novelraw Chapter 379
Chapter 379
"The treasure house is at the Yuema Bridge in the inner city. We are planning to go into the inner city later to check it out!"
Wanwan came closer, and the fragrant wind blew in her ears, making her feel itchy.
Jiang Feng didn't ask where the information came from, but nodded and smiled, "Let's go check it out together tonight!"
After dinner, when the hour of Hai arrived, there were obviously fewer people on the street.
Four figures in black clothes and covered with hemp cloth came out of Lantingju!
The inner city wall is not low, and there are soldiers in armor patrolling the wall 24 hours a day.
The four people's cultivation level is at least the peak of Shuanghua Grandmaster, and they easily entered the inner city. Not long after, they came to the Yuema Bridge mentioned by Wanwan.
"Are you sure it's here?"
Several people landed in the shadow beside the bridge, and Jiang Feng looked around the place.
Yuema Bridge is not a hidden place. On the contrary, it is almost in the center of the inner city.
The stone bridge is quite spectacular, spanning a wide river!
There are pedestrians passing by the bridge.
Wanwan was not sure, and said hesitantly: "The news we received said that the treasure is related to Yuema Bridge!"
"Then let's search first!"
Jiang Feng heard it.
Immediately, several people jumped off the bridge like flying birds and started looking from the most secret place.
"Yang Su hid a large amount of treasure here, how can he hide it from others' sight?"
Wanwan muttered.
The bridge pier extends to the bottom of the river, and it is really hard to see where the treasure can be hidden.
Walking to the middle of the bridge, Jiang Feng stopped!
"Did you find anything?"
Wan Wan followed his line of sight and saw six stone platforms floating above the water along the river surface on the outside of the bridge bottom. Each stone platform was carved with a dragon head facing the water surface.
"When building the bridge, some dragon and tiger sculptures were carved to suppress the evil spirits at the bottom of the river. Is there anything wrong with these dragon heads?"
Zhu Yuyan was knowledgeable and saw the use of the dragon heads.
"This is a dragon head made by mechanical arts!"
Puppetry is the culmination of mechanical arts. Jiang Feng has inherited puppetry. Although these dragon heads are secret, they cannot be hidden from his eyes!
"The mechanism is on the dragon head. Can we get the treasure by opening it?"
Wan Wan did not expect this trip to be so simple. She said, "Building a treasure house in the name of building a bridge is really a trick!"
"Yang Su has plundered the world. There should be a lot of treasures. Why put them in such a conspicuous place!"
Zhu Yuyan was puzzled.
The so-called most dangerous place is the safest place. It's completely nonsense.
The more people come and go, the more likely it is to have an accident.
Jiang Feng landed on one of the dragon heads. After a moment of observation, he said, "This should be the place to open the mechanism. The passage is somewhere else!"
"Will opening the mechanism open the passage to the treasure house?"
Wan Wan frowned.
"It is difficult to find the entrance and exit of the treasure house without opening the mechanism. If the mechanism is opened, the passage will appear immediately. We don't know where the passage is, and it is easy for others to find it first!"
Jiang Feng explained.
Several people were confused. They found clues, but it was almost the same as not finding any.
"What should we do?"
Several people looked at the dragon head. It was not right to move or not to move!
Jiang Feng pinched his chin and pondered: "There should be more than one passage to the treasure house. I guess there should be a passage not far away. Whose houses are near Yuema Bridge?"
"That's Changsun Wuji's house, that's Hou Junji's house, that's Fang Xuanling's house, and that's Dugu's house..."
Wanwan pointed to several directions and knew the owners of the mansions like the back of her hand.
Yuema Bridge is located in the core area of the inner city. The owners of the nearby courtyards are either rich or noble, and they are all well-known figures in the Tang Dynasty.
Jiang Feng couldn't think of a perfect solution, so he said: "We will open the mechanism later, and then each of us will search a courtyard, how about that?"
"I think it's okay!"
Wan Wan smiled and said: "Maybe in a few days, the person behind the scenes will tell the story of this place. Instead of that, why don't we open it first and try our luck? It won't be a loss if we don't find it!"
"Let's do as Mr. Jiang said!"
Zhu Yuyan nodded after hearing this.
Then, several people divided the courtyards they were responsible for.
Jiang Feng and Zhu Yuyan were the strongest, so they naturally went to the strongest families. Wan Wan was a grandmaster of the Three Flowers, and there were not many people in the world who could beat her.
Fu Jun'er had the lowest cultivation level, so for safety, she went to a smaller family.
When midnight arrived, the crowd on the bridge dispersed, and Wanwan smiled and said, "It's up to you next!"
Jiang Feng smiled and jumped towards one of the dragon heads. From the outside, the dragon head and the stone steps underground seemed to be cast as one, without a gap in between. With the naked eye, it was impossible to tell that this place was a mechanism.
