"Come on, don't be afraid, there's no danger!"
Tantai Pingchuan waved to the children, and without waiting for their response, he stepped through the door first.
Several children looked at each other, and they surrounded Song Jue in the middle with a tacit understanding. A few shadows walked on the outer edge, and followed Tantai Pingchuan through the door.
After walking in, I found that my eyes suddenly opened up. This secret courtyard was completely different from the style outside, and seemed more solemn.
Although this courtyard has been abandoned for many years and has gone through many vicissitudes without anyone taking care of or repairing it, making it look a bit dilapidated. However, it can still be seen that the original owner of this courtyard put a lot of effort into building it.
"Do you feel..." After Song Jue walked in, he felt that his eyes were no longer enough. He looked here and there for a long time, followed everyone to the middle of the yard, and saw the row of small houses. , blinking his eyes, "Do you think this place looks familiar?"
"Doesn't it look familiar? You should have just walked around this morning." Song Qiyun and Song Yaojia said in unison, "This is basically a smaller Imperial Garden. Isn't this row of small houses the Lianyi Pavilion? This Tongtong The king is quite interesting. He really misses his imperial brother's dragon chair? He actually built the imperial garden into his own courtyard."
"No wonder it is necessary to use a secret door. If this is seen by an outsider and reaches the ears of Emperor Chongde, it will completely confirm the rumors of treachery." Jin Miaomiao nodded, looked around, and clicked his tongue. Twice, "When the time comes, the rumors will be true. No matter how much Emperor Chongde cares about brotherhood, he can't just sit idly by and ignore it, right?"
Shen Haolin and Shen Cha didn't speak. They looked at Tantai Pingchuan at the same time, wanting to hear what he had to say.
"If I remember correctly, all the expenses for this house went to Emperor Chongde's private treasury. In other words, Emperor Chongde built this house for Prince Tong and was responsible for supervising and supervising its construction. They are all Emperor Chongde's most considerate and trustworthy eunuchs. Even every brick, tile, piece of wood, and all the furniture and furnishings in this house were all approved by Emperor Chongde." Tantai Pingchuan He glanced at the shocked children and then at Uncle Qing, who looked indifferent, "Am I right?"
"..." Uncle Qing looked at the children, then at Tantai Pingchuan, and nodded silently.
"Uncle Qing?" Song Yaojia looked at Uncle Qing in confusion, "What does this have to do with you?"
"One of the craftsmen who participated in the design of the house's mechanism should be a relative of yours, right?" Tantai Pingchuan walked up to Uncle Qing, "When we were at the gate of Prince Dai's Mansion just now, I thought you looked familiar, but I didn't think about it for a moment. Get up. I thought about this all the way, and it wasn't until I arrived at this house that I realized that you look very much like the person I met once. "
"You're right!" Uncle Qing nodded and smiled at Song Yaojia, "My great-great-uncle was one of the craftsmen who participated in the construction of this house. It's a pity that no one in our family has inherited his craftsmanship."
"Why?" Song Jue tilted his head and looked at the man he had known since childhood, "Uncle Qing, you are also very skillful with your hands, why don't you learn from them?"
"Your Majesty, I probably have no interest in it. Moreover, the craftsmanship of my great-great-uncle has not been handed down. Even the manuscripts are incomplete to my generation." Uncle Qing sighed softly, "Besides, Emperor Chongde was a man of many People who are suspicious and suspicious, all the craftsmen who built the villa, the royal villa outside, and the imperial mausoleum, actually did not have a good death. When I heard that my great-great-uncle passed away, I was very painful."
The people present didn't know what to say and could only look at Uncle Qing silently. Song Yaojia, who was standing beside him, patted his shoulder gently.
"Why are you feeling so uncomfortable? I don't even feel anything myself. This happened too long ago." Uncle Qing waved his hand, "In fact, I don't know much about this house. It all comes from my great-great-uncle. I saw it in a few manuscripts that I have saved. I just know that Emperor Chongde paid for this house and did everything personally. My great-great-uncle said in his manuscript that although His Majesty the Emperor was caring, he did everything for his brother's house. It took a lot of thought, but it is also rare. It is very different from the rumors outside that the brothers are not getting along." He spread his hands towards the children, "That's all I know, and I don't know the rest at all."
"This door..." Song Qiyun pointed to the agency door they just walked in, "Don't you know?"
"Little prince, there are rules in the industry. Once craftsmen like them who make mechanisms take over an order from the master, they must keep the master's secrets. If any craftsman breaks the rules, he will tell the secrets of the master's family. Even if it is done, it will completely ruin your livelihood. Not to mention..." Uncle Qing sighed, "The master this time is Emperor Chongde?"
"Uncle Qing is right. This is a taboo. Not only will he lose his reputation, but he may also lose his life for it." Shen Cha nodded and looked at Tantai Pingchuan, "By the way, isn't this Emperor Chongde always on guard against Prince Tong? ? Aren't you always worried that he will steal your throne? How could you spend money, people, and effort to build such an exquisite house just to be the biggest threat? It can't be..." She exchanged a look with Shen Haolin , the two of them thought of the same point, "Prince Tong's life and death were unknown at first. Could it be that he was imprisoned here by Emperor Chongde?"
"Thinking too much." Tantai Pingchuan shook his head, took out the handkerchief from his arms, walked to a row of small houses, pushed the door open sideways, and let the dust and smell inside disperse for a while, and looked towards the few houses. The individual raised his chin and said, "Come on!"
Ying Thirteen blocked Tantai Pingchuan and went in first. Except for the dusty furniture and some furnishings, he didn't find anything unusual, so he let everyone in.
"Even the layout inside the house is the same as that of Lianyi Pavilion." After Song Jue walked in, he looked around, walked to Duobao Pavilion on the west side, and carefully looked at the furnishings above, "This... …”
"The ones you put in the warehouse are actually imitations. This is the real thing." Tantai Pingchuan walked to Song Jue and looked at the furnishings on it. "These are the ones that Prince Tong likes. They left the palace I brought all of this out before.”
"Old General!" Song Jue looked at Tantai Pingchuan seriously, watching him playing with the furnishings in Duobao Pavilion, taking down the two pink-glazed tea bowls and the kettle with tangled flowers and putting them aside, "Chong The relationship between Emperor De and Prince Tong is actually not as bad as the rumors say, right? They should even be much closer than everyone thinks, right?"
Tantai Pingchuan smiled at Song Jue and did not answer. He just groped around on the Duobao Pavilion and found familiar small dots on the three empty grid bases. He pressed them one by one and listened after a while. There was a creaking sound. When the sound subsided, the Duobao Pavilion opened from the middle to the left and right sides, revealing the secret room hidden behind the Duobao Pavilion.
