Chapter 23 Seeking Wealth After listening to the mustache's introduction to the level of guards in the other garden, and the general skills of the palace he knew about staying in the other garden, Wang Ge made a decision - not to go to the treasure house in person to make sure, just report it to the current situation, and if the higher authorities ask for it, then go back and find a way.Now the risks and rewards are not proportional.He took the mustache back to the inn, gave him some medicine for his wounds, let him treat the wounds he had been pricked by needles himself, and after resting for a day, Wang Ge took him to sneak into a mansion the next night.This is the house that Long Yitian, the boss of "Little Qiyi", or should be called Wang Jaan, bought for his mistress Wu Jiuniang.Although it has passed the third watch at this time, and the people in the house are basically asleep, but for the sake of safety, Wang Ge still used incense to charm everyone in the house and let them fall into a deep sleep.The work of sneaking in late at night and climbing over the wall to break into the house, the mustache from the "Golden Key Gate" is naturally more familiar than Wang Ge, but he is a little puzzled by Wang Ge bringing him here."
Childe, did you come here to find the gem of Longyi Tianzang?
This place definitely doesn't, I'm almost turning the bottom upside down. ”The mustache accompanied Wang Ge to stand in the main hall of the house and said with some puzzlement.Wang Ge looked at him with a smile: "Really?
”Seeing Wang Ge's unfathomable expression, the mustache was a little confused again, could it be that he was really in this mansion and didn't find it?
Wang Ge took out a key and threw it to him: "This was found from Long Yitian's body." ”Carefully catching the key, the mustache looked carefully: "This workmanship, this material, this mark on it, this is the work of Master Liao in Taiyuan?"
”"Yes, I have eyesight."
Wang Ge knew that the mustache was eyeing him because he had visited Wu Jiuniang, but in fact, when he first arrived in Taiyuan City, he was looking for a lock-making master, Master Liao, because from the information he found according to the special mark on the key obtained from Long Yitian, this key was the unique mark of a certain craftsman department, and the craftsmen of that family had a famous Master Liao in Taiyuan.Wang Ge stood in the center of the main hall, spread out his hands, and said: "At first, I thought that guy's 'small vault' should occupy a lot of land, maybe a cellar or a dark room......
"I have checked this house, and after it was in the hands of Long Yitian, neither he nor Wu Jiuniang had touched the civil engineering.I have also patrolled the house dozens of times before, and I really did not find any traces of construction in recent years. ”Wang Ge nodded and pointed to his feet with his finger: "But I'm pretty sure that Long Yitian's 'little vault' is here." ”The mustache was stunned: "How do you know?"
”"Where do you think you got that key?"
The mustache immediately remembered that the identity of the person in front of him was a head catcher, he could run all the way from Qingzhou to Taiyuan, and found Wu Jiuniang's home, and he still had this key from Long Yitian in his hand, that is, Long Yitian should have been planted in his hands?
To be honest, when he learned that Wang Ge was a head catcher in Qingzhou Mansion last night, the mustache was still very surprised - not because of how strong this identity is, but because it is too ordinary.He has been in contact with Yang Guozhong, the chief catcher of Taiyuan Mansion, several times, how can the means be compared with Wang Ge, not to mention others, just the hand poison and Gu, this Ming Dynasty can't find a second catcher.He always felt that Wang Ge should have a more powerful background."
Son, Long Yitian, said that he hid the gems in this mansion?
Where can it be opened with this key?
”The mustache asked cautiously."
No, he knew he was going to die, and he wouldn't say it.However, from his words of reversal, deliberate nonsense, and half-truths, I am 90% sure that his 'little vault' is here. ”Seeing the mustache's expression, Wang Ge knew that he remembered the feeling of taking the spitting medicine last night: "I didn't have that kind of medicine on me at that time, so I tortured him in other ways."
You should be glad that I didn't torture you in those ways, otherwise if you were a little harder, I am afraid that you would not be able to get out of bed for ten days and half a month. ”The mustache immediately understood, and he didn't ask where Long Yitian was now, and the fate of that guy could already be guessed.This Wang Ge is really not an ordinary head catcher!"
Childe, then we ...... now Is it a search in the house?
”Wang Ge didn't move, still standing in the center of the main hall, the hall was lit with candles, he stared at a shrine in front of him, and said: "That Master Liao is only responsible for making locks and keys, and I don't know what this lock is installed in the end."
But in the form of the lock, if it is not on the door, it is in a container like a box nine times out of ten. ”"I thought the box was supposed to be huge, so it could have been a bed, a cupboard, or even a buried in the ground.But from what you know, he has a priceless gem like the 'Red Star', then I think maybe he has exchanged his wealth for jewelry that is easier to hide and more valuable, so that 'chest' may not be as big as I thought.Are there any objects in this room that are not easily moved after the location is determined?
”The mustache's gaze also fell on the shrine: "You mean ......"
He also noticed that this shrine cabinet looked no different from the other furniture in the hall at first glance, the color and material were all uniform, and it seemed to be made of the same batch.But if you look closely, you can see that this shrine is obviously a little newer than other furniture, and the wood grain of the material is slightly different.These details can be seen at once with the eyes of the mustache, if you really pay attention to it, but the point is that he didn't think about the shrine at all.The mustache leaned over and squatted in front of the shrine, opened the cabinet and checked it, then hugged the cabinet and moved, his eyes flashed with joy, and he turned his head and suppressed his voice and said to Wang Ge: "Son, it seems to be at the base!"
”Moving the shrine out entirely, the two groped around the shrine and observed, and finally found a very hidden wooden cover behind it, and after cutting it off, a keyhole appeared.Wang Ge took the key handed by the mustache, inserted it and turned it, there was a crunch sound, and the back half of the base of the shrine, which was usually against the wall, opened like a cabinet.The small space was filled with jewels, a stack of silver tickets, and a small number of gold bars.Wang Ge checked and estimated at random, not counting a small amount of gold bars and the priceless ruby "Red Shining Star", just those jewels and silver tickets could be conservatively estimated to be worth one to twenty thousand taels.Taking out the package that had been prepared long ago and began to pack the contents inside, Wang Ge scratched a few silver tickets and some jewels to the mustache: "You take these." ”The mustache was stunned, and the silver tickets and jewels that Wang Ge gave him were about a few thousand taels.The silver ticket that Wang Ge had found from him before also returned it to him after giving him a Gu worm.I thought that I would have to make cattle and horses for this "king catcher" in the past five years, but I didn't expect that this time Long Yitian's "small treasury" would still have money."
This ......
This little brother deserves it. ”Of course, on the surface, it is still necessary to refuse."
Don't get me wrong, this is your 'activity funding'."
Wang Ge said, "For a period of time in the future, you will continue to stay in Taiyuan and help me find out some news." ”"Although the prince instructed, as long as he didn't go to visit the Jin King Farewell, the little brother would go to the soup for other things......"
"Okay, let's go."
Wang Ge interrupted him, divided the packed jewelry and gold bars into two parts, and the two of them each carried a package, returned the shrine to its original position, removed the traces left behind, and left the mansion.At this time, it was the fourth watch, there were no pedestrians on the road, Wang Ge and the mustache came to the outer wall of the house, and were about to quietly climb over the wall to go out, leaving quickly, when a voice suddenly sounded above their heads: "What good things have been scraped here?"
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