Sir, I can do it!

Beidi's court was already discussing the transfer of troops, horses, food and salaries, but at this time the court of Qi State was gloomy.

It's not that the courtiers of Qi State are afraid of war, it's just that the war came at an inopportune time.

The robbery of the Huaizhong salt truck has not yet come to fruition, the hearts of the people are fluctuating, Weinan has fallen into war again, and after the war, it is necessary to appease the hearts of the people...

Seeing the solemn atmosphere in the court hall, Lu Ding went out to play and said: "Even if Beidi sent his troops south, he had to fight Beiguan first. There was a Beiyan in front of Qi State, and the war would not affect Qi State at all. The father and son of the Marquis of the State are guarding Shuobei, and they can help Beiyan retreat from the powerful enemy at the right time. Not to mention, the war in Weinan should have a result in January. As for the salt truck, it depends on how Wei Tuicheng will act. Before the end of the year , can always straighten out the affairs of various places. According to Yichen, it is time to stop calmly and wait and see the changes."

Yuan Yu, Minister of the Ministry of War, said: "I agree with Prime Minister Lu's statement. Not only that, border areas must also strengthen precautions to prevent other countries from taking advantage of others. In addition, the Xiwan Salt Field has shipped the first batch of salt to the imperial court. The situation of salt shortage in various places is very serious. It will be relieved soon. At the moment, the most important thing is to stabilize the people's hearts, and we must not let the border wars confuse people's hearts."

There were also ministers who objected: "The new king of Beidi is Suolang. He is extremely militant and has made great military achievements. In the past few years, he has been in a stalemate with Beiyan, and it is difficult to make further progress, so he went around and gathered all the tribes in the grassland. Today Beidi is very powerful. , Beiyan may not be their opponent. Moreover, it has been frequently reported recently that Emperor Wanyanzhe of Beiyan is about to die, and several princes in the kingdom are busy fighting for power, and I am afraid that their strength has long been inferior to before."

Li Huai asked with a cold face: "Since that's the case, what should Mr. Liu say about this matter?"

The minister surnamed Liu hesitated for a while and didn't say what Ziwu Yinmao was, so he had to retreat with his old face flushed.

The courtiers quarreled for a long time, insisting on their opinions, but in the end there was no good solution.Because the initiative of Zhanhe is not in Qi State, but in Beidi.It is not Qi that decides the outcome of the war, but Beiyan.

So they can only stand still and calm down a series of consequences caused by the hijacking of the salt truck in Huaizhong as quickly as possible.Of course, if border wars broke out and the army moved, the amount of salt needed would only be more.This is the issue that Qi should pay the most attention to.

At the same time, Changsun Ke also received news from various places.He couldn't sit still when he learned that Wei Zhao had gone deep into Huaizhong.

Seeing the worried look on his brows, Jiang asked nervously, "What happened?"

Changsun Ke put away the secret letter and shook his head: "It doesn't matter, but we have to move faster."

It has been a while since he returned to Fengxi, and he followed the vines to find Princess Yiyang's lair.The fact that the Jiang family in Fengxi possessed the Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom was indeed the news released there.Princess Yiyang was not in Nanliang at this time, but Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen, the former kings of Chu and Jin, were under the surveillance of Changsun Ke.

Under Changsun Ke's investigation, it was discovered that the secret letter sent to the Jiang family informing that someone was watching the Jiang family was most likely sent by Xiao Yan.

It's just that he has been in Fengxi for so long, and has investigated all the local properties of the Jiang family in Fengxi, but he has not found any trace of Chuanguo Yuxi.

"Mother, think about it again, is there any place in the clan where you can hide things?"

Mrs. Jiang had a headache: "We even turned the ancestral ancestral hall upside down. Mother really can't think of where else to go."

It is also thanks to the unity of the Jiang clan, otherwise anyone would be criticized if they asked people to search the property.

She frowned slightly, and said: "Actually, there is one thing that my mother always finds strange."

"Mother, tell me."

Mrs. Jiang sighed, and said, "It was the year when the Chu State was destroyed. Nanliang took the opportunity to annex Fengxi and attack Fengxi. But I heard that apart from Jiang's local shops and fields, only a few gold and silver were confiscated by the Emperor of Nanliang. Antiques. Because of this, Emperor Nanliang was furious and bloodbathed the Jiang family."

"Although I had been married for many years at that time, I still knew how much money was in my family. It was more than ten times more than what the Emperor Nanliang confiscated. Jiang's property was accumulated by several generations, and it was as rich as a country. At that time Later Chu and Nanliang were persecuted tightly. People around the Jiang family were always watching. The clan members had no chance to transfer the gold and silver treasures. And the Jiang family children have always been frugal and guarded against arrogance and extravagance, and it is impossible to squander all the family property in just a few years .”

Changsun Ke narrowed his eyes: "Mother means that these things are hidden by the tribe."

"I think so, but with so much gold and silver, where can I hide it. Back then, the emperor of Nanliang couldn't find it after three feet of digging."

Changsun Ke put his hands in his sleeves, stroked the copper coins on his wrists, and said: "The most dangerous place is also the safest place. If the Jiang family really has a lot of money, and the clan members have no chance to transfer it to other places, then those properties It must still be at Jiang’s house.”

Mrs. Jiang told him: "The Jiang family's property is spread all over Fengxi, and the largest yard is the Lion Garden we visited a while ago. That garden is a newly built one, and it is very exquisitely built. There are rockery gardens, lakes and water, and people live in it. , very willful. Grandfather was very happy in those days. After grandfather passed away, few people went to the garden. The young children of the clan like freedom, and most of them buy houses outside when they grow up. But the elders of the clan are nostalgic for the old and do not want to move out of the ancestral house. The ancestral hall is right next to the ancestral house, so it is very convenient to pay homage to the ancestors on weekdays."

