The Wife is First - 61 Chapter 61 The Secret Room

The study was also turned into a mess, and even the paperweight and pen washer on the table were looted.

Mu Hanzhang walked to a calligraphy and painting hanging on the wall and straightened the damaged parts. When he saw clearly what the painting was, he couldn’t help but feel a pity: “Zhuoshui Sanren’s paintings are hard to find, but they were ruined like this.” ”

Jing Shao came over to look at it, but it was just a landscape picture, nothing special about it. Mu Hanzhang saw that he didn’t understand, so he explained gently.

Zhuoshui Sanren was one of the Sixteenth Sanren in the former dynasty. At that time, the admiration for calligraphy and painting reached the highest level since ancient times, and the Sixteenth Sanren were the best among them. They often studied paintings together. However, due to the war in the late period, Very few of these paintings have survived.

Mu Hanzhang took off the rotten scroll, rolled it up carefully, and went back to find an expert to glue it up. Maybe it could be restored to its original state: “This painting is much more valuable than jewelry. Why doesn’t King Southwest bring it with him?”

“This generation of Southwest King is ignorant, follow me.” Jing Shao pulled his princess towards the small cubicle in the study.

The study room of a wealthy family will have a small compartment with a bed for daily rest. This study room is no exception, but this compartment is actually a bit small and can only accommodate one bed. The bed was messy, even the jade pieces on the pillow had been picked out, and it looked quite miserable.

“I think the servants in the Southwest Palace also took a lot of things.” Mu Hanzhang said while looking at the lanyard with the golden hook removed from the curtain.

“When a tree falls and the hozens scatter, everyone has to find a way to survive.” Jing Shao smiled and pulled off the entire curtain, revealing an uneven wall.

Jing Shao jumped on the bed and said to the person behind him: “Jun Qing, step back.”

Mu Hanzhang followed his words and exited the cubicle, and saw Jing Shao raising his leg and kicking the uneven wall hard.

With a bang, a big hole was kicked out of the wall, and wood stubble flew everywhere. Only then did Mu Hanzhang realize that the wall was actually made of wood, with only a thin layer of bricks on the surface. When the dust cleared, it appeared that there was a room inside, but it was so dark that it couldn’t be seen clearly.

Jing Shao took out the fire stick he brought with him, lit the candlestick on the small table, got in first, quickly lit the candles in the small room, and reached out to bring in his princess.

Mu Hanzhang looked at the small room in front of him. It had no windows and should be a secret room. There was a five-foot-tall black Buddha statue placed on the high platform, with several futons placed underneath. There was a bronze square tripod placed in the center of the room, surrounded by wooden Many things on the shelf are gone, but there are still four or five scrolls in the porcelain bucket, several long boxes on the wooden shelf, some scattered jewelry in the bronze tripod, and broken beads and jade everywhere.

Jing Shao took the lead to walk towards the wooden shelf and looked through several long boxes. They were all very old boxes. Inside were various exquisite daggers and long swords. There was only one on the bottom. The box was very old. When he opened it, there were A rusty weapon that looked like a narrow knife or a short sword. Seeing this thing, I couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, after reviving my life, the Southwest King was still the ignorant Southwest King.

“Xiao Shao, come and see!” Mu Hanzhang’s voice was quite excited.

Jing Shao picked up the old knife in the box and leaned over to look at the scroll in the hands of his princess. It was a strange picture. There were all kinds of flowers, birds, insects and fish on it, but each one had a different style. It was quite weird to put it together into one picture: “This What is it?”

“Nine Songs and Sixteen Fus! This is the combined picture of the Sixteen San people!” Mu Hanzhang was overjoyed. The Sixteen San people only painted this one picture together in their entire lives. The real treasure passed down from generation to generation has been created in the previous dynasty. Missing, it ended up in the Southwest Palace and was abandoned. “This painting is worth a thousand taels of gold at least.”

“The king of Southwest is running for his life, so it’s hard to bring calligraphy and painting with him.” Jing Shao smiled and rolled up the picture that looked ugly to him, and took out the rusty knife in his hand, “Look at what this is. “

Mu Hanzhang took it, and the rust on it was very obvious. He couldn’t pull the knife out, and the handle seemed to be rusted together with the scabbard.

Jing Shao held his hand and pressed lightly on the side of the scabbard. With a click, the clasp opened and the blade was slowly drawn out.

The red knife surface looks like gold but not gold, looks like jade but not jade, and looks like agate. Even in the dark room, it is still as bright as red clouds.

“It’s so beautiful.” Even though Mu Hanzhang is not a fan of weapons, he still can’t help but admire it. There are no carvings on the knife, just the smooth and moist blade is beautiful enough.

Jing Shao took a piece of hair from his princess’s shoulder and put it on the blade: “Come and blow some air.”

Mu Hanzhang glanced at him and said with a smile: “Blowing one’s hair and cutting off one’s hair is just a rumor. Do you think there really is such a weapon in this world?”

“Then why don’t we make a bet? If we really succeed, what’s the chance of winning?” Jing Shao smiled and leaned into his ear.

Seeing that he was determined and curious, Mu Hanzhang actually blew on the fallen hair.

“Hey, we haven’t said the prize yet!” Jing Shao hurriedly took the knife back, but he still didn’t hurry. His hair touched the thin blade and immediately broke into two pieces, slowly falling down.

