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After entering the door, the decoration in the silver vault is unexpectedly simple. Various antique jade wares are placed on the mahogany treasure shelf that stands against the wall, and a row of huge gilded wooden boxes are placed on the floor. The seal is very tightly covered at the joint.

Ling Feng deliberately slowed down his pace, and followed him around, looking around, as if he had never seen the world with a curious look. The man seemed to sense that he was getting far away, so he quickly turned his head vigilantly, and looked at him. Ling Feng yelled: "Hey! Didn't you tell me not to move around! If you keep touching, believe it or not, I will chop off your dog's paw!"

"Ah!!" Ling Feng pretended to be startled by him, and retracted his hand in a panic, but his elbow accidentally hit a nanmu box, and fell straight from the shelf to the ground.

With a clear sound of breaking, the lid of the wooden box was thrown aside, and the exquisite suet white jade bottle inside was broken into several pieces.

With a light flick of Ling Feng's finger hidden behind him, some kind of unknown medicinal powder was scattered in the air following his "panicked" movement.

"You, why are you shouting so loudly!" He purposely stuttered and exclaimed, shaking his arms to pick up the white jade fragments. Seeing this scene, the man not far away opened his mouth in astonishment and followed suit. With a pale face, he rushed over: "You...you!"

It's a pity that before the words could come out, the person rolled his eyes and passed out directly.

Ling Feng stood up slowly, brushed the dust off his body, hummed coldly and kicked him hard, and said displeasedly: "You, you, you idiot!"

The maze he used just now works extremely quickly, but it recovers faster than the usual medicine powder, so it seems that there is not enough time left for him.

From the moment he saw the mechanism lock on the gate, he felt that there must be a secret room in this bank. Now that he recalled that the person had repeatedly instructed him not to touch it, it was probably not just because he was afraid that he would break it.

It must be... the mechanism of the secret room is on a certain object in the house, and he is afraid that he will find it by mistake.

Ling Feng picked up the shelves full of treasures one by one from the beginning to the end, and put them back as they were, carefully checking them one by one.

It wasn't until I got to the wooden frame in the last row and reached for the unremarkable emerald cabbage, only to find that I didn't take it for a while.Ling Feng's heart trembled, and he hurriedly shook the cabbage up and down, left and right.

Following his movements, there was a very slight sound of metal locks coming from the center, and he lightly pressed the jade to the wooden base, and the innermost treasure shelf rotated along the central axis to open a narrow passage.

Ling Feng curled his lips silently, but secretly laughed in his heart, this mechanism is so simple and not technical at all, why don't people just touch it casually? !

He entered the secret room sideways, but found that the space inside was very small, and there were no lights, candles, torches or anything like that. He could only see things by relying on the few night pearls inlaid on the wall.

There were three solid wooden bookshelves in the secret room, and each floor was full of books and letters. Ling Feng walked over, looked at the whole thing first, and then quickly searched floor by floor.

Originally, I thought that I could find the ledger of incoming and outgoing silver here, but unexpectedly found nothing!Ling Feng frowned and thought about it carefully, only to realize that he had neglected it. I am afraid that this kind of thing should be in the hands of Mr. Bookkeeper, right? !

Unwillingly, he squatted down again, and turned over the carved wooden boxes on the shelf one by one.On the red silk lining, stacks of letters were neatly stacked in it.Some of them have been around for a long time, and a thick layer of dust has fallen on them, while others are so brand new that they seem to have just been taken in.

Most of these letters have no obvious reference on the envelope, and even if there are some, they are all extremely cryptic, and it is impossible to guess where they are.Ling Feng had no choice but to be patient and opened each letter one by one to see the seal or content in the letter.

Among these letters, some are enshrining details of other bandit villages, some are profit details of subordinate industries, and some are tribute collected by city tyrants, and even treasures robbed by water bandits. In short, most of them are related to the money put into the treasury There are relationships.

Ling Feng shook his head, walked to the wooden box on the other floor, picked up an open box and read it.

"Chi Shuhuan?"

His eyes froze slightly, isn't this...the sheriff of Changxing County?

It seems that the parents and officials of the four counties in the south of the Yangtze River have become the umbrella of the bandits and bullies regardless of their positions...

He put the letters in his arms, suppressed the excitement in his heart and continued to check each letter.Among them, Li Shouhong, the governor of the south of the Yangtze River, was the one who had the most contacts. In this year alone, no less than ten thousand taels of silver were sent to him in the village.

However, his offering was not in vain. Every time the imperial court sent troops to suppress the bandits, they could survive this "catastrophe" safely and soundly under Li Shouhong's reminder and protection.

After reading it hastily, Ling Feng sneered hard in his heart for a long time.In recent years, corruption in the imperial court has been prevalent, and in these four counties in the south of the Yangtze River alone, there are more than ten officials who have accepted bribes from Shuilongzhai.

Ling Feng stuffed all the useful letters into his clothes, and turned to look through the wooden box on the third bookshelf. Unexpectedly, a man's slightly rapid breathing suddenly came from the secret room at this moment.

