Ji Qingwen held these eighteen priceless black gems in both hands, and said with a smile in his heart: "I didn't expect Xu Chunchao to be an honest man, there is really a treasure in Baiyun Temple, and he didn't let me run for nothing." Even if these gems are three thousand taels of silver, they can be exchanged for tens of thousands of taels of silver, which can be regarded as allowing the emperor to support a little for a while. ”

Li Yan shook his head and said: "Brother Ji, it is really a drop in the bucket to reward the three armies with these tens of thousands of taels of silver, besides, it is not a peaceful time, the rich merchants in the city are hoarding grain and silver, I am afraid that no one is willing to spend a lot of money to buy these things outside the body!" ”

Ji Qingwen listened to his words, and his expression that had just relaxed became solemn again.

"Mr. Li, I don't think it's that simple." Li Yuanyin answered on the side.

"Oh? What do you mean by that? He also asked Commander Li to give advice. "Li Yan is an authentic Confucian scholar, and he is lukewarm to Li Yan, who was born as a spy, so this sentence is also a bit yin and yang.

Li Yuanyin may be despised because of his identity, so he is not small, but he didn't hear Li Yan's words, and continued along his own train of thought: "Your Excellency, you might as well ......connect Wei Zhongxian, Xu Chunchao, Baiyun Temple, and the statue of the gods."

So Li Yuanyin gave full play to his expertise in solving the case and began to analyze these statues.

First of all, Xu Chunchao is Wei Zhongxian's henchman, and according to the clues obtained by Xu Chunchao, the nine statues found here in Baiyun Temple all the way are made and carved according to Wei Zhongxian's face.

According to Xu Chunchao, Wei Zhongxian's treasure should have been buried under the Baiyun Temple. Looking at the backyard of the Baiyun Temple, there are indeed traces of soil turning, and the dust and soil accumulated on these statues do look like they have just been dug out of the soil.

Therefore, it can be basically concluded that these nine statues should be the treasures left by Wei Zhongxian during his lifetime.

And with Wei Zhongxian's status, the money he has scavenged in his life is definitely more than more than 50,000 taels of silver worth of these eighteen "black gem" eyeballs.

If the only valuable part of these nine statues is these few eyeballs, then just dig up the earth to the part of the head, dig out the eyeballs and bury them again, and you can't carry all nine statues out of the ground with such fanfare!

"So, the value of these nine statues should be far more than the money of these eyeballs?" When Ji Qingwen asked this question, he already had the answer in his heart.

"That's right." Li Yuanyin said categorically, "And since these statues have been excavated, it means that someone has already known about this matter, but now there are Manchurian Tartars outside the city, and it is difficult to transport these heavy statues away." ”

When Ji Qingwen heard this, he immediately said: "Okay! Since these statues are to be taken by others, I can't let them get their wishes, whether they have value or not. Commander Li, please take a trip, ask Chen Wenzhao to greet the brothers of the whole army, and now enter Baiyun Temple. Do it now! ”

Li Yuanyin agreed, turned around and walked outside the Baiyun Temple.

Ji Qingwen suddenly stopped him again and instructed, "Command Li." If there is really Wei Zhongxian's treasure here, it can solve the urgent needs of the emperor and the imperial court; If not, it can't be a storm in the city. I won't say anything else, Commander Li, please cherish it! ”

Li Yuanyin listened, nodded with a serious face, arched his hand towards Ji Qingwen again, and then turned around and walked out again.

Li Yan, who was on the side, saw Li Yuanyin leave, but asked: "Brother Ji, the so-called 'one servant does not serve two masters', can you really trust this Li Yuanyin?" ”

Ji Qingwen breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "I have never regarded him as a 'servant'. Of course, his relationship with me is not a confidant and friend relationship like you and me, but more like a ...... A relationship that takes advantage of each other...... This Li Yuanyin is not bad in his heart, and he is a smart person, as long as I gain power for a day, he will help me for a day......"

However, when the time came, Li Yuanyin had already led Chen Wenzhao, gathered all 500 elite soldiers and carried heavy grain and grass, and rushed to Baiyun Temple.

