When we arrived at the Valley of the Kings, the sky had completely darkened.
The area around Longdu is smooth and smooth, and all the way to the Valley of the Kings is a little rough.
Looking from a distance, this place looks like a dream.
Countless tall temples stand majestic and majestic in the mist.
Even the palaces in the imperial palace are not as tall and magnificent as the temples here.[
More than a hundred emperors finally returned to their destination. The palaces stretched for dozens of miles, just like the Nine Heavens Palace, which is astonishing.
What a spectacular sight.
The Valley of the Kings is surrounded by endless pine forests and woods.
At first glance, it is lush and green.
It's just that this place is an imperial mausoleum, and common people are not allowed to live or farm, so at this time, it looks particularly gloomy.
Walking on the Shinto to the Imperial Mausoleum, on both sides of the Shinto, there are densely packed, tall and ferocious stone beasts, which are also called stone elephants and lifelike stone sculptures.
Most of them are mythical beasts.
Walking a hundred meters further, on both sides of the Shinto, there are stone statues of Weng Zhong, each more than three meters tall, wearing golden armor, holding sharp weapons, showing their might.
Weng Zhongnai was a god in ancient times who hated evil as much as he hated evil and was famous for his thunderous power.
The statues of Weng Zhong built on both sides of the Shinto are the symbol of the imperial tombs of the Dragon Soul Continent.
There are many woods around the mausoleum, so it was hazy at this moment.
Caiwei leaned towards Wenxin in fear and looked around nervously.
Dabao and Zhang Zong were at the end, and they couldn't help but look around at this moment.
At this time, I heard a bright light appearing in the distance on the Shinto.
If you look closely, you can see that they are a group of guards wearing golden armor. They are the forbidden troops guarding the imperial mausoleum.
"Who is in front of you? No one is allowed to enter the forbidden area of the imperial mausoleum. If you go further, you will be shot without mercy."
Immediately, I heard a general shouting from a distance.
"I am Prince Weiyuan, and I have something I want to show to your command room."
Having said this, Liu Xia dismounted from his horse and walked towards the opponent's imperial guards alone.[
At this time, one of the opponent's generals also hurriedly dismounted and walked up to Liu Xia.
"I am here to see Prince Weiyuan, who is a thousand years old."
"No gift."
With that said, Liu Xia took out the token in his hand.
When the general saw the token, he couldn't help but look up at Liu Xia in shock, then clasped his fists and said, "Your Highness, please wait a moment."
Immediately, the general retreated in a hurry, got on his horse, and headed towards the depths of the imperial mausoleum.
Less than a quarter of an hour later, the general turned back, coughed and said, "You guys stand down."
Immediately, the guards behind him retreated one after another.
At this time, the general clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the Tiger Guard has set off. Please come on, Your Majesty."
"Set off?"
Liu Xia couldn't help but be stunned.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the Tiger Guard will follow you all the way. Farewell."
After saying that, the general turned and left.
Liu Xia couldn't help but be curious, what is the origin of this tiger guard who has made it so mysterious?
Later, Liu Xia returned to Dabao.
"Is it done?"
Dabao looked at Liu Xia coming back alone and asked curiously.
"It's done. Let's go."
Immediately, Liu Xia got on his horse and led everyone towards Longdu.
Along the way, Liu Xia looked around, looking for the shadow of the Tiger Guard, but he saw nothing.
The people who followed Liu Xia were also curious. Liu Xia ran to the imperial mausoleum and walked around, but saw nothing and didn't understand what he was doing.
After returning to Longdu, we circled the outer city and went directly to the official road towards the south.[
That batch of goods left seven or eight days ahead of them. If they wanted to stop them at Guanshandu, they would have to work hard to catch up day and night.
That batch of goods was transported by water. When they reached Guanshandu, they entered the water transportation network in the south. They could then change to a larger ship, so they stopped there briefly.
Their time is limited and cannot be delayed.
The group of people traveled non-stop, running for four whole days. Even this superior wind-chasing beast was a little tired.
Fortunately, on the morning of the fifth day, they finally arrived at Guanshan Ferry.
Guanshandu is the gathering point for water transportation from the north to the south and the junction point between the north and the south.
Most of the water transport in the north is gathered here, so Guanshandu is extremely prosperous.
A group of people then entered Guanshan City. This Guanshan City was more spectacular than Weiyang. The endless flow of caravans, shops on both sides of the streets, and the endless flow of pedestrians seemed to be more noisy than Longdu.
Especially Guanshandu Wharf, it is even more crowded with people, ships are coming and going, and the flow is endless, making it majestic and spectacular.
Emperor Yuan Xiao, the last emperor of Daqing, was considered a mediocre king.
During his forty-three years in office, the people of the Daqing Dynasty were in dire straits and mourned everywhere. In the end, the city was destroyed and he committed suicide in the palace.
However, the only good thing this emperor did was to reopen the north-south shipping and build the world-famous Longyuan Grand Canal.
It was also at that time that Guanshan Ferry emerged and became a water conservancy hub for north-south shipping.
Compared with Weiyang, this place seems to lack some cultural heritage, but the five hundred years of ferry culture have also made this place a center for the cultural integration of the north and the south.
Apart from anything else, the snacks here are a fusion of northern and southern styles, which is truly unique in the world.
Dabao was sitting in front of a hawker stall, eating happily.
Everyone had a hearty meal and headed towards Guanshan Post.
