Hearing Batulu's cry, Changsheng took a deep breath. Batulu was far away in Shuzhou. If the situation was not extremely critical, he would never have found the capital, let alone ran to the palace and shouted.
The emperor was so smart. When he learned that the person shouting was the elder brother Changsheng, he immediately realized that the second and third elders he was talking about were Li Zhongyong and Chen Liqiu. He hurriedly said, "The incident involving the two generals is most likely related to raising money for the imperial court." Relevant, things have priorities, you go ahead and deal with them."
"According to the decree," Chang Sheng put away the imperial edict and left his seat and stood up, "Although there is a lot of pressure on the people's livelihood and the military at the moment, everything is getting better and the dawn has emerged. Your Majesty must take care of the dragon body and be at ease in everything."
"I understand, go quickly." The emperor waved his hand to urge.
Chang Sheng bowed his hands in salute, turned around and walked towards the inner door before turning back and said, "When the emperor goes on patrol, he must bring more guards with him to ensure safety."
The emperor was originally sitting on the dragon couch. Hearing Chang Sheng's words, he sat down sideways and walked towards each other, "You can go and be busy, don't worry about me."
When a guest comes to visit, it is normal for the host to see him off, but it is an unprecedented move for the emperor to see him off in person. Upon seeing this, Changsheng hurriedly and solemnly thanked him and stayed there.
Although Changsheng was afraid and refused, the emperor still sent him out of the palace in person. At this time, Batulu was riding a fire unicorn and shouting from a high place. Changsheng did not respond and had already gone north.
A group of imperial guards did not recognize Batulu, fearing that he would be detrimental to the emperor, so they followed closely and watched as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
"Elder brother, I'm here." Changsheng raised his voice and spoke.
Hearing Changsheng's response, Batulu turned in the air and looked south, "Where are you?"
"You are not allowed to fly over the important area of the palace," Chang Sheng said loudly, "You leave immediately and go back to the palace to wait for me. I will go back immediately."
"How long has it been, and we are still stuck in red tape," the emperor stood at the door and urged urgently, "General Li and General Chen are the pillars of the country. There is no room for failure. Go quickly, go quickly."
Changsheng turned around and saluted again, then made a gesture of protection to the emperor, Liu Tianlin, the commander of the imperial guards, and then left quickly.
As soon as he was out of sight of the emperor, Changsheng immediately used his physical skills to rush to the palace gate. Flying over the palace was equivalent to stepping on the emperor's head. It was really disrespectful and should never be done unless it was related to the emperor's safety.
In fact, when he heard that something happened to Li Zhongyong and Chen Liqiu, he immediately became anxious. The reason why he forcibly restrained himself and used all the etiquette was because he didn't want the emperor to worry too much. If he rushed out as soon as he heard about the accident between the two, the emperor would think of the importance of the two in his heart. Being more important than oneself is not a trivial matter. No matter how close the relationship between two people is, once one of them knows that there is someone more important than themselves in the other's heart, the close relationship will immediately be shattered and disappear.
It was precisely because of his proper handling that the emperor stayed at the hotel to see each other off, and that he gave many instructions to ensure the safety of the two of them. In fact, it was all his fault. If he did not think about the emperor, the emperor would not think about him. For your own sake.
Changsheng's palace is very close to the palace. When he hurried back in a hurry, Batulu had not yet landed. Baturu had come to the palace first, so Datou and others were all alarmed. They were all in the courtyard at this time. Li looked up, waiting for Batulu to land.
Not long after, Baturu fell to the ground in panic while riding the fire unicorn. He got off his mount and grabbed Changsheng's arm, "Oh no, the fifth one, something happened to the second and third one."
Seeing Batulu's face full of sadness and nervousness, Chang Sheng hurriedly spoke to comfort him, "Senior Brother, don't be anxious, go into the room and speak slowly."
"What kind of house are you still in? Go rescue people quickly." Batulu urged urgently.
"Where are they?" Changsheng asked.
"I don't know." Batulu shook his head.
Hearing Batulu's words, Datou and the others looked at each other in confusion, and Changsheng also frowned, "What? You don't know where they are?"
"I don't know, they didn't tell me when they left." Batulu shook his head again.
"Then how do you know something happened to them?" Chang Sheng was puzzled.
"What can I say?" Batulu scratched his head in worry, "They must have gone into the grave to get something and got trapped inside."
There were many servants in the mansion, and Batulu had a loud voice. Although the gold and silver buried with him were moved to provide disaster relief, the matter would be criticized if it spread. Lest Batulu talk nonsense, Changsheng hurriedly dragged him to the house. own residence.
"Hey, hey, my sacred cow." Batulu was worried about Fire Qilin.
"No one steals your cattle." Changsheng said casually.
Although Changsheng did not greet Datou and the others, the four of them still followed. Their relationship with Changsheng was no more distant than that of Li and Chen.
After entering and closing the door, Changsheng asked urgently, "What happened? Don't be anxious, speak slowly."
"I caught a mute on the way here," Baturu said.
Batulu had a fever when he was a child and his brain was burned out. He was unable to express accurately and coherently. Changsheng could only ask, "What mute?"
"The mute drivers," Batulu said, "When the second and third sons left, they picked some mutes who could drive the carts. They were supposed to be with the second and third sons, but in the end they ran away, taking the gold with them."
