Ling Yun used his sword to split the copper locks one by one. The three iron boxes were neatly filled with boxes full of gold bars. Those wooden boxes were filled with silver ingots. Each silver ingot was half the size of a fist. They were stacked three layers up and down. Each layer was separated by a thin wooden board. This box weighed a hundred kilograms. .
The three of them grew up in this remote country, living a life of tight clothing and food every day. Especially Ling Yun, who had never had a few serious meals since he was a child. He had never seen so much gold and silver, and he was immediately stunned. Got there.
Ling Yun sheathed his sword and looked at the gold and silver on the ground. He thought he was dreaming, so he asked Mengyao to pinch him. Mengyao pinched his arm so hard that he frowned in pain, bared his teeth and screamed, the sword in his hand fell to the ground, and he hurriedly slapped Mengyao's hand away and said: " Let go, let go!" Only then did Mengyao let go. Ling Yun touched the arm that Mengyao had pinched, and said to Mengyao: "Sister Mengyao, do you have any deep grudge against me? Are you so cruel? I asked you to pinch me, and you almost took off my arm." Mengyao smiled proudly: "Huh, you asked me to pinch you, who asked you to bring me to this kind of thing? What a hell place, let me find a chance!" Li Haoyang also pinched his arm. It was indeed not a dream. He smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said to the two of them: "Okay, okay, let's think about how to deal with it. These things.”
Ling Yun and Mengyao finally came back to their senses and looked at the gold and silver on the ground. Three iron boxes and five wooden boxes weighed more than a thousand kilograms. It was absolutely impossible for the three of them to carry them back. What's more, even if these many belongings are moved back, it will easily cause trouble. Even if the entire Meilin Town is divided together, they will not be able to spend all this money in a lifetime.
While he was thinking about it, Ling Yun said: "Brother Yang, Mengyao, we all come from poor families, and we have never seen so much money in our lives. Not to mention a few of us, even our entire Meilin Town, I'm afraid we have no money." People have seen so many gold and silver treasures!" As they spoke, they swallowed and coughed. Only then did the three of them realize that their mouths were dry and they hadn't eaten anything. Li Haoyang said to the two of them, "It's getting late. Let's go outside to eat something first and rest for a while." Ling Yun picked up the sword on the ground, nodded and said, "Well, let's go! Let's eat something first!"
The three of them came out of the backyard and returned to the place where they rested the night before. This was the gate of the courtyard. The gate had long since decayed and disappeared, leaving only two pillars and collapsed walls on both sides.
The three of them sat together, picked up the bamboo tube and drank some water, found the meat that had been roasted last night, and ate each one. Li Haoyang asked: "Ling Yun, Yao Mei, what do you think we should do with those things?"
Ling Yun took a few mouthfuls of meat and said: "Brother Yang, you know, I lost my parents when I was a child. My grandfather is old and his legs and feet are weak. He relies on Uncle Ming and the people in the town for help to survive." , so I have been obsessed with money since I was a child. But my grandfather often told me that money is something external to the body, especially money of unknown origin. You should not be greedy, otherwise it may lead to death. These gold and silver, how many of us We can't move it back. Even if we move it back, if we distribute these gold and silver to everyone, we will definitely ask about their origins, and we will take them to Jinling City and exchange them for broken silver before they can be used. We don't know what kind of secrets this place hides. , if word spreads, it may bring disaster to the village."
As he spoke, Ling Yun took out the jewelry taken from the bones, and then said: "These jewelry are already a huge sum of money for us. After we go back, let's go to Jinling City and find a pawn shop If you pawn it, it will last for a long time. Looking at this old style, even if someone asks about it, it can be said that it was passed down from the ancestors and will not easily arouse suspicion from outsiders."
Li Haoyang nodded and said: "Ling Yun, you are right. We people in the mountains don't have much need for money. There is no need to introduce unknown dangers for these gold and silver. Sister Mengyao, what do you think?" Mengyao said: "Haoyang Brother, Brother Lingyun, my parents make a living fishing in Xiangyun Lake and don’t need that much gold and silver. Besides, it was Brother Lingyun who saved my life. I will do whatever he says. I listen to Brother Lingyun. "
Ling Yun touched her head and said, "This looks like my sister Mengyao. She is clearly a little devil like she was just now." Mengyao pushed his hand away and said, "You are the little devil! "Li Haoyang stood up and said to the two of them: "Then we have agreed that we must keep this secret and not let anyone else know what is going on here." Ling Yun and Mengyao nodded and said, "Yeah! Li Haoyang continued: "Then it's settled. Let's find a place to bury the gold and silver. No one else can find it. We will never come back to get it unless we have to."
