Yuan Kexin was shocked all over, slapped the table, stood up, and continued following Zhao Rang's words:
"You and I are the only ones in the whole Chagan Tologai who know about the map made of fine iron boxes, but there is only one person who knows about it!"
"That's my brother!"
Suddenly, Yuan Kexin remembered that when she was a child, she pestered Yuan Mingkong to play with her, but Yuan Mingkong was anxious to practice boxing. Whenever this happens, Yuan Kexin will pouted and say:
"What's so good about practicing boxing? You look stupid. Brother, why don't you practice swordsmanship? After you master it, you can fly with a sword and take me to the beach!"
Yuan Mingkong would pat her forehead lovingly, then stretch out his hands, clenched his fists, shake them in front of her, then turn around and leave without any explanation. The most I can say is that when you grow up, you will understand.
In fact, until now, Yuan Kexin still doesn't understand why her brother Yuan Mingkong is obsessed with practicing boxing, but she understands that her brother is a person who puts his goals in the middle and chores on both sides. There must be enough reasons for what he focuses on doing, and he will have enough perseverance to accomplish it!
However, Yuan Kexin still hopes to see her brother practice swordsmanship, because in the girl's mind, her brother is the most handsome man in the world, and what is more handsome than the most handsome man is the way he practices swordsmanship.
When the girl, who was new to the world, learned that her brother was going to the Western Regions on business, she chose to go with him without hesitation. Before leaving Dawei's Northern Imperial City that day, Yuan Mingkong made an exception and spent a long time shopping with her in the market. He chose three extremely colorful long skirts for Yuan Kexin. He also made an exception and praised her for looking good in anything she wears, especially festive ones. The color makes her skin whiter!
Of those three skirts, by the time they arrived all the way from Dawei to Yangguan, two were already damaged. But Yuan Kexin never lost it, and now it is still neatly folded and stuffed in her luggage.
It's only been a few months, but my memory has already been covered with a veil over these things. If I hadn't deliberately recalled it, many details would have become a bit blurry.
"Brother Zhao, this means that my brother is still alive, right? He is still alive and well!"
Zhao Rang collected all the papers on the table, burned them on the candlestick, and then nodded to Yuan Kexin.
"Then where is he now? Why doesn't he come to see us?"
Zhao Rang explained:
"You should know your brother better than I do! There must be enough reasons for him to do this. Maybe the time has not come yet, or maybe he has other concerns."
Yuan Kexin pursed her lips, thought for a while, and said:
"Brother Zhao, I understand."
Zhao Rang glanced at Ye Sanniang vaguely and found a smile in the corners of her eyes. Knowing that nothing could be hidden from her, Zhao Rang simply said:
"Would you please excuse me, the boss lady, and accompany me to see the hunchback?"
Ye Sanniang nodded slightly and said:
"Good boss!"
After the two of them went out, Yuan Kexin also returned to her room, opened her luggage at the end of the bed, took out the skirt at the bottom, put it on her legs, and rubbed it back and forth, but her tears fell unsatisfactorily.
On the other side, after Zhao Rang and Ye Sanniang walked out of the house, they did not go to the room where the hunchback was placed. The two of them walked towards the corner door on the side of the courtyard in unison.
After opening the door, Zhao Rang and Ye Sanniang showed humility. Because the corner gate is too narrow, only one person can pass through at a time.
Finally, Sanniang Ye brought up the old rules that they had agreed upon before they set out on the road. The proprietress was equivalent to the shopkeeper, so naturally she had to let her boss go first!
After walking out of the bank for a long time, Zhao Rang finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked:
"When did you find out?"
This time, Ye Sanniang did not show off her style as a third-grade martial arts grandmaster to forcefully suppress people, but said uncharacteristically:
"When you and Ximen Dazhuang came back with the hunchback."
Zhao Rang curled his lips and said with some dissatisfaction:
"You must have noticed something was wrong with that hunchback a long time ago, right?"
Ye Sanniang shut her mouth and didn't say a word.
For questions she didn't want to answer, she wouldn't say a word even with a knife on her neck. Besides, you have to have this ability first!
Of course, Zhao Rang didn't have the ability to put a knife on her neck, so he wisely chose to shut up.
The two walked side by side, walking farther and farther, but they took the same road they took to the coffin shop.
"Then how did you suddenly think of it?"
This time it was Ye Sanniang's turn to ask questions.
In fact, she was not curious, she just gave Zhao Rang a chance to show off.
If he didn't ask, Zhao Rang would have to hold back no matter what he wanted to say, otherwise wouldn't it be very embarrassing? He took the initiative to ask, so he could get off the donkey.
Sure enough, when Zhao Rang heard that Ye Sanniang actually asked him, the pride on his face almost reached Yangguan!
Even so, he still wanted to show off and asked:
"You really don't know?"
Ye Sanniang turned her head and blinked at him and said:
"really do not know!"
