Chapter 241 Unexpectedly

Li Ke hid behind several guards and pulled Qin Mubai around. Looking at the five-step poisonous snakes killed by the guards, his face turned a little pale and he kept inhaling cold air. He was really scared.

Zhao Chong looked back and glanced at him and kept sneering.

Li Ke was a little annoyed and scolded, "What are you laughing at? Have you heard of Yuchi Jingde?

Zhao Chong turned around with great interest and asked, "Of course I've heard of it, like thunder!" He is a hero who is as famous as General Qin's father.

"Huh! Yu Chi Jingde is afraid of dogs. You must have never heard of it, have you? Li Ke hummed, "Such a fierce general who kills people on the battlefield. His legs are so weak when he sees the dog, and sometimes he is chased by the dog to cry. What's strange about the snake?"

"Did I say it was strange? It's really self-introd. Zhao Chong laughed a few times and walked forward.

Li Ke rolled his eyes angrily and said to Qin Mubai, "Mubai, this man is a little abominable!"

"Haha, don't ruin the interest of adventure because of a little thing. Let's go!" Qin Mubai laughed and said in his heart: It seems that Li Ke hates people holding his little whip and talking about things. In fact, this is just human nature. No one likes to be found to have weaknesses and defects and openly make jokes. In particular, people with noble status like Li Ke love face more, hate and even hate being teased in public.

"Yes, I don't know him. Let's go and start the treasure hunt!" Li Ke was also generous. He rubbed his hands and smiled, "Where do you start digging?"

Qin Mubai bent down to pick up a stone and smashed it on the ground. It slammed, and the ground was extremely hard.

"How to dig this?" Standing up and clapping his hands, Qin Mubai shook his head.

"What should I do?" Li Ke was also worried.

Zhao Chong came forward and said, "General Qin, there are also dozens of mu of land here. Can you be sure where it is? If you are sure, even if Yugong moves the mountain, there is a hope for it to be slowly.

"Yes, determine the location first." Li Ke said the same. The two looked at each other, curled their lips, and diverted their eyes.

Qin Mubai took out a detailed map. Unfortunately, this map only depicts the distribution of waterways in the West Road, and does not explain the location of the treasure in detail. Those short poems, like sponges, are about to be dried by Qin Mubai. I really can't think of anything else worth discovering.

"Such a big stone mountain, full of weeds and poisonous snakes, and there is no special feature, I really can't think of anything for a moment." Qin Mubai also shook his head.

"So that's it?" Li Ke couldn't help but be a little disappointed and said, "Why don't we look around, maybe we will find some organs, entrances and so on?"

"Ok, let's look for it separately. You must pay attention to safety and sprinkle more male yellow to prevent poisonous snakes!" Qin Mubai said.

"General Qin, someone is with you. Don't worry that I will take the opportunity to escape." Zhao Chong said.

Qin Mubai smiled and said, "It's okay. Let's look for it separately."

Everyone looked for it separately. The dozens of mu of land boundary was big or small, but it took a long time to search, but no clue was found.

Everyone gathered again and shook their heads.

The whole stone mountain is like a whole stone. Not to mention the entrance of the machine, there is no cave, and even the poisonous snake only perches in the rock.

"Well, it seems that I am destined to solve the puzzle left by my ancestors." Zhao Chong regretted his head and said to Qin Mubai, "General Qin, I have to ask you to take more time to unlock this secret. Even if you can't see the result before you die, it's enough to be happy to hear the good news under the spring a few years after death.

"Don't be discouraged. Maybe there will be a surprise again?" Qin Mubai could only comfort him like this.

"It's strange to say that in this place, bare trees do not grow, only some weeds grow. It seems that there are all huge stones put together. Li Ke said, "I have never seen such a hillside mound. There is no soil. It's all stone. Mu Bai, don't you think it's strange?"

"It's a little strange." Qin Mubai said, "The West River trough is full of swamp mud, but it is full of stones, which looks very different. If a large number of treasures are to be buried, how much effort will it take to dig a pit?

