Joy of Life: Starting from Teacher Fan Xian

Chapter 109: The Secret Room at the Bottom of the Lake

Early the next morning, the carriage parked outside the villa set off, and the Lin and Ye family members who were traveling were coaxed by Fan Ruoruo to go back to Kyoto.

This trip did not live up to everyone's expectations.

Fan Xian got on the car, but fell behind halfway. When the group returned to Beijing, Ruoruo would tell her sister-in-law that her brother had left the group first to deal with some trivial matters.

As for Lin Ruozhe, he didn't get on the car to return to Beijing. This needed no explanation. Once the summons to hold Dongyi City accountable was issued, everyone knew where he was going next.

The sun was just beginning to shine, and in the dead silent forest, different and mixed sounds could be vaguely heard. There was movement in the courtyard by the river as soon as the day broke.

Yan Xiaoyi, carrying an iron bow on his back, led the imperial guards in the front to protect the emperor. Two horses that were fed with fine feed in the palace pulled the carriage and stood quietly in front, snoring.

After a while, the Majesty, with his sleeves rolled up and wearing casual clothes, walked out of Taiping Courtyard accompanied by his close minister Gong Dian, got into the carriage, and drew the curtain.

Hundreds of imperial guards surrounded and escorted the emperor back to the capital after his recuperation.

"The Imperial Guards have all withdrawn, and the Taiping Villa is now empty?" Fan Xian watched in confusion.

"The royal villa must be guarded by someone." Lin Ruo had just finished speaking when he saw a team of soldiers rushing out of the official road to take over their duties.

"The troops of the Kyoto Garrison Battalion." Lin Ruo saw it at a glance, "Take advantage of the gap between defense changes and go in directly."

This infiltration cannot afford to fail. It's not that they cannot deal with these ordinary soldiers, but once they are discovered, Emperor Qing can guess who is behind it without even thinking.

Most of the guards are concentrated outside the villa, mainly around the riverside. The inner courtyard is where His Majesty waits quietly. Even though he has returned to the capital, no one would think of disturbing the peace.

After some small movements, the three of them entered the hospital effortlessly, their eyes fixed on the small lake.

The pavilion occupies a corner on the crystal clear lake.

Wuzhu lightly stepped on the water surface, jumped onto the only stone in the middle of the lake, and began to observe.

Lin Ruo and Fan Xian leaned against the slightly cool courtyard wall, watching the silent movements around them.

"Uncle Wu Zhu, can you remember?" Fan Xian asked uncertainly.

Waves surged on the water surface, but could not cause the slightest ripple. Wu Zhu sank his body into the water, like a drop of water falling into the sea, completely blending in, and no trace of him could be seen anymore.

The surface of the lake ripples, but remains calm.

"Just watch." Lin Ruo answered Fan Xian's words absent-mindedly and perfunctorily, because his thoughts were sinking with Wu Zhu and into the lake, and he couldn't help but frowning.

A strange light flashed in his eyes, and every movement at the bottom of the lake came into view. In the gullies of varying depths, columnar stone mountains undulated and extended to the water surface, covered with moss, and connected to the stone in the center.

Wuzhu swam around the stone mountain, trying to find the secret passage in it, but after being stuck for a long time, he found nothing.

Obviously he knew that the secret was on the stone mountain in the water, but he forgot where the most crucial point was.

Slight ripples appeared on the surface of the lake. A black figure emerged from the water and landed on the central stone again. Wu Zhu shook his head in a certain direction.

When Fan Xian saw this, he couldn't help but feel disappointed. His mother's biggest secret was right in front of him, but he couldn't touch it.

He really wanted to know what was hidden in the box.

The wet Wu Zhu joined the two and said indifferently: "I know where the things are."

Fan Xian was delighted, but also asked with some doubt: "Didn't Uncle find anything?"

"I didn't find anything, but I remembered a lot of things. I also remembered the location of those things. They were not in the lake." Wu Zhu said.

Fan Xian nodded and asked, "Is this the key to open the box?"

"No." Wu Zhu shook his head expressionlessly. He couldn't describe those items. "I thought they were useless back then, so I threw them into the cellar. I think you know what they are."

"You go look for it, I'll keep an eye on it here." Lin Ruo spoke after a long time. After making a plan, Wu Zhu and Fan Xian immediately went to look for the entrance to the cellar.

Lin Ruo looked back at the big rock in the lake, thoughts started to come to him, and after making sure that no soldiers would pass by for a while, he stepped into the water.

The mechanism point that Wuzhu couldn't find seemed clear to him.

Floating beside the stone mountain, Lin Ruo moved his body downwards and sank completely to the bottom. He stepped on the moist soil as if he were walking on flat ground. The buoyancy of the water had no effect on him at all.

Staring at the cliff of the rocky mountain, Lin Ruo raised his hand to pick off the green moss in front of him. He punched it lightly, and the hard object was dented.

The calm lake bottom suddenly shook, as if something appeared out of nowhere.

Lin Ruo knew that the door to the secret room hidden in the lake had opened.

After surfacing, Lin Ruoma searched for the entrance on the shore without stopping. Sure enough, he saw a hole of moderate size in the corner of the pavilion from afar.

Soon, a team of about ten soldiers entered the yard.

