So everyone rushed towards the tree trunk and stretched out their hands to touch it. Governor Duan rolled up his sleeves. He rubbed all the bark that he could see, but he didn't find any piece of bark to be fake.
Man Bao and others dug it out carefully, but couldn't find it after searching for a long time.
Governor Duan couldn't help but doubt again, "Is it really in the tree?"
Zhou Man couldn't have made a mistake in judgment this time and happened to be away, right?
Just when Man Bao couldn't help but ask Ke Ke, Bai Shan suddenly picked something up, and everyone heard a soft click.
This sound was particularly unusual. It was not the ordinary sound of breaking off tree bark, but rather... the sound of a mechanism.
Everyone raised their heads and looked at Bai Shan.
Under their gaze, Bai Shan pulled out the bark that had just made a snapping sound. Then, a huge piece of bark, from top to bottom, was irregular, almost as big as Man Bao's body.
Was thrown down.
Everyone's eyes widened.
Man Bao and Bai Erlang reacted the fastest and rushed over to go into the hole to check. However, before their heads could reach in, Bai Shan held down one of his heads with one hand and pushed them apart forcefully. He shouted loudly: "I'll do it!
"
The entrance to the cave he found!
Governor Duan also squeezed forward and said very actively: "I'm coming, I'm coming, there may be danger in this tree. I am an adult and you are still young, so it is better for me to do it..."
In the end, he didn't make it. The soldiers and guards quickly stepped forward and pulled them away. Then the smallest probe tried to get in, but he only went in one shoulder and then stepped back. His eyes were bright and he said: "Sir
, it’s all money.”
There were so many, so many that he could see them all without going in.
So he started throwing money out, ingots of silver, occasionally mixed with gold bars, gold ingots and gold flakes...
Man Bao and the others sat on the ground outside and counted the money. Some soldiers brought several large empty boxes from nowhere. After they counted the money, they could put it directly into the boxes.
As Governor Duan counted the gold ingots into the box, he sighed: "This is the stolen goods."
What did they find when they went up the mountain yesterday?
The skinny soldier was finally able to shrink into the belly of the tree, and after taking out some gold and silver, he began to pass out pearls and gems and other things. These things were all packed in boxes and were not piled up randomly inside. This made Governor Duan slightly relaxed.
After taking a breath, even after a long time, the luster of these gems and pearls is still good.
It should be able to sell for a good price.
After the tree hole was emptied, Governor Duan couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. He stood up and twisted his aching waist and asked the soldiers, "How are the other people searching?"
"Sir, they smashed down the wall, dismantled the beds, and found a lot of hidden gold and silver." Anyway, the harvest was not small.
Governor Duan was very satisfied.
Bai Shan was not very satisfied. He looked at Man Bao and asked hesitantly: "The horse thief who has been robbing for so many years only has this little money?"
Man Bao said with certainty: "There must be more, let's look for it again."
Upon hearing this, Governor Duan immediately nodded and said: "Yes, look for it again, look for more."
So everyone went to the next door to search again, but what they found were only scattered items. At first glance, they did not belong to the group. However, they did not expect that the bandit leader would also hide personal property, and he would hide it so secretly.
Man Bao was satisfied with his treasure hunting addiction, so he told Governor Duan, "I suspect that the only treasure hidden in the village is the one in the tree hole. The others should be outside the village."
"Where will that be?"
Man Bao thought for a while and said: "There will definitely be traces, but it's not heavy. It may take a long time for the property left outside to be transported."
Bai Shan guessed: "There may be more than one place, but certainly not many, because spreading it too widely can easily arouse others' suspicion. Even if they are a group, ordinary horse thieves really don't know about these properties.
"
Governor Duan nodded repeatedly, "Yes, we have interrogated many people. The leaders are really tough-talking, but ordinary horse thieves don't even know if they want to confess."
Bai Shan: "So I guess there should be between two and three hiding spots outside."
Man Bao raised his head and looked at Bai Shan, his eyes full of amazement. Bai Shan happened to see it, and after a pause, he knew that he had probably guessed it right.
Governor Duan also felt that what Bai Shan said made sense, so everyone took people out to look for it.
But when he walked out of the village and saw trees everywhere, Governor Duan couldn't help but ask: "Where can I find them?"
Bai Shan thought for a while and said: "This place won't be very hidden. At least when he wants to check it out, he can go there openly without arousing suspicion. But there won't be many people going there on weekdays, so he won't be easily discovered.
."
Governor Duan: "Where is that place?"
Man Bao said: "That pit, or a place to carry water?"
Governor Duan really didn't understand how these two places were connected.
Bai Erlang also felt that there were two places, "and a place to enjoy the scenery."
Bai Shan: "It's better to say it's a place where you can look out."
Governor Duan's eyes flashed and he turned around and said, "I know one place."
As he said that, he would lead them in the opposite direction.
Man Bao hesitated for a moment, but still didn't look back at the place Ke Ke mentioned, and followed Governor Duan to look for it.
As a result, the further they walked, the closer they got to the other place Keke mentioned.
Man Bao raised his eyebrows and asked Keke, "Isn't it really a latrine or a place to carry water?"
Keke: "...Not this place."
The group of people quickly arrived at a rock. Standing there and looking forward and down, they could see most of the official road.
Governor Duan said: "The caravans entering this official road cannot escape their eyes because of this."
Governor Duan waved his hand and said, "Search!"
So the soldiers rushed around the stone platform like wolves and tigers, rummaging around.
Manbao stood on the stone platform and looked down, Keke said: "No, move to the right..."
Manbao moved his body slightly.
Keke: "Stop, it's twenty-eight meters directly in front of you."
Manbao made a rough estimate and looked down. There was a dense forest of trees lying tightly on the rocky mountain. Looking forward from here, he could only see the green leaves, and occasionally he could see some space under the trees.
.
The soldiers turned over everything they could and dug three feet into the ground, but still found nothing.
Everyone couldn't help but look at the three teenagers together.
Man Bao pointed downward and said: "Someone needs to be guarded here. Even if there are few people, it is inconvenient to pick up and place things, so I suspect that the things should be hidden below, out of sight, so that they can use the excuse of patrolling to look down at the hiding spot."
In such a situation, as long as you are careful when taking things away, you can avoid the sight of the watcher above."
When Bai Shan heard this, he immediately looked down her finger and said, "The view is the best there. Let's go down and have a look."
Governor Duan had a gut feeling that they were right, so he looked back at his soldiers, got up and went down with them.