First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Chapter 394 The Treasure Flies Away

"Let Lushui and Guihua accompany you back to Mangcheng tomorrow." Wei Ling said, "I will watch over here, and I will go back in a few days."

"Okay." Su Jixiang thought about it and nodded.

Now they have roughly known the location of the treasure. Even if this passage is just a decoy, the real passage must be in the release pond of one of the other temples or monasteries.

Wei Feng and Wei Jing also went to the release pond to look for it, and they believe they will get results soon.

Su Jixiang's brains were good enough, and her skills were pretty good, but she was not good enough when facing His Majesty's assassins. She could not play a big role here, so it was better for her to go back to Mangcheng and wait and see, leaving the situation here to Wei Ling.

"Be careful and don't try to be brave. If it seems like it's not working, we'll think of other ways. Don't expose yourself." Su Jixiang couldn't help but remind him.

"Got it. Madam! Don't worry!" Wei Ling smiled at Su Jixiang, then took her into his arms and took a deep breath of the fragrance of her hair. "I know the seriousness of this matter."

The next day, according to the plan, Su Jixiang packed up his things, left Phoenix Mountain first, and returned to Mangcheng.

Wei Ling took Wei Feng and Wei Jing to stay in Phoenix Mountain to investigate.

Three days later, Su Jixiang received a message from Wei Ling of Fenghuang Mountain that Chen Wencai and his team had broken through the mechanism of the tunnel.

Chen Wencai was the Lord Chen whom they had seen at night before. He was a deputy leader of the Dark Guard Camp.

The method they used to break the mechanism was the simplest and most brutal one.

That is, when you encounter a mechanism, you first force your way in, then record the place where the mechanism is triggered, and then directly dismantle it.

Even though they were highly skilled in martial arts, they were still covered in wounds after passing through this mechanical passage.

I have to say that the mechanism that Emperor Suzong built this passage was really amazing!

After passing through the mechanical passage, they came to the door of a cave. The gate of the cave was built like the gate of the capital. It was not difficult to open the stone door, but behind the stone door they found a pile of bones!

Judging from the clothes on those skeletons, they should be death row prisoners gathered from surrounding areas.

It was said before that these people were exiled after the project was completed, but now it seems that this is not the case. These people were killed directly behind this tall stone gate, and the secrets behind the stone gate were sealed along with them!

After passing these bones, there is another gate. The shape of the gate is basically the same as the Jian'an Gate in the capital.

After opening the door, we entered a stone chamber.

In the stone chamber, besides some luminous pearls, there were only five boxes filled with calligraphy and paintings and dozens of huge empty boxes!

This situation made Chen Wencai and others look at each other in bewilderment.

They originally thought that after opening the stone door, they would see a dazzling array of pearls, jade, gold and silver treasures, but they could never have guessed that behind the door was nothing except a few huge luminous pearls and five boxes of calligraphy and paintings.

Although these huge night pearls and calligraphy and paintings are very valuable, they are completely insignificant compared to a room full of gold, silver and treasures!

Now Chen Wencai and his companions were also very confused. They had already opened the door of the stone chamber. The door of the stone chamber was also very strange. Once opened, it could never be closed again unless someone was willing to stay inside and drop the threshold stone!

But if the door is closed, the people who stayed behind to seal the door will not be able to get out! They will also end up like the dead bones at the door, trapped in the stone chamber and waiting to die.

Now even if they report the situation here, they will not be blamed by His Majesty!

If they had reported the situation as soon as they discovered the tunnel, there might still be a chance of survival.

But now they have destroyed all the mechanisms in the tunnel. Anyone with a discerning eye can tell that they have passed through the tunnel and entered the stone chamber. So the question is, where are the things?

Even if they told the hell that there was nothing in this room except these night pearls, no one else would believe it!

By then everyone will think that it was them who took the treasure!

Chen Wencai and his companions are now in a dilemma, and are as anxious as ants on a hot pan. Even if they run away now, everyone will believe that they took the treasure in the room and escaped!

Wei Ling wrote to Su Jixiang, "Madam, you are so good at predicting things. I'm afraid that the treasures in this storehouse have been emptied by His Majesty Suzong. But His Majesty Suzong didn't tell the deposed emperor the truth for the sake of face, and only told him that the royal family had such a treasure here. He also left some calligraphy and paintings and night-shining pearls for the deposed emperor... they are still worth a few dollars."

Su Jixiang couldn't help laughing when he saw this. The value of these calligraphy and paintings was probably not even a fraction of the previous treasures.

Now it seems that she was right.

When His Majesty Sukjong was in power, he traveled everywhere and spent money everywhere. It is estimated that the money he spent was the money in this treasury! What a spendthrift he really was!

As for the other two places, Wei Ling took Wei Feng and Wei Jing to see them.

There is indeed a tunnel under each release pond, but the tunnels in those two places are empty.

The passage of Puji Temple was never completed.

There is a stone house at the end of the passage under the Chaotian Temple Pond, but the door has been opened. There are traces of things placed inside, but now it is empty and there is nothing inside.

It seems that the treasure was originally hidden in Chaotian Temple, but later Emperor Suzong took out the things and transported them away, and only selected some calligraphy and paintings and insignificant night pearls and placed them in the underground stone house of Fahua Temple. As for the gold, silver and treasures, he probably moved them to the capital!

Since most of the treasure has been moved away, even if it is handed over to Your Majesty, it will not be of much use...

Two days later, Wei Feng and Wei Jing returned to Mangcheng first.

Wei Ling had to wait for two more days because he had something to deal with.

Although Wei Feng and Wei Jing did not tell Wei Ling what he was dealing with, Su Jixiang guessed that it was related to those secret guards. Now that the treasure has been found, but it was a lonely search, those secret guards must think of a good way to save their lives. Wei Ling was afraid that they would directly frame him for the missing treasure.

Su Jixiang and Wei Ling thought the same thing on this point.

Wei Ling stayed behind to prevent any trouble.

Two days later, Wei Ling returned to Mangcheng from the city gate wearing armor. He had gone out in the name of border patrol, so now that he was back, he naturally had to pretend that the patrol had ended.