Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2332 It Turns Out to be Hidden Here 28.0

Because they thought there must be something in the old house, Shen Haolin, Shen Cha and Xue Ruitian arranged for people to place a lot of digging tools here. Even though they later discovered that there was nothing here, they did not take these tools away. After all, they wanted to confuse others and put on a show from time to time, so it would be more convenient to have tools.

Shen Cha originally wanted to join in the busy work with everyone, but was stopped by Merlin, who found her a sheltered spot in the main hall of the front yard, moved a stool for her to sit on, and forbade her to interfere.

"Sister, just watch me dig, don't do it yourself."

As Shen Jiu spoke, he looked at the main hall, then at the front yard, and sighed softly.

"Why are you sighing at such a young age?" Merlin patted Shen Jiu, "How is it? Do you not recognize him at all?"

"It's completely different now." Shen Jiu looked at Shen Cha who was sitting on the side, looking calm and composed. "Today is my first time here. I mean, this is my first time here since this place was built."

"I asked you before if you wanted to come, and you said you didn't want to go back to this sad place. How come you figured it out today and followed me here?"

"It's not that I've figured it out, I'm just curious!" Shen Jiu took off his cloak and handed it to Merlin, "Don't do anything, just watch from the side. There are two red circles here, I can do it myself."

"Okay, I'll leave it to you then." Shen Cha nodded and asked Merlin to find a stool and sit next to him. "What are you curious about?"

"Sister, to be honest, I don't have many memories of living here, and the ones I have are very vague. I can only remember that you and I cried a lot, and there were sharp shouts and curses." Shen Jiu began to pry the bluestone slabs according to the location indicated in the picture. "I didn't want to come here before because I thought it might make me feel uncomfortable and remind me of bad things in the past. But after seeing it today, it doesn't seem to be as I thought before. It's not depressing at all, but much brighter. It seems that I thought too much before."

"In your impression, the environment here is very small and dark, so it makes you feel breathless, but now it's different here, it's bright and tall, and the rooftop..." Shen Cha thought for a moment and looked at Merlin, "Have we never gone up to take a look?"

"No." Merlin shook his head gently. "This roof is built from the back, so there shouldn't be anything there, right? They haven't come back in all these years, have they?"

"That's true, but just in case, it won't be too much trouble to go up and take a look."

Shen Cha stood up, looked at the roof above her head, tiptoed onto the roof, and when she steadied herself on the beam, she looked around and found that there was nothing there, just as Merlin said.

She was just about to fly down when she inadvertently saw a flash of light. She looked closely and found that the location of the light was exactly where Shen Jiu was digging.

She stood on the beam and thought for a while, then looked around and found that it seemed that there was only light where Shen Jiu was.

"Jiu'er!" she called out, "Take your things and stand aside."

Although Shen Jiu didn't understand what Shen Cha meant, he still obediently took the tools and walked to the side, then looked up at Shen Cha with confusion written all over his face.

"What's wrong, sister?"

“Come up and take a look!”

When Shen Jiu heard what Shen Cha said, he put down what he was holding, jumped onto the beam, looked in the direction of Shen Cha's finger, and saw the light.

"It shouldn't be possible. They are all made of the same bluestone bricks. How could there be light?"

"I thought it was caused by your tools. After you moved away, the light was already there."

"How about this, I'll go down and see what's going on." Shen Jiu thought for a while, "Sister, please stay for a while and point me in the direction."

"Okay, go ahead!"

Merlin waited until Shen Jiu came down, then he flew up and stood beside Shen Cha. He watched for a long time and felt very strange. "When I was down there, I couldn't see anything at all." Merlin looked around curiously and said, "There is only this area in the whole hall with light, and there is no light anywhere else, especially in the area opposite it."

"So, this is the suspicious place." Shen Cha nodded, watching Shen Jiu walk to the light with something in his hand, and pointed him in the direction, "A little bit to the left, just a little bit, the position of the tip of your toe, yes, it's here, dig!"

Following Shen Cha's request, Shen Jiu quickly lifted up the bluestone brick where the light was. He turned around to look at Shen Cha and shook the brick in his hand.

"still there?"

"It's still there!" Shen Cha nodded, squinting his eyes, "We've dug all around."

"Got it!"

Shen Jiu responded and started prying the bricks with grunts. After entering the vanguard camp, the first job he did was to dig traps, so he was very familiar with the job and finished it in no time.

"Are there any more?" Seeing Shen Cha nod, Shen Jiu was stunned, "How come there are still some? Still in the same place?"

"Yes!" Shen Cha nodded, "Dig, dig down!"

"it is good!"

Shen Jiu dug for a long time and dug a deep pit in that place. Just when he was about to give up, his shovel touched something hard and made a harsh sound.

"There's something!"

Shen Cha glanced at Meilin and asked in a low voice, "Isn't this the work of my second brother?"

"No!" Merlin shook his head gently. "My second brother did it in the yard, where they could see it. He didn't do it in the house."

"If that's the case, they must have hidden it themselves. Shen Cha nodded, "Let's go down and take a look!"

Merlin responded, and the two of them jumped off the beam at the same time, landing steadily on the ground without any sound.

The two men walked quickly to Shen Jiu's side. At this time, Shen Jiu had carefully scraped away the loose soil on top, revealing a box made of iron sheets.

"The light emitted by this thing?" Shen Cha frowned slightly, "It doesn't look like it!"

"But there is definitely no light up there!" Merlin thought for a moment, flew up to the roof, and took a look. "It is indeed gone. It looks like this is it." She stood up and looked at Shen Cha. "Boss, do you want to notify the Duke and the Marquis?"

"Please ask the two brothers to come over." Shen Cha nodded, "Also, please ask the skilled workers from the craftsmen camp to come over. This box has a mechanism and we can't open it by ourselves."

"Yes!"

"Come back!" Shen Cha called out to Merlin, who was about to fly down to look for someone. "Mobilize the nearby patrol teams and the brothers from the Shadow Camp to block all the passages around, whether on the ground or anywhere else. No outsiders are allowed to enter or leave. If you find anyone suspicious, arrest them. If they resist, kill them immediately!"

"Follow the order!"