It had to be said that Lin Mengya's worries were very reasonable.
Aunt Fang and Uncle Huo, who had also gone out to run errands, also experienced a thrilling moment.
However, unlike Lin Mengya, who did not arouse any suspicion, Uncle Huo realized that the ancient book on the flower carriage was a token of love from his parents. He was about to explode like a bomb.
Fortunately, Aunt Fang was by his side.
At the critical moment, she pretended to be a shrewish and snobbish woman and scolded Uncle Huo with the excuse that her husband was not working hard.
This kind of thing happened from time to time, and the bystanders wouldn't suspect anything.
But Aunt Fang still dragged Uncle Huo back. As soon as she entered the door, her face immediately darkened.
"We have to move quickly. I'm afraid we're being watched."
She hurried to pack up, but Uncle Huo seemed to be under a spell. He stood there without saying a word.
His eyes were red and his heart was also tormented.
Those were the relics of his parents!
This group of people, how dare, how dare …
At this moment, someone knocked on the door.
Aunt Fang immediately became alert.
She pulled the person into the inner room and pretended to curse a few more times. Then she asked, "Who is it?"
"Aunt Fang, it's me."
Lin Mengya's hoarse and deep voice was unique.
Fang Rao immediately let down her guard and hurried to open the door.
"We have to leave quickly …"
"We can't leave for now …"
Both of them spoke at the same time.
But one had to leave, and the other had to stay.
Fang Rao frowned and hurriedly pulled her in.
"Girl, it's all my old man's fault. We may be being watched now!"
Although Aunt Fang was not a top-notch master, she had accumulated enough experience over the years. She had a very strong sense of danger.
It was fine when they were in the crowd, but on the way, she felt that they were being followed.
That was why she was in a hurry to come back and move, so that her husband's true identity would not be exposed in advance.
But Lin Mengya held her hand, still looking calm.
"We are indeed being watched. My people have found out that we are being watched. So in this situation, we must not leave. "
Compared to Aunt Fang's panic and worry, Lin Mengya thought more.
Now that someone was monitoring them, it meant that their identities had not been exposed.
This further proved that there was something fishy about the ancient book.
The tails that Uncle Huo and Auntie Fang brought back confirmed her guess.
"Humph! Counter soldiers with arms and water with earth! I, Fang Rao, am not afraid of them. I just feel that it is better to avoid trouble. "
Aunt Fang was actually a ruthless person.
For example, in the past ten years, even though she was in the Zhao Clan, which was full of traps, she was still able to find a way out for herself. This was enough to show that she was not a coward who would accept her fate.
Since he couldn't escape, he would fight them head-on!
Lin Mengya looked at Aunt Fang, who was ready to fight, and patted her arm helplessly.
"Things aren't that bad, but I think it must have something to do with what Uncle Huo and the others did at the Pei residence that night."
The door to the inner room was opened by Uncle Huo.
At this moment, he had regained his composure.
Lin Mengya nodded at Uncle Huo. Uncle Huo said apologetically, "I'm really sorry to have implicated you. Don't worry. I know what to do. "
Lin Mengya really didn't care if she was a burden or not.
Moreover, they were all in the same boat. She was not good at anything except covering up for those who were in the wrong.
In any case, she and Yu had already decided that Uncle Huo and his family were their comrades. Naturally, she would support them to the end.
Moreover, she felt that something must have happened that night. Otherwise, with Uncle Huo and Huo Xiao's cautiousness, they would not let the other party get hold of them.
Uncle Huo smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"I think they must have discovered that the secret underground room was missing a few things. That's why they deliberately took out the ancient books to bait us. "
The Huo family was a big businessman.
According to Huo Xiao's memories and Uncle Huo's description, the Huo family could be said to be the richest aboriginal family at that time.
Naturally, the endless wealth could not be placed in one place.
Huo Xiao's grandfather was also an extremely far-sighted businessman. He was also quite prepared for danger in times of peace.
Therefore, he chose to divide the Huo family's wealth into four portions.
The largest portion would naturally be placed in the Huo family's main residence.
Therefore, after the massacre that year, Huo Xiao could take advantage of the opportunity to take away enough wealth to make a comeback.
As for the remaining three points, they were hidden in different places.
Apart from Uncle Huo and Huo Xiao, no one knew where the treasures were hidden.
As for the treasures, they were hidden under the residence in Yuehu City, which was the least.
Even so, it was enough to make the ancient clans covet this wealth with red eyes.
Uncle Huo brought Huo Xiao to explore the residence at night. Firstly, he wanted to check on the Pei family's situation. Secondly, he wanted to retrieve a few things from the hidden location.
