Chapter 239: Painting without a Signature
The next one is a silk shop on Tianjie Street.
The process is the same as going to Baiweiju.
Then he went to the teahouse, the silver shop, and several manors outside the city.
"It's getting late, let's go to Zhou Hongjing's villa in the south of the city."
After returning from outside the city, Chu Qinshu patted the White Tiger King's neck. After receiving the order, the White Tiger King jumped towards the destination in a few leaps.
The Snow Wolf King followed closely behind, carrying the small gourd.
Zhou Hongjing's villa in the south of the city is an ordinary small courtyard with three entrances. After Chu Qinshu entered, she went directly to the warehouse.
Little Gourd and Snow Wolf King were guarding the warehouse door outside.
"Okay, let's go back to the valley."
Chu Qinshu came out of the warehouse of the villa and gave the order to return to the valley.
After all this, the little gourd became more and more confused the more it followed her.
I went to so many places, but all I entered were other people's accounting offices and warehouses.
But they are going back and forth empty-handed. What on earth is the master trying to do?
We agreed to go out and play, does that mean we're just going to visit other people's cashier offices and warehouses?
What kind of hobby is this?
Little Gourd didn't have time to think and returned to the valley in a flash.
After bidding farewell to the White Tiger King and the Snow Wolf King, Chu Qinshu and Xiao Hulu passed through the fog and returned to the ancient house.
"Master, when did you first enjoy visiting other people's warehouses?"
Little Gourd hadn't figured out the question all the way, but now that he was back in space, he finally had time to ask it.
"I don't like visiting other people's warehouses. I'm going to leave now. Go and see what Prince Ning is doing, and then see if the Dali Temple has finished the trial of Zhou Hongjing."
Chu Qinshu patted Xiao Hulu's head, said this and left the space.
Emperor Yongping was still reviewing memorials, and it seemed that he had adjusted his mood.
Chu Chengyi was not in Yu's study, and was probably still in the Dali Temple.
“Oh.”
[Your Majesty, I am awake now. I miss you so much. I am hungry.]
As soon as Chu Qinshu opened her eyes, she acted coquettishly as if nothing had happened, just like she did every afternoon when she woke up.
"Shu'er is finally awake. How come you slept for so long?"
Emperor Yongping lifted Chu Qinshu from his arms, looked at her and asked with a smile.
Having taken care of his granddaughter for a few months, he already knew her habits, so he wasn't nervous if she slept longer.
As long as the granddaughter is in good spirits, she is just busy with her own affairs and there is no need to worry too much.
“Ahh.”
[Well, Shu'er went to play with the white tiger and the snow wolf in the valley.]
Chu Qinshu answered every question and laughed heartily.
Nanny Yao quickly heated up the goat milk and brought it over, and Emperor Yongping naturally fed Chu Qinshu one spoonful at a time.
“Oh.”
[Your Majesty, I am full. I miss my father.]
Chu Qinshu didn't really miss Chu Chengyi, but wanted to know how he would overthrow Prince Ning.
She went out for such a long walk today, and she didn't know if she could help him.
"Lin Fu, send someone to ask when the prince will be back."
When Emperor Yongping heard that his granddaughter missed her father, he immediately asked Lin Fu to send someone to ask her.
In fact, he also wanted to know the progress of the Dali Temple.
In a case involving several million taels of silver, I'm afraid different things will be found out every day.
Of course, he was more worried that Matthew Li would implicate King Ning.
"Father, I am back."
The eunuch who was out running errands had just walked out of Yu's study when he almost bumped into Chu Chengyi.
The young eunuch quickly stepped aside, and Chu Chengyi went straight into the hall.
"Father, please take a look at this painting."
As Chu Chengyi spoke, he opened the long box in his arms, took out a framed painting and handed it to Lin Fu.
Lin Fu hurriedly called Xiao Liangzi to help him, and the two of them worked together to unfold the painting.
Emperor Yongping looked at the painting, somewhat confused.
A painting without a signature, and no one knows who created it?
Judging from the writing skills and layout, it doesn't look like something that everyone would do.
"Zihuan, what do you think of this painting?"
Emperor Yongping looked through the painting from beginning to end, but he did not see anything surprising.
"Father, have you ever heard about the ancestral treasures of the Cheng'en Marquisate?"
Chu Chengyi frowned when he saw that Emperor Yongping really didn't recognize this painting.
Could it be that the legend passed down by Marquis Cheng'en's ancestors is false?
"That's a legend passed down for generations, how can you take it seriously?"
Emperor Yongping said this while motioning to Lin Fu to put away the painting.
Of course he had heard about the ancestors of the Cheng'en Marquisate.
This was passed down from generation to generation by the royal family and the Cheng'en Marquisate, but after so many generations, no one has verified whether it is true or not.
"It's not that I take it seriously, but Matthew Li does."
Chu Chengyi didn't take it seriously, but the people who coveted this treasure were not simple-minded.
It is said that the Chu family relied on conquests to conquer the country, and most of the military supplies consumed in the conquests came from the first generation ancestor of Marquis Cheng'en.
After conquering the world, the Chu family sat on the throne, while the Zhang family, Marquis Cheng'en, produced empresses from generation to generation.
In order for every generation of empress to come from the Zhang family, the ancestors of the Zhang family accumulated this treasure and hid it in a secret place to save the country in times of crisis.
Only a queen with such power can match the royal family.
This also made the royal family wary, fearing that the Zhang family would use the treasure to rebel, so they had no choice but to be friendly to the Zhang family.
After the Zhang family produced five consecutive empresses, they did become greedy.
Later, the royal family wanted to find the treasure, but the Zhang family did not cooperate.
Either the treasure map is lost or the key to the treasure location is lost.
In short, after several generations of effort, the whereabouts of the treasure was never found, and the Zhang family did not rebel.
Later, not every generation of emperors believed that the Zhang family had this treasure.
If an emperor believes this, his empress will be from the Zhang family.
If you don’t believe it, the empress can come from any family.
For hundreds of years, the royal family and the Zhang family have lived in seemingly peace in this strange way.
"Matthew Li? Is he planning a rebellion?"
When Emperor Yongping heard this, he knew that the painting was probably copied from Matthew's warehouse.
But Chu Chengyi didn't know what he said.
"In recent years, he has spent nearly 10 million taels of silver that he obtained from Yuzhou."
Chu Chengyi went to the Dali Temple today and looked at all of Matthew's account books, as well as the new confession that had just been reviewed today.
Over the years, he has spent more than nine million taels in search of this legendary treasure.
"Nearly 10 million taels were spent? Why did they spend so much?"
Emperor Yongping did not see any information in the files regarding the whereabouts of the money.
But nearly 10 million taels was also the income of Sheng'an's entire treasury for several years.
If you raise troops, you can easily raise hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
"It's for the Zhang family's legendary treasure."
Ever since Chu Chengyi learned about Ma Xiuli's affairs in Yuzhou, he has been checking the flow of his money.
He employed dozens of people to search for treasures throughout Changxing Continent, and his annual expenditure was comparable to that of the national treasury.
I don’t know how much treasure the Zhang family is said to have.
"Are you saying that Matthew Li regarded this painting as the Zhang family's treasure map?"
Emperor Yongping did not believe in the treasure, but he did not expect Matthew to believe it.
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