The car left the county prison, the old horse pulling the cart walked by himself, and Pu Wu, who was driving the car, shouted and drank, walking on a secluded path, the night was slightly drunk, the pedestrians were withering, and Chen Mu was also depressed.

Earlier, when he came back from Saltwater Village, he was unable to visit the Lin family, and now he estimated that he was going to settle down in the Lin family, Chen Mu was a little curious.

Lin Sheng is heroic, benevolent, and smashes people with silver bags at every turn, and it is extremely luxurious and extravagant to come to the house.

However, Lin Sheng didn't go home directly, but said to Chen Mu: "Go wash your bad luck first." ”

With that, he asked Pu Wu to drive to the manor in the west of the city.

This manor is indeed far away, saying that it is a courtyard of Lin Sheng, but the courtyard is deep, and it is not necessarily a golden lamp, but it is as quiet as a monk's Zen courtyard.

Hearing the movement of the front door, the old mother also hurriedly opened the door, let everyone in, and shouted again, and for a time more than a dozen servants came, boiling soup for soup, boiling water for boiling water, and it was not long before they were ready to be ready.

Chen Mu also ran around all the way, soaking in the bath barrel full of the fragrance of wood, and the whole person was in a trance, and he was so comfortable.

After taking a bath, Lin Sheng sent people dry new clothes, which were Confucian clothes in the county school, although it looked like singing, ordinary people would not wear it like this, but Chen Mu was a reading seed after all, and it was very appropriate to wear it, and it was not abrupt at all.

The three of them sat down again, and a slave in Tsing Yi came over, burned incense and made tea, and did it for another three moments, and then got in the car and returned to the main house of the Lin family.

At this time, the main house was already dark, and when I heard that the eldest master was back, he hurriedly greeted him, but the slaves and maids were all light-hearted, and they didn't dare to raise their voices.

The housewife was dressed plainly and greeted her, and she was only in her twenties, but she was gentle and decent, simple in atmosphere, with a few words, neither humble nor arrogant, Lin Sheng did not seem to be on a show outside, with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, and was very obedient to his wife.

Chen Mu inevitably felt some emotion in his heart, like Lin Sheng, making friends outside and playing indiscriminately, but before going home, he washed off the smell of Fengyue fireworks on his body, and even his demeanor changed.

The Lin family's mansion is also really spacious, not like the Lingnan courtyard, but it has the flavor of the forest garden in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, elegant and deep, rockery and flowing water, flowers and trees are scattered, even at night, it is also a wisp of breeze, sending bursts of fragrance, refreshing people's hearts.

After all, it was night, after the housemother arranged to stop, she returned to the inner house early, Pu Wu looked very restrained, but Chen Mu generously thanked the housemother, and the housemother nodded and smiled, obviously very satisfied with Chen Mu's performance.

Lin Sheng said to Chen Mu and Pu Wu: "There is also a banquet tonight, rest first, the guest rooms are arranged, the stove is estimated to be cold, burn the smoke to disturb the family's sleep, don't make a fire, eat some pastries and cold noodles and sleep." ”

"The third master bothered, this is already very good." Although Chen Mu is not pampered, but his family background is very good, he has vision and taste, just looking at these exquisite pastries, he knows that the housewife is also a knowledgeable and reasonable person, and is willing to spend, especially the small plate of osmanthus cake, although it is only three or five pieces, it is very rare.

However, Chen Mu's mind could not be on the pastry, and after Lin Sheng left, he became active.

There are many guest rooms in the Lin family, so Pu Wu and Chen Mu were divided into two rooms, and when they heard Pu Wu's snoring next door, Chen Mu got up from the bed and slipped out quietly.

When he came in early, Chen Mu had already had a full view of the route, because it was a mansion in the style of Lin Yuan, and the living water was introduced, and the walls were low, Chen Mu was as agile as a horse, and it didn't take much effort to cross the past.

Lin Sheng's main house is the same as the other courtyard, and it is not a very lively area, so there are no pedestrians outside.

Chen Mu is a native of the local authentic, although his father asked him to study behind closed doors, but he couldn't stand his brother Chen Ying often secretly brought out to play, and he was also familiar with the county, so he returned to Chen's house after a while.

The former home has long been sealed off by the government, and even at night, although the officers and soldiers stopped searching, there are still night watchmen set up in front of the door.

These three or five night watchmen were distributed at the entrances and exits of Chen's house, and they did not dare to move around, although the house had been turned over and overturned, digging three feet into the ground, and even the flowers and plants in the garden had been pulled out and dug up with thousands of holes, but the night watchmen still did not dare to take even the slightest thing lightly.

If these night watchmen made a fuss at home, Chen Mu would have sneaked in with confidence, but they were so disciplined that it could be seen that they were still in a state of extreme vigilance, and Chen Mu would not dare to act rashly.

Although he was only fourteen years old, Chen Mu had been exposed to it after all, and after experiencing many great changes, his heart had matured, and he immediately pressed it down, just guarding outside.

The sound of bangzi gradually faded away, the third watch had passed, and the night watchman gradually dozed off, Chen Mu shook his spirits, and finally returned to his long-lost home.

