Chapter 16: It Was You
Lei Zhen followed Uncle Liu through the hall and came to a secluded place in the backyard, but there were no buildings like houses here, just walls on all sides. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Lei Zhen glanced at Uncle Liu, and Uncle Liu motioned to the two janitors to open the door, and the two walked to a wall in the north, and then turned left a few times on a copper ring on the wall, turned a few times to the right, and then pushed the copper ring inside, Lei Zhen found that a stone door suddenly appeared on the originally good wall, and the stone door had been opened, revealing the secret room inside.
The four of them walked into the secret room back and forth, there were no windows inside, and they were all lit by the oil lamps on the wall, but the strange thing was that although it looked like an ordinary oil lamp, and the arrangement was not dense, but with a few oil lamps to illuminate this secret room as bright as day, although this secret room was not big, and the shape was also boxy and very ordinary.
Lei Zhen walked in and took a look at the collection inside, and found that this Ma Wood was indeed a person who liked elegance, there were mostly books, calligraphy and paintings, and the bookcases occupied two walls. And there were a lot of gold and silver treasures left, and the large chests were neatly stacked on the wall, and there was also a wall. On the other wall there was a large shelf, which was divided into many compartments, like a pigeon's nest, and was filled with chests of various sizes and materials, the boxes were locked, but one of the boxes was already open. Then there is the north wall, on the side of the wall is a golden wooden table and chairs, on the table are placed the four treasures of the study, and there is a small vertical bookshelf, the bookshelf is empty at this time, the whole secret room is the size of an ordinary bedroom, and the pattern is probably like this.
Uncle Liu said to Lei Zhen in front of the bookcase now: "The master's favorite "Lu Yu Tea Sutra" is usually placed on this bookshelf, for ordinary people, it is just an ordinary book, but for a vassal and elegant person like the master, it is more important than life. And the wall where the treasures are placed, the open box contains a pair of strangely shaped boots, which the master brought back when he went abroad to do business, which should be extraordinary, as for the gold and silver, only one box was lost, but the last two are not very important, that is, the tea scripture... Hey!" he shook his head.
Lei Zhen walked to the bookcase and looked at it, but found nothing, and then went to the wall where the treasures were placed to look, and the lock on the open box was not picked, but opened with a thin wire, "It seems that he is still a habitual thief" Lei Zhen thought. After looking at it and finding nothing, he walked to the pile of treasures and looked at it, and found that the boxes were all locked, and there was no trace of being pried open, so he asked: "Uncle Liu, the boxes of these treasures are locked, how do you know that they have been stolen?"
Liu Boying said: "Oh, that's right, this is guarded by four people in shifts, two people in a shift, and every twelve hours to change shifts, and every time they change shifts, they will come in and count the number, there are a total of fifty-six boxes of these treasures, and now there are only fifty-five boxes left, so we conclude that one box is missing." ”
"So, what about the box that was pried open?" asked Lei Zhen.
"I didn't see the box at the scene!" replied one of the gatekeepers.
"Then who else knows the password to the gate here besides the four of you?" asked Lei Zhen again.
"Hui Gongzi, except for the four of us, only Mr. Liu knows. Another gatekeeper accosted.
"Uncle Liu, if you don't know the password, can you come in here with an external force?"
Uncle Liu shook his head: "Ordinary people want to break these four walls with external force, it is a fool's dream, the bricks here are all made of concrete and glutinous rice water, and they are very strong, unless they use destructive methods, they can't get in." ”
"That's it... Lei Zhen frowned and thought, he was walking around in this secret room, wanting to see if there were any clues, just when he saw the wall of the treasure chest, he suddenly found that the box against the corner of the wall was not locked, because it was more backlit, if you didn't look carefully, you can't find it, so Lei Zhen beckoned a few people to come and watch, Liu Bo came over without Lei Zhen glanced at each other, and then reached out to open the box, and then, a gust of wind suddenly blew inside.
Lei Zhen asked, "Uncle Liu, is this a good fascination here?"
Uncle Liu patted the box next to him, and then sighed: "Hey, how can there be any secret passage! This is obviously a newly dug hole by thieves!"
Lei Zhen nodded and said, "Since that's the case, then I'll go in and take a look, you have been staying here for a long time, and I will respond in time if there is anything." If I don't come back in a day's time, please fill in this hole!"
"This... Hey, please be careful with Master Lei, if you can't do anything, please come back quickly, let's think about it in the long run. Uncle Liu said sincerely.
Lei Zhen nodded, and then took a torch and went into the tunnel.
There is nothing unusual in the tunnel, but this distance seems to be too long, and it is estimated that if you dig it by people, you can't dig it in a short time. Lei Zhen walked in this tunnel with a torch for two hours, and when he came out again, the sky was already bright, because there was no light in the tunnel, and the time to walk was very long, so when Lei Zhen saw the light, he was used to it for a while, but when he opened his eyes and looked again, he was shocked, "This... This is Dali City!" Lei exclaimed in shock.
The place that came out of the thief hole is a remote corner of the city, this is not a downtown area, so there are not many people passing by, Lei Zhen walked to the nearby street to look, and found that this is not far from the restaurant where he invited Monk Lu to eat yesterday, but, this person is coming and going, where to find someone? There is no way to go down, he had to wander around the street by himself, shopping, he found that the exotic style here is also quite beautiful, just as the architectural style of this "Star Picking Tower" is different from the mainland, and... "Wait a minute!" Lei Zhen suddenly remembered something, he hurriedly found a corner, and then took out the letter from Zhang Ren that day from the Qiankun bag on his waist, "Tao Gongzi, if you succeed, Dali will see you in Dali Star Picking Tower in half a month, and the third floor is by the window, woohoo!" Lei Zhen wrote the letter again, and then naturally said to himself: "I see, it seems that this matter has nothing to do with those two idiots, but who is this Tao Gongzi?" Counting the hour, the thief only came an hour earlier than me, if they didn't meet, then there was still a chance to recover the treasure, no matter what, just go up and have a look!"
The environment of this star-picking building is quite good, it is built in the middle of the street, sit in it and open the window to return to the street on all sides, sit here to eat and drink tea, watch the people coming and going on the street, but also have a unique scenery. Lei Zhen went up the stairs to the third floor, there were not many people on the third floor, but there were four Xiucai dressed up and drinking tea there by the other window, and a young man dressed as a boy was sitting alone at another table.
Lei Zhen found a window seat alone and sat down, and then pondered the cause and effect of the whole thing, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Xue'er could not get rid of the theft of Mafu, and that Zhang Ren Zhang Sheng could also be contacted, but who was that Tao Gongzi? Could it be their accomplice? He held the tea to his lips while thinking about things, and casually tried to "woohoo", just when he had just drunk the first sip of tea, he also heard a "woohoo" , which made him almost squirt out a sip of tea, waiting to find the prestige, to see the face of the boy brother dressed up was facing the window, but the voice was indeed beating her, so Lei Zhen walked over, and then patted the man's shoulder from behind, and then shouted: "Tao Gongzi!"
But as soon as the man turned around, Lei Zhen was shocked in his heart, and then exclaimed, "It turns out that it's really you!"
At this time, the "Tao Gongzi" said delicately: "Lei Gongzi, people are in trouble, do you believe it?"