Ning Dao Covered with Snow

Chapter 75 Unsightly
There was no light in the room and it was very dim.

Yan Ciwan could only open the window completely, and with the silvery moonlight shining in from outside, he could barely see the furnishings in the house.

This should be the bedroom where Qi Ming lives. The room is very large and is divided into two rooms by a floor-to-ceiling screen in the middle. There is also a side door on each side.

Yan Ciwan walked around the bed. The bedding was neatly folded and there was nothing suspicious about it.

There were two floor lanterns beside the bed, and a large vase with some calligraphy and paintings in it.

Yan Ciwan pulled out a scroll of calligraphy and painting, unfolded it and looked at it. All of them were from Qi Songsheng's hand. She rolled up the scroll without interest, put it back into the vase, and turned to look at the antique shelf next to her.

There are many antiques on the shelves, all of them are authentic.

Further ahead was a half-person-high mahogany chest of drawers. Yan Ciwan opened the chest of drawers layer by layer and found that it was filled with pills.

But because there were no labels, Yan Ciwan had no idea what these pills were used for.

Then she searched the closet again, but found nothing useful.

After finding the bedroom, Yan Ciwan pushed open the side door on the left and discovered that it was a bathroom, specifically used for bathing and toileting. Because it was cleaned very well, there was no peculiar smell.

There were very few things in the bathroom, and Yan Ciwan searched quickly but found nothing unusual.

She walked out of the bathroom, passed through the bedroom, pushed open the side door on the right, and walked into a study.

The bookshelf is filled with many books and classics, the majority of which are medical books.

Qi Ming doesn't look like someone who wants to be a doctor.

Yan Ciwan walked to the desk and saw two books on it. She picked up one and flipped through it, and found a bookmark in the book.

——It seems that Qi Ming is looking at this place.

Yan Ciwan walked to the window, opened it, and looked at the contents of the page in the moonlight.

A whole page of densely packed words were all about how to treat male impotence. The book said that male impotence was due to insufficient yang energy, and the best solution was to replenish yang with yin. A virgin aged fifteen or sixteen had the purest yin energy, which was an excellent medicine for treating impotence.

Yan Ciwan frowned. What the hell is this?

She closed the book and looked at the cover. It was "Miscellaneous Talks on Strange Diseases", a rare book she had never heard of. She didn't know where Qi Ming had found it from.

Yan Ciwan turned and picked up another book on the desk, and as soon as she opened it, she narrowed her eyes.

This is actually a pornographic picture book.

She flipped through the pages quickly. Every page contained indescribable scenes. The further she read, the more disgusting they became.

Yan Ciwan had seen erotic pictures before, but the one in her hand was so vulgar and disgusting that it made her feel sick.

She closed the books and put them back in their place.

It seems that Qi Ming is indeed abnormal. He may suffer from impotence. Those pills in the bedroom may be used to treat impotence.

Yan Ciwan searched the study carefully, not missing any corner.

When she lifted the painting on the wall, she discovered a secret compartment hidden in the wall. She found the mechanism to open the compartment and took out a heavy wooden box from it.

The wooden box was locked and she couldn't open it. She could only hold the box and shake it to listen to the noise inside. It should be valuables such as gold and silver.

Yan Ciwan heard footsteps approaching outside and knew someone was coming. She immediately put the wooden box back into the secret compartment and restored the painting to its original state.

She walked to the door, and before her hand touched it, she heard a creaking sound and the bedroom door was pushed open.

Someone walked into the bedroom and immediately heard the maid's voice.

"Huh? Why is the bedroom window wide open? Did you forget to close it?"

Another maid said, "No, I remember turning it off myself."

"Go and close the window. I'm going to the study to get the calligraphy and paintings. The master said that he wants to invite Xiao Liulang to appreciate the calligraphy and paintings, and he wants to take out all the best calligraphy and paintings in the house." "Okay, I'll close the window and help you get them."

The footsteps were getting closer and closer to the study.

Yan Ciwan quickly retreated to the window.

She pushed open the window frame, supported herself on the windowsill with one hand, and quickly climbed out.

At the same time, the door of the study was pushed open from the outside, and a maid in a blue skirt walked in.

She was holding an oil lamp in her hand. When she saw the wide-open window, she immediately frowned and muttered, "This is strange. Why is the window of the study also open? Is there a thief in the house?"

The maid in blue skirt was nervous, so she quickly called another maid in.

The two searched around but found no trace of the thief in the study.

The maid in the blue skirt walked to the window and looked out.

At this moment, Yan Ciwan was curled up right under the window, her feet on the tiles, her back pressed against the wall, not daring to move.

She was very close to the maid in the blue skirt, and she would be able to spot her if she just lowered her head.

Fortunately, the maid in blue skirt did not bow her head.

She quickly glanced around and saw nothing unusual, so she lowered the window frame and did not forget to plug it in.

Another maid urged, "You have to take all these calligraphy and paintings. Hurry up and don't keep the master and the guests waiting for too long."

"it is good."

Hearing the footsteps gradually fading away, Yan Ciwan knew that the maids had left the study and the crisis was temporarily resolved, and he breathed a long sigh of relief.

She jumped back onto the courtyard wall by stepping on the eaves, then jumped from the wall to the pine tree, and finally slid down the trunk to the ground.

After leaving Qianshan Tower safely, Yan Ciwan finally completed half of his mission.

Next she had to find Haoyue Zhai where Qi Songsheng lived.

Haoyue Zhai is located in the most central location of the Governor's Mansion and is also the most conspicuous building in the entire mansion. Yan Ciwan found it very easily with almost no effort.

After the patrolling guards walked away, Yan Ciwan quietly approached the courtyard wall, used his lightness skills to fly to the top of the wall, and then landed on the Taihu stones near the wall.

Haoyue Zhai is much larger than Qianshan Tower, with more than ten rooms inside and outside. Fortunately, Yan Ciwan had seen the map and she knew that the largest room in the middle was the master bedroom, which was where Qi Songsheng lived.

But her destination this time was the study, so she went straight around the main house in front, walked along the wall for a while, and then climbed through the window into the tea room.

On the left and right sides of the tea room are the piano room and the chess room, and opposite them is the study.

At this time, two maids came out of the study, each holding three or four scrolls of calligraphy and paintings in their arms.

Yan Ciwan hid in the tea room and looked out through the crack in the door.

She saw that after the maids left, a middle-aged man who looked like a manager took out a copper lock and locked the door of the study.

Only after the steward had gone far away did Yan Ciwan push open the door and walk out of the tea room.

She quickly ran to the study door and saw a heavy copper lock hanging on it.

Yan Ci didn't panic when he got home late.

She pressed the silver ring on her right thumb, and a long, thin blade popped out from the front of the ring.

She inserted the blade into the keyhole, and after some fiddling, there was a slight click and the copper lock opened.

(End of this chapter)