"Did you hear the noise in the courtyard just now?" the leading general asked hesitantly.

"But there is an assassin?" asked the soldier behind him.

"It wasn't an assassin, it seemed like the lake was shaking."

This was an outrageous fact. After the soldiers inspected the place, they found nothing unusual and left the yard in disappointment, thinking that God had just made a joking disaster.

...In the cellar of the other yard, Fan Xian finally found the mysterious item that had not been seen for a long time due to Wu Zhu's waste. He couldn't help but let a rather elusive smile appear at the corner of his lips, and after a moment, it turned into a loud laugh.

"Uncle Wu Zhu, maybe I can guess what's in the box without the key." Fan Xian joked. Only then did he realize that his mother was the same kind of person as him.

"What's in the box?" Wu Zhu asked.

"It is a powerful weapon that can invisibly take someone's life from miles away." Fan Xian explained in simple terms.

Wu Zhu looked at the thing in his hand and naturally understood it to be some new hidden weapon developed by the young lady.

Just at this moment, the two of them also heard a slight sound coming from the lake.

They hurried to the lakeside, where a hole in the ground opened and a pair of hands waved towards them.

In the dim underground, there was a faint light coming through. Three people stood in front of a dark door, each with a different expression.

Fan Xian couldn't help laughing, looking quite funny, especially when he saw the big sign with the word "Laboratory" hanging high on the door. He lowered his eyes and touched the old and paint-chipped combination lock, and finally laughed out loud.

“So this is the good thing my mother left behind.”

Lin Ruo's face was calm, and he really couldn't show any emotion. He had already shown what he should have expressed when he came in alone.

Wuzhu seemed somewhat moved, and he touched the door with his hands, as if he was feeling something familiar.

After calming down, Fan Xian couldn't help but feel confused. Since they were both time travelers, how could they be mother and son? This was too random. This was the point that he couldn't understand the most.

Could it be that Ye Qingmei summoned him...

"Let's think about how to unlock it first." Lin Ruo said from the side.

Fan Xian nodded. Perhaps if he could find out what was inside the door, he could explain all the doubts in his mind.

"So what is the four-digit password?" Fan Xian pondered. He was not asking the other two people this question, but a question to himself.

After all, they probably need to figure out what the lock in front of them is, so it's useless to expect it.

"If Ye Qingmei expected that you would open this door one day, then the password would not be too difficult, at least not too difficult for you." Lin Ruo said.

After this reminder, Fan Xian suddenly had an idea. He grabbed the confused Uncle Wu Zhu and said with a smile: "Uncle, you were sent by my mother to protect me. Since you want to open the door, is it possible that the password is hidden on you?"

"I don't know. The lady never told me." Wu Zhu shook his head in silence as usual.

"I can't just take off all of Uncle Wuzhu's clothes," Fan Xian said in distress.

Lin Ruo stretched out his hand: "Can I borrow the iron rod to have a look?"

Fan Xian's eyes lit up, and he looked over with hope rekindled: "Sir, you are really smart." The easiest clue to find on Wu Zhu is the iron chisel.

Taking the iron rod, Fan Xian examined it carefully. He did not expect that the old lady's routine was extremely simple. The bottom of the iron rod was engraved with numbers such as 382.

There were only three numbers...Fan Xian twisted the lock eyes one by one, matched the numbers one by one, and finally added five.

With a click and a slight creak, the door slowly opened.

Fan Xian held his breath, took a deep breath, and prepared to welcome the new world.

The light shone out, and behind the door was indeed a modern room as he expected. However, it was not a laboratory as indicated by the sign outside the door, but rather looked like a girl's bedroom.

It is mottled, has fallen into disrepair and smells dusty.

A toy doll fell at Lin Ruo's feet. It was covered with dust and its original color could no longer be distinguished.

Fan Xian smiled, finding a familiar feeling: "Doraemon, long time no see."

"It's a very strange place." Lin Ruo said casually to hide his embarrassment.

Fan Xian searched the room excitedly. There was a bookcase in the corner, which contained many books, but they were not ancient books.

A cursory glance revealed that they were various science and technology books, such as instructions for the manufacture and use of firearms, and a complete book on firearms.

It seems that my mother is very motivated to be an inventor. Fan Xian couldn't help but admire her. He took out a mobile phone from the cabinet and couldn't help smiling again. Unfortunately, it couldn't be used because there was no power supply.

Lin Ruo watched and thought that these books were all brought out from the temple.

After searching for a long time, Fan Xian did not find any so-called high-tech inventions except for familiar modern items, and he was even more confused about the secret of time travel.

My mother asked me to come here just to visit her little pink room... Fan Xian was speechless for some reason. Then he thought it couldn't be that simple.

"There is a secret door here." The sound of Wuzhu pushing the door came from the corner, and he had already gone in.

Behind the secret door was a small dark room with a table and stools separated by a white wall.

"Is this a projector?" Fan Xian stared at the item on the table and couldn't stop getting excited for a moment. It seemed that everything his mother wanted to tell him was in it.

The wireless projector needs to be powered by batteries, and Fan Xian cannot guarantee whether it will still be durable after so many years.

I opened it carefully, and there seemed to be light shining out, projecting onto the white wall, making the picture blurry.

(End of this chapter)