Maung-mei is wrong

Zhuo Yingxian didn't follow him up the tree, he squatted on the top of the wall, looking at the situation in the forest garden, he felt something bad in his heart.

When Nie Yunhan came down from the tree, he hurriedly asked in a low voice, "How is it?"

"It doesn't look right." Nie Yunhan gave Zhuo Yingxian a hand, and the two left quickly, and stopped talking after two blocks.

There were hardly any pedestrians at night, and the street they were on was not a bustling place. The shops closed early. On the dark street, there were only loaded carriages rushing towards Yuanke Avenue. The only light around them came from the air hanging on the carriages. Dead wind lanterns, the sound of horseshoes "cracking" is extremely loud in the quiet night.

Covered by the sound of horseshoes, Zhuo Yingxian asked in a low voice: "Is there no one in the garden?"

Nie Yunhan said: "It's not just that there's no one there, it's even quieter than a cemetery."

Zhuo Ying thought about the "ghosts" in Tangzhou mansion, when the thief entered the courtyard, the "iron petals" rose on both sides of the courtyard wall to prevent people from jumping over the wall to escape. Even the flowers and trees in the front yard can be clearly seen without damage.

"Isn't the 'Iron Shield' open in the courtyard?" Zhuo Yingxian asked.

Nie Yunhan understood what he meant and explained: "The 'Iron Shield' is different from the 'Ghost Creature'. The purpose of the 'Ghost Creature' is to trap and arrest people, but the 'Iron Shield' is for defense. There will only be an early warning network and no The protective cover, intercepted back arrows and traps will not have obvious traces, so they cannot be seen from the door. If the thief can break through several interception devices in the front yard, 'Iron Shield' will use other mechanisms to trap the intruder Hurry to the corner of the backyard, and then the siege cage will be raised. But the yard is too dark now, and although I climbed high, I can’t see the situation in the backyard clearly.”

"If this is the case, there may be two situations. One is that the 'Iron Shield' has been opened, but Hirano hid in the cellar for safety; the other situation is that the 'Iron Shield' has not had time to open, haha Qin's people have successfully entered." Zhuo Yingxian looked at Nie Yunhan and said meaningfully, "Do you still remember that copper nail?"

"The copper nail is a clue given to me by a certain A. This person must know the existence of the 'Iron Shield'." Nie Yunhan looked serious, "Do you suspect the second situation?"

Zhuo Yingxian was a little sad: "Although I don't want to think about it, Ha Qin should know Guan Ye very well. In the past two years, he has been wooing people from the Dayao Dynasty, and he will definitely stare at Hirano here. It doesn't matter if he puts eyeliner, deliberately It doesn't matter if you inquire, you can always know a thing or two about the 'Iron Shield', and it's not difficult for them to decipher this mechanism - Hirano lives here alone, is there no servant?"

Nie Yunhan pondered and said: "There are a few old slaves who are responsible for cleaning the courtyard on weekdays, and two nuns who take care of his food and daily life. They are all left by his grandfather. I don't know if there have been any changes in the past two years. , he did not mention it in his family letter."

The two were silent for a moment, Zhuo Ying said leisurely: "If you are worried, how about we explore Lin Yuan at night?"

"Don't worry." Nie Yunhan thought for a while, "I'm going to check out the surroundings first. Well, since A is familiar with my situation and didn't stop me at Wulingdu, maybe he will send someone to guard here. As long as we Entering the forest garden will definitely cause the other party to notice, it is better to investigate other situations in advance, lest there will be no chance later."

After Zhuo Yingxian listened to his words, he suddenly smiled: "Do you think that people from A and B will collide? Do they know that the other party is doing tricks, and does Haqin know that his two allies are Are they making trouble? If the three parties meet in a narrow way, can we benefit from it?"

Nie Yunhan hooked the corners of his lips: "I don't think they are so stupid, but this is indeed an opportunity for us to find clues from them. Let's go, while it's just getting dark, let's go to the places where Hirano might go on weekdays to find out. "

While on the boat, Nie Yunhan asked Zhuo Yingxian to forge a few arresting tokens so that he could inquire about the situation in Guiliang Mansion, so they pretended to be the arresting officers of Guiliang Mansion and went to the bookstore near Linyuan.

It's the end of the hour, the bookstore is closing, and a few people are hanging wooden boards to cover the outer windows.

One of them cleverly saw Nie Yunhan and Zhuo Yingxian approaching, and quickly greeted them: "You two guests, the shop is closed today, please come back tomorrow."

Nie Yunhan took out his arresting token and flashed it: "The government officials are investigating the case and want to ask you about the situation."

"Hey, it's a villain who has eyes that don't recognize Mount Tai, and didn't recognize the two officials, please come in!" The man hurriedly let them into the bookstore.

