Ding Weixiang was startled, finally realizing that he had said too much today. He fell to his knees with a thud and said anxiously, "I am willing to die for my master, how could I be afraid of death? I just feel sorry for my master, what if that person is useless..."
Zhongli's lips curled up, a bit ironically. "Then consider it a good deed every day. If the Buddha knows, he might even record it as a merit for me."
Ding Weixiang knew that it was useless to say more, so he could only look at the Buddhist beads.
"yes."
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At this time, in the side room in the backyard of Wangchen Tower, Xiao Nanhui was lighting an oil lamp. This room had not been occupied for a long time, and there was a musty smell everywhere. Even the wick soaked in the lamp oil was a little rotten, and it took a long time to pick it out.
It was completely dark outside the window, and faint sounds of stringed instruments and noise could be heard coming from the direction of the front yard.
Shrike rummaged through his luggage and pulled out a bamboo tube, then carefully took out a drawing from it and spread it on the table.
"It got wet when I was on the river just now. I don't know if it can still be used."
Xiao Nanhui didn't say anything. She picked up the oil lamp and carefully brought it over. The bean-sized flame illuminated a small area of sky and earth.
It seemed to be a floor plan of a house. In the middle of the main house was a faded red seal, which vaguely resembled the ancient Chinese character "阜". Because the river water had seeped into the bamboo tube, the lower left third of the picture was stained with water stains, and the ink had spread, making it impossible to see the original structure.
She frowned.
She had gone to great lengths to borrow this from Yao Yi, just in case her plans changed and she needed to sneak into the Zou Mansion. Now that Zou Sifang was staying indoors, she had this trick up her sleeve.
The Zou family mansion is a famous ancient house in Huozhou. Not only is the location the best, but the house and courtyard are also extremely exquisite. However, the land price is very expensive. Before the Zou family moved in, the house had been empty for at least thirty or forty years.
If you don’t have a blueprint to help you enter an old house like this, you will inevitably get lost.
Shrike tilted his head to look at it, then pointed at the ink stain in the lower left corner. "What a shame! What a shame! I remembered there was a secret passage here when I looked at it before, but now it's been blurred by water."
Xiao Nanhui thought about it and decided it wasn't that bad. "Even if the secret passage is still there, it's useless to us if we don't know where it leads." He paused and pointed to several large courtyards in the center of the map. "Zou Sifang definitely didn't buy such a large house to live in a remote corner. If we focus on exploring these courtyards, we'll have a pretty good idea of where it is."
Shrike was picking peanuts from the dried fruit plate that had been sitting on the table for who knows how many years. "Breaking into someone's house so soon? I'm so excited."
Although she was also tempted, but due to Xiao Zhun's daily teachings, she was a little vague about the matter of trespassing. She said, "We are just going in to take a look. Don't say such harsh words."
Shrike curled his lips: "Is what I said harsh? If you really found the jade seal, wouldn't you have to steal it..."
Xiao Nanhui covered her mouth with his hand: "Be quiet, be careful, there are ears on the other side of the wall."
Shrike slapped her paw and said, "I don't believe it. Is this really a secret? I'd say half of the visitors to Murhe City these days are here for this thing."
"The more this is the case, the more careful we must be."
She looked at it carefully again before putting the drawing away. She turned around and rummaged through her luggage for a while before she belatedly remembered something.
"Shrike, is there anywhere in Murhe that sells night clothes?"
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