As for the construction layout of the Zhenguogong Mansion next door, Wudinghou Mansion is relatively simple, with only two front and back courtyards. The front is used to receive visitors and handle official business, and the backyard is where the Xue family lives.
There is a main hall and two auxiliary rooms in the east and west in the front yard. In front of the main hall hangs a plaque inscribed by the late emperor with the word "loyalty" to show the loyalty of the owner. All guests who come to visit Wudinghou will bow respectfully in front of the hall before entering the main hall when they see this plaque.
It's just that the Xue family and his son don't work here or entertain guests very much. They prefer to spend time in the camp. Unless they are particularly important guests or guests with different status, they generally won't invite them into the house.
"The only people who have been able to enter this mansion these years are us, and His Majesty and His Highness Prince Ning who paid a private visit incognito." Hongye chuckled, "Uncle Xue and the Marquis often say that most of the visitors They all have ulterior motives. Instead of letting them go to the mansion, it is better to let them feel the solemnity and coercion of the camp, and let them stay there honestly and not to have any evil intentions."
"This is a show of force!" Jin Jing touched her chin and smiled, "We are all used to doing this."
"No." Hongye chuckled, "However, occasionally Aunt Xue will run to the front to sleep for a night or two." She raised an eyebrow at the two of them, "Every time she does this, she offends Aunt Xue, for If there is a quarrel, you can only..."
"Yeah!" Jin Jing nodded and hit Shen Haolin twice with her elbow, "You should learn a lesson and don't make Xiao Cha angry all the time. I'll let you sleep in the Nuan Pavilion later."
"It's not like that." Shen Haolin glanced at Jin Jing lightly, "We are different."
"That's the kind where you all fight vigorously. Either one is going to be sick, or the other is injured and is going to die." Jin Jing rolled her eyes and grabbed Hongye's arm, "You also feel sorry for us, we are with you. It’s also very tiring to be around.”
"Try your best!" Shen Haolin glanced at Hongye, "Have you ever been in the east-west room?"
"When I was young, I went in with Brother Tian several times. The east wing was a small tea room. Sometimes, when Uncle Xue and Brother Tian were thinking about something, they would go there and sit quietly. There were many tea jars in there. There are so many good teas." Hong Ye raised her eyebrows slightly, "Would you like to touch a few cans?"
"The tea leaves in that room were all moved from the Zhenguo Palace." Jin Jing snorted twice, "You still dragged me along to move them."
"No wonder Cha'er said that sometimes the jars in the tea room are missing for no reason. It turns out it's you." Shen Haolin shook his head helplessly, "You can just say it directly if you want, why do you have to be secretive?"
"It's not that I'm carrying you two behind my back, it's that I'm carrying my dear sister. She doesn't let us drink more tea and always controls us. If she controls us too much, she will naturally rebel, right?" Jin Jing snorted, "Don't He said that we hid the tea in the east wing, and we also hid the snacks in the west wing, as well as two jars of wine. We both had nothing to do, so we came to have a drink."
"You two are living a very happy life. I mean, every time I see you in the wing, why are you always so flustered? Now that you know it, I will call Xiaocha and fuck you later. Search there!"
"Don't, don't, it's a long night and we don't have anything to eat or drink, how can we spend it!" Jin Jing grabbed Hongye's arm and shook it, "Good sister, good sister, just treat it like nothing. You know, brother will buy you something delicious later."
"After so many years, I still only have this trick." Hongye rolled his eyes, "Okay, I'm just talking casually, and I won't really come to steal your heart. However, you have spent so much time in the east and west rooms. Didn’t you really find anything strange?"
"I really didn't find anything." Jin Jing nodded and looked at Shen Haolin, "Actually, we have already suspected before that Uncle Xue dug a secret passage or a secret room in the front yard, but it's a pity that we Nothing was found." Seeing the disgusted expression on Hongye's face, he shrugged, "Don't look at me like that, we are the only two, and we are not good at searching, so naturally we will find nothing."
"That's true." Hongye looked at Jin Jing and then turned to Shen Haolin, "Master Guo, why don't we go to the front to take a look first. Compared to the backyard, I suspect the problem is bigger in the front."
"Yes!" Shen Haolin nodded, turned around and led the two of them to the front yard, "Xiaojing, how many times have you searched?"
"Hey, just once." Jin Jing followed Shen Haolin and said slowly, "It took a lot of effort just this time. It took us seven or eight days. Oh, no, it was seven days. It took eight nights to pry out the bluestone bricks in the courtyard, main hall, and east and west side rooms, and it took a lot of effort to fill them back and pave them."
"You..." Hongye blinked, "When did you two do it? Why didn't I know?"
"I don't know either." Shen Haolin looked at Jin Jing, "The time when we were away? And the time when Master Qin and Uncle Yan left home with Hongye?"
"As expected of Haolin, exactly!" Jin Jing sighed and patted his shoulder, "I'm telling you, it's all in vain if we hide it from him."
"Did he notice it?"
"Not really, but he is a member of the Xue family after all. That kind of mysterious feeling cannot be explained, right?"
"That's true." Shen Haolin nodded, "What are we doing and what are we investigating? Does he feel something?"
"I don't know any of this, but he told me that he has a feeling that if his mother's case is to be overturned, it may not be easy. Moreover, it is not as we speculated before that his mother is willing to do it for the sake of justice. Xia Anping paid for it. No matter how much he paid, he could not betray his reputation, so he felt that there could be a lot of tricks in it. He wanted to check it out to see what was going on. "
"What was found?"
"Because nothing could be found out, I felt unsure. Later, the Jin Kingdom discovered traces of the Qinglian Sect, which made him nervous. He was afraid that our side might also have buried the secrets of the Qinglian Sect. pile."
"Then why do you suddenly think of looking for the secret room?" Hongye looked at Jin Jing with a puzzled look, "This... looking for the hidden stakes of the Qinglian Sect and looking for the secret room are completely inaccessible, right? Why do you suddenly think of breaking the bricks? ?”
"He told me that the destruction of the Qinglian Sect happened when my uncle was young, and he wanted to see what things his uncle left behind that were related to the Qinglian Sect. We searched the big study, the small study, and even the I searched the house where my uncle was taking a nap, but found nothing." Jin Jing spread her hands and led the two of them down a path, "Go this way, there is a small house over here."
"Didn't we hide in that small room when we were kids and eavesdropped on the adults' chats?" Hongye chuckled, "Do you still remember, Mr. Guo?"
"Yeah!" Shen Haolin nodded and looked at Jin Jing, "The place you haven't had time to search is also this small room?"
"Yes!" Jin Jing bared her teeth at him and smiled, "Since we want to search, we should search thoroughly, right?"
"Tell me the truth, do you suspect that this is the real place where things are hidden?"
"Correct answer!" Jin Jing snapped her fingers, raised her eyebrows slightly at Shen Haolin, and said with a smirk, "The most dangerous place is the safest, isn't it?"
