Crossing the Extreme Rampage

Cao Bei's injuries from the family law still haven't healed, and he was grounded by Cao Ming. Since returning home after meeting with Tang Yuanming and the others last time, he hasn't been out of the house again.

A few people ran to the backyard to look for someone. As soon as they entered the backyard, they felt a mess...

The Cao's family has a great business, and the mansion is extraordinarily large. Once you enter the backyard, there are all houses, and you can't tell which one is which.

Yan Ling touched the small hairpin on his head, and looked around in a daze, "Brother Ming, how can we find this?"

Tang Yuanming was also at a loss, "I only remember Cao Xia's room and Cao Ming's study, and I don't know anyone else's."

Xu Zhengfeng turned his head and looked at Tang Yuanming, "Then what should we do now? Find one by one?"

Xiao Zhengyu tugged Tang Yuanming's clothes, then raised his head, his round eyes seemed to be brighter in the darkness, "Brother Ming, call Xiao Hei here, he is well informed, he must know."

Tang Yuanming sighed, his brain was no longer as good as the little guy, "Smart."

Close your eyes to seal off your five senses, summon Xiao Hei in your heart, and open your eyes again, Xiao Hei has come to you, "Master, what's wrong?"

Tang Yuanming lowered his head, "Help me find out, which room is Cao Bei?"

"Okay master, just wait a moment, I'll go find it right away."

"it is good."

A few people stood in place and waited. The mansion had already been enchanted by the flame spirit, so they could come and go freely without worrying about being discovered.

Not long after, Xiao Hei returned, "Master, come with me."

"it is good."

Everyone followed Xiao Hei to the door of a room, "Master, this is it."

Tang Yuanming pushed open the door, approached the bed and saw that it was indeed Cao Bei, and praised, "Xiao Hei, your ability to do things is getting better and better. I'll give you pills when I go back."

"Thank you, master." Xiao Hei turned around happily, "Master, it's nothing to do with me now, should I withdraw first?"

"Row."

After Yanling released Cao Bei's restraint, Cao Bei woke up slowly, his eyes were a little hazy.

Tang Yuanming didn't give him too much time, "Cao Bei."

Cao Bei regained consciousness immediately, and was startled when he saw a few people standing beside the bed, "You..."

Yan Ling blinked, "Don't speak loudly at the end, and call people here later." Yan Ling said this on purpose, so as to dispel Cao Bei's vigilance.

After seeing the person clearly, the frightened Cao Bei calmed down instantly.

During this period of time, he was confined at home, thinking over and over, who was the person who asked him to talk to him at the inn that day, and finally the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was Tang Yuanming and Xu Zhengfeng. Now that he saw them, he confirmed it.

"National Teacher, it's not easy to sneak into the Cao Mansion. There must be something important. Let's just say it. As long as I can save the Cao Mansion, I will definitely do it."

Cao Bei is very knowledgeable about current affairs. These words, together with the last night talk, made Tang Yuanming appreciate it a little, "We want the thing that the Cao family can use to identify directions at sea."

Cao Bei's spirit froze, he lowered his head and thought, since Tang Yuanming and the others came to the Cao Mansion, the secrets in the Cao Mansion must not be kept.

In addition, Tang Yuanming is loyal to the emperor, which indirectly means that the emperor already knows about this matter. If Tang Yuanming tells the emperor, their Cao family will not be far from being destroyed. Now only... only that thing can save the Cao family .

"Okay, I'll take you to get it, but my father put this thing in the secret compartment. The mechanism of the secret compartment is very special. No one except my father knows how to open it."

"Take us to have a look first."

"Come with me." Cao Bei no longer hesitated, lifted the quilt and got off the bed, leading a few people to the study carefully.

In order to cooperate with him, several people followed him cautiously.

After beating around the bush several times, he finally found Cao Ming's study.

"I only know that the secret room is in the study room. The eldest brother is the heir identified by my father. I only tell him everything. Our other three brothers don't know some key things, so now we need everyone to look for them together."

Yanling didn't take it seriously and said, "Small, I like looking for things the most."

Xiao Zhengyu reminded from the side, "Yanyan, don't be proud."

Yan Ling immediately became obedient, "Okay, listen to you."

Tang Yuanming, Xu Zhengfeng, "..."

The five searched for a long time before they found the so-called hidden compartment behind an inconspicuous painting on the wall.

There was a rectangular wooden box in the dark compartment, not very big. Cao Bei took the box out and put it on the table.

"Master, this is it."

Tang Yuanming took the lock of the box over and took a look. It turned out to be a combination lock, a combination lock with three numbers. No one could unlock it. This lock should have been brought back by Cao Ming from overseas.

Cao Ming travels by sea, there are so many countries around the sea, who knows where he has been, and it is not unusual to get some rare things.

"Won't anyone think of violent destruction?"

Cao Bei told Tang Yuanming, "There is still a thick iron box in the box, and violence is useless."

Tang Yuanming paused, "Your father is quite cautious."

Cao Bei followed Tang Yuanming's words and said, "My father has been cautious all his life, and it has been carved into his bones. Otherwise, he would not have carried forward the family business to the point where even the emperor would be afraid."

