Love Affairs in Chang’an Chapter 240: Treasure hunt

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When he came to the governor's mansion, Qin Mubai saw the noise in the military garrison in the backyard, and seemed to be busy. Many cars were decorating and people were gathering. Yin Yang was wearing a general armor and was standing on the general stage to give a speech. Hundreds of soldiers stood in line and listened carefully.

On hearing some of his words, Qin Mubai realized that they were now ready to **** the prisoner to Chang'an.

"So, I have to hurry up." After thinking about it, Qin Mubai found Li Ke.

Li Ke was very busy in the study. Seeing Qin Mubai coming in, he glanced at him coldly, and said: "You are here again!"

"Yes!" Qin Mubai walked forward with a smile, and said, "I'm so busy, then I won't bother."

"Don't leave!" Li Ke snorted annoyed. "Didn't you agree to help me? Tomorrow early in the morning Yin Yang and Quan Wanji will go to the capital, and Xue Rengui will be taken away by you. A group of officials have just been abolished. There is a shortage of manpower in our mansion. I don’t know, you have to help me for a few days."

"You are pursuing power for personal gain, Your Royal Highness." Qin Mubai smiled.

"Where did you start?" Li Ke asked in a puzzled way.

"You asked me to take the royal salary, but came to do things for you. What is it not to use power for personal gain? Or you should pay me a salary, just as hire me." Qin Mubai smiled. .

"Hey, I really can't stand you." Li Ke shook his head helplessly, and said, "Seriously. The Fa Cao of the Provincial Government was dismissed, and the new officials have to wait for Quan Wanji to go to the capital to hand over. For criminals, the officials will be re-appointed after the court has reviewed the case. Before that, you will help me to take the lead temporarily, right? I think you are familiar with the law and proficient in calculating cases. No one is more suitable than you. . I don’t want to be under my rule, and there will be piles of injustice."

"Okay, no problem." Qin Mubai promised heartily, "As long as I have time, I will help you."

"This is enough loyalty!" Li Ke happily rubbed his hands, turned around and pulled out something from the bookshelf to hand it to Qin Mubai, and said, "Take it, specially prepared for you."

"What is it?" Qin Mubai took it, a small wooden box that was very light and beautifully made.

"If you open it, you will know it?" Li Ke smiled mysteriously.

Qin Mubai opened, and saw a huge key and a few pieces of paper lying inside. The key is nothing special except that it is relatively large. I opened the paper and took a look at it. It turned out to be a public treasury sign issued by Cao Si of the Governor of Jingzhou. There are more than 270,000 stones of Huyang white rice, more than 60,000 stones of corn, and official salt. There are more than seven thousand eight hundred stones, and there are 46 large and small ships. It is covered with the official seal of Cao Ya of the governors of Jingzhou Governor's House, as well as the seal of Li Ke as evidence.

"What does this mean?" Qin Mubai asked in confusion.

"Give you the cost of doing business!" Li Ke smiled, "A few days ago, Zheng Anshun counted all the materials seized from the water ghost, and the part requested by the court has been loaded and unloaded. Chang'an. The remaining part will be temporarily stored in Jingzhou, and the Jingzhou government office will take care of it. With this receipt, you can go and pick it up.

"It's all mine?" Qin Mubai pretended to be surprised.

"Insufficient greed!" Li Ke cursed with an angry smile, "Is this half of me?"

"Haha!" Qin Mubai laughed, "I forgot, there is half of you in it. Okay, leave it to me. When Mei Niang arrives in Xiangzhou, we will start talking about these things."

"I have made a fortune this time." Li Ke sat down and smiled refreshingly. "Although I have never been short of money, I have never made such a fortune. Mu Bai, you can What a fortune!"

"This is a blessing for stupid people!" Qin Mubai smiled and said, "Actually, I still have an unexpected wealth that I haven't told you."

"Something good again? Say it!" Li Ke said with joy.

"I'm not sure yet. I will share the account with you when I get it." Qin Mubai smiled mysteriously and said, "However, maybe it's not money, it's something else."

