The little ancestor of the family

Chapter 375 For You, Everything Is Worth It

"How can the county magistrate employ an old man like me? Even the night incense seller in the county magistrate's house is young and strong."

The old man laughed at himself and said, "I like to ask questions. I am curious about everything, especially the gossips and anecdotes of the families of the rich and powerful. I am particularly interested.

I know a blacksmith who came to the county magistrate's house when he was repairing the secret passage. It was he who told me the entrance to this secret passage."

"Doesn't that mean many people know this entrance?" This was Ye Xinran's first reaction.

"How could that be possible!" The old man's expression changed, "Half a month after the blacksmith told me about this, he disappeared from Xueyue City.

No one knew where he went, it was as if he had disappeared from the face of the earth.”

Ye Xinran understood instantly.

I'm afraid that all the people who participated in the construction of this secret passage were secretly killed after the project was completed.

Because the old man did not participate, he unexpectedly became the only person in the public who knew the entrance.

As they were talking, they had already reached the end of the secret passage.

At the end of the secret passage was also a smooth wall. The old man first lay on the wall and listened carefully to the movements on the opposite side, and then he kept groping on the wall. After groping for a long time, he finally found a protruding stone.

Press the protruding stone downwards, and the wall will slowly flip over, revealing the scene on the opposite side.

They were located in a corner of the warehouse.

Standing here, you can only see the mountains of food and nothing else.

The old man didn't move forward.

After the wall flipped over a circle, it returned to its original position and closed automatically.

"See? The barbarians' granary is across the street. I definitely didn't lie to you."

The old man showed a smug expression, "Now can you tell me how to protect the grain? The grain is piled up like a small mountain, and the three of us can't move much together."

Ye Xinran felt relieved the moment she saw the food.

It is estimated that there are tens of thousands of kilograms of grain in the warehouse, which is enough for the soldiers and the people in the city to eat for a period of time.

"I have a trick." Ye Xinran said.

"I can make the food disappear in front of everyone's eyes, so that the barbarians can't tamper with the food when they escape."

"A trick?" The old man frowned.

"Old man, I am well-informed, but I have never heard of any tricks to deceive the eyes. Does your method work?"

"It will definitely work!" Before Ye Xinran could say anything, Ding Qiao said hastily, "The master's trick is unprecedented and will never be surpassed. It is one-of-a-kind in the world!"

"Ah!"

The old man sighed.

It was both a so-called sleight of hand for Ye Xinran and for Ding Qiao to say so many four-character phrases at once.

She didn't have this ability when she was studying.

"In that case, let me see how powerful this trick of yours is."

As she spoke, she looked at Ye Xinran.

Ye Xinran was frightened by her stare and couldn't help asking, "Why don't you open the door, old man? What are you staring at me for?"

The old man also looked puzzled: "Don't you need to do the ritual first? I will open the door after you do it."

"What kind of ritual?" Ye Xinran found it funny. "My ritual is a simplified one. There is no need to set up an altar to perform the ritual."

"Okay, come on!"

The old man said as he pressed the mechanism on the wall.

The secret door on the wall opened again, and Ye Xinran stepped out.

If she wanted to store all the food into the space, she had to take all the food in her sight, so she had to step into the granary to see it all.

The old man was on this side of the wall, watching Ye Xinran go out through the flipped door. When she flipped back, the old man was surprised to find that the food on the opposite wall seemed to have really disappeared.

The door closed again.

The old man stared at Ye Xinran with wide eyes: "This... is it done now?"

"Yup!"

Ye Xinran rubbed her hands and said, "It's done, thanks to you, old man."

"How is that possible? I didn't hear you chant any spells, nor did I see you do anything."

"I've already said this is a simplified version and doesn't require those cumbersome procedures." Ye Xinran said again.

"No, I must have been dazzled!"

The old man was unwilling.

"I need to take a closer look."

As he said this, he reached out to touch the mechanism on the wall again.

But Ye Xinran stopped him.

"Wait!" Ye Xinran said, "Someone is coming over there."

Upon hearing this, the old man immediately put his ear to the wall.

There were thudding sounds of footsteps coming from the other side of the wall, and then, there were curses.

