Since Xu Qi refused to go inside, the burned ghost stayed outside with him.
Ji Qian didn't force her, and pushed Han Mengyao into the house.
With Han Mengyao acting as a shield, Ji Qian felt much more energetic and even had the energy to observe the furnishings inside the room.
Only then did Ji Qian realize that the bookshelves in the room were actually nailed to the wall, no wonder the production team hadn't taken them away.
Of course, the books on the bookshelf had long been replaced with brand new prop books, and Ji Qian even suspected that there were no words in them at all.
To be fair, this second young master's method of hiding the lock was quite unique.
According to Zhao Chengyuan, the way to unlock the secret compartment in this room is hidden in the two small incense burners on the bookshelf.
Because Zhao Chengyuan left in a hurry, he did not have time to explain the specific method of unlocking the lock.
Ji Qian followed Han Mengyao to the small incense burner on the right. Han Mengyao reached out and gently pushed the incense burner... but it wouldn't budge?
Seeing this, Ji Qian also reached out to push, but couldn't budge it.
After examining them carefully for a long time, they discovered that the two incense burners were actually firmly fixed to the bookshelf.
It seems the production team didn't move them because they couldn't be moved; otherwise, given their condition, these two incense burners would have been worth quite a bit of money.
Seeing that she couldn't push the incense burner, Han Mengyao tried to lift the lid, but she failed.
Left with no other choice, Han Mengyao had to temporarily abandon this side and turn to walk towards the incense burner on the left.
Although the incense burner on the left is also fixed to the bookshelf, its lid can be opened normally.
Han Mengyao lifted the lid of the incense burner on the left and peered inside, but found nothing.
At this moment, Ji Qian, who had been closely following Han Mengyao, seemed to suddenly remember something. She took the initiative to step forward and put her hand into the incense burner, pressed the bottom and gently pushed it in circles. Sure enough, she heard the friction sound of the mechanism working.
Han Mengyao was stunned. In her memory, Ji Qian wasn't this smart: "How did you think of that?!"
Seeing Han Mengyao's unusually surprised expression, Ji Qian was at a loss for words. She couldn't very well say that her inspiration came from a chamber pot, could she?
Ji Qian quickly brushed off the topic. Since the hidden compartment did not appear as smoothly as expected, Ji Qian then urged Han Mengyao to return to the incense burner on the right.
Han Mengyao reached out again to lift the lid of the incense burner on the right, and this time she succeeded!
After setting the lid aside, Han Mengyao reached in, intending to turn the bottom like Ji Qian had done, only to find that the bottom was welded shut.
After Ji Qian said that she had no other choice, Han Mengyao had no choice but to resign herself to peeking out again.
Unlike last time, this time Han Mengyao found a small golden hook inside the incense burner.
Before Ji Qian could react, Han Mengyao decisively pulled the hook. Hearing the loud noise of the mechanism operating, Ji Qian immediately crouched down and covered her head in a defensive posture, fearing that something might suddenly jump out and hit her head-on.
Fortunately, what Ji Qian feared did not happen.
After the clicking sounds gradually stopped, Ji Qian looked up and saw a hidden compartment, about the size of an adult's forearm, appear behind the partition in the middle of the bookshelf.
Han Mengyao leaned closer to look and found that, just as Zhao Chengyuan had said, there was an old, yellowed letter at the bottom.
The writing on the envelope was worn and barely legible, probably due to Zhao Hanying moving it around inside.
Han Mengyao tried to pick up the letter, but found that it was stuck to the wall like glue and she couldn't take it off at all.
Seeing this, Ji Qian picked up her precious kitchen knife and carefully cut the envelope along its edge.
When the envelope was removed, Ji Qian discovered that the liquid holding it together at the bottom was not glue, but rather resembled congealed old bloodstains.
This letter must be older than the one in Mr. Qian's room; the paper at the seal is already quite brittle.
Ji Qian carefully unfolded the letter and found that it was written in messy handwriting with only four large characters: Ling Temple Gathering Yin.
Ji Qian and Han Mengyao had no clue about this, and even Xu Qi, the superstitious encyclopedia who had been waiting outside the door, said that he had never seen this sentence before.
Having no other choice, Ji Qian first took a picture of the letter with her phone, and then put the letter back into the hidden compartment untouched.
The paper of this letter is too fragile to be easily carried by Ji Qian and the others.
After restoring the mechanism, Ji Qian took two steps at a time and was about to run outside, but she suddenly stopped before she had taken two steps.
Xu Qi, who was outside, immediately tensed up upon seeing this: "What's wrong? Did you see something?!"
Ji Qian hesitated and shook her head, then jumped up and down a few times before turning to Han Mengyao behind her and saying, "It looks like there's something buried down there."
Before Han Mengyao could react, Ji Qian lay down on the spot and tapped the floor tiles she had just stepped on with her hand.
As the saying goes, perseverance pays off, and Ji Qian actually heard a particularly crisp sound under one of the bricks!
"This is it! Xu Qi, go get the hammer and shovel."
Han Mengyao is, after all, a precious iron tank, so of course she can't do this kind of rough work.
In addition, due to the foundation of their years-long relationship, Ji Qian subconsciously still preferred to have Xu Qi as her assistant.
Moreover, although Xu Qi is timid, he is generally quite obedient as long as it doesn't involve ghosts or monsters.
"Okay, I'll be right there!" Xu Qi dashed back to the front yard and soon returned with a shovel and a mini hammer.
Ji Qian stared at the hammer in front of her, which was not even as long as her palm, and was speechless for a moment.
Xu Qi was still trying to explain himself: "I really pressed Director Liu for an answer, and he said that this is the only hammer available. For a bigger one, you have to go to town to buy it, which takes at least two hours round trip."
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