Elder Zhao's expression was solemn for a moment, but then he agreed to her proposal.
Lin Mengya is a professional when it comes to finding things.
However, Elder Zhao felt a little upset.
After all, this is his study.
In his study, there is a secret room that he doesn't even know about.
If he told this, he would probably be laughed to death.
Lin Mengya carefully looked through every visible place in the room.
Whether it was books, furniture, or various furnishings, she explored every place that looked like it could be used as a mechanism.
Unfortunately, nothing was found.
It shouldn’t be!
She frowned slightly, thought for a moment and took out her little notebook to communicate with the other party.
But at this moment, Elder Zhao was biased towards whether she had heard wrongly.
"It is possible, but I did hear the sound of something moving, and the person did disappear for a while."
Seeing her confident words, Elder Zhao was also dubious.
At this moment, Lin Mengya's eyes were attracted by a shrine enshrined in the study.
If there was anything she hadn't moved just now, it was that.
Seeing that she was actually going to attack the spiritual place of his ancestor, Elder Zhao quickly stopped her.
"what are you doing?"
Lin Mengya pointed to the niche.
Unfortunately, Elder Zhao flatly refused.
"No! You can search wherever you want, but you can't be disrespectful to my ancestors!"
"I'm not trying to destroy your family's ancestral altar. I promise, I will be careful."
She wrote sincerely.
Unfortunately, this time, Elder Zhao was stubborn and refused to let her touch him.
The more he maintained this, the more suspicious Lin Mengya felt.
If the mechanism is really in the shrine, Elder Zhao, who respects his ancestors so much, may never find it in his lifetime.
One of them insisted on watching, the other insisted on protecting.
While they were arguing silently, they didn't know who touched where. They just heard a "click".
Later, Elder Zhao saw with his own eyes that the ancestral tablet he had enshrined for more than ten years fell down.
His expression immediately changed, and just as he was about to help him, the next moment he saw two rows of bookshelves not far from the tomb suddenly opened.
A dark tunnel appeared in front of them.
Lin Mengya smelled a very strong smell of dust in the air, thinking that no one had been here for a long time.
Covering her mouth and nose, she poked inside.
The tunnel is very deep, about enough width for two people to walk down side by side, and it's very dark inside, so you can't see anything at all.
"Go down and have a look?" She pointed to the tunnel and asked Elder Zhao with her eyes.
The latter was still stunned and didn't come back to his senses. Is there really a secret room
"Yixuan, are you still in there?"
At this moment, Mrs. Duan's voice suddenly sounded outside.
Lin Mengya and Zhao Yixuan just looked at each other and tacitly agreed that this secret room must not be discovered by Mrs. Duan.
"What's up?"
Zhao Yixuan glanced at Lin Mengya, then straightened his clothes and walked out as if nothing happened.
Mrs. Duan held a cup of ginseng tea in her hand and looked at Zhao Yixuan with bright eyes.
"I heard from my servant that you haven't eaten anything today. I know you are in a bad mood, but you have to take good care of your body."
She knew best that she should put on such a gentle and caring gesture in front of a heartbroken man to arouse his pity.
Zhao Yixuan nodded, but closed the door very quickly with her hand. She only had time to see a hint of light green skirt.
He lowered his head, but couldn't help but sneer in his heart.
Unexpectedly, the mute girl looked timid and obedient, but in fact she was a very eager person.
It seems that she really picked the wrong person.
Lin Mengya had no idea that she was being plotted by Mrs. Duan.
Come to think of it, even if she knew, she wouldn't care at all.
When she heard the footsteps walking away, she carefully closed the mechanism on the shrine again.
After repeated experiments, she finally understood that the two keys to opening and closing the mechanism were the two candlesticks in front of the shrine.
The one on the left is on and the one on the right is off.
Moreover, when it is in the open state, the spirit position will fall down, otherwise it will bounce up on its own.
She was not that anxious and tried to go down and check it out by herself without Elder Zhao.
But she had just tiptoed out of the study, and when she turned around, she suddenly found Xu'er standing behind her, and was immediately startled.
"Why are you here?" Xu'er's face looked a little unhappy, and her tone sounded like an interrogation.
Lin Mengya lowered her head and looked at her toes, deliberately looking a little at a loss, like a child who had been caught doing something wrong.
Xu'er looked at the other party defensively.
Although she knew that this mute girl was Madam's carefully chosen stepping stone, she still couldn't look down on the other party's sneaky appearance.
"This is the master's study. Don't you want to take advantage of it and steal something?"
Xu'er grabbed her wrist forcefully.
Lin Mengya shook her head desperately, and there was even a little water in her eyes.
Xu'er glanced at her sharply several times to make sure that there was nothing special about this girl. Then he shook her hand away and lowered his voice to warn: "You'd better be honest with me, otherwise it doesn't matter what Mrs. No matter how much I value you, I will never let you go!"