After carefully looking at it, he tried to turn the first dragon head, and suddenly there was a mechanical sound inside.
Then the river surface fluctuated slightly, and circles of ripples spread along the stone steps under the dragon head.
The sound was very small due to the obstruction of water flow, and it was difficult to detect without careful listening.
Jiang Feng focused all his attention on the internal machine amplification. When it turned to the due west, he continued to turn it, and there was a faint sound from the inside, so he quickly stopped.
"Is there a special way to turn this dragon head?"
Wanwan asked curiously.
"If you turn the wrong way, the bridge might sink!"
There are different ways to activate the mechanism.
If you act rashly, you might trigger the backup plan left by the person who set up the mechanism, causing the bridge to sink directly.
Jiang Feng carefully looked at the differences between the six dragon heads before starting to work.
"There is also this!"
This remark touched on Wanwan's blind spot in knowledge, and the idea of helping was instantly dispelled!
When the river surface returned to calm, Jiang Feng jumped onto the second dragon head. After some operation, he opened the second mechanism without any danger, and the dragon head pointed directly to the north.
The mechanism of the person who created the mechanism was not perfect, and the sound inside the dragon head was not good for the sixth one.Jiang Feng, who was sensitive, gave a hint.
A quarter of an hour later, the position of the dragon head turned to six different positions.
"Is there any particularity in the position of the dragon head?"
Wan Wan came forward and asked.
"Look, the six dragon heads face the southeast, northwest, and the sky and earth, forming a six-way trend. If you turn any one wrong, this place will sink, and you may never find the passage!"
Jiang Feng clapped his hands and explained.
"It is the right decision to cooperate with Mr. Jiang this time!"
Zhu Yuyan smiled charmingly, and her tight-fitting clothes bulged out an amazing arc under the moonlight, full of charm!
"I can't just take advantage of you!"
Jiang Feng jumped off the dragon head, and then said: "If nothing unexpected happens, the passage has appeared. It's better to start now!"
"Okay!"
The women knew that time was urgent, and if someone else got there first, they would be caught blind!
"Don't be too anxious, safety first! Even if the entrances and exits are in those mansions, they must be hidden in places where no one goes on weekdays. You can focus on this when searching!"
After Jiang Feng told the women what to pay attention to, they went to the places they had agreed on in advance.
Jiang Feng's first stop was the Dugu family!
The ancient courtyard occupied hundreds of acres of land in the inner city, which shows the power of the Dugu family in the Tang Dynasty.
The Dugu family is very famous among the noble families in the world.
Compared with the men of the Dugu family, the women of the Dugu family are more famous, because the Dugu family has produced several queens.
It is said that the Dugu family was one of the eight great Xianbei families. The Xianbei were frequently in war, and the ethnic group gradually declined. Almost all the remaining people were integrated into the Middle-earth.
The Dugu family is one of the few families that still stand at the top after integrating into the Middle-earth.
The empress of Yang Jian in the previous dynasty was from the Dugu family and was extremely favored.
Because of Empress Dugu, Yang Jian never took a concubine in his life. For a founding emperor, this was the first time in history.
There are rumors that Empress Dugu was jealous and did not allow the emperor to take concubines.
No one with a little knowledge believed this rumor.
The Dugu family was already sensitive. If the empress dared to stop the emperor from taking concubines, the scholars in the court would spray the Dugu family.
Besides, there was no good person among the founding emperors. How could he be afraid of a mere woman?
Empress Dugu's second son Yang Guang inherited the throne. Logically, after the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Sui Dynasty, the Dugu family should have declined.
But the east is not bright, the west is bright. The mother of Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, was also from the Dugu family.
Therefore, after the fall of the Sui Dynasty, the Dugu family was not affected at all and was still favored by the Tang Dynasty royal family.
It must be said that in terms of the ability to select people, the Dugu family is far ahead of other families.
In addition to the extraordinary women in the family, there is another important reason why the Dugu family has its current status!
It is rumored that the sword demon Dugu Qiubai came from the Dugu family!
Dugu Qiubai's growth trajectory and his fame were all in the Song Dynasty. As for the rumors, the Dugu familyNeither Dugu Qiubai nor Dugu Qiubai gave a clear answer!
There is no smoke without fire. There is no prominent family with the surname Dugu in the Song Dynasty. It is hard to imagine how difficult it is for a commoner to grow up to the top of the world.
If the Dugu family supports it from behind, it will be easier to understand.
Most people would rather believe it than not believe it!
Because of Dugu Qiubai's halo and the fact that the Dugu family was born in Xianbei, they did not pose much threat to the imperial power, so the Dugu family has always been in a transcendent position in the Tang Dynasty.
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