The snow fell in heavy snow at noon, and by the afternoon, the city was already completely white. The people in Lin'an City were cursing the terrible weather this year. Lin'an City had never experienced such an unbearable winter, and the twelfth lunar month was not

Today, there have been two consecutive heavy snowfalls, and the weather is extremely cold, which is unbearable. All the last livelihoods before the year have been disrupted, and it is simply unbearable.

At this time, if someone on the street praised something like "Auspicious snow heralds a good harvest", they would probably be scolded and beaten up by the angry people.

In the afternoon, Qin Fu, the steward of the Qin Mansion, braved the heavy snow and entered the Getian Pavilion in the backyard. If we say that in the Qin Mansion, Qin Fu's status is not low. In the Qin Mansion, even the descendants of the Qin family, their wives and concubines,

Not everyone is allowed to enter Getian Pavilion. However, Qin Fu is one of the few people who can enter Getian Pavilion alone. Although he is a servant of the Qin Mansion, Qin Fu's identity is even

Above the Qin family's children, grandchildren and nephews.

Before, Qin Lu was the person with full authority to look after Getian Pavilion, and was also Qin Hui's most trusted manager. Qin Fu and Qin Lu had similar identities, and they both had a very close relationship with Qin Hui for ten or twenty years. After Qin Lu's death,

Qin Fu took over the task of taking care of Getian Pavilion as a matter of course. This actually means that Qin Fu has completely become Qin Hui's most trusted person, which is an honor.

However, although it is an honor, there is also a price to be paid. For example, it is impossible for outsiders to come and go in a place like Getian Pavilion. Therefore, almost everything here can only be done by Qin Fu himself.

Qin Fu has to do everything from the internal bookkeeping and sorting to the small things like sweeping the floor and cleaning the dust. Moreover, once something is lost inside, it will be a burden that Qin Fu cannot bear. Most of the things in there,

It's something that Qin Fu can't even live up to. Without any of them, Qin Fu will probably die.

Qin Fu entered Getian Pavilion today because the Prime Minister said last night that there seemed to be mice and night cats making noise in the mezzanine on the top floor of the second floor, and a lot of dust fell down. This is of course the scope of Qin Fu's responsibilities, and he must go and see it.

Look. If a mouse comes down and bites a painting or something else valuable, you won't be able to eat it and carry it around. Besides, it's snowing heavily. In order to prevent the heavy snow from rolling into the mezzanine, you need to check the ventilation.

Check whether snow is being poured into the vent. At least check the linen curtains at the vents.

Panting, Qin Fu climbed up the herringbone wooden ladder, opened the cover and stuck his head into the mezzanine under the roof. He had been up to this mezzanine several times, always checking whether the wooden pillars, tenons and rafters were loose, and whether the roof was leaking.

It was rainy. So he was familiar with the road. He turned his head at the entrance of the cave and looked at the entire mezzanine space 360 ​​degrees. Although the light was dim, he could still see everything at a glance. There were no mice scurrying around above.

The scene of the night cat and the night cat running away in fright made Qin Fu breathe a sigh of relief. Even if there were night cats and mice, they might only visit occasionally and should not be enough to cause a problem.

However, just when Qin Fu was about to climb up the compartment, he suddenly discovered something unusual. At the angle of the mezzanine wooden floor where he was looking at, he could clearly see an obvious mark. Because the mezzanine

There will be some dust on weekdays. Although Qin Fu cleans it regularly, this kind of place will be covered with a layer of dust if it is not cleaned for a few days. From Qin Fu's perspective, the long trace is very obvious

.Because on both sides of the trace, dust covers the floor, creating a sharp contrast.

Qin Fu's brain exploded with a buzz, and he almost fell off the ladder. He knew that this might mean that something big had happened. There would be such a trace in a place where no one came, and that was extremely unusual.