"What is it?" Li Ke became more puzzled and more curious.

"I don't know." Qin Mubai spread out his hands and said, "According to my incomplete guess, it may be some treasure. But now I am still a little bit clueless and haven't found the exact location."

"What are you waiting for, look for it!" Li Ke patted the table and said, "I know your nose has always been very good, and you can definitely find it."

Qin Mubai subconsciously touched his nose, smiled, and said: "If you want to find this treasure, you have to land on a death row prisoner."

Li Ke's eyes flashed, "Zhao Chong?"

"Smart!"

"Does the water ghost hide another treasure of money?" Li Ke rounded his eyes a few times, snickered a few times, and said, "I didn't say anything, we are divided!

"Haha, why are you worse than me? I'm still going to play in the court, and I ask the saint to judge it!" Qin Mubai laughed.

"Forget it, you!" Li Ke sneered, "Don't you want to be like me? Don't wait, go to the prison to find Zhao Chong, he will be taken away early tomorrow morning . I will give you a warrant, and if necessary, you can bring someone up."

"Okay." Qin Mubai nodded and smiled, thinking that Li Ke's trust in me might have surpassed anyone.

Li Ke wrote a warrant with a private seal, handed it to Qin Mubai, and smiled: "Xiangzhou is really a feng shui place. We are here to make a fortune."

"At the beginning of the year, I had a fortune-telling. The lord of the southeast, Wang Caixi, haha!" Qin Mubai took the warrant and left with a laugh.

Li Ke chuckled, looking at Qin Mubai's back, and muttering to himself: "This guy is a bit interesting and loyal!"

In the prison, Qin Mubai entered Zhao Chong's cell.

Zhao Chong is still sitting on the haystack, as if he has never moved a place before. Seeing Qin Mubai coming in, he curiously said: "Did you crack the secret so quickly?"

"I just found some clues." Qin Mubai took out the complete drawing that he had written, showed it to Zhao Chong, and said, "Let's see, is this the same thing?"

Zhao Chong took it over in surprise, first glanced at the drawing, and then read "Xishanfeng, Yujinglong, Day and Night, the Three Elements of Tears" several times, and he was shocked!

——"How did you do it?!"

"Five drawings, written on transparent white paper, overlapped and overlapped, forming such a complete map and verse." Qin Mubai said, "Because it is a relic left by the ancestors, You are in awe, so you definitely haven't thought of rewriting it. Did you?"

"Yes..." Zhao Chong took a deep breath, still looked at Qin Mubai in disbelief and surprise, and shook his head again and again, "You are so amazing! In just two days, you bothered my father and son. The secret of the two for more than 20 years has been solved!"

"You haven't completely solved it yet?" Qin Mubai wrinkled his brows and said, "Do you already fully understand the meaning of this map and verse?"

Zhao Chong took a few more glances again, shook his head, and said, "I don't fully understand. It's just that I know that this map is the distribution map of all the river channels in the Xihe Channel. It's just a pity that there is no treasure in the map. Where it’s buried. The hidden heads of the verse are linked together, which is'Xihe Cao Nei', which can also be explained. But just these are far from enough. Even without this picture, I vaguely guessed that the treasure is there In the West River Channel. No one is more familiar with it than I am. Over the years, I have searched repeatedly and dug almost three feet into the ground, but found nothing."

"Then Xishanfeng, Yujinglong, do these names have no special meaning?" Qin Mubai asked, "I think this verse is definitely not just as simple as hiding the head. For example, in West Hanoi, a radius of tens of miles, Is there such a similar place name?"

Zhao Chong thought for a while, and shook his head bewildered: "No. There is no such thing as a place name in the West River Channel. Because there are only harbour branches and reed land, we only call the east-west river channel for convenience. Port, the north-south port is called the bay. For example, Dongyi Port is the first river channel from east to west."

"Wait, what did you say?!" Qin Mubai's heart suddenly brightened, "You say it again?"

"What's wrong?" Zhao Chong was taken aback, so he repeated what he said just now.

