Chapter 11 The Smell of Money
A bat flew towards me.
The eerie wind whipped up by its flapping wings, accompanied by sharp echoes, frightened Su Meng so much that she almost dropped the shovel and tried to escape the way she came.
But thinking of the wealth that was about to be in her hands, she mustered up her courage once again and continued.
After an unknown amount of time, we finally reached flat ground.
Following the path paved with bluestone bricks, Su Meng moved forward step by step with a mixture of curiosity and nervousness.
With his powerful memory, he avoided the traps in the passage multiple times and reached the end.
I looked up and was immediately terrified!
Snake...a snake!
What a huge python!
Su Meng panicked and became afraid.
She wanted to escape, but her legs felt like lead, and she couldn't move.
He could only crouch on the ground, trembling, with his head in his hands.
After a long silence, Su Meng slowly came back to her senses.
Slowly raising its head, it peeked through one eye at the python coiled on the bronze gate.
She glanced at it, then closed her eyes in fear.
Suddenly, I realized that the python was too quiet.
She mustered her courage and peeked again, only to find that the python was still stuck to the bronze door.
Its enormous head protruded, its tongue flicking arrogantly at the visitors, while its body was almost like a relief sculpture embedded in the bronze door.
Not moving at all?!
Is it dead?
Is it a relief portrait?
It's so realistic!
Su Meng mustered her courage and moved forward to examine it; it really was a relief sculpture.
She let out a heavy sigh of relief, her heart instantly calming down.
This door is also controlled by a mechanism.
Su Meng looked at it from top to bottom and suddenly noticed a dent on the python's tongue that was very similar in shape to the seal of the Su family patriarch.
Could it be...?
Fortunately, she had already taken advantage of the Su family.
The Su family patriarch's seal was naturally also included.
The next moment, the seal was perfectly embedded in the groove, and a "click-click-click" sound rang out from inside the hole.
Immediately, soil fell from the cave walls, and dust flew everywhere.
Su Meng held her breath, staring intently at the slowly opening bronze door, and reached out to feel the warm, dry air flowing from the other side.
I was even more surprised.
A few minutes later, the bronze door stopped moving and "spit out" the seal.
Su Meng tucked the bag in and stepped inside.
The moment his heel touched the ground, the door behind him slammed shut with a loud bang, causing the light inside the cave to flicker.
She had the feeling of being trapped and beaten.
Seeing stacks upon stacks of countless boxes, Su Meng was so surprised that she could only worry about whether her cramped space could hold them all.
After all, her space consisted of only a mountain, three small wooden houses, and forty or fifty square meters of farmland.
Suddenly, remembering the spatial tremors that occurred when the other teardrop-shaped pendant merged into her body, Su Meng broke out in a cold sweat.
Is her space still shrouded in a thick fog?
However, when she looked around, she was surprised to find that the mountains behind the cabin stretched endlessly.
The two ends of the arc-shaped mountain range extend into the thick fog in the distance, and it is unknown how much higher or longer it is.
The three drab wooden cabins have been given a fresh makeover, as if they've been freshly painted.
Bright and clear.
The yard has doubled in size and has been paved with smooth stone slabs.
In one corner of the courtyard, a Bodhi tree, so large that only an adult could encircle it, suddenly appeared.
Its branches and leaves are lush and lazily stretched out.
Under the tree, there is a round stone table and four round stone benches.
The little dog with jet-black fur that she had thrown into the space was lazily curled up on the table, sleeping.
Seeing her looking over, the puppy removed its tail from its eyes, revealing its emerald green eyes with a captivating light.
"come over!"
Su Meng waved and led it onto the wooden bridge.
The fields on the other side of the stream, shaped like tofu blocks, are still the same number, but they seem to have been stretched out and enlarged.
The thick fog at the edge of the fields is like an impenetrable barrier to this world, impenetrable and insurmountable.
Su Meng sighed and exited the space, wandering through the cave, surveying her territory like a queen.
Stacks of boxes, all reeking of money.
Gold, silver, jewelry, antique porcelain, and raw stones are neatly stacked in their respective labeled areas.
This is the wealth accumulated by six generations of her Su family.
Countless boxes!
Money that can never be spent!
They're all hers!
Su Meng was so excited she wanted to shout, jump, share her joy with the world, and taste the gold.
Finally, with trembling hands, she held the puppy and shouted, "We're rich!"
The puppy gave the crazy woman a disdainful look, barked, flicked its tail, and jumped away.
Su Meng chuckled twice.
Wherever he went, stacks of boxes disappeared.
She didn't know if the treasure map she had deliberately left behind would be able to fool people, but she dared not assume that the place would not be discovered.
After all, her disappearance from the police station would definitely be discovered.
There is no shortage of intelligent people in the world.
But since she has space, she shouldn't be afraid of being trapped in the cave.
Thinking this through, Su Meng finished collecting the cave.
He rubbed his head, which was starting to throb, and sighed inwardly that packing things was a tiring and exhausting task.
She casually shared some pastries with the puppy.
Then they pried off all the fist-sized luminous pearls from the top of the cave.
The light suddenly dimmed, making it impossible to see the small dog, which looked like coal.
"Little black ball, let's go!"
"Woof~"
The puppy's barking was about two meters away from her. Su Meng coldly scolded, "Little black ball, hurry up! If you don't come over, I won't take you out."
But the puppy wouldn't listen to the threats at all.
Su Meng frowned, strode over, bent down, picked it up, and gave it a good tug. "Do you want to rebel, little black ball?"
The puppy nuzzled against her palm gently and barked softly, "Woof!"
At this moment, without the little black ball reminding her, she also noticed the anomaly here.
A cool breeze, like a needle tip, stimulated my facial skin, bringing with it a delicate fragrance of herbs and trees.
Could this be another exit from the cave?
Su Meng tossed the small black ball into her spatial dimension, took out the largest luminous pearl, and carefully examined the mystery within.
Hard work pays off!
She pressed a small mechanism hidden between the floor tiles and opened a secret door.
Suddenly, the view opened up.
The hidden door is part of the cliff face.
She was actually standing on the edge of the cliff.
One step forward and there's a bottomless abyss; above you is an endless cliff covered with vines and bushes.
With nowhere to turn, neither here nor there, that's pretty much her current predicament.
Su Meng was unwilling to return the way she came.
She took a deep breath, closed the hidden door, and slipped into the cramped and desolate passageway beside it.
Walking through the unfamiliar passageway, she clutched the luminous pearl tightly, her heart pounding with a mixture of fear, excitement, and caution.
After walking for about an hour, I could faintly hear human voices.
"Just die! Why waste medicine?"
“I’m not reconciled! You’ve seen our situation. If we don’t get the wealth left by our ancestors, we’ll really have nothing.”
"Will he tell you? Forget it, let's find it ourselves."
"Find? How do we find them? Did Zhong Cuilin say anything?"
"No. That vicious woman shouldn't have been allowed to live. If it weren't for..."
The sound gradually faded.
Su Meng was certain that one of them was her beloved second grandfather.
what are they doing?
Who were imprisoned?
What is Zhong Cuilin's relationship with them?
Things seem to be more complicated than described in the book.
Filled with questions, she made her way towards the light source, only to discover that it was a three-way intersection.
The passageway was changed from one to three.
Su Meng glanced at the messy footprints on the ground and was at a loss.
She wanted to find the people they were imprisoning in the shortest possible time and without alerting anyone.
But the empty tunnel echoed.
Su Meng became even more cautious.
She tried to control her footsteps and breathing as she carefully examined the marks on the ground.
After turning a few corners, Su Meng smelled herbs, and... the smell of decay.
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