They all moved to a different tent together.

Xue San stared in disbelief at Fan Li, who was squatting alone in the distance, drawing circles on the ground.

He said,

"Why am I, of all people, born in the same comic studio as this idiot?"

The ruthlessness of Mo Wan, the enchanting nature of A Ming, the eeriness of Liang Cheng, the scheming of the Blind Man, the charm of Si Niang, plus his own handsomeness, Xue San,

Why did there have to be a Fan Li added to the mix?

"My lord, the fact that your studio couldn't stay afloat is truly understandable considering you could tolerate your subordinates creating comics with Fan Li as the protagonist."

Zheng Fan smiled and said,

"Your sales are tied for last place with his."

"............" Xue San.

Everyone sat on the ground.

At this moment,

The savage captives and the wealth plundered from the savage village seemed insignificant.

All that occupied everyone's mind was the Helian family's treasure trove!

The Jin Kingdom's capital region was already wealthy, but the Jin royal family had lost power for generations. Even so, they were able to leave behind such a great amount of wealth.

How terrifying would the wealth be that the Helian family, the undisputed hegemon of the Three Jins, had accumulated in order to rise again in the future?

People, ah,

The process of achieving success by taking steady steps and working hard is actually very valuable;

But if you could get everything you want and rise to the top in one step by using a steel wire ball, thus skipping the process of hard work,

Many people would probably be willing to do it.

If they could really take control of this treasure trove, they really wouldn't have to worry about money for a long time to come.

It would be like playing a game and using cheats to get a massive amount of gold at the start, allowing you to directly upgrade buildings.

"The problem is, my lord, that when you captured this child, the guards around her didn't leave anyone alive," the Blind Man said, rubbing his temples, looking troubled.

How old was this child? How much information could she possibly know?

Xue San said, "Those guys were all sworn assassins. I checked, and they all had poison embedded in their gums. Unless we few had personally taken action from the start, it would have been very difficult to capture anyone alive."

A Ming opened his water pouch, took a sip, and said,

"This Helian Baozhu must have been hiding in this village, protected by family assassins."

Zheng Fan pursed his lips, thinking as he said, "The attitude of the Dayan towards the Helian and Wenren families is very simple: extermination.

Because these two families took the initiative to attack Dayan first, neither the Marquis of Zhenbei nor the Marquis of Jingnan held back.

The Helian and Wenren clans are to be killed immediately upon capture. Presumably, this Helian Baozhu must have paid a great price to be brought here under the protection of these assassins."

Because when you calculated the time from when the Yan State flattened the Helian and Wenren families to when Zheng Fan made a big detour and finally arrived at Shengle City, it was nearly two months.

This was enough to show how difficult it must have been for them to avoid being hunted down by the Yan army in Quhe City, and what a great price they had paid.

"Treasure trove, treasure trove. Since it was arranged and pre-buried by Helian Xiongbi, it shouldn't be a legacy like the Qing Dynasty treasure in movies. It's very likely that there's also a group of people guarding the treasure trove, waiting for Helian Baozhu, the young master of the Helian family, to come and retrieve it," Liang Cheng said.

"Although the Helian family has always considered themselves Jin people for hundreds of years, their predecessors were indeed savages, so it's reasonable to have arranged the reserved escape route within the Tianduan Mountains.

Moreover, it should have been done extremely secretly. According to the habits of those big families, they either don't do it, or they have to do it to the best of their ability. So I think there should be a dedicated raw savage tribe responsible for guarding that treasure trove, or at least, something that looks like a raw savage tribe," Zheng Fan said.

"Then it will be difficult to find. In the Tianduan Mountains, cooked savages are actually a minority, and raw savage settlements are countless. Moreover, raw savages are more difficult to deal with," the Blind Man said.

Zheng Fan nodded, looked around, and said,

"But no matter what, we have to try to find it. Take that Helian Baozhu and go find it."

It was impossible not to look. Now that they had this clue, even if it was like searching for a needle in a haystack, even if it was all in vain, they definitely had to try.

Not finding it wouldn't cause any loss, but as long as they found it and brought it back, the Helian family's treasure trove reserved for a comeback would be Zheng Fan's true capital for rising!

A massive amount of wealth could be exchanged for massive amounts of grain, armor, warhorses, and military equipment.

It could open up many, many relationships.

Money may not solve all problems, but the root cause of ninety-nine point nine percent of the problems is still a lack of money.

"There should still be people," Xue San said. "Since they stayed in the village, they were obviously waiting for someone to respond. It's possible that these sworn assassins who escorted Helian Baozhu here didn't know the specific location of the treasure trove. They should have sent someone to contact the other side, but it just so happened that we attacked these savages and intercepted them."

