The snow and rain gradually became heavier and turned into heavy snow, falling on the water and disappearing. The sky was dark and gloomy. At this time, a boatman was heard saying: "Shigu Island has arrived."
Pei Ziyun came out and went to the deck. He saw a snow-white sky and an island appeared in the distance, so he ordered the ship to stop here.
When the boat stopped, Pei Ziyun looked up and ordered: "Go around the island."
"yes!"
The island is conical in shape, and the wind and snow are very strong. You can only vaguely see the rocks, with shrubs and small trees in the crevices of the rocks. At this time, they were all covered with snow. The sailors carefully avoided the nearby rocks. In such darkness, This is no easy task.
Pei Ziyun glanced across, combining his memory with what he saw, and analyzed it.
"The place where gold can be sunk must be a place where it is easy to navigate, and we are prepared to take it out in the future. In this case, there are not many places where it can be sunk."
"Five hundred meters to the southwest, get up there." Pei Ziyun then ordered, "Go and get the rope."
Following the order, the ship gradually came closer. The two sailors turned around and came with the rope. A large roll of rope was brought over and placed in front of them. Pei Ziyun looked at the dozen sailors in front of him: "There is a sunken ship under the water. , it’s right around here and that’s what we’re targeting.”
The sailors were trembling when they heard this, and one of them said: "Sir, it's freezing cold right now. If you go into the water at this time, you'll be frozen, and you won't be able to withstand drinking."
Pei Ziyun stretched out his hand, snowflakes fell on his hand, and smiled: "It's not you."
Then he looked at He Qingqing: "I'll go down and kill these people if they make any move."
"Yes, young master." He Qingqing responded. With a wave of her hand, the mountain people all pulled out their swords and stared at each other. She thought for a while and then said: "How about we go down?"
"You can't either. You'll freeze if you go into the water. I can just go down."
He also pointed to the prepared water tank. This water tank has a cable and can be lifted up and down with a winch. With a shake, the water tank quickly sank to the sea.
"Sir, it's not deep. It seems to be only ten meters in the end."
Pei Ziyun nodded: "You all watch. When I shake it, you pull me up."
"Qingqing, pull it up and put it in the cabin."
After saying that, without any further hesitation, Pei Ziyun jumped into the sea, splashing some waves. At this time, some snowflakes fell from the sky, and the sea water was cold. Pei Ziyun gritted his teeth, and his breath surrounded him, isolating the cold breath.
There are some undercurrents in the sea water, and Pei Ziyun can feel it rushing against his body. Some colorful fish can be seen in the cold sea water.
Just a few meters below, a boat appeared. Pei Ziyun couldn't help but feel happy. This was the treasure of the previous dynasty. At that time, he thought it would be possible to make a comeback. It was hidden shallowly so that it could be easily discovered.
The bottom of the water was suffocating. Pei Ziyun's breath was flowing, but he only bought a moment. At this time, he rushed forward without hesitation, but he saw some human skeletons.
"This is the murdered Chen Jinren!"
After two turns, Pei Ziyun found that the ship was not damaged. It was completely filled with water and sank. The cabin was tightly closed. He immediately raised his sword and stabbed it.
After all, it has been many years, and when I entered the door, I saw layers of wooden boxes.
The wooden box is made of good wood and is somewhat sturdy. When you pry open one, you will see rows of gold bricks. The gold bricks have the official seal printed on them. They are the big gold bricks with one hundred taels on the front.
Pei Ziyun didn't hesitate anymore and struggled to drag a box to the water tank.
Gold is heavy, a box of gold bricks is actually very small, and the water tank is very big. One is not enough, and it takes ten to fill it up. I can't help it anymore, I shake the cable, and the top is immediately pulled up.
Ten meters is very short, and it was pulled up in an instant. It became extremely heavy after dehydration.
"That's right, a box of twenty sticks. Ten boxes is two hundred sticks, which is twenty thousand taels!" After counting the breaths, Pei Ziyun came out but did not come out of the water. In fact, he could still hold on in the water, but when he came out of the water, it froze into ice.
"Hurry to the cabin and then sink!" Pei Ziyun floated on the sea and gave orders.
He Qingqing immediately ordered people to carry out ten boxes, and quickly sank them again. The boxes were continuously transported to the cabin, and the sailors on the deck all looked at each other.
Only the mountain people looked normal, but these were actually only six water tanks, and the remaining water tanks were much lighter and were all antiques and treasures.
Even so, after two hours in the water, even though his martial arts had reached its peak, Pei Ziyun's face turned pale and blue from the cold.
However, at this time, hot water and soup had been boiled in the cabin. Pei Ziyun had no time to look at it, so he ate some food and fell asleep.
At noon on the second day, the sun came out, and the sunlight fell from the sky and shone on the ship, bringing some warmth. By then the ship had returned, and Pei Ziyun went to the cabin. When he got to the bottom cabin, he couldn't help but be surprised when the door opened.
I saw that the wooden frame that had been prepared was full of gold bricks.
"I've ordered it, a total of 1,300 pieces, 130,000 gold."
"In addition, there are jade seals, gold albums, antiques, and some things I don't know much about." He Qingqing didn't sleep all night. Although she was very tired, her face could not help but turn red with excitement: "Back then, my lord, we killed so many people." There is not so much gold in the cottage."
"Hmph, this is the last accumulation of a dynasty." Although Pei Ziyun had already counted, he was still a little disappointed when he heard the figure of 130,000 taels, and secretly laughed at his own greed.
