Most of the letters in the pile were confidential documents sent between high-ranking members of the Xianyuan Sect, but there was a small wooden box that was locked up in several layers. It looked extremely valuable.
Sheng Nanxi put the wooden box next to her little ear and shook it. From the sound, it seemed like there was a sheepskin scroll inside.
In order not to damage the reel inside, she couldn't use a knife to split the wooden box open. She could only squat on the ground and carefully pry open the lock on the outside.
"Click-click-click-click"
After a while, there were several crisp sounds. The wooden box opened automatically, and there was indeed an exquisite scroll in Sheng Nanxi's chubby little paw.
She glanced at the picture on the screen, and a look of surprise appeared in her eyes.
"Eh? What the hell is this Densi? It looks mysterious..."
Gu Cheng also came over to take a look, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "This painting seems to be the ruins of Gaochang Kingdom."
"Gaochang Kingdom? The Gaochang Kingdom that mysteriously disappeared five hundred years ago?" Sheng Nanxi remembered that the original book mentioned this country, but did not describe it in detail.
Gu Cheng nodded and continued, "Five hundred years ago, the continent east of the Gaoli Mountains was not divided into many countries like it is now, but all belonged to the Daqian Kingdom."
"The Great Qian Kingdom had many commercial exchanges with the countries in the Western Regions. Gaochang Kingdom was an important hub of the trade route. Although it was small in size, it was the richest country after the Great Qian Kingdom at that time."
Sheng Nanxi nodded to show that she understood.
It is said that in the early years of the founding of Daqian, the technology and commerce were far ahead of many neighboring countries. As an important hub of the northwest trade route, Gaochang Kingdom could make a lot of money just by collecting tolls from caravans.
The geographical history of this time and space is very different from the time and space before she came here, but there are also some similarities.
After the fall of the Daqian Kingdom that rose five hundred years ago, there was another unified dynasty of Xiaoqian. After the fall of Xiaoqian Kingdom, it split into the current countries of Beichen, Nanqi, Dongling, and Xiling.
The cultures and languages of the countries are similar, and they are considered to be of the same lineage. The countries beyond the Gaoli Mountains are in another cultural circle, belonging to a "foreign race" that does not even speak the same language.
Gu Cheng noticed that she seemed distracted, so he waited patiently for a moment before continuing:
"But the good times didn't last long. In the 21st year of Yongning in the Daqian era, a rare tornado suddenly struck the Mobei Desert, burying hundreds of caravans from Gaochang State and Shangdao in thick yellow sand."
"The Daqian court at the time even sent people to search and rescue. Unfortunately, the sea of sand was so vast that even the locals who knew the terrain of Mobei best almost got lost, so the matter had to be left unresolved."
Sheng Nanxi sighed when she heard this. As expected, humans are always insignificant in the face of natural disasters. A tornado killed nearly 100,000 people.
According to the time calculation, the founding queen Xiao Qian, who was also a time traveler like her, should have traveled through time two hundred years after the sandstorm.
If she had traveled through time earlier, with her personality and abilities, she might have been able to prevent such a tragic tragedy.
But if that were the case, the enormous wealth now buried in the sand would have nothing to do with Sheng Nanxi.
Sheng Nanxi was a smart little kid, and she immediately extracted the key points from Gu Cheng's words. Her big eyes smiled into crescents.
"The words on this scroll look like the codewords of the Xianyuan Sect. I'm not sure what they mean. As for the picture... it looks like a route map from the Northern Gate of the Southern Qi Desert to the Gaochang Ruins... In other words, King Kang's people found the Gaochang Ruins?!"
"Yeah, I think so." Gu 꽮成 nodded, a hint of admiration flashing in his eyes.
Tsk, tsk! That was the once-rich Gaochang Kingdom! The things in the king’s private treasury might be richer than those of the young emperor of Southern Qi!
It is so pitiful that such piles of gold and silver are buried under the yellow sand without anyone to take care of them!
The more Sheng Nanxi thought about it, the sadder she felt. She sniffed hastily to stop the tears that were about to flow from the corner of her mouth.
The little girl looked at the sky outside, and then counted with her chubby fingers, but she was a little stumped.
It has been more than a month since she traveled through time. In ten days or so, the really cold weather described in the novel will come.
It is said that at that time, the entire territory of Southern Qi was frozen over, and even many of the wealthy privileged classes were frozen to death, and countless ordinary people were killed or injured.
Logically speaking, they were not far from the northern border now, so she should immediately take her family to find the legendary Peach Blossom Spring and settle down to prepare for the severe cold weather that was to come.
But she always felt that King Kang and the Xianyuan Sect he founded privately were very evil. She was afraid that the other party had mastered some powerful technology and moved away all the wealth under the ruins of Gaochang Kingdom in advance.
That's a mountain of gold and silver! I always feel uneasy if I don't put it in my pocket...
Sheng Nanxi's mind was full of thoughts and her brows wrinkled involuntarily.
