readytorunbook Chapter 664 Antique Treasures
Chapter 664 Antique Treasures
She walked out of the room and could see clearly in the moonlight that she was now in a secluded courtyard. There was a rockery and a fish pond, and there were flower beds and willow trees all around. It looked like a very elegant boudoir courtyard.
But Shucheng had been occupied for many days, and the so-called prefectural government mansion was not spared, and must have been occupied by the mirage thieves.
When Zhou Chang thought of this, he felt uncomfortable all over.
As for where did all the original people in the prefectural governor’s mansion go?
Zhou Chang didn't want to think about it at all. Either he was timid and fled before the city was broken, or he stayed until the end with integrity, but would not have a good ending.
On the contrary, building such an exquisite courtyard would be a bargain for the enemy.
Gao Yuan couldn't persuade them, so he had to lead the way.
Zhou Chang followed all the way. The road was filled with soldiers holding torches, lighting up the entire mansion.
After wandering around, we came to a rockery.
Before Zhou Chang could see anything, Gao Yuan shouted, "Who is it?"
Zhou Chang was startled.
The next second, a cowering figure appeared from behind the rockery. Wu Ling put on a constipated look and stepped forward to pay his respects: "Greetings to His Royal Highness Prince Yi. It is great that His Royal Highness has woken up."
"Why are you here?" Gao Yuan asked in a deep voice without waiting for Zhou Kai to speak.
Wu Ling's sly eyes turned his mind: "This general... This general is here to help His Highness watch over him. After all, His Highness is unconscious, and those are all the spoils left by the Mirage Army..."
Zhou Chang immediately realized that there was probably a treasure trove behind the rockery.
When you suddenly discover this place, I guess everyone will be thinking about it.
Zhou Chang remained calm and didn't bother to pay attention to Wu Ling. He just asked, "Where is General Jiang?"
Seeing that Zhou Chang had no intention of asking further questions, Wu Ling's face relaxed and a smile appeared on his face: "General Jiang is still in there, and your Highness is coming at the right time."
Zhou Chang said no more and signaled Gao Yuan to lead the way.
The group walked around the rockery and found a flower garden behind it.
Zhou Chang didn't see anything for a moment, except for a house behind the flower garden that looked like a greenhouse built for growing flowers.
However, the door of the greenhouse was now wide open, with several of Jiang Meng's personal soldiers guarding on both sides, so we knew where the treasure house might be.
Zhou Chang went straight over and the soldiers guarding the door did not stop him.
After entering the greenhouse, they saw boxes of open treasures piled on the ground, but they were not gold, silver or jewelry, but volumes of books, calligraphy and paintings. However, there was still no sign of Jiang Meng.
Just as I was about to ask, I heard a voice coming from underground.
Zhou Chang followed the sound and found a secret door leading to the underground behind a flower stand.
Outside the secret door is a staircase leading underground, and its structure is similar to that of the fake treasure house in the central courtyard of the rear hall of Prince Yi's Mansion.
There was a faint glow of fire at the end of the stairs, and following Jiang Meng's voice, a group of soldiers were carrying boxes upstairs.
Just as Zhou Chang was about to go down, he bumped into Jiang Meng head-on.
Jiang Meng was surprised and hurried over: "Your Highness just woke up, why are you here?"
"I'm looking for you." Zhou Chang didn't forget what she was going to do.
Jiang Meng smiled knowingly: "Don't worry, Your Highness. I will count all the things in this treasure house. There will be nothing missing. I will definitely give them to Your Highness for your inspection first."
Zhou Chang asked blankly, "Where is Beishan Ye?"
"Beishan Ye?" Jiang Meng was stunned by the question. "He is being guarded by someone and is still in the prison..."
"The person is not dead yet?" Zhou Chang said in a bad tone.
Jiang Meng was not sure how to answer.
Zhou Chang's eyes were red with anger: "I must cut him into pieces. This is not an adjective, I want to cut him into pieces a thousand times, ten thousand times, like a slow procession."
The two words "Lingchi" were shouted out.
Jiang Meng finally understood: "Yes, yes... Your Highness, we have to wait until dawn. Your Highness fainted just now, and I didn't have time to find this place again..."
Zhou Chang gnashed his teeth in hatred and said, "Yes, wait until dawn. At dawn, call all the people in the city to come and let everyone watch that guy being tortured to death with a single knife."
"Of course, it's not just Beishan Ye, but also the captured prisoners." Jiang Meng also expressed his great agreement.
Jiang Meng agreed, and Zhou Chang finally let out a breath that had been held in his chest. He seemed to remember the treasure house, and his expression was no longer so stiff: "Brother Jiang, what's down there?"
Jiang Meng was still not used to Zhou Chang's sudden change of expression: "Uh...ah...I thought it would be some gold, silver and jewelry, but it turned out to be antiques and calligraphy and paintings. I guess the thieves didn't have time to take them away when they left, so they only took away the gold and silver, and left these calligraphy and paintings behind."
"Oh..." Zhou Chang wasn't interested either, but since they were already at the door, there was no reason not to go down and take a look. "Could you please accompany me down to take a look, Brother Jiang?"
Jiang Meng was afraid from the beginning that Prince Yi would have a misunderstanding. Prince Yi's reputation of "leaving traces when the wind blows and plucking feathers when the geese pass by" was still well-known in Jindu. Now that such a huge treasure trove had been discovered, how could he let it go?
So Jiang Meng led Zhou Chang down, and not only that, he also drove up the personal soldiers and staff who were moving and counting the items below.
Zhou Chang took a long tour around the underground treasure house.
This treasure house is not made of paper like Prince Yi's. It covers an area of several hundred square meters, and is filled with boxes and cabinets of various calligraphy and painting antiques.
"Ding, ding, ding..."
Ever since Zhou Chang left the treasure house, the sound of the viewpoint system placing orders in his head has never stopped.
However, over this period of time, Zhou Chang has become "immune" to this voice.
It’s not that the customers in the plane are idle and no longer place orders, but ever since she came to northern Vietnam and fell into the Jinmin River on the night of the Lantern Festival, she no longer wanted to care about placing orders through the system.
Therefore, when he was in the Beijicheng Posthouse and the government office, Zhou Chang simply ignored the "ding ding ding..." sound of the viewpoint system placing orders for various northern ornaments.
Even after arriving in Maicheng, when more customers from other dimensions placed orders for helmets, armor, and weapons, she didn't even bother to pay attention and just treated it as if she was deaf.
Are you kidding? Weapons on the battlefield are soldiers’ lives. Can lives be sold like this?
But now...
There was an opportunity as we didn't even know what was painted on those scrolls that hadn't even been opened, but customers were placing orders like crazy.
At this time, Jiang Meng stepped forward and unfolded a painting in ink and color: "Your Highness Prince Yi, look, this is the work of a great master of the previous dynasty."
Zhou Chang glanced at her. She didn't understand painting or antiques, so he didn't feel anything about it.
Jiang Meng is a descendant of an aristocratic family after all, and he has seen as much as Prince Yi. "I just took a quick look, and this is full of paintings, calligraphy, and ancient books and collectibles by famous artists from past dynasties. I don't know how the thief did it. These things are not found in Yuebei alone, and many of them are treasures of collectors. It must have taken a lot of effort. It's a pity that he didn't have time to escape, so he had to hide here. If he hadn't discovered it by chance when searching the mansion, I wouldn't have known there were so many good things here."