Chapter 523 Leave the lock on the door to me

The two of them walked all the way to the treasury.

Since the national treasury was looted by the couple, Emperor Shunwu would not have been able to collect so much wealth and store it in it in just one year even if he had great ability.

It can be said that the national treasury is now useless.

Especially since the Queen came to power during this period, she would definitely set her sights on the property in the national treasury. I guess there are no valuable things in it anymore.

Perhaps because of this, the guards at the treasury are much weaker than before.

When they emptied the treasury, they did not hide the secret passage when they left.

When Emperor Shunwu discovered that the national treasury had been robbed and the thieves had entered through a secret passage, he would definitely send people to seal it off.

However, the security in the palace is so tight right now that they can only come here to try and find a chance.

There are guards all around the treasury, but there are two teams patrolling back and forth.

Mo Jiuye observed for a while and found that the entrance to the treasury would be out of sight for a short time.

However, this time is very short. According to the clock in my wife's space, it is only about one minute.

In other words, if they wanted to enter the treasury without being noticed, they had to open the lock and enter within one minute.

He Zhiran also noticed the clue.

"Husband, leave the lock on the door to me."

He Zhiran was not unfamiliar with lock picking. In his previous life, he had learned some basic knowledge of lock picking from his comrades in the army.

Ancient locks cannot be compared with modern high-tech products, and the lock core structure is also very simple. She is confident that she can open the lock smoothly.

Even if she failed, it didn't matter. At worst, she could take Mo Jiuye and hide in the space when the guards appeared.

In short, as long as the couple's safety is guaranteed, it doesn't matter if they conduct more experiments.

Mo Jiuye knew that his wife was capable, and nodded without any doubt.

"Okay, let's use this opportunity to try. If it doesn't work, we'll hide in the space immediately."

As soon as he finished speaking, when the guard's sight left the main gate, Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran quickly came to the door.

He Zhiran had already taken out a thin iron wire from the space.

She inserted the wire in her hand into the keyhole and shook it casually a few times, and the lock was opened.

The two men didn't dare to make a sound. Mo Jiuye opened the door of the treasury a gap that was only wide enough for the two of them to pass through, and then closed it gently after entering.

It was still dark and the guards would not notice that the lock on the door was missing. As long as the door was closed intact, everything would be fine.

As expected, the items stored inside were pitifully few, and there was nothing valuable at first glance.

Even so, He Zhiran didn't intend to let go of anything here.

Although these things belonged to the national treasury, Emperor Shunwu never used these properties to benefit the people, so He Zhiran felt no pressure at all when looting them.

Emptying the national treasury, which already had no items in it, was something He Zhiran could do just by walking over.

Because they took away so many night pearls last time, there were only a few dim oil lamps left in the treasury today, but this did not affect the two's vision.

Mo Jiuye pulled He Zhiran to the entrance of the secret passage where they entered last time, and it had indeed been destroyed.

He Zhiran looked at the original entrance to the secret passage and asked, "Husband, the secret passage is gone. What should we do?"

Mo Jiuye was not discouraged because the entrance to the secret passage was destroyed.

"In fact, the entrance to the secret passage was an escape route specially set up by the royal family."

For He Zhiran, it was not surprising that the royal family deliberately set up an escape route, because in the history she knew, many emperors were worried about unexpected situations and would try to create an escape route for themselves.

In other words, the route Mo Jiuye took when he brought her into the national treasury was the escape route dug by an emperor of the Dashun Dynasty.

"Since it's an escape route, only the royal family should know about it. How did you find it?"

This was also the question that Mo Jiuye was about to explain to her.

"When I was little, I was sent to the palace to be Nan Qi's study companion. We were new here and we were unfamiliar with each other. Nan Qi was arrogant and I was bullied by him. I ran around by myself and ended up here without realizing it.

It was at that time that I accidentally discovered the entrance to the secret room."

At the beginning, He Zhiran had speculated why Mo Jiuye knew this secret passage. It turned out that he discovered it when he was a child.

Given Mo Jiuye's loyal nature, he naturally would not tell such a big secret to anyone.

When he was brought here to empty the national treasury, he must have been extremely angry, and Emperor Shunwu's behavior completely broke his bottom line.

While saying this, Mo Jiuye was not idle either.

Because he and He Zhiran did not believe that Emperor Shunwu would have the courage to destroy the secret passage for the royal family to escape.

At best, it's just a change of entrance and exit.

Mo Jiuye was very clear about the structure of the secret passage, especially the location of the entrance inside the palace, which was definitely within the scope of the national treasury.

The two walked slowly in the treasury, carefully feeling the abnormality under their feet.

After walking for a while, He Zhiran grabbed Mo Jiuye.

"Husband, I feel like the bricks under my feet are loosening a little."

Upon hearing this, Mo Jiuye squatted down to check.

There were not very obvious gaps around the stone brick that He Zhiran was standing on.

To confirm this guess, she deliberately stepped hard.

Sure enough, the stone bricks under her feet shook slightly.

He Zhiran quickly moved aside, and Mo Jiuye took out a sharp dagger, pointed the tip of the knife at a gap, and with a little force, the stone brick lifted up.

A black hole appeared in front of their eyes.

Mo Jiuye sneered in his heart. Emperor Shunwu was really too smart for his own good. Did he think that the secret passage would disappear if he changed the entrance?

Of course, he would not be careless just because he found the secret passage so quickly.

After all, the national treasury has been looted once. If no one comes up with a countermeasure, this secret passage will really have no value in existence.

He Zhiran also thought of this. Although they had found the entrance to the secret passage, no one dared to go down rashly.

She thought about it and took out a quilt from the space and threw it down.

As soon as the quilt was thrown in, the two men heard a continuous whooshing sound from below. This showed that Emperor Shunwu had sent people to plant many hidden arrows here.

After a while, the sound gradually disappeared. He Zhiran was still worried, so he threw another quilt in another direction.

After repeating the same operation four times and hearing no more sound of hidden arrows, Mo Jiuye took the lead and walked down.