Chapter 238 The Person in the Box
After a long time, the footsteps around suddenly increased, but quickly stopped and returned to silence.
Lin Zhiqing judged that this was the guard who had just gone out and came back again.
This means that my cousin may have escaped, or at least not been caught.
She breathed a sigh of relief and then began to move out.
It was not until she left the room where the fabrics were stored that Lin Zhiqing realized that the warehouse of the Hua Mansion was even larger than she had imagined.
This is a courtyard, about the same size as his own Shuqing Pavilion.
Compared with the dusty little warehouse in Liu's mansion, this place looks like it is covered with a layer of gold.
Among the four classes of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, although merchants are at the bottom of the social ladder, they actually hold the gold and silver in their hands.
What's more, this Hua family is not an ordinary businessman.
The idea of being in the lowest position does not apply here at all.
Putting aside these complicated thoughts, Lin Zhiqing observed his surroundings.
But before she could take a closer look, there was a click and the sound of the door opening was heard.
Lin Zhiqing thought to himself that something was wrong and immediately retreated back to the room where the fabric had been placed.
At the same time, several servants and a man dressed as a steward entered the courtyard.
Lin Zhiqing poked a small hole in the window, revealing one eye and observing the servants.
It would be troublesome if the servant came in looking for someone.
Fortunately, the worst did not happen.
The servants, holding various gifts in their hands, walked towards different directions of the yard one by one.
After confirming that they were not moving towards him, Lin Zhiqing took a quick look, confirmed the whereabouts of the gift, and hid behind the cloth again.
About half a cup of tea passed before the courtyard returned to silence again.
Lin Zhiqing went out again, and this time, she went straight to an inconspicuous corner on the side of the yard.
As she approached the side yard where the gifts for the guests were placed, she keenly caught the sound of objects colliding.
Very thin.
Very small.
Lin Jingya?
Thinking that Lin Jingya might be inside, Lin Zhiqing quickened his pace.
After reaching the door, she put her ear to it to confirm that there were no other unusual sounds inside and that the place was not locked.
Strange... Lin Zhiqing frowned slightly.
She had just checked and found that only the room where the cloth was stored and the room where the gifts were stored were not locked.
The door lock of the room where the fabrics are stored is hung on the door and it looks like there is nothing wrong with it.
Now this room is the same.
The other doors were tightly closed, and the keys were with the steward who had just come in.
Because her vision was blocked, she only knew the approximate location of the house, but did not see the housekeeper lock the door.
Thinking of this, her desire to push the door open faded a little.
Why are these two rooms the only ones not locked?
Could it be that someone deliberately let her in, and this was all a trick to lure her in?
No, what’s the reason?
Unable to think of a reasonable reason, Lin Zhiqing turned his thoughts to the window that had just loosened, and the previous speculations in his mind came back.
Could it be that someone had entered or exited the yard before her through the same route?
Only in this way can we explain what is happening before our eyes.
If someone came in, who would it be? The person who would pick up Lin Jingya?
But Lin Jingya didn't have anyone she knew in Bianliang, and apart from Jiang Liuyun, Lin Zhiqing couldn't think of anyone else.
But how did Jiang Liuyun and Lin Jingya convey the message?
Lin Zhiqing had been watching the Lin family for so long and had not found any channels for external information to be transmitted.
If no one came in, then Lin Jingya must have escaped through the window.
But this speculation is not very valid. The biggest reason is that there is not enough time.
Lin Zhiqing came in on time and said that Lin Jingya had escaped before she arrived, so she would definitely encounter the guards outside.
However, the guards outside remained calm and did not react at all when they discovered the thief.
What's more, if Lin Jingya went out, what was the meaning of that noise just now?
All these speculations have inexplicable points and are very contradictory.
Lin Zhiqing frowned, and just as she was thinking about the third possibility, there was another familiar "click" sound!
Someone else came in from outside the courtyard!
The side yard was not far from the gate, and the situation was urgent, so Lin Zhiqing had no way to escape.
She pulled out the flute from her waist, pushed open the door in front of her, and quickly looked for a hiding place.
But the room was not big, and perhaps because dusk was approaching, the light was very dim.
As far as Lin Zhiqing could see, he could only make out the outlines of boxes and cases of various shapes and sizes.
In this situation, Lin Zhiqing basically had nowhere to hide.
She quickly turned her eyes to the largest boxes in the middle, and soon located the gifts from her family in the dim night.
She quickly walked over and knocked gently, and the box made a slight "dong dong dong" sound.
This means there are a lot of things in the box!
Based on this alone, Lin Zhiqing couldn't tell whether Lin Jingya was inside or not.
Because there was a lot of tie-dyed fabric originally put in.
If we open the box directly and look, regardless of whether we can see clearly, if Lin Jingya is really inside, then two people may be exposed.
She acted decisively and knocked on the boxes next to her one by one, trying to find a relatively empty box to hide in.
Until she heard a "dangdangdang" sound from one of the slightly larger boxes, she opened it a crack and vaguely caught a glimpse of the moon-white fabric.
The smell coming from the tip of her nose seemed familiar, but she didn't have time to think about it, because the footsteps outside the door were getting closer and closer.
She guessed that the box also contained cloth. Without much time to react, she opened the box, lay sideways inside, and quickly closed the lid.
But it was not until he lay down that Lin Zhiqing realized something was wrong.
Not to mention that there seemed to be only a few shallow layers of fabric at the bottom of the box, the feeling from my back seemed... a little strange, it didn't quite feel like fabric.
She was quite sure she wasn't leaning against the wall of the box.
Realizing something was wrong, she held the flute tightly in her left hand and reached behind her with her right hand.
After feeling a little warmth and trembling from his fingertips, Lin Zhiqing was shocked.
It's a human!
There is someone behind her!
Lin Jingya! ?
These thoughts flashed through her mind like a flash of lightning.
At this moment, the door opened with a creak!
Lin Zhiqing immediately held his breath and dared not act rashly again.
Feeling that the person behind him also restrained his breath, Lin Zhiqing knew that he didn't want to be exposed either. A strange tacit understanding spread in the small box.
As the footsteps stopped at the door, a male voice followed:
"Hiss, I remember I locked it just now."
When Lin Zhiqing heard it, he found that the voice seemed to be the manager from before.
After the steward finished speaking, he began to walk around the room, as if looking for something.
Lin Zhiqing held the flute tightly, thinking about the people outside the box and guarding against the people behind him, and he was extremely nervous.
What's worse is that she clearly felt that the footsteps stopped in front of her.
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