"What did you discover?" Yue Qingshan asked.
Yue Guanchao shook his head: "Not yet. People in this villa are very cautious. Most of them move around the house. Those who approach easily are some inconspicuous servants. They still won't notice anything for a while. However, there is one thing. We can be sure that Chaoyun Villa is definitely not a temporary resting place, it is probably someone living here for a long time."
"Now, the strangest situation is not these, but the purpose of the class leader!"
"Their purpose!"
Yue Guanchao hissed: "Isn't their purpose to find the tomb of Beifu!"
Song Siyuan shook her head: "This is John Hua's purpose, not theirs."
Mentioning this point, she looked at everyone with doubts: "The planning for the Beifu Yiguan Tomb began thirty or forty years ago. Over such a long time, the wealth they accumulated has allowed them to buy estates in various places. It can be seen that Master, is there really a treasure in Beifu's tomb that allows them to covet it for decades at the risk of not being able to cash it in?"
Song Siyuan paused: "The most records we found about the Beifu Tomb are that it is Liu Yu's imperial mausoleum. According to Liu Yu's temperament of governing the country immediately and advocating simplicity, such military tombs rarely bury so many treasures. If There is really a lot of treasure inside, and there is probably a lot of history about the theft of the Beifu Tomb. This tomb is directly recorded in the classics. As long as we can find a way to enter that world, it will be easy to find the things in the tomb."
Yue Guanchao heard this and asked: "How do you know that there are no treasures in the Beifu Tomb? This is the founding emperor of Liu Song Dynasty, so he must be buried with something."
Song Siyuan shook her head and said: "Liu Yu started his life as a commoner. His family was so poor that his parents almost sold him for food. After he started his career, he did not lose his true nature as a commoner. His life was extremely simple..."
Before Liu Yu became emperor, a local official presented him with an amber pillow. This kind of pillow was made of natural amber and was very precious. However, Liu Yu did not regard it as precious. He just treated amber as an ordinary object. When he went to conquer the Later Qin Dynasty, he Many soldiers were injured. He heard that amber was a good medicine for injuries, so he directly ordered the medical officer to crush amber pillows and distribute them to the injured soldiers.
Many people believe that it was Liu Yu who acted in front of these people for the moral support of the army when he went to attack the Later Qin Dynasty.
This may indeed be a show, but if the person who paid tribute to the treasure is also reprimanded, it will be elevated from an act to an actual punishment of the official.
For example, when Liu Yu was granted the title of Duke of Song Dynasty, a Guangzhou official traveled thousands of miles to send a piece of fine cloth to him in order to curry favor with him. This kind of cloth was finely crafted in the Lingnan region. It was as thin as a cicada's wings, was of high quality and high price, and was extremely expensive. The craftsman's workmanship, and at the same time, because it was far away in Lingnan, it must be worth a lot of money to transport it to Jiankang, the capital. Only gold and silver can be purchased, which is very extravagant.
The tube of fine cloth presented to him by Guangzhou officials was made by a skilled craftsman. It was so magnificent and extravagant that an inch of fine cloth was worth an inch of gold.
When Liu Yu learned that the thin tubes of cloth had been delivered, he knew that making such cloth was expensive and a waste of money and money. He not only rejected the cloth, but also directly ordered the officials to impeach the official to correct the extravagant donation trend.
If Liu Yu was just showing off, he only had to scold the officials for wasting the people and wasting money, and then he rolled back the fine cloth and belittled the officials. Most of the time, he really wanted simplicity in his heart and did not allow officials to be too extravagant. At the same time, anything that was too extravagant or wasted money and people was , he always handles it this way.
For example, he replaced the gold and silver nails on the bureau foot bed with iron nails, smashed the stone bed and replaced it with the earthen wooden bed of the common people. This temperament continued from the time of Qianlong to the time when he became emperor. Even when facing his concubines, he would He did not indulge in sensuality at all, and the number of concubines in the harem was already very few among his descendants.
After his death, Emperor Xiaowu once took his ministers to the palace where he lived. There were only earthen beds, earthen tents, Gebu lanterns, and hemp fly whisks. Compared with the old farmers in the countryside, they were no different.
When Song Siyuan said this, she looked at everyone: "Such a person was so frugal during his lifetime, and he probably would not have too many treasures buried in his tomb after his death. Even his grandson said that Liu Yu's material needs were Basically, they are no different from old farmers. They dislike extravagance and lust and pursue simplicity in everything."
"At the same time, if there are too many treasures in the tomb, it will inevitably attract covetous attention from all parties. No gold, silver or jewelry will be placed. This is also to protect his tomb."
She took a long breath: "This tomb has never been stolen in history, and there is no record of anyone even searching for it. Maybe there are not many things buried in the tomb at all. Even the tomb robbers are not willing to bother to search. The only thing What is of some value to outsiders is the fish pendant that Liu Yu brought into the mausoleum. This thing is not known to the world, so no one pays attention to it."
