In the roar, the two guards in front of them had fallen to the ground. However, they were not hit to the vital point, Lin Jue just fired a shot at their lower body, breaking the lower leg bones of the two. The two men fell to the ground, and the sharp pain made them cry wolf.

Bai Bing just arrived and said angrily: "Didn't you say you don't need firearms?" That way, they all know it's you. ”

Lin Jue smiled: "What are you afraid of, I just want them to know." One more clue is best. Let's go, I guess no one will dare to stop us anymore. ”

Indeed, the roar of firearms not only frightened the miscellaneous servants who rushed from all directions, but also caused several nurses who were chasing behind them to stop immediately. They don't want to play with their lives, they can play with their lives, and they don't want to talk about it. The two janitors had already fallen to the ground and didn't know whether they were alive or dead, but they couldn't rush any further.

Lin Jue and Bai Bing walked out of the courtyard one after the other, escorting Chu Xiangxiang and Gu Panpan out of the courtyard with a swagger, and no one stopped them. The guards and handymen followed them noisily all the way up the long street.

The whole Zhonghe Street has actually been noisy, it is already dawn, many people have already got up early to wash up and prepare to do things, smell the noise outside, and naturally look around. But he saw a group of people with sticks shouting from afar, chasing the four people on the street along the street, until they reached the bottom of the wooden archway. A carriage rushed out, picked up the four men, turned around and galloped away.

The people came out one after another to ask what happened, and when they learned that it was the two Oirans of Wanhualou and Qunfang Pavilion who were robbed by the pirates of the shark village on Putuo Island, everyone was stunned, shocked and frightened. It's the first time I've heard of Putuo Island Shark Village, but these people actually dare to come to Hangzhou City to commit crimes and openly rob Oiran, is this worth it? Does this mean that the pirates entrenched on the island in eastern Zhejiang will make a comeback? That's another big problem.

However, there are many people who seem to be preoccupied with mysteries, and they want to stop talking. They have a big secret hidden in their hearts, and they are very uncomfortable, but they dare not talk nonsense. Because more than one person saw a huge sign on the carriage that rushed out, which was the sign of a boat company that everyone knew about in Hangzhou. It was the carriage of the Lin family in Hangzhou, did the Lin family collude with the bandits? It's incredible, it's unbelievable.

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The morning in Hangzhou has arrived, and the quiet streets and alleys have begun to become noisy. Working people do not have the right to sleep, they have to get up very early, wash and clean up and beg for a living. The lower the people, the earlier they will get up.

Lao Xia, the old servant of Qian Zhongze's family, is a typical representative of the people at the bottom, who has been a servant in the Qian family for more than ten years, and every morning as long as the sky is bright, he will be the first to get up to clean the courtyard, feed the horses, carry water, and do chores. He didn't feel tired and tired, because he was used to it. All this is already the process of his life, and it is difficult to feel less than one.

Lao Xia also has fun in life, that is, he has a good relationship with several dogs raised by the Qian family. Especially the two black dogs in the back house. Although those two dogs are fierce, they are Lao Xia's loyal friends and loyal listeners when he chatters, and they will never dislike themselves and despise and reprimand themselves like the Qian family.

When he stepped into the backyard with a big broom, Lao Xia felt that something was wrong. Because he didn't hear the sound of the dog galloping. Every morning, as soon as he stepped into the backyard, Da Hei and Erhei would always rush over, wagging their tails beside them, waiting for them to find the leftover dough from the kitchen and feed them, but not today.

Lao Xia looked around suspiciously, and called out loudly. However, the dogs did not respond. Lao Xia had an ominous premonition in his heart, he dragged the broom along the backyard path to search, and suddenly, Lao Xia wailed loudly, threw the broom and rushed under a tree. Under the tree, there was the black dog lying upright, with its tongue dragged outside, its eyes wide, and the corners of its mouth were bloodstained, and it had already died hard.

Soon after, another dog, Erhei, was also found under the wall, and his death was exactly the same as that of Dahei. Lao Xia's heart was wrenched and he cried loudly.

Everyone in the Qian family was quickly awakened by Lao Xia's wailing, and Qian Zhongze and his wife were a little dizzy when they got up, and they didn't even notice that the secret room had been entered. When they opened the door, they saw Lao Xia squatting on the steps in front of the door and wailing, with two dead dogs standing straight at his feet. Qian Zhongze was so frightened that he staggered, his scalp was numb, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

"What's going on? Lao Xia, what's wrong? Qian Zhongze shouted.

"Master, there is a thief in the house, and Da Hei and Erhei have been poisoned. There are footprints on the fence of the backyard, old lady, hurry up and see what is lost in the house. Da Hei and Erhei died like this, so that you two are greedy, how can this thief be so vicious. Lao Xia cried and patted his thighs with a sad face.

