Listening to his tone and the content of his words, he should not have been recognized by him, otherwise he would not have said that he would come back later.

She was curious, wondering where he was taking her.

Although there was still a faint worry in her heart, she followed him without hesitation.

He took two steps forward to the door of his room, but instead of entering, he passed his room and walked on.

Wandering through the labyrinth of hallways, he came to a halt.

Then, he took the key from his sleeve, opened the door, and walked inside.

She followed.

The room was an empty room, with only a table, a few chairs, and a cabinet against the wall.

When she came in, she regretted coming with him, for she found that as soon as she entered, he closed the door and slammed it in.

Looking at his hand in the door, her heart skipped a wild beat.

But she pretended to be calm and asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

Instead of answering her, he walked over to the cabinet that was placed by the west wall and removed it.

She forgot to be scared and watched his movements.

He took away a piece of wood from the ground, and to her surprise, there was a hole in it.

"Come down with me." He said.

She thought to herself, could it be that he recognized himself as Kong Zhongda's son? Could it be that my father is locked up here?

Is he trying to lock himself up with his father?

The only thing she could think of was this.

The thought that her father might be in it made her less afraid, because her heart to know the truth was greater than anything else.

There is a staircase going down the stairs in the cave, which can be followed down.

After he went down, she followed.

When she got down, she found that the space below was about the size of a room above.

It's not the same as the imaginary scene, there is no father in it.

There is only one crystal coffin in the entire basement.

She was shocked when she saw the crystal coffin.

Her body trembled, her heart raced, and she felt like she was suffocating.

But, thinking again, if it was his father inside, how could he be kind enough to use the crystal coffin?

Crystal coffins are invaluable.

It was only when I thought about it that I settled down.

Seeing him approaching the crystal coffin, she stopped at the staircase, wondering whether to approach or not.

I heard him say in a low and majestic voice, "Come here." ”

She walked over.

I saw a woman lying in the crystal coffin.

"Who is this person?" She asked cautiously.

"My mother." There was a subtle hint of tenderness and sadness in his voice.

Qingzhi said in his heart, this is the first lady who was deeply loved by Zheng Jin.

She didn't know what he was bringing himself for?

She looked into the crystal coffin and saw that the woman inside was slender, her hair was neatly trimmed to her side, and she was wearing a moon-white dress.

Although her eyes are tight, it can be seen from the small and delicate face, the high bridge of the nose, the perfect forehead, and the slender eyelashes that she must have been a beauty before her death.

Qingzhi remembered that Lu Shikang said that Zheng Jin's eldest son died when he was still young, so she looked very young in the crystal coffin.

She looked at the face of Zheng Jin's eldest son, and saw that his eyes were soft and dull looking at his mother in the crystal coffin.

"Can you tell if my mother was poisoned to death?" He said.

Qingzhi said in his heart, it turns out that this is the purpose of his letting himself come here.

She looked closely at his mother inside.

Then he replied, "It is possible." ”

"Is there any basis for that?"

"She has some abnormal red spots on her skin, which in general are most likely a symptom of poisoning."

She observed that she had several red spots on her hands and face.

But, to avoid mistakes, she asked, "How long did it take for her to have an accident with these red dots on her body?" ”

"Three days." He replied.

"If it is three days, it will be poisoned, and the red spots of other diseases will not die in three days......"

"Sure enough." There was a tremor in his voice.

She looked at him, startled by the hatred in his eyes. His hand rested on the edge of the crystal coffin, and the green tendons on the back of his hand were exposed.

Aoeda didn't know what he would do to him, he was the one who knew the secret of this basement.

Did my father also see this crystal coffin that day, so he kept it secret after he went back?

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard him say: "If this matter is spread by you, be careful that your life is not guaranteed......"

She promised: "Zheng Gongzi rest assured. Can I go back? ”

Here she felt depressed, the basement was cold and swishing, and the important thing was that the cold feeling in her heart made her uncomfortable. The coldness came from him, and from the woman lying in the crystal coffin in front of him.

"Yes." He replied, "By the way, don't tell the woman that I brought you here." Otherwise, you may not be able to get out of this house. ”

"Don't worry, I won't tell her." She knew who the woman he was talking about.

It was his stepmother, the lady.

She left the crystal coffin and walked towards the stairs, and when she went up the stairs she heard his footsteps behind her, and she was also walking towards the stairs, she hurried to the top, and did not wait for him, but walked directly to the room where she had been before.

In case Madame was already waiting for her at the door of a certain room when she returned, she touched the wall with her hand as she passed by it, rubbing her hand dirty.

When she got to the room where she had been looking, she saw the lady standing in the door of a room.

"Where have you been?" Madame asked.

"My hands got dirty because I accidentally touched something, and I just tried to find a place to wash my hands, but I couldn't find it."

The lady said to the young woman beside her, "Go and bring a basin of water." ”

The young woman hurried away, and soon returned with a basin of water in her hand.

Aoeda washed her hands and looked at the same room as her wife.

She made suggestions to some of the rooms that were not very well arranged, and Madame decided to make some changes to the rooms according to her suggestions, some of which were to change the layout of the furniture of the rooms, and some of which were ventilated by opening the windows.

Aoeda noticed that although there were many rooms in this house, there were not many people in this house.

There were only four people she saw, a middle-aged woman who opened the door, a young woman who brought grapes and other fruits to her and Lu Shikang and His Royal Highness the Prince's guards to eat, and two old and frail people she saw when she entered the hospital.

But she could estimate from the number of beds here that there were at least twenty or thirty permanent residents.

Because if you don't live in it permanently, you won't have a neatly folded quilt on your bed.

She and her wife also passed through the reception room where Zheng Jin entertained Prince Xiao and Hua Muchun, which was inconvenient to enter.

After walking around, the lady went back to the room to rest, and Qingzhi came to the room where he had sat before in the east wing, and saw that Lu Shikang was already sitting in it.

He was playing chess with the guard while talking: "So, you went to the palace like this?" ”

"Yes, if you don't go, you can't do it, I was the champion of martial arts back then, and I just wanted to continue to work as an errand in the county to take care of the family, but the palace wanted me to go, and the county officials didn't dare to use me anymore, and I couldn't gain a foothold in Ji County if I didn't go."

"Your family can go to the capital to accompany you ......"

"Chen Li, you are really joking, how can I afford a house in the capital?"

"The house in the capital is expensive?" Lu Shikang said casually with a chess piece in his hand.

"In your eyes, it is naturally not expensive, but in my eyes, it is unattainable." The guard's eyes were fixed on the chessboard, he was waiting for Lu Shikang to fall.

Qingzhi said in his heart, Lu Shikang really doesn't know the hard work of ordinary people, when everyone's family is as rich as his family?