"Hehe..."Zhou Xiaozheng looked at his daughter and laughed.

The laughter echoed, and Zhou Jiao hurriedly signaled her father not to laugh. It's scary, isn't it? Glanced at her father. She plucked up the courage to stand in front of the mechanism.

If Zhou Xiaozheng wasn't worried about exposing his tracks, he really wanted to laugh. He also thought that his delicate and daring was too big, but it turned out that he was still a delicate little princess.

With Zhou Xiaozheng's prompt, Zhou Jiao quickly opened the door next to her.

When she went out of the door, she saw a spacious passage that allowed a small cart to pass through, Zhou Jiao didn't care about being afraid, and exhaled softly: "Dad, look!" ”

Zhou Xiaozheng was also surprised at this moment. He didn't expect that the three secret rooms mentioned in his mother's suicide note were actually not small in scale.

Seeing the door behind him slowly closing, he hurriedly grabbed Zhou Jiao.

After a while, there was no abnormality, Zhou Xiaozheng squatted down, looked at the ground in front of him, and found that a color slate led to the front. There are also ancient bricks on both sides to fill the corners of the wall - it seems that this basement was built by the ancestors of the Gu family.

"You're following Dad."

There should be no danger in coming here, and there will be no traps on the ground. - Zhou Xiaozheng thought of his caution and shook his head amusedly.

Despite thinking so, Zhou Xiaozheng, who was worried about an accident, still protected his daughter behind him. He stepped forward lightly and lit the wind lamp on the wall.

"Dad, this is the location of the back garden." Zhou Jiao saw him stop, looked up at the top of the passage, and said softly.

"I check the vents. No one has come in for decades, and there must be skill to maintain the status quo. ”

Zhou Jiao didn't have time to respond, and found that there was a wheelbarrow leaning on the corner of the wall in front of her, so she hurriedly pulled Zhou Xiaozheng.

Zhou Xiaozheng took a few steps forward and looked at the wheelbarrow in front of him. found that the tire was still rubber, this look will not be a long time, it should have been used by his mother Gu Mingzhu.

Carrying the wind lantern, the father and daughter continued to move along the tunnel, and Zhou Xiaozheng silently estimated the direction and distance, and stopped when he came to the corner.

"This is past the back garden, in the direction of the main courtyard. It's almost time to get to the secret room that your grandmother said. Do you want to take a break and go again? ”

"Huh...... Dad, you're kidding me. Zhou Jiao pushed him to hurry away - at the critical moment, her father couldn't go wrong. She then whispered, "Dad, are you really in the main courtyard study?" Did you find any floor tiles on the floor of the study just now? A lot of the color doesn't match. Do you think it has been dug up? I was embarrassed to ask my aunt just now, did she mention this to you? ”

Zhou Xiaozheng boasted: "My daughter is so smart! The old lady didn't mention it to us, maybe it involved the repair cost of the yard. You see that everything in the yard is empty, and even if she gets the yard after liberation, the money is not a lot. It is estimated that the old lady's private money is spent on this. We will have to make up this money when we return to Beijing.

Even your grandmother's yard has been dug three feet, not to mention the study. I don't know if it can be used at the exit over there, so I'll try it later. ”

Zhou Jiao nodded when she heard this. If there was only one exit, she would have killed her father and not let her father in. The father and daughter are really going to be trapped inside, and the fun will be great.

As he spoke, an open platform appeared in front of him, and two old carts stood alone next to the corner, with weathered straw on them.

As they entered, two large stone doors cut off the way directly opposite.

"It's here!"

Zhou Jiao was relieved, and finally came to the destination this time - the secret room in her grandmother Gu Mingzhu's suicide note.

"Dad, don't move, I'll touch the door first." Zhou Jiao smiled at her father. She wasn't embarrassed to say that she liked the two slate doors. Such a huge slate is more attractive than gold, and it is too secure. If anyone provokes her, she can crush a large number of people with the door.

Zhou Xiaozheng would never have thought that his daughter, who was as timid as a mouse just now, still had such a cruel idea in his heart. Now he was smiling and patting her on the head dotingly.

"Well, dad is waiting for you. With Little Five outside, I don't worry about time. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Jiao reluctantly patted the door, secretly regretting it. She was worried that Zhang Guoqing was in a hurry outside, so she hurriedly stood beside Zhou Xiaozheng and waited for him to open it.

Zhou Xiaozheng shook his head with a smile and opened it according to the method left by Gu Mingzhu. The gossip breaking formation was a breeze for him, and he was sure to activate these two doors without prompting.

With his movements, the two doors slowly retreated into the wall.

When Zhou Jiao saw this scene, she didn't have time to sigh, only to see the secret room behind the stone door - the open space had been filled with wooden boxes and bogu shelves, so that she could only accommodate the father and daughter to stand at the door, and they couldn't even stretch their legs in.

Faced with all this, Zhou Jiao covered her forehead with a headache and looked at her father.

Seeing this, Zhou Xiaozheng couldn't hold back his smile anymore, and patted her head, "Put it away." Hundreds of years of family, this is already less. Dad has seen the largest secret room abroad, and that's scary. If you can't put it down, decorate it less. ”

"Dad, don't scare me. You're not going to be a thief, are you? That's dangerous. ”

Zhou Xiaozheng laughed happily when he heard it - his Jiaojiao is really good at imagining.