"Harbor, Bay, Xishanfeng, Yujinglong..." Qin Mubai carefully chewed the meaning of these words, and squatted down, rowing with dry grass.

"What did you think of?" Zhao Chong asked in confusion.

Qin Mubai did not answer, but carefully pondered. Zhao Chong didn't bother anymore, leaving him to think.

After a long time, Qin Mubai smiled slightly and asked: "Zhao Chong, did your grandfather read the Yijing well and study Feng Shui Yin and Yang?"

"How do you know?" Zhao Chong asked in surprise.

"Guess it." Qin Mubai smiled more confidently, and said, "Xishanfeng, Yujinglong, in these short six words, there is a deep saying of landscape and yin and yang. The phoenix, the yin and the dragon. The person, the sun is also; the water is north and the south is the sun, and the south is the yin; the well dragon is the Qianlong. Do not use the Qianlong in the ninth day of the ninth day, and the sun is down. Look west, count three lines inward,' which is what you call the three north-south bays. This is also an allusion to the location."

"Wait, wait!" Zhao Chong's head was big, and he hurriedly waved his hands and said, "I didn't understand a word of what you said. Just tell me, which river channel is the treasure in?"

"I can't be completely sure now." Qin Mubai shook his head, looked at the map, and said, "Even if it is arranged according to the yin and yang aspect, the locations among the dozens of harbors that meet these requirements are also There are at least six or seven places. Is it possible to dig over one by one?"

"It's already amazing, and it's definitely worth digging one by one. If it were me, I would definitely dig!" Zhao Chong excitedly said, "You are amazing! You are so smart and knowledgeable! It is possible for people to guess these clues."

"Where, I'm purely guessing." Qin Mubai smiled and said in his heart: If it weren't for Li Jing's biography of my art of war, there are many applications of yin and yang, five elements and geo-hydrology, forcing me to have to Only after learning a lot of knowledge in this area can I understand the military books, how can I be familiar with these things?

"Hurry up and tell me, where is it?" Zhao Chong said excitedly. After hesitating for a moment, he said again, "Don't get me wrong, I just want to solve the mystery and fulfill my long-cherished wish for many years. Regarding the treasure, I I will never reveal a word to outsiders when I die. I swear on this in the name of my ancestors!"

"I believe in you." Qin Mubai smiled slightly, holding the blueprint, calculating the location of his arrangement, and showing Zhao Chong one by one.

"No, this place is impossible!" Zhao Chong said decisively, "I used to form a house here, and this was also a place for us to settle before. From the topography, there is no burial. The possibility of treasure."

"What about here?"

"It's not very likely here." Zhao Chong said, "Even we rarely go in here. Once the river is extremely shallow and the mud is deep, the boats can't pass through, and there is just a swamp and reeds inside. There is no formed land."

Qin Mubai frowned and said: "Wait, wait for me to figure it out."

"Hmm!"

After thinking for a long time, Qin Mubai asked: "In the West River Channel, are there many continents with plane trees?"

"Indus? Do you mean...Fengqi Indus?" Zhao Chong said in surprise, "Really! There is a big mound near the West 13th Port with a radius of several hundred meters, and there are dozens of plane trees on it. !"

"Really?" Qin Mubai's eyes lit up, he picked up the map in surprise, laid out the landscape carefully, and decisively pointed to a place: "This is it!"

Zhao Chong was surprised. He glanced at where Qin Mubai was pointing, but shook his head in disappointment: "No, it's impossible! This is a small gravel slope, except for grass and waterbirds. It’s a poisonous snake. Even when we got there, we just took a detour, because there was a faint suffocation. As long as someone landed ashore, they would be bitten by a snake. It was either dead or maimed, very evil! And the little stone **** was bare. It's very flat, and it's unobstructed. Some are just gravel and pebbles. Who would bury the treasure there, wouldn't it be discovered at a glance?"

