After finishing with the storerooms, the two prepared to explore other parts of the prince’s mansion. As they reached the doorway, Su Muqing saw the princess and her lover lying on the ground.
Considering they had been secretly together for over twenty years, they were indeed a pair of ill-fated lovers. Since they were so devoted to each other, she decided to do them a favor out of compassion.
With a wave of her hand, Su Muqing, under Lu Yuzhi’s bewildered gaze, collected the Prince’s Consort and the man into her space. She then returned to the master bedroom and placed them back on the carved step bed, even kindly removing their clothes for them.
Traces of their earlier "brief revelry" were still left on the bed.
However, Su Muqing felt these traces were insufficient to showcase their affection. So, she generously gave them a special medicine. Upon waking from their slumber, they would be consumed by desire and unable to control themselves!
The medicine was called "Release." While it might not enable them to battle for three days and three nights, it would at least keep them going for several hours without stopping. Once the medicine wore off, the person who stopped would feel completely drained and collapse to the ground, unable to escape.
Su Muqing clapped her hands, admiring her handiwork. It was simply perfect! After completing her sequence of actions, she slowly lowered the mosquito net, then waved her hand, sending a gust of wind to blow the nauseating smell within the net.
Whoever pollutes should clean it up. Naturally, they should purify the noxious odor themselves!
Having dealt with the couple, Su Muqing then thoroughly explored the master bedroom, collecting all the attractive and valuable items into her space. It was a pity about the beautifully carved step bed; it was no longer clean!
After ransacking the master bedroom, the two, relying on their all-powerful space detector, conducted a systematic search, emptying all the inventory in the entire Prince Ping’s mansion.
As they passed through a deserted courtyard, the detector screen suddenly began to flash golden exclamation marks. Was there something good? Su Muqing grabbed Lu Yuzhi and gestured towards the dark and desolate courtyard.
This courtyard gave off a strange feeling. A pair of stone lions stood at the entrance, and about two steps away from them, there was a short, dense old tree.
Su Muqing glanced casually, then turned and pushed open the courtyard gate. The inside of the courtyard was pitch black. The beam of her headlamp illuminated the houses, which were at least two times shorter than the other courtyards in the mansion.
What was even stranger was that the entire courtyard was completely sealed with wooden planks, fitting together tightly. Just looking into the courtyard from the entrance made one feel incredibly oppressed.
Lu Yuzhi took two steps forward, his topknot almost touching the roof. Su Muqing estimated the height to be at most around two meters.
Seeing that the detector indicated no one else was around, Su Muqing nodded to Lu Yuzhi. Then, they both turned on their headlamps and proceeded into the courtyard with the faint light.
To their surprise, after they had only taken a few steps into the courtyard, a "swish, swish, swish" sound of wind cutting through the air suddenly echoed from all directions.
Lu Yuzhi reacted with lightning speed, pulling Su Muqing into his embrace. He then quickly twisted and flipped several times, dodging the hidden arrows shot from all directions, and retreated back to the courtyard entrance.
Once they were in a safe zone, Su Muqing switched the detector to its mechanism detection mode. Soon, the screen displayed all the hidden arrow mechanisms in the courtyard, refracting them all into red lines.
Su Muqing saw that from a few steps outside the main gate all the way to the end of the courtyard, dense lines crisscrossed the entire courtyard. Anyone who stepped within their firing range would immediately be turned into a sieve by a volley of arrows.
Fortunately, they had only taken half a step more, triggering only a small portion of the mechanisms, and only a dozen arrows were shot. Otherwise, both of them would have been injured.
These mechanisms and traps were truly formidable. She wondered which master designed them. Not only were ground-level traps triggered by footsteps, but even flying over them from mid-air was not safe. It seemed logical that the mechanism controller should be outside. Otherwise, how did Ke Biping manage to enter each time?
The two retreated to the outside of the courtyard gate. Su Muqing switched the detector back to search mode and then concentrated on surveying the surrounding terrain.
Finally! Behind the old tree next to the courtyard, she discovered something unusual. Between the stone lions and the old tree, the surface was overgrown with weeds, but underneath was a secret passage. The switch to open the passage was located in the stone ball held in the mouth of the stone lion.
Su Muqing slowly rotated the stone ball. After a moment, a rumbling sound came from the ground. As the stone slab opened, a secret passage was revealed below. Lu Yuzhi held up his lamp and observed the passage, finding that there was light inside!
