Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2291 Sure enough, there is something 7.0

“There really is something there!”

Ying Wu was the closest to Song Qiyun. When he heard what he said, he immediately dropped the brick he was prying and moved to Song Qiyun's side.

"Your Highness, what does it feel like to use a shovel? Soft or hard?"

"I accidentally touched that thing just now, and it felt hard. It seemed that I could faintly hear the sound of metal at the moment of contact." Song Qiyun looked at Shen Haolin, then at Shen Cha, "Is it really gold?"

"impossible!"

"Your Highness, even if it is gold, you can't just bury it in the ground without wrapping it up. Although real gold is not afraid of fire, it still needs to be well preserved, right?" Ying Wu said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "It's probably a box used to hold something."

"Box?" Shen Haolin thought for a moment and said, "The dark box they used was made of iron?"

"Yes, it's made of black gold and is very heavy. The box should have been brought out from the Xuanyuan family." Shen Cha nodded gently and said, "Listening to Xiaoyun's description just now, it might really be the secret box. Keep digging, but be careful."

"it is good!"

"Also, Lao Wu, move the bricks around here. The dark box is about this size." Shen Cha gestured with her hand. She walked to Song Qiyun and pointed in four directions: up, down, left, and right. "Take down these four bricks as well."

"Okay, sister, don't worry, these are all small matters, leave it to us!"

Song Qiyun suddenly became motivated and began to carefully pry the surrounding bluestone bricks. Ying Wu followed him, and the sound of clanging could be heard throughout the hall.

"A black gold dark box? This material is not very common." Shen Haolin saw Shen Cha nod, "It should be something from Senior Tan Tai, right?"

"I don't know. Their things were mixed together. It's just that..." Shen Cha sighed softly, "I don't know how it ended up in their hands."

"Maybe I wanted to give it to you, but..."

"Maybe!"

"Is there a mechanism in this box?"

"No, there is only one lock. I helped them open it before, no problem." Shen Cha saw that Shen Haolin was still a little worried, and couldn't help but chuckled and said, "Brother, don't worry. Didn't you hear the old general talk about them before? They are notoriously unlearned in the clan. It is harder than climbing to the sky to let them learn mechanisms! Besides, the Xuanyuan family is not famous for mechanisms. Although they also practice it, they are not as proficient as the Liu family. The reason why they hide the boxes in tree holes and bury them underground is because they don't know how to prevent thieves, so they can only use this stupid method."

"That's true." Shen Haolin smiled, "In fact, they are not stupid, they just don't use their minds in the right way."

Shen Cha didn't say anything, just shrugged and watched Ying Wu and Song Qiyun hammering bricks there.

The two men were busy and it took them a cup of tea to pry open the bluestone bricks around. They stood up from the ground and smiled victoriously towards Shen Haolin and Shen Cha.

"Should we keep digging?"

"Wait a moment." Shen Cha took out a small gourd from his sleeve, unplugged it, and poured out a few pills. "Miao Miao's special anti-poison pill, everyone take one first. They don't know any mechanical tricks, but it is possible that they will sprinkle some poison powder or something, so it's better to be careful. Besides, this secret box has been buried underground for so many years, there might be something bad in it, right?"

"That's what the boss said!"

Several people took the anti-poison pills. Shen Cha then pulled out a few masking scarves from his sleeves and handed them to Shen Haolin, Song Qiyun and Ying Wu, indicating that they should wear them like him.

"Old Five, open all the doors and windows."

Yingwu responded and ran over to open all the doors and windows in the main hall to let the outside air into the house.

"Let's start!" This time, not only Song Qiyun and Ying Wu, but Shen Haolin and Shen Cha also took a small shovel and shoveled the soil carefully.

After shoveling for a while, Shen Cha felt his shovel touched something hard, and at the same time he heard a very crisp "ding" sound.

"Almost there."

She shoveled carefully for a while, and when she felt it was about done, she put the shovel aside and asked others to stop. She put on anti-gas gloves and gently scraped the soil with her hands.

"I see it, I see it!"

Song Qiyun didn't dare to blink, for fear of missing something. He saw a black gold box slowly appearing, and he was extremely excited.

Shen Cha looked at the dark gold metal box, raised his head, exchanged glances with Shen Haolin, and nodded slightly.

"This is it?"

"Yes, that's what I remember."

Shen Cha held his breath, loosened the soil around the box with a small shovel, carefully took the box out of the soil, and placed it on a well-ventilated open space nearby.

She stood up, took off her gloves, shook off the dirt on them, put them back into the small bag, picked up the lantern that Yingwu handed to her, and looked at the black gold box carefully.

"This is the secret box hidden under the bed." She breathed a sigh of relief, "But they must have taken the key away or thrown it away. We can only pry the lock open ourselves."

"Boss, leave it to me!" Ying Wu smiled and patted himself, "This is my specialty!"

Shen Cha nodded, took two steps back, stood beside Shen Haolin, and watched Ying Wu unlock the door.

Song Qiyun was very curious about what was inside the box. Although Ying Wu asked him to stay away, he took three or two steps back and still stood at a relatively close position, wanting to see what was inside the box first.

"There won't be any danger?"

"I checked it when I took it out just now. There is no mechanism, no poison powder, only this lock." Shen Cha looked at Ying Wu, "But this lock is not an ordinary lock. It should be specially made. Ordinary lock-picking skills should not be used."

"I have seen this lock before. It won't bother me."

Yingwu walked up to the box, looked at the lock on it, took off the small bag hanging around his waist, and took out a few small tools from it.

Shen Cha was far away and the room was not bright enough, so he couldn't see clearly. He could roughly make out that there should be a small knife, tweezers, and thin needles of different lengths.

"It looks quite decent!" Shen Cha smiled. She felt a little cold with the doors and windows open, so she moved closer to Shen Haolin. "When I took the box out just now, it was indeed a little heavy. Putting aside the material of the box itself, the things inside are indeed not light."

"gold?"

"It's hard to say." Shen Cha sighed softly, "Maybe this is to attract other people's attention. What they really want to hide is the stack of banknotes."

"It's possible." Shen Haolin felt that Shen Cha was a little cold, so he reached out and hugged her. "Hold on a little longer, we'll be able to go back soon."

Shen Cha nodded and wanted to tell Shen Haolin that it was okay for her, but before she could say anything, she heard a scream from Ying Wu and Song Qiyun.

"opened!"