Li Ke shook his head: "Even if you know that there are countless treasures buried under it, you can't take it out. Is it true that Yugong Yishan? I'm not so idle. Maybe there is nothing in the end, won't it be depressing to death?

"Ha ha, that's right." Qin Mubai said so, but he said in his heart: I don't care about treasures or anything. Of course, it's better to have them, and it doesn't matter if they don't. I kind of enjoy the process of solving the mystery. This is the difference between me and him. Li Ke is obviously more pragmatic and pursues practical benefits; and I am more playful and casual.

"General Qin, you won't give up like this, will you?" Zhao Chong said urgently, "Maybe there are countless treasures buried under here. Just take them out, and you will be rich!"

Qin Mubai smiled and waved his hand to tell him not to worry. He stood on a stone and climbed up a little and looked around. Gradually, his expression became a little silent and grim.

"What's the matter?" Everyone asked in shock together.

"Nothing." Qin Mubai smiled casually and said, "It's getting late. If you don't leave, it will be inconvenient to sail if there is fog in the river. That's all for today. Let's go back first!"

Li Ke knew that he had something to say, probably because there were too many people present, so he did not ask. He waved his hand and said, "Okay, go back first!"

Only Zhao Chong was dejected and extremely disappointed.

He drove all the way back to the Assassin's Mansion. Zhao Chong was still taken to the prison and waited until he was taken to the capital tomorrow. Li Ke caught Qin Mubai and asked him to eat with him. When the wine was just put on, he hurriedly dismissed the others and asked, "You don't seem to have finished talking just now?"

"Yes." Qin Mubai did not deny it. He nodded and said, "There are many people with mixed eyes, and some words can't be said casually."

"What did you find, so serious?" Li Ke's curiosity a lot and asked.

Qin Mubai twisted his head, moved the dishes, chopsticks and other things on the table and moved them for a while. He said, "Your Highness, come and have a look."

"Well, what?"

"For example, this plate of steamed fish is the stone slope we climbed. These chopsticks are the surrounding river. This is the mound with sycamore trees not far away. This is the mound on the other side. The area of reeds is larger and higher than that of Wutong Mountain. It's like this, right?" Qin Mubai said.

Li Ke looked at it carefully for a while and said, "It should be right!" You know, I'm not good at remembering the road. But if you say yes, that's for sure. You showed a rare surprise at that time. You should remember it correctly.

"Actually, I'm a half-can, and I can only speculate." Qin Mubai stared at the table as if talking to himself.

"What half a jar, what do you speculate about?"

"Feng Shui!"

"Fengshui? Do you still know this?" Li Ke couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"It can only be said that I know a little about it. In Li Jing's biography of my military tactics, there are many things about the five elements of yin and yang, Qimen Dunjia, weather and hydrological, and vertical and horizontal earth veins, which are extensive and profound and difficult to understand. I haven't read it for a long time. Although I have asked him many times, I haven't paid much attention to it. Qin Mubai said, "However, the landscape in front of me made me feel very surprised!"

"What the hell is it? Tell me!" Li Ke urged to ask.

"Look--" Qin Mubai pointed to the table and said, "In the west, Wutong Mountain is a backer, and it just responds to the sentence of 'Xishan Feng'; the high-gang reed slope on the east side is in line with the position of Qinglong. Isn't it Yujing Dragon? Xishan Feng and Yujing Long look at each other morning and night, and this stone mountain is sitting among them. Therefore, the treasure can be sure to be found here. Let me understand it this way. The last two sentences are homophonic as 'looking west, three inner three lines', which means that there is a number from west to east, and the third river bay facing Shizi Mountain - that is, here!"

After saying that, Qin Mubai hit his knuckles heavily on the edge of the plate on one side of the steamed fish plate.

Li Ke's eyes widened in surprise: "That makes sense. It seems to be right - so why didn't you click the explanation just now?"

"I can't say it." Qin Mubai's face became a little grim.

"Why?" Li Ke asked in shock.

"Because..." Qin Mubai took a deep breath, "The landform here is extraordinary! In the west, Wutong Mountain, Shizi Mountain and Reed Slope should be connected. If it weren't for the rising water during the flood season, it should be able to see it. Perhaps many years ago, it was not that a bay was not formed, but because the water level of the Han River changed, it was submerged. That is to say, these three slopes may be three undulating mountains.

