Chapter 1172 A strange feeling of familiarity
Master Lin saw that the situation was hopeless, so he decided to throw the pot into the ground and shouted:
"It was Jiang Li! It was Jiang Li and Master Wang who ordered me to do this! They gave me a large sum of money and asked me to frame Jiang Xue!"
When these words were spoken, everyone in the audience was shocked.
The old ancestor of the Jiang Mansion and other elders looked at Jiang Li in disbelief.
Jiang Li’s face was pale and she was trembling all over. She knew she was finished.
Faced with irrefutable evidence, Jiang Li was powerless to refute and could only admit his guilt.
The old ancestor was so angry that he was shaking all over. He ordered Jiang Li to be confined to the house and vowed to severely punish Master Wang.
After this incident, everyone in the Jiang family was impressed by Jiang Xue's wisdom and ability.
The old ancestor even announced publicly that all matters of the Jiang Mansion would be handed over to Jiang Xue to handle.
Jiang Xue's position in the Jiang Mansion was finally completely consolidated.
That night, Jiang Xue came to the study alone and prepared to sort out the account books and letters.
Suddenly, she found a strange letter, and the handwriting on the envelope gave her an inexplicable sense of familiarity!
"This handwriting..." Jiang Xue muttered to herself, and suddenly a sense of uneasiness arose in her heart.
She carefully opened the envelope and took out the letter inside. In the candlelight, lines of beautiful handwriting came into view.
What was written in the letter turned out to be evidence of collusion between the Jiang family and a high-ranking official in the court!
Jiang Xue was overjoyed. This letter was the key evidence for her to bring down Jiang Li and uncover the family conspiracy!
"It's really like searching for a needle in a haystack, but finally I got it without any effort!" Jiang Xue tightly held the letter, with a hint of joy in her eyes.
This letter was too important to her. If Jiang Li or other people in the Jiang family knew that the letter was in her hands;
It will inevitably cause an uproar, so she must keep it properly and present it to the emperor as soon as possible!
As Jiang Xue expected, after Jiang Li learned that the letter had been discovered, she became furious and was running around like an ant on a hot pan.
"Bitch! How did she have that letter?"
She roared, her delicate makeup distorted by anger, like a cat whose tail was stepped on.
She immediately found Master Wang and the chief steward of the Jiang residence. The three of them got together, like three rats in a gutter, and plotted how to stop Jiang Xue.
"Hurry! Seal the secret room!" Jiang Li screamed, as if if she was a step slower, the cooked duck would fly away.
The chief steward of the Jiang residence immediately brought his servants to surround the secret room where the letters were stored. They closed the door tightly so that not even a fly could get in.
When Jiang Xue arrived, she only saw the tightly closed door of the secret room and the ferocious-looking servants guarding the door.
Her heart sank and she thought to herself that this was not good. It seemed that Jiang Li had already taken the lead.
"Wanrou, what are you doing?" Jiang Xue suppressed her anger and asked as calmly as possible.
Jiang Li walked out slowly from the crowd with a hypocritical smile on her face, like a queen who was sure of victory.
"Sister, the old ancestor is not feeling well. There are some precious medicinal herbs stored in the secret room. In order to prevent outsiders from disturbing us, I specially had the secret room sealed."
"You're talking nonsense! Our ancestors simply..." Jiang Xue was about to retort but was interrupted by Jiang Li.
"Sister, I know you care about our ancestors, but the most important thing now is to let them have a good rest." Jiang Li said, and even squeezed out a few tears hypocritically. Her acting skills were comparable to those of a graduate from a drama academy.
"You are making such a fuss that it will only disturb the old ancestor's rest and make his condition worse."
Jiang Li's words sounded so high-sounding that people who didn't know the truth would be fooled by her.
Sure enough, the old ancestor of the Jiang Mansion came out supported by Jiang Li's maid.
He was old and easily deceived, so he easily believed Jiang Li's lies.
"Xiaoxue, your sister is right. The things in the secret room are very important. You should not make trouble." The old ancestor's tone was stern, and Jiang Xue's heart instantly sank.
Jiang Xue was speechless. Jiang Li had successfully portrayed herself as a filial and sensible person, while she herself became an unreasonable bad person.
"Sister, just go back and have a rest."
Jiang Li smiled triumphantly, as if she had seen Jiang Xue's failure.
Jiang Xue bit her lips tightly, her heart filled with grievance and anger.
But she knew that she had to calm down now and find a way to get the letter back.
At the same time, in the secret room, Master Wang was busy setting up traps.
He smiled sinisterly, as if he had foreseen Jiang Xue's miserable condition.
"Humph, you are too young to fight with me!"
The mechanisms he set up were varied and difficult to guard against.
There are hidden arrows, poisonous gas, and a maze...As long as Jiang Xue steps into the secret room, she will fall into numerous crises.
As the night deepened, the Jiang Mansion was filled with silence.
Jiang Xue stood alone at the door of the secret room, feeling extremely anxious.
She knew that time was running out and she had to find a way to get into the secret room and get the letter as soon as possible.
She took a deep breath and began to carefully observe the environment around the secret room.
She discovered that there were some strange patterns on the walls of the secret room, which seemed to be some kind of code.
"Could it be..." Jiang Xue's heart moved, and a bold idea emerged in her mind.
She stretched out her hand and gently touched the pattern on the wall, muttering to herself: "Left three, right two, up and down four..."
Suddenly, there was a slight "click" sound, and a gap appeared in the door of the secret room!
Jiang Xue was delighted, it seemed that her guess was correct!
She pushed the door open carefully and slipped into the secret room.
The secret room was pitch black, and you couldn't see your hand in front of you.
Jiang Xue groped the wall and walked forward step by step.
Suddenly, she felt her feet go empty.
"ah!"
Jiang Xue screamed and her body fell rapidly!
"It seems that my little mouse has taken the bait." Master Wang's sinister laughter was heard in the darkness.
Jiang Xue fell rapidly, the wind whistling in her ears. Her mind raced, and at the critical moment, she grabbed a protruding stone on the wall and managed to steady herself.
"Phew, luckily I reacted quickly, otherwise I would have become a meat pie." She secretly felt lucky that Master Wang was so insidious that he actually set up such a trap.
With the faint light, she saw that there was a bottomless trap below. The bottom of the trap was full of sharp bamboo sticks, shining with cold light, which was creepy.
If you really fall down, you will be skinned alive if you don't die.
After stabilizing her body, Jiang Xue began to observe her surroundings.
With the faint light in the secret room, Jiang Xue saw that it was full of traps. She moved as nimbly as a kitten, carefully avoiding various traps.
Hidden arrows were shot from above her head from time to time, but she could predict them in advance and dodge them easily.
"That's it? Child's play!" She sneered. Master Wang really underestimated her.
There was a faint fragrance in the secret room. Jiang Xue sniffed it and felt something was wrong.
"Love incense?" She immediately held her breath and took out a handkerchief soaked in medicine from her sleeve to cover her mouth and nose.
Fortunately, she was well prepared, otherwise she would have fallen into the trap of this old fox.
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