The row of medicine cabinets against the wall has many layers, and each layer has a number of drawers. They are carefully made and integrated into one. The appearance is so naturally and cleverly disguised that an uninformed person will not be able to see any abnormal flaws, but there is something hidden inside.
Amazing mystery.
Ke Yue had long been familiar with the location of the mechanism to enter the secret room. She glanced at it and stretched out her hand to pull out the drawer with three drawers. She squatted down and looked in, and saw the two keyholes to enter the secret room. She turned her head and said softly and hastily: "
The keyhole was found!"
According to the division of labor deduced in advance, the one-armed old man was currently looking for the keys to the secret room on the counter - an ebony skewer pole and a bronze skewer hammer.
As soon as she finished speaking, the one-armed old man stretched out his hand and handed over the hammer and rod. He gently warned: "Remember! The hammer must rotate to the left three times."
After inserting the two objects into the corresponding keyholes, Ke Yue's nervous palms started to sweat. She also secretly blamed herself. Her expression remained unchanged despite many storms, but at this moment she couldn't help it. There was an inexplicable feeling.
Silly uneasiness.
I had no choice but to wipe the sweat from my hands on my clothes. Then I reached out and held the hammer and slowly turned it to the left, murmuring, "One circle, two circles, three circles."
After turning three times, the heavy medicine cabinet made a "rumbling~" sound and slowly rotated to create a gap for about one person. When the two of them took a closer look, a square hole of more than a foot was exposed on the wall behind the cabinet, with a flashing light inside.
Golden luster.
The two of them were stunned and stunned, looking at each other, thinking to themselves: "This is obviously a dark cave, how can Xiao Anzi say it is a secret room? I wonder if shopkeeper Hua didn't explain it clearly, or Xiao Anzi remembered it wrong?"
The situation was so urgent that the two of them didn't bother to think about it. They looked closer and closer. They saw a few gold bars, a few banknotes and some jewelry and miscellaneous items placed in the dark cave. In the corner, there was a beautiful, about four inches square.
Brocade box.
The one-armed old man reached out and moved the brocade box in front of him. He quickly opened the lid and rummaged around for a moment, then quickly closed it, turned around and handed it to Ke Yue. With a happy look on his face, he hurriedly said: "That's it, I'll pack it up."
Just give me some silver and let’s go!”
As he spoke, he reached out and untied the begging bag slung across his body, put all the gold bars, banknotes and other sundries inside into the bag, and quickly exited.
Ke Yue slowly pushed the heavy medicine cabinet, preparing to restore it to its original state.
"Wait a minute, let's come together."
The one-armed old man said while laboriously tying the mouth of the bag with one hand.
Suddenly, a rough yell came from outside the door, "Get out of here, if I see you begging for food here again, I will break your legs."
"Passengers passing by, please comment. This palm refuses to reward, but still beats people. Is there any king's law in the world?"
The little beggar's protest cry at the door was clearly heard in the medicine hall.
"Go away~"
The impatient roar came from outside the door again, accompanied by two short and three long rhythmic knocks. It must have been the secret code set by the "Witch Guard" agent in advance.
"Quick! Take the back door! Don't worry about the cabinet."
The one-armed old man urged quickly. He quickly slung his bag over his shoulder and walked towards the corridor in the back hall.
Generally speaking, pharmacies with certain strength and scale adopt the "forward-in, last-out" structure - that is, patients take their pulses in the front hall for consultation, then take the prescriptions and go to the back hall for processing and concocting herbal medicines.
Afterwards, the patient takes the medicine and goes directly out of the back door. This not only facilitates the patient, but also prevents the mixing of patients from aggravating the condition; it can also maintain good order when there are many patients.
"Dong...dong dong..."
At this time, the knocking on the door became faster and harder, losing its previous rhythm. It could be heard that the person knocking on the door was powerful, anxious and rough.
The situation was critical and there was no need to delay. Ke Yue concentrated her energy and struggled with one arm. With a "click" sound, the medicine cabinet finally returned to its original position. Then, holding the brocade box in her arms, she swayed and chased after the old man in an instant.
Walking into the back hall, the one-armed old man saw the tragic situation of those people lying dead on the ground. He hesitated in his steps and said to himself happily, "Brother Hua, the great revenge has been avenged, the information has been obtained, brothers can rest in peace and return to heaven!"
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The two rushed to the back door. The one-armed old man raised his hand and pulled the door latch and pulled hard, but the door didn't move at all. He suddenly felt annoyed and hurriedly took a closer look, only to find that the door was sealed with iron nails.
"If you remove the door shaft, you can squeeze out a space for one person."
Ke Yue took a step cross-body and stood in front of the door shaft. As she spoke, she pulled out the dagger from her waist and inserted it into the door shaft with force...
There was a "boom" and a loud sound of the front door falling to the ground.
The situation was urgent, and it would be too late to dismantle the door shaft. It was impossible. Ke Yue suddenly came to her senses, pointed to the stairs behind her, and said in a hurry: "Go to the second floor first!"
The two of them had just tiptoed upstairs when they heard the chaotic footsteps of several people coming from the front hall downstairs. A moment later, there was a frightening scream...
At this time, the one-armed old man had already walked to the window, gently pushed the window open, turned around and urged: "Girl, hurry up!"
Ke Yue nodded her head and signaled, her figure suddenly swayed, like a swallow flying in the sky, she jumped downstairs without making a sound.
The old man moved out of the window softly and closed the window again. Then he let go of his arms and slid to the ground. He rolled to his feet and stood up. His movements seemed to be smooth and smooth, all done in one go.
The alley behind the building was a dead end with only one exit. There was a dilapidated earth wall blocking a person's height. Ke Yue took a step and ran towards the exit...
The one-armed old man had already explored the terrain when he came, and hurriedly stopped her: "Girl, we went around to Front Street over there, so go this way."
The two of them jumped over the earth wall in a "plucking green onions on dry land" style. Before they could take a step, they heard a "bang~" sound from the window on the second floor of the drug store. They knew something was wrong, so they hid in the corner and couldn't move.
Ke Yue concentrated and held her breath, looking through the cracks in the wall——
A window on the second floor was pushed open. Someone stuck his head out of the window and looked around. When he saw no one around, he suddenly retreated.
"What a risk!"
Ke Yue secretly marveled, admiring the one-armed old man. If he had just walked out of the exit rashly and happened to be seen by the people on the second floor, the consequences would have been difficult to predict.
"The information in the brocade box is hidden in your pocket. Throw it away. It will be too conspicuous when walking on the street."
The one-armed old man glanced sideways at the brocade box in Ke Yue's arms and ordered.
"True skill is revealed in the subtleties." His careful prediction and mature experience in the world of martial arts taught Ke Yue a good lesson.
After roughly determining the direction, the one-armed old man who was familiar with the terrain was in front, and Ke Yue followed him about five feet away. The two walked quickly.
While having a cup of tea, the two of them wandered around in the alley and returned to the street from another intersection.
There were still very few people on the street, and most of the passers-by looked numb. But you couldn't see the crowds running around because of the incident, and you couldn't hear the piercing alarm whistle.
Everything seemed calm and orderly. It was like nothing happened.
In order to avoid the eyes of passers-by and arouse the alert of spies on the street, the two deliberately slowed down their pace and walked forward slowly pretending to be nonchalant.
Ke Yue was thinking about the thoughtfulness of the little beggar and the others, and looked back from time to time, hoping to find them.
However, when the two of them walked quickly to the Chenghuang Temple, they were nowhere to be seen.