Chapter 687: Being intercepted
After the woman in white clothes and snow left, Xue Bizhu walked to Young Master Liu still in shock: "Master Liu? Is the one just now a human or a ghost?"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Xue Bizhu's pale cheeks and apologized. Xue Bizhu couldn't be frightened if it wasn't for his own fault.
He nodded lightly: "It's not a ghost, it's just a man who pretends to be a ghost! You don't have to be afraid!"
Xue Bizhu held up the candle and nodded: "My little sister knows. Sure enough, the human heart is more terrifying than ghosts and gods, because she knows what you are afraid of. But my little sister has lived in Penglai Pavilion for a long time and has never had any grudges with anyone. Why should this girl in white scare me?" ?”
"Alas...she didn't scare you, she scared me. The purpose of doing this is just to prevent me from seeing something they don't want me to see!"
"She is your enemy, sir?"
Liu Mingzhi shook his head: "I can't call him an enemy. If I have to say something, he is an old enemy!"
Liu Mingzhi was right. Officials and bandits were indeed old enemies, but Xue Bizhu couldn't understand what he said.
Looking at Xue Bizhu's confused eyes, Liu Mingzhi walked back to Mother Jiang's bed: "Miss Xue, were all your beds arranged like this before?"
"No, the beds in our sisters' rooms are all arranged according to customization and rules. You also know that this industry pays great attention to attracting wealth and feng shui!"
Liu Mingzhi pointed to Mother Jiang's bed: "When Mother Jiang arranged the bed, did she tell you the reason why it was arranged like this?"
"No, our sisters will never step into Mother Jiang's room easily unless Mother Jiang calls her. Is there something wrong with this bed, Mr. Liu?"
"Nothing. Do you know how much your Penglai Pavilion's income was in the past year?"
"I'm not particularly sure. I can't say it in general terms, but it's probably one or two hundred thousand taels. Jinling is the main road in the south of the Yangtze River. Many businessmen in the past always come to see it. It's an exaggeration to say that there is an endless stream. In short, it's not Inhumane!"
After listening to Xue Bizhu's words, Liu Mingzhi was sure that there was indeed something fishy about the amount of silver in Jiang's mother's room, but he was so blinded by the gold that he forgot about it.
"Have you ever seen a man in black robe come to Penglai Pavilion?"
Xue Bizhu began to think deeply, and after a moment his eyes lit up: "Yes, about a month ago, there was indeed a strange man in black robe who came here. He behaved strangely and seemed very mysterious. At that time, it was a little girl who was playing the piano on the pavilion. , one of the sisters who wanted to recruit him was scolded by the man in black robe!"
"Have you seen the face?"
"Little sister, no, but little sister can find that sister and ask you about it!"
"That's fine. Miss Xue, please do some hard work!"
"It doesn't matter, this is what little sister should do!"
Xue Bizhu watched Young Master Liu holding a candle and groping around Mother Jiang's bed again. Looking at the snow-white handkerchief embroidered with orchids in his hand, he sighed in despair and walked out of the room with light steps.
Liu Mingzhi looked back at the living room from time to time and finally stopped at a place. This is where the customized bed should be placed!
I squatted on the floor and knocked, but nothing seemed weird. I patted the wall and it was made of solid wood, so there was no problem.
Liu Mingzhi almost drove himself crazy.
There are obviously so many unreasonable places, but there is no trace of them.
First, he was led by the people of the White Lotus Sect, and now he was made suspicious by his own paranoia.
"What a ghost! It has to be my turn to suppress the bandits!"
Liu Mingzhi kicked Mother Jiang on the bed.
After a solid kick, Young Master Liu looked at the unmoved wooden bed in surprise and hurriedly squatted down.
I secretly thought that I was still too impatient and even ignored the simplest thing. Wouldn't it be enough to move the bed and take a look?
Liu Mingzhi began to bend down and push the bed.
Even though I had exhausted all my strength to feed myself, the bed didn’t move at all.
With the gloomy mood gone, Young Master Liu rubbed his hands and laughed. After a long time, it wasn't that there was no mechanism on the bed, it turned out that the whole bed was a mechanism.
Liu Mingzhi changed the direction and pushed, but there was still no change.
After confirming that the wooden bed was a trap, Liu Mingzhi patiently studied the entire bed.
Finally, I remembered a squeaking sound when Mr. Liu was lifting it up.
However, when Liu Mingzhi let go and looked at the layout of the room that had not changed at all, he became depressed again!
Who said that ancient people were not smart? Young Master Liu was the first to fall out.
