Chapter 153: The Treasure of Horse Thieves
At this moment, the fire in Loulan City had been extinguished, and white smoke was coming out everywhere, and everything was full of ruins. As soon as Li Hao walked to the city gate, he saw Peng Hai and the five hundred right guards waiting in line. There was still a person kneeling in front of the military formation. It was the second leader of the horse thief, and Ruo Billy.
Li Hao slowly stopped the horses, Peng Hai went forward and saluted, "Sir, except for the two leaders of this horse thief, all other horse thieves will be killed."
"Yes." Li Hao nodded and asked, "Are our goods still there?"
"By the Lord, all the goods are well preserved."
"Okay." Li Hao nodded, "Take me to check the goods quickly."
"Yes!" Peng Hai said that and took Li Hao to the city.
When Li Hao passed by the Right Guard, he bowed to them and said loudly: "Thank you all the soldiers. Let's rest in the city for two days first, guard this horse thief well, and don't make any mistakes!"
"Yes!" The five hundred right guards took the order in unison.
Under Peng Hai's leadership, Li Hao came to a clearing land in the northeast. Hundreds of camels and horses gathered here. Li Hao's goods were still on the camel's back and had not been unloaded yet. Li Hao stepped forward to check and found that except for ten thousand taels of gold, the other goods were there. It seemed that horse thieves were only interested in gold and transferred all the gold, but they did not know that these goods were more important to Li Hao than gold.
Li Hao found the bags containing medicine and took out two larger porcelain bottles from it, one blue and the other white. The blue porcelain bottle was labeled with paper marks: "Anti-External Applicability", and the white porcelain bottle was also labeled with paper marks: "Anti-Organic Applicability."
This is a trauma and anti-inflammatory drug prepared by Li Hao with traditional Chinese medicine. Although the anti-inflammatory effect is not as awesome as Western medicine, it is now in the Tang Dynasty. There is no Western medicine. Only Chinese medicine can be used. Moreover, it is external and domestic, and it is done with two-pronged approaches, and the effect is still very good.
He didn't bring much anti-inflammatory drugs this time. After all, he went to work, and he didn't go to fight with others. However, when he encountered this incident today, he felt a little regretful. It would be better to bring more anti-inflammatory drugs in the future and be prepared for any trouble.
After taking out the anti-inflammatory medicine, he immediately went back to set up a medical account to change the medicine for the injured special forces soldiers. The seriously injured were preferred. These special forces soldiers were Li Hao's treasures, so he was reluctant to let them get into trouble again.
After changing the medicine for the special forces, Li Hao found that the right guards were cleaning up the corpses of horse thieves. The cleaning method was very simple, and they were thrown into the burning flames. Therefore, the city was filled with burning smell. Li Hao was afraid of scaring Qin Su and the others, so he asked the four of them to go to the tent and were not allowed to come out. He also specially sent Captain Flying Eagle and Captain Cheetah to guard.
After changing the medicine for the wounded, he went to Peng Hai again and asked him about the water and food situation. When he mentioned this, Peng Hai immediately grinned and said, "Sir, I almost forgot that the nest of this horse thief is extraordinary. Although it is a desert here, there is no shortage of water and food in the nest of the horse thief. It has extremely rich reserves. Please follow me."
After saying that, he took Li Hao around the city again. After a long time, he came to a dilapidated house in Xicheng District and said, "Sir, there is a mystery hidden in this room."
"Oh?" Li Hao was slightly surprised when he heard this. He looked at the dilapidated house. Although the roof was good, the walls collapsed and air leaked everywhere on the other three sides. Not to mention living people, storage was not enough.
He walked in with curiosity, but saw that the ground was very clean, which was clearly contrasted with the dust on the road outside.
"Huh?" Li Hao felt that this was a bit unusual. Since the house was so dilapidated, it would definitely be uninhabited. There was a lot of wind and sand in the desert. Such a dilapidated house that was uninhabited would accumulate a layer of yellow sand on the ground in just a few days. However, the ground is clean now, and there must be something strange.
He looked down at the ground, walked around, and finally stopped in front of a shabby cabinet.
