Chapter 33 Another major case
Chapter 33 Another major case
Back in the dormitory, Xiao Xia hurriedly found three Spring Rain Pills from under the bed, blew them clean carefully, and put them into the gourd. Xiao Huan Dan is only a low-grade medicine, while Spring Rain Pill is a high-grade internal energy medicine, and one pill is worth at least a hundred strings of cash!
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A few days later, at five o'clock in the morning, Xiao Xia was awakened by a hurried knock on the door next door.
I only heard the door next door opening and closing, and Xiao Zhurong's footsteps hurried away.
'I wonder what the hell is going on?'
Xiao Xia muttered something, yawned, closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
At noon, Xiao Zhurong returned exhausted.
Xiao Xia opened the door and said with a smile: "I'm waiting for you to have dinner together!"
Xiao Zhurong waved his hand, "You go! I haven't slept all night and I'm exhausted."
Seeing that he was dejected, Xiao Xia asked with a smile, "What happened last night?"
Xiao Zhurong sighed, "The main house was robbed last night."
Xiao Xia was startled, "Why was it stolen again?"
"It's different from last time. Last time it was the ancestral hall, this time it's the inner storehouse of the main house. The matter is very serious."
"What was stolen?" Xiao Xia asked nervously.
"All the legitimate sons of the inner court were summoned last night. The head of the family fainted twice out of anger. Xiao Qilang, the situation is very serious."
"How serious is it?"
"Without the backing of my Xiao family, anyone can crush us to death!"
"Not really! What exactly was lost?" Xiao Xia was surprised.
Xiao Zhurong was about to cry, "The Baibao Liuli lamp that the princess had just repaired was stolen."
"what!"
Xiao Xia was also stunned. How many times had he heard the name Baibao Liuli Lamp?
"How valuable is the Baibao Colored Glass Lamp?"
"It was from the Liang Dynasty palace. It is extremely beautiful. The wick is three night-shining pearls, so there is no need to light the lamp. Four years ago, the Xiao family presented it to the eldest princess. Since then, the Xiao family in Jiangning has had a backer. Later, one of the pearls was broken, but there were no pearls of this size in the capital, so the eldest princess sent it to the Xiao family. It was just repaired half a month ago. My father bought the pearl in Mingzhou specifically. One pearl cost three thousand strings of cash. There are thirty pearls on it, as well as other very precious gems, not to mention the night-shining pearls."
Xiao Xia was shocked when he heard this. They actually used night-shining pearls as wicks. No wonder they were so precious.
"Besides the glass lamp, what else was stolen?"
Xiao Zhurong was a little embarrassed to speak, and after a while he said, "There is also the Liang Wang Spear!"
Xiao Xia's eyes widened. "How is it possible? Didn't we just find it?"
"Yes! It was stolen again just after it was found. It's a great shame. This time the spear head was stolen and the spear shaft was cut off."
"Now what?"
Xiao Zhurong sighed, "The head of the family asked us to put down everything we are doing, and all the legitimate and illegitimate sons of the inner court should go out to search. It doesn't matter if we can't find the Liang Wang Spear, but we must find the Baibao Liuli Lamp, otherwise, we will not be able to explain to the eldest princess!"
Xiao Xia frowned, "I think the master is too impatient. He should have asked you to carefully check the stolen place. Where did the thief come in and where did he go out? How did he know about the Baibao Liuli Lamp? Is he targeting the two stolen items? Is there an insider in the mansion? You should reconstruct the case carefully and look for clues from the traces. Asking you to search in such a hurry is like looking for a needle in a haystack!"
Xiao Xia has watched more than a dozen episodes of Conan, and he feels that he can also be a detective.
Xiao Zhurong's eyes lit up, "Xiao Qilang, since you are fine, join my team!"
Xiao Xia hesitated and said, "But I'm not free in the morning!"
Xiao Zhurong glanced at the two iron sticks and nodded, "I understand. Come and help me when you are free!"
