Chapter 27 Twenty-seven willows are dark and flowers are bright

He pointed at Chang Huhua again.Chang Huhua ignored it, and he still stood at the original place, looking up at the ring-shaped copper frame with eight long-burning lamps embedded in the hook hanging under the ceiling.No one knew what he was looking at, but he had evidently been looking at it for quite some time.Looking at his appearance, he clearly concentrated all his energy on the ring-shaped copper frame, and seemed to be completely indifferent to other things, so he didn't respond to Long Yubo's words and actions at all.Did he discover something again?Yang Xun didn't pay attention to Chang Huhua's strange expression, seeing that he didn't respond, he immediately continued to speak, saying: "Your three reasons just now are undoubtedly very good, but you also have to pay attention to one thing."Long Yubo said: Please tell me.Yang Xun said: With his skills, yes, he can sneak in without the eyes and ears of my subordinates, but how can he remove so many gold, silver and jewels by himself.Especially those rare treasures, if they are stacked together, if one is not careful, they will be easily damaged, almost need to be carried one by one, at least dozens of times back and forth, where does he have time, let alone those gold and silver It is not enough to move the jewelry out of this stone room, but also to move it outside the study and hide it, how much time will it take?You might as well think about it carefully.There was a look of surprise in Long Yubo's eyes, as if wondering how this person could become shrewd again.

Yang Xun snorted and said: My subordinates are not blind, nor do they only know how to sleep.Long Yubo sneered, and said: It is difficult for one person to do this, but it is very easy for a few more people.Yang Xun said: You mean he still has accomplices?Long Yubo said: "Who dares to say that he doesn't have one."Yang Xun said: "Where is it?"Long Yubo said: "Why don't you ask him?"Yang Xun actually asked Chang Huhua again: "Do you still have fellow party members, and where are they now?"Chang Huhua didn't answer, but still stared intently at the circular copper frame above.On the side, Gao Tianlu saw something strange and couldn't help asking: What is Brother Chang looking at?He especially raised his voice.Chang Huhua lowered her head in response, and said unexpectedly: You all know the source of those gold, silver and jewels.Did he really not care about what Long Yubo and Yang Xun said just now?Gao Tianlu nodded and said: "It doesn't matter whether you know it or not. What we have to solve now is how the gold, silver and jewelry were stolen and who did it."

Chang Huhua said: "It's really hard to determine who it was, but how it was stolen."Now there are eyebrows.Gao Tianlu was about to ask about eyebrows, but Long Yubo interjected: "What eyebrows, you know very well at all?"Chang Huhua pretended not to hear, focused on Gao Tianlu, and said: "Stay in the study to guard the four officials. In my opinion, they are all honest people. They said that they have not neglected their duties in the past few days. The study is safe and sound, so it should be ok." Believe it.Gao Tianlu was surprised and said: There is only one entrance and exit in this stone room, the theft of those gold, silver and jewels could be caused by ghosts and ghosts.Chang Huhua said: How can there be so many demons and ghosts?Gao Tianlu said: But how did those gold, silver and jewels leave this stone chamber?Chang Huhuadao: This stone chamber does not have only one entrance and exit.Gao Tianlu was taken aback, and said: You mean there is a second entrance?Chang Huhua nodded and said: I hope my guess is correct.

Gao Tianlu asked: What exactly did you find?Chang Huhua looked up at the copper frame with eight lamps embedded in the hook hanging under the top wall, and said: This is the copper frame.Gao Tianlu's eyes couldn't help falling on the copper frame.After carefully looking at it for a while, he said: There seems to be nothing wrong with this copper frame.Chang Huhuadao: Is there dust on the copper frame?Gao Tianlu said: Not bad.Chang Huhua said: Look carefully at the dust.Gao Tianlu took a closer look, and finally found that a lot of the dust on the copper frame had fallen off.There is not much dust accumulated on the copper frame, and if you are not careful, it is really not easy to detect.No matter where it is, as long as it is exposed to the air and is not cleaned frequently, it is inevitable that there will be dust accumulation, so it is not a strange thing to accumulate dust on the copper beams.The strange thing is that the copper frame hangs so high that you can't reach it, so the dust on it will fall off like this?

