Jiang Yan also didn't expect that the Lishan bandits would come and go without a trace. It took less than a quarter of an hour from the time of killing to the time they left.
"There is a situation"
The fat tiger was galloping in the mountains, and the speed of Chaimen's donkey was not slow at all. The two of them arrived at the place as soon as possible.
There were only a few corpses on the ground, and everything these people carried with them had been robbed.
"This group of bandits must be nearby, otherwise they wouldn't have escaped from under my nose so quickly," Jiang Yan said.
Zuko looked around and found nothing suspicious, nor any place to hide.
"Are they ghosts? They come and go without a trace," Su Kou said to himself.
"No matter what it is, we have to find them out."
Jiang Gu took out a paper crane from his arms. The paper crane landed on the body to absorb the yin energy, and then flew in another direction.
These murderous bandits also carry the Yin Qi of the deceased. Others cannot trace the Yin Qi. Jiang Gu is indeed an expert.
After following the paper crane for a short distance, the paper crane finally landed on a big rock.
“This should be it”
"Isn't this just a stone?" Zuko asked.
"There should be other secrets"
Jiang Gu circled around the stone, which was about half a man tall, and pushed it with his hand. The stone was easily pushed away, revealing a secret passage behind the stone!
"right here"
The two of them followed the paper crane into the secret passage. This secret passage was deep and wide, and they didn't know where it led.
"No wonder these people come and go without a trace. People from Qingdu have been encircling and suppressing them many times and they can't even find them. It turns out there is a secret passage in this mountain."
Both of them looked at it with some suspicion. The secret passage was not only long, but also criss-crossed the Lishan Mountain to form a huge underground network.
The deeper you go into the secret passage, the larger the space becomes and the more complicated the road becomes. Various secret passages intersect together. If it were not for the person with the yin energy in his body to lead the way, the two of them would easily get lost in the secret passage.
There are many stone chambers on both sides. Where the paper crane followed, the sound of people talking could be faintly heard.
"General manager, if you just want to kill a few people, why don't you ask me to take action personally? I can just send out a few people at will." A big man's voice came from the stone room.
"Today is different from the past. Everything must be done carefully. They need a thousand corpses. How many are there now?"
"There are three hundred"
"There are so few, we need to speed up"
"Manager, there are many strong people in the Baiyang Sect. Why don't they do it themselves if they need corpses to transport Gu?" the big man asked.
"Now they should have nothing to worry about."
"I heard that it was the spiritual officer of the Baiyang Sect who took action. Looking at the entire Yuling Continent, such a person is a top-notch strong man. How can he have too much time to take care of himself?"
"They are making such a fuss in Yunzhou and want to steal the wonders of the ages. They have long made the old guys in Wenfu dissatisfied. In addition to the scribes who are immersed in poetry, calligraphy and painting on the surface, Wenfu also has a group of ruthless people with different identities.
The mysterious swordsman and penman"
"Will that affect us? I mean...will the adults be angry if they know we do this?" The big man was a little worried.
"I will explain to you, sir. There are secret passages in Lishan extending in all directions. We will definitely not be able to defeat you, but no one can stop you if you want to escape.
What's more, the Baiyang Sect has made an offer that we can't refuse. Xiaoyao Gong has lost nearly a thousand years of painting manuscripts. Which painter can resist such a temptation?"
The two secretly eavesdropped outside the stone room. Because they were far away and the sound was intermittent, they couldn't hear it clearly. However, Jiang Yan always felt that the voice was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was for a while.
The Lishan bandits actually colluded with the Baiyang Sect. What made Jiang Yan even more incredible was that he heard someone in the stone room mention something, the manuscript of Xiaoyao Gong's painting book!
Xiaoyao Gong is the second generation master of Wen Mansion, the most powerful man who brought Wen Mansion to its peak. The preciousness of his manuscripts is self-evident.
"It's not appropriate for me to show up. The affairs of the Baiyang Sect should be settled as soon as possible. Keep an eye on these stone chambers. If something goes wrong, I'll want your head!"
This big man was the murderer just now, and he carried the Yin Qi of the deceased. Unexpectedly, Jiang Yan followed the Yin Qi directly to the most secret place in Lishan, and heard such a conversation.
There was slowly no movement in the stone chamber. The man called the manager had left, but Jiang Yan was curious about what was in those stone chambers he mentioned.
After the two of them left, Jiang Yan wanted to sneak into the stone chamber to take a look, but the door of the stone room was thick and equipped with mechanisms. If he forced his way in, it would be easy to alert the snake, but this did not stop Jiang Yan.
After careful inspection, he discovered that there was a tiny, undetectable gap at the door of the stone chamber, and Jiang Gu had a smile on his face.
After feeling Jiang Yan's call, the little paper man in his arms crawled out of his collar, then climbed onto his shoulders and used his arms as a slide, and finally landed on the ground.
The paper man lay on the ground and crawled in through the gap. No door could block a piece of paper.
The scene seen by the paper man can directly appear in Jiang Gan's mind. The stone room is very large, and there are several large shelves inside, filled with various rare and exotic treasures, with different shapes but full of charm.
Plenty of weapons.
There are various calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls. These calligraphy and paintings are all medium-grade at least, good grade, and there are many excellent ones, and they have all been stamped with other people's seals.
In addition to the control of calligraphy and painting by the original owner, if you want to give it to others or be purchased by others, you need to establish a connection between the painting spirit and the new owner of the painting through a seal, so as to control it. This also makes some people who are not scribes
Talented people have scribe skills.
There are nearly a hundred calligraphy and paintings here, which alone are worth more than tens of millions!
"Do the robbers have a hobby of collecting calligraphy and paintings? Do they have such high taste?" Jiang Yan was a little confused.
Due to the limited height of the paper man, I can't see whose seal it is, but there is one painting that Jiang Gu is very familiar with.
"Why is my Sanchuan Longqiu painting here?"
The painting of Sanchuan and Longqiu was painted by Jiang Yan during the Gongsheng Examination in Lin'an City. Later, he was short of money and gave it to Fu Yueming to sell. It is said that it was bought by a wealthy man for a high price of nearly ten thousand taels.
"Lishan's bandits are notorious, how could they go to the Qing capital to buy paintings?"
Jiang Qian directly rejected this idea. The two leaders of Lishan, Fei Lian and Chang Li, were both wanted by the Qingdu Prefecture. How could they dare to enter the city when the reward orders were still posted in the city.
In addition to the Sanchuan Longqiu painting, Jiang Yan also found several porcelain vases, which were obviously written by Su Kou.
"It seems that this Lishan bandit is not as simple as it seems," Su Kou said.
"I always feel that there is some collusion between these Lishan bandits and the people in Qingdu. The manager and the gentleman they mentioned just now must be in Qingdu, secretly collecting these calligraphy and paintings. What is their purpose?" Jiang Gu guessed.
"If they have bad intentions..."
Su Kou woke up the dreamer with a word. If someone in Qingdu is really planning something evil, everything collected in this stone room can be extremely lethal. The painting spirit has a power that is even more terrifying than a sword.