Chapter 202 You're really something!
According to the guards in the mansion, there shouldn't be many guards in this mansion.
But the brothers who went in to scout ahead that day said the patrols were very frequent.
He was almost discovered; if the guard hadn't lied to Xiao Wu,
That means that a group of people, unknown to ordinary guards, were being kept in the Zhuang mansion.
Chen Wenliang guessed that Zhuang Shuyang wouldn't want too many people to know his true situation.
Therefore, there should be a group of people in the household who are just nominally in charge, and another group who are sent down from above.
"Then let's take advantage of the daytime and go in to find out what's going on."
After saying that, Wei Jingchen lifted the carriage curtain and climbed over the wall to look inside.
Seeing that there was no one inside, he simply climbed over the wall and went in.
Perhaps no one expected that someone would be so bold as to steal things in broad daylight.
Apart from one or two servants passing by, there was no one else in the backyard.
Wei Jingchen climbed over the wall again.
"how?"
They came out so quickly, could it be that there are a lot of people patrolling?
Chen Wenliang was somewhat worried.
"No one was there, perhaps because they thought no one would be so audacious during the day."
Wei Jingchen shook his head.
Yun Zhao poked her head out of the carriage, her little face full of excitement: "Isn't that perfect?"
While the flower's memory is still fresh, let it go inside and smell the place now!
"Come on, let's go in."
Wei Jingchen smiled and reached out his hand to her.
"Hehe, let's go, Flower!"
She climbed out of the carriage with a grin, while the tigress followed behind her, carrying her cub in her mouth.
Yun Zhao turned around and saw it carrying its cub in its mouth. He quickly advised, "Hua Hua, let Xiao Wang stay outside. Uncle Chen will help watch over him!"
Chen Wenliang: Huh?
He looked down and saw the tiger carrying its cub, staring intently at him with its eerie green eyes.
"hiss!"
Chen Wenliang felt a chill run down his spine and quickly reached out his hand.
"Yes, yes, I'll help you!"
The tiger placed the cub in his hand, then turned and followed Yun Zhao as he jumped off the carriage.
The cub sensed the unfamiliar presence, let out a soft "yelp," and opened its mouth to bite his hand!
A sharp pain in his hand startled Chen Wenliang. Looking down, he saw the cubs gnawing on his hand.
He was both amused and exasperated, and patted the cub's head.
I found it quite novel to discover that it had a fuzzy texture.
"Wow, so this is what tiger cubs feel like!"
The driver curiously reached out and gently touched it.
"Wow! It really is! And this cub is so affectionate!"
Seeing the two of them having a great time, Wei Jingchen reminded them.
"Uncle Chen, the carriage is quite conspicuous here. Why don't you find a place to hide it?"
Chen Wenliang snapped out of his daze and chuckled, "Okay, then be careful."
After saying that, he carried the cub and climbed into the carriage.
The driver, still somewhat unsatisfied, turned around and saw Yun Zhao blinking at him. He chuckled dryly, "This tiger cub is so cute, haha."
Yun Zhao waved her hand dismissively: "It's alright, Zhao Zhao doesn't mind. Little Wang is indeed adorable!"
After the carriage left, Wei Jingchen climbed onto the top of the wall.
Seeing that no one was around, he returned to the ground and picked up Yun Zhao.
"Huahua, let's go!"
At a command, the tiger scaled the wall and jumped into the yard.
With no one in the courtyard, Yun Zhao instructed the tiger to quickly sniff around.
"It should be in some hidden place, most likely a secret passage!"
While directing the tiger, she secretly activated the spatial manipulation.
If there were any hidden rooms nearby, even if she couldn't see what was inside, she could still sense the presence of a large number of items.
Strangely, there were no hidden rooms nearby, or even in the neighboring courtyard.
The Zhuang family's storeroom was also quite empty, befitting Zhuang Shuyang's reputation as an incorruptible official.
She could sense objects within a hundred feet. If Zhuang Shuyang had really hidden something, it must be outside a hundred feet.
Could it be that Zhuang Shuyang dug down a hundred zhang (approximately 33 meters)?
This is outrageous!
Yun Zhao watched the tiger's movements without showing any emotion. He saw it head towards the well and eventually stop beside it.
What is Zhuang Shuyang doing by the well?
Even though he was an honest official and the prefect of Yuezhou, he still had servants in his household.
Surely you don't have to fetch water yourself?
"Brother Jingchen, shall we go down and take a look?"
Yun Zhao peered into the well and saw that there was water at the bottom, so it didn't seem like there was anything wrong.
Wei Jingchen took a few steps back and looked around.
"Something's not right with this well."
"Huh? What's wrong?"
How come she didn't notice?
"I can't explain it. I'll go down and take a look. You and the tiger hide first."
Wei Jingchen placed her on the tiger's back, then jumped to the edge of the well, grabbed the rope for drawing water, and leaped down!
He was quick and agile, and swiftly braced his legs against the well wall to steady himself.
He then took out a tinderbox from his pocket and used its faint light to illuminate the well wall.
But they discovered that there were quite a few scratches on the well wall!
There was definitely a problem!
He then realized why he found it strange: the stones used to build the well were too neat, each one perfectly square.
He rubbed the stone all over and finally found a particularly smooth stone on the well wall.
Press down hard, and you'll hear the sound of stones shifting in the well wall.
Above, the tiger suddenly stood up and gave a low warning.
"What's wrong? Is there some noise down there?"
Upon hearing this, Yun Zhao, seeing that no one was around, hurriedly ran over.
"Brother Jingchen, what happened?"
She asked in a low voice towards the bottom of the well.
"There's a secret passage here!"
Yun Zhao: ?
Digging secret passages in the well wall?
Zhuang Shuyang is really something!
"This secret passage is quite spacious, and there are signs of heavy objects being moved around."
That's how you move it over; you can pull the rope back.
"Let the tiger lead you to hide, I'll follow the secret passage and take a look!"
Since we're already here, we can't just leave like this.
"Wait a minute!"
Yun Zhao hurriedly took out a medicine packet and a cloth from his small pocket.
"Wear a mask and this medicine packet. If you encounter the enemy, throw it out!"
Wei Jingchen moved up a few steps and reached out to take the medicine packet and cloth.
"Alright, go hide. If I don't come back in fifteen minutes, you and the tiger must leave immediately."
The longer it goes on, the more dangerous it becomes. No one knows when those strange guards from the Zhuang family will start patrolling.
"Okay, I know. Be careful!"
Yun Zhao rolled up the rope attached to the bucket and quickly left the well.
Wei Jingchen climbed into the secret passage through the well wall.
He just hadn't expected the secret passage to be much longer than he had imagined.
He crawled in about a foot, and the space suddenly became larger, enough for him to stand up.
Take a couple of steps inside and you'll see a small cart next to you.
As you go further in, it gets darker and darker, but there are candlesticks on both sides of the secret passage.
Wei Jingchen didn't dare to light it, and even blew out the tinder.
The surroundings were pitch black, with only a faint breeze blowing from ahead, indicating that there was an exit.
He felt his way along the wall and walked in. Gradually, he heard sounds coming from ahead, and there was a faint light.
After taking a few more steps, he kicked the steps.
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