Chapter 9 Nine Treasures

The entrance is a stone chamber, a spacious stone chamber.This stone room is almost as big as the study above.The furnishings of the stone room are extremely beautiful, with brocade banners hanging on the walls, and the floor is covered thickly with a blanket that is as red as blood and as soft as catkins. When walking on it, no footsteps can be heard at all.The lamp is in the center of the stone room. Eight ever-burning lamps are embedded on a circular copper frame like seven stars accompanying the moon.But the copper frame is hooked under the top wall of the stone house, the seven stars have no light, and the moon is alone.Of the eight lamps, only one in the middle was lit.There are tables and chairs under the lamp ring, one table and seven chairs, which are also arranged with seven stars accompanying the moon.This set of tables and chairs is obviously a boutique selected from among the boutiques.There are several sons under the brocade flags on the four walls of the stone room.Twenty or thirty sheets were placed around the stone room, with different shapes. The jewels and jade placed on them were also not the same, but they were obviously very valuable treasures.A pearl the size of an egg, a jewel as brilliant as a flame, the jewel of a room.If the eight ever-burning lamps shine brightly together, the precious qi and pearl light will definitely be more brilliant and eye-catching.Yang Xun, Du Xiaotian, and Cui Yi are already hard to resist with such precious aura and pearls.The three of them were all stunned for a moment, and they were stunned on the spot, except for Chang Huhua.

He held the lamp and continued walking, with an expression as if he didn't pay attention to those jewels and jades at all.Walking around the stone room, he suddenly sat down on a chair by the table, and immediately put down the lamp on the table with a beep in his hand.This stone room was even quieter, so Du's sound was extraordinarily loud.Yang Xun, Du Xiaotian, and Cui Yi were awakened by this sound, and their eyes fell on Chang Huhua's face in unison.Chang Huhua just looked at Cui Yi, and suddenly asked: Have you been here before?Cui Yi shook his head and said: No, this is the first time I know that there is such a secret room under the study, otherwise, although I don't know how to control those organs, I wouldn't just stand by and watch.Chang Huhua stared and nodded, pondered: "Even you won't let me know, and I don't think he will reveal it to other people. In addition to important organs, this place can be said to be secret and safe. It is used to store these precious things." Jewelry and jade are the most appropriate.Yang Xun interjected: If he locked himself here, wouldn't it be very safe?Chang Huhua said: It should be.Yang Xun said: Maybe he hid here because of his sudden disappearance that night.

Du Xiaotian continued: We didn't hear any sound at that time.Yang Xun said: He fled here in a panic, naturally he held his breath and didn't dare to make any more noise.Du Xiaotian said: When Fu Biao and Yao Kun and I rushed into the study, he should know and come out.Yang Xun said: "Perhaps, he was already in this stone room at that time, he had already closed the stone door, so he couldn't hear it at all.Without waiting for Du Xiaotian to express his opinion, he immediately said: Maybe he was unconscious at that time.Du Xiaotian said: Even if you are in a coma, you will wake up sometime.Yang Xun said: It goes without saying.Du Xiaotian said: From the time the incident happened to the evening of the second day, our people stayed behind in the study.Yang Xun said: "Maybe he was in a coma for three days and three nights, maybe he was already halfway through his words, and he suddenly stopped talking."Chang Huhua spoke out for him: Maybe he was dead at that time.Yang Xun said: If a person is dead, he will naturally have no reaction and will not come out.

Chang Huhua said: Even if a person dies, there is still one thing left.Yang Xun said: "What is it?"Chang Huhua said: Corpse.There was no body of Cui Beihai in the stone room.If Cui Beihai died in this stone room, his body should still be in the stone room.Yang Xun glanced at him, pointed with his hand, and said, "Maybe the corpses are hidden in those boxes."He pointed to several boxes stacked in the corner.Chang Huhua looked around, and suddenly asked, "Have you ever seen a dead body walking?"If the corpse can't walk, how can it be hidden in the box?Yang Xun shook his head and said: I haven't seen it.He continued: He may not have died before entering the box.Chang Huhua said: You mean he walked into the box by himself and died in the box.Yang Xun nodded.