"What does that mean?"

Qin Mubai's face darkened and he said, "Your Highness, haven't you thought of it? This is a dragon and a phoenix. Is it something that ordinary people should mention? And these three mountains facing south and north, the treasure is buried in the middle. Is it common to see it?

"You mean! ..." Li Ke was also shocked and said in a low voice, "This is a place - the imperial mausoleum?!"

"Isn't it?" Qin Mubai said, "Wu Tongshan is the tail, the phoenix is the yin, and the dragon is the queen; the reed slope is the head, and the dragon is the head; the middle runs through the stone slope, plus 'mountains and water, negative yin and yang', isn't it a dragon vein of 'the unity of heaven and man'?"

"It's true!" Li Ke's eyes widened with astonishment, "I said... I said why there are no trees on this gravel mountain, only snakes, just because of the dragon spirit, and the vegetation is self-defeated. The snake is in the shape of a dragon, so it is prosperous! ...Mu Bai, why did I suddenly have a trace of fear?"

"Now you understand why I suddenly showed such an expression at the beginning?" Qin Mubai said.

"I see..." Li Ke's expression became solemn and whispered, "In the Tang Dynasty, my Li family's country, who dares to be so rebellious and build a dragon vein mausoleum here? Isn't this the intention to ruin my Li Tang Jiangshan?! Mu Bai, is it... this time, we have encountered a bigger problem?"

"It's hard to say whether it's rich or not." Qin Mubai said, "This map was left by Zhao Chong's grandfather. Maybe his grandfather didn't know the reason and was only responsible for passing it on to future generations. Unfortunately, the old man didn't take a breath before he died and forgot to leave what he should say. Now, unless we get something under the gravel slope, we will never know what secrets are buried under it. But according to my guess, the things below should at least not belong to this dynasty.

"It makes sense." Li Ke nodded and said, "My father has only been ascending the throne for 12 years, and it has only been more than 20 years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, but this drawing has been passed down by Zhao Chong's father for three generations, at least for more than 20 years. In this way, it should be possible to rule out that some people have bad intentions and have the intention of private gathering here?"

"It should be possible." Qin Mubai nodded and smiled.

Li Ke wiped a cold sweat: "Then I can finally feel more relieved. Otherwise... Such a big thing happened in Xiangzhou, I'm really afraid that I can't afford it. However, the dragon gas belongs to my Li family. How can it be absorbed by anyone else? I didn't say anything. Anyway, I have to get out what's under the stone slope! At any cost!"

"It's better to be quiet at the beginning, and don't disturb too many people. It's not too late to report to the Holy Court when the matter comes to light. Qin Mubai said.

"I agree." Li Ke nodded with deep thought, "Now the two of us know about this matter and keep it secret. I'm not interested in looking for any treasure now. In comparison, that little bit of gold and silver jewelry is not worth mentioning compared with my Tang Dynasty. Mu Bai, it's all up to you. I don't understand these things. But when you said that, I remembered to come. The royal mausoleum does have such a customary structure. In this way, that place is very likely to be an imperial mausoleum. No matter what the secret is down there, we must dig it out!"

Qin Mubai nodded, pointed to the edge of the fish basin he had just knocked with his knuckles, and said, "The emperor's mausoleum, sit north to the south. The entrance is also more special than ordinary mausoleums, which are generally heavily guarded to prevent theft tombs. Since the ancestral drawings of the Zhao family allude to this place, I guess it is very likely that this is the entrance.

"No, send troops to plan! I will dig him out for ten days and a half months or even half a year, and I will also dig out the outlet!" Li Ke was resolute.

"Don't dig it. After such a toss, Xiangzhou didn't know it all, and it was spread all over the world? Qin Mubai shook his head and said, "Or don't do it, as soon as you do it; you must take it quickly!"

"What should I do?" Li Ke's face looked embarrassed, "Is it possible to ask God to send a yellow scarf wrestler to break a mountain pass for you like helping Yu Gong?"

