When they arrived at the Niu Family Village, the village was filled with broken walls. It was very dilapidated. The houses of the Guo and Yang Families had already collapsed, leaving only ruins. No one could live in them. He saw a broken wine curtain at the east end of the village, which looked like a hotel. The three of them came to the front of the shop and saw two wooden tables under the eaves. The tables were covered in a thick layer of dust.
The coachman shouted a few times, and a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl walked out of the inner hall. Her hair was unkempt and her clothes were messy. There was a thorn hairpin in her hair. She stared at the three of them with her big eyes. The coachman wanted wine and food, so he kept shaking his head.
"You don't even have wine or food here," the coachman said angrily.”"I don't know." The girl shook her head.”"Ah, you're such a silly girl," said the coachman.”The girl grinned and said,"Yes, I'm called Silly Aunt."”The few of them were amused when they heard that.
When Mu Nianci walked to the inner hall and the kitchen to take a look, she saw dust and cobwebs everywhere, some cold rice in the wok, and a tattered mat on the bed. She couldn't help but feel desolate. She came out and asked,"Are you the only one at home?" Silly Aunty smiled and nodded. "Where's your mother?" "Dead!" She wiped her eyes and pretended to cry. "Where's your father?" Mu Nianci asked again. Silly Aunt shook her head. Her face and hands were covered in dirt, and her long fingernails were filled with black mud. She hadn't washed her face and hands for months."Even if she cooks, she can't eat it.”"Do you have rice?" Silly Aunt smiled and nodded. She took out a jar of rice, which was half full of brown rice. Mu Nianci washed the rice and cooked while the driver went to the west of the village to buy two fish and a chicken.
By the time they had tidied up a room that could be used for living, the sky had already darkened. Mu Nianci went to the kitchen to get some cutlery. When he opened the kitchen cabinet, he felt a stale air rush over. He took out a few broken bowls and washed them. But who knew that when he got the last bowl, he couldn't pick it up!
Mu Nianci was stunned for a moment. Then, she saw that the bowl seemed to be made of iron. She twisted it left and right and turned it half a circle. There was a loud clang. The closet was split open to reveal a dark hole.
Tang Xiao and Mei Chaofeng heard the commotion and rushed over. Mei Chaofeng couldn't see it and could only ask," What happened?”
Mu Nianci said," There's a mechanism here. There's a big hole behind the closet. Could it be a black market?"”
Tang Xiao finally reacted. This was actually the secret room that Guo Jing and Huang Rong hid in when they were recuperating for seven days and seven nights in the original novel! He was still in middle school when he read the original novel, and after transmigrating to Zhenshui Star for three years, Tang Xiao could no longer remember some of the details in the novel. He finally remembered something when he saw the hole.
Tang Xiao pulled out two pieces of burning wood from the stove and threw them into the hole, dispersing some of the foul air inside. The hole was not deep, only the size of a room. On the ground, there was a set of bones of a dead man lying on the ground. His clothes and clothes were rotten. There was another skeleton in the east corner of the room, but it was lying on a large iron box. A long sharp knife had pierced through the ribs of the skeleton and was inserted into the iron box.
They entered the cave and Mu Nianci couldn't help frowning. Looking at their positions, one of them was about to open the box, but was nailed to death from behind. The person behind had his sternum broken, as if he had been killed by a palm strike. Could it be that this place was really an illegal shop, and the two shop owners shared the spoils unevenly?”
But Tang Xiao picked up a gold medal from the ground. In the middle of the medal was an agate, like an item of the Imperial Palace. On the back of the gold medal, it was written,"Shi Yanming, the defense envoy of Zhongzhou, a martial arts doctor, was awarded with royal weapons."”He didn't know how big or small this official position was, but the name was long enough. Then, he looked at the knife nailed to the iron box. Tang Xiao couldn't help but be shocked,"This is a treasured saber!"”
"What's wrong?" Mei Chaofeng and Mu Nianci surrounded him. Tang Xiao pulled out his long knife,"This iron box is already made of fine iron." It was extremely hard. However, this knife could still be nailed to the iron box after piercing through a person. It could be seen how sharp this knife was.”
"Let me see!" Mei Chaofeng took the long saber and stroked it gently. It was a good saber. I picked up a treasure." As he was speaking, Mei Chaofeng suddenly exclaimed," Isn't this Senior Brother Qu's saber? Senior Brother, look, it's Senior Brother Qu's saber!”
Mei Chaofeng pointed at the word 'Qu' carved on the long blade. Tang Xiao also remembered and looked at the legs of the corpse on the ground. Sure enough, the leg bones were broken.”
Tang Xiao said as he stretched out his hand to open the iron box. The heavy metal box was filled with jade and jewelry. Tang Xiao saw this, and the shock in his heart grew even greater. This was because these gemstones and jade articles all had attributes! Some were already D and C grade jewelry, while some were refining materials. When refining, it could add extraordinary attributes.
Looking down, there was still a mezzanide, and the cover above was opened. Below were all bronze artifacts. These things were even more precious. There was a Longwen Cauldron for refining weapons, a bronze furnace for refining medicine, and even a Zhou Pan for divination and tracking. These were extremely precious items even on True Water Star. The next layer was even more precious. They were all precious antique calligraphy and paintings. With Tang Xiao's eyes as a high-level appraiser, if this box of items were to be sold back on True Water Star, a conservative estimate would be that it could be sold for 500 million!
Tang Xiao directly threw the steel box into the space of the Eastern Emperor Bell. The few of them left the secret room and prepared some food. He started to deal with Yang Tiexin and Bao Xiruo's funeral. According to ancient customs, funerals required a set of rules and rituals. It was just that with the current disputes between countries and the chaos of war, other than the high officials and nobles, no one had the energy to pay attention to these things. Tang Xiao threw down two silver ingots and hired a few able-bodied men to help dig the graves and bury Yang Tiexin and Bao Xiruo. He bought some sacrificial items. The villagers saw that in this chaotic era, if someone died outside, they could still send their bones back and return to their roots. All of them felt heavy and envious. Today, he saw his former neighbor buried here. He did not know where he would be buried in the future. People in troubled times were not as good as dogs in peace.
In three days, everything was done. On this day, Tang Xiao trio already arrived at Lin An City. Lin 'an was the capital of the Song Dynasty. Although the Southern Song Dynasty was weak in history, it was also an era with extremely developed culture and economy. Entering Lin 'an was like returning to a peaceful era. Lin 'an was originally a beautiful place with beautiful mountains and rivers. After the Song Dynasty moved the capital, scholars and poets gathered here, filling the landscape with some poetic charm. Lin 'an City was already extravagant and prosperous. As it was close to the Imperial City, it was even more glorious. There were golden nails and red doors, painted pillars and carved railings, roofs covered with copper tiles, and carved with dragons and phoenixes flying in the sky. They were magnificent and dazzling.
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