When the book-traveling little detective meets the two-faced prince

"Look for it, it's hidden in the soil, it's shining with golden light."

Lin Lezhi said this, then turned his gaze back to the crowd and said slowly: "Putting aside the Feng Shui layout of this earth temple, just based on the surface meaning of this sentence, combined with the treasure map placed in the earth temple, it means that the treasure is hidden underground on this lake island, that is, the tomb. But in fact, that is not a place to hide treasure, but a tomb that leads people to death."

Lin Lezhi held up the treasure map in his hand and said, "The cleverness of this treasure map is that the true and false coexist. Only future generations can find the correct treasure location."

"Stop talking nonsense. Where is the treasure hidden?"

Seeing that Lin Lezhi started talking nonsense again, going around in circles and not getting to the point, Hong Mingxu said angrily.

"Captain Hong, don't worry. What I'm going to tell you next is where the treasure is hidden."

Hong Mingxu was not sure whether Lin Lezhi was deceiving them or really knew where the treasure was hidden, but he was the only one who said there was a second treasure location. Therefore, even if he was furious, he could only endure it for the time being. With a gloomy face, he continued to patiently listen to Lin Lezhi's nonsense.

Lin Lezhi looked at the fir tree outside the courtyard gate and said slowly, "A big tree pressing down on the door will bring disaster to future generations and also block wealth, so it does not conform to the Feng Shui layout. But it is perfect in this earth temple."

He Yu couldn't figure it out, and he was a little worried and said, "This... This will bring disaster to future generations. Will it really lead to the location of the treasure?"

"That's right, but the people who built this earthen temple deliberately ruined the Feng Shui. Their purpose was to deceive those who know the business. The more they know about Feng Shui, the more they will be trapped by it and think that the treasure must not be in this earthen temple, but underground. In this way, those who know the business or not will be led to that tomb and die on this island."

After Lin Lezhi's explanation, everyone present thought about it carefully and all had an expression of sudden enlightenment, except Qi Xi, who remained silent.

The people present looked at Qi Xi with expressions of pity and helplessness.

after all.

It was because of these treasures that Huaifeng Village was in disaster and the entire village was destroyed, leaving only Qi Xi alive.

Meng Dafeng withdrew his gaze from Qi Xi, and said with reluctance in his eyes: "Detective Jiang Gui is indeed a smart man. He is not fooled by these false appearances. He knows that the treasure is hidden in the riddle, but... what is the solution to this riddle?"

"Brother Meng, thank you for your praise. I don't know much about Feng Shui. I only know a little bit about it. I focused all my attention on solving the riddle, and I just happened to solve it."

He paused for a moment, looked at the cedar tree hidden in the mist, his eyes tightened as he said, "Since we want to deceive those who know the business, we naturally have to make it look real. Although Feng Shui is wrong, as long as we combine the five elements, we can easily solve this riddle."

Hong Mingxu was also convinced by Lin Lezhi's explanation. After taking a glance at the layout of the house, he frowned and asked with deep eyes, "Five Elements?"

"That's right." Lin Lezhi looked at Hong Mingxu with a firm expression and said, "Feng Shui will refer to the theory of the five elements for layout and adjustment, but it is impossible for all future generations to be proficient in Feng Shui. In order for future generations to understand clearly, there is no need to refer to those theories of life and death. It is enough to just understand the basics of Feng Shui."

"Go on." Cheng Su said.

Lin Lezhi nodded slightly and said, "Everyone, look at the furnishings in this room. Isn't it too strange and... too simple?"

Hear the words.

Everyone's eyes began to scan the room, but since there was nothing to see, they quickly finished looking.

After looking at it, Zhu Yang said, "It is indeed simple. In addition to a statue of a deity, this earthen temple only has a stove in the south and a stone vat in the north."

He Yu's eyes lit up, and he looked at the stove in the temple and said, "Yes, the stone jar is understandable, but an ordinary stove should be in the fire room. How can it be placed in a place where statues of gods are enshrined? Isn't it disrespectful to the gods, and..." He Yu looked up, "Although this temple has been in disrepair for a long time and has holes, it can be seen that there is no chimney. There is only a vent on the wall. If you really light a fire to cook, you will choke to death."

"Brother Zhu and Brother He are both right."

The soldiers had strict discipline. They stayed in the barracks all day and rarely interacted with ordinary people. They were used to the flash of swords and the shadow of swords. They were willing to sacrifice their lives when necessary. They were rarely praised. Especially when they were praised by Jiang Lian'an, the two of them felt a little embarrassed.

He Yu said embarrassedly: "This is all we can find out. We really don't have any clue about the riddle."

"Being able to find that this stove shouldn't be here means that part of the puzzle has been solved."

After hearing what Lin Lezhi said, He Yu and Zhu Yang showed a hint of surprise on their faces.

Lin Lezhi did not keep the question in suspense and gave a clear answer: "According to Feng Shui, gold, wood, water, fire and earth correspond to the west, northeast, south and center. The stove in the south of the temple represents fire. Although there is no water in the stone jar in the north, there is a well on the other side of the wall. If you take water and put it into the stone jar, it will be water."

