After being led to the main house of King Yama by the accountant, He Nan did not rush to move the cabinets and try to unlock the secret door mechanism. Instead, he walked around the house first.
"When did you start working under King Yama?" He Nan opened a drawer and asked the frail guy seemingly casually.
The cashier covered his aching thigh, subconsciously looked outside, and finally lowered his voice and said, "It's been ten years."
"Then when was this so-called underground palace built? Do you know?" He Nan's current behavior of rummaging through boxes and cabinets is no different from robbery, and is even more like a bandit than this counting house.
The accountant hesitated for a while, but in the end he still didn't dare to lie, so he had to say: "King Yama repaired this quenched stone village very early, at least before I knew about it, or even before I joined Fengshan Village, the construction started on Shepan Mountain , but this underground palace has been built in recent years, and neither the above-ground villa nor the underground secret passage can be built overnight. Over the years, it has been continuously renovated and expanded, and finally it has what it is today. This huge city you see.”
"Oh? It seems you know a lot..." He Nan recalled Xie Zhan's words. It has been almost twenty years since the Xie family's crime of Huaibi brought disaster. If Luban's Tiangong Diagram is really going through a period of time, Years later, it was obtained by King Yama, so it can still be matched from a time perspective.
Another word used by the accountant also made He Nan realize some things that were not easy to explain to outsiders. In other words, it was this word that allowed him to connect all the clues together like beads on a string -
"Giant City". Spending a lot of manpower and material resources to repair such a manor just for an occasion like today
"Entertain" guests? That is really not worth the gain, and think about it from another perspective, if this manor is actually a
What about "fortress"? Just like...Jinguan City. There are people from the imperial court above Jinguan City. This matter is well known in the martial arts world, but if we get to know who it is, it is something that no one dares to say anything about.
And according to what He Nan learned, the king of Yama's Shangfeng was not a stranger to him - the Tianbian Guard was the driving force behind him.
As for the parts connected by He Nan, why did Guan Lingxiao come all the way to let Xie Zhan
It "just happened" to come to Queshi Villa to investigate the lost items at this time, and again
"It just so happened" that I entrusted myself with a letter. These so-called coincidences are definitely not coincidences, but things that Guan Lingxiao calculated correctly.
Since Yue Rongdao, the lord of Jinguan City, has become an adulterer with Guan Lingxiao, he cannot sit back and watch as King Yama, a rising star, uses the power of the court to elevate himself to the status of Jinguan City, which has been run for hundreds of years. Therefore, he deliberately tries to suppress him, and he Guan Lingxiao's appearance was not unexpected, and he happened to be regarded as a very competent troublemaker.
"Thinking about it this way, the people in Jinguan City must be related to the Tianbian Guards. If they make big moves without concealing it, they will arouse suspicion, so they took advantage of me." The clues had reached this point, and it was indeed He Nan. At this moment, he was chanting softly at a volume that only he could hear, but he did not feel proud of his guess.
Because he was still very unhappy - even if he had guessed this step, he still did not escape Guan Lingxiao's plan. He just realized that he was just being used as a chess piece by others, so what was there to be proud of?
Although He Nan originally wanted to use the gathering of Yama and Luo to reshuffle the major forces in the world, the feeling of being led by the nose again by Guan Lingxiao still made him more and more angry.
Last time at the World Heroes Conference, I turned the tide and killed Chen Fengping to restore the nine major sects to a relatively balanced situation. In the end, Guan Lingxiao picked the peach and became the biggest beneficiary. Not only did the martial arts leader let him sit After all, he even stole one of the muskets collected from the Chamber of Commerce. With the abilities of his people, it was easy to dismantle and then restore a design.
Although the two people's goals overlapped this time, it was still Guan Lingxiao who took the lead. What's even more outrageous was that this time he didn't even have to use any force and hid far away.
It was very hard for him to "supervise the war". It helped him a lot when things happened, and he didn't take any blame for things that went wrong.
But if it was just like this, then He Nan would not be so unhappy, and it would really make him feel
What made him "angry" was that Guan Lingxiao was even aware of He Nan's unconvinced attitude, so he had already dealt with it in advance.
The "reward" was paid to him - he did not take any of the impression version of Luban's Tiangong Map and the spoils including written documents obtained after conquering King Yama.
