She originally thought that the space behind the memorial table would not be too large just to store some letters and the like. However, after she opened the mechanism according to Wen Qiongyu's instructions, she discovered that there was something else inside.
After walking two steps inside, there was a staircase going down. It was so dark inside that nothing could be seen.
Qiao Yuyan felt flustered for no reason, and was about to ask Shi Ye to light the fire seal when she suddenly heard the sound of heavy stones rubbing against each other.
Shi Ye immediately passed by her, but it was still a step too late, and the small door was closed.
Qiao Yuyan's heart immediately sank.
Neither the master nor the servant moved. They listened carefully for a long time.
But I don't know if it's because of the clever design of this place, but there isn't any movement outside.
It seemed as if the small door closed by itself.
But Qiao Yuyan knew that this was not the case. When they moved the mechanism just now, they could see that it was not an automatic return mechanism. They had to wait for someone to manually restore it before they could close the door.
There must be someone else outside.
So...who is it?
The person named Zhao has been dragged by Jiahe to the side door. Who else could be here?
Could it be that there is actually someone above the person named Zhao, and that person has actually discovered that this place is unusual, so he has been waiting here for a long time?
That doesn't make sense. What's the use of locking her in here? It's not even enough to take away the things inside.
Thinking of loading the car, Qiao Yuyan reacted and asked Shi Ye to take out the fire seal.
When I walked inside, I discovered that this was a stone room, which should be about the same size as an ancestral hall.
The master and the servant took a closer look at the place under the light from the fire. It was more like an underground study than an underground stone room.
Not only are there bookshelves and desks, but there are even four treasures of the study on the desks.
It's just that the decree on the table has become damp and decayed, and the text on it is nothing special. It's just a "Departure List" from the Three Kingdoms period.
There is another basin on the ground, but there is only damp ashes left in it. I don’t know how long it was there.
What is placed on the bookshelf is not a volume of books, but a box. If you think about it, you can understand that this is underground, and the humidity is so heavy. If you put the books directly on it, it will not take long.
It was all destroyed.
Fortunately, there were not many things on the bookshelves. Qiao Yuyan and Shi Ye used the faint firelight to check box after box, but they were all ordinary books.
In the bottom box, I finally found the correspondence between Wen Qiongyu and the late emperor, all wrapped in oil paper.
Qiao Yuyan asked Shi Ye to hold a fire aside and read each letter one by one. After reading them all, she was helplessly aware that these were really just ordinary correspondences.
There is no trace of any map.
Seeing her standing there and pondering, Shiye couldn't help but said anxiously: "Madam, we have to find a way out quickly. At this time, we don't even know who locked us in here."
Qiao Yuyan felt in her heart that the secret must be in this stone room, but she was in it and couldn't find it, which made people feel very annoyed.
She did not respond to Shi Ye's words, but inspected the place almost inch by inch from front to back and from the inside to the bottom.
I even searched carefully in the cracks of the bookshelf, and finally moved the bookshelf out of the way, for fear that there might be something hidden between the walls.
But in the end, I still found nothing.
Qiao Yuyan stood in the middle of the room with her arms crossed and her brows furrowed, and she began to feel anxious.
No clues have been found, and we are still facing the dilemma of not being able to get out!
She can't be trapped here forever!
Shi Ye had already gone to the entrance to check, trying to see if he could get out.
Qiao Yuyan checked the surroundings again, but still found nothing. In anger, she couldn't help but kick the charcoal pot in the middle of the room.
Who would have thought that such a basin made of brass and filled with only some charcoal ash was not kicked. On the contrary, Qiao Yuyan's toes felt a dull pain because of it.
Shi Ye over there ran back immediately as soon as he heard the noise. The master and servant looked at each other and squatted down at the same time.
Picking up the leaves, he put his hands on the charcoal basin, and with some effort, he turned the basin a few minutes, and then a small hole was exposed underneath.
When Shiye turned the charcoal basin completely open, Qiao Yuyan saw what was going on underneath. There was a hole a few inches square and only a few inches deep. There was something wrapped in butter paper inside.
Qiao Yuyan immediately took it out and opened it to find an envelope. After she took out the contents of the envelope, her heart settled.
As soon as Shi Ye saw her expression, she knew that she had found what she was looking for, and she couldn't help but feel happy.
"I'll go look for it again and see if there's an exit."
Qiao Yuyan stared at the charcoal basin for a few seconds, then scanned the entire stone chamber and said, "There is an exit here."
Shi Ye looked at her doubtfully.
Qiao Yuyan pointed to the basin and said: "My first reaction when I saw this basin was that it was damp inside, and I was afraid that those important letters would be damaged, so I lit a charcoal basin to remove the moisture.
But think about it, in such a large stone room, since there are desks in it, there must be someone staying in it, so if a pot of charcoal fire is lit, this person will be dead in a short time."
"I don't understand what Madam is saying."
Qiao Yuyan explained to her that she had seen such a record in a book that Wen Tingyuan had lying around. If charcoal was burned in a closed space, the people inside could easily be poisoned and die.
"So, this stone chamber should have a place for ventilation. In that case..."
She didn't need to continue talking, Shi Ye understood what she meant.
Qiao Yuyan took out a few sheets of rice paper from the pile on the table, folded them thickly, and lit the fire from the flame in the hand of the leaf picker. The master and the servant held up the flame in their hands to inspect inch by inch.
There seems to be a layer of mud mixed with sand poured outside the entire stone chamber, making it look like it is one piece.
Qiao Yuyan had just checked everything in order to find something. Now her eyes were a little sore, but she gritted her teeth and continued to search.
The last map was found, and she had to send it out as soon as possible.
And at this time, they can no longer care about stopping quietly. They must find their whereabouts as soon as possible. The initiative is in their hands.
Just as she was thinking about this, the flame in her hand suddenly tilted. Qiao Yuyan immediately moved the flame back and stared at it for a while. The flame kept moving towards Qiao Yuyan. There was indeed wind here, so she immediately called out.