"Haha, the more you think, the more likely it is that the treasure will be buried here!" Qin Mubai clapped his hands in surprise and said, "Often, the more dangerous and easily exposed places are, In fact, the safer it is. Because even you didn’t doubt it, let alone talk about others? Besides, if you think about it, this island is also a water bird and a viper. Isn’t it a metaphor for Shanfeng and Jinglong? This may be a coincidence, but , The possibility of this location is really the greatest!"

Zhao Chong swallowed excitedly and nervously: "Then look for it! It is best if you can get news before tomorrow morning and come back and tell me immediately. Let me go to the guillotine with peace of mind!"

Qin Mubai smiled slightly: "If you don't lead the way, I'm afraid I won't be able to get out after entering this river. So, you should go with me!"

"What are you talking about?!" Zhao Chong's eyes widened in disbelief, and the shackles on his hands were shook, "I'm a death row prisoner!"

"I know, but it's okay." Qin Mubai smiled indifferently, "Before Qiuhou, as long as your head is still on your neck, then you are not a dead person. Since you are not a dead person, just Can do some useful things, can’t you? — I’ll go and prepare first, and I’ll call you later. Let’s go on a treasure hunt with me!"

"Good!"

Zhao Chong was extremely surprised!

Immediately, Qin Mubai left the prison and went back to the governor's mansion to meet with Li Ke, and asked him to mobilize more than a dozen trusted henchmen to go with him. He immediately set out to prepare fire seeds, spades, and drugs to avoid snakes and insects. As the Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, there are a lot of realgar wine made with ancient secrets, and there are many other good medicines. There was also a big ship, which dragged two small shuttle boats.

These things are readily available in the Cishi Mansion, and they are quick. After making preparations, Qin Mubai asked someone to go to the jail and brought Zhao Chong out. Li Ke was curious, and followed. So the group took the supplies and got on the carriage, boarded the official boat at the pier, and headed for the West River Channel.

While the big ship was traveling, Li Ke and Qin Mubai stood on the side of the ship and joked with each other.

Li Ke said: "Mu Bai, what if you don't find anything?"

"It's just like having fun, there is nothing to lose anyway." Qin Mubai said with a smile.

"Yes." Li Ke smiled indifferently, "I have been very busy these days, so just take it to relax. In fact, I always like to be out and take risks. It's just that I am limited by my identity and I rarely have the opportunity to do such things. . Sometimes I really envy you. I can do whatever I want, free and easy."

"In fact, you can live a very chic life." Qin Mubai smiled, "If you don't have desires, you will be strong, if you have no desires, you will be happy. Thinking too much is troublesome."

"Huh..." Li Ke took a long breath, showing a hint of helplessness, and said, "I don't want it either. But I can't help myself. I've been doomed since the moment I was born, and I can't live peacefully. And ease. This is my destiny."

"Fate...Fate again." Qin Mubai twitched the corner of his mouth and smiled lightly. Both of them stopped talking, just quietly watching the rushing Han River water, each fell into deep thought.

Soon after, Xihe Cao arrived.

The vast land of aquatic plants and reeds, which is foggy and criss-crossed with harbor roads, can't see the side at a glance, and it is vaguely ghostly.

The group of people boarded the small row boat separately, supported the poles, and entered the port. A few people deep in the reeds quickly covered the two rowboats, and it was almost impossible to find a trace from the outside of the harbor.

"No wonder the water ghosts are difficult to eliminate. Hidden in such a place, there is simply no way to find it!" Li Ke sighed.

"You two, are you not afraid that I designed to lead you into the hole, kill you all at once, and then escape to the sky?" Zhao Chong smiled coldly, "You are not my opponents here. If I jump into the water or escape into the reeds, you will never want to catch me again."

The two soldiers next to him were shocked when they heard the words, and hurriedly pressed him to death.

"Let go!" Qin Mubai snorted softly, and the soldier hurriedly let go. Zhao Chong smiled indifferently, stood up, and dusted the muddy water on his clothes.

"If you really want to do this, you won't say it." Qin Mubai smiled, "I believe you."

"Why? I'm a vicious green forest bandit!" Zhao Chong said.

