Chapter 419 The Treasure in the Dark Room
The next day, Chen Kexin took people to pack up the house she bought for Song Erjie and moved to the large courtyard house she bought for her own family in Shichahai.
I heard a lot of noise inside, and then I saw that the family had already cleaned up the courtyard.
Chen Kexin came in holding a big watermelon. "Everyone has worked hard. I met a watermelon seller. They look good. Come and have a few to cool down."
Ping An heard the noise and ran out of the house, "Sister, why are you here just now?"
Chen Kexin smiled and said, "My elder sister had something to do and came here after she finished her work."
Wang Qiaolian said distressedly, "We are here, Ke Xin, you can do your thing, how about tomorrow's train?"
"Yes, mother!"
She changed the subject in time, "Dad and Mom, do you like this courtyard house?"
"I like it. It looks spacious and bright. Now that the weather is getting hot, we want to pack up and move in for a few months. If we have something to do in the future, we can move here. It's much more spacious than the courtyard house."
The whole family understands what "something will happen in the future" means?
The old man suppressed his grief and said with a smile, "Qiao Lian, now that things have been put right, everything will be based on facts. There won't be the chaos of making random rumors and slanders like before."
Chen Kexin understood her parents' thoughts and comforted them softly, "Mom, the days ahead will only get better and better."
Wang Qiaolian sensed the emotions of the whole family and deeply regretted her words. She said, "I never dreamed that our family would have such a large, spacious and bright courtyard that looks like a palace."
The whole family nodded.
To be honest, Chen Kexin bought this courtyard house only for the sake of appreciation.
It can be seen that with this courtyard house, the family's mentality has changed.
The house in the compound is public property, but this courtyard house is our own. With this house, the family not only feels at ease, but also has more happiness and satisfaction.
This courtyard house is a good buy!
The whole family gathered together to eat watermelon.
They all praised: "The watermelon is so sweet..."
The old man looked at his eldest granddaughter meaningfully.
Chen Kexin suddenly felt a little guilty.
She remembered that when she looked at the house that day, she just took a quick look, but now she wanted to take a closer look.
After eating a piece of watermelon, I started strolling around.
The courtyard's architecture is made of blue bricks and glazed tiles with horse-head walls. The blue bricks appear slightly weathered, while the glazed tiles appear heavy and noble.
There are not only rockery in the yard, but also a lotus pond.
However, the few lotus leaves and flowers in the lotus pond were leaning to one side and that looked very unsightly.
She strolled in the corridor of the courtyard, feeling the long history and traditional cultural atmosphere, and her heart was moved.
It’s too troublesome to look at it this way, so I’d better use my mental power.
She closed her eyes slightly and released her mental energy.
Soon, the three-dimensional image of the courtyard house appeared clearly in my mind.
The rockery and lotus pond that I just saw were all in sight, and the corridor I was in also became a beautiful scenery in my mind.
Suddenly, she saw something she hadn't seen just now.
There was actually a dark room under the rockery, and you could go down the stairs.
There is an area of about 20 square meters inside, with shelves arranged in it, and the shelves are filled with boxes of different sizes.
The box contains not only gold bars, gold ingots, gold coins, jade, ornaments, but also many antiques, calligraphy and paintings.
What are those white odd-shaped stones in a box?
Not stone!
It seems to be ambergris. I heard that ambergris is generally waxy yellow in color, sometimes slightly reddish or gray. The most precious one is said to be white.
Here's a whole box of white ambergris.
It is said that ambergris is more valuable than gold!
Chen Kexin's greed for money exploded, and she really wanted to take it for herself.
Wait a minute!
Who left these treasures?
There are only two possibilities, either building this courtyard house or not.
Or it could be something from the second or third owner.
I once heard Secretary Xu boast that this courtyard house has a history of a hundred years, but it was only renovated a few years ago.
Another possibility is that it belonged to the previous owner.
Looking closely at the entrance to the tunnel, the wood on both sides appears smooth due to frequent foot traffic.
There is also a detailed catalog of treasures on the entrance shelf.
The writing on it is modern text.
In other words, these things should be the ill-gotten gains collected by the previous residents over the years?
She suddenly felt cold in her heart. She knew these things must not be kept.
I don’t know if the previous owner is dead or not? If the other party confesses, it will cause endless trouble to our family.
Thinking of this, she pulled her grandfather into the house and whispered the matter and her thoughts to him.
"Is there such a thing?"
Chen Kexin nodded and said, "Grandpa, I think we should report this matter. It is better to return these ill-gotten gains to their original owners. If we can't find the original owners, we can leave them to the country."
"Ke Xin, I agree with you. But I'd better see it with my own eyes. What if that...mental power in your head is wrong?"
Grandpa didn’t know, but Chen Kexin knew that her mental power was correct.
"Okay, Grandpa, follow me!"
She led the old man behind the rockery and pressed gently under a large stone. Suddenly, the large stone in front of them slowly moved away, and a narrow stone staircase leading downwards appeared in front of them.
Even after hearing what his eldest granddaughter said, the old man was still surprised.
Chen Kexin took out a flashlight from the space and said calmly: "Grandpa, follow me down..."
The old man grabbed her and said, "Kexin, is there any danger down there?"
Chen Kexin felt relieved and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Grandpa. I checked it with my mental power. It's not dangerous."
Seeing his granddaughter walking down the stairs, the old man followed without hesitation.
The two of them walked down quickly, and the old man saw the neatly arranged boxes inside, which were exactly the same as what his eldest granddaughter had just described. He immediately understood that his eldest granddaughter's mental power was amazing.
The matter of the eldest granddaughter must not be known to anyone, and the play must be played out in full. He said seriously: "Open a box and take a look!"
"good!"
Chen Kexin took out a hammer from the space and hit the lock on the box.
Soon the lock broke, the lid of the box opened, and it was filled with gold bars.
The old man picked up the list on the shelf, flipped through it and cursed, "These scum!"
Then he said, "Ke Xin, don't worry about it. It was just that when we were cleaning the courtyard, the child was naughty and accidentally opened the dark room."
"Okay, Grandpa has communicated with Ping An!"
"rest assured!"
Chen Kexin left with peace of mind.
Little did they know that my grandfather had made another contribution. This time, the leaders of the courtyard house that was sold sent professionals to inspect it. They also found two secret rooms in another courtyard house and confiscated a lot of property.
Of course, the previous owner who was arrested had the additional crime of illegally accumulating wealth.
After the origins of these riches were gradually identified, part of them were returned to their original owners, while most of them, whose owners could not be found, had to be nationalized.
After many of the persecuted people were restored to their original positions, they felt comforted when they saw the valuables returned.
Of course, this is all later.
But this matter caused everyone to discuss, "Old man Chen, you are too honest. You just handed over so many treasures?
"I heard there are still detailed records. Why doesn't he destroy them and leave a few for his children and grandchildren?"
"I heard that the owner of that courtyard house committed suicide out of fear of punishment, so those things are now ownerless."
"Didn't they say that the descendants of the Chen family have been farming for many years? The Chen family has no assets, who knows what will happen if we leave it here? Isn't this just being silly?"
"Mr. Chen, you are a man of high moral character! All the descendants of the Chen family are great..."
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