"It's like this. The whole mansion is quite big. What we see is a scaled down map. You see, this is the location of the guest room, which is where we are now... In the middle is the main room where the city lord lives.

Courtyard, the city lord is a quiet person, there is no big deal, usually no one would recruit the city lord."

According to Douzi, many things in the entire mansion are solved by the housekeeper Situ Lei himself, and he rarely offends the city lord. With such a capable subordinate, the city lord is also happy and at ease, rarely appearing in front of others, even in large

Only attend parties and important meetings.

Ping Tou frowned. Why does it sound like the city lord is a puppet? I'm afraid this is not a happy time. Looking at Situ Lei, he seems to have everything in his hands. Could it be said that he has something to hide?

People's secrets? The entire mansion is basically divided into a front yard and a back yard. All the people living in the back yard are female relatives, who basically never see guests. The front yard is divided into an east wing and a west wing.

The west wing is mostly a warehouse, while the east wing is where Ping Tou lives, and is basically a guest room and a place to receive guests.

It is indeed a simple and elegant mansion. You can see from the map that it is completely symmetrical on the left and right, and is very carefully divided according to the elements of metal, wood, water, fire and earth. It is a mansion where the five elements are in harmony with each other.

Flathead touched his chin. It seemed that the person who built this mansion was actually a master of the five elements, but he always felt that something was not quite right about this map.

"Then can you tell me where the missing piece of jade you mentioned is stored?" Logically speaking, such a valuable thing should be placed in a very secret and heavily guarded place. How could it be lost inexplicably?

What? Douzi sighed softly: "There is a place called the Treasure Pavilion between the west wing and the backyard. The things that Brother Cangbao placed are definitely priceless things. The piece of jade was also placed in the Treasure Pavilion."

Above the pavilion... the treasure pavilion is densely covered with traps. Only the city lord can unlock these traps. Therefore, even if our own people want to enter the treasure pavilion to steal things, it is not an easy task, and the treasure pavilion is nearby.

It is indeed heavily guarded..." Unless someone is particularly strong in Qinggong, he can get in directly through the entrance on the third floor, so that he will not alert all the guards.

Flathead touched his chin, stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers: "Well, you take me to the Treasure Pavilion to have a look. After all, that is the scene of the crime. Only by seeing it in person can you know the true nature of the matter."

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The flat-headed master was already very old and couldn't bear the fatigue, so he arranged for the master to rest in a room, and he followed Douzi to the treasure pavilion in the west wing.

Before leaving, Wang Yifeng patted Pingtou on the shoulder and told him to be careful. This place was not only a place with hidden dragons and crouching tigers, but also many people with ulterior motives.

If he came in as an outsider, he would probably become a thorn in the eyes of others. Flathead nodded, naturally he understood this point.

In his opinion, the real thieves were hiding in a corner of the mansion, watching their actions coldly, and the appearance of Flathead really surprised him. Flathead was definitely a very big threat to him.

"If the thief personally wanted to eradicate my WeChat account, it would be a dream. It would be exposed directly in front of my eyes without even checking. Don't worry, master, have a good rest. I will be back soon!"

After arriving at the Treasure Pavilion, Pingtou discovered that this was indeed a gorgeous three-story building. When it was first built, it already had the meaning of treasure. Looking at the plaque, it hung high on the third floor.

Above the layer, Flathead frowned tightly.

"You mean, in fact, the things placed on the first and second floors are not valuable, but the really valuable things are placed on the third floor?" Douzi nodded: "Actually, that jade is indeed the city-shaking treasure here, although

We have never seen it, but we have heard a lot of rumors. It is said that the jade stone is called the Soul of the Sky, and it is extremely powerful. It is said that without this stone, the city lord would not be able to be so carefree!"

Then the most bizarre thing came. It is said that the piece of Sky-Breaking Soul has been locked in a large iron box on the third floor. This iron box was made of elite cold iron.

Without a key, the lock above cannot be opened. There is also a seal on it, so the defense can be considered very tight.

What everyone didn't expect was that this iron box was not harmed at all. Even the seal was firmly affixed to it, with no trace of being taken down. However, the contents inside were unjustly escaped.

, which made everyone feel frightened.

Oh? Flathead frowned tightly. It seemed that this matter was more complicated than he thought. At this time, he had a bad idea in his mind.

