Chapter 53 Found the treasure?
General Huo did not sleep all night after he returned. The next day, he went to look for Chen Xun.
“Miss Shen, Huo is willing to follow you.”
"It's just that," General Huo's eyes were bright, "Please tell Miss Shen that what Mr. Susong said last night was somewhat true."
Shen Xun asked him to stand up, "General Huo, please stand up. I know that General Huo is wholeheartedly for the people, so I made the bad plan yesterday and let the general hear those words."
"But don't worry, General. What I said last night was true. If you don't believe it, you can ask Lord Su."
General Huo looked at Su Song, who nodded helplessly, "Everything I said is true. The Emperor... is indeed wary of you."
"General Huo, Su has something to say. It's up to you whether you want to listen or not..."
"Our emperor's heart is smaller than a needle tip. Others are fine, but they have been in the officialdom for a long time and have developed a clever mouth that can tell lies to different people. But you are different."
"The Emperor has always been dissatisfied with your outspokenness. When you attacked the city that day, you tore the Emperor's face to the ground and stomped on it. The Emperor will not tolerate you."
What Su Song said was all from the heart. He sincerely wanted to save General Huo from the emperor's clutches.
After all, we have worked together and have a friendship.
Jintang City did not have any confidants of the emperor, this part was made up by him, but there was one thing...
Su Song recalled what the emperor had said to him when they were alone together: "My dear, I have a mission for you. After we capture the capital, you will publicly request permission to escort Qi Yunzhou and others to Youzhou."
"When we get to Youzhou, hide this in Huo Zhen's house. I'll have someone find it after a while."
What the emperor gave to Susong was a package of letters accusing the enemy of treason.
Su Song wanted to plead for General Huo, but the emperor had made up his mind and was unwilling to listen to his plea.
General Huo was silent for a long time and then thanked Su Song.
"Miss Shen, Huo and the 5,000 Huo family soldiers are willing to serve you!"
Susong did not take out the letters, but planned to find a time to burn them.
The Huo family army obeyed General Huo's orders and had long been dissatisfied that their general had made great military achievements but was assigned to such a barren place where no one could live and no one could do anything.
So when Shen Xun subdued them, it didn't take too much effort.
The reason they were so obedient was thanks to Shen Xun's space.
Shen Xun occupied the granaries and warehouses built by the Huo family army. Overnight, the granaries were filled with all kinds of food, and the warehouses were filled with gold, silver, jewelry and various rare items.
Just kidding, they can still tell the difference between not having enough to eat every day and being suspected by the dog emperor and having a good life and only having to follow orders for infrastructure construction.
Shen Xun divided everyone into three groups: one group to open up wasteland and farm, one group to build houses, and the last group to take money to various places to purchase supplies.
General Huo was puzzled. "Miss, the food in the granary is enough to last us until the harvest. Why do we need to buy more food?"
He glanced at the purchase plan formulated by Shen Xun. My God, this is to buy up all the grain in Daxia!
How long will it take them to eat so much food?
Chen Xun smiled and answered the question irrelevantly: "General Huo, don't you think Youzhou is too empty? It's more lively with more people. Let's recruit some people."
General Huo: “?”
Shen Xun didn't explain much, just let him do it.
Everyone in Youzhou had to participate in the labor. Chen Xun set an example by taking the lead in the work every day.
The girls in the exile team were no exception. Since they could not do heavy work, they did light tasks such as cooking and delivering water.
After a few days, Shen Xun discovered an interesting phenomenon--
The men would occasionally be lazy, but when the girls were around, they would work with all their might and not dare to rest for a moment.
There are even a few couples who are attracted to each other. During the ambiguous period, they occasionally look at each other, which is so sweet that the people next door feel jealous.
In response, General Huo said, "This army is full of unmarried young men. If anyone wins the heart of a girl, please help me mediate."
Shen Xun naturally agreed.
She said to Xie Lan with emotion: "Spring is coming soon."
Xie Lan was puzzled: "Axun, you must be wrong, shouldn't it be winter?"
Shen Xun suppressed his laughter and leaned over to whisper something in his ear. Xie Lan's earlobe turned red.
Not knowing what he was thinking of, he dodged his eyes and didn't dare to look at Shen Xun.
Chen Xun found it interesting and grabbed Xie Lan's ear and said, "Alan, what are you thinking about? Tell me quickly."
Xie Lan coughed twice, "No, nothing... By the way, there is something I want to tell you."
He pulled Shen Xun to sit down and let her lean on his shoulder. What he was going to say next was about Jiang Xinming.
Since arriving in Youzhou, Jiang Xinming has either found various excuses to wander in the mountains and forests, or tried to get close to Su Song by pretending to care about Su Yang.
Unfortunately, Susong didn't pay much attention to him.
Recently, there was a need for labor. Jiang Xinming spent one hundred taels of silver every day to buy the privilege of "exemption from labor" on the grounds that he was too weak to do heavy work.
"It seems Jiang Xinming has found the place he's looking for."
Shen Xun suddenly became interested. She sat up straight and asked, "Where is it? Is there really a treasure?"
Xie Lan calmly pulled her into his arms, and Shen Xun automatically found a comfortable position, waiting for his answer.
"There's a cave on the cliff over there, at the foot of the cliff."
"But I don't know if there's any treasure. Jiang Xinming accidentally fell down and discovered the cave. The people who were secretly watching him said he looked very happy. So this must be the place."
Shen Xun seemed to be lost in thought.
She said that when she saw Jiang Xinming yesterday, he was limping.
"He didn't go in to take a look?"
Xie Lan nodded and then shook his head. "Yes and no, it was too dark in the cave. Jiang Xinming came out less than half an hour after he went in."
Shen Xun thought seriously for a moment, "Then let's go for a stroll. If there is a treasure, just take it?"
Xie Lan looked at her and smiled, "What a coincidence, I thought so too."
Both of them were action-oriented. They said they were going to look for treasure and left without even eating. They just said goodbye to Qi Yunzhou and left.
They were moving very fast and reached the edge of the cliff before it got dark. Shen Xun took out a rope and tied it to a big tree on the cliff. Then he and Xie Lan went down the cliff one after the other along the rope.
There was a raised area on the cliff, and when he reached it, Shen Xun saw a cave.
The cave was covered by vines, and there were signs that someone had entered. She took out a flashlight from the space, turned it on, took Xie Lan's hand, and the two of them entered the cave together.
Xie Lan asked curiously, "Axun, what is this?"
"A flashlight," Shen Xun shook it, "similar to a lantern."
Seeing that he was curious, Shen Xun gave him the flashlight and asked him to hold it.
The light from the flashlight was bright enough to make the entire cave as bright as day. They looked around and found that it was just an ordinary cave.
Seeing that there was nothing to see, Shen Xun and Xie Lan walked hand in hand into the depths of the cave. The path there was so deep that even with a flashlight, they couldn't see the end.
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