Chapter 8 Secret Passage
Mo Yu had just sent back the results of the owner of the house when Xiao Jinyi sent him to the clinic again, asking him to find a fat, injured, middle-aged man with a servant.
Shen Shixu saw Mo Yu, who had the same stern face as his master, and suddenly widened his eyes after hearing Xiao Jinyi's order, and couldn't help laughing.
Xiao Jinyi looked at Shen Shixu, who was smiling with a dimple on the right corner of his mouth, and was stunned for a moment.
When Shen Shixu smiles, he is like a flower blooming in spring, brilliant and full of vitality, giving people a sense of hope just by looking at it.
Shen Shixu laughed for a while and then stopped. He and Xiao Jinyi came to the house again and looked around.
Seeing that there was no one nearby, Shen Shixu raised his eyebrows at Xiao Jinyi, "Your Highness, how about we go in and take a look?"
Xiao Jinyi looked at his sneaky appearance and realized that he probably didn't go in through the main gate, but climbed over the wall.
But this was what he wanted to do. He reached out and grabbed Chen Shixu's shoulders, then tapped the ground with his feet and jumped up using the force. In the middle, he put his toes on the wall to gain force again, and then grabbed Chen Shixu and landed steadily inside the wall.
Shen Shixu only felt that the scene in front of his eyes flashed one after another, and when he looked again, he had already arrived at the house.
From the outside, this may look like a deserted house, but the interior is very elegant. There are rockery and flowing water, a small and quiet bamboo forest, some strange rocks, and the fish in the water are swimming happily.
The gravel road was very clean without a single weed growing on it, there were no spider webs in the corners of the house, and there were not even fallen leaves on the ground, as if someone cleaned here every day.
But they learned from the families they asked that no one had ever been to this place, which meant that this house had a secret and must have a secret passage.
Chen Shixu and Xiao Jinyi started searching separately, Chen Shixu was responsible for the row of houses on the left, and Xiao Jinyi was responsible for the right.
The row of houses on the left, one after another, look like where servants live. The rooms are not very big, but the beds are covered with pink, purple, and light red gauze curtains. Each room also has a dressing table with rouge and powder on it, all of which have been used.
The room on the right that Xiao Jinyi went to was slightly larger than the room on Shen Shixu's side. In addition to the same layout as the house on the left, it also had a bathtub and a screen, as well as a soft couch for a nap.
Apart from these things, they did not find the entrance to the secret passage in the room. The two men came out of their respective areas with nothing.
Shen Shixu was covered in dust because he was wondering if the entrance to the secret passage might be under the bed, so he crawled under the bed to take a look. However, there was nothing under the bed and he was covered in dust instead.
Shen Shixu dusted off the dust on his body and looked at Xiao Jinyi's sullen expression, realizing that he probably got nothing as well.
"It's really strange. Someone was using the rouge and powder in the room, but there was no one in the house. We couldn't even find the entrance to the secret passage.
I even crawled under the bed to look, but found nothing. If someone hadn't really touched those rouge and powder, I would have suspected that I had guessed wrong. ”
Shen Shixu really felt it was strange, so strange that he even forgot to call himself a subject in front of Xiao Jinyi. Fortunately, Xiao Jinyi didn't mind.
But Shen Shixu reacted by himself, and quickly bowed and apologized, "I'm sorry, Your Highness, I'm rude, I hope Your Highness will forgive me."
Xiao Jinyi looked at him bending down to salute and felt very displeased. He was not as lively as Shen Shixu who was casually complaining to him just now.
He stretched out a hand to help Shen Shixu up, looked at Shen Shixu who had shrunk into the shell of a minister, and said with a hint of expectation in his voice: "You don't have to be so polite in front of me. I have few friends, and there are not many people who can talk to me except my eldest brother.
I think you are a nice person with great abilities, and I would like to be friends with you. Is that possible? ”
Xiao Jinyi was very sincere, and this time he omitted introducing himself when talking to Shen Shixu. Shen Shixu was originally a person who had received education in the 21st century, where everyone was equal.
After coming to Dagan, although he kept reminding himself that this was a feudal society, deep down he was still the same calm person as before.
So he easily accepted Xiao Jinyi's friend's invitation, "Since His Highness has said so, I won't be polite."
Looking at Shen Shixu who had become alive again, Xiao Jinyi's mouth curled up slightly, and then quickly returned to straight without Shen Shixu noticing.
Shen Shixu looked at the dust on his hands and wanted to wash them, so he walked to the pond, squatted down, scooped up some water and started washing.
There was a rockery next to the pond. Chen Shixu washed his hands and took out the handkerchief he carried with him. When he was wiping his hands, he suddenly found that something seemed wrong with the rockery.
I didn't notice it when I was washing my hands just now, but after staying here for a long time, I realized something was wrong.
It is very unreasonable that no birds landed on the rockery.
Shen Shixu also has a rockery at home. When he was a child, he was naughty and climbed up it. He found several bird nests in the rockery and took out a few bird eggs.
But no birds landed on the rockery here. He walked around the rockery again, but did not find a bird's nest.
Shen Shixu thought of a TV drama he had watched before, in which some corrupt officials would hollow out a rockery and hide their embezzled gold, silver and treasures inside.
So what if we use the rockery as the entrance to the secret passage?
Thinking of this, Shen Shixu waved to Xiao Jinyi, "Your Highness, come quickly, I have a new discovery here."
Seeing him walking around the rockery, Xiao Jinyi knew that what he had discovered was wrong. When he waved, he walked over quickly, "What's wrong? What did you find?"
"There's something wrong with this rockery, it's too clean. I also have a rockery at home. When I play in the yard, I see birds landing on it from time to time. But since we came in just now, it seems that no bird has landed on this rockery. It should be painted with something to prevent birds from landing on it, and to prevent snakes, insects and ants from climbing on it.
You said, we have found the entrance to the secret passage. Could it be hidden inside the rockery? ”
Xiao Jinyi felt that it was somewhat possible, and the two of them began to grope towards the rockery. Finally, Shen Shixu found the entrance to the rockery. There was a place on the rockery that could be pressed down. After Shen Shixu pressed it, the rockery behind them slowly cracked, revealing a gap that was large enough for one person to pass through.
Chen Shixu and Xiao Jinyi looked at each other and saw joy in each other's eyes. Xiao Jinyi took out a fire starter and walked into the gap first. Chen Shixu followed behind him. Both of them were curious about what would be at the end of this passage?
But after seeing the situation at the end, both of them were shocked.
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