"So, do you see it as your uncle's challenge to your justice?" Xiao Yu'er is worried, still a classmate, and his temper is still really stubborn.

"That's exactly how I see it." Luo Meinu showed her playful side, is this really like Chen Shaoqing?

"Well, of course, another explanation is needed." Xiao Yu'er pondered, "In this old mansion, your uncle must have hidden a sum of cash somewhere; Either that, or somewhere else he hid another will. He gives you a year to test your wits and let you find them in the meantime. ”

"It's true, little fish. I heard Shaoqing say that you are very smart, so I came to visit you out of admiration for you, and I believe that your wisdom will work better than mine. ”

"Ha, I didn't expect Sister Shaoqing to be so respectful." Xiao Yu'er smiled: "Aha! But you'd be wise to do so. My extraordinary wisdom is about to work for you, didn't you do a search yourself?"

"It was only a hasty search, but I have a heartfelt respect for my uncle's unquestionable ability. I don't simply think it's going to be easy. Xiao Yu'er looked at Luo Meinu's expression and said, "Did you bring that will?" ”

Miss Luo handed a copy of the document to the table, Xiao Yu'er read it, and nodded herself: "This will was made three years ago, the date is March 25, and the time is also marked-" 巳時 - this is very intriguing. In this way, the scope of the investigation is narrowed. There must have been another will. We have to find it. Even if it is another one that is made half an hour later, it is enough to invalidate this one. Well, miss, the problem you have put before me is very challenging, and it requires me to use my brain. I would like to do my best to bring this to a successful conclusion for you. Puzzle, even though your uncle is a man of extraordinary ability, he cannot be more intelligent than mine. Ha ha! "To be honest, Xiao Yu'er's conceit has always been undisguised!

Miss Luo said happily: "That's great." ”

Xiao Yu'er asked, "I wonder if you have time?" ”

Miss Luo said: "I don't have anything important to do at hand, so we will leave for the 'manor' tonight." The farmer who tended your uncle and his wife must still be there, right? "Yes, they are Mr. and Mrs. Zheng."

At this time, Ma Xiaoling and Qiao'er suddenly came out, only to see the two of them with angry faces, not ladylike at all, pointing at Miss Luo and asking, "Who is she?!" ”

Xiao Yu'er smiled awkwardly at Miss Luo and said, "This is my friend? ”

"No, friend. He is our father-in-law. Dead thirty-eight. Do you know each other, don't seduce a married man? "Ma Xiaoling has a wild temperament and dares to say anything.

"Don't get me wrong?" Xiao Yu'er said to Miss Luo. So he pulled the little fish aside and explained. Miss Luo just smiled.

The next morning, Xiao Yu'er began to search. The little fish had arrived at the "manor" late the night before. Mr. and Mrs. Zheng are preparing to welcome us. Both of them are delightful people. The husband's skin is rough, and his cheeks are ruddy, like sweet apples that have shrunken and wrinkled after being stored for too long; The wife is stout and large, and her expression is calm.

Xiao Yuer took a carriage to Luojiazhuang. Due to the fatigue of the journey, we went to bed immediately after having roast chicken and roast cakes for dinner. Now, we've just finished our hearty breakfast. Sitting in a very small room, this is Mr. Luo's study and living room before his death, the desk is full of all kinds of papers, stacked against the wall very neatly; A large leather rocking chair makes it clear that this is where its owner often comes to rest; Table. On the opposite side against the wall sat a row of small sofas with frayed chintz covers; The row of seats immediately below the window was also covered with the same faded chintz cover. The style is old.

"Ah, Xiao Ling," Xiao Yu'er said to Xiao Ling, "although I have taken a cursory look at this house. But I'm inclined to think that there will still be useful clues to be found in this house. We'll have to go through the papers on the desk, and of course, I don't expect to find the will in it. However, the obviously useless pieces of paper are likely to obscure the real place where the Will is hidden, and they will give us clues as to how to find the Will. But first, we have to understand a few things. Please ring the bell. ”

Bell? Ma Xiaoling looked up, and sure enough, she looked at a rope on it, and there was a bell tied to the rope, and Ma Xiaoling rang the bell as he said. When someone heard the bell ring, Xiao Yu'er was pacing back and forth in the room, looking around with an approving gaze.

"This Mr. Luo is a very organized person, you see, how neatly stacked these essays are; And the keys in the locks of each drawer had a small ivory label on the top - and so - on the key of the porcelain cabinet that was placed against the wall. The porcelain in the porcelain cabinet is so well arranged, it looks pleasing to the eye. There's nothing out of order here. No matter where you look, your eyes feel comfortable—"

As he spoke, he stopped abruptly, his eyes resting on the key to the desk, which carried a dirty envelope.

