Chapter 718 Entering the Palace for Treasure Hunt
Passing through the palace gate, you will see a fairly spacious square in front of the palace. At the end of the square is the main hall for going to court.
Of course, it is said to be a main hall, but in Zhou Xu's eyes, it is actually a large and 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 a lot less interesting. Generally speaking, this palace is like some large houses covering a large area, but Zhou Xu didn't feel anything was wrong.
Many people like to talk nonsense without thinking. When evaluating anything, you must take into account the background and living conditions of the time.
Take Yan Sheng as an example, don’t talk about anything else, just money!
Having been at war with neighboring countries all year round, the domestic economic situation is not even tight for him. Building such a palace is probably a waste of time and money.
After all, in this era, except the emperor, who can afford to live in such a house?
Walking into the main hall, Zhou Xu casually scanned around with the 'Eye of Peeping Secrets' and found nothing.
Think about it, Yan Sheng couldn’t hide his treasure in a place like this.
Passing through the main hall is a back garden covering an area of 400 to 500 square meters, with many houses located nearby.
Compared with the 300 square meters of the main hall in front, the houses in the back look much more plain and simple. The largest of them is Yan Sheng’s palace, which is estimated to be more than 150 square meters. , the rest, except for the residence of the palace maids, are Yan Sheng's harem concubines.
"Speaking of which, what should we do with the other party's harem? And those children?"
Jie Liancheng, thinking of this matter, asked quickly.
This problem had already arisen when they occupied Xianyang City and also captured the palace.
Now everyone in the palace is under their centralized custody.
Although Zhou Xu is not short of food, it is impossible to keep raising these people like this.
At the same time, these people are not prisoners in essence, and keeping them in prison is not an option.
“How many children does he have?”
“Eleven are currently confirmed.”
"It's quite fertile."
Yan Sheng is indeed sowing the seeds actively.
"How old is the eldest one?"
"Seven years old, and the youngest one is still in infancy."
Obviously, Xie Liancheng had already checked it before .
"Seven years old. I remember things."
Hearing this, Xie Liancheng was shocked.
Although he also knew that leaving behind these Yan Sheng's heirs might be a disaster in the future, he was a father after all, and he was always easy to be soft-hearted when it came to his children.
During this period, Zhou Xu glanced at him sideways, with a speechless expression on his face.
“What are you thinking about?”
"..."
Looking at Liancheng who was slightly embarrassed and didn't know what to say, Zhou Xu spoke up again...
"That guy Yan Sheng is here. A typical tyrant who made the people under his command complain, and now he has no good reputation at all."
"His children, wearing the name of Yan Sheng, will not be beaten to death by the people outside. If you are so lucky, what threat can it bring to me? "
"And even their father, who has thousands of troops in his hands, is no match for me. Those of them haven't even grown hair yet. What good can a little brat do?”
What Zhou Xu said was so reasonable that Jie Liancheng was speechless and at the same time completely relieved.
"Then what to do with them?"
"Let's take a look first. After all, they are Yan Sheng's wife and children, and there may be some treasure hidden in them." This group of people can basically be classified as The ranks of old, weak, women and children were not imprisoned, but concentrated in a concubine's palace.
As for the maids, they are imprisoned in their own compound. There are so many that they cannot be imprisoned elsewhere.
To put it bluntly, the concubine's palace is a small courtyard. After entering the courtyard gate, there is a room of almost 100 square meters.
The arrival of Zhou Xu caused an internal commotion.
Although none of the concubines and heirs knew Zhou Xu's identity, it was not difficult to tell from his clothes that he was not simple, which made many concubines nervous. Some concubines with children even subconsciously He held his child in his arms, fearing that something would go wrong.
From a visual inspection, there are about forty or fifty concubines here. Counting the children, this is actually not a small house, and it is packed to the brim.
Zhou Xu was not interested in explaining anything to them. After entering the room, he directly activated the 'Eye of Peeping Secrets'.
After looking around, they were all ordinary people at the two-star level, and none of them were worthy of a second look.
As for threats, let alone talk about them.
After sweeping around, Zhou Xu turned around and left. At the same time, he made follow-up arrangements to Jie Liancheng who was standing aside.
"These concubines and children will all be sent away and let them go back to their respective homes. The same goes for those maids."
All the people in the palace were left by Yan Sheng. To be cautious, he would definitely replace them all.
After briefly handling the problem, Zhou Xu went straight to Yan Sheng's bedroom.
In this palace, apart from the concubines' bedrooms and the courtyard where the maids rested, there was only Yan Sheng's bedroom.
Judging from this information, if Yan Sheng wanted to hide the treasure, he would most likely hide it in his own palace.
The palace is divided into three areas. In addition to the dining area, it is the study room and the sleeping bedroom.
Once the 'Eye of Peeping Secrets' was opened, the secrets in the palace were almost invisible to him.
When he glanced at the huge bookshelf in the study, he saw a vague outline behind the bookshelf, reminding him that there was something hidden behind the bookshelf.
Zhou Xu didn't say anything and asked someone to move the bookshelf, only to find that the bookshelf was fixed and could not be moved under normal circumstances.
Zhou Xu directly turned on the ‘Eye of Peeping Secrets’ and did a brief study.
I soon discovered that there was a secret door in the center of the bookshelf. It was tightly locked there, and the gap was blocked by the books on the bookshelf. Under normal circumstances, I really couldn't find it, but I escaped. But the lock of his 'Eye of Peeping Secrets'.
After undoing the button, the central part of the bookshelf opened like an ordinary door, and then a passage appeared in front of him.
Looking at the passage leading to the underground, Zhou Xu exchanged glances with Xie Liancheng, and there was a hint of smile in each other's eyes.
Unlike the underground secret room in Black Rock City, the secret room here is paved with stone steps, which is a lot more convenient.
The soldiers headed by Silk quickly lit torches and led the way through the not-so-long passage. The group soon arrived at the secret room.
The decoration of this secret room is basically the same as that of the secret room in Black Rock City. His eyes swept across the large stone platform in the middle, and Zhou Xu suddenly knew what was going on.
[It seems that this is also Yan Sheng's teleportation point, but Xianyang City is too far away and beyond the range of the teleportation scroll. There was no way to teleport back directly at that time. 】
Maintaining the 'Eye of Peeping Secrets', Zhou Xu's eyes finally focused on the iron box placed in the corner.
With the blessing of the 'Eye of Peeping Secrets', he could already see the light surging inside through the iron box.
“Sure enough, I have hidden something good!”
Zhou Xu took the lead and walked to the iron box and looked at the iron lock on it. To be honest, this thing only provides psychological comfort. effect.
Without even needing Zhou Xu to say anything, Xie Liancheng 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 ‘Eye of Peeping Secrets’, the iron box was filled with precious light!
(End of this chapter)