“It’s really a treasured sword!” Mu Hanzhang was amazed that there was such a treasure in the world. He turned to look at Jing Shao, only to see the man glaring at him. He couldn’t help but laugh, and stretched out his hand to pinch his face, “Why? Like a child.”

“Hmph! This knife can’t help blowing hair and breaking hair, and it can also cut iron like mud!” Jing Shao didn’t get any benefit and was very angry. He took the sword and slashed it at the base of the dark Buddha statue. With a swipe, a lotus petal fell out of the base. Being cut off, the two of them were stunned on the spot.

Wrapped in a black shell, there is a golden solid interior. This five-foot-tall Buddha statue is actually made of pure gold!

The Golden Buddha was so huge that the Southwest King couldn’t move it away, so the two of them naturally couldn’t keep it for themselves. They called soldiers to move the Buddha statue away, and immediately escorted it back to the capital together with the ancient bronze tripod.

Although there is no real gold, the ancient paintings and swords can be taken away secretly.

“I heard from the right guard that you know how to use a sword.” Jing Shao pulled his princess out of the secret room to avoid the pain of looking at the big Buddha again. He now felt how the Southwest King felt when he escaped, knowing that this was valuable My belongings are here, but I can’t move them away. No wonder I forgot about my direct grandson. It’s really hard to calm down.

“I only know a few moves, but no internal strength. I just protect myself in times of crisis.” Mu Hanzhang didn’t think his little skill was very practical.

“You will carry this sword with you from now on.” Jing Shao wiped the sword clean and hung it on his princess’s waist.

“The sword is mostly useless in my hand, so why waste its fame for a lifetime.” Mu Hanzhang rubbed the ancient handle of the sword and pursed his lips slightly. He really liked this sword, but in the hands of a man who only knew a little about sword skills, What a pity.

“This knife should have been yours.” Jing Shao smiled. He came to the secret room this time just to find this knife. It looks like jade but not gold, and is as beautiful as danxia. There are nine treasures in ancient times. This sword is named Hanzhang!

Not long after, the soldier carrying the big Buddha came in a hurry and reported: “Prince Qi, there is a secret passage under the big Buddha!”

Jing Shao frowned. He killed the Southwest King in his previous life while on the run, so he had never studied where the secret passage was. This time the Southwest King fled early and lost track of it. He should find out if he finds the secret passage.

Immediately follow the secret road to check. The secret road is narrow and the road is slow. There is no news until dusk. The secret road leads directly to a dry well ten miles east of the city. The Southwest King must have been carrying something heavy. The ruts on the road It’s very obvious, going straight to the east.

“They must have gone to seek refuge with the Southeast King. The items in the car should be gold, silver and jewelry.” Mu Hanzhang speculated.

“Your Majesty, I will bring a thousand Qingqi to pursue him, and I will surely capture that old man alive!” Zhao Meng said eagerly.

Jing Shao pondered for a moment, then raised his hand to stop Zhao Meng’s words: “No need to chase.”

“Your Majesty, why is this?” Zhao Meng didn’t know why. Now the Southwest King doesn’t have many people around him, so it would be easy to kill him. “Your Majesty, if you cut the grass without eradicating the roots, you will leave troubles in the future.”

“If the king of the southwest does not die, once he escapes to the southeast, he will release the tiger back to the mountain!” Hao Dadao, who had arranged the army, walked in with the tiger cub.

“Wow!” Xiao Huang immediately agreed when he heard that the tiger had returned to the mountain, but his big eyes never left the bag on Hao Dadao’s waist, still stretching out his claws reluctantly.

Mu Hanzhang took Xiao Huang over and touched the fur on its head: “That hilltop does not belong to the King of Southwest. The ancients said that one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers.”

Hao Dadao nodded: “Then let him go?”

“I have made my own decision about this,” Jing Shao didn’t think much and waved his hand for them to go down, “There are many courtyards in the mansion, you can choose one to rest in.”

When the right guard heard this, he immediately ran out excitedly. Those small bamboo baskets in the backyard looked very interesting, and he couldn’t sit still for a long time. Zuo Hujun looked at his running figure with an expressionless face and followed him out silently.

After everyone dispersed, Jing Shao immediately took out a pen and paper and wrote a three-thousand-mile urgent note to report the news of the capture of Yuncheng and the escape of the Southwest King to the southeast as soon as possible.

Mu Hanzhang watched him write quietly. The little tiger cub in his arms felt comfortable under his touch, and he lay on his back in his warm arms and fell asleep. Zhao Meng and the others didn’t understand what Jing Shao did, but he did. The king of the southwest has now committed treason and rebellion. If the king of the southeast takes him in, he will join in the rebellion with him. The morale of the army is high, and it is time to march to the southeast. only……

“Why are you in such a hurry to attack the southeast?” Mu Hanzhang looked at the many hints in the document. Emperor Hongzheng saw this three-thousand-mile expedited order and would definitely issue another three-thousand-mile expedited edict to let him directly attack the southeast. Many of Jing Shao’s behaviors are very strange. Others don’t know it, but he can clearly see it when he is with him every day. Just like the secret room today, if he didn’t know it in advance, how could he find it directly?