Chapter 43: Treasure Hunt
Yang Jinsheng rode his bicycle carrying Zhao Yita on his back, grunting and riding forward, not daring to stop for a moment.
Riding along the familiar streets towards the out of the city, the road slowly became more and more remote, and the sky became darker and darker. Yang Jinsheng became a little hesitant, and pedaled much less vigorously.
"What's wrong, Jinsheng, ride faster. The two Li sisters have ridden too far and we are going to lose them." Zhao Yita patted Yang Jinsheng's shoulder and asked puzzledly.
"No, brother-in-law, don't you think things are getting more and more biased? Could it be that the Li sisters have set a trap to trick us?" Yang Jinsheng simply stopped, supported himself with one foot, and looked back at Zhao Yita.
Zhao Yitai was not that scared. He turned around and looked around. "Didn't the Li sisters say that their old house is a bit remote? Besides, with my third brother and me, three men, how can we be afraid of two women? Don't think too much. Hurry up and follow us!"
Yang Jinsheng looked at the road ahead, then looked back at the road he came from, and finally made up his mind to ride his bike to catch up. Forget it, forget it, we are already here, so let's get on.
After turning a corner, Yang Jinsheng vaguely saw two cars parked in front of him. He rode forward and saw that they were his third uncle, his second sister, and the two sisters of the Li family.
"What's wrong? What's wrong? Have we arrived yet?" After saying this, Yang Jinsheng looked around. It didn't look like there was a house here!
Jiang Baocheng stopped the car, crossed his arms, and raised his chin towards the Li sisters. "Ask them."
Yang Jinsheng turned his gaze towards Li Fengyue in confusion, "Sister Li, what's wrong?"
Jiang Xinlan said with an unpleasant expression: "Feng Yue, we sincerely want to help you, how can I feel about you doing this?"
Li Fengyue held her sister who was about to say something, and looked straight at the people in front of her, "I was wrong about this matter. I didn't explain it clearly. In fact, it's not my old house. My mother hid all the things in a dilapidated temple on the mountain. If you guys follow me up, Jiang Jie, I'll give you 30% of the things we find."
"Forty percent." Jiang Baocheng smiled and glanced at Li Fengyue, repeating, "We want forty percent. We are in this desolate mountain area. If you have any bad intentions, we will be in danger."
"Hey, what do you mean? What can my sister and I, two weak women, do to you?" Li Fengxing couldn't help it and jumped out.
"Xiaoxing, don't talk." Li Fengyue held her sister. She gritted her teeth and thought for a moment before finally agreeing.
"Forty percent, forty percent. I hope you can help me transport my things back to our home."
In fact, knowing where the hidden things were hidden, Li Fengyue could have brought her mother and sister to dig, but it was really unsafe for the three weak women. After much deliberation, she decided to cooperate with Jiang Xinlan and the others. Anyway, no one would recognize each other when they arrived in Hong Kong.
As for Uncle Li, it's not that she doesn't trust him, but most of the time she doesn't want her family background to be known too much by her acquaintances, so she would rather give some of it to people like Jiang Xinlan who she is not familiar with.
Jiang Baocheng nodded to Yang Jinsheng and the others and said with a smile, "Let's go. I'll lead the way, and Jinsheng and Yitai, you guys follow behind."
Yang Jinsheng nodded, then suddenly remembered the parked bicycle and asked, "What about the bicycle? Can it be ridden up the mountain?"
Li Fengyue pointed ahead and said, "There's a low slope over there. No one will know if we hide the car underneath. Besides, it's dark now, no one will come here."
The men hid the car under a low slope and then walked up again. The mountain was particularly quiet at night, with only the occasional bird calls and some strange noises coming from the bushes, causing Jiang Xinlan to turn around and hug her husband's hand tightly, asking anxiously, "Are there wolves or something on this mountain?"
"Tsk," Jiang Baocheng, who was walking in front, couldn't help laughing after hearing what his second sister said, "There probably aren't any wolves, but there might be wild boars, so be careful."
Li Fengyue looked at the swaying figure in front of her and pursed her lips, then said, "No, my mother said that this mountain is not very high, it is just that several small hills are connected together to make it look big. There are no wolves here. I have been here during the day as well."
As they were talking, they climbed over a small hill and followed the mountain road to a small path. After walking for about half an hour, they saw a dilapidated temple vaguely in front of them through the moonlight.
Jiang Baocheng stopped and pointed ahead, "Is it there?"
Li Fengyue shone the flashlight in the direction he pointed and nodded, "That's it, let's go over there!"
"Be careful where you step. There might be traps secretly set by hunters." Jiang Baocheng turned around and reminded the people behind him.
Several people walked carefully towards the dilapidated temple. When they got closer, they found that although it was called a temple, except for a few pillars that were still standing, the roof had big holes in it here and there. They were afraid that it would collapse at any second.
Yang Jinsheng looked at the crumbling temple and hesitated, "Is it safe? Don't let it collapse once we go in. If we are trapped underground, no one will come to rescue us."
"Jinsheng, please speak less. It's unlucky." Zhao Yita patted his shoulder.
Yang Jinsheng looked at the people in front of him unconvincedly, muttering something in a low voice, and then looked at the Bodhisattva who looked particularly kind under the moonlight, and put his hands together and muttered, "Please don't blame me, Bodhisattva, please don't blame me, we are just passing by here, and we didn't mean to disturb your peace..."
"Jinsheng, what are you mumbling about? Come over and help me." Jiang Baocheng saw his brother-in-law standing there, saying something. He frowned and lowered his voice and shouted at him to come over and help.
When Yang Jinsheng heard what he was saying, he responded repeatedly, "Coming, coming."
"So, we have to move this Bodhisattva statue now?" Yang Jinsheng looked at the heavy stone statue and suddenly realized that money was not so attractive. How about giving it away?
Li Fengyue shook her head. "It's not about moving it. There's a mechanism. We can open the base by activating it, and then we can go down."
Li Baocheng touched his chin and looked around. "Where is the mechanism?"
"I don't know. If I knew, I wouldn't have come to you." Li Fengxing, who had been silent, glared at Jiang Baocheng with dissatisfaction. It was this guy who was so greedy and wanted so much money from them.
Jiang Xinlan looked around and said, "These four walls are almost all collapsed. Even if there were mechanisms in place before, they are useless now. This is a difficult situation."
"Why don't we look for it on the Bodhisattva statue? Maybe it's on the stone statue." Yang Jinsheng was no longer afraid of disturbing the Bodhisattva. He stared at the Bodhisattva statue under the moonlight and was eager to try.
Li Fengyue shook her head again, "I looked and touched it before, but I didn't find it."
Jiang Baocheng understood immediately after hearing this, "So we have no choice but to move? Are you looking for us or some coolies?"
"That's not true. Just because I can't find it doesn't mean you can't find it either. Why don't you try first? If it doesn't work, we can push the statue together. We still have a whole night, so it's time..."
"Click, gurgle," the stone statue moved before Li Fengyue finished speaking.
"It seems... to be open." Yang Jinsheng was lying on the stone statue, his hand still pinching the statue's earlobe. As the statue moved, he also moved to the right. A large square hole suddenly appeared where the statue had originally stood.
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