Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2297 This is a house destroyer!

"I understand what my brother and Xiaotian mean. I roughly understand it." Shen Cha looked at the items listed in the notebook, then looked at Shen Haolin, then looked at Xue Ruitian, and said, "You think that there must be something hidden in that house, the same as what is listed here, but we haven't found it yet, right?"

"Yes, that's what we thought." Xue Ruitian nodded towards Shen Cha and said, "These things are quite easy to hide. As long as they are hidden, no one who is not an insider will know about them."

"But the yard has been renovated and is completely empty. There is nothing in it. Where could they hide these scattered things?"

"I don't know. We have to look for it slowly." Xue Ruitian thought for a while. "Haolin and I have never met them. We don't know how they act. But if it were us, with so many things, we would probably use a trick to deceive people."

"A sleight of hand?" Shen Cha was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted and said, "You mean, the banknotes and gold are just a sleight of hand, used to cover up these things?" Seeing Xue Ruitian nod, she frowned slightly and said, "Although this is possible, I'm still a little hesitant. Do the two of them have such intentions?"

"You, don't underestimate them. They are old now, and we have grown up. In addition, they offended the nobles of Liao, which led to their current fate. But when they were young, they couldn't be so innocent, otherwise they wouldn't have survived until now with their suicidal style." Xue Ruitian sneered, "Why are they both from big clans? They have been influenced by their family since they were young, so they have some tricks and are a little petty. They know what is important and what needs to be abandoned."

"Xiaotian is right." Shen Haolin touched his chin. "We found this box of silver and a box of gold just like that. Isn't it a bit too easy? It's hard not to suspect that they did it on purpose."

"Brother, you mean, they deliberately exposed the flaws to let people find these. To be precise, the people who found these things may not be us, but anyone, maybe a member of the Qinglian Sect, or a bandit who strayed in. Once they find these solid gold and silver, they are likely to think that this is all the family's belongings. After all, the number is not small. If most people find one or both of these, they will not continue to search, right?"

"That's true." Shen Cha nodded gently, "Just like when we found the banknotes and gold, we thought that was all they could hide, so we came back. In this way, they can protect the things on the list from being found, and when they need them, they can secretly come back to get them, right?"

"Yes!" Xue Ruitian snapped his fingers, "That's what I mean!"

"But, Brother Xiaotian, have you ever considered a problem?"

"What's the problem? Tell me about it."

"Regarding the value of these things," Shen Cha yawned, leaned his head on Shen Haolin's shoulder, and said slowly, "Are these things really that valuable? And how much are they worth? They are all estimated according to the current market conditions. These things are priceless now, that's true. But have you considered that if these things were placed here more than a decade ago, when this place was the most severely affected by war, would these things really be worth so much silver and gold?"

"Hearing this, you can tell that our Xiaocha is an outsider in this area and doesn't understand it at all." "That's right!" Shen Haolin nodded and smiled, "The value of these things lies in the people who collect them, not the current environment. For example, this jade pendant may be worth 100,000 gold now, and it may be more at that time. Everything depends on how many people want it, not whether the current environment is good. As for whether the border is ravaged by war, it has nothing to do with the value of these things. After all, the buyers are not from here."

"Brother, if you put it that way, I understand. They sell to the big clans in Jiangnan. They don't worry about not finding buyers, or about asking for a high price but no one wants it, right?"

"That's right!"

"This problem is solved. There is another problem. How can my brother and Xiaotian brother be sure that these things still exist? How can you be sure that they were not taken to Linhuang Mansion by those two people? Aren't they squandered by them?"

"Look at this line of words." Shen Haolin opened his notebook, turned to the page he just read, and pointed to one of the lines. "Look, they wrote here that the remaining things should be properly stored."

"That is to say." Shen Cha didn't know what his mood was at the moment. Anyway, it was mixed. "The things they brought out were far more than what was listed here. Is this what they took away and what was left after squandering?"

"According to the records in this notebook, it should be like this." Shen Haolin pinched Shen Cha's face, smiled and said, "In this way, we can basically determine that these things must still be in the house, but we just haven't found them."

"If there really are these things, it wouldn't be a problem for us to go there again, but..." Shen Cha looked at the sky outside, yawned again, and said, "It's a bit late today, and I'm too lazy to move. Let's go tomorrow!"

"Yeah!" Shen Haolin nodded. "It's not very clear at night, so I probably won't be able to find where they hid the things. Let's go check it out early tomorrow morning. Maybe we'll find something different, right?"

"That's what I think." Shen Cha smiled at Shen Haolin and said, "It was too dark that night, and I couldn't see anything clearly." She looked at Xue Ruitian, "Is Brother Xiaotian going with us this time?"

"Of course, since we didn't see it last time, we must go and see it this time. However, you don't have to worry too much. They spent so much time and effort to hide things, so they will definitely not be taken away easily. In this case, we should be down-to-earth and prepare everything before going, and strive to succeed this time. Anyway, they won't run away on their own, right?" Xue Ruitian thought for a while and continued, "This time, bring a few more people with you, uncover all the places that can be uncovered, and chisel all the places that can be chiseled. I don't believe that we can't find their hidden things with our skills!"

"Brother Xiaotian, forgive me for being blunt, but according to what you just said, we are not going to look for something, but to tear down the house!"