When they got there, they saw Liu Liansheng waiting at the door.
Just as he was about to salute, Liu Xia stopped him and said: "We are handling the case incognito, so we don't need these false courtesy. Go in and talk."
Entering the post house, the post house was very lively.
Only officials and kings are eligible to use the Tianji Dynasty's inn.
Therefore, the people who live here are all dignitaries, and you can basically hear southern accents here.
Liu Xia entered the inn, and everyone around him looked at this young man curiously. He was young, but he was leading a group of experts. They couldn't help but guess that he was the young master of that prince's family.
After entering the room, Liu Liansheng said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, that batch of goods will arrive in the afternoon. In order to delay them, my subordinates asked the water transport officials along the way to deliberately set up checkpoints. This delayed their trip for two days. Otherwise, it would really be impossible to stop them.
They are gone."
"I asked why they haven't arrived yet. I was afraid it would be too late."
Liu Xia said that this batch of goods was transported by water, not by the imperial ship. If it was a people's movement, the government would naturally be qualified to conduct an investigation.
"Where are our people?"
Liu Xia asked.
"They have all been arranged at the dock. Once they change ships, we will come out to investigate. If we find that it is the silver, we will keep it."
Liu Liansheng said.
"Well, let's freshen up and then go to the dock and wait."
Liu Xia said.
Immediately, everyone took a bath and changed clothes to wash away the dust of the past few days. After taking a short rest, they headed towards the dock.
Guanshandu Wharf is one of the largest wharves in the north.
When I got there, I couldn't help but be shocked by the myriad of things here.
Although the north has abundant water resources, it is not as comparable as the water towns in the south.
The northern channel is far less wide than the southern channel.
Therefore, the scale of cargo ships in the south is much larger and more majestic than that in the north.
When the goods from the south arrive here, they have to be put on small boats and continue heading north. When the goods from the north arrive here, they are put on big ships and continue heading south.
Therefore, the scale of this wharf was something Liu Xia had never seen in his life.
On the pier, there was a constant flow of people and long queues of vehicles, which was quite a spectacle.
"Your Majesty, that batch of goods is docked at Pier 4. It seems it's almost here."
Liu Liansheng said.
"Walk."
Liu Xia waved his hand and headed towards Pier 4.
At this moment, a large ship from the south was unloading cargo at Pier 4, and it was very busy.
Tong Da dressed up as a porter for them and was helping unload the cargo on the ship.
"Your Majesty, that ship is right there."
Liu Liansheng stretched out his hand and pointed, and Liu Xia saw a northern cargo ship parked behind the two southern ships.
The cargo ship had the mark of Caobang, and the flag of Weiyuan Escort was fluttering in the wind.
The cargo ship has a very deep draft and obviously carries heavy cargo and a large quantity.
The escorts and gangmen on the deck were all waiting to unload the cargo, and they were very leisurely.
After waiting for more than half an hour, the two large ships in front finished unloading and went to the next dock to reload and return to the south.
At this moment, it was finally the cargo ship's turn to unload. The men on the ship stepped impatiently onto the sampan and got off the ship. The escorts got off the ship and stood on both sides, looking around vigilantly.
"Your Majesty, do you want to do something?"
Liu Liansheng said.
"Wait until their goods are all disembarked."
Liu Xia said calmly.
At this moment, Liu Xia saw one meter square wooden boxes being carried down from Caobang's boat. The boxes were so heavy that the sampan under them was slightly bent.
In less than half an hour, boxes were piled up at the pier, densely packed, and Caogang's carriages were already waiting on one side, ready to be loaded and set off.
"Go and search them."
Liu Xia waved slightly, and Liu Liansheng immediately walked towards the dock.
"No movement is allowed. The government is handling the case and conducting routine inspections. Everyone should step aside."
Liu Liansheng immediately shouted loudly, and the disguised Imperial Guards around him immediately took control of the goods. Tong Dawei took off his outer clothes, revealing the Imperial Guards Huang Feiyu uniform, and the people in Caogang retreated one after another.
The Feiyu suit is a type of official uniform. As mentioned before, only the guards in the palace are eligible to wear it.
Generally speaking, if you see people wearing Feiyu uniforms outside, they are probably from the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Caobang thought it was the Metropolitan Procuratorate and dared to say anything there, so they hurriedly got out of the way.
Even the escorts from the Weiyuan Escort Agency hid away one after another.
It seems that the name of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is really not covered.
Liu Xia, Caiwei and others hurriedly arrived at the pier.
At this moment, two Jinyi guards carried a large box and placed it in front of Liu Xia. They immediately broke the seal with a waist knife. In an instant, everyone around him couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
The box was filled with neat, white money.
One ingot of silver is about the size of one hundred taels of gold ingot. There are at least three to five hundred in such a box.
One box is thirty thousand taels.
"Look at the others."
Liu Xia said.
Immediately, other boxes were opened one after another.
As a result, with one exception, everything was silver. In addition to silver, there were also some rare gems. The cargo of this ship was at least fifteen million taels.
This is still an astronomical figure.
At this time, Liu Xia gave Liu Liansheng a wink.
Liu Liansheng immediately said: "This batch of goods is suspected of being illegal. Where are all your shopkeepers?"
At this time, one of the leaders of the Cao Gang suddenly fell to the ground with a thud, twitched all over, and then died.
The remaining guys were all dumbfounded when they saw it. Even the escorts were all Six God Masters.
Which show is being staged in this blue sky and white sun?