An eight-year-old kid emptied his scumbag father's warehouse and followed his grandparents into

The warm sunlight shone through the treetops in the garden and fell on Jing Chunxi's face. She was standing next to the rockery in the garden, listening to Tao Jin's arrangements.

Unexpectedly, the secret passage was just under the rockery in the garden. Tao Jin confirmed with Jing Chunxi again and again to make sure that the people he brought were trustworthy.

Tao Jin asked his men to gather Jing Chunxi's men, and then ordered the secret guards to guard the entrance and exit of the garden.

Jing Chunxi stood beside Tao Jin, watching him carefully arrange everything. The young man had thrown away all the gloom between his brows and returned to his normal state of confidence and composure.

On the contrary, Jing Chunxi felt a little nervous. She was full of curiosity and uneasiness about the secret passage and basement below.

He asked everyone to stand still in one place, and Tao Jin walked around the rockery.

When he walked in front of them again, no one noticed that Tao Jin had triggered some mechanism. With a creaking sound, the bottom of a five or six foot square fish pond next to the rockery, which was blocked by bushes, suddenly sank and opened, revealing a series of stairs extending downwards.

The fish pond had long been dry and there had been no water for who knows how long. It was covered with thick dust and fallen leaves.

This entrance was built secretly. There used to be water and fish above it, and the bushes should have been able to be hung up to the surface of the water to block the entrance, so outsiders could not see anything strange about it.

Jing Chunxi couldn't help but sigh that if Tao Jin hadn't led the way, she would never have been able to find the entrance even if she searched the entire house.

At this time, an attendant went down first with a torch.

Tao Jin turned his head, smiled gently at Jing Chunxi, and said, "Don't be afraid, just follow me."

He took Jing Chunxi's little hand back into his own, then turned to Ah Qi and said, "Follow me, don't get too close."

Jing Chunxi also held Tao Jin tightly with his backhand, and felt a little at peace.

Not long after walking, he discovered that the secret passage was more complicated than any Jing Chunxi had ever seen. It twisted and turned in many directions, which was very confusing.

If someone were to chase after him, he would definitely be able to escape quickly, and it would be impossible for someone who was not familiar with the structure inside to catch up.

If there wasn't someone leading the way in front and Tao Jin holding his hand, Jing Chunxi felt that he would definitely get lost in this maze.

Every time the attendants in front of them walked a distance, they would light the candlesticks on the wall. So, although the secret passage was not bright, it was not dark either.

The secret passage was very long and relatively wide, otherwise the two of them would not have been able to hold hands and walk side by side.

With the help of the dim light, Jing Chunxi saw that the walls around him were occasionally engraved with some incomprehensible patterns, as if telling the secrets of the past.

Tao Jin whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Originally, I didn't believe that everyone in my grandparents' family was dead.

When I was in the capital, I secretly came here a few times. A few days ago, I checked the secret passage again and found some things stored in a hidden place. They were neatly arranged and no one had looked through them, which means no one had entered since then.

At this point, Tao Jin's eyes must have been filled with tears again, and he held Jing Chunxi's hand tighter.

My mother said that this underground secret passage was originally only known to the boys over the age of ten in my grandparents' family.

The reason my mother knew this was that a few years after my mother got married, my grandfather's heart was always pounding, and he felt that the emperor's mind was unpredictable, so he sent my uncle to the capital to remind her and told her the location of the mechanism in her home.

They and their parents made a lot of efforts to avoid the killing, but unfortunately, the result was contrary to their expectations.

Jing Chunxi consoled him, "Brother, didn't you mention that we still have an aunt? Lingnan is too far away. Perhaps someone escaped and went to seek refuge with my aunt nearby."

Tao Jin shook his head vigorously, his face serious and helpless, and said with certainty: "After the incident at home, my aunt must have had a hard time. I still haven't found her until now."

Jing Chunxi asked in confusion: "How could it be? A married woman has a husband's family, how could she not be found? Didn't they say that marrying a daughter would not be implicated?"

Tao Jin lamented Jing Chunxi's ignorance, not knowing that the world is unpredictable and that the emperor's heart is unpredictable.

He continued, "When my aunt got married, my grandfather had already retired to Jiujiang, and she only married a small county magistrate in the suburbs of Beijing.

After my grandfather's accident, my uncle was also dismissed from his post. My brother later sent people to look for my uncle's hometown, but they didn't return.

"If my brother can't find someone, then no one else can find him either."

There was a hint of helplessness and pain in Tao Jin's voice.

Jing Chunxi looked at him, his heart full of sympathy.

Having lost his mother, he must have wanted to fulfill her long-cherished wish and worked hard to find the bloodline of his maternal grandfather's family. However, he was disappointed again and again. How helpless and lost he must have felt. She could empathize with him in this regard.

Although the secret passage was winding, they still walked a long way.

For some reason, Jing Chunxi always felt that they had not gone far and must still be somewhere in the garden.

After walking for a long time, she finally saw the end of the secret passage. The lights ahead suddenly brightened considerably, probably because the people ahead had lit a number of candlesticks. Looking forward, she saw that the secret passage was no longer ahead, but a basement that was suddenly open.

The space in front of them suddenly opened up, and they had walked into a spacious dark room, which was also the basement.

This place feels like a small palace, but the small palace is divided into several large rooms, but all the rooms are empty now.

Just as Tao Jin said, it can accommodate as many things as possible.