Chapter 369 Paperweight and Mechanism
Listening to the greedy and complacent laughter in the room, Hu Xiner couldn't help but feel cold all over, shocked by their vicious thoughts.
After recognizing them as her relatives, although she was not close to them and they had a few arguments, she had never done anything to really hurt them.
But the eldest wife not only wanted to force her to divorce Mu Qing, but also tried to seize her property.
In this Liu family, perhaps only Liu Yanchao's family, who live outside the mansion for a long time, can retain some peace. The rest are all evil spirits and monsters, which is extremely terrifying.
Under normal circumstances, Hu Xiner would have found a way to punish the eldest wife, but there were more important things at hand, so Hu Xiner had to let them go for the time being.
Suddenly, the little maid guarding the door woke up with a start.
Hu Xiner quickly hid aside and quietly left the place.
Old Master Liu would never have imagined that someone would sneak into the tunnel and witness the conversation between him and Liu Se with his own eyes.
Even if Hu Xin'er's words that blurted out during the day made him suspicious, he would not have expected that Hu Xin'er could actually guess that the mechanism was in the Liu family's study just based on the location where he appeared!
Therefore, there was no one else guarding the Liu family study. It stood quietly in the darkness, like a sleeping giant beast.
The night wind blew by, covering up the sound of Hu Xiner's footsteps.
She climbed the stone steps, carefully unlatched the door, and pushed it open.
I couldn't push it open, the door was locked.
In the moonlight, the heavy iron lock flashed silver light.
Hu Xiner bit her lip and pushed a few more times in frustration, looking annoyed.
She only wanted to take advantage of the situation and quickly enter the study, but she forgot that no matter how lax the guards in the Liu family's study were, it was still a very important place in the mansion and how could anyone be allowed in and out easily?
Otherwise, what if servants or spies get in and steal?
It seems that I can only try the window.
She tiptoed to the window again and pushed it inside.
Not surprisingly, the windows were also barred from the inside.
The night wind blew a few dark clouds, blocking the moonlight and making it dark all around.
Hu Xiner was a little discouraged and a little unwilling.
Now that we've come this far, do we really have to go back?
But what if Old Master Liu noticed something from her words during the day? What if he insisted on his own opinion tomorrow and still wanted to confine her to Lanxin Garden?
Then it would be even more difficult to enter the basement and find out the truth about the Lu family tragedy!
What's more, with Old Master Liu's current behavior, he is likely to join forces with the prince to put pressure on the Lu family.
The identities of Jiang Yao and Taoist Yiqing are not to be revealed to the public, Lu's mother cannot stand any stimulation, and Mu Qing is lying on the hospital bed... How can the Lu family withstand the siege of the prince and the Liu family?
As for the support of the eldest princess...that was just Hu Xiner's trick to bluff people.
The eldest princess has a deep relationship with her brother, the crown prince, and her brain is sometimes smart and sometimes not, so it is very likely that she will be fooled by the crown prince.
By then, Hu Xiner would be truly helpless in the Liu Mansion.
The more Hu Xiner thought about it, the more anxious she became.
She was eager to do something to help the Lu family.
"Calm down, Hu Xiner, there must be a way." She said to herself and tried to pry open the door lock a few more times, but it was useless.
She was holding the door lock, feeling depressed, when suddenly her eyes lit up and she took out a key from her neck!
This is the key to open the basement.
With a slight click, the door opened. Hu Xiner suppressed the excitement in her heart, pulled out the key, and hung it back around her neck carefully.
The key to the basement was actually the same as the key to the Liu family's study! This undoubtedly confirmed her idea from the side - the Liu family's study must have a secret, and it was very likely related to Liu Se.
In the darkness, the study door was closed. Hu Xiner swallowed nervously and tried to open her eyes wide to look for clues.
But it was pitch black in here and I couldn't see anything.
She was just about to take out the tinder from her bosom when the moonlight appeared outside the window again.
With the help of moonlight, she could clearly see the furnishings of the study - most of the rooms in the Liu Mansion were filled with calligraphy and antiques, but Old Master Liu's study was very simple, with only a half-person-high bookcase and a desk.
There are calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, which seem to be authentic works of Wang Xizhi.
If there were no other clues to support it, Hu Xiner really couldn't believe that there was any mechanism here.
After all, the layout here is too simple.
Because she was afraid of being discovered by the servant who got up at night, she didn't dare to make any big movements. After groping for a long time, she finally discovered something unusual with her extraordinary eyesight.
The paperweight on the desk showed no signs of having been moved.
She tried to pick up the Pixiu paperweight, but couldn't, and ended up with dust on her hands.
In the moonlight, she could see a very hidden keyhole behind the legs of the Pixiu paperweight. She took out the basement key and turned it slowly.
Click.
A tunnel entrance appeared silently under the desk.
This time the tunnel was very short and led directly to a door. Hu Xiner looked through the crack in the door and could barely make out from the arrangement of the furniture that it was Liu Se's room!
She was about to push the door open, but she was in trouble. Even if she went in, how could she find out the truth about the Lu family tragedy?
Liu Se was obviously unwilling to tell her, and there was murderous intent in his words towards her.
She had not forgotten the thrilling experience of leaving the basement last time.
When I left last time, Yin Li said there were other dangers here... What could they be?
Hu Xiner stood at the door, her mind full of thoughts. In the end, she just found a suitable angle and peeked inside.
The oil lamps on the walls of the tunnel flickered with dim light. Because it was break time, there were only a few candles left in Liu Se's room, not as bright as during the day.
I don’t know whether Liu Se blew it out himself because it was too bright, or whether Old Master Liu asked someone to do it.
At this time, Liu Se was sitting at the table, and his expression could not be seen clearly.
A man prostrated himself at her feet in pain, looking up at her pleadingly, the mask on his face reflecting a faint light in the candlelight.
Seeing that he was wearing a mask, Hu Xiner's heart skipped a beat and she held her breath in fear.
She had seen this man before!
That time in the market, she saw this man from afar, and Yin Li said that she had something to do and left first. But now this man appeared in Liu Se's room, which shows that he is no ordinary person.
Could it be that Yin Li was chasing him last time?
Before Hu Xiner could figure it out, she saw Liu Se holding a dagger in his hand. Without blinking, she slashed her arm with the dagger, and blood immediately flowed from her arm.
But she had no expression on her face.
Hu Xiner's pupils shrank slightly. The dagger had cut very deeply. It was not just a shallow wound, but had cut through the flesh and blood.
How could Liu Se, a rich girl living in a boudoir, have such a strong will and not even cry out in pain?
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