Chapter 63 Leaving Mr. Xu at the crime scene

Style: Historical Author: Ruan QingfengWords: 2156Update Time: 24/01/12 03:34:28
"How dare you hit me?"

"You hit me first!"

"I didn't even do anything!"

"Who else could it be but you!"

"You stepped on the horse on purpose. Let's see if I don't beat you to death!"

Two people are fighting each other. You punch and I kick.

One of them got red-eyed and picked up the knife in his waist. The other one ran away when he saw this.

Seeing the two of them disappear, Xiao Mu immediately called Xu Cai forward.

Xiao Mu's strength was so great that Xu Cai felt that as soon as he moved, he was pulled forward by a strong force. Then his body seemed to be floating, and he ducked into the study.

"They must know there is something in your study, otherwise they wouldn't have sent someone to guard it. Find the account book quickly, we have to leave quickly." Xiao Mu urged.

Needless to say, Xu Cai knew that the situation was urgent.

He ran to the book desk, first moved a few books away, revealing the white porcelain bottle inside, then took the porcelain bottle away, and with a slight press, a gap opened in the wall behind, revealing a dark room.

"Come in quickly!" Xu Cai waved to Xiao Mu, restored the porcelain bottle to its original position, and walked in first.

Xiao Mu checked his back body, and after confirming that there was no problem, he walked into the darkroom.

The darkroom is not big, only seven or eight steps wide both horizontally and vertically.

There are two rows of bookshelves displayed inside, and the bookshelves are full of account books.

"Your father is a meticulous man!" Xiao Mu sighed.

Does a person who runs a restaurant really need so many ledgers, even if he has been running it for decades?

"My father likes to settle accounts. In my impression, he is either writing down new accounts or looking through old accounts at night." Xu Cai raised his hand to fan the dust in the air.

"There are too many ledgers here, we can't take them away." Xiao Mu looked around again and said.

"No need to take the previous ones." Xu Cai stepped forward and walked to the bookshelf in the back row.

"I believe there is nothing wrong with my father. You don't need to look at the accounts from earlier years, just look at the accounts from this year."

According to Shopkeeper Xu's habit, there is one ledger per month. From the New Year to now, there are nine months in total, that is, nine ledgers.

Xu Cai took off his outer shirt and wrapped the account book inside.

Then he looked back at Xiao Mu: "What should we do now? Are they already back?"

"You stay here and don't move. I'll go out and take a look."

Xiao Mu said, pressing the switch, the secret door opened again, and he walked out sideways.

Through the gap in the window paper, he saw that the two people who had just fought had returned.

There was another person following behind.

"What's going on with you two? I told you to stay here, so why are you fighting on your own?"

"Master Xu."

One of the guards nodded and bowed:

"It was all Zhao Wu. He suddenly pounced on me and beat me like a madman. No, he made my nose bleed."

Zhao Wu refused to accept it and rubbed his swollen right face:

"Mr. Xu, please comment. We two are standing here properly. Ma San secretly attacks me with pebbles over and over again.

It’s okay to hit me, and it’s always the same place you hit. He didn't have good intentions and wanted me to have no descendants! "

Ma San: "Zhao Wu, don't spit on anyone with your blood. I have no grievances with you. Why should I hit you? And... hit you in that place."

Zhao Wu: "It's not because Miss Tofu Xi Shi Xin only likes me and doesn't like you!

She told me that your thing is not good!

I think you just hate me for being so close to her and are waiting for an opportunity to take revenge. "

Xiao Mu who overheard a secret said: "?"

Ma San: "Zhao Wu, you are looking for death!"

"You are looking for death!"

The two people were at war with each other and wanted to fight again.

"Okay!" Xu Zhongyuan shouted angrily.

Zhao Wu and Ma San suddenly lost their voices.

"I gave you money to hold the watch wind for me, but I didn't give you some money to look for. Has anyone been here today?" he asked.

"No!" Zhao Wu and Ma San replied in unison.

"That's good. I'm going in to find something. You guys can look out for me. If anyone else comes, don't let them see me. When I find something, I'll definitely have your money."

"Mr. Xu, what are you looking for? Just say no to us. Why bother making this trip yourself?" Ma San took a step forward.

"Just you?" Xu Zhongyuan looked at the two people with disdain.

The two people shrank their necks and stopped talking.

Xiao Mu heard Xu Zhongyuan's words and immediately ducked to find a hiding place.

The furnishings in the study are simple. Apart from a few bookshelves, there is only a large square table made of huanghuali.

In desperation, Xiao Mu tapped his toes on the ground, ducked and hid on the beam.

The moment he hid, the door to the study room was opened.

A round belly came in first.

Xu Zhongyuan was short and fat. After he came in, he closed the door first and then started rummaging in the study.

There are several famous calligraphy and paintings on the wall, and there are several manuscripts collected by Xu Zishang on the bookshelf.

But these are obviously not Xu Zhongyuan's goals.

He quickly opened the calligraphy and painting on the wall and checked the back of the calligraphy and painting. When he found nothing, he went to look at the books on the bookshelf.

It was as if he had known for a long time that there was another mechanism here, and what he was looking for was within the mechanism.

After rummaging several times, he finally found the white porcelain bottle on the bookshelf.

Xu Zhongyuan picked up the porcelain bottle and saw the white switch underneath.

"Hmph! It's quite hidden!" Xu Zhongyuan sneered and reached out to press the switch.

The moment his hand touched the switch, he suddenly felt a cool breeze blowing on his back, followed by a pain in the back of his neck, and he fainted.

Xiao Mu reached out to grab his belt and gently placed him on the ground to prevent him from falling directly to the ground and making too much noise.

Despite this, there was still some movement heard outside.

"Master Xu?"

Ma San called softly from outside: "Do you need any help?"

Ma San and Zhao Wu were originally servants of the county government.

On the first day they were assigned here, Xu Zhongyuan found them, gave them ten taels of silver each, and asked them to keep an eye on the study here, and tell him as soon as anyone came to check.

Ma San and Zhao Wu had never received such great benefits, so they immediately agreed.

At this moment, they regarded Xu Zhongyuan as the God of Wealth, fearing that if he was unhappy, they would lose all their money in the future.

After Ma San asked the question, he listened carefully to the instructions inside.

After seeing no reply for a long time, I was afraid that something had really happened, so I stretched out my hand to open the door.

Suddenly, a heavy object hit the door, making a "clang" sound.

Then a loud shout came from the door:

"roll!"