Liu Xiu said with a smile: "This elder of ours has a weird personality and is not very welcoming to strangers."
When Li Yi heard this, his facial features almost wrinkled together. Before he could continue to speak, Liu Xiu said: "Okay, everyone has been tired for a whole day. Go back and rest early. We have to continue on our way tomorrow morning."
Among them, Zhang Ping had the highest military rank and was the commander of the village. However, Zhang Ping was a dull gourd and could not speak a few words at the end of the day. Now Liu Xiu became the leader among them.
Everyone bowed their hands and saluted, and then left one after another.
After everyone left, Liu Xiu, Long Yuan, and Zhang Ping simply tidied up and then left the inn. When they went out, someone followed them out secretly, Li Tong.
Seeing Li Tong coming out, Liu Xiu and the others frowned in unison.
"Jiyuan, if you don't rest in your room, why are you following us?"
Li Tong said solemnly: "I am very strict with my mouth, and I will definitely not let it out!"
Liu Xiu couldn't help being happy and asked casually: "Do you know what we are going to do?"
"It should be related to the money of the barbarians!"
Hearing this, Liu Xiu and Long Yuan were shocked. Zhang Ping narrowed his eyes and put his hands behind his back.
Liu Xiu pulled Zhang Ping, whose murderous aura had leaked out, and asked Li Tong in a pleasant manner: "Ci Yuan, why did you say that?"
Li Tong said seriously: "These barbarians hiding in Baishan fled all the way from Yizhou County to Hanzhong County. During this period, they kidnapped so many women, and they must have robbed a lot of money, but nothing was found on them. , the money must have been secretly hidden by the barbarian soldiers. If Mr. Liu had taken us to find the money, and everyone had shared it equally, not much would have been distributed to everyone in the end. Therefore, it is best to do this It should be kept secret, and Mr. Liu will find the most trustworthy person to handle it secretly."
For Liu Yan, who else has a closer relationship with him than Liu Xiu?
On weekdays, Liu Yan looks at Liu Xiu so closely that he wishes he could find a rope to tie him to his waist. But now he lets him leave his side to carry out such an unimportant task. This is too abnormal. .
Li Tong is not an ordinary kid from a rich family. He is smart and well-informed. After thinking about the whole thing carefully, he has already guessed that it is almost the same.
Hearing this, Zhang Ping's eyes became more murderous, and all the muscles in his body began to tense up, ready to take action at any time.
Li Tong continued: "Uncle Wen is not a playful person. Now that we have arrived in Xing County, even if we go to visit old friends, we won't stay up all night. I guess you are looking for the money that was hidden by the barbarians! "
If it wasn't outside or in full public view, Liu Xiu would really want to give Li Tong a slap in the face and a big praise!
His analysis was methodical, to the point, and basically consistent with the facts. He pulled Zhang Ping down again, hinting to him to be patient and not to act rashly.
Liu Xiu walked up to Li Tong and asked with a smile: "Ci Yuan, if I say that your analysis is correct, what will you do?"
Li Tong's face straightened, he bowed his hand to Liu Xiu and said, "Uncle Wen not only took good care of me, but also saved my life several times. As long as Uncle Wen believes in me, Jiyuan will definitely live up to Uncle Wen in this life!"
Regardless of whether Liu Yan is the one in the prophecy, Li Tong has identified Liu Xiu now.
Liu Xiu was kind-hearted, righteous, wealthy and scheming. Li Tong was impressed by both his personality and his conduct in life. In Li Tong's view, being able to follow and assist someone like Liu Xiu was a great blessing in life.
Looking at Li Tong who was still holding his hands in salute, Liu Xiu was silent for a few seconds, stretched out his hand to hold his arm, and said with a smile: "Ci Yuan, come with us!"
After a pause, he warned again: "Regarding this matter, I hope that only the four of us will know about it, and there will be no fifth person."
Liu Xiuneng agreed to let Li Tong follow him, which was equivalent to completely treating Li Tong as one of his own.
Li Tong looked excited, bowed to the ground again, and said sternly: "Ci Yuan must strictly keep the secret and never let it out."
Zhang Ping's frown did not relax, and he couldn't help but warn in a low voice: "Axiu!"
Liu Xiu nodded to Zhang Ping with a smile and said, "Brother Ping, I believe in Jiyuan."
After Zhang Ping heard this, he didn't say anything more. His hands behind his back dropped and he raised his head and said, "Let's go quickly!"
They came out of the White Mountains and now they are back to the White Mountains again.
According to the map drawn by Zhang Ping, they found a small cave at the foot of Baishan Mountain.
The entrance of this small cave is very small, it seems to be as big as a dog cave. The entrance is covered with grass and vines, which is very blocked. It is difficult to find this small cave entrance without deliberately looking for it.
At this time, the sky was already dark, and the entrance of the cave was even darker, which looked very scary. Liu Xiu took out the fire seal and said, "I'll go in and take a look first!"
Zhang Ping grabbed him and said, "Let me come first!" As he spoke, he took out his fire stick, blew on it, and then followed the hole and drilled in little by little.
Liu Xiu, Long Yuan, and Li Tong followed closely behind and also got into the cave.
The entrance to the cave is narrow, but the space inside is quite large, at least enough for one to straighten up.
