(I have something to do at home today, so I can only do so much.)
"Don't be afraid, Bing'er. It's just corpses. Haven't we seen too many of them? I'm afraid they all committed suicide. Look at the collapsed bench below. This is also evidence of suicide. I heard that King Huai killed many people here.
People, but there is no need for him to hang these corpses under the eaves. These Qingjiao saints must have known the news about the destruction of Yingtian City, and to show their loyalty, they committed suicide. The Qingjiao really did a lot of harm to people, Hai Dongqing died again
Ten times is not a pity." Lin Jue frowned.
"It's terrible, it's terrible. Hey, it's so pitiful that these girls died like this." Bai Bing murmured.
Lin Jue nodded and said: "Yes. The people at the bottom cannot control their own destiny. The people are ignorant and stupid. It is indeed sad and pitiful to be born in this world. It cannot be called troubled times now. If it is really troubled times, it will not be as good as peace.
Dog."
Bai Bing nodded and said: "No one has restrained these corpses, they are just hanging here. Hey, at least they have to be buried in peace."
Lin Jue smiled bitterly and said: "Previously, King Huai ordered that the corpses of the religious bandits should not be buried, but should be exposed in the wild. I'm afraid no one dares to disobey his order. I will order someone to restrain them tomorrow. Let's go forward."
Bai Bing nodded, and the two of them walked past the dangling corpse, stepping on the dusty wooden steps under the long corridor. Half of the end of the long corridor collapsed, and the two of them jumped out from the side, and there was another large area where they landed.
In the clearing, where the torch's light shone, Bai Bing once again made a sound of fear.
In front of them, they originally thought it was a dark pile of rockery-like things, but under the light of the torch, the two discovered that it was not a rockery, but a pile of dead bodies. The corpses were overlapped and there were burning objects around them.
The traces of passing were full of charred blackness. All the corpses were stacked on top of each other, both male and female, forming a hill. Waves of stench came out, making people feel sick.
"Oh my God." Bai Bing covered his mouth and nose and his body was shaking.
Lin Jue held the torch and turned a small circle, and said in a deep voice: "These are the corpses of the servants and saints. On the day when King Huai's city was destroyed, there was a bloodbath here. The corpses of these people were piled here and burned, but they were not done hastily, not
Just burn them to ashes. Guo Xu did this just to vent his anger, which is not advisable. There are probably hundreds of people here, hey, just kill them all indiscriminately? Guo Xu's move is open to question."
"Husband, let's go quickly, I'm about to vomit." Bai Bing was not in the mood to listen to Lin Jue's sigh, so he pulled Lin Jue's sleeve and left. Lin Jue didn't want to stay, so the two of them quickly walked back.
After passing a patio and passing through a vertical door, several rows of houses appeared in front of us, which must be the residence of the back house.
The damage here is the most serious. The houses seem to be standing, but the walls and roofs have been dug up and turned upside down. There are also potholes in the yard that seem to have been dug up. The flower beds and rockeries in the courtyard have been overturned and knocked down. These are all
The work of guys who used to come here to try their luck.
Lin Jue would not dig around aimlessly. After confirming that the main house in the east was Hai Dongqing's former residence, Lin Jue held the torch in and out several times and took a closer look.
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"Husband, there is nothing here. Even the furniture and belongings have been evacuated. The ground has also been excavated. Even if there are treasures, they must have been taken away." Bai Bing followed around a few times and said in disappointment.
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Lin Jue thought for a moment and said, "I don't think so. If someone has grabbed the property first, at least there will be some clues. With so much gold and silver, there must be some kind of secret room or cellar. But we carefully checked this
There are no open secret rooms or excavated cellars in the big circle. Is it possible that someone who has arrived early will not be able to restore everything? Wouldn't that be a superfluous effort?"
Hearing this, Bai Bing also felt that it made some sense. Things were taken away, but the place where things were hidden must be exposed. Secret rooms, cellars, etc. can always be seen. But after checking inside and outside several times, although the house had been damaged
It was a mess, but there was no trace of a secret room or cellar.
"You just have a rest. I'll look carefully. If we can't find it, we'll leave." Lin Jue said in a low voice.
How could Bai Bing rest? Besides, she didn't want to be alone in a place like this, so she just followed Lin Jue closely. Lin Jue calmed down and carefully walked back and forth twice more, feeling a little disappointed. She really couldn't see it.
