The golden Buddha is more than a foot high, the carving is extremely exquisite, the Buddha statue is solemn, and it is placed in the Buddha shrine.

Maybe no one has come in these days, so the incense has been extinguished, and the incense ash in the incense burner is thick, and it seems that it has not been treated for some time.

King Huainan has been preparing to start an accident in the imperial tomb recently, and he doesn't have time to spend in this Buddhist hall.

Dou Kui took a closer look, but he didn't see anything strange, looked at Qi Ning, and said in a low voice: "Master Hou, is this Golden Buddha weird?" ”

Qi Ning moved closer to the golden Buddha, Dou Kui also approached, and before he understood what was going on, Qi Ning had already said softly: "Lord Dou, it is said that if gold is touched often, it will gradually dim the luster because of the sweat stains on the human texture, is there such a saying?" ”

Dou Kui hurriedly said: "That's true. Knowing that there must be a reason for Qi Ning's words, he took a closer look, and faintly found that the luster on the waist and shoulders of the golden Buddha was indeed much duller than other places, and instantly understood something, Qi Ning looked at his expression, knew that he understood, and chuckled: "Lord Dou, you pick up the golden Buddha and take a look." ”

Dou Kui immediately stepped forward, stretched out his hand and carefully took off the golden Buddha, the golden Buddha was made of pure gold, which was quite heavy, and took it down, and the place where his hand touched it was the waist and shoulder.

"The golden Buddha placed in the Buddha hall is logically speaking, and it is not easy to move." Qi Ning said: "But this golden Buddha has obviously been touched often. ”

Dou Kui nodded and said, "What Master Hou said is extremely true. Put the golden Buddha aside, and get closer to the bronze pedestal where the golden Buddha is placed, the pedestal is in the shape of a lotus, it looks quite old, Qi Ning also took a closer look, the lotus pedestal has a total of six petals, Qi Ning quickly saw that four of the petals have some patina on the edge.

Qi Ning didn't talk nonsense, stretched out his hands, please grab the lotus petals with no patina on the edges of the two petals, twisted slightly, sure enough, the lotus seat was not fixed, with a slight force, the lotus seat was rotated, and then heard a sound from behind, Dou Kui immediately turned to the back, and lost his voice: "Master Hou, you ..... Look......! ”

Qi Ning let go of his hand and quickly turned to the back, only to see a large blue brick on the ground automatically move away, revealing a cave.

Dou Kui lowered his voice and said, "Master Hou, this should be the place where King Huainan hides his treasure." The probe looked inside, only to see that it was dark inside, and he couldn't see anything clearly, so in order to show his loyalty, he said in a low voice: "Master Hou, the lower officials will go down first to see how the situation is." ”

Qi Ning didn't say much, he took a small copper cup to worship the Golden Buddha in the past, walked to the entrance of the cave, threw the copper cup down, and soon heard a crisp sound, Qi Ning said with a smile: "It's not very deep, Lord Dou is here to watch first, don't let people in, I'll go down and see what the situation is." ”

Dou Kui said: "That's fine, Master Hou must be careful." ”

Qi Ning did not hesitate, his body spread, jumped into it, the following was really not very deep, Qi Ning fell lightly to the ground, and when his eyes were slightly adapted, he saw that there was a passage to the left, so he carefully passed along the passage, and then took a fire fold from his body and burned it.

This fire fold is still offered by Qi Feng, and when you go out, you can carry one or two fire folds with you in case of emergency.

Only walked a short way, there was an iron door in front, the iron general put the door, Qi Ning easily cut the iron lock with a cold blade, pushed the door open, there was a secret room inside, and went in with a fire fold, but Qi Ning found that this secret room was neat and luxurious, the ground was paved with animal skins, and the surrounding circle was made of high-quality mahogany antique shelves, and there was a soft couch in the middle, and there was a desk next to the soft couch, and there was an oil lamp on it.

Qi Ning put out the fire, lit the oil lamp, and the secret room suddenly lit up.

As soon as the lights were on, the surroundings were full of brilliance, and the antique shelves were full of valuable antiques, Qi Ning turned around with his hands behind his back, knowing that the antiques in this secret room were the real top quality, and each one seemed to be worth a lot of money, and it was roughly estimated that it added up to no less than forty or fifty pieces.

Qi Ning sighed in his heart, secretly thinking that some people said that the king of Huainan was rich and rivaled the country, which did not seem to be too exaggerated, only the treasures treasured in this secret room, once exchanged for silver, would be an astonishing amount.

Huainan Wangfu was raided, Qi Ning knew that even if these treasures were left here, they could no longer belong to Xiao Shaozong, once they were made public, they could only be returned to the treasury in the end, and what Dou Kui said before was also true, in case Sima Lan's old thing controlled the household, these belongings would become Sima Lan's palms.

The Sima family's power is now very huge, if he has a large amount of silver in his hand, the silver will be enough to make the Sima family's position in the court more stable, so even if the Sima family really takes the household department one day, Qi Ning only hopes that what he gets is a household yamen full of holes, not a gold box full of warehouses.

