"Borrow? Young Master, your words are quite elegant, hehe." Zirong said with a sly smile. Even more than a dozen secret sentries were knocked unconscious, how could this still be considered a loan?

"Okay, then it's stealing." Mu Hanyan also laughed, and spoke with confidence.

Zirong looked at the seemingly simple courtyard and couldn't figure out what he wanted to steal and how it related to his plan. She became even more curious about Mu Hanyan's feelings.

"Stop looking and follow me." Mu Hanyan went straight to the rockery in the corner of the backyard and slapped it upwards. With a click, the rockery moved to the side, revealing a secret passage that was more than one person high.

Zirong opened her mouth slightly, unable to conceal her surprise any longer: How did he know there was a secret passage here, and he even knew the mechanism to open it so well? If it were someone else, seeing his skillful movements, they would have thought this was his own yard.

Mu Hanyan noticed his surprise but offered no explanation. This secret passage was likely discovered by the Mu family several years later, after the Zhou family joined forces with several other clans to attack the Mu family. She should have known nothing about it a few years earlier, but she couldn't explain it.

Seeing that Mu Hanyan had no intention of explaining, Zirong also followed closely behind her as a guard.

Oil lamps lit every ten or so steps along the walls of the passage. The light was dim, but enough to clearly see the path beneath her feet. Although she had no idea where this passage led to or what secrets it held, she could guess from the Zhou family's meticulous deployment of sentries outside the courtyard that this secret passage held a significant secret. Therefore, Zirong remained alert, her fingers resting on the hilt of her sword.

"Don't be so nervous, there shouldn't be any danger at the moment." Mu Hanyan said.

Zirong relaxed a little, but she became even more curious. What was hidden in this secret passage? Why did Mu Hanyan look so familiar?

The secret passage was not long, only about forty or fifty feet. After turning the corner, a hall more than ten feet high and wide appeared in front of us. It was built with whole pieces of granite on all sides, which looked extremely solid and looked like a dungeon no matter how you looked at it.

In the middle of the hall is a slightly smaller cage, which is made of fine diamond as thick as a child's arm and is even more indestructible.

When she saw clearly the prisoner in the cage, Zirong opened her mouth wide.

"Uh... well... well, young master, if you want to eat pork, there's really no need to steal it. Oh, no, there's really no need to borrow it. We should have some raised in our own manor. And even if our own pork is more delicious than the stolen ones, shouldn't we wait until it's fattened up before we take it?" Zirong swallowed hard and spoke with difficulty. He was so shocked by the scene that his mind was dizzy and he stuttered. He kept switching between stealing and borrowing, and his tongue was twisted.

A pink piglet lay in its cage, sound asleep, its saliva dripping all over the floor. It wasn't a large piglet, perhaps only two or three months old. It was white and plump, adorably plump, with a soft pink hue. While the roast suckling pig tasted delicious, seeing its adorable appearance made even a grown man like Zirong reluctant to eat it.

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