Lin Jue had calculated the thickness of the walls and the height of the inside and outside of the roof. There was no sign of the existence of a secret room. The large holes and small holes dug in the ground should have been revealed if there was a cellar.
There was some open space around the house that had not been dug, but Lin Jue would not dig holes all over the ground to find a cellar.
"It seems that we can't find it. We have no chance. There is no secret room in this house. Unless it is somewhere else, but the area is too large and there is no way to search. It's just that it's not my property. I can't force it." Lin Jue sighed.
: "Let's go back. It was a waste of time and I made you suffer a little fright. I'm really sorry."
Bai Bing smiled and said: "People who are greedy for money work in vain, this can be regarded as retribution."
Lin Jue smiled and said: "Are you still gloating about misfortune? I don't want to live a more comfortable life. Money is a good thing. I don't think it's too little. Come on, let's go. Don't let any lonely ghosts come out soon and ask for help again."
I was so scared that you pinched my palm."
Bai Bing blushed and said angrily: "You are making fun of me. I am not afraid of any ghosts. If any ghost comes out, I will cut it into two pieces with one knife."
As Bai Bing spoke, he swung his green flute blade and chopped a big tree next to him. The bark of the tree he chopped flew off, making a loud sound.
Lin Jue smiled and said: "You don't have to take it out on the tree trunk. This tree is not messed with."
Bai Bing let out a sigh, frowned and looked at the tree.
Lin Jue asked: "What's wrong?"
"It's strange that I didn't cut into the trunk of the tree this time. What kind of tree is this? It's so hard. The sound of the wood hurt my hands. It's very strange." Bai Bing said in surprise.
Lin Jue was stunned and said: "How is it possible? Your green flute blade is a sharp weapon, how can it not be able to chop down a tree?"
Bai Bing didn't answer. He picked up the green flute blade and slashed again. The thin blade was embedded in the tree trunk for a few minutes, but it didn't cut in completely. Logically speaking, this knife would have to penetrate into the wood when cutting on the tree.
"So hard. Weird." Bai Bing said again.
Lin Jue frowned and stepped forward, carefully looking at the tree next to him. It was a thick old tree, and the bark looked like a locust tree. The trunk was covered with vines of different thicknesses, and there was a whole underground circle around it.
They are thick rhizomes of vines. It seems that someone planted these vines deliberately and used the big tree as a support to let them climb up. Looking up, the vines swam to where they could not be seen, and it looked like they were covered with branches.
Intertwined among the branches of the entire trunk, it became part of the big tree. All the leaves falling on the ground around it were the leaves of this vine, not a single leaf.
Lin Jue reached out and groped on the tree trunk, and the bark fell off easily. It was as dry as dead wood, like a dead tree. The bark of a living tree would never be so dry and inflexible.
"Hold the torch, let me try." Lin Jue drew out his sword.
Bai Bing took the torch and illuminated it. Lin Jue swung his knife and slashed hard at the bark of the tree. The bark was splashed and the vines were broken. However, the blade failed to cut into the wood under the skin. Lin Jue continued to chop a few more times, but it was still the same, and his hand was still the same.
The shock was painful, as if he had cut something hard.
"Weird." Lin Jue changed from chopping to cutting, and slashed diagonally along the trunk a few times. Suddenly, a piece of bark fell off, covering several feet in diameter. It fell off completely, and fell to the ground with a clatter.
On the ground.
Lin Jue and the two were startled. Lin Jue picked up the bark and looked at it. He then took the torch and looked at the trunk after the bark had fallen off, and suddenly burst into laughter.
"What's wrong, don't laugh, you want to scare people to death." Bai Bing said coquettishly.
Lin Jue laughed non-stop and pointed to the tree trunk and said: "What a trick, it turns out it's hidden here. This tree is not a tree, this is a secret room. The secret room is in the hollow tree trunk. This is an incredible idea."
Bai Bing said in shock: "You mean, this tree is fake?"
Lin Jue smiled and said: "Half true and half false. This bark is real, real locust bark. But look, it's glued on. Look at the inside of the bark, it's obviously coated with something sticky.
Go up. The tree trunk inside is fake. Come and see, it is a tree trunk made of bluestone. I dare say it must be empty inside. No wonder we couldn't cut it down just now. It was all bluestone, so how could we cut it down?
Go in?"
Bai Bing was stunned and speechless. After careful inspection and groping according to Lin Jue's words, he believed that this was true. The inner core of the whole tree was made of bluestone and made of a circle like a chimney. The outside was all covered with bark.