No matter what Guan Lingxiao's mentality is, he despises He Nan and holds the
Even if you give him all these gadgets, there is no threat to you. I still want to maintain this attitude.
Regardless of the "freewheeling" cooperation, He Nan felt a deep sense of powerlessness towards this comrade who was more than one step ahead of him in every aspect - perhaps He Nan was not angry at Guan Lingxiao, but at himself.
"The position of leader of the martial arts alliance has dragged down Chen Fengping's life, but in Guan Lingxiao's eyes, it is just the first step. So what is his purpose?" He Nan was puzzled, but he quickly cut off this Thoughts, blindly speculating when there is not enough information will only limit the breadth of one's thinking, and eventually fall into a dead end called the wrong path. This is not a good thing, and based on the current situation, there is no room for one's random thoughts. .
After calming down, He Nan brought his mind back to the business: "You just said that you know the details of repairing the underground palace? Is there any evidence?"
"Young hero, you are joking. No matter what, I am still an accountant..." the accountant said with a smile, but his expression suddenly changed and he realized that he had made a mistake, and he quickly lowered his head to deceive himself.
He Nan wanted to laugh at the way he was covering his ears, but he pretended to be a master, so he said, "So, do you have the accounts of King Yama's construction of the Tempered Stone Manor over the years?" As long as the accounts are detailed. , it is completely possible to infer how large the area of this underground palace is from the data such as time period, expenditure, manpower, and material quantity, and after mastering the approximate scale, the next step of the plan can be better implemented.
Moreover, King Yama personally presided over the construction of this villa, and of course he had to read the account books in person, so there was no possibility of fraud at all - unless he deliberately made a false account to confuse others, but there was no need for him to hand over these documents. Show it to others.
"Currently, the account books here are incomplete, only the ones from the past two years or so, and the older ones have been returned to the main village of Fengshan." Mr. Accountant answered carefully, for fear that he would make a mistake and say something he shouldn't say again. Come on.
His nervousness and difficulty were all seen in his eyes, and then he sneered: "You don't have to lie anymore, as long as you listen to me, I guarantee that you will not die - but if I find out that you are lying in the slightest, Then I will kill you." After saying that, He Nan grabbed the collar of the accountant and asked him to lead the way to collect the account books. Along the way, He Nan was also carefully observing the layout of the house and corridors, and comparing these scenes Compare it with the descriptions and pictures in Luban's Tiangong Diagram that have been deeply imprinted in your mind.
He Nan does not know much about architecture, let alone being knowledgeable, but this does not prevent him from deconstructing these new things with his strong observation and analysis skills.
Although the results of the comparison were quite mixed, taking into account the technological changes caused by the development of the times and the changes born from the blending of different techniques, He Nan still vaguely identified certain layouts based on intuition and some similarities. Luban's plans coincide with each other.
Read the book, read the book
"But if what the accountant said is true, then King Yama should be a very suspicious guy. Judging from his cautious style, he would probably put the original of this treasure in the most secure fortress. Then I'm afraid this matter is over. I have to make another trip after that." He Nan said heartily.
After passing through two courtyards, the two of them arrived at the accounting room, which was also the scholar's living room. The accounting room opened the drawer and let He Nan read the contents to prove that he had no secrets and was quite honest.
"In this grid are the account books for the construction of the underground palace, and here are some of the daily expenses in Fengshan Village, as well as various details during the term of office provided by the Ten Palaces of Yama...all within the past two years. The copy was copied by me or supervised by me." Naturally, there is not only one person in Fengshan Village who is responsible for so many projects, and this accountant is also a small boss in charge of more than ten people.
He Nan glanced at it briefly, and estimated that the pile of these things was almost as high as his own, and it was definitely impossible to digest it in a short time, so he asked the other party to first provide all the account books related to the construction of the underground palace and part of the detailed list of the Ten Halls of Yama. Pick them out and give yourself a first glance.
While waiting, He Nan began to pace back and forth. This was really not a good habit, betraying the anxiety and uneasiness in his heart, but he sincerely hoped that he was not too late.
However, as He Nan was walking, he suddenly realized that there was a problem - the position where he was currently standing was hollow under his feet.
Just when he was stunned, something unexpected happened suddenly. The sky did not fall, but the earth did!