His goal was very clear, although his home had long been emptied, and he felt that things were not people, but he endured this sadness and went straight to the backyard.

The backyard is a small vegetable garden that his father Chen Qiyou personally managed, but at this time it has been ruined beyond recognition, the vegetable sheds have been demolished, the vegetable furrows have been dug up, and the officers and soldiers have really dug into the ground.

When Chen Mu came to the side of the vegetable shed, he saw that the entrance of the vegetable cellar was wide open, and the large pickle urn inside was knocked out, and the ground was full of sour water, and he smelled the pungent sour gas from afar.

The Lingnan area is not like the north, ordinary people do not dig vegetable cellars, and the vegetable cellars dug by his father Chen Qiyou are not used to store vegetables, but to place sauerkraut jars.

This cellar is hot and humid, which can speed up the fermentation of sauerkraut, and my father often uses his pickled pickles to entertain confidants and friends.

When he arrived in this cellar, stepping on the rotten and bubbling sauerkraut, Chen Mu just walked around and stopped.

"Hebo said that things are hidden here, but the place is so big, the urns and jars are broken, where else can they be hidden?" Chen Mu thought to himself in his heart.

Earlier, he talked to Lin Sheng that Hebo's answer was vague, and it wasn't all a lie.

He Bo did know that his father Chen Qiyou hid something in the cellar, but the specific mechanism was inaccessible, after all, it was a secret that only the owner of Hongshun Hall was qualified to know, and no matter how confidant He Bo was, he couldn't know all the inside story.

Chen Mu could see the pattern when he stepped on the spot before, these night watchmen would make rounds every once in a while, and although they were dozing off at the moment, they could come in at any time to inspect, leaving him not much time.

It's just that this cellar is not big, and the horizontal and vertical are such a little place, not to mention that the urn is broken, and even the bottom is chiseled through, where can I hide something?

Chen Mu is not dead in the end, since Hebo said that it is here, then it is here, in the end, he wants to find it again, and it is not easy to give up.

Thinking like this, Chen Mu searched back and forth, but the officers and soldiers had already searched, and even the sauerkraut in the jar was turned out, and the only thing left was the sour water in the urn.

Chen Mu gritted his teeth, then reached into the sour water and fished it out, except for some vegetable residues, there was nothing else at all.

"Is it really not here? If not, where else can I hide my secrets? ”

Chen Mu thought quickly in his heart, but because he looked like his father, his father was not close to him since he was a child, and he really couldn't think of any other way out.

This room is also in an embarrassment, but there is a fire outside!

"It's a cheat! These dog thieves are coming! ”

Chen Mu was also flustered, and he didn't dare to come out, but there was nowhere to hide in this cellar, although there was still sour water left in the urn, the water level was not enough to hide his body!

"How is it good!" Although Chen Mu is a person who practices martial arts, he has never really fought to the death, he may be able to win against this black and thin night watchman, but he can't subdue him, let alone stop him from calling for reinforcements, it's not a wise move to do it, only to avoid the edge for the time being, but where can he hide?

Seeing that the firelight was getting closer and closer, Chen Mu glanced at it quickly, and finally locked his eyes on the innermost urn!

Half of this urn was broken, and the remaining half could block most of his body, Chen Mu stepped in without the slightest hesitation, hugged his knees, and shrunk into a ball.

The firelight stayed at the door of the cellar for a moment, Chen Mu held his breath and concentrated, his forehead was covered with fine rice sweat, and after a while, he heard the night watchman cough a mouthful of phlegm, muttering something, and then gradually moving away.

At this time, Chen Mu was relieved, and was about to come out of the urn, but found an abnormality!

Although half of this urn is rotten, the bottom is still knee-high, but the acid water inside has dried up!

Chen Mu had already touched it before, each urn was chiseled through the bottom, and the acid water would inevitably flow into the ground, but there was still a lot of sour water in each urn, why did this urn bottom out?

It can only show one problem, the acid water in this urn tank flows faster than the others!

On the same ground, why does this urn flow so fast?

"There's a hole in the ground!" Chen Mu's heart tightened, and he suddenly became excited, the unexpected satisfaction brought by this kind of exploration was really exciting!

Chen Mu hurriedly stepped out and moved the urn to the side with great difficulty, but the ground was covered with rotten vegetables, but he didn't make much movement.

After the urn was moved, Chen Mu squatted down and carefully observed the circular pit, because it was soaked in acid water, the pit looked very soft, Chen Mu reached out and poked, and under the soft mud was a hard wooden plank!

Chen Mu was ecstatic, and his hands were slashed, and a thick wooden cover board was revealed, and there was a pull ring on it, which was round and smooth to the touch, and there was not too much rust, which showed that it had not been left for too long!

Chen Mu suppressed the excitement in his heart, stood firmly with his feet apart, hooked the pull ring, and struggled to lift it, and the cover was lifted, revealing a dark hole!

"It's Abba's Secret Room!"

Looking at the entrance of the cave at his feet, Chen Mu was pleasantly surprised, took advantage of the faint light outside, groped around, touched the stairs, gritted his teeth and went down!