Chapter 270 The treasure map appears
In the boudoir late at night, Chu Tang was trapped for a long time.
Chen Suming returned to the inner room again. First there was the sound of light footsteps, and then there was a sound like something was being rolled up.
After a while, she re-entered the outer room, holding a long tube-shaped object in her hands.
Chu Tang could see it clearly and couldn't help but be shocked - it was a silk scroll!
"This..." Chu Tang's heart was beating wildly and she couldn't accept it. "It can't be that painting, right? It's always been on her? Just hang it in the room? Isn't this too hasty?"
Not only is it sloppy, it’s downright ridiculous!
This thing was the thing that destroyed Chen Suming's family, and Zhou Ziyu deliberately wanted to get it.
Chen Suming actually took it and fled to Sima Mansion in Qingcheng?
It is simply the most outrageous thing in the world and the most ridiculous thing in the world!
"Gulu!"
Seeing Chen Suming walking slowly with the scroll in hand, Chu Tang swallowed hard, feeling that his throat was itchy and he couldn't say what he wanted to say.
"Team Leader Chu, here you go!" In the darkness, Chen Suming casually handed the scroll to Chu Tang.
"Uh..." Chu Tang did not take it, but looked at Chen Suming curiously.
Chen Suming's eyes flickered, and he chuckled and said, "Boss Chu, are you surprised that this thing is in my hand?"
"You..." Chu Tang paused, "You really just brought it all the way here?"
"Does Leader Chu think it's possible?" Chen Suming asked without answering.
"Huh?" Chu Tang was surprised.
Chen Suming said quietly: "Those people killed my family. I searched the entire Chen family and couldn't find them. No matter how hard my father planned, he would not let my sister and brother escape with it. That would be the same as harming us." Got it!"
Chu Tang was deeply convinced and said: "So Chu always thought that what you had in your hands was just a clue, such as where East Z is or who is in it."
"Boss Chu guessed half of it right."
"half?"
Chen Suming hummed and asked, "Does Team Leader Chu know the relationship between the Qin family here and my family?"
Chu Tang said: "I heard that your sister's wife is the son of Sima Qin Jing, and the two families are related by marriage."
Chen Suming nodded and said: "Yes, I am currently living in my brother-in-law's house. Qin Sima and my father are good friends, and the two families are family friends. A few years ago, my sister and his son became friends with Qin and Jin. Leader Chu, is this the case? Didn’t those people make it clear to you?”
Chu Tang felt embarrassed and touched his nose.
With how well Zhou Ziyu and the others had penetrated the Sima Mansion, how could they not figure out this relationship!
Not to mention the relationship between the two families, even the various relationships between other people in the Sima Mansion and the outside world are well understood, and many of them have been explained to Chu Tang.
Seeing that Chu Tang didn't answer, Chen Suming sneered: "They were able to set up an ambush on my way to Qingcheng. It can be seen that they had already expected that my sister and brother would come to Sima Mansion. How could they not know the relationship?"
Chu Tang was speechless. Knowing that the relationship between your two families was obvious to outsiders, you and your brother rushed to Qingcheng desperately. Isn't this looking for death?
"If they hadn't run into me, Zhou Ziyu and the others would have been afraid of disturbing the situation. They were just afraid that they... Hey, that's not right!" Chu Tang was shocked and thought more deeply: "Judging from the ages of Chen Suming and her brother, she My father was only in his forties, and the Liang King's Rebellion happened more than fifty years ago. At that time, he was probably not even a tadpole! How could he, a small country squire from a county below Mengjun, have anything to do with Qing Dynasty? Are you married to Sima Cheng? The two families are not a good match at all! Could it be that..."
Could it be that their friendship was forged from a previous generation?
If you look at the previous generation, for example, Chen Suming's grandfather should have been active in the Liang Dynasty.
And the Chen family has clues about the treasure of King Liang. It is impossible to say that the Qin family of Sima was also under the command of King Liang at that time...
