The sky was gray with lingering clouds, gloomy and depressing.
Seemingly affected by such an atmosphere, Li'er Niang's heart was in a state of turmoil, and she always had a bad premonition. She wanted to open her mouth several times, but she held it back.
"Lierniang, what are they looking for?" Tong Xiuzhen whispered in Lierniang's ear.
Li'er Niang pursed her lips and shook her head, "Don't be afraid, Miss Lu will not harm us."
Tong Xiuzhen nodded and huddled half of her body behind Li Erniang.
Lu Anran threw a carrot to the little donkey to grind its teeth. He looked up when he heard the voice, then lowered his head and continued to feed.
In addition to expressing her belief, Li'er Niang's words were also a bit testy. Lu Anran also saw her uneasiness along the way. How could Lu Anran not know that she was waiting for Lu Anran to speak and confirm her.
But Lu Anran couldn't because she wasn't sure whether her suspicion would be confirmed.
There was a gust of wind, and a huge white cloth banner floated out from the low wall, and it covered the three people outside, accompanied by the mournful cries of ghosts and people.
Because it was too sudden, the three of them were instantly wrapped in white cloth. Tong Xiuzhen screamed and fluttered, but the wrapping became tighter and tighter, and she could not struggle out.
Li'er Niang wanted to restrain Tong Xiuzhen, so she swung her arm around her cheekbones and hit her hard, making her gasp in pain.
In the chaos, Tong Xiuzhen waved her hands randomly and pushed Lu Anran down.
Lu Anran fell to the ground on his side, and his wrist bone hit a small protruding stone. He groaned and said, "Don't shout, it's just a cloth flag."
There was a calming calmness in the voice, which made Tong Xiuzhen's mood relax.
Li'er Niang forcefully lifted the thick white cloth flag from her head, and the gray sky came back into sight. She patted her chest and said, "You are not prepared for the sudden arrival of Tou Tou. It's really scary."
"Ah! It's bleeding!" Tong Xiuzhen screamed.
Lu Anran lowered his eyes and looked at his hand, took out a small porcelain bottle and sprinkled some medicinal powder on it, took a brocade handkerchief and rolled it twice in his hand, raised his eyes and said, "It's okay."
Tong Xiuzhen was a little afraid of Lu Anran. She felt that this noble lady from the royal capital had a noble temperament and an indescribable coldness all over her body. Although she spoke politely to others, she showed an alienation that made people unable to approach her.
Along the way, Lierniang treated Lu Anran with caution, and Lu Anran's cold appearance even made Tong Xiuzhen think that Lu Anran actually looked down on people of their status in her heart.
But now looking at Lu Anran's understatement, I realized that this girl Lu had such a personality, and couldn't help but feel guilty for having speculated like that.
"Sorry." Tong Xiuzhen said, not knowing whether it was because of her own misunderstanding or because she accidentally hurt someone now.
Li'er Niang said helpfully: "Xiuzhen was once locked in a dark room for several days, and she developed a fear of confined spaces."
Lu Anran turned back to look at her. Under Tong Xiuzhen's anxious expression, he said, "I won't take it to heart if it's an unintentional mistake."
"I shouldn't have come with you."
"There is no need to say any more about assumptions."
Li'er Niang patted Tong Xiuzhen on the shoulder, "I'll go in with Miss Lu, and you can look after me outside the door."
Lu Anran stood under the low wall and said to the air: "Lu Taotao, stop playing."
Tong Xiuzhen and Li Erniang were still surprised that no one was there. As soon as they said this, they saw a petite figure suddenly flash out and laugh wildly in mid-air: "It's fun, I'll give you a cage from the sky."
Only then did Li'er Niang react, "So the white cloth just now was you, the Great Immortal Lu?"
Lu Taotao sat on the low wall and swung his legs, "You must have never imagined that there are several big boxes of treasures hidden in this dilapidated farm."
Li'er Niang's heart tightened, "What's in it?"
Several thoughts flashed through his mind for a moment. Could it be that Liu Zhiquan had really done something extraordinary? Was it gold, silver and jewelry? Could he be colluding with some big thief? The more he thought about it, the more he became panicked.
"I don't know." Lu Taotao supported his chin with one hand, turned his big eyes in a circle, and grinned: "I want to keep it and share it with you."
Lu Anran knew she wasn't telling the truth by looking at the cunning expression in the corners of her eyes and brows, "Which room are you in?"
Lu Taotao pointed back, "Here, here, here, it's all there."
Lu Anran frowned slightly, wondering what was hidden in so many rooms.
As soon as she took a step forward, Lierniang grabbed her arm and said, "Miss Lu."
"Go and take a look first." The steady and powerful tone, with the power to soothe people's hearts, made Lierniang's heart beat back and forth and slowly return to its original place.
Li'er Niang's expression became firmer and she nodded: "Okay."
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Looking at the dilapidated farm from the outside, the room is exceptionally clean and tidy, with the floor and walls all made of hemp bamboo.
It's just that the room is empty, except for a few large boxes that stand out.
"Here." Lu Taotao raised his chin, "The treasures are all inside. Open it and take a look."
Lu Anran did not rush forward, but looked around. This made Lu Taotao a little impatient, "Stop dawdling, I have seen them all. These rooms are like this. There is nothing except big boxes."
