Chapter 414

With the help of the faint light of the fire fold in her hand, Luo qingluan saw countless treasures.

Tall coral trees, red as blood, blue as green and white as jade, have different postures and are invaluable. There are all kinds of ornaments carved from jadeite and jade. Just a white jade Guanyin is three feet high. It is carved lifelike, warm and transparent.

Screens inlaid with various gemstones, pagodas made of pure gold and various antique calligraphy and paintings are placed on the shelves one by one. At a glance, I don't know how many there are. Luo qingluan is pretty good. After all, he has seen a lot of things in the king's house of Chu before, and the income of various industries under Nalan night's name is tens of thousands of liang of silver every month, but Luo qingluan rarely touches such things.

Luo qingluan didn't care too much, but Xu Lian looked almost straight and even breathed heavily.

"Miss, there are so many treasures here. The sheriff doesn't know how many things are greedy for ink. Sure enough, all of them are here." Although she had already prepared, Luo qingluan was surprised to see so many valuable things in the library.

A prefect can covet so much property. It can be imagined that other court officials. If it is really three years of Qing magistrate, 100000 snowflakes and silver.

Not only these treasures that could not be put into the box in front of him, Luo qingluan also saw that the warehouse was full of boxes one after another, all wrapped in thick iron sheet and locked on the four corners.

Xu Lian went over and directly poked the silver hairpin into the keyhole, fiddled with it a few times, and the box opened. Sure enough, there was a box full of silver ingots stacked neatly. Xu Lian didn't stop. She opened the next one. This one was not silver ingots, but a box full of gold ingots.

Xu Lian picked up one, fifty Liang. There are at least 100 such boxes. In this way, this box is 50000 liang of gold. There are more than ten such boxes in the whole warehouse. How much should there be?

There are also some small wooden boxes on the wooden shelf. Luo qingluan opened it and found that there are full boxes of pearls. They are round and shining. They are the best pearls in the East China Sea.

A small box was opened next to it. Sure enough, there were still valuable gold, silver and jewelry in it!

Seeing this, even Luo qingluan was shocked. This warehouse is full. How much is it worth?

"Miss, the sheriff is so greedy that he is not a good thing at first sight. Why don't we just find some brothers and move all his things here?" Xu Lian suddenly said.

"Do you still want to rob the rich and help the poor?" Luo qingluan couldn't help smiling and shaking his head and joking.

Xu Lian wrinkled her nose: "what's wrong with that? Anyway, these are all from the governor's greed. They can be taken from the people and used for the people."

Luo qingluan looked at her with a faint smile: "it's OK at ordinary times, but don't forget, what's the purpose of our coming tonight? Even if he has more things here, we don't forget the task."

"Well, miss, it's really cheap for him." Xu Lian gave up the idea of moving the warehouse empty and began to search carefully with Luo qingluan. Because these priceless things are not what they are looking for tonight.

In fact, Luo qingluan didn't know what they were looking for, but as long as they saw something suspicious and problematic, they might understand it.

The storehouse was not big, which was basically the degree of two rooms. Luo qingluan and Xu Lian checked carefully. They opened each box, but they didn't find anything special.

In addition to antique calligraphy and painting, gold, silver and jewelry are there, or there are some large objects next to them. In terms of value, it is indeed very valuable. I'm afraid all the things in the warehouse will add up to no less than two or three million. But these are different from what Luo qingluan thinks.

No matter how valuable these things are, they are definitely not those things that Xu Wei found that day. The people in the prefecture secretly transported them in the middle of the night. What is it that the sheriff should send someone to be careful and need to hide people's eyes and ears in the middle of the night to transport them into the house?

Luo qingluan didn't think of it.

After checking for a long time, Luo qingluan did not find anything. He even wondered whether there was a secret door in the warehouse, in which there was another secret room. But she and Xu Lian knocked on the four walls one by one and found nothing unusual. I think there is no secret.

"It's strange, miss," said Xu Lian, looking at Luo qingluan and copying her hands. "We've been looking for so long and haven't found anything else. Did they bury all these things in the ground or fly to heaven? It's impossible."

Xu Lian looked around, but she really couldn't think of any way.

Standing in place, Luo qingluan thought quietly. She can guarantee that they have checked all the storerooms, and there is nothing else except the valuable things they see in front of them.

Did... A thought flashed through her mind. In fact, they made a mistake in the investigation at the beginning. What they were looking for was not in the library, right? Luo qingluan couldn't help thinking of Xu Wei. Were those things secretly transported in the middle of the night actually hidden in his trousers?

