Chapter 169 It involves a lot
Salt is a necessity. Without other spices, the rice will not taste good at most, but it is not possible to eat without salt.
No matter which country controls salt, selling illegal salt is a serious crime of decapitation.
Yang Yiyi has already said that the official announcement mentioned that the Taoist priests in this Taoist temple superficially practice Taoism, but in fact use the Taoist temple to store and transport illegal salt.
But Yang Yiyi also said that this Taoist temple is not a place where no one has visited for a long time. It used to be very efficacious, and pilgrims often came to the temple.
It's really good as a cover in this situation, but it's difficult to transport illegal salt, and it's easy to get hit.
So, if you still want to continue the private salt business, you must find other ways.
For example, digging a tunnel.
There are secret doors on the walls near the four pillars of the Taoist temple, and these secret doors happen to be in darkness. Unless you take a light and look closely, you can't see where they are.
Yang Yiyi followed Li Chengqi's instructions and opened the secret door. Everyone even discovered a huge basement under the secret door. The private salt sacks that were almost as tall as a man were already caked in and were still placed inside. Maybe even the Taoist priests who were captured back then were Neither the officers nor the soldiers found this place.
Zheng Yinping heard a rustling sound before, which was actually the sound of Qin Yan walking through a large number of private salt sacks and trying to go around to the secret door on the other side to pretend to be a ghost and lay out the wire.
Although there are indeed monsters and ghosts in this martial arts script, at least not this time. After exposing it, it is like walking into science.
After understanding this, Yang Yiyi and the others, especially Zhong Zheng Yinping, felt relieved.
But the group of people from Xingyuan Escort Bureau were not at ease yet.
It's not uncommon for escorts to encounter robbers. No matter how prestigious or well-connected an escort agency is, it will always encounter some unscrupulous types.
However, the person who robbed the dart not only knew him personally, but also mentioned that there were people besides them who were targeting the dart, which made the escort bureau and his party frown.
The secret dart is like this. It's hard to tell whether the things he's transporting are just antiques, calligraphy and paintings, or something that involves a wide range of things.
It can be seen that the escort leader Wang is also very conflicted. He does not want to cause trouble in the profession of escort master, but if he loses his escort, he will not be able to eat this bowl of rice in the future, and he will have to pay the employer a large amount of money.
Feeling that he was indeed involved in trouble, Li Chengqi warned Yang Yiyi in a low voice not to go over and join in the fun. Let them worry if they worry.
Yang Yiyi's current ability is better than that of a miscellaneous fish, but it is definitely not at the master stage.
Not to mention others, even the worried escort leader Wang Zhen and Yang Yiyi couldn't beat him. Even he was so worried. Yang Yiyi insisted on wading into troubled waters regardless of her. Isn't this just looking for trouble for herself?
Compared with this, Li Chengqi was more concerned about why Qin Yan grabbed the Sky Stone when he saw it.
At first glance, this Qingtian Stone is just a piece of relatively translucent jade, which is quite valuable, but for people who don't know its true value, it's nothing more than that.
Qin Yan came to rob it because he saw that this thing was valuable and wanted to make some extra money while working, right?
This is contrary to what people in the Sixteenth Village said that the goods transported by Captain Wang are very important. It is not right to make money first for such an important matter.
Besides, how could the Qingtian Stone be placed in the Sanqing Statue?
Of course it couldn't have been dropped in. Someone should have put it in there intentionally.
This move is very concerning.
As mentioned just now, the Skystone is only valuable to people who don't know its details. If you put it into the statue so carefully, you can only break the statue when you want to take it out.
Pilgrims often came to the Taoist temple in the past, which meant that it was impossible for the Qingtian Stone to be taken out frequently, and the person who put it in must also be a member of the Taoist temple.
If you just treat it as a high-value item to be exchanged for money later, you will never put it in such a troublesome place.
In other words, it is very likely that someone knows its true value, but they are not like Li Chengqi who can use the Optimus Stone to chop off the hair and cleanse the marrow of others, so they stored it in a safe place first.
Qin Yan came to grab the Sky Stone when she saw it, which means that she also knew what it was used for, and before the statue was broken, she didn't know that there was a Sky Stone inside, otherwise she would not have taken Yang Yiyi pointed in the direction of the statue. It was obviously more reasonable to wait until everyone else had left and then take it secretly.
It is a pity that the Taoist temple has been abandoned for seventy or eighty years. Even if there were people who escaped the pursuit of the officers and soldiers back then, they are probably buried long ago with no place to ask questions.
However, if you say this, the goods transported by Wang Biaotou and his companions become even more suspicious.
Combining the above inferences, Li Chengqi suddenly had a bold idea.
Could it be that it also contains the Optimus Stone? –‐‐——–‐‐——
Early the next morning, the sky had just turned white, but the heavy rain that had lasted all night had disappeared, so it should be good weather.
Due to the strong rain and wind last night, even though they knew that people from the Sixteenth Village might come again, the group of Xingyuan Escort Bureau did not dare to carry the box and rush. It was even more dangerous to be stared at in the middle of the heavy rain, so they had to stay vigilant in the Taoist temple. One night.
At this time, the sun was slowly rising, and it was time to set off. The group of people put the boxes on the carriage, not wanting to stay for a moment.
"Thank you to the three girls for coming forward last night, otherwise I and this escort would have to keep only one of them."
If the people from the escort agency want to leave, of course they won't just leave. In line with the idea of having multiple friends and multiple paths, greetings are still required.
"No need to thank you. You can't ignore it if you encounter it."
"Haha, Miss Yang, you do have a chivalrous heart."
Seeing that his bodyguards were ready, Bodyguard Wang raised his fist and said:
"If there is another trial today, I will thank the three girls well and say goodbye when we meet again tomorrow."
"Take care of yourself."
The three of them also cupped their hands and watched as the escort led the carriage out of the Taoist temple and walked further and further away.
"Brother Li, can't we really go and have a look?"
Seeing the carriage disappear behind the outer wall, Yang Yiyi couldn't help but say.
"I think they will probably run into people from the Sixteenth Village on the way."
"You really think you are a hero."
Li Chengqi passed Yu Gui and said in a slightly headache-like voice:
"As we said yesterday, there are more than one group of people who came to rob the escort. The things that Mr. Wang and the others are transporting are not trivial. You can't get involved in such a big thing now."
"Oh, but..."
"Just listen to Brother Li."
Li Yingluo also advised:
"Wang's trip is very dangerous. You and I have nothing to do with it, so we can't get involved. Don't forget, we are not really safe yet. Maybe the Liu family will send someone to look for it."
Don't even think about helping others until your own affairs are sorted out. If you sort them out, it will be a disservice.
In fact, Li Chengqi wanted to follow Wang Biao and the others. If their box really contained the Sky Stone, judging from the size of the box, there would definitely be more than one or two pieces.
If all of these are used, Yang Yiyi's basic attributes will take off directly, and a hexagonal warrior will emerge.
But Li Chengqi thought twice yesterday and gave up the plan.
The risks are simply too great.
Whether he was following escort leader Wang and the others to wait for the opportunity, or going into battle himself to make a sneak attack, it was difficult to look at it from any angle.
What's more, there is no evidence to prove that there is a Prime Stone in the box, and Yang Yiyi is unlikely to agree with Li Chengqi's idea.
I am unable to do anything, so I can only let it go temporarily and continue the journey.
After all, I already got a piece of Sky Stone yesterday, so it is wise to accept it as soon as possible.
(End of chapter)