The palm of his hand pressed on the bulge, and Deng Zhan pushed it down hard.

As he pressed his palm down, the bulge sank.

As soon as the bulge was pressed down, the stone door made a "creaking" sound, and slowly opened inward.

As soon as the stone gate opened a crack, a golden light flashed in front of Deng Zhan and the others.

The golden light was very dazzling, and Deng Zhan and the dragoon guards all subconsciously raised their arms to block them.

Finally getting used to the golden light, Deng Zhan and the others all turned their heads to look behind the stone gate.

When they saw what was behind the stone gate, they were all stunned.

What appeared in their sight was a splendor of gold.

In the stone room behind the stone gate, candles are lit.

The light of the candle flame shone on the gold, and the golden gold reflected the dazzling light, and it was the gold that reflected the candlelight that Deng Zhan and the others couldn't even open their eyes just now.

In the entire stone room, there were piles of gold, and seeing the gold all over the stone room, Deng Zhan and the dragoon guards were dumbfounded one by one, looking at each other in amazement.

The entrance to the secret passage was in the Yuan Shu Palace, needless to say, Deng Zhan and the others knew that these gold were all the people's fat and people's ointment that Yuan Shu had collected in the past.

They had long heard that Yuan Shu was making a lot of money in the Huainan area, but they never dared to think that he had collected so much wealth.

"Go and ask Your Highness!" Looking at the gold all over the stone chamber, Deng Zhan did not order the dragoon guards to enter the stone chamber immediately, but gave an order to one of the dragoon guards.

The dragoon guard, who had received the order, answered and rushed quickly in the direction of the palace.

Leading the dragoon guard here, Deng Zhan didn't spend too much time, he knew that after the dragoon guard left, it wouldn't be long before Liu Wei would come here.

"Hold the stone chamber!" When the order was sent to invite Liu Wei, Deng Zhan gave an order to the dragoon guards present, strode to the door of the stone room, pressed the hilt of the sword, and stood facing the outside of the stone chamber.

The dragoons, who had been ordered by Deng Zhan, ran along the passage where the fires were lit on the walls on both sides, and when they reached the place where they had dropped the torches, they picked up a extinguished torch from the ground, lit it on the oil lamp, and ran towards the palace.

Although the light of the torches could illuminate some roads, in the dark passages, the dragoon guards did not dare to walk too fast.

After walking along the dark passage for about a stick of incense, he finally saw a snowy light appear in front of him.

Seeing the light, the dragoon guards knew that they were almost at the exit, and their steps couldn't help but speed up a little.

Since Deng Zhan and the others entered the secret passage, Liu Wei has never left the back garden of this palace.

Standing on the edge of the pond, he put his hands behind his back and stared at the red-tailed carp swimming in the pond.

In the days before the koi fish, the so-called ornamental fish was also this red-tailed carp.

The carp can grow very large, swim in the pond, and sometimes jump out of the water, bringing some life to the tranquil water.

It is precisely for this reason that many nobles' homes will stock some of these carp with big red tails in their ponds.

"Your Highness! Do you want to go into the city to make a round? Liu Wei had been standing by the pond and watching the fish for a while, Chen Gong leaned behind him, reminded him in a low voice, and said: "Our military occupies Shouchun, and the army in the city must be pacified by His Royal Highness." ”

"This king also knows that the army must be appeased!" Staring at the red-tailed carp in the pond, Liu Wei didn't reply, and said to Chen Gong: "It's just that Yuan Shu hasn't been captured yet, and this king went to appease the surrendered army, which is really a bit abrupt!" ”

Liu Wei didn't say the reason for the abruptness, but Chen Gong could think of the reason why he said this.

did not capture Yuan Shu and went to appease the surrendering army, some Huainan troops who were still loyal to Yuan Shu, although they were willing to join on the surface, but deep down they were not necessarily submissive to Liu Wei.

Only by seizing Yuan Shu and cutting off Yuan Shu's head in front of the soldiers and civilians of the whole city, will those Huainan troops who are still loyal to Yuan Shu in their hearts completely cut off their thoughts and follow Liu Wei wholeheartedly.

"Your Highness, I am tantamount to discovering something strange in the secret passage!" Liu Wei and Chen Gong were looking at the carp in the pond, neither of them spoke, and a voice came from behind them.

Hearing this, the two hurriedly turned around.

What appeared in their sight was a dragoon guard dressed in black.

The dragoon guard had obviously experienced a bloody fight, and his black clothes were splattered with blood, and the dried blood solidified on the fabric of his clothes, making the pure black cloth look stiff.

"What's weird?" Staring at the dragoon, Liu Wei asked him a question.

With his hands clenched into fists and bowing, the dragoon guards looked at the guards on the left and right, and did not answer Liu Wei immediately, but lowered their heads again.

"Come and talk!" Noticing that the dragoon guard's expression was different, Liu Wei beckoned to him and asked him to come and talk.