After the agreement, they returned to the backyard warehouse together, covered several boxes of gold and silver with lids, and fastened the locks. Li Haoyang and Ling Yun lifted one of the iron boxes and went out. Mengyao was scared and followed her. Ling Yun was walking in front. As soon as he reached the backyard, Li Haoyang stopped Ling Yun: "Hey, eh, eh, it's too far ahead, and there are all those bones buried there!" As he said that, he moved toward the backyard. The man in the house pursed his lips and said, "These will have to be moved to the front and buried soon. If we bury the gold and silver there, it will be easy to be discovered. Let's bury it in the back."
So, the two of them carried the iron box, carefully passed through the collapsed courtyard wall, came to the outside of the manor, and walked towards the back mountain.
The hillside behind the manor is a bit steep, and it is covered with dead branches and leaves. If one steps on it, it will roll down the cliff accidentally. The two put down the box and carefully explored the hillside. Li Haoyang pointed to a gentle slope below and said, "Look, that location is relatively gentle, with some trees and weeds blocking it. This slope is also covered with weeds." Trees and thorns. How about I go down there first, you push the box down, and we bury them there?" Ling Yun nodded: "I think it will work!"
So, the two of them went back to the house and carried the other two iron boxes to this position. Li Haoyang held on to the tree trunk and carefully walked down the slope. When he reached the gentle slope, he turned around and waved to Ling Yun: "Ling Yun, push the box down!" Ling Yun used all his strength to push down one of the boxes. After Li Haoyang caught it, he pushed the second one, and after doing this three times, all three boxes were placed smoothly at Li Haoyang's feet. Li Haoyang took out the dagger and started digging the hole, while Ling Yun went back to the house and continued to move the wooden boxes. Mengyao sat on the top of the hillside and looked around, idly picking at the weeds around her.
Li Haoyang dug for a while and shouted upward: "Sister Mengyao, go get a big knife for your brother. This little dagger digs too slowly." Mengyao turned her head and said, "I won't get it for you. The big knife is too heavy and I can't lift it. You can ask Brother Ling Yun to carry it for you." As he spoke, Ling Yun was walking out carrying a wooden box. The weight of this hundred and ten kilograms was very heavy for Ling Yun, a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old. It's not an easy thing to say. If it weren't for the strength gained from hunting all year round, I would never be able to move it. Ling Yun grinned and moved the wooden box to Mengyao, sat down on the ground, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said to Li Haoyang: "Brother Yang, you better come up, I'll go ahead and get the sword to dig a hole. Go and move those wooden boxes, oh my god, I'm exhausted!" Seeing him like this, Li Haoyang shook his head helplessly, put away the dagger, and said, "You don't listen to me if you use more force, okay? You push the box down first, and I'll go up."
Ling Yun stood up, pushed the wooden box down the ramp, then turned back to the front to get the sword. Li Haoyang caught the wooden box, placed it aside casually, and then climbed up the hillside.
Ling Yun and Li Haoyang exchanged places. Li Haoyang went to the house to move wooden boxes, while Ling Yun dug a hole down the slope with a sword. Li Haoyang was strong and within a moment he had moved the remaining five wooden boxes to Mengyao. beside. He shouted to Ling Yun down the slope: "Ling Yun, pick it up." Ling Yun was digging the soil with a knife. Hearing this, he inserted the knife into the ground and reached out to catch the wooden boxes that Li Haoyang pushed down one by one. After finishing the work, Li Haoyang was not idle either. He slid down the slope and dug holes with Ling Yun.
The soil in the mountains was soft, and the two swords were rare treasures, so it was easy to dig them out. Just to bury the eight big boxes in front of me, I don't dare to bury them shallowly. The pit required is not small. The two of them spent a lot of effort and dug for a full hour before digging out a pit three feet deep and nearly four feet long and wide.