, so it looks like a tree trunk.
"It's true, but are you sure this is the secret room? This fake tree doesn't have a single leaf, doesn't it look too abrupt? Wouldn't it be too conspicuous to arouse suspicion?" Bai Bing frowned.
Lin Jue said with a smile: "This is Hai Dongqing's cleverness. He knows that this big tree is in this yard. In spring and summer, other big trees will have lush leaves, so it must look very abrupt.
, that’s why so many vines are planted around. Look, these are large-leaf thorn vines that grow very fast. They climb quickly, grow tall, and have large and thick leaves. Think about it, if it is spring and summer
What's going on in the tree?"
Bai Bing thought for a while and exclaimed: "Ah, that must be a tree full of green vines, so dense and prosperous that it is impossible to tell that it is a dead tree."
Lin Jue said with a smile: "Isn't it? This vine has another advantage. When climbing, it tightly wraps around the trunk of the tree, which can prevent the stuck bark from falling off. Over time, the vines grow horizontally, and the entire trunk is covered with vines. Those barks
Even if the rot is gone, no one will know that there is a tree core made of bluestone inside. Isn’t it a very clever idea? So much ingenuity was put into this tree. It’s not a secret room. I ate the whole tree.
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Bai Bing smiled sweetly and said: "Can you eat it? It's a big stone inside. If you eat it, you will become a stone-hearted person."
Lin Jue smiled and said: "I'm not hard-hearted, and I can't guess wrong. So now the question is, how do we get in."
Bai Bing said: "What's so difficult about that? Just break it."
Lin Jue shook his head and said: "It doesn't have to be like this. If it collapses, it will be troublesome. Those branches on the top must be real branches. The bluestones are just the main trunks. The ones on top are probably real branches as decorations. If you can enter from above
, that would be the best. But I’m not very good at climbing trees, so I’m afraid I’ll have to ask my wife to do some more work.”
Bai Bing smiled and said, "Just leave it to me."
After saying that, he jumped up and took three steps and two steps using his hands and feet. In an instant, he was on the top branches of the tree trunk.
"Sure enough, there is a hole and a ladder." After a moment, Bai Bing's voice came from the branch of the tree.
Lin Jue was overjoyed and shouted: "Pull me up."
Bai Bing said: "Throw a torch up, the tree hole is too small, I'm afraid two people won't be able to get in."
Lin Jue could only shout: "Then be careful."
Lin Jue pulled out a torch from his back and threw it up. Bai Bing reached out to take it, put away the green flute, and lit the torch. He slowly descended from a circular hole between three branches into the belly of the big tree.
"Wow, wow!" Bai Bing's surprised sounds kept coming from the heart of the tree. Although the sound was blocked, Lin Jue could still hear it very clearly. He didn't know what was going on inside, so he scratched his head and ears anxiously.
"What's wrong? Be careful." Lin Jue shouted.
After a moment of silence, Lin Jue felt the tree trunk vibrating. Suddenly, there was a snapping sound at the roots of the tree, and several pieces of bark flew out. Then the light of a torch appeared among the vines under the tree.
"Husband, it turns out that the entrance is here. There is a hole, which is blocked with movable bluestone. I have moved it. Husband, you can come in. It is very spacious here." Bai Bing's voice came from below.
Lin Jue smacked his lips in astonishment, looking at the oval hole under the tree root, and thought to himself: Where the hell is this outlet? This is obviously a water outlet. In case there is water inside when it rains, a hole is opened to drain water outside.
.It’s just a dog hole at best. Do you really want to drill it?
Then I thought: For money, just drill. People die for money and birds die for food, so drilling a dog hole is nothing.
So he swung his knife to cut open the vine roots covering the small hole under the tree roots, and cleaned up the debris at the entrance. He sighed, lay down on the ground and dug in. Although the hole was not big, Lin Jue was not a tall man. Then
The hole left was probably not only for drainage, but also for taking out the belongings inside, so it wasn't actually too small, so Lin Jue got in easily.
While Lin Jue was still dusting himself off, Bai Bing had already put his arms around Lin Jue's neck with a smile and shouted: "Husband, you have made a fortune. Look here, there are so many boxes. I only opened one box."
, inside...it's all filled with gold and silver jewelry. Oh my god, this is the first time in my life that I've seen so many gold and silver jewelry. My heart is about to burst out of my chest."
