Datang: Hiding private money, exposed by Xiao Sizi

Chapter 591: Unbelievable! Weird scene!
In this case, it would be impossible to enter the inner treasury without anyone knowing.

Not to mention that there is a team of soldiers guarding outside the inner treasury.

As he said that, he quickly let the door in and said, "Open the door!"

The huge door that was blocked by more than a dozen padlocks was pushed open directly.

Shen Lian glanced at the captain of the guards.

The captain of the guards just smiled at Shen Lian and did not stop Qin Wenyuan.

Shen Lian understood in his heart.

It seems that Li Shimin has already sent the message.

After all, this is Li Shimin's most important inner storehouse. Shen Lian believes that outsiders will never be allowed to enter here easily.

Just as he expected, Li Shimin would not stop him from doing anything.

He bowed to the captain of the guards to express his gratitude.

Shen Lian discovered that there was no window in the inner storehouse, and there was only one door to get in.

However, although there are no windows, it is not dark here at all, but rather very bright.

The reason is that the walls of the inner treasury are inlaid with many luminous pearls.

These night-shining pearls are as big as pigeon eggs and are very lustrous. You can tell at a glance that they are of the best quality.

With these night pearls, it is as if the lights are on here and it doesn't seem dark at all.

I saw that it was the door on the far right.

According to different categories, there are four categories, four rooms and four doors in this small treasury.

Behind each door is an extremely precious item.

Even if it is just a book, it is the only copy left in the world and cannot be found anywhere else except in the imperial palace.

So don’t be fooled by the small size of the inner treasury. In terms of its true value, the importance of the inner treasury is definitely more important than the national treasury.

The room behind the door was still luxuriously illuminated by night pearls.

So as soon as the door opened, Shen Lian saw what was going on in the room.

I saw that the size of this room was about 50 square meters.

It's not particularly big, but it's not too small either.

In this room, there are many shelves.

There are all kinds of rare things on the shelves.

Shen Lian saw huge jade corals and tigers carved from jade.

I saw a huge tripod.

I also saw some things that were pitch black and I couldn't tell what they were at first glance.

When Shen Lian was solving a case, countless people racked their brains to give him gifts and ask him to show mercy.

For this reason, Shen Lian never accepts gifts from anyone.

Because Shen Lian was afraid of getting into trouble.

He was afraid that someone would set a trap for him.

Then I saw at the top of the shelf, there was a box that looked as if it was made entirely of fine iron.

The box is not big, only about an inch long and half an inch high.

But the whole body is made of fine iron, which makes it very heavy and difficult to break it open with violent force.

Moreover, from Shen Lian's angle, he could clearly see that the lock of this treasure chest was in an extremely special cylindrical shape.

Shen Lian has an excellent memory.

He clearly remembered every detail of the key he got in the old house.

And those details correspond exactly to the keyhole of this treasure chest.

So, that key really is the key to open this treasure chest!
Could it be that... the things in this treasure chest contain the secret of Goddess Beidou?
Shen Lian jumped directly and came to the treasure chest.

Then he took the treasure chest down from the top of the shelf very easily.

Take the treasure chest and place it on the table.

Shen Lian carefully examined the treasure chest.

He found that the decoration of this treasure chest was very simple.

The surface is extremely thick iron sheet, and the iron sheet is its original color. Because it has been there for a long time, the surface has become a little rusty.

Apart from that, there is not even a single picture or text.

The lock on the treasure chest is integrated with the treasure chest.

If you want to open the treasure chest, unless you have a key, the only way is to break it in violently.

But no one can be sure whether violent breaking will destroy the things inside.

Therefore, Li Shimin was reluctant to do so.

It has been left here like this for more than ten years.

Goguryeo?
Was it exactly ten years ago?
Ten years ago, that was when Dad faked his death and got away with it.

That's when I started to feel lonely and helpless.

At that time, this treasure chest happened to be delivered.

Is it a coincidence?

And...Goguryeo...

Shen Lian was still considering whether it would be Nanzhao.

But I didn't expect it to be Goguryeo.

