Chapter 240 Treasure Hunt

When he came to the Assassin's Mansion, Qin Mubai saw a noise in the military camp in the backyard, as if he was busy. Many cars were being decorated and people and horses were gathering. Yin Yang was wearing generals and was standing on the general platform, and hundreds of soldiers stood in line and listened carefully.

Hearing some of his words, Qin Mubai understood that they were ready to escort the prisoner to Chang'an.

"So, I have to hurry up." After thinking about it, Qin Mubai found Li Ke.

Li Ke was very busy in his study. When he saw Qin Mubai coming in, he glanced at him coldly and said, "You're here again!"

"Yes!" Qin Mubai stepped forward with a smile and said, "I'm so busy, so I won't bother you."

"No, don't go!" Li Ke snorted angrily, "Didn't you promise to help me? Yin Yang and Quan Wanji will go to the capital tomorrow morning, and Xue Rengui will be taken away by you. A group of officials have just been abolished in the Assassin's House. Our house is understaffed. I don't have to say anything. You have to help me for a few days.

"You are using your power for personal gain, Your Highness the King of Wu." Qin Mubai said with a smile.

"Where does this start?" Li Ke said puzzledly.

"You asked me to take the salary of the court, but I came to do something for you. What is not using power for personal gain? Why don't you give me a salary and take it as if you hire me. Qin Mubai smiled.

"Oh, I really can't stand you." Li Ke shook his head helplessly and smiled and said, "Speak seriously. Fa Caogang of the Assassin's Office was dismissed, and the new officials had to wait for Quan Wanji to go to the capital to hand over the criminals. After the court's review of the case, the Ministry of Officials would be reappointed. Before that, can you help me with Fa Cao for the time being? I think you are familiar with the law and proficient in calculating cases. No one is more suitable than you. I don't want to be under my rule, and there are piles of unjust prisons.

"Oi, no problem." Qin Mubai agreed cheerfully, "As long as I have time, I will help you."

"That's enough to be righteous!" Li Ke rubbed his hands happily, turned around and pulled out something from the bookshelf to hand it to Qin Mubai, and said, "Take it. I specially prepared it for you."

"What is it?" Qin Mubai took it over. It was a very light wooden box, which was beautifully made.

"Do you know when you open it?" Li Ke said with a mysterious smile.

Qin Mubai opened it and saw a huge key and a few pieces of paper lying inside. The key is nothing special except that it is relatively large. I spread out the paper and took a look. It turned out to be a public library sign issued by Cao Si of Jingzhou Assassin's Mansion. There were more than 270,000 stones of Huyang white rice, more than 60,000 stones of corn, more than 7,000 stones of official salt, and 46 large and small ships. It is stamped with the official seal of Cao Ya of the governor of Jingzhou Assassin's Office, as evidenced by Li Ke's seal.

"What does this mean?" Qin Mubai said puzzledly.

"I'll give you the capital to do business!" Li Ke smiled and said, "A few days ago, Zheng Anshun took stock of all the materials captured by the water ghost, and the part that the court wanted had been loaded and unloaded to Chang'an. The rest of this part is temporarily stored in Jingzhou and asked the Jingzhou government office to keep it for you. With this document, you can go ahead and withdraw it.

"Is it all mine?" Qin Mubai pretended to be surprised.

"Insufficient greed!" Li Ke laughed and scolded angrily, "At least you have to share half of me, right?"

"Haha!" Qin Mubai laughed and said, "I forgot that there is half of you in it. OK, leave it to me. When Mei Niang arrives in Xiangzhou, we will start to do these things.

"I made a fortune this time." Li Ke sat down, opened his eyebrows and said refreshedly, "Although I have never been short of money, I have never made such a fortune. Mu Bai, you are really a lucky man!"

"This is called a fool's blessing!" Qin Mubai smiled and said, "Actually, I still have an unexpected wealth that I didn't tell you."

"Is there another good thing? Come on!" Li Ke said happily.

