Knocking left and right, even crawling into the messy wooden frame to knock the floor tiles in the corner one by one.
"What are you doing?" Nanzhu, who was standing on top, asked in surprise.
He and Mu Aotie both understood the general meaning, but they didn't hear anything unusual about the knocking sound.
"Aw...aow..."
The captured little guy screamed, and Mu Aoti pinched its mouth.
Yu Qing, who didn't make any unusual noise, didn't reply. He stared at the floating smoke for a while. Then he raised his hand again, secretly generating internal force in his knuckles, and began to knock slowly on the floor tiles with "dong...dong..."
hit.
After exerting force, the sound finally came out abnormally. In a certain area, there was a faint sound of metal shaking.
Yu Qing reached up and said, "Give me the lamp."
Mu Aotie quickly took it from Nanzhu's hand, then leaned over and handed it to him.
There were several benches stuffed under a wooden table. Yu Qing handed the oil lamp in and found an abnormality in the gap between the floor tiles. Most of the gaps between the floor tiles were blocked by dust. There were several floor tiles patchwork under the table and bench.
The line was not completely clogged with dust.
At this time, looking at the ups and downs of the floating smoke and dust, we can see that the interfering weak airflow changes indeed come from below the brick line.
He removed the oil lamp and placed it on the ground aside. He began to move out the benches under the table, and Mu Aoti piled them on top one by one.
The bottom of the table was cleared, and Yu Qing clasped his fingers on the floor tiles and opened up a piece. Mu Aotie and Nan Zhu, who were looking down from above, were surprised when they saw the metal objects below. Yu Qing moved the floor tiles one by one as Yu Qing moved them.
Opened, a metal plate was exposed.
There are also recessed handles on the metal plate.
Yu Qing grabbed the handle and slowly opened the metal plate, revealing the dark hole underneath and the steps to go down. This was obviously a tunnel.
The three senior brothers, high school and low standing, couldn't help but look at each other in confusion.
What surprised Nanzhu and Mu Aotie even more was that the old fifteen's perceptive power was too strong. How could he discover that there was a tunnel here? They would never have discovered it, even if they had moved all the things away.
They couldn't find it even if they walked around.
The opened iron plate was placed against the wall. Yu Qing took an oil lamp and explored the tunnel, then got under the table and crawled down the steps.
The tunnel is not spacious and can only accommodate two people walking side by side.
It's pitch black ahead, and I don't know where it leads.
He was about to walk forward to take a look, when Nanzhu above suddenly shouted in a low voice: "Old Shififteen, it's dawn, there's no time, come back. Look everywhere for this little kid, someone may come in at any time. This
There must be a secret passage of the Wen family down there. It's not appropriate to explore this during the day. Let's do it at night when no one disturbs us. Come back soon."
He had already faintly heard footsteps running outside the yard.
Thinking about it, Yu Qing suppressed his curiosity and hurried out, covered the iron plate, laid back the floor tiles, and quickly put the bench and other sundries back into place.
After leaving the warehouse, the three of them looked at each other, and their curiosity about the tunnel was obvious.
Nanzhu: "I didn't expect that there is a secret passage under this warehouse. Our situation is different from yours. We can't escape for a long time, whether during the day or at night. We can't come over to explore with you. If you really want to go down and explore, this
I don’t know what’s going on down there, so be careful.”
He looked around and pointed to the courtyard wall under the eaves of the bedroom door, "Before entering the tunnel, put a stone on the wall. If you disappear, we will know that something happened to you in the tunnel.
Regardless of whether I can save you or not, at least I know the direction of the incident so I can think of a solution."
Yu Qing hummed, and when he saw that he was going to take the little dog in Mu Aotie's hand, he immediately grabbed his wrist, "I said, I can't always give you the credit for this, do you think you're the one who always finds the dog?
I won’t talk about it anymore, Lao Jiu is still doing hard work, can you let him do some meritorious service as well?”
Nanzhu pushed his hand away, "Look at you two, am I that kind of person? What's the point of grabbing the credit of the servants? It's not enough to share such a small amount of credit. Give me the credit alone.
It's different. I can already enter the inner courtyard door. After accumulating some effort, maybe I can change into a green suit and walk around the inner courtyard. Then it will be convenient for me to inquire about things."
The other two people were stunned by what he said, and it seemed to make sense.
Nanzhu hugged Gouzi and turned around to leave, "Well, go one by one, don't follow too closely."
Yu Qing: "Don't say I found it."
"Don't worry, it won't happen. I'm not stupid. How could you find it when I carried it to you? I must have found it in the grass." Nanzhu turned around and said, he had already arrived at the door and opened the courtyard door gently.
, stretched his head out to explore, and after confirming that no one was there, he quickly slipped out.
Yu Qing was silent for a while, then suddenly said: "Although what he said is reasonable, why do I feel that I was deceived by him?"
"It's not surprising." Mu Aotie said something that seemed to indicate something and strode away.
Yu Qing turned around and went to get the cleaning tools from under the eaves, opened the door and went out, carrying the broom to inspect his cleaning area.
There was really nothing dirty, so I just swept up a few leaves and dumped them along with the leftovers into the designated trash disposal area.
I came back, took a shower, and went to the dining hall again.
It was very thin in the morning, so I took two buns.
There was also a pair of pickles of unknown origin. According to someone at the table next to me, they were pickled from the skin of some kind of melon that the owners of the house did not eat.