Xiao Yu'er saw it, frowned, and took the key out of the lock. On the envelope was a very scribbled line: "The key to the roll-top desk". This is very different from the neat and clear handwriting on other keys.

"Strange handwriting," Xiao Yu'er said with a frown, "I swear, this is by no means what Mr. Luo has always done, but who else has been to this room?" Only Miss Luo. If I'm not mistaken, this lady is also very methodical. Zheng Fu heard the bell and walked in.

"Can you call your wife too? I want to ask you a few questions," Zheng Fu went out again. After a while, he returned with his wife, and Mrs. Zheng Fu wiped her hands on her apron as she walked, her face shining with excitement. In a few words, Xiao Yu'er made it clear about his mission this time, and Zheng Fu and his wife immediately expressed sympathy.

"We don't want to see Miss Luo lose what she deserves," the woman made clear, "and it would be very cruel to let the government get these properties, I mean Miss Luo." ”

Xiao Yu'er began to ask questions. Yes, Mr. Zheng Fu and Tai Tai remember very well that they were witnesses for that will. Zheng Fu also went to a nearby town as instructed and bought two copies of stationery.

"Two copies?" Xiao Yu'er asked keenly.

"Yes, yes. I guess it's for the sake of safety. In case he breaks any of them—that's for sure. Later he really wrote a bad one. We signed a will—"

"When was that?"

Zheng Fu scratched his head, but his wife reacted faster than him: "Ah, exactly, he said, it was Shishi, I just put the tea leaves in the teapot, don't you remember?" When we got back into the kitchen, they were boiling so much that they were spilling out of the stove and getting everywhere. ”

"And then?"

"About half an hour later, we were called again. ' I made a mistake and had to tear it up all over again. I'll have to sign it again. And so. And so we did. After that, the host gave us a good amount of money each.

In my will, I have left you nothing, but as long as I live, you will receive such a sum of money as a reserve every year. And he did."

Xiao Yu'er thought for a while: "After you signed the second name, what did Mr. Luo do, do you know?" ”

"I went out to the village and settled the bill with the merchants."

This didn't seem to help, and Xiao Yu'er tried to talk about it from another angle.

He took out the key on the desk: "Is this the writing of your master written on it?" ”

It can be imagined, but after a while, Zheng Fu replied, "Yes." Sir, this is what our host wrote. ”

"He's lying." Xiao Yu'er thought to herself, "But why did he do this?"

"Has your master ever let someone else in? - Has anyone ever entered this house in the last three years?"

"Nope. Mr. ”

"Are there any guests coming?"

"It's just Miss Luo."

"Haven't any strangers ever come in?"

"Yes, sir."

"Have you forgotten the people who worked?" His wife reminded.

"The worker?" Xiao Yu'er turned her head and asked, "What do you do?" ”

About two and a half years ago, the woman explained. Mr. Luo called some short-term workers to do some repairs to the house, but she couldn't figure out what it was. Her opinion seemed to be that the whole repair was a whimsical idea of his master, and that it was completely unnecessary. Those who repaired the house worked in the study for a while, but what exactly they were doing, she did not know. Because during the repair, their owner never let the two of them go into that room. Unfortunately, none of them can now remember the names of the day workers who were hired, only that they were hired in the town. ”

"We've made progress, Xiaoling." When Mr. and Mrs. Zheng Fu left the room, Xiao Yu'er rubbed his hands and said, "Obviously, he made a second will, and then, when he was repairing it from a short time, he put it in a hidden place. Instead of wasting time prying open floors and hollowing out walls, we should go find these day jobs. ”

Fortunately, the disciples of the beggar gang are all over the world, although it took a little effort, Xiao Yu'er got the information he wanted to know, and he found those short-term workers who had been employed by Mr. Luo, who had been in the town for many years, and sat down under the root of a wall like the later generations, writing that they would do anything and let people hire them.

When they found the two day laborers, they remembered it very clearly, and among all the odd jobs they did, they remembered that they had skidled a brick from that wall, hollowed out the wall and made a hole, and then put the brick back on. It was done very carefully, so that the joints between the bricks and the walls were barely visible. It was quite a difficult job, and the old gentleman was very picky. The man who told us about it was King Kong, and he was a burly man with a gray beard and a bit of a smart look.

When Xiao Yu'er returned to the "manor", his feelings were high, and he hurriedly opened the door of the study, and according to the latest information we received, carried out our actions. There is no sign of re-movement on the bricks. But when we carefully removed a brick as the worker had said, a deep hole immediately appeared in front of us. Xiao Yu'er couldn't wait to put his hand in, but the smug look on his face suddenly became stunned, and then he became depressed. (To be continued......)