"Don't get me wrong, Miss Chai. I came to Lu's house this time because I heard that I was asked by a friend to investigate a strange thing. When we learned that there was a demon from the Lianxin Cult causing trouble in Chai's house, we rushed there as soon as possible.
It was the Sheriff who suggested taking a long time to catch the big fish, and it was definitely not our intention to delay."
As expected, Jiujiu, a simple child, was fooled, and all of a sudden his old background was revealed, and the initiative was taken by Chai Jiangcui.
It turns out that the delay in coming of the Wu Dewei was my father's idea. No wonder that as soon as I finished taking care of the Lianxin Sect's sub-rudders, the Wu Dewei came to clean up the puppet spirits the next day.
But then again, wouldn’t I have ruined their “fishing” plan?
Chai Jiangcui's eyes were rolling around, and he was starting to have random thoughts in his mind, but he kept saying,
She stood up and sat down next to Jiu Jiu. She leaned slightly closer to Jiu Jiu and exhaled:
"Brother Jiujiu, can you tell my sister what strange thing you are investigating? Half of what you said makes me very curious."
Although Chai Jiangcui had never been in love in his previous life, he had watched a lot of "Tea Talk" and could be regarded as a theoretical king.
Although there are some shortcomings in practical operation, it is more than enough to deal with an innocent boy like Jiu Jiu.
Jiu Jiu, who had always had a shadow of Chai Jiangcui, couldn't stand this posture. He leaned against the armrest of the chair and said with a somewhat stiff expression:
"Miss Chai, men and women are not intimate with each other. As the daughter of the Chai family, shouldn't you maintain a certain image?"
Chai Jiangcui didn't want to accept this trick of his. She moved closer to Jiujiu again. She stuck out her tongue playfully and said expectantly:
"Hehe, there's no one else here, how can I maintain my image in front of Brother Jiujiu? My dear brother, please tell me what you are investigating. I like exciting things the most."
Hearing this, Jiu Jiu subconsciously turned around and looked around, and found that there was really no one in the reception hall. It was probably the old housekeeper who just saw something was wrong with Chai Jiangcui and Jiu Jiu, so he took his servants and ran away first, for fear of seeing something.
Things you shouldn't look at.
'This old fox!'
Jiu Jiu cursed secretly in his heart. Looking at Chai Jiangcui's big eyes, Dao's heart softened instantly. He nodded helplessly,
"I said, I said, Miss Chai, please sit down first, otherwise it will easily cause misunderstanding if someone sees it."
"Great!"
A hint of cunning flashed in Chai Jiangcui's eyes, and he quickly sat upright, as if he was obediently listening.
Ahem~
Jiu Jiu cleared his throat and said slowly:
"Miss Chai came to the Lu family, presumably to investigate the case of missing silver, right? However, I guess that the disappearance of the silver in the Lu family may be related to a weird thing in the legend of the spiritual world. Oh, by the way, Miss Chai may not know what weird is yet.
, Weirdness in a nutshell is..."
Jiujiu seemed to have thought of something, and explained the strange characteristics to her in a simplified way.
Although Chai Jiangcui already understood these things, she still acted very attentively and did not show a trace of impatience.
"This weird thing about the Lu family is probably a rare 'borrowing money'. Borrowing money is on the list of people in the list of weird things, and it is a rare weird thing that does not harm people.
It is rumored that 'borrowed money' was born from the coins that passed through the hands of many people, and has the ability to help users create property out of thin air. However, it is impossible for mortals to borrow strange power without paying a price. The wealth obtained through 'borrowed money'
, often after a hundred years, your descendants will be asked to pay back ten times."
After listening to Jiujiu’s story, Chai Jiangcui couldn’t help but complain:
"That is to say, the reason why the Lu family lost money for no reason is because the ancestors of the Lu family once borrowed two taels of silver from the 'borrowing money' place. Tsk tsk, ten times! There are indeed some bad things."
Jiujiu nodded in agreement and continued to add:
"It's quite dark, and other people who use weird 'borrow money' won't know the cost. I once saw it in an ancient book, Strange Stories, that after someone got a 'borrow money', they suddenly got a lot of money.
Ten thousand taels of silver, and a hundred years later, as soon as his descendants get the money, they will disappear out of thin air. In the end, they will only live on the streets and starve to death."
It is a typical loan sharking routine that deceives people. Chai Jiangcui recalled the memories of his previous life and found that this weird thing seemed to be the true inheritance of the loan sharking routine from his previous life.
"Let's ask the head of the Lu family now. Maybe he can know where the 'borrowed money' is."
