I was an alchemist in those years

"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, "They have different expressions and are lifelike. These stone figurines have been preserved for at least a few hundred years, and they are still so well preserved. The artistic value can be called a boutique."

"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." I said without turning my head.

Until I came to my 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."

I hesitated for a long time and finally said it out, telling Yue Leiting, I'm afraid you can't give this book to Master Huang!

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."

"Yan Hui, Brother Ting took money from Master Huang. As the saying goes, you take money from people to help people eliminate disasters. I'm afraid if you don't give it...I'm afraid it's not easy to explain to Master Huang." 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 asks to dig this place. As for what's inside, no one knows. The people who enter this altar belong to Brother Ting. As long as Brother Ting says there's nothing inside, how can Master Huang know?" I said seriously.

Yue Leiting probably knew that I was not a covetous person, but he didn't expect me to say such a thing, knowing that things were not easy.

"This... is there any mystery in this ancient book?"

I walked under the statue of Yuan Chonghuan and looked at it 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." I don't see anyone else whispering at 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."

"My old man has a little-known library. There are all kinds of books in it, including astronomy and geography. One of them records a very interesting story." I said calmly.

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

"After the Ming Dynasty moved the capital to the capital, Tianshou Mountain at the foot of Yanshan Mountain in Changping District, the northwest suburb, was built as the Changling Mausoleum in May of the seventh year of Yongle until Chongzhen, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was buried in the Siling Mausoleum. During the period of more than 230 years, successively Thirteen emperors' tombs, seven concubines' tombs, and one eunuch's tomb were built," I said.

"I know this. You are talking 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!" I said

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

"Yan Hui, did you remember wrongly, the Ming Tombs are in the capital, I have been there not long ago, why did another Ming Tombs appear?" Yue Lei Ting said with certainty.

"Zhu Yuanzhang broke the Yuan and established the Ming Dynasty, and created the foundation of the Ming Dynasty for 200 years. 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 one day. He just took a bite. It was reported that Liu Bowen, the military adviser, saw him, so Zhu Yuanzhang took a gold vessel and covered the biscuits 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.” I 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." I shook my head and said.

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

"Zhu Yuanzhang was worried that the Ming Dynasty he built would one day collapse like the previous one, and asked Liu Bowen to figure out why the Ming Dynasty died." I continued with a faint smile. "Liu Bowen pointed to Zhu Yuanzhang's face and answered without hesitation: The lack of pancakes and the moon's waxing and waning indicate the dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang covered the sun and moon with gold objects, and calculated that the Ming Dynasty died in gold!"

"Ming died in Jin! Nurhachi, the leader of the Jurchen Ministry in Jianzhou, established Jin and later changed the name of the country to Qing." 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 Liu Bowen again why he died." I rubbed my fingers and continued. "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.

I 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 transport a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry into the burial. Secretly transfer [-]% of the national treasury into treasure hoarding for future contingencies, and the location of the burial is only known to the current emperor, and 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!" I said calmly.

"Yanhui, 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?"

I smiled 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."

"Yanhui, what happened to this treasure after that?" Yue Leiting asked anxiously.

"After Liu Bowen found the place where the treasure was buried for Zhu Yuanzhang, he knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was suspicious by nature, and he knew the secret that related to the survival of the Ming Dynasty. How could Zhu Yuanzhang let himself go and resign from office to 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 nemesis, Hu Weiyong, to visit him, Sima Zhaozhi's heart was known to all, and Liu Bowen drank the medicine that Hu Weiyong sent 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 thought of it so soon." I laughed cheerfully.

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

"Yanhui, 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. The secret of the treasure will no longer be known."

"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!"