The location of the treasury was very easy to find. It was right under Daoist White Bird's bed, and after digging it open, it would be a treasury that hid treasures.
"Teacher Sun, I've done a rough count. There should be around 200,000 taels."
Old Wolf Ren was agitated.
In the treasury, apart from a musty smell, there were also a dozen or so large chests stuffed full of silver.
Ying Baiwu's eyes shone brightly as she became restless.
"That's all?"
Sun Mo frowned.
Old Wolf Ren was stunned. After that, he broke out in cold sweat and knelt on the ground with a thud. He pointed to the sky and swore, "Teacher Sun, if I were to hide even a single copper coin, I will die a horrible death."
Old Wolf Ren looked infuriated, feeling that he had been humiliated.
To be honest, if it was in the past, he would definitely hide some. Who would know if he hid a few thousand taels of silver casually? However, this time around, he really didn't. It was because Old Wolf Ren wanted an official position. Therefore, he worked very hard.
"I didn't say you hid silver."
Sun Mo helped Old Wolf Ren up.
"It's a little too little!"
Li Ziqi frowned and casually instructed, "You can leave first!"
How would Old Wolf Ren dare to say 'no'? He immediately backed out of the treasury.
"Ziqi, what do you mean?"
Ying Baiwu squatted beside the chest, stuffing silver into her clothes as she asked. This won't do, I have to find him!
"Call me Eldest Senior Sister!"
Li Ziqi's lips twitched. (Why are all of you so disrespectful toward me?) "This organization obviously has a mastermind behind it, and the mastermind is very powerful. Otherwise, how could this organization hide in the eastern suburbs of Jin Ling city for so many years without being discovered? Besides, I don't believe that after so many years of dirty business, you only earned 200,000 taels of silver? "
"Maybe he spent it?"
Xuanyuan Po felt that Li Ziqi was too suspicious.
"No, these people are all human traffickers. If they keep spending money like water, they will be discovered. So, it is very likely that part of their money is sent to their hometown, to their family, and the other part is given to the mastermind."
Li Ziqi was very certain.
"That's your guess."
Xuanyuan Po didn't believe it.
"I have evidence."
Li Ziqi smiled, feeling very confident. "How can there be no account books when doing such a business? They could be kept as trump cards to threaten the buyers. Moreover, Daoist White Bird would surely have other treasures, right? After all, everyone has their own precious personal items, but there's only silver here. This means that this money is going to be handed over to the mastermind, and that rotten white bird's true personal treasury is somewhere else. "
"So troublesome, it's still easier to fight!"
Xuanyuan Po scratched his head, he didn't want to waste his brain power thinking.
"I'll go look for it."
Ying Baiwu ran a few steps and rushed back to the chest. She grabbed two ingots of silver and stuffed them into her clothes.
"What are you doing?"
Li Ziqi was dumbfounded. In just a short while, Ying Baiwu had grown a lot 'fatter'. Because she was walking, the silvers on her body clanked against each other.
"The government's troops will be here soon. Those people eat people without blinking an eye. If we don't hide some, we won't be able to get a single copper coin."
Ying Baiwu knew that when people from the government saw money, they would be like sharks smelling blood. They wouldn't let go once they had bitten them.
"Hehe!"
Li Ziqi laughed. "That might be the case usually, but this time around, whoever dares to have any thoughts about this money will be banished to the borders to be slaves!"
"Oh, I believe you."
Ying Baiwu nodded and returned to the chest. Although the silver ingots were all about 10 taels of silver, she still chose two that looked bigger. She kept them in her robes and then left the treasury.
"..."
Li Ziqi was speechless. (What happened to believing me?)
Sun Mo's judgment was the same as Li Ziqi's. He recalled Daoist White Bird's data he had seen earlier and returned to the great hall. He found this fellow's corpse and used Divine Sight.
Fan Bai's corpse. Died from damage to his organs.
Note: Careful, respectful, sinister, and cunning. Likes to make use of the blind spots of others to carry out his arrangements.
Note: Guilty of countless crimes. Dying like this would be letting him off too easily.
It seemed that the system couldn't bear to watch Daoist White Bird's evil deeds any longer.
"Why doesn't it show the location of the treasury?"
Sun Mo asked.
"The system isn't omnipotent."
The system explained, "In any case, what's your brain for? The system has already given you a clue. Hence, it's up to you to decrypt it. "
"You also admit that you aren't omnipotent?"
Sun Mo teased. After saying that, he sank into deep contemplation.
Blind spots of thinking?
Roughly over ten minutes later, Sun Mo returned to the treasury and surveyed the surroundings. Was there a blind spot here?
A few minutes later, Li Ziqi also came in.
"Eh? Teacher, you're here as well? "
Li Ziqi was surprised. After that, she became agitated. "Could it be that Teacher also feels that there's a very high possibility that the private treasury of that rotten white bird is here?"
(As expected, our hearts are linked by telepathy!)
Li Ziqi felt a little happy.
"Ziqi, what do you think?"
Sun Mo asked.
"Teacher, there must be a hidden meaning behind this!"
Li Ziqi walked over with a solemn expression. This was a test from her teacher. She had to answer it well and mustn't disappoint her teacher.
