mtl008 Chapter 38 Where is the Miracle?
Chapter 38 Where is the Miracle?
The night was as dark as ink. Chu Hantian, wearing a black tights, sneaked into Qingquan Villa quietly with several of his best men.
This villa is famous for its hot springs that never run out in the dead of winter. On weekdays, there are not many people here, only a few servants who maintain the daily operation of the villa live here.
Despite this, Chu Hantian did not dare to be too careless.
After all, the owner of this hot spring villa is Yue Ran.
Even though Yue Ran had never lived here since returning to Beijing, he had to be extremely careful so as not to be discovered by Yue Ran's people when he visited this place at night.
Chu Hantian and others moved around the villa like a few ghosts, always alert to the movements around them.
They took every step carefully, fearing that they might wake up the guarding hounds or trigger hidden mechanisms in the villa.
Xiaolou once reminded him that this villa was bought by Yue Ran's biological mother, and Yue Ran's biological mother was from the Shenzun Sect. Outsiders did not know how many methods she had.
Sure enough, not long after entering the villa, Chu Hantian and others encountered several traps one after another.
Amid the slight whistle, Chu Hantian almost had his throat cut by the rain of blades;
Not long after escaping, one of his men jumped high to avoid falling into a bottomless pit.
Several people held their breath and concentrated their attention, wishing their eyes were as bright as night owls. In the end, they avoided several traps without any danger.
Chu Hantian was sweating profusely, but he still didn't want to quit, and moved forward more cautiously.
The more traps there are, the more likely it is that they are protecting some shocking secrets.
Finally, they arrived deep into the villa and a mysterious bamboo building came into view.
The nearby houses are all at a certain distance from this bamboo building. If you look from above the manor, this bamboo building is located in the center of the entire hot spring manor.
Chu Hantian exchanged glances with several of his men, and a hint of excitement appeared in everyone's eyes.
They felt that this bamboo building was unique, and the legendary miracle was most likely hidden in this bamboo building.
Chu Hantian held his breath and tiptoed into the bamboo building.
The door of the bamboo building creaked slightly.
Everyone stopped immediately and looked around vigilantly.
After a while, there was no unusual movement around, and Chu Hantian finally breathed a sigh of relief.
There was an altar on the first floor of the bamboo building, but Chu Hantian couldn't tell what was enshrined on the shrine. He only saw a round object wrapped in a thick red cloth, and there was not even a tablet on the altar.
Chu Hantian pondered for a while, stopped looking at the shrine, and looked up at the second floor.
He looked around and made sure there were no new traps before he carefully went up the stairs step by step.
When he stepped onto the second-floor platform without any problems and was about to take a step forward, he suddenly felt a tingling sensation on his scalp.
The light of snow sprinkled on the floor from the second-floor window, and Chu Hantian saw tiny holes on the wall, which were hidden arrow holes.
Once the mechanism is triggered, countless sharp arrows will shoot from all directions.
Such a small hot spring resort actually has so many traps!
Chu Hantian didn't get angry, but was instead very excited.
It must be here!
He scanned every corner of the second floor.
At the back of the room was an exquisite mahogany bed, covered with a soft quilt embroidered with exquisite phoenix patterns.
There was a dressing table next to the bed, and on the table was a polished bronze mirror that could reflect light.
There is a desk by the window, on which are placed the four treasures of the study and several ancient books, and next to the desk is a comfortable armchair.
In the corner of the room, there is a guqin placed on the coffee table. The strings of the guqin are gently vibrating, and it seems that you can still hear the melodious sound of the guqin echoing in the bamboo building.
This bamboo building seems to be waiting for a noble lady to settle down here at any time.
Chu Hantian looked at the bronze mirror with his eagle eyes, and then looked at the guqin several times.
Xiaolou said that she didn't know what shape the miracle would take, but in a few days, the miracle would emit dazzling golden light in the blizzard.
A glowing miracle...
Chu Hantian stared at the bronze mirror on the dressing table.
He waved behind him, and immediately someone came over with a lasso.
Chu Hantian took two steps back and walked behind his two men.
"The target is that bronze mirror, take action!"
Chu Hantian said in a low voice.
The guard holding the lasso held his breath, and with a flip of his wrist, the lasso flew out accurately and caught the bronze mirror.
He exerted more force, and the lasso with the bronze mirror flew into his hands.
The guard ignored the cold sweat on his forehead and turned around to respectfully hand the bronze mirror to Chu Hantian.
Chu Hantian suppressed the excitement in his heart, turned around and went downstairs quickly with the bronze mirror, and the guards followed him out of the bamboo building.
Walking out of the bamboo building, Chu Hantian looked carefully at the bronze mirror against the snow-covered ground.
This bronze mirror has a deep golden luster and its surface is polished so smoothly that it can reflect almost any slight change in light. You can even see snowflakes falling in the night sky in the mirror.
Chu Hantian gently touched the mirror and felt a cool and smooth touch, as if his fingers were sliding gently on silk.
The edge of the bronze mirror is carefully carved with dragon and phoenix patterns, with smooth and vivid lines, and the back of the mirror is engraved with intricate patterns, which has both ancient charm and gorgeousness.
Chu Hantian couldn't help but curl up the corners of his lips. It was it, it must be it!
"Let's go!"
Chu Hantian raised his chin to the guards, and they followed the route they came from and made a few leaps before finally disappearing outside the villa wall.
The snowflakes were still falling quietly, and before long, the footprints of Chu Hantian and others were completely covered by the snowflakes.
There was suddenly movement in the houses around the bamboo building.
From the houses surrounded on three sides, people came out one after another, trembling with their sleeves rolled up.
"They insisted on breaking into my house in the middle of the night. I was freezing to death. What did those idiots take away?"
Someone asked, yawning.
"I saw it! They took the bronze mirror away!"
A teenager responded.
"Damn it! That was the bronze mirror that the princess just bought and sent over!"
A sleepy-eyed woman immediately widened her eyes in anger upon hearing this.
An old man beside him waved his hand and said:
"The princess has already said that they can take whatever they want, and the princess will give back double in the future."
He looked towards the bamboo building, stroked his beard with a smile:
"Anyway, those fools can't recognize the truly important things at all. We have completed the tasks assigned by the princess."
The next morning, a carrier pigeon landed in front of Yue Ran's window and started chirping.
Yuqi quickly hugged the pigeon and took a small tube from its leg:
"Princess, there's a letter!"
Yue Ran inserted a jade hairpin into her hair, nodded with satisfaction, and reached out to take the note from Yuqi's hand.
The note reads:
At midnight, several people entered the village, broke through six traps, entered the bamboo building, took the bronze mirror, and then left.
Yue Ran couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Diaolan murmured in disbelief:
"I didn't expect that the bronze mirror I bought for three taels of silver on the street would really be taken away as a treasure..."