Chang Huhua said: This stone room is already safe enough.Yang Xun said: When he was wounded and hid in this stone room, those blood-sucking moths might have followed him in. He had no choice but to hide in the box in the end.Chang Huhua suddenly laughed and said: Do you think he is a monster?Yang Xun was startled and said: What does this sentence mean?Chang Huhua laughed and said: If he wasn't a monster, how could he hide in the box and lock it with a big copper lock.Yang Xun didn't change his face, and said: "He didn't lock the lock himself."Chang Huhua said: "Who else is it?"Yang Xun said: Maybe it's those blood-sucking moths.Chang Huhua said: This means that those blood-sucking moths are monsters.Yang Xun said: Maybe.Chang Huhua smiled.Up to now, he still hasn't seen the so-called blood-sucking moth, and he really doesn't want to comment on these things.Yang Xun continued: "No matter what, we seem to have to open those boxes now to have a look."Chang Huhua does not object to this point.

The boxes were opened one after another, and those big copper locks were all just false locks. They didn't need to find the key first, and they didn't need to use force, they just opened the boxes completely casually.There are seven boxes in total, iron boxes.Four of the boxes were full of gold and silver, while the other three boxes were full of jewels and jade.The value of each of these three boxes of jewelry and jade seems to be lower than that of any piece of jewelry and jade placed on the table.Yang Xun and Du Xiaotian couldn't help but stare dumbfounded again.Cui Beihai's wealth was beyond their expectations.Yang Xun couldn't help but exclaim: If you want to say that the neighborhood is rich, he must be the first one I see.Cui Yi was also stunned. Although he was Cui Beihai's housekeeper, he clearly didn't know about Cui Beihai's wealth.Chang Huhua has no expression on her face, she seems to know it already, but she doesn't seem to care about it.There are only gold, silver, jewelry and jade in the box, and there are no corpses, not even a bone of the dead.Yang Xun took his eyes back with great difficulty, stroked his chin and said: Maybe those blood-sucking moths sucked up his blood, even his muscles and bones were eaten up.Chang Huhua responded lightly: Oh?Yang Xun himself was not sure, after thinking about it, he turned around and said: Maybe there are other places to enter and exit this stone room.

There is no other place to enter and exit the stone chamber.They lifted up the tall brocade on the walls, and even turned over the felt blankets on the floor, but found nothing.The four finally stopped the search.Chang Huhua went back to the original place and sat down, looking at Yang Xun again.This time Yang Xun had nothing to say.Chang Huhua waited for a while, Yang Xun remained silent, and then asked: What else do you have?Yang Xun sighed and said, "Not anymore."Chang Huhua said: Then, maybe how about listening to me?Yang Xun said: I was just about to hear your opinion.Chang Huhua said: Maybe he hid here after a cry of surprise, and when there was no one in the study, he opened the secret door and left quietly.Yang Xun stared at Chang Huhua, and was about to say something, but Chang Huhua answered: This is actually the most reasonable explanation, otherwise Yang Xun said: "Otherwise what?"Chang Huhua said: We have to accept the fact of blood-sucking moths.

Du Xiaotian suddenly interjected from the side: Listening to your tone of voice, it seems that you doubt the existence of blood-sucking moths, and everything is fabricated.Chang Huhua said: I doubt it so much.Du Xiaotian said: That doesn't seem to be good for him.Chang Huhua smiled and said, "Maybe he was so bored that he was joking with us."Du Xiaotian could hear Chang Huhua joking, but he just smiled and remained silent.Yang Xun said seriously: As far as I know, he is not a person who likes to joke.Chang Huhua said: I also know he is not.He looked around, and then said: We seem to have forgotten the main purpose of coming in.The main purpose of their entry was to find Cui Beihai's detailed records.Du Xiaotian was awakened by the words, and said: I think he kept that record in this place.Chang Huhua nodded and said: "In this study, I don't think there is a second place that is safer and more secret than this stone room." Yang Xun couldn't wait to ask: "Where are the records?"Chang Huhua said: Far away in the sky, close in front of you.His gaze turned to the table beside him.There are more than a dozen scrolls on the table, and a letter under it.There are words written on each scroll, but it is not the title of the painting such as Yedu unmanned boat drinking Hengjiang water from Hengduanhongyuan, but only the date.March 1st, March 2nd, March 3rd, March 14th!Could this be the record they were looking for.

