Dugu Ming thought for a moment and said: "Logically, I shouldn't know. Master never told me, nor allowed me to know. Among the seven disciples, only Shi Kun participated in the secret room in Qiaoling. But after the master passed away, Ming Song told
He told me, so I know the existence of the Qiaoling Secret Chamber."
"But something very strange has happened now, which is why I came to see my second uncle today!"
Li Ye then told him what happened when he entered the secret room of Qiaoling and found the imperial edict, took out the jade box and put it on the table, and said: "I went to Lianggong Manufacturing in the morning and confirmed that the jade box containing the imperial edict took a month to make.
, then this imperial edict was put in recently, Second Uncle, now I am confused, and my eyes are full of fog, but you can see clearly, I want to hear your opinion."
"Where's the imperial edict?"
"I didn't bring the imperial edict to my home. The content is that on the first day of the first lunar month next year, I will be crowned King of Liang."
Dugu Ming nodded, "Sure enough, in line with my and your father-in-law's speculations, the emperor made An Lushan, Ge Shuhan and An Sishun king, in fact, it was all to pave the way for you."
"But what I care about now is not the imperial edict, but who put the box in the secret room."
Dugu Ming thought for a while and asked, "Liang Gongzao, can you tell me who customized it?"
"He is a Taoist priest with gray hair and a childish face. He is sixty or seventy years old."
Dugu Ming frowned, "I have never heard of Taoist priests who are sixty or seventy years old. The oldest Taoist priest under Fei Long is Ming Song, and the others are all young eunuchs."
Dugu Ming shook his head, "Feilong has too many secrets, and most of them will not be told to us. Just like the secret room in Qiaoling, I learned about it accidentally, but Gao Xianzhi didn't know about it."
"Second uncle means that Feilong may have another force that is secretly arranging everything."
"This can only be explained, otherwise how could the other party enter the Qiaoling secret room? If it were the emperor, the wealth inside would have been wiped out."
Li Ye pondered for a moment and said: "Now the things in the two secret rooms are mixed together. I feel very strange and dangerous. Second uncle, tell me the truth. Is the emperor going to take action against me?"
Dugu Ming walked a few steps with his hands behind his back: "Gao Xianzhi is your weather vane, and there is also Li Yu, the king of Hanzhong. If the emperor wants to take action, you must be the last one, and you have made great contributions to the country. It is difficult for him to attack you directly. He will definitely
He can help others."
"Second uncle, I need information. If the situation goes bad, I will arrange for my family to leave immediately."
Dugu Ming said slowly: "Don't worry, once there is news from the palace, I will notify you immediately."
Li Ye stood up to say goodbye. He thought for a moment and then asked, "Second uncle has been unwilling to serve as an official. Is it because of Feilong?"
Dugu nodded, "I don't want to be a pawn in the struggle for imperial power. If you can't stay away, then stay silent!"
In the guest hall of Prince Qing's Mansion in Chang'an, Prince Qing Li Cong said slowly to Bian Lingcheng: "My people went to confirm last night. There is indeed a secret room in the Taipingfang house. It is all made of big stones and is very solid. Yours
If he got the wealth, he must have hidden it in that secret room."
Bian Lingcheng thought for a moment and said, "Since the secret room cannot be opened, what can I do?"
Li Cong shook his head, "My men were discovered by the housekeeper last night. I had no choice but to kill the housekeeper. Li Ye went there early this morning. He already felt something and refused to let the Chang'an County government investigate this case. Yesterday he ordered
His subordinates bought dozens of large wooden boxes, and I guessed that he was going to transfer the wealth inside. If I guessed correctly, he would send them to the Northeast Camp in Fengxian County. He had a thousand troops stationed there, and he had a thousand troops stationed there.
Supervisor, this is your last chance. If you want to get your wealth back, you can only intercept it on the road."
Bian Lingcheng said helplessly: "How can I intercept it? I only have a few eunuchs under my command."
Li Cong narrowed his eyes and smiled: "There are many bounty hunters in Chang'an. As long as the price is right, they are willing to work hard for you. You can't say that I will pay for it!"
Bian Lingcheng said anxiously: "But my wealth has been embezzled by that thief, how can I still have money to hire a bounty hunter?"
Li Cong sneered and said: "When I go to Youzhou this time, An Lushan gave you 50,000 yuan. Don't think I don't know."