Yue Guanchao guessed: "Then, isn't John Hua interested in the tomb? Maybe the God-pressing craftsman was just entrusted by them to find the tomb for them, and John Hua might give them a high reward."
They had known this for a few days.
Song Siyuan nodded: "Yes, it is true that John Hua wants the fish pendant. Does Master Yashen also want the fish pendant?"
Her tone became confused: "The leader of the class told us about the Beifu Tomb, the Wushan Goddess, and the Luo Shen disciples, but he never mentioned the fish pendant. Either he deliberately concealed it, or he might also Didn’t know the fish pendant existed.”
Song Siyuan added: "Then, his purpose is probably not the fish pendant. If there are no treasures in the tomb, then the purpose of suppressing the divine craftsman is doubtful. Think about it, they need to plan a plan for thirty or forty years. How much money do you have to ask John Hua to give? This does not include the reward for dealing with the complicated situation in Shennongjia. They have already transferred the money to their hands in this time, why are they waiting so hard for John Hua to give it to them!"
"It would make sense if the God-pressing Craftsman was attached to Huasheng Trading Company like Huihetang. If he was just cooperating with Huasheng Trading Company, then the motivation for the God-pressing Craftsman to do these things is probably more important than obtaining the fish pendant. At least, they also have their own desires, which are even completely different from John Hua’s ideas.”
When Song Siyuan said this, she narrowed her eyes: "Among the many purposes, whether it is the God-pressing Craftsman or the Huasheng Trading Company, the motive for seeking the treasure is not clear. In other words, in addition to the fish pendant, the God-pressing Craftsman probably also has a need. Things need to be taken away from the tomb."
"The God-pressing Craftsmen know the Goddess of Wushan better than Huasheng Trading Company. This shows that the resources they control come from them and not Huasheng Trading Company. So, how can the villa in front of us at the foot of Wushan Mountain be an ordinary guild hall? No wonder there are people staying and waiting all year round.”
Yue Guanchao nodded: "We have to continue to see where Chaoyun Villa is. It's easy to do things in the dead of night. Let's wait and see at night."
During the day, the villa looks too normal. At night, you may be able to find special places. At least, you can judge which places are more important by the location of the nursing home. These places may be hidden during the day, but at night, they must be different. , even the slightest changes in the lights and the nursing home can reveal something strange.
It was already afternoon when they arrived, and at dusk and sunset, the two of them walked up to the second floor in the dark.
At this time, the villa has begun to light up lights one after another, and the lights in each courtyard outline a fine network, like a grid spread across the villa.
In this contrast of lights, Yue Guanchao and the others could easily tell which courtyards were unusual.
Xu Xiake saw the direction behind the villa and said excitedly: "There are no lights in the backyard of the villa. When we walked down the hill in the backyard, there were still lights on and off. There must be something wrong there."
"Let's go and take a look."
The guest courtyard where they were located was located in the front house. If they ran out from the roof window along the courtyard wall, it already belonged to the backyard of the villa. Yue Guanchao, Song Siyuan, and Xu Xiake took advantage of the sandwich wall in the villa to get closer to the back courtyard. The direction of the mountain.
Approaching the backyard of the villa, the lights near the back mountain can already be seen clearly.
Judging from the fact that these people are dressed in shorts, trousers and cloaks, they look exactly like the nursing home in the villa. It seems that the back mountain does have the secret of the villa.
"ah!"
When they were about to get closer, a pitiful scream suddenly came from the entrance of the back mountain cave. It seemed to be both a human voice and a grunt in the throat of a beast. It sounded extremely scary. At the same time, these guards also began to move towards their direction. Come.
They had to stop temporarily and hide in a nearby wall. After the nursing staff walked over collectively, the three of them came out and walked quickly towards the back mountain.
Near the back mountain, there are still faint lights here. The backyard is built tightly against the mountain, and the back mountain is recessed into the mountain. There are pavilions half embedded in it. It looks like a two-story building built in a half cave.
Beside the doorway, two stone lanterns were lit and the candles were kept on.
"where is this place?"
Seeing that the door was locked and all the surrounding windows were sealed with iron bars, Xu Xiake asked curiously.
"It's probably used to imprison something. Judging from how tight the fence is, this thing is probably very dangerous."
After that, Yue Guanchao and the others gradually approached the window next to the doorway, leaning against the grating and fence to look at the pavilion in the mountain. With just one glance, they could already see people's hearts rising in their throats.
"This is?"
Yue Guanchao's vision was still a little blurry, and he unconsciously followed the grille to get closer. There was a wooden couch erected in the main hall of the pavilion. It looked like he was standing close to the wall.
On the wooden couch, a woman with her limbs tied appeared in her eyes.
There was an incomprehensible depth and trance in this woman's eyes, as if she had just woken up from a big dream, showing her alienation from living things. Her hands and feet were tied, which further proved that she was likely to harm others.
Wow!
After the chain shook, the woman suddenly looked at Yue Guanchao and showed an extremely sinister smile.
Just one glance can already make people's hearts beat!
