Records of Strange People and Strange Events in the Old Mansion

Chapter 156 Stealing

"Sister, they are starting to move, let's go over there quickly."

"Don't worry, your sister Huanhuan is here."

When Dan'er saw Lan Yuliu taking Lu Huan out of the main house and into Zhu Hu's house, he couldn't wait to run to Zhu Huan and wanted to follow them, but was stopped by Zhu Huan.

Zhu Huan thought that Lan Yuliu would still use the half-broken persimmon tree as a trap and go through the cave she fell into to find the treasure hidden by Lan Yu in the old house, but he never expected that he would actually enter Zhu Hu's house.

Zhu Huan had long expected that there was a secret in Zhu Hu's house, but he never expected that the entrance to the treasure house was right in Zhu Hu's house.

In fact, Zhu Huan should have thought of it a long time ago. Why did Zhu Hu's family want to live in the east wing of the front yard of the old house? Unlike Tian Laizi and others, they wanted to live in the main house of the old house. Also, there must be a reason why Lan Yuliu lived in Zhu Hu's house as soon as she arrived. I thought it was because of the relatives of the slanting-eyed husband's family, but now I think this is the main reason.

Lan Yuliu brought Lu Huan into Zhu Hu's house but did not take any action immediately. Instead, she waited for the fake Lu Bo to go around the old house and come back. Then she walked to the kitchen stove of Zhu Hu's house and patted the wall three times rhythmically.

"Squeaky..." The stove in Zhu Hu's house moved to the side, revealing a hole.

Lu Huan ran over excitedly to look around, but was stopped by Lan Yuliu.

Lan Yuliu held Lu Huan with her left hand and made a gesture to the fake Lu Bo with her right hand.

The fake Lu Bo stood at the entrance of the cave and clapped his hands three times in a rhythmic manner. After a while, a middle-aged man wearing a swimsuit like Lan Yuliu came out of the cave. He was about to speak, but when he saw Lu Huan standing next to Lan Yuliu, he closed his mouth again.

"It's okay, family, go ahead." Lan Yuliu said the three words "family" very casually and intimately, just like they were family members.

The man in the swimsuit looked Lu Huan up and down before speaking: "Boss, the water temperature in Taiping Pond is abnormal."

"The water temperature of Taiping Pond is abnormal? What's going on?" Lan Yuliu pulled Lu Huan into the cave.

The man in the swimsuit followed closely behind, reporting to Lan Yuliu as he walked: "Since I led the brothers to station here, the water in Taiping Pond has always been at a constant temperature, but I don't know why? Half an hour ago, the water in Taiping Pond began to cool down and once reached the freezing point. But now it has begun to heat up again, and just now it was close to boiling point."

"Has it reached the freezing point? Now it's approaching the boiling point?" Lan Yuliu quickened her pace and soon came to a window.

Lu Huan followed Lan Yuliu and stood in front of the window, looking out. He saw a pool of clear water reflected in a transparent object, with ripples on the water. He felt like a fish in the water.

"Don't touch it." Lu Huan was curious about the transparent object on the window. It didn't look like glass, but it was very transparent. So she reached out to touch it, but Lan Yuliu stopped her immediately.

According to Lu Huan's knowledge, glass products were not widely used in the Ming Dynasty, and such large window glass was not even affordable in the imperial palace. That is to say, if this cave was built by Lan Yu to hide treasures, the transparent object on the window could not be glass. If it is really glass, then this cave must have been built by later generations, and the glass used was not ordinary glass.

Lan Yuliu stopped Lu Huan from touching the transparent object and pulled Lu Huan behind her. She approached the transparent object and looked out, asking the man in the swimsuit, "How many times have you been out today?"

"According to your request, I go out every half hour. I noticed the water temperature when I went out half an hour ago. When I came back and looked at the monitor, it really changed dramatically." The man in the swimsuit replied.

Lan Yuliu frowned, pondered for a while, and asked Fake Luber: "Are you sure there is nothing unusual in Zhu Shanzi's house and Huang Weasel's house?"

"No, absolutely not." The fake Ruburt answered very confidently.

Lan Yuliu cursed, "How many times have I told you this? There is nothing absolute in this world. Even an old man like you can't be an absolute real person."

