Siheyuan: If I marry Qin Huairu, I will become stronger by showing off.

Chapter 433: Underground treasure hunting, rare treasures from the Buddhist kingdom!
After walking for a long time,

Wu Youde and his two companions then walked to the backyard of Prince Gong's Mansion. The accompanying clerk from the Ministry of Rites took out the key from his pocket and opened the door to the backyard.

The palace is the palace.

The structure and size of a backyard in the middle road is actually larger than the entire yard of No. 95 Nanluoguxiang.

You should know that Courtyard No. 95 is not small among the courtyards.

The large house has three entrances and a small courtyard in the front, which can accommodate more than a hundred people.

But compared with the Prince Gong Mansion, it is completely insignificant.

Probably only one-third of the space is in the backyard of Prince Gong’s Mansion on the middle road.

Although the backyard on the central road of Prince Gong's Mansion is just a backyard, it has all the necessary facilities, including pavilions, towers, and courtyards within courtyards.

After a brief tour inside,
Wu Youde finally understood why the Prince Gong Mansion covered an area of ​​more than 60,000 square meters. It was truly majestic and worthy of being the number one prince's palace in the Qing Dynasty, comparable to the Forbidden City!
Damn, that’s awesome!

After a round,
Wu Youde was very satisfied, and immediately returned to the Ministry of Rites with two clerks. The next step was the most important one, which was also almost the last step.

Pay.

Don’t you have to pay money to buy a house?
"How many?"

"Twenty thousand?"

"Ah! Oh... OK, OK... Then I'll go get the money now!"

After hearing the offer from the clerk of the Ministry of Rites,

Wu Youde was surprised and delighted. It was only 20,000. Damn, this price was really fair.

It goes without saying that Shangshu Mao’s favor is involved.

Wu Youde hurried out of the house and rode away on his bicycle. When he reached a deserted corner, he took out a cloth bag from his backpack, which was filled with several thick stacks of money.

Money is the thing he has the most right now.

Not to mention the money Chen Xueru earned from business, nor the royalties, and the money she earned from selling Lou Zhenhua’s supplies.

Wu Youde can just spend some money to make money directly in the [Mall].

Ten million is worth of playing badly. If you are very lucky, you can get five million RMB off. Even if you are very unlucky, you can at least get one million off.

Therefore,
A mere 20,000 yuan is a drop in the bucket for him.

But for others, it’s different. The average monthly salary is only about 20 yuan.

Even in the Ministry of Rites, an ordinary clerk earns about 20 to 30 yuan, but in addition to the salary, they also receive some appropriate benefits.

Seeing the thick stack of banknotes in Wu Youde's cloth bag,

The people in the accounting office were all stunned. They stared at the banknotes with wide eyes for a long time. Finally, the chief accountant was the first to react and asked several people to count them quickly.

After a lot of hard work, twenty thousand yuan was exactly the right amount.

Record it in the account and stamp it.

The backyard of Prince Gong's Mansion finally fell into the hands of Wu Youde.

However, it is a bit regrettable that the land deeds and house deeds are not available for the time being. I heard from Tian Shengli that the Prince Gong’s Mansion does not have any land deeds and house deeds at all, so it cannot be processed for the time being.

Tian Shengli said that this issue still needs to be discussed with the leaders and other departments.

Wu Youde expressed his understanding of this.

He didn't really care about the land deeds or house deeds. As long as he could get in, it would be fine. He would find some time to go into the treasure house and dig through the cracks in the wall to find the cellar.

Put all the treasures inside into your backpack, and the matter will be over.

……

Just do it!

The next day, Wu Youde called Zongren and Suo Qian and asked them to find some people to surround the entire backyard of the Prince Gong's Mansion.

"What? They surrounded Prince Gong's Mansion?"

"Mr. Wu...you are..."

Both of them looked confused and looked at Wu Youde stupidly.

Wu Youde took a sip of tea and said calmly, "I bought that place yesterday. I only bought the backyard of the middle road, not the entire Prince Gong's Mansion. You don't have to be so shocked."

"..."

"........."