After digging the pit, the two first placed a layer of dry leaves on the bottom of the pit, and then worked together to put the eight boxes into the pit one by one, with the iron box at the bottom and the wooden box at the top. The gaps in the box were filled with dry leaves to prevent rainwater from entering and corroding the box. Then, they also spread a thick layer of dead leaves on top of the box and covered it with a thick layer of soil. Finally, lay a layer of leaves and dead branches on the surface to create a naturally scattered look. The two took a few steps back, glanced at the flawlessly disguised ground, looked at each other with satisfaction, and high-fived: "Done!"
After doing this, the two of them began to deal with the remaining soil. In order not to leave any traces of human excavation, the two of them picked up the soil with both hands and spread it evenly on the surrounding open hillsides. They worked for more than half a day. At this time, the cleanup was finally completed.
It was already close to noon, and the two of them were so tired that they were sweating profusely. They had already taken off their coats and threw them aside. The thin clothes on their bodies were already soaked with sweat. The two of them finally breathed a long sigh of relief. Li Haoyang was still a little worried and said to Ling Yun: "We have to deal with the surface a little more." After saying that, he found a branch with many branches nearby and spread it. I used branches to fiddle with all the dirt spots until the dirt was completely invisible.
Ling Yun pulled out the big sword stuck on the ground and handed it to Li Haoyang. He picked up his sword and rubbed it on the ground, wiping off most of the dirt. Then he picked up his coat on the ground and wiped off the remaining dirt on the sword. Put the sword into its scabbard. Then, he picked up their coats, handed Li Haoyang's over, and said to Li Haoyang: "Brother Yang, I think it's almost done. It's getting late. Let's go up." After that, he held on to the tree trunk and went up. As he walked away, Li Haoyang glanced back and nodded with satisfaction. He held the knife in one hand and the branch in the other. As he walked, he fiddled with the ground behind him to make the fallen leaves on the ground look more natural.
Returning to the top, Mengyao stood up and said: "The two brothers are really amazing. Looking from here, you can't even see any traces!" Li Haoyang joked: "That's because my sister Mengyao is watching from here. Otherwise, how could you pretend to be so good?" Ling Yun snickered at the side, while Mengyao said: "You two grown men, do you still expect me, a little girl, to help you do this hard work?" Li Haoyang was about to speak, Ling Yun But he said: "Okay, you two, stop bickering. It's already noon, and I'm going to be exhausted and hungry. Let's eat something before talking."
Mengyao touched her belly and said, "Yeah, I think I'm already hungry." Li Haoyang said, "No, there are still a few skeletons in the house that are not buried. We can't take other people's things and leave them alone." Bones!" He paused and then said, "How about this? You two go make a fire and roast the meat on the fire, and I will bury the bones in the inner room first!"
As they said, they returned to the manor. Li Haoyang handed the knife to Ling Yun. Ling Yun and Mengyao went to the front yard to light a fire and barbecue, while Li Haoyang went to the back room to move the bones.
After working for a while, I finally buried all the bones in the house. Under Ling Yun's influence, Li Haoyang also pulled out a lot of good things from these corpses. When he came to the fire, Ling Yun and Mengyao had already eaten barbecue. When Ling Yun saw that Li Haoyang was back, he handed him a chicken drumstick. Li Haoyang stretched out his hand to tie it and bit it with his teeth. Then he took out the things he found among the bones from his arms, took Ling Yun's other hand, put it into Ling Yun's hand, and said: "Little money fan, these are all yours!" Ling Yun was stunned for a moment and looked at the things in his hand. Rings, earrings, etc., his eyes widened in surprise and he said: "Hey, Brother Yang, have you learned how to find treasures from dead people?" Li Haoyang said disdainfully: "Isn't it just for you?" Then he pointed to the one in front of him. He stood on the ground and said, "There are dozens of bones here. Do you want to search them one by one?" Ling Yun put the things in his arms, laughed a few times, and said, "That's not necessary. They are all rotted into mud. There are some." I can't find it either. These plus the previous ones are enough." After that, he continued to eat the barbecue in his hand.
