of the Hall of Famous Weapons who were changing shifts. However, when the people who were about to change shifts arrived at the Hall of Famous Weapons, they found that the guards outside were dead, and the masters inside were also seriously injured, so they began to arrest the thieves with great fanfare, and then woke up Chen Feng and others.
"In this way, the time of the crime is different from the time of discovery, and this interval may have allowed the thief to escape. ā
Ximen Shankui shook his head firmly: "Impossible, if the thief escapes, then the brothers guarding the mountain gate will definitely find out." ā
"Didn't you find out that the thieves broke into the villa?" asked Chen Feng suspiciously.
Ximen Changhong sighed again: "Alas...... It's that I didn't make it clear. We welcome many guests to the Villa, most of whom come to forge weapons, and they usually stay at the lodge and wait for the weapons to be forged before leaving. But no matter what the guest is, the lodge will register. At this moment, there are more than a dozen guests in the village, in addition to all of you present. I've sent someone to check before, and I found that a group of six people are missing, they just checked into the villa a day ago, and they must have committed the crime!"
"What's the name of these people?" asked Bu Feng curiously.
Ximen Changhong said: "Originally, the identity information of these guests would be kept secret, but now it is almost certain that those six people are thieves, and I have nothing to hide." The names of these six people are Guan Shengxiong, Hua Guang, Dai Ying, Duan Da, Shi Yue and Bai Tu, and their registered hometowns are Leizhou Mansion, Guangdong. Our villa is to use people's money to build weapons for people, and we generally don't find out whether their identities are true or false, after all, no one can cause trouble in the village, but I didn't expect this time to ......"
Everyone exchanged heads and shook their heads at each other's last glance.
"I've never heard of the names of these six people, and if they were really thieves, they wouldn't be unknowns, and they probably used fake names!" Bu Feng speculated.
Ximen Changhong shook his head helplessly: "It doesn't matter whether you use a fake name or not, the key is that you can't find their people at all now, unless they are jumping off the cliff!"
Ximen Shankui said: "No matter how high the thief's martial arts are or how good his light skills are, he will definitely be crushed from the straight cliff." What's more, I just went to the bottom of the cliff to search, there is no trace of the thief, and there is no rope or anything like that, it is impossible for the thief to go down from the cliff!"
The progress of things seemed to have stalled, and Chen Feng asked curiously, "Is there any place in the village that has not been searched?"
Ximen Shankui shook his head solemnly: "No, I didn't let go of all the corners, but I didn't find the thief." ā
"What about this Hall of Famous Weapons?" Chen Feng said.
Ximen Changhong immediately realized it, but he still shook his head: "Although the secret room in the palace has not been explored, it is impossible for the enemy to know the method of entering the secret room, and there is no trace of forcible destruction at the scene, plus the second elder has not seen the enemy enter the secret room, so there are absolutely no Tibetans in the secret room!"
"Then did the second elder ever see the enemy leave?" Chen Feng asked again.
Ximen Changhong looked embarrassed: "The consciousness of the second elder seems to have been blurred for a short time, so I can't remember clearly." But ......"
"But the owner of the Ximen Village is too confident in the secret room mechanism!" Chen Feng said without hesitation, "We can avoid it first, just in case, the owner of the Ximen Village should go into the secret room to investigate!"
Ximen Changhong nodded and agreed.
Chen Feng, Zheng He, the Zhao family and the masters of the Ming Sect are all famous in the hall, only to see Ximen Shankui cover the door of the famous hall, because the door lock was destroyed, so Ximen Shankui personally watched everyone outside.
It's not that he doesn't trust everyone, it's just that he values the treasured magic weapons in the secret room too much, so much so nervous about opening a secret room.
Everyone waited patiently outside, and after only a few breaths, a miserable scream came from Ximen Changhong in the hall......