Masterful appearance

() "Damn it, I dug this thing after working hard for three months."

Yue Lei Ting complained from behind, and with the support of several people, Yue Lei Ting and Huo Qian came over with hands covered in water. Huo Qian, who was well-informed, was amazed at the majestic altar in front of him, and Yue Lei Ting looked around everywhere. There wasn't even a single item that caught his fancy.

The stone figurines on both sides of the passage were lifelike, arousing Yue Leiting's interest, so he tapped them with his fingers.

"Huo Qian, come and see, are these stone men worth money?"

Huo Qian looked at it carefully for a long time and nodded, saying: "They have different expressions and are lifelike. These stone figurines have been preserved for at least a few hundred years, and they can still be preserved so well. The artistic value can be called a masterpiece."

"Who the hell wants artistic value, just tell me, how much is it worth?"

Huo Qian shook his head and said regretfully with a wry smile: "After all, it is a stone, and the value can only be measured from the artistic level. If you have to say how much it is worth, if you can appreciate it, you will say it is worth a lot. I will give it to Brother Ting. Hehe, you still think it takes up space. .”

"Damn, after talking for a long time, it's worthless." Yue Lei Ting sighed.

"Brother Ting, take a look at these two things." Chu Tianci said without turning his head.

Until he walked to Chu Tianci's side and saw the golden dragon turtle on the disc, Yue Lei Ting's eyes shone brighter than gold.

"Heaven pays off, this object is beautiful, hahaha, it's not a loss to sell such a big lump of gold."

Huo Qian also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the book on the oiled paper next to him.

"Brother Ting, this book must be what Master Huang was looking for, and now I finally have an explanation."

Yue Lei Ting didn't even look at it, he just looked at the golden dragon turtle in front of him happily.

"Many people are stupid. They spent so much effort just to get a broken book. Hurry up and ask Liu Hao to send it to Su Lengyue. From now on, I don't want to deal with this Huang Ye again."

"Brother Ting, this book...I'm afraid you can't give this book to Master Huang!" Chu Tianci hesitated for a long time before saying it.

Yue Lei Ting raised his head in a daze and said in surprise: "No?! What's the use of keeping a broken book, besides, we can't afford to offend Mr. Huang, so it's better to go along with the flow and borrow flowers to offer Buddha."

"Heavenly gift, brother Ting took Huang Ye's money. As the saying goes, you take people's money to help people eliminate disasters. I'm afraid if you don't give it... I'm afraid it's not easy to explain to Huang Ye." Huo Qian explained beside him.

"That's right, brother, didn't you say that the other day, the ginseng was delivered, and the ginseng is life-saving, and everyone surnamed Huang has murderous intentions." Xiao Lianshan said.

"Master Huang only asked to dig this place. As for what's inside, no one knows. The people who entered this altar belonged to Brother Ting. As long as Brother Ting said there was nothing inside, how could Master Huang know?" Chu Tianci said seriously. .

Yue Lei Ting knew that Chu Tianci was not a covetous person, but he actually said such words, knowing that the matter was not easy.

"Heavenly gift, is there any mystery in this ancient book?"

Chu Tianci went to look at the statue of Yuan Chonghuan for a while, then nodded silently, and then looked at the subordinates standing behind Yue Leiting, Yue Leiting understood, let these people leave the altar, and swim back the same way.

"I don't know if there is such a thing. If there is, then this book can be said to be invaluable." Chu Tianci whispered when he saw that there was no one else on the altar.

When Yue Leiting heard that it was priceless, he quickly took a closer look at the yellowed ancient book, but there was nothing unusual, so he turned around and asked Huo Qian.

"You are well-informed, have you heard of this book?"

"Luoxuan's magical strategy?" Huo Qian thought for a while, shaking his head, and said with certainty. "I don't have much research on ancient books, and I haven't heard anyone mention this book."

"I remember telling you that my old man has a little-known library. The books in it are all-encompassing, including astronomy and geography. One of them records a very interesting story." Chu Godsend said calmly.

"Brother, what story, tell me and listen to it."

"After the Ming Dynasty moved the capital to the capital, in Tianshou Mountain at the foot of Yanshan Mountain in the northwest suburb, Changling Mausoleum was built in May of the seventh year of Yongle until Chongzhen, the last emperor of Ming Dynasty, was buried in Siling Mausoleum. There are three emperor's tombs, seven concubine's tombs, and one eunuch's tomb." Chu Tianci said eloquently.

"I know this. God sent you to talk about the Ming Tombs. What does the Ming Tombs have to do with this book?" Huo Qian asked in surprise.

"In fact, there is a tomb that is not recorded in the history books!"

"There's another one?!" Yue Leiting and Huo Qian looked at each other blankly.

"Ming Tombs!"

"Ming Tombs?!" Huo Qian said in a daze. "Isn't it the Ming Tombs... Never heard of the Ming Tombs?"

"Tianci, did you remember wrongly, the Ming Tombs are in the capital, I have traveled somewhere not long ago, how come there is another Ming Tombs?" Yue Lei Ting said with certainty.

