allendalepharm Chapter 685 You are also amazing
Chapter 685 You are also amazing
"This is a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain!" Qin Yandong immediately understood that those people wanted him to think that someone was trying to kill him to silence him, so as to trap him and then attack Jiang Youzhen.
It's over! Is Jiang Youzhen in any danger? If something goes wrong, how will he explain to the emperor?
Suddenly, a slight noise was heard in the house. Everyone became alert and immediately put their hands on the hilt of their swords.
Qin Yandong was ready to attack and looked in the direction of the tablet.
"Ahem! So lively?" Jiang Youzhen found himself being stared at after crawling out, and immediately smiled awkwardly.
"Jiang Youzhen?" Qin Yandong felt relieved but also a little angry.
He was in such a hurry, but Jiang Youzhen was so leisurely.
"I found a secret passage with a secret room inside. It's right here."
Qin Yandong looked in the direction of Jiang Youzhen and found that there was indeed a pitch-black hole.
"After I went in, I accidentally pressed the mechanism and the door closed. I fumbled for a long time before I found the mechanism to open the door, and then I escaped." Jiang Youzhen explained. Otherwise, he had to give an explanation for disappearing for so long.
"Secret room? What's inside?" Qin Yandong suddenly became interested and asked hurriedly.
"Some valuables. I think Li Yanzheng has put some of his hidden valuables here. Send someone to go in and count them! Make a list so we can check them later."
An inventory must be taken at this time. As long as the handover is done properly, any missing items later will have nothing to do with her.
Qin Yandong looked at Jiang Youzhen with suspicion. Jiang Youzhen waved at him, and Qin Yandong said, "Come in together, two people."
After Qin Yandong walked in and looked around, he finally discovered the secret mechanism on the wall. Only then did he dispel his doubts.
It's understandable that Jiang Youzhen doesn't know much about this place and can't find the mechanism.
"There is a secret room ahead, follow me!" Jiang Youzhen brought three people to the door of the secret room, and Qin Yandong immediately discovered that the lock on the secret room was broken.
"How did you break the lock?" He began to doubt again.
Jiang Youzhen showed the dagger in his hand, "After I was kidnapped last time, I always carry a dagger with me for my own safety. Moreover, investigating this case is so dangerous, don't I have to protect myself?"
Qin Yandong was speechless, Jiang Youzhen had already pushed open the door and walked in.
When she opened all the boxes, the other three couldn't help but widen their eyes.
"Didn't the servant say before that Li Yanzheng always had a key? I think it was used to open these locks. It's not needed now. I've opened them all and found all valuables. I estimated that there must be more than one million taels."
Jiang Youzhen immediately ordered the two people who followed him to start registering. Looking at the two guards' rapid breathing, Jiang Youzhen snorted coldly.
"Everything is recorded in the book. The property here will be compared with the suspect's confession in the future. I believe he should have a detailed account book. If anyone dares to embezzle and the account doesn't match, we will hold them accountable and punish them severely."
Although Jiang Youzhen felt that these people would definitely not be able to resist taking action given their greedy nature, she just had to ensure that the item was intact when she handed it over.
Qin Yandong glanced at the boxes where the treasures were placed in a mess, and couldn't help but curse Li Yanzheng for wasting treasures. These treasures were placed so casually, and you didn't know if the gems would be scratched if you put them on the shelf.
He stepped forward and pulled a string of coral beads with his fingers, then opened a brocade box underneath. He found a lake blue glass lotus cup inside, which was so exquisite that he couldn't help but gasp.
This thing was not available in their dynasty. The previous dynasty had sent tribute from the Western Regions, but after the palace turmoil, this treasure disappeared. At that time, the palace was in chaos, and someone must have taken the opportunity to steal the storehouse, or the emperor's private storehouse.
Someone actually gave this treasure from the previous dynasty to Li Yanzheng? How much did Li Yanzheng embezzle?
"Hmph! The court keeps a bunch of wicked people." Qin Yandong closed the lid angrily, not bothering to look at the treasures underneath. Anyway, they would not be ordinary things.
Jiang Youzhen glanced at him. When a person gets angry, he will even curse himself.
Under the watchful eyes of their two superiors, the two guards dared not even have any evil thoughts and quickly recorded everything.
There are many paintings and calligraphy on jewellery, especially the one by Jiang Youzhen which was described orally in great detail, even the size and number of the pearls were described.
He even asked someone to go to the kitchen of the mansion to get a scale, weighed a lot of things, and recorded them together with the quantity. Even if he wanted to use someone else's trick, it was impossible.
Qin Yandong, who was standing by, said that he had learned something. "You are really great. This can really prevent those people from enriching themselves. Some of the bold ones, even those who are greedy, will also get some money from it."
"That's right! These all belong to the imperial court, how can we let others take advantage of them?"
Jiang Youzhen: You little bastard, if I can’t get it, no one else can get it.
My eyes fell on a bonsai of about fifty centimeters. This was not a real bonsai, but a plum tree inlaid with sapphires, rubies, tourmalines and other precious stones. It was made to be lifelike, and the flowers and leaves shone with a mysterious and noble glow.
Although it is not made of large gems, how much time and effort would it take the skilled craftsmen to cut so many broken gems into the shapes of petals and leaves?
"It's truly a work of art that is as exquisite as nature's!" Even Qin Yandong was shocked. He had never seen anything so luxurious.
"I heard that the emperor of the previous dynasty was extravagant and not only liked beautiful women, but also treasures and antiques. Could this also be from the previous dynasty? Li Yanzheng dared to accept things that were not even available in the palace."
Just these treasures are enough to kill Li Yanzheng eight hundred times.
Seeing that the two guards were also staring in a daze, Qin Yandong scolded them.
Jiang Youzhen felt regretful, thinking that such treasures would probably be placed in some empress's palace or the emperor's bedroom in the future.
"I will send someone else to seal it. You two will watch over it. If one item is missing, you know the consequences."
Qin Yandong took the registration book, checked it carefully again, and then warned the two of them.
"Yes!"
Qin Yandong walked around the secret room as he spoke. Jiang Youzhen watched him turn around to open another door, but didn't find anything, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Let's go! The entire mansion has been searched and there is nothing unusual." Qin Yandong urged Jiang Youzhen to go out.
It was already late at night. As soon as Jiang Youzhen left the Marquis' Mansion, he asked Qinglang to drive to the Ministry of Personnel immediately.
"The Emperor has also sent Lord Li, the Left Censor-in-Chief, to investigate the case. I'm afraid that the files on Li Yanzheng in the Ministry of Personnel are in his hands now, and we're about to run into him."
The Li family is a big family, and there are many officials with the surname Li in the capital. This is a historical legacy, so many children with the surname Li entered the officialdom. Some of them are even related by blood, but they are all out of the fifth mourning period, and the blood relationship is weak.