Chapter 15: The Prisoner
Wang Mai was captured as he wished, and several swaggering soldiers burst into his house and tied him up, and then began to rummage through the house in search of valuables. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"No need to look for it," said Wang Mai, frowning, "and there are two pieces of money in that cloth bag hanging on the wall." ”
The soldiers were stunned for a moment, and then scrambled to grab the cloth bags hanging on the wall. Under the tearing of several people, the rope tied with the cloth belt broke in response, and the five-baht coin inside was scattered all over the place. Several soldiers fell to the ground, scrambling to grab the money and stuff it into their arms. It wasn't until the last copper plate was picked up that several soldiers got up from the ground without getting enough of it.
"Who are you?" The soldiers then remembered to ask him for his identity.
"I am the Duke of Wei, and Li Mi's account is a record of military affairs." Wang Mai replied.
The soldiers glanced at each other, apparently not expecting to catch an official in Kim. Half an hour before they entered the city, Jin Yong's guard Wang Bodang had already fled with the officials in the city with gold and silver treasures.
But all ordinary soldiers don't like to go to the battlefield, but there is only one exception, and that is to pursue the rout of the enemy. At this time, not only is the enemy defenseless, and it is much less difficult than usual to repay the enemy's merits, but once you enter the enemy's city, it means that the wealth inside is open to everyone.
But Wang Ren was particularly depressed, and as Wang Shichong's nephew, he was tasked by his uncle to make sure that all the gold and silver treasures in Kim Yong City were returned to Luoyang. Unexpectedly, I hurried and hurried, but I still let the people in the city escape. The group rushed into the Wei Mansion in a hurry, and after looking for a long time, they didn't find anything valuable, I was afraid that they were all taken away by Wang Bodang. At this moment, he was angry, but a few soldiers under his command escorted one of them.
"General Qiyu, a few of us have caught an official." Those few people happily reported their merits to Wang Renze.
"Get out of here!" He saw the bulging arms of the soldiers, and he knew that these men had gained. But he, the general, didn't catch a single hair, and the fire in his heart was even greater. Those soldiers fled from Wang Renze's field of vision with rolling and crawling, and they didn't even have the courage to repay their merits.
"What's your name? What kind of official is under Li Mi? Wang Ren asked him with squinted eyes. Although he was angry at this time, his uncle Wang Shichong once told him that if Li Mi's subordinates were caught, they must be escorted back to Luoyang City.
"Under the account of the Duke of Wei, the king of the military is wheat."
"Your name is very strange," Wang Renze immediately sneered, "It turns out to be a small official the size of a sesame mung bean." Do you know where Li Mi hid all his gold and silver treasures? Although he felt that it was unlikely that this little official with the size of a sesame mung bean under his nose would know such important news, he still asked casually.
Wang Mai's answer was as he expected: "I don't know." ”
"Someone, take this king down to join the army." Wang Ren waved his hand impatiently.
"Wait." The soldier next to him was just about to take him away, but Wang Mai opened his mouth and shouted.
"What do you have to say?" Wang Ren asked with a frown.
"Although I don't know where Duke Wei hides the treasure, I can help find it. To tell you the truth, I used to be a craftsman and studied some dark rooms. If Duke Wei really has treasures hidden in the mansion, he will definitely not be able to hide them from his eyes. Wang Mai said calmly. In fact, he didn't know what kind of secret room arrangement, but the soldier was too ruthless when he tied him just now, and now the wrists that were tied behind him were no longer conscious, and he was afraid that after a long time, no one would loosen his two hands and it would be abolished. Therefore, I thought of such a delaying plan, first to relieve the pain in my wrist.
"Untie him." Sure enough, Wang Ren's eyes lit up when he heard Wang Mai say this.
Wang Mai shook his hands vigorously, made sure that there was no big problem, raised his head and looked at Wang Renze and said: "The front yard of the Duke of Wei's mansion is a place for office on weekdays, and there are many people coming and going, so it is unlikely to be in the front yard, so we can roughly delineate the search scope in the backyard." ”
Wang Ren nodded, called a dozen soldiers and re-entered the backyard with Wang Mai.
"Knock every inch of the wall of every room with your hands, and leave no one out...... By the way, there is also the ground, and the ground should also be seen. Wang Mai said to the dozen soldiers. The dozen or so soldiers looked at Wang Renze in unison and asked for his opinion.
"Quickly do what Wang Senjun said." Wang Ren frowned and scolded.
Just now I was tied up like pigs, but I didn't expect to yell at us in a blink of an eye, this official is different, those soldiers muttered in their hearts.
"I don't know the general's name?" Wang Mai sat next to Wang Renze and asked. If you can't find the treasure later, this guy must be very annoyed, so let's get close to him first, so as not to suffer any more after a while, Wang Mai thought to himself.
"Wang Renze." Wang Ren replied with ignorance.
