"This shelf is the switch shelf for the secret room."

Seeing that the small shelf was still there, Mu Chaochao guessed that there was a secret room here, and turned his hand to open the secret door.

They took out the Night Pearl and walked in together. There was still some iron ore in the room that had not been transported away. The next door was filled with gold and silver treasures. Mu Chaochao collected them all.

"There's another room inside."

There was also a small room with a door lock. When Mu Chaochao opened the door, a musty smell wafted out.

"Ahem..." The two of them coughed from the smoke.

"Who is it?" came a weak voice.

"Someone."

The two looked at each other and walked in. The night pearl illuminated the small room, and they saw a skinny old man with a pale face and gray hair, lying dying on a shabby bed.

"Brother Chen, he can't be Zhao En!" Mu Chaochao said in surprise.

"Girl, you... know... me?" The old man's voice was very soft and weak. Hearing her mention his name, he stood up with difficulty.

Hearing that he was Zhao En, Mu Chaochao quickly took out the spiritual spring water for him to drink.

"You drink the water."

"Thank you!" Drinking the spiritual spring water gave him more strength. "You are not... Zhang Xin's people, are you?" Zhang Xin never brought anyone to the room where he was kept.

"No, Zhang Xin has been arrested. We came here to search and found this secret room. I didn't expect you to be locked up here. Come, we will take you out."

"It's great, I can still go out." Zhao En's eyes were full of tears, and he is still surviving just to see his family one last time.

The secret guard carried Zhao En and walked out of the secret room together. He had not seen the sun for many years and closed his eyes in discomfort. Mu Chaochao took out a black curtain hat from the space and put it on him.

"Thank you, girl, can you help me find...the people at home? I want to see them...for the last time."

"Your wife and son knew about your being switched, and they thought you had been killed. But don't worry, as long as you take good care of yourself, you will recover."

Mu Chaochao felt his pulse and said that it was impossible to cure him with ancient medical techniques alone, but the space-upgraded medicine could cure him. Finally, good people are rewarded.

"Really, I can still...live and be reunited with my family."

"Yes, as long as I am here, you will live a long life. This is for you to eat." Mu Chaochao took two peaches to Zhao En.

"Thank you, little genius doctor."

"Your Highness, we found an account book in the secret compartment of the bed." Tianshu handed it over with both hands.

"Okay, back to the county office."

Zhao En was put on the carriage, and the people from other villages were also taken back to the county government office. Looking at the vast team, passers-by pointed.

"Isn't this the concubine's room at Zhao's Villa?"

"What kind of concubine? It's just a bastard who deceives Zhao Dashan."

"This must be a serious crime. I heard that the village has been sealed off."

"I heard that the yamen officer brought out a man whose face he couldn't see clearly."

"I don't believe that Zhao Dashan would do anything illegal. It must be those two concubines."

Zhao En was taken back to the county government office to recuperate, but Ye Huaichen did not let anyone notify the Zhao family.

"Send this letter to the third emperor brother, and pass this letter to the fourth emperor brother. The case will be heard at midnight tomorrow. Go and notify Zhao Jinheng."

After Ye Huaichen finished speaking, he picked up the account book and started reading it.

"Yes, Your Highness."

County government backyard

"Little miss, young master, you'd better go home. It's too dangerous outside. I'm too old and useless to protect you."

Nanny Li, who had fainted before, stood in front of the two siblings and tried to persuade them.

"Mama Li, if we don't go back, we will be sold if we do." The little girl shook her head.

"what's up?"

After Mu Chaochao prescribed medicine to Zhao En, he came out to the backyard to get some air.

"Chaochao, every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite." Mrs. Mu Er shook her head.

"Where will you stay if you don't go home? I am your biological father after all, and he will not ignore you."

Grandma Li disagreed. Could it be that the two children wanted to go out and wander.

"Sister, can we follow you? I can sell myself as a maid." The girl looked at her expectantly with big eyes.

"You don't want to be a good lady, but you want to be a maid? Tell me, what happened to you that makes you not want to go home."

Mu Chaochao sat down and looked at their siblings.

It turns out that the two siblings are the grandsons of Nan Yuan's wife in the south of the city. Nan Yuan has only one daughter. She was raised with a simple mind and knew nothing about the family business. Mr. Nan could only recruit a son-in-law for the Nan family.

Chen Tao is a shopkeeper of Nan's shop. He is handsome and eloquent. When he learns that his boss intends to recruit a son-in-law, he takes advantage of Miss Nan to come to the rouge shop to pick rouge. She has a sweet tongue. How can the girl in the boudoir cope with it? Good impression.

Mr. Nan saw that Chen Tao's store management was good and his daughter had a good impression of him, so he immediately recruited him as his son-in-law.

Chen Tao behaved well in the Nan family. He and Miss Nan gave birth to a pair of children, Nan Yue and Nan Xingchen. The family lived a stable and happy life until Nan Yuanwai's death two years ago.

Chen Tao picked up a mother and son from outside and said that he had been married by his family before. The son was even two years older than his own daughter. Miss Nan was so shocked that she couldn't afford to fall ill.

Chen Tao liked Miss Nan. He kept telling her that she was his wife and Mrs. Li was his concubine, and asked Miss Nan to accept the mother and son.

"Now that the matter has come to this, Miss Li can only accept it." Nanny Li sighed and continued:

"However, the young lady has been depressed since then and died of illness half a year ago. Before she died, the young lady realized that she had neglected her children and asked her uncle to take good care of the two children."

However, Chen Tao was busy with business and was not at home often, so Mr. Li treated Miss Nan's two children well after entering the house.

Chen Tao left the family to her with peace of mind, but he didn't know that his children were being oppressed by Li without his knowledge.

Li was good at showing off, openly trying to please her two children, but secretly depriving them of their food and clothing. The two of them often went to the kitchen to steal food when they were hungry, but Li found out and beat them.

Li designed a scene in which Nan Yue scratched Li. Chen Tao saw it with his own eyes and thought that the two children did not like Li. He punished Nan Yue due to Li's false plea and the guilt of being owed to Li for many years. .

"We originally wanted to secretly tease Mr. Li for revenge, but we didn't expect to hear her and the maid talking about selling my brother and I so that all the Nan family's property would belong to his son," Nan Yue said.

"Were you sold to bandits by Mr. Li?"

"No, I heard that she was going to sell me and my brother, and my father was not here, so my brother and I went to see Grandma Li with the money."

"I am the young lady's nanny. I went back to my hometown after the young lady left. I didn't expect that my siblings would come looking for me after they ran away from home.

I have an unlucky son who lost a lot of money on gambling. Unexpectedly, they stole the silver just one day after arriving, and three days later, they sold their siblings to bandits. "Mama Li cried.

"Your father should still love you very much. Otherwise, tell your father clearly."

"Our family has changed since that bad woman appeared. My mother is also dead. Maybe my stepmother will bully us in the future. I don't want to go back." Nan Yue lowered her head.

Grandma Li felt sad when she saw it, but fortunately the little lady was much braver than her mother.

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