One drawer was open, and I leaned over to peek inside, finding several scrolls tied with silk ribbons, with a “Su” character written on the rightmost scroll. My heart stirred, and I took out the scroll and unrolled it horizontally. Su Quan, originally named Su Kuang, from Xiongzhou in Xiliang, secretly relocated with his wife Wang and their son Su Xi and daughter Su Hui, bribed the Feng City officials, forged Feng City household registration… It had been nearly ten years since then.
My back began to feel cold, my fingers icy. If this record was true—the Ritual Ministry’s Superintendent Su Quan and his family had been in hiding in the Great Qi Kingdom for nearly ten years, and now Su Quan and Su Xi had even risen to high positions…
I tied the scroll back and returned it to the drawer, my heart pounding. What kind of place was this? The passage between the two rows of shelves, wide enough for two people to walk, seemed like a shortcut to the truth.
Having gone this far, could I possibly turn back now? I waited a while, estimating that I should look calm, and then proceeded along the passage. At the very front was a stone door, looking heavy but opening with a light push. Inside the stone door was an empty stone room. There were stone doors on both sides, leading to unknown destinations.
An Jin stood in the center of the stone room, his back to me, wearing a light blue straight-cut deep robe that outlined his slim waist and long body. I quietly watched his back. “Since you discovered this yourself this time, it naturally doesn’t count as me breaking my oath.” He turned around, his eyes revealing a cunning glint. To lure me in, he had gone to great lengths, even using my collection of erotic art. “Yaoyao, this is the An family’s secret. It stores all the confidential information of the Great Qi Kingdom since its founding, and the identity passed down through generations of the An family,” he said. “The master of the kingdom’s secret department, the highest commander of all spies in the three kingdoms.”
Chapter Thirty-Nine: Husband’s Intentions
