The Xingyuan Dart Bureau left the Gu family's old store in a huff. It wasn't until these people walked cleanly that Yu Changchang breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Yan Dufei and Li Qiufeng: "Thanks to the help of the two brothers today, the old man didn't make a big mistake. ”

Yan Dufei said: "Where did Yu Daxia come from? Let's work together to make this deal, and the brothers should contribute." Yu Changchang said: "I thought that my friendship with Tang He for more than ten years was to find him to help me, but I didn't expect him to hide his ambitions and want to take advantage of the fire to rob." But this is also good, let us know the true face of this old thief, and deal with it carefully in the future, and will not be taken advantage of by this person again. ”

At this time, Zhuang Hengyun and the others also came to the lobby, and Yu Changchang briefly said about the matter, and then said: "Now that the Taishan faction and the Xingyuan Dart Bureau have left, Huashan, Kunlun and other gangs probably don't dare to embarrass us anymore. Just taking advantage of this opportunity, let's hurry to Babao Lotus Mountain, find Mr. Qiao Sinan's grave first, and then make plans. ”

The Zhuang Ding of the Five Tiger Villa cleaned up for a while and drove the five carts to the door, and Zhu Ming removed all the news of the organs set up everywhere. Yu Changchang left the four Zhuang Ding who pretended to be the shopkeeper and Xiao Er, and repeatedly told them to serve Liu Kang and his party well, and left Zhou Jingtian's ashes altar in the Gu family's old shop, planning to come back after finishing the matter and burying it beautifully. The crowd worshipped and then shed tears and said goodbye.

The group left the old store of the Gu family and headed straight to the east of the city. There was no one to stop them on the way, and when they arrived at the gate of the East City, they saw a lot of blood stains on the ground and walls, and they thought that the battle between the beggars and the officers and soldiers was quite tragic. Zhuang Hengyun said with a smile: "Over the years, the beggar gang has long lost its former majesty, but it still has the dream of being the largest gang in the world in the past. These stinky screamers steal chickens and dogs, rob houses and houses on weekdays, and do a lot of bad things, so they should also endure hardships, and don't dream of spring and autumn as soon as possible. ”

They came out of the city, and went five or six miles east along the main road, but then turned northeast and followed a small road. Zhuang Hengyun took the lead in leading the way, and walked for several miles, seeing a continuous mountain peak in the distance. Zhuang Hengyun reined in his mount, turned his head and said to Yu Changchang and the others: "Big brother, in front of you is the Eight Treasures Lotus Mountain. The imperial mausoleum is on the east side of the Lotus Mountain, and there are officers and soldiers guarding the mausoleum around it. We must not get too close, and if these officers and soldiers find out, it will be quite troublesome. ”

Yu Changchang said: "Let's find a stable place first, discuss how to explore the tomb carefully, and then make plans." ”

At that moment, everyone found a small valley nearby, let go of the carriage and horses, and sent a few Zhuang Ding out to guard, and Yu Changchang summoned the three owners of the Five Tiger Villa to discuss how to find Qiao Sinan's grave together. Yu Changchang said to Yan Dufei: "Now that we have arrived here, there is no turning back." Brother Yan, can you take out the map for everyone to refer to?"

Yan Dufei said: "This is natural, how dare Yan hide his secrets." Then he took out the map from his bosom, spread it on top of a bluestone, and said to everyone, "Let's take a look at this map." ”

I saw a few peaks drawn on the map, which was quite similar to the Eight Treasure Lotus Mountain that everyone had seen. At the eastern foot of the mountains are seven palaces in varying positions, with a monkey squatting under a large tree next to one in the upper left corner, while the other six palaces have no stones.

Zhuang Hengyun is an expert in tomb robbing, and everyone looked at the map for a long time, and they all looked at Zhuang Hengyun. He pondered for a long time and said to everyone, "This picture is a detailed map of the imperial tomb. The palace in the upper left corner is the Kangling of the first emperor, and the other six palaces are Changling, Xianling, Jingling, Yuling, Maoling, and Tailing. The tree and the monkey are deliberately drawn in front of the tomb of the first emperor, which obviously has a deep meaning. If Zhuang's estimate is correct, Mr. Qiao Sinan's grave must be related to this tree and a monkey. We've got to find this place before we can figure it out. ”

Yu Changchang said: "The second brother is right, what do Brother Yan and Brother Li think?"