Goguryeo was not a big country, but its strength was not weak either.

Moreover, the fall of the Former Sui Dynasty was largely related to Goguryeo.

It’s not that Goguryeo’s attack on the Sui Dynasty led to its downfall.

Instead, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty launched three expeditions to Goguryeo, but all ended in failure, which dragged down the Sui Dynasty, aroused strong dissatisfaction among the people and the aristocratic families, and eventually led to the abyss of destruction.

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So the country of Goguryeo is somewhat special.

Moreover, the relationship between Goguryeo and the Tang Dynasty is not very good now.

Now Goguryeo will never pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty.

Because Yeon Gaesomun, the powerful minister who controlled Goguryeo, was extremely hostile to the Tang Dynasty, and after he gained power and sidelined the King of Goguryeo, the Tang Dynasty and Goguryeo almost broke up.

So Shen Lian never thought that ten years ago, Goguryeo actually paid tribute to the Tang Dynasty.

Looking at this dusty treasure chest and the current tense relationship between the two countries, Shen Lian couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

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The world is really changing.

Shen Lian took a deep breath and stopped thinking about it.

He directly took out the key he found in the old house.

This key was specially delivered from the Beidou Tower in Nanzhao in recent months.

Although Shen Lian didn't know who sent it, he knew that the person had gone to so much trouble to do so, so he must have some special secret.

And now, this key has fallen into Shen Lian's hands.

Shen Lian suspected that someone might want to use his hand to open the treasure chest.

Now I don’t know what is in this treasure chest.

Maybe... after opening the treasure chest, many questions will have some clues or even direct answers.

Shen Lian took a deep breath and didn't delay any longer.

He quickly put the key into the keyhole.

Everything was just as he expected.

The key and the lock correspond exactly.

This key is the key to the treasure chest.

As he turned gently...

click!
The lock was opened easily!
click!
A crisp mechanical sound.

This very special lock opened just like that.

But Shen Lian never believed in any coincidence.

In his opinion, anything that can be described as a coincidence often means that someone has made some efforts when he and others are unaware.

I just don't know what they did.

That's why I think all this is just a coincidence!
But Shen Lian still knows something.

He knew that the cabinet shouldn't have been there.

Therefore, he felt that all this was done intentionally by someone. Someone deliberately let him find this key.

So it was beyond their expectations that I could find the treasure chest immediately.

Or is it that their power is stronger than I imagined?
If there was a problem with the eunuch serving Li Shimin, Li Shimin's safety would definitely be in danger.

Shen Lian has a strong ability to judge people.

When solving a case, he can accurately find any clue.

So it is very simple to judge whether a person is lying.

Shen Lian didn't think about it any more. Whether all this was a coincidence or not, he could confirm it by asking the eunuch.

The most important thing now is to see what is in this treasure chest.

There is someone behind the scenes who is trying every possible means to help me find these treasure chests. There must be a purpose for this.

And what that purpose is, perhaps it is in this treasure chest.

Shen Lian moved his wrist and a dagger fell into his palm.

He also took a step back and looked at the treasure chest carefully.

Someone was so determined to help him find this treasure chest, he had to be on guard.

It would be troublesome if the treasure chest did not contain any treasure but hidden weapons or something like that.

He took a deep breath, and without hesitation, he thrust the dagger in his hand forward—
Click!

The lid of the treasure chest was opened directly.

No hidden weapons were fired.

There is no powdered poison either.

Shen Lian felt relieved, took a step forward, and looked inside the treasure chest...

The treasure chest is opened.

There is no danger.

Only then did Shen Lian step forward and look into the treasure chest.

Shen Lian looked down and saw that the space of the treasure chest was not small, but in this not-so-small space, there were only two things.

a letter.

And... a picture.

The letter was sealed and had not been opened.

The picture was folded, with a corner exposed, so Shen Lian could tell at a glance that it was a picture.

Without any hesitation, he took out the letter and the picture.

Shen Lian opened the picture first.

Look up.

"This is?"

Shen Lian's eyes also narrowed.

In this picture, the colors are very bright.