That’s Prince Gong’s Mansion, Guiziliu’s house!

The Manchu royal family knew very well how nice and luxurious the house was. When they heard that Wu Youde had bought a courtyard inside it, they were very surprised.

"Isn't that land under the control of the government now? Can it be bought and sold?"

Zongren's eyes flickered, and he thought secretly, if the transaction could be carried out, then he might as well buy a yard and live in it, so as to feel the treatment received by Prince Gong. If he could tell others about this later, he would be proud of it!

He has made a lot of money in the past two years following Wu Youde.

If I can’t buy a big yard, buying a small yard shouldn’t be a problem, right?
Suo Qian's eyes were also rolling around...

Wu Youde glanced at the two of them and said with a smile, "That's right, they are all from the Ministry of Rites now, I just used my connections to get them."

"Oh……"

"That's it..."

Zongren and Suo Qian looked at each other and sighed silently in their hearts.

……

Zongren and Suo Qian are both guys who hang out on the streets all year round. In the past two years, they have been hanging around the capital, and their network of contacts is quite extensive.

In less than half a day,

The two of them formed a construction team and bought enough materials for "yard enclosure", including wooden boards, sticks, hemp ropes, etc.

On the third day,
The construction team officially began to surround the backyard of Prince Gong’s Mansion Middle Road...

Because the yard is so big,

It took the construction team three full days to fence off the entire backyard. At Wu Youde's request, the fence was specially raised a little to about three meters.

On the fourth day,
Early in the morning, Wu Youde went there again. After opening the fence and going in, he blocked it from the inside.

Then he went straight to the main building in the backyard.

That is to say, Heshen’s treasure house.

This treasure house has two floors, with the main structure made of bricks and stones, while the doors and windows are made of top-quality mahogany and are carved with exquisite patterns, making it look both solemn and luxurious.

Wu Youde stood in front of the building and took a deep breath. He could feel the strong historical atmosphere emanating from this treasure house, as if it was telling the glory and secrets of the past.

He gently pushed open the door, and a musty smell mixed with the long-forgotten wood fragrance hit him in the face...

The room was empty and in a mess. There were broken porcelain on the floor, overturned tables and chairs, and some yellowed papers with no words on them and they were in tatters.

In addition to these,

The antique display cabinets, desks, screens, wall corners, beams, etc. in the house were all covered with spider webs, looking gray and foggy.

Wu Youde stomped his feet, but the floor tiles did not move or make any unusual sounds, only a little dust rose up.

Where the entrance to the cellar was, he didn't know.

Although he visited Prince Gong's Mansion later, the Mansion at that time had undergone major renovations, and many places were different from what it is now.

As for the cellar of the treasure house, does anyone know if its location has been changed?

However, the walls of this treasure house will not change.

A crack wall is just a crack wall.

Wu Youde walked straight to the east wall and knocked on it with his hand...

no sound.

There was no "hollow" or "bang" sound at all. It was just like knocking on a solid wall, a very thick one at that.

"There's something..."

Wu Youde smiled and murmured to himself.

Come to think of it, if the gap in the wall was very obvious and one could hear something unusual by just knocking on it, then Jiaqing would have discovered it long ago when he raided Heshen's house.

Even if the people who confiscated the house didn't find it,
Then Prince Qing and Prince Gong who moved in here later would also find out, especially Prince Gong, who had lived here for decades.

Obviously, this gap wall is very cleverly made.

There is no flaw, it's perfect!
then,

Wu Youde stood there and thought for a moment, and did not knock on other walls. He stretched out his right index finger, and the internal force flowed into his fingertips. Then he slowly inserted his index finger into the wall...

The flat wall, like a piece of tofu, gradually swallowed up his index finger to the lowest end, and then Wu Youde moved his finger downwards, and the wall was immediately cut open.

After moving down for a distance, he turned right again...

up……

left……

"Sizzle~~"

Wu Youde pulled out a rectangular brick from the wall, and a hole suddenly appeared on the flat wall.

He leaned over and looked inside, and there were still bricks inside.

He dropped the coin in his hand and did the same thing, quickly pulling out the brick inside. What left him speechless was that after taking it out, there was still a brick inside...