Yan Dufei said: "The second owner is a big expert, we just need to listen to his orders, and everything will go well." ”

Zhuang Hengyun shook his head again and again, and said: "The imperial tomb is heavily guarded, Zhuang has stepped on the plate here many times over the years, but he is ashamed to say that he has never approached any imperial tomb. ”

When Li Qiufeng and Yan Dufei heard him say this, they both thought in their hearts: "It turns out that you five guys have been fighting the idea of the Imperial Tomb for a long time, and you are really bold. ”

Yu Changchang said: "Let's join forces to do business today, and there are some things that don't need to be hidden." Brother Yan and Brother Li, our five brothers have been trying to make a fortune in the Imperial Tomb all these years, so they will build the Five Tigers Villa near Yong'an City. Over the years, the five of us have acted separately, that is, we are trying to one day steal an imperial tomb, take the gold, silver and jewelry and fly away, and no longer be affected by the bird's spirit of the imperial court. ”

Yan Dufei said: "This is the behavior of a hero! The gold, silver and jewelry in these emperors' tombs are originally the people's fat and ointment that have been looted. Let's take it out and spend it, but we have done a good thing for the people of Limin. ”

Yu Changchang patted his thigh and said, "Brother Yan is not only good at swordsmanship, but this insight is really admired by the old man." The country of the Ming Dynasty is now in turmoil, what kind of big courtesy is being discussed in the court, party strife is engaged, and good officials with a little insight are made to die and escape. The Central Plains is making trouble with the White Lotus Sect again, harassing several provinces, and the people are struggling to make a living. We got it early, and took the gold and silver to go overseas, I heard that in the far ocean, there are many small countries outside the world, as long as you have money, you can be at ease there, why bother to be exploited by the imperial court in the Central Plains?"

The crowd spoke up, and each came up with some idea. Li Qiufeng has been silent, and Yu Chang said: "Brother Li didn't say a word, is there anything unspeakable?"

Li Qiufeng said: "How far has the matter been, how dare Li still hide something? There is just one thing, Li is quite worried. ”

Yu Changchang and the others were stunned, and they all looked at Li Qiufeng with some doubts. I only heard Li Qiufeng say in a deep voice: "Although there are many military horses stationed around the imperial tomb, this is not a worry. It's just that there are many masters of filial piety guarding hidden among them, and these people are truly terrifying......"

"Xiao Lingwei?" Yu Changchang said to himself: "Isn't Xiao Lingwei in Nanjing?

Li Qiufeng shook his head and said: "This Xiaoling Wei is not a place name, but a guard army set up by Emperor Chengzu to guard Emperor Taizu's filial piety. Although Xiaolingwei was not included in the twelve guards of the guards, he held the tiger talisman left by Emperor Chengzu, and specially guarded the mausoleum of the Empress of the Ming Dynasty, holding the power of life and death. When entering the Xiaolingwei errand, they are all personally selected by the commanders of the Xiaolingwei in the past dynasties, and they have the privilege of hereditary replacement. These people are not only strong in martial arts, but also many of them have learned a variety of arts. In recent years, although Jinyiwei and Dongchang have great power, they are also afraid of Xiaolingwei. Fortunately, Xiaolingwei has been stationed in Nanjing, and only a few masters are guarding the imperial tomb in Beijing, which is not famous in the imperial court and the rivers and lakes. If we enter the Imperial Mausoleum, once we meet the master of the filial piety guard, we are afraid that it will be very inconvenient. ”

When everyone heard him, their hearts became heavy. Yan Dufei had never heard Li Qiufeng mention Xiaolingwei before, and said at the moment: "These masters of Xiaolingwei are not in Xiaoling, Nanjing, what are you doing in Beijing?"

Li Qiufeng said: "After Emperor Chengzu set up the Xiaoling Guard, in addition to letting these people guard the filial piety tomb of Emperor Taizu, he also visited the feng shui magicians all over the world and asked these people to teach the Xiaoling Guard. It is the top master in Xiaolingwei who not only has strong martial arts, but also knows the secret art of feng shui. After Emperor Chengzu moved the capital to Beijing, he made a rule that the mausoleum of the Ming Emperor must be jointly surveyed by the cabinet scholars of the court and the emperor's henchmen and Xiaolingwei. After the burial of Emperor Daxing, there will be several masters of filial piety guards stationed in the imperial tomb to prevent the feng shui pattern of Emperor Daxing's mausoleum from being damaged. These masters are not subject to the jurisdiction of the officers and soldiers guarding the mausoleum, and they also have the power to mobilize the defenders of the imperial mausoleum, and they have great power. ”

When Zhuang Hengyun heard him say this, he couldn't help clapping his hands and said, "No wonder I wanted to enter the imperial mausoleum several times, but in the end I failed, it turned out that there were such powerful people lurking in the imperial mausoleum." ”

Li Qiufeng was stunned for a moment and said, "Has the second village owner met these masters of Xiaolingwei?"

Zhuang Hengyun sighed and said, "If Brother Li didn't say it, I thought it was just my luck before. Now that I think about it, I'm afraid that there have been several times when I have fallen into the trap of the master of Xiaolingwei. It's just that I don't know why these people didn't kill the killer, which allowed me to escape from the imperial tomb. ”