Harem Daily Life

Chapter 441 There is a secret passage under the bed

Tao Yanyan took a deep breath, turned sideways and smiled: "I just happened to pass by today, so I came in to sit and see how business is. Chuchu was here just now, and I asked her to go down when a customer came. By the way, is this room always locked? Is there anyone cleaning it on weekdays?"

Tao Yanyan stepped aside to allow Cang Xuan to see clearly that the room was locked and dispel his suspicion.

Cang Xuan really focused his eyes on the lock, and when he saw that it was locked tightly, he felt relieved: "We have arranged for someone to clean it every two days, and it has been more than 20 years without interruption."

After saying this, he seemed to laugh at himself: "But what's the use! The person has gone, leaving only an empty room."

Tao Yanyan's eyes darkened when he thought that the vase in front of the screen might attract people.

She felt that it was the passage that Long Weiwei had traveled back through, and that this passage might also be applicable to her. She took a step back and said, "Master Cang Xuan should be more open-minded. We haven't received any bad news in so many years. Maybe Miss Long is living somewhere and is still living a good life."

Cang Xuan smiled palely: "If she is still in the world and avoids me, it will be the greatest punishment for me."

After saying that, he was silent for a moment, took out the key from his arms and tried to open the door.

Tao Yanyan hurriedly stopped him: "I've been here for a while, so I won't go in. I'll come back another day to check on the business."

He Linzhang strictly forbade her to enter this room, and she was also a little worried that she might accidentally travel through time, so she didn't want to go in.

And Jiang Yingying was still inside, she had to lure Cang Xuan away, leaving now was the best option.

But Cang Xuan obviously didn't want her to leave.

"That day I wanted to give the score to Madam, but she refused to accept it. To be honest, there is no point in keeping the score with me, so I might as well give it to Madam. If Madam remembers where she heard the song before, she might be able to find the person who played it. If she finds that person, she will naturally know what is written on the score."

Cang Xuan insisted on going in, and Tao Yanyan had no choice but to follow him in. He thought to himself, if he met Jiang Yingying later, he would let Jiang Yingying knock Cang Xuan out, otherwise there would be no other way.

But what I didn’t expect was that after entering the house, I didn’t see Jiang Yingying.

Tao Yanyan looked around, paying attention to the furnishings in the room, and was relieved to see that the person was indeed not there. But she became nervous again, as she was not sure whether the person had gone out through the window or was sucked away by the vase.

"Mrs. He, please accept this music score." Cang Xuan handed it over, and Tao Yanyan had no choice but to take it: "Thank you very much, Master Cang Xuan, for giving it to me."

She took the music score and wanted to leave quickly, but unexpectedly a cry came from outside: "Master, something bad has happened!" Someone knocked on the door. Cang Xuan's face darkened and he quickly turned around and went out.

After a while, Cang Xuan came back and said embarrassedly: "Sorry to have kept Madam He waiting for a long time. Something was lost in the workshop and I have to go check it out. How about I send Madam He out first?"

Tao Yanyan nodded: "Master Cang Xuan, please go and do your work. I'll go sit next door and wait for my maid to buy me some steamed buns!"

When Cang Xuan heard this, he sent Tao Yanyan out the door first and locked the door without a second delay.

Tao Yanyan's eyes darkened, still worried about Jiang Yingying's whereabouts.

"Madam!" A voice came from the stairs. Tao Yanyan looked carefully and his heart finally settled down.

Jiang Yingying was seen carrying shaomai upstairs. She quickly walked to Tao Yanyan and bowed, "I've bought the shaomai. Madam, please eat it while it's hot."

The master and servant looked at each other, said goodbye to Cang Xuan, and entered the room where the shopkeeper had taken Tao Yanyan at the beginning.

After the door was closed, Jiang Yingying took a deep breath and sat down on the ground: "It was so thrilling, I almost got discovered!"

Tao Yanyan swallowed and his palms were full of sweat.

"How did you escape from the house?" Tao Yanyan couldn't help but ask curiously.

Jiang Yingying then simply recounted what happened. It turned out that when she heard someone approaching, Jiang Yingying found that there was no place to hide in the house. Coincidentally, the window was opened from the outside at this time, and a man in black dragged her out of the house and took her directly to the roof.

"Originally, I was going to fight with the man in black, but when he stuffed a bag of steamed buns into my hand, I knew he was probably one of your men." Jiang Yingying guessed, "The man didn't say anything. He took me to a safe area and then disappeared."

Tao Yanyan guessed it was the shadow guard.

She opened the steamed buns, ate one, and asked, "What did you find in the room?"

Jiang Yingying thought for a moment and said, "If I'm not mistaken, there is actually a secret passage under the bed, but time is too tight. I didn't have time to go in and take a look before I heard footsteps."

"Ah?" Tao Yanyan opened his eyes wide, feeling a little unbelievable: "Secret passage?"

Jiang Yingying nodded: "Most people can't find it at all. I just found it by chance while looking for a hiding place. Madam, we have to strike while the iron is hot and go to see the secret passage immediately."

Tao Yanyan was a little worried: "What if Cang Xuan finds us? Also, how do we get in?"

Jiang Yingying smiled and said, "I went to their warehouse to steal some things. Cang Xuan is busy now and has no time to take care of us. Let's go and come back quickly. Maybe we can find something. Madam, don't worry, your people are in the dark and will protect you well."

After Jiang Yingying finished speaking, without waiting for Tao Yanyan's reaction, she took everyone back to Long Weiwei's room, opened the lock in no time, and made it look like the lock was still hanging on the door. She smoothly led Tao Yanyan into the room and went straight to under the bed.

One of the girls was agile and the other was well-behaved. They crawled under the bed, opened the secret compartment, and indeed entered the secret passage.

It was very dark in the secret passage, and Tao Yanyan's heart was in his throat.

Jiang Yingying took out a tinderbox, lit it, and followed the path. Not long after walking, she found a dark room.

A box and a scroll of portraits were placed on the table in the darkroom.

Jiang Yingying recognized at a glance that these two things were the ones she had stolen from the second prince of Xia Kingdom, but she remained calm and unfolded the paintings for Tao Yanyan to see.

Tao Yanyan only took a quick look and confirmed that it was the portrait of Long Weiwei that the second prince of Xia State had brought. She moved her eyes to the small box and opened it, but she didn't find anything inside.

"Why is it gone?" Jiang Yingying exclaimed.

Tao Yanyan couldn't help but glance at her. He felt that the little girl seemed to be very familiar with the box and knew what was inside.

"It's probably been taken away. Put the painting down and let's go out first." It was pitch dark in here and she was very nervous. It would be better for her to go out early to reassure others.

"Hahahaha..." A burst of laughter was heard, and Jiang Yingying nervously protected Tao Yanyan behind her.

"Mrs. He, you came here uninvited, are you trying to steal Cang's paintings? Or are you looking for this thing?" Cang Xuan walked towards them slowly, holding the black weapon in his hand.