Chapter 288 The Treasure of King Liang Appears
Even the autumn wind blowing from the vast lake cannot extinguish the heat in the hearts of people on a small island in Qianshan Lake.
Not only did Zhou Ziyu hold the treasure map to find the entrance to the treasure, but the hundreds of people he brought with him also took the initiative to search everywhere on the top of the flat stone mountain without anyone having to greet them.
They came in twos and threes, poking here and there. Not only did they clear out all the piles of rocks, but they also didn't miss even a single crevice in the rocks. They searched carefully and missed nothing.
However, everyone was disappointed. After wandering around for half an hour, they failed to find the entrance to the so-called treasure.
Under the scorching sun, Zhou Ziyu was sweating profusely, unable to find a clue, and feeling panicky.
Only Chu Tang was enjoying the surrounding scenery leisurely.
Standing on the top of the stone mountain, you have a wide field of vision, and you can see the clear lake water on all sides. The autumn wind is blowing, smelling the breath of the water, watching the formation of wild geese passing by in the sky from time to time, but you feel the high autumn air is refreshing and refreshing.
He naturally saw the anxious state of Zhou Ziyu and his group, and was very happy in his heart: "Master Zhou is probably panicking a lot now. He is worried that he does not have the treasure, but has been deceived by his ancestors."
Even if there is no treasure, it is still a trivial matter. The key is how to explain it to the more than 100 people at the scene?
Chu Tang couldn't imagine how Zhou Ziyu tricked these people into following him through life and death, but it was nothing more than two methods: coercion and inducement.
Intimidation has quick results. After all, it is simple and crude, but it is unpopular.
And what they did was quite dangerous and shady. If they were just intimidation, they would probably have to be on guard against overturning at any time.
It must be supplemented by inducements to capture people's hearts, and the benefits must be so great that they cannot refuse.
Then, the treasure of King Liang is very suitable to be used as a carrot hanging in front of the donkey's head.
It is only right to promise to give them how much wealth they will get after they find the treasure, and how much benefits they will get.
And what is in the treasure of King Liang?
Gold and silver jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings, martial arts secrets, magic weapons, magic elixirs...
Regardless of whether there is one or not, we must first make the pie big enough and attractive enough!
Those who are greedy for money are promised gold, silver, jewelry and antique calligraphy and paintings.
Those whose martial arts skills are low or whose cultivation level has reached a bottleneck will be given martial arts secrets and magical elixirs.
Those who like magical weapons will agree to it.
In short, just fool around as much as you want, anyway, just wait until the treasure is found before distributing it.
If there are few treasures, then everyone has nothing to say and just accept their fate.
However, there is one situation that is very dangerous: there is no treasure!
We have been fighting for so many years, and we did not hesitate to kill people and set fires for this treasure. Driven by you, in the end you said that you were also deceived, so that they believed you?
Then you think of people too kindly!
Come with good fortune and return with bad luck.
Entering Baoshan and returning empty-handed.
That kind of resentment, even if the gods came, it would be difficult to stop them from venting it.
Chu Tang had no doubt that if Zhou Ziyu mobilized his troops and led everyone to this point and failed to find the treasure in the end, someone would definitely rebel on the spot.
It's hard to say that a group attack will happen.
"Did Feng Jianqi really guess that the treasure of King Liang is a fiction?" Chu Tang was also surprised in her heart, "It shouldn't be! King Liang is about to die, there is no reason to deceive future generations! What are you doing? ?”
Seeing that the shadow of the sun was getting darker and Zhou Ziyu was still scurrying around like a headless fly, Chu Tang couldn't help it anymore and walked over to him and said, "Mr. Zhou, isn't the key in your hand? You should take the key to find someone like him. A key-shaped entrance."
This place is full of rocks. If you want to hide treasure, it will be in the stone mountain, so there must be a stone door that can go in and out.
And if you want to activate something as bulky as a stone door, the key must be too small.
Big things are much easier to find.
"Oh oh oh! That's right!" Zhou Ziyu suddenly realized, as if waking up from a dream, he slapped himself on the forehead, "I'm so dizzy, I didn't expect this!"
Chu Tang consoled him and said, "Mr. Zhou, you are just a fan of the authorities."
Zhou Ziyu thanked him again and called out: "Xiao Xie, bring me the key!"
A young man about the same age as Zhou Ziyu jumped out from the crowd, walked quickly to Zhou Ziyu, and respectfully handed over a wooden box he was holding in his hand.
Chu Tang took another look at him and found that the other person was not eye-catching. He was very ordinary in the crowd and could easily be ignored.