Yang Xun, Du Xiaotian, and Cui Yi all surrounded him by coincidence.Chang Huhua also stood up, but first took the letter in her hand.The letter was not left to him by Cui Beihai, it was clearly written on the envelope, and he kept it temporarily. After Cui Beihai died, he presented it to the prefect Gao Tianlu to open it for reading.Du Xiaotian saw it in his eyes, and took out the letter that Cui Beihai gave him that night on the fifteenth night.Same envelope, same handwriting.Chang Huhua looked at Du Xiaotian strangely.What's going on here.Du Xiaotian quickly explained to him, repeating what Cui Beihai said that night on the fifteenth night.Chang Huhua listened quietly, until Du Xiaotian finished speaking before saying: This person has always been so cautious in doing things.Du Xiaotian nodded and put the letter away.Chang Huhua also put his letter in her arms, and said: "Before his death is confirmed, you and I should keep these two letters separately. After the confirmation, we will present them together to the prefect for comparison!"Du Xiaotian said: That's exactly what he meant.

Chang Huhua immediately picked up the scroll with the first day of March written on it and said: Now it's time to look at these records.As he spoke, he spread out the scroll on the table.Sure enough, there were no paintings on the drawing paper, only words were written, recording what happened on the first day of March.On the night of the first day of March, Cui Beihai saw the blood-sucking moth for the first time.Seven Stars Defeat Soul, One Sword Desperate, with the Seven Stars Desperate Sword, it failed to kill the blood-sucking moth.As soon as the sword arrived, the blood-sucking moth disillusioned and disappeared like a devil.Cui Beihai's painting is not good, and his handwriting is also bad. He wrote it in a hurry, not to mention the wording.Words are of no importance, and rhetoric is the same, because just writing about what happened to him in the past fourteen days is enough to make people feel thrilled.What happened was already shocking.Fourteen scrolls, detailing everything that happened in fourteen days.One volume is exactly one day.Under the melancholy light, there seems to be an evil spirit exuding between the lines.Weird evil spirit, terrifying evil spirit.The four of them shuddered one after another unconsciously, but they couldn't take their eyes off.

