dognovel Chapter 598: Get Rich, Get Rich
Chapter 598: Get Rich, Get Rich
Guan Xing ignored Liu Zhao's threat, waved at his back, and turned back to the cemetery.
As soon as they returned to the place they had left, Zhang Sheng ran over to report: "General, the main entrance to the tomb has been dug out, but these main entrances are locked from the inside and cannot be opened at all."
The tombs of emperors and generals were built with traps. When the coffin was placed in the tomb and the tomb door was closed, the traps inside would lock the door, making it impossible to enter normally again.
Guan Xing, understanding this, immediately said, "Then let's tear down the tomb door. If that doesn't work, we can use a battering ram to break it open. Can a small stone door really stop all of us?"
Zhang Bao led his men to personally take action, using iron chisels and hammers to violently destroy the door bolts and dismantle the entire stone door.
The stone door, about a foot thick, collapsed to the ground, sending dust flying. Zhang Bao waved to disperse the dust and was about to enter when Guan Xing quickly stopped him, saying, "Xingguo, wait! The tomb has been sealed for too long and the air has stopped. It would be dangerous to go in now. Let's wait until the cave is ventilated before we go in."
Zhang Sheng gave a thumbs-up and praised, "Young general, you're very experienced. Have you ever robbed tombs before?"
Guan Xing shook his head and said, "Where would I steal from? A closed space isolates the air; isn't that common sense?"
After saying this, he ordered Jiang Wei to return to the city to find Liu Shan, while he himself waited patiently outside the tomb for ventilation.
Haihun County Government Office.
Zhou Chang was still blocking the entrance to the outhouse, explaining his water conservancy plan to Liu Chan. After talking for an unknown amount of time, he suddenly heard a noise behind him. He turned around and saw Li Lin waving at him. He couldn't help but let out a long sigh and said to himself, "It's finally over."
Li Lin's return indicates that Liu Zhao has already gone to the cemetery to argue with Guan Xing, so there's no need to block Liu Shan anymore.
To be honest, Magistrate Zhou Chang went to great lengths to exonerate Liu Shan from the tomb-robbing incident.
Zhou Chang waved Li Lin away, clutching his stomach and groaning, "Ouch, my stomach is also a little uncomfortable. Your Highness, please wait a moment, I will explain it to you in detail when I come back from the latrine."
After saying this, he quickly left, deliberately making loud footsteps to remind Liu Shan that he was leaving and that he could come out now.
Liu Shan waited until the sound of his footsteps faded away before leaving the latrine. He patted his chest and sighed with lingering fear, "It seems that one should not do things that go against one's conscience, for doing too many of them can shorten one's lifespan."
After saying that, he glanced around suspiciously, and once he was sure no one was around, he took off running towards the city gates.
Just as Zhou Chang left the courtyard, he emerged from a corner, observed for a moment, then left in the opposite direction, climbed over the courtyard wall, returned to his study, picked up his pen, and wrote a memorial to Liu Bei accusing Guan Xing of wrongdoing.
To reiterate, this whole affair was orchestrated by Guan Xing and has absolutely nothing to do with His Highness the Crown Prince. If His Highness was involved, it was because he was deceived by Guan Xing.
He wasn't familiar with Guan Xing, so he felt no guilt about ripping Guan Xing off. Besides, Guan Xing had started the trouble for him first, so he was just acting in self-defense.
Liu Shan left the county government office and headed straight for the cemetery. On the way, he met up with Jiang Wei, who was returning, and the two went back to the cemetery together.
Upon arriving near the tomb entrance and meeting up with Guan Xing, after exchanging information, Liu Shan looked at the tomb entrance and asked, "The door is open, why don't we go in?"
Guan Xing said, "Wait a little longer, let him catch his breath before going in."
After waiting for about half an hour, Zhang Bao lost patience and went into the tomb chamber first. Liu Chan wanted to follow, but Guan Xing pressed his shoulder and said, "Your Highness, let's wait outside until it's safe inside."
The tombs are full of traps and mechanisms, with all sorts of ways to kill people. Many times, people die without even knowing how they died. Under such circumstances, how could Guan Xing dare to let Liu Shan take such a risk?
You can go in, but you must wait until the soldiers have eliminated all security risks before you can enter.