Could there be people below?
Su Muqing looked at the detector screen. There were no red dots representing living people. She then checked if there were any mechanisms below the secret passage. Seeing that no red lines appeared on the screen, she figured it should be safe.
In that case, Ke Biping probably designed the intricate mechanisms in the courtyard above to divert others' attention? Normally, when looking for something, the first thought would be to enter the courtyard, and he had made this place look strange specifically to confuse people. Once unsuspecting individuals trespassed, they would be met with a rain of arrows!
If that were the case, Su Muqing thought he was quite foolish! This courtyard was completely abandoned, and perhaps no one paid it any mind. What wealthy family didn't have one or two abandoned places?
But look at him, creating so many messy things here, practically announcing to everyone that something was amiss! It was as if he was trying to hide something with his actions.
Lu Yuzhi went down first. After confirming there was no danger, he turned back and reached out to pull Su Muqing. The stone steps were built diagonally downwards and were quite spacious, wide enough for them to walk side by side. On both walls, there was an oil lamp every five steps. The lamp oil still had about half its capacity, suggesting that someone usually took care of this place.
When they reached the bottom, the temperature was only about ten degrees Celsius. It seemed the secret passage was dug too deep. Su Muqing quickly took out two black windbreakers and put them on. She saw the detector display that they were now ten meters underground.
Could Ke Biping have been reincarnated as a mole? Otherwise, why would he dig the secret room so deep?
However, it was understandable why Ke Biping would build the secret passage so wide. The two iron gates in front of them were so wide; if the passage were too narrow, they might not have been able to move them in.
Lu Yuzhi yanked off the lock chain on the iron gate, astonishing Su Muqing. Tsk, tsk, tsk! Brother Lu's strength was truly incredible.
Since taming the strange power within him, Lu Yuzhi not only became more skilled in martial arts and internal energy but also possessed terrifying strength! Breaking a finger-thick iron chain was as easy as breaking a radish.
She couldn't afford to offend him! If Brother Lu had lived in a certain era of modern times, with his martial arts, then "tearing apart devils with his bare hands" probably wouldn't have been just a meme!
Lu Yuzhi was unaware of Su Muqing's wandering thoughts. He pushed open the iron gate, and a cold, damp aura rushed out. At the same time, strange scents that made people excited floated in the air!
Especially for someone who was already itching to go! She smelled it—the scent of gold! Su Muqing excitedly rubbed her little hands and walked towards the direction where golden exclamation marks were flashing on the detector.
"Wow~!"
Upon seeing the scene before her, Su Muqing, who was already very wealthy, couldn't help but widen her large, beautiful eyes and greedily gaze at the countless piles of shimmering gold, stacked layer upon layer, reaching all the way to the ceiling!
These were true mountains of gold! All of it had already been refined. It wasn't shaped like the gold coins commonly used in the Tianzhao Kingdom. It somewhat resembled the gold ingots Su Muqing had found during her escape, but these gold bars were longer, thicker, and wider.
Su Muqing counted thirteen mountains of gold in this secret room. Lu Yuzhi came over from another secret room, saying that the other side also had gold, with as many as twenty stacks.
It seemed Ke Biping had discovered a large gold mine and had been secretly mining it, refining it, and smelting it into gold bars. Such immense wealth, he probably couldn't trust anyone, so he secretly transported it back to the prince's mansion for concealment!
It would be even better if she could find the gold mine. She could directly have her father mine it and put all the collected gold into their private treasury! However, she didn't know if Ke Biping had already depleted it. It seemed she would have to go to the prison later to ask!
Ah~! She was going to strike it rich again! This was true immense wealth! Compared to this gold, the few boxes of gold and silver she had before were like child's play.
Now, her space already had several hundred square meters dedicated to storing gold, silver, and jewels, and now there were several hundred more square meters of pure gold mountains!
Alas! Having too much money was also a burden! Her space layout had been changed and reorganized multiple times, with all the added space dedicated to storing money.
It had to be said that this trip to the Tianzhao Kingdom had directly increased her net worth by several hundred times.
First, she made a substantial profit in Weites City, then received various rewards from the Empress Dowager, private subsidies from her parents, gratitude from Prince Qing, and finally, Ke Biping's "compensation." She was getting tired of receiving it all.
Su Muqing screamed internally, Let me handle such tiring matters in the future! As a Stabilizing Divine Envoy, one must have a spirit of self-sacrifice!
