Zhu Dachang raised two pigs, fed them coarse and fine grains every day, and sent special personnel to serve them like his ancestors.
It's a pity that he was not lucky enough. Before the pigs that he worked hard to fatten had time to be slaughtered for meat, he was slaughtered by Zhu Chongjiu first, giving Kong Fang an advantage in vain.
When the county army was first established, Kong Fangrang killed one pig and there was still one pig left in the pig pen.
As a qualified pig farmer, Lao Song regarded the remaining fat pig as his beloved.
While adding cooked pig food to the trough, he murmured, "Old pig, old pig, just eat well. The more you can eat, the better. The new master is no better than Mr. Zhu. He doesn't want to eat anymore." Feed you with grain, and he wants you to eat grass."
"You are not a farm cow. Can you eat grass? Even if you can bite it, can you get used to eating it? If that food is edible, will the poor not eat it during famine?"
"Alas, but people have to bow their heads when they are under the roof. You can just accept your future sins slowly."
"Don't blame me. I'm just a small person on duty. I can't influence the will of the great master. If you want to blame me, blame yourself for being born in the wrong child and entering the wrong family..."
As he was talking energetically, there was a burst of rapid and chaotic footsteps behind him. He looked up and saw the master running towards him with a group of government officials.
He was so frightened that the pig spoon in his hand fell to the ground, and the pig food spilled on his feet. He ignored the cleaning and crawled up to meet him. He knelt down in front of Kong Fang with a "pop" sound.
"Sir, please forgive me. I was wrong. I plead guilty. I plead guilty."
Well……
Kong Fang was confused. Could it be that Old Song had his brain kicked by a pig?
Others are also confused. There is nothing about Lao Song in Yunque's confession. What kind of crime does he admit to? Could it be that I peeked at the widow taking a bath last night and felt guilty when I saw the master?
Kong Yiji took a step forward and pulled him away, "Old Song, go ahead and don't hinder me from handling the case."
This time it was Lao Song's turn to be confused.
Is the master handling a case?
Didn't he come here for himself?
But a pigsty is a place where pigs are raised, so what case can there be? Although pigs eat food like humans, they can't commit crimes, right?
Unfortunately, no one gave him an answer, and he was kicked aside by the government officials.
Kong Fang looked around.
The pigsty was built in the northwest corner of the backyard, with an open space in front of the door. There is a rockery in the southeast, which separates the pigsty from the backyard buildings, and neat holly trees stand alongside the rockery.
There is a stone table next to the rockery, and three stone piers are placed around the stone table.
Kong Fang frowned slightly.
Isn’t it a bit strange to have a marble table in a place where pigs are raised? Who would relax here and drink tea smelling the stench?
Does Zhu Dachang have such strong taste?
When Lao Song saw Kong Fang's eyes falling on the stone table, he explained with a smile: "The stone table was placed by the former magistrate Mr. Zhu. He said that it can be used as a tea table or a dining table for me."
"Do you usually eat here?" Kong Fang was surprised.
Although he knew that pigherders in the Daxing Dynasty had a higher status than ordinary servants and that they were free people and did not need to sell themselves, he did not believe that Zhu Dachang would specially prepare a marble dining table for Lao Song.
In his previous life, marble tables were not cheap, let alone Daxing Dynasty where everything relied on pure handwork.
As Old Song, it would be considered generous for Zhu Dachang to give him a table made of broken wooden boards.
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster.
But Kong Fang couldn't understand where the "demon" was for a while. The government officials who were searching everywhere also reported that they had not found the entrance to the secret room.
According to Yunque's oral confession, Master Slim made a mistake while drinking and said that there was a basement under the pig pen, which was Zhu Dachang's underground bank, where the gold and silver jewelry collected by Zhu Dachang were stored.
Zhu Chongjiu led the bandits into the city and killed Zhu Dachang. Yunque did not reveal this secret to Zhu Chongjiu, thinking of keeping it for himself in the future. Unfortunately, as soon as Zhu Chongjiu left, Kong Fang came and captured him and threw him into prison.
He knew that his crime was so serious that just the crime of colluding with bandits could cost him his life.
But the ant is still greedy for life, how can he not be afraid of death?
So he wanted to use this secret to exchange his life with Kong Fang, but Kong Fang, a pretty boy, didn't follow martial ethics. He wanted treasures and he didn't let go of people.
At this time, Yunque was lying on the damp floor of the prison, moaning, and he didn't even have the energy to curse Kong Fang's eighteen generations of ancestors.
"Could it be Yunque who lied?" Fang Shiyi said.
Although the pigsty had just been flushed by Lao Song, it still smelled bad. She didn't quite believe that Zhu Dachang would store gold and silver in a smelly place.
"Unlikely. It's already this time and lying will do him no good." Kong Fang shook his head. He sat on the stone pier, tapping his fingers on the marble tabletop, thoughtfully.
Fang Shiqing couldn't stand his behavior the most and retorted decisively, "Who says it's useless? At least he can escape the pain of the rod."
"Isn't he worried that he will be beaten even worse after his lies are exposed?" Kong Fang retorted without thinking. Only after finishing his words did he realize that it was Fang Shiqing who was arguing with him.
His heart skipped a beat, and he almost jumped up. His eyes instinctively looked at her waist. The edge of the sword was always his nightmare.
Unexpectedly, although Fang Shiqing was angry with Kong Fang for criticizing her, she was not impulsive.
Kong Fang secretly shouted that it was a good thing, thinking that his thin face could be saved and he would not be pressed to the ground and rubbed in front of all the government officials.
He calmed down and thought again, and accidentally remembered the traps and secret doors described in the tomb robbery novels he had read in his previous life. He stood up with an idea and walked around the marble table.
As he turned around, he kept looking at the marble table for any abnormalities. He looked under the table and found nothing, and then focused his attention on the stone pier.
The stone pier is very ordinary, about half a meter high, about thirty centimeters in diameter, with a slight bulge in the middle.
He looked at the three stone piers carefully over and over again. His subconscious mind told him that Zhu Dachang definitely had another purpose in placing this set of marble tables and stools next to the pig pen.
Fang Shiqing couldn't hold back his temper and was about to walk away when he saw Kong Fang hugging one of the stone pillars and twisting it hard to make it turn.
Something wrong!
She pouted.
Kong Fang screamed several times, his face turned red, and Shi Dun didn't move at all.
He exhaled loudly and secretly cursed the original body for being weak. If his body and soul passed through together, it would be easy to move a mere stone pillar with his hand.
"Sir, do you suspect that the mechanism in the basement is this stone pier?"
Master Kong Yiji finally understood the purpose of Kong Fang's strange behavior.
Kong Fang nodded.
I thought to myself that the master is still the master after all, and his brain is still a little faster than others after all.
After receiving Kong Fang's confirmation, Kong Yiji immediately selected two strong men from all the government servants for the master's use.
Kong Fang asked the government officials to hold the stone pier tightly and rotate it clockwise. The yamen servant held the stone pier and spun it hard, and sure enough...
"Huo Huo..."
First there was a sound of stone piers rubbing against the ground, and then they heard the sound of a door opening.
"quack……"
