My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 328: Ministry of Industry Site
"Do you want to go up and touch the body?"

Jiang Xinghuo scratched his head and thought to himself what kind of luck he had. He had just arrived at the new map and he got off to a good start.

"You chose to go forward and touch the corpse."

"Tian Shelang, one of the four departments under the Ministry of Industry, is a monster in the Tuntian Department. He is good at farming, weeding, and thinning rice seedlings."

"The Ministry of Works has four departments: the Military Farming Department, the Water Conservancy Department, the Yuheng Department, and the Engineering Department. The Military Farming Department is responsible for the cultivation of farmland and the repair of mausoleums."

"You searched the body of the farmer and found something inconspicuous."

"You found a broken hoe, two bags of farm manure, a sunshade hat, a snake repellent, a pair of straw shoes, and a key to the archive."

"A broken hoe (waste material). A rusty hoe that broke in two. Maybe it could be used again if it had a hardwood handle."

"Farmyard manure (common material), a high-quality farmyard manure made from a large amount of grains, can quickly promote the growth of various agricultural crops."

"A sunshade hat (common item), made of fresh bamboo strips. Wearing it on your head will make you feel like you are in a bamboo forest, and can prevent you from getting a heat stroke under the scorching sun."

"Snake repellent (common item), a medicine that can repel snakes and insects. Apply it evenly on your body to avoid snake and insect infestation while farming."

"Straw shoes (common item), a pair of straw shoes woven with straw, light and breathable, will not rub your feet when you walk, and can slightly increase your speed when you travel."

Looking at the descriptions in the game text, Jiang Xinghuo thought he had come to an agricultural product store. There was nothing he could use, so he simply hung them all on the niche. He had just cleaned up the junk, and then piled new junk in. Wouldn't it be a waste of time?

After dealing with those things, the last key to the document library caught Jiang Xinghuo's attention.

"The key to the archive (special item). The four departments of the Ministry of Industry share a archive. Only a few chief officers have the key. After the night of dawn, those chief officers were killed one after another, and the whereabouts of the key are unknown."

"This key was picked up by a farmer in the fields. However, since there was a book fairy guarding outside the document library, he did not dare to rush in rashly, so he kept it with him. As a result, by chance, it fell into your hands."

From the description of this text, Jiang Xinghuo extracted two important pieces of information.

The first piece of information is that the document library is shared, and the second piece of information is that there is something guarding outside the document library.

"What are your plans next?"

"Would you like to go to the archives to look for the geomancy drawings, or would you like to explore the Ministry of Works now?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and decided to walk around the yamen first. After all, he was already there and there was no need to rush.

"You went deep into the government office to explore and found that it had been abandoned for a long time. Only some relics were left, which vaguely showed the hasty evacuation."

"You have come to the inner hall of the government office. This is where the Minister of Works' chief official usually works. Where do you plan to explore first?"

"Bookshelves, cabinets, desks, secret compartments..."

The game text listed a lot of options. Jiang Xinghuo looked at them carefully and there was nothing much to say. He just had to go through them one by one in order.

"You reached out to the dusty bookshelf, took down a book, and took a closer look."

"You have discovered the secret of the royal history."

"Imperial Secret History (special item), records all kinds of unofficial history and gossip in the palace. The sources are very wide, and it is difficult to distinguish true from false. Many of them are hearsay, but there are also many contents that really happened, but it is difficult to record them in history books."

“When you encounter people and things related to the content recorded in the book, relevant text prompts will be automatically triggered.”

Tsk, you are really bold, daring to openly display the boss’s family history and anecdotes on the bookshelf.

Jiang Xinghuo threw the book into the magic bag. The nature of this item was similar to that of Inspector Tiger's notes. Both were props that passively triggered related task chains.

"You continue to explore..." "You found a box of fine Dongzhu. Although many years have passed, the Dongzhu in the box is still shining."

"You put the box of Dongzhu into your magic bag and were about to continue exploring when you suddenly felt a little irritable and restless. Then you felt dizzy and nauseous, your limbs began to tremble, and a unique metallic smell came from your mouth..."

"You fainted. You are dead."

Ok?
Jiang Xinghuo raised his eyebrows, not understanding how he died, so he used dog food to revive and explore again.

Hey, it's okay this time.

Jiang Xinghuo seemed to be thinking about something. He controlled the character in the game and took out the box of Dongzhu again.

Not long after, the person died again. The cause of death was not disclosed, but the above symptoms were repeated.

Dizziness, nausea, irritability, trembling limbs, and a metal taste in the mouth.

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the symptoms and felt they looked familiar. He searched online and found out that it was acute mercury poisoning.

Afterwards, Jiang Xinghuo tried it twice more. As long as he took out the Dongzhu, he would die of mercury poisoning. If he put it away, there would be no problem.

Jiang Xinghuo sucked his teeth and thought to himself, what's wrong with you? Why are you applying mercury on good pearls? Are you trying to assassinate the king or what?

But there was no way. With his current physical condition, he would be poisoned to death by the mercury emitted by the pearl.

If it were someone else, the result would be even more tragic. It would be too late to send them to the hospital. It would be comparable to a biological weapon.

Jiang Xinghuo could only put the box of Dongzhu into his magic bag and wait until he could block the toxicity of the mercury in it before doing anything else.

Although Molong Atai is immune to most toxins, he is even immune to the most poisonous pufferfish toxin.

However, it had no effect at all against the toxic mercury in the box of Dongzhu.

This also indirectly confirms that the origin of this box of Dongzhu is extraordinary.

"Exploring..."

"Continuing exploration..."

"You opened the secret compartment on the wall and found the wooden box hidden inside. Do you want to open it and take a look?"

"You opened the box."

"You found some sealed files inside. Open them and take a look."

"You have obtained the design drawings of the royal mausoleum."

"The blueprint of the royal mausoleum (special item). It records the structure of the royal mausoleum in detail, but it does not indicate where the traps are."

Jiang Xinghuo was a little surprised. It turned out to be the design drawings of the imperial mausoleum. No wonder they were hidden so carefully.

However, the drawings did not indicate any information about ambushes or traps; they only recorded the structure of the mausoleum and where the entrance was.

This is not a strange thing. After all, this is the royal mausoleum, and no one can enter once it is closed.

If we also record the mechanisms in the tomb, and if the drawings are stolen again, who will be held responsible if the tomb is robbed?

(End of this chapter)