Gao Tianlu rubbed his chin and said: The dust on the copper frame seems to have been wiped off by something.Yang Xun said aside: Maybe a mouse walked over it.Chang Huhua smiled faintly, and said: If it is a mouse, that mouse must be as big as a human and know how to walk backwards.Yang Xun snorted, and was about to reply to him when Chang Huhua pulled him up.Pulling out two or three feet, Chang Huhua stretched out his hands, grabbed the ring-shaped copper frame, and immediately sank down.He didn't fall down with the brass frame.Not only was the copper frame able to bear the weight of his entire body, but it didn't even move when he sank.It seems that such a strong copper frame is really rare.Chang Huhua's sinking has no effect, and the whole body is pulled upwards.This pulling power is not under that sinking.The copper frame is still unresponsive.

Yang Xun saw something strange from the side, and casually asked: What are you doing?Monkey trick?Chang Huhua didn't answer, she made a mistake with her left and right hands, trying to see if she could turn the copper frame around.Although he was in mid-air, when he turned his hands, his feet were also crossed at the same time, using his strength to exert strength, it was also very strong.There was a soft sound, and it came from behind a curtain next to it.The motionless brass ring was turned by his turn.Chang Huhua's whole body also turned from left to right in mid-air following the rotation of the copper ring.He didn't let go, and turned his hands harder to turn the copper ring again.This time, the copper ring did not turn again, and the sound continued to be made from behind the curtain.A very strange, palpitating sound, like a large group of poisonous snakes, winding behind the curtain over there.

Yang Xun was a frightened bird, he moved his footsteps aside and wanted to run away.But his body turned halfway, and then he turned back.Gao Tianlu was standing behind him, how dare he slip away.Of course his eyes fell on the curtain immediately, hoping that it wasn't really a lot of poisonous snakes behind.He was not disappointed.Gao Tianlu's gaze also fell on that curtain, as did the others, without exception.The strange sound stopped quickly, and nothing happened on the other side of the curtain, and nothing appeared.Everyone wanted to go over and pull back the curtain to see what happened, but no one went over, and Long Yubo was no exception.How could such a master of martial arts, who has beaten all invincible martial arts in the south of the Yangtze River, be so timid?Could it be that he already knew that there was a powerful killing mechanism behind the curtain?

Chang Huhua was still hanging under the copper frame, his eyes were wide open like pigeon eggs, and he was also staring at the curtain, condescending, of course he saw much more than others.It's a pity that the curtain hangs from the top of the stone room. Although he is condescending, he can't see what is behind the curtain.The veil has also remained the same.Chang Huhua's hanging body suddenly left the copper frame and floated in front of the curtain. His figure was as light as a swallow, and he landed silently.The veil only rose and fell slightly when his figure landed on the ground.There was still peace behind the curtain. Without saying a word, he flicked his sleeves, and a gust of wind immediately raised the curtain.All eyes were immediately focused on the back of the curtain.There was no snake, and there was nothing behind the veil.The wall disappeared, and a hole was opened where the wall used to be.Seven feet high and no more than two feet wide, this stone chamber actually has a second entrance.

The hole in the wall was extremely dark, and the darkness seemed to be filled with ice, and the ice seemed to be melting.Chang Huhua was outside the hole in the wall, feeling as if the cold was blowing on her face.What is the situation inside, and what can be stored?Although his eyes were very good, he couldn't really see clearly, and the curtain that was raised quickly fell down.Chang Huhua immediately made a wrong step, dodged to the other side of the curtain, and pulled up the curtain smoothly.With this pull, the veil was stretched higher and wider than the one just now, and the light of the lamp on the copper frame became deeper.With this light, he finally could tell that the hole in the wall in front of him was connected to a tunnel.The tunnel stretched straight forward for an unknown length, and the lights changed from bright to dark, falling into a pitch-black darkness.Where does this tunnel lead to, and what is its function?Chang Huhua really wanted to go in.While he was pondering, everyone had moved closer to his side.Yao Kun and Fu Biao both held lanterns in their hands. As they approached the entrance of the tunnel, the area around the entrance became brighter.The range of the light is farther, no matter how far it is, it is still plunged into darkness.