"I..." Fake Rubeur looked horrified.

Seeing Lu Huan's big eyes staring at her with a look of deep emotion on his face, Lan Yuliu quickly softened her tone and said to the fake Lu Bo, "I'm sorry, I'm a little excited. The main reason is that the water temperature of Taiping Pond is abnormal, which means there must be something wrong, and it's not an ordinary situation."

"Boss, could it be that someone has started to take action?" the man in the swimsuit asked Lan Yuliu.

Lan Yuliu frowned and scolded the man in the swimsuit: "Stop talking about taking off your pants and farting, and stop doing things like taking off your pants and farting. You are more or less a supporting role, how can your words and actions be even lower than those coolies?"

"Sorry, boss, I was too nervous." The man in the swimsuit bent over and hunched his back, not daring to look up.

Lan Yuliu sternly asked the man in the swimsuit: "Nervous? What are you nervous about? If you are nervous, then quit your job and go home to hug your wife."

"I dare not. I don't have a wife." The man in the swimsuit lowered his head even more.

"Puchi", Lu Huan laughed out loud.

Lan Yuliu asked Lu Huan: "What are you laughing at?"

"I'm laughing at how these grown men can be so cowardly. They are more afraid of you than mice are of a cat." Lu Huan replied with a smile.

Lan Yuliu laughed and said, "Now, cats are afraid of mice. These mice have become very smart."

"A mouse is always a mouse. Even if it becomes a spirit, it can only hide in a hole in the ground, just like a weasel." Lu Huan answered casually. Lan Yuliu was surprised and asked Lu Huan: "Do you know that weasels hide in holes in the ground?"

"Don't weasels hide in burrows except when they come out to steal chickens?" Lu Huan asked Lan Yuliu with a smile. Lan Yuliu breathed a sigh of relief: "I thought you were talking about Kui Monster's father."

"Wasn't that weasel blown to death a long time ago? We should still be on the same front at that time, right?" Lu Huan laughed.

Lan Yuliu asked Lu Huan: "Aren't we on the same front now?"

"No." Lu Huan answered simply.

Lan Yuliu asked: "Why?"

"Because you are all too stupid." Lu Huan answered more bluntly.

The fake Lu Bo coughed and reminded Lu Huan not to talk nonsense. The man in the swimsuit couldn't stand it anymore and came over to ask Lu Huan: "Who are you?"

"Look, look, am I right? You can even ask such a stupid question." Lu Huan curled his lips.

The man in the swimsuit wanted to get angry, but Lan Yuliu said that Lu Huan was a family member, so he didn't dare to act rashly. However, he couldn't hold it back any longer and asked Lu Huan again: "Who are you?" "The child's aunt, you can do your own thing. I'm going upstairs. If I stay any longer, I'll suffocate to death. But I have to advise you that you can't accomplish your big thing." Lu Huan turned and walked towards the cave entrance.

Lan Yuliu grabbed Lu Huan and asked, "Why?"

"Why? Because you are too stupid, and your subordinates are even more stupid." Lu Huan answered Lan Yuliu unhappily.

The man in the swimsuit didn't wait for Lan Yuliu to react. He took a step forward and stood in front of Lu Huan, saying viciously, "You can't leave until you explain yourself clearly tonight!"

"Oh, you don't take the boss seriously at all? Then I'll make it clear to you." Lu Huan said, and he pressed the Shenting and Yamen acupoints of the man in the swimsuit at lightning speed. The man in the swimsuit stood there motionless, unable to speak, only two black eyeballs rolling around in his pair of light bulb eyes.

Lan Yuliu came over to persuade Lu Huan: "Don't bother with them, and don't bother with them. If you feel bored, go upstairs and have a rest."

"Of course I feel depressed. You want to accomplish great things in this state? It would be strange if you don't die, huh!" Lu Huan breathed out through his nostrils and walked straight out of the cave.

The fake Lu Bo caught up with Lu Huan and scolded him loudly: "How can you be like this? Don't think you are great just because you have a little bit of kung fu. People are giving you face."

Lan Yuliu knew that the fake Lu Bo was scolding Lu Huan for her, so she smiled and said to Lu Huan: "Huanhuan, you should come down and help me."

