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Chapter 622: Passage to the Bell Tower

A group of five people started walking up the stairs and reached the second floor, which was the point where they entered from the second floor wall.

The door was locked from the outside, so it couldn't be opened from the inside.

However, Gu Chaoxi still tried to touch the door to see if it could be opened. He could only open a very small gap, through which he could see the lock outside.

The lock is long and needs a long key to be inserted from the side to open it.

Apparently, there is no way to open this door from the inside.

They continued to walk upwards, and what they saw was actually not much different from what they saw in the illusion that night.

When I reached the top, I saw a small round window on the wall, which allowed a little light from outside to come in.

Looking up, I saw a very thick beam lying across the room. It was where the woman in the illusion was hanging.

The scene in front of him seemed to gradually overlap with the scene in the illusion, which made Gu Chaoxi feel a little dazed.

She clenched her fists, suddenly lowered her head, and stared at her toes for a long time before she felt the dizzy feeling disappear.

"If this place is accessible, then the shadow that disappeared probably went through here and went to the young master's yard, right?"

Pei Yan said this as he squatted in front of the round window and looked outside.

It is quite a coincidence that through this round window, one can actually see the fourth concubine's yard.

He pursed his lips, thinking about something. Did this round window exist when this clock tower was originally built?

It’s hard to say, after all, this window looks like it was added later and doesn’t quite match the original style of the bell tower.

I remember the pendulum clock on the top of the clock tower. It looked a bit rusty, but no one had ever gone up to repair it, so it had hardly been moved and the time had long been fixed.

"When the previous Fourth Concubine died, besides the current Fourth Concubine, there should be other people who knew about it, right?"

Gu Chaoxi leaned against the railing and looked down, speaking in a low voice.

Shen Yao stood beside her and looked down as well.

The bottom layer was pitch black, with no other light except for a circular circle of light falling in the middle.

If someone was on the bottom floor and no one went down to check if there was anyone there, it might have been ignored.

Moreover, judging from the fact that Ji Ze probably didn't know about the bunker, he might not know that the bunker could lead to his clock tower.

Thinking of this, I suddenly had a new guess.

"This general's mansion should be traced back to a long time ago, such as when there was a war going on."

"So, the dug-out bunker leads to the bell tower, because this was not a bell tower at first, but a gun tower or something like that?"

This guess is actually somewhat possible.

Although the General's Mansion has existed for a long time in their own timeline, it is possible that the General's Mansion did not exist for a particularly long time in Ji Ze's timeline.

Pei Yan somewhat agreed with her idea: "If this is true, it is normal for Ji Ze not to know about the bunker."

"Besides, his own son discovered this secret but didn't tell him the secret. He is really an unlikable father."

"It seems so. He is the only one who doesn't know. The young master may not be the only one who knows." Gu Chaoxi continued.

For example, the dark shadow who went to the eldest young master's room that night knew about this, and the man who went there later covered with a cloak also knew about this.

Well, it’s ok that many people know about it, but they are all people who are helping the eldest young master to bring down Ji Ze.

However, Gu Chaoxi was still quite curious about what the grudge between them and Ji Ze was, and why they were so determined to destroy Ji Ze's general's mansion?

When her palm touched the jade that she had just kicked into her pocket, she had some ideas.

Since several people can conspire together, there must be something going on.

Why not just pick someone at random and take a quick look at him/her to know the answer?

"Let's go back. During dinner time, I want to go find my fifth sister. Maybe there will be some surprises."

"Actually, apart from her, I think the Fourth Young Master, my stupid brother, might be one of them."

The figure that night was so similar in shape that Gu Chaoxi was 90% suspicious.

"Well, let's go back early. It would be bad if the young master comes back and runs into us."

They had already looked at the ends of both passages, so it would be better to leave early. After all, they couldn't get out from the clock tower, so if they wanted to leave, they had to go through the eldest young master's yard.

Qi Chuzhao nodded: "Yes, let's leave early."

Although the young master told the approximate time when he went out, it would be difficult if he came back earlier.

There was still some candle left, enough to last them until they returned to the eldest young master's yard.

Several people started to go down the stairs again and re-entered the passage they had just come from.

This secret door is much more convenient than the wooden board in the grove. You can just take it back and close it. It is quite hidden, so it is no wonder that others did not see it.

Walking back through the passage, what reassured them was that the black cloak on the back of the chair was still lying there quietly, without any change.

As they walked toward the eldest young master's yard, the candlelight trembled slightly with their movements.

After a while, several people returned to the eldest young master's room, closed the secret door, and cleaned up their footprints with some debris before leaving carefully.

There was no one in the corridor outside. Gu Chaoxi leaned out to take a look, then quickly walked out and waved for them to follow him.

After leaving the eldest young master's yard, they went towards Shen Yao's yard first, wanting to drink some water and take a rest.

"No one should come to visit us this afternoon, right?"

Violet was a little worried.

Shen Yao raised his hand and patted his shoulder: "Don't worry, nothing serious will happen. Ji Ze is sick now. As long as he doesn't look for us, no one will look for us."

Gu Chaoxi glanced sideways and thought, what he said is true, but Fifth Miss will look for her, although she is also preparing to look for Fifth Miss soon.

Pei Yan stretched lazily and raised his hand to support his lower back. Just now when he was underground, he had bent over for a long time, and now he felt that his waist seemed to be uncomfortable.

She raised her hand and pressed it on his waist, massaging his lower back with moderate force.

"Are you okay?" Seeing that he didn't move, Gu Chaoxi tilted his head to look at his expression.

He was a little silent, shook his head, and said softly: "It's okay, I just bent over for a long time, so this happened, I'll be fine after a rest."

"Yeah, okay." She said nothing and continued to press him.