Natural disaster at the beginning: I will lead the system to build a safe zone

The two of them quickly reached the bottom. It was pitch black in front of them and they could not see anything. The only light was the entrance above their heads.

Shi Anan asked Fu Xin to light a candle, and then she could see the tunnel clearly. It was just as she expected, the tunnel was not big, and the space could only accommodate an adult man at most. She didn't know who built this rockery and what the purpose of building this tunnel was.

However, I heard from Fu Xin that this house was left over from the previous dynasty, and this rockery must have been built at that time. Therefore, it is unrealistic to investigate who built this tunnel now. It is estimated that the builder has long turned into bones.

Now that we have strayed from the topic, let’s first take a look at where this tunnel leads to.

Fu Xin walked in front holding a candle to lead the way. No one had come into the tunnel for many years. Not only was there an unpleasant musty smell, but there were also a bunch of spider webs above her head.

They didn't know how long they had walked, but they finally reached the end of the tunnel. Fu Xin said, "Miss, there is a dead end ahead. There is nothing in here."

Shi Anan thought about it. Since the system specially gave her a map and marked the location of this secret passage, there must be a purpose for it.

If she could crack the secret passage, she would get something that would be helpful to her in the future. If she failed to complete the task, the system would also have to be destroyed and rebuilt. Strictly speaking, the two of them were in the same boat, so she didn't believe it would be in vain.

"Give me a candle so I can take a look." Shi Anan said to Fu Xin, relighting a candle and holding it in her hand to observe the place.

Because the candlelight was too dim, it took her a long time to notice that the sealed part of the secret passage also had a row of grooves like the ones they stepped on when they came down before. Does that mean that the exit is right here? !

After getting a clue, Shi An An began to focus on observing whether there was any mechanism near the groove, and sure enough, she found a button with the same protrusion.

Suddenly, there was a faint vibration in the silent tunnel. Due to years of disrepair, the soil on the wall was a little loose. As the tunnel shook, it fell down and hit Shi Anan and Fu Xin in the face.

Fortunately, the vibration did not last too long. A dazzling light shone down from above, and the exit of the tunnel opened.

Shi Anan and Fu Xin struggled to climb out of the tunnel, shook off the dirt on their bodies, and patted the dust on their heads. They were no longer as clean as they were in the morning, their hair was messy, their clothes were wrinkled and dirty, if Aunt Liu saw Shi Anan like this, she would probably think she went to a dog hole, although this tunnel was almost like a dog hole.

"Wow!" Fu Xin, who came up first, suddenly exclaimed.

"What's wrong? Why are you making such a fuss...Wow!" Shi Anan hadn't paid attention to the situation around her before. After hearing Fu Xin's exclamation, she looked up. Oh my god, it's so luxurious!

The exit of the secret passage was actually in someone's bedroom. She should be thankful that the floor tiles at the exit were not pressed down by the bed and wardrobe, otherwise they would not be able to get out.

This person's bedroom is extremely large. From Shi Anan's point of view, the bed and the guest chairs should be carved out of a whole piece of golden nanmu wood. The items placed inside are also high-end and exquisite. There are antique vases that look very expensive at first glance, a pen holder carved out of excellent jade on the desk, and several huge night-shining pearls for lighting.

Her bedroom was also quite big, but also very empty. Compared with this luxurious bedroom, it was like a slum. Shi Anan shed tears of envy.

If this bedroom belonged to her, would she still bother with the system over a mere hundred taels?

Judging from the furnishings in this bedroom, the person living here should be a man. There are also many well-made model props on his display shelf, including lifelike mechanical animals, and some weapons such as bows and crossbows. It seems that he is a person who likes handicrafts.

"Miss! I know where this place is!" When Fu Xin saw the models, she suddenly remembered a rumor she had heard before.

"Where is this?" Shi Anan was fiddling with a mechanical bird, and didn't know where the switch was.

