Stargate: Lords of Time

Zhang's old house.

In the small courtyard.

Li Hao is still sweating all over, and he is terrified.

In his one-year career as an inspection department, Li Hao still has something to gain. If he had been in Yincheng Ancient Courtyard, Li Hao might not have been able to perform a scene like he is today, without changing his face, and cheating the world.

"Look for it quickly, you have to leave immediately to prevent the other party from killing the carbine!"

"Black Panther!"

Li Hao turned his attention to the Black Panther. He was very familiar with Zhang's old house, but the more familiar he was, the more often he couldn't find what he was looking for.

Bringing the Black Panther here this time actually means to use the Black Panther.

The panther looked up at Li Hao.

Li Hao looked around, lowered his voice, and pointed to the jade sword on his chest, "Look around, there should be something similar to this here, you have a good nose, search for it."

Yes, Black Panther might be able to be found.

Hei Bao was very tempted when he saw Li Hao's jade sword before.

Moreover, Li Hao wondered if it was possible that the black panther was attracted by the jade sword when he wandered to his door?

Of course, Li Hao hadn't taken out the jade sword before, and the black panther had no chance to lick it.

It wasn't until today that the Panthers got their chance.

That being the case, could Black Panther smell the Stone Knife?

The Zhang family lived here all the time. Li Hao felt that if the stone knife was really still there, it should be in the house and would not be taken away. No one would go out with a stone when they have nothing to do.

besides?

Panther understands!

This time, the spirit came instantly.

As for the smell, the black panther didn't smell it, and it could only smell a little if it got very close.

I don't know, maybe I just missed it.

But now that he knew it, the panther immediately paid attention, his nose began to twitch, his forelimbs lay down, his nose was on the ground, and he began to smell little by little.

If Li Hao finds one more, maybe this dog can get some benefits too.

The black panther was looking for it attentively, and Li Hao was not idle, and began to search in the courtyard.

Corner, ground...

Hongying's party must have searched for these places, but Li Hao judged that these people didn't know what the stone knife looked like, and maybe they didn't even know that the Zhang family's knife was a stone.

Just like Li Hao, if he told others that the cross on his chest was the sword of the Li family in the slang, no one would believe him.

Cognitive barriers!

The Li family's sword and the Zhang family's sword, just listening to the slang, might feel that these swords are treasures that cut iron like mud, not to mention shining light, they must be fierce and domineering.

But in fact, the Li family's sword is just a small jade pendant, and the Zhang family's knife is even more inconspicuous stone.

...

Ten minutes, twenty minutes...

Li Hao was a little anxious and couldn't find him.

Is it gone?

Did the Hongying party find it, or did the Zhang family really get lost? Not only did he not find it, but the black panther sniffed it, but he couldn't find it either.

If the panther is close, it should be able to smell something, right?

"No!"

Li Hao can't stay here forever, just scaring away the other party doesn't mean that the other party won't come back, not to mention that he can't keep looking here, he will be discovered sooner or later, and he has other purposes.

He stood in the middle of the courtyard, looked at the main room and the second bedroom, and thought, if he were Zhang's father, where would he put this stone?

Only by taking on the role of Zhang's father can he be judged.

"At the beginning, Uncle Zhang didn't care at all, he just threw it away casually. Later, when I came again, I didn't care if there was the stone knife on the ground. But then I came to Zhang's house many times, and I didn't seem to see it. If it was still there, after so many years , I should see it."

"Uncle Zhang will not treasure it in all likelihood, otherwise he wouldn't have had that attitude at the time, and he would have lost it too casually."

He quickly recalled everything that year, although his memory was a little fuzzy.

But thinking about it now, I can still vaguely remember a little bit.

"Xiaoyuan was beaten up. It seems that he didn't go out to play with me for two or three days. After that, I will come again... Maybe it has been a few days. Could it be that the stone knife was taken away by Uncle Zhang during that time? gone?"

"What would he do if he took a stone?"

"It is likely that during that period, the stone knife disappeared, otherwise, after so many years, I would definitely see it again."

Li Hao thumped his head.

It was too young for him to remember.

What happened in the few days in between, or would Uncle Zhang feel that the stone was in the way and just throw it away?

If it is really lost...then there is no way to find it.

A stone, more than ten years old, has long since been swept away.

