Merchant of the Underworld

Judging from the appearance of the ship owner, he seemed to be a bit broken.

At this juncture, if he collapses, it will be very detrimental to us.

So I quickly comforted the boat owner and told him not to be afraid. I lied to him that the matter of femininity had been resolved and there would be no more danger in the future.

The ship owner breathed a sigh of relief, but he was still frightened. He told us with a pale face that we really almost died just now, it was so damn scary.

I'll ask the ship owner to see if there are too many antiques in these grids? Or maybe an antique has been swapped.

The shipowner immediately nodded and began to look around the collection room one by one. Finally, he suddenly exclaimed: "Hey, where is my half liang? The half liang was originally placed here, how did it become a bronze spoon?" Who sneaked into my collection room."

"What half a liang?" Li Mazi asked inexplicably: "What is a half a liang?"

I thought about it and said, "The so-called half liang should be a common currency during the Qin Dynasty, right?"

The ship owner nodded repeatedly: "Yes, it is the currency of the Qin Dynasty, half a tael."

At that time, Qin Shihuang unified the six countries and established the first feudal dynasty in history: the Qin Dynasty.

In order to make it easier for people to buy things, Qin Shihuang created a copper coin that was used throughout the country.

Because each of these copper coins is about half a tael, the folk image calls them "half a tael".

"Do you recognize that wall clock?" At this time, I changed the topic and pointed directly at the wall clock.

The ship owner took one look at the wall clock and immediately cursed: "Who moved the wall clock that Empress Dowager Cixi played with here? This is a national treasure. I keep it alone in the safe."

"Go and open the wall clock and see if Banliang is inside..." I could probably guess what happened here, so I calmly directed the shipowner.

The shipowner immediately walked up and opened the clock. When the ship owner opened the door of the wall clock and saw that the copper coin called half a tael was really tied to the pendulum needle of the wall clock, he suddenly felt a difference: "Did you arrange this in advance?"

I shook my head: "We have been with you today, and we don't have the key to the cabin. Think about it, who has the key to the cabin?"

The shipowner thought for a moment, and then cursed angrily: "Only my wife has it! Damn it, it turned out to be that little bitch who harmed me. I have to beat her to death after I get out."

If it is true as the ship owner said, then everything will make sense.

The shipowner's wife probably coveted his property, so she arranged such a secret thing for the shipowner to make him 'do what he says'.

Now the wife of the owner of this tourist boat has obtained it. In order to avoid us finding out the truth, she secretly hid half of it in the wall clock, hoping to indirectly kill us.

Damn, this is really a woman with a heart of snakes and scorpions!

And after thinking about it over and over again, I suddenly thought of some clues.

It seems that our stay on this ship was arranged by the ship owner’s wife.

At that time, she pulled the tour guide and winked, but she seemed to be avoiding us intentionally and didn't want us to see her face...

So the tour guide recommended that we get on the boat to see the night view of the Qinhuai River.

Her purpose for doing this is very simple, just to frame us.

Or she had already planned how to let the ship owner die, but there must be a reasonable explanation for the ship owner's death. The police will definitely not believe the reason for murder.

So she planned to kill the ship owner while we were helping him find the hidden object. When the time comes, we will lead the police into the 'murder scene', and there will be witnesses and material evidence. Even if we jump into the Yellow River, we won't be able to clear away...

I told everyone my thoughts, and after they heard it, they were all furious and said they would go find that poisonous woman to settle the score now!

But when we tried to open the small door of the collection room, we were dumbfounded.

The only door was actually locked from the outside. It seemed like something was pressing down on the outside. No matter how hard we tried, the door wouldn't budge.

If you look out through the crack in the door, you will find that the outside has been filled with yellow sand.

This is going to trap us to death!

The ship owner was so angry that his veins bulged, and he ran away in the small collection room. He took out his mobile phone and tried to call for help, but found that there was no signal at all.

There is no way to continue like this, we must find a way out.

I quickly called to the boat owner and asked him if there were any vents here?

The ship owner shook his head like a rattle and told us that there was only one door in this cabin and no vent at all. Because there was a lot of moisture on the water, he was worried that the moisture would flow in through the vents and damage his precious antiques.

I said don’t leave then, we have to cherish the oxygen here, maybe we will suffocate to death later.

The shipowner sat down with a depressed look on his face and took out a copper kettle from the grid. I asked him what he was doing, and he said to calm down. He is really a guy who regards antiques as his life.

I suddenly remembered the person following us in the travel photos, so I asked Yin Xinyue to turn on her phone and ask the boat owner to see if he recognized that figure from behind?

As expected, when the boat owner saw the figure from behind, he exclaimed: "This is my wife! Why is this little bitch following you?"

Even now, the ship owner still hasn’t figured out the whole story. I’m really impressed.

So I told him my analysis, and the ship owner became more and more desperate: "I'm just telling you, it's such a coincidence that you guys happened to live on my ship. Now I remember, you told me before that you could solve it." An expert in femininity, and also my wife’s friend! Damn, she’s been plotting against me since early in the morning..."

I think something is wrong with Yin Xinyue. She has always been active, but now she is huddled in the corner, silent, her face pale, and her body motionless.

Even when facing death, she had never seen her so afraid. I quickly walked up and asked Yin Xinyue what happened?

Yin Xinyue began to speak incoherently: "I...I have difficulty breathing. I feel...out of breath."

Impossible. Although the collection room is well sealed, there is still enough oxygen for a while, and it will not cause breathing difficulties.

But I quickly figured out whether Yin Xinyue had claustrophobia.

I quickly comforted her and said it was okay. The door was not completely closed, and air would flow in through the cracks in the door.

Yin Xinyue was still a little uneasy, so I had to ask Yin Xinyue to sit on the stairs, saying that oxygen was lighter than carbon dioxide and was floating on the upper floor, so breathing would be better.

My psychological suggestion was indeed effective, and Yin Xinyue's complexion instantly improved a lot.

The ship owner asked me if the femininity matter had been resolved? He won't continue to commit suicide, right?

I sighed, what bothered me the most now was the vaginal object. It will definitely not let the ship owner go, and will continue to torture the ship owner until life is worse than death.

And once the ship owner dies here, even if we can get out alive, we will be charged with murder.

After much deliberation, I finally had to tell the boat owner that if he didn't want to die, he would have to continue to be tied to the chair...

The boat owner was helpless and knew that we were helpless, so he could only nod in agreement.

Just when we packed up the chairs and chains and were about to tie up the ship owner, the lights in the collection room went out one after another.

Oops, the ship owner's wife must have cut off the power.

She must have been out there eavesdropping on our conversation.

The boat owner was instantly irritated and started yelling, but the boat owner's wife was quite patient and ignored us, just listening quietly.

However, the boat owner suddenly stopped while he was cursing.

This was not a normal stop. He stopped in the middle of a curse, as if someone had covered his mouth.

I immediately became nervous and looked in the direction of the boat owner. But it was pitch dark in the collection room and nothing could be seen.

This abnormal silence makes us panic, and we always feel that something bad has happened.

Li Mazi couldn't bear it at first and asked quickly: "Brother, what's wrong with you? Why don't you stop scolding me?"

However, the ship owner did not answer, and the room was still deathly quiet.