This bookstore is not small, there are several rooms inside and outside, and there are many bookshelves, and there are many books in different categories. Zhuo Yingxian looked around and saw a few rows of shelves in the corner marked with "Books", so his curiosity arose, and he walked there go.

Nie Yunhan's leader called everyone, about seven or eight people, and stood in a row in front of him.

"Is the boss there?" Nie Yunhan asked.

The lead guy wondered: "The boss happened to be out of town..."

"It's okay. Now I'm just asking as usual. You don't need to be nervous." Nie Yunhan glanced at the people in front of him. They were all young men of seventeen or eighteen years old. They had never seen anything in the world. Some trembling.

Everyone was summoned by Nie Yunhan, and Zhuo Yingxian lingered around the bookshelf alone, casually picked up the books on the shelf, flipped through them, and listened to Nie Yunhan's questions.

"Do you know Guan Pingye who lives in Linyuan?" Nie Yunhan looked at the guys in front of him and asked.

A few people looked at me and looked at you, with blank expressions, and shook their heads.

The lead guy laughed and said: "They just arrived and are not familiar with them. I know Master Guan. I used to come to the store to buy things regularly. Later, I saw that his legs and feet were inconvenient, so I would help him with what he needed. Send pen, ink, paper and inkstone and some books to Lin Yuan."

"Oh, is that the cripple who came here a while ago?" One of the teenagers said suddenly.

The lead guy gave him a hard look. The young man knew that he had made a slip of the tongue and shouldn't have called the customer that way, so he lowered his head embarrassingly.

Nie Yunhan asked the leader, "When was the last time you saw him?"

"The store has been a little busy recently, and I've been running errands, so I didn't bother to deliver books to Master Guan. The last time I delivered books to Linyuan was in February." The boy said, "Xiao Liu, you said you met Master Guan, do you still remember the day?"

The boy named Xiao Liu thought for a while: "Just two days ago, it should be the tenth day of the lunar new year."

Nie Yunhan nodded: "Did he come alone that day?"

"No, I brought a book boy."

"Scholar? What does it look like?"

"About fifteen or sixteen years old, about the same height as Young Master Guan, he looks quite strong, he doesn't talk much, he does whatever he asks, it seems that Young Master Guan treats him well, he speaks in a soft voice, never shouting Drink, the relationship between master and servant is pretty good."

Nie Yunhan asked again: "Where will they go after they mentioned it?"

"This..." Xiao Liu scratched his head, "Oh! I remembered, they said they were going to go to the market, and the bookboy said, 'Young master is bored in the garden all day, so you need to go out and walk around' .”

Zhuo Ying listened to their conversation, flipped through several story books, found the stories very attractive, and wanted to buy them to take away, but since he was pretending to be a policeman, it was not easy to do so, so he reluctantly put them down.

He walked to the bookshelf in the corner, and saw a variety of picture albums on it, especially the bottom cover was the most special, it was blue, painted with elegant patterns, very eye-catching in a row of colorful albums, So he squatted down and picked up the booklet and opened it.

After just one glance, Zhuo Yingxian's face turned red, and he threw the album back as if his hand had been bitten, and immediately stood up.

He was picking at the bookshelf unconsciously, listening to Nie Yunhan's questioning voice outside, his heart was beating violently "thump" "thump" - that album is a picture of a secret play, and the paintings are men and men's practices!

Zhuo Yingxian felt that he should leave here quickly, but inexplicably roots had grown under his feet, and he couldn't take a step.

He stood by the side and calmed down for a long time. He heard Nie Yunhan outside asking each sentence in detail, and no one noticed that he was here, so he squatted down again by mistake, picked up the album like a thief, and opened it again curiously. .

The author of this picture album should be a master of Danqing, or quite experienced. In short, the pictures inside are so smooth, and the various poses are lifelike. Even the expressions of the little people in the paintings are very vivid. Yu's appearance really made the onlookers blush.

In addition to the strange and vivid characters and poses, the scenes are not repeated. Beds, courtyards, trees, mountains, hot springs... all kinds of scenery are included by the painter, and a few strokes can express the situation to the extreme. The ultimate, the perfect fit and interaction between the scene and the people, the joyful feeling is literally on the paper.

It was the first time for Zhuo Yingxian to see this kind of secret play, besides being ashamed, he was more curious.This atlas can be regarded as making up for his lack of cognition. Although his palms are sweating and his blood is rushing, the excitement in his mind is more than desire.

Time was running short, so he could only flip through it quickly, and try to imprint some pictures in his mind, thinking that the next time he gets close to Nie Yunhan, he will definitely not let the other party manipulate him.

After Nie Yunhan finished asking everyone in the shop, he was thinking to himself when the lead guy dismissed the others and came over.

