Chapter 1654 The Treasure That Cannot Be Taken Away
Xiao Peng added a few branches to the fire and said leisurely, "To be frank, Pristan went a bit too far."
Kasim didn't understand.
Xiao Peng explained, "During that period, the princes didn't have many men under their command. A castle with a few hundred combatants was considered a formidable force. They took advantage of the terrain to ambush the Pseudoepsis royal army, and after annihilating over a thousand of the king's troops, they actually shocked quite a few people. By then, other princes had also discovered that this 'Red Virgin Army' was a very powerful force, and the king's army had been severely damaged, so no one dared to provoke them in the short term. However, this also made Pristan arrogant."
"How did she swell?" Kasim asked curiously.
Xiao Peng replied, "What else can they do? The self-proclaimed queen issued a decree that men were not allowed to practice martial arts or carry weapons, and those who violated it would be put to death; men had to do all the work, and those who violated it would have their hands chopped off; men had to at least ride sideways on horses with their legs hammered on the left side of the horse, and those who violated it would have their hands chopped off; women could choose men at will, and men who dared to refuse would be killed immediately... and so on! Moreover, they often wandered the streets naked with swords and shields, and if men dared to peek, they would dig out their eyes or even kill them! Anyway, she made many similar decrees, which soon aroused the resistance of the men in her territory, and the generals... The Shemes royal family once again sent an army to attack Priestin! It must be said that Priestin was still capable. Amidst internal and external troubles, he once again defeated the Psemes royal family and suppressed the rebellion. However, this was the last gasp of a dying force. In the end, Duke Psemes, enraged, led the army himself, this time completely defeating Priestin! But let's be honest, Priestin's death was even more manly than a man's: with less than a hundred soldiers left, everyone stripped off their armor, shields, and clothes, and rushed towards the enemy naked, swords in hand, and in the end, all of them were killed.
When Kasin heard this, his eyes grew more admiring. Suddenly, he asked, "Boss, what is this thousand-year mystery you're talking about?"
Xiao Peng explained, "You don't know how fierce the 'Red First Women's Army' was back then. Their wealth came primarily from looting. They didn't discriminate between rich and poor; they'd rob any man's home they saw! And they looted countless aristocratic castles! Let me put it this way—they robbed at least eighty nobles, if not a hundred! After Duke Psemmes' victory, the female warriors who died in battle were covered in gold and silver jewelry! And that wasn't even one percent of the wealth they'd robbed! So where did Pristan hide all that wealth?"
"Where did you hide it?" Kasim asked.
Xiao Peng raised his hand to hit Kashin, but seeing that Kashin was still injured, he thought for a moment and lowered his hand. "The Czechs have been asking this question for over a thousand years! It's like us Daxia people searching for Genghis Khan's tomb and can't find it. Everyone suspects it's on Mount Vidofle, because that's her base! But the mountain is simply too vast, and the Czechs have been searching for the wealth of Pristan for millennia. They've found several small treasures, but the quantities never match."
Kasim tilted his head and glanced around. "That's not a lot. It seems like the number doesn't add up!"
Xiao Peng raised his hand again, ready to hit Kaxin, but after a long pause, he held back again. "Do you have a pig's brain? Queen Libusi's crown is here! Do you think it's her treasure? You couldn't find it in a cave on a cliff like this even if you searched for two thousand years! I had ten boxes of jewels when I went in just now, but they've rotted away, so it's just a pile like this."
"Then this isn't really a problem!" Kasim asked in confusion.
Xiao Peng's face was filled with black lines. "Kasin, calling you a pig-brained is a compliment! We're not salvaging treasure from the sea! We're finding treasure on Czech soil! How are we going to take it away? Apart from other things, just this crown of Queen Libusch is enough to drive the Czechs crazy, right? What should we do now? Leave it here? That would be a shame! But take it away? Tell me how to take it away? Isn't that troublesome enough?"
Kaxin looked at the aluminum crown in front of him and said, "Boss, you said this broken aluminum crown is valuable?"
Xiao Peng shook his head. "It's not that valuable, is it? In your eyes, it's just a piece of broken aluminum. The gems on it are probably worth a few cents, but for the Czechs...if they are sure it's the real thing, they might spend whatever it takes to get it back and put it in St. Vitus Cathedral."
St. Vitus Cathedral is a cathedral in Prague and one of the largest and most important churches in the Czech Republic. The cathedral's crypt houses the coffins of many Bohemian kings, including those of the Psemetid dynasty, which built this cathedral.
Kasin whistled: "Boss, you can find treasure wherever you go!"
Xiao Peng shook his head and said, "Let's not talk about this anymore, okay? I have a terrible headache right now. It's not my style to leave these things behind, but I can't figure out how to get them back no matter how hard I try!"
"Why?" Kasim asked in confusion.
Xiao Peng pointed at the still-awake Van der Laupe and then pointed upwards. "Albrecht up there must have contacted the mountain rescue team, but they haven't come yet. Based on my understanding of the people here and the usual behavior of you Europeans, they'll definitely wait until the wind and snow die down, or even until the blizzard stops, before they can come to rescue."
"Hey! Hey! Boss, this is regional discrimination!" Kasim protested.
"Shut up, you're Russian, not a pure European!" Xiao Peng said directly: "Listen to me! Anyway, someone will definitely come to rescue him. Van der Laupe's situation is more serious than I thought. What if Van der Laupe doesn't wake up before the wind and snow stop and the rescue team arrives? This place will definitely be exposed! How can we hide these treasures? The wind and snow outside have subsided a lot now. If the rescue team arrives, we will be in trouble!"
Kashin asked, "Boss, what do you want to do now?"
Xiao Peng said, "Kaxin, what I want is for you to have a good rest first. We will find a way to get Vander Laupe away from here before the rescue team arrives. Then we can find a way to get these treasures out later!"
Kaxin said: "Boss, I'm fine..."
He was suddenly stunned when he said this.
Xiao Peng stretched out his hand and waved it in front of his eyes: "Why are you stunned?"
Kasim pointed behind Xiao Peng. He turned around and saw a rope ladder hanging at the entrance of the cave. There was a sign on the ladder with words written on it: Are you down there?
He thought he was hallucinating, so he rubbed his eyes and took another closer look: Damn, this is not an hallucination!
Is the snow mountain rescue team here so fast?
Damn, this is almost catching up with Daxia’s rescue efficiency!
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