For the three volumes starting from the first day of March, the second day of March, and the third day of March, Chang Huhua just slowly spread out and read every word carefully. When it came to the fourth volume, the movements became faster and faster without realizing it.The eyes of Du Xiaotian, Yang Xun, and Cui Yi could all keep up with Chang Huhua's movements.After reading all fourteen scrolls, Chang Huhua was almost out of breath.Du Xiaotian and the three almost suffocated.The evil spirit seems to have leaked from the painting scroll, permeating the stone room.Chang Huhua put down the fourteenth scroll, although her hands were not as cold as ice, they were already as cold as water.Du Xiaotian and Yang Xun also turned pale, and Cui Yi trembled even more.They all felt the terror of Cui Beihai.The four of them didn't speak at all, nor did they make any movements, as if they were all condensed in the evil spirit. After an unknown amount of time, Du Xiaotian finally broke the silence and said: This is related to his wife's innocence, no wonder he is hard to say.Yang Xun even asked: Is his wife really the incarnation of a blood-sucking moth, a moth essence?Du Xiaotian didn't answer, and didn't know how to answer.Cui Yi cried out immediately: I absolutely do not believe this is true.Who else believes it?Yang Xun smiled wryly and said: You will never believe it.Could it be to be sure that your master is lying.Cui Yi was stunned on the spot.Yang Xun turned to Chang Huhua and said, "What do you think, brother Chang?"Chang Huhua sighed, but didn't make a sound.He also didn't know how to speak.If there is something wrong with Cui Beihai's head, it is really impossible to write this record.Could it be true after all?There was another silence. Du Xiaotian broke the silence again, but this time he just sighed.Chang Huhua's eyes fell on Du Xiaotian's face, and suddenly said: Brother Du, have you seen his wife these two days?Du Xiaotian was startled, and said: Mr. Yi Zhu?Chang Huhua said strangely: besides Mr. Yi Zhu, does he have a second wife?Du Xiaotian shook his head and said: No.Chang Huhua said: But why are you so surprised when I ask her?Du Xiaotian said: I'm just surprised that you suddenly asked about her.Chang Huhua said: Ask her, of course there is a reason, you answer me first.Du Xiaotian said: "On the night of the 16th, she knew that Brother Cui was missing, and she came to the study to ask me. Yesterday evening I came to ask if Brother Cui had returned home, and she was the one who received me.Chang Huhua said: This is really strange.Du Xiaotian smiled wryly and said: What's so strange?Chang Huhua said: You don't understand?Du Xiaotian shook his head and said: You'd better make it clear. Chang Huhua said: You read that record just now, don't you think some of the sentences in the record are too exciting?Du Xiaotian nodded.Chang Huhua continued: After looking at the record at first, it is not difficult to find that there are very terrible thoughts in his heart.Du Xiaotian said: "What idea?"Chang Huhua said in a deep voice: He really wants to kill Yi Zhujun and Guo Pu!If they really intend to harm me, they must not be polite to them, whether it is a human or a moth spirit, they must be killed!Cui Beihai had indeed said so on the scroll on March 12th.Du Xiaotian also had a memory, nodded and said: Yes, he meant that.Chang Huhua continued: "Maybe I'm exaggerating. According to the records, he obviously has a deep fear of blood-sucking moths. Maybe because of this, something went wrong with his head and he regarded his wife as a blood-sucking moth."Yang Xun said: "If this is true, Mr. Yi Zhu might not be able to live until now."Du Xiaotian said: If there is something wrong with his head, Mr. Yi Zhu died, but his disappearance is not difficult to understand.He shivered, and continued: Because it can be said that he killed Yi Zhujun as a blood-sucking moth, and hid himself in fear of crime.Chang Huhua said: In this way, all kinds of strange things in the record can be completely regarded as his wild imagination. He shook his head suddenly while speaking, and continued after a pause: The problem is that although Guo Pu and Yi Zhujun didn't see those blood-sucking moths, he wasn't the only one who saw them, besides him, there was also you.Du Xiaotian said categorically: I did see that the records on the 2nd and 14th of March are indeed facts.Chang Huhua sighed slightly: That's why it's a problem.Yang Xun interjected again and asked: So how should we explain it?Chang Hu Huadao: The most reasonable explanation is that one of the three of them must be lying!Yang Xun glanced at Du Xiaotian and said, "Which three of them are you referring to?"Changhu Huadao: Cui Beihai, Yi Zhujun and Guo Pu.He then added: This is just speculation. Before we see those blood-sucking moths, we will not completely deny the possibility of blood-sucking moths for the time being.Yang Xun said: So, what should we do now?Chang Huhua said: No matter what, find Cui Beihai first, unless those blood-sucking moths are not the only ones that suck blood and even eat up his bones and muscles, otherwise, even if he has turned into a dead person, there should be a corpse left behind.Yang Xun blurted out: Where is the body?Chang Huhua