An incense and candle shop, the business is deserted, the door is empty, there is only one waiter in the shop, the front and back yards combined the shop area is not small.
The three of them used Qinggong to get closer. The waiter was squatting in the front shop as usual. Watching the moon, a man with a knife fell down softly and fell into a coma.
Lu Taotao was wandering around the yard with his hands behind his back, watching Yun Qi lift the latch of the door with the jade bone fan, and said in a provocative tone: "It's flying very fast now, why didn't I save Lu Anran at this speed that day? Humph, he would have been in trouble. "
Yun Qi squinted with cold eyes, raised his lips and smiled evilly: "My killing hand speed is faster, do you want to try it?"
Lu Taotao pushed her heels hard, spread her hands and immediately moved back several feet like a swallow, and said with a playful smile: "Come on, come on."
Guan Yue returned, first went into the room to check carefully, opened the door and let Yun Qi in, "Your Majesty, I checked, there is no one inside."
The lights that had been extinguished not long ago were lit again. Guanyue held the candlestick and touched and knocked on every corner. It was impossible for people to disappear out of thin air, so there must be a secret room here.
Lu Taotao came in rubbing his hands, "Wow, maybe he dug a hole in the ground to hide the treasure."
Yunqi looked around carefully, then suddenly walked over to a place and broke off a lotus petal from the base of a stone Buddha. Suddenly, there was a heavy 'click, click, click' sound.
One wall moved a space two people wide to the right.
Guanyue listened for a long time and said, "The space is very large and there is no movement."
The three of them jumped in one after another, and it turned out that it was not a cellar, but a tunnel.
"What's new, the tunnel was dug well." The tunnel was narrow, but it was more than enough for one person to walk through. Lu Taotao touched the wall, "It looks like it wasn't long ago, and the smell of mud is very strong."
After walking like this, they didn't expect to come out after walking for half an hour. There was a dry well outside. When they climbed out, the three of them were surprised to find an abandoned farmhouse.
The night sky is quiet, everything is dormant, and the distant mountains and black curtains are connected, infinitely amplifying the charm of the dark night.
Yunqi jumped out first and glanced around, his eyes calmed down and his expression was slightly thoughtful.
Lu Taotao kicked away the obstructive pile of dead grass next to him and pouted: "What a shabby place, it's worthless at first glance!"
Guan Yue observed for a moment, with a slight surprise on his face, "Your Majesty, this is not..."
Lu Taotao: "What?"
"Monkey Mountain!"
Yunqi nodded: "Not bad."
Lu Taotao rubbed his cheek, "Oh, the mountain where monkeys are raised." What does the monkey mean? What's the fuss about.
Yun Qi stepped on the mud and walked out step by step. "After Zhou Ting died, he found a bit of red soil on the soles of his feet, which proves that he had been to Monkey Mountain. If he also came from this tunnel, then..."
Does it mean Zhou Ting also knows the secret of the incense and candle shop?
Secondly, what is Zhou Ting doing in Monkey Mountain?
Is the woman who is in contact with Housekeeper Zhou Zhou Pei? Is she really not dead?
The more you discover, the more questions come to you.
The three of them checked around, but there was no sign of Butler Zhou and the woman. They didn't know where they had gone.
In addition, it was dark in the middle of the night and I couldn't go deep enough so I had to give up. Fortunately, I discovered this secret passage and asked Guanyue to arrange for people to squat at both ends, so I could always gain something.
On the way back, Lu Tao Tao was so happy that he suddenly asked: "Yun Dasheng, are you lying to me?"
Yun Qi tilted his head and said with an exaggerated expression: "Were you discovered?"
Lu Taotao puffed up his face and put his hands on his hips angrily: "There really isn't anything good about a man!"
"Little brat, how many men have you seen?"
Lu Taotao lost his temper, so he slapped him with a palm, Yun Qi ducked to the side, and Guan Yue took over the attack.
The two men fought in the back, the wind howled, Yun Qi shook his jade bone fan and walked away gracefully like the wind.
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Just after noon the next day, Yu Fangjing hurried over and without waiting to catch his breath, he said with a joyful face: "Your Majesty, we found it!"
