Chapter 83: Digging a Basement

is scheme would also involve his own daughter Now he's truly helpless, staying isn't an option, and leaving is unbearable.Ye Wen's lips curled into a smile, his voice becoming increasingly cold: "Seco...Xi Chun how became a concubine, Ye Wen didn't know, but it was she who personally sent the person to Xiao Shi. 。She finished the last mouthful of soup and told Xiangdong, "Xichun was wearing that wristwatch on her wrist, it belonged to the second mistress..." 。"

Xiangdong thought for a moment, and finally realized, “No wonder I always felt that bracelet was familiar. It’s the same as the one Madam Er usually wears! I heard it was a relic left by the old master's wet nurse, a pair, but Madam Er only wears one. I didn't expect the other one to be in Xichun's hands.” 。"Could it be that Xichun has always been the second master's person" She suddenly felt a little afraid. If she had always been the second master's person, then over these years, how many messages would she have passed on to him Could Xi Chun also have played a role in her sister's marriage being taken by the third sisterXiangdong thought about it more and more, and repeatedly kowtowed to Ye Wenyan, "No matter what others do, I will definitely serve my mistress wholeheartedly, with no other intentions. Please believe me." 。" Ye Wen nodded slightly. "Get up, there's no one else besides you who cares about me. All I have to do is lament that I didn't distinguish between good and evil before, keeping such a person by my side." 。"No, she won't." 。“If she, Xichun, only wanted to be a concubine, it wouldn't have infringed on my interests too much, and I wouldn't care. I would just let her have her way.” 。But I'm not some saint, there are things I will do and things I won't. She can drink my red date tea, or she can accuse me of having flowers in my house. The reason I haven't held it against her is not because I'm soft-hearted, I just want to keep her around, maybe to get a truth out of her. 。“What truth” Xiang Dong asked, confused. This time Ye Wen just shook his head and remained silent. 。Perhaps the allure of the night view stems from a fondness for beauty, but Xiao Shi was certainly not one to swallow her anger. 。Remember that in the past, because of taking in that Liu family who styled hair, it caused chaos and even forced Old Madam Xiao to visit Old Madam Ye personally. This time, yet another maidservant was brought in, but we haven't seen any great reaction from Madam Xiao. This isn't normal. 。To let the Xiao family swallow their anger, and to allow Xichun to serve tea to the old lady in front of her, then listen to the old lady's words about having children and grandchildren – who would believe there wasn't a reason behind this"Go on, call those two maidservants who do the work over here. I have something to ask them." 。She waved goodbye to Xiangdong and, soon after, the two women who had been detained by her for hiding flowers entered the room. 。Xiangdong closed the door outside, standing far away so no one could come in and disturb him. 。After the last incident, the two old women now had a psychological shadow over Ye Wen. They still couldn't figure out why, even though they hadn't taken anything, the things in Si Jie's room appeared on themAt first, when planning this matter, the old lady repeatedly reminded them to only look for flowers, and to pay careful attention to everything else, never to damage those imperial gifts in the room. So they really did try their best... 。But unexpectedly, despite putting in double the effort, things still went wrong in the end. The key was that this incident happened too strangely. 。Two old women knelt before Ye Wenyan, looking at each other with puzzled expressions, both wondering why the fourth sister had suddenly called them in. 。Ye Wen didn't rush either, sipping tea from the table one by one. The occasional crackle of the brazier in the room made the two gossips tremble with fear, afraid that if Sister Four wasn't pleased, she would throw them into the brazier as well. 。That night, everything that happened during the seventh day's memorial service was known to them all. The fourth sister was too fierce; she actually roasted the hands of the second master like pig trotters! Truly, this was a granddaughter raised by the old general. What else wouldn’t she dare to doThus, no one knew how long they had knelt for, only that their legs were numb and their knees aching. Finally, Ye Wen opened his mouth and spoke. The first thing he asked them was, "How did my grandfather die" Both the old women were startled, their hearts almost flying out of their chests. 。How did the old master die Why did the fourth sister suddenly ask this "Hard to answer" Ye Wenyan put down his teacup, leaned forward, propped his elbows on his knees, clasped his arms in front of him, and stared at them again, asking, "In my memory, although my grandfather was often outside fighting and received a lot of injuries, he was also because he was a warrior, so his body has always been strong. Even if he was injured, it would never be fatal" 。

But such a person suddenly died, if there isn't something fishy about it, even ghosts wouldn't believe it.