Liu Shan listened to the advice and stopped making any rash moves, but Zhang Sheng shouted, "General Zhang, come back! I'll go first, you all just follow behind me."
Zhang Sheng is the real expert in this area; if he doesn't take the lead, who will?
Zhang Sheng, carrying a torch, was the first to enter the tomb chamber, followed by Zhang Bao, Jiang Wei, and Xia Tong. Liu Shan and Guan Xing waited outside. After a full quarter of an hour, Jiang Wei came out and called out, "Your Highness, Marquis of Shence, you may go in now."
Liu Shan and Guan Xing followed Jiang Wei into the tomb. Inside, they discovered that the passageway to the tomb was wider than the main road in Haihun County. Moreover, there were oil lamps hanging every few meters on both sides of the walls, but the oil inside had long since evaporated and were unusable.
The tomb chamber before us is less a tomb chamber and more an extremely luxurious ducal mansion buried deep underground. It is divided into various areas, each connected by stone doors. However, these stone doors are not locked from the inside like the stone doors of the main tomb chamber, but can be opened to connect them.
Jiang Wei, having already explored all areas of the tomb with Zhang Sheng, led Liu Shan and Guan Xing straight to the treasury, which was of utmost concern to them. Upon entering the treasury and looking around by the firelight, the two were immediately dumbfounded.
The vault in front of us is about 300 square meters in size, and it is filled with copper coins, mostly Wuzhu coins that were produced under the supervision of Sang Hongyang during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han.
The Wuzhu coins from the reign of Emperor Wu of Han differed from those from the reigns of Emperors Wen and Jing. Emperor Wu waged several economic wars against the powerful figures of the Han Dynasty in order to raise funds to fight the Xiongnu. His most common tactic was to improve the coin-making process, add anti-counterfeiting features, and use the high-quality coins minted by the imperial court to replace the inferior coins minted by the common people. Therefore, the Wuzhu coins minted during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han were of the best quality and the most valuable.
Marquis Liu He of Haihun was the grandson of Emperor Wu of Han and had also been an emperor. Naturally, his funerary items were of the highest quality. It would be beneath the dignity of a dignified Marquis of Haihun to use worthless money as a substitute, right?
The 300-square-meter vault in front of me was filled with high-quality Wuzhu coins, piled up like garbage from one end to the other, forming a small hill, with the highest point reaching two meters above the ground.
Liu Shan opened his mouth wide in astonishment and said, "I've never seen so much money in my life! How much money is this?"
Guan Xing was equally shocked, and said with a speechless expression, "The string holding the money together is rotten, but the money is still perfectly preserved without any oxidation. It's really well preserved. Now our economic crisis is over."
These copper coins, roughly estimated, amounted to tens of thousands of strings of cash, more than enough to fill Liu Shan's hole.
But Guan Xing was still not satisfied and turned to ask, "Is that all? Is there anything else?"
Zhang Sheng replied, "Of course there are. Tombs, like mansions, emphasize symmetry. Moreover, this is the joint tomb of the Marquis of Haihun and his wife. This treasury is the private treasury of the Marquis of Haihun's wife. The Marquis of Haihun's treasury is on the other side of the tomb chamber, more than twice the size of this treasury, and several miles away from here."
"Holy shit..." Liu Chan and Guan Xing both cursed upon hearing this.
They both thought this was the treasury of the Marquis of Haihun, but you told me it belonged to the wife of the Marquis of Haihun, and that the Marquis of Haihun's treasury was twice the size of this.
This guy is incredibly wealthy, even wealthier than Emperor Liu Bei!
Damn Marquis Haihun, just how much of the people's wealth have you plundered?
No wonder all the emperors of the Han Dynasty complained about being poor. It turns out that the Liu family wasn't short of money, but that their wealth had all been taken to their ancestors' graves.
Liu Shan excitedly said, "Let's go and take a look at the Marquis of Haihun's treasury."
The group followed Zhang Sheng and arrived at the Haihunhou Treasury, which was symmetrical to the Hou's treasury. Upon entering, they were once again shocked. The treasury was six or seven hundred square meters in size, with Wuzhu coins piled up like mountains. An excited Liu Shan opened his arms and lay down on the mountain of coins, shouting, "I'm rich! I can finally live a life of luxury! Haihunhou, oh no, the deposed emperor of Han, you are truly the lucky star of our Liu family, and my good ancestor Liu Adou!"