"I'm not sure yet. When I get it, I'll share the account with you." Qin Mubai smiled mysteriously and said, "However, maybe it's not money, it's something else."

"What is it?" Li Ke was more confused and curious.

"I don't know either." Qin Mubai spread out his hands and said, "According to my incomplete guess, it may be some treasure. But now I still have some clues and haven't found the exact location.

"What are you waiting for? Go and find it!" Li Ke patted the table and said, "I know your nose has always been very smart, and you can definitely find it."

Qin Mubai subconsciously touched his nose, smiled and said, "If you want to find this treasure, you have to fall on a death row prisoner."

Li Ke's eyes flashed, "Zhao Chong?"

"Smart!"

"Does the water ghost hide another treasure of money?" Li Ke turned his eyes a few times, snickered a few times, and said, "No, let's split up!"

"Haha, why are you worse than me? I'm still going to report to the court and ask the emperor to take it!" Qin Mubai laughed.

"Forget it, you!" Li Ke sneered angrily, "Don't you think the same as me in your heart? Don't wait. Go to the prison to find Zhao Chong. He will be taken away early tomorrow morning. I'll give you a warrant. If necessary, I can bring someone up.

"Alleed." Qin Mubai nodded and smiled, and thought to himself, I'm afraid Li Ke's trust in me has surpassed anyone.

Li Ke wrote a warrant with a private seal and gave it to Qin Mubai. He smiled and said, "Xiangzhou is really a feng shui treasure. We will make a fortune this time.

"At the beginning of the year, I had a fortune-telling, and the owner of the southeast was happy, haha!" Qin Mubai took the warrant and walked away laughing.

Li Ke smiled, looked at Qin Mubai's back, and said to himself, "This guy is a little interesting and righteous!"

When he arrived in prison, Qin Mubai entered Zhao Chong's cell.

Zhao Chong is still sitting on the pile of dead grass, as if he had never moved. Seeing Qin Mubai coming in, he said curiously, "Did you break the secret so soon?"

"I just found some clues." Qin Mubai took out the complete drawings he had written, showed them to Zhao Chong, and said, "Look, is it such a thing?"

Zhao Chong took it in surprise. First, he took a look at the drawing, and then read "Xishan Feng, Yujing Long, Morning and Evening, Three Tears" several times, and was immediately stunned!

- "How did you do it?"

"The five drawings overlap with transparent white paper and overlap, forming such a complete map and verse." Qin Mubai said, "You are in awe because it is a relic left by your ancestors, so you certainly haven't thought of rewriting it. Is that so?"

"Yes..." Zhao Chong took a deep breath, still looked at Qin Mubai in disbelief and surprised, and shook his head repeatedly, "You are so awesome! In just two days, you have unlocked the secret that has plagued my father and son for more than 20 years!"

"It hasn't been completely untied yet, has it?" Qin Mubai frowned and said, "Do you fully understand the meaning of this map and poem?"

Zhao Chong looked carefully again, shook his head and said, "I don't fully understand. It's just that I know that this map is the distribution map of all the rivers in the West Trough, but unfortunately, the map does not indicate where the treasure is buried. The hidden words of the poem are connected, that is, 'in the West River', which can also be explained. But this alone is far from enough. Even without this picture, I vaguely guessed that the treasure was in the West River Trough. No one knows it better than me. Over the years, I have searched repeatedly and almost dug three feet, but I haven't found anything.

"So Xishanfeng, Yujinglong, don't these names have any special meaning?" Qin Mubai asked, "I think this poem must be more than just hiding a head. For example, is there such a similar place name in West Hanoi with a radius of dozens of miles?

Zhao Chong thought for a long time and shook his head confusedly: "No. There is no place name in the West River trough. Because there are only harbors and reeds, for the sake of convenience, we habitually only call the east-west river harbor, and the north-south river as the bay. For example, Dongyi Port is the first river from east to west.

"Wait, what are you talking about?" Qin Mubai suddenly lit up in his heart, "Say it again?"

