Husband-in-Law: Reborn Peasant Girl Busy Farming

After Cen Ju finished speaking, he beckoned several people to move forward, and Xue Tang and his wife subconsciously took each other's hand, gripped the lantern's lifting pole tightly, and followed behind him.

The bamboo forest is dense, and there is a cold wind blowing across the cheeks from time to time, and only the rustling of bamboo leaves and the singing of early birds can be heard in my ears.

The morning wind was still carrying the chill of last night, and it crawled back and forth like a small snake through the gaps in the clothes, making people shudder slightly.

There is a winding path between the bamboo forests, which is paved with cobblestones. No one has passed by for many years. It has long been covered by bamboo leaves, and weeds protrude into the path, covering it extremely tightly. A group of four can only push aside the grass with difficulty. While drilling in, the shoulders were wetted by the morning dew, as if fighting against nature.

After finally walking to an open place, the bamboo forest in front was much sparser, and the increasingly bright sky poured down through the milky white mist, casting a mottled faint spot of light in the bamboo forest.

"It's there!"

Cen Ju's voice was full of surprise, and he pointed the lantern forward, and everyone followed his movements to look forward, only to see that there was indeed a mansion in the gradually thinning bamboo forest.

Everyone subconsciously quickened their pace, and soon reached the end of the path, and finally saw the mysterious mansion clearly.

It is much smaller than the real Xue's mansion, it is not so much a mansion as it is a larger wooden house, there is no plaque hanging on the gate, and there are no jewels or gemstones in the decoration.

There is a circle of blue fences around it, probably planted with flowers and trees to cover it before, but it has been neglected for many years, and the flowers and trees have withered and decayed long ago, leaving only the fence that has been covered with moss.

Brown withered bamboo leaves covered the roof with a thick layer, and some places were too fragile and collapsed by fallen leaves. The door frame was skewed, and the front yard was full of weeds. Several pheasants opened their tail feathers and were looking for food in it. When someone approached, they spread their wings together, and "hula la" flew away.

Seeing a completely desolate and desolate scene in front of them, everyone's hearts shrank suddenly, and no one spoke for a while, as if they had sunk into a black pool of extinction.

After a while, Jing Shan broke the silence, "Let's go, we need to find the secret path quickly."

The others nodded, and Cen Ju took the lead again.

Stepping through a thick layer of leaves on the ground, a group of four people stepped into the front yard and walked into the dilapidated wooden house, where the air was humid and filled with a rotten and damp smell, which was very choking.

Cen Ju walked into the study from the front yard holding the lantern, and everyone followed naturally.

The furnishing in the study is simple, because the mold is much rarer because it faces the sun, but the ground is still covered with a layer of sticky objects, and the air is full of bitter wood.

The desk has been rotten for a long time, all four table legs have become rotten wood, all kinds of books are covered with inch-long mold, just looking at it makes people sick to the stomach.

Everyone looked around the room and saw that there were still many books on the bookshelves, most of them had been covered with mold, only one was extremely clean, and was not infested at all except for a little dust.

"This is the organ leading to the secret passage, everyone, please step back later."

Cen Ju said, and then went forward to dust off the book with his sleeves. Seeing the faint light of the lantern reflected on the book, everyone realized that it was originally made of ceramics.

Cen Ju looked left and right for a while, recalled it again, and then held the book made of ceramics, turned it hard, and there was a sudden "click" movement on the wall.

The other three people were startled, subconsciously took half a step back, only to see that the wall next to the bookshelf opened "creakingly", revealing a square hole.

"This should be a secret way, really hidden."

Jing Shan took the lantern and shone it, the light dispelled the darkness, and the dust rolled and flew in the beam of light.

"Since the secret passage has been found, I won't go in," Cen Ju bowed respectfully to the few people, "The Marquis has never told Cen about the things in the secret passage, presumably he only wanted to tell the two adults and his wife." , if I go in, I will lose my manners."

After finishing speaking, he held a lantern and stood aside, "Cen is waiting here for the return of the two adults and his wife."

The three of them looked at each other, exchanged glances and then nodded to each other, then they carried the lantern and walked into the secret passage.

The secret passage is extremely dark, the air is much drier, and the ground is not covered with mold like the outside. If you look carefully, there are still lime powders on the walls on both sides, presumably to preserve the things inside from corruption.

The three of them walked for a while, and finally found an extremely empty room at the end of the secret passage.

The lock of the door had been corroded, and it didn't take much effort for the few people to knock it open. The moment the door was pushed open, dust covered the sky, and the unsuspecting people choked and coughed.

The three of them covered their mouths and noses for a while, and finally saw the furnishings in the room clearly. They saw that the objects in it were exactly the same as those in the study outside, except that the desks and shelves were piled up with books and letters in a disorderly manner, and the ground was also filled with books and letters. A large number of books are scattered, and it is obvious at a glance that they were brought in in a hurry.

"Strange," Xue Lince muttered, "Why are they all books?"

Jing Shan didn't open her mouth, she frowned, feeling a strange feeling in her heart, stepped forward a few steps, placed the lantern on the table, and observed the books on the case by the faint light of the fire.

Looking around, he suddenly saw Zong Shiliang's name on one of the letters.

The strings in his heart suddenly tightened, and the strangeness in his heart suddenly turned into an ominous premonition. He suppressed his emotions, raised his hand and pulled out the letter from the book, and was about to read it carefully, when Tang Luoyu who was beside him spoke suspiciously.

"It's not right, these books are not right."

Holding a lantern, she looked at the books on the shelves one by one.

Xue Lince and Jing Shan were startled, and looked up at her suspiciously, only to see her frowning eyebrows, her complexion dignified and serious, her thin lips pursed into a straight line, and a copy of "Spring and Autumn" in her hand.

"I just read a lot of books on this bookshelf." She glanced at the two of them before she said, "What are the names on the covers of these books, "The Analects of Confucius" and "Historical Records", but when I opened it, there was nothing in it. It's irrelevant, and the whole article records the words and deeds of the regent!"

As she spoke, she spread out the book in her hand, flipped through it in front of Xue Lince and Jing Shan, and sure enough, she saw Zong Shiliang's name all on it.

"It's really not right," Jing Shan showed the envelope in his hand to the two of them, "This desk is full of Zong Shiliang's correspondence, and the contents of this letter are actually words of colluding with foreign thieves and intending to rebel!"

Xue Tang and his wife were shocked, they gathered all the letters on the table and looked at them carefully one by one. Sure enough, they were all words of surrender to the enemy and treason, and the handwriting was exactly the same as that of the regent!