The three of them had a brief lunch, then packed their luggage and prepared to go back. Just as he was about to leave, Ling Yun suddenly thought of a question and said to Li Haoyang: "Brother Yang, the gold and silver are well hidden, and the soft things on my body are easy to deal with, but how can this sword be deceived?" After hearing this, Li Haoyang also felt This matter is more difficult. Bury it. Such a good knife is excellent for cutting meat and bones. Throw it away, but it will give others an advantage. After thinking for a moment, he said to Ling Yun: "It's over now. At noon, by the time we return to Yangxianling, it will already be dark. Let’s rest one night in the Yangxianling hut and then go to your house tomorrow. Seeing that your grandfather is not at home, you go into the house with your sword and hide it under the bed. !" Ling Yun said: "That's okay, but it can be hidden for a while, but not for a lifetime. What's the difference between keeping it and throwing it away?" Li Haoyang continued: "Hide it first. After we go back, we can find the iron. Uncle Zhu gave us two of the same ones. When we take them out with us on weekdays, we just say that Uncle Tiezhu gave them to us. We just need to know which one is true and which one is false." After hearing this, Ling Yun was impressed by Li Haoyang. Thumbs up and said: "Awesome, Brother Yang, I didn't expect you to have such thoughts." Mengyao also echoed: "Brother Haoyang, I can't tell that you look big and thick, but your thoughts are smaller than mine." Li Haoyang Pretending to be angry, he widened his eyes and said, "Are you praising me or hurting me?" Mengyao said, "Can't you hear it? Of course I am praising you!" Li Haoyang said with a smile: "Just take it as you are, look. Since you are so sensible, I will bring you here to play next time!" Mengyao stuck out her tongue and said: "I don't want to come to this damn place again." Li Haoyang ignored her and stood up and said to the two of them: " Let’s go, it’s time to go back, if we delay any longer, we won’t be able to reach Yang Xianling before dark.”
Laifu took the lead and walked in front of the three people. In line with the principle of "he who can do more work", Li Haoyang carried the deer on his shoulders and followed Laifu with his big knife in his left hand. Mengyao was walking among the three of them with empty hands, holding only a bamboo tube with no water in it. Ling Yun was carrying an arrow basket on his back and two bows and arrows on his shoulders. He was carrying the unfinished barbecue in one hand and followed behind with a sword in the other.
The three of them walked down the hillside along the stairs, chatting and laughing as they walked back. However, they didn't realize that where they had just stopped, there was a giant wolf two meters tall standing, watching them leave. direction. When they were far away, the giant wolf turned around, ran a few steps, jumped, and disappeared into the back mountain.
Along the way, Ling Yun and the others talked about their plans after returning and how to conceal everything that happened in Juelong Ridge. In order to avoid unnecessary complications, the three of them unanimously decided that not only the matter about the boxes of gold and silver should be kept secret, but also the fact that the three of them had been to Juelong Ridge should not be told to anyone.
The next day, when they returned to Baiyun Village, it was already past noon. They wanted to let Ling Yun hide the sword according to the original plan, but they found that Old Man Ling was at home. The three of them had to make a temporary agreement. On the grounds that they needed Old Man Ling to dissect the deer together, Li Haoyang and Mengyao blocked Old Man Ling at the door. Ling Yun took the opportunity to bypass the three of them, unloaded his bows and arrows at the door, and entered the house. middle.
Ling Yun hid all the swords and swords under his bed, found a rag, wrapped the jewelry he brought back from Juelong Ridge, including the jade pendant, and stuffed them under the bed, and then used Straw covered it.
After hiding, Ling Yun walked out of the house and nodded to Li Haoyang and Mengyao tacitly. Old Man Ling had just filled a bucket of water, took out a knife, and was about to dissect the little deer. Li Haoyang stepped forward to stop Old Man Ling and said, "Grandpa Third, let me and my dad do the rough work. You can rest at home. After saying that, he picked up the deer on the ground and walked out. Ling Yun then refused. After sending Mengyao home, he said something to Mengyao and left in a hurry with Mengyao and Laifu. Old man Ling stood at the door of the courtyard, looking at their leaving figures, he could only shake his head helplessly and turned around to go back. He packed up the things Ling Yun threw on the ground.