"What's the matter?" Zhao Chong was stunned, so he repeated what he had just said.

"Hong Kong, Wan, Xishan Feng, Yujing Dragon..." Qin Mubai chewed the meaning of these words carefully, squatted down and rowed with dead grass.

"What do you think of?" Zhao Chong asked confusedly.

Qin Mubai did not answer, but thought carefully. Zhao Chong didn't disturb him again, so he had to think about it.

After a long time, Qin Mubai smiled slightly and asked, "Zhao Chong, is your grandfather familiar with the I Ching and studying feng shui yin and yang?"

"How do you know?" Zhao Chong said in surprise.

"I guessed." Qin Mubai smiled more confidently and said, "Xishanfeng, Yujinglong, these six short words contain the theory of landscape, yin and yang. The phoenix is yin; the dragon is yang; the north of the water is the south of the mountain is the yang, and the south of the mountain is called yin; the well dragon is the hidden dragon, and the ninth dragon is not used, the yang is below. The so-called morning and evening and three lines of tears can be completely understood as 'looking to the west and counting three lines inward', which is what you call the three north and south bays, which is also an implicit point.

"Wait, wait!" Zhao Chong's head was so big that he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I didn't understand a word of what you said. Just say, which harbor and river is the treasure in?

"I'm not completely sure now." Qin Mubai shook his head, looked at the map and said, "Even if it is arranged according to the vertical and horizontal of yin and yang, there are at least six or seven locations that meet these conditions among these dozens of harbors. Is it possible to dig them one by one?"

"It's already amazing. It's definitely worth digging one by one. If it were me, I would definitely dig!" Zhao Chong said excitedly, "You are so amazing! It's also that it's possible for such a smart and knowledgeable person to guess these clues.

"Where, I'm just guessing." Qin Mubai smiled and said to himself: If it hadn't been for Li Jing's transmission of my military skills, there were many applications about the five elements of yin and yang and geography and hydrography, which forced me to learn a lot of this knowledge to understand the military books. How could I be familiar with these things?

"Thust you, where is it?" Zhao Chong said excitedly and hesitated for a moment. He said, "Don't get me wrong. I just want to solve the mystery and achieve my long-cherished wish for many years. I will never reveal a word to outsiders about the treasure when I die. I swear on this in the name of my ancestors!"

"I believe you." Qin Mubai smiled slightly, took the drawings, calculated the location of the arrangement, and pointed to Zhao Chong one by one.

"No, this place is impossible!" Zhao Chong said decisively, "I used to live here, and this used to be a place for us to stay. Judging from the terrain, there is absolutely no possibility of burying the treasure.

"What about here?"

"It's not very likely here." Zhao Chong said, "We seldom even go in here. First of all, the river is very shallow and the mud is so deep that the ship can't cross it. Inside is just a swamp and reed, and there is no formed land.

Qin Mubai frowned and said, "Wait a minute, I'll figure it out later."

"Uh-huh!"

After thinking for a long time, Qin Mubai asked, "Is there a continent of sycamore trees in the West River Trough?"

"The sycamore? You mean... phoenix sycamore?" Zhao Chong said in surprise, "It's true! There is a big mound near the West Thirteen Port, hundreds of feet in radius, and there are dozens of sycamore trees on it!"

"Really?" Qin Mubai's eyes lit up. He picked up the map in surprise, carefully arranged according to the landscape, yin and yang, and pointed decisively to a place: "Here it is!"

Zhao Chongsha was surprised. He glanced at the place pointed by Qin Mubai, but shook his head in disappointment: "No, it's impossible! Here is a small gravel slope. Except for barren grass and water birds, the most on the slope are poisonous snakes. Even when we get there, we only take a detour, because there is a faint evil spirit there. As long as someone goes ashore, they will be bitten by snakes. They are dead or crippled. It's very evil! And the small stone slope is very bare and bald, which can be seen at a glance. Some are just gravel and pebbles. Who will bury the treasure there? Isn't it be found at a glance?