Chu Tang's heart was in a state of confusion. It's not his fault for thinking too much. The matter of King Liang's treasure was actually very dangerous. If he was not careful, he would lose everything and die!
"Boss Chu, what's wrong with you?" Seeing that Chu Tang didn't say a word, Chen Suming couldn't see clearly in the darkness and couldn't see his expression clearly, so he could only ask.
Chu Tang came back to his senses and continued Chen Suming's previous topic: "They also guessed that Miss Chen, you only had clues. This is why they knew you were in Sima Mansion and did not act rashly. It's just that they and Chu both miscalculated. Oh, I didn’t expect you to actually have something real in your hands.”
Chen Suming was silent for a while and then said: "I said that Captain Chu was only half right, and I was not lying. My father did give me clues about the so-called treasure of King Liang. Our Chen family did not have such a thing at that time."
"This?" Chu Tang heard the key and his eyes fell on the scroll in Chen Suming's hand.
Seeing that Chu Tang had not moved yet, Chen Suming shook his hands and unfolded the scroll. A five-six-foot-long scroll hung down in mid-air.
Chu Tang saw things clearly at night as if they were in daylight.
This is a landscape painting, with white and black on it, undulating lines, and the landscape and scenery are vividly displayed on the paper.
Chu Tang was shocked, remembering that Zhou Ziyu mentioned that the painting owned by the Chen family was the road map to the treasure of King Liang.
"Could it be that the painting above is where the treasure is hidden?" Chu Tang couldn't help but reached out and took the scroll from Chen Suming's hand.
It was quite heavy to start with, so he raised the painting in the air and looked at it. He looked back and forth several times. He only knew that there were mountains and rivers on it. There was nothing special about it, and he couldn't tell where it came from.
"What can Leader Chu see?" Chen Suming asked quietly in the darkness.
Chu Tang smiled bitterly and answered honestly: "I haven't gained anything yet."
Chen Suming smiled brightly and said, "This is just a random graffiti by my father."
"Ah?" Chu Tang was even more surprised.
As he had just deduced, Chen Suming's father should have been born after King Liang's death and had never met King Liang. Of course, it was impossible to draw a route map for King Liang's treasure.
In surprise, I heard Chen Suming say: "This is what my Chen family gave as a dowry gift to my elder sister when she got married. Because my elder sister was reluctant to leave her family, my father gave her this painting, saying that she could see things and think about people. It comforts the homesickness. It has been kept in the Qin family for the past few years. After I came to Qingcheng, I asked my sister to get it. The reason is that my family is broken and I need something from my father to comfort me. "
Chu Tang's heart moved and he asked: "Could it be that the so-called clues to King Liang's treasure were hidden in this thing by your Majesty a long time ago?"
"Did Team Leader Chu notice anything special about this painting?"
"Special?" Chu Tang looked at it again and found nothing. He couldn't help shaking his head and smiling bitterly, "Miss Chen, Chu is a martial artist with no ideas and is not familiar with the art of elegance. I can't see anything special in the painting. place."
Chen Suming said: "Don't you think it is heavier than ordinary paintings?"
"Heavy?" Chu Tang weighed the painting, and the scrolls at both ends shook. "Huh? It is indeed heavier. This axis... is made of metal?"
"Chu Bantou has a good eye. The scroll is indeed made of brass. Although it is hollow, it is indeed several times heavier than the ordinary wooden and bamboo scroll."
"Hollow..." Chu Tang tightened his movements and turned to look at Chen Suming, vaguely aware of what the other party was about to say.
Sure enough, I heard Chen Suming smile without emotion: "My father may have expected that one day someone would come to the door and ask for the treasure, so he specially made this pair of axes, put the thing in it, and returned it. As a dowry, my elder sister brought it to the Qin family in Qingcheng. My elder sister didn't know the inside story. She just regarded it as an ordinary painting and hid it in a cabinet most of the time. Those who knew about it followed. When my father goes west, it’s just me.”
Chu Tang smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty is really..."
It's really hard to evaluate someone in front of their daughter.