Lin Lezhi's gaze shifted to the fir tree outside the courtyard, his eyes deep as he said, "And the fir tree standing at the gate is wood. The remaining ones are earth and gold. By analogy, earth represents the center, and gold represents the west."

"Earth represents the center..." He Yu muttered, and then with a look of surprise, he looked at the statue standing in the temple and said, "The stone statue made of clay is earth!" Then he turned to the west wall of the temple and said puzzledly, "But there is nothing gold in the west."

Not only He Yu, everyone's eyes shifted from the statue to the empty temple wall on the west side. The west side of the temple wall was empty.

After examining the west wall, Hong Mingxu shifted his gaze to the statue in the temple. His eyes darkened, and he seemed hesitant.

"Brother He is half right."

Lin Lezhi's words brought everyone's attention back to Lin Lezhi.

He Yu scratched his head embarrassedly and laughed: "Only...only half?"

"Brother He is half right, because he forgot another proverb. If he remembered it, he could solve the riddle and find the treasure."

"What's that?"

"Food is the first necessity of the people, and the earth is the basis of food..." As he spoke, Lin Lezhi's eyes darkened and he said, "All things are hidden in the earth."

“Everything is hidden in the earth…”

"Yes, that is, everything is hidden in the earth." Lin Lezhi looked around the Earth Temple and said, "Earth does not refer to this statue, but to the entire Earth Temple, because everything is born from the earth and returns to the earth, and the west belongs to gold. Since everything returns to the earth, gold naturally returns to the earth as well, so it is right to be empty."

Lin Lezhi looked at everyone and said, "Do you remember that this temple is built on the mountain?"

"All things are born from the earth and return to the earth, gold is the same. Jiang Guitan said... there is no gold in the west, and that's right. There is no gold in the west because gold returns to the earth." He Yu muttered to himself, and suddenly, his eyes tightened and he said, "That means the treasure is hidden in the mountain soil behind the temple wall!"

Lin Lezhi smiled, nodded and said affirmatively: "I said that if Brother He remembered this proverb, he would definitely be able to solve this riddle."

Hong Mingxu frowned, still unsure, and asked with doubt in his eyes: "Are you sure there is a treasure behind this temple wall? What if there is not?"

In response to Hong Mingxu's harsh questioning, Lin Lezhi was also very calm, and said calmly: "If what I said is wrong, I will leave it to the general and Lieutenant Hong to deal with it."

"ginger…"

Just as Qi Xi was about to call Lin Lezhi, Hong Mingxu sneered and said, "Well, if there is no treasure behind this wall, I will let you die with the treasure you mentioned, and that will be considered as fulfilling your words."

After that, Hong Mingxu looked at the soldiers beside him and ordered: "Drill the wall and dig a hole!"

After Hong Mingxu gave the order, the only thirteen remaining soldiers began to dig holes with all the tools they could use, and the sound of chiseling the wall shook their eardrums.

Lin Lezhi wanted to leave the temple to hide.

"Is Jiang Guitan planning to run away?"

Hong Mingxu's voice sounded behind him, and Lin Lezhi couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. He turned around and said with a smile: "Captain Hong, you are joking. I have an injury on my left shoulder and can't help much, so I want to go out and get some water so that I can wash the hands of the soldiers who are breaking ground."

Hong Mingxu had a suspicious look on his face, and he obviously didn't believe what Lin Lezhi said. He sneered and said, "Okay, I'm also injured, so why don't I go with you."

"I am coming too!"

Qi Xi on the side said with worry in her eyes.

Just as Hong Mingxu didn't trust Lin Lezhi, Qi Xi was also worried that Hong Mingxu would harm Lin Lezhi, but Lin Lezhi smiled and said, "It doesn't take so many people to fetch water. You wait here. Captain Hong and I will be back soon."

"Can…"

"Stop talking nonsense and leave quickly."

Hong Mingxu tightly gripped the sword at his waist, urging Lin Lezhi to hurry up and also warning Lin Lezhi not to play tricks.

Walking out of the temple gate, the fog in the courtyard became even heavier, filling the yard, and it was almost impossible to see the cedar tree facing the temple gate.

Lin Lezhi glanced around the courtyard.

"Hurry up and leave!"

"Let's go, let's go now. I'll go get the bucket first."

After Meng Dafeng and He Yu drew the last bucket of water, they placed it in the yard.

Hong Mingxu didn't say anything, but his face was full of impatience.

Because of the fog, the view in the yard was not very clear. After finding the location of the bucket, Lin Lezhi set out to get it. When he approached the bodies of the soldiers, he looked at the corpses a few times and saw the marks of snake bites on the soldiers. His eyes narrowed slightly.

However, he soon returned to his normal demeanor.

Because he couldn't see clearly and the corpse was very close, when he was about to go back, he accidentally kicked something down. Lin Lezhi looked back, and his pupils tightened and then shook slightly.

These are the lanterns set off by Qi Xi.

Lin Lezhi squatted down and put the lantern back in the right position, but when he picked up the lantern, Lin Lezhi's expression was stunned for a moment, and then a complicated look rose in his eyes.

I remembered the lanterns I saw by the lake these days.

