The full-level beauty has become the canary of the crown prince

Chapter 130 Gold Theft 1
"It's going to rain soon," Li Chuan got up, "I need to find a place where I can shelter from the rain."

Shen Yicheng ate a peach in his mouth, and said inarticulately: "There is a temple in front, why don't you go there?"

"En." Li Chuan nodded, and the two walked towards the temple together.

Before they reached the temple, the rain came down, drenching the two of them instantly.

When they got to the temple, the clothes of both of them could wring out water.

Shen Yicheng looked at the temple while twisting his clothes, "Li Chuan, who do you think is worshiped in this temple?"

Li Chuan lit a fire beside him, heard him speak, so he looked up: "I don't know."

"That's right." Shen Yicheng took off the outer layer of clothes and put them on the shelf built by Li Chuan: "This temple is already in such a dilapidated state, it's normal if you can't see it, but it seems that the incense here used to be very prosperous, and the incense ash It's accumulated so much."

"Don't catch the wind and cold, come here to enjoy the fire." Li Chuan said.

Shen Yicheng walked over obediently, sat down, stretched out his hands and turned around on the fire, and ran away again when it got a little warmer, wandering around in this temple.

"Li Chuan, come here quickly!"

Li Chuan rushed over when he heard the voice, and was relieved to see that he was fine.

"Look, is this gold?" Shen Yicheng wiped the Buddha statue with his sleeve, revealing a piece of gold.

So I simply found a rag and dipped it in water to wipe all the Buddha statue. Except for the gold that I saw at the beginning, everything else was copper.

"Do you think there is gold hidden in it?" Shen Yicheng asked.

"You have to open it and see."

Shen Yicheng was in trouble: "No way, this is easy to be punished by heaven."

Who would smash a Buddha statue just to see if there is gold in it?

Besides, since he was a child, he never had to worry about food and clothing. Has he ever seen gold?
It was just strange that the temple had been abandoned for so long. He went around and found that all the valuable things had been taken away, leaving only this Buddha and some shabby and worthless things.

Now isn't it strange that this Buddha may have gold hidden in it and it hasn't been removed?

"Want to see it?" Li Chuan asked suddenly.

"Ah?" Shen Yicheng saw Li Chuan push down the Buddha statue before Shen Yicheng could answer.

Shen Yicheng swallowed his saliva, came back to his senses and immediately pulled Li Chuan over: "What are you doing? Are you asking for God's punishment for pushing the Buddha statue in this rainy day? Be careful that the lightning will strike you to death."

As soon as he finished speaking, a flash of lightning flashed across the sky, and the thunder was deafening.

Shen Yicheng covered his ears in fear, and whispered: "This thunder will last all night, right?"

"It's okay." Li Chuan was very calm, walked to the base of the Buddha statue and knocked it open with his long sword.

"My god!" Shen Yicheng opened his mouth wide in surprise: "So much gold?"

The base is a wooden box, which is full of gold bars.

"How much does this cost?"

He stepped forward to touch it, and smiled at Li Chuan: "It's true."

"En." Li Chuan put away his sword, turned around and sat by the fire.

Shen Yicheng circled around the Buddha statue: "Do you think this Buddha statue is actually made of gold?"

Li Chuan shook his head: "The Buddha statue made of gold is only found in Qingfo Temple in Yuanxia. It should be painted with a layer of gold paint, and then painted with a layer of copper."

"Then how do you know that the gold is in the base of the Buddha statue and not in the Buddha statue?" Shen Yicheng asked.

"Generally, when people come in, they will first observe the Buddha statue, and then the surrounding environment. If thieves come in, they will definitely attack the Buddha statue at the first time. When they find that the Buddha statue is not gold, they will give up and go to other places to look for it."

Shen Yicheng understood a little bit, and said: "Giving up the Buddha statue is equivalent to giving up the base and the incense table. The incense table is messy, and no one will touch the pile of soot. How do you know?"

Li Chuan said again: "The base is made of wood. The bases of Buddha statues in ordinary temples should be made of the same material as Buddha statues. This Buddha statue is made of copper, so the base should also be made of copper."

"So you pushed it on purpose?" Shen Yicheng smiled: "Then do you think you will be punished by God?"

"Um...I don't know."

"It is impossible for ordinary people to have so much gold in ten or twenty years. I know a local official in a small town in front of him. Although he is poor, he will not do such a thing of privately hiding gold. So can I take this gold privately?" ?”

Shen Yicheng is a thief who laughs.

Li Chuan shook his head and asked, "How do you know the local officials here?"

"Hiss—" Shen Yicheng said: "I fought with his son when I was a child. If the little bastard can't win the fight, I still look for helpers. Can I really not take it away?"

"No, the emperor once allocated funds to Jingzhou to build dams and bridges, but a flood washed the relief money into the water, and nothing was recovered."

"Then you mean that this is the money for disaster relief?" Shen Yicheng picked up a gold bar and weighed it: "This is too little money for disaster relief, and it is obviously not enough, so it is definitely not."

Li Chuan got up and walked to him: "Didn't you say it? The wooden base."

As he said that, he overturned the base, and the gold that flowed out was piled up into a small hill.

The gold in Shen Yicheng's hand fell to the ground: "So much, is it enough to build more than a dozen bridges?!"

But if you find the gold, can you find the person who hid it?
If it was in the recent period, it would be easy to check, but it was difficult to find the person who hid the gold a few years ago.

"The number of times the emperor has allocated funds to Jingzhou is very small. If you want to check, I will go with you." Li Chuan's voice was gentle, and he looked directly at Shen Yicheng. He is not a nosy person, but if he likes to play can accompany him.

Shen Yicheng stroked his chin, looking thoughtful: "Isn't that troublesome?"

Li Chuan shook his head: "No trouble."

"There is no reward for this, if you find it in front of you, wouldn't it be a waste of time?"

His current state is similar to running away from home, penniless and unable to move a single step.

Li Chuan said: "Although there is no reward, but if you find it and tell the emperor, there may not be a reward."

At that time, Emperor Yuanxia was furious and severely punished the local officials in Jingzhou. Sun Yi and Xu Daozhi were replaced after the incident was exposed. Although this temple is not within the scope of Jingzhou, it must have something to do with him .

"That's good, put this Buddha statue first, I guess someone will come tonight." Shen Yicheng beckoned Li Chuan to help the Buddha statue up and put it on the wooden box.

"Why are you so sure that someone will come tonight?" Li Chuan asked.

"There is so much gold here, everyone would be jealous, so why don't the people behind him find someone to guard it every day?" Shen Yicheng took the clothes on the wooden frame, stepped on the fire, and took Li Chuan to hide. In a hidden corner of the temple.

There was thunder and lightning outside, and the pouring rain poured down. There was a person standing vaguely in the peach forest in the distance. The lightning flashed across the sky, illuminating half of the sky, and the figure in the peach forest disappeared in the blink of an eye.

(End of this chapter)