Fake Eunuch: Discovering the Emperor is a Woman! Chapter 674 - Capítulo 674: 655: Luban's Puzzle Box

Capítulo 674: Chapter 655: Luban’s Puzzle Box

Through the window, it was already deep into the night, but the lights were still bright inside the Ouyang mansion, as if nobody needed sleep.

But strangely, the whole Ouyang mansion was quiet, with no clue what everyone was busy with.

Unable to sleep, Lin Yi had no choice but to get up again, sitting listlessly in the chair when he suddenly noticed a beautifully crafted wooden box on the table.

“Hehe, even a random guest room is made so exquisitely.”

Curious, Lin Yi reached out to pick up the wooden box, but found that he couldn’t move it at all.

Is it fixed?

Lin Yi quickly stood up, he shook it hard, but still couldn’t take the box out.

“What’s the treasure, is it attached to this rosewood table?”

Thinking this, Lin Yi shook it hard again, but the wooden box remained unmoved, steady as Mount Tai.

Not admitting defeat, Lin Yi refused to believe this evil, he used three parts of his Inner Strength to try taking the box out when he noticed the wooden floor beneath his feet trembling slightly.

Seeing this, Lin Yi had no choice but to give up, he didn’t want to flip Ouyang Fu’s house over just because he was curious.

Just as Lin Yi was about to give up, his fingers accidentally slipped to the edge of the box, and the box miraculously blossod.

Note, it blossod, extending four small drawers each from the top and bottom, like eight petals.

This thing looks a bit familiar, seems like I’ve seen it sowhere before.

Right, it’s a Luban lock box!

Lin Yi jumped up excited, he had seen this thing in an antique shop before his ti travel, and couldn’t believe he was seeing it in Nan Zhao Country.

“Hehe, interesting.” Lin Yi was toggling the Luban lock box back and forth, couldn’t help but marvel at Luban’s profound wisdom.

Without a single nail or screw, such a delicate box was made.

Just as Lin Yi was marveling at the extraordinary wisdom of Master Luban, the lock box beside him had already been opened by him five tis back and forth.

Suddenly, a violent shaking sound erupted behind Lin Yi, only to see the big bed he had just slept on slowly rising up, then shifting sideways, neatly freeing up half a bed’s space.

“What a knack, there’s actually a chanism!”

Unexpectedly, this seemingly unremarkable Ouyang mansion harbored a secret chamber chanism, even within a normal guest room.

One could imagine, in Ouyang Fu’s room, there must be even more hidden chanisms.

Lin Yi walked over to the flipped half bed, where he could clearly see stairs leading downward.

“Let’s try my luck down there.”

In order not to be noticed, Lin Yi blew out the candles in the room, drew the curtains by the window, and created the illusion of already sleeping.

Then, holding a flashlight, Lin Yi walked briskly down the stairs.

After a dozen steps, Lin Yi arrived at a spacious underground basent of about fifty square ters.

When the flashlight clearly illuminated everything in the basent, Lin Yi was completely astonished.

The ground was piled with strings of bracelets, jadeite and other gems, next to them were several large boxes of shimring gold and silver, and on the table were ownership docunts of the mines.

“What a trove, this vault must be worth at least a few thousand taels of silver.”

Although Lin Yi was not short of silver, seeing so much silver glittering in front of him naturally sparked so thoughts.

“Hehe, all that money, you wastrel would only squander it, better I spend it a bit.”

Thinking thus, Lin Yi bought two dark-colored boxes from the Nine-Eyed Mall, quietly emptied the several boxes of gold and silver, padded them with foam, and planned to pull the boxes out when leaving.

‘Just one guest room hides so much silver, the entire mansion must hide much more, I am rely taking a tiny part of it.’

Upon this thought, Lin Yi seed to understand why, despite having only four family mbers, there were fifteen butlers and hundreds of servants.

This family business was indeed enormous, and the servants weren’t just attending to people.

Lin Yi picked up the docunts on the table and took a closer look, shockingly they were in the na of Ouyang Xiao, and upon closer counting, there were exactly 49 mines under his na.

So much for being a wastrel, Ouyang Fu really indulges him a lot.

“Thud thud thud”

Suddenly, a soft knocking sound ca from the stone wall beside him, Lin Yi quickly pressed his ear against the wall, listening intently.

