Help! I just woke up and was stabbed by a big kid

Ordinary people could not earn five taels of silver a year by farming, and even less to spend. He traveled through time and space, and was unwilling to farm. He went out to work hard for several days and earned six taels. He worked hard in a restaurant and invested in making braised pork chops, but in the end he only guaranteed a net income of nearly two hundred taels a month.

And what about King Shen?

Not counting the money that was taken away during the house search, the box left for Gu Xu alone was worth 15,000 taels of silver. He would have to work hard at making fried chicken for seven years to earn just this box.

This is not just one box, but fourteen boxes. Two hundred and one thousand taels.

He didn't want to count the remaining four boxes of gold bricks and eighteen boxes of gold ingots.

A strong sense of shock and loneliness swept over his whole body, and Gu Yue could hardly stand up.

Wouldn't it be better for him to give up that little gold-chip business and start living off his wife as soon as possible?

He has no business acumen and always holds Gu Xu back in fights. Will this lead to the complete collapse of his career in the future?

Gu Yue shook his head.

Enough! You are just daydreaming again. Stop being so pessimistic.

He looked up at Gu Xu.

Gu Xu was indifferent to the huge wealth in front of him, as if he was looking at boxes of food. He closed the boxes one by one and said calmly, "There are so many things, we can't take them all away."

Shi San didn't react at all.

"Why?" Gu Yue's brain was still short-circuiting, but as soon as he asked, he realized the reason: "That's right, it's too dangerous for only a few of us to carry so much money back. And there's no place to put it."

There were silver banks and money houses in Northern Qin where silver could be deposited and withdrawn, but these gold bricks had no official seals, so it was very difficult to spend them, especially in large quantities.

Not to mention whether depositing too much silver would attract the attention of the government, it is still unclear whether Gu Xu would go against the emperor in the future. How could he possibly hand over so much money to the bank with confidence?

Even in modern times, any sudden inflow of large amounts of property will be subject to scrutiny.

"It's safest to put it here." Gu Yue said, "The mechanism here has not been broken for almost ten years. It seems to be safe."

"Yes." Gu Xu said, "Let's take some back first."

Gu Yue squatted down and looked through the jewelry on the ground: "What should I take? The gold bricks don't have seals, so they are not easy to use. These silver ingots can be used. If I sell the jewelry, I can also exchange it for cash, but I have to be cautious, in case there is something of commemorative significance..."

Gu Yue paused and picked up a fan from the pile of treasures.

"What's wrong?" Gu Xu asked.

"The pattern of this fan looks so familiar." Gu Yue said casually.

This is a round fan, the fan is covered with opaque silk cloth, with exquisite embroidery on it. Although its main value lies in the pure white ivory inlaid with gold fan handle, Gu Yue stared at the patterns on the fan and fell into deep thought.

Where have you seen me before?

It didn't seem to be the common cloud patterns, water patterns, bat patterns, or ruyi patterns, but a kind of flower that Gu Yue had never seen before. It even looked a bit like the Western scroll patterns that often appear on European furniture.

Where have you seen it?

Gu Xu came over to take a look and said, "This pattern is indeed rare."

He was stunned for a moment. It was because of him that Gu Xu also felt...very familiar.

The two looked at each other for a while, and Gu Yue put the fan into his arms.

Together they packed a box, which contained mostly silver ingots that could be used now, and a layer of gold ingots, intending to leave with only the box.

The only thing left was the cave connected to the treasure cave. Gu Yue and Gu Xu walked into the cave with torches, and about four meters inside, they saw a tightly closed stone door.

This stone door is much more plain and simple, and the switch is very obvious on the wall next to it.

Shi San stopped them both and was the first to touch the switch.

Without any problem, the stone door slowly opened and a beam of light came in from outside.

Is this coming out?

The three of them walked into the stone gate.

Behind the door was a small cave. One side of the cave was open, facing the outside of the mountain; there was a thin stream of water on the stone wall next to it, flowing diagonally outward along the floor of the cave. There was not much moss in the cave, and there were traces of people making fire and living there, but they were very old.

Gu Yue walked to the entrance of the cave and was startled.

Is this actually the top of the mountain? What comes into view is the treetops of different heights, and in the distance you can see the vague outline of the big lake and Tongshan Village. The ground under your feet is two stories high from the bottom of the mountain, and you can see a stream of water between the leaves.

Isn't this underground?

Gu Yue felt dizzy. He had clearly fallen underground, and then walked down one level to the cave where the treasure was hidden. But how did he get to the mountain after coming out of this cave?

"It turns out that this was built based on an existing cave." Gu Xu walked to his side.

"Aren't we underground? How did we get to the mountain?" Gu Yue was confused.

"Because the place where you fell was on the hillside." Gu Xu smiled, "When we went around the gap from the bottom of the mountain, we were actually going uphill. The terrain here is very complicated, and the mountain has no clear boundaries, so it is normal for this situation to occur."

Gu Yue looked carefully and found that the area from the vast forest to Tongshan Village was not actually flat, but sloping overall.

He couldn't help but think of the mountain city of Chongqing... You thought you were on the top floor, but actually you were on the first floor.

People who grew up in the plains don’t understand.

"This cave looks like someone has lived there before." Gu Yue kicked the damp wood on the ground. The wood had obviously been broken down and stacked like firewood.

"The traces are very old." Gu Xu said, "It might be the residence of Zhou Qiong."

Gu Yue supported this speculation.

Although this place was closer, it was obviously also very dangerous, so the three of them went back home.

The mechanism door of the cave outside can only be opened from the inside, so it is relatively safe. After carrying the box out of the cave and closing the stone door, the three of them stood in the maze hall again.

"Where is the mechanism of this door?" Gu Yue touched the exceptionally exquisite stone-carved wall.

The carved images above seem to have some pattern, but they are not portraits.

“……”Gu Xu looked at the murals, thoughtfully.

Seeing that he was frowning, Gu Yue said, "It doesn't matter if you don't have any clues. We can think about it slowly. There is no need to rush. Let's go back first."

Gu Xu nodded. Shi San and Gu Yue picked up the boxes again.

Speaking of this, I have to mention that the box is actually only one-third full.

Gu Yue originally planned to take away a box of silver ingots and a layer of gold ingots, but he overlooked the most important issue: weight.

A box of 16,000 taels of silver plus a layer of heavier gold bars weighs nearly one ton.

Shi San said that he was not an ox or a horse and could not lift it.

Although there is a difference in weight between the Northern Qin tael and the modern tael, it is not much. After putting less silver in it, Shi San and Gu Dashi could barely lift it, but the wooden box was not firm and fell apart, and a large amount of silver ingots almost fell on his feet.

Well, it’s true that the old wood has been stored for almost ten years, and it’s very considerate that it didn’t rot away.