172 Package【Update 1】
◎ Steal◎
There were about a dozen letters between Mr. Li and that man, all of which were about bribery, slander, framing, and accusations.
They spent more than half a year planning this scheme together, gradually luring Fu Cong into the carefully laid trap. From the content of the letter, it can be roughly judged that Fu Cong is an honest, diligent and overly fact-seeking person.
In the complex and tempting world of fame and fortune, Fu Cong seems to be somewhat out of place. The people above him think he is inflexible and too rigid, while the people below him covet his status and spy on everything he has. They wish to trample him into hell and smash him to pieces.
Opening Mr. Li's diary, most of the contents are curses against Fu Cong. He hates this person who is always better than him, hates that he easily gets everything that he doesn't have, hates his originally superior family background, and hates that he has a happy and beautiful life.
Qi Qiuxue quickly glanced through the previous content and then flipped through the next page. In some of the diary entries, Mr. Li had mentioned the pipe many times.
Unlike the lie he told that day, the pipe was actually a promotion gift Fu Cong gave to himself. It was an expensive brand, made of the most fashionable materials at the time, with exquisite craftsmanship and lifelike carvings. It felt very stylish to hold in the hand.
That was the pipe that Mr. Li loved very much and had been thinking about for a long time, but he could not bear to buy it no matter what.
It was also the last straw that broke the camel's back. From then on, hatred, inferiority, and resentment quickly took root in Mr. Li's heart and gradually grew into a towering tree.
Only when Fu Cong dies can this big tree be completely uprooted.
Later, things went smoothly. Fu Cong was successfully imprisoned, sentenced, and executed. Master Li successfully replaced him and enjoyed the admiration and respect of everyone on Fu Cong's behalf. He didn't want to be a stubborn and upright person like Fu Cong, who was crazy about making money and acting arbitrarily. He wanted to use the power in his hands to the extreme and live a happy life that even Fu Cong could not experience.
Not only that, he also attended the auction specially and bought all the rare treasures that Fu Cong once owned, including the old pipe that was full of signs of use and had no collection value.
He alone knew what that pipe meant—
It means that he defeated his enemy, leaving him powerless to fight back and burying him in the ground forever.
“…”
"Let's go." Qi Qiuxue stood up slowly. According to the diary, she was now completely sure that Mr. Li's treasure was the pipe.
The three used the key to open the compartment door, and according to their memory, they successfully reached the location of the pipe and took the treasure. This time the mission went exceptionally smoothly. When the three obtained the pipe, the system prompt sounded soon -
[Congratulations to the player for obtaining the treasure: Li Ruhai's pipe, and completing quest x1.]
[There are still three treasures that have not been found yet. There are five days left. Please continue to work hard and complete the task as soon as possible.]
After leaving the compartment, the fog outside the window became thicker. Just like that night, the area where the study was located was about to be swallowed up.
The three of them left before the thick fog completely closed in. When Qi Qiuxue tried to enter the fog, the system prompt sounded again: [There are no more clues to collect here. Players do not need to set foot here again.]
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On the way back, Li Yiqing suddenly heard the faint sound of digging.
"Axue, wait a minute, there's a sound." She frowned, stopped suddenly and listened more attentively. Through the fog around her, she roughly determined the direction from which the sound came.
From the third courtyard.
Besides her, the main NPC, there was another person living there—
Miss Li San, Li Zhinuo.
"Could it be the Third Young Miss?" The fog around them was so thick that they wouldn't be able to see anything clearly unless they got closer. Liu Ge looked at Qi Qiuxue beside her and softly suggested, "Shall we go and take a look?"
"Okay." Qi Qiuxue nodded, and the three of them immediately changed their direction and walked together deeper into the house.
At this moment, there was no one in front of the third courtyard.
The three of them didn't know what the situation was like inside, so they didn't rush in. Instead, they quickly found shelter and looked inside through the fog. They saw a man squatting under a tree in the dark courtyard, digging the soil around the tree very hard.
She seemed to have been squatting there for quite some time, and the excavated soil had piled up into a small hill at her feet. But even so, she was still not satisfied and continued to dig hard.
Until it was very deep and deeper, the man slowly bent down and roughly measured the depth of the hole with his arm. When he was satisfied, he stopped digging, put a large bag of things into the hole, and then began to fill it with soil vigorously.
After filling it, she did not forget to check the ground repeatedly with her palms. Only after confirming that there was no residual mud and sand on the ground did she finally stand up, pick up the blind stick beside her and stumble back to the room.
It was definitely Miss Li San. Qi Qiuxue had originally doubted whether her blindness was real or not, but now it seemed that it was most likely true.
What on earth was the reason that made her stay up late at night and sneak here to dig the soil away from everyone?
"She wouldn't have killed a lot of animals like Li Yichuan, right?" Liu Ge's expression was solemn.
"I'm not sure yet." Qi Qiuxue looked up at the room where Li Zhinuo was. After becoming blind, Li Zhinuo completely lost her sight. There was no difference between day and night for her. Even if it was late at night and the room was pitch black, she didn't need to deliberately light a lamp.
They couldn't tell whether Li Zhinuo had fallen asleep at the moment, and they didn't have any useful props in their hands, so all they could do was wait.
Ten minutes, twenty minutes, half an hour, an hour passed, and suddenly there was a faint sound of the bed shaking in the room. It sounded like someone had gotten into the bed and finally lay down in his clothes.
"We'll be moving in half an hour." Qi Qiuxue estimated the time in her mind and briefly assigned tasks. "Ah Qing, you'll be on guard. If anything unusual happens inside the house, we'll stop. Ah Liu, you and I will be in charge of digging the soil together to see what Li Zhinuo buried."
"Okay." The two nodded in agreement.
Soon, the time came.
Li Zhinuo seemed to be fast asleep. The room was completely quiet, without any other sounds. So the three of them quickly walked into the yard and came to the tree.
This time they did not bring any special tools with them and could only use their own weapons to dig. Fortunately, the soil they had just dug was still loose. After a little effort, the two of them finally dug out the package that Li Zhinuo had put in earlier.
The surface of the package felt dry, without any sticky blood or foul smell. With the dim moonlight above her head, Qi Qiuxue quickly opened the package.
What appeared inside were actually some scattered treasures, including jewelry, jade pendants, folding fans, calligraphy and paintings. Although they were not as precious as the treasures that Master Li collected in the compartment, they were also worth a lot of money.
even--
"This seems to be something that belongs to Mrs. Han." Qi Qiuxue picked up a jade necklace and examined it carefully. No matter the texture, carving or craftsmanship, it was definitely Mrs. Han's. There was no mistake. She had seen this necklace worn on Mrs. Han's neck earlier, and in the blink of an eye it appeared here.
"It's unlikely that Madam Han gave it to her." Liu Ge recalled the previous scene. Madam Han treasured the necklace very much and it would be unlikely for her to give it away easily. Moreover, if it was a gift, why would Li Zhinuo go to such great lengths to deliberately hide it? "Could it be that she stole it?"
"As the third daughter of the Li family, she must have plenty of gold, silver, and treasures. Why would she steal?"
【Author’s words】
Here it comes, please check the first update, there will be a second update later ~ around 12 o'clock
And there are little red envelopes in the comment section of the next chapter. Thanks to Xiaoyu for the deep water x2, thanks to Mancao for the deep water x1, and thanks to all the treasures for the king votes and nutrient solution. Thank you for leaving comments and reading. I kiss you! ! !
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