Another celebrity, Wang Mai looked him up and down carefully. This guy is only in his thirties, and by the standards of the next generation, he looks quite handsome, with a very straight nose, a little sunken eye sockets, and a bit of mixed blood. However, he had long heard that Wang Shichong was originally from a Hu family, so it was natural for his nephew to grow up like this. Of course, if you praise others for their appearance like Hu Ren at this time, you are scolding him for being a barbarian.
"I have admired the daimyo for a long time." Wang Mai hugged his fists.
"You know me?" Wang Ren looked at him squarely, thinking that he was just saying polite words.
"Of course, who doesn't know Wang Shangshu's most relied on virtuous nephew?" Of course, Wang Mai couldn't tell him that he knew about him when he was watching the TV series Shaolin Temple. As for whether to rely on it or not, isn't this lice on the bald head, obviously? Wang Shichong was able to send him to find the gold and silver treasures inside, which means that this guy is Wang Shichong's cronies.
"Hahaha, Wang joins the army and is really as wise as a torch." Wang Mai's words were said to have entered his heart, causing Wang Renze to laugh. The person he admired most in his life was his uncle Wang Shichong, so he was very enthusiastic about being Wang Shichong's lackey.
It is said that women talk a lot together, like tens of thousands of ducks. In fact, the man is similar, as soon as the conversation box between the two is opened, they can't stop talking. Wang Mai is a human being in two lifetimes, and he knows the direction of history, so he praised Wang Renze fiercely, what identity is unspeakable, and he will be crowned a king and a marquis in the future, and he will be filled with joy in his heart.
"Brother Wang Xiandi is so young and promising, and his future will be limitless. My uncle loves to make friends with talented people in his life, and in the future, we will both serve under my uncle's account, if you have any difficulties, just look for me. Wang Ren patted his chest and bluntly said that he would take care of him in the future.
"It's a lifetime of luck to be able to make friends with heroes like General Wang." Wang Maixin said, I can't find the treasure for a while, don't tie me up again, and I will burn high incense.
As the two were talking, more than a dozen sergeants came out of each room one after another.
"What, didn't you find anything? Are you sure you've searched every inch of every room? Wang Mai asked.
"The brothers didn't dare to be lazy, and they did search every room according to the instructions of Wang Senjun." The sergeant at the head replied.
"General Wang, you see that this backyard is only so big. A row of main houses and two rows of side rooms have been searched, but only the flower beds in this courtyard have not been searched. I think maybe Uncle Wang had already taken all the treasures with him when he left. You see? Wang Mai asked tentatively.
"You go and search the flower garden again." Wang Ren immediately ordered.
In fact, Wang Mai meant that it was just that, this treasure is estimated to be no longer there, but I didn't expect this Wang Ren to only listen to the first half of his sentence, looking like he was determined to win, and sent someone to search the flower garden.
"I think these big-headed soldiers are stupid, so I'd better go and see it too." Wang Mai simply made a full set of plays to make himself act more likely, lest Wang Ren suspect that he had wasted half a day's work in vain.
"Alright, I'll go with you." Wang Ren was also beating a drum in his heart, but when he came, he promised his uncle that he would transport Li Mi's treasure back to Luoyang. Now I can't find it for a long time, and I don't know how to explain it to my uncle.
The flower bed is very small, only a hundred and ten steps long. A few soldiers looked here and there like headless flies, and they couldn't see at all that there was a treasure buried in it.
Wang Mai and the others followed, and in less than a quarter of an hour, they turned around the flower garden, and found no clues.
Wang Ren said that this time the bamboo basket was really empty, and he was just about to order to go to the front yard again, when he saw Wang Mai looking at the laurel tree in the center of the flower garden in a daze.
"Brother Wang Xian, what did you find?"
Wang Mai shook his head: "I found that there is none, but I always feel that the location of the laurel tree is a little strange." ”
"Quickly."
"General Wang, please look!" Wang Mai pointed to the laurel tree, "The laurel tree is born afraid of waterlogging, so it is not surprising that many people who plant laurel trees will dig a shallow ditch next to the laurel tree to drain the water when the rainy season comes." Just ......"
Wang Ren was originally from a rich family, how could he know anything about agriculture, and hurriedly asked: "Just what?" ”
"The trench is in a strange place and deeper. It stands to reason that this laurel tree itself is on a slope, and it is enough to use the slope itself to slowly drain water on rainy days, so why dig a ditch out of it in one fell swoop? Unless there is another explanation, the ditch was not dug for the drainage of the laurel trees at all. ”
"Dig it for me." Wang Ren gave an order, and more than a dozen soldiers started work together and began to dig the ground in the direction of the ditch. I couldn't find a tool to dig the soil for a while, so I just picked up the weapon in my hand and put it on.
Wang Ren stared at these soldiers eagerly, and Wang Mai next to him calmed down. As soon as he entered the garden, he discovered the abnormality of this laurel tree, if there was really a treasure hidden in the house, Bacheng was hidden here.
"General, there's a slate here." A soldier suddenly shouted.