These seemed not to be cooked by the same cook, but Yu Qing could barely eat them.
The most discussed topic in the dining hall was the fifth young master who was about to return and was named on the gold list.
"Manager Feng said that the uncle has sent a pig and a sheep to our Xizayuan, and he will kill them today to reward everyone."
"Not only that, the uncle also asked us to report the head of the person here. As soon as the fifth young master comes back, he will give money according to the head of the person, one hundred coins for each person!"
"Wow, it's the same as when the fifth young master was named on the gold list!"
"That is, the seventeenth Jinshi in the history of the Wen family came out of the big house. He returned home with the grace of the saint and his face was bright in the big house."
"Among the seventeen Jinshi of the Wen family, have any of them ever entered the First Class?"
It was Nanzhu who said this.
Yu Qing looked over after hearing the sound and found that Nanzhu was more suitable for inquiring about information. He would take the opportunity to inquire whenever there was an opportunity. Mu Aotie was like a lump of wood, he didn't talk much, and he wouldn't open his mouth even if he knew what to do.
The scene was quiet for a while, and then someone started to speak for Mr. Wen.
"How many people are there in the first class? There are only three who are number one, second in the ranking, and top three! If you want to pass the first class exam, you need more than just knowledge, you also need luck."
"Yes, those who can go to Beijing to take the exam are already the top talents in each state. If the fifth young master can finally be ranked among the top thirty-five among tens of thousands of elite talents, he is already an extraordinary figure."
Amidst the noise, Yu Qing sat quietly in the corner. For some reason, he thought of Mr. Ming, who had lived a ridiculous half of his life. He thought of Mr. Ming, who seemed to be crazy and writing furiously. He wondered how Mr. Ming was doing now.
Mr. Ming's performance in the college entrance examination is still a mystery to him. He still can't figure it out. He pointed out many Jinshi people who could get perfect scores in four subjects by just writing in a listless state.
, it is simply unbelievable that he could fail the exam so many times.
And his fate was changed when Mr. Ming answered the question in one go.
Fate seemed to have dug a hole there waiting for him, and he couldn't even hide from it. It made him lose his temper...
At mid-morning, the middle door of the Wen Mansion's main entrance opened, and a posture was put in place to welcome distinguished guests.
Almost everyone, including Xi Zayuan, was summoned. Inside and outside the gate, servants lined up on both sides, waiting.
The sun was strong, and after standing outside for a long time, my head felt a little dizzy from the sun. Yu Qing was also mixed in with the crowd.
Outside, many curious civilians gathered, all knowing that the nobleman from the Wen Mansion was coming back.
Tap tap tap tap...
A horse came galloping over, rushed across the bridge, passed through the tall archway, and went straight to Wenfu. He stopped outside the gate, jumped off his mount and ran into the house, shouting as he ran: "Coming, coming, five
The young master is back."
The crowd of onlookers started to get excited.
Another group of people soon appeared inside the gate, and the masters of the Wen Mansion finally showed up. There were a lot of people, old and young, men and women.
There is an old man in the center among the stars. He is dressed in rich clothes and has a majestic appearance. His beard and eyebrows are as white as snow, and his rosy complexion does not look old.
Anyone who didn't know him would know that it was the patriarch of the Wen family who showed up in person.
Yu Qing's sharp eyes caught the sight of a woman in a long skirt wearing a emerald bottle-colored gauze coat beside the patriarch, supporting his arm.
Quietness is the first impression at first glance.
Her hair is black, her eyebrows are picturesque, her skin is supple and white, her eyes are clear and dust-free, her eyes are modest and reserved, she looks like a lady who is a little shy in public, but she is also elegant and generous like a wealthy family, and her beauty under her gauze clothes is
The figure is youthful and graceful.
It is a kind of graceful and graceful quietness that is so eye-catching among the crowd, and its charm is immersed in the fragrance of books at first glance. It is truly worthy of the four words "beautiful outside and wise in the middle".
Coupled with the similar age, Yu Qing's heartstrings were plucked and his eyes were attracted. Now he just wanted to know who this woman was, so he ignored it and directly asked the servant next to him, indicating: "The beautiful woman next to the patriarch.
Who is the son?"
The man looked at him up and down and said, "Who else can there be besides the third lady?"
Yu Qing exclaimed, it turned out that this was Wen Xin, Lao Qi was right, she was indeed beautiful.
Because of this, he felt regretful in his heart. He was born at the wrong time. He was already engaged. As a daughter of a wealthy family, he, a poor boy who wanted nothing, could just watch from the sidelines. It was not his turn.
Daydreaming.
Just as he was worrying about gains and losses, a burst of crackling firecrackers suddenly sounded, followed by thunderous gongs and drums, and suonas singing to the sky.
A carriage specially sent to greet him appeared. Ordinary carriages could not withstand the firecrackers.
The servants on both sides cheered and applauded constantly, making it very lively.
The car drove past Yu Qing's eyes and stopped in front of the front door steps. A young man wearing a dark blue eighth-grade official robe got out. He climbed the steps and exchanged greetings with his family for a while, then entered the mansion together and disappeared.
Yu Qing "scoffed" and felt funny. He didn't even see his face from beginning to end. Worrying about being recognized was a bit unnecessary. He didn't see what Wen Yanan looked like, but he saw his promotion.
It's quite fast. I remember that those in the second class were all from the ninth rank, but this one has already entered the ranks of the eighth rank in just one year.