He's never seen so much gold before!
It was a perfectly square piece, about two meters long, two meters wide, and as tall as a person, made entirely of gold bricks!
Xu Jing and Fu Chaosheng almost stopped breathing.
Xu Jing stammered, "Big...big brother, this...this is all gold, right? I...can I take two pieces?"
Gu Tingzhi: "..."
This secret room is quite large. Besides the gold, there are several boxes of jewelry and food.
This place is full of refined grains, probably tens of thousands of kilograms.
“This is just a small secret room, probably the leader’s private room. As for whether this gold belongs to him personally or to the entire force, it’s hard to say. Chaosheng, take a rest and go get some food. Xu Jing and I will stay here and guard the place. Go out and call Song Shiyan to bring people over and take all these people, food, and treasures out of the house.”
Fu Chaosheng was a little worried. "If I leave, there are so many people here, just the two of you. What if the people from above come over?"
Gu Tingzhi said nonchalantly, "It's alright. They're just trafficking people and farming in this deep mountain forest. It's not like they're waging war. They won't have many weapons, and even if they come, there probably won't be many people. There are two hundred people here, so there are only a few dozen guards."
Xu Jing also said, "That's right, we can't just not go and call for help. We can't stay here forever. There are so many people here, we have to get them out. Or... Chaosheng can stay here and I'll go out?"
Gu Tingzhi shook his head, "No need. Chaosheng is faster and has better stamina than you. Running out to call for help and then bringing people back would be too exhausting."
"Besides, those people outside also need to be managed, it'll be more convenient for you to stay."
Xu Jing nodded to Fu Chaosheng, who obediently went to rest, while Xu Jing ran off to get some food.
Gu Tingzhi went to the granary. The granary was quite large, and all the harvested grain was stored there. Because the harvest season had just ended, the people did not lack grain, so the grain could not be sold at a good price on the black market.
They will stockpile these supplies here and bring them out during the peak season at the end of the year and next spring when many people are about to run out of food.
When Gu Tingzhi went in, the granary was filled with a large amount of grain, including both coarse and fine grains, as well as a lot of cured and smoked meat, dried meat, and other similar items. Even the amount of fruit had increased significantly, almost filling the entire granary.
The millions of kilograms of supplies only consumed about one-tenth of the storage capacity in the space.
Gu Tingzhi stroked the Hetian jade bracelet in his hand, and the image of that bright and charming little girl came to mind.
In his previous life, when he arrived, Meng Fuyan was already dead. She had fallen off a cliff, her head bleeding profusely, and she died on the spot.
He clutched the backpack tightly to his chest, opened it to check, and found a tape recorder inside.
And then there's the bracelet in her bosom.
From that height, she fell and was mangled beyond recognition; her bracelet shattered into several pieces, almost entirely stained red with her blood.
The bracelet had always been in Wu Siyu's possession. Meng Fuyan had told him that she had tried to snatch it back several times because it belonged to her mother. When she was younger, she thought it wasn't an important thing and that it was fine if it was taken away.
But later she and Wu Siyu became sworn enemies. She wanted to take back anything, even if it was worthless, but Wu Siyu was too careful in protecting it, and she never succeeded.
If it weren't for that tape recorder, he would never have known that such a big secret was hidden in this bracelet.
Later, when the fragments of the bracelet stained his blood, he truly saw what the so-called personal space looked like. It was indeed very large, containing a lot of grain and treasure collected by Wu Siyu, as well as some evidence of crimes.
However, the spiritual spring and the land mentioned in the recording were nowhere to be found. He only saw a warehouse that no living creature could enter, not even himself.
Moreover, he could sense that this space was very unstable, and he didn't know if it was because the bracelet was broken. It wasn't until he was reborn and immediately ran to Changning City to snatch the bracelet back from Wu Siyu that this space finally stabilized.
The sacred spring and the land remain nowhere to be found.
If it's gone, it's gone. Such a heaven-sent treasure cannot be forced. He is already very satisfied with this space.
After putting away the supplies, he went back to the original leader's room and put some clues inside. When he came out, Xu Jing had already brought the food, and it was time to eat.
After finishing his meal, Fu Chaosheng prepared to leave.
Gu Tingzhi instructed, "Bring your weapons, be careful on the road, explain the situation here clearly, and have Song Shiyan bring people over immediately. There are many supplies here, as well as livestock on the mountain, all of which need to be taken care of."
Fu Chaosheng nodded, picked up his weapons and rations, and left.
Xu Jing was quite excited, "Now that I'm back in Beijing, I can finally brag to my old man."
Gu Tingzhi curled the corners of his lips, "Follow me, and you'll have plenty to brag about in the future."
Xu Jing: "..."
Look at him, putting on an act!
The two men stayed in the valley, weapons in hand, intimidating the rest of the people.
The laborers at the bottom of society have become numb. Now that they have enough to eat, they are gradually coming back to their senses and starting to hope that they can really get out and escape this place. However, there are also some people who do not want to leave.
For example, those who have risen to the rank of minor leaders, and those women kept by men.
They hardly have to work here, yet they can eat their fill and often have meat, but it's a completely different story outside.
However, Gu Tingzhi was very familiar with the situation here. The truly dangerous people had all been tied up, and as for the few leaders who knew the specifics of the situation, he had already killed them.
Therefore, he didn't need to worry about the gold he put in the secret room and the grain in the granary being discovered, and the rest of the people had no idea how much was inside.
Fu Chaosheng returned to the educated youth settlement in Banqiao Brigade that afternoon. Meng Fuyan happened to be home and saw him. She saw him rushing into the house, pushing his bicycle out, and leaving without saying a word. Meng Fuyan quickly stopped him.
“Fu Chaosheng, wait, where’s Brother Gu? You haven’t come back yet, and the whole brigade is very worried about you.”
Fu Chaosheng hurriedly replied, "We're fine, we have things to take care of now, we'll be leaving first!"
After saying that, he had already ridden his bicycle and sped out of the educated youth compound.
Meng Fuyan frowned. So urgent? What happened?
Meng Fuyan went to the brigade leader's house and told them about Gu Tingzhi.
The captain had just returned from the county town. He was worried sick about Gu Tingzhi and the other two when he learned they hadn't come back, but now that he had news of them, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's good that you're alright! It's good that you're alright! Don't run around too much lately, it's not safe up in the mountains, just stay at the educated youth settlement."
Meng Fuyan: "..."
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