Xiao Xia patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "Man is iron and food is steel. If you don't eat, you will be hungry. The body is the capital of revolution. Let's eat first!"
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In the afternoon, Xiao Zhurong was called to the main house again and never came back. The next morning, Xiao Xia slowly opened his eyes and found that just like yesterday afternoon, he did not enter the barrier breaking state today.
He suddenly sat up and focused his attention towards the window. Just like a switch was turned on, the window suddenly became clear, all the tiny marks on the window were clearly visible, and all kinds of sounds from outside came in like a tide.
This made Xiao Xia both surprised and happy. Could this be the state of autonomously entering the barrier-breaking state?
He closed his eyes and shook his head, trying to relax himself and see if he could exit the obstacle-breaking state, but it was no use; his vision was still clear.
It seemed like he could only get in but not get out.
He tied a hemp rope to the iron skewer and began to practice splitting the rope. He was very skilled at splitting the first six fibers and could feel it very strongly. Without any effort, the six fibers were split out.
Xiao Xia concentrated again and slashed lightly with his sword. The seventh fiber was split, and then the eighth fiber was also split out by his sword.
Logically, he should practice splitting eight fibers repeatedly until he was very proficient at it, but Xiao Xia had already found the feeling of splitting the rope. He decisively chopped with his sword again, and the ninth fiber was split accurately.
If the hemp rope itself is included, there are actually ten ropes, but Xiao Xia decided to go find Zhang Jue after he became proficient in it.
Two and a half hours later, the barrier-breaking state suddenly disappeared, and it was already noon.
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Xiao Xia didn't wait for Xiao Zhurong, he went to the restaurant to eat by himself. There were many warriors in the restaurant, at least more than a hundred people, and most of the seats were full. It was rare to see so many people.
Xiao Xia saw Liu Erhu at a glance. Liu Erhu had been eating with his head down, and seemed to be a little worried.
At this time, Liu Erhu looked up at Xiao Xia and ignored him.
Suddenly, Liu Erhu's eyes fell on the dagger at Xiao Xia's waist, and his eyes widened suddenly. It turned out that the dagger was still on Xiao Xia.
Only then did he realize that he had been fooled by Xiao Xia.
Liu Erhu suddenly became furious, jumped up, rushed forward, grabbed Xiao Xia by the collar, and swung his fist to hit him.
Xiao Xia held the hilt of the knife, facing the other party's fierce gaze without fear, and said coldly: "In front of everyone, what do you want to do?"
Liu Erhu didn't throw the punch in the end. He put away his fist, narrowed his eyes and said, "Boy, you are awesome. Let's wait and see!"
He walked back to his seat and continued eating, never looking up at Xiao Xia again, as if nothing had happened.
"Xiao Qilang!" someone was calling him.
When Xiao Xia turned around, he saw Xiao Zhurong waving at him, so he quickly took the tray over.
There were two warriors sitting next to Xiao Zhurong, who were about the same age as Xiao Zhurong.
Xiao Xia sat down across from the dining table, and Xiao Zhurong introduced him, "These are Uncle Shuigen's two sons, Xiao Gui and Xiao Ju. They are both level three warriors like me, and now the three of us are a group."
"A set of what?"
Xiao Xia was still thinking about what Liu Erhu had just done and didn't react for a moment.
"That! Didn't I invite you? You said you would help me when you were free!"
Xiao Xia then remembered the case-solving team. He immediately realized that Xiao Gui and Xiao Ju were illegitimate children of the inner court, and therefore were led by Xiao Zhurong.
Xiao Xia stood up and shook hands with the two men, "Nice to meet you! Nice to meet you!"
The two brothers were not used to shaking hands and looked very surprised. Xiao Xia then realized that there was no handshake in the Sui Dynasty.
He quickly clasped his fists and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I learned the customs of my hometown from the Hu people."
The two of them smiled and nodded, "So this is the custom of the Hu people. Xiao Qilang is indeed from Luoyang, he is well-informed!"
(End of this chapter)