Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 33 Analysis (Part [-])
Wu Chen stood in front of the collapse, and the second grader and Xu Da consciously didn't come in.

"You came back before going up the mountain?" Chen Zhong asked in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

"But what did you find?" Chen Zhong asked in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

"Say!"

"Si Zun, have you ever thought about why those three people found the col and took some things, but they were safe?"

"What does this have to do with whether you went up the mountain today?"

"The reason why the three people are safe and sound must be that what they saw happens to be on the bright side, but the thing won't walk out on its own..."

"Someone has cracked the mechanism of the entrance?" Chen Zhong leaned forward and asked nervously.

Wu Chen shook his head and said:
"I don't think anyone has already cracked it. If it is cracked, there is no need for Si Zun to take action, let alone the people of the Ghost Mandrill Gang. The things inside are gone! I think it has been hundreds of years, and it is normal for the mechanism to be damaged. , and some other reasons, the thing at the entrance of the treasure appeared, and it happened to be discovered by those three people. Of course, this is just my guess, but what does the Ghost Mandrill Gang do? What they are best at is pushing hard into the ground Son, now that Gu You didn’t listen to dissuasion, and encountered a mechanism, which made the col stop at the top of the mountain and no longer operate, then can we boldly guess that the bottom of the col is now empty?”

Chen Zhong's expression became a little more serious.

Wu Chen really wanted to draw a picture. He looked around and found nothing available, so he explained:

"How much the mountain can be raised, and how deep is the bottom of the mountain now, can you understand this reason? The mountain can't lift up and down with the treasures in the ground, otherwise when it falls, won't all the things inside be crushed ?Even with all kinds of ingenious settings, the falling back can fit perfectly, but if there is such a shock, the treasures inside will be damaged, not to mention that this kind of lifting is not done once or twice."

Chen Zhong stared at Wu Chen's face with squinted eyes, and muttered, "Empty?"

"At least the part between the underground and the ground of the mountain depression is empty, the treasures in the underground have not been moved, and the ghost gang has not moved in the past two days..."

"They can dig a passage from the ground and take away the treasure!" Chen Zhong said very quickly.

Wu Chen heaved a sigh of relief and nodded heavily. This eunuch was smarter than he thought.

Chen Zhong sat up straight, tapping his crossed legs rhythmically with his fingers.

Wu Chen stood there, analyzing his own analysis over and over in his head, and the room was very quiet.

Suddenly Gu Zuo's voice came from the door, he wanted to come in but he didn't dare to enter without permission, and the eunuchs were all in the room, so he stood at the door and asked.

Chen Zhong raised his head, looked towards the door, frowned, raised his hand again, the little eunuch hurried to the door and opened the door.

Gu Zuo came over with a righteous face, and just about to salute, Chen Zhong pointed to the armchair not far before the collapse, and said, "Sit."

Gu Zuo hurriedly saluted, and then sat down.

"I asked Wu Chen to sit." Chen Zhong's cold tone made Gu Zuo freeze in place.

Wu Chen wasn't polite, he sat on the chair, still thinking about the flaws in his inferences, completely ignoring Gu Zuo's intention to enter the room.

"What's the matter?" Chen Zhong didn't even look at Gu Zuo.

"Sizun, Wu Chen was supposed to go up the mountain today, but he turned back halfway. His subordinates don't know why, so..."

"You are worried that I will be deceived by his eloquent tongue again. You think I am old and easy to deceive!"

Gu Zuo already regretted his abruptness. This is also a question from the second year of high school. Knowing that Wu Chen turned back halfway today, he didn't think about it carefully. He thought it was an opportunity to rectify Wu Chen. Now he was awakened by Chen Zhong's face and tone, and he was afraid to the bone. He quickly knelt down and explained:

"Si Zun Bailong's wisdom is beyond the reach of ordinary people. How could he be deceived by others? His subordinates were just impatient. Seeing Wu Chen turning back halfway, he thought that something big was going to happen, so he boldly came over to have a look."

"Let's bother you, go down, pack up, you leave for Kyoto tomorrow."

"Si Zun..."

Chen Zhong waved his hand and said, "Go and call Gu Shiming, Zhang Yuan, and Peng Su."

A young eunuch immediately left the room.

Gu Zuo bowed his head and stood up, not daring to say any more, Chen Zhong had already called these three confidants to discuss matters with Wu Chen, what else could Gu Zuo say?

This time he lost in disgrace, but his opponent didn't make a move at all.

……

After a while, Gu Shiming, Zhang Yuan and Peng Su arrived, and the three saluted and sat down one after another, but Wu Chen didn't have the consciousness to stand up and salute, and Chen Zhong didn't ask for it either.

Chen Zhong replaced Wu Chen's deduction just now with his own words, and told the three of them. Taking advantage of this time, Wu Chen carefully sized up the three of them by the dim candlelight. The three of them looked like scholars. Gu Shiming is younger and full of bookishness, while Zhang Yuan and Peng Su are older and more mature.

After Chen Zhong finished speaking, he asked, "If the Ghost Mandrill Gang were really digging tunnels elsewhere, where would they start?"

The three of them were all surprised when they heard this. Gu Shiming first glanced at Wu Chen, thought for a while, and said:
"Si Zun, the mountains and rocks are hard. No matter where you start, I'm afraid it will not be easy. Besides, it will take time. The battle between the two armies seems to be the northern man trying to muddy the water in Anping County, but the subordinates feel that it is just for peace talks. The gang has something to do with the Northern Man, and the subordinates still feel that it is far-fetched."

Zhang Yuan stroked the goat nonsense and said:
"My subordinates think it's possible. The Ghost Mandrill Gang act perversely, and they hide in the mountains all year round. They know more about mountains and forests than we do. It's really not easy for us to dig a mountain and dig a hole. Maybe it's not difficult for them. "

Chen Zhong nodded.

It was Peng Su's turn to speak, and he said:

"The two armies are fighting at this time. It is not my intention to rejuvenate the country. The reason for the northern barbarians is not sufficient. It can be seen that there is another purpose. The minister said before that if the border is chaotic, our energy will be dispersed. The subordinates are not surprised that the Ghost Mandrill Gang wants to steal the things under the mountain in any way, but they don't think they will directly steal from the mountain in a fair manner."

Seeing that the two elders disagreed with him, Gu Shiming did not see that he was in a hurry, but said slowly: "It won't take long for the two armies to fight, but it takes a long time to dig a mountain and dig a hole. up, doesn't match."

Wu Chen suddenly asked, "What if the Ghost Mandrill Gang had already started digging mountains and digging holes?"

This sentence made the three of them look at Wu Chen at the same time.

Only then did Chen Zhong introduce several people to each other, and then said:
"The three of you know that Wu Chen is the only one who can enter the mountain at night and come out alive. He found the corpse in the mountain. The ghost gang died earlier. This proves that they discovered the mountain earlier than us, and they Also, they couldn't find the location of the col during the day, but they didn't try again at night, so Wu Chen said that they probably already had other methods."

(End of this chapter)