"It's too stuffy and I don't want to come down again. But I have to remind you that the temperature of the water in Taiping Pond is abnormal. Someone has already taken action and they may be about to succeed." Lu Huan shouted into the cave from the entrance.

"Sister, what does Sister Huanhuan mean by this?"

"Urge Lan Yuliu to act quickly, and at the same time inform us that even if Lan Yuliu hasn't made a move yet, we shouldn't rush to act."

"Why doesn't this willow spirit take action yet?"

"You don't completely trust your sister Huanhuan."

"This willow spirit is really smart."

"How else could it be the willow spirit? But don't worry, she will definitely take action immediately after Huanhuan said that."

As soon as Zhu Huan finished speaking, Lan Yuliu called out to Lu Huan anxiously: "Huanhuan, come down quickly, come down quickly."

"I'd rather not come down. I'm so sleepy that my eyelids are drooping." Lu Huan yawned and walked out of Zhu Hu's house.

It was almost midnight at this time. The ground of the old house was quiet, but the underground was very lively. In addition to Lan Yuliu's group, there were also two groups of people led by Weasel and Zhu Shanzi.

Zhu Shanzi is not actually dead, nor can he die. Zhu Huan will not let him die, because if he dies, many secrets of the old house will be unknown. Lan Yuliu will not let him die, because if he dies, the treasure house may not be opened.

Although Lan Yuliu had snatched the so-called treasure house key from Zhu Shanzi, was it really the treasure house key? Only by using it to open the treasure house could we be sure it was. Also, it was still unknown whether Lan Yuliu and her men could use this key accurately? This key was completely different from ordinary keys. Not only had Lan Yuliu never seen it, but the senior masters and pot-holders of Jianliu Sect had never seen it, not to mention the minions and coolies.

The fake Lu Bo seemed very excited when he saw the key, but when Lan Yuliu asked him if he had seen it before and whether he knew how to use it, the fake Lu Bo shook his head faster than a shaking fan, repeatedly saying no, no, dozens of times, which made Lan Yuliu so angry that she kicked him hard several times. Of course, Lu Huan had not appeared at that time.

Now, Lan Yuliu stood in front of the door of the treasure house she had found, holding the key in her hand, but didn't know where to start.

After Lu Huan walked out of the cave, Lan Yuliu untied the acupoints for the man in the swimsuit and ordered him to summon all the staff and guards of the Jianliu Sect.

The head and the assistant of Jianliu Sect had arrived at Lubudao Village several days ago, but they had not shown up. Lan Yuliu arranged for them to stay in the shed of the road construction workers across the creek.

Due to the impact of the typhoon, road construction was suspended. The construction party gave all road construction workers a half-month holiday and took them back to the county town in a special car. Of course, there was another reason for this, which was that Lan Yuliu used some tricks.

Logically, the construction party was Huang Qiukui's people, so it was impossible for them to provide convenience to Lan Yuliu. But money talks, and Lan Yuliu had already planted her own people there, and Huang Qiukui was set up by Zhu Huan, so those fence-sitters naturally sided with Lan Yuliu. Fortunately, Zhu Huan had been careful from the beginning, that is, the sheds of the road construction workers could not be built under the big camphor tree, but had to be on the side of the creek. In addition, the road construction workers were never allowed to approach the old house.

The Jianliumen's masters and supporters entered the old house through a temporary tunnel, which Zhu Huan had already mastered. As for how Zhu Huan mastered it and how he controlled it, I will naturally talk about it in detail later.

When Lan Yuliu led all his officers and soldiers to the door of the treasury, the water temperature of Taiping Pond changed more dramatically. One of the officers believed that this was the best evidence that the treasure house was under Taiping Pond. That is, the cave they discovered must be the basement where Lan Yu hid the treasures, the treasure house in the old house that everyone was thinking about.

The Jianliu Sect has never stopped chasing the treasure house of the old house. Lan Yuliu's grandfather and father both died on the way to chase the treasure house of the old house. No bones were left of their bodies, only a pool of dirty blood. The disciples dug the mud stained with the dirty blood and buried their cenotaphs on the west mountain of Lu Budao Village. Lan Yuliu went to the west mountain from time to time, actually to pay tribute to her grandfather and father.

