After rebirth, I married the emperor's uncle and overthrew my ex-husband's kingdom

Zhu Er's face changed when he heard what the madam said, "What a waste! How could we let them search here!"

The madam trembled in fear, "Sir, I have tried my best to confuse them, but the people in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion are too vigilant. After being fooled once, they saw through it."

Zhu Er gritted his teeth and said, "Take your men to guard this place, I'll go down and take a look."

He walked quickly to the secret room, opened the secret door and walked in.

The underground secret room was brightly lit.

Old Ghost Liu had a veil on his face and was fiddling with tools in his hands, cursing, "You bastard, you locked me up in this dark underground secret room and I don't know when you'll let me out!"

"A bunch of people who gave birth to sons without buttholes will be struck by lightning sooner or later!"

Zhu Er walked into the secret room and heard Liu Laogui cursing. He shouted, "Shut up! If you keep yelling, I'll cut off your tongue!"

Liu Laogui immediately fell silent and looked at Zhu Er with resentment, "How long are you going to keep me here?"

He can't even recognize what the sun looks like now!

"I'll let you out when it's time!"

Zhu Er checked the items in the secret room to make sure there were no omissions.

He followed the direction of the secret passage towards the courtyard, and suddenly there was a loud noise coming from above.

"I said it's not at my house, so why did you suddenly barge in?!"

"What are you doing? Are you trying to break into someone's house?!"

Zhu Er's breathing stagnated and he stood there nervously, listening to the noise above with his ears pricked up.

Is he from the Duke Zhenguo’s Mansion?

I found this place so quickly.

Zhu Er didn't care about anything else and immediately turned back.

Seeing him coming back again, Liu Laogui snorted unhappily, "You look so bad, did someone die in your family?"

"Put your things down and follow me!"

Liu Laogui was dragged out by his collar like a puppy. He struggled for a few times but failed to get out, so he simply gave up struggling.

"Someone died in the family. You left so fast that my old bones would fall apart!"

Zhu Er's face turned green as he glared at him angrily, "Do you really think I dare not cut your tongue?!"

Liu Laogui shrank his neck and muttered softly, "You don't know how to respect the elderly at all. I'm so angry that I can't just curse you a few times?"

When the madam saw him bringing up Liu Laogui, she was shocked and said, "Sir, what are you doing——"

"Go and destroy everything down there. Remember to take care of it and don't leave any traces behind!"

The madam asked, "Sir, are all the things down there going to be destroyed as well?"

Those utensils are all made of colored glass, and each piece is very valuable. If they are destroyed, it will take a while to find the same one.

"Except for those utensils, everything else is destroyed!"

After Zhu Er gave her instructions, he asked someone to bring a rope to tie up Liu Laogui.

"What are you doing? I am an old man and I cannot bear such torture. Let me go!"

Zhu Er ignored him, fearing that he would cause trouble, and had someone cover his mouth with a cloth.

"Keep an eye on him!"

This old guy escaped last time. If he hadn’t arrived first with his men, he would have fallen into the hands of the people from the Duke of Zhenguo’s Mansion.

“Wooooooooooo! Woooooooooooo!!!”

Liu Laogui was tied up behind his back. He stared at Zhu Er with bulging eyes and kept making whimpering sounds, obviously cursing.

"Lock him in a secret room!"

After giving all the instructions, he deliberately passed through that alley when he left Yichunyuan and prepared to return to the palace.

The door of one of the courtyards was open, and an old couple with gray hair was watching. One was mending clothes with needle and thread, while the other was feeding chickens with a winnowing basket.

There was no one else around, and he frowned.

Did I just hear it wrong?

When Zhu Er was wondering, he suddenly heard a chuckle from behind him.

"What are you looking at?"

Zhu Er turned around suddenly and saw Lu Xuan in black clothes, standing behind him with a smile on his face.

Zhu Er's heart sank, but he pretended to be calm, "What I'm looking at is none of your business!"

The curve of Lu Xuan's lips widened a little, and he glanced in the direction the person in front of him had just looked at, "You are staring at the old couple in the yard furtively, are you planning to do something illegal?"

Zhu Er frowned under his mask, "Your Excellency must have misunderstood. I was just passing by here."

Lu Xuan raised his eyebrows, "Just passing by? This excuse is too far-fetched. I just saw that you had a curious look on your face."

Zhu Er snorted coldly, "Sir, please don't spit blood at me. I have something else to do, so I'll take my leave first."

As he said this, he wanted to bypass Lu Xuan and leave.

However, Lu Xuan stood in front of him and pointed out his identity directly, "Don't be in a hurry to leave, Master Zhu, don't you want to know what I found out today?"

Zhu Er was shocked. He took off the mask on his face and pretended to be normal. "Mr. Lu, what did you find out?"

Lu Xuan smiled and whispered in his ear, "I didn't find it before, but I found it just now."

The previous voice wasn't them? Then...

Zhu Er's pupils suddenly shrank and his hand subconsciously reached for the sword at his waist.

Lu Xuan noticed his movements, took a step back, and crossed his arms, "Master Zhu, are you trying to silence me?"

Zhu Er withdrew his hand and smiled, "Mr. Lu, you are joking. I just hold the sword out of habit."

Lu Xuan did not expose him, and said slowly: "I don't know what secrets are hidden in that small courtyard. Lord Zhu, why don't you go with me to check it out?"

Zhu Er gritted his teeth, but remained calm, "Mr. Lu, why are you so persistent? That courtyard is just an ordinary family's, what secrets could it have?"

Lu Xuan shook his head slightly, staring at him sharply, "Master Zhu, you and I both know that this is not the case. If nothing happened, why are you so panicked?"

Zhu Er remained calm, "Mr. Lu, how did you know that I was nervous?"

At this time, a few men who looked like servants came running over from a distance. When they saw Zhu Er, they shouted, "Master Zhu, the prince asked you to go back quickly."

Zhu Er straightened his clothes and bowed to Lu Xuan, "Mr. Lu, I have something else to do. We will talk another day."

Without waiting for Lu Xuan's response, he turned around and left in a hurry.

Lu Xuan looked at his back and narrowed his eyes slightly. He raised his hand, and the person hiding in the dark immediately appeared.

"Take people to search that small courtyard!"

It was really thanks to Zhu Er, otherwise they would not have known that the yard where this ordinary old couple lived was the place they were looking for.

On the other side, Zhu Er left the alley and returned to Yichunyuan as quickly as possible.

The madam and her confidant were preparing to move the glassware inside. Zhu Er quickly went to the underground secret room. He picked up the tung oil beside him and quickly poured it into every corner.

A pungent smell hit her nose, and the madam looked nervous, "Sir, the things haven't been moved yet."

"I don't want the things anymore!"

After pouring the tung oil, Zhu Er knocked the oil lamp beside him to the ground without hesitation.

Suddenly, scorching flames shot up into the sky!