Although Dong Yuan has no real power, he is a smart man.
When Qin Xiao said something to the sixth degree, he had completely understood it.
The more things you give yourself at this time, the more beneficial it will be to you.
As long as he does his best in the following matters and does everything to satisfy Qin Xiao, not to mention that he no longer has to worry about his own safety, I am afraid that he will really have a place under the banner of the new king of Northeast China.
"General, the counties that raised flags to resist the Liaodong Army before were all loyal ministers loyal to the imperial court." Dong Yuan said cautiously: "Do you want the Protectorate to issue a commendation order to commend their loyalty?"
Qin Xiao thought to himself that this idea was a good one, and nodded with a smile: "Master Protector has considered it carefully. If it can be done like this, it will be the best."
"General Yingming." Dong Yuan had completely relaxed at this time and said: "In fact, although many officials in Liaodong counties have some connections with the Liaodong Army, in this land of Northeast China, no one in the officialdom of the army can
I dare not say that he has nothing to do with the Liaodong Army. The general has a broad mind, set up an internment camp, and forgives the Liaodong soldiers. This move is really admirable."
Qin Xiao immediately understood what Dong Yuan meant and asked: "Master Protector, do you mean to forgive many officials in Liaodong?"
"It's up to the general to decide." Seeing Qin Xiao's calm expression, Dong Yuan thought to himself that although the general was young, he seemed to be quite strong in the city. He couldn't see through the general's thoughts at all, so he cautiously said: "Actually,
Many officials in Liaodong are still very talented. If the general can forgive them, they will definitely be grateful and redouble their loyalty to the general, and the situation in Liaodong will quickly stabilize."
Qin Xiao nodded and said: "What the Lord Protector said makes sense. As long as you are loyal to the imperial court and have talents, people will naturally make the best use of their talents. For example, many officials in Liaodong counties can actively cooperate with the imperial court to suppress the rebels. This shows that they
They are also able to distinguish right from wrong, so these officials will naturally be greatly rewarded, and they will be able to continue to serve the court in the future."
Dong Yuan was about to speak when he suddenly heard a voice coming from outside the door: "Report, General, Lieutenant Lu ordered me to come and report."
Qin Xiao stood up and walked over. A soldier appeared outside the door. He came close to Qin Xiao and whispered a few words. Qin Xiao nodded slightly, turned around and smiled at Dong Yuan: "Master Protector, do you have time to follow me now?"
Shall I go somewhere?"
Dong Yuan said hurriedly: "There is time, there is time!"
He was very sensible and did not ask where he was going. Anyway, since Qin Xiao proposed it, he would not dare to refuse even if he went to the ends of the earth.
After leaving the Duhu Mansion, Qin Xiao rode a horse. Dong Yuan usually took a carriage when going out, but at this time he naturally did not dare to be particular and could only follow on horseback. The group of cavalry who came with Qin Xiao followed behind.
The sergeant who came to report led the way.
The group of people walked along the long street, and they did not walk for too long before they stopped in front of a large mansion. Dong Yuan naturally knew that this was the mansion of General Anton.
General Anton's Mansion and the Protectorate's Mansion are on the same street, so they are not far apart. After all, Wang Xingchao has any decrees that need to be promulgated by the Protectorate Mansion, so this will be more convenient.
Dong Yuan saw that the general had already been surrounded by Long Rui's army, with three steps and one post and ten steps.
This is a matter of course.
After Long Ruijun entered the city, the first thing he controlled was naturally the General's Mansion, and since Wang Xingchao disappeared on the battlefield, Long Ruijun would definitely search for the General's Mansion quickly.
The General's Mansion is much larger than the Protectorate's Mansion, covering an area of
It is large and has many courtyards.
Qin Xiao and Dong Yuan entered the General's Mansion. Lu Xiaolou was already waiting in the courtyard. When he saw Qin Xiao entering the Mansion, he immediately came up to greet him and said, "General!"
In this attack on Liaoyang, Long Rui's army was exhausted, so Lu Xiaolou naturally joined the battle with the army.
After entering the city last night, Lu Xiaolou was ordered to lead his troops to the General's Mansion immediately and quickly take control of the General's Mansion.
"This is the Protector!"
Lu Xiaolou glanced at Dong Yuan, cupped his hands and said, "I've met Lord Protector!"
Although Lu Xiaolou was only a school captain, Dong Yuan did not dare to lose his courtesy and returned the courtesy immediately.
He knew that although the arrogant soldiers under Qin Xiao were in awe of Qin Xiao, these people would not take him, the Protector, seriously.
"How's it going?"
"Since last night, we have carefully searched the general's mansion. Wang Xingchao is not in the mansion." Lu Xiaolou reported: "His family members have been imprisoned in the side courtyard and are under guard."
Qin Xiao nodded slightly and asked in a low voice: "I heard that you discovered the basement?"
"Yes." Lu Xiaolou said: "General, please come down with your subordinates!"
Qin Xiaoxiao smiled at Dong Yuan and said, "Master Protector, there is a basement in this general's mansion. Let's go and take a look."
Dong Yuan quickly raised his hand and said yes.
The two of them followed Lu Xiaolou through the courtyard and came to a courtyard. Soldiers were arranged around the courtyard to guard it. As they walked, Lu Xiaolou said: "This is Wang Xingchao's study. My subordinates searched for some letters in the study and sorted them out."
Pack it up and present it to the general. In addition, my subordinates personally inspected it and discovered a tunnel entrance."
