Aristocratic Concubine

Chapter 286 Figure (2)
"How is it possible? Even if the two of you are businessmen, it is impossible for you to have such a large wealth. From what you said, the two of you can almost be as rich as an enemy?" Wanqing still didn't quite believe Shangguan Yeli's words. Some words: "Besides, it's just some treasures. Is it worthwhile for the royal family to spend so much effort to take them away?"

Shangguan Yeli smiled and said: "I didn't really believe it before, but I found out later that the ancestors of our two families mastered not only gold and silver treasures, but a technology that can make money. It is said that it has the effect of turning stone into gold, of course what the royal family wants is that technology, as long as it can get that technology, no matter how poor the country is, or suffers from natural disasters, it will not worry about running out of money."

"Turning a stone into gold? This is too mysterious. How could the world have such an ability? Mr. Mr., you wouldn't believe it. This is a strange power." Wanqing said disdainfully, she came from modern times, and she has always been Don't believe in these ghost stories.

"It is indeed the art of turning stone into gold. Of course, it is actually a smelting technique. What is produced is not gold, but another thing. It is said that overseas, that kind of thing is more valuable than gold. That kind of technology is very complicated. No It is impossible to forge the specific equipment and tools made by the ancestors of the two families. What is buried in that treasure is this equipment and the treasures of the two families."

That's it, no wonder the emperor valued that treasure so much, but she didn't understand why the Shangguan and Ouyang families didn't just give this technology to the royal family. Service, isn't it self-inflicted suicide?

"I heard from the old lady that this technology is against the way of heaven and should not have appeared in this world. If that technology is passed on to the world, it may harm the descendants of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Therefore, the two ancestors would rather The treasure is buried, and I don’t want to dedicate it to the emperor, and I leave the treasure map, because I am afraid that future generations will not be able to get along, and then open it, and use that technology to earn a certain amount of wealth before closing it.” Shangguan Yeli added road.

"In this case, it's reasonable, but why did the outer key fall into the hands of Ouyang's family instead of Shangguan's?" Wanqing asked again.

"I heard that after the two ancestors buried the treasure back then, they agreed that the two families would jointly keep the wealth, and each family owned half of the treasure map. This is something that everyone in the family knows, but the key to open the door , only the head of the family knows, and the rest of the family does not know, and the key is also kept by the two families in rotation, and it is rotated every 20 years. As long as the family is still rich, the wealth cannot be used casually."

"That is to say, the patriarch of the Ouyang family kept the key for many years, and it was finally going to be transferred to the Shangguan family, so did he give the key to Mrs. Ouyang as a dowry? But, if it is In this case, the heads of the two families should know the secret on the key, why do you have the key for so many years, but you don’t know how to open it at all, and Master Hou doesn’t seem to know either?” Wanqing still felt a little The doubts were not resolved, and he continued to ask.

"There have been some changes. The secret on the key is not passed down from generation to generation, but from the elders of the two families to each other. In that year, my grandfather died suddenly, and I have not had time to pass the code to my father. In this way, knowing Only Patriarch Ouyang was the one who kept the key secret. At that time, the Emperor happened to put pressure on the two families to force them to hand over the treasure. Yes, patriarch Ouyang sticks to the rules of his ancestors, and he will never hand over the half picture, let alone pass the password to father." Shangguan Yeli added.

"So, that is to say, your mother may be the only one who knows the secret of the key in the whole world. That's why those people deliberately tried to dig out the secret from your mother. That's why your mother died unexpectedly?"

Shangguan Yeli's face showed a trace of pain, and his brows and eyes were stained with sadness, "My mother was not killed by the emperor, but died in the hands of other forces, but it was indeed because of that Only one piece of key is dead."

Wanqing was silent, and went through the whole thing in her mind. Although she was still a little puzzled, she basically understood that the reason why Mrs. Ouyang died early was because she knew some secrets that others did not know, and she refused to say it easily. , That's why I was killed, but I don't know what kind of role Hou Ye played back then. I can guess from the performance of Hou Ye when he saw Yu Xinyou for the first time. Should be genuinely emotional.

It shouldn't be Master Hou who did it, and the Shangguan family, before they got the password, shouldn't kill Mrs. Ouyang, why did she die young? Is it really just dystocia?And now, with the death of Mrs. Ouyang, is the secret of that key no longer known?

"Han Nanny probably didn't tell you these things, you should have known about these things a long time ago." Wanqing raised her eyebrows halfway and asked Shangguan Yeli.

"Yes, she told me that when my mother died not long ago, she hid many of her valuables in one place and kept them in the custody of Nanny Han. After I got married, I would pass those things on to my mother." Lady, however, she doesn't like you, lady. After being married for so long, she didn't hand over her things. It's a good thing my mother still trusts her like that." When Shangguan Yeli spoke, the sorrow between his brows became more intense, and Xiuchang's brows were tightly frowned, as if he didn't want to recall those things.

Wanqing couldn't help feeling sorry for him, it must be a bad feeling to be cheated by a person she trusts the most, besides, this person is still his nanny who has a mother-child relationship with him.

When Wanqing was about to comfort him, she heard Zhui'er knocking on the door outside and said: "Young Mistress, someone from the Gu residence is here."

What is the Gu family doing here at this time?Wanqing couldn't help looking at Shangguan Yeli in surprise, Shangguan Yeli also shook his head, expressing that he didn't know either.

Wanqing went out to take a look, she was indeed a woman with a familiar face, she was quite capable in front of Lin before, she couldn't help being surprised, when the woman came out after seeing Wanqing, she hurriedly saluted and said: " Tomorrow is the married person of the second young lady. The master and the wife invite the third aunt to come back to the door today, one is to celebrate the joy of the third aunt's conferment, and the third aunt is married, and it has been a while, so I should go back Menzi, talk to the sisters."

(End of this chapter)