The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law
Chapter 859 - 853 I am the Kitchen Maid

Chapter 859: Chapter 853 I am the Kitchen Maid

Gu Youyou had done the same back then, but she hadn’t succeeded. It was only after she decoded the Innate Eight Trigrams that she managed to open the tomb, but it also destroyed the chamber.

But how had Yu Jizi and the wild uncle from that time managed to open it normally?

There must be another twist to this mechanism.

The stone door had closed again, and the people inside the tomb began sizing up the three newcomers.

Zhuo Qing, already well-acquainted with Gu Youyou, looked at her and chuckled, "Aren’t you the one who runs fast? Ha... thought you could escape the monk but not the temple? In the end, you still obediently showed up."

Gu Youyou retorted fiercely, "Give me another chance, and I will definitely stab you in the back."

Zhuo Qing’s face darkened suddenly, and he huffed coldly before turning to Searcy and Gui Yunxi, "Who are the two of you? Why did the master bring you here?"

Apart from Jin Ziyuan, everyone else was present. What are these two here for?

Searcy, being quite haughty, naturally ignored him. She started exploring the tomb on her own.

Gui Yunxi grinned sycophantically, "I’m a coachman. The grandmaster hired me to drive the carriage. This brother here, the first stop south of Beijing has a carriage business owned by a family named Gui—that’s my family."

Zhuo Qing, puzzled, said, "The master hired a carriage driver too?"

Gui Yunxi chuckled, "Yes, yes. With a person like the grandmaster, surely we can’t expect him to drive the carriage himself."

... That seemed to make sense.

But why didn’t the master send a disciple to do such work?

Zhuo Qing then caught Searcy, who was wandering around, and called her over.

"Hey, you by the coffin, come here."

Searcy only turned around, looking at him with contempt, but didn’t approach.

Zhuo Qing, unsure what to make of her, simply asked, "And you are?"

Searcy scoffed and said, "Your master asked me to prepare your daily meals. I am the Kitchen Maid!"

"..." Gu Youyou shivered.

"..." Gui Yunxi’s legs went weak, almost failing to stand.

Zhuo Qing raised an eyebrow, slightly gleeful. The master had been thoughtful enough to even bring them a Kitchen Maid. They, the gentlemen, were tired of serving the few herbs people and eating poorly every day. Thankfully, the master had brought a Kitchen Maid.

He said, "In that case, you will take care of the meals from now on. Yishan, take her out and have her cook for everyone!"

...

Indeed, Jin Ziyuan had returned with the fishermen because, at that time, there was poor weather, and they had to wait for two days on the island before coming back.

Jin Ziyuan felt seasick, and Xiao Jinyan was already prepared. As soon as Jin disembarked, Xiao had grabbed him, and at that moment, Jin lay drugged inside the carriage.

To avoid Yu Jizi, he had cleverly spread his news in five different directions, claiming that he had captured a surviving traitor and planned on returning to Beijing to report.

He followed one group, and later Yue Rujing also brought another.

Xiao Jinyan’s group, which had the most guards, took the closest official road to Beijing.

Yue Rujing’s group secretly hurried to Qi Mountain.

Additionally, three other groups went in different directions, while the real Jin Ziyuan, drugged unconscious, was stuffed into a carriage that circled around Dongzhou before returning to Fusang City, hidden inside General Che Xiangyuan’s camp.

To prevent Jin Ziyuan from being snatched, Xiao Jinyan generously left the credit of catching the rebel to him, so that Che Xiangyuan could guard Jin without reservation.

This was a private decision, not disclosed to Jin Zijin. At the moment, Jin Zijin was in Qi Mountain.