"This should be the room of the prince of the Duke of Weiguo." Fu Xin swallowed and was a little scared. Why did they come to the Duke of Weiguo's mansion? Would they be discovered and treated as accomplices?

"It is rumored that the prince of the Duke of Weiguo doesn't like to study literature, nor is he good at officialdom. He likes to tinker with craftsmen's things all day long. Everyone says that if he didn't have the Duke of Weiguo as his father, he would definitely be a lowly craftsman."

"There are so many handmade ornaments in this room. They must have been made by the Prince of Weiguo himself. Miss! Let's go quickly. If someone finds out that we are in the Duke of Weiguo's mansion, we will be implicated." Fu Xin continued.

"What's wrong with a craftsman? A craftsman is a craftsman." Shi Anan muttered in retort.

Strictly speaking, An An himself was a craftsman in his previous life, so he naturally couldn't bear to hear people say that craftsmen were lowly, because the houses those people lived in were still made by craftsmen.

"Don't be in a hurry to leave. Didn't you say that the entire family of Duke Weiguo was thrown into prison? Does that mean there's no one in this mansion now?" She had come here with great difficulty, how could she go back so easily.

"That's true, but I don't know if there are people hiding in the dark watching this place." Fu Xin was still a little worried. After all, the Duke of Weiguo committed the serious crime of treason and she didn't want to be implicated and exiled.

"Waiter, can you detect if there are other people monitoring nearby?" Shi Anan asked the system silently in her heart.

[Host, there is no one watching nearby.] The waiter responded quickly.

"Waiter, I knew you were reliable!" Shi Anan praised to herself.

Then he turned to Fu Xin and said, "It's okay. Now everyone is afraid of being implicated as an accomplice, so they are hiding far away. Why would they come here and stare at us?"

"But..." Fu Xin still felt something was not right.

"Okay, don't worry, I'm still here. We've come all this way, it would be a waste if we just leave like this."

It's because you're here that I feel uneasy, Fu Xin silently complained in her heart.

But she didn't continue to talk about leaving. In fact, she was also very curious about the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion. After all, the Duke of Weiguo was also a legendary figure. When the previous emperor was alive, it was because of the Duke of Weiguo that he could successfully seize the throne. Moreover, the Duke of Weiguo had repelled the barbarians many times and was a rare patron saint of the Tianqi Dynasty.

Therefore, when the Duke of Wei was convicted of treason by Emperor Tai'an, the people were incredulous. They did not believe that a patron saint who had protected their two dynasties would suddenly commit treason one day.

But the evidence was conclusive at the time. A large number of letters and tokens of communication with high-ranking northern barbarians were found in the Duke of Wei's room. The Duke of Wei did not give much explanation and just pleaded guilty.

This is why the people cannot help but believe it. Perhaps everyone has higher expectations for the people they admire. So when the people found out that the person they admired for so long had betrayed them, they despised the Duke of Wei as much as they loved him before. It is not an exaggeration to say that when the wall falls, everyone pushes it down.

Although Fu Xin was not as radical as those people, she was also very curious about what the place where the legendary figure of Weiguogong lived was like. Although the mansions of the two families were close to each other, before this neighbor fell, the Shi family could not afford to marry him. Not to mention the exchanges between neighbors, even walking through the gate was afraid of bumping into the nobles inside.

Shi Anan didn't think so much about it. Although she traveled to this era, perhaps because she was not deeply involved enough and because of the existence of the system, she was still unable to empathize with these things like the local natives.

After visiting the prince's bedroom, Shi Anan carefully opened the door and looked outside. Probably because the master of the house was imprisoned, some of the servants were implicated and imprisoned together, and those who could escape had already escaped. So no one had cleaned the yard for a while, and the fallen leaves in the yard were all over the ground.

"Fuxin, if you're scared, just wait for me here. I'll go look somewhere else." Shi Anan said.

"No! Miss, I'm not afraid, I want to follow you!" Fu Xin became anxious when she heard it.

"Okay, okay, then you follow me." Shi Anan was helpless. It was a bit difficult to move around with her!