Chapter Twenty-Four: Salen's Treasure
"King, we have found it."
After more than an hour of searching, the city guards finally found the hidden entrance to the secret room. Because the kobold military master himself didn't know the specific location of the secret room, he only discovered the secret of Salen's hiding by chance, so he could only roughly guess the location of the secret room, and the specific details still needed to be done by the city guards themselves.
Salen's chamber was just behind the walls of his room, a chamber of about fifteen square meters.
"Hey!"
"Hey!"
"Hey-boom!!"
The city guards smashed the walls with axes they found in the walled city, and after using their swords to remove the rocks, a musty and heavy turbidity suddenly blew out of the secret room.
Tianxiang immediately frowned and ordered everyone to leave this room!
This gas is a kind of poisonous gas, if you breathe for a long time, it is very likely to cause chaos in the human nervous system, although Tianxiang does not care about the lives of those bandits, but the city guards must be careful to protect it.
After about ten minutes, Tianxiang led several city guards into the secret room.
"The seven of you are stationed nearby, and you go and take care of the girl, don't let her mess around."
After Tianxiang ordered one of the city guards to take care of the girl, the other city guards also went to the outside of the room to stand guard.
Boom!
Holding a lit torch, Tianxiang led the three city guards down the steps to the secret chamber.
Looking left and right, several city guards each held a torch to light the torches on the nearby wall. Then, the room in the entire chamber suddenly brightened, and the orange light illuminated the whole room, and the fire-colored light made the cold chamber seem to become warm.
The chamber was filled with a large number of gold and silver treasures, including four large chests of gold and silver coins, as well as several weapons and a dozen crossbows.
Most of these treasures were plundered by Saren and hidden here, and ten years of treasure can be described as a very rich treasure. As a rough estimate, there were at least 4,000 gold coins and 6,000 coins, as well as a small box of jewels and precious stones, as well as some moldy and rusty weapons.
"Gollum." A city guard stared dumbfounded at the golden treasure in front of him, it was the first time he had seen such gold and silver treasures when he was so big.
In fact, it was not only him, but several other city guards also looked straight at their eyes, and they turned their heads with difficulty, looking at their king with excitement on their faces. However, Tianxiang only nodded slightly, and his eyelids did not tremble, which made the city guards who were still looking forward to seeing Wang's surprised appearance very disappointed, and they suddenly lost interest in the gold, silver and jewelry in front of them.
Tianxiang looked left and right, and suddenly saw a table in the middle of the jewelry, and a canvas was placed on the table.
Walking over, Tianxiang picked up the canvas and looked at it carefully for a while, and found that this canvas was very vividly depicted of a beautiful girl. Judging by the cleanliness of the canvas and the humidity of the canvas, it can be seen that the owner must have cherished the painting.
“…… I see, are you the culprit who caused the May tragedy in my Puren King's City? Hmph, it's really a disaster since ancient times, and your power can even affect me sixteen years later, it's really powerful. ”
With that, Tianxiang carefully put the painting back in its place.
"Also, pluck off your father's skin and then divide his five horses...... I'm so sorry. ”
The moment he turned around, Tianxiang's gaze became extremely cold for a moment. Even if he said sorry words, judging from the content of his words, he really didn't feel even a little sorry. And it's more like some kind of resentment venting than an apology.
"King! This way! We found something very interesting! ”
Tianxiang walked in the direction pointed by the city guards, bypassed the back of the treasure house, and found a hidden back door.
Inside the door, three city guards were standing in various positions around a hanger-like thing.
"What is this?"
When Tianxiang walked through the door, he was surprised to find an unusually new suit of armor on top of the hanger-like coat hanger. However, it was not the armor itself, but the style of the armor that was the style of a general in the late Roman Empire, and everyone was shocked that there was such a new set of Roman general armor in an era hundreds of years after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
Walking forward, Tianxiang lightly touched the armor with his fingers, and the place where he touched it felt extremely smooth, this is a treasure armor that only a master craftsman can create.
