strange village

It was almost noon when I saw Yuan Tinghe.

He was not nestled under the quilt like Xiao Yiran, he was leaning on the sofa alone, wrapped in a blanket, playing with a small wooden box, there were two cages on the tea table in front of him, containing the two snakes, one green and one white .

The white snake curled up into a ball, looking very comfortable, not paying attention to them at all.On the contrary, the cyan thin snake's slender eyes seemed to enlarge for a moment, and it raised its head slightly to be vigilant for a while, then lay down again.

Yuan Tinghe was quite happy to see them, but there was some anxiety in the brows.

He was already pale, but now he looked even weaker. He stretched out his thin arms and grabbed Dongyue's hand.

"Is it really all right? What is the discomfort?" Dongyue asked him with concern.

Yuan Tinghe glanced at Zhu Yao, as if he was a little afraid of him.

Dongyue winked at the innocent Zhu Yao, who seemed a little unhappy, but moved slowly outside.

Yuan Tinghe glanced at the door vigilantly, and then said: "I suspect that someone wants, wants to kill me."

"What happened?"

Dongyue has heard that when people are sick, their minds may change drastically, and they may even be suspicious, but there is no doubt that Yuan Tinghe does not seem to be that seriously ill.

According to Shuangye, it seems to be an ordinary cold and cold, how could it become like this?

"My serum was stolen."

"What?" Dongyue was taken aback, "Is it anti-venom serum?"

Yuan Tinghe nodded pitifully, and pointed to the wooden box in his hand.

"Look, there were originally twenty in this box, but now three are missing."

Looking at it this way, it is true that the box is specially made, and there are exactly two rows of glass tubes inside, which are filled with liquids of different colors. Among them, three grids are empty.

"Really, could it be accidentally broken?" The glass container is still quite fragile, and it might be accidentally broken.

"No, these are special containers, not so easy to break, besides, if broken, there will be wreckage left here, but there is no one, it must have been stolen."

"Don't worry, don't you still have these seventeen left?"

"Well, you don't know, not all serums can detoxify all snake venoms, you have to use the corresponding serum protein for different venomous snakes. Some snake venoms attack the human nervous system, while others target the blood. There are also both. Many serums corresponding to snake venom are specially made and cannot be used universally, so I brought so many kinds."

"What breed did you lose? Does it matter?"

"Most of the ones I bring are for defense against the common poisonous snakes here, and some are for defense against my 'ancestors'. None of them are unimportant."

"Have your ancestors been locked up?" This time, it's going to be a big trouble. Although nothing happened now, there can be no more accidents.

Yuan Tinghe nodded repeatedly.

"I started to suspect when the two of them got lost last time." Yuan Tinghe said, pointing at the two innocent snakes in front of him.

"how to say?"

"I usually lock the cage well. Look at this lock, and it can only be opened from the outside. If you say that snakes have learned to be smart and become good, I definitely don't believe it."

"You mean, someone opened the cage on purpose and let them go?"

"That's right, because they are not poisonous, and their temperament is not bad, so I don't put them in the box, usually put them on the table outside, and it is convenient to play with them at ordinary times."

"You have to change this habit. It's fine at home, but it's very dangerous to do it outside."

Yuan Tinghe nodded in agreement, and then said: "If only snakes were released, maybe someone played a prank and wanted to punish me, but now, the serum is also lost, which is too abnormal."

"Then you said that someone accidentally touched it when cleaning, or broke your pipe, but you dare not tell you."

"There is no such possibility. I have a lot of poison here, and I never let people come in and clean it casually. Even if necessary, I have to do it in front of my face to avoid accidents. Someone must have done these things while I was away."

He also found it strange that Dongyue said this, and lost his mind for a while.

"Since something really happened, wouldn't it be better to have one more person to help you figure out a way? Zhu Yao knows a lot, can't you tell him?" Seeing Yuan Tinghe hesitated, he said again: "You know we always act together. In this case It’s also inconvenient to help you.”

Yuan Tinghe nodded in agreement, Dongyue called Zhu Yao in, and repeated to him what Yuan Tinghe said just now.