"The black panther can't even smell... Is it too far away, or is the sense of smell disturbed?"

"The distance is too far, so needless to say, if the sense of smell is disturbed..."

Li Hao's eyes moved suddenly.

The sense of smell is disturbed, and two places are most likely.

First, the kitchen.

Second, the latrine!

This kind of old house used to be a latrine when I was a child, not a toilet.

Of course, it's better not to be like this.

"By the way... Xiaoyuan's latrine and kitchen seem to have been repaired when I was a child. A stone... won't be filled in, right?"

Thinking of this, Li Hao had some guesses and some uncertainties.

This is the greatest possibility!

If neither of those places is there, it's really impossible to find it.

"After Uncle Zhang beat Xiao Yuan, did he fix the kitchen first, or the latrine first?"

Can not remember!

But at this moment, Li Hao judged that if the stone knife was still in Zhang's house, there was a high probability that it was in these two places.

Without further hesitation, he immediately walked towards the kitchen.

As for the latrine... unless the kitchen can't be found, he won't go there, and if the stone knife is really in the latrine... Li Hao doesn't want to soak it in water for the black panther to drink.

Anyway, he has the Star Sword!

"Hope is in the kitchen!"

"Black Panther, come with me!"

Li Hao called out quickly, and the panther hurriedly followed in.

The kitchen has not been used for many years, and the door is opened to enter. The kitchen is still a large pot stove. The iron pot on it has long been rusted, and the pot lid has been rotten.

"Smell and see!"

Li Hao pointed to the stove: "Black Panther, don't be disturbed by the smell!"

The kitchen has not been used for many years, but because it has been used for a long time, there is still a faint smell of smoke. This smell may have disturbed the black panther, and there is also some lingering smell of oily smoke.

Hei Panther was indeed a little dizzy in the kitchen, mainly because there was still a strong musty smell in the kitchen.

The panther had also come in and smelled it before, but found nothing.

At this time, I heard from Li Hao that the black panther moved quickly and jumped onto the stove, smelling it little by little.

Soon, the nose was stained with a layer of black wood ash.

And Li Hao was not idle either. In the kitchen, you don't need to look at the places that were repaired later, but mainly look at the places that were repaired more than ten years ago. Only those places may have used stone knives.

In such a place, the forces behind Hongying may not be willing to look at it.

The Zhang family's knife, the Zhang family will hide it here?

Of course, Li Hao took a quick look around and found that Hongying and the forces behind him probably really took it very seriously. The kitchen also showed signs of being turned, and even the ashes under the stove had been stirred.

The ashes that have been silent for many years are not what they are now, and may have been turned over.

"Sure enough, the other party is also looking for it, even the hearth is not spared, it is quite dedicated!"

Will Zhang's family heirloom be hidden in the ashes?

If it were Li Hao, I'm afraid he wouldn't think so. The other party still searched, which shows that he is quite rigorous.

After waiting for a while, the panther still found nothing.

Li Hao was a little disappointed. Could it be that he was really in the latrine?

That's disgusting too!

Just as he was thinking about it, Li Hao's eyes moved slightly, and he suddenly looked at the big chimney on the stove. The kitchens of this kind of old houses are all equipped with a brick chimney. Law to wait.

"Um... chimney?"

Li Hao suddenly remembered something, was this chimney built after Uncle Zhang beat Xiao Yuan?

He vaguely seems to have some impressions!

The black panther is not too big, and it is not tall. It has been smelling on the stove, but it can't climb a chimney as tall as a person.

"Is it here?"

Li Hao moved instantly, swiftly, jumped onto the stove, grabbed the panther with one hand, and said in a low voice, "Smell it!"

He carried the panther and used it as a detector.

As for the black panther, the eyes of the two dogs were full of helplessness.

The nose twitched, following Li Hao's arm all the way up to smell.

Walking up the stove for more than one meter, the black panther's nose suddenly twitched, and a somewhat familiar smell gradually permeated the tip of the nose.

"Wow!"

Panther's eyes suddenly lit up.

And Li Hao also has bright eyes!

Found?

Really here!

The chimney... This is probably beyond the imagination of the forces behind Hongying. Who would have thought that the Zhang family would build the ancestral knife into the chimney.

They might have even looked down the chimney!