After Batulu finished speaking, Changsheng had a rough idea. In order to ensure that no news leaked out, Li Zhongyong and Chen Liqiu did not mobilize the army. Instead, they selected some mute coachmen to transport the burial utensils. As a result, one of the mute coachmen ran away with the gold. Lost.
While Chang Sheng was deep in thought, Da Tou asked from the side, "Uncle, where is that mute now?"
"Let me beat him to death with a stick," Batulu glared angrily, "When he saw me, he acted as if he had seen a ghost. He ran as fast as he could. It looked like he had done something bad. I asked him what he had done and he didn't answer. He said, hesitant and hesitant, it is clear that there is something wrong in his heart."
Hearing what Batulu said, everyone frowned. Batulu was really not an ordinary fool. The other party was mute, and he felt that he was hesitant and didn't say anything.
Changsheng suppressed his anxiety and asked patiently, "Senior brother, since you didn't ask anything, how did you know that something happened to the second and third senior brothers? Maybe the groom just took advantage of the second and third senior brothers to steal some gold and silver. ran away."
"No," Batulu shook his head repeatedly, "I was there when the second and third sons were picking people. They specifically picked out those mutes who had families and families. They also said that such mutes didn't dare to do tricks, and monks who could run away couldn't run away from the temple. If nothing happened to them, the mute would definitely not dare to run away."
After Batulu finished speaking, everyone nodded. His inference was quite reasonable.
"You don't know where they are now?" Changsheng asked again.
Batulu shook his head, "I don't know, they have been gone for a long time."
"Where did you meet that mute?" Changsheng asked again.
"On the way here," Batulu raised his hand and pointed south, "that guy must have been unlucky. I was flying in the sky on the sacred cow, but suddenly I went to pee in a hurry, and I was bumped into."
"Where is the mute body?" Changsheng asked.
"Throw it over there." Batulu replied.
"Where did you throw it?" Changsheng frowned.
Batulu said, "In the mountains, he was walking on the road. When he saw me, he ran into the mountains. I chased him and beat him to death without questioning him."
"Can you still find the body?" Changsheng asked.
"It should be possible, that place is not difficult to find." Batulu said.
"How far is it from here?" Changsheng asked again.
"It seems to be several hundred miles away." Batulu was not sure.
Seeing that Changsheng stopped asking questions, the big head on the side asked again, "Uncle, where is the gold that the mute stole?"
"I didn't take it," Batulu said. "When he saw me angry, he took out the gold and wanted me to spare him. They must have blocked the robbery hole and killed my brother."
Changsheng was unsure, so he asked a few people for their opinions, "What do you think?"
Datou was the first to speak, "I think what you said makes sense. The second and third masters have considered everything carefully and acted meticulously. If there had been no accident between them, the mute driver would have never dared to escape without permission because he was worried about being held responsible afterwards."
After speaking, Yang Kai and the three of them all nodded.
Yu Yi then said, "It's just that right now we can't be sure whether they had an accident during the escort or something happened during the transportation."
Hearing the conversation between the two, Changsheng turned to look at Batulu, "Elder brother, you have been following Master for the longest time. You know most of the tombs that Master has been to. As far as you know, are there any big tombs in the area where the mute is? ?”
Batulu tilted his head to recall, and after a long time he frowned and shook his head, "It seems not, and besides, I don't remember much. Master always goes to the grave in the dark, and sometimes I don't know where it is."
Datou looked at Changsheng, "Your Majesty, let's leave early. The gold and silver that the mute stole were all buried with him. Maybe we can find clues from those gold and silver."
"It's all gold, no silver." Batulu interjected and corrected.
After Chang Sheng pondered deeply, he took out the two imperial edicts from his arms, first handed the imperial edict to restore Shi Xuanming's Buddhist scriptures to Shi Xuanming, and then handed the imperial edict ordering the Shaolin Temple monks to go to war to Yang Kai, "Big Tou and I Let’s take a trip, and you three will stay. If we haven’t come back in three days, you will take a trip.”
Yang Kai took the imperial edict and nodded solemnly.
"Shuzhou's soldiers and horses have already gathered and set off, right?" Changsheng looked at Batulu.
Batulu nodded repeatedly, "Pull it out, pull it out, but I didn't go with them. I missed you, so I left first."
Changsheng nodded and didn't ask any more questions. He took out the baggage and wrapped the fruit snacks on the table. He also found a water bag and filled it up. Then he went to the stable and rode the black master to go south with Batulu and Datou.
Batulu had come from the sky before, but now he returned the same way, so he would not get lost easily. After traveling four hundred miles south, he actually found the mute body in the mountains.
The mute's head was smashed by Batulu, and he was dead a long time ago. Changsheng and Datou found seven or eight round gold cakes the size of the bottom of a bowl from the body's waist, and then found a few more from the surrounding grass. .
More than a dozen gold cakes were of the same style, each weighing half a catty. After inspecting the gold cakes, Changsheng and Datou looked at each other. The styles and shapes of gold in different dynasties were different. This round gold cake only appeared in During the Qin Dynasty, and gold in the Qin Dynasty was more difficult to smelt and there were few surviving ones, so much gold buried with them could only come from the tombs of princes in the Qin Dynasty...
