Chu Menglin said, "Huh? This isn't fun! " She picked up a wooden boat and saw a slender mast with a war flag attached to it. The lines on the flag were slightly raised, showing that it was fluttering in the wind. Chu Menglin muttered, "This isn't nice. It's missing a skull." She held the boat with her left hand and used the carving knife in her right hand to cut the flag. With a "crack" sound, the mast was cut in half. This time, De Shou couldn't stand it anymore and shouted, "Don't move! Put it down! "
Chu Menglin was startled and then angrily said, "Are you crazy? You already ignore worldly possessions and only have eyes for work. You shouldn't be able to see what I do! Hurry up and carve, don't be lazy. " De Shou angrily said, "You … you …" Seeing his painstaking efforts being shattered by her, he almost wanted to throw down the carving knife and turn around and leave. In a moment of emotion, tears rolled down his eyes.
Dodo unhappily said, "Menglin, don't make trouble for him. Come here!" Chu Menglin pursed his lips and said, "I'm not making trouble, I'm just supervising him …" Seeing Dodo's angry face, he didn't dare to make trouble and quickly pulled a chair to sit next to him. He stuck out his tongue at De Shou and made a face. Dodo said, "Mr. De Shou, please continue." De Shou's right hand trembled. He knew that disobeying the order wouldn't do him any good, so he could only continue carving. He wanted to finish this quickly and send these two demons away first, then repair the two wooden carvings.
Hu Wei clung to the cabinet. Half of his body was stiff and numb. He knew that his voice wouldn't reach the hall, but he still didn't dare to relax and make any noise. If there was noise outside, he could roughly understand the situation. But at this time, everything was silent. He had an illusion that someone was walking towards the cabinet and the next step was to move the copper bowl and discover the secret room … Those drawings must be Prince Yu's secret and also the important evidence that Shen Shiyun wanted everyone to find. Based on Chu Menglin's long training in the Demon Sect, once he was discovered, he would definitely be killed. When Deshou was carving, he was carefully observing the painting, one of his feet was already in the coffin, so there was even less hope.
Fortunately, carving words on wood was much easier than carving. There was no need to carve them carefully. Those drawings were all curved lines, and they were much faster than words. It only took him half a morning to move all the pictures on the paper onto the wood pieces. Each picture corresponded to a piece of wood, and the numbers were complete. The last group of numbers that had not been deciphered occupied a piece of wood. Deshou put down the carving knife, piled up the wood pieces, and handed them to Dodo with both hands. Only then did he dare to turn around, wipe away his sweat, and exhale a long breath of foul air. He looked as if he was about to collapse.
Dodo carefully examined the wood piece. Chu Menglin was still angry after being scolded by Deshou. He suddenly asked, "Deshou, why did you hide a piece of wood when you were carving?" De Shou was shocked. "I … I … how could I …" he stammered, "You were staring at me without blinking, how could I dare to play tricks in front of your eyes?" Chu Menglin sneered, "Who wants to stare at you without blinking? Do you think you're very good-looking? Just because of my carelessness, you managed to steal a piece. Whose order are you serving? Who are you reporting to? "
Deshou's whole body trembled, half out of anger, half out of fear. Dodo glanced at him and said, "You don't need to be nervous. She may have been careless, but this prince was not careless. I won't easily confuse right and wrong. Naturally, if you made any strange movements, you wouldn't be able to escape this prince's eyes. You've done well. Here's your reward. " He took out a stack of banknotes and stuffed them into Deshou's hands. "Keep your mouth shut. Don't mention today's matter to anyone. Otherwise, you know the consequences. "
Deshou said with a trembling voice, "Yes … this humble subject understands. Thank you, Your Highness." Chu Menglin had been living in the prince's mansion for the past few days. He did not dare to go against Dodo's wishes, no matter how big or small. His nature of teasing people was difficult to restrain. This time, he naturally wanted to use Deshou as an example. He thought that hiding a piece of wood was a big movement, so it would not be easy to frame him. He might as well say something that could not be seen on the surface. That way, he could casually fabricate a story. Thereupon he said, "All right, for the time being, my eyes were playing tricks on me. But when you were carving the numbers, your eyes were extremely focused. You secretly remembered that this matter had nothing to do with you, so there was no need to waste your time. Who ordered you to do this? "
Deshou angrily said, "You're being unreasonable! How can you carve numbers on a piece of wood if you don't look carefully? If you make a lot of mistakes, won't you complain again? "Chu Menglin said," If you say you didn't remember, then I'll take it that you didn't remember. "He leaned closer and said mysteriously," Do you want to get rich? Do you want to listen to me? "
Deshou was delighted. "Of course, of course," he repeatedly said, "I want to listen to Miss's words more than anyone else." Chu Menglin pulled him aside and pretended to be in a difficult situation, "But Prince Yu also gave you a reward. If I give you ten times the reward, and what I tell you conflicts with his business, will you continue to be loyal to him, or will you be loyal to me?"