If so, no matter how long they look here, they won't find anything.

"Xu Lian, let's go. It seems there's no more here. Let's go to Xu Wei. Maybe he has news." Luo qingluan said hello to Xu Lian, and they came out immediately.

At the door, Xu Lian took another look at the two bodyguards who had been thrown in the flowers. As soon as they didn't wake up, Xu Lian simply ordered their acupoints again, enough for them to sleep until dawn.

Avoid the patrolling bodyguard all the way. When Xu Lian and Luo qingluan find the location of zhongku, they just see a figure flash out of it. Both sides were surprised. Fortunately, there was no sound. In the dark, a low and familiar voice sounded: "Miss, why are you here?"

"Xu Wei?" Xu Lian's voice rushed over with a trace of surprise. "You almost scared us. By the way, did you find anything here?"

Xu Wei shook his head and said, "I didn't find anything. It's all worthless junk. There's nothing unusual."

He looked at Luo qingluan again: "Miss, did you find anything there?"

"It's strange. Why didn't you find it?" Before Luo qingluan spoke, Xu Lian was surprised. "Miss and I didn't find anything, and you didn't find anything here. How could this happen? Isn't there anything at all? Then they are busy secretly transporting these things every day. Where are these things? Why can't we find them?"

At this time, Luo qingluan suddenly flashed something: "it seems that we are all wrong. It is not hidden in the middle library or often in the upper library, but in the place we least noticed."

Xu Lian immediately responded: "Miss, what you said should not be xiaku?"

Luo qingluan said in a deep voice, "this is the last place. We can only go there to have a look. Maybe the most insignificant place is hiding what we are looking for."

"That makes sense." Xu Wei nodded and said, "well, miss, let's hurry over now. There's another hour. It's going to dawn. It's too late if we don't hurry up."

The three returned quickly to the small garden where they met before. Along the way, next to the dirty and dusty lower library.

Xu Lian walked over. Just about to take out the silver hairpin and want to poke the rusty lock, Luo qingluan immediately said, "wait. The lock under the warehouse has obviously rusted. It seems that it has not been changed for several years. If it is pried open, it will be found."

"But how can we get in if we don't pry it open?" Xu Lian looked at Luo qingluan and was embarrassed.

The storehouse in front of her is Luo qingluan's last hope tonight. If she can't find it here, she will find another way to re investigate where these things are hidden.

Standing at the door, she thought hard

Unless it's their own fault, the thing is not here at all, so... Since they haven't found it, it must still be here. If the people of the sheriff's office want to hide the things brought in, there must be a hidden place. If it's this library, I'm afraid there's a way to open the door she doesn't know.

Luo qingluan held his chin and said softly, "will there be other channels to enter here?"

"Miss, let me check it." Xu Wei immediately came forward and soon walked around the warehouse.

For a moment, Xu Wei said with a happy face, "Miss, I really found it."

Following Xu Wei, Luo qingluan saw that there were some differences in the colors of several green bricks in an open space next to the warehouse. Because it was night, she didn't notice at all. Now under Xu Wei's careful inspection, she found an abnormality.

Squatting down, Xu Wei stretched out his hand and buttoned it. It seemed that there was another space below. The voice seemed a little dull. The hardened ground in peacetime was completely different. He directly took out his long sword, inserted it into the gap, and soon pried up the big green brick.

A dark entrance came out, and Xu Lian's heart jumped when she saw it.

When Xu Wei pulled out the three green bricks next to him, a straight down step appeared in front of the three.

Xu Lian was surprised: "Miss, the original entrance is here. No wonder we couldn't find it before."

If so, Luo qingluan looked at the steps and said in a deep voice, "it must be strange that there should be such a hidden basement in a county capital. Let's go down and have a look."

"Miss, it's better to be cautious." Xu Wei hurriedly reminded: "I think I'd better go down with the young lady. In case of any problem, I can protect the young lady. Xu Lian, you'd better stay up. In case someone comes to seal the entrance, aren't we locked here by each other?"

Xu Lian nodded: "you're right, that's it."

"Xu Lian, I'll give it to you." Luo qingluan said.

Although she couldn't go down to find out, Xu Lian felt a little pity, but nodded: "don't worry, miss, you go down."

In order to avoid being found, Xu Wei went down to the inside of the channel and lit the torch in his hand. The weak and flickering light lit up his shadow, and there was darkness ahead. Luo qingluan followed him and walked slowly.