469 "Treasure"

Neither Zhan Zhao nor Bai Yutang was mentally prepared. They were stunned for a moment when they suddenly heard the words "Ye Wangyou".

The fourth son was a little confused after hearing this, so he waved his little hand and asked Fang Baiji, "Did Wangyou's father bury the map? Or did Wangyou bury it?"

"Ye Wangyou buried the map." Fang Baiji said, "The one I met is Ye Wangyou's second son, his name is Ye Qin."

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang felt that it was a bit unreal. They searched for a long time and couldn't even find a portrait of Wangyou. However, Fang Baekji spent the whole afternoon chatting with his son.

Zhan Zhao hurriedly asked, "Brother Fang, do you know where Wangyou is?"

Fang Baiji shook his head, "That's not clear."

"Then where is his son Yeqin?"

Fang Baiji then shook his head.

"Didn't you leave his contact information? Didn't we get along well with each other?" Zhan Zhao was too anxious. This old man was not very reliable.

Fang Baiji smiled and said, "Well, after he left the map, he said he had something to do, and he would come to me for a drink in a few days, and then he left."

"When did he come to you for a drink?"

"Uh... there's no specific agreement, oh, let's just let it happen, hahaha!" Fang Baiji was so happy that he was heartless.

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were speechless. Are there any decent people left in Kaifeng?!

Just when Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were about to continue asking, they heard a burst of noise from the southeast, and vaguely heard someone saying, "Found it! Taixue has found the treasure!"

"Hey!" Fang Baiji hurriedly ran with the crowd, "I really found it!"

"Did you find the treasure?" Xiao Sizi pointed in the direction of the crowd in the distance, "Xiao Linzi just said that he could find it!"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were also a little curious about what kind of treasure this was, especially after knowing that Ye Wangyou had buried it.

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After discovering that there was something wrong with the drawing, Lin Yehuo asked Zou Liang to take a copy of the current map of Baekje Garden and compared it with the treasure map, and found that the positions of the four gates had been moved a little.

Based on the angle of movement and the puzzle that Bao Yan and the others had solved before, Huofeng and Zou Liang made some calculations and felt that the treasure should be buried about ten steps west of the current southeast gate.

Everyone just arrived at the southeast gate together, and after taking a few steps, they finally found a place under a willow tree.

Everyone from Taixue dug with shovels. Not long after, they heard a "dang" sound, and Lin Xiao felt that the shovels hit something metal.

A group of people squatted down and dug around for a while, then found a large iron box.

Originally, Bao Yan and the others thought that the treasure of Baekje Garden was probably just a small box to hold a book or something, but this box was very big, and it looked like a big box for clothes at home.

The weaklings from Taixue pulled on the handle to see if they could lift it up, but it didn't move at all.

"It's so heavy!" Pang Yu felt a little expectant, "Didn't Fang Baiji spend a lot of money to pack a big box of gold?"

Zou Liang stretched out his hand and pulled the handle, lifting the box up from the pit. General Zuo felt that the box was not as heavy as he thought. It felt neither gold nor a book.

There are already many people around.

There is a copper lock on the box. The surface of the iron box is rusted in many places, and the lock looks very old.

Lin Yehuo looked at the box and asked, "Fang Baiji buried this a few days ago? Why does it feel like it has been buried for decades?"

Bao Yan and Pang Yu were holding lanterns to illuminate it, and it looked very old indeed.

"What treasure is inside?"

"That's right, open it and take a look!"

"Will you return to Taixue if you find it?"

"If this were a box of gold, there would be a lot of it."

Scholars participating in the competition and passers-by urged to open the box.

At this time, outside the crowd, Baekje ran in with the fourth child of Zhan Zhao Bai Yutang, as well as Gongsun and Zhao Pu, who were dragging four children.

"Ouch!" Fang Baiji looked at the box and rubbed his hands, "I don't know what kind of treasure it is!"

Everyone looked at him in confusion - you don't know what's going on?!

Zhan Zhao put the fourth son down and went over to check the box with Bai Yutang. The fourth son took his father and told Zhao Pu that he had forgotten his son's gift of the drawings.

Zhao Pu was also a little surprised when he heard this.

