Chapter 555: Official Gold and Silver
Li Tianqi was about to step out of the door, but Mu Yanyuan had already broken in from the outside with a long sword on his back, brought him back to the house, and closed the door mysteriously. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Brother Mu? What's wrong with you? Why is your sword back in your hand? Li Tianqi couldn't help asking.
Mu Yanyuan said: "This White Horse Temple doesn't look as peaceful as it seems, I think it's safer to take a weapon in your hand." ”
Li Tianqi hurriedly asked, "How do you say this?" ”
Mu Yanyuan said: "With my years of experience, there are many ulterior secrets here, there must be something strange in the strange, Han Feng, we can go and take a look......" He suddenly caught a glimpse of the notice that fell to the ground due to the fight, "You...... You know it all? ”
Li Tianqi pretended to be ignorant and asked, "What do you know?" ”
Mu Yanyuan picked up the announcement on the ground, read it out according to the content of the notice by the moonlight, and asked after reading it, "Are you ...... Li Tianqi? The young man by the Taihu Lake back then? ”
Li Tianqi smiled: "What did Brother Mu say? I don't understand it at all. ”
Mu Yanyuan said: "The young man on this notice is called Li Tianqi, and he looks the same as you. ”
"Yes, it's me." Li Tianqi said: "Brother Mu, my name is Li Tianqi, and cold wind is my word. I don't know what this has to do with Taihu Lake. ”
"......I see," Mu Yanyuan said, "You are actually called Li Tianqi?" How can there be such a coincidence in the world? He blinked quickly, polished his eyes to see Li Tianqi's appearance clearly, but asked with some unease: "You are indeed not the ...... by the Taihu Lake."
Li Tianqi shook his head and said, "My name is indeed Li Tianqi, and the others don't know what Brother Mu is referring to." ”
Mu Yanyuan suddenly realized: "Oh...... Looks like I almost misunderstood. ”
"Brother Mu has a gap with him?"
"Not really, it's just that there was something back then...... Maybe he knows some clues...... Hey, let's not talk about it. If this seems to be wrong, how can Brother Li oppose the imperial court? ”
Li Tianqi sighed secretly and said, "That's true, I was wronged. ”
Mu Yanyuan asked again: "Then what are Brother Li's plans?" Isn't it intended to set the record straight? ”
"Of course, this needs to be clarified, so you have to find a big official, right? By the way, Brother Mu still wants to walk with me after he knows the truth? ”
"I'm afraid that you won't succeed, anyway, I'm also an apprentice, so I'll accompany you around, just be distracted."
"Interesting, good. Let's go, then. ”
"Brother Li, don't be busy leaving here, I'll take you to get some entanglement."
"Messing around?" Li Tianqi asked.
"Yes, follow me." Mu Yanyuan cautiously poked his head out, and when he saw that there was no one moving around, he beckoned Li Tianqi to come out, and led him all the way to the back mountain, bypassing the monks who were patrolling the night.
Although the mountain behind the White Horse Temple is high and dense, the moon is bright and the stars are scarce, Li Tianqi has gone up to the mountainside without much effort under the leadership of Mu Yanyuan, and then he saw four monks with ring knives patrolling back and forth at the entrance of a cave.
The six monks sat around the bonfire on one side, eating meat and drinking wine without any hint of cultivation.
A torch was inserted on each side of the cave entrance, and the fire was blazing, illuminating the place beyond the entrance of the cave.
There were two deep ruts in the ground leading to the hole, and it looked like the carts must have been carrying heavy loads.
Li Tianqi observed that the monks had fierce faces, not like people who often burned incense and worshiped the Buddha, and couldn't help but feel strange, and then heard Mu Yanyuan whispering on the side: "I saw a car with darts going in, there must be something strange inside." ”
Li Tianqi asked, "Brother Mu seems to be quite familiar with this place. How do you know that there is silver and gold in it? ”
Mu Yanyuan was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted: "Oh, I've been here before, so I have some impressions." As for gold and silver, listen to those monks who leak secrets when they chat privately. It's heavily guarded, and it can be dangerous to go it alone. ”
In fact, he followed the Hui Wu who ran out of the secret road, after Hui Wu came here, he turned back, and he felt that the atmosphere here was a little tense, and after observing for a while, he found that those monks were not like the monks of the White Horse Temple, and he felt suspicious for a while and stayed in the dark to observe, but he didn't expect to see a dart cart carrying goods into it one after another, and faintly heard what those people said about gold and silver, he estimated that it was silver taels.
Although he was not a greedy man for money, after being expelled from the mountain, he thought very highly of himself, and did not want to send people to sell his labor, so he had no source of income, and his previous savings had been depleted, and his pockets became more and more shy. The news he heard and saw made him judge that the ill-gotten gains hidden in the cave must have been ill-gotten gains, otherwise how could they have been transported here in the middle of the night?
Mu Yanyuan has always prided himself on the right path, and he took some ill-gotten wealth like this, but he felt that he was acting chivalrous and righteous.
