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"The secret passage's mechanism cannot be known to too many people."

After making sure that everyone who had left was well away from the secret door, Tao Jin spoke in a low and serious voice. He walked past Jing Chunxi and Ah Qi and went to another wall slightly further away from the secret door.

Standing there, he added, "Pay attention to the position of this bluestone slab. The mechanism is not on the wall, but under the feet." Jing Chunxi and Ah Qi also walked over to him. They lowered their heads and looked carefully at the smooth bluestone floor under the candlelight, but they could not see any difference in the bluestone slab.

Ah Qi even squatted down and touched the ground back and forth several times with his hands. It took him a long time to stand up and shake his head at Jing Chunxi, indicating that he found nothing.

Seeing this, Tao Jin smiled slightly and said, "Pay attention to my right foot."

He walked to the base of the wall and stood on the bluestone slab. He stomped his right foot, which was closest to the wall, down three times, then lightly touched the base of the wall with his toes and stopped.

There was no response at all. The bluestone slabs did not react, and the secret door did not open.

Tao Jin ignored their surprise and slowly walked towards the secret door, stroking the wall with his right hand all the way.

As he walked, the secret door slowly closed by itself. Jing Chunxi and Ah Qi both stared at this scene with wide eyes in surprise.

They did not see Tao Jin's hand touching the mechanism, just a few fingers lightly stroked the wall.

"Opening and closing the secret door is the same, and the same principle applies when entering from the outside. It's just that the location of the mechanism outside is different."

Tao Jin explained, "Actually, I held onto the wall with my hands just now to confuse you. Only in this way would you think the mechanism was on the wall."

Jing Chunxi suddenly realized that when he opened the door just now, she only remembered looking at his hands and did not notice the movements of his feet at all.

Tao Jin added: "The switch is the four movements of your feet just now, but there is a pause from touching the switch to the secret door opening.

So when I opened the door for the first time, I felt along the wall, making you feel like you were looking for a switch, but when you walked all the way here, the switch had actually been turned on by me.

Jing Chunxi and Ah Qi opened their mouths even wider. No one could have imagined such a switch.

Tao Jin was worried that they wouldn't understand if he just told them, so he asked Ah Qi and Jing Chunxi to try opening and closing the door respectively.

Jing Chunxi followed Tao Jin's instructions, stood at the designated position, stomped his right foot three times, and then gently touched the base of the wall with his toes. Sure enough, the secret door opened smoothly again.

In her heart, she secretly admired the meticulousness and wisdom of Tao Jin's maternal grandfather's family. If there were no clues about the design of such a mechanism, it would be difficult to find the mechanism and escape even if she was locked up here for ten years.

After confirming that both of them had mastered the method, Tao Jin said, "Let's go. Don't make them wait too long."

They walked into the secret passage and found that the place where the people in front of them were waiting for them was a little far away. Tao Jin pointed to a place and told them: "This is also a trap."

Then he repeated the four steps and easily closed the darkroom door from the outside.

Tao Jin whispered to the two of them, "The mechanism at the entrance to the rockery isn't actually on the rockery itself, but on the other side where everyone was standing just now. I only went over and stood with you after I flipped the switch."

Jing Chunxi: Holy crap! No wonder!

Ah Qi was convinced. Even if he sent ten people to keep a close eye on Young Master Tao's movements, they probably wouldn't be able to find anything strange.

Tao Jin added, "The exact location of the mechanism on the rockery. I'll tell you after we get up there and send the others away."

As for the entrances and exits of the front yard and his mother's room, Tao Jin did not tell it in front of Ah Qi. He planned to tell Jing Chunxi alone.

In fact, there was a reason why he wanted to give this house to Jing Chunxi as a birthday gift.

No one can guarantee that everything will go smoothly. He was a little worried that he might not be able to return to the capital, and he didn't dare to say what would happen along the way, so he resorted to this last resort.

He was worried that there would be no one to share his and his mother's secrets with. He was also worried that with no one to look after it, the house would become overgrown with weeds and a lonely place.

He felt relieved when he put it in Jing Chunxi's hands.

He believed that as long as he didn't die, he could come back to this house at any time without anyone stopping him.

He believed that Jing Chunxi was not only a trustworthy person, but also someone who could protect the secret, and the only person he trusted.

He originally just thought that there was no difference between putting it in Jing Chunxi's hands and putting it in his hands.

But I didn't expect Jing Chunxi to just say that he would guard the place with him and come back to live with him.

He was so moved.