PDLP Chapter 1241 Scholars are just deep thinkers
Chapter 1241 Scholars are just deep thinkers
As the falling rocks and rising dust from the top of the artificial hill approached the two.
While Li Yu'an was still marveling at how easily Zhang Duan had died, Liang Chongyue had already led him to a clean place.
Until the artificial hill completely split in two, Liang Chongyue led Li Yu'an down the exposed stone steps at the bottom of the hill.
There was nothing to provide light below, so Liang Chongyue, taking advantage of an angle where Li Yu'an couldn't see, took out a tinderbox from his backpack and lit the torches embedded in the walls on both sides of the stone steps.
After lighting just a few, a hand reached out and took the tinder from Liang Chongyue's hand.
The task of igniting the fire naturally fell into Li Yu'an's hands.
As the two descended, Liang Chongyue only saw a topographical map of the small courtyard, but she had no idea what the three lower floors looked like.
The system is advanced, but its image output speed is a bit slow.
When they came down, Liang Chongyue, like Li Yu'an, knew nothing about the situation below.
The two walked for a while on the winding stone steps before lighting all the torches embedded in the walls below.
At the end of the stone steps, there was an unused torch. Li Yu'an picked it up and lit it against the torch on the wall.
Liang Chongyue released his hand first and walked inside.
The underground area was pitch black, and even with torches for illumination, visibility was still poor.
Liang Chongyue's eyesight was much better than Li Yu'an's, and she could roughly see what was going on inside.
After groping around on the stone wall, Liang Chongyue found the fuse connecting all the candle flames. He took out a tinderbox, lit it, and the entire area below became bright.
Li Yu'an was walking towards His Majesty with a lit torch in his hand.
Before they even got close to His Majesty, the surroundings were already lit up, the warm yellow candlelight illuminating the entire area as if it were daytime.
Liang Chongyue stepped forward and extinguished the torch in Li Yu'an's hand.
"The air down here isn't good, these candles won't burn for long. Let's take a quick look and get up before they go out completely."
Although the entrance above was open, Liang Chongyue's reaction to the burning candles below was not good.
Liang Chongyue made a direct call to the system.
"Host, what are the instructions?"
The system is studying the topographical map of the treasure vaults in the homes of these corrupt officials and wealthy individuals in Qiyang.
I don't know if I don't see it, I'm startled when I see it.
The system was overwhelmed by the various bizarre treasure vaults depicted on these topographical maps.
These corrupt officials have the guts to embezzle, but not the guts to admit it; they're determined to dig deeper and deeper into their hidden treasure troves.
Its machines are also intelligent; they even keep track of when each item in the treasure vault was placed inside.
It's not intelligent when it should be, and it's intelligently misbehaving when it shouldn't be.
"Monitor the oxygen levels here for me, and remind me when they drop below five percent."
If there weren't so many candles here, there should be enough oxygen, since the place is open upstairs.
However, with all those candles lit, the air quality below was far worse than above.
The system, which was also bored while staring at the panel, readily agreed to the task.
With the system watching over them, Liang Chongyue felt reassured and led Li Yu'an down to investigate.
The three-story building was filled with large wooden chests, all made of huanghuali wood. Even in the murky air below, you could still smell a faint fragrance of wood.
Liang Chongyue randomly opened one, and the pile of gold inside almost blinded Li Yu'an.
Before Liang Chongyue could give any instructions, Li Yu'an had already stepped forward and opened all the boxes that could be opened.
The room below suddenly became even brighter than when the candles were first lit.
Just as Li Yu'an was about to go down and continue opening the boxes, Liang Chongyue called him back.
The system's voice rang in Liang Chongyue's ears, indicating that the air quality here was no longer suitable for them to stay.
Zhang Duan, being a scholar, was far too cunning.
"Go up first and call the guards to break this place down."
When Li Yu'an was called out by His Majesty, his somewhat muddled mind cleared up due to lack of oxygen.
No sooner had Liang Chongyue and Li Yu'an gone up from underground than the candles on the three underground floors began to go out one by one.
Only the candles closest to the stone steps were still burning.
Zhang Duan's secret room built under the artificial hill was too cunning. In the topographical map that the system gave her, the underground area was completely blocked off with bricks.
Thousands of candles were connected to the live wires below, it was unclear whether they were for self-protection or protection against others.
Liang Chongyue led Li Yu'an up the stone steps. Just as they emerged from the artificial hill, a flash of cold light appeared before their eyes. Before Liang Chongyue could dodge, a huge white, furry figure flashed past them.
The cold light also disappeared from Liang Chongyue's sight.
Li Yu'an felt the hand that His Majesty had been holding loosen, and His Majesty had left the artificial hill first.
When Li Yu'an caught up, what he saw was a small dog jumping around His Majesty as if it were asking for credit.
Liang Chongyue kicked the dagger out of the man's hand, then stepped on the man's chest and asked him:
"Did Zhang Duan send you to guard this place? How long have you been here?"
The person being trampled under Liang Chongyue remained silent, turning his head away to avoid meeting Liang Chongyue's gaze.
Liang Chongyue increased the pressure on his foot, making the man's face turn deathly pale. When the man opened his mouth, Liang Chongyue realized that his tongue had been cut off.
Liang Chongyue kicked the man unconscious and instructed the system following behind him: "Retrieve his memories. You don't need all of them, just the ones after this place was built. It shouldn't be too difficult."
The system has such machines, and they are easy to operate, but the waiting time is relatively long.
After the system submitted all the data, Liang Chongyue received a message indicating that the data was being analyzed.
The system is so intelligent now. In the past, she could only see these reports after they were sent to her by the system. Now, Liang Chongyue can skip the system and see the reports directly.
Before leaving this secluded courtyard, Liang Chongyue made sure to restore the artificial hill to its original state.
After leaving the governor's office, Liang Chongyue lost interest in the other treasure vaults in Qiyang.
Before Bie Qiyang was even properly established, she was already driven mad by these scoundrels.
Liang Chongyue went straight back to her small courtyard in Qiyang. When she returned, her mother and Aunt Li had not yet come back.
Liang Chongyue went into the study and used milk tea as an excuse to send Li Yu'an away.
Then open the panel and assign tasks to Minglang.
While Minglang was reviewing memorials, the kitten suddenly leaped down from the shelf specially built for it and landed steadily in front of her.
Minglang was already used to it. Before the panel even appeared, he raised his hand and dismissed all the palace servants in the room.
As the panel slowly appeared and gradually solidified, Minglang saw the Queen Mother's unpleasant expression and immediately sat up straight.