"Huh? No, this is not a work of the Western Roman era, and even the craftsmanship of the Western Romans, no matter how vulgar, could not have remained so intact after hundreds of years of exposure to the wind and sun. Tianxiang thought with a frown.
And at this moment, Tianxiang suddenly saw a strip of cloth in the inner lining of this armor.
The strip of cloth reads "Boromis. Court Craftsman of the Eastern Roman Empire - 1182 A.D. ”
It turned out that this armor was given to a certain clan in Rome by the craftsmen of the Eastern Roman court, but it was unexpectedly intercepted by the troops of the bandit Salen, who was still roaming the Italian area at the time. And it was not only this general's armor that was intercepted, but also a whole detachment of twelve pieces of complete equipment of the Roman Praetorian Guard!
Looking at the Roman armor that filled the room, these extravagant and ornate Praetorian Guard armor were like big targets, and as long as they appeared anywhere on this island, I am afraid that they would cause a big political earthquake. At that time, I'm afraid everyone will speculate whether the person who appeared here in these armors would be the outpost detachment of the Eastern Roman Empire? Was it a signal that the Eastern Roman Empire was trying to conquer all of Europe again?
So it's no wonder that Saren didn't dare to let his men wear these powerful and extraordinarily gorgeous armors, because these things are simply a target for hatred! Whoever puts it on must be ready to face the full vigilance of all the countries of Western Europe at any time!
"Put on this armor, king. Although the king may have other concerns, it is time to prioritize the king's safety. At the very least, wearing this armor can greatly improve the safety of the king. ”
Tianxiang glanced at the city guard who had persuaded him, he lowered his head and thought about it carefully, then nodded.
Later, with the help of several subordinates, Tianxiang put on this exquisite and gorgeous imperial court aristocratic armor, smooth and bright iron armor, lion's head shoulder pads installed on both shoulders, and the double-headed eagle logo of the Roman Empire on the chest.
However, after putting on this armor, Tianxiang found a loose cloak and draped it on his body, so that it was impossible to see what he was wearing from the outside world. And although it is said to be May now, after all, the air in the British Isles has always been mostly cloudy and rainy, so the weather has always been wet and cold, so you don't have to worry about wearing too much to faint.
After Tianxiang ordered the soldiers to collect all the wealth here, together with the treasure left by Edward, the city of Pleon now has a batch of funds sufficient to complete the construction from the early stage to the later stage, from economic construction to agricultural development, and to strengthen the army.
However, it is obviously not wise to go straight to the road with so many treasures.
Tianxiang ordered one of the city guards to return to the city immediately, and Jeanni and the rest of the troops immediately arrived to bring all the treasures in the chamber back to the city. And he himself, with some gold coins, continued to lead the troops to Yorkshire.
"Go ahead, remember not to be followed halfway."
"Yes!"
Looking at the figure of the Pleen cavalry gradually moving away, Tianxiang sighed in silence.
"Alright, let's spend the night here today! Early tomorrow morning! We're on our way to Yorkshire! ”
"Whew!" The city guards responded loudly.
"Wang, what about that military advisor?" A city guard leaned over and whispered.
"Keep your promise and set him free."
The corners of the city guard's mouth twitched slightly at the same time as he received the order, and his limbs were broken, even if he was spared in this deserted mountain, it would only make his death a little more miserable, the only difference was that he was starved to death, or he was torn apart by a beast that was about to starve to death and swallowed in his belly.
In fact, don't look at Wang always looks very cold, but his love and hate actually have very distinct characteristics.
Soon, there was a scream from behind the mountain.
The bandit was thrown out of the cottage by the city guards, and he was set free as King Pullen had promised. It's just that the city guards chose a special place to let him go, such as on a steep cliff...... Actually, this is also a kind of mercy, right? At least it would have been better than waiting days for him to starve to death, or watching himself be devoured by wild beasts.