"Haha, the more you think so, the more likely it is that the treasure is buried here!" Qin Mubai clapped his hands in surprise and said, "Often, the more dangerous and easily exposed the place is, the safer it is. Because you don't even doubt it, how can you talk about others? Besides, think about it, this island is full of water birds and poisonous snakes. Isn't it a metaphor for mountain phoenixes and well dragons? This may be a coincidence, but the possibility of this location is really the greatest!"

Zhao Chong swallowed his saliva excitedly and nervously: "Then go and look for it! It's better to have news before tomorrow morning. Let me know as soon as you come back. Let me go to the guillot at ease!"

Qin Mubai smiled slightly: "If it weren't for you to lead the way, I'm afraid I can't get out of this river. So, you'd better go with me!"

"What are you talking about?" Zhao Chong's eyes widened in disbelief and shook the shackles in his hand, "I'm a death row prisoner!"

"I know, but it doesn't matter." Qin Mubai smiled indifferently, "Before the cut after autumn, as long as your head is still on your neck, you are not dead. Since you are not dead, you can do something useful, can't you? - I'll prepare first and call you later. You can go treasure hunting with me!"

"Good!"

Zhao Chong was very surprised!

Immediately, Qin Mubai left the prison, went back to the assassin's mansion to meet Li Ke, and asked him to help transfer more than a dozen trusted confidants and soldiers to go together. He immediately went to prepare fire, shovels, and drugs to avoid snakes and repel insects. As the Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, there are a lot of ancient secret realgar wine, and there are also many good medicines for use. There is another big boat, towing two small shuttle boats.

These things are ready-made in the Assassin House, but they are also fast. After being ready, Qin Mubai asked someone to go to the prison and brought out General Zhao Chong. Li Ke was curious and followed. So the group took the supplies and got into the carriage, got to the dock, boarded the official ship, and went to the West River Trough.

On the way of the big ship, Li Ke and Qin Mubai stood on the side of the ship and laughed at each other.

Li Ke said, "Mu Bai, what if nothing is found?"

"Let's just think of it as a game. Anyway, there is no loss." Qin Mubai said with a smile.

"It's true." Li Ke also smiled indifferently, "I've been very busy recently, so just take it as a walk. In fact, I have always liked adventures. It's just that there are few opportunities to do such a thing. Sometimes I really envy you. I can do whatever I want and feel free.

"In fact, you can also live a good life." Qin Mubai smiled and said, "If you have no desire, you will be strong, and if you have no desire, you will be happy. It's nerve-wracking to think too much.

"Wow..." Li Ke took a long breath, showed a trace of helplessness, and said, "I don't want to. But I can't help it. I have been doomed since the moment I was born. I can't be calm and comfortable in my life. This is my fate."

"Fate... It's fate again." Qin Mubai gently picked up the corners of his mouth and smiled lightly. Both of them stopped talking, but quietly looked at the running water of the Han River and fell into deep thinking.

Soon after, the West River arrived.

A vast field of water, grass and reeds, which is foggy and crisscrossed with Hong Kong roads. You can't see the edge at a glance, and it's a little ghostly.

The group got on the small edging boat separately, supported the pole, and entered the harbor. The deep reeds of several people soon covered up the two edging boats. From the outside of the port road, it was almost difficult to find any trace.

"It's no wonder that water ghosts are difficult to clean up. There is simply no way to find it in such a place!" Li Ke sighed.

"You two, aren't you afraid that I'm designed to lead you into the trap and kill you, and then escape from the ascension?" Zhao Chong smiled coldly and said, "When you come here, you are not my opponents. If I jump into the water or escape into the reeds, you won't catch me again.

The two soldiers next to him were horrled when they heard the words and hurriedly held him to death.

"Gone go!" Qin Mubai shouted softly, and the soldier hurriedly let go. Zhao Chong smiled indifferently, stood up, and dusted the mud on his clothes.

"If you really want to do this, you won't say it." Qin Mubai smiled and said, "I believe you."