After pulling out six bricks, I could finally see the light outside.

have to.

Not here, at least not in this area.

Wu Youde did not give up on the entire east wall of the treasure house. He would pull bricks from the wall every meter. In this way, he became a brick mover.

The move took an hour or so.

I went through the entire east wall, then the north wall, and repeated the process from east to west...

When he was about to finish checking the north wall, suddenly a stronger musty smell rushed into his nose. Wu Youde was immediately delighted. He immediately dropped the brick in his hand and went to the hole to take a look.

empty.

empty! !
Wu Youde put his hand in, and kept pushing it inside. After about twenty centimeters, he touched the cold, hard wall.

It is here.

Then, Wu Youde hooked his palm downward and pushed the brick wall backwards. The wall fell down as if it was made of paper, and a hole half a person's height was opened in minutes.

It's dark inside...

Wu Youde took out two flashlights from his backpack, put them together, turned them on and shone them into the cave.

He found that the space inside the crack wall was very small, only enough for one person to fit in, and that person had to lie sideways. The crack wall was less than one meter long, and there was a hole where it met the ground.

The entrance to the cave is also very small, only enough for one person to enter sideways.

Without any hesitation, Wu Youde leaned sideways and crawled into the gap between the walls. He didn't want the entire wall to collapse, as it would have to be repaired if it collapsed. Naturally, the less it collapsed, the better.

If it's not repaired, when someone breaks in, they'll see a hole in the wall and a hole on the ground. Even a fool can guess what's going on.

If the news gets out, maybe someone will come and talk to Wu Youde...

Therefore,
Not only does this collapsed wall need to be repaired, but Wu Youde has to do it himself!
……

The space in the passage is very narrow.

Wu Youde moved into the underground cave little by little. When he entered the cave, the pressure around him suddenly loosened and the space suddenly became clear.

When the flashlight was shone, the underground staircase was found to be much wider. There were even wall lamps carved and hung on the walls on both sides of the stairs, going all the way down to the depths.

Wu Youde observed the nearest wall lamp and found that there was a wick inside, and even some paste-like substance, which he thought should be lamp oil.

Could it be possible to ignite it?
He took out a lighter and tried it. The flame of the lighter kept burning the wick for a long time, and just when Wu Youde wanted to give up.

A small flame suddenly rose up.

It was very small at first, then gradually grew bigger and started to jump continuously.

The dark passage suddenly became brighter.

"The quality is quite good. It's been over a hundred years, but the oil is still there, the wick is still there, and it can still be lit..."

"As expected of Hezhongtang, the materials used to build the cellar are all good!"

Wu Youde happily started to light other wall lamps with his lighter, lighting them as he walked. As more and more wall lamps were lit, the corridor became brighter and brighter, and even the flashlight could be turned off.

A few minutes later,

Finally, I reached the end and entered a spacious hall.

He first shone a flashlight around, and to be honest, it was a bit creepy...

Wu Youde quickly started lighting the lights again. The lights in the hall were more advanced. They were tower-shaped lampstands distributed in a certain pattern.

When all the lights are on...

Wu Youde was deeply amazed!
Magnificent and radiant!!

A huge golden Buddha sat in the center. Looking at the golden light emanating from the Buddha, Wu Youde knew that it was definitely made of pure gold.

With He Zhongtang's status, it is impossible for him to put a bronze statue here.

Cast a golden body for me~
Gold is the best!
The bigger the golden Buddha is, the more sincere your heart is, the more Buddha will bless you!

After observing for a long time, Wu Youde moved his eyes around. There were niches carved out on the walls around him. In each niche, there was a golden statue sitting, including an arhat, a bodhisattva...

Etc., etc.

Each one has a different expression and posture.

Moreover, all of them were emitting wisps of golden light!

Wu Youde noticed that there were candlesticks in these shrines, and he thought that under normal circumstances, these candlesticks would be lit.

In that case, the light emitted by these golden bodies would definitely be much stronger than it is now, and the overall look would be even more brilliant and splendid...

