Tibet

Chapter 554
Li Ye came forward to meet Li, and the housekeeper came in just in time to deliver tea. The housekeeper was very smart and did not let other people in the house know about Li Ye's arrival, fearing that the news would spread.

The three of them sat down, and Li Ye briefly introduced the situation in Xiangyang. Dugu Ming nodded, "How can a local snake like the Chang family be your opponent? Why don't you go directly to Ganzhou?"

Li Ye pondered for a moment and said: "Does the second uncle have the kind of family general who has absolute trust, absolute obedience, and unwavering loyalty?"

"Of course there is a Dugu family. They have been raised by us for generations. Even if they die, they will never frown, and their martial arts are very strong!"

Li Ye knew that there were some things that he couldn't hide from his father-in-law and Dugu Ming.

He smiled and said: "Second uncle said last time that you know Feilong has two secret places, one for hiding wealth and one for hiding armor. I know one of them, the place where wealth is hidden, is in Qiaoling. "

Dugu Lie suddenly realized and said with a smile: "No wonder you stationed troops in Fengxian County last time. It turned out to be for Qiaoling!"

Dugu Ming smiled and said, "Could it be that you plan to dig the bridge tomb?"

Li Ye shook his head and said: "There is a secret room outside Qiaoling. I have gone in. It is an independent secret room, not connected with the mausoleum. There are many large wooden boxes stacked in it, which should be Feilong's accumulated wealth. But now Feilong is not dead. Once If An Lushan rebels, he will definitely withdraw the wealth inside, but my soldiers are all in the Xiangyang army, and there are only ten people around me, so I have to ask my father-in-law and second uncle for help, and I must take action before Feilong."

Dugu Lie smiled and said: "You are my son-in-law, your affairs are the affairs of the Dugu family, and the hundreds of Dugu dead soldiers will be left to you."

Dugu Ming asked again: "Do you want to transport this wealth to Hexi?"

Li Ye shook his head, "It will be shipped to Xiangyang. I plan to use Shannan East Road as my foundation. This batch of wealth will be transported to Shangluo County first. I will rent a house there. I will leave two soldiers to lead the way, but they need to cross Lantian. You have to ask your father-in-law to arrange for release."

Dugu Lie nodded, "I'll let Rao Yang transport it for you. Don't worry. How about I send it directly to Xiangyang for you?"

Li Ye hesitated and said, "I'm not in Xiangyang. If Feilong finds that his wealth is missing, he will come looking for me. I'm worried that my father won't be able to stop him."

"Are you afraid that Feilong will be harmful to your father?"

Li Ye nodded, he did have this worry.

Dugu Lie thought for a while and said: "The property should be sent to Xiangyang, but a hundred dead soldiers will stay in Xiangyang to protect your parents. They will come back after you return to Xiangyang."

Li Ye was overjoyed and hurriedly stood up to salute and thank him.

Dugu Ming smiled and asked, "When will you leave for Qiaoling?"

Li Ye pondered for a moment and said: "The night is long and there are many dreams. I want to set off tonight!"

In the night, a team of more than a hundred people was walking quickly on the official road. This team was all wearing the armor of the Longwu Army of the Tang Army. In fact, they were Longwu Army soldiers and Dugu Jinyang's men.

The best way to hide a grain of sand is to throw it on the beach.

The dead soldiers of the Dugu family don't need to hide in a manor, they can hide in the army. No one can think of their existence.

The general who led this group of dead soldiers was Dugu Raoyang, who was also a lieutenant general in the Longwu Army and a subordinate of his elder brother Dugu Jinyang.

More than 100 people rode horses, driving more than [-] specially-made carts. The wheels and axles of this cart were made of copper, and the chassis was also made of copper. It was very strong and was pulled by two tall draft horses.

There are more than 200 large boxes in the cart. The boxes are full of stones, which are used to hide the secrets in exchange for the wealth in the secret room.

At five o'clock in the morning, the team arrived at Qiaoling. They went directly through the gate. Two officials came forward after hearing the news. Li Ye raised Shang Fang's Emperor's Sword and said in a deep voice: "According to the emperor's secret order, we have to operate in secret. You are not allowed to interfere!"

When the leading official saw that the other party were all soldiers of the Longwu Army, and that the leader of the other party also had Shang Fang's Emperor Sword, he did not dare to stop him and ordered the gate to be opened. Everyone entered the bridge mausoleum and the convoy drove towards the back of the mausoleum.

Watching the team go away, an official whispered: "Are they here to dig a tomb?"

