The first thousand and fifty-three chapters night exploration of the granary
Xiping Granary is located near Dongshi City in Chang'an. It is a large and magnificent house. The courtyard wall is three meters high. Even so, standing outside the courtyard wall, you can still see the barn inside, which shows how tall the barn is.
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As a grain merchant, and with such a large amount of grain, he usually maintains a large number of grain farmers. Grain farmers refer to farmers who specialize in selling grain, and the grain they sell is called grain.
Generally speaking, big grain merchants have a large amount of grain stored in their hands. When they see which state or county has a bad harvest and is short of grain, they will transport the stored grain there and sell it at a high price.
Liu Buxin lurked near the Xiping Granary for a long time, from the moment it got dark, until the ugly hour in the latter half of the night, which was around one o'clock in the morning.
At this time, Chang'an City was completely silent, with only scattered lights.
Liu Buxin, wearing a tight-fitting night jacket, slowly walked out of the dark corner. He came under the wall of the granary, turned his face sideways, put his ear against the wall, and listened quietly.
After listening for a long time, he took out a flying claw and gently threw it forward. The flying claw caught the edge of the wall and made a soft snap. Liu Buxin did not climb up immediately, but still listened attentively.
After listening for a while, there was still no movement. Then he grabbed the rope, and with a few clicks, he climbed up to the top of the three-meter-high wall. He squatted on the wall, and while retracting the rope, he looked at the yard.
Sweep it away.
The granary is not a formal courtyard. There is a large open space inside, which is covered with several tall and large granaries.
Sand, sand, sand! There were footsteps nearby. Liu Buxin, who was originally squatting under the courtyard wall, immediately lay down, followed the courtyard wall, and jumped into the courtyard.
There are no bushes or trees here, so when others come in, they are completely exposed.
Not long after, three big men holding torches came over. They were the guards responsible for patrolling at night. Each of them had swords hanging under their ribs. When patrolling, their eyes were like lightning, and they looked around vigilantly.
When they passed the place where Liu Buxin came in, they looked up and saw that it was empty, not even a ghost.
The three big men walked over without stopping. When they were far away, the courtyard wall suddenly moved. Then, a large piece of 'wall' fell down, and Liu Buxin's figure was revealed behind the wall.
It turned out that he was holding a large piece of gauze in his hand. The color of the gauze was almost exactly the same as the color of the wall. He stood against the wall and raised the gauze high. At a glance, his whole body was really integrated with the wall.
Not to mention it is dark now, the light is limited and it is difficult to see clearly. Even in the daytime, if you don't distinguish carefully, it will be difficult to see the flaw.
He quickly put away the gauze, bent down, and approached a barn ahead.
When he got close to the barn, he listened to the movement inside. It was quiet and there was no sound. He moved to the door of the barn. There was a lock on it, which Liu Buxin couldn't help but believe.
He took out a thin iron bar and poked it along the lock's hole a few times. With a click, the lock opened. He pushed the door open slowly, and when he reached a gap, he ducked in sideways.
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He turned around and closed the door, then stood close to the door. The height of the barn was six or seven meters away, and its window was six meters above the ground. If it was daytime, there would still be some light coming in, but at night, in the
It was so dark at the bottom of the barn that I couldn't see anything.
Liu Buxin stood for a while, then took out the fire stick and blew it, and finally there was some light in the barn. He held up the fire stick and slowly looked around. What was stored in this barn was not grain, but vegetables.
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At that time, the vegetables that people ate were not monotonous, but they were not as diverse as they are now. Commonly eaten vegetables were sunflower, hyacinth, scallions, green onions, leeks, etc.
Sunflower is the most commonly eaten by people. Sunflower is not a kind of vegetable, but refers to a large category of vegetables, including cress, which was called Chu Kui at that time.
But by the Ming Dynasty, except for cress, all other types of vegetables were classified as grass and were no longer eaten by people. As for hyacinth, scallions, leeks, etc., some of them were eliminated, and some have been postponed.
Used to this day.
Liu Buxin was holding the fire seal, and when he was about to move forward, his feet were already raised, but he immediately retracted them.
He slowly squatted down and used the fire stick to shine on the ground. At this time, Fang saw that there was a thin silk thread half a foot above the ground. If he looked along the thread to the end, he could see hanging on it.
Two small bells at the end.
He squinted his eyes, raised his feet, and slowly stepped over the silk thread. Walking in, there were many bamboo baskets on the ground, and each basket contained a variety of fresh vegetables.
It's now autumn, the weather is getting cooler, and some vegetables can no longer grow, but there are still fresh ones stored in the Xiping granary.
This is mainly because at that time, there were already greenhouses, which are now commonly known as greenhouses. Even in the cold winter, vegetables can still be grown in the greenhouses. The greenhouse clearly recorded in the history books is the Taiguan Garden.
I have to say that the Chinese ancestors were really wise. Whatever modern people can think of, the ancients could also think of.
Liu Buxin walked slowly inside the barn, looking around. Although the barn was large, it was clear that there were no partitions inside. There were no secret rooms, no secret doors, and nothing else except bamboo baskets filled with vegetables.
He walked up the circular steps of the barn. Soon, he reached the top of the barn. He stood in front of the window and looked out. Standing here and watching, the layout of the entire granary could be seen clearly.
When Liu Buxin observed carefully, he suddenly noticed something was wrong. In front of a barn in the middle of the granary, there were actually two big men standing guard.
You must know that there are several barns in Xiping Granary. The other barns only need a lock on the door, but this barn has two people specially assigned to guard it.
This is wrong! Liu Buxin squinted his eyes. This shows that the things in this barn are very important. But besides grain and vegetables, what other important things can be stored in the barn?