Liang Cheng immediately got up and said,

"I'll have everyone interrogate the savages captured from that village. Please wait a moment."

After saying that, Liang Cheng personally greeted Zuo Jiqian, Ding Hao, Xu Youcheng, and others and began to order these matters. The armored soldiers who were just resting were mobilized and began to interrogate the captives.

Fortunately, this was a cooked savage settlement, and there were many people who could speak Xia language, making it easy to find a translator to help with the questioning.

If they were raw savages, it would really be a headache. Don't think that they're all called savages, but sometimes the languages of two raw savage settlements are incomprehensible to each other.

This seems like a very strange thing, but it's actually not uncommon. Zheng Fan remembered that in his later life, there was a city called Nantong, where people from two districts in the same city might not be able to understand each other if they spoke dialects.

While Liang Cheng was taking people to question them, Zheng Fan continued,

"If it's like what San'er said, then we can't take Helian Baozhu back to Shengle City now, and even we can't go back to Shengle City, because the person making contact will likely come in the next few days."

"But the village has already been captured by us," San'er said helplessly.

When the person making contact comes back and sees that the village has been taken down, they will definitely be alert.

The Blind Man waved his hand and said,

"This isn't difficult. It should be thanks to the Yan army's very thorough implementation of the extermination policy against the Helian family, otherwise the Helian family's remnants wouldn't have pushed this girl to the position of young master.

So, Helian Baozhu is someone they will never easily give up. Also, this is a world with a bit of fantasy, and I even think that there should be some kind of mechanism set up in that treasure trove, such as people who are not of the Helian family's bloodline not being able to open it.

If they come back and find that the village has been captured, they shouldn't just turn around and leave. They probably won't give up so easily."

A Ming wiped the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand and said,

"This is easy to do. The village has been destroyed, so be it. We'll take this girl and hide in the mountains near the village, and then carve some of the Helian family's crests on the nearby trees. Isn't that girl still wearing that needled armor? The needles I pulled off before are still there, I didn't throw them away. We can sprinkle some of them near where we're hiding;

Or just leave some of that girl's hairpins or pieces of clothing to make sure the other party can find us. We'll then take action at that time and capture him alive."

"That's the only way, and the sooner the better," Zheng Fan said.

At this time, Liang Cheng came back and said directly,

"Good luck, we asked them directly. The people in that village said that this girl was a distinguished guest of their leader, and the girl initially had nine guards around her."

"Nine guards, is that accurate?" the Blind Man asked.

"That savage woman worked in the kitchen, responsible for delivering food to them, and there were nine people."

Xue San immediately said, "A total of eight guards were killed in the village, which proves that one guard went to send a message, waiting for someone to come and respond."

"Arrange manpower," Zheng Fan ordered, then looked at the Blind Man.

"My lord, I have to stay. If we really find news of the treasure trove, having me there when we're searching will save you from having to dig holes everywhere. I can also act as a detector."

The Blind Man was very practical. When looking for things, having him around often made things twice as effective with half the effort.

"I also have to be here. I'm good at tracking in jungles and valleys, and whether it's gathering information or assassination, it should all be useful this time," Xue San said.

A Ming continued to drink "wine." He didn't care. Since he had already improved, he could naturally be a little more reserved. He had enough alcohol this time, and he didn't really want to go.

Liang Cheng took the initiative and said, "I'll lead the troops back. Si Niang can temporarily take over your work, Blind Man, but we can't let Si Niang train the troops, can we? I'll take care of the troops and prepare to re-enter the mountains to meet you."

At this time, being able not to shout to go together was already a great sacrifice.

Zheng Fan pointed at A Ming and said,

"A Ming, come with us. It's too lonely without you by my side."

A Ming turned his head away,

And took another sip of "wine." Wine entered his sorrowful intestines;

Of course, he knew why his lord wanted to name him to go with him.

His lord didn't miss him as a person, but missed his body.

At this time, Xue San secretly pointed to Fan Li, who was still squatting in the distance,

"Should we take him?"

The Blind Man looked at Zheng Fan and said, "My lord, let's take him. In case we need to dig pits or drill holes, we'll still need him. Most importantly, it's better to have him by our side than to let him stay in Shengle City and cause trouble."

"Okay, that's the decision. A Cheng leads the troops back and controls the situation in Shengle City with Si Niang first. We'll take Helian Baozhu and find a place in the mountains near the village to wait for the person making contact to return."

Zheng Fan made the final decision,

Got up,

Stretched,

And sighed with emotion,

"Don't tell me, it seems like we've been fighting all the time. It's been a long time since just a few of us acted together like this. I'm really looking forward to it."

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