Records of Strange People and Strange Events in the Old Mansion

Chapter 158 Sleepy

Lan Yuliu, her supervisor and her cooking assistant were trapped in a large transparent box hanging high in the center of Taiping Pond, and they were terrified.

Logically, those tomb robbers and tomb-sitters shouldn't be scared, because they are top-level tomb robbers. Indeed, what kind of dangers have they not experienced? They have all been in danger of death, but that was underground, in the dark underground, they can be fearless, calm and composed, they are used to the darkness. Now they are suspended high in the air, illuminated by the rising sun, and below them is the shimmering Taiping Pond. How can they not be scared? It's like a mole hanging on a busy street in broad daylight. There is no need to kill it, it will be scared to death.

As the commander of Jianliu Sect, Lan Yuliu had to remain calm on the surface, even though she was close to collapse in her heart. She knelt down facing the west mountain, clasped her hands together, and murmured to herself: "Grandpa, Dad, if you are in heaven, please bless me and all my disciples to escape danger. Although this is a shame for our Jianliu Sect, I am doing this for the glory of Jianliu Sect, to avenge you, and to fulfill your long-cherished wish."

"Yuliu, Yuliu, are you okay?" Zhu Shanzi's voice came from the old house.

Lan Yuliu stood up slowly. She no longer dared to be reckless, for fear that if she exerted force, the big box that trapped her and her men would fall into Taiping Pond or explode directly.

Seeing Lan Yuliu stand up and walk lightly to the side facing the old house, Zhu Shanzi raised his folding fan and waved it towards her, shouting, "Yuliu, can you hear me from inside?"

Lan Yuliu nodded. Although she hated Zhu Shanzi to the core in her heart at this moment, she had no choice but to cater to him on the surface, because now he was the only lifeline for her and her Jianliu Sect, and only he might be able to save her and her men.

"Yuliu, don't be anxious, stay calm, I will find a way to save you." Zhu Shanzi had changed into another set of clothes, but it was still all white, which was a little dazzling in the morning sun.

Lan Yuliu nodded, but the fake Lu Bo started to curse: "Zhu Shanzi, it was all your trick. Why are you pretending to be merciful now?"

"Old man, was it me who set the trap? Was it you who set the trap?" Zhu Shanzi retorted. He didn't know that this Lu Bo was a fake. So, the two of them stood on the steps at the door of the old house and on the transparent wall of the big box and started to curse at each other.

"Is there anyone who sets a trap for himself? Zhu Shanzi, let me ask you, how did you appear in the cave at that time? And how did you escape?"

"The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. You must have known that. I have been watching you all the time. I naturally followed you into the cave. As for how I escaped, I can't tell you, old man."

"Zhu Shanzi, you are so sinister and cunning. It's fine that you set a trap for me, but you also set a trap for my boss. You are simply not a human being. My boss loves you wholeheartedly and gives you everything, but you still scheme against her. You are worse than a pig or a dog. If you give a pig or a dog a little food, it will wag its tail at you and won't bite you anymore."

"Old man, when did Yu Liu become your boss? Did she sleep with you?"

"Zhu Shanzi, don't think that every man is as dirty as you, like a male dog who wants to have sex with a female dog in heat. My boss would never sleep with a man casually. If she does, she has a purpose. Otherwise, wouldn't she become a female dog in heat?"

"Old man, aren't you just finding new ways to scold Yu Liu? Yu Liu, he must be the one who set you up behind the scenes."

"Zhu Shanzi, don't slander me. Don't be so ungrateful. My boss won't let you be the one who tricked me. It's obviously you who set the trap. Otherwise, why are you running away?"

"Why should I run away? Your daughter ran faster than me. If it wasn't a trap set by you, how could she escape in advance? How could she escape?"

"Zhu Shanzi, my daughter is my boss's brother's wife. My boss let her out of the cave early to protect her. You want to frame her and sow discord between them. No way."