Thinking of this, Liu Buxin walked down the steps. He walked back to the bottom of the barn, stepped over the silk thread on the ground, walked to the door, opened a gap slightly, and waited until the next wave of patrols passed by.
Come out of the warehouse, go back and hang the lock back and lock it.
Then, he followed the patrolman far behind and walked slowly forward until he reached the back of the central granary. Then he approached the granary.
The main entrance of the central granary had two big men on the handle. It was impossible for him to enter through the main entrance. He raised his eyes and looked up at the small window on the top of the granary.
He took out the flying claw, looked at the direction and angle, and threw the small flying claw upwards.
Bang! The flying claw was clinging to the edge of the window. Liu Bu pulled hard and felt that the grip was very firm. He followed the rope, kicked off the wall with his feet, and climbed up quickly.
Soon, he climbed to a height of more than six meters and was in front of the small window, and then climbed in through the window.
The window is narrow and is mainly used for ventilation. People with a slightly stronger stature may not be able to climb in. Fortunately, Liu Buxin is thin and small, so he squeezed in and climbed in smoothly.
After successfully entering the granary, Liu Buxin squatted down and looked down. It was so dark that he couldn't see anything.
Liu Buxin didn't know what was going on below, and he didn't know if there was anyone on the ground floor, so he didn't dare to blow on the fire. He could only bend his waist, gently rub his feet against the wooden board below, and walk down slowly.
When Liu Buxin reached a height of three or four meters from the ground, suddenly, he heard a bang and the barn door was opened. He reacted quickly and immediately lay down, leaning against the wooden board and pointing downwards.
Look.
Following the light of the fire, a big man holding a torch walked in. He first took a look around, then walked into the barn with a bucket. When he came to the end, he put down the bucket and put two buckets filled with grain into the barn.
Move the bamboo basket away.
Lying down on it, Liu Buxin could see clearly from his superior position. It turned out that there was a small iron door hidden under the two bamboo baskets.
After the big man moved the two bamboo baskets, he took a deep breath, took out the key, unlocked the small iron door on the ground, then opened the iron door, carried the bucket, and walked in.
Not long after, he came out of the small iron gate again, but the bucket he was holding was gone. He closed the iron gate again, locked it, pressed the grain basket on top, and then exited the granary.
With two clicks, the outside of the granary door was obviously locked.
Liu Buxin slowly stood up, groped in the dark, and walked to the bottom of the granary. Based on his memory, he touched the inner end of the granary, then took out the fire stick and blew on it.
Looking at the two bamboo baskets pressed against the small iron door, he hesitated for a moment and then pulled them open bit by bit.
After that, he opened the lock on the iron door and opened the small iron door little by little.
Using a fire stick to shine down, there was a wooden ladder going downwards inside the iron gate. Liu Buxin took a deep breath, braced himself, and walked slowly down the ladder.
This is a narrow tunnel, not very long. There is a small wooden door at the end of the tunnel, which is still locked.
Liu Buxin unlocked the lock, and then slowly opened the door. At the same time as he opened the door, there was a sound of breathing inside.
In this dark and quiet environment, the sudden sound of inhalation made Liu Buxin's body tremble and his scalp numb. He raised the fire folder in his hand, and then he could clearly see the small wooden door.
Inside is a closed secret room. At the end of the secret room, two women are trembling and huddled. It seems that they have been detained here for a while. There are stains on their cheeks and clothes.
The two women huddled in the corner, hugging each other, and looked at Liu Buxin timidly.
Seeing this scene, Liu Buxin already understood that the recent serial disappearances in Chang'an City were really related to the Xiping Granary.
Looking at the two pitiful girls, he really wanted to save them, but now, he didn't have the ability.
He was not stupid enough to say directly that he was here to save them.
He condensed his eyes, glanced at the two women coldly, took out the dagger from his waist, shook it at the two women, and said in a deep voice: "Be honest, if you dare to make trouble again, I will stab you to death!"
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When the two girls saw this, they trembled even more with fear, with snot and tears flowing from their noses, but they did not dare to speak. It was obvious that someone had warned them before.
Judging that the situation of the two girls was still safe for the time being, Liu Buxin no longer wasted time, followed the original route, exited the secret room, locked all the doors one by one, followed the original route, returned to the top of the granary, and then
I fixed the rope at the small window and slid down the rope.
Retracting the rope and making sure everything was done without leaving any trace, he returned to the courtyard wall and repeated his old trick. With the help of the rope, he exited the Xiping Granary.
When he arrived outside the Xiping Granary, he first looked left and right, and then ran into a small alley as fast as he could.
There are still more than ten people hiding in the alley, and the leader is Xu Zheng.
Seeing that Liu Buxin came back safe and sound, Xu Zheng and others breathed a sigh of relief. When Liu Buxin came closer, Xu Zheng lowered his voice and asked: "Don't believe me, how is the situation inside? What did you find out?"
Liu Buxin whispered: "There is a secret room in the granary, and two women are imprisoned in the secret room. I don't dare to ask whether they are the missing girls in the city, but I estimate that it is nine out of ten."
A young man behind Xu Zheng whispered: "That's not right, aren't there more than a dozen missing girls?"
Liu Buxin said: "Most people should have been sent out of the city by Xiping Granary."
Xu Zheng nodded, thinking that this was very possible. Liu Buxin said seriously: "Brother Zheng, we will inform Jing Zhaoyin of the news now and ask Jing Zhaoyin to send troops to arrest the person."
After thinking about it carefully, Xu Zheng shook his head and said, "You only saw two women."
"yes!"
"But we haven't found the others yet!" Xu Zheng said solemnly.
