Chapter 374: Just hearing the name, I know it’s not serious
Yu Lingye: "Is the old man in the teahouse from Xiaoyao Island?"
Lu Jiuyuan: "You are talking about Tang Bo."
"Tang Bo is my man."
"I had Tang Bo knock you out, and then secretly put you in a coffin on Xiaoyao Island. The people on Xiaoyao Island didn't check who was in the coffin, so you were sent to Xiaoyao Island just like that."
"After delivering your coffins, I sent someone to steal them, and you arrived at this island without anyone noticing."
Yu Lingye and Xie Yingmian: ...
This old six.
Lu Jiuyuan sighed, "I thought you wouldn't drink that bowl of tea. I originally thought it would be best if you didn't come. I would come to see you after I completely conquer Xiaoyao Island."
"In the end, you actually drank it and came."
"How confident are you?" Yu Lingye asked.
Lu Jiuyuan was a little worried when he talked about this: "About 70% to 80%."
"This land is really hard to chew."
"I have yet to meet the true owner of Xiaoyao Island, nor have I been able to penetrate the innermost reaches of Xiaoyao Island. I can only understand the superficial aspects of it."
Xie Yingmian was curious: "Do the people on Xiaoyao Island have any objections to you living here?"
Lu Jiuyuan: "Of course."
“When we first arrived, people kept coming to drive us away.”
"We asked them to show us proof that the island belongs to them. If they can't produce it, we'll leave them alone."
"Later, when they couldn't drive them away, they resorted to killing people. The Palace of Death was never short of desperate criminals. Xiaoyao Island didn't gain any advantage at all, and many of their guards died."
"After they found out we were from the Death Palace, their attitude changed a lot. Maybe they've heard of the Death Palace's reputation and don't dare to confront us head-on."
"When we wanted to stay on the island permanently, they turned a blind eye."
"Plus, Xiaoyao Island is underground, and we are on the surface, so we can keep to ourselves and live in peace."
"Is there anything I can help you with?" Yu Lingye asked.
"No..." Lu Jiuyuan stopped talking suddenly before he finished speaking.
He said, "I remember that there was a member of the Yan family with you."
Yu Lingye: "My butler, Yan Qing."
"Yes, that's him." Lu Jiuyuan said, "Can you lend me Yan Qing for a while?"
"One of the most important reasons why I can't take Xiaoyao Island is that our people can't crack Xiaoyao Island's mechanisms. If there were Yan family members, cracking the mechanisms would be much easier."
Yu Lingye did not agree immediately.
Although Yan Qing was his steward, he and Yan Qing had a cooperative relationship.
He needs to ask Yan Qing about this.
"By the way, do you want to go to Xiaoyao Island?" Lu Jiuyuan brought three masks and said, "This mask is the pass to Xiaoyao Island."
Yu Lingye looked at Xie Yingmian.
Xie Yingmian wanted to go.
Xiaoyao Island.
As the name suggests, this island is not very serious.
This reminded her of the brothels often seen in certain film and television works.
This kind of den of brothel is generally called a man's paradise.
She cleared her throat and said, "Since we're here, why don't we go and take a look?"
Lu Jiuyuan: "Yes, yes, I'm here now."
"It's quite fun inside, but they only accept gold, not banknotes or silver. If you want to go, you need to prepare some gold."
Speaking of gold, Xie Yingmian inexplicably thought of the den of gold-burning built by the Second Prince under the ruins of the Phoenix Palace.
There was a lot of gold piled up in the second prince's warehouse.
It is said that the secret kiln under the Second Prince only accepts gold and nothing else.
Xie Yingmian and Yu Lingye looked at each other.
Obviously, the two of them had the same idea.
"They only accept gold?" Xie Yingmian's eyes sparkled.
Lu Jiuyuan felt that Xie Yingmian's gaze was like a wolf staring at a sheep.
He said, "Yes."
"There's a mechanism at the entrance to Xiaoyao Island. Only by inserting a certain amount of gold can the door be opened. This gold is the pass to Xiaoyao Island."
"To enter a certain place, such as a gambling house, you also need a gold pass."
"The bets in the gambling house are made with a special kind of chips. These chips need to be exchanged. One gold can be exchanged for one hundred chips."
Xie Yingmian pinched her chin: "In other words, the gold was swallowed by the mechanism?"
Lu Jiuyuan: "Yes."
"The structure of Xiaoyao Island is extremely complex. It's no exaggeration to say it's impregnable. The people of Xiaoyao Island are practically under our control. It's only because we can't unlock the core mechanism that we've been unable to capture them."
Xie Yingmian: "Have you ever seen them transport the gold from Xiaoyao Island?"
Lu Jiuyuan shook his head: "At least not since I arrived on the island."
If there was, he would have robbed it long ago.
Xie Yingmian seemed to be lost in thought.
The design of Xiaoyao Island is so similar to the ruins of Huanggong.
She had reason to suspect that Xiaoyao Island was related to the Second Prince.
Yu Lingye doesn't think so.
Building Xiaoyao Island is not something that can be done overnight.
Especially the underground island.
The construction and maintenance of the underground island requires a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources.
The Second Prince's mother's family was not prominent and could not afford to build Xiaoyao Island.
Besides.
Xiaoyao Island has existed for many years, and the second prince's age does not match.
He was more inclined to believe that Xiaoyao Island was the emperor's work.
After listening to Yu Lingye's speculation, Lu Jiuyuan smiled and said, "What a coincidence, I have the same idea as you."
"We came to this island in the first place because we hijacked a ship."
"The commanders on the ship are from the Qin family. They are escorting a large amount of supplies. The Qin family is the emperor's lackey."
"When we first arrived on the island, the people on Xiaoyao Island were very tough and kept trying to drive us away. But when they learned we were from Jueming Palace, their attitude changed drastically."
"The Palace of Death is related to the emperor. If the owner of Xiaoyao Island is the emperor, then it can be explained."
"I guess this is the emperor's private treasury."
This is also the reason why he is determined to occupy Xiaoyao Island.
Cutting off the emperor's private treasury is equivalent to cutting off the emperor's left and right arms.
No matter what the cost, he had to intercept it for the emperor.
Xie Yingmian said, "I remember that before the Emperor became the Crown Prince, he was an unpopular prince. Did he have the ability to build Xiaoyao Island?"
Yu Lingye: "You don't know."
"The emperor's biological mother is not actually the empress dowager. The emperor's biological mother is a merchant woman whose surname is Nie."
"One year, there was a severe drought, and the Nie family donated almost half of their wealth to disaster relief."
"The late emperor rewarded the Nie family by allowing a business woman to enter the palace as a concubine, named Concubine Ling. Two years after Concubine Ling entered the palace, she gave birth to the emperor."
"Concubine Ling is somewhat related to the Empress Dowager. After entering the palace, she relied on the Empress Dowager for survival, and her son was also registered under the Empress Dowager's name. The Emperor disliked Concubine Ling's identity as a merchant woman and refused to acknowledge her as his mother. He only recognized the Empress Dowager."
"Later, Concubine Ling died in the palace, and the Nie family's vast fortune vanished without a trace. The late emperor ordered the Six Punishment Department to investigate for a long time, but they found nothing."
Xie Yingmian: "You mean, the Nie family's wealth was used by the emperor to build Xiaoyao Island?"
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