Qingyan asked Chou Chou, "Then if we go further, can we also pass by Leihe Town? Do you want to go there and see the excitement?"
Chou Chou shook his head, "Although it is in the same direction, Leihe Town is not near the official road. You have to go west for a while after getting off the official road, and there will probably be chaos there for a while. It is not suitable for us to be easily implicated in the past."
Not on the official road, a few strangers suddenly appeared in the town. They were not visiting relatives or doing business. Without any purpose, they would definitely attract attention.
Especially since those officers and soldiers didn't seem to be sent by the imperial court, they might suspect that they had something to do with the Lin family, so they might as well take action against them without stopping.
Although they are not afraid, they can directly kill those officers and soldiers with a random attack, but if they do so, they may be helping others to silence them. After that, the clues are lost, which may change a lot of things.
Qingyan nodded, she also understood this. If Leihe Town is next to the official road, there are usually many people passing by. It is not strange for some people to come in and out, and it will not attract any attention. They are all normal passers-by. That’s all.
But in those relatively remote towns, if some strangers suddenly appear, and they don't have relatives or friends there, and if they can't explain their origins, they may arouse others' suspicion.
Anyway, they have the consciousness to monitor them, so it’s better to do less than to do more. Just find a place nearby and keep an eye on them.
"What to do with the gold and silver? You said that the officers and soldiers couldn't find the hidden property. In the end, they won't be left in the Lin family's ancestral home to give them an advantage, right?"
Qingyan asked.
Chou Chou also said just now that most of the silver was official silver, a small part was cast into gold bricks, silver bricks or silver cakes, and there were also some fine jewelry.
It's possible that the official bank account included the relief funds from this time, and maybe from the past. It's not worth leaving this kind of ill-gotten wealth to the Lin family.
Moreover, this family is not a good person. If you leave it to them, if they use the money to buy officials or develop talents in the future, they may become a helper.
Chou Chou thought for a while before replying: "Then how about we take the money away from him?"
Qingyan nodded, "That's a good thing to note. Let's kill them all and collect only the official banknotes and those that were well hidden. The more secret these are, the more likely Yue's origins will be unclear."
Leave the apparent wealth to them. Anyway, they will definitely still have fields and shops to produce, so they will not be unable to survive.
Although it is possible that they are plundering the money from the people, it is also possible that they earned it themselves. Anyway, it is enough for them to support their families. "
Chou Chou went out and did as Qingyan said. Then when he came in again, he stood in the yard and waved his hand, and a bunch of boxes and gold and silver jewelry were piled in the yard.
Then they discovered that the yard was almost filled with those things, like a hill.
There are over a hundred boxes of various sizes, as well as some gold and silver bricks that are not packed in the boxes but stacked directly there, large and small ornaments, and many silver cakes.
"Those silver cakes were taken out from the hollowed-out tree hole. Because the hole dug out in the tree was round, only those made into silver cakes could be placed, as well as some small pieces of jewelry for decoration. In a bag made of animal skin.
Those boxes were buried underground or placed in a dark room. This pile was a pile of gold and silver bricks under the stone table and under the trough. "
Chou Chou pointed at those and introduced them to where they came from.
These scattered things were all taken out by Chou Chou from their hiding places, especially the gold and silver bricks. When they were taken out, they were replaced with real bricks to prevent them from collapsing.
Those were not placed directly somewhere. If they collapsed, they would be easily discovered. Some of them were cut by Chouchou in the middle of the stone bricks and taken out from the inside.
After the stone bricks were hollowed out, these gold and silver bricks were put in, and then the two halves were put together.
Qingyan thought that if it weren't for the fact that adobe was rarely used to build houses here, they would probably be able to seal those gold bricks in the adobe and build a house, which would probably make it even harder to find.
Looking at the yard full of gold, silver and jewelry, several people's eyes were opened. Qingyan felt that the rat she mentioned before was absolutely right. This was definitely a fat, big and greedy rat.
For this amount, it would take many years of plundering people's wealth, or how many times of stealing disaster relief funds to accumulate.
This amount of silver must be hundreds of thousands of taels at least, not to mention the gold and jewelry.