Gao Tianlu opened his head and probed his brain, and couldn't help but said: This seems to be a tunnel.Chang Huhua said: It seems so.As soon as he let go of his hand, the curtain slid down again.Gao Tianlu's eyes flashed, and he shouted softly: "Tear it off."Chang Huhua was about to tear off the curtain, when Gao Tianlu called out, he didn't have to think about it, and tore off the curtain with his backhand.He threw the veil at his feet, held out his hand, and said, "Give me the lamp."Yao Kun immediately handed the lamp forward.Chang Huhua is connected to the left hand, and the right hand has already grasped the hilt of the sword.Although he draws his sword quickly, in such a narrow tunnel, his movements will inevitably be affected, and it is not a bad thing to be ready to go.He held the lamp in one hand and pressed the sword in the other, and then he raised his footsteps and stepped into the tunnel.Yang Xun could see clearly from the side, a heart hardly jumped out.He shrank sideways involuntarily.In this way, even if a very powerful killing mechanism is installed in the tunnel, Chang Huhua will activate it as soon as he steps into the mechanism, and the hidden weapons will shoot everywhere. The unlucky ones are only Chang Huhua and the people standing in front of the tunnel exit, and they will never shoot him. body!Unless those hidden weapons can also turn.

No one paid attention to his actions, all eyes were on Chang Huhua.Chang Huhua has already stepped over the hole in the wall and entered the tunnel.The entrance of the tunnel is only two feet wide, but it is only about three feet inside the entrance. After three feet, it spreads left and right, and it is almost four feet wider, and the height is more than three feet higher.The left, right, top, and bottom are all embedded with stones.The bluish-white stones, under the reflection of the lights, exude a cold light.The cold air seemed to emanate from those stones.There is no ice in the tunnel, and those stones are just ordinary stones. The feeling of cold air hitting the face just now is just a feeling.But going deeper, Chang Huhua really felt the wind blowing.The lights also began to jump slightly, but they couldn't tell the direction at all.The wind seemed to be blowing from all directions.Chang Huhua was really surprised, he looked around, and finally found a small round hole every six feet above the stone walls on both sides of the tunnel, the wind must come out of those small holes.He smiled and continued walking.Apart from those round holes, there were no other gaps in the four walls of the tunnel, so his footsteps rose and fell, although they were very light, there were still clear crackling sounds. Chang Huhua kept walking, and in a moment she was already two feet away.The tunnel remained calm, nothing happened, and it seemed that there was no mechanism for killing people.There was no sound other than Chang Huhua's footsteps.Everyone is watching.Long Yubo was the first one who couldn't bear it, stepped over the hole in the wall in two or three steps, and chased after Chang Huhua.His footsteps were particularly loud.Chang Huhua walked in front, and when she heard footsteps, she turned her head subconsciously.Seeing that it was Long Yubo who was catching up, a very strange look suddenly flashed in his eyes, and he slowed down before continuing.Gao Tianlu was the second to follow into the tunnel.Seeing Gao Tianlu leave, Yang Xun dared to be negligent, and he dodged to get ahead of Yao Kun and Fu Biao, and followed Gao Tianlu closely.Yao Kun and Fu Biao followed suit.Gao Tianlu walked forward for a foot, stopped suddenly, took a deep breath, and said: Strange!His voice was already very loud, but now it sounded like thunder, even he himself was startled.Chang Huhua stepped back and asked, "What's so strange?"Gao Tianlu said: This tunnel is sealed on all sides, and the air is so refreshing.Chang Huhua said: Brother Gao, did you pay attention to the small round holes on the left and right walls?Gao Tianlu looked up and said, "What's the function of those small round holes?"Changhu Huadao: ventilation. Gao Tianlu raised his hand and pressed on a small round hole next to it!A feeling of coolness.He nodded slightly and said: That's how it is.Then he asked again: Where do those little round holes lead?Chang Huhua said: "The ground, where is the ground? Although the ground is not clear now, it is not difficult to be clear.Gao