couldn't help laughing, and said: How do I know?Yang Xun also knew that he had made a slip of the tongue, and quickly said: Let's look around carefully, maybe we can find it this time. Chang Huhua said: Before looking for the corpse, we have to meet two people first.Yang Xun said: "Who?"Chang Hu Hua Dao: Yi Zhujun, Guo Pu.From their mouths, we may be able to have an understanding.Yang Xun said: "Maybe they really are the incarnations of blood-sucking moths, moth spirits, as Cui Beihai suspects!"Chang Huhuadao: Things can only be simpler!He turned half of his body slowly, and said: Before we leave the study, I will seal this stone room.Yang Xun said: This should be done. I will also send a few men to take turns to defend outside. If so many gold, silver and jewels are lost, no one can afford the responsibility.Chang Huhua said: "Gold, silver and jewels are second. I'm most afraid that people who don't know this place will break in unintentionally and touch other organs." Yang Xun asked in surprise: Are there other institutions here?Chang Huhua said: As far as I know, the mechanism design of Xuanjizi's school will never be just one or two.Yang Xun burst out laughing, and said: We have walked all over the stone chamber, so why are we in danger.Chang Huhua said: It may be that those organs failed temporarily.He turned to look at the entrance over there, and said: Take the stone gate at the entrance as an example, it should be locked tightly with a device installed, but when we came in, the door was already wide open, isn't it a good example.Yang Xun nodded involuntarily.Chang Huhua said again: Those institutions may just be out of order for a while!As soon as these words were spoken, there was a sudden rattling sound from the door.Chang Huhua's expression changed on the spot, and said: Let's get out of here quickly. He heard it, and of course the three of Yang Xun also heard it.Hearing what he said, Yang Xun's face immediately turned green, and he was the first to run over.Chang Huhua was the last one, he stepped out of the stone room, and the stone door was slowly closed inside.Du Xiaotian's eyes straightened, and he said, "What's going on here?"Chang Huhua stared at the stone gate, shook her head and said: I don't know, or those malfunctioning organs have returned to normal now.Yang Xun yelled over there, saying: It's almost like a monster is causing trouble.The voice came from above, and his person was already beside the woodcut of Avalokitesvara above.The man was startled and ran faster than a horse. People's hearts are unpredictable, so how can the sky be unpredictable?The originally clear sky had turned dark at some point.The sky is full of chaotic clouds.The sun leaked from the chaotic clouds, light and scattered.Clouds come and rain comes.A drizzle like silk, a drizzle like smoke.The morning fog in the courtyard was evaporated by the sun, and now it is immersed in rain and smoke.Of course, the small building in the courtyard was also lost in the rain and fog.people, and no exceptions.The shadows of the people in the small building were bleak, and the smoke and fog turned into a court of resentment.A man sits alone by the window.People are young, but their youth seems to have disappeared, only a pair of eyes, still full of youthful enthusiasm.The shining pupils, like two black flames, are still burning. Mr. Yi Zhu!Chang Huhua sees Mr. Yi Zhu from a distance, and feels desolate for some reason.Du Xiaotian, Yang Xun, and even the dozen or so policemen who followed them seemed to be infected by the family's grievances, and their demeanor became lonely.There is only one exception, Cui Yi!Cui Yi had a look of hatred on his face.This is because of the influence of Cui Beihai's record.A faithful servant certainly does not take kindly to the murderer of his master.Fear looms in loathing.If that record is true, Mr. Yi Zhu is not alone, but the incarnation of a blood-sucking moth, a moth spirit.This is undoubtedly a scary thing.Things have not been confirmed yet.Cui Yi finally hasn't forgotten this, and he still understands who Yi Zhujun still is.Therefore, even though he was very unwilling to enter the inner hall, he still went to Mr. Yi Zhu to pay his respects. Yi Zhujun glanced at him indifferently, and said: Where have you been these few days?Cui Yidao: At the master's order, I went to Wanhua Villa.Mr. Yi Zhu said: Master ordered you to go?Cui Yi lowered his head and said: Yes.Mr. Yi Zhu immediately asked: What did the master send you to Wanhua Villa for?Cui Yidao: Please invite a friend to come.Mr. Yi Zhu let out a cry, and asked, "Which one?"Cui Yidao: The owner of Wanhua Villa, Mr. Chang Huhua Chang.Mr. Yi Zhu thought about it, and said, "Is anyone here?"Cui Yi said: "It's here."Before she could finish the rest of the conversation, Chang Huhua stepped into the lobby, stepped forward in two or three steps, bowed and said: "Chang Huhua has seen my sister-in-law."This came too suddenly.Yi Zhujun hurriedly got up and returned a salute, just about to say something, Chang Huhua said again: Brother Cui probably hasn't mentioned me in front of his sister-in-law.Mr. Yi Zhu said: I mentioned it once or twice. While speaking, Yang Xun and Du Xiaotian entered one after another.Mr. Yi Zhu cast a