Travel through space and help the prince’s husband in construction

After a while, the stewards and maids of Bihe Palace were brought in and asked if they knew what was going on in the secret passage?

These people have no idea that there is a secret passage here. Each one showed a confused and frightened expression. Only one old woman lowered her head and said nothing.

Ping An asked her who she was? The old woman replied: "Reporting to your noble lord, I am the steward of this palace."

Ping An asked her: "How many years have you served Concubine Shu in Bihe Palace?"

The old woman didn't want to answer, but with a knife on her neck, she had to tell the truth.

The steward replied tremblingly: "I have served you in Bihe Palace for more than thirty years. Ever since Concubine Shu was favored and moved into Bihe Palace. I have been working as a maid here and was later promoted to steward!"

Pingan nodded and asked her: "Did you know that there is a secret passage under the Bihe Palace's dormitory?"

The old mama thought for a while, nodded, and answered honestly: "Reporting to your noble lord, I know something. Bihe Palace was later renovated. During that process, a secret passage was secretly built. No one else knew about this. Only Mrs. Shu The people in the concubine's courtyard and her natal family knew that the craftsman who built the secret tunnel was the son of her natal family.

When this secret passage was built, the people in the palace did not know it. The slave only knew that the approximate location of the secret passage should be inside the dowager's bedroom in the main courtyard of Bihe Palace. I don’t know where the specific entrance to the secret passage is? "

Since the grandma in charge said this, wouldn't she know even less about the situation in the secret passage?

But Ping An asked her: "Since this dormitory was occupied by Concubine Shu's master. Did the old witch ask you to go to the warehouse to get some things that are impossible to use in the dormitory, such as extra beds and simple seats? Furnishings and extra food?”

The old grandma shook her head after thinking about it. She asked a maid next to her: "You are in charge of this dormitory. Tell me, have you ever provided more than the normal amount of food, beds or other things?"

The maid thought carefully and said, "Mom, do you remember that three months ago, we often heard sounds from the ground? At that time, we also asked you privately, what was the sound?

You told us that as a servant, no matter what we hear, we should pretend we didn’t hear it; no matter what we see, we should pretend we didn’t see it. We no longer dare ask these things. "

The stewardess nodded and motioned for the maid to continue.

The maid affirmed: "Since then, the Goddess will order a batch of fresh food every three days, and the quantity is large. But no one else has ever been seen coming to eat in the palace. Where did the food go? No idea. Food boxes and plates are always left outside the door."

The old woman asked the maid: "There are more than a dozen male monks who come to the goddess every day. Could it be that they have eaten it?"

The eldest maid shook her head and said, "Mammy, don't you remember? When these monks are invited in by the goddess, they often order us to serve wine and food. A large table is filled with good wine and good food.

We also clean up the leftovers after eating. There is always some food left over. There is no need to prepare more food at all. "

Ping An asked the maid: ""When was the last time we sent extra food?

The maid replied: "Reporting to your noble lord, just yesterday at Youshi, I sent another batch of fresh fruits, pastries, steamed buns, as well as braised beef, roasted whole chicken, roasted venison, braised pig face, and pig ears. There are also pig trotters and pig tails, plus three jars of pear blossom stuffing and three jars of white autumn leaves."

Peaceful listening to these foods. A rule can be concluded that these foods can be eaten cold. When the weather is not hot, the shelf life is longer and can be stored for at least three days. Pastries and steamed buns can even be stored for a longer period of time.

Another little maid added: "In the goddess's palace, we ask for several teapots of boiled water every three days.

But on weekdays, we can't see where those teapots are. "

According to Ping An's inference, the old witch should regularly prepare drinking water and food in the secret room to hide in case of special circumstances.

However, in order to hide the secret room from others, no earth, stone and building materials were transported from the palace when the secret room was built. Later, daily necessities needed in the secret room. It was also obtained secretly from the outside world.

However, the physical objects need to be replaced regularly, so the palace examples are always used. If they had not been asked this time, the maids would not have revealed the extra expenses for food.

Ping An and the others speculated that the old witch and the two helpers must still be hiding somewhere in the secret passage.

There must be a secret room inside. It's just that they didn't find the right method,

So they picked up bright lanterns. On the wall of the secret room, look around carefully.

At this time, Li Xuyang dealt with the escaped foreign aid. Also found the secret passage.

After Li Xuyang met Ping An Ruyi, he carefully observed every inch of the wall of the secret passage.

Li Xuyang has strong observation skills and is very tall. He saw a slightly raised stone brick in the middle of the secret passage, about one and eight meters above the ground.

He whispered to the other secret guards and guards who were searching: "You all come here. Get ready. This may be the location of the secret room."