Sure enough, at the junction between the corner and the bluestone slab, there was a gap where the soil was different in color from the other places. It looks like it just fell up, but it looks more like a passageway, where is the mechanism?

Yan Meng stretched out her hand and groped back and forth on the wall, but after groping for a long time, she didn't find anything abnormal, could it be that she guessed wrong?

But this bluestone slab looks like the entrance of the passage, could it be that this passage is opened from the inside? Do you have to enter Yan Bocheng's study? Yan Meng was a little frustrated, no! So what did Yan Bocheng do when he built a secret passage to the backyard? Wouldn't it be nice for him to just make a secret room, why should he leave a single passage? And what did Wei Huai'an find? Why did you go to Yan Bocheng's study to search for no reason? Mysteries hung over her head like a huge net.

Yan Bocheng, Wei Huai'an, Mi Dao, Yu Pei... Right! Jade pendant! That jade pendant can be said to be the identity token of the Great Zhou royal family, it is firmly hung on the waist on weekdays, and it will definitely not fall somewhere without external force, and that day she can meet Wei Huai'an should be Wei Huai'an After Wei Huai'an walked away, he realized that his jade pendant had fallen, and he went back to find it, and he happened to meet her who also returned.

I remember that day that the jade pendant with the rope is a little rough, look to the side, there is a person thick old tree next to the bluestone slab, except for the middle stem looks thicker, the rest of the place should be no one pruned on the crooked long, once heard that there are skilled craftsmen who can make the mechanism and nature into one, so that others do not know even if they face the mechanism, is it difficult to become a mechanism in the heart of the tree? Yan Meng stretched out his hand and touched the back of the tree, and sure enough, there was a crack about two fingers wide on the side of the tree against the wall, Yan Meng picked up a branch and stretched it in, put his ear on the tree, and listened carefully to the movement inside.

With a click, the branch seemed to hit the mechanism, making a small crashing sound, and she threw the branch, reached into it, felt a hard metal clasp, and pressed her index finger hard.

After a burst of sound of the mechanism operating, the bluestone slab was seen sinking inward, revealing an entrance for one person.

Yan Meng looked left and right for a while, there was no trace of people around, turned around and entered the secret passage, groped on the wall of the secret passage for a while, only to see the bluestone slab slowly closed again, restoring its original appearance.

Seiun-in

Zhao cleaned up Yan Bocheng in the morning and went to see Yan Jingyuan, and when he arrived in Yan Jingyuan's room, Yan Jingyuan was sitting in front of the mirror to freshen up, and when he saw Zhao walking in, he smiled at Zhao with a delicate smile.

"Mother~"

"How are you? Is there anything wrong with it? Zhao stepped forward to inquire with concern and sat down beside her.

"My daughter is fine, but if she eats more spicy food, why is there something wrong?" Yan Jingyuan said nonchalantly, it seemed that she didn't seem to know about her poisoning yesterday.

Zhao's eyebrows were worried, "It's a medicine that is poisonous, if you have something, you must tell your mother, do you hear?" ”

"Got it, have you reconciled with your father? When my father came to see me yesterday, I talked to him for a long time! Yan Jingyuan's face was full of pride.

"You~ghost!" Zhao Shi tapped Yan Jingyuan's forehead with his fingertips, but his face was no longer worried, and he looked happy and satisfied, obviously the result of getting along with Yan Bocheng last night was pleasant.

"It seems that my mother and my father should be very good, then my mother should not break her promise to me~" Yan Jingyuan looked at Zhao slyly.

"When did my mother lie to you!" As he spoke, Zhao waved his hand and asked Mother Li to put the tray in her hand in front of Yan Jingyuan.

"Thank you, mother!" Yan Jingyuan couldn't wait to open the black walnut makeup box, and a pair of red gold and silk rubies came into view, the red gold silk tightly wrapped a ruby the size of sea rice, shining under the light, Yan Jingyuan took out a hairpin that was wound into an iris style, and the stamen was decorated with rubies, shaking from time to time as if it were a real flower.

"Caiwei, put it on for me." Yan Jingyuan couldn't hide her happiness, and beckoned the maid behind her to put the hairpin on her hairpin. Looking at himself in the bronze mirror happily, it is like a real iris on the hairpin, although it is made of red gold, it is not tacky at all, but it is winding silk to make the petals as thin as cicada wings, swinging up and down as if it is really like the iris lining the flowers. In the end, it is the jewelry of the Lingxi Pavilion, and it is really not ordinary.

"Is it pretty, mother?" Yan Jingyuan turned her head and showed Zhao with joy.

"Good-looking, Yuan'er looks good, she looks good in anything." Seeing that Yan Jingyuan was so happy, Zhao was also smiling.

Yan Jingyuan looked in the mirror, looked down at today's ginger coat, a little dissatisfied, and felt that such a match was a bit vulgar, "Cai Wei, go and bring the red dress that was just done, the ruby naturally has to be matched with the red clothes, so it looks good!" Like Yan Jingyuan's fiery temperament, she also likes some brightly colored clothes on weekdays, but Yan Jingyuan has a good foundation, and she is at the age of wearing red and green, and what clothes look good on her.

