Chapter 125 My Third Uncle is Truly Learned
Xu Yiyan held his nephew tightly with one hand and clung to the wall with the other, holding his breath.
After a long while, no sound of footsteps could be heard from inside the courtyard.
He then peeked out and found the courtyard empty, except for the main gate of the house, which was wide open.
Why is that?
Is it really that exciting to do that kind of thing without closing the door?
Just as he was wondering, he felt a pain in his hand.
He looked down and saw Yun Zhao's face flushed red as she desperately tried to pry open his little finger!
Xu Yiyan: !
He almost strangled his own nephew!
Xu Yiyan abruptly withdrew his hand, squatted down in front of her, and asked in a low, concerned voice, "Zhaozhao, are you alright?!"
Yun Zhao dared not cough, and could only gasp for breath.
Seeing her in so much pain, Xu Yiyan felt incredibly guilty.
He's such a useless piece of trash!
Yun Zhao quickly waved his hand to indicate that he was alright.
Just then, a sharp crack of a whip rang out from the courtyard.
The two paused, then hurriedly peered inside from the corner of the wall.
The sound was coming from inside the room.
Confused, the two tiptoed inside.
As I approached the window and peeked out, the window was suddenly pushed open!
The four met eyes and stood there dumbfounded for a moment.
The woman was dressed in light clothing and was raising a whip in her hand.
Yuan Hongyang was completely naked, lying on the soft couch by the window.
Yun Zhao: ?
"Uncle Yuan, what game are you playing with Auntie?"
Xu Yiyan: !
The innocent voice of a child reached Xu Yiyan's ears, and he instinctively covered her eyes.
"Zhaozhao, don't look, it's dirty!"
Yuan Hongyang: !
The two people inside finally realized what was happening and slammed the window shut in fright, with the woman letting out a scream.
Xu Yiyan was startled. "Oh no, we've been discovered!"
He picked up Yun Zhao and tried to run away, turning around and running towards the corner of the wall.
Lu Xun and Lu Li, who were in a tree not far away, saw this and decided to jump down and take the two away.
Unexpectedly, Xu Yiyan suddenly stood frozen in the corner.
Yun Zhao's armpits ached terribly from being supported by him, so he could only awkwardly ask, "Third Uncle, aren't we going to run away?"
"Why is there a flowerpot in the corner here?"
"There are quite a lot of flowers in this yard, and the flowerpots are nice too..."
Before Yun Zhao could finish speaking, Xu Yiyan suddenly stepped on the edge of the flowerpot.
With a soft "crack," the brick beneath Xu Yiyan's feet suddenly loosened.
Yun Zhao: ?!
"Quickly, find someone to catch them!"
A woman's terrified voice came from inside the house. Seeing this, Xu Yiyan gritted his teeth and moved the bricks away.
That's when we discovered there was a small staircase below!
He picked up Yun Zhao and put him down, then hurriedly followed him down and put the bricks back together.
The Lu family father and son in the tree: ...
"Father, what should we do?"
"Wait a minute."
Lu Xun and his son decided to wait and see.
Seeing Yuan Hongyang straighten his clothes and run out, the two of them hid in the tree again.
Yuan Hongyang looked around, but there was no trace of Yun Zhao and his nephew.
He straightened his clothes and shouted loudly.
"Guards! Thieves have entered my residence! Arrest them immediately!"
Perhaps to make it easier for Yuan Hongyang to meet with others in private, the guards kept their distance.
After a while, the maid arrived with two guards.
"grown ups!"
"What kind of useless bunch are you guarding the gate? Two people have broken into the mansion! Bring them to me immediately!"
Yuan Hongyang angrily rebuked.
"yes!"
The guards quickly left, and the entire mansion's guards and maids were mobilized to search the entire courtyard.
Seeing Yuan Hongyang jumping up and down in anger, Lu Li couldn't help but feel strange.
"Father, why didn't he investigate that secret passage?"
"Could it be that he didn't even know that secret passage existed?"
Who would believe that?
The uncle and nephew, hidden in the secret passage, stared at each other in the darkness for a long time, but no one came to open the passage.
After a long while, Xu Yiyan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Looks like they didn't realize we were hiding inside!"
Yun Zhao clapped excitedly: "Third Uncle is so amazing! He knew there was a secret passage just by looking at it!"
Xu Yiyan blushed, scratched his head, and put Yun Zhao down.
"Zhaozhao, wait here for your uncle. Your uncle will examine the situation in this secret passage. You must stay close to me, okay?"
He gave Yun Zhao a lot of instructions, and only after Yun Zhao nodded seriously did he turn around and start feeling the walls of the secret passage.
There was only a small oil lamp in the dark passage, and it seemed to go on and on without end.
Yun Zhao gripped Xu Yiyan's clothes tightly and craned his neck to look down.
Anxian County isn't a big county town, so what major secret does Yuan Hongyang have?
Why would someone build such a deep basement in their own mansion?
What's even stranger is that they're hiding here, yet he doesn't come down to search for them. Does he think they can't possibly find the secret passage?
Yun Zhao, filled with doubt, followed Xu Yiyan down the path.
Surprisingly, they arrived at the entrance to the underground chamber after only a few steps.
"This secret passage is so short?"
Yun Zhao asked curiously.
"I once read about a type of paint in some miscellaneous writings my father brought home. It was said that this paint, when applied to objects..."
The light was too dim to illuminate the objects; I suspect the passageway was coated with this kind of paint.
It's probably because they were worried the light from the secret passage would see out at night, and also to frighten the person locked in that secret room.
Xu Yiyan is timid and doesn't like to go out.
In the backyard, he's either reading random books or tinkering with all sorts of strange things.
Yun Zhao gave him a thumbs up at the opportune moment, praising him: "Third Uncle is truly learned!"
Xu Yiyan said, somewhat amused and exasperated, "I don't know if there's someone locked up inside or something else."
Let's wait until later, go back up there, and leave quickly!
Yun Zhao quickly grabbed him.
"Third Uncle, since we're already here, why don't you open the door and let us go in and take a look?"
Xu Yiyan was worried about the danger inside, so he naturally didn't want to open the door.
Yun Zhao said, "Third Uncle, Uncle Lu said the magistrate's son forcibly took a woman from the countryside."
But that auntie just said there's no one in the mansion. Zhao Zhao is worried, what if her sister, who was taken back, is locked up inside?
Upon hearing Yun Zhao's words, Xu Yiyan hesitated.
Yun Zhao pressed his advantage: "Third Uncle, we are children of the Zhenyuan General's Mansion, we are not afraid of trouble!"
Xu Yiyan gritted his teeth and stood in front of Yun Zhao.
"Zhaozhao, step back and wait for your uncle to open this door!"
It was too dark here for Yun Zhao to see his face, but he could hear the tremor in his voice.
He was genuinely scared.
But he still mustered his strength and decided to give it a try!
Yun Zhao tugged at his clothes, her voice firm.
"Don't be afraid, Third Uncle, Zhaozhao is here!"
Strangely enough, even though Yun Zhao was only a five-year-old child, Xu Yiyan wasn't really that scared anymore.
He tapped and hammered on the wall, trying out each method described in the book.
In this dark and sunless secret passage, they had no idea how much time had passed.
Xu Yiyan tried repeatedly until his hand touched a spot with a peculiar feel.
"Zhaozhao, your uncle might have found the way to open the door. You should hide well!"
"Uncle, don't worry, Zhaozhao is ready!"
Yun Zhao nodded heavily.
"Click!"
The moment Xu Yiyan pressed the button, the door opened a crack, but it was pitch black inside.
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