Tianlu said: "It doesn't matter. We must first figure out where this tunnel leads to."Chang Huhua smiled and said: No matter what road, as long as it is in the world, it must have an end. We just need to move forward now.He moves on.Long Yubo followed closely behind.He suddenly took off the bamboo hat he was wearing on his head.It was as if there was a ghost in the tunnel immediately.Ugly ghosts, terrifying ghosts!In fact, even if there really are ghosts and ghosts in this world, seeing his face, I'm afraid I'd shy away from him.Although he didn't turn his head, Gao Tianlu couldn't help shivering when he saw him from behind.Yang Xun's heart seemed to start to shrink.None of them had forgotten how terrifying Long Yubo's face was.Chang Huhua walked in the front, with his keen sense, how could Long Yubo not know what he was doing.He didn't look back either!Because there is no such need, and although he is quite courageous, under the current environment, he does not want to see such a terrifying face of Long Yubo. Three feet into the tunnel, the road is still straight, and after three feet, corners begin to appear.One corner after another, more than ten corners in succession.Turning to the fourteenth corner, Chang Huhua couldn't help but sighed, and said, "How did this tunnel work?"Gao Tianlu also sighed from behind, and said: I'm already a little dizzy.Chang Huhua said: Fortunately, there is no fork in this tunnel.Gao Tianlu said: This is enough. I was still praising the well-designed tunnel just now. Now I think that sentence will be withdrawn!While speaking, another corner has been turned.Two feet ahead, a stone step appeared vaguely.Chang Huhua couldn't help speeding up her pace.At this moment, Long Yubo behind him couldn't catch up with him. It really is a stone level.There is no passage ahead, and the tunnel has come to an end.Chang Huhua unconsciously blurted out and said: There are stone steps!Long Yubo chased after him, and said in response: Is it the end?His voice was a little hoarse, and his breath had become thicker.It seems that this speeding up and chasing after him has already consumed a lot of his energy.People don't notice it from a distance, but when they get close, not to mention the constant protection of flowers, ordinary people believe that it is not hard to hear it.Beads of sweat were still streaming down his terrifying face!No matter how you look at it, he doesn't look like a martial arts master.Not at all.There was a strange look in Chang Huhua's eyes again.He didn't look back, and his eyes didn't fall on the stone steps, but stared at the lantern in his hand.The lantern was actually not very attractive. Although he looked at the lantern, there was no such lantern in his eyes.He was thinking about one thing. It wasn't until Gao Tianlu and Yang Xun arrived that his eyes moved to the top of the stone steps.As soon as Gao Tianlu let go of his steps, he asked: Where does this stone step lead to?Long Yubo interrupted and said: You will know when you go up.Chang Huhua didn't say anything more, and stepped on the stone steps.More than 30 stone steps stretch upward obliquely.Above is a platform.There is a platform about six feet square, stone walls on three sides, and the stone wall facing the stone steps has a stone gate that is also about two feet wide and seven feet long, with four sides protruding about three or four inches outward.There is an iron ring embedded in the center of the stone gate.Chang Huhua put his ears on the stone gate, listened intently for a moment, and then stretched out his hand to grab the iron ring.He tried and pulled.Shimen didn't react at all, and it was the same with pushing forward.He could only twist the iron ring to see if there was any reaction.The stone door immediately let out a light crack, and slowly opened to the back.What is the darkness outside the door? Chang Huhua let go of the hand holding the iron ring, and didn't move. She just stretched out the lantern with her left hand first.Lights illuminated the place outside the door.Chang Huhua is no stranger to floor tiles painted with flowers, but he couldn't remember where he had seen them before.He strode out.The move seemed rash, but in fact he had been very careful.Gao Tianlu and Long Yubo followed closely behind, and Yang Xun was even more unwilling to be left behind.The five of them stepped out of the door one after another, when they heard Chang Huhua let out an