The ancient war between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in a wealthy family

Zhan Yu's words were like a flash of lightning, illuminating the gloom of unease within me. Could it be that the answer we'd been searching for lay hidden within this pile of ancient documents? I suppressed my excitement and stood quietly beside him, awaiting his further explanation.

"Oh, so what even if you find it?" Mo Qinxin, who had been silent all this time, suddenly sneered and struggled to get up from the ground. "Without the password, you can't open anything!"

As she spoke, she pulled out a delicate little box from her bosom and proudly waved it in front of us. The box was made of brass and intricately carved with patterns, and it was obvious that it was worth a lot of money.

I suddenly understood that the box must contain the key to unlock the ultimate secret - the password!

"Hand over the things!" I was furious and rushed forward, trying to snatch the box from Mo Qinxin's hand.

However, before I could even touch her, I was stopped by two men in black. Like ghosts, they appeared before us out of nowhere. They were tall and strong, with fierce eyes, and it was clear they weren't good people.

"Who are you, you bastards? How dare you stop me?" I shouted angrily and started fighting with them without hesitation.

Having practiced martial arts since childhood, I struggled against the two men in black, but I wasn't at a disadvantage. However, just as I was concentrating on dealing with the men in black, Mo Qinxin took the opportunity to slip to the door of the secret room, preparing to escape!

"Don't let her run away!" I shouted anxiously, but I was too busy to do anything.

Upon seeing this, Zhan Yu immediately abandoned the other man in black and flew after Mo Qinxin. However, Mo Qinxin was prepared. She pulled out a black ball from her sleeve and smashed it hard on the ground.

With a loud "bang", a pungent smoke instantly spread out, choking me to the point of tears and blurring my vision.

When I came to my senses, Mo Qinxin and her men had disappeared.

"Damn it!" I couldn't help but curse, my heart filled with regret and worry.

"Don't worry, they can't run away." Zhan Yu's voice sounded in my ears, with a hint of imperceptible solemnity.

As he spoke, he picked up a fallen black ball from the ground and looked at it carefully.

"What is this?" I asked puzzledly.

"It's an ancient smoke spell that can temporarily incapacitate a person," Zhan Yu explained. "Luckily, I was prepared."

"So what do we do now?" I asked anxiously, "Should we go after them?"

Zhan Yu shook his head and said in a deep voice: "No hurry, let's leave here first."

As he spoke, he took my hand and walked towards the other exit of the secret room.

After exiting the secret room, we found ourselves in a long and narrow passage. Oil lamps were lit at intervals on the walls on both sides of the passage, and the dim light made the passage dim and shadowy, adding a touch of eerie atmosphere.

"Where is this place?" I couldn't help but ask, with an ominous premonition in my heart.

"If I'm not mistaken..." Zhan Yu paused and said solemnly, "This should be the secret passage leading to the Zhan family's ancestral tomb."

My heart sank, a chill running from my feet to my head. The Zhan family's ancestral tomb—that's a place filled with taboos and legends...

"What should we do now?" I subconsciously grabbed Zhan Yu's hand and asked nervously.

Zhan Yu didn't say anything, but took out his cell phone from his pocket and prepared to call for help. However, he found that his cell phone had no signal!

"What's going on?" I suddenly had a bad feeling in my heart.

Zhan Yu frowned and tried to make a call over and over again, but the words "No Signal" always appeared on the phone screen.

"It seems that we are trapped here." He put down the phone and said calmly, but my hand felt the warmth of his palm getting colder and colder.

"Lawyer Fang..." I muttered to myself, as if I had grabbed a life-saving straw.

However, Zhan Yu's next words made me fall into the abyss completely.

"It's useless," he shook his head, a hint of bitterness in his tone, "Since Mo Qinxin dared to do this, he must have made all the necessary preparations..."

"It's useless," Zhan Yu shook his head, a hint of bitterness in his tone, "Since Mo Qinxin dared to do this, he must have made all the necessary preparations..."

Before he finished speaking, my phone rang in my pocket. It was Lawyer Fang. I answered the call, trembling as if I had grasped at a lifeline.

"Hello, Lawyer Fang! We are in an underground secret passage and our cell phones have no signal..." I explained incoherently, hoping that a solution would come from the other end of the phone.

"What? An underground secret passage?" Lawyer Fang's voice sounded a little fuzzy, accompanied by a loud electrical sound. "Don't panic, I'll call the police right away!"

"Wait, Lawyer Fang..." Before I could tell him our exact location, the call was disconnected, leaving only a desperate busy tone.

"What's wrong?" Zhan Yu asked worriedly when he saw that I was pale.

I shook my head helplessly and handed him the phone. "Lawyer Fang said he wanted to call the police, but the line suddenly disconnected. Maybe the signal here is bad..."

Zhan Yu took the phone and operated it quickly for a few times, but his brows were getting more and more furrowed.

"The signal has been blocked." He said in a deep voice, with a hint of solemnity in his tone, "It seems that Mo Qinxin has planned everything in advance. She wants to trap us here to death!"

"Then what should we do?" I was suddenly panicked. I thought I would be safe after escaping from the secret room, but I didn't expect that even greater danger was waiting for us.

"Don't worry, there will always be a way." Zhan Yu gently held my hand, trying to give me strength.

However, before he could finish his words, a loud bang suddenly came from the other end of the passage, as if something had collapsed.