After they entered the secret room, they indeed found that the treasures were missing, but they did not care.
After all, if the Pei family really found out about it, they would definitely take it for themselves.
However, even so, they still kept an eye out and made some arrangements.
They guessed that those people would not be able to find out what exactly was missing for the time being.
"I guess they must have found traces of the mechanism being tampered with. That's why they suspect that someone from the Huo family has been here. Heh, it's just because they have a guilty conscience. "
The more Uncle Huo thought about it, the angrier he became.
But Lin Mengya asked, "Uncle Huo, are you saying that the Pei family clearly found the treasures, but only took some of them?"
Uncle Huo nodded.
Lin Mengya was amused.
"I was just thinking that if they were really sure that the Pei family did it, they would have searched the entire city for the culprit. There is only one possibility for them to use this kind of provocation to lure you out. "
Her eyes were sparkling.
"This batch of treasures should have been secretly kept by the Pei family. Moreover, there are other people who have their eyes on this batch of treasures. That's why they are not sure who did it."
It was simple.
If the Pei family had hidden the existence of this batch of treasures, then with the Pei family's current status among the aboriginals, they could naturally use other means to search for it.
However, they had used this underhanded and secretive method.
This meant that the existence of this batch of treasures, at least to the Pei family, was a secret that they wanted to hide.
And if they were sure that the Huo family did it, then they could use the excuse of seeing the Huo family members to search for them.
But they did not.
This meant that they were not sure.
It could even be that someone had sneaked into the house before this, but the Pei family did not catch them. But there were other sources of information to confirm that someone knew about the treasure.
In this way, it would be beneficial to them.
After Lin Mengya's analysis, Uncle Huo's confused mind finally started to work normally.
He narrowed his eyes and quickly went through all the information about the Pei family over the years.
"The Pei family has only flourished in the past ten years. So it is very likely that the Pei family's prosperity has something to do with the Huo family's treasures. "
"Also, all these years, the Pei family has always used the name of traveling merchants to set up caravans to sell goods. So every time they come back, they bring back a large amount of goods. "
"But I have noticed that their caravans seem to be selling medicine and food at a profit."
"The profits from these things aren't enough for the Pei Family to live in such a wealthy and populous state. So the real thing that is supporting the Pei family is the Huo family's things! "
Lin Mengya praised him in her heart. He was indeed Uncle Huo. Once his IQ came online, it was really amazing.
"One more thing. Why didn't the Pei family take all the treasures back?" She reminded him.
Uncle Huo frowned, but he immediately thought of something.
"The Pei family and the Yue Zhengs are connected by marriage. No, not only the Yue Zhengs."
"The Pei family seems to have the intention to connect by marriage with many Upper Xian Clan. Those who marry into or out of the Upper Xian Clan may be spies of other families. So the old man Pei treats this place as a treasure house. "
This was a ready-made treasure house for the Pei family!
Not only were the items prepared, but even the treasure vault was recyclable.
Of course, the premise was that all the Huo family members were dead!
Lin Mengya found that the more she looked into this matter, the more clues she could get and the more questions she had.
So she thought that she could use this as a prelude to test the Pei family.
Obviously, Uncle Huo had the same idea as her.
"So we should be careful these days. I don't think there will be any big problems."
Aunt Fang and Uncle Huo agreed with her.
After all, compared to them, Lin Mengya's purpose of coming here was clearer.
If they could not help, they should try not to make trouble.
Lin Mengya was about to get up to give Aunt Fang and Uncle Huo some space when she heard someone crying outside the door.
"Madam, please save Miss Xue 'er!"
A familiar name, but a difficult argument.
Lin Mengya shrugged her shoulders at Aunt Fang, but she still got up and went to check on the situation outside.
In fact, she had her own reason for spending so much effort to deal with Xue 'er.
But now was not the time to tell Uncle Huo and the others.
When Lin Mengya stepped out of the door, she saw Xue 'er lying on the ground with her eyes closed.
Beside her, however, was an unfamiliar young woman.
"Madam! Madam! Please be merciful and let the old master accept Sister Xue 'er. I, I'm willing to use my whole life to repay your kindness! "
Oh my!
She was making a scene yesterday, but today she changed? Was she pretending to be pitiful now?
Lin Mengya narrowed her eyes and politely dodged the girl's kowtow.
"Who are you to her?" She asked the unfamiliar girl.
The latter raised her head, and her tear-stained face really had a pitiful charm.
"I, I'm Sister Xue 'er's sworn sister."
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