Chapter 203 Are you a little mouse?

The light source is above, on a staircase, but there's no door at the end of the staircase.

Luckily he didn't set it on fire, otherwise he might have been discovered!

He turned around and walked back, this time measuring the distance with his feet as he went, until he returned to the well.

Above, Yun Zhao was waiting anxiously.

Hearing the sound, I looked over and saw Wei Jingchen had already come up from the well!

Her face lit up with joy, and the tiger beside her suddenly growled.

Wei Jingchen seemed to have noticed something and looked toward where Yun Zhao was hiding.

He immediately understood.

Someone's coming!

He quickly left the well, leaped onto the nearest tree, and hid.

Before long, several guards patrolled around the corner of the backyard.

Yun Zhao held his breath and hid further inside.

These guards were clearly different from the guards of the Zhuang family. They came to the backyard and went straight to the well.

After inspecting the well and looking down to make sure no one was there, he left.

After a long while, Yun Zhao looked at the tiger, confirmed that they had gone far away, and quickly climbed onto the tiger's back.

"Huahua, let's go!"

The tiger carried her down, and Wei Jingchen immediately followed and climbed down from the tree.

"Walk!"

The two men and the tiger scaled the wall and went after Chen Wenliang in the direction he had left earlier.

They hadn't gone far when Wei Jingchen and Tiger suddenly stopped and hid in the shadows of a back alley with Yun Zhao.

I saw someone walking towards me from a distance, and when they got closer, I realized that it was Chen Wenliang.

Wei Jingchen secretly breathed a sigh of relief and led Yun Zhao and Tiger out.

"Uncle Chen."

"Are you alright? I noticed you hadn't been back for so long, so I came out to check on you!"

Chen Wenliang looked the two of them up and down, worried that they might be injured.

"It's alright, we've discovered a secret passage. It leads east from the back of the manor."

"About 150 zhang. Uncle Chen, do you know what kind of place that is?"

Wei Jingchen asked.

"One hundred and fifty zhang? There's a dye house there, and the clothing shops even do business with them!"

Chen Wenliang roughly calculated the distance and the places where the disaster relief funds and grain could be hidden.

Ultimately, the dyehouse located two streets away was deemed the most likely.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go take a look!"

Yun Zhao grabbed the person and left.

Although it's only a distance of 150 zhang, it's two streets away on the ground.

We took a detour, and it still took us almost an hour.

"I'll go in to scout ahead under some pretext. You guys wait in the carriage for a bit; there are too many people inside."

Chen Wenliang gave a few instructions and then prepared to get off the carriage.

"Uncle Chen, keep an eye out for any hidden rooms or similar places. There might be someone in those rooms, and the entrance to the secret passage might not have a door."

Wei Jingchen hurriedly said.

"good!"

After Chen Wenliang alighted from the carriage, the coachman drove the carriage to the stable as usual.

"I'm going to the driver's rest area. You two be careful!"

Chen Wenliang said as he tied up the horse.

After everything quieted down, Wei Jingchen lifted a corner of the curtain and looked outside.

This dye shop must be doing quite well; there were two or three carriages parked in the stable.

Perhaps it was the smell of a tiger, but the horses in the stable were all somewhat restless.

Yun Zhao tried to search his surroundings, and unexpectedly, there was a hidden room underground nearby!

It's so secluded, it must be there!

Yun Zhao feigned curiosity and asked, "Brother Jingchen, which side of this place is closest to the Zhuang residence?"

"We are currently in the closest position to the Zhuang residence. Now that you mention it, I think that house is quite possible."

Wei Jingchen looked at the house not far away, which looked like a warehouse.

Oh wow! What a coincidence!

Yun Zhao thought to himself, but pretended to be surprised.

"Hey! Shall we go and sneak a peek?"

Wei Jingchen remained silent for a moment, then finally nodded.

"Walk!"

Yun Zhao jumped off the carriage first, whispered a few words to the horse beside him, and then got off the carriage with the tiger.

With Yun Zhao's prior warning, the horses merely stamped their feet in response to the sudden appearance of the tiger, without engaging in any aggressive behavior.

The tiger was very fast and quickly ran to the vicinity of the warehouse.

Wei Jingchen led Yun Zhao to follow, and they climbed in through the back window.

The warehouse was empty, but filled with goods.

The two split up to search for hidden doors or mechanisms.

The tiger followed Yun Zhao closely.

Unexpectedly, not long after they entered, the tiger suddenly grabbed Yun Zhao's clothes, preventing her from walking any further.

Yun Zhao quickly hugged it and hid it behind a pile of goods.

The warehouse door opened with a loud bang, and a group of people walked in.

"Chief镖师 Chen, look at the inventory in this warehouse, is it enough for your needs?"

The visitor explained.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Wenliang's voice came: "Let me see. This time, the message came from the General Escort Agency. They want a considerable amount of goods."

But the requirements are also very high; you can't pass off inferior goods as superior ones!

The man immediately beamed and said obsequiously, "How could we dare! Chief Escort Chen, what do you think of the color?"

"No good, too vulgar. The nobles in the capital don't like this kind of color."

Chen Wenliang said disdainfully, pointing to the goods by the wall.

"When were those goods shipped? The cloth they were wrapped in looks better than these."

"What, you won't let me see the good stuff? Are you looking down on our Zhenyuan Escort Agency?"

"What are you saying, Chief Escort Chen? Those are old goods, wrapped in ordinary waterproof tarpaulins. What's so special about them?"

The man smiled awkwardly and then led him in another direction in a fawning manner.

Yun Zhao immediately sensed that something was wrong.

She peeked out slightly, looking in the direction the man hadn't taken Chen Wenliang.

That's when I noticed that the waterproof tarpaulin there looked more vibrant in color than the rest of the area.

Chen Wenliang has a really sharp eye; he can even detect the difference!

That's strange.

New goods should normally be near the door, so why are they piled up at the edge?

Something unusual must be going on!

While Chen Wenliang was speaking, Yun Zhao crouched down and secretly ran over.

As she got closer, she realized that there was a hidden door behind the goods!

Perhaps it was built in a hurry, or perhaps they thought it was impossible to find, so it wasn't very well hidden.

Yun Zhao wanted to see where Wei Jingchen was, and when she turned her head, she saw the tiger's tail sticking out and tapping the ground idly.

Yun Zhao: !

My God, Hua Hua has been exposed!

She quickly grabbed the tiger's tail back, peered out, and happened to meet Chen Wenliang's gaze!

Chen Wenliang: ?!

What is she doing here?

He immediately turned around and blocked the person who was introducing the goods to him.

"Hmm, the goods here are pretty good. How's your new stock coming along lately?"

Last time you mentioned there were new colors, and let me tell you, the nobles of the capital love this kind of freshness!

Upon hearing Chen Wenliang's words, the other party immediately became excited.

"That's great! Come on, follow me this way!"

As the two walked out and closed the door, Chen Wenliang subconsciously glanced back.

Only after the warehouse door was closed and things quieted down did Yun Zhao whisper, "Brother Jingchen!"

Wei Jingchen walked back, only to find that she was gone.

Where are you?

"Here, here!"

Looking in the direction of the sound, they saw Yun Zhao peeking out from among a pile of goods, like a little mouse squeezed into a crevice.

Wei Jingchen: ?