After my soul traveled through time and space, I became the male protagonist Bai Yueguang

Mu Yanchen left Mu Guichao's study with a stern face and strode towards the suite under construction. He walked hurriedly but with an outstanding appearance, and even at this moment no one would notice that he was in a state of embarrassment.

The suite was surrounded by Situ Rui and no one was allowed to enter. The soundproofing work was very good. The suite was separated from the banquet hall by a long corridor. Standing in the banquet hall and listening to the melodious music, one could hardly hear any noise from inside.

But if you get closer you can definitely hear the noise inside, and it's quite loud.

Mu Yanchen opened the makeshift door that had been built there. Smoke and dust were billowing inside, and the scene was hazy as if separated by a layer of gauze, but he still accurately captured the dark gap in the bathroom.

Situ Rui was wearing noise-canceling earplugs and failed to notice Mu Yanchen in time. It was only when others patted him that he turned around belatedly. He was a little shocked when he saw Mu Yanchen appear.

Mu Yanchen gestured in the air with his hands, roughly meaning that they should go to a quieter place to talk.

Situ Rui nodded, hung the earphones around his neck, and followed Mu Yanchen out.

We came to an open area, which was actually the garden outside the glass door of the suite. From afar, we could see the brightly lit banquet hall, but it was much quieter than inside the suite.

Situ Rui only felt that Mu Yanchen and Mu Guichao went to the study, and when they came out they were completely changed, as if every step they took brought frost.

Mu Yanchen stood on the grass, lowered his head, slightly raised his eyelashes, revealing the thick darkness underneath. He stared at Situ Rui quietly, making Situ Rui at a loss as to what to do.

"What's wrong? If you think the progress is too slow, I can hurry it up."

Situ Rui scratched his nose. He didn't want to look at Mu Yanchen now.

"I know who the murderer is," Mu Yanchen paused, "or should I say the mastermind behind the scenes."

"what?"

"who is it?"

"Duan Lu Chong." Mu Yanchen said it very lightly, but Situ Rui could vaguely taste the hidden anger in it. It was like the calm before the storm, hot and humid, with extremely low air pressure, making it hard to breathe.

"If it's him, then isn't that Mu Guichao?"

Mu Yanchen shook his head, seemingly not wanting to say more on this issue, "Duan Luchong, have you seen him?"

Situ Rui had a solemn expression on his face. He knew what finding the murderer behind the scenes meant to Mu Yanchen. It was an extreme situation of either you or I live. As long as that person existed, Mu Yanchen would definitely find him and then take revenge at all costs.

"No, I stayed in the suite the whole time. As for the lobby, someone did tell me that they hadn't seen Shen Zhao since he disappeared."

"Really?" Mu Yanchen lowered his hands, clenched his fists tightly with his knuckles, and they trembled slightly between his sleeves.

Although his face seemed calm, Situ Rui, who had been with him for a long time, could still vaguely detect those hidden clues. He looked out the window at the dark night belonging to the Mu residence, and he was afraid that this night would not end easily.

When the two returned to the suite, the construction team seemed to have completed the work. The foreman ran up to them with a timid look in his eyes, and seemed to be hesitating about what to say, but for a moment he just stood there and said nothing.

The foreman was well aware of some of the secrets of the wealthy mansions. When he asked his men to break down the wall of the bathroom and saw the dark corridor inside, he knew what kind of job he had taken this time.

The Mu family had long been known as a miraculous family in Shengjing. Now that he had the misfortune to discover the secret passage inside, he didn't know what would happen to him.

So he came before the two important figures somewhat timidly, and when the words came to his lips, he dared not say anything.

"What? Is there really a secret passage?" Situ Rui asked.

The foreman just nodded, without making any extra movements or asking any extra questions. At a time like this, the more you know, the faster you will die.

"Give the money, Situ Rui, their work is done." After Mu Yanchen finished speaking, he walked towards the bathroom, leaving behind only a tall and cold back with a hint of urgency.

"Yes, yes, yes," Situ Rui said "yes" three times in a row, took out his wallet to pay, and patted the foreman's shoulder before leaving, looking into his frightened eyes, "I know what you are afraid of, but you are just here to work tonight, so just pretend you know nothing. You really know nothing, don't you?"

The foreman knew that Situ Rui was going to let him go, so he nodded stiffly, took everyone's wages, and hurriedly left through the prepared path without making any noise. The people in the hall didn't even know that the construction in the house had been completed.

The bathroom looked like a war had just taken place. The foreman had already sprayed water inside, and all the dust in the air had gathered on the ground, so that it would not be so dusty that it would blur the vision. At this time, the mud and dust mixed together to form a winding gray stream on the tiles, which slowly flowed towards the channel.

The wall facing the mirror was chiseled open, revealing a seemingly ancient secret passage. There was no light at all and no one knew where it led to.

Mu Yanchen stood at the entrance of the corridor, looking inside from the outside.

"So what should we do now? The old man seems to be about to announce his successor. Do you still want to go in at this time? You don't know what's inside?"

Situ Rui swallowed his saliva. He knew very well that the people in Mu's house were not easy to deal with, but he never thought that a dead thing like a house could be as scary as the abyss of a giant beast, swallowing people without leaving any bones.

After waiting for a long while, Mu Yanchen finally said, "Whoever Mu Yingfeng wants to inherit will inherit. The procedures will be followed naturally, but Shen Zhao's matter cannot be delayed. I have seen the ancient secret passage map in the Mu residence."

"Then you must remember everything with your memory, right?" Situ Rui always had an inexplicable confidence in Mu Yanchen, which was beyond common sense. It seemed that as long as Mu Yanchen was there, there was nothing he couldn't do.

"Yes, I remember it, but that picture was indeed drawn by the first architect, and that person had a tragic ending."

"That's right. Since ancient times, most of the builders of the residences and mausoleums of royal families have not had a good ending. The more you know, the more dangerous it is. No wonder the foreman was sweating so much just now. It seems that he was scared."

Mu Yanchen glanced at him and said, "But this secret passage must be newly added. It didn't exist before, and we don't know when it was added."

"So scary? But the people in power in your family have changed several times, so it's not surprising to have a new one."

Mu Yanchen walked forward and reached out to touch the bricks in the secret passage. He was silent for a long time before saying, "Although it is not newly built, it must have been built during the period when Mu Yingfeng was in power, so it must have been in the past few decades."

"Want to go in and take a look?"

Mu Yanchen's eyes were firm and he was not afraid of what was inside. "Of course."

"Let's go then."