"what are you doing?"

Seeing that Lin Lezhi didn't come over quickly, Hong Mingxu thought that Lin Lezhi was thinking of some tricks again, so he strode over and his cold voice sounded beside Lin Lezhi.

Lin Lezhi suddenly came back to his senses, looked at Hong Mingxu and explained: "The lantern that Qi Xi gave to Wu Sanshan and County Magistrate Chang was accidentally kicked over by me. This was a token of Qi Xi's love, I..."

"Stop nagging and let's go!"

Hong Mingxu didn't want to listen to Lin Lezhi's nonsense anymore, but his tone didn't sound as tough as before. He just asked Lin Lezhi to hurry up and he walked towards the courtyard gate first.

If Lin Lezhi had not seen wrong just now, a hint of unbearable pain actually rose in Hong Mingxu's eyes.

But his lack of mercy did not extend to Lin Lezhi at all. He had no intention of helping and let Lin Lezhi fetch water alone.

When Lin Lezhi looked at him, he looked as if he had burns on his body and was just watching helplessly.

Although the water is not heavy when it is pumped up and brought into the house, the strength of one arm alone is not enough to lift the bucket.

For Lin Lezhi, who had an injury on his left shoulder, the pain of the wound being torn several times was not pleasant, and he also felt a little dizzy due to the headache.

After that, his face became paler and he broke out in sweat.

As he was not feeling well, he leaned against the wall after returning to the temple and sat on the ground to rest for a while, but when he remembered that all the soldiers were injured and were still trying their best to break the wall, he stood up again with mixed emotions in his eyes and just leaned against the wall.

Seeing that Lin Lezhi was in a bad condition, Qi Xi hurried over. He Yu and the others also noticed it, but they couldn't get away.

"Detective Jiang, are you okay?"

Lin Lezhi supported himself with willpower, shook his head, and responded: "I'm fine, just a little tired."

After taking a look at Lin Lezhi's frail and miserable appearance, Hong Mingxu was actually in a good mood and sneered.

However, he soon stopped laughing.

With everyone working together, the wall was chiseled quickly, but there was nothing behind the wall. There was only soil behind the soil, and if they continued digging, the mountain of soil would be in danger of collapse.

This made Cheng Su and Hong Mingxu look even more gloomy.

"Stop digging!"

Cheng Su gave the order.

Hong Mingxu glanced at Cheng Su's face, then looked at Lin Lezhi and asked angrily, "Where is the treasure you mentioned?"

Lin Lezhi leaned against the door, lowered his head and smiled, not taking it seriously, and said lightly: "There is no treasure in this earth wall. The treasure was stolen eleven years ago."

"What did you say?" Hong Mingxu gritted his teeth.

Although they were far away, Lin Lezhi seemed to be able to hear the creaking sound of his back teeth, as if he was trying to bite himself to pieces.

Hong Mingxu felt that he had been completely fooled by Lin Lezhi at this moment. He was furious and a little frustrated. He strode towards Lin Lezhi, wishing he could eat him alive.

"Didn't you swear that there was a treasure?"

Seeing this, Qi Xi stood in front of Lin Lezhi. In the light of the fire, Lin Lezhi found a silver light flashing in Qi Xi's cuffs.

"do not want!"

Lin Lezhi's eyes, which had been relatively calm, suddenly tightened. He then grabbed Qi Xi's wrist and shouted, then pushed Qi Xi aside.

At the critical moment, he easily avoided Hong Mingxu's outstretched hand.

When he was sure that he would not be caught by Hong Mingxu, Lin Lezhi showed a smile as if his evil plan had succeeded on his face. It was a confident and carefree smile, so bright even in the dim room that it was hard to look away.

Seeing Lin Lezhi dodging him easily, as light as a swallow, without any sign of pain, he immediately realized something and said in anger, "Are you pretending?!"

"What else?" Lin Lezhi asked, then smiled and said in a somewhat shameless tone, "Although my life is not precious, it is the only one I have. Of course I have to keep it well. I don't want to be the soul killed by the knife."

"you…!"

"Why did you lie?" Cheng Su asked with a fixed gaze.

"General, don't ask him. He's full of lies. None of his words are believable. Just kill him!" Hong Mingxu looked at the soldiers near the door and ordered, "Close the door and guard the entrance!"

After he finished speaking, Hong Mingxu put his hand on the hilt of the knife, as if to draw the knife, and walked towards Lin Lezhi.

The soldiers were also confused about the situation. They all believed what Lin Lezhi said just now, but now Lin Lezhi said that there was no treasure in the earth temple and it was fake.

They didn't know what Lin Lezhi meant.

Do you really want to die by deceiving the general like this?

They obeyed the general and the orders of the general and Captain Hong. Faced with military orders, they could not give way to Lin Lezhi.

With a "clang", the temple door was closed.

Lin Lezhi glanced in the direction of the temple gate, but he was not panicked at all, as if he had never thought of leaving.

Looking at Hong Mingxu who was walking towards him angrily, Lin Lezhi smiled and answered Cheng Su's question: "General, I don't want to make up a lie. I just want to help you catch the real murderer. I have no choice but to do this."