Once her excitement subsided, Su Muqing extended her cute little hand and waved gently! The secret room, which was originally full of gold, instantly became empty. After finishing here, she quickly went to the secret room Lu Yuzhi had checked and collected all the gold into her space.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Lu Yuzhi arrived at the last secret room. Facing the end of the secret room, a pure gold dragon throne was placed high up.
The dragon's shape was grand, majestic, solemn, and sacred. It was carved lifelike, and its dragon eyes were full of spirit. The more one looked, the more it felt as if it would come alive at any moment.
In the center of the dragon throne, a exquisite crown made of pure gold was placed, inlaid with pearls the size of pigeon eggs. A gold belt and a dragon-shaped gold plaque were also placed beside it.
On both sides of the dragon throne were pure gold screens, pure gold phoenix feather fans, including the candelabra placed on both sides, and the tables and chairs arranged sequentially downwards, all crafted from gold.
Behind one of the screens hung a complete set of imperial yellow dragon robes. Next to it was a wooden chest. When opened, it contained stacks of letters.
"Muqing, come here!" Lu Yuzhi called out. Su Muqing happened to be walking over after finishing collecting the gold.
"What is it?" As soon as the three words left her lips, Su Muqing saw the items inside.
"Damn! This old rascal Ke Biping really knows how to enjoy himself! Aren't all of these made of gold?" Su Muqing exclaimed, while using her detector to check the materials of these items.
Without exception! All of them were pure gold. Was Ke Biping insane? Or did he have so much gold that he didn't know where to spend it, so he used it all to make these things?
Hiding alone in the basement, wearing dragon robes and sitting on the dragon throne, drinking tea from golden teacups. She wondered how long Ke Biping had lived like this. How boring must that have been! She read.
Lu Yuzhi walked behind the screen, lifted the neatly hung dragon robes on the rack, and suddenly thought of his father. His eyes instantly filled with scarlet.
Ke Biping deserved to die because he truly harbored rebellious intentions and had acted upon them. But his father had been loyal and patriotic his entire life, only to die so unjustly!
Soon! It would soon be time for him to return and exact his revenge!
Su Muqing stepped forward and collected these golden treasures one by one into her space. Then she went to the wooden chest and casually opened a few letters. Inside were correspondence detailing Ke Biping's factionalism and hired murders.
Su Muqing couldn't quite understand why these people, after doing bad deeds, didn't quickly destroy the evidence but instead foolishly left so much behind! Could it be that they were waiting for a day when they would have a change of heart and then deliver themselves to justice?
However, this was good news for her. With these letters and the dragon robes, it would add further evidence to Ke Biping's rebellion.
Su Muqing was about to say something when she turned and saw that Lu Yuzhi's expression was not quite right. Seeing him tightly gripping the hem of the dragon robe, she recalled that when they were framed in the Prince's Mansion, it was precisely because someone reported them for attempting rebellion, and private dragon robes were found in the mansion, leading to his entire family being imprisoned.
During this time, she was so focused on the joy of seeing her parents that she wanted to spend more days with them and had almost forgotten that Brother Lu had a deep-seated hatred to avenge. She felt too selfish. Brother Lu must have been anxious to return.
Su Muqing suddenly felt extremely guilty. She gently wrapped her arms around Lu Yuzhi's waist from behind, her voice tinged with a nasal tone. "Brother Lu, it's my fault! I've delayed here for so long. Why don't we leave tomorrow morning? We don't need to wait for any auspicious timing."
Lu Yuzhi pulled her in front of him, reached out, and gently flicked Su Muqing's forehead, then hugged her tightly to his chest, resting his chin on her head and rubbing it.
"Don't talk nonsense! In my heart, you've always been the best. Do you know? After the incident in the prince's mansion, I felt like I was an unlucky person abandoned by this world."
Su Muqing looked at Lu Yuzhi's red-rimmed eyes and felt very distressed. "Don't say that. You are a fortunate person, so how could you be abandoned?"
Lu Yuzhi blinked, forcing back the tears in his eyes, then leaned down and gently kissed Su Muqing's lips.
"You're right! I am a fortunate person! That's why, when I was at my most helpless and in my most desperate state, you appeared! Because you are my good fortune, my everything! I am truly grateful to heaven, and also grateful to that old immortal who brought you to me! Without you, there would be no Lu Yuzhi in this world!"