Peng Hai walked to him and smiled and said, "Sir, I have such a good eye. I found it so quickly. The mystery is under this cabinet."
Li Hao smiled indifferently and pushed open the broken cabinet. He saw that there was nothing strange below, and there was bluestone slabs like other places. He raised his foot and stepped hard, making a muffled sound. The bottom was empty, so he pulled out the Tang sword, stuffed it into the crack of the stone slab, and pried it up, immediately revealing a black hole in the entrance.
"Sir, the torch." Peng Hai handed Li Hao the torch that had been prepared to the long ago, but it had not been lit yet. Li Hao didn't want to show the lighter in front of him. It just so happened that the fire in the city had not been completely extinguished, so he walked out with the torch and found a fire scene to light it, then came back and entered the entrance of the hole.
There is a stone step below the entrance. I turned around the direction halfway and walked down about ten feet deep. It was at the end. Looking around, it turned out to be a huge cellar. A torch could not completely illuminate the cellar. It can be seen how big the cellar is.
Rows of large jars on the left are neatly arranged along the corner of the wall. Red paper is pasted on the jars with the word "wine" written on them. On the right are large water tanks. Each water tank is covered with a lid, and red paper is pasted on the lid, with "water" written on them. Li Hao casually uncovered the covers of the two water tanks and found that it is full of water. There are more than 30 large water tanks here, and there are at least dozens of tons of water in total. If you don't take a bath, it will be enough for these horse thieves to use for several months. These horse thieves are really capable. They have stored so much water in the desert.
Li Hao walked forward with a torch, and piles of sacks appeared in front of him. Each pile was more than one person tall, with a total of ten piles. Each sack was covered with red paper, some with "rice", some with "million", and some with "flour". Needless to think, these bags must be filled with food.
"Okay, really, these horse thieves are really good." Li Hao couldn't help but sigh. He had to admire these horse thieves who had brought so much water and grain in the desert, so how many caravans would have to rob them.
"Sir, there are more exciting things behind you, and you are dazzling." Peng Hai reminded with a smile.
Li Hao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and his eyes were shaking. That must be real money. After he said that, he quickly stepped forward and suddenly found a small pile of garbage like a hill in front of him.
Take a torch and see, this is not a garbage pile. It is clearly a pile of gold and silver, all of which are gold and silver. Li Hao was completely stunned. As a rich man, he had never seen money. The money in his family's money warehouse was higher than that here, but his family piled copper coins, but the pile of gold and silver here were not of the same level. Moreover... it was the first time he saw someone pile real gold and silver like garbage. It was simply... too disrespectful to money.
The gold in this pile of real gold was stolen at first glance. Why? Because it is too complicated, there are gold pots, gold jewelry, gold knives, gold plates, gold cups... This is also the feature of the horse thief's money treasury.
Li Hao was stunned, and Peng Hai asked: "Sir, how to deal with this money?"
Li Hao frowned when he heard this. Peng Hai was sent by the emperor to protect him. Strictly speaking, it was not his own. Since he knew this horse thief treasure house, he would not be able to embezzle him, but he still had to get back the 10,000 taels of gold.
He searched in the pile of gold and silver, and found his own bags of gold. Perhaps because time was too hasty, the bags had not been untied, and Li Hao's 10,000 taels of gold were still intact in the bag.
Li Hao pointed to the gold in the sack and said, "I brought the gold in these bags from my home. There are a total of 10,000 taels. I must get these back. As for the others... let the brothers share them."
"You...what did you say?" Peng Hai was shocked when he heard this, almost thinking that he had heard it wrong, and said in disbelief, "So much gold and silver are all distributed to... the brothers of the Right Guard?"
Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "What does it mean to all be distributed to the Right Guard? Do I have no members of my troops? They are born and die with me this time."
"Yes, yes, yes." Peng Hai replied in a stack of voices, "Sir, I mean, do you want it yourself?"
"Didn't I get back my 10,000 taels of gold?" Li Hao pretended not to understand, and then suddenly realized, "Are you talking about the gold and silver of the horse thief? Alas, am I such a greedy person..."