"Old man, as the great uncle of the Eight Badger Immortals, do you have to cling to Yu Liu? You must have bad intentions and want to kill Yu Liu."

"Zhu Shanzi, people die for money and birds die for food. Don't judge others by your own standards. If I want to kill my boss, I can do it anytime and anywhere. There's no need to go through so much trouble."

"Old man, you want to catch them all in one fell swoop and make the Jianliu Sect completely clear."

"Zhu Shanzi, you flatter me too much. Jianliu Sect and I have no grudges in the past or today. Is it worth it to take such a big risk to do such a thing? But you are determined to take the treasure hidden in the old house by Lan Yu for yourself. You schemed step by step to plot against my boss and Jianliu Sect."

"Old man, you are flattering me, aren't you? When it comes to traps and ambushes, am I as good as you? You only need an axe to fix the world, making buildings and furniture immortal for a thousand years or less than a hundred years."

"That's right, Zhu Shanzi, you're smart. I can use tenons and mortise and tenon joints without nails, rivets or glue. All I need is an axe to make buildings stand for thousands of years and furniture look as good as new for a hundred years."

"So this is your trick, old man. You are confessing yourself. Yu Liu, why don't you take him down?"

"Hahaha, Zhu Shanzi, if you want to kill someone with a borrowed knife, just say so. In addition to wanting the treasures hidden by Lan Yu in the old house, do you also want to get the real "Lu Ban Book" in my hand?"

"Old man, after you die, the Lu Ban Book will naturally belong to me, and all the books in the study in the main house of the old house will belong to me, so you'd better die early. Yu Liu, capture him, and I will tell you the real location of the treasure house."

"Zhu Shanzi, if you knew the real location of the treasure house, would you still be nagging here? Are you so kind as to tell my boss?"

"Old man, what do you know? The key to the treasure house is here with Yu Liu. If I don't tell her, who will I tell?"

"Zhu Shanzi, based on your character, oh, you are not a human being, based on you, a beast worse than pigs and dogs, if you really knew where the treasure house was, would you tell my boss the exact location of the treasure house just because of the key? You would definitely kill my boss first, and then easily take the key from her to open the treasure house."

"Old man, you may have Alzheimer's disease. You can't even speak clearly and your words don't make sense. Yu Liu and I have had a love affair. We were close friends. We were an old man and a young wife..."

"Shut up!" Lan Yuliu's loud shout frightened the fake Lu Bo so much that he quickly stepped aside and dared not speak again. Zhu Shanzi seemed very excited, thinking that Lan Yuliu was scolding the fake Lu Bo and asked him to shut up. She placed high hopes on him, not only hoping that he could help her escape from the big box and get out of danger; she also hoped that he could tell her the exact location of the treasure house and get all the treasures hidden by Lan Yu in the old house. So, Zhu Shanzi narrowed his inverted triangle eyes, smiled lewdly and said, "Yuliu, one night of marriage means a hundred nights of love. We have had sex and enjoyed the pleasure of love. You should stop being reserved. The most important thing right now is to find a way to escape from danger, and then find a way to find the treasure house. Don't you agree?"

"Yes." Lan Yuliu answered very straightforwardly. She was not angry at all because Zhu Shanzi talked about sex and harassed her in front of her men. Zhu Shanzi became even more reckless, thinking that Lan Yuliu was completely timid and completely submissive to him. He laughed and said, "Yuliu, that's right. How about this? You return the key you took from me first, and then I will find a way to rescue you."

"No problem, but how do I return the key to you?" Lan Yuliu asked Zhu Shanzi without even a frown.

Zhu Shanzi was very proud. He raised the folding fan above his head again and said, "Just throw the key out as hard as you can. I can catch it."

"Oh, is that so?" Lan Yuliu imitated Zhu Shanzi's way of holding up the folding fan, raised her right hand and swung it hard. An arc drew across the top of the big box, and Zhu Shanzi's folding fan flew out at the same time, flying towards the sky above the big box.