Qian Zhongze was shocked when he heard this, and bent down to check the two dead dogs, and saw that their air holes were bloody, the blood was black, and there was a pungent smell in their mouths, which was sure that they were poisoned. For a while, his scalp was numb, and he shouted repeatedly: "Let's see if there is anything missing at home?" Lao Xia, go to the young lady's yard and see if you have entered...... Enter...... Culprits. ”

Qian Zhongze wanted to say 'flower thief', but he couldn't say it, so he temporarily changed his words. Lao Xia responded and walked quickly to Miss Xishou's courtyard. Qian Zhongze looked back at his pale and unkempt wife, Zhao, and said angrily: "Why don't you go and see if there is anything missing in the house, what are you doing standing?" ”

Zhao woke up in shock, and hurriedly turned around and went back to the house without investigation. Qian Zhongze stood at the door, his head a little dizzy. Take a few deep breaths to stabilize your mood. But at the door of the courtyard courtyard, her equally unkempt daughter Qian Xing'er was coming with a panicked face.

Qian Zhongze hurriedly asked, "Did there be a thief in the apricot house last night?" ”

Qian Xing'er shook her head and said, "No, no one came into my house, Dad, what happened?" Noisy early in the morning. ”

Qian Zhongze was just about to answer, when he suddenly heard an exclamation from the Zhao family in the room, Qian Zhongze's father and daughter were startled, and Qian Zhongze shouted, 'It's broken!' He turned and ran into the house. Although Qian Xing'er didn't know what to do, she hurriedly rushed into her parents' bedroom.

The door of the secret room was open, and Zhao stood in front of a wooden box with a candlestick in a daze. Qian Zhongze shouted, "Madam, what's wrong? What's wrong? ”

"Master, the secret room entered last night." Zhao turned his head, his face full of horror.

"Nonsense, how is it possible? How is it possible to enter the secret room? You and I were in the secret room last night, and outsiders can't open the secret room, and we don't know when we come in? Qian Zhongze reprimanded angrily.

"Sir, it's true. Lost something. Zhao said softly.

"Nonsense, what's missing? No way. Qian Zhongze waved his hand and walked over to check.

Zhao turned his head to look at Qian Xing'er, who was standing outside the secret room, and said, "Xing'er, that bracelet is gone." Yesterday I was wrapped in a red cloth and put in a box, but now it's gone. ”

Qian Xing'er was stunned and said with a smile: "Mother, when will you learn to joke?" If you like the bracelet, you can take it, can your daughter not give it? You don't have to. ”

Zhao stomped his feet and said: "Is it really stolen, will my mother lie to you for a bracelet?" ”

Qian Xing'er realized that she was afraid that she was really a thief, her face immediately became solemn, and she stepped into the secret room.

Qian Zhongze frowned beside him and said, "Is that the jade bracelet that Xing'er bought yesterday?" You're saying it's gone in this box? ”

Zhao said: "Isn't it? I remember the one in the corner of the box, wrapped in red cloth. I found the red cloth, but that's all I had. ”

Zhao reached out and took out a stone from the box and threw it on the ground. It was an ordinary stone. There was no stone like this in the chamber, and someone must have brought it in. The thief came in, stole the bracelet, and wrapped the stone in the red cloth and put it in the box, which was a mockery and insult.

"Let's see, what else have you lost? If a thief comes in, it is impossible not to steal something else. Check it up. Qian Zhongze suddenly jumped up and shouted.

"Okay, yes, yes, investigate immediately. If you lose the bracelet, you lose it, anyway, it only cost a few dozen taels, and it's not distressing. Zhao said busily.

"Mother, that's a high-grade Hetian Laokeng cloud jasper worth five thousand taels. Five thousand taels, aren't you distressed? Qian Xing'er stomped her feet and shouted.

Zhao lamented: "What can be done, I have already lost it, I can only comfort myself like this." Maybe I'm old and have the wrong place; Maybe it's in a corner, I don't know. I'll look closer. ”

Qian Zhongze's father and daughter actually knew in their hearts that it was impossible to remember the wrong place. Otherwise, what's going on with that red cloth.

"Don't care, check if you have lost anything first." Qian Zhongze waved his hand.

When the next family of three began to investigate frantically. First of all, I searched for two large iron boxes containing silver tickets and silver taels, and the results were unexpected. The silver and two jewels at home have not been touched, and there is no shortage of fine and soft jewelry. However, from the rummaging process, I learned that everything had been moved, and the lock of the box had actually been cut off, so I was 100% sure that someone had come here.

Qian Zhongze was very puzzled, since the thief entered the room, entered the secret room, and opened the box, why did he only take a bracelet? It's incomprehensible that the money hasn't moved. Although it is not good to withdraw silver in the family now, there are tens of thousands of gold and silver jewelry in his secret room. That's also a lot of money, why didn't the thief take a penny?

The more Qian Zhongze thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, and he felt that this could not happen at all. My heart was full of doubts. If the thief did not come for money, why did he take the bracelet alone? Or is it for another purpose? In addition, except for the three members of their own family, no one knows the location and how to open this secret room. The thief seems to be familiar with the road, but how does this work? And last night, he and his wife obviously slept here last night, and the thief was so bold, it was really terrifying. If a thief wants to take the life of his husband and wife, is he not like killing two sleeping lambs?

Qian Zhongze's heart was both frightened and suspicious, and he was about to check several other boxes to see what was missing, when he suddenly heard Lao Xia's loud voice shouting again at the door outside.

"Master, master, Steward Li is here in the building, and he asks to see the master in the front hall. said that there was an urgent matter to see the master. ”