No banknotes were found, but these are not easy-to-find items. If they were stored in the bank, they would be easily discovered.
Even if someone bribes someone with a check, they probably have to take out the money quickly, and it is more practical to keep cash at home.
Qingyan looked at these and said to Chou Chou: "We can't keep these things, but we can't give them away casually. The government doesn't know which one is a human and which one is a ghost. Maybe they will be given to another corrupt official. ."
But it is not good to leave it in their hands. These can save many lives if used on the right path, but they are useless in their hands.
They don’t lack this either, Jinshan has it all in ChouChou Space.
However, there is no way to send it out directly, and it is not easy to send it out. After all, it is not known which officials are colluding with each other.
Chou Chou nodded, it was indeed not easy to give it away casually.
Qingyan thought for a long time, and finally decided to find a place to hide these things, and then sent a letter to Zhao Rixin asking him to bring someone over to take the things away.
She felt that only Zhao Rixin was more reliable. After all, he was the emperor's son. Even if he had selfish motives and wanted to stay, Qingyan didn't care. After all, he was one of her own and would not take advantage of others.
As for why Chou Chou is not allowed to directly send these things to Zhao Rixin's mansion with his mind, firstly, it is too far. Chou Chou's spiritual consciousness can detect there, but there is no way to retrieve the objects from the air.
Just like last time, Chou Chou made a special trip to Yunzhou, so it was the same now, and Qingyan didn't want to work hard for Chou Chou to run back and forth again, so she could only work with Zhao Rixin.
If another thing like this suddenly appears in the capital, it's hard to tell. It would be bad if it brings trouble to Zhao Rixin.
Huge amounts of property with unknown origins are not a good thing for him. Even if he reports it to the emperor, these things cannot be traced, and it is another unsolved case.
It's possible that those people thought it was some mysterious thing and didn't dare to use it in the future, so they just sealed it up. Wouldn't it be a pity to have these gold and silver jewelry? It's better to explain the situation directly.
Qingyan could directly say in the letter that she had discovered a treasure den belonging to a corrupt official, but she didn't know which official it belonged to, so she didn't dare to hand it over rashly, so she could only hand it over to him, whom she knew well and trusted.
When the time comes, just tell him the location in a letter and ask him to bring someone. This is the safest way.
And she doesn't have to wait here to explain anything to him. As for finding out the origin of these things or which corrupt official they belong to, that's not her business.
I believe that if Zhao Rixin has the ability or the people he brings are powerful, he will be able to find out quickly and eliminate some cancers in the court.
As for how to send the letter, it's easy to handle. They can just use the method they used before. Chou Chou had asked Sparrow to help deliver the letter when it happened at the coal mine. They can use it again this time.
Of course, we can't use sparrows this time. The distance is much further than last time. The sparrows' endurance is not good. I don't know how long it will take to fly there.
Not even a random bird found outside. It reacts slowly. What if someone discovers it or is beaten and eaten.
Now there are many birds in the space, including swallows, magpies, crows and sparrows. There is no need for Chou Chou to control them with his thoughts. With the divine bird Jin Yang, he can train them directly.
After confirming the place where the gold and silver was hidden, Qingyan went to the house to find pen and ink to write the letter. She asked Huang Jin to get a piece of bamboo from the bamboo forest, made a small bamboo tube, put the letter inside, and sealed it with wax.
Jin Yang found a larger magpie in the space. This kind of bird is relatively common and can be seen almost everywhere. It is not too conspicuous.
This was more useful than homing pigeons or eagles, and most people wouldn't hunt them. She had never heard of anyone killing magpies for meat.
Of course, crows can actually do it, as those birds are more intelligent, but don’t crows have a bad meaning? If they fly into the prince’s palace, I don’t know if anyone will respond, and maybe they will be chased away by the servants in the prince’s palace.
Besides, this magpie has been in the space for a long time. Although it is not at the level of enlightenment, it is still very smart, and it can respond to conversations with it.
After letting Jin Yang train it well, Qingyan tied bamboo tubes to its ankles and carefully told it the approximate location and features of the capital and the Prince's Mansion.
She also drew a sketch of Zhao Rixin and let him identify it carefully. Only when she was sure that he remembered his appearance did she move him out of the room.
