Being told this by Jiang Yongguang, we also mimicked his posture to look at the feng shui of the small garden. But to be honest, none of us knew anything about feng shui.

I remembered that Jiang Yongguang didn't have much research on feng shui either. The most knowledgeable person in Xiaolingwei should be Old Wei. I couldn't help but ask, "Da Yong, don't you not understand feng shui? Can you also tell that this is a treasure trove of feng shui?"

Jiang Yongguang said with a look of displeasure, "What? Don't you believe in my professional qualities? I've been to more than a dozen ancient tombs, big and small. I've been immersed in the scene all year round. Although I can't be considered a feng shui master, I can still see a thing or two about the most basic feng shui layouts."

Speaking of this, he strode to the open space that looked like a "bald head", and suddenly jumped on the spot, stomping his feet downwards.

Dong, dong, dong!

We immediately heard an echo, which meant that this area was hollow, and there was probably a secret passage underground.

"See? There must be a mechanism in this small garden!" Jiang Yongguang said triumphantly.

At this time, Xiao Liang suddenly looked at the sculpture in the center of the pond, which was a stone pillar entwined with giant dragons. Now the pond was long dry, with no water in it. Xiao Liang simply jumped into the pond and walked towards the pillar in the middle.

I asked Xiao Liang, "Xiao Liang, what are you doing?"

Xiao Liang said, "I think this pillar is a bit strange, like a switch for a mechanism."

After speaking, she hugged the pillar and tried to twist it clockwise.

But whether she guessed wrong, or the stone pillar was too old and had been stuck by dirty things, she twisted it a few times, but the stone pillar didn't move at all.

Xiao Liang had no choice but to ask me for help, looking up at me and pitifully shouting, "Chen Rongsheng! Come and help me!"

"Coming."

I responded, jumped into the dry pond, walked to the middle, hugged the stone pillar with Xiao Liang, shouted "one, two, three", and twisted it together.

There is strength in numbers. After I came to help, the stone pillar clearly made a "creak" sound, which meant that it could indeed be moved.

But I guessed that we had twisted it in the wrong direction, so the pillar had not moved.

"Change direction, Xiao Liang, let's twist it in the opposite direction." I said.

Xiao Liang nodded, and we hugged the pillar again and twisted it counterclockwise.

"One, two, three!"

This time, the stone pillar really moved. With a "creak", the stone pillar suddenly turned half a circle.

At the same time, the bald ground on Jiang Yongguang's side suddenly shook, and a hidden door popped open! But the hidden door only opened a crack, probably only enough to put a hand in.

Jiang Yongguang shouted to us, "You have to twist it again, you two put in more effort!"

Xiao Liang and I nodded, and continued to twist the stone pillar counterclockwise.

"One, two, three!"

"One, two, three!"

"One, two, three!"

"..."

After twisting it four or five times, letting the stone pillar turn counterclockwise a full two circles of 720°, the hidden door on the ground on Jiang Yongguang's side was completely opened, revealing a winding staircase leading to a secret passage.

Xiao Liang and I quickly climbed out of the pond and went to the secret passage to watch.

Uncle Mei and Jiang Yongguang also watched with interest, with faces full of shock.

"What a Ge family, they really are a wealthy family, building two large courtyards in the front and back, and hiding a secret chamber with mechanisms in the backyard!" Jiang Yongguang said.

Uncle Mei probably felt that Little Mei might be locked inside, and didn't have time to joke, so he planned to step inside without saying a word.

Jiang Yongguang quickly stopped him and said, "Third Brother, don't rush down. I don't know how long it's been since anyone entered this secret chamber. It's been closed all the time, and the oxygen concentration may not be up to standard. Let me measure it first."

After speaking, he conjured his portable magic weapon from his pocket—an air composition detector—put it in, and started testing.

I said, dumbfounded, "Da Yong, you carry this thing with you? You're too good."

Jiang Yongguang said with a smile, "That's a must. This little thing can save lives at critical moments. How can I not carry it with me!"

Before long, Jiang Yongguang's portable magic weapon started to "beep, beep, beep". Without him reporting, I glanced down and saw that the little thing was lit with a green light, so I knew the air inside was normal.

"There's no danger, let's go down." I said抢着.

Jiang Yongguang glanced at me and said with a smile, "Okay, kid, you're even doing搶答 now?"

Uncle Mei didn't waste time with us, and took the lead in walking ahead.

I was afraid that there would be some mechanisms and traps down below, so I quickly followed behind Uncle Mei to protect him.

Jiang Yongguang couldn't let Xiao Liang bring up the rear, so he waved his hand to let her go first, and then he walked last. The four of us formed a line, walking down the road.

This underground secret passage looked like it had been around for years. It actually reminded me of the Ming tomb I had gone to before. The bluestone brick steps in the Ming tomb were built almost the same as these steps. Both the style and the design were very similar.

I touched the wall and turned to ask Jiang Yongguang, "What era was this secret chamber built in? Could it also be built in the Ming Dynasty?"

I was only joking, but Jiang Yongguang used his fingernail to scratch the seam of the bluestone brick wall, and actually replied, "Almost. If it wasn't built in the Ming Dynasty, it was built in the early Qing Dynasty. The eras won't be too far apart."

"Holy crap!"

I was instantly dumbfounded and said blankly,

"In that case, the Ge family's old house can be considered a historical residence?"

"It can be considered as such." Jiang Yongguang nodded in agreement, "You also heard Sister Zheng say just now that Ge Xueying's ancestors must have had some status, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to build such a large house. I even suspect that this village was built here because of the protection of Ge Xueying's ancestors."

Hearing what he said, I carefully recalled that the Ge family's ancestral house was indeed located in the most advantageous position in the entire village. It was located on the hillside, overlooking the entire village.

In addition, in terms of scale, the Ge family's ancestral house was also the most luxurious property in the entire village.

Just then, Uncle Mei reached the end of the secret passage. Blocking the way ahead was a stone door. On the right side of the stone door was actually a mythical beast very similar to the one in the Ming tomb in Ma Mu River—Suanni!

"Another Suanni?!"

I only felt that the design here was a bit too similar to the Ming tomb in Ma Mu River. The secret passage piled up with bluestone bricks was exactly the same as the tomb passage of the Ming tomb, and now there was a Suanni that looked like the tomb-guarding beast of the Ming tomb.

What was even more exaggerated was that there were also three holes in the eyes and mouth of this Suanni. It should be the same as the Suanni in the ancient tomb. As long as you twisted it, it would shoot out three crossbow bolts and kill the person who opened the mechanism.

Jiang Yongguang also laughed when he saw this Suanni, "I went, what's the situation? Does the Ge family have any connection with Yao Guangxiao? Why is even the door-opening mechanism exactly the same?"

Xiao Liang guessed, "Could it be that this thing was the most popular tomb-guarding mechanism in the Ming Dynasty? It belonged to the mass-produced ones at that time, and every household bought a set?"

Jiang Yongguang said, "No matter what's going on, let's open this stone door first. Third Brother, please step aside. I'm familiar with this thing, let me open it."

As he spoke, he took out a handkerchief to block Suanni's mouth, and asked Xiao Liang for two paper towels, twisted them tightly to block Suanni's two eyes, and then suddenly exerted force to twist the mechanism.