He clearly heard the sound of the mechanism starting up, but he didn't notice anything wrong.
"Master Liu, my little sister has brought little sister Yuncui!"
Liu Mingzhi walked to the hall and looked at Yun Cui, who looked a little embarrassed, and chuckled: "Sit down, don't be nervous. I just want to ask you if you saw the face of the man in black robe that day?"
Yuncui shook her head slightly: "I only saw his eyes, the rest is unclear."
Liu Mingzhi was a little disappointed, he didn't expect this man in black robe to be so cautious.
Qinglian has seen him, Qi Yun has seen him, the three girls from Yanyu Pavilion have seen him, and no one including Xue Bizhu knows what he looks like.
Especially according to what Qinglian said, this man in black robe is most likely the leader of the White Lotus Sect or the big shot behind the White Lotus Sect.
As a result, Liu Mingzhi became more and more curious about the purpose of the White Lotus Sect's actions.
"By the way, Mr. Liu, I heard that the man in black robe had a strong Yangzhou accent when he scolded me."
"Yangzhou accent? Are you sure?"
"I'm sure, because my parents are in Yangzhou. Although the person tried his best to make his voice hoarse, I can still tell that he has a strong Yangzhou accent."
"Could he have said that on purpose?"
After Liu Mingzhi experienced the case of the accent specially learned by the governor of Qingzhou, he did not trust the accent issue.
Yuncui shook her head blankly: "I don't know about this."
"Okay, thank you. If you have nothing else to do, you can go back first."
"The daughter of the people resigns."
After Yuncui left, Liu Mingzhi clasped his thumb and muttered, Yangzhou, Yangzhou again.
Could it be that the focus of this case really lies in Yangzhou?
Was your inference wrong from the beginning?
"Master Liu, what's going on, have you thought of anything?"
Xue Bizhu, who was returning, saw Young Master Liu frowning and asked.
“Some features just don’t capture the key points, and I always feel like I’ve overlooked something!”
"Then think about it slowly. My little sister made you a pot of tea to go away from the cold. The heavy rain outside doesn't know when it will stop."
Liu Mingzhi took the tea from Xue Bizhu and rubbed his forehead: "Oh, I can't think of anything except brain pain!"
"That's not necessarily the case. Sometimes my little sister can't even imagine that there is a secret room hidden in Mother Jiang's room that contains so much gold. You can always come up with something unexpected if you think about it."
With a clang, Liu Mingzhi put the tea cup on the table and stood up straight: "Yes, why didn't I think of it? Just because there is no change on the surface doesn't mean there is no change on the inside."
In Xue Bizhu's confused look, Liu Mingzhi walked straight to the bookshelf and touched the mechanism.
Liu Mingzhi opened the secret cabinet in the room and took a quick look. Sure enough, it was different from before. There was a small cabinet about half a foot below the previous secret cabinet, and there was a sandalwood box placed in it.
Xue Bizhu looked at the changes in the dark pavilion with the same surprise: "How could this happen?"
Liu Mingzhi took a breath of cold air: "The cunning rabbit has three caves. It is indeed cunning. Who would have thought that there is a hole under the secret pavilion where the gold and silver treasures are kept? OMG! Most people will forget themselves when they see a large amount of gold and silver."
Jumping out of the dark pavilion, Liu Mingzhi took out the sandalwood box, placed it on the table and opened it gently.
A blank book lay in it. Liu Mingzhi picked up the book and looked through it without avoiding Xue Bizhu's presence.
Liu Mingzhi's face changed sharply when he saw the content on the first page, and he couldn't believe it.
"Thank you, Mr. Liu, for the book. I have been looking for it for a long time."
Liu Mingzhi stared blankly at his empty hands and immediately looked toward the window. Sure enough, a white shadow flew out of the window.
"Your uncle, where are you going! Qinglong, stop her quickly."
As a result, Bai Ying faced the rain and used Qing Kung on the water to run a hundred meters without seeing Qinglong.
Only then did Liu Mingzhi realize that the Green Dragon and White Tiger had been sent out by him.
Liu Mingzhi hurriedly flew out to catch up.
Young Master Liu, who had chased along the river for several miles, stopped panting and looked at the deserted riverside.
Young Master Liu beat his hands and feet angrily and racked his brains to get something, but someone actually cut it off.
"You wait for me, young master. If I catch you, I will kill you first..."
The only response was the sound of wind, rain, and birds chirping.
PS: On the way to a business trip, the signal was so poor that it almost crashed.
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