Lu Anran thought: "Ma bamboo is used as a floor, which can be waterproof, moisture-proof, fireproof and anti-corrosion. It is warm in winter and cool in summer for aesthetics, but why is Ma bamboo even used on the walls?"
In other words, what on earth is so afraid of water, fire, and moisture?
Lu Taotao played with her pigtails and said casually: "Of course it's gold, silver and jewelry."
"I don't think so." Lu Anran walked to a big box, bent down to reach out and looked sideways at Lu Taotao, and sure enough he saw her eager and shining eyes, as if to say hurry up and drive.
Lu Anran retracted his hand, "You left the box without opening it, and uncharacteristically asked us to come in quickly. Is there poisonous powder hidden in it? Snake? Mechanism? Rat?" He paused and nodded to himself: "Well, it turns out to be a rat."
Lu Taotao: "..." Did I speak?
Li'er Niang wrapped her palms with cloth and said, "I'll do it."
It wasn't that she was in a hurry, she was really upset by the unknown speculation, so she might as well reveal the answer, and the result would only be good or bad.
Li'er Niang pushed aside the iron locking piece and used a little force to lift it upwards. Even though she was mentally prepared, the corpses of the rats that died tragically were shocked.
Lu Taotao rolled his eyes, "Tsk, it's not fun."
Seven mice were arranged side by side with their bellies facing up. Each one had words carved on it with a knife. Blood flowed out from the scratched skin, like blooming coquettish red flowers.
A line of words reads: "Hello, little sister!" The last one has an exclamation mark specially engraved on it.
However, Lu Anran had no extra time to dislike Lu Taotao's unusual bad taste at this time. She watched intently as the knife edge came out and spread out the red-stained white paper under the mouse corpse.
After a long while, he met Li'er's mother's eyes, which seemed to have a premonition, and said: "Sichuan paper."
Li'er Niang closed her eyes, and even she said unconvinced: "False, fake, right?"
Lu Anran's cold tone left no room for her imagination, "Cuppi Sichuan paper is made from the bark of the Pu tree. The surface is bright and white, durable, and the craftsmanship is complex and difficult to forge."
Lu Taotao took out a stack of paper and fanned it, "Wow, isn't Sichuan paper used to make money? Haha, we can make our own money. With the money mold in hand, I own the world."
Li'er Niang's eyes widened in shock: "Fake money?!"
Hiding Sichuan paper privately is already a serious crime, how could it involve counterfeit money.
Now that things have happened, Lu Anran doesn't need to hide anything, "Yes, your husband is involved in a counterfeit banknote case."
Li'er Niang's whole figure was hung up on the kite and she was so dizzy that she almost fainted. This was a serious crime that implicated the entire family and implicated the nine clans!
After inhaling and exhaling several times, he gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "Even if you die, you will harm us!"
Lu Anran looked at Sichuan Paper thoughtfully, "The reason why Liu Zhiquan dated Jin Yu'e was because of the Sichuan Paper in these rooms. Jin Yu'e is most likely the introducer, and Liu Zhiquan acted as the hider."
After saying that, she rejected this point.
"If that's the case, why were Liu Zhiquan's things still there after he died? Jin Yu'e didn't expect to move out, and then the people behind the scenes got rid of her too."
But in this case, the people behind the scenes are willing to throw away so much Sichuan paper in vain?
Lu Taotao used a long stick to string up the carcasses of a group of dead mice, and he admired them with great interest. He said, "It's not simple yet. Liu Zhiquan didn't tell Jin Yu'e, and Jin Yu'e didn't tell anyone else."
Lu Anran's eyes glanced at the rather disgusting rat string, which opened up an idea for Lu Taotao, "Liu Zhiquan may have given Jin Yu'e the address, but what she is holding may not be real, and the people behind the scenes don't know the real secret." Location."
Lu Anran still remembers that when Jin Yu'e died, her house in Yi County was turned over and all the valuables were stolen. Maybe someone was looking for the address where the Sichuan paper was hidden, and the reason why it was evacuated was to conceal the true identity of the Sichuan paper. the goal of.
Lu Taotao laughed nonchalantly and said, "You speak a lot of words, I believe you."
Lu Anran's eyes wandered among several large boxes and suddenly raised his head: "If the people behind the scenes can't find Sichuan Paper, what will they do?"
"Hmm?" Lu Taotao thought she was asking him, and blinked his eyes, "Let's ask someone who knows."
Lu Anran's expression changed, "They found that the address in Jin Yu'e's belongings was fake. Looking back..."
Li Erniang also guessed the direction of the matter, "As Liu Zhiquan's wife, I may be the only one who knows about it."
Lu Anran pinched her fingers and followed her words and said: "If Wang Degui hadn't reminded you, you might have fallen into their hands and been forced to tell. You happened to escape, so the Fox Immortal killed someone."
If you want to find an object, coercion is not the best way. Instead, let the other party discover something is wrong and deliver the answer to your door.
Lu Taotao clapped his hands and said, "Young lady, you are so awesome." He tilted his head and said with an innocent face, "Then what we are doing now counts as just giving away someone's head?"
Lu Anran suddenly turned around and faced the door, "Maybe..."
Before she finished speaking, Tong Xiuzhen ran in in a panic, "A lot of officers and soldiers came and surrounded the place!"