As the general of Jianliu Sect, Lan Yuliu's grandfather and father only tracked the general direction of the old house's treasure house, but could not determine the exact location. This direction is directly south of the old house, near Taiping Pond.

Lan Yuliu led all the Jianliu Sect's masters and staff to stand in front of the gate she believed was the entrance to the treasure house, and knelt down three times to pay tribute to her grandfather and father. According to the disciples who followed Lan Yuliu's grandfather and father, Lan Yuliu's grandfather and father both died in front of this gate.

Some experts and experts believe that it is impossible for Lan Yu to hide the treasure under Taiping Pond. The reason is that not only is the construction project complicated, but the security measures during storage are even more complicated. Not to mention anti-theft, it is difficult to achieve perfect moisture-proof and anti-corrosion measures alone.

As a well-known tomb-robbing sect, Jianliu Sect has the top experts and advisors in the circle. They all know that whether it is the tomb owner or the treasure collector, moisture and corrosion prevention must be considered first when choosing a cemetery or treasure house. Although Lan Yu was a warrior, he had many advisers, including some of the top masters in the world at that time. It is impossible for him to be so stupid as to choose such a humid place as Taipingtang as a treasure house.

At first, Lan Yuliu also doubted the direction of her grandfather and father's pursuit, but when she learned that her grandfather and father died at the entrance of the cave under Taiping Pond, her doubt turned into conviction, especially when Huang Doujiang inadvertently said, "That treasure house is very big, as big as Taiping Pond", Lan Yuliu was 100% convinced that the treasure house was under Taiping Pond, and the cave in front of her was the entrance to the treasure house. As long as she opened the wooden door in front of her, she could enter the treasure house.

The wooden door in front of me is not big, about the same size as an ordinary bedroom door, and looks very ordinary, except that the paint on it is very bright, so bright that it can be used as a mirror.

Lan Yuliu stood on a red line one meter away from the door, looking at herself reflected in the wooden lacquer door, excited and sad. She was excited because she had finally determined the location of the treasure house, and the treasure hidden by Lan Yu in the old house would soon belong to her. She was sad because her father and grandfather died under her feet, and the red line under her feet was drawn with the blood of her grandfather and father, telling future generations not to cross this red line, otherwise it would be a "death".

Lan Yuliu knelt on the red line again and kowtowed to the wooden door. While kowtowing, she prayed that her grandfather and father would bless her to open the wooden door smoothly and take out all the treasures hidden by Lan Yu inside, fulfilling her grandfather and father's last wishes. Lan Yuliu silently told her grandfather and father that the Liu family already had an heir, a boy and a girl, and they could rest in peace in the grave. If she died this time, she would have no regrets. As long as the Liu family had an heir, there would be no worries that the treasures hidden by Lan Yu in the old house would not belong to the Liu family.

"Who has the key to open the wooden door?" Lan Yuliu stood up and asked three times. No one responded. She got angry and cursed, "I have raised a bunch of good-for-nothings like you in vain. You all think you are so great at ordinary times, but no one dares to rush to the front at the critical moment."

"I'll do it!" A clear female voice sounded, and Lan Yuliu looked back and was surprised. She saw Lu Huan walking towards her with a smile, and when he came in front of her, he stretched out his hand and asked her for the key.

The fake Ruburt ran up and said hastily, "I'll go, I'll go. I'll go."

"Dad, don't fight with me. Although I wasn't married in a formal way, I am Yuyu and Lanlan's mother. It is only natural for me to fulfill the Liu family's long-cherished wish on behalf of their flesh and blood." Lu Huan pulled the fake Lu Bo behind him.

When Lan Yuliu heard Lu Huan say, "Although I didn't marry you formally, I am Yuyu and Lanlan's mother. It is only natural for me to fulfill the Liu family's long-cherished wish on behalf of their bloodline," she burst into tears and choked up as she said to Lu Huan, "Huanhuan, I know you are a good girl, a good girl who acts on impulse, but as long as I am here, I will never let you get hurt, and I will never let Yuyu and Lanlan lose their dear mother."

"Oh, I'm so touched. I'm so touched. Such a relationship between sister-in-law and aunt is probably rare in this world and hard to find in heaven. I have learned a lot today." Following the voice, an old man in white walked over with a folding fan in his hand.