Chapter 189 Risk of Exposure

After Yang Zhengshan searched the entire underground space, his heart became numb.

Two thousand taels of gold can be exchanged for about 20,000 taels of silver. The value of those jade jewelry should be around 30,000 to 40,000 taels of silver. Add to that 8,000 taels of silver ingots, and the total value is about 60,000 to 70,000 taels.

However, the most valuable thing in this underground space is not the gold and silver, but the goods here.

Especially herbs.

Yang Zhengshan actually found ten precious medicinal herbs among them.

Among them, eight precious medicines are century-old ginseng, which should be the specialty of the Hu people in the East China Sea.

There is also a golden-thorny blood vine that is nearly ten feet long and a moon star plant.

Moon star seed is a medicinal herb similar to baby's breath. The annual moon star seed can be used as a medicinal material, which has the effects of dispelling wind and relieving exterior symptoms, clearing away heat and dampness, and relaxing muscles and activating blood circulation.

The moon tree withers once a year, but its roots will come back to life the next year.

The older the year, the stronger the effect of Yuexingzi.

After 30 years, the moon star seed will grow into a precious medicine. Its roots, stems, leaves and flowers can all be used as medicine. It has the effect of replenishing qi and blood, and calming the mind.

Yang Zhengshan has Moon Star Seeds planted in his Lingquan space. Although he knows a lot about Moon Star Seeds, he doesn't know the specific price of Moon Star Seeds.

But he knew the price of golden thorn vine.

An inch of blood vine is worth an inch of gold.

A meter-long blood vine is worth a thousand gold. No, it is priceless.

The golden thorn blood vine grows one inch a year. A golden thorn blood vine that is ten feet long is a hundred-year-old blood vine.

An inch of blood vine is worth an inch of gold, which is only the price of a thirty-year-old golden blood vine. The price of a hundred-year-old blood vine is estimated to be several times higher.

The value of this golden-thorn blood vine alone is estimated to be no less than thirty thousand taels.

Hundred-year-old ginseng should be the cheapest precious medicine, but one plant costs several thousand taels of silver.

These ten precious medicinal herbs alone are not much different from the gold and silver, not to mention there are so many goods here.

Looking at this huge pile of goods, Yang Zhengshan felt a headache.

It would not be difficult for him to take away so much goods, but how should he dispose of them?
Furs, herbs, and cloth were fine, they could be kept and consumed slowly, but he didn't dare to use weapons and armor.

To secretly store weapons is like plotting treason.

As a military officer, it is reasonable for him to have three or five sets of armor at home, but there are three hundred sets here, and all of them are iron armor.

This thing can't be sold even if you take it out.

Yang Zhengshan hesitated for a moment, and finally chose to give up those weapons and armor.

Because this thing is of no use to him, and may even bring him trouble. Even if he doesn't take it out, it will take up space in the Lingquan space.

As for other things, he took away everything that could be taken away. It took Yang Zhengshan half an hour to transfer all the things to the Lingquan space.

Fortunately, the Lingquan space has expanded a bit recently, and because of his marriage, Yang Zhengshan has not had time to plant medicinal herbs on the newly added land, so there is space to store these goods.

After transferring all the things to the Lingquan space, Yang Zhengshan took another walk around the underground space. After making sure that nothing was left out, Yang Zhengshan walked to the deepest part of the underground space.

An underground passage that leads to nowhere!

There is also such a passage in the underground space of the house, but that passage has collapsed and Yang Zhengshan doesn't know where it leads to.

In terms of direction, both channels are heading in the same direction.

Yang Zhengshan thought about it, put out the fire, and groped his way into the passage.

In such a dark environment, ears are better than eyes.

Yang Zhengshan walked forward cautiously. After walking for about quarter of an hour, he suddenly stopped.

He seemed to hear some noise.

After stopping, the movement became more obvious, as if someone was talking.

At the end of the passage.

Unfortunately, the distance was too far and Yang Zhengshan couldn't hear it clearly.

who is it?

Yang Zhengshan hesitated for a moment, then reached forward again, this time slower and with lighter movements.

However, just after he walked a dozen feet, another space appeared in front of him. However, this space was not large, probably only the size of a house.

The voices became clearer and clearer, and Yang Zhengshan could even hear that it was two men talking.

There was a faint light in the passage on the other side of the space.

Yang Zhengshan approached more carefully.

But just as he walked over, the clear sound of a gong suddenly rang out.

clang!
In the quiet underground space, the sound of the gong is particularly loud.

"who!"

Immediately afterwards, a shout was heard, and Yang Zhengshan didn't have time to think. He immediately pulled back and fled quickly along the passage he came from.

A series of footsteps came from behind, so fast that Yang Zhengshan was shocked.

Master!

Although he was unable to determine the opponent's strength, his speed was actually faster than his. Even if his strength was not stronger than his, it was not much weaker than his.

And despite such a dark counterattack, the opponent still dared to chase after us, which shows that he is very confident in his own strength.

Feeling that the other party was getting closer and closer to him, Yang Zhengshan suddenly swung his hand behind him.

Whoosh~~
Several sounds of breaking through the air were heard, followed by a muffled groan.

