bayedsolid Chapter 153 Robbery of the Duke of Wu's Mansion
Chapter 153 Robbery of the Duke of Wu's Mansion
As one wishes……
He urged, "Master, turn left ahead; there are many treasures underground."
Ruyi's excited voice interrupted Dongfang Jin's overjoyed thought of getting closer to eavesdrop.
My darling?
She likes this, but she won't look at these filthy things; they're too offensive to her eyes.
Gu Chenglin doesn't do anything about it; he really needs to be disciplined!
[Ruyi, is there no one secretly watching?]
Dongfang Jin followed the direction indicated by the Ruyi, stopped when she arrived at the destination, and asked.
[Master, there's no one here. This appears to be an abandoned courtyard, but there are underground passages leading in four directions.]
Oh, those four directions?
She knew that these days, after practicing the "Thousand Hands Everlasting Spring Technique," her body had also gained some internal strength.
[The contract extends outwards in four directions from this courtyard, one of which leads out of the city.]
Dongfang Jin was shocked after hearing it: "So long?"
This place is quite far from the city center; it's a huge project!
The task will take several years to complete, so why is Duke Wu going to such great lengths to think about it?
Ruyi then added, "Yes, this is the longest passage, and it leads to other passages in between."
Is anyone inside?
Dongfang Jin smelled an unusual odor.
No, but there are mechanisms inside, and the layout here is exactly the same as the brightest palace in the north.
The brightest one in the north?
Isn't that the imperial palace?
Long Er said that it was the Yangxin Hall of Emperor Shengde, a place that combined eating, living, and working.
How am I supposed to get down?
"Master, go forward. There is a dry well over there. It is an exit, but inside are human skeletons."
It looks a bit scary, but it's the only place without any traps or mechanisms.
Human bones?
Isn't this normal?
Dongfang Jin was astonished by its thought process. What on earth was this spirit? It was normal to encounter human bones?
【Ruyi, you call this normal?】
Yes, in ancient times, mansions with multiple courtyards like this were bound to have some unsavory affairs.
The only way to dispose of the body was to dig a well in a remote place.
This is something everyone knows but doesn't really say. You can ask Long Er if you don't believe me.
Dongfang Jin: "..." Speechless!
【Need not. 】
She had also watched palace dramas, and indeed, as they said, places with wells, ponds, and gardens were all burial grounds.
She once read in a magazine about a man whose girlfriend of eight years remarried on their wedding day.
Driven by a desire for revenge, and a spirit of "if I can't have it, no one else can either," he seized an opportunity to lure his girlfriend to his home, raped her, dismembered her body, and buried it in his own yard, where he even planted many flowers on top of it.
Later, he grew to like this feeling and began targeting women like that, burying them in the yard using the same method.
He attracted many flower enthusiasts because the flowers in his yard were growing so well.
This led to its exposure...
"I never expected that the Duke of Wu's mansion would have such a desolate place." Long Er's words interrupted Dongfang Jin's thoughts.
"Behind the bamboo grove over there, further north, is Xuanwu District."
Dongfang Jin stared at him for a long time before finally deciding that she couldn't take him with her: "Long Er, find a secluded place to hide and wait for me to reappear. We need to leave immediately and get home before dawn."
They both snuck out. If she knew the capital, she wouldn't have dragged this guy along.
Long Er didn't ask, but nodded and said, "Be careful."
Dongfang Jin was very satisfied with Long Er's tact. Good, he didn't drag his feet, didn't waste words, didn't say much, and didn't question or ask any questions.
After Long Er disappeared, Dongfang Jin followed the direction indicated by the Ruyi finger and arrived at the well.
How do I get down?
【Master, hold your breath, concentrate, and leap. You can levitate for one minute now.】
Dongfang Jin...
Who is this insulting?
【Know. 】
Only after she practiced the "Thousand Hands Everlasting Spring Technique" did she realize that this technique had no combat power; to put it bluntly, it was only for fertilizing the seed and escaping.
It's just a useless thing.
But it suits her quite well.
Long Er remained hidden in the shadows, observing the surrounding movements while keeping an eye on Dongfang Jin.
Seeing her leap up and jump into the well, he knew that his perspective was too narrow, far too narrow.
It really proves what Master said: never underestimate anyone; there are always people more capable than you.
Since meeting Dongfang Jin, she has given them a new challenge every day.
The impact he suffered today was no less than the destruction of the entire continent.
No wonder the Imperial Tutor and Abbot Jingkong of Jingchan Temple wouldn't allow the Emperor to summon the couple to the capital, saying the timing wasn't right.
Abbot Jingkong is the junior brother of Master Fakong, and their master was the first national teacher of Donglin Kingdom.
However, after the late emperor ascended the throne, the position of Grand Preceptor was abolished.
He vividly remembered that when Anxi and his group first returned to the palace from Lingwu Village to report, the Imperial Tutor and Abbot Jingkong were also there.
He still remembered what Abbot Jingkong said: that Dongfang Jin might be a variable for their Donglin Kingdom, and if this variable was used well, Donglin Kingdom would experience a qualitative leap.
It could even surpass the most glorious period of the Cang Sheng Kingdom.
He heard the imperial tutor say that during the prosperous period of the Cang Sheng Kingdom, doors in the capital were left unlocked at night and lost items were not picked up on the road.
Thinking of this, Long Er turned his head to look due south, where the Wu State Duke's Mansion was located, and where the Wu State Dukes had lived for generations.
The title of Duke of Wu has been passed down for four generations; it's time for him to retire.
After jumping into the well, Dongfang Jin looked at the pile of skeletons below and felt no fear whatsoever.
Because there was no stench of decaying corpses here, but instead a faint floral fragrance.
This is something similar to a corpse-dissolving powder, but some dishes still retain the bones.
The best body-dissolving powder can blend the corpse into the soil, leaving no trace of its original state.
That sounds like a fun idea.
"Aren't you scared?" Ruyi asked in surprise.
[Have you forgotten where your master comes from? In that world, there's nothing strange or fantastical that doesn't exist; you can see even the most amazing things in TV dramas and comics.]
Are these things as scary as listening to Ghost Blows Out the Light? Or as scary as reading Tomb Raider Chronicles?
As you wish... =_=
I'm referring to the kind that actually exists.
I didn't say it doesn't exist, did I? You don't know, there's a place in that world that specializes in cutting kidneys; it's practically hell on earth.
The worst ancient methods of torturing people were things like being torn apart by five horses, being sliced into a thousand pieces, or having one's skin peeled off and tendons pulled out.
The people there committed acts of wickedness far more vicious than these.
Unbelievable.
Ruyi intended to scare its owner, but unexpectedly, it scared itself instead of its owner.
Dongfang Jin found a small hole next to the skeleton, crawled inside, and walked in the dark for about ten minutes.
A faint light appeared ahead, like a five-watt tungsten filament light bulb.
Is that a luminous pearl?
[That’s right. 】
Dongfang Jin asked skeptically, "Is this all the brightness the luminous pearl can offer?"
Although she had never seen it, according to the legends, it couldn't possibly be this bright.
However, using a luminous pearl as a lamp is quite extravagant for the Duke of Wu's mansion, which shows how wealthy the Zheng family is.
No wonder they've built such a large empire in Beijing without fear of being targeted or criticized; that's their confidence.