Zhang Meng realized that Huang knew it too quickly.
Normally, Huang was a lady of a famous family, and she managed the household strictly.
He is very disciplined in doing things and never asks about what is happening outside.
I have never seen anyone run to the study and throw a scene.
How did she get the news so quickly today?
"Someone come!"
A servant came over quickly.
"Watch the lady carefully recently! See what she does! Especially when she passes on information. Be sure to come and report to me."
The servant took the order and retreated.
Zhang Meng pondered for a while and decided to prepare a retreat in advance.
After Zhang Meng made sure that there were no suspicious people around the study, he closed the study door himself.
Then he asked Zhang Weiwu to follow him.
The two of them went around to the living room behind the study.
Zhang Weiwu followed in confusion.
"Father, what are you doing?"
Zhang Meng shook his head.
Zhang Weiwu quickly shut up.
Zhang Meng was standing in front of a bookshelf in the living room. He moved a pile of books from the left shelf to the right shelf.
Then, the bookshelf split from the middle to both sides, and a door appeared that could only be passed by one person.
Zhang Meng opened the door and walked in.
Zhang Weiwu hurried to catch up.
After the two of them entered, the door closed automatically and the bookshelf returned to its original position.
It is not uncommon for wealthy and powerful families to have secret passages and treasure rooms.
But what Zhang Weiwu was curious about was why his father took him into the secret passage.
After walking through the corridor, I soon arrived at a proper room.
Zhang Meng passed by the various treasures on the antique shelf and finally stopped in front of a small box.
Instead of opening the box, he handed the whole box to Zhang Weiwu.
"Take this. This may be the only chance for our Zhang family to turn things around."
Zhang Weiwu took the box in confusion.
"What's in this box my father gave me?"
"Inside is a treasure map!" Zhang Meng explained.
Zhang Weiwu didn't quite believe it.
"What? A treasure map?"
"But there is only one copy! The other three copies are in other people's hands. You go to Bianjing City and give it to the old emperor." Zhang Meng narrowed his eyes and said lightly.
"And if the emperor's eldest grandson pleads for mercy, we might be able to save our lives!"
Zhang Weiwu was extremely surprised.
"What kind of treasure map is this? How can it be so powerful?"
He quickly opened the box and found a small map inside.
Zhang Meng looked at the gray, inconspicuous piece of map and said lightly.
"Have you ever heard of Dali?"
Zhang Weiwu nodded.
"The Great Jin Dynasty was the one that destroyed the Dali Kingdom that had ruled the Central Plains for 500 years, and then moved into the Central Plains."
"Then the rebels rose up against the Jin Dynasty and drove the Jin Dynasty back outside the Great Wall! The old emperor established the Great Sheng Dynasty."
Zhang Meng nodded.
Zhang Weiwu frowned: "Father, what you mean is, this treasure map! Can we find the treasure of Dali Kingdom?"
Zhang Meng nodded again.
"Yes, it is the treasure accumulated by the Dali Kingdom during its 500 years of ruling the Central Plains!"
Zhang Weiwu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly shook his head.
"After all, the old emperor is only a one-time emperor. Although the treasury is empty, he will not easily compromise for the sake of treasure."
Zhang Meng pursed his lips: "He really won't compromise for the gold, silver and jewelry inside. But he will compromise for immortality."
Zhang Weiwu was stunned and looked at Zhang Meng in disbelief.
"Father, you mean! Is there an elixir of life in this treasure?"
Zhang Meng nodded and shook his head.
"I don't know if the way to immortality is medicine or something else?"
Zhang Weiwu was a little confused.
Zhang Meng explained.
"Do you know how old the last monarch of Dali was before the city was conquered by the Jin Dynasty?"
Zhang Weiwu shook his head honestly.
"According to historical records, the last emperor of Dali lived to be 110 years old!"
"If it weren't for the invasion of the Great Jin Dynasty, he probably wouldn't have died."
Zhang Weiwu looked incredulous.
Zhang Meng continued.
"The other monarchs of the Dali Kingdom! Except for those who were assassinated! The youngest one lived to be a hundred years old!"
Zhang Weiwu swallowed his saliva!
"It is said that the longest-lived one was 150 years old! Later he did not die, but abdicated!"
Zhang Weiwu thought about it before he found his voice again.
“Could this be just a legend?”
Zhang Meng frowned.
"Whether he is a legend or real, the old emperor is now sixty years old. What he fears most now is death."
"If he could live forever, at least to a hundred years old, do you think he would forgive the mistakes we made?"
Zhang Weiwu nodded.
"I think so."
Zhang Meng gave a bloodthirsty smile.
"Why was Li Yuanchun's family suddenly confiscated and exterminated? Do you think he was really guilty of treason?"
"Not really!"
"It's because he knew that the old emperor was secretly looking for a treasure map in order to achieve immortality. And Li Yuanchun happened to have a copy!"
Zhang Weiwu was stunned.
"The Li family also has it! Didn't he give it to the old emperor?"
"He didn't give it to the emperor. He went to the emperor privately to dissuade him from looking for the treasure map again!"
"Oh, I forgot to mention this! The Li family is actually the descendants of Li Zhixiu, the national teacher of Dali Kingdom!"
Zhang Weiwu’s expression right now is so interesting.
He had never imagined that there were so many secrets behind a treasure map.
"Why didn't the Li family hand over the treasure map? Could it be that he wanted to keep it for himself?"
"I had just become a third-rank general, and your sister had just entered the Eastern Palace! I was ordered to detain and interrogate the Li family. In fact, it was to secretly search for the whereabouts of the treasure map."
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