"What on earth are you thinking about?" Avril carefully looked around and waited until everyone's attention was not paying attention to them before she asked quietly.
"Don't be so sneaky and look like a guilty thief." Wang Xiaohai said in a voice transmission, "If you really want to talk in secret, just send a voice transmission directly."
"Sorry, I forgot. I'm not very proficient in voice transmission." Avril sent a voice message to Wang Xiaohai, "Don't talk nonsense to me, tell me quickly."
"I think City Lord Zhou Lin must be a ruthless and suspicious female mantis. She trusts no one but herself, so she must have hidden the treasure chest door where she can see it." Wang Xiaohai transmitted the message, "It should be inside the City Lord's Mansion, perhaps under her bedroom!"
Avril very much agreed with Wang Xiaohai's insight that the devil Zhou Lin was indeed a ruthless person. She could kill her husband who had been with her for hundreds of years without hesitation. She was more ruthless than plants.
"Then let's just go directly to the City Lord's Mansion now." Avril said.
"Don't worry, wait until night when there are more people around. She's hosting a banquet tonight, so she definitely can't stay in her bedroom or the mansion the entire time. We'll pretend to be guests and sneak into the mansion, then distort the light in her bedroom to hide ourselves." Wang Xiaohai said, "Now, your task is just to finish off the food on the table and wait for the action tonight."
"No problem." Avril started eating the delicious food on the table.
The secret treasure hunt was about to begin in the evening. Although Avril was feeling uneasy, she was still attracted by the delicious dishes cooked by the octopus chef. Her appetite was greatly increased, and she swept away all the food on the table like a whirlwind. Wang Xiaohai was stunned.
"You're quite good at grabbing food." Wang Xiaohai said.
"Oh, sorry, how about I order another one?" Avril put down the empty carved silver plate, with only some food scraps left on it.
"No, I don't need to eat." Wang Xiaohai said, "We need to find two guest rooms to rest and wait for the action tonight."
Avril called the waiter over to settle the bill. It only cost ten magic coins, and she just asked for a double room to rest.
Time slowly passed——
Seven moons rose into the sky at the same time. Lincheng was decorated with lights and candles everywhere. Crowds of people were moving everywhere, heading towards the city center square.
Noise and the sound of rolling wheels could be heard everywhere, and children laughed happily in front of the street acrobatic troupe from time to time. Most of the Shenxing Demon Clan's opera troupe had been invited to Lincheng, and performing demons could be seen everywhere - someone threw five apples into the air, and they turned into five pineapples after landing; there was also someone who spewed flames from his mouth, and unexpectedly the flames turned into human form in front of him, and chatted cordially with passers-by.
"Brother and sister, would you like to buy a lucky windmill?" A thin boy walked up to Wang Xiaohai and Avril and took out a simple four-leaf windmill. "I made it myself. It's made in the shape of a four-leaf clover."
"It's fate, it's luck." Avril smiled, "Little brother, how much is your lucky windmill?"
"One magic coin will do."
"I'll give you a magic crystal and give me the lucky windmill." Avril put a magic crystal in the little boy's hand, and took the clover-shaped windmill from the little boy. She blew at the windmill with her cherry-red lips, and the windmill began to turn quickly.
"That's too much..." The little boy said this, but his hands quickly put the magic crystal into his pocket. One magic crystal is equal to ten thousand magic coins.
"It's not much, take it, bye!" Wang Xiaohai said as he turned and left, moving through the crowd.
The City Lord's Mansion is located in the center of Lin City. There are two huge stone statues of mantises in front of the mansion gate. At this moment, people are entering the mansion gate frequently. Everyone is dressed in gorgeous clothes. They are either rich or powerful.
Wang Xiaohai and Avril took the opportunity to walk into the City Lord's Mansion through the gate.
"Hey, stop!" A demon woman with three white tails walked towards Wang Xiaohai and Avril. "Why do you two look a bit strange to me?"
Avril's heart skipped a beat - had she been seen through?
"Who are you? I feel you're a little strange to me too." Wang Xiaohai asked the three-tailed demon woman calmly and seriously.
"I am the housekeeper of the Lin Mansion, the Blue Spirit Fox." The three-tailed demon woman replied.
"The Demonic Fox Tribe?" Avril said, "It's a rare race. I heard they have the talent for charm and the ability to create illusions."
"You know quite a bit about this. It seems you were born into a prominent family." Lan Linghu's expression softened slightly. "The mansion is busy right now. Non-members of this mansion are not allowed to enter casually."
"I didn't just come in casually. I have something important to report to City Lord Lin," Wang Xiaohai said. "I found traces of her former husband."
"Ah!" said the Blue Fox. "A few hours ago, a mantis guarding the city gate said the same thing, tricking the city lord into going to the gate to check. But there was nothing there, and the guard was killed."
Avril thought to herself, "Oh no! I'm exposed now!"
Wang Xiaohai quickly reached into his sleeve and grabbed the blue fox's arm. His divine power quickly invaded its nerves and controlled the blue fox.
"Take me to where Zhou Lin lives." Wang Xiaohai said, "Otherwise I will kill you, the three-tailed fox. Nod if you agree."
Lan Linghu could only nod. She was wearing a long dress with wide sleeves. Everyone only saw the two of them talking close to each other, but did not see Wang Xiaohai's actions. They thought they were friends or acquaintances.
Lan Linghu was caught by Wang Xiaohai and did not dare to resist, so he had to take the two of them to Zhou Lin's bedroom.
Zhou Lin's bedroom was very large, covering several hundred square meters. In the middle stood a huge round bed covered with embroidered sheets and hollow gold silk curtains. Beside the bed stood a rosewood cabinet with a purple incense burner on top, presumably used for lighting incense before falling asleep. Rows of shelves lined the walls, filled with ancient books and antiques.
"Is this Zhou Lin's bedroom?" Wang Xiaohai let go of Lan Linghu's hand and closed and locked the door.
"Yes, this is the city lord's bedroom." Blue Spirit Fox said, "What do you want to do?"
"Treasure hunt." Wang Xiaohai had nothing to hide. "That's why we can't let you go before we leave. Otherwise, if you tip us off, we'll be in trouble!"
"Treasure hunt, take me with you." Blue Spirit Fox said, "You destroyed the bedroom. If City Lord Lin asks the people around, they will know that I brought you here. Then I will be dead. So I can help, only if you can take me away after you find the treasure."
"No problem." Wang Xiaohai walked back and forth in the bedroom, carefully looking for a mechanism or secret passage, and knocking on the ground with his hands and feet.
Avril walked to the round bed in the middle, pulled back the sheets, and revealed a glittering golden mirror.
"How do you know it's under her bed?" Wang Xiaohai walked to the mirror and looked down.
"Because I understand demon women better than you do." Avril explained.
The blue fox also came closer - the mirror was smooth and bright, and she saw her own image dancing in the mirror.
"There's something strange about this mirror!"
Without Lan Linghu's reminder, Wang Xiaohai and Avril knew something was wrong.
"I think the treasure is hidden in the space inside the mirror." Wang Xiaohai thought thoughtfully. He tried to touch the mirror with his hand, but the mirror disappeared the moment he touched it!
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