Zhu Yao stared at him fascinated, and seeing that he stopped talking, he said, "Is that all?" He paused, and then said, "If you want to know who has been to your yard, just ask the nearby guards. "

Dongyue looked back at Yuan Tinghe and asked him if he had asked.

Yuan Tinghe shook his head and said no, he didn't trust the members of the Chu family, he felt that the members of the Chu family were likely to cover each other, and they couldn't get rid of the relationship.

"The yard where the guests live, if the guests are not in the yard, they are not allowed to enter casually. Could it be that someone else did it while you were not paying attention in the house?" Zhu Yao asked.

Dongyue also said: "Yes, if you are outside and someone is inside like just now, would you be able to detect it?"

"Then he has to be able to get in first. No matter how careless I am, it's impossible for someone to come in from under my nose."

"Then it's an acquaintance you brought in yourself?"

"No, even Lao Lu and the others don't like to come to me. Although it doesn't seem to matter, after all, these things are taboo. It is impossible for me to bring people here casually."

"Then it can only be like this." He paused for a moment, and then said: "This person can go in and out of the Chu family at will, and he has a way to keep others from knowing."

After he finished speaking, Yuan Tinghe calmed down a lot, but he looked unlovable. He didn't know who he was thinking of, and he didn't answer when asked.

Dongyue had no choice but to get up and leave, Zhu Yao didn't say anything more, but obviously they both had their own concerns.

It was not until evening that someone came to pick them up to find Chu Xuan.

On the way, Dongyue suddenly realized that this was not the way to Chu Xuan's residence.

After inquiring, I learned that the banquet was not held at Chu Xuan's residence today, but elsewhere.

After arriving, I found that this place is in the north of the house, not far from the hot spring, but it looks inconspicuous, just like countless other houses.

The internal buildings are all white, without too many decorations.

Chu Xuan was already waiting.

Not a bit similar to yesterday, Chu Xuan returned to the way she first met, and entertained them warmly and decently.

Dongyue breathed a sigh of relief, but secretly felt strange.

Chu Xuan didn't mention what happened yesterday, and Dongyue almost felt that yesterday's weird experience was a strange dream he had, but the three of them agreed tacitly and no one mentioned it.

The dishes were gradually served, but this time for the first time, Zhu Yao sat on Chu Xuan's side, facing Dongyue.

I saw his nostrils fluttering slightly, his eyelashes lowered, but he didn't look at the dishes.

The dishes on the table were all ordinary dishes, which looked fresh, warm and full of fireworks. In comparison, the fruit snacks in Chu Xuan's room yesterday were like models displayed in a window, too delicate to be eaten.

Dongyue didn't have the time to taste those dishes, and Chu Xuan didn't apologize for yesterday's performance, but she still said politely: "The Chu family has many secrets, and this is what you really need to pay attention to."

Then she said a lot, to the effect that the reason why the Chu family was able to advance all the way and survive was not only because of the gold mine, but because the Chu family had mastered a huge secret, which was enough to make anyone here One person obeys orders.

Hearing this, Dongyue immediately woke up.

"I think everyone wants to know what secrets are hidden under the Chu family's house." Chu Xuan looked at her slyly.

What secret, maybe there is a subway line from a hundred years ago hidden underneath?

Dongyue couldn't say why, but felt guilty for a while, maybe because of what Zhu Yao told him, if people here knew that their life was just an experiment, what would they think?

After saying that, Chu Xuan stood up, walked into the depths of the room, and motioned for the two to follow.

Dongyue glanced at Zhu Yao, raised her buttocks and immediately followed.

They approached a locked door, also unsurprisingly white.

Taking a closer look at the lock hanging on the door, it is not a delicate lock, but a combination lock, like the one on a suitcase, with four numbers, which can be opened as long as they are matched.

If it's to keep some secrets, isn't it too careless?

Chu Xuan didn't shy away from them either, turning the combination lock under their noses and opening the door.

After entering the house, Dongyue was taken aback. It was like a museum, no, it was more like a laboratory!