He looked at Li Tianqi and said, "Brother Li, they must be ill-gotten gains, what do you think?" ”
Although Li Tianqi didn't know what was hidden in this cave, he could see the posture of the ten monks holding the Ming Huang ring sword, and he also faintly felt that what he said was not completely unreasonable, the White Horse Temple is the first ancient temple in the world, even if the sesame oil money is enough to maintain the daily expenses of the monastery, and it is even more strange to be escorted by the dart team in the middle of the night. Who would send so much silver to the temple?
Li Tianqi asked, "Can you see where the dart game is?" ”
Mu Yanyuan said: "I only know that it is Yaowei Dart Bureau, but I don't know much about where the Dart Game is." ”
"Glory Dart Game?" Li Tianqi's personal face flashed in his mind - Zheng Qihan of Yaowei Dart Bureau.
How could it be him? There seems to be an inextricable connection between the Yaowei Dart Game and the imperial court, more precisely with the crown prince.
Li Tianqi couldn't help but think of the situation when he dealt with him in Yizhou, he didn't care about gold and silver, but after knowing that this was the goods brought by Yaowei Dart Bureau late at night, he suddenly became inexplicably interested.
Mu Yanyuan said: "Brother Li, I'll lure them away, how about you take the opportunity to break into the cave, take some yellow and white things, and hurry out?" ”
Li Tianqi waved his hand and said: "No, I don't know if there are people inside, if they are discovered, they may run away before they even find out the situation, and they will not be completely led away by you." ”
Mu Yanyuan said: "Then let's fight hard, you and I will join forces, and it is estimated that it will not be a problem to deal with dozens of monks." ”
Li Tianqi shook his head and said, "This is even worse." If there is indeed a lot of gold and silver hidden here, it is unlikely that this person alone will be guarding it. Or ......"
Mu Yanyuan was a little anxious and said: "Brother Li, you shook your head and waved your hands again, this is not good, that is not good, we can't let this ill-gotten wealth be wasted in the hands of these bad people." ”
Li Tianqi said: "Brother Mu, you can rest assured, I have a way to go in quietly, you wait outside first, if there is something wrong inside, you have to quickly take me out."
Mu Yanyuan looked puzzled and said, "Brother Li has this ability?" ”
Li Tianqi said: "You can try." ”
Mu Yanyuan gave a thumbs up.
Li Tianqi said: "Brother Mu, don't compliment me first, look at me." ”
He was going to use the Qimen Dunjia method to sneak in and take a look.
Mu Yanyuan hurriedly said: "I'm not complimenting you, I'm asking you to help me get five hundred taels of gold." ”
"Five hundred taels!" Li Tianqi said: "Can you take this?" ”
Mu Yanyuan smiled and said, "You can do it." ”
Li Tianqi shook his head, and immediately used the method of Qimen Dunjia, walked under the ground, and quietly sneaked into the cave.
Sure enough, there is a cave in it, and there are many men wearing strong clothes with swords at their waists, they are obviously not monks, and they look like they have fought the guards before!
Li Tianqi was secretly glad that he didn't act rashly, otherwise he would definitely alarm the people inside.
He quietly hid in a crevice, and found that one of the men did indeed have a fish-shaped waist tag tied around his waist, and the waist tag was carved with tiger stripes and reflected the firelight.
At this moment, Li Tianqi had expected that this group of people was the mysterious Su Ganwei.
Luoyang City actually has a Su Ganwei, which Li Tianqi did not expect.
He maneuvered cautiously, and gradually followed the ruts on the ground to a storehouse, guarded by two strong men.
I think that the batch of gold and silver that Mu Yanyuan said was transported here. Li Tianqi did not hesitate, and once again used the technique of retreat to sneak into the warehouse.
Although it was dark inside, and he couldn't see his five fingers, Li Tianqi could feel the spaciousness inside.
He pulled the fire breaker out of his sleeve pocket and wiped out the fire.
The lights came on, and I saw large heavy wooden boxes everywhere. And it's also labeled in different categories.
Li Tianqi took a closer look and found that all the names on those labels were place names.
Not only Suzhou and Hangzhou are in the column, but also Youzhou, etc., what surprised him was also the benefit of the state.
This inevitably reminded him of the bizarre theft of official silver in Yizhou. Thinking of this, he put the fire fold steadily, and opened one of the boxes labeled with the beneficial state, which was lined with neatly arranged gold ingots.
He opened the gold ingots in the upper row, and sure enough, he found the marks made by the government under the gold ingots, and it seemed that the whole box was full of official silver.
Although Li Tianqi didn't know how the official silver in Yizhou was lost, he thought that all the official silver that was lost was transported here.
As the crown prince who has something to do with Su Ganwei, could it be that he instructed his subordinates to steal the official silver? And what is it for?
As the prince of the East Palace, if he wants to use silver, he can allocate it openly, and he doesn't have to use his subordinates, if he really wants to, there must be ulterior secrets or plans.
Li Tianqi remembered the battle between the crown prince and the king of Wei, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional, and secretly worried about the emperor Li Shimin.
He lifted the fire fold again, and found more famous boxes, and the place was also extremely vast, as if it were more than ten acres wide, and the faint light of the fire fold could not shine at all.
Just as his thoughts were flying, a slender jade hand suddenly reached out from behind him and placed it on his shoulder.
Li Tianqi's whole body suddenly shook, and he was about to use his body to avoid it, but he heard the woman say, "Don't panic, it's me." ”