Chen Suming casually picked off a hairpin from his head and said: "My father worked so hard, so of course people will not easily notice the things in the scroll. There is a cover on the end of the shaft. Even if the cover is opened, the middle half of the shaft is actually sealed." , and you can only see a dark patch."
Chu Tang listened quietly, knowing that there should be more to come.
"Actually, the sealed place in the shaft is a mechanism, and a special key is needed to open it and take out the contents." Chen Suming quickly explained without making Chu Tang wait, and shook the hairpin in his hand.
The hairpin should be made of silver and glow white in the dark.
"Is this the key?" Chu Tang sighed, "The thing is in your sister's hand, and the key is in Miss Chen's hand. Your father should have given the key to Miss Chen, so Chu guessed half of it?"
"Bantou Chu is indeed a smart man!" Chen Suming praised.
Chu Tang smiled bitterly, as long as he wasn't very clever.
Chen Suming added: "This hairpin is the clue to my escape. Even if those people kill me, they won't think of the key."
Chu Tang hummed, who could have thought of this?
It has to be said that Chen Suming's father had planned everything out a long time ago, and he was probably prepared to find rare goods, but he didn't expect that Zhou Ziyu and the others would just kill people when they came up, leaving no room for bargaining!
With a sigh, Chu Tang handed the scroll back to Chen Suming.
Chen Suming silently took it, turned the painting upside down, opened a cover on the left side of the shaft, picked up the hairpin and inserted it in. Then he twisted it slightly and started spinning. Only a clicking sound was heard in the silent night.
"Okay!" Chen Suming took out the hairpin, turned the painting upside down again, and shook the animation scroll vigorously. She heard a whoosh and something fell from the scroll, and she caught it in her hand with her quick eyes and hands.
Chu Tang took a closer look and saw that it was a rolled up silk cloth, white and yellowish.
"Huh!" He couldn't help but breathe a lot harder, his eyes fixed on the silk cloth and he couldn't move away anymore.
Chen Suming did not open the silk cloth, but directly stuffed it into Chu Tang's hands. His voice was full of inexplicable emotions: "Boss Chu, this is what you want!"
Chu Tang took the silk cloth blankly, glanced at Chen Suming with pity, and said: "Miss Chen, thank you..."
"No need to thank you!" Chen Suming's voice became much colder, "This is just part of the deal between you and me. As you said, this thing in my hands is not only useless, but also prone to death. Can Leader Chu help me? It took care of it and I couldn’t be more grateful!”
Chu Tang smiled bitterly. Even so, his whole family lost their lives because of this thing, and he was entangled with the person who killed their family...
well! What is this!
Unable to defend himself, Chu Tang could only silently open the silk cloth and start watching.
The silk cloth is not big, just over a foot long and half a foot wide. It is very light and has some lines drawn on it.
These lines are different from the landscape paintings just now. The undulating lines are hills, the curved lines are routes, and there are some small words on them.
I don’t know if it is a treasure route, but it is indeed a map!
Chu Tang's heart was beating wildly. He took a few deep breaths before calming down. He slowly folded the silk cloth and put it into his arms politely.
Looking at Chen Suming who was silent, Chu Tang said slowly: "Miss Chen, you should completely forget about the things on this picture. Don't talk to anyone, and don't try to find it."
Chen Suming raised his head suddenly, his eyes flashing, and said: "I thought Captain Chu was going to kill me to silence me too!"
Chu Tang smiled bitterly and made a promise: "As long as Miss Chen is no longer entangled in this matter, Mr. Chu will ask them not to provoke you again. You... just live your life in peace!"
Chen Suming hummed and said, "I knew that Captain Chu was a good person!"
When Chu Tang heard this, he sighed: "Good people don't live long, and disasters last for thousands of years! Chu really hopes to be a bad guy through and through, so that he doesn't have to be so tired!"
Listening to Chu Tang's poignant words, Chen Suming also sounded sympathetic: "Boss Chu, I believe you can redress the injustice. Nanqinghou Crown Prince is recognized as a scourge, and Qingcheng has been suffering for a long time. You killed him because of The court will always realize this if the people get rid of harm. Those people... are too dangerous, you better not get too entangled with them!"
