Chapter 2196 Harvest
Zhou Liru cut down the collar with a single stroke of her knife, easily creating a slit in it. She pushed the tip of the knife in and sliced it open, revealing a thin, cicada-wing-thin gold sheet clinging to the collar button.
Everyone was amazed, everyone knew how to hide things.
Manbao subconsciously lowered her head and looked at her sleeves. There was also a piece of gold hidden in her sleeves. It was melted by Zhou Silang through someone else. It was said that there was no feeling when it was sewn into the sleeves. This kind of thing was only used in emergencies.
Zhou Liru and Liu Huan both made some gains, and everyone also found some inspiration and ran to other rooms to look through the hostages' tattered clothes.
The personal soldier looked at Governor Duan cautiously and also wanted to join in the fun, but the six rooms were quickly divided up by them, so he sighed and continued to follow the Governor obediently.
Yin Huo was still sitting on the chair in the first room, breathing slowly beside the table. The mountain was not high, but it was still very tiring to climb up from the bottom.
When Yin Huo saw that they had all run away, he let out a breath, supported himself on the table with his hands, and looked around the room.
The guard was worried that the young master was tired but didn't say anything, so he hurried forward and said, "Young master, would you like some tea?"
Yin Huo came back to his senses, glanced at him and nodded.
The guard went out and soon came back with a pot of tea and a teacup to pour tea for Yin Huo. Governor Duan, who had already left the door but did not go anywhere else, was stunned for a long time.
Do you need to bring tea when searching a horse thief's lair?
However, when he thought of Yin Huo's physical condition, he felt relieved again, and then he became worried, "How is Master Yin feeling? If you are feeling unwell, why not ask Doctor Zhou to come and take a look."
Yin Huo refused, explaining with a smile, "It's just a little dry mouth. I climbed the Great Wall last time, and it was nothing."
Governor Duan then smiled and said, "Young Master Yin's health is much better than before."
Yin Huo did not know Governor Duan, but he was not surprised that Governor Duan knew him.
It's not surprising that many people know him or have heard of him.
Governor Duan also wanted to maintain a good relationship with Yin Huo, mainly because Yin Li was in favor. He had worked under Yin Li a long time ago, and later he followed the path of the crown prince and was sent to serve as an official in a remote area.
Yin Huo lowered his head and seemed to be listening to what Governor Duan said seriously, occasionally replying a word or two, but his attention was soon diverted.
After Governor Duan finished speaking, he noticed that the crowd had fallen silent. He looked over curiously and saw Yin Huo staring blankly at a corner of the table. He asked, "Master Yin, what's wrong with you?"
After asking, I thought to myself, could he really be feeling unwell?
Yin Huo reached out and touched the corner of the table on his left, and asked curiously, "Master Duan, don't you think there's something wrong with this corner of the table?"
Governor Duan looked at it intently for a long moment, then asked humbly, "What's wrong with this corner of the table?"
"I think it's more protruding than the two corners next to it."
Governor Duan took a serious look and said, "Really? It seems a little bit..."
They look pretty much the same, and even if it's bulging, so what? Isn't it normal for a table to wear out over time?
Isn’t it normal to get bumped, bruised, wet or swollen?
But Yin Huo didn't think so. He thought, "Where is this? It's a den of thieves, the den where all the friends found their treasures." So Yin Huo asked, "Could someone have hidden something in the corner of the table?"
Governor Duan smiled awkwardly and said, "That shouldn't be the case. Who would hide something in the corner of the table?"
Yin Huo insisted, "Just chop it and you'll know."
Governor Duan: ...
Yin Huo had already stood up and asked Governor Duan to stand up as well, then asked the guards to chop off the corner of the table so they could take a look.
The guard didn't feel anything. The young master asked him to chop it down, so he drew his sword and chopped it down. The corner of the table was chopped off, and there was nothing inside.
Yin Huo was disappointed. Seeing that the table already had a corner missing, he simply said, "Why not just chop off the other three corners as well."
Governor Duan: ...
The guard paused for a moment and felt that his knife was still sharp. It could chop off the head, so it should be no problem to chop off a few more pieces of wood. So he chopped off the three corners of the table in three quick strokes. He knew that his young master had some problems, so he chopped off almost all three corners of the table.
At the corner of the table, Yin Huo squatted down to pick it up and took a look. After confirming that there was really nothing, he sighed, put everything on the table in order, stepped back and said, "Let's go and see how they are."
As a result, when he turned around, he accidentally bumped into the stool behind him, which was also the stool he had sat on before.
He glanced down and simply pointed at the leg of the stool and said, "Chop up the stool too. Maybe there's something inside."
Governor Duan no longer wanted to talk, so he stepped back and gave up his stool. He could chop this one after he had chopped off that one.
Yin Huo really wanted to, but he had to cut his own flesh first before he could speak.
The guard touched his knife, but he was reluctant to use it to chop the thick stool leg. So he picked up the stool, weighed it, turned around and smashed it on the edge of the kang, and the stool broke into pieces. He handed the relatively intact stool leg to the young master and said, "Young master, there is nothing."
Yin Huo was about to nod, but out of the corner of his eye he saw something flash by in the leg of the stool that was handed to him.
He was stunned for a moment before taking it and asked, "Are the legs of the stool hollow?"
Governor Duan laughed and said, "How could it be hollow? Of course it's solid..."
Governor Duan paused here, and his expression turned a little strange.
Yin Huo took a look inside, then smiled and handed it to the guard, saying, "There's something inside, take it out."
The guard took the probe and saw a flash of round light inside. His eyes widened, and he drew his knife to cut off a piece of it.
Several objects vibrated and fell from the stool legs. Yin Huo quickly caught one. It was a pearl as big as a little finger, pink in color, and particularly round.
Governor Duan: ...
After searching the other rooms and returning with some gains, Manbao and his companions happened to see this scene and were also stunned. They took one look at the four table corners that they had chopped neatly and turned and ran away, "Hurry, hurry, go back and chop the table and stools. There might be something hidden inside."
Manbao and Baishan, who had just returned, disappeared again in a few moments.
Governor Duan: ...
Unfortunately, their good luck ended there. To hide something in the leg of a stool requires not only intelligence, but also the right time and place. The leg where the thing was hidden had a problem, so someone could hide something in it. No one knows who it was, or whether they were alive or dead.
Governor Duan said, "He must be dead. Could it be that Master You hid him?"
It’s not really like that. Just look at the cross section of the stool leg and you’ll know it’s not like that.
Liu Huan was jealous of Yin Huo, "You are so lucky."
"This is also strength," Bai Shan said seriously, "After all, who would chop down a stool after being tripped by it?"
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