In Love With My Fierce Farming Wife!
Chapter 919 - 924: Unexpected Discovery!

Chapter 919: Chapter 924: Unexpected Discovery!

The iron piece had only been inserted halfway into the small hole when Su Pan’er’s hand seemed to touch something, she hesitated for a moment before applying a bit more force and pushed the iron piece forward with effort.

As the iron piece entered the mouth of the Buddha statue, there was a slight noise from within the statue.

Su Pan’er had yet to understand what was happening when the iron piece suddenly slipped from her grasp and was sucked into the Buddha statue. The strange noise continued, and Su Pan’er stared at the fine crack on the mouth of the Buddha statue, where the iron piece had vanished.

Feeling a bit anxious, she subconsciously patted the mouth of the Buddha statue a few times, trying to retrieve the iron piece.

The next moment, the Buddha statue unexpectedly began to wobble slightly!

This was supposed to be a clay sculpture blank, and the current situation was clearly abnormal.

The next moment, something new appeared from the fine crack in the mouth of the Buddha statue.

Su Pan’er hesitated for a while, then carefully reached out and pulled out the object.

Unexpectedly, it was a small scroll!

She instinctively opened the scroll and her eyes immediately widened in shock!

This is...

"Clan elder, how could you be here at this time?"

Suddenly, the voice of the new Clan Leader rang out from outside the ancestral hall, followed by a note of suspicion, "Huh! Why is there still light in the ancestral hall at this late hour? Clan elder, you wouldn’t be..." trying to line your own pockets when it’s quiet at night, would you?

Although the new Clan Leader did not finish his sentence, the tone of his words sounded off.

"Do not talk nonsense, Clan Leader," responded the Clan elder hurriedly, raising his voice in an attempt to alert Su Pan’er inside the ancestral hall: "I left something in the ancestral hall during the day and suddenly remembered it tonight, so I came in to look for it. I did not expect to run into the Clan Leader right as I was coming out."

His voice suddenly rose a few notches, immediately alerting the new Clan Leader that something was amiss.

Even though he had become the new Clan Leader, out of the four Clan elders, only one spoke in his favor, especially this Clan elder, who had been the loudest opponent of his taking over the position!

If he could catch him in a compromising situation, would he still dare to strut around so arrogantly?

"Looking for something? If you were looking for something, would you stand at the door of the ancestral hall for so long? Would you keep peering inside if you were just looking for something?"

The new Clan Leader’s eyes flashed with a gleam, and his face bore a peculiar smile as he took the opportunity to pull the Clan elder aside, intending to open the door, "Clan elder, there wouldn’t be something in this ancestral hall that should not be seen by others, would there?"

Who would have thought!

This Clan elder, despite his advanced age, appeared to have such hobbies.

"Clan Leader, you must not go in! You must not..."

The Clan elder tried to stop him, but the young and nimble new Clan Leader easily sidestepped him, pushed open the door directly, and barged into the ancestral hall.

The inside of the ancestral hall was as always,—dark, stuffy, and cold—except for the faint light flickering from a candlestick placed on the shrine.

The Clan Leader glanced around the ancestral hall, and apart from the rows and rows of plaques standing densely and ghostly in the high hall, there was no one to be seen.

How could there be no one?

Unwilling to give up, the Clan Leader turned the ancestral hall upside down with his lantern!

He even checked behind the shrine and under the offering table carefully, but still, not a single person was to be found!

The Clan elder also followed the steps of the Clan Leader into the ancestral hall, and when he saw the Clan Leader searching several times around the empty ancestral hall with no results, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"You see, Clan Leader? There is absolutely nothing disreputable here."

The Clan elder now looked invigorated and stood up straighter, "It’s the dead of night and pitch dark, you should head back and rest early! Otherwise, you might disturb the peace of our ancestors’ spirits in heaven, and that would be proper."

The Clan Leader’s eyes darted around, and he immediately chuckled, "The Clan elder must be jesting, didn’t you say you wanted to find something? Do you need my help looking for it?"

"It was just a trifle, I’ve found it already, I wouldn’t dream of troubling you, Clan Leader."

The Clan elder laughed it off and with some difficulty finally managed to send the Clan Leader away.

Turning back to the empty ancestral hall, he stood still for a moment, then quietly took out a key and locked up the hall.

Since the new Clan Leader hadn’t gone far yet, he dared not take any risks!

He would find a chance for Qin’s Third Daughter-in-Law to come out tomorrow morning!

As the Clan elder, full of worry, went off to rest, the Clan Leader, on the other hand, was staring at the entrance of the ancestral hall. It was only when the village began to stir with the break of dawn that he disappointedly left.

As soon as he left, the Clan elder thought to sneak back to the ancestral hall, but as he reached the entrance of the village, he saw Su Pan’er leading Little Yanyan by the hand, sitting on a carriage, and smiling as they greeted him!

A flash of surprise crossed the elder’s eyes!

He nodded amiably at the two, "Are you heading out?"

Su Pan’er beamed, "Today is a fine day, I’m taking Yan Yan to the county city for a stroll, and to see an old senior along the way."

"Very well, very well!"

The Clan elder nodded, "It’s good to get out. It’s getting late, so go early and return early."

Su Pan’er lowered the carriage curtain in response, and the carriage then set off.

Once the curtain was down, Su Pan’er’s smile slowly vanished and, feeling somewhat exhausted, she closed her eyes and leaned against the carriage to rest.

Last night, while the Clan elder and Clan Leader were at odds, she felt anxious. She had intended to hide on the crossbeam at the top of the ancestral hall, but the crossbeam was too low. With her swollen belly, she couldn’t curl up or conceal her figure.

In her worrying, the Clan Leader suddenly burst through the door!

In the nick of time, she instinctively ducked under the shrine and hid beneath the offering table.

The Clan Leader, who wasn’t easy to fool, searched around with a lantern. Su Pan’er, worried about being discovered, considered whether she should knock the Clan Leader out when her hand felt the inside of the offering table and discovered a stone platform. Most crucially, the texture of the stone platform was off—it had a secret passage!

Being skilled in Mechanism Technique, she lightly pressed her hand and found the key to entering the secret passage, slipping inside.

Before leaving, she carefully erased any trace of her presence.

The next moment, the Clan Leader arrived at the offering table to search, naturally finding nothing.

Once Su Pan’er was inside the stone platform, she hid there until both the Clan Leader and the Clan elder had left, after which she carefully inspected the secret passage.

Indeed, many such clans had secret passages where they kept survival rations to prepare for famine and warfare, better safe than sorry.

Carrying a candle, she slowly delved into the passage, walking about thirty feet forward, and entered a room. One wall of this room was lined with bookshelves filled with books, while in another corner were many chests locked with heavy locks.

Instead of rushing to open the chests, she went to the bookshelves and perused the books casually.

Just as she expected!

All these books were genealogies of the Qin Clan members!

Beyond that, many precious handwritten copies had been collected.

After a brief look, Su Pan’er pulled her gaze back, somewhat disappointed. Unexpectedly, she had found nothing of consequence! Her attention finally settled on a stone carving on the adjacent wall!

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