"After arriving, Mrs. Gui asked Cao Min how much silver could be taken out of the house now. Cao Min roughly calculated that it was almost one hundred thousand taels. Mrs. Gui said that this was far from the ransom the thief wanted, and asked Cao Min to open the warehouse to get the silver.
." Steward Shi paused, "There is indeed some money stored in the secret treasury in the mansion, but the master said that the money must not be touched."
Butler Shi didn't say any more. Mingruo also understood that the next step would be the secret of Shi's house, and Butler Shi would not tell outsiders easily.
"What happened next?" Mingruo asked again.
Butler Shi tried hard to recall, but his mind was blank: "Grass people...can't remember..."
"Oh." Sure enough, the memory after being manipulated was still missing.
Mingruo wondered whether, in addition to hypnosis, drugs could be used to 'retrieve' missing memories. Mingruo decided to do more research after going back.
Mingruo was still thinking about the feasibility of medicine, and a few people came to a courtyard. The courtyard door was closed tightly, and Yin Mo was scratching the door with his big paws.
"This is...Mrs. Gui's yard!" Butler Shi was surprised and quickly stepped forward to knock on the door.
A little girl at the door said: "Who is it?"
"I'm Butler Shi Wang, open the door quickly!" Butler Shi said in an urgent tone.
"My wife told me before she went out that no one else is allowed to open the door except when she comes back." The little girl said confidently and with a bit of arrogance. What about the housekeeper, her wife is the biggest one in the house now.
Si Haochen made a gesture, and Qin Mo climbed over the wall and entered the courtyard.
Just listen to the girl shout: "Who are you?"
"If you continue to hinder the Yamen's handling of cases, I will put you all in jail!" Qin Mo opened the door bolt.
As soon as the door opened, Yin Mo was the first to see the wolf. Qin Mo was so frightened that he howled and flew up to the wall.
Ming Ruo looked at the sky speechlessly. Their detective team was simply... so embarrassing, wasn't it?
Yin Mo had business to do now, so he didn't bother to chat with Qin Mo and rushed straight into the main room.
"Hey, hey, what are you doing? This is the madam's bedroom. Outsiders are not allowed to enter." A well-dressed maid stopped at the door.
‘Aow’ ‘Aow’ Yin Mo first shocked the opponent with his momentum. The maid was so frightened that her face turned pale, but she still stood in front of the door trembling.
Butler Shi had no choice but to say: "These nobles are here to handle the case, so they won't back down."
"I...I only listen to Madam..." The maid's tone was trilling.
"Support her." Si Haochen said coldly, "Call Chu Chenzhou here by the way."
A secret guard appeared, knocked the maid unconscious with one palm, and carried her to the place where Chu Shaoqing was asking for a confession.
Chu Yi kicked the door open, and Yin Mo rushed in. Ming Ruo was afraid that there was poison in the room, so he let Linglong out.
Yin Mo went directly into the inner room and scratched the bed with his claws. Suddenly, silk and cotton wool flew everywhere. Yin Mo established his status as a house demolition expert with his own strength.
"Yinmo." Si Haochen called out.
Yin Mo immediately stopped his claws, jumped down from the bed, and stayed there obediently.
On the first day of the new year, he groped around the bed for a long time, but couldn't find any mechanism. Mingruo looked at the room that seemed to be piled up with gold and stone toys.
Almost at the same time, Mingruo and Si Haochen both walked to the dressing table and their eyes fell on a white porcelain vase.
This plain white vase obviously does not match the other shiny furnishings in the room.
Si Haochen reached out to get it, and the vase was indeed connected to the countertop. He turned left and right, and after hearing a clicking sound, the bed board on the bed suddenly sank, and the bedding and pillows on it also fell down.
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Butler Shi was dumbfounded, but Qin Mo and Chu Yi reacted quickly and went directly to check.
"Your Majesty, the three of us are down below." Qin Mo's voice came from below, with some echoes, which showed that the ground was dug very deep.
Qin Mo and Chu Yi quickly brought the three of them up. Both Mr. Shi and Mrs. Shi were unconscious, but Mr. Shi was still awake.
But after staying in the dark for too long, my eyes were blinded by the light.
As soon as Chuyi took off the cloth that blocked Mr. Shi's mouth, his voice was very weak: "Mother...save...save...my mother..."
Mingruo tore a piece of bedclothes over Mr. Shi's eyes and went to check Mrs. Shi's pulse.
Mrs. Shi is already in poor health, and the effect of the drug on her is several times stronger than that on ordinary people. Therefore, she is still in a dazed state.
Mingruo fed her an antidote and waited for her to wake up slowly.
"Your mother is fine. She just needs to wake up and take good care of herself."
After listening to Mingruo's words, Mr. Shi finally became less anxious: "Many...thank you..."
Mingruo checked Master Shi again, but Master Shi simply fainted from hunger: "Steward Shi, go make some brown sugar water and add more sugar."
"Hey!" Butler Shi heard that all three masters were fine, his heart finally dropped to his stomach, and he hurried to get some sugar water.
Mingruo finally checked Mr. Shi's pulse and determined that he was also hungry and had not replenished water for a long time, which was why he was so weak.
Butler Shi quickly made some brown sugar water and brought the maid who usually served Madam.
Following Butler Shi, there was also Chu Chenzhou. He just thought that Mrs. Gui had a problem, and no one outside the house saw the thief coming and going. Could the thief be playing "dark under the light"? He had just summoned
The officer wanted to search the house, and the prince found someone now...
Mingruo asked the servant girl to feed the three of them some sugar water, and Mr. Shi's spirit improved a lot.
Mr. Shi also gradually woke up and looked a little startled at the familiar furnishings in the room in front of him——
When he opened his eyes before, it was dark, and he was tied up and gagged. He used his toes to think that he was tied up by a thief. Now when he opened his eyes, he was in Xiang'er's house again.
Which one is dreaming?
"Master, you're awake." Butler Shi came forward quickly.
"Shi Wang..." Mr. Shi's senses gradually returned, and he felt that his whole body was sore and his back hurt, as if he had been beaten severely.
"It's the old slave." Butler Shi said, "You scared me to death, old slave. Thanks to Prince Yun's insight and discovery that there was something wrong with Madam Gui, I saved you, madam and young master!"
"What's wrong with Xiang'er?" Mr. Shi became more energetic when he heard Mrs. Gui.
Everyone wants to sigh - 'love' is so great!
"The adults found you in the dark room under Mrs. Gui's bed." Butler Shi felt that he had made it clear enough.
"Impossible, Xiang'er is so kind and weak, she would never do such a thing!" Mr. Shi is obviously a master who will never look back even after hitting a wall.
Mingruo continued to sigh - "Love is stronger than gold" is so touching.
"Ahem." Chu Chenzhou cleared his throat, "Since Mr. Shi and Mr. Shi are both awake, please cooperate with me in investigating this case."