Yun Qi moved his sleeves and said unhurriedly, "What is it?"
"Red gold stone!" Yu Fangjing sat down, leaned over the table with his hands on the table, and said mysteriously: "The seller of the red gold stone has been found!"
Yun Qi raised his eyebrows, showing a bit of surprise at the right time, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Magistrate Yu. As expected, Magistrate Yu made a move and caught him."
Yu Fangjing waved his hands repeatedly, "Your Majesty, please don't laugh at me. To be honest, it's a bit unexpected that I can get off the official position so smoothly. You see, things are so coincidental. The government is searching the gold shop. Turning around, there is a man sneaking up with him. A bunch of stuff ran away.”
Yun Qi knew in his heart that this was the person arranged by Mo Yan, "It was because the magistrate had not predicted it and knew that he had to go to Shang County to check. Otherwise, he would have guarded Diqiu and turned over the ground to find out nothing."
When Yu Fangjing heard this compliment, seeing Yun Qi's nonchalant look, he was unsure of his attitude, "Your Majesty, you still have to do the next interrogation?"
"Is this case related to the Yaksha case?"
"For now, it doesn't matter."
Yunqi spread his hands and said, "The emperor only asked me to investigate the Yaksha case. The mine is in Diqiu. As the local magistrate, Mr. Yu, of course you have to investigate it."
Yu Fang Jing's eyes moved from side to side. He wanted to take credit, but the water was deep here, and he didn't know whether he would succeed or not in the end.
"As a magistrate, we ministers do not care about individuals but only perform our duties and share your worries for the king, don't you think so?"
"Yes, yes..." Yu Fangjing patted his forehead and said with determination: "I will do my best, and please ask the crown prince to help me at the critical moment."
Yun Qi chuckled and said: "You don't go to Nangong Shaofu, who is in charge of everything, or to Qi Shen, who is in charge of the three thousand guards. Instead, you beg this prince to be idle. As for the magistrate, you are not smart." .”
Yu Fangjing looked serious and said sincerely: "Although Xiaguan is from the south, he has taken root in Mengdu for more than ten years, so he is half a northerner. He shares the same hometown friendship with the prince and Miss Lu, so naturally he is with you." The two of you are a bit closer. To put it shamelessly, when we go out, our families should help each other."
Yun Qi raised his eyelids, glanced at him lightly, and said, "Then tell me, who is the red gold stone seller?"
Yu Fangjing thought he agreed, and felt happy. After all, there was someone who could do the job better than him. He cleared his throat and said, "Zhu Afu."
"Who are you talking about?" Yun Qi plucked his ears, somewhat in disbelief.
Yu Fangjing calmed down his expression and said with a straight face: "Your Majesty, you didn't expect that it was the missing farmer Zhu Afu."
After Mo Yan got the clues that day, Yun Qi didn't let him investigate in detail to avoid Nangong Zhi noticing, so he really didn't know that the person who took the red gold stone was Zhu Afu.
"Zhu Afu is not stupid. He didn't go directly to the gold shop to take action. He asked someone in private to inquire about the black market transactions. During this period, he sold a total of more than ten red gold stones."
Yun Qi knocked on the table and said thoughtfully: "So, the sudden wealth of the Hu brothers is probably related to the red gold stone?"
Yu Fangjing slapped the table, "Yes! Could it be that Zhu Afu and the Hu brothers discovered the red gold mine together, and they secretly dug it without telling others, so they became rich overnight."
The question is, "Why did they suddenly disappear?"
Yun Qi quickly calculated in his mind that these three people might not have disappeared but were silenced. The temptation of a gold mine was enough to make people lose their humanity.
First the Zhou family, and then the Zhu Afu and Hu brothers, will their fates be changed by this gold mine?
Before Yu Fang Jing left, Yun Qi suggested that he send people to search near the gold mine. If they were not dead, they would definitely not trust the gold mine to stay there, and they would definitely not be able to resist sneaking back to take a look.
Yu Fangjing was convinced and hurried back to the county office to make arrangements.