"Why? I'm a vicious green forest bandit channel!" Zhao Chong said.

"It's just intuition." Qin Mubai smiled and said, "There are some things that can't be said for nothing, and there is no need for any reason."

Zhao Chong sneered and looked at Li Ke: "Do you think so too?"

"I'm not as smart as him, and I don't have this intuition." Li Ke curled his lips indifferently, "But I believe in him."

"Haha, so it is!" Zhao Chong laughed and suddenly pointed his hand, "Turn left ahead!"

The soldier who held the pole on his palm muttered suspiciously, and Qin Mubai shouted, "Listen to his command!"

"Yes!!--"

The shuttle boat deftly traveled through the narrow river, and walked for nearly an hour without stopping.

Li Ke was a little nervous and asked Qin Mubai softly, "Mubai, will there be no problem?"

"Don't worry. If the treasure hunt is so easy, it's not the treasure hunt, but the street to pick up money. Qin Mubai said with a smile.

"Do you remember the way you came? After turning for a long time, I felt dizzy. Li Ke said.

Qin Mubai smiled and said, "I should barely remember."

"No way? I only walked once, do you remember? I think it's the same everywhere here. I'm afraid it's still difficult to remember if I walk ten or eight times. Li Ke was surprised.

Qin Mubai blinked blankly: "What's so strange about this? As long as I walk the road, I can always remember it!"

Li Ke was angry and funny, his face trembled, and a few words burst out of his teeth: "Is it natural?!"

Zhao Chong laughed beside him: "It's really the same rice, raising all kinds of people!" In my memory, there are no more than three people who remember after walking these rivers at a time. Of course, I am one of them. About half of us can almost remember these roads after walking three or five times. However, some people still get lost after walking ten or eight times. We usually don't allow such a fool to get on the boat, and we only do some hard work on the shore.

"How can that be!" Li Ke shouted angrily, "Believe me or not, I'll kick you down?"

"Okay, I can't ask for it!" Zhao Chong smiled cares and said, "If you kick me down, you will let me go." Don't blame me then."

"Okay, let you be proud for a while. Anyway, it won't take a few days, and you will fall to the ground. Li Ke was itching with hatred, but he couldn't pull off the skin to quarrel with Zhao Chong on the spot.

Qin Mubai snickered aside and said secretly: It seems that Zhao Chong has stabbed Li Ke's pain. Unexpectedly, this always smart guy is a road idiot!

After walking for a long time, Zhao Chong suddenly shouted, which made the boat full of people stunned.

"It's here! - That's it!"

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed. It turned out that dozens of feet ahead, there was a prescription of dozens of mu of mound full of gravel and weeds. The top was empty and there were no trees at a glance. The middle was slightly arched, but it was a little like a grave bag, a particularly huge grave bag.

"You mean here, right?" Li Ke said in disbelief, "I saw it all at a glance. Who will bury the treasure here? At least I won't."

"Well, that's right." Qin Mubai smiled and said, " Even you think it's impossible, which adds a little more possibility."

"What do you mean? Aren't you swearing? Li Ke couldn't help but be a little annoyed. He had just been amused by Zhao Chong, and now he seems to be ridicule by Qin Mubai again, so he is very depressed.

"No, I mean I'm serious." Qin Mubai said, "Because Your Highness is a smart person, the decision of a smart person is often very correct. You don't think there is much possibility of treasure here. Maybe the person who buried the treasure is right in other people's minds and deliberately does the opposite. Generally speaking, it is estimated that only a fool like me will bury the most precious treasure in this most easily found place.

"Great wisdom is like a fool, and great ingenuity is like clumsiness." Zhao Chong laughed, "Qin Mubai, you are really unusual! - Go ashore, what are you waiting for? Do you think that I can set up an ambush in such a bare place as smart as Qin Mubai?

"Oh, even if there is an ambush, how can I be afraid of you!" Li Ke sneered and jumped off the boat first. As soon as he stood still, he suddenly let out a scream--

"Ah - Snake!!!"