Chapter 2195 Dirty
Most of the houses where the bandits lived were made of mud and hay, and could be knocked down by hitting them with a few hard blows of wood. Not to mention, people actually found quite a few mezzanines, but again, they were distracted and forgot about the roof when they searched the ground, and they couldn't find both the ground and the roof when they searched the walls.
Some people reacted smartly and searched the house thoroughly before tearing it down, but it was too late.
Some smart ones were searching randomly under the guidance of others.
Zhou Liru carefully avoided the house where half of the wall had collapsed. After walking around inside, he said, "It's all in a mess. How can I find it?"
Liu Huan opened his mouth wide and asked, "Is there no place that others haven't searched?"
Governor Duan glanced at his personal guard, who pointed to a few thatched houses in a remote area and said, "Yes, there."
"Where is that?"
The guard said, "That's where they hold hostages. If someone like Master You is obedient, he can stay there for a few months and then join them. If someone is disobedient, they will be killed."
Everyone: ...
Bai Shan suddenly remembered something and became excited. "Let's go and look for it."
Anyway, other places have been searched almost thoroughly, so why not go over there and look for it?
Governor Duan was in high spirits and asked, "Could the treasure be hidden there? That's great! If it's hidden where the hostages are being held, no one will suspect it."
Bai Shan: ...How stupid would one have to be to hide the treasure where the hostages are being held?
Governor Duan was still sighing, "The most dangerous place is the safest place."
Bai Shan: "Isn't the most dangerous place Lord Duan's governor's mansion?"
I also didn't see them hiding the things in the governor's mansion.
Governor Duan said, "They are brave!"
The place where the hostages were held was in a remote corner, with six thatched houses in a row. Unlike the place where the bandits did not live, there was no yard here. There was a vegetable field in front of the thatched house, which should be for them to grow vegetables.
Governor Duan said, "When we attacked, there was no one in this room except three corpses. They had been dead for a long time. They must have been killed and not buried before."
He said, "They've been taken away and handed over to Master You. Master You said two of them were his associates, and the remaining one was a merchant who was captured a long time ago. He wrote a letter to the bandits, asking his family to pay money to redeem him, but no one has come to redeem him yet. Sigh..."
Manbao pushed open the door and a foul smell came out. He had to cover his nose before going in.
There was nothing in the room except a kang against the wall. There were a few tattered clothes scattered in the corner, which should have been used to keep warm at night. After all, there was not even a bed or quilt in the room.
Would Master You run for his life in such an uncertain situation, preferring death to life in such a place?
Governor Duan stood outside the house and said, "There's nothing here, so the soldiers only carried the bodies out..."
Because apart from some tattered clothes, there was only a table and chair in the middle.
There wasn't even a bed in the room, just a stone platform covered with hay.
The six teenagers rolled up their sleeves and searched everywhere, only to find that the room was really clean, so clean that one could tell at a glance. Manbao dug two rat holes and found that they were really just rat holes, with only some bean dregs inside, nothing else.
Zhou Liru picked up a worn-out piece of clothing from the ground with disgust, put it on the kang and looked at it for a while, then reached out and pinched the clothes.
Of course, valuables are placed in the luggage, but some emergency items are also sewn on the body.
For example, she and her sister-in-law had some gold flakes sewn into their clothes, shoes, and even socks. If... they had these gold flakes, they wouldn't have been so desperate.
Zhou Liru touched them carefully, but the clothes were very worn out and had not been washed for a long time, so they were stiff, which greatly affected her judgment.
Liu Huan stepped on Bai Erlang's shoulders to check the beams, but found nothing and jumped down. Seeing Zhou Liru groping for so long on a piece of clothing, his eyes lit up. He also stepped forward and picked up a piece of clothing and asked, "Is there something hidden in here?"
Zhou Liru: "Maybe."
Liu Huan said, "Why not just cut the clothes into pieces? Why bother touching them bit by bit?"
“It takes more time to cut it up.”
Liu Huan thought so too. After all, to check whether there was a layer between the pieces, he had to cut them apart bit by bit, which was more time-consuming.
The two men lowered their heads and searched carefully. Liu Huan pinched the corner of his clothes with disgust on his face, but he had seen even more disgusting things the day before yesterday and yesterday. Yesterday, when he was cutting the soldiers' clothes and pants and even washing their bodies, he had seen all the dirt and mess he could have seen.
He touched it and felt something was wrong under his hand. He was surprised to find that there seemed to be something inside.
Zhou Liru had touched the collar several times and felt that there was something there, but when he looked around, he found no scissors.
Manbao went out and took a knife from Governor Duan's personal guard and gave it to them.
But……
Liu Huan cut twice and found it was not very effective. Even the corner of his clothes was not effective, let alone Zhou Liru's collar.
The two of them gathered together to study for a while, and finally Liu Huan put the clothes on the kang, asked Zhou Liru to step back, raised the knife and chopped down...
The personal guards were terrified and wanted to dissuade him, because this was the thing that saved his life.
Zhou Liru was full of disdain, "Just take a closer look, okay? If not, I'll do it."
Liu Huan's strikes missed the target several times, and instead of hitting the corner of the clothes, he cut out a large piece, but the corner of the clothes remained intact.
Liu Huan felt that the corner was too small for him to aim, and he didn't think Zhou Liru could do it, so he handed the knife to her, "I don't believe you can do it."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Liru raised his knife and chopped off the little bit of the hem of his clothes...
Liu Huan was silent.
Zhou Liru tilted his head to look at it, then raised his hand and slashed again. This time the knife was much more accurate, and a cut was made in the thread of the corner of the clothes.
Liu Huan said nothing, walked forward and tore open the hole. Suddenly, a few golden beads slightly larger than yellow rice were revealed. Liu Huan instantly threw away the embarrassment and shouted in surprise.
Duan, the governor standing at the door, couldn't help but take two steps forward. "How is it? How is it? What is it?"
When he saw the dozen or so small golden beads, he instantly lost interest. "That's all there is."
What's so special about these little gold beads?
Manbao was very interested, "How are such small gold beads made?"
Governor Duan said, "After melting the gold and casting it using a mold, some of the liquid gold would occasionally splash out, resulting in small gold beads. However, such small ones are indeed rare. They are probably carried on the body to save their lives, so they are not worth mentioning."
Bai Shan took a look and thought the color was good and it looked very clean, so he said, "It should have been cast using a mold as well."
Manbao encouraged Zhou Liru, "Liru, cut yours."
See you at 6pm
(End of this chapter)
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