Lu Xiaolou was once an assassin who used money to do things for others. He was very familiar with the many ways in the world, especially the secrets hidden in some mansions. As an assassin, Lu Xiaolou knew this better than anyone else.
Entering the study room, Lu Xiaolou touched the mechanism and saw only a row of bookshelves against the wall in the corner, but they slowly turned over to reveal an entrance.
Lu Xiaolou picked up the oil lamp that had been prepared on the table and walked into the entrance first. Qin Xiao followed. Dong Yuan hesitated for a while and followed.
Go down the stone steps to the end, and there is a narrow passage in front of you. Less than ten steps along the passage, an iron gate blocks the way.
The iron door was locked, but Lu Xiaolou tapped on the wall three times skillfully. Hearing a "click" sound, a place on the stone wall sank. Lu Xiaolou stretched out two fingers and took out a handful.
key.
Dong Yuan followed behind, but he could see clearly.
Whether it is the tunnel mechanism or the key on the stone wall, it is actually extremely concealed, but Lu Xiaolou is like a master, easily cracking it. The Lord Protector saw it in his eyes, and was amazed in his heart. At this time, he also understood that this
General Qin really has many talented people under his command.
The iron door opened, and Lu Xiaolou turned around and said: "General, wait a moment!" He went in first, and soon the lights came on in the room, and then he heard Lu Xiaolou say: "That's it!"
Qin Xiao and Dong Yuan walked in one after another and glanced at each other. Not only did Dong Yuan open his mouth, but Qin Xiao was also shocked.
Although the passage outside is narrow, the inside is extremely spacious, at least as big as two or three main halls of the general's mansion.
Lu Xiaolou has already lit up several oil lamps on the surrounding stone walls. Even so, the inside is too wide, and with several oil lamps lit, the inside still looks a bit dim.
But Qin Xiao has already seen that in this stone room, there are hundreds of neatly stacked
Only box.
Most of the boxes have been locked, but there are five or six boxes placed in the middle of the stone room. It was obvious that Lu Xiaolou had brought people to move them here before, and the copper locks on the boxes had been pried open. Lu Xiaolou quickly opened the boxes of several boxes.
Lift the lid.
In three of the boxes, gold ingots were neatly arranged, while in other boxes, some contained silver ingots and some were antique calligraphy and paintings.
The contents of these five or six boxes alone are shocking, not to mention that there are hundreds of boxes like this.
If all the boxes contained gold, silver, treasures, antique calligraphy and paintings, then the wealth of this stone room would be in the millions at least.
"Does the Protector know that there is such a basement in the General's Mansion?" Qin Xiao turned around and glanced at Dong Yuan, who was stunned.
Dong Yuan finally came back to his senses and shook his head with a look of disbelief: "I don't know, I really don't know. General, I really didn't expect that Wang Xingchao would be so corrupt. I'm afraid no one could have imagined that he would actually gather
So much wealth.”
Qin Xiao walked over slowly, picked up a gold ingot, weighed it in his hand, then put it back, and then took it from another box.
He picked up a treasure and asked: "Master Protector, do you recognize this treasure?"
Dong Yuan came forward, took one look at it, and said in surprise: "This should be the Great Jade Ge. The record was handed down from the Shang Dynasty. It is extremely valuable, but no one knows its whereabouts, but they don't want it to be collected by Wang Xingchao."
"How much silver is this treasure worth?"
"A priceless treasure." Dong Yuan sighed with emotion: "It can't be measured by money. If you have to give a price, I'm afraid I can't buy it for two to three hundred thousand taels of silver." He looked around and saw something else in the box, and said in horror.
: "This is an anchovy stone ax jar, and it actually fell into the hands of Wang Xingchao."
"how to say?"
"General, this ancient object is more valuable than the big jade sword." Dong Yuan couldn't help but stretched out his hand and touched it gently, and said excitedly: "I never thought that I would see such a treasure in my lifetime."
Lu Xiaolou looked around and said: "Master Protector, if you open all these boxes, I'm afraid there will be many treasures and antiques inside that you can't even imagine." He picked up a calligraphy and painting, opened it carefully, and asked
: "What is this again?"
"This is Hu Lintuo." Dong Yuan walked over and was well-informed as expected. He looked at it carefully and said immediately: "This is also a priceless calligraphy and painting. I heard that it was collected by the prime minister of the previous dynasty. Later, it was collected by the prime minister of the previous dynasty.
The prime minister committed a crime and his house was confiscated, and Hu Lintuo was brought into the palace and became a treasure in the royal archives. After the fall of the previous dynasty, Hu Lintuo's whereabouts were unknown. For two hundred years since the founding of our dynasty, the literati only knew his name but no trace of him. General, you
Look, there is the seal of the former prime minister Xu Zhuo underneath, he should have stamped it when he was collecting it."
Qin Xiao put one hand behind his back and said: "This Wang Xingchao is really capable. He actually collected so many treasures." He also looked around and said with emotion: "This is all the wealth of the people."
"Wang Xingchao has been in the position of general for more than 20 years. The Liaodong Army became greedy. Many of those generals fawned over him and had some good treasures. In order to please him, they all dedicated them to him as a filial piety." Dong Yuan sighed.
Said: "Behind each of these treasures, I'm afraid there is a story. Wang Xingchao appeared to be honest in front of others, but behind the scenes he was corrupted by everyone. If the general had not led the army to attack and wiped out this gang of rebels, who would
To imagine that there is such a huge amount of treasures and wealth hidden in the basement of the General's Mansion, it's like a treasure house."