Chapter 138: Premeditated
"Let's go." After Dong Ce got into the car, he only said one sentence, and then sat in the car and closed his eyes to recuperate.
Zhang Dagui and the others didn't bother, their faces were a little solemn, because what they were going to do next was too bold, if outsiders knew about it, it would definitely be a big crime to exterminate the family!
The four carriages moved forward to Beicheng at full speed, and soon arrived at the place where Dong Ce was ambushed by Cai Yao last time, and when he came here again, Dong Ce still closed his eyes and said nothing, while Cai Yao looked a little embarrassed and cramped.
The carriage continued to travel north without stopping, and when it bypassed the government office, it began to drive two miles eastward, and then stopped at the back door of a large mansion.
Everyone got out of the carriage, and Cai Yao pointed to the third back door in the alley and said, "That's it!" After Cai Yao finished speaking, Zhang Dagui, who didn't need to be instructed, immediately ran over, slowed down when he approached the back door, and waited until he walked to the door and glanced at the seal on the door, then he breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand to signal that it was no problem, and everyone drove the carriage in.
"There's not much time, it's a quick fix." After Dong Ce finished speaking, he walked to the door and looked at the copper lock on it, smiled slightly, took out a thin copper and did not insert it into the keyhole, but extended it through a small hole on the side of the copper lock, and after a few gentle stirrings, the copper lock was opened!
Zhang Dagui and the others were a little surprised to see that the sect leader was so skilled, and secretly wondered if the sect leader often did this lock-picking and stealing business, otherwise how could he be so skilled?
"What about the seal?" Although Zhang Dagui was surprised, he didn't forget to remind.
Dong Ce didn't pay attention to it at all, grabbed the seal and tore it quickly, seeing that several people were shocked again, it was too late to stop it.
"Keep the confetti on the door as clean as possible, and you'll stick them on when you're gone." Dong Ce said, took out a ball of paper from his sleeve and threw it to Zhang Dagui, Zhang Dagui quickly took it, and subconsciously pulled it away and took a look, he couldn't help but be surprised again, although he was illiterate, but the writing and painting in it was almost the same as the one on the seal that was torn just now, the most important thing is that the official seal is exactly the same!
"The sect leader is the sect leader, and he is really well prepared!" Zhang Dagui smacked his tongue, carefully put away the seal, and then began to clean up the confetti on the door and the ground.
When Dong Ce and the others entered the backyard, he glanced at the situation inside, and couldn't help frowning, because all the floor tiles in it had been overturned, and almost every inch of land had been dug up.
"Sect Master Dong, I didn't lie to you, this has already been dug up by the officials, and if there is any silver, they would have found it out." Cai Yao sighed.
"Wait here, don't wander around, don't leave footprints." After Dong Ce finished giving the order, he lit a lantern, stepped on the place with footprints, and entered the backyard alone.
The first thing Dong Ce noticed was the small pond in the backyard, but when he took a closer look, he lost interest, because the lotus leaves originally planted here were pulled out and broken, and the side was full of silt, and the lotus leaves were sparse and dry, and it was a mess in the eyes.
Dong Ce swept his eyes, and walked to a few yellowed trees, first to see if there were any tree holes, and after not, since he didn't give up, he stretched out his hand to knock on the tree, but the voice was dull, it was by no means hollow, and he continued to check in the courtyard.
From the backyard to the front yard, every room was unsightly, but he still went in to find it, focusing on the walls and beams, but it was all right.
"Could it be that Iron Bear has already transferred the silver?" When Dong Ce thought of this, he felt that it was impossible, firstly, a large amount of silver was not easy to move, especially to hide from his subordinates, and secondly, several places where the secret silver coins and weapons were hidden in the Shanhe Society were turned over by the government, and some things were more or less found in the rest of the places, but only here, only some worthless decorations were confiscated.
"Could it be on the roof?" Thinking of this, Dong Ce walked to the patio, glanced at the surrounding eaves, and then came to the pile of stones placed on the side of the patio, this pair of stones is actually a rockery, which should have been placed in the center of the patio before, I don't know who thinks that there may be silver hidden under the rockery, so the rockery is overturned, piled up here, and a big pit is dug under the rockery, but the result is just in vain.
Dong Ce climbed to the top of the stone pile in a few steps, and after glancing at the eaves, he was finally disappointed.
There were many broken tiles on it, and it was obvious that someone had trampled on it, and it would only be a waste of his mood to check it again.
Back at the back door, Dong Ce saw the eager expressions of Zhang Dagui and the others, shrugged his shoulders and said with a wry smile: "There is no problem here, it seems that the batch of silver has already been transferred by Tie Xiong." ”
Zhang Dagui and the others suddenly looked disappointed and withdrew from the back door regretfully.
After Zhang Dagui closed the door and stained the seal according to the traces pasted before, he turned his head to look at Dong Ce and said, "Sect Master, lock it." ”
When Dong Ce heard this, he thought that the lock had been put on his body all the time, so he quickly took it out, wiped it with a silk handkerchief, and then threw it to Zhang Dagui with a silk handkerchief, and was about to say not to leave his own fingerprints, but he saw that Zhang Dagui might not catch it because of the lack of light, but was picked by his fingertips, and the lock suddenly flew out obliquely, and landed on the blue brick ground half a zhang away on the left side of the door, making a clear sound of "bang"!
"Oh, it's all my clumsy hands, it wouldn't be good if I broke it!" Zhang Dagui was sorry, he really wanted to pick it up, but Dong Ce stopped him, and in Zhang Dagui's puzzled gaze, he walked to the copper lock and squatted, and after picking up the copper lock, he let go and let the copper lock fall to the ground again.
There was another "bang", this time, everyone heard it clearly, everyone gathered face to face, and for a while they all seemed to think of somewhere!
Dong Ce smiled slightly, picked up the copper lock and turned to look at Zhang Dagui and the others, and said, "What are you waiting for, copy the guy!" ”
"Ahh Oh! Zhang Dagui and the others were stunned for a moment, and then they all returned to the carriage with great joy, picked up the shovel and pickaxe, gathered over and gently pried open the bluestone brick.
As the stone bricks were pried up, under the muddy light, a small piece of loose soil was exposed below, Zhang Dagui was impatient, stretched out his hand to dig into the soil, and after a while, he turned around with a happy expression, opened his mouth excitedly to everyone, and was about to report the good news, but saw that everyone was learning from Dong Ce, stretched his index finger to his mouth, and exhaled softly: "Shhh!" ”
Zhang Dagui woke up at this time, quickly closed his mouth, and finally said softly: "I touched the box!" ”
Tie Xiong is really a master of art and bold, whoever gets the silver is not hiding it well at home, he is good, he actually hides it at the door, if it weren't for this accident, Dong Ce and the others would definitely miss this batch of silver!
But it is undeniable that the place where the iron bear chooses to hide the silver is very good, it seems not to be hidden, but in fact it is the easiest to ignore, but people are not as good as the sky, first there is a place where he buried the silver is not close enough, and it is loose, and because of this 10,000, it happened to fall on the loose stone bricks of the land below!
Otherwise, as long as the copper lock is slightly offset and falls, then even if Dong Ce wants to break his head, he will never think that there is a treasure underneath, then everything he spent time and effort arranging will be in vain!