"Where's the food? Huh? Where's your food?"

"It was here just now, but it disappeared as soon as I turned around!" a timid voice answered.

"Are you kidding me? You're telling me that thousands of kilograms of food disappeared the moment I turned around?"

"Boss, I really didn't lie. The third brother and I were guarding here the whole time. We even took turns going to the toilet. It really was that he suddenly disappeared in the blink of an eye!"

"Did you notice anyone coming in just now?"

"No way! We have such tight security here that not even a mouse can get in, let alone a human."

More and more people gathered.

"Boss, this is haunted! With so much food, even if there were a hundred trucks, it would take three days and three nights to transport it. How could it disappear in the blink of an eye?"

"That's right, this is too mysterious!"

"Stop talking!"

Hailigu shouted with a gloomy face: "Search for me, dig three feet deep to find the food for me."

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, the men immediately scattered and searched the surroundings.

Everyone knew that the food had disappeared so mysteriously that it was impossible for them to find it.

But the boss had given the order, so they had to pretend.

Hailigu looked at their figures, his mind in a mess.

So much food disappeared right under their noses, Buduer would definitely not let them go.

He had to think of a solution quickly.

Thinking of Budu'er's ferocious look, Hailigu closed his eyes.

"Everyone stop."

After a while, he suddenly opened his eyes and said.

All his men gathered around Hailigu, and Hailigu said calmly, "Go outside and find tung oil and dry firewood right now. The more the better!"

"Boss, do you want to burn down this granary?"

His men guessed his intention.

"Besides burning this place down, can you think of any other solution?"

He looked around with a grim expression, and everyone lowered their heads.

“For now, the only way to save our lives is to say that the granary is on fire.

If Buduer won, the fire would be set by the Liang people.

If Buduer loses, the fire will be set by us!

Understand! "

"understood!"

The men responded one after another.

"If you want to live, shut up. If you keep talking nonsense, don't blame me for not being able to save you."

After giving his orders to his men, Hailigu added again.

His subordinates usually listen to him, and when it comes to matters like this that concern their heads, they dare not disobey even a single word.

They quickly fetched tung oil and dry firewood and placed them around the house.

Just waiting for Hailigu's order to set fire to this place.

The old man heard their conversation clearly on the other side of the wall.

Now he didn't need to verify it with his own eyes to be sure that the food in the warehouse was indeed missing.

He stepped back a few steps and asked in a low voice, "Just now they said they were going to burn the warehouse. Isn't our food still in there? If they really burn the warehouse, will the food be burned along with it?"

Ye Xinran shook her head: "Don't worry, the food won't be burned."

"Oh!" The old man nodded, seeming relieved.

"That's not right!" He suddenly thought of something, "Wasn't that a trick you used just now?

If the grain wasn't in the warehouse, where did you move it to?"

Ye Xinran shook her head: "I really have no comment on this! Some things cannot be said too clearly. If you say it too clearly, it won't work."

"Good good!"

When the old man heard this, he stopped asking.

"It's a mess outside, let's not go out for now," he suggested.

"This battle will be over soon. We will go out after it's over."

Ye Xinran nodded.

Now that the three of them are together, if they encounter any danger, Ding Qiao will not be able to protect the two of them.

"By the way, aren't you afraid that if you lose this battle, you two will be trapped in the city and unable to leave?"

Seeing her indifferent look, the old man couldn't help but ask.

"Of course I'm not afraid. I still believe in my man's ability." Ye Xinran said.

"Your man?"

The old man's pupils shrank, as if he had guessed something.

The next moment, Ye Xinran said, "Yes, my man is a peerless hero. He was General Xiao's son back then. He was extremely intelligent, brave and good at fighting. If you were from Northern Xinjiang, you should have heard of this man, right?"

This was the first time Ye Xinran mentioned Xiao Huaian in front of strangers.

After seeing Xiao Huaian's heroic performance on the battlefield these two days, she was completely fascinated by this man.

This is a male among males, a man among men.

When she talked about it now, she was filled with pride and just wanted to praise him better and better.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

When the old man heard Ye Xinran praising Xiao Huaian, he choked and coughed.

