Man Bao led them on a not-so-obvious path, through some weeds, and they arrived at the vegetable field that had been abandoned for a long time and was overgrown with weeds.
Governor Duan was suspicious, "Will the treasure be hidden here?"
After Bai Shan glanced at Man Bao, he nodded affirmatively and said, "Yes, based on my experience, these should be the only places."
Inspector Duan thinks that the location of the treasure that can be guessed by others is not too hidden, or do all the places where smart people hide things have something in common
Duan Cishi thought so, and asked the same question.
Bai Shanbian said meaningfully: "I can guess where their treasures are hidden, but it doesn't mean I will hide in these places."
He said with some disdain: "How can a group of people who need to become bandits and loot their homes to gain a foothold in this world be smart?"
Duan Cishi couldn't say anything to refute.
He also looked around and asked, "Where is the thing hidden?"
Man Bao knows where the things are hidden, but can she tell directly
That is naturally impossible, so he said: "Let's dig casually first, it will definitely not be in the vegetable field, only next to it."
So the soldiers dug around.
These things like hoes were found in the den of thieves.
Man Bao turned a corner and walked over according to Ke Ke's guidance with his little hands behind his back. Ke Ke said: "It's just three steps away from the host underground."
Looking at the grave in front of him, Man Bao was surprised, "In the tomb?"
Keke said: "It's fake, there are no bones inside, only things they hid."
Man Bao walked around the tomb, and after attracting everyone's attention, he pointed to it and said, "Dig it out."
Inspector Duan was startled, and before Man Bao could find an excuse, he clapped his hands, "I know, most of these horse thieves died and were thrown into sky burials on the grasslands, and the dead hostages were even thrown directly into the mountains to be eaten by wolves. Who would bury them?" Under the ground, there is such a big tomb?"
Man Bao: "... yes!"
So everyone came up to dig.
Bai Shan and Man Bao stood together, sighing: "Duan Cishi is getting smarter."
Man Bao nodded approvingly, she didn't even think about this, she was planning to talk nonsense about the new and old of the soil, the feeling and other things, but Duan Ci Shi gave them such a good reason, they couldn't do without it.
The cemetery was dug up, and the hoe touched the coffin with a ding sound. They glanced at the governor, and continued digging after seeing his signal. It didn't move at all.
The four were a little embarrassed, Duan Cishi narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "Open the lid and have a look."
Everyone beat and beat, and finally pried out the nail, and then opened the coffin.
As soon as it was opened, everyone was stunned, only half of it contained gold and silver, and on the other side were various boxes.
Bai Shan jumped down, reached out to pick up a box and opened it, only to see that it was full of gems and a box of beeswax.
He paused, put it down, picked up the other one and opened it. This one was full of gemstones of various colors, but he was right, it should be the same kind of stone, but the color and quality were different.
One of the rubies shone brightly in the sunlight.
Bai Shan sighed, "So this is the most valuable treasure."
Duan Cishi nodded in a daze, then frowned, horse thieves make money by robbing houses, but is it so profitable? Not to mention all kinds of precious stones, pearls and spices arranged here, and even the two precious knives placed at the bottom of the coffin, it is not easy to get the gold and silver piled up one by one that fills more than half of the coffin.
He reached out and took out a gold brick. As soon as he took it, he knew that it was a good quality gold, specially cast into a gold brick.
The silver bricks on the side are also very densely built, no wonder they can't lift it up, it's a ghost if they lift it up.
Man Bao had only one thought, "Ci Shi Duan, do you want to send it out in Liangzhou?"
Duan Inspector: "... Imperial Physician Zhou, send the same hair."
Thirty percent of this is theirs.
Bai Shan also came back to his senses, turned around and said with a smile: "President Duan is being polite, isn't he, we have 30% and you have 70%, and our share is no less than yours."
Governor Duan came back to his senses, smiled and said to the soldiers: "Pack it up and transport it down the mountain."
Bai Shan also put down the gold bricks and silver bricks in his hands, smiled and pulled his friends down the mountain.
As soon as Duan Inspector returned to the camp, he went to the tent where the bandit leader was detained. Bai Shan glanced at his back, took Man Bao to find Mr. Zhuang, and told them in detail about the treasure they found today.
Mr. Zhuang asked curiously: "Do you suspect that there is something wrong with the gold and silver?"
Bai Shandao: "There are too many treasures, and they are very different from the previous two treasures. The treasures dug up this time are very neat. That's all. The gold and silver bricks cannot be burned on the mountain."
Mr. Zhuang: "Snatched?"
"Which merchant will take gold and silver bricks on the road?" Not to mention gold bricks and silver bricks, there are not many gold and silver ingots. Most of the gold and silver in the cottage are robbed of passing goods and taken away Sold it in exchange for it.
That's right, it's so miraculous that horse thieves rob passing merchants, and after robbing the goods, they drag them elsewhere to act as merchants and sell them to other merchants in exchange for gold and silver.
Because Liangzhou is on the way in and out of the Western Regions, there are many unprocessed silk brocades, porcelain, precious stones and spices among the treasures.
All are the characteristic products of the Western Regions and the Central Plains.
And gold bricks and silver bricks...
Bai Shandao: "I checked carefully, and there is no official seal on it, so it is not official silver, it should be privately cast."
This is not uncommon. A lot of gold and silver in the world are privately minted, but such a large and orderly privately minted...
After pondering for a while, Mr. Zhuang asked, "Did Governor Duan notice it?"
"Yes, he went to interrogate the bandit leader."
Mr. Zhuang nodded in satisfaction, "Since that's the case, we don't need to worry about it."
He said: "This is under Duan Inspector's command, he should take care of these matters."
"Then do you still want our 30% gold and silver?"
"Why not?" Mr. Zhuang said, "Just pretend you didn't notice anything."
Bai Shan: "... I thought he needed to hand over the gold and silver, after all there might be problems."
Mr. Zhuang waved his hand indifferently and said, "If there is a problem, there is a problem, but it does not prevent us from sharing the spoils. Don't worry, Governor Duan knows it well. It is enough to leave one piece of evidence like this."
The few people listened, Bai Erlang asked: "Does the governor Duan want to keep all these trophies privately?"
Mr. Zhuang said with a smile: "It's not counted as private embezzlement, the cost of the war, and the rewards for the soldiers, the medicine and pensions for the disabled soldiers, and some for the army and the governor's office. There is not much left." gone."
He also needs to share points with his confidants, he said: "It's like this in wars. Most of the generals accumulate money in this way, and His Majesty knows it. What's more, Liangzhou is barren and far away from the capital, so there are fewer things to hand in. , even the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War will not pursue it too much."
Not to mention the emperor who was born in war.
Everyone turned their heads to look at Yin He and exclaimed: "Then how many good things do you have in your house?"
Yin or: "..."
He hesitated and said, "Not too many, it seems that Li Shangshu and his family have more."