When Lin Fanghe heard this, he couldn't help but show a look of surprise on his face, and asked, "Could it be that your uncle Xiong Dajing has never been suspicious?"

Xiong Yaohua groaned and said: "I don't know, since I left Sanyizhuang at the age of sixteen, everyone only knows that I joined the army outside and served as a soldier in the Beijing garrison. As for Jinyiwei, one of the twenty-six guards of the emperor's army, I believe most people don't know......

Fang Qinyu eased his nerves, he had also seen Xiong Yaohua, and hurriedly said: "When the first emperor was in power, he was very strict with the Jinyi Guard, and all those who joined this guard had to go through extremely harsh review and selection, and they were born in good people, had no criminal record, and had to go through interviews and various careful training, and those who could pass these tests were eligible to become a member of the Jinyi Guard." ”

"That's all. Xiong Yaohua smiled slightly and continued, "Since it is a royal guard, it is directly commanded by the emperor alone, and he is not only responsible for guarding when traveling, but also in charge of etiquette when he goes to court. In addition, Jinyiwei's greatest duty is to investigate the actions of the ministers, collect intelligence, and investigate and punish traitors...... So the people in this are somewhat mysterious and difficult to guess......"

"Then after you go home, how do you express your identity to the villagers?" Lin Fanghe looked at Xiong Yaohua and was quite surprised.

"This is not simple, let's just say that I drank in the army and beat Captain Liu, who bullied the recruits, to death. I really couldn't get mixed up, so I took advantage of the chaos to escape from the barracks. ”

"That's a good reason. Haven't you ever been back to the capital since?"

"Yes, since the sixteenth year of Hongwu, I have hidden my true face, hidden in the poor countryside in the depths of Zhangshan. Slaughtering is a profession, and this treatment is fifteen years. ”

"At that time, your uncle, that Xiong Dajing, also lived in Zhangshan?" Fang Qinyu interjected.

Xiong Yaohua hung the lantern in his hand on the hook above his head, turned his head and said: "Over the years, he has been fleeing abroad, drifting north and south. It's only been the last four or five years since I came back to Sanyizhuang......"

Lin Fanghe was puzzled and said, "May I ask, haven't you gotten the exact news of those treasures for so many years?"

"What's more, when the first emperor was alive, he once found the most proficient feng shui master, surveyed all over the mountains, and used the sappers who excavated and dug in the twenty-six guards, and searched for more than half a year. Isn't it also nothing?" Xiong Yaohua clapped his hands, his expression disapproving.

Fang Qinyu asked, "Since Xiong Dajing is the only participant and buries the treasure with his own hands, he must know the exact location." When he returned home, he should be immediately restrained and given the necessary means. In time, are you still afraid that Xiong Dajing will not reveal his true feelings?"

Xiong Yaohua smiled contemptuously, a strange light flashed in his two round eyes, and said, "My lord, you still seem to despise my uncle too much. Although he is a thief, a thief of chickens and dogs, he has some backbone. I heard that when he was young, he once robbed the tomb with others, and was caught by the government, hung on the beam of the house, broke three ribs, and did not open his mouth to confess to his companions......"

Lin Fanghe nodded and said, "Then can we understand that the old man has made up his mind to die when he comes back this time?"

By then he was suffering from a lung disease and was often coughing up blood. Xiong Yaohua sighed and said, "The upper and lower bones of the body have been suffering from wind and cold all the year round, and when I get up in pain, I can't sit or stand, and I moan all night, it's better to die than to die!"

Lin Fanghe didn't seem to understand, but he didn't want to ask in detail: "So such a sick old man feels that his time is short, so death may not be so much fear for him." You can't blackmail him with the things of the world......"

Xiong Yaohua raised his head and exhaled: "Besides, he is my uncle." Even if the mission is in my body and the holy will cannot be violated, I can't bear to attack him! Seeing him like this, stubborn and refusing to speak, I may probably have a dead knot in my heart that cannot be untied——"

"I understand, it must be this Xiong Dajing who thinks about the old master and resists stubbornly. He was still unwilling to hand over this batch of treasures to the Emperor of the Zhu family. Fang Qinyu came up and asked.

This time, Xiong Yaohua glanced at Lord Fang seriously, frowned slightly, turned his head to speak, and said, "About two years ago, in the twenty-ninth year of Hongwu, I sneaked into the capital and went to meet the emperor for a meeting. Shengshang Longen, privately summoned in the Lin De Palace, he wore a crown of inlaid beads, a yellow robe embroidered with soft satin, and then looked at his face, his face was black and yellow, and his beard under his jaw was patchy and white, he had not seen him for more than ten years, long live the old man......"

Lin Fanghe and Fang Qinyu heard this, and hurriedly said, "Hmm, there is such a reason. ”

"I will first confess to the emperor, after so many years of mediocrity, I have not fulfilled my holy order, and I have not found out the whereabouts of those treasures. Xiong Yaohua's eyes were pious, and he said respectfully, "The saint sat on the dragon bed, his waist was straight, and he shook his hand again and again, without the slightest blame. It can be seen that after so many years of passing and the world is cold and warm, he doesn't take this matter very seriously. ”

"You mean that the emperor doesn't plan to pursue it any further?" Fang Qinyu asked carefully.

"After these 30 years of development, my Ming Dynasty has long been full of resources and strong national strength. For us, the millions of taels of gold and silver are already a drop in the bucket! ”

"Did the emperor ever issue a decree to revoke the investigation?"

"At that time, I analyzed it in detail, and reported to the emperor in detail the distribution of the treasures, the temperament of my uncle Xiong Dajing and his physical condition, and bowed to the ground, saying that if he took a persecutive attitude, the old man would inevitably die. In his last life, the only and last person to know about this treasure died, and its whereabouts really became an eternal mystery. ”

When Fang Qinyu heard this, he hurriedly asked, "What did the emperor say, did he give permission?"

Xiong Yaohua didn't say anything, but said: "After listening to my statement, the Holy Lord closed his eyes slightly. After opening it for a moment, there was still an aggressive majesty and dignity between the opening and closing of his eyes. He muttered for a while, and then only said one word, 'Let it be,' and never squeaked again...... That was also the last time I met the emperor......"

Lin Fanghe took a long breath and asked, "Last time we went to Zhangshan Sanyizhuang, we didn't see the old man. Wasn't Xiong Dajing in the village at that time?"

Xiong Yaohua nodded in acknowledgement and said, "Since this spring, strange things have happened around Sanyizhuang repeatedly, and demons have grown. I was afraid that the purpose of those people was to come for this treasure, so they secretly sent my uncle away and moved him to another safe place. ”

"Even if you are undertaking the king's order, living in seclusion here, your martial arts cultivation, alertness and being different from ordinary people, you must be very subtle, and the slightest change cannot escape your giant eyes. Lin Fanghe suddenly remembered something, hesitated, and asked, "Then do you know that the girl who came into the mountain was 'Red Sleeves and Fragrance' Miaomiao, and who almost killed her?"