Chapter 2191 Treasure Hunt 3
So everyone rushed towards the tree trunk and reached out to touch it. Governor Duan rolled up his sleeves and rubbed all the bark he could see, but he couldn't find any fake skin.
Manbao and his friends searched carefully but couldn't find it after a long time.
Governor Duan couldn't help but doubt again, "Is it really in the tree?"
Could it be that Zhou Man made a mistake in judgment this time and is not here?
Just when Manbao was about to ask Keke, Baishan suddenly touched something and everyone heard a slight click.
This sound was particularly unusual. It was not the sound of breaking off bark, but rather the sound of... a mechanism.
Everyone raised their heads and looked at Bai Shan.
Under their gaze, Bai Shan pulled out the bark that had just made the sound of a snap, and then a huge piece of bark, irregular from top to bottom, almost as big as Manbao's body, was lifted off.
Everyone widened their eyes.
Manbao and Bai Erlang reacted the fastest and rushed over to check the cave. However, before they could even get their heads in, Bai Shan grabbed one of their heads with one hand and spread them apart. He shouted, "I'll do it!"
The hole he found!
Governor Duan also squeezed forward and said enthusiastically, "I'll do it, I'll do it. There might be danger in this tree. I'm the elder, and you're still young. I'll do it..."
In the end, he didn't make it in. Soldiers and guards quickly stepped forward and pulled them apart. Then the smallest one tried to get in, but he only made it through one shoulder before pulling out, his eyes shining as he said, "Sir, there's money in there."
There were a lot of them, so many that he could see them all without having to go inside.
So he started throwing money out, ingots of silver, occasionally mixed with gold bars, ingots, and gold flakes...
Manbao and his men sat on the ground outside counting the money. Some soldiers brought in a few large empty boxes from somewhere, and they could put the counted money directly into the boxes.
Governor Duan counted the gold ingots into the box and sighed, "This is stolen goods."
What did they find when they went up the mountain yesterday?
The thin soldier was finally able to shrink into the belly of the tree. After taking out some gold and silver, he began to hand out things like pearls and gems. These things were all packed in boxes and not piled up randomly. This made Governor Duan breathe a sigh of relief. Even after a long time, the luster of these gems and pearls was still good.
It should be able to sell for a good price.
After hollowing out the tree hole, Governor Duan couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. He stood up, twisted his aching waist, and asked his personal guard, "How is the search going with the others?"
"Sir, they broke down the walls, dismantled the beds, and found a lot of hidden gold and silver." Anyway, the harvest was not small.
Governor Duan was very satisfied.
Bai Shan was not very satisfied. He looked at Man Bao and asked hesitantly, "After robbing for so many years, this is the only money this bandit has?"
Manbao said with certainty: "There must be more. Let's look for more."
Upon hearing this, Governor Duan immediately nodded and said, "Yes, look for it again, look for it more."
So everyone went to the next room to search again, but they only found scattered things, which were obviously not the group's property. However, they did not expect that the bandit leader would hide his personal property, and hide it so secretly.
Manbao had satisfied his treasure hunt and said to Governor Duan, "I suspect the only treasure hidden in the village is this one in the tree hole. The others should be outside the village."
"Where would that be?"
Manbao thought for a moment and said, "There will definitely be traces, but they won't be heavy. The valuables left outside may only be transported once in a long time."
Bai Shan guessed, "There may be more than one place, but definitely not too many. If they are spread out too much, it will easily arouse suspicion. Even though they are a group, ordinary horse thieves really don't know about these valuables."
Governor Duan nodded repeatedly, "Yes, we have interrogated many people. The leaders are really stubborn, but the ordinary bandits don't know how to confess even if they want to."
Bai Shan: "So I guess there should be between two and three hiding places outside."
Manbao raised his head and looked at Bai Shan, his eyes full of amazement. Bai Shan happened to see it, and after a pause, he knew that he was probably right.
Governor Duan also felt that what Bai Shan said made sense, so everyone took people out to look for him.
But when they walked out of the mountain stronghold, all they could see were trees. Governor Duan couldn't help but ask, "Where can we find it?"
Bai Shan thought for a moment and said, "This place isn't very hidden. At least if he wants to check it out, he can go there openly without arousing suspicion. But on weekdays, not many people go there, so he won't be easily discovered."
Governor Duan: "What place is that?"
Manbao asked, "A toilet, or a place to fetch water?"
Governor Duan really didn't understand how these two places were connected.
Bai Erlang also thought that these were the two places, "and there are also places to enjoy the scenery."
Bai Shan: "It's better to say it's a place where you can look out."
Governor Duan's eyes flashed, and he turned around and said, "I know a place that has it."
As he said this, he was about to lead them in the opposite direction.
Manbao hesitated for a moment, but did not look back at the place that Keke mentioned. He followed Governor Duan to find it.
As a result, the further they walked, the closer they got to another place Koko mentioned.
Manbao raised his eyebrows and asked Keke, "Isn't this really a toilet or a place to fetch water?"
Koko: “…This place is not it.”
The few of them soon arrived at a rock. Standing there and looking forward and down, they could see most of the official road.
Governor Duan said, "That's why no caravan entering this official road can escape their sight."
Governor Duan waved his hand and said, "Search!"
Then the soldiers rushed to the area around the stone platform like wolves and tigers, searching everywhere.
Manbao stood on the stone platform and looked down. Keke said, "No, a little to the right..."
Manbao moved his body slightly.
Koko: "Stop, it's twenty-eight meters directly in front of you."
Manbao made a rough estimate and looked down. There was a dense forest lying tightly on the stone mountain. Looking down from here, he could only see lush green leaves and occasionally some space under the trees.
The soldiers turned over everything they could and dug deep into the ground, but they still found nothing.
Everyone couldn't help but look at the three young men.
Manbao pointed down and said, "This place needs to be guarded. Even if there are few people, it will be inconvenient to take things in and out. So I suspect the things should be hidden down there, where they can be seen. That way, they can use the excuse of patrolling to look down at the hiding place. When taking things out, they can avoid the sight of the guards above as long as they are careful."
Bai Shan immediately looked down where she pointed and said, "The view there is the best. Let's go down and look for it."
Governor Duan instinctively felt that they were right, so he looked back at his soldiers, stood up and went down with them.
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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