Or Hong Ying simply checked, Hong Ying is invisible and matterless, Li Hao doesn't know if the other party can escape through the wall, but the other party should have searched both the wall and the ground, but their target may be cracks, interlayers, boxes, Treasure boxes and such.

They don't think that the knife they care about is just a stone.

Li Hao's eyes lit up, staring at a slightly raised spot on the chimney, is the stone knife on it?

The mottled lime walls have fallen off.

Some of the bricks inside the chimney were exposed.

Li Hao stretched out his hand to touch it, and some of the limestone walls fell off again. The next moment, a soil-gray stone appeared on the chimney, which was not completely exposed, but seeing the incomplete shape, Li Hao's eyes lit up completely!

"This is it!"

Li Hao's heart was beating, and this was it. Although it wasn't fully exposed, a vague appearance had emerged in Li Hao's memory. It was like a stone with a knife, not too big, just a little bigger than a fist.

"Uncle Zhang...you really respect your ancestors!"

Li Hao suddenly couldn't laugh or cry, because of this stone, he beat up his son.

Good guy, when you turn around to repair the kitchen at home, you put the stones left by your ancestors into it. You don't respect your ancestors as much as you do!

If the ancestors of your Zhang family were still alive, they would probably die of anger.

Among the Eight Great Families, Li Hao didn't know what happened to the others. Anyway, the sword of the Li family had been passed down as a family heirloom. Li Hao felt that it was not easy for the stone of the Zhang family to be passed down!

Maybe, it wasn't like a stone back then?

It's just that it gradually petrified later, and by Zhang's father's generation, it was completely turned into stone?

Before he had time to think about it, and he didn't have the time to think about it, Li Hao looked at the stone embedded in the chimney in front of him, frowning slightly.

found it!

However, it is not easy to take!

It's not that it can't be taken, the key is that after taking the stone knife, the traces on the chimney are obvious.

After staying in the inspection department for a year, Li Hao is still experienced. Once you move this place, Hong Ying and the people behind him come back, and you must check it out to see what Li Hao's purpose is.

A stone is missing from the chimney, maybe the other party will react soon!

If Li Hao was still a student of the ancient academy at that time, he would have taken the stone knife immediately at this moment. When Hong Ying came back, he would probably have thought immediately that the Zhang family's knife might be the stone that was taken away. Then Li Hao will be in big trouble!

At that time, Hongying will know that the stone knife is in Li Hao's hands, and it will cause a lot of trouble for herself if nothing happens.

It can even be judged that Li Hao has already guessed something, and even knows about the Eight Great Families, so he can reveal all his old background at once!

"what to do?"

Li Hao thought quickly, since he saw it, he couldn't ignore it, so he put the stone knife here. He felt that the Zhang family's knife was not only a treasure, but also must have other functions.

The Hongying side attaches great importance to it, otherwise it would be impossible to take the risk and keep monitoring here a year later.

Li Hao frowned, took away the stone knife, and filled it with another stone?

But the other party found out, but there is no more than three hundred taels of silver here!

The old and new traces are still different.

"The only option is to completely destroy the body and traces, destroy the evidence, and make it impossible for the other party to find out. The best way is naturally to destroy the chimney... But wouldn't that be too deliberate?"

"Find a stone with the same shape, preferably a stone with a similar shape... and then destroy the chimney. Even if the other party restores it afterwards, there will be no missing stone, so something will be discovered..."

As an inspector, Li Hao still has basic professional skills, how to destroy evidence, how to create false evidence, and confuse the other party, these are all he has learned and seen in the past year.

If it was simply destroyed, and Hongying's side secretly restored it afterwards, it might also restore the original chimney and find that a stone was missing.

After deciding what he was going to do, Li Hao didn't take away the stone knife immediately.

I have been here for many years, but no one cares, and I am not in a hurry.

Thinking of this, Li Hao let out a sigh of relief, just find it, and wait for a while, but this time I have to trouble the teacher.

...

Walking out of the kitchen, Li Hao dialed the teacher's communication directly.

Soon, almost at the instant of calling, Yuan Shuo's voice came: "Are you all right?"

"Teacher, it's okay!"

With some gratitude, Li Hao didn't exchange any more greetings, and quickly said: "Teacher, Zhang Yuan's house is not found, but I found that someone seems to be watching Zhang Yuan's house, and Zhang Yuan's house seems to have been flipped, you Did the murderer come looking for something?"