Suspicious. With the last glimmer of hope, Qin Fu climbed up to the mezzanine, bent down, and held up a lantern to carefully examine the trace. He hoped that it was really a trace of a cat and mouse crawling, that

Maybe it wouldn't be that bad. But he was disappointed. The marks on the floor were wide and obvious, and it was obvious that someone was kneeling and crawling. There was a short pillar that was exposed from the ground and supported on the roof beam.

On it, he also clearly found a dusty fingerprint.

Qin Fu knew that someone had come into Getian Pavilion. And according to the traces, it was not long ago, maybe only a day or two. Of course, when he followed the traces to the bottom of the roof and approached the vent on the east terrace side, this judgment became clearer.

There is no doubt that it was completely confirmed. Because he saw that the small linen curtain used to cover the vent was broken. Originally, in order to achieve the purpose of ventilation while preventing mice or wild cats and birds from getting in, Qin Fu used ventilation

Two layers of sacks were nailed to the mouth. Now it was obviously destroyed by someone using brute force. It couldn't have been bitten by a wild cat or a mouse, because it was completely torn and stretched. Someone forced it through the hole.

It got in, so it looked like it was complete, but was completely cracked and deformed in the middle.

Qin Fu was completely stunned. He knew what this meant. It meant that someone actually broke into the heavily guarded Getian Pavilion and came and went freely without anyone noticing. Needless to say, Getian Pavilion was stolen.

I'm done for. I'm afraid I'll be beaten to death by the Prime Minister after making such a big mistake.

Qin Fu murmured curses and returned to the house. When he went down the ladder, his hands and feet became weak and he fell down in mid-air. He sat down on his butt and whispered loudly. The pain made him scream loudly. Fortunately, his body bones were still strong, and his tail bone was strong.

After a while of pain, there was no other discomfort. The pain also made Qin Fu wake up. He decided to immediately count the things inside. Although this was an extremely labor-intensive task, he had to know what was missing. He

There was no way to escape. He had to find out what he had lost before reporting it to Prime Minister Qin.

For a whole afternoon, Qin Fu was alone in Getian Pavilion, holding a booklet and taking stock of the real objects. From upstairs to downstairs, thousands of treasures were searched and compared one by one. By the evening, he was almost dead from exhaustion.

Qin Fu stood confused in the lobby on the first floor of Getian Pavilion, not knowing whether to be happy or crying. Because he found that there were a lot of things on the booklet and nothing in the room was lost. In other words, someone had entered Getian.

But he didn't get anything. That also means that all his hard work seems to be in vain. He may have made a mistake and needs to do it again to confirm.

Qin Fu cursed and checked again. When it was time for the first update, Qin Fu finally completed the check again. Nothing was missing. This result made Qin Fu feel a stone fall. So this matter

Do you want to report it to Prime Minister Qin? Qin Fu's answer is, of course. There is no shortage of things, and he will be scolded a few times at most. The responsibility lies with the peripheral guards. These guys must be not cautious enough on weekdays, giving people opportunities.

It is even possible that one of them did such a thing, but failed. If this matter is not reported, they will definitely try again in the future, or they are still not careful enough to guard the treasures in Getian Pavilion in the future.

There is also a possibility of it being stolen.

After Qin Fu made up his mind, he immediately left Getian Pavilion. The guards outside were also puzzled. Manager Qin went in in the afternoon and came out at the first watch. He didn't know what he was doing inside with the door closed, so he stepped forward and joked. .

"Did Mr. Qin sleep with the baby inside?"

Qin Fu shouted coldly: "Why are you smiling so playfully? Listen to me. From now on, the guards of Getian Pavilion must patrol and patrol around Getian Pavilion. They are not allowed to stand still."

The guards were stunned and said: "Manager Qin, are you crazy? It's such a cold day and there's such heavy snow, and you ask us to circle around this big little building? Is this necessary?"

"You have to do this all the time. Otherwise, I will punish you for disobedience." Qin Fu dropped a sentence fiercely and stepped on the ground.

The knee-deep snow on the ground quickly left.

