After entering this space, Li An was slightly disappointed when he saw the empty stone walls. He didn't find any treasures here, nor did he find any chests. However, it was fortunate that this space was big enough. If he searched for a while, he might find something.
The cave was very long, really very long. This was something that Ang Lee did not expect. He did not expect that there would be such a long passage at the bottom of the cave. This greatly exceeded Ang Lee's expectations. Since the passage was so long, it was very likely that the treasures were placed at the end of the passage. This would naturally be safer.
"Assistant Minister Li, there are several stone rooms ahead. There are many large chests inside, and they are all locked."
A guard who was walking at the front reported excitedly.
Ang Lee was naturally pleasantly surprised. Stone rooms and large chests. What else could they be if they were not treasures? These chests must contain the treasures from before.
Soon, Ang Lee walked into these stone rooms and saw these large chests.
"What are you waiting for? Hurry up and break these chests open. "
Ang Lee ordered.
Several guards immediately moved and opened all the chests in the stone rooms.
The moment the chests were opened, Ang Lee felt dazzled. These chests were indeed filled with treasures. They did not disappoint Ang Lee.
"Pearls, jadeite, luminous pearls, gold pancakes. There are really all kinds of good things!"
Ang Lee looked at the treasures in a large chest and said excitedly.
The chests next to it were also filled with treasures. There were so many chests, but none of them contained junk. They were all filled with gold and silver. The value of these treasures was unimaginable. To be able to bury such a large amount of treasures in this place, one could imagine how powerful the owner of these treasures was. He must be a person of high status. Otherwise, it would be impossible to have so many treasures. But what kind of noble person would hide these treasures in such an inconspicuous place? Why didn't he take them away?
In this regard, Ang Lee had many doubts in his heart. However, no matter who these treasures belonged to, as long as he found them now, they were his. Of course, all the guards under his command would also receive some treasures.
"Assistant Minister Li, I counted. There are fifty chests. There are too many treasures in them. If we want to transport all these treasures, we have to get the supply wagons. Otherwise, it will be too tiring to rely on men and horses."
Chen Long said.
Ang Lee nodded and said, "You are right. These big chests are too heavy. With fifty chests, it is indeed not suitable for men to carry them. It is also not good to transport them by horses. The best way is to use the supply wagons. Fortunately, we are not short of supply wagons. Quickly send ten supply wagons over. In addition, take out some of the treasures and distribute them to the soldiers. We can't let the soldiers work for nothing."
"Yes, Assistant Minister Li, don't worry. All the soldiers will get a lot. In addition, we have to do it secretly. It is better not to let the people of the Mo Family Village know about this. When we leave, we have to restore this cave to its original state so that the people of the Mo Family Village will not notice anything unusual. Haha!"
Chen Long said.
Although they were not afraid of the people of the Mo Family Village, it was better to avoid trouble. It was better not to let the people of the Mo Family Village know about this. Otherwise, these villagers would feel unbalanced. If they took out some of the treasures to give to the villagers, it would bring unnecessary trouble to the villagers. After all, bandits were everywhere. Once the bandits knew that every family in the Mo Family Village had treasures, they would definitely plot against them. This would even threaten the safety of the villagers. For the safety of the villagers, they naturally could not share the treasures with them.
Ang Lee nodded approvingly and said, "Well said. Let's do it. Anyway, there are no people of the Mo Family Village in the valley. When the supply wagons arrive, we will go back. In addition, let the soldiers hunt more game and put it on the wagons to cover it. This way, it will not be easily seen."
"Yes, Assistant Minister Li, don't worry."
Chen Long said.
Ang Lee looked at Chen Zhuang and said, "Chen Zhuang, I will leave these treasures to you. I will go to Nanzhao sooner or later and will not be able to return to the capital in a short period of time. These treasures can only be transported to the capital as soon as possible if they are in your hands. I will take half of them and leave the rest to you and your brothers."
