Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 185 Chapter 180 Two: Dragon Hunting and Treasure Hunting

After the news from Shandong reached Beijing, Lu Bing did not dare to neglect and immediately went to the palace to see Emperor Jiajing.After Emperor Jiajing heard that he might make another big fortune, he was extremely happy and quickly ordered that Jin Yiwei and Dongchang cooperate fully in this matter, and they must help Kong Laoer's family change their surname for those thousands of years of accumulation.

In order to increase Jin Yiwei and Dongchang's work enthusiasm, Emperor Jiajing also generously promised that he would only use the gold, jade, gems and a hundred precious antique calligraphy and paintings that he had obtained this time, and let Jin Yiwei, Si Lijian and Wang Daoqiu discuss the rest. Score.

Since his affair with Wang Daoqiu, Emperor Jiajing has achieved financial freedom. Now he no longer despises those silver coins. Lu Bing and Lu Fang know this.So Emperor Jiajing sighed loudly, and Lu Bing and Lu Fang didn't say a word of advice, so they quickly thanked him.Then he went back to select the best of the exploration masters controlled by Dongchang and Jinyiwei, as well as the private tomb-robber masters imprisoned, and sent them to Shandong to handle geological exploration work.

One day half a month later, Wang Daoqiu was in the duty room reviewing official documents sent from various places. Li Qianshi from Jinyiwei and Feng Bao, the third head of Dongchang who was specially sent to deal with the Kong family, came to see Wang Daoqiu. It's autumn.

Feng Bao is not yet the best partner with Zhang Juzheng in the future. He has just turned [-] this year.It was only the year before last that he was transferred to Dongchang by his godfather Lu Fang, and he is now the third in charge of Dongchang.

What happened to Feng Bao and Li Qian was not complicated. Dongchang and Jinyiwei were tortured to extract confessions from Chen and Kong Renhui.They confessed that the previous Yanshenggong Kong Hongtai drank too much several times and bragged to them, mother and son, saying that the Kong family was as rich as the country, that the emperor was not as rich as his family, and that one Qingyun Temple could cover the entire Ming Dynasty's tax revenue for ten years. .

However, Kong Hongtai was bragging, but after he finished bragging, no matter how the Chen family and his son tried to please and press him, Kong Hongtai only said that the matter of Qingyun Temple could only be passed down orally by Yanshenggong through the generations, and no one else was allowed to inquire.Even the direct descendants of the family are not qualified to know, it can only be a secret mastered by the Duke Yansheng of the past generations.Therefore, Chen and Kong Renhui do not know the specific location of Qingyun Temple.

But now that there are clues, it is only a matter of time for the state machinery to track them down.

So in response to the Qingyun Temple, Dongchang and Jinyiwei sent experts into the mountains to search, and at the same time checked the local county records to see where the Qingyun Temple was.

Just yesterday, the hard work finally paid off. Under the guidance of a captain named Mojin, a search team found the already dilapidated Qingyun Temple on the top of a steep mountain, as well as the inside of the temple. The entrance to the secret passage.

The trouble was serious, so after Li Qianshi and Feng Bao received the report from the subordinates, they did not dare to neglect and came to see Wang Daoqiu immediately.

The wealth is as great as that of a country, and one Qingyun Temple is enough to cover the finances and taxes of the Ming Dynasty for ten years!These words made Wang Daoqiu's heart itch.So Wang Daoqiu didn't care about any bullshit official duties. He raised his legs and followed Li Qianshi and Feng Bao to Mount Tai.

Entering the Taishan Mountains on horseback from Jinan, Wang Daoqiu and his party walked for three full days. After entering the mountains, they walked for more than half a day under the guidance of the guide, and finally arrived at the foot of the Qingyun Temple at sunset.

It is already October in the north and winter is about to begin. The wind in the mountains is strong and cold. The wind blows through the ravines, whistling and occasionally making a few sharp sounds like the wails of ghosts. Listen to Very permeable.

It was already dark, and the wind was so strong and cold in the ravines, let alone on the top of the mountain.So a group of more than a hundred people camped at the foot of the mountain, waiting to go up the mountain tomorrow.

Early on the next morning, Wang Daoqiu, Li Qianshi, and Feng Bao finished washing and had breakfast together.Several Jinyi guards brought a lean middle-aged man over. The Jinyiwei introduced to Wang Daoqiu, Li Qianshi and Feng Bao that this man was the one who discovered the Qingyun Temple and the secret passage in Qingyun Temple.