Thinking of this, Qi Ning knew that these belongings must not enter the storehouse of the household department.

He understands even more that Sima Lan is naturally clear about the situation of Huainan Wang's wealth, that old thing is cunning and cunning, maybe he has already started the idea of these treasures, but there is no reason to mix them on the surface, but he will definitely come up with other ways to get involved, so he must transfer these treasures to the place as soon as possible and completely control them in his own hands. And Longtai ordered himself to come and preside over the raid early in the morning, probably taking this into account.

At this time, he had already understood Longtai's thoughts, and I thought that I was also corrupt by order, and if I honestly handed over these, I would not only be ashamed of myself, but also of the emperor.

Out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a wooden box in the corner of the secret room, which looked inconspicuous, Qi Ning moved over, squatted down, carefully pulled the box out of it, picked it up and put it on the table, only to see that the box was also locked with an iron lock, and it was still cut off with a cold blade.

opened the box, but saw that there were books neatly placed inside, Qi Ning picked up the book on it, opened it to see, but saw that this was an account book, which recorded the property details of the Huainan Palace, Qi Ning flipped through a few pages, in addition to recording the details of the food owned by the King of Huainan, there were also some shops controlled by the King of Huainan behind the scenes.

Qi Ning put down the account book, and took the next one to look through, but there were lines of officials' names and positions written on it, and there were as many as fifty or sixty officials before and after, except for some Beijing officials, many of them were local officials, and behind each official, they also made notes with a brush.

In the first place is Dou Kui, the secretary of the household department, who then shows that it is credible, and Qian Raoshun, the secretary of the criminal department, is also marked as credible.

Qi Ning sighed, secretly thinking that although the King of Huainan has a noble status, compared to Sima Lan's mental skills, it is obviously still a big difference, Qian Raoshun stabbed him at the most critical moment, no wonder it will form a fatal blow to the King of Huainan, the King of Huainan has always regarded Qian Raoshun as a credible person, how can he be wary of Qian Raoshun has already been bought by Sima Lan.

In addition, some officials are marked with a mark to be investigated, and there is also a mark on alert, Qi Ning knows that this is actually the roster of Huainan Wang's henchmen, once this roster falls into the hands of Sima Lan, these people on the roster are afraid that none of them will be able to run, knowing that this roster is very important, he will carry the roster into his arms.

Glimpsing that there was a letter below, he took a copy and glanced at it, there was no signature on it, the letter had already been opened, Qi Ning took out the letterhead inside, opened it and looked at the oil lamp, and soon showed a look of surprise, and then became more and more solemn.

The letter hidden here, Qi Ning didn't read it, he knew that it was not trivial, and when he looked at it carefully, he was shocked in his heart, saying that it was a letter, but rather a letter of allegiance.

Although the other party's name did not appear from beginning to end, and there was no signature, Qi Ning had already guessed who the letter was from.

In addition to showing loyalty, the most important thing about the content of the letter was that the other party had reached a deal with the king of Huainan.

The other party will fully support the king of Huainan to seize the throne, and once the king of Huainan ascends the dragon throne, he will assign all the counties of Xichuan to the other party, so that the other party can establish himself as the king, become a unique country, and become a vassal state of Great Chu.

Li Hongxin!

Qi Ning's expression was cold, and he had confirmed that this letter was from the hand of Li Hongxin, the king of Xichuan Shu, and it could be judged from the paper that this letter had been very long, at least not less than a year, that is, at least a year ago, Li Hongxin had had secret contacts with the king of Huainan and reached a deal.

If it was a year ago, when the first emperor had not died, it seems that when the first emperor was still in power, King Huainan and Li Hongxin had a secret agreement.

Qi Ning can also figure it out, the King of Shu was banned in Chengdu, has been under the strict monitoring of the imperial court, as a person who once called for wind and rain in Xichuan, of course the feeling of the tiger in the cage will not be comfortable, and although the King of Huainan is the blood of Emperor Taizu, not only did he inherit the throne, but also did not have much say in the court, these two people are unambitious people, but they are both ambitious people, and it is not too surprising that they have made deals with each other.

If the king of Shu can set off a storm in Xichuan and find an opportunity to regain military power, the court has the king of Huainan as an internal response, and the two join forces, even if they cannot succeed in the end, it will definitely make the state of Chu suffer an unprecedented heavy blow.

Qi Ning suddenly thought that the occurrence of the Xichuan Heiyan Cave incident may be the secret plot of the King of Shu and the King of Huainan, once the officers and soldiers really slaughtered the Heiyan Cave, it will instantly provoke the rebellion of the 72nd Cave of the Miao Family, once Xichuan is turbulent, Li Hongxin, the king of Shu, will inevitably take the opportunity to erup a flagpole in Xichuan.

It was when the new emperor had just ascended the throne, the situation was not stable, if Li Hongxin took the opportunity to control Xichuan, and there was the king of Huainan as the internal response in the court, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Although King Huainan was counted in the hub by the Sima family this time, what he did was not wronged to end up this time.