"What the fuck are you doing to your grandma? You are showing off your authority here." The guards yelled from behind.

Qin Hui had already gone to bed to rest. In such a cold weather, Qin Hui, who had paid great attention to health in recent years, was not willing to stay up. Qin Hui, who was feeling sleepy and dozing off against the bed, was awakened by Qin Fu's voice.

"Prime Minister, Prime Minister! Are you asleep?" Qin Fu's voice trembled like the cry of a little sheep about to be slaughtered.

"Um...is there anything important? Come and report at this time? Why don't you see you at night? Where are you fooling around?" Qin Hui asked.

Qin Fu said through the curtain: "Prime Minister, I have something to report to you. It's important, but it's not too important. But it's not important...and it's very important."

"There's so much nonsense. If you have something to say, say it quickly. If you have a fart, hurry up! I have to go to the palace to enjoy the snow with the emperor tomorrow morning, but I don't have time to talk to you." Qin Hui scolded.

Qin Fu hurriedly agreed. After thinking for a moment, he summoned up the courage to say: "Master Xiang... someone has gone in the pavilion in the back garden."

"What?" Qin Hui sat up suddenly and shouted loudly.

"Prime Minister, don't worry. I checked twice and found nothing missing. There are a lot of things inside. But someone did come in from the vent above, and there were crawling marks on the mezzanine. I dare not leave it alone. Report this matter, so..."

Before Qin Fu finished speaking, Qin Hui, who was wearing a satin nightgown, had already opened the curtain and stood in front of him, with a fierce face and fierce and cold eyes.

"Master Xiang!" Qin Fu was frightened.

"Quick, take me to have a look!" Qin Hui shouted sternly.

Soon after, a large group of people surrounded Qin Hui through the corridor and headed straight for the back garden. Outside Getian Pavilion, a dozen guards were gathering together to warm themselves in the small room next to them. When they heard that the Prime Minister was coming, they immediately ran away. Out, at a loss.

"Open the door!" Qin Hui shouted coldly.

Qin Fu quickly opened the three big locks on the iron door. Qin Hui snatched the lantern from Qin Fu's hand and shouted coldly: "You all stand outside, I go in and take a look. No one is allowed in."

Everyone hurriedly nodded in agreement, and Qin Hui walked quickly to the stairs alone with a lantern and went straight to the second floor. The guards didn't know what happened and hurriedly asked Qin Fu. Qin Fu sneered: "You want to be comfortable, so I asked you to patrol. My words fell on deaf ears. We are all waiting to be punished. There are thieves in Getian Pavilion, maybe you are the ones keeping watch. In short, everyone will be unlucky."

Everyone was stunned and speechless. They didn't know what to say for a while. After a while, they started asking questions. Qin Fu didn't say a word, focusing only on Qin Hui. The prime minister took this matter so seriously, it seemed that for a while I still have to take inventory in front of him. I haven't even eaten dinner. It's so cold right now. I'm afraid I'll have to stay up until the third night tonight. That's all. The Prime Minister will definitely blame me for my poor management, and I'll definitely suffer. Suddenly he cursed.

Not long after Qin Hui went upstairs, there was a loud bang on the stairs, and Qin Hui rushed down with a livid face. In everyone's impression, the Prime Minister has never been so skilled, and has never been so out of control. No matter what happened

He had always taken steps to do things in a calm and confident manner. But now, the Prime Minister obviously seemed to have lost an inch.

"Master Xiang! That..." Qin Fu hurriedly stepped forward to help him.

"Pa!" Qin Hui waved his big hand, and a loud slap sounded. Qin Fu's ears almost went out of breath, and his whole body was slapped to the side, knocking down a sandalwood peony screen.

"Come here, tie up Qin Fu and all the guards guarding Getian Pavilion. Immediately tell Qin Tan, Qin Xi and others to get up and go to the study to meet me." Qin Hui yelled, because he was overly excited and was breathing heavily as if he was about to die.
Chapter completed!