"Hey, Douzi, since no one knows except the city lord, the location where the Soul of Breaking the Sky is stored also proves that whether he is in the Treasure Pavilion is still unknown. Maybe this was a lie from the beginning?"

Douzi's face became extremely ugly, and he understood Ping Tou's meaning: "You mean, the Soul of the Sky has not been hidden in the iron box here from the beginning, but it is just a cover-up?!"

This kind of thing is really scary to think about, but Ping Tou's speculation can indeed perfectly explain why the treasure disappeared without breaking the seals of the box.

Douzi covered his mouth in surprise: "Oh, it's not easy to talk about these things. After all, there is no evidence, and to be honest, there are many people in this place who covet the soul of breaking gong..."

Pingtou nodded. Since there is no evidence, he will go and look for it. After ruling out all the impossibilities, his speculation will be completely established.

At this time, Pingtou felt that he had fallen into a trap. Maybe it was his arrival that gave the murderer an opportunity? Pingtou stepped into the treasure pavilion, but was grabbed by Douzi. I said, uncle

Can you be more careful? I have already said that there are many traps here. Ordinary people will definitely be shattered into pieces if they go in! At this time, Flathead can vaguely see a look of terror on Douzi's face. It seems that someone has stolen here before, but

The precedent of dying in a trap by mistake made this kid so frightened.

He reached out and patted Douzi on the shoulder: "Don't worry, nothing will happen. You will have no problem following me."

They had only known each other for a short time, and Douzi certainly wouldn't trust Ping Tou, so how did he know that he would definitely have a way to solve the mechanisms inside.

"That's it, Brother Flathead, you can go in first and I'll wait for you outside. As long as you let me search you when you come out to show that you didn't come out with anything else, I won't go in..."

This was not only cowardly, but also very cowardly. Seeing the panic on the other person's face, Flathead sighed softly and did not force him to do anything.

"Okay, then I'll go in alone. Don't worry, I will never steal anything out. I'm not the kind of person you think."

Just like that, Pingtou stepped into the door of the Treasure Pavilion alone. According to Douzi, the mechanisms on the first and second floors are relatively simple. People with some skills can avoid them, but on the third floor, things will not work.

So simple.

As expected, it was very easy for me to untie the traps on the first and second floors and reach the middle staircase.

Only then did he discover that there was a large space between the second and third floors. Nothing was placed in this space, but it had to be passed through to reach the third floor directly from the stairs. This means that this mysterious space may be a legend.

It’s the place where the organs are located.

Facing this space, Flathead licked his dry lips. Although he said he didn't care, he felt a little uneasy in his heart. He didn't know what kind of danger he was facing.

Taking the first tentative step, Flathead felt that he should have touched the machine emperor of a certain mechanism. Then he stepped lightly and the floor was broken layer by layer! Under the broken floor was a dark patch, it seemed like it should be

It is a fatal mechanism to kill people. Flathead thought, he must not fall down, otherwise he will be shattered into pieces. With this thought, Flathead jumped up, but found that there was nothing to grab on to the top of the entire space.

It couldn't stay in the air for long, and then fell down again.

After his foot stepped on another floor, this floor shattered again, and then the flat head rose up again, and the cycle continued. The flat head probably triggered another floor, and then fell flatly to the other side.

Ping Tou breathed a sigh of relief. There were indeed many dangers here. If he hadn't been strong and strong, he wouldn't have been able to dodge these traps.

The moment the flat head landed on the ground, the previously broken floors were able to squeeze together and generally returned to their original state. It was as if the dangerous scenes just now had never happened, and finally returned to peace.

After careful calculation, it seems that not many people in this mansion can be compared to Hetou's Qinggong without being noticed. The range is already very small.

Flathead sighed softly. In front of him was the staircase leading to the third floor. He suspected that this staircase was not that simple.

At this time, Longtou discovered that this staircase had a total of ninety-nine and eighty-one steps, and a symbol was drawn on each step. These symbols were difficult to interpret. They seemed to be random graffiti without any rules at all.

Pingtou frowned tightly, took out a locust stone from his arms, and threw it out. The locust stone fell on the sixteenth step.

Flathead threw the Scarlet Locust Stone out, and it happened to fall on the sixteenth step in front.

After waiting for a while and finding no movement, Ping Tou was worried, so he threw a few more pieces out and landed on several other places on the steps, only to find that there was no movement either.
Chapter completed!