But this mechanism should be changeable. Gong Yueyue did not dare to delay. After Gong Tianze modified the mechanism, he was afraid that he would come in soon.
Gong Yueyue gave up studying the strange sculpture and ran to the second floor.
My feet stepped on the wooden stairs, making a clicking sound.
What's on the outside is naturally visible, except for one drawer, which is locked, and you can tell there's something wrong with it at a glance.
Gong Yueyue touched her head, pulled out the hairpin, inserted the pointed hairpin into the keyhole, fiddled with it up and down, and heard a click, and the lock opened.
This was when she was reading the storybook before. She thought it was interesting and thought about it for fun. She didn't expect that it would be put to use now.
There is only a piece of white paper in the drawer with nothing on it.
But Gong Yueyue still stuffed the white paper into her pocket. It is said that a potion is used in Jianghu to make the words invisible. But special methods can be used to make the words appear.
After wandering around the east wing again, Gong Yueyue was ready to see if there was anything special in the west wing.
But when she arrived at the lobby, Gong Yueyue was attracted by the strange sculpture again.
Her hand unconsciously touched the sculpture again. This time Gong Yueyue used some strength and pressed down, but there was no movement at all. She twisted it left and right, realizing that it could be twisted at will.
"My lord is here!"
Someone said at the door.
"Get out of the way!"
"Huh, sir, if you take action, you must let the little thief die without a place to bury him!"
Gong Yueyue felt nervous, and then realized that she wanted to hide and find the secret, but why didn't she think that after entering this small building, she would not be able to get out?
Then just wait and catch the turtle in the urn!
When she got nervous, she grabbed the sculpture with all her strength and turned hard to the left. A crack suddenly appeared under her feet. Gong Yueyue fell down before she even had time to shout.
The underground passage was pitch black and went vertically downward. As soon as Gong Yueyue fell down, the crack closed quickly and nothing could be seen.
I felt the wind blowing up under my feet, and my whole body was freezing.
Early spring is a time when the warm weather returns to cold.
She didn’t know how long the passage was and where it would lead. Gong Yueyue thought that if she continued to fall like this, she would probably die as soon as she hit the ground!
"Plop!"
A splash of water rises in the pond
The huge momentum, even though there was water to block it and buffer it for a while, Gong Yueyue still fell straight to the bottom of the pond, almost hitting the rocks inside the pond.
Because she was caught off guard, Gong Yueyue took a big drink of water.
When she was in Hangzhou, she was so scared that she fell into a pond. After she came back, Gong Yueyue often filled the basin with water and practiced holding her breath. Thanks to this, even if she couldn't swim, Gong Yueyue could still swim after holding her breath.
Slowly she floated up. After a while, she tentatively moved her hands and feet.
After a long time, Gong Yueyue's hand finally touched the edge of the pond.
Gong Yueyue finally climbed ashore despite all his efforts.
But at this moment, her whole body was already wet. When she stayed in the pond, she didn't feel anything. After landing, she just wanted to shiver all over. A gust of cold wind blew, and Gong Yueyue sneezed.
Gong Yueyue stood up and looked around. This place looked more like an underground cave than an underground secret room.
broken!
Gong Yueyue slapped her head, feeling extremely annoyed. She was afraid that the white paper without words had been destroyed!
But when I took it out and took a look, the strange thing was that the paper was not wet and looked intact. After being soaked in water, not only did it not become wrinkled, it actually looked brand new.
Gong Yueyue thought about the location of the Prime Minister's Mansion. It was surrounded by flat land and there were no hills at all. Therefore, this hole could not be natural and could only be artificially created.
Such a large project must take a lot of time, and it is difficult to conceal it from others.
The Gong family is the heirloom of farming and education, so the Prime Minister's Mansion is basically the same as it was when the emperor gave it to it, and it will be the same after that, with no changes at all.
Gong Yueyue racked her brains and thought, and there seemed to be only one possibility.
It seems that one time the small kitchen in the main courtyard suddenly caught fire and burned into the courtyard. At that time, there was quite a commotion in order to renovate the main courtyard.
And if I remember correctly, the study was rebuilt at that time, and a circle of walls was added, which was said to be fireproof.
Following the direction of the wind, Gong Yueyue thought as she walked, and finally came up with some clues.
"Little girl..."
The sudden sound startled Gong Yueyue, but looking at the sounds around her, there was no one there at all!
Gong Yueyue continued to walk forward.
"Little girl..."
The voice sounded again, and Gong Yueyue was sure that she was not hallucinating.
"Little girl, I'm on your head."
He said in a weak voice.
Gong Yueyue suddenly looked up, and sure enough she saw a person above her head, locked in a small iron cage.
The man had unkempt hair and a hoarse voice. Because the cage was too small, his whole body was curled up. He looked so pitiful.
If she had seen such a person before, Gong Yueyue would have been scared away. But after this year of training, when Gong Yueyue saw these, her first reaction was to be wary.
"who are you!"
Gong Yueyue looked at the man in the cage warily, with a fierce look in her eyes.
The man smiled bitterly and said, "Don't be afraid, little girl. I'm hanging in the air and locked in a cage. How can I move?"
Gong Yueyue thought about it, and it was indeed true, but even so, she was not completely relaxed.
"I entered here by mistake. Do you know where this is? Where can I get out?"
Gong Yueyue opened her mouth and stopped asking about the man's identity.
But the man said: "I'm a fool! I couldn't see the people around me clearly. I mistook the wolf for a cat and led the wolf into the house. I deserved it. It's a pity that my daughter and wife will be ruined by that man..."
As he said that, the man started crying.
Gong Yueyue didn't know what to say and just watched the man cry.
This cage couldn't be hanging in the air for no reason. There must be some mechanism. Gong Yueyue looked around, touching here and touching there, but found nothing strange.
After the man finished crying, he said: "The girl must have come here in the direction of the wind, but there is no exit here, and the exit is in the opposite place."
"The reason why there is wind here is just because that person wants to torture me! Every time after that person tortures me, he always leaves in the opposite direction. As for whether there is any mechanism there, I don't know."
He said too much in one breath, and the man was struggling, breathing heavily, and looked uncomfortable. His health was in terrible shape.
"Who is the person who tortured you? Gong Tianze?"
Gong Yueyue asked.
But suddenly, the man's expression changed and he said: "Hide quickly, there is a place on your left, hide!"
The man's voice was too harsh, and Gong Yueyue subconsciously obeyed and hid. (To be continued)