After hearing this, Peng Hai's expression became very exciting. As he walked with Li Hao, he had basically figured out what Li Hao was. When he suddenly heard him say such fake words, he felt that his IQ had suffered a critical hit of 10,000 points.
Peng Hai simply stopped going around with him and said seriously: "Sir, when you are marching, all the seized materials should be recorded in the dictionary and escorted back to Beijing, and should not be misappropriated privately."
Li Hao glanced at him and said slowly: "Have I misappropriated it privately? I just took back the 10,000 taels of gold I was robbed."
Peng Hai said: "You can get back your 10,000 taels of gold, but if you want to share the remaining gold and silver with the soldiers, it's probably inappropriate."
Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "Isn't it right? I think it's appropriate. First of all, we are not marching outside. You are just escorting me to the post. When we encounter a few thieves robbing the trails on the road, we robbed the thieves. If we robbed a few buns and cakes from the thieves, would we also have to register the document and escort them back to Beijing?"
Peng Hai was stunned when he heard this. Li Hao made some sense. They were just bodyguards, not marching. If they did not abide by the marching rules, it would be reasonable. However, the amount of gold and silver in this pile was too large. If the emperor knew about it, he would not know what the consequences would be. Peng Hai also knew that there must be the emperor's eyeliner in the right guard.
At this time, Li Hao suddenly said, "Besides, if you say you are escorting back to Beijing, who is responsible for escorting you? Or me? There is no one at all, right? The emperor has issued an imperial edict and must arrive in Tingzhou within six months. What is the crime of violating the imperial edict? You should know better than me."
Peng Hai was speechless when he heard this. Yes, he also discovered that they could not give up their men to escort the gold and silver back. Such a large sum of money, at least hundreds of thousands of stakes, would have to have at least more than 300 elite soldiers. The task assigned to him by the emperor was to escort Li Hao. He could not give up his mission because of escorting the money, which would violate the imperial edict. Once Li Hao had any trouble, he would be to blame.
As soon as he thought of this, Peng Hai nodded helplessly: "My lord said it is quite reasonable."
"Then send someone in to move out the gold, silver and jewelry, and divide it." Li Hao said, then turned around and walked out, and Peng Hai followed closely behind.
After the two left the cellar, they went to the camp to inform all the soldiers of the news. Everyone in the Right Guard was very happy when they heard it and thanked Li Hao and Peng Hai in unison.
Then, Li Hao took away Qiruo Billy, and was under the supervision of the special forces, and asked Peng Hai to take two hundred right guards to the cellar to move gold, silver and jewelry, and the others continued to be on duty in the city.
Li Hao took Lu Yun to the front, Captain Flying Eagle and Captain Cheetah were escorting Cheetah behind, and walked to an empty place in the north. Li Hao asked Cheetah to kneel down, and then asked, "Just Billy, right? I'll ask you now, and answer honestly. If you hide something, I will cut off one of your hands. Do you know?"
"Yes, the villain must answer honestly and not hide it." And Billy responded with a panic look on his face, trembling all over.
Li Hao said: "I chased you before, and there was no sound at night. It was pitch black at that time and I couldn't see my five fingers. How did you find us?"
And Billy hurriedly said, "My third brother is Na Luo Sanhei. He is very sensitive to the smell of gold, silver, copper and iron. As long as he smells the smell of iron in the wind, we will guess that you are coming to attack."
"Hmm?" Li Hao raised his eyebrows in surprise, "I'm very sensitive to the smell of metal? Is there such a weird thing?"
"That's true." And Bilinono said repeatedly, "I dare not deceive adults, nor do I dare to deceive adults."
"Okay." Li Hao smacked his lips. The doubts in his heart had been resolved, so he was too lazy to ask anything. He raised his hand and said, "Push him down and leave it to Lu Damao for treatment."
"Lu Damao?" After hearing this name, Billy suddenly thought of Lu Damao whose ears were cut by himself. His face suddenly changed drastically and he crawled on the ground and exclaimed, "Sir, please spare me, please spare me, please! I have something important to tell you, please forgive me."
Li Hao raised his eyebrows: "Important things? What a big deal, I'm not interested in ordinary small things."
Chapter completed!