"Yes."

"Okay, after a while, my mother will go to deal with the affairs of Xiangzezhai and then go to the shop to have a look, if you clean up, go to the yard to find me and go with me." In addition to Yan Bocheng's monthly salary, the Yan family also has its own shops and farmland. After all, to raise such a big family, although Yan Bocheng has a lot of money, it is insignificant in the face of such a large expenditure.

"Got it, got it." Yan Jingyuan said changeably.

After Zhao's explanation, he took the maid and the maid back to the yard first, she had just made an appointment with the Zhuangzi steward, and now it was autumn, and the accounts of the previous quarter were almost collected. And yesterday's events... Yesterday was originally a plan set up by her and Yuan'er, these days no matter how she Yan Bocheng is cold and indifferent to her, since she came back even into her yard has only a handful of times, although she is the head of the house, is disdainful of those means to make the table, but she can't swallow this breath, she heard more than once the maid in the house wear some rumors, Yuan'er saw that she was irritable those days, so she came up with this idea, she is the housewife, with these tricks are not good-looking, Yuan'er is different, Yuan'er is small, Others can't suspect her, but why did the kitchen people change to rain dust? If it weren't for her quick reaction yesterday, she took advantage of the discord she heard about the discord between the master and servant of Yan Meng's courtyard a few days ago, and took advantage of the situation to push this matter onto Yan Meng, once the old lady found out, she would have to be scolded again.

"Mother Li, go and knock Juanhong, the person who served the soup yesterday replaced it with rain and dust for no reason, and something went wrong in the middle..."

"Yes, it's just that the old slave always felt that something was wrong with Miss Fifth yesterday..."Mother Li thought of the eyes that met Yan Meng yesterday, and always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't say it, so she could only remind the Zhao family.

Zhao slapped the handkerchief disapprovingly, and his tone was hard to hide his contempt: "It's still the Yang Zi who can't be on the stage, the slightest wind and waves are too scared to speak, don't care about her, if you don't worry, just arrange someone in the yard." ”

"Speaking of arranging people, the slave maid heard from Qingyuan today that the fifth lady brought back a beggar from the street and received a second-class maid from the yard."

"Qingyuan?" Zhao couldn't help frowning, "Wasn't Qingyuan the little guy around him at the beginning, how did he get involved with Yan Meng's girl?" ”

"It was said that Miss Five's maid had a fever this morning, and the eldest young master took Miss Five to the infirmary, and bumped into her on the way back."

"When Yan Meng's girl was looking for it?"

"Qing Yuan said that the fifth lady went out and happened to meet the eldest young master." Mother Li said truthfully, and added, "If the lady is not at ease, the slave will ask the concierge again." ”

Zhao Shi thought for a while, and nodded solemnly, "Well, go and ask, it was a critical moment at the beginning, and you can't delay those inconsistencies." "The Zhao family attaches great importance to Yan Chushi's career, after all, he is the eldest grandson of Yan Mansion, and in the future, Yan Mansion will have to rely on Yan Chushi, and there can be no mistakes.

"Yes, the slave and maid are gone." Just when she walked to the intersection, Mother Li went to the main gate by the way, she knew how important the eldest young master was to Madame, so she didn't dare to delay at all.

When Zhao returned to the courtyard, he saw that Yan Jingshu was already waiting in the house.

"Say hello to my mother." Seeing Zhao enter the courtyard from a distance, Yan Jingshu hurriedly greeted her and saluted her respectfully.

"Get up, I just went to see Yuan'er, I forgot the hour, and I kept you waiting."

"If the mother is there, the daughter has just arrived." Yan Jingshu smiled softly and asked embarrassedly, "How is the fourth sister?" Speaking of which, the daughter still wanted to come to see the fourth sister with her mother earlier, but the daughter was lazy and missed it. ”

Zhao Shi caught a glimpse that the tea on the table had been cooled and did not poke it, and said with a light smile: "You have a heart, she is nothing serious, she will come later." ”

"Yes."

Mrs. Yan arranged for Yan Jingshu to follow the Zhao family to learn about housekeeping, and the Zhao family naturally refused to let Yan Jingyuan fall behind, so she always had to let Yan Jingyuan follow her whenever she took Yan Jingshu to deal with the affairs of the back house.

During the conversation, I saw Yan Jingyuan come over with her maidservant Zhang Yang, saying that it was Zhang Yang, but in fact, it was just the pride of the girl's family wearing beautiful clothes, Yan Jingyuan was delicate, a pair of apricot eyes were watery, not like the general pointed face looked mean, a small chin under the slightly round face, young and good skin, if it wasn't for the arrogant temperament, this pleasing appearance was also very pleasing to the old lady Yan.

Yan Jingshu watched Yan Jingyuan come over from a distance, her eyes could not hide her envy, Zhao saw her look and was also indispensable in her heart, in the end, her daughter is a concubine, how can this kind of bearing be comparable to that of a concubine born to her? However, there was no trace on his face, and he just looked at the little daughter who came over with a smile, and his eyes were full of satisfaction.

Yan Jingyuan walked in front of Zhao and greeted her with a crisp voice: "Daughter greets her mother!" ”

"Get up."