"Just by intuition." Qin Mubai smiled and said, "There are some things that can't be said, and there is no reason."

Zhao Chong sneered several times and looked at Li Ke: "Do you think so too?"

"I'm not as smart as him and don't have this intuition." Li Ke curled his lips indifferently, "But, I believe him."

"Haha, that's it!" Zhao Chong laughed, and suddenly pointed his hand, "Turn left ahead!"

The army man with his palms muttered suspiciously, and Qin Mubai shouted: "Listen to his command!"

"Yes!!!—"

The shuttle boat dexterously traveled through the narrow and criss-crossed rivers, walking for nearly an hour without stopping.

Li Ke is already playing drums in his snacks, and asks Qin Mubai softly: "Mu Bai, there will be no problems, right?"

"Don't worry. If treasure hunting is so easy, then it is not treasure hunting, but to pick up money on the street." Qin Mubai smiled.

"Do you remember the way when you came? After a long time, I felt dizzy." Li Ke said.

Qin Mubai chuckled, "I should barely remember."

"No way? Just walked once, do you remember? I see it as if everything is the same here, I'm afraid it's hard to remember if I walked it ten or eight times." Li Ke was surprised.

Qin Mubai blinked blankly: "What's so strange about this? As long as I walk the road again, I can always remember it!"

Li Ke was angry and funny, his face was trembling, and a few words came out between his teeth: "Also taken for granted?!"

On the other side, Zhao Chong laughed loudly: "It's really the same rice, raising a hundred kinds of people! In my memory, there are not three people who remember when they walk through these rivers once. Of course, I It's one of them. About half of us can almost remember these branches after walking three or five times. However, there are some people who walk ten times and eight times and still have to get lost. Such stupid people are generally not allowed. He got on the ship and only did some porter’s coolies on the shore."

"Unreasonable!" Li Ke exclaimed angrily, "Believe it or not I kick you down?"

"Okay, I can't ask for it!" Zhao Chong grinned and said, "Kick me down and release me. Don't blame me then."

"Okay, let you be proud of it for a while. Anyway, it won't take a few days before your head falls to the ground." Li Ke tickled his teeth with hatred, but he couldn't get rid of the skin to quarrel with Zhao Chong on the spot.

Qin Mubai snickered on the side, and secretly said: It seems that Zhao Chong has stabbed Li Ke's sore spot. Unexpectedly, this always smart guy is actually a lunatic!

After walking for a long time, Zhao Chongran shouted, shocking the entire boat.

"Here!—it's there!"

Everyone looked away from the direction he was pointing. It turned out that dozens of meters away from the front, there was a mound of tens of acres full of gravel and weeds. The top was empty and there were no trees in sight. The middle was slightly arched. It looks a bit like a grave bag, a very huge grave bag.

"You mean it's not wrong, right?" Li Keman said in disbelief, "I can see it all at once. Who will bury the treasure here? At least I won't."

"Well, that's right." Qin Mubai laughed, "Even you think it's impossible, it adds a little more possibility."

"What do you mean? Aren't you cursing?" Li Ke couldn't help being a little annoyed. He had just been boring with Zhao Chong. Now it seems that Qin Mubai has been ridiculed by Qin Mubai again, so he is very depressed.

"No, I mean serious." Qin Mubai said, "Because your Royal Highness is a wise man, wise people's decisions are often very correct. You think it is unlikely that there is a treasure here, maybe the person who buried the treasure is pinching I took the other person’s mind and deliberately went the other way. Generally speaking, it is estimated that only a stupid man like me would bury the most precious treasure in this most easily discovered place."

"Great wisdom is like foolishness, great skill is like clumsy." Zhao Chong laughed, "Qin Mubai, you are really extraordinary! ——Go ashore, what are you waiting for? Do you think I can be like Qin Mubai? Just as smart, set up an ambush in such a bare place?"

"Hey, even if there is an ambush, how can this king be afraid of you!" Li Ke sneered, the first one jumped out of the boat, and suddenly screamed as soon as he stood steady--

"Ah-snake!!!"