Acai's Sky

Chapter 664: What Does the Heroine's Escape Have to Do with Me?

Ah Cai stood quietly at the entrance of the secret room, a barely perceptible smile on her face. She whispered to Ginkgo beside her, "Go and get my father."

After Ginkgo received the order and left in a hurry, Ah Cai looked around quickly and carefully. Seeing that everyone around her was trustworthy, the uneasiness in her heart was slightly relieved.

She quickly touched the golden raccoon dog and whispered instructions to it in a soft and low voice.

The golden raccoon blinked smartly, nodded obediently, then stretched out its furry little paws and waved gently.

In an instant, a strange and powerful force surged out, and the boxes of treasures that were originally exposed were instantly cleverly covered by a thick layer of dust, as if they had never been touched by the world.

Ah Cai watched everything in front of her with satisfaction. She couldn't help but reach out and gently pick up the golden raccoon dog. She weighed it gently in her hands, a smile on her lips, and praised it, "Little guy, you did a great job! I will ask father to reward you later."

At this moment, a series of rapid and loud "da da da" sounds came quickly from far away.

Ah Cai looked in the direction of the sound and saw Tong Yan, the third master of the Tong family, rushing towards them in a hurry.

He lifted up his clothes tightly with his right hand, and walked quickly, arriving beside Acai in an instant like a gust of wind.

Tong Yan managed to steady himself with great difficulty, breathing heavily, but his eyes were always fixed on the direction of the secret room.

He adjusted his breathing and couldn't help but look around curiously, muttering to himself, "This place is truly hidden to the extreme. If you didn't know the secret, the average person would have no idea where to find the door. Who would have thought that the entrance to the secret room would be cleverly hidden in the boudoir's bathing area? It's truly ingenious and breathtaking!"

Seeing this, Mo Yu, the servant following behind Tong Yan, hurried forward, skillfully took out the fire starter hanging at his waist, walked to the wall and lit the oil lamps one by one.

As the firelight gradually grew brighter, the scene inside the entire secret room became clearer and clearer before everyone's eyes.

Tong Yan carefully moved down the slightly old wooden ladder.

When he finally found his feet and stood firmly on the solid ground of the secret room, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He calmed himself down and began to look carefully at this mysterious place.

The secret room was spacious and deep, but it was filled with all kinds of items all around. There were at least a few hundred boxes, and probably thousands of boxes at most.

Tong Yan slowly walked around the secret room, his eyes lingering for a moment at every corner.

Finally, his eyes fell on an old wooden box. He walked over, gently brushed the dust off the lid, and then carefully opened it.

In an instant, a dazzling light burst out from the box.

Inside were displayed many rare and precious foreign treasures, including glittering golden horseshoe gold, crystal clear high-quality tribute glass, dazzling gemstones and jade, and exquisite tinware.

Tong Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, and he already had a plan in mind.

After admiring these precious items, Tong Yan slowly crawled out of the secret room along the same path he came from.

He skillfully found the mechanism at the entrance of the secret passage and pressed it lightly. With a slight sound, the door of the secret passage slowly closed, as if it had never been opened, leaving no trace.

Tong Yan clapped his hands, turned and walked towards Ah Cai, who was standing not far away. With a smile on his face, he said to her, "In our Jialu County, a hundred years ago, during the previous dynasty, a major case occurred that shocked the court and the public. At that time, foreigners from the Western Regions came specially to offer tribute to the previous dynasty. Who could have expected that the entire foreign delegation would be murdered, and those precious tributes have since disappeared..."

At this point, Tong Yan's voice lowered slightly, as if he was immersed in that long-ago history.

"However, I didn't expect to see horseshoe gold here. I think they must be planning to use these things to exchange for what they need from the court, so they specially prepared them. As for the cloth, I guess they deliberately exchanged it with the Dongshi Kingdom and then used the exchanged goods to trade with us."

As Tong Yan spoke, he nodded thoughtfully and fell into deep thought.

As Ah Cai listened to her father's story, she couldn't help but glance at him, her eyes filled with confusion. "Dad, how do you know so much? And this happened a hundred years ago in the previous dynasty!"

The third master Tong Yan smiled slightly, took A Cai's hand and walked towards the front hall.

The two of them sat down at the table. Tong Yan picked up a cup of steaming hot tea, took a sip, and explained with a smile, "My dear, your father is a juren after all. This time when we returned to the old house, we naturally had access to books such as the county annals. It's not surprising that through these materials, we learned about some of the circumstances of the past."

After saying that, he leisurely drank a sip of tea and continued to tell A Cai more details about the case.

"This case caused a huge uproar a hundred years ago, shocking the entire country. Even our small Jialu County became famous because of it! And it's not just famous here. It's also located at a major transportation hub and a bustling trade route."

Ah Cai stared at Tong Yan intently, muttering to herself: My father seems to be very interested in that case, but in comparison, he has no interest in the precious tribute in front of him.

Tong Yan continued his analysis, "It's only been about forty years since we bought this house, but it's already undergone a major renovation. Originally, according to the elders, we only planned to replace the beams. After all, this house is over two hundred years old."

"But what was unexpected was that the hired craftsmen went crazy and renovated almost the entire house from top to bottom. They especially dug up the front and back yards, turning them upside down!"

At this point, Tong Yan couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Haha, if those craftsmen hadn't asked for more money in the end, I'm afraid your great-grandfather would have picked up his walking stick and chased them down!"

A Cai tilted her head and thought about it carefully, and felt that it was indeed the case.

Whose renovation would allow the craftsmen to be so reckless as to nearly tear the house down? Anyone would be furious if they encountered such a situation, right?

At this moment, Tong Yan tapped the tabletop lightly with his fingers, and said thoughtfully, "From this point of view, there must have been something wrong with the people who were responsible for renovating the house back then. But, it's also thanks to their messing around that our family didn't suffer the same misfortune as the previous families!"

Ah Cai blinked and asked curiously, "Did the previous families have to sell their yards because they had no choice but to do so?"