"That's not necessary. He is so busy that I'm embarrassed to bother him. Qin Mubai smiled and said, "I do it myself."

"You?" Li Ke was stunned at first, and then smiled again, "The surprise you gave me is enough. Don't joke anymore."

"Haha, believe me, no problem." Qin Mubai laughed.

"What do you want to do?"

"The old rules, it's almost over. I'll give you good news again. How about we eat first? I'm really hungry!"

"Okay, eat it! - Then it's all up to you!"

That night, Qin Mubai slept in the Assassin's House and had a full rest for a full night to refresh him. In the early morning of the next day, he took several local government officials as attendants and came to Xiangyang Port City.

"The general came here early in the morning. What did he buy? If necessary, just tell us these servants. The government officials said.

"It's okay, I'll go out for a stroll. Because the ground is not familiar, I will ask you to guide you. Qin Mubai said casually, "Yes, it's almost the Dragon Boat Festival. Is there a custom of dragon boat racing in Xiangzhou?"

"Yes! Although it's not as lively as Tanzhou Yuluo, it's also quite good. The servant replied.

"The royal palace must have prepared several dragon boats to participate in the competition, right?" Qin Mubai said again.

"There is!" The servatives were excited when they talked about this and laughed, "We are all target players!"

"Target player?"

"It's the dragon boat sailor who paddles. We are used to saying that!" The servists laughed.

"Haha!" Qin Mubai laughed and said, "I heard that rowing a dragon boat is not only a hard job, but also requires skill. First of all, you have to work together. You can't miss the first half of the steps, otherwise it will be chaotic. By the way, firecrackers should be hung on the dragon boat, right? I don't know how about the firecrackers in Xiangzhou?

"Oh, we call it 'firecrackers' here. Every year at the Dragon Boat Festival, a lot of firecrackers are sold." The servists replied.

"Miners? That's right." Qin Mubai grinned and said to himself: Although gunpowder had been invented in the Tang Dynasty, it had not been used in the military. Generally, it was only used to make some fireworks and firecrackers, but they were not very popular. At least Qin Mubai had been in Xiangzhou for so long, and he had not seen any firecrackers or such special stores. Chang'an is common.

Occasionally, the gunpowder of the Tang Dynasty is also used for mountain mining, but it is not very powerful, and the smoke is particularly black, so it is also known as black gunpowder.

The people of the Tang Dynasty can't make high-purity and powerful explosives. Can't Qin Mubai do it? Otherwise, how many years have you studied national defense engineering for nothing?

"I can't make an airplane cannon or glass cement. It's always okay to take time to match explosives." Qin Mubai smiled secretly and said, "Take me to buy some firecrackers. It's the Dragon Boat Festival, and I'm going to join in the fun. If you don't go to the dragon boat as a target, I'll cheer you with firecrackers!"

"Good!" The government officials smiled happily and said, "There are no firecrackers sold in Hong Kong, because they are rarely used, and this thing is also more expensive and ordinary people can't afford it. Most of them only have these things in some official mines to help with mining. Only in solar terms do they make some firecrackers at the same time.

"What are you waiting for? Find a mine!" Qin Mubai ordered.

"Uh?" The servists were surprised and said, "General, it's just a few bunches of firecrackers. Do you need to go to the mine? Just ask the villain to go and pick it up. Wave the whip and pat the horse back, a cup of tea kung fu.

"Then you don't understand." Qin Mubai smiled a little unprecled and said, "Don't talk nonsense, lead the way!"

"Yes!"

The group also rented a carriage and went to an iron mine in the suburbs. The copper and iron of the Tang Dynasty are all strictly controlled materials by the government, and it is also a person like Qin Mubai. Otherwise, will the mine be the place where he can enter?

"General, are you here for something else?" On the way, a sman finally couldn't help asking.

Qin Mubai waved his hand and smiled without saying anything. Naturally, the man did not dare to ask again. Qin Mubai was worried: Of course, there is something important. It is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. If you want to match explosives, there should always be raw materials and tools. It is best to have a few experienced old miners to help, because the "inventor" is rich in theoretical knowledge.

Only the mine is here, and it should be ready!