unexpected cry.Gao Tianlu blurted out and asked: What the hell is this place?Chang Huhua said: The small room behind Cui Beihai and his wife's bedroom where sundries are piled up.Yang Xun, Fu Biao, and Yao Kun also recognized it now, and said in unison: "That's right, it's that hut."The outward side of the stone gate is actually a wall on the left side of that small room!The attic is also over their heads. Although Gao Tianlu has never been to this place, he already knows the whole case and the scene of the crime well.The reports made by Du Xiaotian were very detailed, and on top of those reports by Du Xiaotian, he really spent a lot of time.As for the understanding of the scene, he is afraid that he is still higher than Yang Xun.Upon hearing this, he immediately raised his head to look at the attic above, and said, "Cui Beihai's body and the group of blood-sucking moths were discovered by you in this attic?"Yang Xun hurriedly replied: Yes.His whole body jumped up almost simultaneously.For some unknown reason, the hidden door suddenly closed with a bang.Everyone turned their heads in unison.Yang Xun stammered, "The six of us have already come out, who is closing the door inside?"Chang Huhua said: This is not artificial.Yang Xun changed his face and said: Is it a monster?Chang Huhua smiled lightly and said: There is an organic spring on the stone gate.Yang Xun didn't seem to believe it, and said: Really?Chang Huhua said: The door can be closed automatically because of the spring installed.Only then did Yang Xun heave a sigh of relief, and immediately asked: How did you know?When did you know?Chang Huhua said: I already knew when I opened the door. Long Yubo interrupted suddenly: Maybe he knew about it earlier.Yang Xun said: Oh?Long Yubo continued: Otherwise, how could he be so familiar with everything?Yang Xun immediately turned his head to one side, squinting at Chang Huhua.Chang Huhua closed her mouth and didn't say a word.Long Yubo sneered triumphantly.Gao Tianlu suddenly cut off Long Yubo's laughter, and said: "The stone gate is closed, there should be some marks left on the wall, but now, why are there no traces at all."Chang Huhua replied to Gao Tianlu's words, saying: If there is, we would have noticed it when we searched this small room that day.Gao Tianlu sighed slightly, and said: Cui Beihai is really a genius in mechanism design.Chang Huhua did not deny it, and said: In my opinion, his achievements in this area are still higher than his master Xuanjizi.Gao Tianlu nodded and said: "You are born out of blue, a genius is a genius after all!"Long Yubo interjected again: Here is another genius among geniuses.Everyone knew who he was talking about.Chang Huhua sneered, and said: You are quite suspicious.Long Yubo said: "It's really not small." Chang Huhua said: Are you sure that I stole all the gold, silver and jewels from the stone room?Long Yubo said: "It has already been confirmed."Chang Huhua said: Besides those reasons just now, what other reasons do you have.Long Yubo said: Isn't it another good reason for you to bring us here?Chang Huhua said: Is this also the reason?Long Yubo said: If you hadn't already entered and exited this tunnel, how could you lead us here so easily through the tunnel?Chang Huhua sneered and said, "You think I'm easy?"Long Yubo said: "It's very easy."He paused and continued: Even if there are so-called demons and ghosts, they will never steal gold, silver and jewels from the world. Even if those blood-sucking moths are like the legends, sucking human blood and eating human flesh, they will never steal human gold and silver. jewelry.There is no doubt that this is man-made.His voice was deep and deep, and he said: Only human beings like jewels, and they have ideas about other people's treasures. Chang Huhua's lips twitched, but before the words came out, Long Yubo had already picked up the words, and said: "However, it is not easy to get an idea of ​​the jewels and silver hidden in Cui Beihai's stone room. This person must know the mechanism, and his skills are not to mention dexterous." Next, you need to be a little clever.His voice became deeper, and he said again: There is only one person in this place who meets these conditions, and that is your brother Chang.Chang Huhua asked with a sneer: What places does your so-called place include?Long Yubo said: Of course the whole county is included.Chang Huhua said: You only came this evening?Long Yubo