Dali Temple Conspiracy Records

What happened one after another confused Xu Chaozong.He asked the yamen servant to bring the man in.

The claimant was a fat middle-aged woman, she was very shrewd at first glance, and she could speak eloquently when she opened her mouth: "The woman has seen the old man! The box dug up by the Zhang family on Tongjifang West [-]nd Street is the dead man of the woman. The old man buried it, and the woman asks for the relic, please look into it clearly!"

"You don't need to call the old man. You said that the box is yours?"

"Yes. Back to my lord, before the married woman got married, the family lived in the current Zhang's yard. The box was originally a storage box at home, and it also contained some valuables. After my father died of a sudden illness, everyone I gradually forgot about the box. Thinking about it later, I don’t know when it disappeared. I just heard that a treasure box was dug up in Tongjifang in the past two days, and it sounds like it should be the original one in my house.”

"Report your name, place of origin, and current address."

The fat woman hastened to report in fear and trepidation: "He Daling, a native of Chang'an, her natal family is the He family on Tongshanfang North Third Street, and the original address is No. [-], Tongjifang West Second Street."

Xu Chaozong asked people to check the household registration files, and it was indeed what Da Ling said.

He continued: "Your natal family did live there, but how do you prove that the box was hidden by your father?"

"My lord, it's a red lacquered box, about this big." He Daling gestured, "It's hung with a key lock, brass."

Xu Chaozong snorted softly: "Tell me something that outsiders don't know."

He Daling let out a cry, and hurriedly said: "The lock has four swivel rings, and each ring has five characters, which together form four lines of poetry." Immortals have heard that panaceas cannot be found. Those who have no chance of immortality are like mayflies in the world. '"

"Are you literate?"

"No, no, I don't know a few. My father asked me to recite them when I was a child. I would say, I'm sorry."

Xu Chaozong kept his expression on and carefully examined the fat woman.What the box looks like has been widely spread outside, but the government has not announced the specific words on the key, nor has the Zhang family said it, because the Zhang family is illiterate.What He Daling said was exactly the lettering on the lock.

After a while, Xu Chaozong finally waved his hand, "Take her to register, take her away."

"Thank you, my lord!"

He Daling happily followed the clerk, and Xu Chaozong also continued his official duties.

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Late at night.

An abandoned house in the southeast corner of Tongshanfang.

This was originally an earth temple, but it has been abandoned for a long time, and no one usually comes.At this time, there was a faint light in the room, which flickered due to the cold wind blowing through the hall. The orange color clearly indicated that it was not some ghosts, but someone was in the room.

On the divine table covered with thick dust, there is a red lacquered wooden box with a brass key hanging on the lock.The man looked at the four-character key lock carefully by the dancing candlelight. After trying several combinations, he knew that it would not be able to open in a while, so he gave up temporarily.

The man shook out a piece of sackcloth, wrapped the box and picked it up, blew out the candles, and was about to walk out of the earth temple quickly, but suddenly his eyes lit up, dazzling him for a moment, and the whole person suddenly stopped in his tracks.

When he saw the scene outside the door clearly, his eyes widened immediately, and panic flashed across his face.Immediately, he quickly turned around and ran back to the Earth Temple.This land temple was originally converted from a private house with windows at the back.He wanted to escape through the window, but before he reached the window, the back of the house was already lit with fire.

The man was completely panicked now. Although he was still trying to stay calm on his face, cold sweat was already streaming down from his forehead.

Several guards held torches and poured into the Earth Temple from the main gate, and one person slowly stepped out of the middle, and said with a smile, "I didn't expect to meet you here. Are you okay, Lieutenant Xu?"