"Get out of the way, don't let him get away!"

A fierce look flashed across Yang Zhengshan's eyes, and he threw his hands again, releasing more than a dozen copper coins.

There was no escape in the narrow passage, and a few more painful groans were heard.

However, Yang Zhengshan had no time to check, as he had already arrived at the underground space under the rockery. Without any stop, Yang Zhengshan rushed directly towards the exit.

Fortunately, he had just searched here for a long time and was very familiar with the environment here, otherwise he might have bumped into a pillar in the dark.

He was very careful when he came, but when he ran away he naturally didn't care so much.

He punched the rockery blocking the cave entrance above and smashed it to pieces. A loud bang broke the tranquility of the night.

The next moment, Yang Zhengshan flew out of the cave like a cannonball, leaped forward, and in the blink of an eye he had run more than ten feet away.

And there were two figures following closely behind him.

The moonlight was cold, and Yang Zhengshan could clearly see the two people behind him, one tall and one short. They were dressed in gray linen clothes and looked no different from ordinary people.

Yang Zhengshan didn't want to get entangled with them, but his mind changed and a fierce look flashed in his eyes.

We can't let these people go!
Because he took what was inside.

That is something worth hundreds of thousands of taels, the other party will definitely not let him go.

If he is not exposed, then everything is fine.

But he risks being exposed.

The risk comes from Yu Qingyi, or more precisely, from the way he uses copper coins.

When he rescued Yu Qingyi, he used Thousand Hands to throw coins at Li He.

Obviously these people are closely related to Sha Pingchuan, Yi Shan and Li He.

At that time, he didn't care about his attack on Li He because he was helping the Secret Guards solve the case.

But now it’s different. He took the things inside. If his identity is exposed, the other party will definitely pester him.

"Too careless!"

Yang Zhengshan secretly complained in his heart, feeling that wearing this nightgown was somewhat revealing.

Kung Fu techniques and moves are the characteristics of a martial artist. It is very common to confirm a martial artist's identity through his Kung Fu techniques and moves.

But Yang Zhengshan ignored this problem. Actually, it couldn't be blamed on him. After all, he had never been in the underworld and rarely had the opportunity to hide.

His mind raced, and in an instant, Yang Zhengshan turned around and rushed towards the person chasing him.

He opened his hands and two pistols suddenly appeared in his hands.

The two people who were chasing him didn't expect Yang Zhengshan to turn around, and they didn't expect a pistol to appear out of nowhere in Yang Zhengshan's hand.

Their first thought was why this person turned around.

The second thought was where his gun came from.

Two thoughts flashed through their minds, and Yang Zhengshan had already arrived in front of them.

The spear tips gleamed in the white moonlight and headed straight for their throats.

The two men's faces changed slightly, one lowered his body to avoid, and the other raised the long sword in his hand to block.

However, their reactions were obviously a beat too slow. With a puff, the spear light pierced their throats, and bright red blood splattered, flashing an enchanting luster in the cold moonlight.

"They are not very strong, probably only at the fourth or fifth level of the acquired realm. But they are very fast, so they must be good at some special footwork!"

Yang Zhengshan judged the strength of the two people in an instant.

When fleeing in the passage just now, the opponent was faster than Yang Zhengshan, but speed does not mean strength. Yang Zhengshan is not good at footwork and body movements, and many martial artists are far better than him in this regard.

At this moment, a figure emerged from the entrance of the rockery cave again.

Yang Zhengshan threw the pistol in his hand without thinking.

Whoosh!
The sharp sound of breaking through the air pierced the quiet night, followed by two screams.

puff.

Two figures fell at the entrance of the cave.

A bullet pierced through the chests of two men. Only Yang Zhengshan possessed such domineering power.

Yang Zhengshan stopped and listened calmly to the movements around him.

There were footsteps, messy footsteps, but they did not come from the cave entrance, but from a distance. It should be the officers who heard the noise and came over.

Don't stay here for long.

Yang Zhengshan looked at the corpses lying on the ground. He moved slightly and passed by the four corpses. In the blink of an eye, the corpses were collected by him into the Lingquan space.

Instead of leaving, he entered the underground space again.

This time he was no longer cautious, but ran quickly towards the innermost passage.

Outside, four officers ran over to the rockery. They did not notice the bloodstains on the ground, but they saw the rockery shattered by Yang Zhengshan's punch.

"What's going on?" a young officer asked puzzledly.

"Wait, don't go over there!" An older officer quickly stopped his companions and said, "Beat the gong and call for help!"

Then a burst of rapid gong sounds rang out, completely breaking the silence of the night.

But this has nothing to do with Yang Zhengshan anymore. At this time, Yang Zhengshan has walked along the passage to the deepest part, which is where the four warriors were.

There was nothing special here, just an underground space the size of a room with a table and a few simple wooden beds.

I think they have been guarding here for a long time.

As for why they didn't transport the things away, it was naturally because they had no way to transport them.

During this period, the security in Anyuan City was very strict. All entry and exit of the city gate had to be strictly checked by the soldiers of the garrison camp. They had no way to transport things out of the city quietly.

(End of this chapter)