It is also for this reason that Changsun Ke and the Jiang family lived in the ancestral house when they returned to Fengxi.The ancestral house was also the place they rummaged the most, and they wished that every piece of wall had to be studied carefully to see if there was a dark room of the mechanism.

Changsun Ke estimated the distance from the ancestral house to the Lion Garden in his heart, and suddenly thought that behind the ancestral house was Xiaofeng Mountain, and the Lion Garden was to the south of Xiaofeng Mountain, and the garden was built according to Xiaofeng Mountain.

"Mother, does Xiaofengshan have a road leading to the Lion Garden?"

Jiang carefully recalled: "When I was young, I used to go to Xiaofeng Mountain with my brothers and sisters to play. I ran all over the mountain. There are a few trails, which were stepped on by people who often go to the mountain to play. But the Lion Garden is located in Xiaofeng Mountain. The southernmost side, we haven't traveled that far."

"Mom, I'll go to the Lion Garden again tomorrow."

Jiang naturally had no objection.

Changsun Ke didn't walk across the street, but walked along Xiaofeng Mountain.Although the years are long, he still found a path.The path looks uneven, just wide enough for a cart to pass through.The ravines and ravines on the road, coupled with the heavy rain, have made some sections of the road beyond recognition.But what is certain is that this road must lead from the ancestral house to the Lion Garden.

Sun Ke, the director of the lion garden, also checked, and found nothing special at that time.The garden has been deserted for decades, and it is full of ruins.But standing in the attic and looking down, the terrain of the lion park is excellent, and you can vaguely see the scenery of that year.He suddenly thought, Wei Zhao would definitely like this place.

His thoughts wandered for a moment, and when Changsun Ke came back to his senses, his eyes were on the big lake not far away.

Tingniang told him that there used to be an artificial lake here, which in her opinion was not too small, but her grandfather still felt that it was not enough, so he enlarged the lake and brought in mountain spring water from Xiaofeng Mountain.Her grandfather liked lotus very much, so he planted lotus on this large lake.Every year when the lotus is in full bloom, my grandfather always invites people to visit the lake to enjoy the lotus.

Niang said that when she was a child, she often came here to play with her elder brother. In spring and summer, standing on the attic and looking from a distance, the lotus flowers stretched endlessly, as if there was no end, it was extremely beautiful.

Looking at this lake again now, there is nothing bare.

I heard that after Nanliang occupied Fengxi, some nobles from Nanliang wanted the Lion Garden.But the lion garden was empty, and the entire Jiang family was slaughtered.The nobleman felt that his blood was not good, so he dropped the matter.

Changsun Ke walked to the lake and found a few boats in a clump of waist-high weeds.The planks of the ship have rotted away under the erosion of the wind and rain for a long time.He looked around, cut some bamboo with his sword and made a bamboo raft. Once the pole was supported, he rowed towards the center of the lake.

It can be said that the lake occupies the widest area in the Lion Garden, accounting for almost half of the entire garden.Changsun Ke really didn't understand why his great-grandfather wanted to build such a big lake.Although viewed from the attic, the lake is wide and broad-minded.However, in terms of the overall layout of the garden, the lake is really too big.

The first time he came to the Lion Garden, he just felt that his great-grandfather loved lotus very much. Although he felt wrong, he didn't think deeply about it.After all, there are so many weird people in this world, why bother to delve into it.However, when I came to the Lion Park again, I found that the pavilions and pavilions are exquisitely designed, and a lot of thought has been spent on each layout.I don't feel it when I'm in it, but it's unavoidable to look at the big lake from a high altitude.

Niang said that my great-grandfather was an elegant person, and even the flowers and plants in the yard where he lived were very particular.Then the appearance of this great lake was either a whim of the great-great-grandfather, or it was intentional.

Changsun Ke stopped in the middle of the lake and probed the depth of the lake with a bamboo pole.The bamboo pole in his hand didn't reach the bottom, it seems that the lake is quite deep.He sighed, squinted his eyes and looked ahead, it was Xiaofeng Mountain, so he supported the pole and continued to row forward.

On the shore, he moved the bamboo raft to the shore and walked into the mountain along the mountain road.Xiaofeng Mountain is very big, and the people of Fengxi usually enjoy it on the periphery, but the deep hinterland is rarely visited by people.The trees in the mountains are towering, and it is extremely cool.He walked all the way and saw some rare and rare grasses, which were very lush.

Hiding property in the mountains seems like a good option.Changsun Ke thought so, and began to pay attention to whether there were hidden caves here.He did find a few caves, but the caves were not deep enough to hide anything at all.

Going forward, the terrain becomes steeper, and the trees become more and more lush.He found a short stump and sat down to rest his feet. Looking up, the trees covered the sky and the sun, like a natural cage.Suddenly, his eyebrows twitched, and he looked around and found that it was a tree that was felled by humans.There shouldn't be this open space here.

Changsun Ke dug around the stump with his sword, but he dug out a piece of silver!He stood up abruptly, and looked around again, and sure enough, he found some scattered pieces of silver, and even pieces of gold!

For a moment, the big lake flashed across his mind.

Changsun Kezhe returned to the Lion Garden and dived into the bottom of the lake. Sure enough, he found many tightly sealed large boxes at the bottom of the lake.He went ashore to find a rope, and dragged a box near the shore up. When the box was opened, there was a whole piece of molten gold inside, shining dazzlingly in the sun.