But he suddenly became wary, feeling that it would be extremely difficult for Zhou Ziyu to hand over the key to the treasure to him for safekeeping.
But Chu Tang didn't have time to think too much, and his eyes quickly fell on the wooden box again.
The box is a simple brown color, very narrow and long, only about half a foot wide but more than two feet long.
"The key to unlocking the treasure that Zhou Ziyu regards as a treasure is in the box?" Chu Tang couldn't breathe, feeling a little dazed.
I saw Zhou Ziyu slowly opening the box, reaching out and taking out a shiny golden object.
"Huh? Hammer?" Chu Tang thought he was dazzled. He wiped his eyelids and looked again, and found that what Zhou Ziyu was holding was really a hammer.
The hammer's handle is as thick as a child's arm, almost two feet long, and at the top are two squeaking hammer heads.
In short, the entire shape looks no different from a daily hammering tool, and there is nothing strange about it.
If it's special, it's its color: it's completely golden and shines brightly in the sun, enough to make people blind.
"I'll go! Is it pure gold? Is it so rich?" Chu Tang took two steps closer. After seeing the material of the hammer clearly, he was extremely shocked.
A hammer made of pure gold!
Judging from the way it weighs, it weighs at least dozens of kilograms. If you melt it and make it into ingots, if you put it outside, a family will not be able to spend it all in a lifetime.
So proud!
What a luxury!
As expected of the King of Liang, he used gold to create the key to the treasure. The money was so much that it was eye-watering!
"No wonder Zhou Ziyu has no doubt about the treasure of King Liang!" Chu Tang vaguely felt that he had realized it. "Whoever gets the key to this priceless solid gold hammer will believe that the treasure is real."
The keys are so valuable, how can the treasure be faked?
Zhou Ziyu summoned everyone in front of him, raised the hammer and said, "This is the key to unlocking the treasure. Let's all look for a hole or something that can fit this hammer!"
It was also the first time for many people to see a hammer made of pure gold. Just as Chu Tang thought, they believed a little more in the existence of the treasure. They agreed with a bang, got excited, and once again split up to look for the entrance.
However, after searching for a long time, I still found nothing.
At this time, Chu Tang got close to Zhou Ziyu and carefully observed the treasure map. Suddenly, he pointed at the place above the treasure map that was painted like lake ripples and said: "Master Zhou, this line seems to be drawn a little too heavy. Is there something different about it?" What’s your intention?”
"Where?" Zhou Ziyu perked up.
"this!"
"Huh?" Zhou Ziyu also noticed something strange. He held the picture and looked around, then walked southwest to the cliff. When he looked down, he saw that the bottom of the cliff was full of lake water and there was no way to go.
"Down there?!" Zhou Ziyu's eyes lit up and he glanced down, but unfortunately he couldn't tell the truth.
"Come here!" He began to call people over and ordered them to go down and investigate.
A few people worked for a while and slipped down with a rope. Soon someone climbed up and reported that they found a rock two or three feet down the cliff. There was a hole under the rock that could accommodate two fist-sized things. As for whether it was a treasure or not, Open mouth, they can't be sure.
Zhou Ziyu pondered for a moment, scanned the people around him for a week, and finally handed the golden hammer to Qin Guang: "Old Qin, go down and try."
Qin Guang said nothing, took the hammer, and floated down along the rope.
Everyone waited quietly on the edge of the cliff.
Chu Tang's eyes flickered, thinking that Zhou Ziyu really couldn't trust him, so he chose to let Qin Guang open the treasure at the last moment.
In fact, in terms of the most suitable person to open the treasure, it really has to be someone named Chu.
Because he has the highest qinggong, he is most suitable for working on cliffs.
But Zhou Ziyu finally chose to let Qin Guang do this, which shows that the trust between them has deepened.
Just as everyone was waiting anxiously, suddenly, with a bang, the rocky mountain under their feet shook violently.
Everyone was shocked and stunned. Suddenly, one person shouted: "Look! It's moving here... No, it's open!"
Everyone looked around, and saw a large crack in the stone on the edge of the cliff, like a bun that had been torn open.
The gap kept moving and expanding, first one foot, then two feet, three feet, four feet...
While the cracks in the stone are expanding, they are also sinking slowly.
"Entrance! It's the entrance!" One person exclaimed excitedly.
In fact, he didn't need to call out. Anyone with eyes could see that an opening that could allow two people to enter was revealed.
If you look closer, you can see the steps cut out from under the opening in the darkness.
It is an entrance and the stairs are the way down...