"Nonsense! Why are more than 100 people digging a tomb? I guess they are burying something. Didn't you see that there are big boxes in the car?" "Is it because they are practicing witchcraft and are tired of burying something?"

Burying Yan Sheng is a common practice in the imperial tombs of all dynasties. Some special items are used to suppress the opponent's imperial aura. Qiaoling is the mausoleum of the Supreme Emperor, and today's emperor has taken away the throne of the Supreme Emperor, so he buried Yan Sheng in the Emperor's mausoleum. It's normal.

The leading official quickly covered his companion's mouth and said nervously: "Don't talk nonsense. If the news gets out, our lives will be in danger!"

The two of them hurried back to the house, pretending they saw nothing, and the soldiers deliberately stopped patrolling.

Everyone dug the outer hole, and Li Ye opened the door of the secret room. This time he was fully prepared and used two iron horses to hold the door against the door, so that the door could not be closed.

Everyone entered the secret room with torches. Someone had moved the secret room. The bones were gone. There were wheel marks all over the ground. It was obvious that someone had dragged items.

This is also what Li Ye is most worried about. If he comes late and all the money is taken away by the flying dragon, he will regret it.

Li Ye walked around the corridor and quickly came to the secret room. Countless large boxes appeared in front of him. He was relieved. The things were still there. He looked carefully and found that about [-]% of them had been taken away. The easternmost pile Hundreds of boxes were taken away.

Li Ye took the iron crowbar and pried open a small box. It was full of gold. There were about 3000 taels in this box.

Then I pry open a large box, which is filled with silver ingots. They have become a little blackened by time.

He opened more than a dozen boxes in one go, all containing real money.

Li Ye nodded to everyone, "Let's do it!"

Hundreds of soldiers worked together to drag out large boxes.

Dugu Raoyang asked Li Ye in a low voice: "Are these the Feilong's wealth?"

Li Ye nodded, "Yes, the emperor has been looking for these treasures. He thought they were hidden in the secret room of Taipingfang, but it turned out not to be the case. He never dreamed that they would be hidden in Qiaoling."

Dugu Raoyang looked around and saw the wind pulling the torch upwards. He exclaimed: "It's really unexpected that there is such a secret room in the mausoleum! There is so much wealth hidden there, what's the point of Feilong hiding them?" "

Li Ye smiled and said: "It makes sense. We will have the money to recruit an army to fight against Anlushan's rebellion. At least this wealth can save countless people from being destroyed."

Dugu Raoyang nodded, "Don't worry! I will transport it safely to Xiangyang for you."

It is easier to get things done when there are more people. They all worked together and in just half an hour, they emptied all the boxes in the secret room and sent the fake boxes filled with stones into the secret room.

Li Ye closed the door of the secret room, and then led everyone and drove the carriage to leave Qiaoling. Several officials guarding the tomb came to check the situation, but found nothing, but the ground was very messy. It was estimated that the things in the big wooden box were filled with disgusting things. Everything is buried underground.

No one dared to say anything, and they didn't even dare to write down the records. If they wanted to survive, they had to pretend they didn't see anything.

A few months later, Feilong came to collect the wealth and found that the box had been exchanged. He was furious and arrested the official guarding the tomb for interrogation. However, he was confused. It was a Longwu army carrying the Emperor Shang Fang's sword.

Feilong didn't know that Li Ye had Shang Fang's Emperor Sword in his hand. He once suspected that the Emperor had taken away the wealth.

Of course, this is something for later, so I won’t mention it for now.

On the official road, Li Ye was about to break up with Dugu Raoyang. Dugu Raoyang went to Xiangyang with 120 dead soldiers and two of Li Ye's personal soldiers. He had the gold medal from the Ministry of War given to him by his father, so he would definitely have a smooth journey along the way. Although the gold medal of the Ministry of War cannot control civil servants, it is extremely powerful at various passes, to some extent even surpassing the Emperor Sword of Shangfang.

Li Ye watched Dugu Raoyang's team go away. He turned his horse and led eight soldiers to run northeast. Next door to Fengxian County was Baishui County in Tongzhou. He would take the Luoshui Road north from Baishui County and arrive at In the central county of Fangzhou, the road turns to the west. There is a commercial road passing through Ziwu Ridge and entering Jingyuan Road. Then you can continue to go north along Jingyuan Road to the Hexi Corridor.

This day was the fifth day of March. An Lushan also ended his trip to Hedong and began to return to Youzhou. The curtain of the Anshi Rebellion was about to begin.

(End of this chapter)