allendalepharm Chapter 682 Li Family Secret Passage
Chapter 682 Li Family Secret Passage
Li Dongsheng was furious. "You are so cold-blooded and heartless. After all, we have a life-and-death friendship. If you help me, I will give you a benefit."
"You are committing a capital crime. There is a traitor in your house. Maybe you will even have to kill all your clans! I have just entered the official career and have a bright future. I don't want to get involved with you."
Jiang Youzhen shook his head like a rattle. Fortune and wealth are sought through risk, but it depends on what kind of risk it is. Besides, what benefits can Li Dongsheng give her now?
"Help me once, and I'll be at your disposal in the future."
Li Dongsheng knew that he could only ask Jiang Youzhen for help. This morning, the emperor ordered Li Yaojun, the Left Censor-in-Chief, to investigate the case. When he was about to go find the Fourth Prince, Luo Shuhuan told him that a mysterious person had entered the Marquis' Mansion to investigate.
He ventured in to find out what was going on, and when he saw Qin Yandong from afar, he recognized him at a glance.
He had fought with Qin Yandong many times and was very familiar with Qin Yandong's habitual movements.
So he pretended to be a guard and followed him all the way here. Qin Yandong was difficult to deal with, so he transferred Qin Yandong away and attacked Jiang Youzhen.
But when he got close to Jiang Youzhen, he recognized Jiang Youzhen, and this scene happened.
He was relieved to know it was Jiang Youzhen. He thought that Jiang Youzhen would definitely help him because of their friendship, but he was planning to stand aside and watch.
No! He didn't just stand by and watch, but tried hard to find evidence of the crime and put the Li family to death.
"I don't need you to cover up for me. Just give me the evidence and I will present it myself." Li Dongsheng gritted his teeth. Although he cursed his uncle a thousand times in his heart, he still had to overcome the difficulties ahead.
"You want to kill your own relatives for the sake of justice?" Jiang Youzhen was a little surprised, but it seemed that this would not have much effect.
"The emperor wants to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys. Even if you kill your relatives for the sake of justice, the emperor will not let your Li family go. Stop daydreaming."
However, Li Dongsheng shook his head, "Then you are wrong. The emperor will not kill my grandfather and my father, because our Li family has the red book and iron certificate.
I have not only evidence of my uncle's collusion with the rebels, but also evidence of the loyal and brave general at the border colluding with the enemy and selling out the country. I believe it is not too much to use my merits to offset my faults, right?"
Jiang Youzhen was shocked. A loyal and brave general?
She remembered reading in the court bulletin that the eldest princess's eldest son, Prince Yuanming, was guarding the border and was given the title of General Dingguo.
The loyal and brave general had been guarding the border for more than ten years. He was General Dingguo's superior and a fierce general that the enemy feared. Why would he collaborate with the enemy and sell out his country?
There's no need! There's no need!
"Are you sure?" Jiang Youzhen asked suspiciously.
"Why would I lie to you?" Li Dongsheng continued, "As long as you help me bring a message to my grandfather and ask him to put justice above his relatives, he will know what to do. You don't have to do anything next. My Li family guarantees that everything will be done properly."
"Do it safely? If your grandfather was in charge, would your uncle dare to do this?" Jiang Youzhen sneered.
Li Dongsheng was speechless. He just took down the sword and pulled Jiang Youzhen to the tablet.
"Hold it for me!" He stuffed the sword into Jiang Youzhen's hand, and Jiang Youzhen took it speechlessly.
what's the situation?
Li Dongsheng picked up the tablet that Jiang Youzhen was about to check. Jiang Youzhen walked over curiously, but didn't seem to find anything.
But Li Dongsheng moved the tablet, touched the wooden board underneath, and then pressed it, revealing a bulge.
Huh? So the secret is here? Finally I saw an unconventional mechanism. It is indeed a wealthy family with a profound heritage!
"This was made by a skilled craftsman that my uncle secretly found. No one in the mansion knew about it except himself."
"Then how did you know?" Jiang Youzhen blurted out.
"I found it by accident when I was a kid playing hide-and-seek. But later on, there were guards here, and I never came here again."
Jiang Youzhen got closer and found that the bulge was a wooden ball carved with auspicious dragons and phoenixes.
Li Dongsheng grabbed the wooden ball and spun it hard. He heard a noise and a dark hole suddenly appeared under the tablet.
The entrance of the cave is only wide enough for one person to pass through, and tall people have to crouch down.
"Let's go down!" said Li Dongsheng.
Huh? You don't treat her as an outsider?
"No, I haven't agreed to help you yet. I was going to discover this place."
As Jiang Youzhen was talking, Li Dongsheng pulled her over and said, "Someone's coming. Don't waste time. Let's go in and talk."
As soon as Jiang Youzhen and the others entered, Li Dongsheng turned the mechanism on the wall and closed the stone door.
"Hey, we won't suffocate to death in there, right?" Jiang Youzhen was just about to say something in the pitch black, but after the stone door closed, the oil lamp on the wall suddenly lit up.
What's going on? What kind of mechanism is this?
"This is actually a secret passage with ventilation. Don't worry, you won't die." Li Dongsheng said and started to move forward.
Jiang Youzhen hurriedly followed. Now that they were inside, who knew if there would be any traps? She had to follow closely.
"Walk slower, who knows if there might be new traps set up later?" Jiang Youzhen was alert, watching Li Dongsheng's steps and only stepping on the places he had stepped on.
"Probably not, he's just trying to escape." Li Dongsheng said this, but he also slowed down his pace.
The two soon came to a door, but unfortunately it was locked.
Without saying a word, Li Dongsheng slashed with his sword and then immediately took a few steps back.
Jiang Youzhen was more alert than him. He immediately hid behind Li Dongsheng, covered his mouth and nose with a cloth, and held the dagger in his hand.
Li Dongsheng was speechless. "You are really afraid of death. Have you read too many picture books? Do you think those traps with hidden weapons are easy to set up?"
It was just too gray, so he took two steps back.
"If you are not afraid of death, then why don't you go and accompany your uncle?" Jiang Youzhen said unhappily.
Li Dongsheng: ...I am speechless!
"Come in!" He took out a lighter and walked in first.
Through the light of the tinder, only a few large boxes could be vaguely seen.
He went forward to light the candlestick, and Jiang Youzhen saw that the big box was actually locked.
Alas! It seems that the key that Li Yanzheng was carrying with him was the key to the door and the big box.
"What's in here? Is it a treasure?" Jiang Youzhen could only think of gold, silver and jewelry, but there must be evidence of a crime.
There were six boxes in total, some big and some small. If Li Dongsheng was not there, Jiang Youzhen would definitely chop them all open with one sword.
But the next moment Li Dongsheng did just that. He raised his sword and killed one person with one strike, his technique was clean and neat.
The big locks on the six boxes fell off, but Jiang Youzhen glanced at his sword and found that there was no gap on it, it was a good sword.
Jiang Youzhen did not step forward, but waited for Li Dongsheng to step forward and open the boxes one by one.
There was a flash of golden light, and Jiang Youzhen was almost blinded.
I saw that the first box was filled with gold ingots neatly arranged, including gold bars weighing five taels each. There were at least thirty of them in this box.