He didn't dare cough too loudly, so he had to cover his mouth tightly with his sleeve.

When he raised his head again, his eyes were red.

"What's going on here?"

Ye Xinran asked with concern.

The old man didn't say anything, but secretly complained: "Isn't it because you praised too much? When did that young boy become a hero?"

The secret passage was too quiet and no sound from outside could be heard.

After a long time, Ding Qiao said, "Master, you and the old man wait here. I'll go out and see what's going on now."

"Go ahead and be careful!"

Ye Xinran instructed.

"Yeah!" Ding Qiao quickly left along the secret passage.

As soon as she left, there was a sudden movement on the other side of the wall.

There was a crackling sound, and Ye Xinran blurted out excitedly: "There's a result!"

There were results, because they started burning the granaries.

Although we don’t know which side won, the outcome is already decided.

"Let's get out of here too!"

From the sound, the fire over there was gradually getting bigger, and then there was the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground.

I think it must be the roof beam that collapsed.

The old man suggested, "The temperature here is also starting to rise. Let's go to the bottom of the well. It's also safe there."

"it is good!"

Ye Xinran nodded in agreement, stood up and was about to leave, but heard a familiar voice coming from next door.

"Xinran, Xinran, are you in there?"

Xiao Huaian's voice was loud and urgent.

"Xinran, are you there?"

"It's Huai'an!"

Ye Xinran turned around and ran to the wall, "Huaian, Huaian!"

She reached out to find the mechanism on the stone wall, but as soon as her hand touched it, it bounced back immediately.

"So hot!"

The stone wall had been burned like a branding iron.

"Who did you just say? Huai'an? Your husband?"

The old man also came back.

"Yes, I heard his voice. Can this wall be opened?"

Ye Xinran was extremely anxious.

"I'll try!"

The old man reached out to touch it, but was burned back by the scorching heat of the stone wall.

"This won't work!" Ye Xinran lowered her head and took out a pair of heat-insulating gloves from the space: "Put these on!"

But the old man couldn't care less.

He did not take the gloves given to him by Ye Xinran, but stretched out his hand again, looking for the switch of the secret room according to his previous memory.

Finally, the tightly closed stone wall trembled and slowly opened a crack.

"Huaian, Huaian, I'm here!"

Ye Xinran shouted, "It's safe here. Get out of here quickly. We'll meet outside!"

There was no response from the other party.

Ye Xinran then remembered that there had been no movement from the other side for a long time since they were about to open the door.

For a moment, all kinds of ominous thoughts flooded into his mind.

Where's Xiao Huaian? Was he hit by something falling from the roof?

So is he injured?

Did you escape?

Xiao Huaian, why on earth did you come in?

If something really happened to you, what would happen to the Daliang army? What would I do?

"Xiao Huaian!"

The more Ye Xinran thought about it, the more frightened she became. As soon as she opened her mouth, she started crying.

At this moment, a man rushed out from the flames.

He took off the wet cloak covering his head, revealing a familiar face.

At this moment, Xiao Huaian was covered in dust and his face had long been blackened by the soot, but he had a smile in his eyes, and his eyebrows were full of joy and tenderness that had been lost and regained.

"I'm here, I'm so glad you're okay!"

Ye Xinran almost burst into tears.

He punched Xiao Huaian in the chest: "Who told you to come in? Can't you see that this place is already a sea of ​​fire? Are you stupid?"

Xiao Huaian did not move, letting Ye Xinran beat him hard. When her strength weakened, he grabbed Ye Xinran's hand and said, "We caught the city lord, and we were afraid that they would destroy the food, so we ran over immediately.

On the way here, the granary had already caught fire.

I originally thought that I could grab as much as I could, but when I arrived, someone told me that there was not even a grain of food in the warehouse.

The captured guards said their food disappeared suddenly, and I immediately guessed it was you who did it.

I was worried that you were left in the warehouse, so I came in to look for you."

It turned out that Xiao Huaian came to see her.

"Even if it's for me, you are not allowed to do such dangerous things in the future!" Ye Xinran said angrily.

"For you, everything is worth it."

Xiao Huaian's eyes were bright.