Inside the stone gate is a passageway similar to the outside, except that there is a stone wall directly in front of you, and on the left and right sides of the stone wall, there is a doorway about the height of a person.
Those arrows must have been shot from the stone wall directly opposite.
Once inside the stone gate, head to the right and pass through the doorway on the right. Here you will find a stone chamber containing ten large red lacquered chests, none of which are locked.
Holding a stick, she used it to pry open the box a crack. After waiting a moment, she used her strength to open the heavy lid. The dazzling golden light almost blinded her. The box was filled with gold bars.
Her breathing stopped.
A box, about one meter long, half a meter wide, and nearly one meter high, was filled to the brim with gold.
Jiang Bai had worked in the underworld for thousands of years, but he was always a poor ghost. He had never seen so much gold, not even in his life, let alone after death.
Her breathing quickened, as if this overwhelming wealth had finally come to her.
She struggled to look away at the other box, her hand gripping the stick trembling.
"Jiang Bai, stay calm. You've seen the world. It's just a little gold. It's nothing special."
"Okay, stay calm, don't shake."
With an excited heart and trembling hands, Jiang Bai used the stick in his hand to open the second box.
Gold, more gold.
Jiang Bai's eyes sparkled with happiness.
If she hadn't seen so much gold, she wouldn't have known that her favorite color was actually golden yellow.
The boxes were opened one by one, but no more gold was found.
But those boxes of jewelry and two large boxes of silver ingots made Jiang Bai so happy he almost fainted.
She said that since the place was hidden so well, there must be something good there.
There were ten boxes in total: two boxes of gold, two boxes of silver, and six boxes of old-fashioned jewelry, gems and pearls of all colors, which dazzled her.
"Is this God's way of helping us?" Jiang Bai patted her chest. The remnants of the silver lock in her arms told her that it wasn't God's way of helping her, but rather her mother, Song Shi's, way of helping her.
Jiang Bai didn't reach into the box to take anything; instead, he used a stick to turn the contents over.
The fact that neither the gold nor the silver ingots had any markings indicates that they were not official silver.
Because the jewelry was far away, it was difficult to see clearly whether it had any markings, but judging from the amount of gold and silver, it should not have.
After examining it, she stepped back slightly, all the way to the back of the doorway, and came to the stone wall. Then she walked towards the doorway on the left.
The temperature here was noticeably colder than on the other side; she felt a chill as soon as she entered.
You have to understand, it's the end of June in the lunar calendar, already summer, and the outside temperature is well over 30 degrees Celsius, but this doorway makes her feel cold. She wonders what's inside.
Inside was a huge stone chamber. The torch she was holding couldn't even illuminate the entire chamber. As she walked forward with the torch, she saw a row of shelves in front of her, filled with boxes. If she counted carefully, there were over a hundred of them.
At the end of the stone chamber, there was another stone chamber, which, like the one outside, was filled with shelves that stretched all the way to the ceiling, also filled with boxes.
Further in, there was a stone chamber; further in, another stone chamber; and further in, yet another stone chamber.
Jiang Bai was completely numb. She had lost count of how many stone chambers she had passed through, and yet she still hadn't reached the end.
She retreated into the first stone chamber, used a stick to pry open the lid, and saw something wrapped in oiled paper inside the box. She used some force to puncture the oiled paper, revealing a section of silver-white blade.
Jiang Bai's gaze froze for a moment, then he opened a few more boxes, the contents of which were the same shape as the first box.
Then we came to the second stone chamber. Judging from the length of the box, it was likely that it contained a spear.
Upon opening the box, sure enough, it contained a whole box of long spears wrapped in oil paper.
Bow, arrow, crossbow...
Most of them were broadswords and spears.
These stone chambers were essentially a giant armory. Jiang Bai walked through over a hundred chambers before finally reaching the end. He roughly estimated, based on the number of boxes inside, that there were at least 100,000 weapons.
One hundred thousand pieces would be enough to arm an army.
Good heavens, just who is her mother?
Jiang Bai was shocked and remained in a daze for a long time after leaving the stone gate.
If the gold and silver on the right opened her eyes, then the countless weapons on the left were beyond her comprehension. The only strange thing was that there were so many weapons, but not a single piece of armor. Could it be that her mother was from a family that made weapons?
Suppressing his curiosity, Jiang Bai slung his basket over his shoulder and followed the passageway back to Pingshan.
At this time, it was the time when the animals on the mountain came out to roam. Jiang Bai found some vines and twisted them into ropes. Then he caught three wild rabbits and four pheasants, tied them up with ropes, returned to the stone gate, threw the tied rabbits on the first box of gold, and then waited quietly.
Half an hour, then an hour passed, and the rabbit was still lively and unharmed.
Jiang Bai was still not at ease, worried that the rabbit was too resilient, so he caught a pheasant and put it in the box containing the silver. Another hour passed, and the pheasant was still lively and energetic.
Several other boxes were also filled with small animals, and the little guys were perfectly fine.
"It looks like it's not poisonous."
Having watched certain TV dramas about the underworld, Jiang Bai was extremely cautious about this kind of treasure trove, fearing that everything in front of her had been poisoned. As it turned out, she was just overthinking it.
To avoid any accidents, Jiang Bai wrapped her hands in cloth and took out the gold pieces one by one from the box, putting them into her basket. Then, she used the little rabbit as a rag, pulling its ears and kissing each piece of gold until all the gold had been taken out and examined. The little rabbit was still lively and hopping around, and only then did she feel completely relieved.
"With this gold and silver, we will no longer have to worry about food shortages."
Jiang Bai muttered to herself, "I can start making arrangements for my previous plans now."
Thinking of this, she put the gold back in its place, closed the box, turned around and went out of the stone door. She turned the key to the left, and the stone door that was originally open slowly closed again.
Jiang Bai pulled out the key, threaded it with a rope, and hung it around his neck before leaving.
With so much wealth suddenly appearing in her home, one can imagine how overjoyed she was. If she weren't afraid of startling people, she would have loved to sing a song and shout that God had been kind to her all the way.
Fortunately, she remained rational and didn't actually do it, otherwise she would have definitely scared the whole village awake.
Of course, energy has always been conserved. If God bestows a fortune upon you, He will also bestow a disaster upon you. For example, at this moment, the sound of weapons clashing came from the Jiang family in the darkness, along with a strong smell of blood.
Something happened at home.
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