get married first, fall in love later

Everyone held their breath and stared intently at the sword in Qian Si's hand and the wooden box against which the sword pointed. The lid of the box was slowly opened in such a quiet and somewhat suffocating atmosphere.Ouyang Xi closed his eyes subconsciously the moment the lid was opened, waiting for the inevitable change in his fantasy to happen, but after waiting for about a minute, he couldn't feel any movement.She tentatively opened her eyes slowly, only to find that the crowd had gathered around the wooden box at some point, and they were studying something carefully with their heads down. She was the only one standing there, not far away. Jiang Qingxiao was looking at her in confusion.

Ouyang Xi's face flushed, and she walked forward with her head lowered a little shyly, muttering incomprehensibly: "What, shouldn't something happen at this time to make it appear thrilling, and it's too boring to end it so quietly right?"

That being said, it's a good thing that nothing happened, otherwise, maybe their little lives will be accounted for here.

Thinking of this, Ouyang Xi smiled embarrassedly at Jiang Qingxiao, who was still staring at her with suspicion, and lowered her head to Qian Xiaobao's side and asked, "How about Xiaobao, what treasure is in the wooden box?" ?”

Hearing this, Qian Xiaobao handed the mold in front of her and said, "Here, this is it."

Ouyang Xi looked the thing in front of him up and down, and asked puzzledly, "What is this? Is it valuable?"

"Whether it is worth money is hard to say, but it is true that it can generate a lot of money."

Something that makes money?Isn't that... Ouyang Xi opened his mouth wide in surprise: "Could it be?"

"Young lady is really smart, this thing is the mold for printing banknotes."

Jiang Qingxiao had already approached the crowd at this time, and when she saw the mold in front of her, she expressed her doubts in surprise: "But Brother Qian, as far as I know, these molds are strictly controlled by the imperial household department. How did it fall into the hands of Wang Zhifu?"

Qian Xiaobao nodded: "Miss Qing Xiao is right, maybe this is the reason why this thing is tightly protected by various mechanisms." After speaking, she carefully put the mold back into the wooden box, and put the wooden box Closed and handed over to Qian Si for safekeeping, then moved the mechanism back to its original position, and greeted everyone: "It seems that this manor is not as simple as we imagined, since we are here, let's go elsewhere Let's see if we find anything else."

Ouyang Xi's eyes widened excitedly when he heard the words: "Okay, let's go quickly."

A group of five people left Wang Changmu's room, and checked the study, tea room and guest room in the courtyard one after another, but unfortunately found nothing else.Ouyang Xi glanced at Qian Xiaobao with some disappointment, and asked unwillingly: "Could it be that the only room in such a large manor has a mechanism? Originally, I thought that such a large-scale construction project might secretly build a secret passage or a secret room." It's such a disappointment!"

The speaker didn't mean it, but the listener meant it. Ouyang Xi's seemingly innocuous complaint awakened Qian Xiaobao instantly.She suddenly remembered that Jiang Qingxiao had mentioned in the information that before she came here that someone saw Wang Xuanzhi often disappearing in the manor for no reason.If a person disappears out of thin air, it is not only the theory of ghosts and gods that can explain it, the secret way can also do it.Thinking in this way, she also raised her own opinion to share with everyone. After listening to Ouyang Xi, her eyes glowed, and she slapped her thigh and said, "Yes, Xiaobao is right. If you don't say it far away, just say it." In the courtyard where we lived in Jiangzhou Inn, the passage is also hidden underground. You said that if we were accidentally seen before entering the secret passage, because of the cover of buildings and vegetation around us, and the angle problem, then Most people would think that we disappeared out of thin air, right?"

Qian Xiaobao looked at her appreciatively and nodded: "My lady is right, that's what being a husband means."

"Then what are you waiting for?" Ouyang Xi took Qian Xiaobao's hand excitedly: "Let's go to the yard to find out if there is any hidden secret passage or something like that?"

Qian Xiaobao only looked at her with a chuckle and shook his head: "The search is inevitable, but if it is really like what the lady said, if you search aimlessly in this huge manor, then maybe we won't be able to find it until dawn." It’s impossible to find any.”

"Then what should we do? Isn't there any other way to find it?"

Qian Xiaobao pondered for a moment, then took out the topographic map of the manor to study it carefully, and said: "According to the previous information, only Wang Xuanzhi in this manor will disappear for no reason. He knows, or the secret path is most closely related to him. So, I think we start here," Qian Xiaobao said, pointing to the courtyard marked by Wang Xuanzhi on the map, and said: "Start looking for If so, the hope of finding it may be greater."

Jiang Qingxiao nodded in agreement after hearing the words: "Brother Qian's analysis makes sense, I think we should start from here!"

Everyone then got up and followed the signs on the map to the courtyard where Wang Xuanzhi lived. Ouyang Xi looked at the dozen or so rooms in front of him, frowned with some headaches, and asked, "There are so many rooms here, where do we come from?" Start looking?"

Qian Xiaobao said: "Even if we have a close relationship with him and can't be discovered by outsiders, the entrance should be in the bedroom or study. Why don't we start from the bedroom first."

"Well, I think it will work." After finishing speaking, Ouyang Xi pulled up Qian Xiaobao's sleeve and stepped forward to push open Wang Xuanzhi's bedroom door.

Compared with the previous one in Wang Zhifu, although the size of this bedroom is similar, and the decoration and furnishings are generally expensive, the decoration style is quite different.This prince is also an arty person. Except for the wooden bed for sleeping, all the rooms are filled or hung with calligraphy of various literati and porcelain ornaments from various dynasties. All poetic inscriptions and lines.Ouyang Xi walked up to pick up a decorative folding fan hanging on the wall with great interest, and carefully looked at the inscriptions and inscriptions on it, but was a little disappointed to find that it was not himself such as Li Bai and Du Fu. Familiar celebrities.Reluctantly, she flipped through several pieces in succession, but she was still disappointed.

