Chapter 5: Clues to the Truth

Zhu Hou looked at the starlight above his head and looked at the pile of tombs.

He was in a trance. At this moment, some jackdaws are chirping, and the bell of Hanshan Temple is ringing again.

It's just that the feeling at this moment is different from the feeling when I first came.

When I first came, it was a kind of nostalgia for the ages, melancholy for the passing years, and fascination for wandering in the rivers and lakes. In fact, those who speak extremely quiet and really depressed, smoke and rain, those who say extremely elegant but really embarrassed, drifting, tonight, here, on the side of this ancient Hanshan Temple, outside Gusu City, Zhu Houzhao felt a trace of melancholy.

Especially when you encounter something strange and can't get an answer for a while.

Zhu Houzhao carefully thought about all the clues in his hand, thinking about his purpose of coming to Jiangnan.

The guqin, called the guqin of Luyi, the death of the scholar of the Jiangnan Gongyuan, and the borrowing of the treasure of the Yin soldiers at this moment. Are these things related? If so, what is the thread that links them together?

Zhu Houzhao fell into deep thought.

Mu Lan was also pondering, she was also thinking, who did these things, whether there were any Yin soldiers, whether these were ghosts or people?

After pondering for a long time, "Let's go, my lord, let's go to the treasury!" Mullan said.

"Treasury?" Zhu Hou looked at her.

"Yes, Qiancang! Only the treasury may leave a trail of them! ”

"Yes, they are floating all the way, if this is fake, they can cheat, but in the treasury they have to carry the treasure, so they have to do it!" Zhu Houzhao said.

"Alright, let's go right away!" Zhu Houzhao said.

The money bank, a place with a tall blue brick faΓ§ade, at this moment, the soldiers at those gates are still drowsy.

Mullan walked up to them, but Mullan sniffed it hard, and she found that she smelled a very sweet fragrance.

"Lord, smell it!" Mullan said.

Zhu Houzhao also approached the soldiers and sniffed them with his nose.

"It's sweet, it's like a kind of incense!" Zhu Houzhao said.

"It's a kind of incense, most likely a kind of incense!" Mu Lan said as he looked at the soldiers who were still dazed.

"Let's go, let's look inside!" Mullan said.

They quietly jumped through the open door.

They looked cautiously in all directions, only to see that the corridor inside was tortuous, after several barriers, it should have been guarded by soldiers, at this moment, those soldiers were all faint there, standing, but their eyes were blank, and they felt that their souls had been lost.

Zhu Houzhao and Mu Lan still stepped forward to smell it, and there was still that sweet fragrance on their bodies.

They nodded and moved on.

When they walked to the core of the warehouse, they saw that the door of the warehouse had been opened.

They walked inside gently. It is said that these warehouses, usually only the highest supervisor has a key to open, but at this moment, they are all hidden, after entering one by one, Zhu Houzhao and Mu Lan saw that several boxes containing copper coins had been opened, but basically nothing moved. The chests containing the silver were also opened, and no one moved.

There was only one room with boxes that had been opened, and the boxes in that room were basically empty.

It should be the place where gold ingots and more important jewels are kept.

When Zhu Houzhao carefully inspected the boxes, he saw some clues.

"Mu Lan, come and see!" Mullan was looking at something similar at the moment.

She came right over.

"Look, Mullan, these boxes were originally locked. However, at this moment, the lock has been opened, and you can see that there are obviously some new traces of friction in this keyhole! Zhu Houzhao said.

Mu Lan also looked at it carefully, "Yes, there are traces!" ”

"This shows that those ghosts are boxes opened with keys, not things that pretend to be ghosts in the wind or something!"

Mu Lan seemed to understand all of a sudden.

"yes, the ghost still uses the key, it's weird!"

"My lord, how did you look at this lock so carefully?" Mullan said.