Lin Yehuo had already pulled out a hairpin and was about to pick the lock, but when he heard what the hell was going on? Wasn't it buried by Fang Baiji or by Wangyou?

Huofeng handed the card to Zhan Zhao, what does that mean - why don't you come?

Zhan Zhao took the card and said, "I know how to do this! I learned it from Yutang!"

Huo Feng felt a little distressed, "Forget it, how about I do it..."

Zhan Zhao said that he was very skilled, so he could do it by himself! After saying that, he hurriedly went to pick the lock, and he was too curious to worry about what was hidden.

Little did he know that many people around him had already started placing bets.

"Could it be a corpse?"

"Ten taels, yes."

"Twenty taels is not."

"I bet thirty taels on skeletons."

Bai Yutang looked helplessly at Zhan Zhao, who was trying hard to pick the lock, and shook his head.

Zhan Zhao felt that this lock was not easy to pick, and it felt different from the usual styles.

At this time, Bai Yutang squatted down next to him, took the hairpin from his hand and picked the lock, and then asked Zhan Zhao to find two pieces of paper.

Zhan Zhao ran to the fourth son to ask for paper.

The little fourth boy took out his notebook and tore off the paper.

Over there, Bai Yutang has already picked the lock.

Fifth Master stood up and covered his mouth and nose with his sleeves, asking the onlookers to move away.

Everyone listened neatly to Bai Yutang's command and took three steps back.

Fifth Master also took a step aside and raised his hand...

The lid of the box is opened.

As a burst of exclamation came, Zhan Zhao also ran back with two pieces of paper.

As soon as the box was opened, the first thing that caught the eye was a tattered mat with a lot of dirt on it. Although it was shabby, it could be seen that it had a chrysanthemum pattern.

Everyone in Kaifeng had fully participated in Zhan Zhao's scarecrow plan. The moment they saw the mat, their hearts skipped a beat - sure enough, what was supposed to come had come.

Zhao Pu said "tsk", and Gongsun also shook his head - it's not good...

Zhan Zhao ran over with two pieces of paper and stopped when he saw the mat.

Fifth Master looked back at Zhan Zhao.

The smile and curiosity on Zhan Zhao's face also disappeared.

Gongsun went over and opened the mat... and saw that the mat was broken.

Gongsun looked at the withered bones, lifted up the mat a little more, and found that there was a shoe among the bones, so he picked it up...

Bai Yutang looked at the lotus embroidery on the shoe and frowned slightly...it was exactly the same as the embroidered shoe that Shiliting dug out before.

Zhan Zhao was stunned for a while holding the paper, and finally sighed with regret - in the end, he still didn't escape...

The Fifth Master looked at Zhan Zhao whose eyes changed, and he didn't know if it was because of the same shark or some other reason. He also felt an indescribable regret and sadness...

A rarely felt feeling of boredom and blockage appeared in his heart, and Wu Ye suddenly realized that many of his "strange" feelings were felt through the changes in Zhan Zhao's expression.

When he was a child, Xiao Bai Yutang, who inherited the bloodline of the Land Ice Fish Clan, showed a different "temperature" from his peers.

During the time when they lived with Tianzun in the ice and snow of Tianshan Mountain, the master and apprentice maintained a kind of calmness and coldness no matter in spring, summer, autumn or winter.

Once, Xiao Bai Yutang asked Tianzun seriously, "Master, why do people feel sad?"

After Tianzun heard this question, he squatted down and explained, "People themselves will not be sad."

Xiao Bai Yutang was a little puzzled, as if he didn't understand.

Tianzun gave him an example, "It snowed last night, and a bird froze to death and fell under the plum blossom tree. Didn't you bury the little bird this morning?"

Xiao Bai Yutang nodded.

"Are you sad that the bird died?" Tianzun asked.

Xiao Bai Yutang shook his head, "It's too cold. Birds, animals or people outside may freeze to death."

Tianzun nodded, "What if you raised this bird?"

Bai Yutang thought for a while and still shook his head.

Tianzun continued to ask, "Then this bird was raised by Master?"

Bai Yutang was slightly stunned and asked Tianzun, "Master, will you be sad?"
To be continued...