Ji Qingwen specially asked Li Yuanyin: "This time, I didn't tell Luo Yangxing about the matter first, right?" ”

Li Yuanyin first shook his head and denied it, but added: "Now that martial law is imposed inside and outside the capital, I don't know how many Jinyiwei, East Factory, and West Factory are probes. Lord Ji has such a big action, even if the last general does not report to Commander Luo, Shangfeng will know sooner or later. ”

These words gave Li Yan a wake-up call, and said to Ji Qingwen: "Brother Ji, now there are heavy defenses in Baiyun Temple, and I am not afraid that the little people will come and harass you." But after all, this is the general mountain of Taoism in the world, and I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at it in the world. But fortunately, Lord Xu Guangqi, who was the attendant of the Ministry of Rites, was a close friend of Brother Li, and it should be okay for the Lord to say hello to him and let the household department issue a ticket. ”

So Ji Qingwen asked Li Yan to write a post on the spot, signed and signed it himself, and asked Xiao Duozi to go and send it to Xu Guangqi, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

He also asked Chen Wenzhao to divide his 500 soldiers into three teams - one team guarded the entrances and exits of Baiyun Temple and the four walls; A team is cooking in a pot in the middle of the view; The other team gathered in front of the warehouse and carried out all the nine statues of Wei Zhongxian in the warehouse.

These statues were indeed heavy and heavy, and it took a lot of effort for more than a hundred brave and strong elite soldiers to carry these statues outside the house.

There was plenty of light outside the storeroom, and things were much easier.

So Ji Qingwen started with the statue that was "beheaded" by himself, and sent soldiers to completely disassemble it.

As expected, although the outer shell of this statue of Wei Zhongxian is carved from wood, the belly is full of gold and silver treasures - not to mention all kinds of pearls, gemstones, coral beads, there are a thousand gold bars weighing 20 taels alone, and even the base of the statue is made of pure gold.

In this way, the gold hidden in this statue alone weighs 30,000 taels.

(To explain, a person's volume is about 60 liters, and 1 liter of gold weighs 19,260 grams, which is about 500 taels.) Therefore, the volume of gold in one person weighs about 30,000 taels. Perfect. ）

30,000 taels is 3,000 catties, no wonder with Huang Degong's divine power, there is no way to move this statue with the strength of one person alone.

Immediately afterwards, Ji Qingwen asked his soldiers to dismantle the remaining eight statues, sort out the gold, pearls and various gems and other things in different categories, and pile up three hills: large, medium and small.

Looking at this golden mountain and treasure mountain, Ji Qingwen's heart suddenly blossomed with joy - you must know that one tael of gold is worth ten taels of silver, and the two hundred and seventy thousand taels of gold in front of him are worth two million and seven hundred thousand taels of silver, which is enough to be worth a year's income from the treasury!

As for the other two piles of pearls and gemstones, although it is not known how much they are worth, they are not necessarily cheaper than this pile of gold.

So Ji Qingwen thought about it, and thought: Lao Tzu led thousands of miles into Beijing, was frightened and frightened, and the whereabouts of the military salary of 100,000 taels of silver brought from Suzhou were unknown, and he was almost beaten by a group of court civil and military officers, so he couldn't just go back empty-handed - fortunately, the weight of pearls and gems was not heavy, so he simply hid in that chariot, and after driving away Huang Taiji, he calmly transported back to Jiangnan.

Therefore, Ji Qingwen ordered his sergeants to hide the pearls and gems, and specially mentioned Li Yuanyin: These things are in their own hands, and they will definitely not treat Li Yuanyin badly; And if Luo Yangxing knew about it, Luo Yangxing might not be as generous as himself, and maybe he would kill people and kill Li Yuanyin.

Li Yuanyin thought about it left and right, and still felt that in this troubled world, it was always a good thing to take more silver and money, so he nodded and agreed, and swore a poisonous oath according to Ji Qingwen's meaning.

Ji Qingwen was a little relieved, and then said to Li Yan again: "Brother Li, give these gold to the emperor, the emperor has money in his hands, and he can naturally reward the defenders inside and outside the city, and the army has been rewarded, and naturally the morale is high, and the chances of winning this battle have also greatly increased......"

Li Yan didn't get happy at all when he heard this, and frowned and said, "Brother Ji, I'm afraid things are not that simple......"

"Huh?" Ji Qingwen asked, "How can I say this, I have money in my hand, can there be anything difficult in the world?" ”