"Then your father is still colluding with the queen, thinking it will take a long time?"

Xu Zhengfeng couldn't help saying, for an honest person, those who do things that harm the country and the people are disasters, no matter how rich he is, the richer he is, the greater the disaster.

Cao Bei was shocked, "You all know?"

"I don't know how to come to save you?" Yan Ling was also a little upset, planting poppies, trying to kill everyone?

Cao Bei knew that his father had done something wrong, and he felt very sorry, "Master, my father must have been bewitched..."

Yan Ling sarcastically said, "Are you saying this against your will?"

"I……"

Tang Yuanming patted Yanling's shoulder, signaling to be safe and calm, "What is the purpose of your father's collusion with the queen?"

As he spoke, his subordinates had tried to crack the combination lock for the tenth time.

This is a three-digit combination lock, try it from zero to zero, there is no limit to the number of times, and it can always be cracked successfully.

Cao Bei shook his head, feeling very heavy, "I don't know, only my father knows this."

Xu Zhengfeng asked next to him, "When did your father and the queen start colluding?"

"It's been a month or so."

Yan Ling tilted his head and asked, "Does the queen also want the things in this box?"

Xiao Zhengyu said without thinking, "The Cao family is the richest, could it be that they want money?"

Yan Ling turned to look at him, "But the Cao family's money is earned from the things in this box. With this, it is equivalent to having a steady stream of money. Obviously, this is more exciting."

Xiao Zhengyu nodded, "Yanyan makes sense."

Xu Zhengfeng was silent, the scene where the two children flattered each other was often staged at home, he didn't know what to say.

After everyone talked a lot intermittently, there was only a "click" and the sound of the machine being staggered.

Everyone was shocked.

Xu Zhengfeng said in surprise, "Opened?"

Tang Yuanming nodded and opened the lid of the box.

Sure enough, there was an iron box inside, but it was not ordinary iron, but black iron, the hardest iron.

There is also a lock on the black iron box, this lock is also made of black iron, this kind of lock usually only has one key, and only that key can open it, otherwise it will be locked.

Xu Zhengfeng looked at Cao Bei, "Where is the key, I'll get it?"

"On my dad's neck."

Yanling pulled Xu Zhengfeng's wrist, "Brother, I'll go with you." Then he looked at Cao Bei, "Hurry up and lead the way."

"follow me."

Getting the key went smoothly. Cao Bei didn't enter his father's room. His son stole his father's things. Dad was tapped.

I used the key to open the black iron lock, and after some twists and turns, I finally saw the true face of Lushan Mountain. It turned out to be... a compass and a map.

Tang Yuanming also understood that by relying on these two things on the sea, he could indeed come and go freely. The Cao family ancestors were quite powerful.

After reading it, he put the thing back untouched, and told Cao Bei, "Hide this thing, and I will give you three days to find a chance to enter the palace to meet the emperor and intercede. After three days, I must destroy it. Drop the poppies in your family, otherwise it will be a disaster for Wei, you should take good care of it, this is the only chance for your Cao family."

Cao Bei knew the seriousness of the matter, "Master, I understand."

Tang Yuanming's voice deepened, "Don't think that you can avoid disasters by destroying everything. I have already memorized the compass, compass and map, and I can make another copy. At that time, the Cao family will be of no value to the emperor." If there is no more, what will be the consequences...you can think about it yourself."

After finishing speaking, he took a fake key from Yanling, "You return this, don't make your father suspicious."

"it is good."

After Cao Bei hid the things and returned the key, Tang Yuanming and his party left the Cao Mansion.

Back home, Tang Yuanming took out the painting from his sleeve and put it on the table, "It's too late today, let's take a bath and rest, and we will study together tomorrow."

Everyone agreed that it was indeed too late, the first crowing of the cock had already passed.

……

After breakfast the next day, the four of them spontaneously gathered in the courtyard to look at the paintings.

Tang Yuanming slowly unfolded the rolled up painting, and then... where are the people in the painting?

The big banyan tree and the set of tables and stools under the big banyan tree are still there, but the people are gone.

"Yuan Ming, did Red Lotus take the wrong painting?"

"No, there is only one painting like this in the warehouse, so it is impossible to take it wrong." Tang Yuanming said very uncertainly.

Xu Zhengfeng didn't want to argue with him, "Then explain, where did the person you mentioned go?"

Tang Yuanming was silent for a while, "Why don't you wait, maybe he will come out after a while."

Xu Zhengfeng looked at Tang Yuanming in disbelief, "This is the first time I've heard that the people in the painting will come out after a while."

Tang Yuanming put the painting on the table, "You have to believe in me and stay with me, many impossible things have happened, right?"

Xu Zhengfeng couldn't deny this, and then he accompanied Tang Yuanming to mess around, "Then just wait a while."

Yanling moved the painting over to face her, "Brother Ming, this painting is so simple."

These words reminded Tang Yuanming to look at paintings with yin and yang eyes...

Sure enough, there is something wrong with this painting. Someone mixed blood into ink to draw this painting, and cast a curse.

Zhengfeng guessed right, that person was trapped in the painting.

Just don't know who the trapped person is...