Gu Cheng seemed to be able to read her mind and could always guess what she was thinking. He couldn't help laughing and said:
"This King Kang is indeed a bit weird. When we searched the rooms of the Xianyuan Sect members before, we always saw medicinal herbs that should only exist in legends. And the 'Red Cannon' before was also unusual. It seems that someone from a hidden wealthy family is secretly helping them."
"King Kang appears to love his people like his own children, but he is actually cruel in private. If he is allowed to take the wealth under the ruins, it will only foster his ambitions. The people in Southern Qi will then suffer a greater catastrophe."
Sheng Nanxi nodded frantically, agreeing very much with the little boy's opinion.
Moreover, King Kang had previously placed spies in the exile team to monitor the Sheng family. Seeing that he had already been keeping an eye on them, it was hard to guarantee that he would not immediately attack the Sheng family once his power was completely strengthened!
In a nutshell, it is most reliable to put all the gold and silver in your own pocket!
Sheng Nanxi had her own plans in mind, but she looked righteous and aloof. She clapped her hands and said in a childish voice:
"No! The pure and beautiful gold and silver treasures cannot fall into the hands of a beast like King Kang. We must repair everything under the Gaochang ruins as soon as possible!!"
Of course, Sheng Nanxi had another consideration. The rare herbs in the hands of the Xianyuan Sect seemed to come from the same place as the purple night orchid in the hands of the Nanqi royal family.
In other words, the person who poisoned my grandmother and eldest brother, the person who sold the rare medicinal materials to the Xianyuan Sect, and the person who has been helping He Huaiyuan to make plans are probably the same person!
She would drop by King Kang's place and maybe find the force that had been secretly causing trouble.
Moreover, the third brother had already asked Lin Shaoxuan's son to take people to the northern border to inquire about the situation, and he himself possessed wind and fire abilities.
If he used his supernatural powers to clear obstacles on the road and rushed to Mobei Pass, taking away the gold, silver and jewelry at the ruins and then going to the northern border, it would add three more days to the journey, which was more than enough time.
Sheng Nanxi figured it out and quickly rolled the reel and the remaining Xianyuan Sect property into the space.
Before leaving, he took Gu Cheng to teleport to Sun Juncheng's room and observed it carefully.
After all, this man had just entered the official career and had not had time to make any political achievements. Even Gu Yucheng didn't know him very well.
Previously, Sheng Nanxi only moved the personal letters of Li Junshou, and did not move the various books related to the people's livelihood. Although the current Junshou Mansion looks a bit dilapidated, it can still be maintained.
The two little ones climbed up the roof and watched for a while, and saw that County Magistrate Sun was indeed doing the aftermath work diligently. They knew that they didn't need to go to the county magistrate's office anymore, and could just put the disaster relief food back to its original place and let the county magistrate distribute it.
Vaguely seeing that there were not many people in the West Garden where the Xianyuan sect members were housed, Sheng Nanxi went around and took Wei Xianglian, who was still holding her breath, into the space, intending to interrogate her about the origins of the rare medicinal materials and the red cannon, and at the same time ask her to help her translate the secret code of the scroll.
Gu Ruicheng was used to her little actions, so he obediently asked no questions and pretended he saw nothing.
Here, County Magistrate Sun was busy pacifying the people and writing a letter to impeach County Magistrate Li. It was not until late at night that he had time to rest for a while.
He also recalled the report from his subordinates that the carriages of the Xianyuan sect members and all the food in the granary had disappeared. Everyone guessed that the newly allocated disaster relief food might have been secretly transported away by County Magistrate Li.
Thinking of the people who were displaced and hungry in the freezing weather, County Magistrate Sun could not help but frown.
He had some hope and wanted to go to the granary again. Maybe he could find some food that had not been transported away in the corners. At least it could alleviate the urgent need.
County Magistrate Sun wanted to do something, so he wrapped himself in a thick cloak and hurried to the granary.
The captain of the granary saw him coming and immediately went to greet him. The big man looked at him with red eyes and choked up a little when he spoke:
"Woo woo... Lord Sun, it's all our fault for not protecting the disaster relief grain that is related to the livelihood of the people. Li Bing, that bastard official, had bribed Lieutenant General Zhang a long time ago. He drugged several of our teams tonight and took his men away to transport the grain while we were asleep."
"Wuwu... What? You want to check again? Two hours ago, you asked us to count the granaries, and we searched them carefully. There is really nothing left! Several warehouses are so clean that there is not even a grain of rice!"
"Damn it! I've never seen such a heartless thief! He even took away dozens of sparrows hiding under the eaves to avoid the cold! Wuwuwuwu..."
"Look at the people outside. They were all counting on these disaster relief supplies. Now that their hopes have been dashed, how are they supposed to survive? Wuwuwuwu...uh..."
The captain was crying so hard that he couldn't speak, but he was so scared that he hiccuped when the warehouse door opened.
What's going on? ! Thousands of tons of disaster relief grain have been returned? !
In public, what the hell?!