A gold nugget the size of half a palm appeared in He Wen's palm.
Ye Qing looked into those bright eyes searchingly.
He Wen stuffed the gold into Ye Qing's arms and continued to walk forward:
"You and I come from humble backgrounds and have entered official careers. Even if we want to be honest and honest officials who serve the people, we must have money."
"It takes money to run things up and down, and it takes money to get along with your colleagues. If you reject corruption, you have to have money yourself so that you don't waver in your true intentions."
"The money came from irregular sources, the amount is unknown, and there is no way to verify it. It doesn't hurt if we take some."
"If the case is solved, the prefect will reward us some."
Speaking of this, He Wen turned to Ye Qing and smiled casually:
"If we die, the prefect will find our bodies."
"If the gold in my arms is still there, the prefect will give it to our family."
"Thank you!" Two simple but heavy words came out of Ye Qing's mouth.
He put the gold away and said to himself with piercing eyes: "This gold can definitely be taken out alive."
After leaving the secret room, the secret passage that was only for the two of them was restored in front of them.
The two of them walked forward for a while, and after walking more than thirty feet, they heard dull footsteps behind them.
Ye Qing turned around suddenly and looked at him warily.
"He Wen, Ye Qing, wait for me!"
A rough voice echoed through the secret passage.
Ye Qing suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
He looked at Yan San who was covered in blood, as if bathed in blood, and asked with concern:
"Brother Yan, are you injured?"
Yan San slowed down, looked at the bloody pendant on his body, and said nonchalantly:
"Hey, they all belong to those people, but the blood spurted out was too much, and it hurt me a lot."
"The entrance has been blocked with corpses."
"They poured kerosene on it and burned the body. It didn't come back for a while."
"I'll come here to find you."
"Did you find anything?"
"I saw a lot of gold and silver jewelry when I was passing by. Did you take them?"
"I grabbed some, do you want them?"
While talking.
Yan San pinched a flesh-and-blood eyeball from his shoulder.
Two fingers merge.
puff!
A slight explosion occurred.
It’s so hot!
Then, Yan San took out a handful of blood-stained gold and gems from his arms with his big palm fan hand.
Ye Qing twitched the corner of his mouth, turned around silently, and continued walking forward with a congratulatory message.
"Hey, are you talking?"
Seeing that the two ignored him, Yan San asked.
He Wen took out two pieces of gold from his pocket, handed them to Yan San and said, "Brother Yan, take the things first, and we'll divide them up when we get out."
Seeing this, Ye Qing also took out the gold and gave it to Yan San.
The upright Yan San continued smoothly:
"Okay, let's go out and divide the spoils."
"If I had known you would have brought this little thing, I just took more."
After saying that, Yan San was greatly moved and turned to look behind him.
He Wen stopped and said:
"Don't go back, let's go explore the exit first."
"Besides, Brother Yan, you are very skilled. If you really have to, you will do it."
"Leave us alone, rush out, and distribute this gold and silver to our families."
Suddenly.
Yan San became honest and didn't speak anymore. He just patted his bulging belly.
About half a quarter of an hour passed.
The secret passage came to an abrupt end, and a stone wall appeared in front of him. It was a dead end.
He Wen looked moved and looked around quickly with bright eyes.
When looking at the ground.
He Wen quickly handed over the torch.
A foot bone connected to the sole of the foot appeared in the eyes of the three people.
"No one has entered the secret passage since the Zijin Cauldron was lost."
"Thinking about it, this should be what the murderer left behind."
"It seems that this wall is a defense mechanism in the secret passage."
"The murderer was touched and fell from above. His legs were crushed."
"I don't know if the murderer cut off his leg to survive or if he died."
He Wen took out a black handkerchief from his arms, wrapped it around the leg bone, and carefully looked at the jagged fracture by the light of the torch.
Ye Qing said: "There is a siege at the back, the road ahead is blocked, and we can't find any mechanism to remove this blockage..."
Before he finished speaking, Ye Qing looked at Yan San behind him who looked like a bloody man.
He moved out of the way and said:
"With Brother Yan here, I think we can get rid of this boulder without finding a mechanism."
He Wen casually threw away the broken bones and said with great certainty:
"Indeed, with Brother Yan here, there is no need to waste your brain."
"The thick white marble bricks were smashed. The texture of this stone wall is not as hard as the white marble bricks."
"Brother Yan's matter of two or three punches."
Yan San was praised, and some of the blood that had turned into scabs fell off as his chest lifted.
He said boldly:
"Leave it to us. Just stand behind us and watch us smash this broken wall!"
Bang bang bang!
A continuous loud noise.
Both He Wen and Ye Qing turned pale and looked above their heads worriedly, fearing that the secret tunnel would not be able to withstand Yan San's terrifying power and collapse and bury them.
Wow!
There was a loud sound of falling gravel.
The half-foot-thick stone wall blocking the road disappeared.
The joy on the faces of the three people just leaked out.
The light from the torch allowed them to see another stone wall three feet away.
Suddenly the expressions of the three people solidified.
Yan San stepped forward with an unhappy look on his face and said:
"His grandma's, is this playing with matryoshka dolls?"
“After smashing one wall, another one comes, it’s endless, right~”
He raised his foot and kicked away the surrounding gravel, trying to clear a place where he could stand firmly and exert his strength.
Dang rang~
A crisp sound that was different from the sound of stones reached the ears of the three of them.
Curious, Yan San bent down and picked up the things kicked by the gravel.
Phew~
He blew out a sharp breath and dust flew up.
An exquisite artifact engraved with dragon patterns appeared in the eyes of the three people.
The restrained purple-gold light, with three legs and two ears, about a foot high, showed its identity to the three people.
He Wen was overjoyed and said: "Purple Golden Cauldron!"
Yan San handed the things to He Wen and grinned:
"Good guy, this cauldron is actually hidden between these two stone walls."
Ye Qing lowered his head to look at the gravel under his feet and said:
"Look, the skeletons here don't have heads."
"It seems that the murderer who stole the Zijin Cauldron was killed by two stone walls that fell at the same time."
"That's why the Zijin Cauldron was left here."
He Wen, who had seen the pattern of the Zijin Cauldron, determined that the pattern on the cauldron in his hand was exactly the same as the pattern, and it was what they were after.
Bright eyes, shining with joy.
He looked at the stone wall and said excitedly:
"Zitian people must know that Zijin Cauldron is here, but they let it stay here."
"It seems that there are people from the imperial court in Chaotian Palace, and the mechanism for the entrance and exit of the secret passage was destroyed."
"If this secret passage is opened, there will definitely be a lot of noise and it will alert others."
"This makes it easier for us."
"As long as we break through the stone wall, we might be able to reach the exit of the secret passage."
"Brother Cai Yan said just now that those people burned the corpses. It seems that they wanted to block the intersection of Sanqing Hall."
"They should be blocking the exit of the secret passage right now, waiting for us to get out."
Speaking of this, He Wen didn't panic at all, with a relaxed smile on his face. He grinned and said:
"When they started taking action just now, they would definitely alarm the people in the court."
"Even if we don't go out, I think someone will rescue them soon."
The next moment.
He Wen and Ye Qing looked strange.
Ye Qing spoke out the doubts in their minds.
"Brother He, doesn't that mean that our previous deduction was wrong?"
"Zitian is a member of the imperial court, and he only became aware of the existence of the secret passage not long ago."
"But he couldn't pass the news on. Just when we came to investigate the case, he directed us to search the secret passage?"