Several people each held the fire folding bag and looked around. At the end of the cave, there were several packages piled on the ground. Everyone stepped forward, opened the packages one by one, and used the fire folding bag. Everyone's eyes lit up.
feeling.
Inside the package were basically gold and silver jewelry and coins. Even Zhang Ping, who was usually old-fashioned, now had a rare expression of excitement on his face.
The four of them squatted down and took a careful inventory. The gold and silver jewelry alone probably weighed twenty or thirty kilograms, and there were also a large number of copper coins and third-grade platinum.
Zhang Ping took out a dragon coin, looked at it carefully, then handed it to Liu Xiu and asked, "Axiu, do you think this is real?"
Liu Xiu took it, but couldn't see why, and handed it to Li Tong. The latter looked at it, nodded and said, "Yes! It's true!"
Zhang Ping lowered his head and looked around, murmuring: "How much are these worth?"
Li Tong was the most proficient in money. He first looked at the number of coins, then weighed the gold and silver jewelry, and said, "A conservative estimate is that there are millions of dollars."
"One million dollars!" Zhang Ping's eyes widened when he heard this, and Liu Xiu and Long Yuan also looked surprised.
After a while, Liu Xiu came back to his senses and said seriously: "Okay, we have to move these belongings to other places immediately."
Zhang Ping nodded, and everyone tied up the opened packages again, then each person carried a package and crawled out along the entrance of the cave. Zhang Ping stayed at the end and handed out the other packages in the cave one by one.
After moving all the packages out, they didn't go too far. They dug a hole between two nearby old trees, put the packages in one by one, and then filled them with soil and buried them.
Several people jumped hard on the pit, trampled the soil firmly, and pulled out some grass and vines to cover it.
After everything was taken care of, the four of them looked at it again and found nothing unusual, so they all sat on the ground to rest.
Zhang Ping wiped the sweat from his forehead and sighed: "With this million money, I can help Bo Sheng achieve great things!"
Liu Xiu asked curiously: "How did Brother Ping know my eldest brother?"
Zhang Ping fell silent. After a long time, when Liu Xiu thought he would not answer, Zhang Ping said softly: "I once killed a dog official in my hometown and fled to Caiyang. Bo Sheng did not suspect that I was involved in a murder case."
He took me in, and from then on, my life belonged to Bo Sheng."
Liu Xiu looked suddenly enlightened, that's it! Sometimes he also admired his elder brother.
The eldest brother has always envied those prominent noble families who could maintain many followers. However, the eldest brother did not have the money to support followers, but he was able to find other ways to recruit many people who had committed crimes, and these people were far more loyal than the followers who were hired with money.
Even more desperate.
Zhang Ping and Zhu Yun are both good examples.
After almost resting, Liu Xiu and others stood up and returned to Xing County.
On the way, Zhang Ping asked: "Axiu, could it be that after we arrived at the county town, the county government, like the county government, ignored those women and finally pushed them to us?"
Liu Xiu smiled bitterly. This possibility was not impossible. He shrugged and said, "We will wait until we get to the county to see the situation. The final decision will be made by the eldest brother."
Zhang Ping nodded at first, and finally shook his head helplessly.
They were walking outside the mountain. Suddenly, Long Yuan stopped and grabbed Liu Xiu. Zhang Ping and Li Tong also stopped and looked at Long Yuan in confusion.
Long Yuan tilted his ears to listen and said quietly: "It seems that someone is crying."
Hearing this, Liu Xiu and the others looked around subconsciously. They were surrounded by woods, so dark that they couldn't see their fingers. They listened carefully, but they couldn't hear any other sounds except the buzzing of insects.
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Li Tong shuddered, rubbed his arms subconsciously with both hands, and said, "Brother Zhongbo, don't scare me. In these barren mountains and ridges, where is the light and light burning, where can the crying come from?"
Long Yuan listened for another moment and said with a firm tone: "There is indeed a sound of crying, over here!" As he spoke, he raised his finger and pointed in the direction to the right.
Everyone looked at each other, and finally their eyes fell on Liu Xiu.
Liu Xiu shook his head and said, "Let's go take a look!"
He didn't really believe in ghosts and gods, but he believed that Long Yuan had six senses. Since Long Yuan heard the cry, he couldn't be wrong.
Long Yuan walked in front, and Liu Xiu and the others followed behind, walking forward in the woods with one foot high and one foot low.
After walking for less than a quarter of an hour, Liu Xiu and others saw a faint light of fire coming from the gaps in the woods ahead. The four of them slowed down their steps in unison and approached quietly.
The fire came from a clearing in the woods ahead.
There was a bonfire in the center of the open space. Around the bonfire, several barbarians wearing animal skins were sitting. Near them, there were two women tied to the ground. The cries Long Yuan heard were from them.
Sent out.
These were nothing. The most horrifying thing was that what was being roasted on the campfire was not game from the mountains at all, but a person, a woman with her head cut off.
There was a wooden stick erected next to the bonfire, and a woman's head was shockingly stuck on the top of the stick.
The woman on the bonfire had been roasted to a scorched yellow color. From her chest to her lower abdomen, she had been completely opened, and all her internal organs had been hollowed out. The air was filled with a strange aroma of barbecue.
The barbarian who was sitting around the campfire would get up from time to time, cut off a piece of meat with a machete, put it in his mouth, and chew it with big mouthfuls.
This scene makes people shudder and make them nauseous.