Could it be that the dynasty Qian Xiaobao and the others belonged to was before the Tang and Song Dynasties, so poets like Li Bai and Du Fu hadn't appeared yet?Otherwise, with the huge financial resources of the Prefect Wang, how could the collections bought without hesitation should be famous works for a while, and why are these works that have never been heard of?

Ouyang Xi was still struggling to figure it out, but Qian Xiaobao, Jiang Qingxiao and the others took advantage of this moment to carefully search the room, but were disappointed to find that there was nothing to say in this room. There is no secret passage or secret room, not even a small mechanism similar to the previous one.

Qian Xiaobao shook his head in disappointment, and said to everyone: "It seems that there is nothing in this room, so let's go to the study." , tapped her forehead amusedly: "Since when did my lord become so interested in these elegant things? Ever since I entered this room, my eyes have never left these things."

Of course, Ouyang Xi couldn't say that he wanted to see if there were any collections of famous poets so that he could steal them away without anyone noticing, so he had no choice but to put down the painting and calligraphy in his hands and said, "I have always loved literature very much."

Hearing this, Qian Xiaobao looked at her with great interest, and then teased: "Oh, then why do you think your husband never knows?"

"Cut," Ouyang Xi raised her head proudly: "There's still a lot you don't know. Have you finished reading this one? Then go to the next one." After speaking, he got up and stepped out of the room first, Qian Xiaobao smiled lightly With a sound, everyone followed her and turned to the study next to her.

Although Wang Xuanzhi's study room is not big, it has more furnishings than the previous bedroom, especially on the desk, besides the Four Treasures of the Study, there are several wooden pen holders, and several jade ornaments. Ouyang Xi first stood at the door After roughly looking it over, he turned his head to look at Qian Xiaobao and said, "There are so many things in this study, I have a hunch that there must be some kind of mechanism, you can check carefully in a while, pick up every small object and check it, be sure to Don't miss it."

Looking at her serious face, Qian Xiaobao couldn't help but chuckled and teased again: "Since the lady's intuition is so accurate, why didn't she tell me before entering those rooms, so that she wouldn't have to waste so much time on unnecessary things?" things are up."

Ouyang Xi couldn't hear the teasing meaning in Qian Xiaobao's words, but he didn't get entangled with her at the moment, and only said: "Believe it or not!" Then he stepped forward and walked towards the desk up.

When I walked closer, I saw that on the huge desk, although the things were neatly arranged, it was covered with a layer of faint and imperceptible dust.It must be because the owner has not yet moved into the new house, so the servants took the opportunity to be lazy and make a show of cleaning it, as long as they can get by, but they didn't clean it thoroughly.

Ouyang Xi lowered his head and thought carefully: This thing must be covered with dust because it has not been used recently. If it is a mechanism that Wang Xuanzhi frequently flips, it must not have such a situation.Thinking in this way, she took advantage of the moonlight to carefully look at the decorations on the table, and she found that the surface of the pen holder on the edge of the table on the left hand was smooth and clean, and her whole body was spotless.

Ouyang Xi's eyes glowed with excitement: This might be the button of the mechanism.Just as he raised his hand to fiddle with it, he suddenly remembered the chain mechanism in Wang Zhifu's room, stopped his hand immediately, lowered his head and thought for a while, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and then he said to everyone in the room: "Everyone listen Thinking, I may have found a mechanism, and I will turn this mechanism in a while, and you all see for yourself whether there is any change in the thing in front of you, that may be the second most important mechanism."

Hearing this, Qian Xiaobao almost reflexively wanted to stop her: "Miss, don't do anything, I'll help you." Just as he finished speaking, Ouyang Xi waved her hand and said, "No, everyone, take care of me." If I mess with the thing in front of my eyes, I'm done with it." Then he moved, raised his hand, grabbed the pen holder in front of him, and twisted it slightly forward.

Qian Xiaobao didn't have time to stop her, so he could only watch her turn the mechanism, and didn't even bother to observe whether there was any change in the things in front of him.Fortunately, there is no danger after the mechanism is activated.Moreover, followed by Jiang Qingxiao's somewhat excited voice: "Brother Qian, look quickly, I also have an extra night pearl here."

Everyone followed the sound and found a bead very similar in size and shape to the one in Wang Changmu's room on the table in front of Jiang Qingxiao.

Qian Xiaobao stepped forward and looked down, and gently flipped the Ye Mingzhu on the table according to the previous method.

With the opening of the mechanism, there was a "click" sound from a certain corner of the house, and then, a wall beside Ouyang Xi suddenly parted from the middle without warning, revealing a dark hole.

The crowd immediately gathered around, Qian Xiaobao first habitually pulled Ouyang Xi over and hid behind him, then gave Qian San a wink to signal him to go and check the situation.Qian San nodded in response, and immediately dodged into the hole.

The few people at the entrance of the cave only waited for a while, and Qian San came out after checking, bowed his head and bent over to Qian Xiaobao and said, "Master, there are stairs under the entrance of the cave, and the stairs are quite long. Where are you going?"

"Need to say, it must be an underground secret room." Ouyang Xi said, pulling up Qian Xiaobao's sleeve and saying, "Xiaobao, what are you waiting for, let's go down and have a look."

Qian Xiaobao nodded, grabbed her back with his backhand, and led the people behind him into the cave.