First, Bai Yue was very surprised to find something in the secret space of the stairs.
Second, Bai Yue was very surprised as to how they found the hidden compartment on the stairs.
The hidden grid is on the side where it turns from the first floor to the second floor. Although it is hollow and blocked by a layer of wooden boards, the position is very clever in terms of angle. No matter what posture you use to go upstairs, you will not encounter it.
The place.
She squatted on the stairs and looked around: "Who discovered this hidden compartment?"
Downstairs, Qin Jiu ran past.
"It's not her, right." Lin Yi said, "The one at the back."
Team Xing ran after him.
Bai Yue was speechless, okay, today's credit goes to Team Xing.
Ever since there was a problem with these two shops and the doors were closed, everyone has come here. Regardless of whether he has any problems, they will search first. Anyway, what Meng Lan wants is attitude, not results.
I just didn't expect that this search, by accident, actually found something.
Inside the hidden compartment is a mask.
This mask is only half-length, only covering the eyes.
Deja vu.
This mask is made of an unknown species of tree bark, but it has not rotted after being left here for an unknown amount of time. Colorful patterns are painted on the bark, and a rope is tied to each end.
The pattern is mainly black, with strong color jumps and outlines.
Bai Yue suddenly let out a sigh and looked at Jian Yu.
"This mask, I remember this mask..." Bai Yue held the mask and gestured on his face: "Isn't this the mask sold by the stall we entered when we went to the ghost market? They cost one tael of silver each."
At that time, I didn't feel anything out of place in the gloomy ghost market. On the contrary, as the boss said, it was very atmospheric. But now, when I take it out from the secret compartment of the stairs, it looks a bit weird.
When Bai Yue said this, everyone suddenly thought about it.
Naturally, Bai Yue would not throw away something worth one tael of silver when he went out, so he took it back with him. Everyone had seen it.
In fact, it is very expensive, and the boss is very shady. You can buy a lot of masks like this at ordinary stalls for one tael of silver.
But at that time, everyone was overwhelmed by the tens of thousands of taels of coffins. In comparison, the mask of one tael of silver was ignored.
"Yes, these are indeed similar to the masks in the ghost market." Jian Yu turned to Lin Yi and said, "Those two masks are still there."
"Here he is." Lin Yi responded repeatedly: "He's in the carriage."
Along the way, Bai Yue collected a lot of things. The big ones, such as tree roots and stone tablets, had been transported directly back to the capital. The smaller ones, such as wooden coffins and masks, which did not take up space and had no weight, were all placed on the carriage.
superior.
Lin Yi went out and quickly returned to the inn, taking two masks from their parked carriage.
Three masks put together for comparison.
"They are indeed the same, made by one person and painted by another person." Bai Yue said professionally: "The three masks are all made of the same bark, with the same curvature. The straps are made of the same material, and the masks are painted
The brushstrokes are the same."
Everyone looked at the three masks and felt very strange.
A cloth shop, with a hidden compartment in the staircase, a mask hidden inside, and all the silk threads reveal something strange.
Liang Meng said regretfully: "It's a pity that I didn't know that we would see each other again. If I had known, you should have asked the young master what's so special about this mask."
Who can predict the future? Liang Meng is just doing it as an afterthought.
After pondering for a moment, Jian Yu said decisively: "Don't worry about the characteristics of the mask, send it to the Meng Lan clan chief."
Chen Fangnan rushed over after hearing the news and was surprised to see the mask he found from the secret compartment. After quickly taking it, he hurriedly went to Meng Lan to report the situation.
Jian Yu did not have the pressure of solving a major case in the capital, so he naturally did not squeeze everyone. Seeing that breakfast was not finished, he locked the door and took everyone to eat.
The group of people spread out and went to three places to eat.
They are all the liveliest places in the city. What everyone talks about most after dinner in the past few days is of course the witch. What the witch has not solved yet is the murder case of Lin Jinji.
Jian Yu coldly rejected Qin Jiu, who wanted to follow him very much, and Captain Xing, who wanted to follow him very much. He gave each of them one tael of silver for lunch, and then left with Bai Yue satisfied.
Before leaving, he glanced at Liang Meng.
"Liang Meng." Jian Yu said, "Do you understand?"
Liang Meng was startled and immediately stood at attention.
"I understand, I understand, I understand." Liang Meng nodded repeatedly.
Jian Yu smiled with satisfaction and said, "That's good if you understand. He's such a smart young man."
After Jian Yu left, everyone was very surprised and asked Liang Meng, "What do you know? What do you know and we don't know?"
Liang Meng pretended to be stupid and asked with an innocent face: "Don't you understand?"
Naturally, everyone did not understand and had no idea what Jian Yu was talking about.
"Forget it if you don't understand." Liang Meng shrugged, turned around and walked out.
But just because everyone didn't dare to hold Jian Yu, it doesn't mean they didn't dare to hold Liang Meng.
Captain Xing rushed over first and bit Liang Meng's hem, and everyone rushed forward.
Poor Liang Meng refused to give in. Although he firmly guarded Jian Yu's secret, he gained a lot of money.
Jian Yu took Bai Yue for a walk on the street and entered a very lively restaurant.
Looking at the name, you can tell that it was opened by the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty among the Twelve Clans.
The restaurant is called Taibai Tower, and there is one in the capital. If it weren't for the different door number decoration, Bai Yue would have thought it was a chain store.
The dishes in Taibailou also draw on the characteristics of both sides. To put it nicely, it is called a combination of Chinese and foreign cuisine, but to put it unfavorably, it is called nondescript.
Since joining the Twelve Tribes, especially during these few meals in the palace in the city, they have eaten delicacies with the characteristics of the Twelve Tribes. Now that they have found a shop opened by a Zhou family, the two of them want to try their hometown cuisine.
Jian Yu looked at the menu and said, "I want Taibai fish head, spicy fried quail, hibiscus shrimp tail, and I'm looking at a vegetarian one."
The waiter listened and took notes while pouring tea for the two of them.
Jian Yu said: "Another box of Sixi dried fruits, take them away after you finish them."
Bai Yue used to work overtime to eat lunch boxes of instant noodles, and when going out to eat with friends, the two of them usually only ordered three dishes. But since eating with Jian Yu, even if there are two people, they will order at least three meat dishes and one vegetable dish, which is basically a big meat dish.
Sometimes some snacks and cold dishes are also added.
She thought it was too extravagant at first, but later she found out that Mi Zihan, Shen Ye and others were like this when they went out to eat, and they all ate quite a lot, so it was not too wasteful, so she felt relieved.
Being able to eat is a blessing, but one cannot be born into blessings and not know the blessings.
The waiter announced the name of the dish and left. Bai Yue and Jian Yu sat in the hall and looked at each other.
The hall was lively, and seven or eight tables were full. They waited for a while and sat in a relatively central position.
Before the meal came, the two of them chatted.
While chatting, they started arguing quietly.
Jian Yu slightly raised his voice: "I think the Lu family must have done something bad and offended someone. Maybe Lin Jinji was the scapegoat. How could he poison all the Lu family to death just because of a few quarrels? They were all poisoned.
They can’t run away themselves, so it’s not cost-effective.”