Yu Fang Jing left the Yun Mansion Courtyard first and came back later to watch the moon. "The woman who left the tunnel last night appeared again. She stayed in the incense shop for a while and then left the same way. The secret guard did not dare to follow too closely. , but she suddenly disappeared when we arrived in the forest."
"High in kung fu?"
Guanyue touched the corner of her mouth that was scratched by Lu Taotao, "The secret guard said that her steps were frivolous and she didn't look like she had learned martial arts."
Although the secret guard's Qinggong is not as good as Lu Taotao's, it is reasonable to follow a woman who does not know Kung Fu and will not be lost.
Guanyue guessed, "Is there something mysterious in the forest?"
"Did you see the woman's face clearly?"
"According to the secret guard's description, my subordinate made a rough copy." Guanyue took out a folded piece of paper.
Yun Qi opened it and took a look. The woman in the painting was pretty and beautiful, with a curved willow-leaf eyebrow that exuded a charming energy. The most conspicuous thing was a mole diagonally below the right corner of her mouth.
Lu Anran just let Qiu Chan push him out. He looked at the portrait and looked surprised, "Zhou Pei?"
Yun Qi shook the drawing paper and handed it to Lu Anran for a closer look, "Maybe Xiufang didn't see a ghost."
"Your Majesty, why not arrest Butler Zhou and this woman for interrogation?"
Yun Qi asked back: "If Zhou Pei is not dead, why is he hiding in the forest? What is the purpose of her secret meeting with Housekeeper Zhou in private?"
"Is it true that as you guessed, Butler Zhou and Zhou Pei are carrying out some revenge plan?"
Yun Qi reclined on the recliner, rested his forehead with his hand and closed his eyes to think for a while. Then he opened his eyes, and a faint light flashed through his black eyes, "If the crux lies in the gold mine..."
Lu Anran followed the original fold and closed the image, looked at Yun Qi, and said with emotion: "The more they tried to hide it, the more they wanted to hide it, but it was exposed to the world, and everything else that was hidden behind was pulled out."
Yun Qi patted the fan handle in the palm of his hand, curled his lips and smiled softly, saying: "Isn't this very interesting?"
Guan Yue was confused, what were these two people talking about?
"Dead wood, come out!" Lu Taotao heard his voice before he arrived.
Guanyue's body trembled, "Your Majesty, I will personally go and keep an eye on Butler Zhou."
Yun Qi raised his fingers, "What happened to her?"
The next moment, Lu Taotao came over like a gust of wind and rushed towards Guanyue, tearing, biting and beating her, making Yun Qi and Lu Anran twitch at the corners of their mouths.
This girl is not a human, she is a dog.
After Lu Taotao vented his anger, he flipped up his somewhat messy hair, raised his head, and Yun Qi burst into laughter.
I saw three big bumps on her forehead, which were quite symmetrical, as if her eyes had been opened. Half of her face was swollen into a fleshy bump, and her lips were as red as sausages.
Lu Anran frowned: "Why are you like this?"
Lu Taotao stamped his feet: "It's bitten by mosquitoes!" He pointed at the moon and yelled, "It's all this dead wood. He tied me up in the woods and let me be bitten by mosquitoes all night. You beast, you are shameless, wolf-hearted and dog-poor. , If you are blind, you will die badly..."
Guanyue's eyelids twitched and kept twitching, "I didn't know you were allergic to mosquitoes." Who told her to tie her up, and he couldn't hurt her, so he could only tie her up with a rope, and planned to I waited until she calmed down before releasing it, but I didn’t expect to forget it.
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..You tied me up all night, you are such a heartless thing, I'm going to chop you into pieces and feed them to mosquitoes."
Lu Anran said calmly: "Mosquitoes don't eat meat."
Lu Taotao: "..."
Guanyue: "..." Is this the point?
Yun Qi's mind suddenly moved, "Lu Taotao, you are not looking for treasure, this is your chance."
"You can't even try to lie to me." Lu Taotao put her hands on her hips and raised her chest, "I won't be fooled."
"Gold mine, do you want the sparkling gold mine?"
Lu Taotao turned around and left. When he reached the gate, he suddenly turned back and asked, "Where are you?"