Zhao Rang stared at her face for a long time, and suddenly found that the tip of Ye Sanniang's nose was so beautiful! Small and curvy, it gives people a lively and naughty feeling, which is very different from her surrounding temperament, but it is not obtrusive!
After watching for a long time, until Ye Sanniang turned her face away, Zhao Rang calmed down and said:
"I figured this out after I figured out how to interpret the police training note."
"On the way there, the deputy shopkeeper suddenly said that this shack was the original chagan shed cover, and the place where we are now was all rebuilt by the mountain people and the chamber of commerce!"
Ye Sanniang said:
"What does this mean?"
If Zhao Rang could know Ye Sanniang's true thoughts, he would definitely rush over in anger! It's a pity that he had no way of knowing and couldn't see through Ye Sanniang's outstanding acting skills, so he continued to talk:
"This means that our direction was wrong from the beginning!"
"What's wrong?"
Ye Sanniang frowned slightly, looking very confused.
Zhao Rang grinned and replied:
"The mistake is that we didn't go to the real Chagan Tologai at all!"
In the message Yuan Mingkong left for his sister Yuan Kexin, he clearly stated that if he did not come back that night, he would go to Chagan Tologai alone.
Zhao's motive for letting them come here was to join Yuan Mingkong, continue to trace the whereabouts of those feather arrows, and at the same time get rid of the complicated entanglements in King Lanmo's city.
You must know that since Mr. Wang San was poisoned, not only did his three names have their own agendas, but they were extremely uneasy. Her Highness the Princess even stepped in and wanted to kill people with a borrowed knife. Zhao Rang was asked to deal with the fourth prince Anzuo. It is best to fight If both sides lose, she can reap the benefits.
After Zhao asked them to come to Chagan Toluogai, they didn't know that there were still old and new people here. I just thought that with Ximen Dazhuang here, I could borrow the power of the local Tongbao Bank branch, whether it was to find Yuan Mingkong or others, it would be much more convenient. Who would have thought that the branch of Tongbao Bank here is simply a hornet's nest, and one must always be on guard against being bitten.
"Is this the shack you're talking about?"
Ye Sanniang stopped and pointed forward and asked.
Zhao Rang kicked deep and shallow, but was left behind by Ye Sanniang.
When a few people were in the house just now, it must have rained here. Rain in the mountains comes and goes, a cloud will bring a burst of rain. The area where this shack is located is all dirt roads and there are many steep slopes. It's not difficult to walk during the day when it's dry and bright, but now it's really hard to walk... Zhao Rang didn't know what trick Ye Sanniang used to be able to walk so fast!
"Yes...that's it!"
In a hurry to speak, Zhao Rang didn't even take a breath. He bent down and put his hands on his thighs to speak.
There were almost no lights around, but fortunately the moon had risen and it was very bright, so I could roughly see the road under my feet. Zhao Rang walked up to Ye Sanniang and led her inside while holding the knife tightly in his hand.
Zhao Rang remembered that during the day, there were many little beggars in this shack, but now he didn't see any of them.
"This is the coffin shop where we caught the hunchback!"
Walking to the door of the coffin shop, Zhao Rang said to Ye Sanniang.
He slashed the wall with a knife, peeling off a thick layer of yellow mud, revealing the wall made of fine steel inside.
"Is this house made of fine steel?"
Ye Sanniang said in surprise.
This time it was not to cooperate with Zhao Rang, but she really didn't expect it!
The Western Region was already short of iron, so it was difficult to produce feather arrows. As a result, it was always at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Dawei. But such a large house made of fine steel appeared in Chagan Tologai, which is really incredible!
Ye Sanniang made a rough estimate in her mind. The fine steel used to cast this house was enough to make tens of thousands of arrows, and she immediately became a wealthy and powerful person in the Western Regions.
But for such a priceless house to be abandoned here and turned into a coffin shop, it is too unreasonable. This house must have a more important and secret function.
Zhao Rang walked around the room and saw the information about the mechanism that Ximen Dazhuang and the others had pressed down in front of him. He asked Ye Sanniang to keep an eye on this place while he walked into the house with a knife.
As soon as he took a step inside, Zhao Rang could smell the earthy smell of dust.
It seems that at least more than two hours have passed since they left in the afternoon, and the dust should have settled long ago. You can still smell this smell now, which means that someone came here not long ago, or even stayed inside without leaving.
But the room was pitch dark, with no moonlight coming in. I could only vaguely distinguish seven rows of coffins based on my previous impressions. If someone was holding their breath and lurking in the gaps, they would be invisible anyway.
To be cautious, Zhao Rang did not go further inside. He hit the ground heavily with his knife. The whole room suddenly shook, and yellow mud debris on the roof fell rustlingly.
Zhao Rang did not dodge or dodge, his eyes were bright and he glanced back and forth.
After a while, when there was no movement, Zhao Rang called again. This time it took a third of the effort, and some coffins even bounced slightly off the ground.
Zhao Rang remembered that all the coffins in the seventh row contained corpses, and it was normal for them to be able to withstand the force just now. But there are four motionless coffins in the third row, which makes no sense!