As a rich man, Ang Lee was very generous. When it was time to spend money to buy people's hearts, he would not hesitate. This was Ang Lee's characteristic and also his character. Anyway, he had a lot of properties and had earned a lot. Even if he gave all these treasures to the Chen brothers, he would not blink an eye. However, this would definitely make the Chen brothers uncomfortable. Therefore, Ang Lee still took half and left the other half to the Chen brothers as a reward.
Chen Long and Chen Zhuang were also aware of Li An's wealth. Since Li An said so, they wouldn't be polite and happily accepted it. Their wealth was much weaker compared to Li An's. They simply weren't on the same level. If they had this much wealth, then their lives would change a lot. They reckoned that they would be able to walk sideways in the capital. Things that they couldn't buy in the past could now be bought at this time.
Very quickly, the ten supply wagons arrived at the Mo Family Valley. After the soldiers received their share of the treasures, they quickly moved the fifty chests of treasures onto the supply wagons. They also used grass to disguise the chests to prevent anyone from noticing them.
"Assistant Minister Li, these chests of treasures have been moved away. Let's go out too!"
Chen Long said.
After all, the temperature in the cave was a little low and it was also a little gloomy. If they stayed in the cave for a long time, it would definitely harm their bodies.
Ang Lee waved his hand and said, "There's no hurry. Let the soldiers search carefully in the cave and see if there's anything left."
Although the fifty chests of treasures had been moved away, Ang Lee still had a trace of luck in his heart. He thought that there might be treasures inside. In such a big cave, could there only be fifty chests of treasures in the stone room? Could there be more treasures? Although these were only Ang Lee's guesses, it would not be wrong to search more. Anyway, they had time and it did not matter if they wasted a little more time.
There were thirty guards in the cave, but Ang Lee still felt that it was too little. Compared to the huge area and length of the cave, what could they find with so few people? Therefore, Ang Lee mobilized another hundred people into the cave and carried out a carpet search. Because there was enough oxygen inside, there was no feeling of suffocation. Therefore, Ang Lee directly let the soldiers in with torches. This way, there would be more light and it would be easier to find some details that were not easy to find.
More than a hundred soldiers searched the cave for more than two hours. They searched almost every corner of the cave but did not seem to find anything out of the ordinary.
"Assistant Minister Li, it seems that there is nothing out of the ordinary. Let's go back!"
Chen Long said.
Li An thought for a moment and said, "Don't worry, don't worry. The soldiers are looking for the stone walls and the cave ceiling, but they haven't looked below. Have you forgotten that we found the cave above us? How did we find this cave? Didn't we find it from below us? Let the soldiers look under their feet and see if there is anything out of the ordinary. "
After hearing Li An's words, the hundred plus soldiers began to pay attention to the ground beneath their feet and began to search carefully.
"Assistant Minister Li, there is something wrong with the stones on the ground."
A soldier quickly discovered the abnormality. Because he could not be certain, he hurriedly reported the situation to Ang Lee.
Ang Lee hurried over and squatted down to take a look. There was indeed something fishy about these stones. The stones in this place were very different from the stones in other places.
Because this cave was man-made, the traces of man-made carving were very strong. The ground was also chiseled out by hammering, but the piece in front of him seemed to have natural signs of gluing together. This was very abnormal. Could it be that this place had been chiseled out so many times that some stones and glue were found to level this low-lying area? In any case, Ang Lee did not believe it. This place was specially leveled with stones and glue, so there must be some secret. After all, the color of the glue was very similar to the stones. If one did not look carefully, they would not be able to discover it. This was enough to explain the problem.
"Find some tools and chisel out this piece. Perhaps there is another treasure cave below."
Ang Lee said excitedly.
They had already found many treasures in this treasure cave. If there was another treasure cave below, Ang Lee did not dare to imagine how many treasures there would be. After all, the treasure cave below was more hidden, so the treasures inside should be more and more precious.
Because the stones and glue were very hard, it was not easy to break them open. More than a hundred soldiers took turns to work. After spending two hours, they finally dug out what Ang Lee wanted to see.