Zhou Jiao shook her head helplessly at him, her smile was so low! She took out a pen and paper and continued, "I can still pretend, but it feels too scary." Dad, when you open the box, I have to make a note of it. ”

"Remember, it's all yours anyway. You'll see it later when you're free. Zhou Xiaozheng stopped laughing, shook his head and said. He spoiled a child, and kept what was not hers.

"Dad, that's not good, I'll have younger siblings in the future. Don't think like that. I can't spend all the things you gave me in my ten lifetimes, so don't give them to me. ”

Zhou Xiaozheng saw that she was shaking like a wave, and he was really worried that he would drop that little head, "Okay, let you go first." More on that later. ”

After saying that, seeing her smiling and directing herself to open the box, he also let her - his daughter be happy. Younger siblings? Hehe, this kid thinks a lot.

He never planned to have another one. Except for Jiaojiao, who is eligible to inherit the property of the Zhou Gu family? Who can inherit the virtues of his parents like Jiaojiao? Who can guarantee that the next child will not follow the Lin family? He owes his daughter so much, and he has to have children in old age, so that Jiaojiao can take on the responsibility of the eldest daughter? How can it be!

As for the family bloodline, Zhang Guoqing is not the eldest son, and he has already agreed with his in-laws in private that in the future, two delicate children, both male and female, will be recorded in his name. The in-laws also agreed that even if Xiao Wu only had one peace, he would also pick Zhang Zhou's two rooms. This is also what he is most satisfied with about the Zhang family - he is kind enough!

Zhou Jiao didn't know what her father thought. At this moment, she said worriedly: Dad, did you say that my aunt walked away on purpose just now? Grandma is also genuine. If that letter falls into someone else's hands, isn't our family's belongings removed? You said that there are so many things in our family, will there be more in my aunt's house? ”

"Don't criticize your grandmother! What if your aunt and grandfather just did it on purpose? Our father and daughter went out empty-handed, and they followed us along the way. No matter how suspicious they are, they can't find anything.

The Cheng family has a family background, but it must not be much. Zhou, Gu, and Cheng families, their Cheng family mainly opened academies, and our Zhou family has been an official for generations, not to mention that their Cheng family also donated a lot in the early years. If you want to say that the richest, that is, your grandmother's Gu family, they had two sea ships in the Qing Dynasty. ”

After Zhou Xiaozheng finished speaking, he opened a few boxes one after another, which were full of yellowed pearls. He went to the corner without believing it, and when he opened it, he saw that it was full of silver dollars and gold, and it was really a response—pearls like earth, and gold like iron.

It seems that the three alliances, the ancestors of the Gu family for several generations were also cautious at the beginning.

Thinking of the Cheng family from this, Zhou Xiaozheng shook his head, he didn't want to think about the Cheng family with malice. The wealth is indeed moving, but Mrs. Cheng treats him sincerely, and he can feel it.

Zhou Jiao became more and more frightened as he quickly opened the box - no wonder the Gu family would be forced to ruin the family. She thought that after the 10,000 taels of gold were lent out, the secret room would consist of family heirlooms, precious porcelain and some silk. Who would have thought that there would be so many left?

"Dad, did you say that the other two places have the property of our Zhou family?"

Zhou Xiaozheng also doubted this, but his mother didn't leave a word. I can only wait for the opportunity to see it later. It is impossible for the family to be as rumored by the outside world - the Zhou family was destroyed in ashes.

"Your grandfather must know about his family. The Zhou family does not have much gold and silver, but there must be a lot of ancient books, calligraphy and paintings. Just look at those two places later. Now you don't touch those places. Remember? Wait a minute to go out and pay attention to Dad's eyes, it is estimated that many people are following our family this time. ”

"I'll be careful. Any decision will be made with you in advance. I won't do it without your consent! And Dad, don't show your mouth to your aunt and grandmother.

I'm not worried about her old man, I'm just worried about the cousins below. When it's time to repay, I'll take action. But the premise is on the basis of the safety of our family. ”

Zhou Xiaozheng happily patted the top of her head, they deserved to be father and daughter, and they all thought of one place.

After cleaning up, clean up the traces. Zhou Xiaozheng tried the mechanism leading to the study, but he really couldn't open it.

Zhou Xiaozheng took Zhou Jiao back to the rockery the same way, and after destroying the mechanism, the father and daughter looked at each other and smiled, and they were both relieved. There is no need to worry about being found out about the Gu family's secrets anymore.

On the way back, the father and daughter met Zhang Guoqing, and the three returned to the main courtyard.

In the study, after receiving the wet handkerchief he handed over, Zhou Xiaozheng's father and daughter immediately laughed. Their father and daughter had just cleaned up, but they didn't expect Zhang Guoqing to expect the result, and they deserved to be smart people.

Zhou Xiaozheng looked around the study with nostalgia. In addition to the books that Mrs. Cheng later recovered, a set of expensive furniture that was repaired was not as good as it was back then.

It was where his mother and his grandfather went about their business, and it was his mother's favorite place to stay. Here, his mother, Gu Mingzhu, learned to pick up a pen and write, and learned to take charge of the family business. It was also here that his mother and his father formed a friendship between Qin and Jin.

"Stuff is reserved for tourists to see. Let's go, it's time for peace. After Zhou Xiaozheng finished speaking, he looked deeply around again.