In ancient times, I just wanted to be a salted fish

Chapter 100 Find the treasure

After a few days, the Wan family gradually left the village and went south around the big city. They passed through the counties, towns and villages on the way without household registration passes, and finally arrived in southern Xinjiang safely.

Zhen Yu also arrived in southern Xinjiang with the last group of the Wan family, and happened to contact Wei Bufan who was searching for treasure in southern Xinjiang.

Wei Bufan complained to Zhen Yu: "Boss, we have been looking for it since the beginning of the year and it is already May, but we still haven't found the real treasure. Is this treasure map fake? Are the remnants of the previous dynasty playing tricks on us?"

Zhen Yu frowned and thought: "Then tell me the specific situation?"

"Boss, we finally found a cave after going through so much hardship. We used the jade pendant to open the stone door, but there was nothing inside, not even a stone. It was very clean. We also did not encounter the remnants of the previous dynasty, Yang Zhanliang's men. After we arrived, we wanted to look for treasures while looking for the remnants of the previous dynasty, but they had no news at all.

Either the treasure map is fake, and the remnants of the previous dynasty are trying to divert attention; or the treasure map is real, but the treasure has been taken away, and we have come here for nothing!"

Zhen Yu's heart trembled. Could he have guessed right? Could the treasure in Wan's house be that batch of treasures? He had to keep a close eye on the Wan family.

Hard work pays off. On a rainy night, Zhen Yu and Wei Bufan led a few men and followed Butler Wan to a dilapidated temple. It was said that the temple was haunted, so no one dared to approach it.

Steward Wan moved a stone slab at the bottom of the Buddha statue in the ruined temple, revealing a large hole. He took a tinder, lit a torch, looked around and saw no one, so he entered the cave.

Zhen Yu and Wei Bufan looked at each other and smiled knowingly. It seemed that they should have gained something!

The two of them also entered the cave one after another. After walking for more than 50 meters, they came to a stone chamber, the door of which had been opened by Steward Wan. The two of them stood by the door and looked inside, and saw a pile of dazzling gold, silver and jewelry, so large that it formed a small mountain.

Zhen Yu thought to himself: So Wan Baocai transferred the treasure here, then how much treasure does Wan Zhai have?

Just as Zhen Yu was thinking about the Wan residence, the housekeeper Wan took out a cloth bag and put gold and silver ingots into it. After filling the bag, he carried the heavy bag on his back and was about to leave when he was blocked at the door by Zhen Yu and Wei Bufan.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Butler Wan put down the bag, drew the soft sword from his waist, and fought with the two men.

It was obvious that Steward Wan was an expert, but Zhen Yu and Wei Bufan were not ordinary people either, they were also top-notch experts in the Imperial Palace. Two people fought against one person, and soon Steward Wan was defeated. Zhen Yu stabbed him in the shoulder with a sword and he fell to the ground. Wei Bufan took out a rope to tie him up, and fearing that he would bite his tongue to commit suicide, he blocked his mouth with a handkerchief he carried with him.

Zhen Yu and Wei Bufan brought Butler Wan out of the cave and restored the stone slab under the Buddha statue to its original state.

The two men erased all traces of their presence, left the dilapidated temple, returned to the house rented by Wei Bufan, and interrogated Butler Wan overnight.

At first, Butler Wan swore to never tell where the treasure in the cave came from. Later, Wei Bufan used his ultimate move and tortured him with all kinds of instruments. Finally, Butler Wan could not stand the inhuman torture and told the truth.

Steward Wan is a man of the underworld. He was favored by Wan Baocai and became his steward. He also transported the treasure of the previous dynasty back to Wan's house in Pingyang Prefecture for Wan Baocai and hid the treasure in a secret passage in Wan's house. That was only part of the treasure. The other part was moved from the original Daliang Mountain to this dilapidated temple. Rumors spread that the temple was haunted, so that the nearby villagers dared not approach it, thus preserving the treasure. This was the way out left by Wan Baocai.

Now, with Zhen Yu cutting off their retreat, the Wan family has no hope.

Without money, the people in the martial arts world who protect the Wan family will disperse, and the Wan family will become pariahs or even slaves.

Zhen Yu ordered the guards to pack the treasure into boxes and transport it secretly back to the capital.

When Zhen Yu and his convoy arrived in the capital, it was already July.

The emperor secretly met with Zhen Yu, who told him how he found the treasure, but concealed the fact that there was a treasure hidden in the Wan family tunnel.

Zhen Yu guessed that the treasure must have been taken away by Chen Ruotong. Because housekeeper Wan said that part of the treasure disappeared, and those who knew about it felt very strange.

They did not believe in ghosts and gods, but the fact that a large amount of treasure disappeared overnight made them believe that the treasure was taken away by ghosts and gods.

They once suspected that it was the work of the chivalrous thief Jia Fei, but Jia Fei didn't have such extraordinary abilities!

Zhen Yu didn't want to expose Chen Ruotong's ability, so he concealed it for her. He wanted to keep this capable person for the benefit of the Daliang Dynasty.

At this point, the court's treasure hunt came to an end.

Hong Xianzhi led the descendants of the tomb-raiding lieutenant and a group of people to search for treasure in the snow-capped mountains of northern Xinjiang. They found nothing in a year, and did find a large cave, but it was empty. Only then did he wake up and suspect that the map was fake, so he led a group of people back to the capital.

When he returned to Yang Liuyi's mansion, he learned that his mother had passed away. He was heartbroken and regretted that he had not done enough to show filial piety to his mother and did not even see her for the last time before her death.

Liang Yachi did not tell him the truth. He wanted to let this matter go unsolved. He also sold all the servants in Yang Liuyi's house and replaced them with a new group of slaves.

Hong Xianzhi is still his good son, and he is still Hong Xianzhi's good father. He did not vent his anger on Hong Xianzhi because of Yang Liuyi's betrayal.

No matter how Liang Yachi looked at it, he felt that Hong Xianzhi was his biological son. There was no trace of Wan Baocai at all, which made him very relieved. He still loved Hong Xianzhi as before.

Whose son is Hong Xianzhi? Haha, the author doesn't know either. Whoever the readers want him to be, then that's who he is!

The failure to find the treasure did not affect Liang Yachi and Hong Xianzhi's discussion of rebellion. Liang Yachi raised 20,000 private soldiers in the mountains outside the capital. They were well-trained and extremely brave, and could be called an invincible army.

Zhen Yu had already known about this, so he sent several of his personal guards to infiltrate the group, intending to incite the general Wang Qi to rebel.

Those elite soldiers only obey Wang Qi, and Wang Qi only obeys Liang Yachi. If Wang Qi can be used by the court, then Liang Yachi has raised those elite soldiers in vain.

Now, the treasure has been returned to the emperor's private treasury, and it is not yet time to put it in the national treasury. After Liang Yachi is captured, the treasure can be announced to the court, so that the ministers will know that the country has money, which will stabilize the people's hearts.

Furthermore, there are still some of Liang Yachi's followers who have to be dealt with slowly. It will be difficult to take down Liang Yachi as soon as possible.

The emperor also discussed the matter with several trusted ministers. If he wanted to capture Liang Yachi without bloodshed, it would take at least two to three years.

Liang Yachi also knew that the emperor was looking for his weakness, so he acted cautiously and kept a low profile. He was no longer arrogant in the court like before. The little emperor had grown up and was difficult to deal with. He had to start an army as soon as possible and take down the throne. The longer he delayed, the smaller his chances of winning would be.