Lin Jue raised the torch and looked around. The sight in front of him also made him a little dazed. Standing below and looking up, it was just a shaft with a radius of less than six feet. It was surrounded by bluestone barriers, leading to
High above the head. To put it bluntly, this is a shaft on the ground. The current location of Lin Jue and Bai Bing is the bottom of the shaft.
But the two of them are no longer two poor frogs in the well. Around them, all the way up the bluestone wall, are dozens of boxes of various sizes wrapped in oilcloth. Needless to say, these boxes contain
Any fool can guess what it is.
Lin Jue slowly opened a box on the ground beside him. Although it was a wooden box, the box wrapped in oilcloth did not get damp at all. After opening the lid of the box, under the light of the torch, the entire tree hole shone brightly.
, all kinds of gold and silver jewelry and other items were piled messily in the box, emitting a bright and dazzling light.
"Fuck!" Lin Jue cursed and reached out to grab a handful of gold and silver jewelry. The gold and silver were left between Lin Jue's fingers, making a pleasant impact sound comparable to that of fairy music. The last thing that fell on his hand was a
Ruby plum blossom gold hairpin. Although the hairpin is not very exquisite, it is made of gold and inlaid with rubies. It is naturally valuable.
"Hai Dongqing plundered these from the believers, and perhaps from the homes of wealthy officials. Look, this box is full of gold and silver jewelry. I don't know how many people were deceived by him.
To the point of extreme poverty." Lin Jue sighed.
"Yes, these are other people's belongings. How about we take them out and return them to them." Bai Bing said softly from the side.
Lin Jue was stunned, rolled his eyes and said: "Give it back to others? What a joke. These are the funds that believers voluntarily donated to the Qingjiao to support the enemy. Give them back? It's a beautiful thought, but they are all confiscated. Let me do it for you."
……custody."
"Tch, I want money." Bai Bing spat and turned around to check other boxes. Each box contained some gold and silver items. There were a total of twenty-nine small boxes, all of which were filled to the brim. Although Lin Jue also
It’s not like I’ve never seen big money before, but when I saw a treasure worth hundreds of thousands of taels in front of my eyes, I felt extremely excited.
"What should I do? What should I do with so much gold and silver?" Bai Bing pursed his lips in worry.
Lin Jue hugged her, gave her red lips a sip, and said with a smile: "Moving, we two have been busy, I'm afraid we will be busy until dawn."
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Lin Jue woke up at three o'clock in the morning. The moment he opened his eyes, Lin Jue felt sore all over his body, especially his arms and legs. When he sat up, he couldn't help but grinned and screamed.
Bai Bing, who was lying aside, opened his eyes and said, "What's wrong?"
Lin Jue smiled bitterly and said: "My arm hurts badly. I was so strenuous last night and so tired. It will hurt for a few days."
Bai Bing rolled her eyes at him and said, "You deserve it. Even I'm exhausted, but I still can't ask for help. My legs are so sore."
Lin Jue chuckled, reached down and touched Bai Bing's smooth and slender thigh, and said, "Where does it hurt? I'll rub it for you."
Bai Bing blushed with embarrassment and hurriedly rolled the quilt into the bed, refusing to let Lin Jue get started. Lin Jue laughed, got dressed and got up. Bai Bing also got dressed carefully. After the two washed up, they went to the west side together.
In the side room, the room was filled with wooden boxes filled with gold and silver. They were the fruits of Lin Jue and his wife's desperate efforts to carry them back with their horses last night.
"How to deal with these things?" Bai Bing asked.
"We're going back to Beijing this afternoon. You can hire some big trucks on the street later, and we'll transport all these things back to the capital. We can't leave them here," Lin Jue said.
"Hey, that's all. If I get back home, the little princess will be in a daze. Others go out to fight and fight hard, but our husband is so good. He got promoted and brought so much gold and silver back home. He is really a good wife.
I’m gone." Bai Bing teased.
Lin Jue laughed and said: "Don't be so weird. I am not a modest gentleman. Just be content and follow me. It's time for you to wake up from your dream. Don't be nagging. Go get the big car and clean it up when you come back."
Pack up and prepare to return to Beijing. I have to tell Wei Dakui and the others to collect the corpses in the big house where the Qing Sect's main altar is. How unbecoming would it be to leave the corpses in the wild?"
Bai Bing was stunned and nodded repeatedly: "What my husband said is that this matter must be done. It is best to invite a few monks and Taoists to save it. We may have collided with them last night."
Lin Jue laughed loudly, turned around and walked away with his hands behind his back.