"Lan Yuliu, are you kidding me?" Zhu Shanzi took back his folding fan and saw that it was empty. He was angry and wanted to press a small box in his other hand, but when he looked up, the big box was also empty. Lan Yuliu and her men, including the fake Lu Bo, had disappeared. Only the ripples on the Taiping Pond had not yet closed, as if a group of smiling faces were mocking Zhu Shanzi's self-righteousness.

"Mr. Zhu, jump down and chase them quickly. The willow spirit must have gone to open the treasure house." A familiar voice sounded in Zhu Shanzi's ears. Zhu Shanzi's body shook, and he jumped up and jumped into Taiping Pond without hesitation.

"Sister, will Zhu Shanzi drown? Didn't he say before that he couldn't swim?"

"How is that possible? You should listen to his words the other way around. But he will react soon. We have to hurry and meet up with your mom and dad."

"Sister, which father and which mother do I have?"

"Of course it's your biological parents."

"Sister, am I not the wild child that my father saved from the wolf's mouth?"

"Then whoever you think is your biological father is your biological father, and whoever you think is your biological mother is your biological mother."

"Sister, you are telling me a tongue twister, hehe."

"Shaopin, watch your step."

Since Lan Yuliu was trapped in the big box and rose from underground to the sky above Taipingtang, Zhu Hu had been lying on the "Dragon's Kiss" on the ridge of the old house owner with Dan'er to observe. Zhu Shanzi and the fake Lu Bo were swearing at each other, and Dan'er laughed out loud several times. If Zhu Hu hadn't pinched his waist in time, he would have been discovered by Zhu Shanzi. Of course, Zhu Shanzi was too proud now, thinking that everything was under his control, and only paid attention to Lan Yuliu, his opponent.

Zhu Huan brought Dan'er down from the main ridge of the main house and sneaked into Zhu Hu's house again.

Last night, after Lan Yuliu moved the stove from Zhu Hu's house and entered the cave, Zhu Huan immediately took Dan'er into another cave. This cave was the real underground warehouse of the old house. The cave that Lan Yuliu entered was dug by Zhu Shanzi to lure Lan Yuliu and the weasel.

When the old house was built, it was normal to have an underground warehouse, similar to the current underground garage, used to store various materials.

The old house has many types of underground facilities. In addition to various warehouses, there are also various underground pipelines and various underground bunkers and tunnels for disaster avoidance and escape.

If Zhu Hu had not checked the complete structural diagram of the old house, he would never have known that there were such secrets underground in the old house where he had lived for more than 20 years. He was surprised and marveled at the ingenuity of the ancient craftsmen.

The underground facilities of the old house can be roughly divided into three layers according to the soil quality. The first layer is various sewage and flood discharge facilities, the second layer is various cellars and warehouses, and the third layer is bunkers and secret passages.

The first and second floors are basically clear, especially the first floor, which has standard diagrams carved in the main house and the halls of each household to remind the owner of the main house and each household to dredge in time and prevent damage and blockage when digging the ground. As for the second floor, it was completely sealed in special times, and only the elderly could count, similar to Zhu Shanzi, Weasel, Tian Laizi, etc.

The bunkers and secret passages on the third floor were never revealed by the owner of the main house, and were kept secret. Later, even the owner of the main house only knew some of the bunkers and secret passages under the main house, and basically didn't know the others because they were all passed down by word of mouth.

Zhu Shanzi firmly believed that Lan Yu had hidden treasures in the old house. After decades of research, he determined that the treasure house where Lan Yu hid the treasures was under Taiping Pond, but he didn't know the exact location. He thought Lan Yuliu knew it, so he and her dug a cave leading to the bottom of Taiping Pond in Zhu Hu's house. Coincidentally, they really dug an entrance to the bottom of Taiping Pond, which was the small wooden door.

