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Qi Xiang walked very quickly and disappeared into the night in a blink of an eye...

The old Taoist priest looked at Qi Xiang's disappearing figure in the void, with a very serious expression. For some reason, he had a premonition that this matter might not be over.

In other words, once the causal relationship is involved, it will be difficult to cut off.

Qi Xiang didn't know what the old Taoist priest thought. Anyway, he left the house and came to Yueyang City again. After spending one night in the city, he came to a bustling street in the city early the next morning.

There are teahouses on the street.

Qi Xiang asked for a pot of Junshan silver needles and two or three plates of refreshments in the teahouse, and then slowly tasted them, leisurely and quite content.

He looked down while drinking tea.

Looking from the teahouse window, there is a shop on the side of the street opposite, which is his target. The old Taoist priest mentioned the Hundred-character Monument is hidden in the shop.

Qi Xiang observed the store and saw that the store was very dilapidated and the business was not very good. In the bustling streets, there were constant vehicles and pedestrians passing by, but not many people stopped and went into the store to buy things, leaving no doors.

"Good, it saves a lot of trouble."

Seeing this, Qi Xiang nodded with satisfaction, slowly finished the tea, solved the refreshment, and then checked the bill and walked towards the shop opposite.

When he saw the customer enter the door, the owner of the store, a middle-aged man in his fifties and sixties, quickly came up and asked with a smile: "Brother, what are you planning to buy?"

"I'll take a look..."

Qi Xiang looked around and circled the store and saw it more clearly. The area of ​​the store was not very large, only more than 30 square meters. Four or five shelves were placed.

On the shelves, various daily neatly placed items, complete with goods, similar to small supermarkets.

The problem is that there are two or three large shopping malls, shopping malls and supermarkets near the store. Such small shops are completely uncompetitive, so it is no wonder that their business is cold.

The business in this store depends entirely on a small tobacco counter. From time to time, there are passers-by who are too lazy to go to the large supermarket. They simply buy cigarettes, lighters, chewing gum, ice drinks, etc. here so that the store can be maintained and will not go bankrupt.

However, depending on the situation, this business can only make a living and will definitely not make a fortune.

Qi Xiang walked around and felt scheming in her heart. She waved directly: "Boss..."

"exist!"

The owner hurriedly met and smiled and said, "Brother, what are you going to buy?"

"No hurry."

Qi Xiang waved her hand and asked with a smile: "Do you rent this store or your own?"

"ah?"

The owner was stunned and said in confusion: "Brother, why are you asking this?"

"If this store is rented, I hope you can sublet it to me." Qi Xiang smiled and said, "If it is your own store, it's better. Just rent it to me."

“Huh?”

The owner was stunned and said in surprise: "You want to rent a store?"

"yes."

Qi Xiang said with a naughty head, "Your store is good, but the business you do is not very good. Why not rent it to me and collect rent every month, and make sure to earn even more money."

This was not very impressive. The owner frowned and was about to refute it, but then he thought, it seemed to be true. He looked up and down at Qi Xiang and asked, "What are you planning to do when you rent a store?"

"I won't talk about what business I do for now." Qi Xiang smiled and said, "I just want to ask you, do you have the intention to rent it?"

"What, I'm afraid I'll copy your creativity."

The owner was a little dissatisfied and then carefully considered whether it was a good deal for opening a store by yourself or a good deal for renting it?

If it were the past, he would definitely choose to open a store by himself. It would be harder to get up early and get into the dark. After the large shopping mall closed, he would also make a lot of money.

But now that my children are getting married, even my grandchildren are about to have a grandchild, it seems that there is no need to work so hard, right? Besides, holding a grandchild and enjoying family happiness is definitely happier than looking at the shop for boring.

For some reason, during the chat with Qi Xiang, the shop owner thought a lot.

Anyway, not long after, he agreed to the request for renting a store in a daze, and even the rent, the advance payment, and the contract agreement had been finalized.

Find a lawyer, print the contract, and sign it.

The processes were incredibly fast and it was over in just half a day.

In the afternoon, the owner took a bag and slowly took the bus home. When the cool breeze blew, he suddenly woke up and was shocked. What's going on? How could he agree to rent the store?

He was a little confused and didn't know how to tell his family after he went back.

But soon, he touched the bag he carried with him, which was thick and hard, and there was a stagnant of money inside. The rent for a whole year was more than 100,000 yuan, which was much more than opening a small shop himself.

Holding his waist bag, he immediately calmed down, full of energy and no panic. He had money, and his waist was naturally straight.

As soon as the shop owner left, he moved the goods from his shop. When the store was empty, Qi Xiang immediately contacted the decoration team to seal the store, then started work, demolished the original layout of the shop, and renovated it...

