"If she dares to make trouble, we are not polite to her." Qian Xing'er frightened. But in fact, Qian Xing'er has no confidence in saying this, others come to your house in the middle of the night and hang it with a rope, what can you do? Can't you send someone to watch in front of the door every day? It's disgusting to think about someone dying on the doorstep.

"Miss, I mean, as long as my mother is sure that the jade bracelet has been changed hands by you, and she can't get it back no matter how much trouble she makes, she won't be able to do anything. So I want to ask the young lady to hide the jade bracelet and not show it. Especially during this time, don't be seen by my mother, otherwise it will be difficult to lie. As long as she's sure the bracelet isn't in your hands, she won't make a fuss. Miss is fine, and she will immediately collect the bracelet, both to help me and to help your own family. That's all I have to ask, can you grant me, Miss? Lin Bing'er said with a sad face.

Qian Xing'er nodded slightly, if it was just like this, it would not be a difficult matter. Originally, I planned to wear this jade bracelet to show off everywhere in the past two days, but it seems that I need to restrain myself first. It's just that I always feel that this method is a little strange, and I always feel a little unreliable. Won't the woman come to trouble if she can't see the bracelet? Not necessarily, I'm afraid But since her daughter said so, there must be some truth to it.

"Does this work? If it works, I can promise you. I'm not afraid, I just want to do you a favor. After all, I think you're not bad. Qian Xing'er frowned.

"It definitely works, my mother's brain won't turn, as long as she can't see the bracelet, she thinks she has no reason to make trouble. I naturally know her temperament. Please do me a favor. Lin Bing'er said busily.

Qian Xing'er smacked her lips and said, "Okay, then it's up to you." But when is this a head? Can't I take it out for the rest of my life? ”

Lin Bing'er said: "Don't worry, our family will move to Suzhou after a while, my father is farming for people over there, and we will go to Suzhou to settle down." Will never come back. After that, it didn't matter. ”

Qian Xing'er nodded and said, "Then do it, I promise you." ”

Lin Bing'er thanked her, and said hesitantly: "Can you ask Miss to swear, I'm afraid that Miss will lie to me." ”

Qian Xing'er said angrily: "What did I lie to you about? What swearing? It's funny. ”

Lin Bing'er said: "Make an oath, I feel more relieved, we countrymen promise others to make a poisonous oath." You just swear a poisonous oath to put me at ease. And Miss likes to deceive people, my bracelet is far more than thirty taels, but Miss coaxes me to scare me, I really don't believe you very much now. ”

"You ......" Qian Xing'er was about to get angry, and suddenly felt that it was better to end the matter as soon as possible, and if she continued to make trouble, she might not know what would happen. Seeing that Lin Bing'er was resolute, as if she would not leave without swearing, Qian Xing'er was also afraid of annoying her.

"Well, I swear. During this time, I hid the bracelet and never showed it. If this oath is violated...... Convenient...... Poop ......"

“…… My father and mother are sick, I am unladylike, I am lonely all my life, and I can't find a good man for my whole life. Lin Bing'er said quietly.

Qian Xing'er was stunned for a moment, and said angrily: "You curse me." ”

Lin Bing'er said: "We countrymen all swear like this, and we didn't curse you. How could such a thing happen to a person like Miss who has lived comfortably all his life? Miss will definitely marry a big business in the future and find a wishful husband. You will never meet someone unladylike. It's just an oath. ”

Qian Xing'er felt very uncomfortable, what this country girl said was very heart-wrenching, didn't she just meet someone unladylike and was taken home by someone else? If it weren't for the fact that this girl didn't know her past at all, it would be impossible to deliberately say such things to humiliate herself, Qian Xing'er was afraid that she would have a seizure immediately.

“…… If I break this oath, I will not die a good death. It's done. Qian Xing'er said angrily.

Lin Bing'er was surprised: "Miss's oath is really poisonous, and she is too cruel to herself, we countrymen swear never to swear by our lives." ”

Qian Xing'er said angrily: "That's how we people in the city swear, why should we follow your hair?" Don't be verbose, I swore and gave you face, from today on, you don't want to come again. If I come back, I'm really welcome. Whoever has the kung fu to mix with you people is not reasonable. ”

Qian Xing'er shook her hand and turned around and told Lao Xia to close the courtyard door. Lin Bing'er saluted and thanked her outside the door, and after the door closed, she quietly left with a smile on her face.

……

Qian Xing'er returned to the back house, and her mother Zhao hurriedly asked about the situation. Qian Xing'er told the Zhao family all the words she had with Lin Bing'er, and after hearing this, the Zhao family smacked her lips and said, "Daughter, isn't this causing trouble?" If that country woman really seeks death in front of my house, it will be unfortunate. Or...... This bracelet ......"

Qian Xing'er shouted: "Mother, you don't want me to return this bracelet to others." Five thousand taels, this is a treasure. I can't bear it. ”

Zhao frowned and said, "I can't bear it, but my mother is worried that something will happen." Our family is not short of these five thousand taels of silver, and besides, didn't you only spend twenty taels? Let a sleeping dog lie. I went to the temple a few days ago to ask for a signature, and the elder said that my family was afraid of right and wrong this year, and asked us to be more restrained and low-key. It's better to pay it back. ”

Qian Xing'er jumped up and screamed: "Mother, you are crazy, do you say that you will pay back the treasure of five thousand taels of silver?" When the things are in our hands, they are bought without stealing or robbing, so where are they coming from? In any case, don't want to take it back. Although our family is rich, who thinks that they are too rich? Daddy would never agree to it if he found out. ”

Zhao frowned for a long time, sighed and said, "Hey, you father and daughter are the same people. Always very greedy, unwilling to suffer a little loss. I refused to take out anything I had in my hand. Your father is like that, and so are you. ”