The noises from the other side of the wall grew louder, with the sound of abacus beads clicking and the dragging of heavy objects.

As expected by Lin Yi, listening to the continuous abacus noises implied an enormous collection of silver.

It seed these years’ mining in Lingyun City had earned quite a fortune.

In order not to startle anyone, Lin Yi carried two large boxes filled with gold and silver, quietly returned to the surface, and slept a light sleep while it was still dark.

In his drowsy state, Lin Yi heard the crowing of a rooster. Just as he was about to turn over, suddenly two shaky figures reeking of alcohol staggered toward the side of the bed.

With his heightened alertness, Lin Yi realized sothing was amiss and imdiately jumped out of bed.

The two figures stumbled into the bed.

“Ouyang master, don’t rush,” a tender female voice reached his ears, and what they were about to do next was obvious even to a fool.

Completely unaware of another person in the room, the two shook as they did not realize this room belonged to Ouyang Xiao.

After all, a mont of spring night is worth a thousand gold, Lin Yi certainly did not want to ruin their good ti, so he quietly retreated out and closed the door.

He arrived in the courtyard where it was eerily silent and devoid of people, Lin Yi did not feel right to disturb Ouyang Fu for a place to rest.

He chose to climb a large tree, found a thick trunk, and lay on his side to sleep just like Ying Yi.

However, less than half an hour later, the sound of a hurried carriage awakened him.

Lin Yi was startled awake again; before dawn had fully broken, who could be in such a rush to return?

A plain green carriage arrived, and from it stepped down a plump woman with steady steps, wearing a black veil hat, entering the mansion.

Suddenly, the candles in the side room next to the gate light up, followed by two stewards who rushed out and respectfully bowed to the woman.

“Greetings, madam.”

“Quickly prepare a hundred thousand taels of silver; I need to send it to the City Lord of Wushan City in the morning. Rember, do not alert the City Lord.”

Ouyang’s wife’s commanding voice was heard, and the stewards imdiately acted.

Then, Ouyang’s wife and her five followers entered the steward’s side room that they just visited.

Lin Yi was curious to see this; the steward’s side room was tiny, like a security booth of later ages, barely fitting one person.

Yet, six people entered in succession, which astonished Lin Yi.

But then it dawned on him; the side room was just an entrance to the underground chambers.

With no intention of sleeping anymore, Lin Yi hid in the tree, quietly observing everything at the gate.

A quarter of an hour later, two stewards, along with several servants, loaded heavy boxes onto Ouyang’s wife’s carriage and, once done, Ouyang’s wife also erged.

By then, she had changed her clothes.

“It’s getting late, let’s set off.”

It was still dark, and Ouyang’s wife hurriedly left.

The courtyard regained its previous peace, as if Ouyang’s wife had never been there.

For a woman to be able to take out a hundred thousand taels of silver from ho without her husband knowing, in ancient tis, was nothing short of a miracle.

Lin Yi finally understood; the City Lord of Lingyun City might be Ouyang Fu, but the real person in charge, the one with authority, was Ouyang’s wife.

It was not hard to see why Ouyang Fu was so trustful of others, had low guard, yet could still keep his position as the City Lord; it was all because of Ouyang’s wife.

In a mont, Lin Yi grew imnsely interested in Ouyang’s wife but didn’t know where to start.

It would be too presumptuous to ask Ouyang Fu about all the specifics about his wife.

‘Got it, start with Ouyang Qian.’

Lin Yi had a lightbulb mont; a daughter is the apple of every mother’s eye, by getting so things young girls liked and winning over Ouyang Qian, wouldn’t all his questions be answered?

When dawn finally ca, and Ouyang Fu wanted to find Lin Yi, he instead discovered his unfilial son had returned and began furiously berating him.

His reprimand didn’t awaken his son, but the noise woke Lin Yi.

“Divine Doctor Lin, were you sleeping here last night?” Realizing belatedly, Ouyang Fu, apologetic, rembered he hadn’t properly arranged a place and had given his son’s room for Lin Yi to rest.

For this, Lin Yi wasn’t angry; he smiled and said, “It’s alright, I just ca out myself, please don’t scold your son.”

“By the way, has your cherished daughter woken up yet?”

…End of chapter…