"Stone slab, there is actually a stone slab below."
Chen Long said excitedly.
After digging three feet deep, everyone finally saw a large stone slab. This stone slab was much bigger than the stone slab above, and the material was better. Obviously, there was another treasure cave below, and the treasures inside would only be more valuable than the ones in front of them. As for what kind of treasure it was, Ang Lee did not know, but Ang Lee was looking forward to it.
Because the stone slab was really too big and heavy, it was difficult to move it with manpower. For this reason, Ang Lee had to use technology to get the soldiers to place explosives on the stone slab. Then, everyone hid in the stone room, and only one soldier was to light the explosives. After lighting the explosives, they quickly ran to the stone room.
"Boom …"
With a loud bang, the stone slab was blasted into pieces and fell to the ground. Sure enough, there was an even more hidden treasure cave below.
"The person who hid the treasure is really good. First, he found an inconspicuous small cave, then dug a treasure cave below the cave, and then dug another treasure cave below the treasure cave. This is too careful. Other than me, no one would have thought that there was a second treasure cave below the treasure cave."
Ang Lee said proudly.
Chen Long and the others all looked at Ang Lee with admiration. If Ang Lee did not insist on continuing to search, they would have missed the second treasure cave. It must be known that the second treasure cave was hidden so deep, the treasures below must be very precious. At least, it must be much more valuable than the treasure cave above.
After the hole was blasted open, the inside was filled with smoke and dust. Naturally, they had to wait for a while before going down. A quarter of an hour later, after most of the dust had dispersed, a few soldiers entered the treasure cave below first. Then, Li An and the others went down together. Out of more than a hundred people, a total of fifty people went down. The space below was also very large, but compared to the treasure cave above, it was relatively small. There were five or six rooms opened up, and each room was locked. They had to use brute force to break open.
Ang Lee waved his hand, and several soldiers took tools and broke the locks of several rooms by force, and looked at some of the items in the rooms.
"I'm not wrong, right? It's actually bamboo slips, these are not treasures. "
When he saw that the first room was full of treasures, Chen Long's face was full of disappointment. The bamboo slips were made of bamboo, so obviously, they were not treasures. This naturally made him quite disappointed, and he felt that it was not worthwhile to spend so much effort.
Ang Lee did not think so. Treasures were just gold, silver, and jewelry. For Ang Lee who did not lack money, they were not that precious. And these bamboo slips may have recorded a lot of important information, which may be more important to Ang Lee. After all, Ang Lee still did not know who built this treasure cave, and what was the purpose of building it here. But with these bamboo slips, he could find out who built this treasure cave. For Ang Lee, this was more important information, more precious than the treasures above.
"It's actually bamboo slips. It seems to be quite old, probably from the Qin and Han Dynasties, or maybe even longer."
When Ang Lee saw the bamboo slips, he roughly judged the age of these bamboo slips. After all, paper was invented in the Han Dynasty, and some information was written on paper, instead of using cumbersome bamboo slips. The era where bamboo slips were used was naturally the era before paper was invented.
He casually picked up a bamboo slip and saw the strange text on it. If it was not because he was knowledgeable, he would not be able to understand these words. Fortunately, Ang Lee was knowledgeable and had some understanding of many ancient words. He did not dare to say that he was proficient in it, but he certainly knew it.
"Assistant Minister Li, what nonsense is written on it!"
Chen Long naturally did not recognize a word, and he had no interest in these bamboo slips.
Ang Lee said with a smile, "This is Ancient Shu, the language of the Pre-Qin Dynasty. It is normal that you do not recognize it. This records the population of the capital of Shu, as well as the major events that happened every year, such as floods, droughts, pests, and all kinds of national events."
"In that case, these bamboo slips are the history books of Ancient Shu!"
Chen Zhuang said.
In the current Tang dynasty, information about Ancient Shu was very scarce. After all, Ancient Shu was destroyed by the Qin Dynasty in a hurry. Many of the history books were not preserved, and these materials could fill in the gaps.
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