Deshou wholeheartedly pursued 'both hands will not fail'. He laughed and said, "Chen is naturally loyal to Prince …" Lowering his voice he said, "But I am even more loyal to Miss. You sent me to do this matter, that is because you think highly of me. For Miss, Wei Chen will climb a mountain of blades, jump into a pot of boiling oil, go through water and tread on fire, I will not hesitate to do it! "This was the same kind of compliment that he had given to three people in just one day.
Chu Menglin showed a faint smile and said, "Why are you so polite?" Suddenly his countenance changed. He flipped his wrist and 'pop!' a dagger pierced Deshou's chest, straight into his heart. Deshou was already in the twilight of his life. Receiving this blow, he did not even make a sound. He spat out a few mouthfuls of blood and died on the spot. His body went limp on the ground like a pile of mud. Chu Menglin kicked his waist and cursed, "Shameless thing, you deserve it!"
Dodo was startled and said, "What are you doing?" She hastily rushed forward and flipped Deshou's body over. She lifted her finger to check his breathing, but found that he was not breathing at all. She angrily said, "Who allowed you to fool around like this?"
Chu Menglin confidently said, "I am doing this for your own good. Only the dead will never reveal secrets. My father taught me that if you want to be absolutely safe, you must not leave anyone behind who knows the truth. " She took out the banknotes from his chest and said angrily, "You gave him so much money. Wouldn't it be better to use it to buy some jewelry for me?" She stroked her hair coquettishly and made all kinds of charming gestures. She wanted to show that 'spending money to dress her up was worth it'.
Dodo remained indifferent and only looked at Deshou's body in deep thought. Chu Menglin gently put her hands on his shoulders and said, "I tested him just now. This old thing is very greedy. Although you gave him money to keep his mouth shut, he promised you to keep it a secret today. If someone gives him more money in the future, I am afraid he will tell you everything."
Dodo thought that what she said was not without reason. His anger subsided a bit, but he was still deeply worried, "He is His Majesty's trusted aide. In a few days, His Majesty will hear the news of his death. When that time comes, how will we deal with it?" Chu Menglin said, "It is precisely because of this that he must be killed. He works for His Majesty all day long. His Majesty is much richer than you. Won't that be even more dangerous? Who knows, maybe when he is short of money, even if other people don't mention it, he will come up with the rotten idea of using this as a bargaining chip to blackmail His Majesty. It would be better to cut off the cauldrons and sink the boats. In any case, when you leave the Capital this time, you are also planning to rebel. When the time comes and you become the Emperor … "
Dodo angrily said, "When did I ever tell you that I want to rebel and become the Emperor? My original intention was to quietly leave the Capital, to investigate openly and secretly, to find out the truth of that year, and then make a plan. Now that Deshou has just died, if I secretly leave the Capital, what do you think His Majesty will think? He will definitely think that I fled because I was afraid of being punished, and then it will be very inconvenient for me to do things in the future … "After repeatedly weighing the situation in front of her, she stood up and said," There is no other choice. I can only go to His Majesty and report the reason. Just say … say that I want to send troops to fight, and that I also want to pay my respects to my ancestors on the way. I will lay the groundwork for all kinds of unforeseen events in advance, so that in the future he will not be suspicious. I don't know if I can hide it from him … "
Chu Menglin hastily said, "If you can hide it from him, you definitely can hide it from him! That would be for the best. When he was sweeping the city, he did not guard against it. By the time he reacted, the army would have already reached the city walls. I will go with you. When you report to His Majesty, I will help you put in a good word. "
Dodo sighed and said, "Just say that I am afraid of you, okay? You have caused so much trouble for me, and you still want to mess around in front of His Majesty? You'd better save it while it is still early. The words that come out of your mouth are only vulgar words that will give people trouble. It will be difficult for you to accomplish anything big. I have a lot more confidence in going alone. Wait for me at the West Glorious Gate, don't get into a conflict with other people … Forget it, your self-control is poor, so don't let other people see you! Just hide on top of the tenth tree on the left row. "Chu Menglin replied," Okay. "He tidied up the papers on the table, threw them into the burning fireplace, and then left with Dodo.