Mainly red, cyan and blue.

And there are many lines.

It's just that there's no pattern to these lines.

It was painted on there completely randomly.

This makes the painting look like it was casually drawn by a child.

But Shen Lian knew that this could not be a random drawing.

Protected by a treasure chest like this.

The key was hidden in the unrelated Nanzhao.

It would be funny if something that we have gone to such great lengths to protect was scribbled on.

But if it's not just a scribble, then what is it?
Even with Shen Lian's intelligence, it was difficult for him to understand the meaning of this picture the first time he saw it.

At this moment, Shen Lian suddenly discovered a line of small words.

"Far, it is derived from the blue and is better than the blue!"

This line of words again!
It’s the familiar handwriting again!
The handwriting of the Goddess Beidou!

This painting was drawn by the Goddess Beidou!

The words were written by the Goddess Beidou!
Suddenly, Shen Lian remembered that he had also seen a painting in the mansion in Kanglefang.

That painting has blue sky and white clouds, as well as blue and cyan colors, and the same words!

A flash of lightning suddenly flashed through Shen Lian's mind.

He seemed to have found something.

Shen Lian just closed his eyes.

He was recalling every detail of the painting he had seen in the mansion.

Shen Lian has the ability to remember everything he sees.

Whatever he sees, he will never forget it in a short time.

Even if it is a painting, no detail will be forgotten.

He will never forget even a single word or a color combination.

At this moment, in Shen Lian's mind, the painting he saw in the mansion appeared out of thin air.

This painting is exactly the same as the one in the mansion.

Then, another picture appeared in Shen Lian's mind.

And this painting is exactly the one in the treasure chest!

The two paintings are suspended in the air in parallel.

The two paintings are exactly the same size.

Even the use of colors and details are exactly the same.

What’s more important is that Shen Lian discovered that their words “far, derived from the blue but better than the blue” are exactly the same!
The same thing here means not only the handwriting is exactly the same.

Even the size is exactly the same.

It's as if they were carved out of the same mold.

Shen Lian's heart moved.

The two paintings began to slowly overlap in his mind, under his control.

At first, when the two paintings overlapped, nothing changed.

Gradually, when their two sentences overlapped completely, the two paintings actually underwent tremendous changes!

The original messy and irregular lines turned into mountains, rivers and trees under the influence of the colors of another painting.

After these two paintings overlapped, they actually... turned into a map!
A map!
And there is a mark on this map!
"Treasure Map?"

The first moment Shen Lian saw the picture, these three words popped into his mind.

But he knew that it was probably not a treasure map.

But this is no different from a treasure map.

This is a map with clear directions!
My own mother actually used two paintings to hide a secret like a treasure map!

This secret will not be discovered without any picture!
In fact, if I didn't have a good memory, I might not have discovered it even if I compared it!

My own mother hid this secret so deeply!
In Shen Lian's mind, he used the overlap of the two paintings to reveal the true secret of Goddess Beidou!
This is actually a map that looks like a treasure map!

On the map, there is a triangle mark.

That's where this map is pointing, no doubt.

But where is this place?
Shen Lian was quite familiar with Chang'an, but he was not so familiar with other places in the Tang Dynasty, especially the mountains, rivers and so on.

After all, his main activities were in Chang'an City, and he rarely went to other places.

He left Chang'an City only twice in his life. One was to lure out Beichen from the Beidou Society, and the other was for the expedition to Nanzhao.

Both times he left, he had a clear purpose and was not in the mood to travel.

Therefore, when Shen Lian saw the map, he did not find out where the place the map pointed to.

There are mountains, rivers and trees in this map.

There is no city, nor any other information such as stone tablets that could indicate the specific location of this place.

So for a moment, Shen Lian found it difficult to determine where this place was.

But he believed that as long as he could find the place the map pointed to, perhaps he would be able to understand some of the secrets of the Goddess Beidou.

His mother spent so much time and effort hiding these two paintings so deeply, he believed that it was definitely not a waste of effort.

Shen Lian let out a long breath and opened his eyes again.