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

There were many candlesticks lit on the surrounding walls. The flames reflected on the walls and then reflected back, making it much brighter and no longer feeling so deserted.

Before entering here, Jing Chunxi had already made a discovery. Not far from the basement door, the original secret passage was opened again.

Go straight and you will see the door to the basement. Turn left and you won’t know where it leads.

In short, it is still extending forward, so it must have its destination.

Seeing Jing Chunxi's gaze linger in that direction, Tao Jin marveled at her cleverness and whispered to her, "In fact, there are secret passages leading down from the front yard where my grandfather lived, and from the 'Mulan Courtyard' where my mother lived."

Jing Chunxiqing said "Oh" softly and was not too surprised. Now that Tao Jin had told her so many experiences with his grandparents' family, she had already had some vague guesses. She had to face the threat of death at any time. Even a cunning rabbit has three burrows, let alone a smart person. You have to leave a way out for the whole family.

Jing Chunxi: What a pity!

Several dark rooms were empty, with nothing in them except some dust and a few miscellaneous items scattered in the corners.

Jing Chunxi followed Tao Jin and the others and took a quick look around the dark rooms, feeling some doubts in his mind.

In addition to saving lives, the secret room must also store important and valuable things, and life-saving food and weapons must also be stored.

How could the basement be empty?

She couldn't help but whisper to the people around her, "Were there a lot of things that were confiscated back then?"

Tao Jin looked at her in surprise, and finally said, "Grandfather lived a life of poverty. After retiring from the court, it was not easy for him to support such a large family."

But when he said this, he suddenly opened his eyes wide and looked at Jing Chunxi a little hesitantly and confidently.

Jing Chunxi nodded and said, "Why build such a large basement if you are poor?" She didn't believe it. Why would she build a granary when she had no food at home?

Then neither of them spoke.

After a long while, Tao Jin finally said, "Sister Xi is indeed very smart."

He only learned to walk when his maternal grandfather's family met with misfortune. Later, his family was forced to move to Lingnan, and he only knew that his father and mother had a very good relationship.

But he was rarely told about family matters. He had some guesses about his father not spending the New Year in Lingnan every year, but it was not until he came back this time and asked the old servants in the house that he learned that his father would secretly come back to pay homage to his maternal grandfather's family.

So, did my father know the secret of the secret passage? Did he do something about it?

Thinking of this, Tao Jin still shook his head. When his mother told him the secret, his father was not at home, and his mother also said that the secret was only told to him.

Jing Chunxi was also stunned for a moment.

Tao Jin had just told her in the secret passage that the things he had found were obviously not here, which meant that there might be more than just this vault. But from Tao Jin's tone, it seemed that the things he had found and placed there were not valuable gold or silver treasures.

Suddenly, something came to his mind, so Tao Jin didn't let them stay in the basement for too long. He just took a quick look and then led everyone forward.

Everyone thought they would return the same way, but Tao Jin led everyone to the last room of the dark room.

No one knew what Tao Jin was going to do next, and everyone kept staring at him, because there was neither a door nor a secret passage leading out.

Tao Jin didn't say anything, but just walked around the dark room. He held on to the wall and went up and down, as if he was looking for something, but he couldn't find it.

Jing Chunxi also held his breath and stared closely at Tao Jin's movements, fearing that something might go wrong.

Suddenly, Tao Jin pressed his fingers lightly on the wall above his head. Before anyone could react, they heard a creaking sound, and a spot on the wall slowly moved away, revealing a secret door.

It's so amazing. There is such a big door and so many eyes staring at it, but I couldn't see any trace of the door just now.

It was still pitch black behind the secret door, but one could tell at a glance that it was a secret passage leading out.

Tao Jin turned around and said to everyone, "You guys go out first. Ah Qi, wait a moment."

After saying that, he stepped back a few steps and pulled Jing Chunxi and him aside. The follower still walked in front with torches, and the others walked out of the secret door one after another.

Ah Qi took two steps back and stayed. Now, seeing how Young Master Tao behaved towards the young lady from yesterday till now, he had completely let down his guard and regarded Tao Jin as his own.