"this"
Bian Lingcheng hesitated and said, "Okay! But I can only get 10,000 yuan at most."
Li Cong was a little unhappy, "Mr. Bian, if we succeed, it will cost hundreds of thousands of coins!"
"But if it fails, won't the money be wasted?"
'What a miser!'
Li Cong was really annoyed. He knocked on the table and said: "Twenty thousand guan! I can't bear to let the child be a wolf. It's up to you whether you do it or not. Forget it if you don't."
Bian Lingcheng gritted his teeth and said: "Twenty thousand is just twenty thousand, but let me declare first that I will only pay twenty thousand dollars. If someone dies or something happens, it has nothing to do with me!"
Bian Lingcheng left. Li Cong called two of his confidants and said to one of them: "Bian Lingcheng will get 20,000 yuan. You go to him to get the money. After you get the money, find more bounty hunters. The specific target is Yu Hua."
I will tell you, but you have to tell the bounty hunters that Bian Lingcheng paid for them, and don’t mention me, it has nothing to do with me!”
"I understand your humble position!" One of his subordinates hurried away.
Another subordinate was named Yu Hua, who was the warrior leader of King Qing Li Cong. Li Cong said to him: "You lead fifty brothers to ambush aside. Once Li Ye's subordinates fight with the bounty hunters, they raid the box. If you don't want the wealth, you will need it."
We found several imperial edicts, do you understand? The purpose of our going to the secret room is to find those imperial edicts."
Yu Hua nodded, "I understand completely!"
At dusk, five oxcarts came out of Taipingfang. The backs of the oxcarts were tightly covered, and they must have been filled with heavy objects.
Twenty cavalrymen armed with shields and short spears followed on horseback, guarding the ox cart.
The ox cart traveled eastward along Chunming Avenue, exited Chunming Gate, and headed northeast to Fengtian County.
At this time, forty bounty hunters from Chang'an were dispatched. Their target was the box. Each person who grabbed a big box would receive a reward of five hundred coins.
The bounty is high enough, but the risk is also high. The opponent is guarded by twenty cavalry wearing armor, and your life may be lost.
But bounty hunters are just living in front of the God of Death. No one takes the risk seriously. Everyone vaguely guesses that there must be treasure in the box. If they can grab it, everyone can make a fortune.
Since the convoy was heading to Fengxian County, there was no need for them to follow, but to find the most favorable ambush location.
Everyone thought of one place, the Weihe River Bridge. This small bridge is located on the north bank of the Weihe River. Because the bridge was being repaired, only half of it was passable and it was very narrow. Cavalry and oxen-carts could not go side by side. So the oxen-cart or the cavalry had to go first.
At one watch in the night, the oxcart arrived at the small bridge over the Weihe River. Sure enough, the oxcart went first. The driver drove the oxcart slowly, one after another. The thirty cavalrymen could only wait behind, waiting for the oxcart to finish.
Finally, it was their turn.
This is the result of their lack of understanding of the terrain. The cavalry should have gone halfway through first, and then the ox-cart. As a result, the cavalry did not understand the situation, causing the cavalry and the ox-cart to separate.
Sure enough, when the fifth bullock cart had just passed by and the horsemen were about to get on the bridge, the small bridge over the Wei River suddenly collapsed, and the horsemen retreated in shock.
The bounty hunters who were ambushing on the other side of the river rushed towards them with shouts and shouts. The five coachmen were so frightened that they jumped out of the car and ran for their lives.
The bounty hunter ignored them and drove away in an ox cart. On the other side of the river, Zhang Huan sneered and turned around and said: "Launch the rocket!"
Three rockets were launched into the sky. Zhang Huan led his men to rush down the river. The river was already frozen. The cavalry ran across the river, rushed ashore on horseback, and chased them along the official road.
The bounty hunters walked less than a mile and came to a forest. They abandoned the oxcart and took out large boxes from the oxcart. Each of them carried a heavy box and trudged into the woods.
At this moment, countless men in black rushed out of the woods, nearly a hundred of them, wielding knives to kill the bounty hunters.
There was a sudden scream in front of the woods. The dozen bounty hunters at the front were chopped down, and the big box fell to the ground. The man in black slashed open the big box with a knife.
Under the moonlight, everyone was stunned.
Wherever there is any treasure, it is all just stones.
"You've been fooled, withdraw!" Yu Hua shouted.
But it was too late, fifty cavalrymen surrounded and killed them from both sides.