Qian Xing'er shouted: "Mother, don't say such things, Daddy is not such a person, can we have such a big family business?" Who wants to live a hard life? ”

Zhao sighed lightly and muttered, "I feel that our family used to be happier when we were poor." Your father has made a fortune since he started, and all he thinks about is making money in the camp, and he rarely talks to me. It's like when I didn't have money before, I knew warmth and heat, and I was intimate and lovely. ”

Qian Xing'er said impatiently: "Mother, don't nag, you really don't know how to be in a good shape." How many people envy your father's ability, you are considered a blessing from your previous life to marry your father, the brocade clothes and jade food are not good, are you as unkempt as those country women who worry about three meals a day? I really don't know what you think. ”

Zhao sighed, waved his hand and said, "That's it, you don't understand it." What about the matter at the moment? ”

Qian Xing'er said: "What else can I do?" Hide the bracelet, and when the family leaves Hangzhou, the matter will be settled. The woman also said, "Don't show it." ”

Zhao nodded and said, "That's all there is to it." Take this bracelet and put it away. ”

Qian Xing'er picked up the jade bracelet, thought about it, but handed the bracelet to Zhao and said: "Mother, such a valuable thing is always uneasy to put in the house, my family is not a big house, and there is no one to take care of the house, it is not good to be stolen by thieves." You can keep it for me. Don't we have a secret room in our house? It's safer to keep it in a secret room. ”

Zhao thought for a while and nodded: "That's right, that mother will store it in the secret room for you first." ”

Qian Xing'er nodded and said, "Thank you, mother, I'll go back to the room to rest first, this day is really tiring." I don't want to eat at night, so my mother doesn't want to call me. I've got to get some good sleep. It's a happy and tiring day. ”

Zhao smiled: "You are happy and tired." Go ahead, and eat supper when you're hungry at night. ”

Qian Xing'er turned around and went out to leave, Zhao stood in the room for a moment with the jade bracelet in his hand, went to the door and closed the door and tied it, then turned around and went to the inner room and slowly walked to the wall on the side of the big bed and stood in a daze for a moment, suddenly reached out and groped on the wall, groped for a small protrusion, stretched out his hand and pulled, and a small hole appeared in the wall.

Zhao reached into his arms, felt out a long key and inserted it into the hole, after a click, Zhao reached out and pushed, and a piece of the wall was dented, revealing a door hole more than a person high. It turned out that there was a mezzanine in the wall, which was painted as usual, but it was necessary to open a small lid in the wall to reveal the hole, and turn the deadbolt inside with a key to push it open. As soon as the finger releases the lid, it will automatically return to its original position and cover the small hole.

Zhao lit a candlestick and stepped into the wall, which was the Qian family's secret room. The walls around the secret room are obviously unusually reinforced, all of them are bluestone walls more than a foot wide, and although the entire mezzanine is only a few zhang wide, it is more than three zhang long. This is a bluestone fortress built in a house.

Where the candles lit, there were rows of large wooden boxes on one side of the wall, which stored the Qian family's gold, silver, soft and valuables. It is an exaggeration that in the innermost part of the secret room, there are still beds, tables, chairs, water tanks, toilets, etc., and more than a dozen bags of white flour are stacked in the corners of the room. It's like a refuge.

Qian Zhongze is also a person with some brains, although he is reluctant to buy a big house and invite a large number of nursing homes to guard the courtyard, it seems that this does not match his identity, and it seems a little dangerous for a rich man with huge family furniture to do this. But he came up with such a clever trick. The renovated chamber is sturdy and very secretive. There are a few dogs in the house, not for the purpose of guarding the home, but just to know the information of outsiders in time. As soon as there is a disturbance, he will hide in the secret room in time. There is food and drink here, and it is no problem to hide for at least ten days and half a month.

In the past year or two, Qian Zhongze has even become accustomed to sleeping in a secret room. This is the storage place of the Qian family's gold, silver, fine and soft valuables, looking at these things to sleep at night, Qian Zhongze slept very sweetly and at ease. It's just that the Zhao family suffered, and he was not used to sleeping in the secret room, but he had to be forced to follow Qian Zhongze in to sleep. Because the location of this secret room and the method of opening it are only known to Qian Zhongze and the Zhao family. The Zhao family can't do it outside, and the people inside are also unsafe, and when they are forced to open the door by a strong man, it is useless. In the past two years, Zhao's health has become worse and worse, and a large part of the reason is due to lack of sleep. You can take a nap during the day to catch up on your sleep, but that's different.

Zhao opened a wooden box, wrapped a jade bracelet in a red cloth and put it inside, closed the box and reopened the door of the secret room, restored the secret door to its original state, and relocked it with a key. Then he sighed and opened the door. The light of the sunset outside had dimmed, and Zhao went to the kitchen to cook.

On the roof of the house, a figure lurked in the twilight. Zhao's every move in the room was in his eyes. Through a few pieces of bright tiles on the roof, you can see it clearly. After Zhao left, the figure quickly flipped from the back of the house to the backyard and walked along the corner.

Two black dogs suddenly burst out of the bushes in the backyard and barked angrily at the man, who was startled, but his figure did not stop. Leap in front of the fence and quickly disappear after landing.

Lao Xia heard the barking of dogs in the backyard, and hurriedly ran over, and saw two black dogs barking towards the wall, which was very incomprehensible. A rat sprang out of the grass and fled. Lao Xia laughed, pointed at the two black dogs and scolded: "Big black and two black, you two are really nosy with rats." Don't scream, and then tell me not to eat tonight. ”

The two black dogs seemed to be able to speak, and soon stopped barking.