Chapter 87: Cousin is here
Chapter 87 Cousin is here
Zhu Xiu nodded, and said confidently: "The villain has repeatedly and carefully investigated, and there is indeed no sign of a second person in the other courtyard except the servant."
Xu Mingyi concentrating on it.
There is also a limit to the darkness under the light, otherwise it will become stupid and bold-if the other party really traps his cousin here, a big living person who will resist will more or less disturb his neighbors.
But if you want to take it somewhere else, why bother to send people to such a crowded place in the first place?
As for whether the cousin Qing has encountered an accident, this kind of worst result should not be considered now.
Xu Mingyi thought about it, but felt that something was wrong everywhere. After half an hour, looking at the dark night outside the window, she called Azhu.
"Go to Akui to get two night clothes and come with me."
While the girl was talking, she had already pulled out the hairpin on her head, loosened the half-rolled hair, took a ribbon from the side, and **** all the thick blue silk.
This other courtyard is the only clue right now. If she gives up, it means that all clues are interrupted. She has to go and see in person to give up.
Azhu excitedly went to Akui.
Until she saw Akui take out the two ink-colored robes from the box, she didn’t realize what was wrong—when did the night gown still be prepared in the girl’s bedroom?
But in view of the principle that ‘anything strange happens to a girl’s body is not strange’, Ah Zhu calmly accepted this fact in an instant.
Watching Azhu accompany her girl out, the frightened Akui secretly ran to the backyard ancestral hall to burn incense, begging the ancestors of the Xu family to bless the girl's return.
After nightfall, in the Herring Fish Square, most of the lights in each house were turned off, and the excitement of the day was gone.
A few dark shadows sneaked into a other courtyard quietly.
Zhu Xiu Bairi had come to explore the way. At this time, he easily found the servant's bedroom, and poured the smoke that Xu Mingyi had handed him into the room through the door.
Seeing Zhu Xiu turn back, Xu Mingyi gestured to the three to separate their heads to look for clues.
She has no intention of screaming at the grass today, so the smoke is just to make the servant who knows some kung fu sleep sounder, rather than really coma. If there is too much disturbance, it will still wake people up.
There is a lantern under the corridor. Although it is not bright, it is not difficult to identify the general furnishings in the courtyard.
Xu Mingyi entered a study room.
The faintly delicate fragrance can be smelled in the room.
After adjusting to the light in front of him, Xu Mingyi looked at the incense burner beside the book table.
This aroma is obviously left in the incense burner.
And where did she smell this extremely faint incense...
I don’t know if it’s because of martial arts since childhood. She has a better sense of hearing and smell than ordinary people since she was a child, and her memory is fair enough.
This fragrance is light and cold. Although it is not common, it is obviously used by men.
Man...
Xu Mingyi searched in his mind for a while, his eyes changed suddenly.
I smelled this scent in Shangyu Pavilion that day!
There were not a few people in the hall at that time, but when it comes to men, apart from the guys in the building, there seems to be only one person who can afford to incense the incense...
The second son of the Xia family, Xia Han.
And that day, the missing cousin Qing was also present.
Xu Mingyi suddenly thought of many things, including the recent promotion of the potential.
Looking at the censer again, her eyes grew colder.
Is this other courtyard related to Xia Han?
Even if people are unpredictable and untrustworthy outside the area, what would happen to a son of the Xia family who came from a rich family and entered the Imperial Academy as a scholar at a young age. He has a gentle temperament and a harmonious husband and wife, and his life is almost perfect. Driven by intention, would you choose to take the risk of doing this?
She remembered that her father once said that the more superficial people have, the easier it is to be unscrupulous.
And the more thoughtful people there are, the more they know how to be prudent and cautious.
Xia Han doesn’t look like the former.
Or is it because Xia Xi is acting more arrogantly now, she has to start with her cousin Qing for a few quarrels?
But no matter which one it is, everything in front of her seems to prove that the disappearance of the cousin Qing has something to do with the Xia family, and that what she did was just willing to be driven by others in exchange for benefits.
Xu Mingyi temporarily suppressed a lot of speculation, and glanced around the study room inch by inch.
After a while, she walked towards the bookshelf against the wall step by step.
On the way came, she and Uncle Zhu had guessed that there might be a secret room in this other courtyard——
And the layout of the secret room must have something to cover.
Book shelves, picture frames, and even the rockery in the courtyard are worthy of careful investigation.
In the dimness, Xu Mingyi groped cautiously on the bookshelf.
When she touched a grid on the edge, she noticed that the wooden grid under her fingers was a little loose. Her eyes changed slightly. With some force under her hands, the wooden grid fell back along with her strength.
"Crack—"
A faint sound similar to the opening of a copper core door lock came into my ears. In the next moment, I saw that the bookshelf in front of me was divided into two, and slowly moved to both sides, there was a space that happened to be enough for one person. Gap!
Sure enough, there are mechanisms!
And this kind of exquisite mechanism technique is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and money-consuming, and it is definitely not something that a mere occupant can afford.
The guess in his heart sat a little more firmly, Xu Mingyi hesitated for a moment, and stepped into the bookshelf.
In comparison, the trigger point behind the bookshelf is much more obvious.
She raised her hand and screwed down the copper shaft on the side wall, and the bookshelf closed again behind her.
In front of is the stone steps leading to the underground chamber.
Xu Mingyi walked down step by step, his vision slowly widened and clear.
This secret room is completely different from what she imagined.
Into the eye, it can be called brightly lit, and the layout is exquisite and attentive. There are several tables and chairs, incense burners and tea cups, etc., and there are even a few well-maintained pine landscape pots.
And all this delicate and proper appearing in places that shouldn't appear will only make people feel very weird.
Xu Mingyi held his breath and stood up guard, and walked inside.
There is a small room on each side of the ‘hall’, one is separated by a screen, and the other is hung with a red curtain.
And if she hadn’t noticed the mistake, there were people in the two rooms...
Xu Mingyi walked towards the room on the right, bypassing the screen, and looking into the furnishings that a woman’s bedroom should have.
She walked to the bed step by step, stretched out her hand and slowly opened the smoky bed net.
Seeing the light movement of the bed tent, the girl sitting on her knees in the tent suddenly widened her eyes, but she did not make a sound when she was frightened. Instead, she trembling and subconsciously hugged her body tightly and buried her head in her knees. .
"Cousin Qing?!"
Looking at the girl with her head buried, Xu Mingyi whispered tentatively.
The trembling girl stiffened, and it took a while before he raised her head hesitantly.
Seeing the opposite side clearly, Xu Mingyi's heart finally fell.
Cousin Qing is still alive!
"Zhao...Cousin Zhaozhao..."
The girl looked at her steadily, her voice sluggishly slow.
Xu Mingyi twitched in his heart, and said softly, “Don’t be afraid, my cousin is here, and I’ll take you home.”
Cui Yunqing's eyes suddenly overflowed with tears.
At this time, Xu Mingyi suddenly heard footsteps approaching here——
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