Upon hearing that this lean man had discovered Qingyun Temple, Li Qianshi, the lowest-status among the three Wang Daoqiu, came out to interrogate him hurriedly and consciously.

And when this lean man heard Li Qianshi's question and looked at the flying fish suit on Li Qianshi, he was so frightened that he bowed and replied: "To the eldest master, Zhou Hai, the villain, has been digging graves for generations in his family." To make a living from the tomb. Last year, Xiao Xiao and his accomplices were accidentally captured while robbing a royal tomb in the previous dynasty, and they have been imprisoned in the imperial prison ever since. This time, thanks to the grace of the adults, Xu Xiao will be able to..."

"Okay, okay, stop talking about those useless things. Just tell me how you found out that there is a Taoist temple on the top of the mountain?" Seeing Zhou Hai, the tomb robber, talking nonsense that he didn't want to hear, Li Qian was busy and angry. to interrupt.

Facing Li Qianshi, who was looking angry at this time, the tomb robber Zhou Hai, who was humble as a small person, smiled flatteringly and said: "Yes, yes, sir, the younger ones deserve to be beaten, the younger ones deserve to be beaten."

Speaking of this, the tomb robber Zhou Hai gave himself two loud shouts in front of Li Qianshi.After beating himself, Zhou Hai continued: "I dare not hide it from the three adults. It is also a chance. When I was young, I didn't think there would be any temple or Taoist temple on the top of the mountain. Three adults, please look at this. The mountain is steep and steep. If you are walking on it, you may fall off the mountain if you are not careful. If a temple or a Taoist temple is built on such a mountain and a road, how will the firewood, rice, oil, salt, and pilgrims get up and down? There is also the pointed tower on the top of the mountain. There is no shelter and strong winds blowing all year round. How can a person survive there? So from the beginning, I didn’t think there would be any temple or Taoist temple there.”

"However, this mountain is surrounded by no tents and no protection. It is deep in the mountain and the air is very dark. Moreover, there are more than a dozen large trees with dense leaves on the top of the mountain. In addition, in the ravines around the top of the mountain, in the morning and after the rain, That was the billowing of the sea of ​​clouds. In Feng Shui, this is called the hidden fairy in the tent, which protects the prosperity of the queen. It is a rare auspicious house! In addition, the young man later discovered the remains of a large mausoleum built nearby. There were some traces. So based on Xiao’s ancestral tomb robbing skills, Xiao concluded that there must be a big tomb on the mountain. So Xiao led a search team up to have a look, and then discovered the dilapidated Qingyun Temple on the top of the mountain. "It turns out that this is the case. , but the Kong family built a hiding place for living people to avoid war, so why would they choose a ghost house?You must know that the ancients were very superstitious about Feng Shui, especially those from wealthy families.From this point of view, this matter seems unscientific, right?
Thinking of this, Wang Daoqiu asked Zhou Hai, the tomb robber: "You said that Qingyun Temple was built on a Yin Mansion. Didn't temples always pay attention to the upright stars and the Mingshan Hall? And you just said that the top of the mountain It’s not suitable for people to live there for a long time, so how come Qingyun Temple was built there?”

"Hi, sir, you are wise! To be honest with you, I was also confused about this at the time. Later, I searched on it and found that there was not even a trace of cooking in Qingyun Temple. To put it bluntly, then No one has ever lived in Qingyun Temple, it was just a decoration. In addition, I was convinced that there was a big tomb there, so I guessed at that time that Qingyun Temple was to deceive people and help cover up the big tomb. Therefore The younger one used his ancestral skills and rummaged through the pile of ruins, and finally found the entrance to the tomb."

"After finding the entrance to the tomb, the younger one waited patiently for two days. After the dirty air in the tomb was cleared, the younger one went down to explore the tomb. After going down, the younger one found something written on the wall of the tomb. It is written in the Han Dynasty, but Xiao Xiao has not had the talent to read since he was a child. He only learned the glyphs of each dynasty for tomb robbing, but does not know the meaning of those characters. Therefore, Xiao Xiao can only be sure that it is a Han tomb and whose tomb it is. I'm not sure. Later, I found a box of small wooden boxes with Song Dynasty seals in various ear rooms and side rooms in the tomb. There were actually a large number of wooden boxes with Song Dynasty seals in a Han tomb. There was something strange about it. ?”

At this point, the tomb robber Zhou Hai stopped talking, because he knew that it was enough to understand this kind of thing in his heart, and it was best not to say it openly.

