On November nights, even in the winterless south of Lingnan, especially near the legendary murderous mansion where many people died, there are few people.

After the last "guest" in the public toilet came out, Zhou Jiaojian walked to the front behind the detour tree, and put the round mutton fat jade hanging around his neck in the recess of the ancient tree's roots.

Just like the previous secret room mechanism, soon an underground hole appeared in the adjacent two lush ancient trees that could only be dropped by a single person. Under the black light, she didn't dare to take out the flashlight, retrieve the jade pendant, and put a large bag of medicinal powder down, and after a while, she jumped directly in with the determination not to enter the tiger's den and get the tiger's son.

Really jumped in, Zhou Jiao felt that the bottom of the cave was full of soft sand. As she stood up straight, the overhead passage quickly closed. This time it was really black and mushy, except that I could sense the flow of wind, but I couldn't see my fingers.

She turned on the flashlight and found a recess in the wall, which she fastened with a round mutton fat jade pendant. This time, a narrow passage opened, and Zhou Jiao didn't go in directly after taking out the jade pendant, but first sprinkled a lot of medicinal powder on the opening, and then closed a crucial trap.

According to her grandmother's last words, the Tibetan poem and a fancy French font exhortation, if you want to open this secret room, in addition to the ancestral jade pendant, you must also add the formation deciphering method, both of which are indispensable, otherwise someone will rush in, it is likely to be empty, and it will even lead to the destruction of the secret room.

Even if there is no hidden poem in this formation, it is much more complicated than the Gu family's old house. Fortunately, with these tips, otherwise Zhou Jiao was really not sure that she could open it. Even if she calculated with her father a few times, it would be sweating on her forehead under the ground, and she couldn't be careless for a moment.

It took her half an hour, and after the first error, Zhou Jiao confirmed that it was correct and began to unravel the formation layer by layer, until she heard the familiar clicking sound and revealed the other side of the passage, she wiped off her sweat and walked towards this passage. As she entered, the first one gradually closed.

Standing inside the passage, after a while, the two passages closed back and forth. She once again pointed her flashlight at the closed stone door behind her, and it was a carved pattern of Han Shiyu.

Seeing this, coupled with the jade pendant around her neck, Zhou Jiao was already convinced that this was the Gu family's secret room. Except for Jiang Cheng, the three secret rooms belong to the family, and these two places are really the ancestral business of the Gu family.

Zhou Jiao shook her head speechlessly. No wonder the Gu family is a piece of fat in the eyes of others, and everyone wants to take a bite. She can imagine how luxurious her grandmother was when she was the only heir to the Gu family's main house.

It's no wonder that her family is better off than anyone else now, and Mrs. Cheng always says that she has wronged herself. Thinking of this, Zhou Jiao couldn't help but smile. Only your loved ones will think about yourself so much!

After restraining her mood, Zhou Jiao began to follow her grandmother's prompts, moving step by step to a big rock to get closer to the dark. Speaking of this round stone, it's a real honor. It witnessed the opening of the three secret rooms, and if it had a spirit, Zhou Jiao would really have to set up a monument for it.

The rest of the road was dangerous, but it was not a short journey. If Zhou Jiao's sense of direction was correct, she would have been out of the courtyard a long time ago. She's not in a hurry.

The other exit is said to be not far from a pier. Although she hadn't experienced it herself, she had a hunch that the other party was a master and should be arranged.

After a few turns, I don't know how many miles I walked around and around, the last time I looked at my watch was almost nine o'clock, Zhou Jiao hurriedly sped up, if I didn't go back before the movie theater closed this time, the lie would not be broken. And she also plans to go to the black market and get some good things.

With an anxious mood, after walking to the entrance of the secret room, Zhou Jiao opened the stone door again according to the prompts. With the experience of the previous two secret rooms, she was not surprised to see the wooden box again.

To make her grandmother rank in the last mentioned secret room, not to mention anything else, just a coastal city, this sensitive place, she can imagine that in addition to gold and silver, it is overseas jewelry.

And that's exactly what happened.

Hundreds of wooden boxes were stacked on top of each other, and all but the precious ones fell down at the touch of a touch—weathered. There are a few mouthfuls of tribute silk in the box, even if they are wrapped in layers, they can't withstand the passage of time.

However, there are several sets of red wedding dresses, tiaras, embroidered shoes, etc. from the Qing Dynasty that are stored in a large box, intact. Looking at the huge Dongzhu and exquisite embroidery on those pairs of embroidered shoes, it is not difficult to imagine how precious they are.

Then open the dozen or so boxes that were undamaged, in addition to the jewelry inside, they were all overseas ivory carvings and some precious gems and jewelry, plus the yellow and white things in the weathered boxes.

This is simply a proper family style.

Zhou Jiao didn't care about taking a closer look, and used the sack to put all the scattered gold bars, gold ingots, and gold leaves into the sack, and received all the last intact wooden boxes into the space.

After a mess, the secret room is now left with a large black and silver winter melon. For so much silver, Zhou Jiao really couldn't think of any use.

Simply put it in a sack again, compared to the gold, the ancestor of the Gu family finally didn't add a lot to it. Maybe he also hid some silver on a whim at that time.

After cleaning up the useful things, Zhou Jiao didn't clean up the remaining weathered things, cleared the traces of her footprints, and opened the exit passage again in the secret room.

As the mechanism was activated, the door of the secret room slowly closed, and finally Zhou Jiao was ruthless and destroyed the mechanism. She didn't want this place to be broken into one day. If you really have the heart to restore history, it is likely to conclude that this is the other courtyard of the Gu family in Jiangnan, which is really full of storms.

Along the exit passage, after closing two traps, Zhou Jiao finally stood at the entrance of a cave without danger. Without the flashlight, a large pier could be seen in the distance in the dim darkness of the night outside.

According to the bus route taken in the afternoon, Zhou Jiao found that it would be not far from the city, far away from the courtyard, but the distance from the guest house was getting farther and farther.

In this city, Zhou Jiao felt that she was unfamiliar with life, and she didn't dare to take the risk of taking out the car and wandering around. She has been here for almost a month, and she has often heard of smuggling or something, and it is estimated that the management of the area near the wharf must be stricter than that of the downtown area.

Walking briskly into the city at night, squeezing into the bus and returning to the cinema again, it was already the moment when the cinema was about to close.

Seeing the waves of people coming out, Zhou Jiao also gave up the idea of going in again, found a remote place, went to disguise herself, changed back into her clothes before going out, blended into the crowd, and followed the route back to the Commercial Bureau Guest House.

The aunt at the front desk greeted her warmly and asked what movies were playing in the cinema tonight? What's the plot?

One asked lively, and the other answered heartily. It wasn't until the door of the guest house was closed that Zhou Jiao breathed a sigh of relief and said goodbye to the other party and went back to the room to rest.