Chapter 11: Empty the Study, Soldiers Come to Confiscate the House

Jing Er heard, "You want to move the cabinet?"

"The lady is coming in."

"Um."

Jing Er opened the door and walked in, looking worried. He walked over quickly and said, "The cabinet is very heavy. Let your subordinates move it."

The next moment, Jing Er's words froze at his lips. He watched helplessly as the young lady lifted the heavy dressing table half a meter off the ground, took two steps, put it three meters away, and patted it neatly.

I couldn't help but stare.

The young lady's strength suddenly became very good. If she didn't know the secret passage of the general's mansion, I really wonder who was impersonating her!

Xie Zhizhi groped for the secret compartment beside him, knocked on the wall, and stepped on the floor with gravity, making a clanging sound under his feet.

Found it, under the floor.

She pried open the floorboards and a dark hole appeared.

"Wait here, I'll be back soon."

Jing Er frowned, hugged the long sword, and said worriedly: "What if there is evil in the study? Why don't I go with the young lady?"

Xie Zhizhi, who had already leaned into the secret passage, turned around and smiled sinisterly. That smile was as bright as a poppy seed, and said in a low voice:

"Then let him experience the feeling of riding a carriage through the clouds! If the dog emperor's order arrives and he hasn't returned yet, you can wait for him at the place where the carriage is parked, and he will pass by and meet you safely."

"By the way, remember to restore the secret passage to its original location."

After saying that, she quickly ran towards the study along the secret passage.

"I understand."

Jing Er was thinking, what is the car passing through the clouds?

Inexplicably, I thought of the man in black who was stabbed and flew into the sky just now, and I couldn't help but feel gloating.

Did the lady have some fortuitous encounter?

And the lady said she would tell them the reason in a few days?

Jing Er, who appears cold on the outside but is actually rich in heart, has already begun to look forward to what the young lady will say to them.

In the secret passage.

Xie Zhizhi took out a high-power flashlight and walked all the way to the end of the secret passage.

I raised my head and felt a thick wooden board. I turned a wooden box on the side and clearly felt the cabinet outside move.

The institutions of the past are truly amazing.

After the cabinet outside was moved away, she pushed open the wooden board above her head and successfully came out of the secret passage.

He lowered his head to tidy up the dirt on his clothes and looked around.

In the large study, the desk, drawing table, official hat chair, bookshelf plant decoration, etc., each one is elegant and neatly arranged, with a strong scent of books and a faint aroma of ink that permeates the heart.

Xie Zhizhi didn't know where the painting was, so he just followed his heart and walked to the drawing table. There was an original painting hanging on the wall behind him.

The woman in the painting is sitting alone on a bench, with the background being a study. She is dressed gorgeously, has a dignified demeanor, bright eyes, a delicate and unworldly face, and is smiling faintly. She looks very much like her.

She dug out a clothes hanger from the space and took down the hanging painting.

Then, I turned the painting over and touched it, and found two layers of paper on the back.

What could be in here?

Gently tear off a layer of paper without damaging the painting.

Carefully he took out a letter from the thick scroll.

As far as I can remember, Xie Zongyi had placed this letter in front of the sixteen-year-old Yuan when he was painting her portrait, and told her that she could only come and pick it up when she turned eighteen.

She was just wondering if there might be any clues here.

Xie Zhizhi carefully rolled up the painting and placed it on the drawing table, then opened the letter and read the words on it.

"My dear, if you dig up the secret passage, you will find the key to the storeroom. That is your dowry. Protect yourself well and don't trust the royal family too much. Daddy only asks you to be careful. Daddy and brother will be back as soon as possible."

What the hell?

It's just a warehouse key.

She probably left the key to the warehouse because she was afraid that she would still be in the frontier after she got married and couldn't come back.

Judging from the fact that the Third Prince doesn't like the original marriage, he will probably do everything he can to prevent it, and the marriage won't be so easy.

That one can only be found in the study.

Yuan's daily expenses were all paid by the housekeeper, and it was always more, never less. In that era, Yuan was treated almost like an only child, which was really very happy.

Never mind, let’s go get the key first.

Xie Zhizhi slipped back into the tunnel, determined the location of the room, put on a strong headlight, took out a shovel and started digging.

There was a woman in plain clothes in the dark tunnel, digging the soil with a modern flashlight on her head. Xie Zhizhi would have laughed to death if she had seen it.

Because she was strong, chunks of dirt fell out as she pried. In less than a minute, she had dug out a wooden box as small as a lunch box.

Found it.

With the help of the light from above, she violently pulled the lock open. Inside was a key and a thick stack of parchment.

Without looking carefully, he put the lid on and put it away directly in the space.

Back to the study again.

I glanced silently at the books in the study. Three days later, there will be a heavy hailstorm, and all the books here will be damaged.

So...it's safer to stay in the outer space.

Hehe, come in! With a thought, all the books on the bookshelf were quickly put into the space.

Then look for it slowly on the map.

The bookshelf cannot be wasted, put it away!

That official hat chair must be made of top-grade golden nanmu wood. It looks very valuable. I’ll take it!

The desk is also very sturdy, I put it away!

The painting table has carvings and is exquisitely decorated. It is worth collecting. I've collected it.

Soon, the study room of several hundred square meters was empty, even the potted plants at the door were left empty.

Suddenly, there was a loud roar outside, the voice of a maidservant shouting, followed by the sound of quick footsteps.

"Tuck, Tuck, Tuck"

The officers and soldiers are here now?

It was written in the book that the ones who came to confiscate the property were the dog emperor's number one lackeys, the imperial guards of the Liu brothers.

She turned around to cover the traces of the secret passage, and when she closed the lid, a sly smile suddenly appeared on the corner of her mouth.

I just passed through the woods and got some good stuff...

The grid was copied in ten seconds. She came out carrying a sack of curled-up black and white creatures and threw them all into the secret passage.

He closed the wooden board and silently said "enter the space" before opening the door. The next moment, Xie Zhizhi's whole body disappeared in the study.

This was the first time she entered the space after it was upgraded again. She found that there was an extra mirror, which allowed her to accurately see the situation outside and control her movement direction with her mind.

This is just one of her imagined functions!

Not long.

From outside came the sound of soldiers surrounding the servants and guards. The servants and guards roared in anger, and Xie Zhizhi listened carefully to what they said.

Outside the house.

Upon hearing that the general and the young master were dead, their entire clan would be exiled, and the young lady's engagement would be cancelled and she would be beheaded on the spot!

The butlers and guards who were forced to kneel on the ground all raised their heads in shock and stared fiercely at the commander of the imperial guards. The strong men twisted their shoulders in an attempt to break free from the shackles, brewing a monstrous rage.

Everyone roared and screamed.

"What? Kill him on the spot! For what?!"

"The general died? Why did he die?"

"You can't kill the young lady! The general is innocent!"

"The general is dead? The young master is also dead? Then the general's only remaining bloodline is the young lady! The young lady cannot die!"

"The general worked hard for 꺶兴 and guarded the border all year round to protect 꺶兴. How could he betray his country and surrender to the enemy? It's unfair! This is unfair!"