Chapter 129: An Unexpected Arrival
Shen Tianshu stayed on the recliner for a long time before reluctantly getting up.
She still remembered that the purpose of her visit this time was to find her grandfather's usual codex, in addition to paying homage to her family.
Writing codex is Jiang Wei's habit, whether at home or outside, no matter what thoughts, feelings or experiences, he will immediately write them down, the codex at home has accumulated several boxes, and at this time it is stacked against the wall in the study on the second floor.
But what Shen Tianshu is looking for is naturally not these codexes that anyone can read.
She remembers that her grandfather had a very old wooden box, which was not very large, and was said to have been handed down from his ancestors.
Some of his codexes that he couldn't show to others were kept in that box, and then hidden in the secret compartment of the study.
Shen Tianshu was looking for this, she always felt that the Jiang family's misfortune must have been foreshadowed, and it was impossible to come out of thin air.
If my grandfather had noticed something or had come into contact with someone, it was likely that he would have left a clue in the box.
There are several hidden compartments in the Jiang family's study, and Shen Tianshu uses his memory to find the past one by one.
This search turned out to be wrong.
There are a total of four hidden compartments on the second floor, and they are all empty.
But Shen Tianshu clearly remembered that there was a secret box containing the secret recipes of several pills of the Jiang family, and there was also a secret box containing all the secret recipes of poison and some antidote formulas accumulated by the Jiang family over the generations.
The poison that Shen Tianshu gave to Li Zi'an was the prescription that he accidentally saw here in the early years.
But at this point, it was as if they had disappeared into thin air.
The Dark Grid was not damaged in any way, but it was gone.
Although the Jiang family's dark grid will not be able to escape everyone's eyes, how likely is it that the dark grid with four different positions and different cracking methods will all be opened without any damage?
Shen Tianshu felt that the possibility was basically zero.
In particular, the last hidden compartment is under the floor, and the floor needs to be pried open from a specific location, and people who don't know the location want to find it, and the only way to find it is to destroy the floor in the house.
The floors in the study were now intact, and she was sure that they were all original, after all, even the traces of her mischievous scribbles from her childhood were still there.
But the dark grid in the study has always been controlled by Old Man Jiang himself, and even Shen Tianshu told her the location and opening method of all the dark grids after she was named the county lord of Gaoyang and the old man thought that she could inherit the mantle of the Jiang family.
Who else but her would know these secrets?
Those who may know have long been buried in the ground and turned into a handful of white bones.
Shen Tianshu sat on the floor, and the whole person was a little confused.
She had always been sure that she could find clues in Jiang Mansion before, but she had never thought about it, what if the things she was looking for were gone?
Or maybe she just deliberately doesn't think about the possibility and thinks about everything as it gets.
Shen Tianshu sat on the floor dejectedly, not knowing what he should do next for a while.
Suddenly, there was the sound of footsteps on the other side of the stairs.
Shen Tianshu hurriedly stuffed the dark grid back, restored the floor to its original state, and only after getting up did he ask out loud: "Who?" ”
"Me!"
A familiar voice sounded behind the layers of bookshelves, but Shen Tianshu couldn't help but doubt his ears.
That person, how could it be here!
I must have heard it wrong, it should just be that the person who copied the book below came up to ask.
But when she walked out from behind the bookshelf, she saw Li Zi'an standing by the window, and the sunlight shining in from the window gilded his side face with a layer of golden light, which accentuated the perfection of his facial lines.
"Shi, Shizi, why are you here?"
"I said that I would be able to return in ten days, how long have you been calculating for yourself? Fan Yuru was that kid, and he didn't know how to send someone to bring a letter back. Li Zi'an frowned slightly, and his tone was a little impatient, "It just so happens that I am coming to Yingtianfu to do business, so I will stop by and have a look!" ”
He didn't understand where the anxiety in his heart came from, so he had already inexplicably made an excuse, traveled lightly, and chased after him on horseback with a few guards.
At this time, seeing that Shen Tianshu was safe and sound, his heart felt a little more comfortable.
"It's not Fan Gongzi's fault, it's all my fault, I was delayed for two days in Anqing Mansion on the road, and I fell ill again when I arrived in Lai'an County, so I was delayed." Shen Tianshu thought Li Zi'an's statement was true, and explained very apologetically, "Let the prince worry about it." ”
Li Zi'an didn't speak, suddenly took two steps forward, walked in front of Shen Tianshu, reached out and pinched her chin, which seemed to be thinner, forcing her to raise her head, and said, "You just cried?" ”
Shen Tianshu hurriedly retreated, trying to get out of Li Zi'an's hands, but failed.
She had to pull out a handkerchief to wipe the remaining tears from the corners of her eyes, and quickly found an excuse for herself: "I used to often see Dr. Jiang Tong mention the Jiang family's study in the letter, and I have always been very fascinated, thinking that maybe I can have the opportunity to take a look at it in the future."
"But at that time, he never thought that when I really stood in the Jiang family's study, I would be separated from her forever. So just feeling nostalgic for a while, I couldn't help but shed a few tears. ”
Li Zi'an stretched out his hand and gently touched Shen Tianshu's red and swollen eyes, and said without any emotion in his tone: "Only a few tears have been shed, and you can cry your eyes so red and swollen?" ”
Before Shen Tianshu could react, his other hand had already gone around the back and ripped off the ribbon she tied behind her head.
The mask fell, and was caught by Li Zi'an and hid behind him.
Shen Tianshu was caught off guard and showed his most embarrassing side in front of Li Zi'an.
His eyes were red and swollen as if he had been stung by bees, his face was pale and bloodless, his cheeks were dry and rough from repeated tears wiping, and even slightly peeled, and there was a painful blister on his upper lip.
"I asked Fan Yuru to take good care of you, that's how he took care of you?" Li Zi'an's fingers pinching Shen Tianshu's chin suddenly increased his strength.
"It's not Fan Gongzi's fault, he arranged it all the way, but I was too willful to control my emotions."
"Really?" Li Zi understood in his heart that it was impossible for Fan Yuru to snub Shen Tianshu.
Not to mention that he is not that kind of person at all, now he seems to have a different kind of affection for Shen Tianshu, and suddenly has such an opportunity to get along, so he naturally has to take care of him before and after the saddle.
But for some reason, as soon as he heard Shen Tianshu speak for Fan Yuru, the anger in his heart increased instead of decreasing.
"I don't ask about the process, I just look at the result." Li Zi'an said in a deep voice, "At the beginning of the palace, the lord handed over a good person to him, and now that he has become like this, can't the lord ask a few words?" ”
The two of them were just talking, and they didn't hear anyone go upstairs at all.
Until a young voice came from the top of the stairs and said: "Tong Niangzi, the part you gave me has been copied completely, I don't know if there are other ......"
Shen Tianshu subconsciously wanted to turn around, not wanting to be seen her true face.
Li Zi'an's reaction was a step faster, reaching out to hug Shen Tianshu, and let her bury her head in her arms, directly blocking the curious gaze from the staircase.