With a smile on his face, he inquired: "Master Guan, what happened to Young Master Guan, which alarmed the government?"

Nie Yunhan glanced at him expressionlessly: "Missing."

"Oh..." The lead guy didn't dare to ask more questions, paused, and muttered, "Missing again?"

Hearing what he said, Nie Yunhan suddenly felt suspicious, but he couldn't ask more questions, so as not to reveal his identity, so he asked, "Recently, have there been any changes near the forest garden?"

The lead guy thought for a while: "I never noticed that."

"Are there any unfamiliar faces wandering here?"

"Look at what you asked, the official. We have a lot of businessmen in Liangfu City, and there are naturally a lot of new faces. We usually don't pay special attention to it."

After asking about the same, Nie Yunhan looked around: "Ah Xian?"

"Here!" Zhuo Ying listened to the crowd before they dispersed, so he put down the album and walked out. When Nie Yunhan called him, he happened to come out from the bookshelf.

Seeing his blushing, Nie Yunhan glanced at the bookshelf in the corner, smiled, and walked out with him.

After leaving the bookstore, Zhuo Yingxian was still a little distracted, and Nie Yunhan glanced at him: "Did you see something good, and you still think about it?"

"Huh? No!" Zhuo Yingxian immediately denied it, his ears were so hot, and then felt that his reaction was too strong, so he hurried back to make amends, "I read a few new story books, and I found them quite interesting."

"Buy it if you like it, so that you won't forget it." Nie Yunhan stopped, turned and walked back.

Zhuo Yingxian hurriedly pulled him back: "...No need, I don't have time to look anyway—what did you find just now? Hirano came here on the tenth day of the first day, and today is fourteenth, which means he has only been missing for four days, so it's no wonder the surrounding people Nobody noticed."

Nie Yunhan nodded and said: "That's right, Lin Yuan is located in a remote place, and it almost occupies an alley. There are few people walking around. It was robbed when I went out that day, so the 'Iron Shield' was never opened."

"Just now the waiter from the shop mentioned that Hirano brought a book boy over, but didn't you say that there were only some old slaves and nurses cleaning in the garden? Where did this book boy come from?" Zhuo Ying asked suspiciously, "Yes The book boy is going to take Hirano to the market, does this person have a problem?"

Nie Yunhan smiled and said, "You really can use two minds at once, reading the story book and listening to my questions at the same time."

Zhuo Yingxian looked away guiltily, and said in a low voice, "Of course I have serious business in mind..."

"The matter of the book boy is indeed a bit strange. At least before we left Tangzhou Mansion, we didn't hear him mention it in the letters from Hirano's family." Nie Yunhan said, "Either he felt it was inconvenient to mention it in the letter, or it happened in the After we leave, if this is the case, the book boy will not have been in Linyuan for more than two months."

Zhuo Ying thought for a while: "Regarding the lessons learned from the past, Hirano can't trust others. If this matter is really related to this book boy, this person must have extraordinary abilities - but Brother Han, if Hirano's accident happened outside, Lin How can there be no one in the garden? Haqin and the others don't need to capture Pingye and go back to hurt those old people, right?"

Before others closed, Nie Yunhan took Zhuo Yingxian to the shop that Guan Pingye might have visited that day and asked around. Those were some of the more prosperous streets in Guiliang Mansion, and the shops on the street closed late. Some people can still find people to ask questions.

Coincidentally, most of the shopkeepers remember Guan Pingye's appearance. If the shopkeeper doesn't remember, the waiter in the shop also has an impression. Even the aunt who sells wontons at the street corner said that Guan Pingye and his book boy were in their stall. Went back after dinner.

However, Guan Pingye’s legs and feet are not good, and he can’t go far. Nie Yunhan reckons that if he is in the mood to go shopping, he will stop here. Besides, this is not a new place for him. If you want to enjoy the beautiful scenery, you will definitely go home before dark.

After asking about it, Nie Yunhan and Zhuo Yingxian headed towards Linyuan together.

It was about the beginning of Haishi at this moment, and all the shops in the nearby streets were closed, and the wagons didn't go this way, which made the place seem extraordinarily deep and quiet.

"Brother Han, don't you think it's a bit strange?" Zhuo Yingxian said suddenly, "Ping Ye usually doesn't leave the gate, why did he walk around like a parade that day? Do you remember it so clearly?"

While observing the surrounding environment, Nie Yunhan said, "Do you think he did it on purpose?"

"It's possible. Didn't you also say that he is very vigilant? It's rare to come out to let everyone have an impression of him. If something really happens, the government will also be able to track it down."

"You're right, or maybe when he went out that day, he sensed that something was wrong, so he deliberately left traces." Nie Yunhan said, "We sent him a letter after we set off from Tangzhou Mansion, telling him With his current situation, he will only be more vigilant and will not take it lightly."

