If someone with this map comes looking for their own family, they'll see the Du family's names on the tombstone and know it's not where their family buried their treasure, so they'll definitely continue searching nearby.
If it were an outsider, seeing such a luxuriously constructed tombstone, they would definitely assume that this is the place marked on the map, start digging directly, and wouldn't suspect anything else after digging.
This is using the Du family's ancestral graves to build a shield for the Shu family!
Shu Ying wanted to give her grandfather a thumbs up.
This move to shift the blame eastward is brilliant, truly brilliant, worthy of Grandpa!
Shu Ying put the map away and, based on her assessment of the surrounding terrain and her understanding of her grandfather, immediately began a thorough search of the vicinity, centered on the Du family ancestral graves.
Following Grandpa's usual line of thinking, since the tombstone was to be hidden, it certainly wouldn't be displayed in the open just in case.
So……
Suddenly, Shu Ying saw a small hill.
At the bottom of the hillside, the waist-high weeds grew exceptionally lush.
As we got closer, we discovered a large rock on the hillside with a mark that Grandpa often used.
Only the Shu family recognizes this mark.
Why did Grandpa carve the mark here?
Shu Ying suddenly had an idea.
Could there be a cave here?
Shu Ying immediately stepped forward and examined the cave.
There really is one! Looks like this is the place!
The heavy-handed food was hidden behind the dense weeds.
Shu Ying was overjoyed and immediately pushed aside the weeds to go inside, taking out a flashlight from her spatial storage as she went in.
Entering the cave was easy, but standing there and feeling the chill seeping from the depths of the cave, Shu Ying felt goosebumps rising all over her body, and the stories she had heard as a child kept flashing through her mind.
This cave is so eerie, it's hard not to feel scared...
Shu Ying swallowed hard, reassuring herself that her grandfather wouldn't harm her, and bravely walked inside.
The cave was quite deep. Shu Ying walked a few dozen steps into it and saw three branching entrances ahead.
Shu Ying was unsure which one to choose, so she looked around and found her grandfather's mark on the rock above her head once again.
The mark appears to be unrelated to the three holes, but its shape has changed slightly.
The longest point of the triangle points to the right, clearly pointing towards the rightmost opening.
Shu Ying took a deep breath, gripped the flashlight tightly, and walked inside again.
After walking a few steps, I indeed saw the ancestral graves buried there.
Because it was a cave, it was impossible to bury them underground. The coffins were specially treated and moisture-proofed with special materials. Each coffin was completely wrapped in a glass cover and neatly arranged there.
Outside each glass enclosure hangs a plaque with the ancestor's birth and death dates and name, serving as a tombstone.
Turning the wooden sign over, upon closer inspection, one could see that it was covered with tiny, closely spaced characters, clearly in the grandfather's handwriting.
[If any descendants of the Shu family are fortunate enough to find this place, be sure to hide the items stored here safely. If you have the means, rebury the ancestral coffins in a safe location. If you do not have the means, then preserve yourselves.]
After reading the last four words, "preserve yourself," Shu Ying felt an indescribable sense of emotion.
That's how my grandfather was; he lived his whole life with clarity and understanding, and he treats his descendants the same way.
Shu Ying sighed, took out incense, candles and paper money from her spatial storage, bowed to the coffins of her ancestors, and then went around to the back to find the location of the treasure her grandfather had mentioned.
But the surrounding area is all stone walls; it doesn't seem like there's anywhere to put anything...
Shu Ying turned her head and searched around, pressing on the stone wall, but found no mechanism or trace of a stone door.
That shouldn't be the case...
Shu Ying searched carefully again, but found nothing. She stopped to drink some spiritual spring water to recover her strength. When she turned her head, she suddenly noticed that her grandfather's coffin seemed to be placed a little strangely.
The others are all neatly arranged and facing the same direction, so why does Grandpa's coffin look a little crooked?
Could it be that the person who helped place the coffin here at the end left in such a hurry that they didn't put it in place properly?
Shu Ying sighed inwardly, unable to bear it any longer, and decided to go forward and help her grandfather straighten the coffin first.
Shu Ying gritted her teeth, held the glass dome, and gently pushed it open—
"Boom boom—"
Suddenly, the sound of stones rubbing together rang out behind us.
Shu Ying turned her head and saw that on the stone wall that was originally perfectly sealed without any gaps, there was a square stone block that looked like a door protruding out. Then, with the central line as the axis, the entire stone slab flipped to one side.
Shu Ying stepped forward and gently pushed with her hand, immediately creating a gap at the edge of the door frame.
Standing at the doorway, I shone my flashlight inside—
It truly is a hidden paradise!
Surprisingly, there is a very large cave hidden inside.
Shu Ying simply pushed the door open completely. Fearing that the air inside the cave would become stagnant after a long time, she waited at the door for a moment before stepping inside.
Looking around, most of the cave was filled with boxes of various heights.
On the right, there was even a wall made of seemingly sturdy boxes, which looked quite spectacular at first glance.
Shu Ying glanced around inside and out.
These... there must be at least three hundred boxes, right?
What are all these things?
While thinking, he opened the lid of one of the boxes.
A golden expanse immediately came into view.
Shu Ying was stunned.
It's filled with gold!
Some are gold bars, and some are objects made of gold.
Shu Ying disbelievedly opened several boxes next to her, and without exception, they were all filled with gold.
It seems that this entire wall of boxes is filled with gold.
The word "surprise" is insufficient to fully describe Shu Ying's complex emotions at this moment.
How much is all that gold worth?!
However, upon closer inspection, she realized that the gold seemed to be quite old. Some of the gold bars had intricate markings on the back, and some looked like gold officially minted and passed down from certain dynasties...
Judging from all aspects, this gold is at least several hundred years old, and this wall of boxes has been here for a long time; it doesn't seem like it was moved here temporarily.
I don't know how Grandpa got these things. Could it be that he discovered this place by chance, and there just happened to be such a wall of gold here?
Shu Ying quickly glanced at the time.
There was no time to think it through; she had to quickly put the things away, otherwise it would be bad if her uncle revealed this place and those people found it.
Shu Ying began to pack away the items one by one, completely absorbed in the task.
On the left side of the cave, there are large items that are difficult to store at home.
There are palace lanterns with golden cranes standing taller than a person, enamel vases half the height of a person, jade Buddha statues over two meters tall, Ge kiln vases with crackle patterns as long as a calf, a complete set of golden nanmu wood tables and chairs, sandalwood imperial concubine couches, and a whole screen of twelve panels inlaid with gemstones depicting the blessings of fortune and longevity...
The items were of all kinds, from large to small, all in sets and groups, each one extremely luxurious, dazzling Shu Ying.
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