"Look here." Cao Yuqing pulled Qin Yining's hand and pointed at the crack in the ground. "I suspect that the entrance is here. I was afraid of alerting the enemy during my investigation, so I didn't go near it. However, I vaguely saw a faint light coming from the cave at night. Although they covered it with leaves, some light still leaked out."
Qin Yining nodded. "I believe that your judgment is correct. Shall we go down now? "
Cao Yuqing thought for a moment and said, "Since we're already here, let's go in and take a look. I suspect that the treasure is here. However, you have to be vigilant and stay close to me. I'm worried that they'll betray us, although I'm not sure yet. "
Qin Yining nodded. Logically, she felt that the people from the Qingtian Alliance might have betrayed them. However, emotionally, she still didn't want to believe it.
Cao Yuqing pulled Qin Yining and walked a few steps. Then, she suddenly stopped in her tracks. "Wait a moment. Let's order someone to secretly investigate first. Since we're already here, there's no rush. Xiao Xue. "
The dark-skinned Xiao Xue immediately went forward and bowed.
"Go down and take a look secretly."
"Yes.
”
Xiao Xue was the best at lightness kung fu among them. He was also very good at investigating the terrain.
Cao Yuqing protected Qin Yining behind her in a protective stance. Then, she led the remaining three secret agents, Bing Tang, and Ji Yun, and retreated behind the bushes by the road.
Xiao Xue's figure disappeared into the cave.
After waiting for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Little Snow came out again.
Seeing him push aside the leaves covering the cave entrance and nod at them, Cao Yuqing was relieved and led Qin Yining and the others to the cave entrance.
"How is it inside?"
Xiao Xue said, "The space inside is very large. Perhaps it was caused by the earth dragon turning over. This crack actually leads to a natural cave. There are some boxes in the cave, but we can hear the sound of running water. There must be other exits, but we haven't had time to investigate yet."
Cao Yuqing nodded and looked at Qin Yining questioningly.
Qin Yining thought for a moment and said, "Have you seen what's in the box?"
"There are silver ingots inside. Ten taels of silver for a silver ingot. "
When Qin Yining heard this, he was even more convinced that there was a portion of the treasure hidden here.
"Let's go. We have to go in and take a look. Although there's no one else here. "
Jing Zhe and Xiao Xue went down the cave first, followed by Cao Yuqing who supported Qin Yining. Bing Tang and Ji Yun followed behind Qin Yining. Finally, Young Man and Da Han went down.
Da Han walked at the back, using the torch in his hand to illuminate the area. He followed the footsteps of the person in front of him, but when they came to a turn, he could not help but look back in the direction of the cave entrance.
Sure enough, after walking through the spacious passageway, they soon arrived at an extremely spacious space. The flickering light of the torches was blown away by the wind from an unknown direction, and a layer of orange-red halo spread over their bodies. A few large boxes with camphor wood edges were piled up not far away. The neatly arranged snowflakes inside reflected the orange light, appearing golden and dazzling.
Qin Yining looked at the wooden boxes carefully and felt that they were very familiar. "That's right. These boxes are indeed the boxes of the Retired Emperor's treasure."
She and Pang Xiao had been trapped at the location of the treasure for a long time, so she had seen many of these boxes and was very familiar with them.
Jing Zhe strode forward, grabbed a silver ingot and looked at it. He said gloomily, "The Retired Emperor is too …"
He was, after all, a former spy by the Retired Emperor's side. No matter how dissatisfied he was, it was not good for him to say it out loud.
However, everyone present had suffered in the Dayan before, so they all had dissatisfaction in their hearts. The Retired Emperor did not care about the people of the Dayan. He would rather let the people starve to death in order to hide the treasure and try in vain to make a comeback. Such an incapable ruler who did not care about the lives of the people still made people's teeth itch with hatred when they thought about it. They wished they could eat his flesh raw!
The few spies looked at the silver ingots in the boxes.
Qin Yining frowned deeply.
Cao Yuqing sensed that something was wrong with Qin Yining and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong? "
Qin Yining also walked to the front of the box, picked up a silver ingot and weighed it in his hand. He said, "I keep feeling that something is wrong. There are so many treasures, why are there only a few boxes here? "
Cao Yuqing smiled and said, "Maybe the hidden person separated the treasures into several parts and placed them separately?"
Qin Yining shook his head. "I don't think so. It's not a normal time now. Even if they wanted to hide it, there's no need to place a part of it in the center of the area."
"Then what do you think …"
"I think that there are only a few boxes, but they seem to be bait.
”
As Qin Yining spoke, he threw the silver ingots back into the alley. He looked down and found that there were only two layers of silver ingots. The bottom layer was a wooden board. He grabbed the wooden board and opened it. The silver ingots fell into the box. There was only the surface layer of silver ingots!
Qin Yining's expression changed dramatically. "Not good! There's a trap here! Let's go! "
Everyone turned pale with fright and hurriedly rushed to the entrance of the cave.
Unexpectedly, before they could run far, they saw more than ten people led by Mrs. Liao come down from the entrance of the cave.
Qin Yining's face was as calm as water. He sneered, "I didn't expect Mrs. Liao to be here.
”
Mrs. Liao smiled at Qin Yining and said, "I also didn't expect the Alliance Master to be here."
"Oh? Qin Yining raised his eyebrows and said, "I thought Mrs. Liao had already thought of this. When you came to find me that day, didn't you already set up the trap? "
"What you're saying is really disappointing!" Mrs. Liao frowned. Xi Shi held her heart and said, "Alliance Master, are you saying that we are the bad guys?"
Qin Yining pointed at the men behind Mrs. Liao who were holding swords, spears, and sticks. He couldn't help but laugh and said, "In this situation, if Mrs. Liao can still say that everyone is loyal to me, the Alliance Master, do you think I would believe it?"
Mrs. Liao heard this and couldn't help but look back at the people behind her. She then covered her mouth and laughed, "I always knew that the Alliance Master is a smart person. In this situation, I won't keep you in suspense."
"You just want to take my life."
Mrs. Liao heard this and was very surprised.
"People say that Pan An the Wise is a genius. Looking at the Alliance Master now, he really does look like Pan An the Wise."
This was a silent admission that they would kill Qin Yining.
Qin Yining wasn't afraid.
She pursed her lips and said, "Tell me first, where are my other six subordinates?"
Mrs. Liao smiled and said, "I thought that with the Alliance Master's intelligence, you should be able to guess where they are."
Hearing that, Qin Yining raised her head and closed her eyes.
Although she hadn't seen the six spies, if they died because of her orders, how could Qin Yining bear it?
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