The dragoon guard who came back to report the news answered, and before walking towards Liu Bian, he took the initiative to put down all the swords and short swords on his body, and came to Liu Bian's side empty-handed.

"General Deng led us into the dark passage and found a stone chamber full of gold!" When they arrived at Liu Wei's side, the dragoon guard attached himself to his ear and whispered what they had found in the secret passage.

"And that matter?" Hearing that Deng Zhan and others had found a stone chamber in the dark passage, and the stone chamber was full of gold, Liu Wei was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked the dragoon guard.

"It's true, we've seen it with our own eyes!" Striding back two steps, the dragoon guard bowed with his fists, answered Liu Wei's question, and then said: "General Deng doesn't dare to be specialized, so he specially asks His Highness to deal with it!" ”

Never thought that Deng Zhan and the others would find gold in the stone room in the secret passage, Liu Wei was also happy in his heart, and hurriedly waved his hand at the dragoon guard and said, "Lead the way!" ”

If the gold really filled the stone chamber as the dragoon said, and all the gold was shipped out, Liu Wei would have spent a lot less effort on economic development when he governed the place.

The dragoon replied, stepped back to the place where he had lowered his weapon, and tied the soldier back to his waist before turning and burrowing into the dark passage.

Leading Chen Gong and several guards, Liu Wei followed closely behind the dragoon guards and entered the dark passage.

It was very dark in the dark passage, and he had just come in from the back garden, and Liu Wei couldn't get used to the darkness for a while, although the guards and the dragoon guards who led the way in front of him lit torches, he still couldn't see the potholed ground.

Following behind the dragoon guard, after walking for about two pillars of incense, Liu Wei saw a row of fires appear in front of him.

The light of the fire was hazy and arranged in two neat rows, stretching into the depths of the tunnel.

Just from the light of the fire, Liu Wei judged that those dragoon guards must not be waiting for him.

The light of the fire in front of it was too weak to illuminate a large darkness like the light of a torch, and there was not much light that could be emitted except for oil lamps or candles.

Getting closer and closer to the light, Liu Wei soon confirmed his guess.

On the walls on either side of the tunnel, at intervals, an oil lamp is lit.

The oil lamps are hung on the wall in the shape of a bowl, and each oil lamp is full of oil, and it is clear that this dark passage is often tended.

When the dragoons and guards who led the way reached the passage where the oil lamps were lit, they extinguished the torches in their hands one after another, and their steps quickened considerably.

The passage lit with the oil lamp was much shorter than the one they had just walked, and it didn't take long for Liu Wei to see a golden light appear in front of him.

Compared to the glow of the oil lamps on the road, the light was dazzling, and it had a luxurious golden color.

Faintly, he saw that under the wrapping of that light, more than two hundred black shadows were standing quietly waiting.

Needless to say, he also knew that those dark shadows were Deng Zhan and the dragoon guards under his command who had discovered this huge wealth.

"Your Highness!" In the light, seeing Liu Wei coming here, Deng Zhan stepped up to meet him, and as soon as he arrived in front of Liu Bian, he hugged his fists and bowed down and said: "I waited for Yuan Shu to pursue and found two forks in the road, and saw a stone room on this road!" ”

"This king already knows!" Liu Wei nodded, and did not ask Deng Zhan if he had entered the stone room, but stepped into the stone room.

Standing outside the stone room, he could already see piles of gold piled up inside the stone room.

Stepping into the stone room, Liu Wei only felt that his eyes were about to be pierced by the light reflected from the gold in the room.

In addition to gold, this stone chamber is also stacked with many strange gemstones.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, many people did not know the value of gemstones, and even if they were nobles, the demand for gemstones was not very high.

The reason is not that the nobles do not know that they are valuable, but that the mining and making of gemstones is too complicated, and a good stone may be priceless.

Standing in the stone room, looking around at the wealth in the house, even if it was Liu Wei, he couldn't help but swallow two mouthfuls of saliva, and said to Deng Zhan on the side: "When you find this place, all the dragoon guards should be rewarded!" ”

Guarding outside the stone room, they didn't dare to enter it for half a step, not because the dragoon guards were not greedy for money, but because the Qin army's military law was strict, even if they were the elite of the Qin army, at the critical moment, they did not dare to cross the thunder pool for half a step.

Hearing Liu Wei say that all the dragoon guards should be rewarded, Deng Zhan hurriedly hugged his fists and bowed down, and said to Liu Wei: "The last generals, the soldiers, thank Your Highness for the reward!" ”

Deng Zhan did not shirk Liu Bian's reward, he and Liu Biao also knew that if they had discovered such a fortune, if the dragoon guards said that no one was tempted, it would be absolutely impossible.

The only way to balance the hearts of the Dragoon Guards is to let them get a piece of the pie.

"Load up everything here with the dragoon guards, transport them out of the dark passage, and send them back to Luoyang!" Looking around at the wealth in the stone room, Liu Wei instructed Deng Zhan: "Back in Luoyang, this king will distribute the rewards to the soldiers!" ”