said: Not bad.Chang Huhua said: As soon as you arrived, you entered the yamen and did not leave?Long Yubo said: Not bad.Chang Huhua said: You are so familiar with this place?Long Yubo didn't make a sound.Chang Huhua said: Maybe most of the people in this place have great wisdom.Long Yubo sneered and said: At present, the most doubtful thing is you Chang Daxia alone!Chang Huhua said: Then what are you going to do?Long Yubo said: I, Long, are just a commoner, what can I do? He immediately turned his gaze to Yang Xun's face, and said coldly: The person in charge of security here is Mr. Yang who is arresting the head.Yang Xun involuntarily raised his chest.Long Yubo asked Yang Xun: For such a suspect, what do the chief arresters think should be done?Yang Xun blurted out: "Of course it was detained first." He remembered how powerful Chang Huhua was, and shut his mouth in a hurry.But Long Yubo immediately went on to say: "What experience is the chief arrester, since he thinks this is the best, of course it is the best."Yang Xun said: "This Long Yubo said: What is this?"Yang Xun said: "He has great martial arts skills, if he refuses to submit, we have nothing to do with him."Long Yubo said in a loud voice: The head catcher was worried that he still had something to say, but Yang Xun interrupted him before he answered.Yang Xun suddenly beamed and said, "I almost forgot about Mr. Long. Mr. Long is the number one martial arts master in the south of the Yangtze River. With Mr. Long's assistance, this matter is much easier."Judging by his expression, it seems that he really wants to detain Chang Huhua. As a matter of fact, after Chang Huhua came to this case, he, the head arrester, had almost no room to speak.Now, this rare opportunity, how could he miss it.Since Long Yubo has been invincible all over the south of the Yangtze River, even if he is not as good as Chang Huhua, it should be no problem to fight a tie.In addition to his long knife, Yao Kun's pair of short spears, and Fu Biao's iron chain, even if Chang Huhua refused to capture it without a fight, it would not be difficult for the four of them to take it down.He made up his mind, and immediately gestured to Fu Biao and Yao Kun.This gesture also implies that they are ready to shoot.Both Yao Kun and Fu Biao were taken aback immediately, especially Yao Kun, whose expression was even more embarrassing.Yang Xun's gaze turned and returned to Long Yubo's face.Just waiting for Long Yubo to make a move, he rushed forward with Yao Kun and Fu Biao. Long Yubo still didn't respond.Yang Xun waited for a while, and couldn't help saying hello: Mr. Long!The muscles on Long Yubo's face twitched, but he didn't utter a sound.Instead, Chang Huhua took up the conversation and said: If he could make a move, he would have already done so.Yang Xun said: Why can't he make a move?Chang Huhua said: Because he is no longer the Long Yubo of the past.Yang Xun was even more surprised: "Isn't his identity confirmed and there is no problem?"Chang Huhua said: I didn't say that there is a problem with his identity, he is undoubtedly Long Yubo.Yang Xun said: So what is the difference between him and the past?Chang Huhua didn't answer immediately, but turned her gaze to Long Yubo's face, and said, "Brother Long himself, or me?"The muscles on Long Yubo's face twitched again, and instead of answering, he asked: When did you know?Chang Huhua said: I doubted you as soon as you stepped into the tunnel.Long Yubo said: Is it because of my heavy footsteps?Chang Huhua said: This is one of the reasons. By the time I found the stone level and you caught up, I was completely sure.Long Yubo sighed slightly. Chang Huhua immediately asked: Is it the influence of Du Boy's Wudu powder?Long Yubo said: Not bad.Chang Huhua said in surprise: "What a powerful Wudu powder!"Long Yubo said: "It's really powerful. A handful of Wudu powder not only ruined my face, but also dissipated all my skills."He turned half of his body and said: I have no strength to restrain a chicken now, and I am no different from the invincible me who fought all over the south of the Yangtze River.Only then did Yang Xun understand, and his complexion immediately changed with the sound of oh.Without Long Yubo, how could the three of them deal with Chang Huhua?At this time, Chang Huhua suddenly turned her head, stared at the door of the dormitory, and said lightly: "Who?A person pushed the door open and entered.Cui Yi!