Under the threat of the other party, Lin Mengya could only nod timidly, looking cowardly.
Probably Xuer felt that she was no longer a threat, so he let her leave.
Just turning around, Lin Mengya's eyes changed.
She knew that Mrs. Duan must have chosen her to take advantage of her, but Xu'er's attitude just now made her think more.
I'm afraid only Xu'er knows what's in the secret room. Now, there's another Mrs. Duan.
I'm afraid Xu'er must have kept an eye on the study.
In this way, if she and Elder Zhao open the secret room rashly, it will arouse Xu'er's vigilance.
It seems that I have to find a good opportunity next time to get rid of all Mrs. Duan's spies.
After the funeral, everything quickly returned to calm.
Mrs. Duan and her son, on the old lady's instigation and Elder Zhao's acquiescence, took over the Zhao family's back house.
Even though they don't have formal titles yet, the Zhao family seems to regard them as their future masters.
Mrs. Duan is also very good at being a good person.
Whether it was the old lady, Miss Jun, or Elder Zhao and the various managers in the mansion, the atmosphere was unprecedentedly harmonious.
If it weren't for the white lantern at the door, I'm afraid no one would remember that just a few days ago, there was Mrs. Zhao in this mansion.
The presence.
Lin Mengya was promoted to the second-class girl next to Mrs. Duan.
She feels very good these days, and because she never competes for favor, and she doesn't talk much.
Everyone's jealousy at the beginning gradually turned into neglect, and in the end, no matter what they said, they no longer avoided her.
Thinking about it, I thought she was mute. Even if she knew, what could she do? She couldn't complain to her master anyway.
But he didn't expect that every word they said would become a source of information for Lin Mengya.
For example, Mrs. Duan took good care of Elder Zhao every day, and some people even saw the two of them walking under the moon one night;
There is also the young master Zhao Zifei, who is humble, polite and gentle, completely different from the guy who occupied the magpie's nest in the house. In the past few days, someone has secretly asked Zhao Zifei to intervene in the Zhao family's business in order to show his loyalty;
Finally, there is the mother and daughter in the backyard.
Mrs. Duan and her son were able to enter the house thanks to the help of the old lady, so the other party reciprocated the favor and was actively persuading Elder Zhao to recognize her mother. By the way, she also gave Jun Rongrong the title of cousin, and she would marry in the Zhao family in the future.
Gee, what kind of cousin is this
Lin Mengya made another note in her heart for Elder Zhao.
I was thinking that maybe it would be time to wait until this matter happened, and it would be time for me to have a good talk with Aunt Fang.
After all, even if it was just for show, it would be too heartless for Elder Zhao, a widower, to spend time with other women while his "Madam"'s body was still cold.
Of course, she also expressed her thoughts to Elder Zhao.
When the other party heard this, although he was furious, he still did not forget to lower his voice.
"What are you writing nonsense about? When did I have sex with her? Tell you, you must not tell my wife about this, otherwise..."
Lin Mengya raised her eyebrows, clearly asking the other person, "What else?"
Zhao Yixuan really couldn't do anything to her, so he had to explain: "That night she took the initiative to tell me about my wife's past affairs. I did it to detect the enemy's situation. Don't misunderstand me. My loyalty to my wife can be learned from the sun and the moon!"
Tsk, just clarify, and take the opportunity to show affection.
Lin Mengya gave the other party a look of disdain. She was quite old, but she was still young at heart.
Hearing this, he just casually wrote in his notebook: "She used to know Aunt Fang?"
Seeing this, Zhao Yixuan said softly: "She said that Ah Rao once had a relationship with her when he was young. I didn't believe it at first, but what she said later was indeed some of Ah Rao's little habits. So. I’m also curious about how she met A Rao.”
This was strange, and Lin Mengya couldn't help but feel doubtful.
"Then you didn't ask her how she and Aunt Fang met?"
Zhao Yixuan paused and then said: "She said that when she was about to give birth, she was met by A Rao by chance. At that time, she did not know that the lady who kindly rescued her was A Rao. He also said that A Rao also brought There is a little boy. I think it should be the child from the Huo family."
Lin Mengya's eyebrows moved.
Calculating time, Mrs. Duan gave birth to Zhao Zifei after Huo Xiao and before Aunt Fang came to the house.
It would be possible if she met Aunt Fang Huo Xiao and her son at that time.
And at that time, Aunt Fang was trapped in Fang's house, and Huo Xiao had to do it secretly even if he wanted to see her.
If the mother and son went out secretly, it would be understandable that others would not know.
The key is, how could it be such a coincidence that I met Elder Zhao’s ex-girlfriend
"Is she telling you this to get closer?" she asked guessing.