As a well-known tomb-robbing sect, Jianliu Sect has always been chasing the treasure hidden by Lan Yu in the old house, generation after generation. Although the results of each generation are different, there is one thing that is very consistent, that is, the treasure house where Lan Yu hid the treasure should be located in the south of the old house, near or under Taiping Pond, which coincides with Zhu Shanzi's speculation. In addition, Lan Yuliu's grandfather and father died in front of the small door dug by Lan Yuliu and Zhu Shanzi, and they are more convinced that the treasure house is under Taiping Pond. The only thing is that they are not sure how big the area of ​​the treasure house is? Is it flat under Taiping Pond or dug vertically?
Lan Yuliu was still unable to confirm the key to the small door she stole from Zhu Shanzi until Huang Doujiang inadvertently said that the treasury was as big as Taiping Pond. Only then did Lan Yuliu determine that the treasury was built flat under Taiping Pond.

After confirming that the treasury was built in a flat pattern, Lan Yuliu called together her subordinates and decided to implement the first treasure-stealing plan. In order to ensure that everything was foolproof, Lan Yuliu formulated two treasure-stealing plans, one in a flat pattern and the other in a vertical pattern. The vertical pattern was more difficult to implement and had a low chance of success, so she did not dare to act without authorization before confirming whether the treasury was built in a flat pattern or a vertical pattern.

After getting the key from Zhu Shanzi and the treasure from Huang Doujiang, Lan Yuliu thought she had won, so she left Zhu Shanzi and Huang Qiukui alone. However, she believed that Zhu Shanzi and Huang Qiukui would not give up and would definitely come to fight for it, so she was not surprised by the appearance of Zhu Shanzi and Huang Qiukui. What was strange was how they could easily appear in front of her? Besides her, there were so many experts and pot-holders, how could Zhu Shanzi and Huang Qiukui, Huang Doujiang and Huang Qiukui easily appear?
In fact, this is what is called the confusion of the parties involved. Lan Yuliu thought that with the key and the clear plan of the treasury, victory was in sight, and she became a little carried away. In fact, her experts and supporters were either bribed by Zhu Shanzi or Huang Qiukui. Zhu Shanzi and Huang Qiukui also knew Lan Yuliu's every move very well.

Lan Yuliu wanted to cooperate with Zhu Shanzi at first, but Zhu Shanzi's demands were too high, and she felt disgusted and even disgusted. Zhu Shanzi not only asked for 70% of the treasures in the treasury, but also asked Lan Yuliu to be his mistress forever.

Why did Zhu Shanzi dare to make such a request? Lan Yuliu knew that he was not only familiar with the old house, but also held the key to the treasure house. Of course, could this key really open the treasure house? Lan Yuliu was not sure, but Zhu Shanzi showed it to her once when he made a request after drinking.

Lan Yuliu seduced Zhu Shanzi with her sex appeal in order to get the treasure, but she only stayed at the stage of touching hands and kissing face, and was determined not to let Zhu Shanzi take any substantial action. Zhu Shanzi showed Lan Yuliu the key to the treasure house, how could she not be tempted? She must take it for herself and take the initiative in her own hands, but Zhu Shanzi, the old pervert, hid the key in his crotch and tied it there. It was extremely difficult for Lan Yuliu to get it, unless she killed Zhu Shanzi and took the key directly from him.

But Zhu Shanzi must not die. Even if Lan Yuliu got the key, Zhu Shanzi still couldn't die, because how to use the key? Are there other keys? What other traps are there after opening the treasure house? Zhu Shanzi must have much more knowledge than Lan Yuliu, so Lan Yuliu must keep him alive.

In this case, there are only two possibilities for Lan Yuliu to get the key: one possibility is that Lan Yuliu sacrifices herself and steals the key while they are making love. This method is simple, quick, and will definitely succeed. The other possibility is that he steals the key when Zhu Shanzi goes to the toilet or takes a bath, but the possibility is very small because Zhu Shanzi will not take off the key even when going to the toilet or taking a bath.