Spring Forest Evening

Maybe it was a new place, or maybe it was because of the seal that he thought about some things that were not there just now. Zhou Heng found that he began to miss Shen Fu who still lived in the main courtyard.

I don't know if he's asleep right now, whether he's sleeping in the main courtyard or the outer courtyard. In fact, if Shen Yi hadn't come suddenly, he could have taken the opportunity to look for him at night, or...he would have come to look for him too.

Speaking of it, I have been talking about swimming for so long, but I don't know that it will only start in the year of the monkey.

It's not that it is so necessary to learn it, this capital city, Zhou Heng has a little understanding now, it seems that there is only one water area like Liuhu Lake, not to mention that Shen Fugui is Prince Jing, it is impossible to find a place to enter the water.

It's just that the time when the two of them quietly practiced beside the waterside pavilion, although not many days have passed, thinking about it now, it is still a rare warmth and beauty.

So again and again, although Zhou Heng had already seen that Shen Fu was a bit evasive, he still insisted on it, nothing more than wanting to spend some time alone with him.

Thinking of this, Zhou Heng only felt a little disturbed in his heart, thinking about the so-called seal gift that Shen Yi knew about, and thinking about whether there would be any clues about the jade carving of the horse head, deep down in his heart, he seemed to be quite conflicted. I am looking forward to some clues, but I don't seem to hope that there will be any gains.

After thinking about it, he suddenly remembered that if he hadn't been thrown into the water with an oar by the boatman sent by the third princess, perhaps Shen Fu would not be willing to look at him twice now, even more so. Needless to say, I have mutual affection with myself now.

Thinking about it this way, I found it quite funny: Others said they wanted to thank So-and-so for not killing him, so maybe I should also thank the third princess for killing her?

But that being said, before going to sleep, Zhou Heng still decided that when he meets Shen Fu tomorrow morning, he can tell him this matter as a joke, and he will be able to see his speechless expression as he wishes. , quite interesting.

But when she came to see Shen Fu at breakfast the next day as she wished, before Zhou Heng had time to find a chance to tease him, Shen Fu said something that surprised both her and Shen Yi—

Last night, the hands of the people who had been digging the secret tunnel at Wanqingyuan were blocked by a huge stone.

So has the treasure been dug at last?

Zhou Heng and Shen Yi glanced at each other, and they both felt each other's excitement, and Shen Yi even said directly: "Ah Heng, let's eat quickly, and go and see later!"

Unfortunately, just as Zhou Heng was about to respond, Shen Fu's next words seemed to pour cold water on them:

"No need to go, it took several hours, and the stone hasn't moved at all, it must have been done on purpose before."

"Can't push it or dig it?" Shen Yi thought it wasn't a big deal, why her younger brother was so unresponsive early in the morning: "Then you can't let someone measure it on the ground to avoid it, and then go up from the top Do you want to dig down?"

Wouldn't that be able to perfectly avoid that stone?Maybe the stone is used as a stone gate blocking the way, and there is really a treasure behind it.

Unfortunately, Shen Fu shook his head again, shattering Shen Yi's dream:

"The butler has already had people try it, and there is no secret passage behind it, it should have been filled in by someone."

"Then what are you going to tell us?" Shen Yi was angry and funny: "Don't come and tell us about things that have no results, right, Ah Heng? Leave him alone and have breakfast!"

Zhou Heng responded, but at the same time looked at Shen Fu and asked softly:

"Is the direction of the buried secret path on the side of the stone leading to the mansion behind?"

Shen Fu nodded, and at the same time glanced at Shen Yi, the latter gave him a blank look, and smiled while he was eating his own breakfast:

"You can do whatever you want!"

Zhou Heng smiled at her, thought for a while, and then asked Shen Fu:

"Ah Fu, you said... the ironware sent by the people from the Central South Road...could it be...used to open up the secret passage below? Maybe they also know that there will be huge stones blocking the way in the secret passage?"

"It's possible," Shen Fu sat down beside her, rolled up his sleeves and handed her a bowl of porridge, frowning slightly and said:

"But it's been a while since those ironwares were delivered, but the secret passage hasn't been opened. Perhaps, they haven't found its entrance at all. I'm referring to the opening at the other end, perhaps somewhere in Kangwang's mansion. place."

"So they wanted to start looking for it from the Wanqingyuan first, but it was set on fire, but they still couldn't find it?" Shen Yi handed over her empty bowl while answering the conversation, and signaled Shen Fu to give herself some more. Seeing this, Zhou Heng quickly got up and wanted to serve her a bowl.

"You honest child!" Seeing this, Shen Yi sighed and took the bowl back resignedly to do it herself. Fortunately, Shen Fu also quickly added pickles to her bowl, and then smiled and gave him a sideways glance to express his forgiveness. , continue to talk about the secret way:

"It seems that we can only wait for the results of the excavation at the other end. I didn't expect that the underground of our mansion is so criss-crossed. However, to put it bluntly, although it is not a good thing, after all, it caught fire before. But thinking about it the other way around, now that we have discovered the secret passages, we might be able to rebuild them later, and it won’t be a bad thing then.”

"Worst case, just in case, I mean in case, any foreign enemies or accidents encountered in the mansion, you can immediately hide without anyone noticing!"

These words inspired Zhou Heng. As a person in the 21st century who has heard people talk about ancient court dramas even if he hasn’t watched many, he immediately got involved in conspiracy theories again:

"By the way, didn't the second prince always want the mansion next door? Perhaps, he didn't know where to know that there are secret passages all over the two mansions, and he was very ambitious, so he wanted to use the secret passage to be prepared. retreat?"

This made Shen Yi nod repeatedly in agreement:

"Isn't that the plan! Fortunately, others don't know what he's thinking. His father should know it very well, but he didn't give him the house in a daze."

Speaking of this, I don't know what I thought of, put down the chopsticks, and said excitedly:

"Yes, that's it!"

"Superior people are suspicious, and their nature is like this! So even if the second prince didn't get what he wanted, he still had a tempting thought, so he became a good person again, put on a fatherly face, and persuaded Lord Kang to take over his palace. Let's see if the ambitious second child of his family will stop there or continue to work hard, hehe, wonderful, he really is a kind father and a filial son!"

Zhou Heng and Shen Fu looked at each other silently. Shen Yi's words sounded quite reasonable, but there was still some doubts in them. If this was the case, then it meant that the emperor knew about Prince Jing's mansion. There is a secret passage underneath, in that case, will he be on guard against Shen Fu?

Or to be more precise, did the emperor take precautions against Shen Fu?

As soon as Zhou Heng thought of this, Shen Yi next to her raised eyebrows and angrily slapped the chopsticks in her hand on the table.

The sound of "啪!" was caught off guard, making people horrified.