This efficiency is too fast.

The shop owners next to them were all amazed.

Sure enough, time is money. It is estimated that during the reform and opening up, it was such efficiency that China has become the pillar of the world economy in just a few decades and is squeezed into the peak of the world.

In short, I had tossed for an afternoon. In the evening, the decoration team stopped working and blocked the store directly. Then, with the wages settled on the day, patted the butt and left, leaving behind a messy scene.

This situation is exactly what Qi Xiang hopes to see.

He sent the man away and then stayed alone in the store until late at night.

At midnight, the lively crowds and vehicles during the day gradually decreased and eventually disappeared. On the huge streets, there were only blazing street lights, which were still shining brightly.

Suddenly, a light flashed in front of the store, and with a squeak, it became dark for no reason. As soon as the light dimmed, the store became darker and even the shadow of the tree became deeper.

However, for such a situation, the sparse pedestrians on the street will definitely not be noticed for a while. Moreover, even if they are aware of it, it will take some time to call someone to come for maintenance.

During this period, it happened to be convenient for Qi Xiang to act.

At this time, Qi Xiang sat cross-legged in the shop, leaving her body with her soul. She swam around in the air before she could find the firm and hard ground of the shop.

In an instant, Qi Xiang's soul drilled into the strata a few meters away, and suddenly felt a burst of burning and burning on the soul...

The sudden pain naturally made him frightened and hurriedly floated back.

In the gap where he flew back, he looked back in a panic, and vaguely seemed to see golden words. He was hovering and dancing in the virtual space of the strata, intertwining like fireworks.

"Hundred-character stele?"

Qi Xiang's soul returned to his body, and a feeling of weakness immediately spread throughout his body, which made him very uncomfortable.

"I didn't expect that there was still this situation below!"

Qi Xiang was not surprised but happy, and was even more convinced that the old Taoist priest did not lie. There was indeed a mystery hidden underground.

"But why, even though I knew there was something under me, I didn't transfer it?"

Qi Xiang was considering this issue. He had thought before that there might be some traps in it. The old Taoist priest wanted to plot against him, so he did not dig rashly. Now it seems that it was his villain's heart.

While thinking, Qi Xiang also stabilized her mind, calculated the location in the store, and then began to dig.

There were tools left by the decoration team in the store. Qi Xiang picked up a hoe, held it high and then fell heavily, and the tip of the hoe silently penetrated the hard floor.

Qi Xiang pried out and dug out a layer of hard concrete in the store, and there was a layer of mud underneath.

After digging the mud layer and digging it down for two or three meters, Qi Xiang felt that the soil became looser and looser. Then the hoe suddenly became empty, breaking a wooden board, and then a hole appeared underground.

basement……

Inside the strata, there is a very secret basement.

Qi Xiang has seen many underground spaces like this, but he didn't find it strange. He let out a breath, immediately threw down the hoe, lit a candle, tied it with a rope, and carefully hung it in the basement.

As soon as the candle fell, the bright candlelight dimmed a little, indicating that there was a lack of oxygen inside.

It is possible that there are still toxic gases that cannot be entered at will. Therefore, Qi Xiang waited until the candlelight was fully burned and returned to normal conditions before entering the underground secret room space with confidence.

The space below is dark, and even if there is a candlelight, you can't see the specific situation clearly.

Fortunately, Qi Xiang's eyes were bright, and with the dim light, he could barely see the entire underground secret room clearly. He saw that there was nothing in the space, and it was empty and clean.

As for words, stone tablets and other things, they are missing.

“Huh?”

Qi Xiang looked around and frowned naturally. It felt wrong. The Hundred Character Monument, which was written by Lu Zu, had just seen it. Why did people come in now and disappear?

"No, there must be something wrong."

Qi Xiang pondered, and he also realized that there were no traps here. However, there were some small mysteries that would make people unable to understand for a while.

"Sure enough, the Hundred Character Monument of Lu Zu must not be that simple."

Qi Xiang thought about it. If it were the Hundred Character Monument, it was really just a stone monument. I am afraid the old Taoist priest would have moved away long ago, so why bother to let it be buried in this secret room, so that it would not be seen for a long time.

"I think about it, maybe..." Qi Xiang stared at the walls of the secret room intently. He held the candlelight and looked at it, and found that the walls were made of tight and hard blue bricks.

In addition, he also noticed that these fine-textured blue bricks were not arranged neatly.

Qi Xiang's fingers passed by blue bricks, and saw blue bricks arranged in fancy arrangements, stacked in an orderly manner, forming a rather regular pattern.

"These patterns should be the key, right?"
Chapter completed!