The world's wealth is 30 million taels of silver from land tax, 700 taels from salt tax, and 2 million taels from various deed taxes. The country's annual income is only 40 million taels of silver and 13 million stone grains. Now the value of this gold is 1.3 million taels or even 1.5 million taels. Wan Liang!
Still not enough for yourself
"The main reason is that there are rumors of 300,000 taels of gold, or even 500,000 taels of gold. But think about it, the rumors are all exaggerated. Moreover, the last time I read the newspaper, I copied the house of the former prime minister, but the property was only a hundred thousand taels of silver. , the prince only has 20,000 taels of silver and 20,000 stones of grain a year, these 1.5 million taels of silver are enough to kill me hundreds of times!"
Thinking of this, Pei Ziyun restrained his smile: "When we get to the dock later, don't stop at the dock. Just sail back to Jin Island and keep in close communication with me."
"Yes!" He Qingqing responded.
However, although Pei Ziyun is happy, he cannot actually use such a large amount of wealth. Now that his wealth is very strong, it is conceivable that this huge sum of money will be hidden on Liujin Island for a long time.
The target is these jade seals, gold books, and antiques.
After just one glance, Pei Ziyun shook his head. This golden book was used for canonization. The emperor conferred titles on vassals, princes, clans, concubines and meritorious officials. He held a ceremony and awarded the book with the seal, which was called canonization.
If it had been in the previous dynasty, it would have been brilliant, but now it has long been dim and has lost its effectiveness. Only a faint trace of dragon energy is still hidden in the jade seal.
"But it's just red energy." This seemed strange, but in fact it might not even be as good as the county magistrate's seal. Pei Ziyun threw it away with a smack.
"This kind of seal of the former dynasty has collection value. It is outdated to hide Qi. Not only is it useless, it will cause disaster."
"It would be a pity to smash it. Just go back and build a stone chamber and seal it inside."
After searching several places, I saw a bead and breathed a sigh of relief: "After searching everything, there is still something to put my trust in, but I don't know who left it."
"Weary now, absorb later."
After half a day's sailing, we arrived at the Beijing Pier on the morning of the second day. As soon as the ship docked, the man jumped off, and the ship turned around and left without stopping.
Pei Ziyun was also very tired. He held Zhu in his arms, told the address, let the cart drive away, leaned in the cart, and fell asleep without knowing it.
When they arrived at the house, it was just after noon, and it started to snow and rain again. There were intermittent sounds of playing and singing nearby. Pei Ziyun listened to the sounds and discerned the words, and saw Ren Wei coming out to greet him, his face a little green.
Pei Ziyun smiled and said, "What's wrong? Are you uncomfortable living there, or are you having business difficulties?"
He glanced at it and said, "The yard is already very clean. Why is there an extra horse? By the way, it's a business matter. It doesn't matter if you make a loss."
Ren Wei took a breath and said, "Sir, the prince has sent someone, it's urgent!"
Pei Ziyun suppressed his smile and went in, but saw a hundred households whom he knew, and his face was gray, so he asked: "What's wrong? What happened to you like this?"
Baihu said in a serious tone: "Master, something happened to the prince. I followed Liangdi's order and came quickly, but you were not here. Fortunately, I didn't have to wait long."
After hearing this, Pei Ziyun frowned: "Don't panic, please explain it in detail."
"yes!"
Baihu calmed down and then said: "It is said that a slave in the prince's palace went to the Baifeng temple in the capital to offer incense and knelt in front of the statue to pray. She said that the prince was having an affair with the concubine in the palace. It happened that a Taoist heard it. , so he went to report the secret, and then it spread to the ears of the emperor."
"The emperor was furious and asked the prince to enter the palace to explain."
"The prince had to enter the palace, so Empress Liangdi sent me to inform him."
After hearing this, Pei Ziyun was startled. He suddenly remembered the aphrodisiac incident in his previous life. It was said that a slave offered incense and prayed, and was overheard and reported by a Taoist. The emperor asked the prince to enter the palace to explain. The most ridiculous thing is that the prince took the medicine with him and found it out. He thought It's poison, and it turns out it's an aphrodisiac.
The emperor was furious at that time, and since then he has truly deposed the prince.
This sounds like a joke. First of all, the prince is having an affair with a concubine in the palace. How could such a top-secret matter be known to a slave in the prince's house
Why did this slave go to Baifeng Temple to offer incense and pray to reveal this matter
Although Baifeng Temple is vaguely known as the largest Taoist palace in the capital, with a palace and connections, a Taoist is still a Taoist, so how can he report it to the emperor at will
The emperor asked the prince to go into the palace to explain, but the prince actually had aphrodisiacs with him and they were found out. The prince was so stupid, why did he still bring aphrodisiacs with him when he explained to the emperor
Besides, the emperor deposed the prince just for a mere woman
To put it bluntly, unless she is the queen or her own mother, the harem matter will not shake the country. How can a mere concubine depose the prince because of this? It is nothing more than an attack on the topic.
In the previous life, the prince had no children, so the emperor took the opportunity to depose him.
"Where now?"
"Deposing him won't work, but it will be a huge blow to the prince. The advantage he had for a few days will be gone immediately."
"There is an expert in Prince Lu's Mansion!" After thinking about it, Pei Ziyun stood up immediately and asked, "Where is the prince now?"
"Prince, there are rules when traveling. It should be half an hour when I come out - I may have arrived at Tianjie now." Baihu thought for a while.
Pei Ziyun was startled and counted the time: "It's still too late!"
After saying that, he turned around and went out. Looking for Baihu's horse, he whipped his whip and ran out of the door.
(End of chapter)