"Zhu Yuanzhang broke the Yuan and established the Ming Dynasty, and created the 200-year foundation of the Ming Dynasty. Among them, the founding father Liu Bowen contributed a lot. Liu Bowen knew astronomy and geography, and was good at divination. It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang was eating sesame seed cakes all day. It was reported that Liu Bowen, the military adviser, saw him, so Zhu Yuanzhang took a gold vessel and covered the sesame seed cake he had eaten, and asked Liu Bowen if he knew what was on the plate. Liu Bowen pinched his fingers and answered: half like the sun and half like the moon Seeing that Liu Bowen’s calculations are very accurate, Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to calculate the historical changes in the past 500 years.” Chu Tianci explained slowly.

"This is the "Song of Biscuits" passed down from generation to generation." Huo Qian said with a smile.

"Actually not. If Liu Bowen could really deduce the historical changes of five hundred miles later, how could the Ming Dynasty perish." Chu Tianci shook his head and said.

"Brother, tell me quickly, what exactly is it?" Xiao Lianshan was anxious.

"Zhu Yuanzhang was worried that the Ming Dynasty he had built would one day collapse like the previous one, and asked Liu Bowen to figure out why the Ming Dynasty died." Chu Tianci continued with a faint smile. "Liu Bowen pointed in front of Zhu Yuanzhang and answered without hesitation: there is a lack of biscuits and a moon, which indicates the dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang covered it with gold to make the sun and the moon dark. It is estimated that the Ming Dynasty died of gold!"

"Ming died in Jin! The leader of the Jianzhou Jurchen Department, ** Ha Chi, established the Jin and later changed the name of the country to the Qing Dynasty." Huo Qian was amazed. "The Qing Dynasty entered the customs and overthrew the Ming Dynasty and replaced it. Liu Bowen really hit the nail on the head."

"Zhu Yuanzhang asked why Liu Bowen died." Chu Tianci continued rubbing his fingers. "Liu Bowen's answers are fluent, the upper and lower are short of money, and died of lack of money!"

"You're right. The treasury was empty at the end of the Ming Dynasty, which led to deflation and economic depression. In the early years of Chongzhen, there was a severe drought and the Qing army. There was not enough money. There were intrigues within the court, and the strength was exhausted." Huo Qian said convincingly.

Chu Tianci nodded and said calmly: "Zhu Yuanzhang has insight into the opportunity. In order to prevent the decline of the Ming Dynasty, he ordered Liu Bowen to find a secret place to bury a large amount of gold, silver and jewels. Every year, [-]% of the national treasury is secretly transported into the treasure hoard for future contingencies, and the location of the burial is only known to the current emperor, and it will be passed on to the next emperor when he dies."

"Every year...every year, 270% of the national treasury is transported into the treasure..." Hearing this figure, even Huo Qian, who has always been calm, was dumbfounded. "Ming Dynasty [-]... Oh my God!"

"Hey... Huo Qian, you have a good brain. Calculate how much the gold, silver and jewels buried in this treasure are worth?" Yue Lei Ting's mind was blank now.

"Wealth can rival a country!" Huo Qian didn't even think about answering.

"This treasure is the Ming Tombs!" Chu Tianci said calmly.

"Tianci, then what is the relationship between the Ming Tombs you mentioned and this book?" Yue Leiting finally realized that this humble ancient book in front of him was extremely valuable.

"Brother, that's not right. Brother Qian explained that the end of the dynasty was due to lack of money. There is such a big treasure. If you send someone to dig it up, you will have money. Why is it still destroyed by the Qing Dynasty?"

Chu Tianci smiled slightly and took a deep breath.

"The fate of the country is determined by heaven. Even if Liu Bowen can see the opportunities ahead, everything has its own destiny in the dark. Zhu Yuanzhang's desire to change the fate of the country by himself is simply a dream."

"Tianci, what happened to this treasure after that?" Yue Lei Ting asked anxiously.

"After Liu Bowen found the place where the treasure was buried for Zhu Yuanzhang, he knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was suspicious and he knew the secret that related to the survival of the Ming Dynasty. How could Zhu Yuanzhang let himself go and resign and go back to hiding? But how could Zhu Yuanzhang rest assured that an outsider knew this secret , Liu Bowen fell ill, and Zhu Yuanzhang asked Liu Bowen's deadly enemy, Hu Weiyong, to visit him. Sima Zhao's heart was known to all, and Liu Bowen drank the medicine sent by Hu Weiyong to show his loyalty, and died of serious illness at night."

"It turns out that Zhu Yuanzhang killed Liu Bowen to keep his mouth shut." Huo Qian nodded in a sudden realization.

"There are allusions about killing loyal ministers in all dynasties of the Ming Dynasty. Although everyone has various crimes, there is actually only one real reason."

"Brother, I know this. The gold, silver and jewels of the state treasury have to be transported to the treasury every year. It is impossible to change the person every year. The emperor must choose someone he trusts, and the soldiers responsible for the transportation will be killed on the spot. When I am about to die, I will kill the person in charge of transportation."

"Hehe, you finally got the hang of it, you figured it out so quickly." Chu Tianci laughed cheerfully.

Huo Qian was very excited just now, but he slowly regained his composure.

"Tianci, if according to what you said, this secret was passed on to the next generation of emperors when the emperor died, but when it was passed on to Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty had already perished, and he hanged himself in Meishan. No one will ever know the secret."

"Damn it, it's still useless after talking for a long time, and no one knows where this treasure is." Yue Lei Ting looked dejected.

"That's not necessarily the case, there are still people who know this secret!"