Traveling through the Republic of China, I married a dead person

Su Bai quickly took the seal. The key was embedded in the part above the seal. From the outside, there was nothing special about it. It was neither big nor small. It was just a typical old copper key from the Republic of China period.

This kind of key is usually used to open the locks on boxes and cabinets. The box under Su Bai's bed that contained three bellybands customized by the second wife also had this kind of key.

The entrance to the basement is in the west room of the master's room next door. These days, almost every day I have to enter the main room first, then the east room, and then the basement, but I haven't found any locked boxes or cabinets.

The only room I had rarely been to was the east room, which was the master's bedroom when he died.

Su Bai brought Zi Yan to the master's east room, but found nothing.

It's strange that I have the key but can't find the lock.

There was no other choice, so Su Bai had to screw the seal back on and put it into the box that contained the three bellybands.

In the evening, Su Bai asked Zi Yan to go to the Second Company to see Yuan Yuze, and by the way go to Zuihualou to tell Tietou to postpone the killing of Kong Zhengliang.

"Why did you change your mind?"

Of course Su Bai wanted to kill Kong Zhengliang and wished he could die right now. However, ever since Yang Huasen entered Xishan and raised the banner of the new Kong Family Army, Longxing City had strengthened its defenses. Guards were added to the three small gates in the north, south and east that had previously been unmanned. Liu Yizhong had only a dozen people. It would be easy for them to enter the city and kill Kong Zhengliang, but it would be difficult for them to escape from the city once the gunshots were heard.

She didn't want Liu Yimei to lose his life for a villain like Kong Zhengliang.

"You don't want to let Liu Yimei die?" Zi Yan asked.

"Go quickly! Do your thing!" Su Bai slapped her.

It’s not a question of whether or not to give it up. Liu Yizhong is useful to me and I have to use it at the critical moment.

Once he was completely exposed in the Confucius Mansion and had to flee for his life, it would be risky to not be able to escape from Xishankou. Perhaps Liu Yiyan's Wohu Mountain would be a good place to go temporarily.

In fact, I have been exposed in the Confucius Mansion, but there is no concrete evidence.

In addition to the false testimony given by Kong Dai and the Second Miss for themselves, most people, except the concubines, believed that the advertisement was a rumor.

Zi Yan followed Su Bai's instructions and asked the kitchen to prepare some delicious dishes for Yuan Yuze. Since Yuan Yuze had just had surgery, it would be better for him to eat some vegetarian food. Although Western medicine does not emphasize this, Su Bai has always respected the theories of traditional Chinese medicine.

Therefore, most of these delicious dishes were actually given to the medical officer. The food in the barracks was very rough, so this was a small thank you to him.

Zi Yan walked for nearly two hours before coming back. She found Tietou, who said that he had not sent any message to the mountain at all!

"Do you think this iron-headed man is irritating?"

Su Bai did not expect that Tietou was not only Liu Yiyan's spy in Longxing City, but also his liaison. If he had not delivered the message to the mountain, it would have been fine. At least you could have found an excuse and told him directly that he did not deliver it.

Is this a rebellion?

"Forget it, forget about him. It's just as well that he didn't send her off. Let's talk about Yuze's situation."

Zi Yan said that she was in good condition and had eaten a lot.

"Do you have a fever?"

"Of course not. If the medic hadn't stopped him, he would have wanted to go out for a walk!"

"Yeah," Su Bai nodded. According to Zi Yan's description, Yuan Yuze's condition after the operation was normal.

"The second master will leave early tomorrow morning!" After talking about Tietou and Yuan Yuze, Zi Yan started talking about Kong Chen.

Just now when she passed by the Second Hospital, she heard Kong Chen cursing inside. There were guards at the door, so she had to eavesdrop in the corner for a while.

Kong Chen was scolding Gao Hu, calling him stupid.

Kong Chen's original intention was to let Gao Hu keep an eye on Su Bai, or to follow her secretly, not to have him stay by her side all the time. If Gao Hu did this, Su Bai would be unable to do anything.

You have to let her go and do her things, and see where she goes and who she meets.

Pay special attention to some special places.

Zi Yan laughed when she said this: "Gao Hu must be confused. How would he know what is special?"

