First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Chapter 379 2 Stooges

The two returned to their temporary rental place, which was a three-story courtyard located in a town called Luofengpo at the foot of Phoenix Mountain.

Fenghuang Mountain belongs to Chongzhou, and the county governor is named Lu Mingshan, who was promoted to Chongzhou by the deposed emperor. So when the new emperor ascended the throne, he was so scared that he couldn't sleep all night. Fortunately, he didn't make things difficult for Emperor Longchang when he started the rebellion, so Emperor Longchang didn't transfer him from this position, nor did he settle old scores with him.

But he always felt that he was in danger, and in recent years he had transported a lot of money to the capital to smooth over the relationships between the upper and lower levels.

The people of Chongzhou did not live a good life. After all, all the silver transported to the capital was plundered from them.

Therefore, the rent of houses here is very high. After all, the taxes in Chongzhou are much higher. In addition to the fees levied by the court, there are also some taxes set by Lu Mingshan himself. In short, Lu Mingshan is trying to get money from the people.

Su Jixiang poured Wei Ling a cup of tea, and the two of them sat down in the study.

"Come and take a look at these." She took out some secret letters she had sorted out and handed them to Wei Ling one by one, "Take a look and see if you can figure out anything."

Wei Ling read all the secret letters carefully, then frowned.

He did not read these secret letters carefully when they were sent to him before. After all, he was not concerned about the treasure but the affairs of the entire Black Tiger Army and its network of relationships in the capital.

It was not until today that he had the energy to read it carefully.

I have to say that Su Jixiang is really smart. The few secret letters she selected from so many are indeed interesting.

"Your Majesty asked someone to look up the data of several buildings built by Emperor Suzong in Chongzhou fifty years ago." Wei Ling said, "One is the Chaotian Temple on the northern foot of Phoenix Mountain, one is the Fahua Temple on the south side of Phoenix Mountain, and the other is the Puji Temple at the foot of Phoenix Mountain."

"Yes. After checking these materials, he sent people here." Su Jixiang said, "What was written before matches what is written here." She took out a few secret letters and handed them to Wei Ling.

Wei Ling looked at it carefully again, and just as Su Jixiang said, these secret letters recorded the movements of the spies sent by His Majesty.

Sure enough, the whereabouts of these people were consistent with the two temples and a Taoist temple mentioned above.

There was no systematic cause and effect between the arrival of these secret letters, only a time sequence. There was also a long time between the retrieval of information and the dispatch of spies, and there were other secret letters in between to interfere, so Wei Ling did not find the connection between these secret letters at the first time. Moreover, Emperor Longchang not only consulted the information from these places, but also materials from other places.

When Wei Ling received the letter, he only took a look at it and put it away, so his memory was very fragmented and he was unable to connect all these subtle details for a while.

During this period, Su Jixiang took out all the secret letters and systematically read through them, and studied them carefully. The notes she made were so dense that even Wei Ling couldn't understand them. Only then did she extract these important information from so much confusing information.

"So you think His Majesty found these two temples and a Taoist temple among so much information." Wei Ling looked at Su Jixiang, "The reason why he sent people here is because he thinks the treasure may be hidden here?"

"We don't have as much information as His Majesty, so we can only guess a little from his actions." Su Jixiang said with a smile, "He has sent people to many places, but the people in these three places have been there the longest and have the most people. That means these three places are the most likely."

"I understand. I will now mobilize our spies here to these three locations." Wei Ling understood everything immediately. "Observe their movements in secret."

"Watching them is one way, but once the treasure is found by His Majesty's people, we will be left with nothing." Su Jixiang said, "We will definitely not be able to rob the court. If we really rob so blatantly, His Majesty will easily find us. Then we will be in even greater trouble."

"So what you mean is..." Wei Ling looked at Su Jixiang in confusion.

After Su Jixiang said that, he really thought that Su Jixiang wanted him to wait for His Majesty's people to find the treasure and then directly snatch it away.

But what Su Jixiang said was right. After all, if he really took action after others found the treasure, it would be difficult to cover his whereabouts and not be exposed.

"The fact that the people sent by your majesty are still wandering around here proves that they can't find any clues." Su Jixiang said with a smile, "But the location your majesty is looking for is the same as the location mentioned by the deposed emperor, both are near Phoenix Mountain, so the information your majesty has must have recorded some information. All this information points to this place, and your majesty has used the construction information of these temples and Taoist temples, which means that these places are very suspicious. The deposed emperor said that the treasure was accumulated by emperors of all dynasties, so it is very likely that your majesty Suzong fifty years ago also added something to this treasure, and the deposed emperor also said that this place is so secret that only each emperor knows about it, which proves that your majesty Suzong has been here in person."

"I understand!" Wei Ling's eyes lit up, and he looked at Su Jixiang with eyes full of respect, "My wife is really smart. Although the current emperor does not know the exact location of the treasure, since he learned about the existence of this thing from the deposed emperor's letter of surrender, he will look for information from previous years."

"In fact, he doesn't know more than us." Su Jixiang smiled, "After all, the deposed emperor couldn't reveal too much to him in order to survive. He only told him the existence of this thing. In order to have more bargaining chips in his hands, the deposed emperor would definitely tell the current emperor that this secret can only be told to him in person! I think the deposed emperor would only reveal these to Emperor Longchang. And in order to survive under your hands, he told you much more than he told Emperor Longchang."

"So what you mean is..." Wei Ling felt that there was something else behind Su Jixiang's words.

"What I mean is that even the current emperor cannot judge whether this treasure really exists. After all, it has been more than four years since the death of the deposed emperor." Su Jixiang smiled and said, "During these four years, the current emperor has sent spies to your side. They have reported your whereabouts to the emperor, and there is nothing suspicious about your whereabouts. This means two things. One is that you don't know the existence of this treasure at all. The other is that even if you know the existence of this treasure, you don't know the specific location. After all, if ordinary people really know the location of such a large treasure, it is difficult for them to resist coming to see it! And you act as if you don't know the existence of this treasure."