glance at them, and said: Master Yang and Master Du are here too?Although the tone was surprised, the face did not change.She was born in a brothel, so it's not surprising that she knew Yang Xun.Yang Xun and Du Xiaotian bowed each other, but before they could speak, Mr. Yi Zhu answered: "The two adults came so early, could it be that there is already news?"Yang Xun shook his head, but sneered in his heart.You woman, you pretend nothing happened.Of course he wouldn't say that.Du Xiaotian immediately asked: "What about Mrs. Sister-in-law?"Mr. Yi Zhu said: "It's still missing."Chang Huhua interjected and asked: Did sister-in-law see Brother Cui the day he disappeared?Without hesitation, Mr. Yi Zhu shook his head and said: No.Chang Huhua said: But when was the last time sister-in-law saw him?Mr. Yi Zhu said: March thirteenth.Chang Huhua said: Brother Cui, did you say anything at that time?Mr. Yi Zhu shook his head again, and said: He didn't say anything, but when he saw me from a distance, he turned back in a panic. Chang Huhua pondered.According to the records, Cui Beihai visited the entire estate on March 13th, searching for evidence.He muttered to himself, "What about the twelfth day of March?"Yi Zhujun didn't answer immediately, he looked Chang Huhua up and down, and suddenly said: "Uncle must have frequent contacts with officials.Chang Huhua was startled, and said with a smile: Sister-in-law, this means that what I just said was like interrogating a prisoner?Mr. Yi Zhu said: I dare not.She continued: "Since the beginning of the month, your brother's words and deeds have been very different from usual. For more than ten days in a row, he shouted from time to time to see some blood-sucking moths, and sometimes even turned upside down, even tearing down the windows. I am really worried about his life." Healthy, so on the day of the twelfth, I asked my cousin Guo Pu to check it for him, but found that there was nothing wrong with it, but when it was time to eat together, I brought in a shrimp ball stuffed with crystal honey. He vomited, said those crystal honey stuffed shrimp balls were blood-sucking moth balls, and ran out laughing wildly.That's what happened that day.There is no discrepancy between Yi Zhujun's narration and Cui Beihai's record. Chang Huhua listened and pondered again.Yi Zhujun didn't say anything more, just looked at Chang Huhua.Her complexion was extremely pale, almost completely bloodless.There is a hint of jade green in the pale.Du Xiaotian, Yang Xun, and Cui Yi peeked at it, but for some reason, they felt chilled out.Is this woman really a moth spirit?Even Chang Huhua had this idea before he knew it.But Mr. Yi Zhu didn't seem to notice it, his face remained expressionless, like a living corpse.Chang Huhua pondered for a moment, then sighed suddenly, and said: Sister-in-law, we have a heartless request.Mr. Yi Zhu said: Uncle, you may speak directly.Chang Huhua said: We are going to search this inner courtyard, but I don't know if my sister-in-law will agree?Yi Zhujun glanced left and right at Du Xiaotian and Yang Xun, then at Cui Yi, and said: In my opinion, this matter is out of my control.Chang Huhua didn't make a sound. Mr. Yi Zhu turned his eyes back to Chang Huhua's face, and said: I have heard that my uncle treats people kindly, probably because he is afraid of embarrassing me, so even though it is not necessary, I still ask for my consent first.Chang Huhua said: "Sister-in-law is serious."Mr. Yi Zhu said: I don't know what to search for?Chang Huhua said: Brother Cui's whereabouts.Yi Zhujun was startled, and said: Do you suspect that he is here?Chang Hu Huadao: We hope to search all the places inside and outside the villa.Yi Zhujun asked abruptly: Uncle just arrived today?Chang Huhua nodded.Mr. Yi Zhu said: Do you know that Mr. Du has searched this mansion repeatedly in the past two days?Chang Huhua said: I know Brother Du has searched very carefully, only this inner courtyard was missed.Mr. Yi Zhu said: How big is the inner courtyard, if there are people in the inner courtyard, how can I not know?Chang Huhua said: Brother Du also means the same thing, the problem is that he hesitates to speak.Yi Zhujun asked: What is it?Chang Huhua sighed softly and said: Maybe a person is no longer a living person.Yi Zhujun's complexion changed.Chang Huhua sighed and continued: The dead will never make any noise.Mr. Yi Zhu was silent for a moment, and said: Since there is such suspicion, it is best to search, and I will guide you.Chang Huhua said: "How dare you trouble your sister-in-law."Mr. Yi Zhu shook his head and said: It doesn't matter. She walked out slowly, and the two maidservants beside her stepped forward to accompany her without ordering.Immediately, Mr. Yi Zhu slightly raised his right hand, putting it on the shoulder of the servant girl on the right.Her hands are slender and beautiful, white as snow, crystal clear as jade, without the slightest color of blood, they are not human hands at all.She held her waist tightly, and the wind blew in through the window, as if her body was about to be blown away by the wind.Chang Huhua walked behind her, seeing everything.It was hard for him to believe that such a weak woman was actually a moth spirit, a blood-sucking devil.