Chu Tang laughed and said, "Thank you, Miss Chen, for your concern. Chu knows that and has his own opinions."
Chen Suming heard Chu Tang's determination and said with a sad tone: "Boss Chu, are you leaving?"
Chu Tang nodded and said: "Qingcheng is not a place to stay for a long time. Things have been done and we should leave as soon as possible."
"Then, see you later, you...take care!" Chen Suming lowered his voice and lowered his head.
Chu Tang took a deep look at her and said: "The mountains are high, the rivers are long, the rivers and lakes are long, the rivers and lakes are far away, and the murderous intent is permeated, we will never see each other again..."
The word "ba" was drawn out very long, and the sound echoed softly in the room.
When Chen Suming raised his head, he saw a blur in front of his eyes, and Chu Tang had disappeared. He only felt a gust of wind blowing by, shaking the paper window slightly.
Chen Suming felt depressed, and quickly ran to the window. Looking around, he saw only the dark and silent courtyard, and there was no trace of Chu Tang!
"Mr. Chu..." Chen Suming seemed to have lost something and was in a low mood, looking at the night sky for a long time and unable to regain his senses.
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As for Chu Tang, after bidding farewell to Chen Suming, he immediately floated out of the attic. In the air, he had already put on the human skin mask again and covered his face with a black scarf.
Then, with a few quick moves, he left the Sima Mansion and once again landed in the alley where he came from.
Before he could leave the alley, there were a few whoosh sounds, and several figures jumped into the alley and landed on the road in front and behind him.
"Huh?" Chu Tang stopped.
Looking back and forth, I was slightly shocked. He was actually surrounded?
There are two men in black blocking his way and retreat!
"Who are you?" Chu Tang asked in a deep voice, but there was no doubt in his tone, as if he had guessed their intention.
Of course, for the sake of caution, at this moment, he acted sickly and lowered his voice, making it impossible for people to recognize his original voice, appearance, and behavior.
"Mr. Chu, you're fine!" A man in black standing in front of Chu Tang said, his voice very recognizable in the dark night.
"You are..." Chu Tang noticed that the voice was very familiar.
"Three-Star Sword Sect." The man in black prompted.
"It's you!" Chu Tang suddenly realized.
There are still four people, and they are still dressed in night clothes. Aren't they the so-called remnants of the Three-Star Sword Sect who attacked Jin Changgong on the mountain before?
The man in black in front of me is the master of the Seventh Realm!
"You guys got here really fast." Chu Tang sighed, "Are you so impatient to deal with Mr. Chu?"
The calm voice of the man in black sounded: "Young Master Chu has made serious remarks, how can you deal with him? It's just that what Mr. Chu does tonight is of great importance. I'm just here to help Mr. Chu."
Chu Tang smiled bitterly and said, "Your response really flatters Chu."
The man in black asked directly: "Mr. Chu, have you got the things?"
Chu Tang hummed and didn't respond.
"Have you really got it?" The man in black's voice became excited, "Quick! Leave it to us!"
Chu Tang frowned and said, "Did you make a mistake? The agreement between Chu and Mr. Zhou did not say that the things would be handed over to you, but that Chu would take them back to the inn and wait for the next instructions."
The man in black said impatiently: "It is safer to leave it to us. This is also the order given by Mr. Zhou."
Chu Tang flatly refused: "Your order is unreasonable, I'm sorry Chu can't obey it."
The man in black was angry: "Do you want to swallow that thing for yourself?"
Chu Tang sneered: "I think you have ulterior motives!"
"How dare you...ah! Chase!" The man in black became furious.
It turned out that while Chu Tang was speaking, his body unexpectedly rose into the air and jumped over their heads in a swish. As fast as a cheetah, he jumped out of the alley in the blink of an eye and ran for his life in the dark night.
"Don't let him get away!"
The four men in black were extremely angry and desperately pursued them into the darkness.