Chapter 110 Forever (1/2)
Li Ye said that he was going to tear down the Prime Minister's Manor, so he really did it.
In the face of many masters of the Prime Minister's Manor, Li Ye waved his hand, and the officials of the Chang'an Office rushed to the courtyards like tides.
Soon, the sound of jade wares being smashed and bookshelves being knocked over came out from all the houses.
”Vice magistrate, I suspect that it's empty under the bluestone tiles in the third courtyard. Please tell me what to do!” Wang Li came to ask for instructions.
Li Ye waved his hand. ”Dig!”
”Yes!”
After a while, an Inspector came to report, ”Vice magistrate Li, there's a rockery in the back of the fourth courtyard, which was high and big. It seems to be able to hide a lot of things...”
Li Ye waved his hand. ”Dig!”
”Yes!”
Another official came to ask, ”Vice magistrate Li, I have found a gap between the walls in the east study, but I can't find the switch. Please give me an instruction!”
”Push it over!”
”Push over the wall or the entire east study?”
”Hmm?”
”Okay. Push over the entire courtyard!”
”Vice magistrate Li, the location of the attic of the east courtyard isn't in accordance with geomancy and it looks very strange!”
”Push it over!”
”Vice magistrate, there is no fish in the lake behind the rockery!”
”Dig!”
”Vice magistrate...”
”Push it over!”
”Vice magistrate...”
”Dig!”
”...”
Cultivators were always good at hiding things. The Prime Minister's Manor was too big and there were many gaps and secret rooms. In order to search thoroughly, if the officials of the Chang'an Office were suspicious about a place, they would break it violently after reporting to Li Ye so that they wouldn't miss any tiny place.
The Wei Baoheng's Manor wasn't smaller than the Prince An's Manor. Under the command of Li Ye, walls were destroyed, houses collapsed, hills fell, lakes were filled, and everywhere were in chaos. All the men of Wei Baoheng, who were in custody in a place by the officials of the Chang'an Office, stared at Li Ye's back like looking at Yama, shivering.
Because of their status, Wang Duo and Lu Yan didn't join the destruction action. The command of the action was in the Chang'an Office. Xu Shaomu wouldn't steal the spotlight from Li Ye at this time, so he was just standing on the side with his hands behind his back and enjoying the show.
”Vice magistrate, we have found something! We have found fifty Cultivation Pills, ten Rank 2 magic treasures, and four Rank 3 magic treasures in the gap of the east study!”
”Vice magistrate, we have found a secret room hidden underground in the sixth courtyard! There're copper coins piled up like mountains and countless gold and silver!”
”Vice magistrate, when the rockery is pushed over, we have found a treasure house filled with jewels and pearls!”
”Vice magistrate, we have found many letters inside a book in the east study!”
”Vice magistrate, many missing teenager girls are hidden in the attic of the side courtyard...”
Wang Duo, Lu Yan and the others were stunned. Wang Duo was greatly frightened. ”What? There're teenager girls? Shameless! Wei Baoheng, you're shameless! Crazy!”
Li Ye was also stunned. ”Wei Baoheng, that fellow, abducted underage girls?”
”Go and see!”
Li Ye sighed and looked at the collapsing Prime Minister's Manor, not knowing what to say.
The investigation of the Wei Baoheng's Manor lasted for three days. A lot of money, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, and treasures were found and piled up into several hills in the front yard, which was spectacular. The officials of the Chang'an Office were busy counting day and night. In this way, on the fourth day, the investigation of the Wei Baoheng's Manor was still on the halfway.
Wang Duo, Lu Yan and the others certainly wouldn't stay here to watch and Xu Shaomu had a lot of official affairs to deal with in the Chang'an Office, therefore, Li Ye was in charge of the investigation.
On the fourth morning, Li Ye was drinking tea in the front yard as usual and looking at the busy crowd.
Suddenly, Wang Li came over quietly. Seeing no important officials around, he hurriedly whispered to Li Ye, ”Vice magistrate, we have found the real place that Wei Baoheng hides his magic treasures and Dan Pills! There're all kinds of magic treasures from soup to nuts, all of them with high Class-ranking!”
Li Ye was happy and nodded. ”Well, go and see.”
For cultivators, money was important, but the things about cultivation were the most valuable.
Li Ye followed Wang Li to the underground secret room. He was shocked by the dazzling treasures in front of him as he entered the door.
This was a stone room with a radius of twenty paces, and it was very spacious. There were many stone tables arranged in rows and there was a treasure on each of the stone tables. They were jade bottles containing Dan Pills, precious knives placed on knife holders, Invocations in the box, and so on.