Yuan Shuo was obedient and knew what he meant, and thoughtfully said, "Then what are your thoughts?"

"I was thinking, can you lure the snake out of the hole?"

Li Hao quickly said: "Since the other party has come to Zhang Yuan's house, what are you looking for? Didn't you find it? But I am a soft-spoken person, and I can't speak in the inspection department. Why don't you bother the teacher and ask the inspection department to send someone to find out what happened?" Bigger, tear down some of the Zhang family’s buildings, scare the snakes, and see if we can lure out the murderer who killed Zhang Yuan.”

Demolition?

is this necessary?

Of course, Zhang Yuan's house was not the scene of the crime, and the demolition of this area had already started, so it was nothing if it was actually demolished.

Yuan Shuo was just guessing, did Li Hao discover something?

So what do you want to get through this method, or can you really bring out the things behind it?

At this time, Li Hao also knew that demolition of the house might attract the attention of Hongying, but it didn't matter.

It would be more in line with Li Hao's wishes to tell the other party the situation in detail.

He only needs to do one thing, replace the stone knife with the same stone, even if the other party restores everything afterwards, it's nothing.

On Hongying's side, at that time, they could only guess whether Li Hao had noticed something, but they were not sure what Li Hao had really taken away.

At most, they think that Li Hao has strong reasoning ability and found some clues.

And what Li Hao has to do is to make the other party suspicious, but not sure, delaying time, making the matter gradually worse, so that it is better to attract the night watchman.

"Announce the dark matter to the public's attention... Neither the night watchman nor the red shadow seem to be willing to appear in front of the public, nor are they willing to make a fuss about it!"

"As for me, as an ordinary person, I need more attention, and I can also pick myself out, leaving the impression that I am a smart person, but an ordinary person who really doesn't know the inside story!"

"In order to avenge my friend, I chose to make things big...to attract more attention, which is also in line with my identity!"

"..."

After weighing the pros and cons, Li Hao finally made such a decision and choice.

Maybe in this way, the night watchmen could be noticed in advance, and even close contact could be made. Li Hao could even report to the higher authorities that he had found some clues, such as the people who were stalking outside before.

As for Hong Ying, he naturally didn't notice it, but there were people outside!

Li Hao even found a footprint on the outer wall, which was the best evidence that the other party obviously didn't care too much about his footprints.

After turning his mind quickly and determining the possible consequences, Li Hao still chose to magnify the matter a little.

On the other side of the communication, Yuan Shuo asked a few words and confirmed his choice as a student.

Yuan Shuo knew that Li Hao was very smart and would not do this for no reason.

That being the case, it's not a big deal, so it's good to support some.

"Okay, I'll call the inspection department immediately! And Zhang Yuan is a student of the ancient academy, if it is really a murder, the ancient academy will not let it go! You evacuate there first, at most an hour, the ancient academy will send someone In the past, the inspection department will also go..."

"Thank you, teacher!"

Li Hao quickly thanked him, as his teacher, sometimes he is very interesting.

Because of this, Li Hao was even more unwilling to tell the teacher about Hongying.

No matter how authoritative he is, Yuan Shuo is just an ordinary person.

Li Hao didn't want to involve the teacher in it.

"You're welcome!"

Yuan Shuo didn't care much about this, so he said a few more words and chose to hang up the communication.

...

Silver City Ancient Courtyard.

In the depths of the ancient courtyard, in a classical mansion, Yuan Shuo was in his seventies, still full of energy and sharp eyes.

The body is also quite strong, looking more like a soldier than a top professor in Silver City.

At this moment, Yuan Shuo also had a file in front of him.

Files about six self-immolations!

"The inspection department... is really a sieve!"

Yuan Shuo hung up the communication, rubbed his temples, and cursed in a low voice. Over the years, the inspection department has become more and more useless. He leaked this file so easily. If you want to pay attention now, the bank Many people in the city can get this file.

"My student... I really don't have to worry about it. I dare to investigate this matter secretly. Forget it, I dare to report it to the inspection department directly. I know it's unusual at a glance!"

Sigh softly, young man, I'm really inexperienced, the inspection department is a big sieve, don't you know?

As soon as the case file came out, anyone with a discerning eye could actually see some problems.

