Chapter 718: Entering the Palace to Hunt for Treasures
Passing through the gate of the imperial palace, what comes into view is a fairly spacious square in front of the palace, and at the end of the square is the main hall used for court sessions.
Of course, although it is called a hall, in Zhou Xu's eyes, it is actually a spacious house with an internal space of about 300 square meters.
Compared with the huge and magnificent palaces they like to imagine, it is still quite lacking. In fact, overall, this palace looks like a large mansion with a large area, but Zhou Xu didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
Many people like to talk nonsense without thinking. When evaluating anything, we have to consider the historical context and living conditions at that time.
Take Yan Sheng for example, let’s not talk about anything else but money!
He has been at war with neighboring countries for many years, and the domestic economic situation is tense. It is estimated that it was a waste of money and effort to build such a palace.
After all, who in this era, except the emperor, could afford to live in such a house? Walking into the hall, Zhou Xu casually scanned the area with his "Peeping Eyes", but found nothing.
Come to think of it, even if Yan Sheng had a treasure, it would be impossible for him to hide it in a place like this.
Passing through the main hall, there is a back garden covering an area of four to five hundred square meters, with many houses located around it.
Compared with the 300-square-meter hall in front, the houses in the back look much more plain. The largest of them is Yan Sheng’s bedroom, which is estimated to be more than 150 square meters. The rest, apart from the residences of the palace maids, are Yan Sheng’s concubines.
"Speaking of which, what should we do with the other party's harem? And the children?"
Xie Liancheng, who remembered this incident, hurriedly asked.
This problem had already arisen when they occupied Xianyang City and took over the imperial palace.
Now, everyone in the palace is under custody.
Although Zhou Xu had no shortage of food, it was impossible for him to keep feeding this group of people.
At the same time, these people are not criminals in essence, and keeping them in custody is not a solution.
"How many children does he have?"
“There are currently eleven confirmed.”
"She's quite fertile."
Yan Sheng is really active in sowing seeds.
"How old is the oldest one?"
"Seven years old. The youngest is still in swaddling clothes."
Obviously, Xie Liancheng had already confirmed it before.
"Seven years old. I can remember things."
Hearing this, Xie Liancheng was shocked.
Although he was aware that leaving these offspring of Yan Sheng behind might cause trouble in the future, he was a father after all, and it was easy for him to be soft-hearted when facing his children.
During this time, Zhou Xu glanced at him sideways, his face full of speechlessness.
"What are you thinking about?"
“…”
Seeing Jie Liancheng looking a little embarrassed and not knowing what to say, Zhou Xu spoke again...
"Yan Sheng is a typical tyrant here. He has caused resentment among the people under his command. Now he has no good reputation at all."
"These children of his, bearing the name of Yan Sheng, are not beaten to death by the people outside. Even if they are lucky, what threat can they bring to me?"
"Besides, even their father, with thousands of troops under his command, is no match for me. What use can his little brats who haven't even grown all their hair be?"
What Zhou Xu said made so much sense that Jie Liancheng was speechless, and at the same time he was completely relieved.
"So what to do with them?"
"Let's go take a look first. After all, they are Yan Sheng's wife and children. They might have some treasures hidden on them."
This group of people can basically be classified as the elderly, the weak, women and children. They were not thrown into jail, but were detained in a concubine's bedroom.
As for the maids, they were imprisoned in their own compound, as there were too many of them to be held anywhere else.
To put it simply, the concubine's bedroom is a small courtyard. After entering the courtyard, there is a house of about 100 square meters.
Zhou Xu's arrival caused a commotion within the organization.
Although these concubines and children did not know Zhou Xu's identity, it was not difficult to tell from his clothes and appearance that he was no ordinary person, which made many concubines nervous. Some concubines with children even subconsciously held their children in their arms, fearing that something might go wrong.
Judging from the appearance, there are about forty or fifty concubines here. Including the children, this room, which is not actually small, is packed full.
Zhou Xu was not interested in explaining anything to them. After entering the house, he directly activated the "Eye of Secrets".
After a thorough look, I found that they were all ordinary two-star level people, and none of them were worth a second look.
As for threats, that's out of the question.
After finishing the sweep, Zhou Xu turned and left, and at the same time made follow-up arrangements to Jie Liancheng who was standing beside him.
"All these concubines and children will be dismissed and sent back to their respective homes. The same goes for the maids."
All the staff in this palace were left behind by Yan Sheng. To be on the safe side, he would definitely replace them all.
After briefly dealing with this problem, Zhou Xu went straight to Yan Sheng's bedroom.
In this imperial palace, apart from the concubines' bedrooms and the maids' resting courtyard, there is only Yan Sheng's bedroom.
Judging from this information, if Yan Sheng wanted to hide a treasure, he would most likely hide it in his own bedroom.
The bedroom is divided into three areas. In addition to the dining area, there is a study and a bedroom.
Once the "Eyes of Peering into Secrets" were opened, almost all the secrets in the bedroom were exposed to him.
When his eyes swept across the huge bookshelf in the study, he saw a faint outline behind the bookshelf, reminding him that there was something hidden behind the bookshelf.
Zhou Xu didn't say anything and directly asked someone to move the bookshelf away, but found that the bookshelf was fixed and could not be moved under normal circumstances.
Zhou Xu simply opened the "Eye of Secrets" and did a brief study.
He soon discovered that there was a secret door in the center of the bookshelf, which was fastened there tightly, and the gap was blocked by the books on the bookshelf. Under normal circumstances, it would not be discovered, but it could not escape the lock of his "Eyes of Secrets".
After unbuttoning the button, the center part of the bookshelf opened like an ordinary door, and a passage appeared before his eyes.
Looking at the passage leading to the underground, Zhou Xu and Jie Liancheng exchanged glances, and a smile appeared in each other's eyes.
Unlike the underground secret room in Black Rock City, the secret room here is paved with stone steps, which makes it much more convenient.
The personal guards led by Silk quickly lit torches and led the way. After passing through a not very long passage, the group soon arrived at the secret room.
The furnishings of this secret room are basically the same as those in the secret room in Black Stone City. Zhou Xu immediately had an idea when he swept his eyes across the large stone platform in the middle.
[It seems that this is also Yan Sheng's teleportation point, but Xianyang City is too far away, beyond the range of the teleportation scroll, so there was no way to teleport back directly. ]
Maintaining the "Eye of Prying Eyes", Zhou Xu's sight finally focused on the iron box placed in the corner.
With the help of the 'Eyes of Secrets', he could see the light surging inside the iron box even through it.
"Sure enough, there are some good things hidden there!"
Zhou Xu took the lead and walked to the iron box, looking at the iron lock on it. To be honest, this thing only served as a psychological comfort.
Without even Zhou Xu saying anything, Xie Liancheng simply smashed the iron lock with the end of the knife handle and opened the iron box.
At that moment, under the gaze of Zhou Xu's "Peering Eyes", the iron box was simply filled with precious light! (End of this chapter)
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