"Not good!" Zhan Yu's face changed. "Mo Qinxin must have triggered some mechanism. Let's go!"

He took my hand and ran towards the other end of the passage. However, before we ran far, we heard a series of creepy noises in the passage behind us, as if something was approaching quickly.

"Hurry, this way!" Zhan Yu pulled me through twists and turns, and finally we arrived at a relatively spacious stone chamber.

Before we could even breathe a sigh of relief, we discovered that in the center of the stone chamber was a bottomless abyss! The abyss was surrounded by towering stone walls, and the light was dim, making it impossible to see the bottom.

“How could this happen…” I took a step back in horror, but tripped over a piece of gravel on the ground and was about to fall into the abyss.

At the critical moment, Zhan Yu quickly grabbed my hand and pulled me back from the edge of the abyss.

"Be careful!" He protected me behind him and looked around vigilantly.

At this moment, there was a sudden "boom" sound above our heads, and the stone chamber began to shake violently. Countless dust and gravel fell from above our heads, making it impossible for us to open our eyes.

"Hurry up! This place is going to collapse!" Zhan Yu shouted and pulled me to the other side of the stone chamber.

However, the exit of the stone chamber had been blocked by falling rocks, and we were trapped in this space that was about to collapse.

"What should I do..." I grabbed Zhan Yu's sleeve tightly, fear and despair almost swallowed me.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Zhan Yu hugged me tightly and used his body to protect me from the falling debris.

Suddenly, a huge stone slab fell from above, separating Zhan Yu and me...

"Zhanyu—" I screamed heartbreakingly, but could only watch as the huge rock separated me from him. Dust filled the air, I coughed violently, and my vision was blurry, unable to see anything clearly.

"Ahem... Zhanyu, where are you?" I struggled to stand, but found my ankle pinned by a fallen rock, unable to move. Terror surged over me like a tide, and I desperately slapped the fallen rubble around me, trying in vain to dislodge the huge rock that was pressing down on me.

"Hahaha, Miss Bai, it seems that God wants you to die here!" Suddenly, a cold voice came from not far away. I was shocked. It was Song Pangzhi!

I strained my eyes to see through the hazy dust that Song Pangzhi and several men in black were walking towards me. He had a ferocious grin on his face, his eyes gleaming with greed, as if I were already a piece of fish on his chopping block.

"What do you want to do?" I asked cautiously, enduring the pain.

"What for? Of course, to give Miss Bai a ride!" Song Pangzhi sneered, with undisguised murderous intent in his tone.

My heart sank, knowing I was doomed today. I looked around, trying to find any chance of escape, but I found myself cornered.

"Don't waste your energy, this is a dead end." Song Pangzhi approached step by step, with a crazy light flashing in his eyes, "Just surrender obediently, maybe I can leave you with an intact body!"

I took a deep breath and tried to stay calm. I knew that in times like this, I couldn't panic.

"Song Bangzhi, aren't you afraid of revenge from the Zhan family?" I asked sternly, trying to delay time.

"Hahaha, the Zhan family?" Song Pengzhi laughed out loud as if he had heard something funny. "By the time Zhan Yu finds you here, you'll already be a cold corpse! By then, who would still suspect me?"

As he spoke, he stretched out his sinful hands towards me.

I closed my eyes in despair, waiting for death to come.

"Stop!" Just then, a familiar voice suddenly rang out from the doorway of the stone chamber. I opened my eyes abruptly and saw a tall figure standing there against the light, emitting an icy aura.

"Zhan Yu!" I cried with joy, as if I had grabbed the last straw.

However, before my joy could spread, I saw that the men in black behind Song Pangzhi had surrounded Zhan Yu. He was alone, with only a handful of broken steel bars picked up from the ground in his hand...

Zhan Yu's appearance undoubtedly gave me great hope, but it also made me more worried. How could he possibly stand up to so many vicious men in black, all alone with only a broken steel bar in his hand?

"Zhan Yu, be careful!" I couldn't help but remind him loudly. I wanted to rush over, but was blocked by the huge rock under my feet.

Zhan Yu didn't say anything, but just glanced coldly at Song Pangzhi and the men in black. There was a cold light flashing in his deep eyes, like an enraged lion, ready to launch a fatal attack at any time.

He rushed towards the man in black who was closest to me, and swung the steel bar in his hand like lightning. The man couldn't dodge in time and fell to the ground with a scream. However, the other men in black had already surrounded him.

I was extremely anxious, but helpless. I could only watch Zhan Yu being trapped in the crowd. He tried to break out, but couldn't.

"Hahaha, Zhan Yu, you've finally met your end!" Song Pangzhi laughed triumphantly. "Just surrender yourself, and maybe I can leave you with an intact body!"

Zhan Yu ignored his shouting and fought back even more fiercely, each move ruthless and deadly. However, two fists were no match for four hands, and he gradually fell into a disadvantage, and scars began to appear on his body.

"Zhan Yu!" I shouted his name heartbreakingly, tears blurring my eyes.

At this moment, Mo Qinxin, who had been hiding in the dark, suddenly appeared. She was holding a sharp dagger in her hand, with a sinister smile on her face, and approached me step by step.

"Miss Bai, you should worry about yourself!" she said, raising the dagger and stabbing at me.

My eyes widened in terror, but I was powerless to dodge. At the critical moment, Zhan Yu suddenly roared, shook off the black-clad man beside him, and rushed towards me at an astonishing speed...

"Let's go! Here..."