They had a general understanding of the surrounding situation, so they stopped making unnecessary guesses. They immediately jumped onto the eaves again and quickly returned to the vicinity of the forest garden. They held their breath and observed for a while, and only walked to the garden when they confirmed that there was no one around. at the main entrance.

There was not even a lantern under the eaves of the main entrance, and it was pitch black. Zhuo Yingxian was wondering how Nie Yunhan planned to enter the door, when he saw the other party raised his hand, knocked on the door three times with the knocker "boom bang bang".

Zhuo Yingxian: "..."

Nie Yunhan licked the corners of his lips at him: "I don't know if the iron shield is open or not, but it's safer to go through the gate."

It's just that no one came to open the door for a long time, and the door was still tightly bolted from the inside, so Nie Yunhan jumped up onto the wall, Zhuo Yingxian followed closely behind.

Seeing that Nie Yunhan didn't continue to move, but stared at the yard in a daze, Zhuo Yingxian was a little puzzled, and asked in a low voice, "Aren't you going in?"

"I'm thinking about the layout of the iron shield. If the mechanism is touched, it will be troublesome." Nie Yunhan sighed softly and muttered, "At that time, my foster father once told me where the early warning network could be closed, but I thought it was impossible for me. Coming to Linyuan under such circumstances—either the mechanism has been triggered by the thieves, or Hirano can open the door for me—so I didn’t listen well.

Zhuo Yingxian sneered at the side: "It's true, if others can't recite the book, at most they will be beaten by the master. It's good for you, just risk your life. What face do you have to talk about Yu Shu in the future."

So the two of them squatted on the wall of the forest garden and were in a daze together like roof beasts that had been installed in the wrong place.

Within half a cup of tea, Nie Yunhan observed the distance between the wall and the path in the courtyard for a long time, and also looked at the angle between the surrounding trees and the ground, scratching his head, still looking uncertain.

"If thieves come, they will definitely not enter through the gate. Most of them should be jumping over the wall. There must be an angle between jumping over the wall, and the warning net will definitely not be placed against the wall." Zhuo Yingxian said in a low voice, "Otherwise we will stick against the wall. Climb down?"

Nie Yunhan stroked his chin and thought, "It's not impossible, but if you escape the first floor, you may not be able to escape the second floor."

Zhuo Yingxian was a little crazy: "Guan Ye always remembers some of his habits in designing organs, right? Why don't you think about 'Ghosts', can you refer to it?"

"You don't think I'm omnipotent now, do you?" Nie Yunhan turned his head to look at him with a funny smile.

Zhuo Yingxian stared at his eyes shining in the dark: "You better be kidding me."

Nie Yunhan raised his eyebrows, and jumped off the wall, Zhuo Yingxian hurriedly followed, he hurried to the screen wall facing the gate, touched around the foundation, touched the back of the screen wall, and whispered After saying "here", he stretched out his hand and pressed it——

There was only a "click" sound, like the sound of a machine spring, and then Zhuo Yingxian heard a faint "click" sound around him, as if something was moving.

The sound was very similar to what I heard in "Ghost Creatures" back then, but I couldn't tell whether the mechanism was triggered or shut down. Zhuo Yingxian became very nervous, raised his ears to catch the surrounding sounds, and put his hand on the hilt of the sword up, ready to be attacked.

Nie Yunhan breathed a sigh of relief, and straightened up: "It seems that I remembered correctly."

"Have you lifted the mechanism?" Zhuo Ying asked idlely.

"Well, it should be here." Nie Yunhan patted him on the shoulder with a smile, "It's been a long time since I saw you so nervous. You weren't afraid at all in the mine, but here you are on the verge of tension."

Zhuo Yingxian loosened his grip on the hilt of the sword, and gave him a squinting look: "There will be no hidden arrows in the mine. Lord Guan's mechanism is perfect. I have learned it in 'Ghosts' last time, and it is impossible to guard against it. If we now Folding it in the hands of one's own people, how injustice."

"Don't worry, it should be fine." In front of him is the outer courtyard, which is wider than ordinary houses. There are trees on both sides, and some grass is planted under the trees. Nie Yunhan wanted to take a shortcut, so he didn't take the path in the courtyard. On the lawn beside the road, "Come on, let's go to the cellar first, in case other people are hiding there..."

Before he finished speaking, he realized that the turf under his feet had sunk slightly, and he was shocked.

At this time, Zhuo Yingxian had already keenly caught the abnormal movement of the trees on both sides, and then heard the sound of arrows piercing through the air, rushed over immediately, drew his sword out of its sheath, and kicked Nie Yunhan in the back , yelling: "Get down!"

At this moment, random arrows shot towards them from the tree "crackling", like a grand rain of arrows!