After my mind was read, I became the emperor's favorite

After everyone had thoroughly explored the secret passage, they called a team of Wuyiwei to carry these "physical evidences" to the front hall.

They followed Mr. Qin to the second suspicious place, the fire room in the main courtyard.

Due to the hot and dry climate in Shengjing, fires are sometimes prone to occur, so generally wealthy families will keep firewood separately.

Fire rooms came into being. Any courtyard with more than two entrances would have such an independent small room.

So in the eyes of ordinary people, there is nothing special about this house.

If Mr. Qin hadn't marked this place, they would never have noticed such an inconspicuous little place.

But this time they cleared out all the firewood and searched every corner of the house, but found nothing.

Looking at the empty fire room that was only three feet deep into the ground, everyone looked at each other in confusion.

The house is empty, and I'm afraid Mr. Qin can't do anything about it.

He then thought again that the harvest from the secret passage of the greenhouse was already rich enough to uproot the Wu family, a century-old family.

They didn't take the fact that they found nothing in the fire room to heart.

Just as everyone was about to return to the main hall to arrest the person, they saw Qi Mingze staring at the groove in the wall where the wooden stick was embedded with a frown.

Qi Mingze reached out and touched the grooves, then took down the wooden stick and took a look at it.

Then he stepped out of the stairs, looked outside the house, and then walked back in.

"You guys go out first."

Mr. Qin must have discovered something! Everyone was excited when they heard this and followed the order to file out.

Suddenly, only Qi Mingze and Jun Linyuan were left in the room.

Jun Linyuan appeared calm and composed on the surface, and didn't ask a single question.

In fact, he knew that he didn't need to ask, because there would be a noisy little thing to ask for him, so he just had to stay here and pretend to be deep and reliable.

[Host, tell me what you have discovered? ]

Just as Jun Linyuan had expected, the impatient system couldn't wait to know the underlying principle.

I really can't wait a second. The sooner I know it, the more I can stand on the shoulders of giants and look down on those tiny and ignorant humans.

Well, to put it simply, you can’t waste time pretending to be cool!

Even if they can't see it, it doesn't prevent it from YY.

[This fire room is about 3 meters high from the outside, but less than 2.5 meters from inside.]

【Isn't it normal for the inside of the suite to be lower than the outside? 】

[But the stairs outside the house are five steps, while the stairs inside the house are six, and each step is higher than the outside. Did you notice this?]

At this point, Jun Linyuan already understood, but the system was still confused, and six out of seven were not clear.

[Isn’t this normal? 】

[Of course it's not normal. This room has lost over half a meter of space for no reason.]

[Oh, host, are you saying there's a mezzanine here?]

【Um. 】

[Where is the mechanism? This place has been completely cleared out, even every wall has been explored.]

[Far away in the horizon, yet close at hand. ]

[These grooves? I thought they were just decorations.]

[Normally, servants would not pay any attention to a fire room where firewood is stored, but there is not a speck of dust in these grooves.

I've also seen the decorations in the greenhouse, all covered in dust. Comparing the two, it's clear at a glance.

[……] It was as clear as a god, and the system felt that the host was being too arrogant.

Seeing that there was no problem with the system, Qi Mingze took off the wooden sticks in the upper row and placed them one by one in the corresponding grooves.

As the last stick was put in, an ink character made up of wooden sticks appeared in front of the two of them.

There was only a slight sound of gears turning, and the roof was actually slowly descending.

"Che'er, be careful."

Even though he knew Xiao Che would not make a mistake, when the crisis came, Jun Linyuan still subconsciously protected Qi Mingze in his arms.

"Jinrong, it's okay." Qi Mingze was very moved, but this emotion was mixed with a hint of helplessness.

He was originally planning to pull Jinrong to squat down together, but the person next to him moved too quickly and pressed him down directly.

It's also his fault for not making it clear in advance.

However, Jinrong's subconscious behavior made him more aware of his position in his heart.

This means that he loves him more than his own life, so even the system that loves to sabotage him can't say a harsh word.

Sure enough, the mechanism stopped one meter from the ground.

There were still important matters to deal with, and it was not a good idea to hold him like this all the time, so Qi Mingze could only push the person off him.

Jun Linyuan finally let go of Qi Mingze as if waking from a dream, looked at him with a hint of embarrassment, and even took the time to squint at the system.

Seeing that there was nothing unusual, he calmly pretended nothing had happened.

Of course, Qi Mingze, out of consideration for her boyfriend's reputation, would not expose it directly. This time, even the system did not complain about him.

"Jinrong, let's go up and take a look."

"You stay here, I'll go up first."

Jun Linyuan, who was still frightened, was not willing to let Qi Mingze take risks again. He let him stay here without any question, and he went into the mezzanine to explore through the secret passage on the beam.

This time there was no mechanism, and there were some account books and letters stored inside. In the end, he even found several of Xia Lin's military defense maps.

Jun Linyuan's blood boiled when he saw this, and he almost couldn't hold back the murderous intent in his heart. He wanted to destroy the Wu family and those who leaked the secrets to ashes.

After the two came out of the mezzanine, everyone discovered that there was actually another world inside the fire room.

After a careful search, they found that hidden inside were account books of buying and selling official positions, accepting bribes, and issuing usury.

The handles and weaknesses of officials at all levels, as well as some confidential correspondence, as well as the military defense map were taken away by "Jun Linyuan".

These evidences are enough to make it impossible for the Wu family to recover, so there is no need to make secrets like the military defense map public.

The purpose of searching the Wu Mansion had been achieved, and even more than that, the task had been completed in excess, so everyone had the leisure to gossip.

They all humbly asked Mr. Qin how he had figured out the design of the mechanism this time.

After listening to the explanation, they couldn't help but admire Mr. Qin, who was knowledgeable and well-informed, even more.

The successor of Mohism is not worthy of his reputation, as he is able to set up those ingenious and treacherous mechanisms.

It can also perfectly utilize the psychology of "darkness under the lamp" and "hiding trees in the forest" to hide the secret room.

If he hadn't met Qi Mingze, whose insight, decision-making, control and thinking abilities were all extraordinary.

Coupled with the well-trained execution and agile skills of the Jinyiwei and Wuyiwei, I am afraid that the Wu family can really escape this disaster.

Unfortunately, good ultimately triumphs over evil, and the game is just one step behind.

Justice may be late, but it will never be absent!

(I’m looking for five-star book reviews every day, my dears~)