He didn't hear the entire conversation, but because Kong Chen had a loud voice, he could still hear the general content clearly. He will leave Longxing and return to Tianlong early tomorrow morning, and ask Gao Hu to use his brain when keeping an eye on Su Bai in the future.

This is a good thing. He won't follow me so closely. If I don't want him to follow me, I have a way to get rid of him.

In fact, Gao Hu is a really good person, just as Zhou Beiwang said. After his group of Kong Mansion Guards moved into the Kong Mansion, they helped Guo Deyi with some work from time to time, and the two sides got along very well.

Su Bai gave them a room in the Confucius Mansion as a kitchen, and they cooked their own meals, but the food standard was not good. Su Bai also asked Guo Deyi to subsidize them with some meat, eggs and other vegetables on a monthly basis. These soldiers appreciated Su Bai's kindness and nodded respectfully every time they saw Su Bai.

It even made Su Bai sometimes have the illusion that they were people from the Confucius Mansion.

Su Bai fell asleep very late that night. He kept thinking about the key hidden in the seal, but he didn't figure it out until he fell asleep.

She planned to visit the ancestral hall in the west backyard again tomorrow.

It is much more difficult to find a lock with a key than to have a lock but no key.

……

Su Bai got up early and took Zi Yan to check several rooms in the ancestral hall, but she was disappointed again as they found nothing.

Maybe this batch of gold bars is destined to be out of my reach.

Su Bai turned back to the basement. Penicillin and streptomycin had reached the final step, undergoing drug sensitivity testing and repeated purification.

This step is not difficult. After teaching Zi Yan how to do it, Su Bai concentrated on tinkering with the sterilization and packaging equipment.

At about ten o'clock, Xu Tianyi shouted at the door of the basement again, saying that he had something to tell him.

Xu Tianyi is very disciplined. He will not enter the basement without Su Bai's permission. Every time Su Bai and Zi Yan go into the basement, he will stroll in the yard and will not let others enter the master's room easily.

This is the news that Guo Deyi just brought. In the final analysis, it was the opposite garrison regiment that sent someone to tell Guo Deyi that Yang Huasen's so-called new Kong family army ambushed Kong Chen and his guards at Xishankou. Zhou Beiwang led his troops to reinforce, and the battle between the two sides was fierce.

Zhou Beiwang sent someone back to tell Su Bai that Yang Huasen had more than a thousand people, and the garrison had only more than 500 people. Once Yang Huasen took advantage of the situation to break into the city, Zhou Beiwang was not sure he could hold it. He asked Su Bai to be prepared. If what he said was true, Su Bai would take the people from the Kong Mansion to retreat to the east gate first.

"How to do?"

Su Bai was at a loss as to what to do and could only inform each room to pack up their belongings and wait for further notification.

As soon as I came out of the basement, I heard faint and dense gunfire coming from the direction of Xishankou.

"Where are the guards?" Su Bai came to the front yard and found that the guards standing at the door were gone.

"Go and provide reinforcements." Guo Deyi told Su Bai.

Kong Dai also ran over and told Su Bai not to panic. Even if Yang Huasen broke into Longxing City, he would never harm the Kong Mansion.

Kong Dai's words were like a reassurance to Su Bai.

As both are die-hard fans of the master, Kong Dai certainly understands Yang Huasen much better than Zhou Beiwang.

According to Kong Dai's judgment, Yang Huasen was unlikely to come to attack the city. His purpose was to kill Kong Chen at Xishankou. Since he had set an ambush there, Zhou Beiwang would definitely suffer if he led his troops to reinforce.

The battle lasted until nearly eleven o'clock. Kong Dai was right. The gunshots were always in the Xishankou area and disappeared there.

Zhou Beiwang came back, covered in dust and dirt, completely losing his usual elegance, and covered in blood.

"What's wrong? Are you hurt?" Su Bai didn't care how many eyes were looking at her in the Confucius Mansion.

"It's okay," Zhou Beiwang smiled, his teeth looking especially white against his face that was blackened by dirt and gunfire: "It's other people's blood, I'm not injured, it's just..."

"Just what?"

"I'm afraid Commander Kong is no longer able to do it."

Oh my God, this is good news. If it weren’t in front of so many soldiers, Su Bai would have jumped up.