"From the degree of secrecy of this organization, this Daoist White Bird is a cautious, respectful, and cunning fellow."
Xuanyuan Po, who was in charge of protecting Li Ziqi, pouted. Wasn't this nonsense? If he wasn't cunning, he would have been caught long ago.
"I've asked those daoist captives. Other than cultivating, Daoist White Bird would sleep with women. His activity location is almost always in this bedroom."
"I've also asked them what they think of the monastery head. In the end, their answers were that he's cautious and suspicious, but he's very responsible. Every time he does something, he would personally take action. Honestly speaking, this sense of responsibility can also be seen as him not trusting others and having to do things personally. Do you think such a person would hide the treasury in other places?"
"No, it must be somewhere he can see at any time. Only then would he feel at ease."
Sun Mo had studied psychology before. Many people would keep searching for money after they obtained a large sum of money. Sometimes, it would be completely subconscious.
During festivals, thieves would use this method to search for prey.
The monastery head is so cautious and suspicious, and he also has a large sum of money. How could he possibly hide it somewhere he can't see?
"For a place like the bedroom, the owner would stay there for a long time. Usually, there would be a secret space to hide some valuable items. Many people would think that they've found a treasure after discovering the treasury and seeing so much silver. Hence, their mental state would relax."
Li Ziqi continued.
"Mn!"
Sun Mo nodded. This was like solving a question. After figuring out the answer, one would naturally heave a sigh of relief and wouldn't be able to concentrate.
"The vast majority of people would think that this is all the dirty silver and stop searching. Even if a small portion of people discovered some clues, there's a high possibility that they would ignore this treasury."
After Li Ziqi finished her analysis, she started to wander around the treasury, searching for the location of the private treasury.
"Excellent deduction."
Sun Mo praised. He activated Divine Sight and observed the treasury.
"Hehe!"
Li Ziqi was very happy to be praised by her teacher. However, her teacher was also very impressive. He came back earlier than her. This meant that he had thought of this point faster than her.
Ding!
Favorable impression points from Li Ziqi + 50. Friendly (1,051/10000).
Li Ziqi didn't really admire people with high martial prowess. However, she was very impressed by people with high intellect.
Sun Mo swept his gaze through the treasury.
The rocks were complex ores. They were formed from quartz, mica, and other minerals. The quartz content was the highest, and the pressure coefficient was normal.
Sun Mo continued to look at them. All of a sudden, when he was three meters away from the entrance of the treasury, a row of data appeared in his vision. Lime and wood appeared, and the pressure coefficient of the rock walls became smaller.
Sun Mo immediately walked over and checked carefully. There should be a mechanism that could open this place, but Sun Mo couldn't find it. However, he had a stupid idea.
"Xuanyuan Po, come, shatter the rocks here."
Sun Mo instructed.
If this was in the modern era, one wouldn't be able to open it even after half a day without machinery. However, in the Middle-Earth Nine Provinces, a person's martial prowess was extremely high.
Xuanyuan Po smashed the wall fiercely and the wall broke, revealing a flight of stairs leading downwards.
"There's really another treasury!"
Xuanyuan Po glanced inside. He wasn't worried and directly jumped down.
"Wait!"
Sun Mo didn't have time to stop him. He subconsciously felt that there might be a lack of oxygen below. Should he light a candle and go down to check the oxygen level?
"Teacher, quickly come down. There's gold, a lot of gold!"
Xuanyuan Po roared.
This underground second level was much smaller compared to the upper levels. However, there were quite a lot of things placed here. There were over ten large chests.
Xuanyuan Po opened a few and waved his hand with the oil lamp. The gold inside immediately emitted a dazzling light that could blind people's eyes.
"Wow!"
Ying Baiwu suddenly cried out, almost scaring everyone to death.
"There's so much gold?"
Ying Baiwu rushed down and pounced on one of the chests. She touched this one and looked at that one. After that, she grabbed them and started stuffing them into her clothes.
"Why did you come down?"
Li Ziqi frowned.
"You want to hog the gold for yourself?"
Ying Baiwu immediately grew wary.
"I'm going to hog your head!"
Li Ziqi was speechless. She was asking if there were any other situations above and also wanted to verify Ying Baiwu's intelligence.
"Oh, I couldn't find the treasury and wanted to ask Teacher if you've discovered anything."
Ying Baiwu explained. Her hands didn't stop moving for even a second.
"Hehe!"
Li Ziqi laughed. (Do you think I'll believe you? You are a money-grubber. How do you know that Teacher is in the treasury? You must be thinking of coming down to store some more silver.)
The strongest evidence was that Ying Baiwu's clothes, which had been stuffed to the brim earlier, were now shriveled.
Naturally, Li Ziqi wouldn't expose such a thing. Also, because of her family background, the little sunny egg had seen too much money before. Hence, she wasn't interested in gold. What she wanted was the account book.
"I want to capture the mastermind and take revenge for those girls who were abducted and sold!"
Li Ziqi had a sense of justice.
This place was only so big. Hence, a few minutes later, Sun Mo and Li Ziqi discovered a small chest. Compared to the others, there was very little dust on it. Clearly, it had been opened frequently.
Upon seeing this scene, Ying Baiwu immediately came over. "Teacher, let me help you open it!"
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