Not good... I'm going to wake up.

Ling Feng quickly retreated from the secret room, and quickly returned to the side of Jade Cabbage.He raised his hand and pressed it hard, but there was no response, and he lifted it up again, still no response?Ling Feng, who was still laughing at the simplicity of this mechanism just now, was instantly dumbfounded, this...can this thing be turned on or off? ?

The breathing of the people lying on the ground gradually became messy, and it was obvious that they would wake up in a short time. Ling Feng felt a little panicked, and hurriedly tossed the Chinese cabbage up and down repeatedly.

The treasury was very quiet, but the beating of the heart became louder and louder. If the people in the cottage found out what his purpose was, I'm afraid even the prince and the others would be implicated as well!

what to do?Continue to knock him out? ?

But how should he explain it when he wakes up?

While he was pondering over the countermeasures and fiddling with the jade in a hurry, his fingers pressed something, and the cabbage finally slowly returned to its original position, and the secret room not far away slowly closed...

Everything inexplicably calmed down suddenly, and Ling Feng breathed a sigh of relief. He lowered his eyes to look at the person who was struggling in the half-dream and half-awake state, and his whole body flattened to the ground fiercely.

Almost in the next instant, the man began to move his fingers slightly, and after struggling several times, he slowly opened a gap between his eyes.He raised his head and frowned for a while, and finally got up as if he had come to his senses, and kicked Ling Feng's leg: "Get up for me!!"

"Hmm..." Ling Feng groaned and curled up into a ball, rubbing his eyes vigorously as if he had just been awakened, and while looking up at him with a confused face, he muttered back in his mouth. Said, "What... what's going on?!"

"I told you not to touch or move around, look at you! You!" The guard pointed his fingertips at his nose angrily, shaking his lips and being speechless.

"Ah! I remembered! Your voice scared me so much that I accidentally broke the bottle!" Ling Feng gasped as he pretended to remember breaking things just now. , "It's over, it's over, the master must peel off my skin when I go back."

He deliberately shifted the responsibility to the guards, and pretended to be afraid of being punished, and even shook his body seriously.

"I can't escape the responsibility as much as I scare you! When you turn around and pat your ass and leave, I will definitely get a good beating!"

The guard was full of anger, he was so angry that he was so angry that he squatted down on the ground, picked up the white jade pieces bit by bit, put them back into the wooden box, closed the lid, and put them back to their original position. He whispered, "Don't tell anyone about this matter, I'll find a way to hide it, or let the masters know that no one will have good fruit!"

"Naturally!" Ling Feng pretended to be timid and timid on the surface, but secretly laughed in his heart. If you can not mention it, I really wish for it~

"Come here to seal the money." The elder brother guard walked towards a big wooden box on the ground, unsealed the seal, lifted the lid, pointed to an empty box next to him and frowned, "Bring that."

"Okay!" Ling Feng pursed his lips obediently, and ran towards the opposite side happily...

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At this time in the main hall, everyone was still chatting with each other, a young singing girl was playing the guqin, her red lips were slightly parted, and she sang melodiously.

The second master drank a few more cups, and his words became less and less important. He raised his eyebrows and watched Lan Jing listening with gusto, then he laughed and teased: "It seems that my sister-in-law is also proficient in rhythm, I wonder if I can play the next song. Also let me wait for a long time to see?"

This request is actually quite rude, Li Xuan also inadvertently frowned quietly, Lan Jing turned her head and glanced at the unhappy man from the corner of her eye, then slightly raised the corners of her mouth, and looked at the head seat with drunken eyes. The big man clasped his fists and said: "The Second Master invites you kindly, if you dare not refuse, then the concubine will show her shame."

Lan Jing stood up lightly, and walked slowly towards the center of the hall. Seeing this, the singing girl tactfully retreated to the side, leaving only a top-quality burnt-tail guqin quietly on the low table.

Sitting at the table, Lan Jing glanced at Li Xuan who was not far away, and saw that he was also looking at her with a frown, and there was a little anger in his deep eyes.

He smiled slightly, raised his hand to touch the strings, and the beautiful sound of the piano poured down from his fingers like flowing water, like resentment or admiration, like weeping like complaints, slowly passing through everyone's hearts.

At the end of the song, there was still no sound in the hall, until Lan Jing got up and returned to the seat, the crowd suddenly let out a burst of admiration.

He walked up to Li Xuan, pretended to be nonchalant, raised his phoenix eyes slightly, and said with a soft smile, "For you~"

Li Xuan didn't know the rhythm, but he was angry at him for making his own way, so he snorted coldly, turned his head and looked away, and ignored him.

Lan Jing saw that some people didn't look at him with a dark face, so she sat back on her seat sullenly. She wanted to take the opportunity to show her heart, but she didn't expect that she actually played the piano against the cow, and that person didn't appreciate it at all.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, the lively banquet gradually became dull.But at this time outside the main hall, there was a sudden rush of footsteps...