Chapter 86

Zhu Xiu nodded and said firmly, "the villain has checked carefully and repeatedly. There is really no sign of a second person's breath in the other courtyard except the servant."

Xu Mingyi thought intently.

There must be a limit to the darkness under the light. Otherwise, it will become foolish and bold - if the other party really traps cousin Qing here, a living man who will resist will more or less disturb his neighbors.

But if you want to take it elsewhere, why bother to send people to such a place with so many eyes at first?

As for whether cousin Qing has suffered an accident, this worst result should not be considered now.

After thinking about it, Xu Mingyi only felt that something was wrong everywhere. Half an hour later, looking at the dark night outside the window, she called ah Zhu.

"Go to find ah Kui and get two night clothes. Go out with me."

While the girl was talking, she had pulled off the hairpin on her head, scattered her half pulled hair, took a ribbon from one side and tied up all the thick green silk.

This other hospital is the only clue at present. If she gives up, it will be equal to the interruption of all clues. She can't give up until she has a look in person.

Ah Zhu excitedly went to find ah Kui.

It wasn't until seeing ah Kui take out two sets of black robes from the box that she realized something wrong - when did the girl still have night clothes in her bedroom?

However, in view of the criterion that "it is not strange for any strange thing to happen to a girl", ah Zhu calmly accepted the fact in an instant.

Watching ah Zhu accompany her girl out of the door, ah Kui secretly ran to the ancestral hall in the backyard to burn incense and asked the ancestors of the Xu family to bless her safe return.

At night, most of the lights in the herring square went out, and the excitement of the day disappeared.

Several dark shadows quietly sneaked into a different courtyard.

Zhu Xiu had come to explore the way in the daytime. At this time, he easily found the servant's bedroom and poured the smoke Xu Mingyi gave him into the room from under the crack of the door.

Seeing Zhu Xiu turn back, Xu Mingyi gestured to the three to look for clues separately.

She didn't mean to scare the snake today, because the smoke just made the servant who knew some Kung Fu sleep soundly, not really unconscious. If there was too much noise, it would still wake people up.

There is a lantern under the corridor. Although it is not bright around, it is not difficult to identify the general furnishings in the courtyard.

Xu Mingyi enters a study.

The room can smell light and elegant fragrance.

After adapting to the light in front of him, Xu Mingyi looked at the censer next to the bookcase.

The aroma was obviously left in the censer.

And she seems to have smelled the faint smell of incense somewhere

I don't know if it's because she practiced martial arts since she was a child. Since she was a child, she has a better sense of hearing and smell than ordinary people, and her memory is passable.

The 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 moment, and his eyes suddenly changed.

I smelled this aroma in Shangyu pavilion that day!

At that time, there were not a few people in the hall, but when it comes to men, there seems to be only one person who can smoke this incense except the guys in the building

The second son of the Xia family, Xia Han.

On that day, the missing cousin Qing was also present.

Xu Mingyi suddenly thought of many things, including Zhan Qian's promotion not long ago.

Looking at the censer again, her eyes became colder and colder.

Is this another hospital related to Xia Han?

Even though people are unpredictable and unreliable externally, a young man who came from a powerful family and entered the Imperial Academy as a Jinshi has a gentle temperament and a harmonious husband and wife. His life has almost been called the perfect legitimate son of the Xia family. What intention would he be driven to take risks?

She remembered that her father once said that the more superficial people have, the easier it is to be reckless.

The more people who think seriously, the more they know how to be cautious.

Xia Han doesn't look like the former.

Or is it Xia Xi who is becoming more and more arrogant and wants to attack cousin Qing for a few words?

But no matter which one, everything seems to prove that cousin Qing's disappearance has something to do with the Xia family. What Zhan family does is just willing to be driven by others in exchange for interests.

Xu Mingyi temporarily suppressed many guesses and glanced around the study inch by inch.

A moment later, she walked step by step towards the bookshelf against the wall.

On the way, she and uncle Zhu guessed that there might be a secret room in this other courtyard——

The arrangement of secret room mechanism must have something to cover up.

Bookshelves, paintings, and even rockeries in the courtyard are worthy of careful investigation.

In the dark, Xu Mingyi groped cautiously on the bookshelf.

When touching the edge, she noticed that the wooden lattice under her fingers was loose. Her eyes changed slightly. Her hands used some force, and the wooden lattice fell back along her strength.

"Click -"

A slight sound similar to the opening of the copper core door lock was heard. The next moment, Xu Mingyi only saw the bookshelf in front of him, which was divided into two and moved slowly to both sides, leaving a gap that happened to be enough to accommodate one person!

Sure enough, there is a mechanism!

Moreover, such exquisite mechanism skills are time-consuming, labor-consuming and money consuming, which is by no means affordable.

Xu Mingyi hesitated for a moment and flashed into the back of the bookshelf.

In contrast, the trigger of the mechanism behind the bookshelf is obvious.

She raised her hand and spun off the copper shaft on one side of the wall, and the bookshelf closed again behind her.

In front of him is the stone steps leading to the basement.

Xu Mingyi went on step by step, and his sight was slowly open and bright.

The secret room was quite different from what she had imagined.

At first glance, it can be called bright lights, and the layout is exquisite and careful. There are several tables, chairs, incense burners, tea lamps and other things, and even a few well maintained and pruned pine bonsai plants.

And all these exquisite and appropriate things will only make people feel very strange when they appear in places that should not appear.

Xu Mingyi held his breath, put up his guard and walked in.

There is a small room on each side of the main room. One is separated by a screen, and the other is hung with lotus root curtains.

And if she didn't realize it was wrong, there were people in both rooms

Xu Mingyi walked to the room on the right, bypassed the screen, and saw what a woman's bedroom should have.

She walked step by step to the bed and slowly lifted the smoking bed curtain.

Seeing the bed curtain moving gently, the girl sitting with her knees in the tent suddenly opened her eyes. She was frightened but didn't make a sound. Instead, she trembled and subconsciously hugged her body and buried her head in her knees.

"Cousin Qing?!"

Looking at the girl with her head buried, Xu Mingyi called out tentatively.

The trembling girl stiffened and looked up hesitantly for a while.

Seeing each other's face, Xu Mingyi's heart finally fell.

Cousin Qing is still alive!

"Cousin Zhao... Cousin Zhao..."

The girl looked at her steadily and her voice was speechless.

Xu Mingyi pulled it in his heart and whispered, "don't be afraid. My cousin is coming. I'll take you home."

Cui Yunqing's eyes were filled with tears.

At this time, Xu Mingyi suddenly heard footsteps approaching here——