Upon arriving at the artificial hill, Jiang Qi'an appeared out of nowhere and stood beside her, whispering, "I've already tried it, but I couldn't find the mechanism."
After receiving the news, Jiang Qi'an first came to the artificial hill, but after trying all the stones on the hill and examining the ground around it, he still couldn't find the mechanism.
Su Ruojin remained silent, staring at the artificial hill, before carefully circling it once.
Her eyes were fixed on seven inconspicuous stones at the foot of the artificial hill.
Following Su Ruojin's gaze, Jiang Qi'an said, "I've tried all these stones, and there was no reaction."
Su Ruojin walked over, picked up the sixth stone and swapped its position with the third stone, then picked up the fifth stone and placed it in what appeared to be a naturally formed hole in the artificial hill.
The next second, the artificial hill silently moved to both sides, revealing a tunnel.
Jiang Qi'an was shocked. How did she find out?
Without saying a word, Su Ruojin went down into the tunnel. Jiang Qi'an didn't have time to ask anything and could only follow her in.
The tunnel was made up of steps, with torches burning on both sides, illuminating the path brightly.
Follow the steps to the bottom, and you'll find a room.
The room was small and sparsely furnished, containing only a wooden bed, a stone table in the center, two stone stools, a wine pot and some food on the table, and two wooden chairs against the wall.
An elderly woman dressed in a dark blue dress was sitting on a stone bench with her back to the two of them, seemingly eating something. She was wearing the white magnolia hairpin that Su Ruojin had given her for Madam Lin's birthday last year.
"Grandmother?" Su Ruojin called out tentatively, her voice tinged with excitement.
That's great, Grandma is alright.
The old woman turned around at the sound, her face full of surprise: "Who are you? Someone...!"
Before she could even utter a sound, Jiang Qi'an reacted swiftly, throwing a stone that knocked her unconscious.
Looking at the completely unfamiliar face in front of her, Su Ruojin became anxious, her eyes slightly red: "She is wearing my grandmother's hairpin, but my grandmother is not here, where is my grandmother?"
If someone else wears my grandmother's hairpin, will something happen to my grandmother?
Seeing Su Ruojin's anxiety, Jiang Qi'an couldn't bear it and quickly comforted her, "Ajin, don't worry, let's look again. Maybe there are other secret rooms. Old Madam Lin will be alright."
Su Ruojin was in a hurry to find someone and didn't notice that Jiang Qi'an's way of addressing her had changed.
"Yes, yes, let's look again. Grandma must be here."
After Jiang Qi'an's reminder, Su Ruojin took a few deep breaths, calmed herself down, and began to examine the dark room.
Qian represents metal, Kun represents earth, Xun represents wood, Kan represents water...
The entire dark room was actually arranged according to the principles of Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, and the Eight Trigrams!
Su Ruojin began to walk with strange steps in the dark room: four steps to the left, three steps to the right, seven steps to the left, and two steps to the right.
Finally, she stood beside the most ordinary chair in the entire dark room and began to spin it.
One circle to the right, three circles to the left, then four circles to the right...
After she stopped, she saw the northwest wall open to both sides, revealing not a passageway, but a room behind it.
This room is much larger, with a bed, table and chairs, and rows of herb racks.
An old woman was rummaging through the herbs on the shelf.
Hearing the noise, the old woman turned her head, and Su Ruojin rushed over and hugged her tightly, her eyes instantly reddening: "Grandmother, I've finally found you."
When Madam Lin saw that it was Su Ruojin, she was overjoyed, but then she anxiously urged, "Xiaojin, why are you here? Hurry up and leave this place. This is not a place for you."
"Grandmother, let's go." Su Ruojin took Old Madam Lin's hand and walked outside.
Madam Lin pulled her hand away: "Xiao Jin, you go quickly, Grandmother can't leave."
Only then did Su Ruojin notice something was wrong with Old Madam Lin.
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