I have to say that Niu Xi’s method of pointing the way with arrows is very good.
Through this method, the two successfully found the real passage. After spending about two or three hours, they finally arrived at the first secret room.
The secret room is very empty. There are three exits at the back, and I don’t know where they lead.
In the middle of the secret room, two old wooden boxes stood side by side, with an engraved stone tablet behind the boxes.
"Treasure!!" Niu Xi's eyes lit up and he wanted to rush over quickly.
"Wait! Be careful." Jia Zhengjin hurriedly reached out to stop him and reminded him in a low voice.
In fact, there is no mechanism in this secret room, he knows it in his heart. It is just for show. After all, "Niu Shun" knows nothing about this place.
Niu Xi nodded after being reminded, slowed down and moved slowly.
"There is no trap!" Niu Xi breathed a sigh of relief when he arrived in front of the treasure chest.
"It's better to be careful!" Jia Zhengjin advised, "Is there something weird in the box?"
"You wait there, I'll take a look first." Niu Xi slowly moved to the front of the treasure chest, holding one end of the wooden bow and tapping it lightly with the other end.
The "Tuk Tuk Tuk" box makes a slight sound, but there is no problem.
Niu Xi felt relieved, put away his bow and arrows and walked over: "There is a stone tablet behind the box with words written on it."
"What did you write?" Jia Zhengjin walked up behind him.
"Let me see..." Niu Xi bent down and stretched out his hand to pull away the dust on the stone tablet, and then read in a low voice, "If future generations want to make a fortune, they must walk three thousand miles."
"What's the meaning?"
"It probably means that it's not that easy to get all the treasures." Niu Xi turned around and explained, "Isn't this a maze? The monk probably wanted to test you, and if he wanted to get all the treasures, he might have to walk through the entire maze.
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"Is it so troublesome? Is it true?"
"That should be it." Niu Xi moved his gaze to the two boxes again, "There are words on the boxes."
"What did you write?"
"Hmm~ What's written on the left is Jin Qianjin." Niu Xi's mouth went dry when he saw the writing, "Is it true? This box is full of gold?"
"It shouldn't be gold, right?" Jia Zhengjin reminded from the side.
"Open it and take a look!" After thinking for a moment, Niu Xi opened the treasure box on the left. It turned out that it was full of copper coins. He suddenly understood, "It turns out they are red gold copper coins!"
Copper at this time was also called red gold, and coins made of copper could also be called red gold copper coins.
"There are a lot of copper coins in such a big box!" Jia Zhengjin said, "I probably won't be able to save so much in my lifetime!"
"Indeed, with this box of money, you are already rich! At least you can buy a big house in the county and live a pretty good life." Niu Xi looked at the treasure box next to him, "Here is the elixir and elixir, which is worth thousands of gold."
"Elixir? Open it and take a look!" Jia Zhengjin urged.
"Okay!" Niu Xi quickly opened the second treasure box and saw that inside the huge box, there was only a paper bag with a very beautiful blue pill on it.
Next to the elixir there is a bamboo slip with writing on it.
"That's it?" Jia Zhengjin pretended to be disappointed, "What's the use?"
"Don't be anxious!" Niu Xi reached out and took out the paper bag and the elixir. At the same time, he picked up the bamboo slip and read it carefully, with a look of surprise in his eyes.
"What is the use of this medicine?" Jia Zhengjin asked deliberately.
Niu Xi put away his expression, hesitated for a moment and turned around: "There are two kinds of medicine here. One is a special golden sore medicine, which can nourish qi and blood and has miraculous effects. It refers to the medicine powder in the paper bag. And the one above is called
As long as it is not a terminal illness, the Qubing Pill will immediately remove the root cause of the disease and restore health. I guess it was made by a monk."
"This medicine is worth thousands of gold. Is it gold or red gold?" Jia Zhengjin asked.
"I heard that the longevity pill refined by Taoist leader Li Zi can make people live longer by eating one pill." Niu Xi replied, "One pill of that pill is worth a thousand taels of gold. I guess it is different from this one. These two pills should also be very good.
, but what is called worth a thousand gold is probably pure gold."
"In other words, the red gold, copper coins and medicines in these two boxes are of similar value?" Jia Zhengjin put the things in by himself, and of course Jia Zhengjin asked knowingly.
Niu Xi didn't know this and just nodded excitedly.
"Then let's take this box of red gold and copper coins and the elixirs home today, but how to divide them?" Jia Zhengjin pretended to think, "The red gold and copper coins are easy to say, we can divide them in half. But these elixirs are all unique.
Do I need to sell it first and exchange it for copper coins?"
"These are the treasures sent by your mother in a dream. Of course it is up to you to decide." Niu Xi hesitated.
Jia Zhengjin carefully observed Niu Xi's eyes, and it didn't look like he was faking it.
His purpose is to make Niu Xi make a choice, but of course he cannot take the power of choice into his hands.
After pretending to think, he said to him: "By the way! Xizi, isn't Uncle Bao in bad health? Can these two medicines cure Uncle Bao's illness and restore him to health?"
Hearing this, Niu Xi was slightly startled.
"Xizi, look, this thousand catties of red gold are of the same value as the two elixirs. In other words, we don't need to worry about how to divide this medicine. Just two people can take the red gold and the elixir respectively. I thought about it, and took the medicine myself
It’s useless, I’ll try to sell it anyway. But if you take it back, you can cure Uncle Bao’s disease.”
"Who cares?!" Niu Xi snorted.
"Uncle Bao is your father after all..." Jia Zhengjin stared into Niu Xi's eyes and said softly. Seeing that Niu Xi lowered his head and didn't respond for a while, he then said, "Otherwise, you can choose Xizi yourself. You want this red gold."
Thousand catties, or elixir. I don’t care anyway. If you want pure gold, I will find a way to sell the elixir in the county or county town. Or if you want elixir, take it back to Uncle Bao, or even go there myself.
You can sell it either way. The value is the same anyway, so you can choose whichever one you want."
"This..." Niu Xi fell into a dilemma.
Just for this step, Jia Zhengjin kept his eyes on Niu Xi and waited.
If he wants thousands of pounds of gold but not pills, then he really has no feelings for Uncle Bao.
But if you choose the elixir to take back to Uncle Bao, it shows that you are very filial.
In short, Niu Xi's choice determines how Jia Zhengjin will act in the future.
After thinking about it for a while, Niu Xi's eyes moved left and right between the red gold copper coins and the elixir box, and finally stopped, hesitantly turning to look at Jia Zhengjin: "This...if I took the elixir, what would I say if someone asked me about it?"
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Hearing this, Jia Zhengjin's eyes lit up.
This shows that Niu Xi still decided to deal with his father's illness, that is, he has filial piety and can resist the temptation of money. He was so happy that he immediately said: "Isn't that easy? Doesn't it seem strange to others that you went up the mountain with me to chop wood today?"
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"Yes! Then what?"
"After you go back, you said that the gods had a dream last night and knew that Uncle Bao was seriously ill, so they asked you to go up the mountain to cut firewood as a test." Jia Zhengjin said with a smile, "You and I went up the mountain to see a lot of firewood today, and the gods appeared in your dream on the way back.
Give me the elixir in person. This is a chance encounter, and it can also change your image in the eyes of the villagers."