After Wang Daoqiu listened to the tomb robber's account, based on the large number of small wooden boxes with Song-style seals in the tomb, he was roughly sure that this was probably the Qingyun Temple that Kong Hongtai said was extremely wealthy.

Understanding this, Wang Daoqiu asked the tomb robber Zhou Hai to lead the way, and the group walked to the top of the mountain.

It probably took more than three hours of climbing!Wang Daoqiu and the others finally reached the top of the mountain. Looking up, Wang Daoqiu found that among the rocks on the top of the mountain, there was a piece of flat land covering an area of ​​about an acre. There were several dilapidated houses on it. The roofs were long gone, and the walls were ruined. standing in the wind.

On the front side of these dilapidated houses, there are three characters "Qingyun Temple" engraved on a huge stone, telling people that this place was once a Taoist temple.However, Wang Daoqiu did not see a statue of Daojun among the rubble.

In this situation, Wang Daoqiu thought that this so-called Taoist temple was probably used by the Kong family to hide from others.However, because this mountain road is too difficult to navigate, the Kong family did not want too many people to know about this place.So with their few absolutely trustworthy servants and guards, they are unable to move the tall and bulky Taoist statue up the mountain. So there are only a few so-called Taoist temples here, but no statues, right?

Thinking of this, Wang Daoqiu followed the tomb robber Zhou Hai to the opened entrance to the tomb, which was now guarded by a small-flag imperial guard.

Zhou Hai pointed at the entrance to the tomb and said to Wang Daoqiu, Li Qianshi, and Feng Bao: "Three adults, look at these traces. This cave was originally a natural cave. It was later renovated. There are about four people in the cave. Fifty feet deep. There are tomb passages, patios, ear chambers, tomb doors, corridors, side chambers, front halls and back halls. They also include bathing rooms, imperial treasury, enemy treasury, money treasury, seal treasury, and ritual treasury. There are twelve music rooms and burial chambers. This tomb was carved out of stone as a chamber, and it was cut through the mountain to hide it. It is large in scale. If the younger one is not mistaken, this should be the tomb of a prince king in the Han Dynasty."

The royal tombs of the princes and kings of the Han Dynasty could not help but make Wang Daoqiu interested in exploring and hunting for treasures.So he discussed with Li Qianshi and Feng Bao, saying that he wanted to go down and have a look.Li Qian was very interested in this, but Feng Bao seemed to be taboo about this kind of shady house and did not want to go down.

So the three of them decided that Wang Daoqiu and Li Qianshi would take the tomb robber Zhou Hai and thirty Jinyi captains, supervised by ten Dongchang fans, to go visit the tomb together.Feng Bao, on the other hand, led a team of Dongchang fans and [-] Jinyi captains to respond from above.

It was agreed that those who went to the tomb would be divided into tasks. There would be one person every ten feet, holding an oil lamp to light the way for everyone.Except for Wang Daoqiu and Li Qianshi, each of the others carried ten torches on their bodies in case of emergency.In this way, a group of 43 people descended to the tomb in a grand manner.

To be honest, Wang Daoqiu was still very panicked when he entered such a dark and depressing space, and his heart beat violently.But fortunately, there is no Xuanhu mentioned in those tomb robbing novels in this tomb. It is almost like a mine, so there is no surprise.

In this way, he quickly walked through the tomb passage and began to see the functional rooms here. Under Zhou Hai's guidance, Wang Daoqiu saw the small wooden boxes with Song Dynasty seals.He ordered his men to open one of them, and found rows of gold horseshoes inside. When the firelight illuminated it, the gold horseshoes were very new, as if they had been made just yesterday and placed here.The golden light gleams under the firelight, seducing people's desires.

Seeing that it was a box of gold, Wang Daoqiu hurriedly ordered people to open several more boxes, and found that there was still gold in it. Now Wang Daoqiu was sure that this should be the "incredibly rich country" of Kong Laoer's family.

Understanding this, Wang Daoqiu led people to several other rooms in the tomb and found that the small wooden boxes with Song Dynasty seals contained not only gold, but also precious stones, jade articles and some rotten fur robes.

Knowing that this was the Kong family's secret treasure trove, Wang Daoqiu had no interest in staying here anymore.The cave was dark. He was excited before entering and wanted to come down to find out. But when he came down, he wanted to go back to the ground quickly. This is really a split personality!

(End of this chapter)