"The sword of the Li family, the knife of the Zhang family, the punches of the Zhao family, the legs of the Liu family..."

After humming Yincheng slang for a while, Yuan Shuo quickly judged for a while, whether it has something to do with himself as a student?

"Six died, I don't know if it's related to this song."

As an old Yincheng native, he knew this song, and he was a well-known scholar. When he saw the archives, he actually came into contact with this song, because these surnames are a bit special together.

After judging for a while, Yuan Shuo took out the communication and quickly dialed a number.

After waiting for a while, Yuan Shuo's tone was majestic, even with some anger: "I am Yuan Shuo! Don't talk nonsense with me. My students are in danger now. The self-immolation case that happened in the ancient courtyard a year ago may be homicide. You guys Does the inspection department have no information at all?"

"..."

"I don't care about that. Li Hao is my student. He entered my school as soon as he entered the ancient academy. Do you know why? He is a genius, a top explorer, and the future of the Ancient Civilization Exploration Department. For your dereliction of duty, he Had to quit the ancient courtyard, how much damage did you cause to the ancient courtyard?"

"..."

"Li Hao has discovered something now, but your inspection department is like a sieve, exposing him at once. He is in danger now and may die at any time! Now he is at the home of the deceased student Zhang Yuan in the ancient academy. I don't care what happens. , even if you leveled that street, you still have to rescue Li Hao, and wipe out all the ghosts and monsters in the dark!"

"..."

"Stop talking nonsense, you must send someone there immediately, I don't care if there is any movement, immediately surround that street, push me a little bit, surround the murderer who may exist in the dark, I have only one request, Li Hao must come back intact! "

"..."

"That's it. If you can't do it, I'll go directly to the night watchman to deal with it! Six self-immolation cases, do you think I, Yuan Shuo, are blind and can't see the possible problems? Are you the Yincheng inspection department?" I hope the night watchman will intervene, but my student is dead, and if I make a fuss to the top, I will have to skin your Yincheng inspection department!"

"Calm down your anger, Mr. Yuan, deal with it immediately, Mr. Yuan can rest assured!"

On the opposite side of the communication, the director of the Yincheng inspection department had a headache.

Although this old guy has no real power, he knows a lot of people. He has been a professor in the ancient academy for forty or fifty years, and some of the students he brought out are now big shots.

It's really a big mess, and the Yincheng Inspection Department will also feel uncomfortable.

"Don't worry, the ancient academy will also go to people. If it doesn't work, I will go there in person! I would like to see who is so bold as to kill my ancient academy students in the boundary of Yincheng! Killing one is not enough, even My Yuan Shuo's closed disciples are going to move, have they eaten the bear's heart and leopard's guts?"

Yuan Shuo was like a furious tiger.

Since Li Hao wants to make a big fuss, it seems to be to draw out something... Then let's make a big fuss!

Yuan Shuo didn't think it was a big deal!

It's really troublesome... It's really troublesome, and it's someone else's trouble too.

As for myself, everyone needs me now, and they won't do anything to me. As for Li Hao, that's easy. Give this guy the status of an assistant, and those people dare not touch him, so naturally they won't touch Li Hao.

After hanging up the communication, Yuan Shuo lost the anger just now, and just looked outside the room, sighing softly.

Boy, ordinary people, don't get involved.

Even if there is something wrong with Zhang Yuan's matter, you have done enough now, and you can no longer participate in it.

"such a pity!"

A low, inaudible regret came out of his mouth slowly.

It's a pity that I can't really introduce the mystery, otherwise... how can it be so troublesome.

If I can introduce mystical energy, with my five birds and new book attainments, I may be able to rise three times a day. At that time, all ghosts and monsters are vain!

"snort!"

A low hum came out again. The night watchmen may not necessarily want to enter the mysterious field, otherwise, why should I cooperate with them?

These years, I have been talking about finding a way, but there is no way at all. Do you really think you are stupid?

"Li Hao..."

"The Li family's sword?"

With a murmur, Yuan Shuo closed his eyes and didn't think about it any more. That guy should go back to the ancient courtyard honestly and be my assistant. At his age, he really needs to train a successor.

PS: I wrote nearly 7,000 words, more than 10,000 words a day, and if I write like this again, my new book period will be over!