Mo Qingcheng suddenly opened her cold eyes and shouted in a low voice: "Level One combat readiness."
The six little ones scrambled up from the kang (a heated brick bed). Yun Lei twisted the stone table, and a secret room suddenly appeared before their eyes. Shangguan Yichen picked up Bai Zimo and quickly led his younger siblings into the secret room. They walked along the dimly lit passage for more than ten meters and hid in the small stone room of about ten square meters.
The mechanism here was discovered by Mo Qingcheng and Hu Lai together; it was the most inconspicuous of the four courtyards.
In a moment, the stone table was restored. Mo Qingcheng, still worried, joined forces with Hu Lai to set up a simple formation, and the three of them disappeared in the blink of an eye...
Inside the secret room, Shangguan Yichen's face was icy cold. Bai Ziming was startled and shivered: "Brother, I need to pee..."
Shangguan Yunxi grabbed the bewildered Bai Ziming and whispered, "Sister will take you there, shh... there are bad people outside."
Bai Ziming nodded blankly and followed Shangguan Yunxi away. The little guy yawned, leaning to one side, "Second sister, so sleepy."
Shangguan Yunxi rolled her eyes. "That brat, he's always so lazy and good-for-nothing, he's a real handful."
I really don't know why my mother likes this rascal the most. If it weren't for the fact that he's my younger brother, she would have beaten him to a pulp long ago.
Bai Ziming was completely unaware that he had almost gotten a beating. The little guy hadn't quite grasped the situation yet; he'd just woken up from needing to pee.
My second sister's temper is getting worse and worse. How will she get married when she grows up? What a jinxed brother-in-law...
Bai Ziming guiltily raised his head, met Shangguan Yunxi's wicked little eyes, and shivered: "Second sister...it's so cold!"
"Cold my ass?" Shangguan Yunxi wanted to swear. What a jerk!
"Ah... Waaah..."
Bai Ziming cried out in alarm, but Shangguan Yunxi quickly covered his mouth, saying, "Are you looking for death? There are bad people outside..."
Bai Ziming gripped the pants tightly with both of his small hands: "Second sister, the pants..."
Shangguan Yunxi suppressed the urge to kick him, and laboriously carried her younger brother to the side, her eyes narrowing: "Big brother!"
Hearing the commotion, Shangguan Yichen rushed over: "What's going on..."
Before he could finish speaking, the young boy's cold eyes narrowed: "Get out of the way..."
Mu Wanqing and the others stopped in their tracks. They saw a large hole in the spot where Bai Zimo had urinated, and it was spreading at a visible speed.
Shangguan Yichen's expression was solemn; to run or not to run, that was the question.
Bai Ziming was terrified, huddled in Shangguan Yunxi's arms, trembling: "Big brother, could there be a hanged ghost?"
"Don't talk nonsense!" Shangguan Yunxi patted Bai Zimo on the back, signaling him to stop talking nonsense.
Bai Yunfei gripped Mu Wanqing's small hand tightly, and mustered her courage to ask, "Big brother, could there be a secret passage down there?"
Shangguan Yichen's eyes flickered slightly. A quarter of an hour later, the collapse stopped, and a passage appeared faintly.
The children were very uneasy. Most of the stone chamber had collapsed. Shangguan Yichen clenched his fists and said, "Wait for me. You are not allowed to go anywhere!"
"No, big brother, I'll go with you!" Shangguan Yunxi's expression changed.
The other children also tried to stop them.
The young boy narrowed his eyes: "This is an order, Sister Xi, you protect your younger brother and sister."
"Okay!" The girl's eyes reddened; there was unknown danger below. What would her older brother do...?
Will my mother be sad when she comes back?
Shangguan Yichen's eyes were dark and unfathomable. The little boy took out the silver from his body and placed it in Shangguan Yunxi's palm. He took a deep look at the little ones and resolutely walked down the passage.
Behind me, Bai Ziming and Bai Yunfei's heart-wrenching cries came, then abruptly stopped...
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