Because this place is already a bit far away from the capital, and it is estimated that it will take a long time to come and go, so they cannot leave too early, otherwise other people will suffer if these things are cheap.
The place they found to hide things was a cave Chou Chou explored, in a valley they passed by when they came here.
That was the furthest distance that Chou Chou could retrieve objects from the air, and it would also save Zhao Rixin and the others some distance.
The reason for going so far away is not to pick out the Lin family, but because the Lin family has been exposed, and it will only be a matter of time before they find out.
After all, the Lin family members in Xiangyang City are all dead, and their deaths are very strange. As long as they are linked to the lost disaster relief funds, it will be easy to find out when the time comes.
It doesn't matter whether the stolen money is found or not. Anyway, there are people behind, and you can follow the clues to investigate, which will just let the bosses of those officers and soldiers take the blame.
Maybe doing this can cause those people to start fighting among themselves, and maybe they will be exposed themselves without having to investigate.
They gathered the scattered things and packed them in baskets or sacks. They had no choice, they didn't have any extra boxes.
After installing it, let Chou Chou put it away first, otherwise there would be no way to set foot in the yard.
You can't leave for the next two days. Chou Chou needs to tidy up the cave over there and make it look like a man-made expansion to hide things. At the same time, he will make a stone door for the cave, otherwise animals may break in by mistake.
After finishing this work, they rested. They left the space early the next morning and walked ten miles forward. They could use their spiritual sense to see the officers and soldiers on the other side of Leihe Town, and then they found an open space on the nearby mountain. We took out the cabin and planned to stay here for two days.
Qingyan and Jin Yang took turns staring at both sides. On the other side of Leihe Town, the officers and soldiers searched all night but failed to find what they were looking for. They tortured both the clan leader and Lin Jiaran of the ancestral home.
Chou Chou said that those people all had sinful debts, so they didn't mind their own business and let them eat dogs.
As long as they don't hurt innocent people, they won't take action. As for those account books and lists, they must be handed over to Zhao Rixin. Then he will investigate them, and maybe he can get some credit.
Another group of officers and soldiers heading west arrived at a place called Liangwan Town. There was a large lake outside the town.
Those people took a boat to an island in the center of the lake. The island was not big, but there was a hill.
Qingyan's consciousness followed them into the mountain, where there was a large cave with traces of many people's lives inside.
There is a passage leading further inside, but it is blocked by a stone door, so her consciousness cannot detect it.
She had no choice but to ask Chou Chou for help. She felt that there must be some big secret inside.
Sure enough, Chou Chou investigated and said to her: "There are dark rooms behind and below, and below is a quite large warehouse with many boxes stacked with many weapons inside!
As for the darkroom at the back, there were many people busy inside, some were carrying ore, some were lighting the stove, and some were tinkering with iron without arms.
This is a secret weapons workshop! "
Qingyan was shocked, "What are these people going to do? Do they want to rebel?"
Those who make weapons privately are punishable by death. It turns out that these people are not only corrupt officials, but also have greater ambitions.
I'm pretty good at choosing a place. It's on an island in the middle of a lake. If you didn't go up there and take a look, you wouldn't have thought there was a cave there.
Then Chou Chou said again: "The town over there is probably all their people. Most of the people in the town have some skills, and they are not ordinary people at first glance.
In the courtyards of the town, almost every household has a secret room, with weapons and money hidden inside. If it is not a den of thieves, it is a base for someone preparing to rebel. "
"It seems that the Lin family must have been involved. Not only did they want to quit being the scapegoat, but they probably had second thoughts, so they were wiped out."
Qingyan guessed.
"Then should we tell the second prince about this discovery?" Huang Jin next to him asked.
Jin Yang also looked at Qingyan and Chou Chou.
Qingyan looked at Chou Chou and asked him to make up his mind.
Chou Chou thought for a moment and said, "Change that letter and tell Zhao Rixin about the situation of the Lin family and Huxin Island. If he can't make up his mind, he can ask his father and uncle. These people I'm afraid it's not simple.
Don't worry about putting away the gold, silver and jewelry now. We'll wait until they come over and take care of things here. If we go to Dongting, it's not very far from here. I can rush over at any time. "
