As the maid finished speaking, everyone's eyes were filled with doubts.
Guys, you look at me and I look at you, it seems like this is the first time I have heard of this.
Even Liu Shengsheng frowned slightly and whispered to the soldier next to him: "Go and find where the gold is and show me some."
The soldiers beside him retreated silently.
Bai Quan said coldly: "Zuo Yu, please give me the king's order to immediately lead people to retrieve the box of gold without missing a single one. Then, we will search along the place where the eldest son often stays. Don't leave any behind." ".bμν.
"yes!"
Zuo Yu took the order and soon retreated with a group of people.
When the surroundings gradually became quiet, the general's wife slowly said: "Everything is just as my maid said. The cause of the matter is that my unlucky traitor dug up things that he shouldn't have dug up, and what's more, he shouldn't have dug up things. , he had the audacity to use the gold he dug out of the ground..."
Having said this, the general's wife said with a melancholy face: "But no one in the general's mansion knows about this matter, and my wife and the general have no idea about it. If they knew, even if the gold does not have viruses, I I will never take it out for him to use!"
Liu Shengsheng narrowed her eyes, "A box of gold was buried under the ancestral hall. It's impossible for you not to know the origin of that box of gold, right?"
The general's wife was stunned for a moment, and then she thought about it. Now that the matter has come to this point, she really can no longer hide it.
"Yes, we do know the existence of that box of gold..."
Hearing this, Bai Quan frowned, "Let's make it clear, if this virus is really related to that box of gold, and that box of gold came from your general's mansion, how much responsibility do you have to bear? of."
The general's wife had tears in her eyes, but she said: "Your Majesty, you are aware of this! This matter has nothing to do with my wife, including the General. I hope that your Majesty..."
"By the way, why do you women like to talk nonsense so much? Can't you explain the cause and effect of the matter directly? Can you make it simple?"
Bai Quan interrupted her with great irritation. Seeing her crying, he felt very irritated.
The general's wife had tears in her eyes, but seeing the disgusted expression on the young prince's face, she did not dare to be polite and could only say word by word:
"The origin of that box of gold is very old, at least it was many years ago..."
She opened her mouth and added: "I was still young at that time and had not long been married to the general's mansion. My husband, at that time, had not yet been named a general. He was just one of the old general's beloved children. I remember that year, the old general went to war on the battlefield, but secretly brought back a box of gold from the battlefield...".qgν.
At this point, the general's wife kowtowed in fear.
"My wife knew that the old general had committed a serious crime, and she also knew that the late emperor had long ago issued an order that any wealth plundered from the battlefield must be handed over to the national treasury. However, the old general was obsessed with it at the time, and as juniors like me, we had no way to do it. To persuade, I can only hide it silently and never dare to mention it!"
"The gold brought back from the battlefield originally belonged to another country and also had the symbol of another country. Although the old general was obsessed with it, he was not so bold as to use it just after taking it back."
"He was actually not poor at that time, and the general's mansion was also very rich. It's just that the old general liked those gold and silver jewelry. He could put other gold and silver jewelry in the warehouse, but after all, he was afraid of bringing them back from the battlefield. Someone discovered it, so I secretly buried it underground..."
At this point, the general's wife explained eagerly: "My husband has never thought about that kind of ill-gotten wealth, and we have been honest since childhood, and we will never even think about that kind of wealth. Even more so because of the reputation of the General’s Mansion, no one who knew about this matter ever mentioned it again.”
"Later, as time passed, this matter was gradually forgotten by us, and the old general never touched or mentioned the wealth. Over time, the box of gold was buried there until this time ..."
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Finally, the general's wife even began to sob quietly.
Her shoulders trembled, "My wife knows that the old general committed a serious crime back then, but as a junior, I really have nothing to do. But now, the old general has died of illness long ago, leaving such a mess, and so do we. There is really no way. I originally thought of keeping him buried underground. Over time, this matter will gradually disappear. Who would have thought that he would be dug out by that traitor..."
After saying that, the general's wife kowtowed again, "It's just that the matter has come to this, both the minister and the general are willing to pay for the mistakes that the old general has made, and also for the mistakes that the traitor has made, but the gold It has been too long since the old general came from illness, and the old general has already died of illness. My wife does not know where it came from, let alone who the old general was..."
"Okay, okay, I've been talking for a long time, just a few words back and forth."
Bai Quan interrupted her irritably again, then reached out and rubbed his temples.
"If it is true as you said, that box of gold has been around for a long time, and the old general has died of illness a long time ago. Considering that he had great military exploits and made great contributions to Yundu, I believe that the emperor brother will not do anything to you. Don't just kneel there and cry."
When the general's wife heard this, she immediately kowtowed several times, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for understanding!"
Bai Quan glanced at Liu Shengsheng helplessly, and seeing that her expression was still calm, he continued: "You said that all the people who touched the gold died of illness. Can you be sure that the box of gold is poisonous?"
The general's wife was stunned for a moment when asked, and finally said: "I'm not sure, I'm not sure. This is just the general's guess, and it's also my own guess..."
After a pause, she continued: "Judging from the current situation, everyone who came into contact with the gold fell ill one by one in a short period of time, and most of them died. Even a small number of them died. The rest are all bedridden like the traitor, so it can be seen that there is definitely something wrong with that box of gold."
"It's just that the time has really been too long, and the old general has died of illness long ago, so I have no way of knowing the true origin of the box of gold, but I can be sure that no one in the general's residence has touched those boxes over the years. The gold, even the old general, buried it in the ground as soon as he came back with it. He didn't dig out the box again until he died of illness..."
After finishing speaking, the general's wife secretly wiped away tears, "Sometimes I would wonder if this was the old general's curse. After all, what he valued most at the time was his gold and silver treasures, and most of his gold and silver treasures followed him. He was buried together, and the box of gold that he specially buried should have been buried with him, but it was suddenly dug up, which was really disturbing..."
