Soon, Nanwusi got his chance.
During the shift change, Nan Wusi took the opportunity to slip inside.
Nan Wusi first looked around the room and found that there seemed to be no furnishings, just a table, a cabinet, and a bed.
Based on his past experience reading novels, Nan Wusi concluded that the secret passage must be under a cabinet or bed. Therefore, he focused his investigation on these two locations.
She first opened the cabinet, knocking and pressing around, and found that it didn't seem to have any mechanisms. And the sounds it made didn't seem hollow.
Nanwu thought that if it wasn't a cabinet, it must be under the bed. So she pulled the bedding aside and started banging on the bed frame.
Upon hearing this, Nan Wusi realized that the bed board did indeed make a sound, so she carefully felt around the bed. After feeling the entire bed, she discovered a small protrusion on the side. She pressed it, and the bed board made a sound. When she looked at it again, it was no longer as tightly fitted as before.
The bed frame was slightly warped, so it could be lifted up.
Looking at the dark hole under the bed, Nan Wusi was reluctant to go in, but she eventually decided to go down and take a look anyway.
But after she went down, she found that the tunnel was quite spacious, and there were luminous pearls illuminating the way every now and then.
Nan Wusi cursed Xiao Mu's extravagance in her heart. The tunnel was winding and long, and soon Nan Wusi was completely disoriented. She had no way of knowing the general direction of the tunnel.
As expected, novels are all lies. Those characters all have the protagonist's halo, which allows them to find their way through tunnels. She, on the other hand, is completely directionally challenged and shouldn't embarrass herself here.
So Nan Wusi quickly returned home, and now she could only try to find out the location of their secret rendezvous through other means.
After returning to his room, Nan Wusi restored the room to its original state and waited for an opportunity to slip out again.
However, she wasn't so lucky this time. After waiting for a long time, she was able to escape when one of the guards suddenly needed to urinate.
As expected, gathering intelligence is not something that ordinary people can do. It requires both caution and patience. Nan Wusi said that he never wants to do this job again.
When Nan Wusi returned to the General's Mansion, it was almost dawn. Ye Zi was sitting at her door, swaying sleepily.
"Ye Zi," Nan Wusi called softly.
"Hmm?" Ye Zi rubbed her eyes, and immediately perked up when she saw Nan Wusi. "Miss, you're finally back. It's been a whole night."
"Yeah, I didn't expect it to take so long." Nan Wusi was also extremely sleepy.
"I'm so sleepy, Yezi, you should go back to your room and get some more sleep. I'm going to bed now," Nan Wusi said, yawning.
"Yes, Miss." Ye Zi was indeed still half asleep. She had waited at the young lady's door all night, and her back was still a little sore.
As a result, the two, master and servant, didn't get up until noon the next day.
After waking up, Nan Wusi invited Ouyang Xinxi out and told her about the findings she had made the night before.
Ouyang Xinxi also showed a look of sudden realization. She said that the reason why she had not noticed the Crown Prince coming and going at all was because there was a secret passage.
“But we have no idea where this secret passage leads.” Ouyang Xinxi fell into deep thought.
Nan Wusi then shared his thoughts: "Exploring the secret passage again would be pointless, as my sense of direction is terrible. However, I believe that even if we don't know where the secret passage leads, we can still find the location where the two were meeting in secret."
"How are we supposed to find this?" Ouyang Xinxi looked at Nan Wusi with a puzzled expression.
“Since it’s not working out with Ouyang Jiangli, let’s go to the Crown Prince’s side,” Nan Wusi said naturally.
“But the Crown Prince has so many experts around him, it would be too easy to be discovered if we were to spy on him.” Ouyang Xinxi did not agree with this idea.
"Why not just replace it with someone who's less likely to be discovered?" Nan Wusi already had someone in mind.
Although Ouyang Xinxi felt it was a bit unreliable after hearing it, she agreed, since it was indeed less likely for them to be discovered.
"However, you still need to keep a close eye on Ouyang Jiangli," Nan Wusi said, fearing that something might go wrong and all her surveillance would be for nothing.
And so the matter was settled, and now all that was left was to wait for their next private meeting.
And that day soon arrived.
Nan Wusi asked Hu Zi and the others to keep an eye on Xiao Mu for her. After all, ordinary people would easily arouse suspicion, but children would be much less suspicious.
Tiger and his friends were scattered along the main road leading out of the palace and in various streets leading to Ouyang Jiangli's courtyard.
Because Hu Zi had seen Xiao Mu once before, he knew what the Crown Prince looked like, so he was assigned to keep watch on the first street.
Ever since Xiao Mu left the palace, Hu Zi has been wandering around the main street, pretending to be craving food at various food stalls.
When Xiao Mu went to the next street, Hu Zi handed over the information to his friends, telling them what Xiao Mu looked like and what he was dressed, and asking them to keep an eye on him.
And so, a group of children took turns monitoring Xiao Mu's itinerary.
He only returned to report the route after the last person saw Xiao Mu enter a courtyard and not come out.
Through the chatter of the children, Nan Wusi also drew up Xiao Mu's route for the day and determined his final destination.
The news from Ouyang Xinxi's side is that everything is normal, so it should be confirmed that the other place where Xiao Mu and Ouyang Jiangli met in secret, which is the other end of the secret passage, should be where they stayed today.
Actually, today's surveillance still carries risks. If any of the kids mess up, the whole plan will fall apart.
Fortunately, the children were very helpful, and the surveillance went smoothly without arousing suspicion.
Namo Si believed that these children were all promising talents, and with proper training, they would definitely excel in intelligence work in the future.
However, Xiao Mu is quite cautious. He only wanted to meet his lover in secret, but he actually built a secret passage. The two courtyards are almost two streets apart. I wonder how long it took him to build these courtyards. It's a bit of a waste to use them just for having an affair.
The reason why it was necessary to use surveillance to find out where the two were meeting in secret was simply because the original text did not clearly state where they were or how they were doing it.
Nan Wusi couldn't help but complain that the original text didn't explain such an important matter clearly, making her waste so much effort.
Now that he had a clear understanding of the two men's movements, Nan Wusi felt it was time to avenge the drugging incident.
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