Wu Youde was just fantasizing. There were too many shrines, so he was too lazy to light up the candlesticks one by one.

Why bother?

Anyway, you have to go into your own space later.

After looking at it for a while, Wu Youde walked deeper into the hall. There was a door on each side of the hall.

East gate.

Jinshan.

Simon.

Silver Sea.

Everywhere you look, there are gold and silver ingots, all neatly packed in mahogany boxes, and the lids of the top boxes are all open.

The east and west doors were completely filled up on all sides, leaving only about three or four square meters of space in the middle.

It was the first time that Wu Youde saw so much gold and silver...

To be honest, even though he was a great time traveler, he was shocked at this moment!

"I...fuck!!!"

He said this while gritting his back teeth, his eyes were wide open and his heart was beating fast.

How much does it cost?
do not know!
Damn it, I can’t spend it all in my lifetime!
It's good to be a corrupt official...

No wonder so many people are greedy...

Wu Youde was quite moved. He looked around a few more times and then walked into the South Gate. The space inside the South Gate was larger than the East and West Gates and was filled with antique shelves.

They are all neatly arranged one by one, a bit like an alternative library.

The only difference is that the library is filled with books, while here are filled with rare treasures.

Moreover, the bookshelves in the library are not as good as the ones here. Wu Youde shone a flashlight on the antique shelves here and saw golden light flashing in the red wood grain, which was emitted from the golden lines inside.

Golden nanmu!

All of the antique display cabinets are made of golden nanmu wood.

Wu Youde estimated that these dozen or so golden nanmu antique display cabinets alone would be worth hundreds of billions of yuan in the future.

There are things placed in every compartment of the antique display cabinet.

Blue and white porcelain, gold enamel, jade bi, gold crown, gorgeously shaped Western clock, jade mountain, half-human-high red coral, mutton-fat jade beauty pillow, red and blue acacia vase...

Etc., etc.

Among them, Wu Youde had seen only a few pieces in museums, and he had never seen most of the others. Seeing them greatly aroused his interest and he was fascinated by them.

……

A full half hour.

Wu Youde then came out of the South Gate and entered the last gate, the North Gate.

The furnishings of this north gate are different from those of the other three gates. Two walls here are lined with bookshelves, and the other two walls are covered with calligraphy and paintings.

There are all kinds of paintings.

Landscape painting, flower and bird painting, ladies' painting, figure painting, genre painting, etc.

Wu Youde moved closer and observed the signatures on the paintings.

Zhang Zeduan, Zhao Mengfu, Tang Yin, Gu Kaizhi, Wu Daozi, Wang Wei, Yan Liben, Li Sixun, Zhang Xuan...

Etc., etc.

The other wall is covered with words.

Each painting is full of moving strokes, or flying dragons and phoenixes, or flowing clouds and water, or iron-drawn and silver-hook strokes...

In short, they are all extraordinary and full of artistic conception!

Wang Xizhi, Yan Zhenqing, Ouyang Xun, Liu Gongquan, Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu, Wang Xianzhi, Song Huizong Zhao Ji, Dong Qichang...

Etc., etc.

The signatures on these paintings and calligraphy,

All of them are names that Wu Youde had seen in textbooks of later generations. Each of them is well-known, famous, and will go down in history!
Now, he saw the works of these people in such a small room and felt they were on par with each other!
Thinking about it, he felt it was a little unreal.

After taking a quick look at these calligraphy and paintings,

Wu Youde came to the bookshelves on the other two walls. He was a little curious. What kind of books could be treasured by Heshen and hidden in this underground treasure house?

It is definitely not just a treasure, it should be a rare treasure!

He first walked to the first bookshelf on the south side and casually pulled out a book from one of the compartments. The book was yellow and old, with a black vertical frame on the left.

There are some words written from top to bottom inside, four of which are the most eye-catching.

——Yongle Encyclopedia.

When he saw these four words clearly, Wu Youde's eyes widened instantly, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes. He quickly opened the cover and saw a big red square inside with lines of black words arranged vertically.

"Yongle Encyclopedia Volume 2268..."

Wu Youde was shocked!

……

(End of this chapter)