Zhu Houzhao smiled, "I used to have a guard under him, their family tradition is to open the lock, he didn't intend to mention it to me, I asked him to learn a lot of lockpicking knowledge, I can open a lot of locks, but that was when I was twelve years old when I was curious, I asked them to get a lot of various locks for me to open!" ”

"It turns out that the lord is bored in the palace, and he can learn to be a thief, admire and admire!" Mullan smiled.

Zhu Houzhao also smiled.

At this moment, they suddenly heard what seemed to be movement outside, and they looked at each other, and they immediately hid in a hidden place in the corner.

At this moment, some people in black walked in, and it could be seen that there were other people outside looking around. Their sneaky appearance is certainly not an officer or soldier.

At this time, a few people who came in spoke, "Damn, it's strange, the contents of the box here are gone!" A big chubby man said.

"Yes, it's just that there is a lot of money outside, and there is also a lot of silver, but the most valuable ones have been taken away!" Said a slightly thinner man.

"Damn, Turtle Er, do you think this thing is weird? Our Thunderbolt Gang suddenly received the news that we were going to make a fortune, and when we arrived, we saw such a strange thing, you see, those soldiers outside were all confused! The fat one said.

"Boss Bear, yes! I'll look at that letter again! At this time, the second turtle took out a crumpled note from his arms and read, "Tonight's fourth watch, the treasury is wide open, gold and silver treasures, take it with you!" ”

"Boss Bear, it's really weird!" Turtle Lao Er said.

"Don't say it yet, don't care if he's strange or not, hurry up and get some valuable, let's go!"

"Good bear boss, I'll let the brothers take some valuable money right away, and leave!"

They were quick to act, but they were rude, they pried open the chests, and they put a lot of the rest of the silver into big pockets.

"Okay, okay, hurry up, I said Xiaocang, you pretend so much, can you carry it?" The second said to a young man.

"Second brother, you can do it!" Said the young man.

"You kid, you're greedy!" The second laughed.

"Let's go, everybody! Safety first! "The boss is shouting at everyone.

"Good!" The men agreed.

Then they took up their baggage and went out.

Zhu Houzhao and Mu Lan glanced at each other, and they followed.

Zhu Houzhao and Mu Lan followed those people out of the cash bank, those people ran hard in front, Zhu Houzhao and Mu Lan followed in the back, unhurriedly.

However, after a few streets, the gang saw a large group of men and horses waiting for them in front, "These people are sneaky, they are not good people at first glance, take them all!" "The leader of the centaur shouted there.

The eldest and second were shocked at the moment, and they immediately wanted to retreat, but there was no chance.

The officers and soldiers rushed over!

"Brothers, fight!" The gang drew their swords and slaughtered with the officers and soldiers.

It's just that those people don't know why, they are always fighting against officers and soldiers, just a few rounds of fighting, their whole bodies shake, and then the knives of the officers and soldiers are cut down, and the corpses are ambushed on the spot.

Mu Lan frowned, she looked around carefully, and whispered to Zhu Houzhao, "There is a man in black over there, who is hurting those guys who moved the silver!" ”

Zhu Houzhao followed Mu Lan's eyes, and he also saw that a black man was waving his hand there.

Every time he waved his hand, a man in black was killed by the officers and soldiers, and soon, all the corpses of those men in black were scattered on the spot.

Then the pockets of silver on their shoulders fell to the ground and scattered.

"Damn, stealing so much silver, I've never seen it in my life!" The leader said.

"Most of this silver is official silver, everyone has collected it and has to hand it over to the public!" He was shouting.

The officers and men put away their pockets and put them on their shoulders, but a few officers and soldiers also secretly loaded the silver into their own pockets.

They went to the treasury.

At this time, Mu Lan felt that something was wrong in the air, and she whispered, "Lord, have you noticed that the air is wrong!" Zhu Houzhao actually noticed a little, but he didn't react at first.

They all smelled a sweet scent, and then they fell to the ground.