After returning to Qingya Courtyard, Xia Qingfeng looked for Cang Qiang and arranged for Cang Jian to come to the house at night and explore the dry well at night.
At midnight, when everyone was asleep, Xia Qingfeng, dressed in black, led Xia Yingjun to the small courtyard under the escort of Cang Dao.
At this time, Cang Jian was already waiting here. Cang Dao moved the wooden board and turned on the flashlight. As soon as the flashlight light came on, Cang Jian's eyes straightened.
Cang Dao said proudly: "Why don't you get down quickly?"
Cang Jian could only look at him aggrievedly, and then climbed down the ladder.
Cang Dao lay at the mouth of the well and used a flashlight for him. Seeing that he had reached the bottom of the well, he climbed down quickly, and the two of them walked all the way in with flashlights.
The mechanism in the secret room was not difficult. Cang Jian, who had been personally instructed by the master of the mechanism, broke the mechanism easily.
Cang Dao returned to the wellhead and waved his flashlight toward the well. Xia Qingfeng also took Xia Yingjun down to the bottom of the well.
At this time, the first secret room had been opened by Cang Jian. Cang Jian rushed in first, looked around, and found that there was no danger, so he asked Xia Qingfeng to follow him in, and Cang Jian broke behind.
Xia Qingfeng entered the secret room and found large boxes piled inside. She opened one at random and almost blinded her. It turned out to be a box of gold.
A few Cangdao and Cangjian have also been opened. There is gold and silver here.
Xia Yingjun shouted "Yo yo" to a small box in the corner. Xia Qingfeng walked over and opened it, and found that it was full of banknotes. No wonder Xu Jingchen was so loud recently, saying that he didn't care about her little money. It seemed that he was indeed not short of money.
Xia Qingfeng guessed that this should be the activity funds that the third prince put with him, but Xu Jingchen must have kept a lot of it himself.
Closing the box intact, they went to another secret room. The layout of this secret room is like a small study, with a thick blanket on the floor and a bookcase on it. The shelves on the side are filled with various account books. At the bottom of the shelf are several small locked boxes.
Maybe Xu Jingchen was too confident and thought that no one would find this place. Everything was just there in plain sight.
The small lock on the box was not a problem for Cang Jian. He opened it in a few clicks and found various letters inside.
The three of them checked the letters and account books at the same time, while Xia Yingjun stood guard at the door.
The harvest is really not small, her scumbag husband is definitely the backbone of the Third Prince Group.
It can be seen from the account books that the third prince raised an army in the western suburbs, with a number of no less than 20,000. With so many people, how could the Third Prince get so much money?
Xia Qingfeng also saw iron ore in a letter from Bingzhou. How brave are they to open iron mines privately? Xia Qingfeng knew that in the previous life, Shanxi not only had a lot of coal, but also a lot of iron ore. They mined a lot. Except for the equipment of 20,000 people, where were the others? It would only be sold to ordinary people for use in farm tools. No, iron ore is controlled by the state. If a large amount of iron ore flows into the market, the government will definitely be aware of it. Could it be... Xia Qingfeng broke into a cold sweat when he thought of this.
Xia Qingfeng expressed his thoughts, and Cang Dao and Cang Jian couldn't help but frown. If he really dared to collaborate with the enemy, who would he sell it to? Judging from the location of the land, the Huns? Xianbei? It seems that the problem is very difficult.
This matter is too big and needs to be reported to the emperor and the emperor's grandson. The 20,000 troops in the western suburbs are right under their noses. Once there is a mutiny, the capital will flow into a river of blood. If a large amount of iron ore is sold to the enemy, the border will be in danger.
Everyone quickly put their things back in place and left the secret room.
They continued walking along the secret passage and soon saw a fork in the road. The few people looked at each other and decided to investigate separately. Cang Jian walked to the right with Xia Qingfeng and Xia Yingjun, while Cang Dao, who had the highest strength value, walked to the left.
Xia Qingfeng casually handed Cang Ji a flashlight, but it was broken. Xia Qingfeng said: "You can use it, but don't take it apart. You won't be able to use it if you take it apart. If it breaks, I won't give it to you again." ”
Cang Jian touched his head, how did you know I wanted to dismantle it?
Humph, all naughty kids are like this.
Cang Jian led the way with a flashlight, Xia Qingfeng followed behind, and Xia Yingjun cut off. The passage here was very short, and it didn't take long to reach the end. Judging from the distance, it should still be in the Hou Mansion.
Climbing up the wooden steps, there is another lock. Open the lock and push the wooden board. This is a closed space, very narrow, and seems to be separated from a certain room. Cang Jian searched everywhere and soon found the mechanism in a corner. With a slight twist, the wooden wall separated. When he walked in, he saw that this was Xu Jingchen's study. The secret door was right where Xu Jingchen usually sat. behind the desk.
After all, it was a wooden door panel, and the sliding still made some noise. The guard guarding outside knocked on the door and whispered: "Master, are you back?"
Several people in the study immediately stopped moving and even lowered their breathing. Cang Jian and Xia Yingjun were also ready to face the enemy. When people outside the study saw that there was no movement in the study, they thought it was because they were too sleepy and were hallucinating, so they returned to their seats.
This won't work. If you leave for a while, you still have to make some noise. In the dead of night, it's easy to scare someone away.
Xia Qingfeng took out a pipe from her bag, actually from the space, quietly opened the door a small crack, and blew it at the guard.
The guard felt as if his neck had been stabbed and wanted to touch it. As soon as he raised his hand, his vision went dark and he fell down. Cang Jian stepped out and dragged the guard into a corner, leaning against the wall in a sleeping position.
Cang Dao had inspected the study before and found nothing of value. Xia Qingfeng and Cang Jian rummaged briefly, but unexpectedly found two small boxes inside the bookshelf. Cang Jian opened it and found that one contained a lot of banknotes. These should be the hairs Xu Jingchen plucked, and the other It turned out to be the dowry of the original owner. The amount was not much, only 30% of what the original owner had given it to him.
Xia Qingfeng said to Cang Jian: "Go back and tell your elder brother that when the house is ransacked, I don't want anything else. I want to take these two boxes."
"Madam, don't worry. Not only these, you can also take away the ones in the secret room. We won't tell anyone."
"That's not necessary. It's not easy for Xiaoyu, so just leave it to him!"
Cang Jian... You are so courageous, Madam, to dare to call His Highness the Emperor Grandson like this, but no one will know if I don't tell you.
The two of them checked briefly and then returned to the secret room again.
The two of them returned to the well as agreed and waited for Cang Dao together, but they waited until Xia Qingfeng could hardly stand before Cang Dao came back sweating profusely.
The tunnel on the left is very long, and has been dug to about five miles outside the East City Gate. The Xipinghou Mansion lives in the East District, which is considered to be on the side, relatively close to the East City Gate. Is this used by Xu Jingchen to escape for himself? If the city is closed for arrest, he can escape smoothly. This scumbag is really a thief.