Whoosh!
At this moment, Qin Guang jumped up from the stone cliff. When he saw the huge hole, he was also happy: "Sir, after Lao Qin went down, he pounded the stone hole with a golden hammer, broke it off a few times, and started The earth shook and the mountains shook...we succeeded?"
Zhou Ziyu stood next to the dark mouth, so excited that he couldn't control himself, his handsome face flushed and he was speechless.
"Master?" Miss Lin'er behind Zhou Ziyu patted him to wake him up from his daze.
Zhou Ziyu took a deep breath, gradually returned to normal, and asked someone to light a torch and throw it down the stairs.
There was only a whir, followed by several bangs, and a burst of sparks rolled down the stairs.
By the light of the fire, I found that the stairs were quite long, going down two or three feet.
Zhou Ziyu pointed to the swaying fire below and said happily: "The fire is swaying, which means there is live wind coming in and out below, so you can go down."
When Chu Tang heard this, he glanced at him, professional!
This is even the job of touching Colonel Jin!
Zhou Ziyu asked people to light more torches and began to arrange the manpower.
However, Qin Guang ordered: "Xiao Xie, you take your people to the front, I will protect the young master and walk in the middle, and the others will go behind."
"Yes, Uncle Qin!" The young man who had just kept the golden hammer said nothing, and immediately led more than 20 people carrying torches and walked down.
The torches on the stairs were like dragons, and people were filing down the stairs.
Zhou Ziyu raised his head to face Chu Tang and said with a smile: "Brother Chu, let's go down together to see something new?"
"It's my wish, but I don't dare to ask for your ear." Chu Tang replied seriously.
Zhou Ziyu laughed loudly: "Then let's go!"
After saying that, with Qin Guang's support, he quickly walked down the stone stairs.
Chu Tang looked at his back, and Gu Jing Wubo's heart was wrinkled. He was a little excited, but also a little expectant: The treasure of King Liang, after being buried in dust for fifty years, finally appeared today and saw the light of day again?
Then go and see what it is!
Without hesitation, Chu Tang patted the magic weapon on his waist and strode in.
As soon as he got down, Chu Tang felt a coolness blowing on his face, followed by the pungent smell of burning torches.
But just as Zhou Ziyu said, there was wind under the cave, which quickly blew away the burning smell.
Crack! Crack!
The sound of burning torches seemed loud.
Boom, boom, boom!
The sound of footsteps of people stepping on the stone stairs was heard continuously.
Whoops! Hoo ho ho!
The heavy breathing came and went.
But everyone kept silent and walked on silently. Only when they stopped one after another did they find a flat place.
From the side, wisps of light pierced in, extremely dazzling.
"Is this the stone wall that opened the door just now? This place is so close to the outside. The wind comes in from these places!"
"You're wrong! This stone wall is sealed at the back. Judging from the appearance around it, it is obviously a natural cave. I think someone should have used this cave to expand inside and built this place. The stone stairs and the top The hole was also made from behind."
"Look, the shaft on the top should be the mechanism that holds up the hole above. The key opening is on the cliff wall, but the door is on the top of the cliff. It all depends on this mechanism to open and close. The arrangement is so clever."
"It's true what brother said! Not only is it clever, but it's also concealed enough! Who would have thought of opening the door from the stone wall? Even if someone accidentally moves up there, they won't be able to discover the secret underneath."
"He is indeed the King of Liang..."
"Shut up! Silence!"
Everyone's discussion was interrupted by a careful person.
At this time, someone else found another way out.
Opposite the light, there is a dark road.
Zhou Ziyu once again urged the explorers to go ahead.
Everyone continued to follow, and under the firelight, they could see that they were heading towards the inside and bottom of the stone mountain.
"They won't hollow out this rocky mountain, right?" Someone couldn't help but say something again.
"Don't talk nonsense! Just go down and take a look and you'll find out."
Just like that, after taking a cup of tea, everyone suddenly heard the sound of running water.
"Eh? There's a ditch!"
Before they could be surprised by the several-foot-wide ditch flowing in front of them, their eyes suddenly opened up.
The narrow passage that could only accommodate two or three people suddenly became wider!
By the light of the fire, we could see a wide field on the other side of the ditch.
"This is a natural underground cave! The depth should be the same as the lake outside!"
"Look! What is that? There is light there!"
"No...those are silver! Wow! So much silver! And...gold!"
"Those are... stacked boxes? What do they contain?!"
"Quick! Come over and take a look!"
Everyone was shocked, and there was only one voice in their hearts: "The treasure of King Liang has been found!"