Governor Duan couldn't help but turn his head to look at the personal guards. He wanted to shake his shoulders. How did they search?
Man Bao got out from under the bed, and Governor Duan subconsciously looked at her hands. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that her hands were empty. As a result, she got up and started to pull the bed out.
Daji stepped forward to help.
After the bed was moved out, Manbao climbed on the bed and jumped into the innermost part. After stamping his feet on the ground, he picked up a piece of wooden board scattered on the ground and scraped it open, revealing a layer of wooden board underneath.
She pried open the wooden board, then reached out and slowly took out a jar from inside.
This kind of jar looks so familiar. It is used in wine jars and pickle jars. How can a big belly accommodate it?
Man Bao opened the jar and stretched out his hand to take out a silver ingot. Governor Duan could tell at a glance that it was the official seal of Shiliang.
She continued to take out things, and there was gold. It was very small, about five taels, but there were several. Finally, she grabbed a dozen gems and a handful of pearls.
Governor Duan no longer wanted to speak.
Bai Shan exclaimed: "There must be a little boss living in this house."
Governor Duan said feebly: "This is the residence of the third master of the horse bandits. Further ahead is the residence of the second master. The big building in the middle belongs to the bandit leader."
Man Bao immediately put the things into the jar, "Let's go and take a look."
Bai Shan turned his head left and right, "Where is Erlang?"
Bai Erlang let out a scream in the bathroom, and everyone ran over immediately.
He was seen riding on the neck of a Bai family guard, holding on to the beam with both hands. When he saw them coming in, he immediately said: "Here, here, there is a small box."
It's a pity that he has short hands and can't get it.
In the end, Daji went up to help him take down the small box.
It's not a very big box, but he hollowed out the beams and pillars and stuffed the box inside. The box should be made of the same tree, so the color is similar.
You can't tell there's a box inside.
Not to mention that the searchers only looked from the bottom up and swept the beams with something, making it even more difficult to find.
Bai Erlang opened the box with great interest and found that there were clothes inside, which were still in tatters. He couldn't help but be stunned.
Man Bao vaguely smelled something else, so he stretched out his hand and pressed it, and found something solid.
Bai Erlang also reacted and immediately took out the tightly stuffed clothes. Only then did everyone see that there was a box wrapped in the clothes.
He took out the box, sniffed and said, "It smells."
As soon as he opened it, he was immediately disappointed, "It's spices. What kind of fragrance is this?"
But Governor Duan couldn't help but said: "This is storax, a spice produced only in the Suhe area. Do you know how expensive storax is? A fingernail is worth one tael of gold."
When the three of them heard this, they were shocked. They looked at the golden incense cubes in the box and asked, "How many fingernails does this cost?"
Regardless of how many fingernails there were, Governor Duan held Bai Erlang's hand, closed the box smoothly, and said to Bai Shan sincerely: "Today I finally saw Mr. Bai and Mr. Zhou's treasure-hunting abilities. I will let people remember this."
Next, I will write down 30% of the account when I get back..."
Bai Shan stretched out his hand to hold the box and said with a smile: "You're welcome, Governor Duan. These are nothing. They are just private money hidden by individual thieves. The bulk of it is the treasure hidden by the bandits together. That is the most important thing."
Upon hearing this, Governor Duan reluctantly took back his hand and said with a smile: "That's right, Mr. Bai and Mr. Zhou found these things. They belong to each of you. Keep them all. Keep them away."
Man Bao winked at Bai Erlang.
Seeing that her eyes were cramped, Bai Erlang froze for a moment, and after she blinked harder and harder, he chose a small piece of incense from the box and gave it to Governor Duan to share.
Governor Duan poured out the money and gems from his wallet and stuffed them into his sleeve pocket, and then carefully packed the spices in his wallet.
Although there is only one piece, it should be able to be sold for dozens of taels of gold. After calculating this, you will have enough money for a few days' worth of medicine.
Duan Jishi was thinking about it, turned around and showed a friendly smile to the three of them. He wiped away the lethargy in the morning and said very enthusiastically: "Let's go and search in the next room. You don't know that the second boss of this horse thief is very good."
He is cunning and thoughtful, and the bandit leader relies heavily on him. Maybe he has more things in his house."
Erg, what they had seen was indeed very cunning, so they ran to look for it.
But after looking through it, I found that all the rooms were very clean, with nothing in them, and some of them had been searched by the soldiers.
At the end of the search, Man Bao couldn't help but ask Keke, "Is there nothing else in this house except the things you found in the yard early in the morning?"
Today, when Manbao was running around in various houses looking for things, he specifically told Keke not to tell her specifically and let her find it by herself. When he heard her ask, he proudly said: "That's right, there is nothing hidden in this room."
, and you didn’t actually find the last room, there are still a few silver ingots in the woodshed.”
Man Bao didn't care much about the silver ingots in the woodshed next door. She could have gone back to get them, or the soldiers would have found them later when they searched again. What surprised her was that Erge didn't have any hidden property.
Could it be that the place in the yard was his private hiding place and not the thieves'?
But there must be many things that Koko can specifically label as treasures, and they must be very valuable, right?
Manbao thought as she walked towards the yard. She followed Keke's instructions and walked to the foot of a big tree. Then she looked down at the dug pits under her feet and asked, "Under here? Did they not dig deep enough?"
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Keke said: "No, not underground..."
Not underground? Man Bao's eyes lit up and he shouted before Ke Ke finished speaking: "I know, it's inside the tree!"
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang heard this as soon as they went out. They were surprised and ran over immediately, "Is it true?"
Duan Jishi couldn't help but walked forward quickly, and then everyone looked at the big tree in front of them. This is a banyan tree. I don't know how many years it has grown. The trunk is very big and the leaves are still very lush. Let's take a closer look.
Only then did I realize that this tree alone almost took up half of the yard.
Governor Duan touched his chin and said, "Look, this house is much further forward than other houses. From this look, he deliberately enclosed the banyan tree within the wall."
Originally, it would be nice to leave such a big tree on the road so that everyone can enjoy the shade and chat. Why did he specifically include it with a wall?
Governor Duan couldn't help but marvel, "Master Zhou is so powerful. He has a sharp eye to recognize treasures. No matter how treacherous he is, he can't hide from you."
Man Bao knew that this was not his own merit, so he bowed his head shyly and said modestly: "No, no, it's actually just average."