Chapter 33: The Secret Is Discovered
More than half a month has passed, and after digging day and night, the secret room has been built, and only the mechanism needs to be installed. For the secret technique of the mechanism, I have to ask the Taoist to help.
In the past few days, the Taoist chief has gone out of the city to do work, and only now he has returned, and he wondered: "Is this Beijing city so cold every year?" β
"As in previous years, it's no different, what's the matter, the Taoist is cold?" Zhuang Sheng asked.
Luo Er rubbed her hands together and said, "It's really colder than ever this year!" The cat in the firewood room froze to death. β
Zhuang Sheng looked at him, wearing a green coat, his face was red, and he looked extremely cold.
"The weather is really weird, the weather outside the city is much warmer; In addition, I watched the sky at night, the stars are also strange and abnormal, the scene of two stars opposing each other has appeared, I am afraid that something big will happen in the near future, everyone should be careful. Meishan Daoist said, "Look at the cold ice sword behind me, it shines every night, and I don't know why." β
"Yes, there are more than one or two strange things, the New Year is approaching, and this year is too deserted, not as lively as in previous years." Zhuang Sheng said.
More than ten or twenty days have passed, Yun Yun has received more than a dozen things from Yuan Chongwen, he knows that he didn't dare to come to her house openly, and then he actually changed to send a letter, Yun Yun usually borrows things he sends to relieve his worries and relieve boredom, and he wants to return him later, and he didn't notice anything for half a month, until he received the letter, looking at the content, it was unsightly! I felt that I had strayed into his trap, so I sent a letter every day, one came, one was burned, and as for those things, they were never touched again, and they were neatly placed in the box, eager to return them, and if I let my father know, it would be over.
When he went home this day, Zhuang Sheng thought that it was still early today, so he went to see Yun Yun, but before he arrived at the door, he smelled a smell of smoke, and when he got closer, he saw green smoke coming out of her window.
"Yun Yun, are you in the house? What is on fire? β
Yun Yun was startled, seeing that the letter from the little ash stove had just been burned, she was relieved.
"In!"
Zhuang Sheng entered the house, saw that there was still a spark in the stove, and asked, "What are you burning?" β
"Useless manuscript paper." Yun Yun said calmly while fiddling with the ashes of the furnace.
"I've been busy lately, so I didn't take you to play, what are you doing at home? Boring? Zhuang Sheng asked, walking towards her desk to see what she was reading.
"I can't be bored, it's too cold this winter, I don't dare to go out to play, I have to wait for the sunny day to go out, but these days have been cloudy, and it rains lightly from time to time." Yun Yun saw that his brother didn't wear much, only two or three, it was not surprising, he was like this every year, but this year it was extremely cold, I didn't expect him to be still not afraid of the cold, Yun Yun saw that he was wrapped like a zongzi, and his actions were also restricted, so he was a little envious of him.
At this time, someone in the front yard shouted Jun'er, Zhuang Sheng ignored it, and Jun'er went out to see it by herself.
"Brother, how is the house? When can I go to see it? β
"It's almost, you can go if you want, but it's cold, so let's wait for it to be warmer."
"Oh." Yun Yun smiled and asked, "What do you think of the handwriting on my case?" β
"Well, it's coming to me."
Yun Yun only smiled, and at this time Jun'er came, and she often glanced at Yun Yun.
Zhuang Sheng saw it and asked, "What are you doing?" Am I still inconvenient here? β
"No, but it would be better if you could get out and avoid it."
Zhuang Sheng thought that she obviously didn't tell something, and it was normal, who didn't have a little secret for girls, so Zhuang Sheng went out, passed by Jun'er, and saw that she was holding a letter, and he didn't care.
"What's the big deal about a letter, I can't even know who wrote it?" Zhuang Sheng thought about it, and felt curious, he had never seen her receive a letter and it was so mysterious, so he pretended to go out, didn't take a few steps, and then retreated, and saw Yun Yun burning the letter, and he obviously didn't even look at it.
"HeyβI haven't read this letter, why did you burn it? Who wrote it? β
Yun Yun was speechless.
"It's not good." Zhuang Sheng walked and saw that only half of it was left, but he still reached out to get it.
"Don't!" Yun Yun grabbed his hand, Zhuang Sheng looked at her in a daze, and the letter slowly burned into ashes.
"I don't understand what you mean, you don't read it yourself, and you won't let me read it?" Zhuang Sheng thought to herself, there was only one possibility, this letter must have been written to her, and she must have known the content of the letter, and was afraid that she would know the content, so she burned it without reading it.
"I can't see it."
"Yun'er, there must be something to hide from me, do you want to tell me?"
She kept silent.
"Forget it," said Zhuang Sheng, "if it's a good thing, then everything will be fine; If it's a bad thing, one day I'll catch it, and I won't spare you. β
Yun Yun thought that although his brother and father were of the same mind, he was not as strict as his father, and he didn't have the intention to accept so many things from Yuan Chongwen, so he wouldn't blame himself too much, telling him that at most, he would be scolded a few times, so as not to hide and make the brothers and sisters suspicious; And you can also return this pile of things to Yuan Chongwen, this matter is over, otherwise I don't know how long it will be delayed in the future, and it is unknown whether it will cause something bigger.