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One of the women boldly responded, "Fourth Sister, the old master truly died from illness. I remember clearly, that night the old master suddenly developed a fever, and the attending physician treated him all night long, but his high fever wouldn't subside. >>> 。The old madam had no choice but to send someone to invite a physician. The physician came, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong. He did discover that some of her old injuries were flaring up again. 。"Yes, that's right. " 。Another midwife chimed in, “The old patriarch had a high fever that kept coming and going. He was tossed and turned for over ten days, and even the imperial physicians were at their wit’s end. They couldn't get him to take any medicine.” 。The man was extremely thin, with wounds on his body constantly recurring and festering. That's how the old patriarch ended up like this. 。The old lady cried a lot over this, and she also lost weight. 。"That's it" Ye Wenyan thought for a while, didn't continue to ask the old man's affairs, but turned to ask another question, "What about my father How did he disappear" The two maidservants' hearts thumped again, wondering if there would ever be an end to this. They couldn't refuse to answer, so they said, "We don't know how the master fell ill because we all served the mistress." 。At that time, the old master had just passed away for a short while, and the household was in disarray. Therefore, no one really knew why the master suddenly fell ill too. 。"It seems that at the time, Madam was accompanying the Old Master. We don't know the specifics of the situation, but the fact is that the Old Master fell ill faster than his father. " 。There were just two days of sunshine, and then people disappeared. 。"Yes, the original plan was for the old master's funeral to take place in three days, but because of the eldest master's affair, it has been delayed by another two days. 。" Ye Wen twisted his brows, very dissatisfied with such an answer. But asking again yielded no useful information. " 。These two are people from the old woman's side. Even if they know something about the inside story, it's impossible for them to tell her the truth. 。She remembered the poison master Ada of her past life. Ada possessed a hypnotic ability, coupled with her specially concocted poison, she could make those interrogated reveal everything they knew as if in a dream, without causing any harm. 。She couldn't hypnotize, but she learned quite a bit about poison from Ah Ran. However, she didn't learn how to use it to make people tell the truth. 。Now to pry open their mouths, one can only use the kind of violence employed by the Ye family, a direct soul-searching. 。But she didn't want to search souls, for those whose souls were searched would become fools. Two perfectly good housewives had passed through her house and become fools, how would others think She still needed to survive in this world, to continue living in this manor, she couldn't become too different, at least not now. 。Therefore, it's best to avoid using violent means if possible. 。Having sent away the two midwives, Ye Wen's mood wasn't good. Looking at his room piled high with large boxes just made him feel worse. 。She pulled out two plum blossom candles, extending both hands to the sides. The candles shattered, and in an instant, silver-white light surrounded her hands. 。Huo Yin's spiritual energy surged, rising rapidly until the entire room was bathed in silver light. Only then did she shift her palm, which had been held upwards all along, in a new direction. 。With palms facing down, the silver light also pressed downwards together, pressing down onto the ground and sinking into the brick and soil, gradually entering deeper layers of the earth. 。The ground trembled slightly, and the decorations on the table in the room also swayed, making a clattering sound. 。But luckily, the commotion wasn't loud, and it stopped within two or three breaths. The silver light disappeared, the spiritual energy was retracted, and everything returned to its previous state. 。She walked to the door, pushed it open and called out, "Ma Ma Ji, Zhuai Er, come in for a moment." 。Hearing the shout, the two rushed over. She then told Xiang Dong, "Keep watch at the door and call me if anyone comes." 。“

Xiangdong nodded, closed the door again, and stood obediently outside. >>> 。"The girl couldn't understand why things were so mysterious. "Sister, is there something important you need to tell me and Ji MaMa"She nodded and pointed at the piled boxes in the room. "They're too much of an eyesore, I'm calling you two over to do some hard labor. Move all this stuff to the underground vault for me." 。" She was dumbfounded, “Sister, what do you mean An underground secret room Where did an underground secret room come from” Even Ji MaMa glanced at the ground, seeming contemplative, "What Sister means is there's a secret room under this very house" "Yes" 。"Ye Wen nodded, but also corrected, "It's not one, it should be two, or two floors." 。It's just as big as this house, with two rooms downstairs. 。These things don't fill two layers yet, but who knows if there will be more later Sooner or later it will be full. 。"

Zhuier was even more confused, "I've never heard that there's a secret room in here Where is the entrance"

She pointed at a cabinet, "Move that cabinet aside, the wall behind it can be pushed. " 。“

Jü'er immediately went over and pushed the cabinet, and Ji Mum also followed to help

" 。As expected, the wall behind the cabinet could be pushed, just like a door. When it was opened, there were stairs leading downwards. 。"Good heavens, there's such a place here Didn't anyone find it before" Zhuier looked at Ye Wenyan, "Sister, this room was once lived in by the fifth sister. What if the fifth sister also found out, then it wouldn't be a secret room anymore..." 。"Don't worry, no one knows. My grandfather secretly had someone dig it up years ago." 。There are many such secret chambers throughout the entire General's Mansion, but no one else in the mansion knows about them. Only my grandfather and I are aware of them. 。She just made up a random excuse to fob off the child. 。But Zhu'er also truly believed that whatever her sister said was true, she would believe it. Anyway, the old master only treated the fourth sister well, this is something everyone knows. 。So, with no hesitation, he grabbed a box and rushed downstairs. 。 It's different with jiejie. She's not so easily fooled, and after Zhuier went down, she lowered her voice and asked Yè Wēn yán, "Is this secret chamber really what the old general left behind" Yè Wēn yán smiled, "How could that be I had Shī Lí Fēn come over and use magic to dig it for me." 。Grandma just needs to have it in mind, don't tell anyone else. 。“ 。 Let me know if you have any other text you'd like translated!he Princess will get angry, and if so, how we'll handle the situation afterward. 。Ye Qingmei tugged at Ye Wenyan's skirt and spoke, "Yan'er, say less. Kneel down and pay respects to the Princess Conso...