Jiu Jiu shook his head, "That friend of mine is the second young master of the Lu family. I asked him before, but he said that the ancestors of the Lu family did not tell them the clues about the 'borrowing money'. But don't worry, I've been prepared for this."
Be prepared.”
While the two were talking, Lu Hao, the head of the Lu family, finally hurried over.
Lu Hao is a fat, middle-aged man wearing a military hat. Perhaps because he ran too fast, his shiny forehead is covered with hot sweat.
"Ah haha, I, Lu Hao, am the head of the Lu family. The arrival of these two distinguished guests has really brightened up the humble abode. I hope you will forgive me for not treating you well."
Lu Hao wiped the sweat from his forehead and enthusiastically raised his hands to the two of them, not daring to do anything rude.
He once met Chai Jiangcui from a distance at the birthday banquet of an old man from the Wang family. He was the apple of the county governor's eye. If this aunt was unhappy, she could kill the Lu family with just a few words.
Jiujiu is also a heavyweight. In the letter sent back by his son, this person can be said to be like an immortal master, and the Lu family cannot afford to offend him either.
Chai Jiangcui sat in his seat and did not speak. Instead, he turned his head and blinked at Jiu Jiu. Jiu Jiu didn't know what Chai Jiangcui's intention was, but he still stood up and returned the greeting:
"Master Lu, you're welcome. You should already know the purpose of our trip, so I hope Master Lu will take us to the place where the money was lost."
"We"? Is it true that, as the housekeeper said, Miss Chai has a close relationship with the young man in front of her? Then this is a big deal.
Lu Hao's heart moved slightly, and he couldn't help but think of something. However, after many years of ups and downs in the business world, he had already developed the ability to skillfully control his expressions.
He still had a warm smile on his face, "No problem, you two distinguished guests, please come with me. The money box that lost money inexplicably is in my backyard."
As he spoke, he made an invitation gesture and led the two of them toward the backyard. However, before leaving, he couldn't help but take a look at the behavior between Chai Jiangcui and Jiu Jiu.
Although this behavior was very secretive, Chai Jiangcui and Jiu Jiu were not ordinary people, and they immediately noticed something was wrong.
'Isn't this fat guy misunderstanding anything?'
Feeling the inexplicable meaning in Lu Hao's eyes, Chai Jiangcui touched her temples in confusion. But at this time, she couldn't jump out and explain, so she could only let Lu Hao make random guesses.
The Lu Mansion only entered the house for the second time, passing through a corridor and arriving at the backyard.
Lu Hao took out a key from his sleeve, opened one of the locked doors, and said with an awkward smile:
"I made the two distinguished guests laugh. Because I lost money every day, I locked the door specially, but it seems to be of no use now."
Entering the room, Lu Hao pointed to a large black storage cabinet in the corner and handed a bunch of keys to Jiu Jiudao seriously:
"This is the cabinet used to store the money of the Nalu Mansion. You two distinguished guests can explore it at will. I'm in the study next door. If you need anything, you can call me anytime."
Lu Hao seemed very relaxed when handing over the key and didn't say much else. The status of these two people was not such that they would covet the Lu family's meager money.
After Lu Hao left, Chai Jiangcui and Jiu Jiu were left in the room.
It is easy to arouse people's imagination when a man and a woman live together in the same room. Especially since this girl is very beautiful, Jiu Jiu couldn't help but feel a trace of embarrassment on her face.
However, Chai Jiangcui didn't think so much. At this moment, all she could think about was finding the 'borrowed money' and then finding an opportunity for the card to secretly absorb its evil spirit.
"Brother Jiujiu, let's open the cabinet door quickly. I can't wait to see what the 'weird' thing you mean is about it."
Seeing Jiu Jiu standing there in a daze, Chai Jiangcui stretched out a finger and tapped his shoulder gently, reminding him in a cute voice.
"OK, all right."
Jiujiu felt that his cheeks were a little hot, and he hurriedly lowered his head and walked to the cash cabinet to open the two big locks on it.
The money cabinet of the Lu family is two meters high and nearly one meter wide. It is made of camphor wood. It is divided into three layers: upper, middle and lower. The upper layer is a grid of drawers, which contains the Lu family's house deeds and land deeds, as well as a small amount.
of silver notes. The middle and lower layers store ingots of silver and copper plates respectively.
Looking at a cabinet of shiny silver, Chai Jiangcui couldn't help but reach out and touch it. She picked up two handles and played with them. The sound of the silver hitting was really crisp and charming.