Hu Wei did not even dare to breathe loudly. He waited until he heard that they had really gone far away, and that the interval between them was so long that it was impossible for them to come back to get the things. Only then did he try to move his body. He felt that the side of the cabinet he was leaning against was completely numb. He pounded it up and down, but it was still useless. He had no choice but to ignore it for the time being. Imitating De Shou's method, he lightly patted the head of the puppet on the outside three times. The cabinet slowly moved away. Hu Wei supported himself against the wall and stood up. He stuck out half of his head to make sure that the two people had left before he dared to tiptoe out. He focused all his strength on his left foot, causing his leg to give way and he fell to the ground in a sorry state. He cursed under his breath and crawled up. He walked into the hall and looked around. The first thing he saw was that there was still a large stack of papers in the fireplace. He rushed forward and wanted to reach for it, but a wave of heat hit him in the face. He couldn't help but secretly scold himself for being stupid. He picked up the tongs by the fireplace and took out the papers. After flipping through them, he found that other than the last paper that had a big hole burned in it and the other one that was blackened by the fire, the rest of the papers were intact.
It turned out that the stack of papers was very thick, and when he threw them out, he used a lot of strength and extinguished the fire. Chu Menglin was astute in small matters, but muddle-headed in big matters. Dodo was worried about whether his report to the Emperor would be effective. Both of them were extremely astute people, but because each had his own thoughts, neither of them paid any attention.
Hu Wei was overjoyed at this turn of events. When he was hiding in the secret room, he was really scared and trembling in fear. He only hoped that he would be able to keep his life. He did not expect that not only he would be able to escape danger, he would also be able to obtain important evidence and render meritorious service. After cleaning the paper from the soot, he put the whole stack of papers into his sleeve. And then he saw De Shou was prostrating on the floor, his eyes were still wide open, as if he died with remaining grievances. Hu Wei had expected that De Shou would be killed to keep his mouth shut, so he was not alarmed at all. He only felt a bit of regret. After looking at De Shou for a while, he sighed and said, "You were obsessed with money, but in the end you were killed by money. When you are in the nether world, your brother will burn more paper money for you. You don't need the banknotes of the living world anymore, you'd better return them to me. "
He unbuttoned the front of De Shou's clothes and groped around. After searching for half a day, other than the several pieces of underwear on De Shou's body, there was nothing else. Hu Wei thought for a moment, and then he understood immediately. He could not help but cursed in a low voice, "When that witch Chu Menglin took the banknotes, she did not count the amount, unexpectedly she took the portion that I wanted to show filial piety to the Old Master as well, leaving laozi's hands empty. Damn it, dead girl, stinky woman!"
Actually, it was reasonable. When it came to killing people and robbing money, who would take half and leave the other half for the dead on the floor? After venting his anger for a while, Hu Wei turned to De Shou and said, "I am going to pursue that witch, I will definitely get the money back. You are very grateful, so you will give me both banknotes. That's right, you should rest in peace, don't stare at me like that. " She was just about to reach out to close De Shou's eyes, but seeing De Shou's mournful face, she rolled her eyes and an idea came to her mind.
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