In the outer room of Hou Men, she took advantage of her beauty to commit murder

The mother and son chatted like this until they finished lunch and it was time for Xu Qingtong to take a nap, and then Cen Xunchu left.

While there was still time, he wanted to go back to his yard to rest for a while, because he had a horse riding and archery class in the afternoon.

As the only heir to Prime Minister Cen's mansion, he had a very heavy workload. Apart from a few important festivals and his birthday, he had no holidays. Every day he was either studying or preparing for martial arts practice.

Although Xu Qingtong felt sorry for his hard work, she didn't say anything.

After all, she also knew that if her son wanted to support the entire Prime Minister Cen’s Mansion, he would need extraordinary abilities.

……

The sun was setting, and the originally dazzling and scorching sunlight gradually turned into a warm golden color. Seeing that the time was almost up, Xu Qingtong didn't ask any more questions. He packed up and went directly to the gate of the mansion to wait.

The sun set little by little, and soon only a hint of light remained in the sky. The pair of large lanterns hanging on the gate of the mansion had already been lit with candles by the doorman. Even Cen Xunchu had left school and came to wait together.

"Didn't you say you would be back before sunset? Why hasn't he arrived yet?" Xu Qingtong became more and more anxious as he waited, and kept looking towards the intersection.

At this moment, the sound of horse hooves hitting the ground came from afar.

"Well, you're back?" Xu Qingtong, who was standing quietly on the steps, heard the noise, his eyes lit up instantly, and he was about to go down the steps.

Songluo quickly gave her a hand and asked her to support him, and also held the lantern in her hand forward so that she could see the road clearly.

On the street, Prime Minister Cen rode his horse towards his own mansion. He could have returned long ago, but before he left, an official said he had something important to discuss with him. In order to deal with that matter, he was delayed for some time, and he also had to go to the palace. Fortunately, he was not delayed for long, otherwise Tong'er would have had to wait for a long time.

Thinking of his wife waiting for him to come home, he couldn't help but smile.

Although he was wearing a mask, his good mood could be seen from the upturned corners of his mouth.

Zi Yu on the side seemed to notice it and turned to look at him.

Seeing that he was smiling in a very worthless manner, I shook my head helplessly.

The way the lord looks, he must know that he will soon meet the lady.

Sure enough, only in front of the lady does the adult act like a normal person, no, a fool.

Unaware of his subordinates' complaints, Prime Minister Cen was focused on getting on with his journey.

After turning a corner, they soon saw the gate of the mansion. Seeing the figure standing on the side of the road, Prime Minister Cen showed a hint of understanding on his face, and then helplessness.

He stopped steadily in front of the mansion gate, dismounted, took off his mask immediately and threw it to Zi Yu behind him, and also threw the reins to him. Then he walked towards Xu Qingtong, who had been waiting for him eagerly, and grabbed her hand.

"Greetings to the madam, may you live long and healthy lives. Greetings to the young master, may you be well and healthy!" The three Zi Yu people behind him bowed to Xu Qingtong and Cen Xunchu one after another.

Xu Qingtong only had Prime Minister Cen in his eyes, so he had no time to care about them. In this regard, Cen Xunchu could only stand up and say like a little adult, "No need to be so polite!"

Feeling the somewhat cold hands of the person in front of him, Prime Minister Cen subconsciously began to rub them, "It's getting dark and cold at night. Why don't you put on more coats? What if you catch a cold?" As he said this, he glanced at Songluo who was serving him.

Well, it’s the fault of the people below for not serving us well enough.

"It's hot, I feel stuffy if I wear too many clothes!" Xu Qingtong was very touched by his thoughtfulness. Knowing that he was worried about her, she explained, "I didn't come out for long. I just stood there for a while. The wind here is warm, how can I feel cold!"

"It's good that you're not cold. The weather is hot now. You don't have to come out to wait next time. It's stuffy and hot here!" Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, Prime Minister Cen was reluctant to let his little wife suffer, so he grabbed her hand and walked towards the mansion. When he passed by Cen Xunchu on the way, he rubbed his head and continued to walk inside.

Cen Xunchu has become accustomed to not getting a glance from his father.

After all, everyone knows that as long as the mother is present, the father's eyes will only see the mother. "I want you to see me first!" Xu Qingtong smiled, "Besides, I have nothing to do in the yard all day, so waiting for you is also a way to kill time!"

"If you feel bored staying in the mansion, why don't we go for an outing in the suburbs of Beijing in a couple of days? Don't you like releasing blue phoenixes and riding horses? Let's go horseback hunting together!" He suggested, already thinking about which day would be suitable for an outing in the near future.

"Can you take a rest?" Xu Qingtong was a little skeptical.

There have been a lot of things happening in the court recently, and this is not the first time she has heard about it. He is Prime Minister Cen, not an ordinary official with no power. How can he have time to accompany her for an outing?
"No problem!" Cen Xiang smiled, raised his hand, and wanted to rub her head, but seeing that her hair was full of pearl hairpins, he was afraid of ruining them, so he just gently touched her cheek and changed the subject, "I want to eat minced meat porridge, you ask the kitchen staff to prepare it. I've been running around outside for so long, I'm really dirty, I'll wash up in the front yard first!"

"Okay!" Seeing that he had no intention of explaining, Xu Qingtong didn't care and nodded obediently.

"I still have some things to deal with later, so I might not be able to see you until late!"

"Yeah!" Xu Qingtong nodded. She had gotten used to his habit of explaining his itinerary to her. She was already thinking about preparing some food for him to eat when he came back.

……

After returning to the front yard, Prime Minister Cen first dealt with the matters that had piled up since he left Beijing in the study. Looking at the dark night outside the window, he hesitated for a moment and walked to the bookshelf.

The originally closed bookshelf slowly opened to both sides, revealing a doorway that was one person tall and slightly wider than a person.

Behind the doorway is a staircase that stretches as far as the eye can see. Standing on it and looking down along the stairs, you can only vaguely see the flickering candlelight below. You can imagine how deep it is inside.

Looking at the bottomless passage, Cen Xiang didn't know what he was thinking about. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he slowly walked in, letting the darkness swallow him.

When you are in it, you can find that the densely packed and intricate patterns on the walls on both sides of the passage seem to be specially carved.

These patterns are distributed on the wall according to a certain pattern, which makes people feel inexplicably breathless. In addition, the sound of wind coming from somewhere below, combined with the current dim scene, makes people so scared that goose bumps appear all of a sudden.

But Cen Chu didn't feel any discomfort while sitting there. He walked down at a steady pace.

As he went deeper, the sound of the wind became clearer and clearer, and soon...

"Ah, ah ah!"

"Ah-"

“Kill me, ahhhh——”

It turned out that it was not the so-called sound of the wind, but the screams of people.

These sounds mixed together, coupled with the special terrain underground, created an effect similar to the sound of wind.

As Cen Xiang stepped down the last step and turned various intersections designed to confuse the vision, he finally reached his destination.

What comes into view is a deep pit that is more than a thousand meters wide and bottomless.

The middle of the deep pit was not hollowed out, but was connected to the rock layer above like a pillar, supporting the spatial terrain below.

Looking down from above, through the ground which is more than 500 meters deep, you can see clearly that this deep pit is actually circular in shape.

The screams I heard all came from the stone pillar in the center of the pit...

(End of this chapter)