"This is the fascinating thing about money. How many people in the world are busy just for these few taels of silver. Brother Jiu, what are you doing now?"
While Chai Jiangcui was tapping the silver ingot, he curiously looked at Jiujiu who was taking something from the storage bag on his waist.
Jiujiu took out three things from the storage bag, copper coins, broken silver and a blue spiritual thread. He tied the copper coins and broken silver to one end of the blue spiritual thread, and put the remaining ends together.
"The 'borrowed wealth' is stored in coins, and it likes to swallow some coins that also contain spiritual energy. So I am going to use this as bait and set up some traps to see if I can successfully hang it up."
Weirdness cannot be distinguished through conventional means, so if you want to deal with them, you must use some methods.
Half a minute later, Jiu Jiu had successfully tied eight ropes, four copper coins, and four broken pieces of silver.
"Okay, now we just need to put the bait in and wait quietly for the fish to take the bait."
Jiujiu clapped his hands, threw the broken silver and copper plates into the cabinet, and then closed the cabinet door, leaving only a few spiritual threads exposed. Jiujiu held the spiritual threads with a focused expression.
Seeing Jiu Jiu being so serious, Chai Jiangcui couldn't help but become serious and stood aside quietly waiting.
A minute passed and nothing happened.
Five minutes passed and nothing happened.
Half an hour passed, and there was still no movement in the spiritual line.
Because she was afraid of making any noise and disturbing the 'borrower', Chai Jiangcui did not dare to move and kept standing in the same position, her legs were a little sore.
"If I had known it would take so long, I would have just sat on a chair and waited. I would have suffered!"
Chai Jiangcui glanced at the backrest seat not far away and muttered in her heart with some regret. But after waiting for so long, it would be a waste to waste all her efforts, so she could only hold on.
Time passed by, and suddenly, the closed door was opened, and a woman in gorgeous clothes suddenly walked in.
She looked at the two people in the room in surprise and asked loudly:
"Who are you? Why are you in my bedroom?"
Chai Jiangcui looked at the domineering woman and couldn't help but frowned. What did Lu Hao do? He didn't inform the palace about their affairs, and he didn't even send someone to guard the door. He looked so shrewd, but he didn't expect to even do this.
You can't even think of little things.
Jiujiu also seemed a little dissatisfied with the woman's sudden intrusion. In his opinion, this woman seemed to be quite stupid. Couldn't she have seen the obvious headhunting uniform on Chai Jiangcui?
Too lazy to talk to her, Jiujiu said in a cold tone:
"You can ask Lu Hao who we are. Now please go out and don't disturb us."
When the woman saw Jiu Jiu speaking so rudely, she immediately became furious. She screamed:
"Okay! You are still so arrogant in my house. Just wait for me. I will ask the master to kick you out now."
After saying that, the woman slammed the door and walked towards the study room where Lu Hao was.
Being disturbed by that woman, everything I had done before was in vain, and I had to spend time again waiting for the "borrowed money" to take the bait.
'Well, at least now I have an excuse to find a chair to sit on.'
Chai Jiangcui calmly sat on a chair nearby and said lazily:
"Brother Jiujiu, is your fishing plan reliable? We have been waiting for almost half an hour, but the line in your hand has not moved at all."
Hearing this, Jiujiu felt a little embarrassed, and said with some uncertainty in his tone:
"Maybe this 'borrowing money' is slow to respond? Let's wait and see. If it doesn't work, I'll think of other ways."
"Okay, then I'll wait with you."
Chai Jiangcui stretched out comfortably on the chair, and her graceful figure was revealed inadvertently. Jiujiu had to lower her head and silently recite Taoist scriptures to calm the heat on her face.
But the next moment, Chai Jiangcui seemed to smell a faint smell of blood.
"No, there was something wrong with that woman just now!"
Chai Jiangcui's expression changed, and he stood up suddenly. Without any regard for etiquette, he took Jiu Jiu's hand and rushed out.
Although Jiujiu didn't know what happened, he didn't resist and allowed Chai Jiangcuila to drag him towards the door.
But Chai Jiangcui's reaction was still a step too slow. The moment they were about to step out of the room, several light green light pillars rose in the corner, forming a translucent light shield that completely enveloped the room.
Chai Jiangcui tried to reach out and touch the light shield, only to feel that it touched a hard wall of air. It was obvious that this room had been sealed off by special means.
"It's the Yangmu trapped formation, we're afraid we were ambushed."
Looking at the light curtain around him, Jiujiu's eyes were solemn. He took out a spiritual pen from his storage bag and stood sideways in front of Chai Jiangcui.