vrcanaries Chapter 388 The Uncut Wooden Box
Chapter 388 The Uncut Wooden Box
With such an excellent daughter-in-law like Qin Miaoxi, Lu Qingchen suddenly felt full of motivation. While his men were moving the official silver, he was checking them one by one with high morale.
However, he searched the surrounding land in a sweat, but he couldn't find the ill-gotten gains that Qin Miaoxi had mentioned.
"Where can that bastard village chief hide the thing?"
He slumped on the ground and muttered to himself, his eyes never giving up looking around.
Qin Miaoxi looked at him with burning eyes, her voice soft as if she was whispering to herself, "Why do you believe me?"
"You are my wife. Who else should I trust if not you?" Lu Qingchen looked at her with eyes full of tenderness.
The strings in her heart were gently plucked. Qin Miaoxi was not a naive girl who was ignorant of the world. In fact, she understood some of the subtle thoughts and feelings about love between men and women.
And her trembling heart towards Lu Qingchen already made it clear - she was moved.
She pursed her lips, her eyes sparkling. It was not shameful to have feelings for her husband. Perhaps she should figure out how to get along with him in the future as soon as possible.
Just as he was thinking, the tenderness in Lu Qingchen's eyes was replaced by panic. He stepped forward in shock and held her hand, while his other hand carefully wiped her nose.
"Why is your nose bleeding?"
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Qin Miaoxi looked down and saw that his fingers were already bright red.
The next moment, she felt dizzy and staggered forward into Lu Qingchen's arms. Her tightly closed eyes felt like they were burning with unbearable pain.
"what happened?"
"It's okay, I just feel a little dizzy suddenly." She rubbed her temples, hoping to relieve the pain, but unfortunately the effect was minimal.
Lu Qingchen quickly carried her on his back and strode down the mountain, "I'll take you to see the imperial physician right away."
"No, put me down."
"You can't even open your eyes because of the pain, yet you're still trying to be brave?"
Lu Qingchen complained, but his feet moved faster.
At this time, Qin Miaoxi forced herself to open her eyes and lightly tapped his shoulder with her fingers. Lu Qingchen immediately groaned in pain, and the hands around her lost their strength, and she actually slipped off his back.
"careful!"
Qin Miaoxi tapped several major acupoints on her body, and the pain in her head finally eased.
She held onto the tree trunk to steady herself, stared into Lu Qingchen's eyes and said solemnly, "First find the stolen money."
Lu Qingchen looked annoyed, but he couldn't persuade her, so he held his breath and growled angrily: "Okay!"
Looking at the figure walking away indignantly, Qin Miaoxi shouted, "You can look around to see which plants are young. The things are buried under them."
Lu Qingchen understood the purpose of this method in an instant, and immediately changed his thinking and started looking for plants.
I didn't notice it before, but after careful inspection this time, I actually found several plants that were less than ten years old, and they were distributed in the same place, which is the intersection of the bronze bull and the woods.
Qin Miaoxi circled around the place a few times and said, "This should be it."
Lu Qingchen called a guard over, and the two of them started working with shovels.
The pit was being dug quickly, but after half a meter, nothing was seen. The guard asked in confusion, "Young Marquis, do you want to continue digging?"
"Damn, I don't believe it."
Lu Qingchen threw away his coat, rolled up his sleeves and got to work.
After going down two more floors, the shovel hit something hard. His eyes suddenly lit up and he quickly pushed away the soil on top. A wooden box appeared in front of him.
"It's so heavy!" Lu Qingchen's eyes lit up. It seemed that he had found the right one.
The wooden box was carried in front of Qin Miaoxi, but when she was about to open it, she couldn't find the opening place. It was a completely sealed box.
"It's not just a piece of wood, is it?"
"No." Qin Miaoxi said firmly: "The box has been polished by humans. The reason why there is no gap in the box may be another mystery."
Lu Qingchen was so tired that his face turned pale. He muttered irritably, "No matter what secrets it has, just smash it open."
After saying that, he raised the shovel and smashed it towards the wooden box.
boom!
With a loud bang, a black object, accompanied by a strong wind, rushed straight towards Lu Qingchen's face.
He had no time to react, he felt his heart suddenly shrink, his eyes widened in horror, and his vision was filled with the cold shadow of the shovel head.
Qin Miaoxi's pupils suddenly shrank, and she instinctively reached out and pulled the other person aside.
Almost at the same time, the shovel head flew past the other person's ear with a whistling wind and hit the tree trunk behind him heavily, leaving a deep dent the size of a bowl in an instant.
Qin Miaoxi was also terrified and glared at him angrily, "Young Marquis, if you have nowhere to use your brute force, the Dali Temple has quite a few old cases that are perfect for you."
Lu Qingchen: "..."
How could he have known that the shovel was so poorly made that it almost cost him his life.
"Okay, come and take a look!"
Lu Qingchen was also curious, and when he looked down, he found that... it was not open.
what's the situation?
He knocked subconsciously, "Is it wood? How come it's harder than iron?"
He just tried his best, but failed to split the broken wood?
Qin Miaoxi looked at him meaningfully and said, "Young Marquis, when we get back I'll ask Zi Yan to switch your diet to medicinal food to ensure you stay healthy and strong."
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What?
Is my wife saying that he is weak?
He! How could a young marquis be weak?
His fists creaked as he clenched them. He held his head high and said stubbornly, "The tool just now wasn't suitable. Let me change it."
A sharp knife appeared in his hand, and he was about to chop it down. Qin Miaoxi just raised her eyebrows slightly, looking forward to the result.
buzz~
The blade made a series of roaring sounds, and the wooden box cracked, with the rich aroma of wine flowing out along the cracks.
Lu Qingchen excitedly poked at them with a knife, and found some broken wine jars. They smelled like good wine that had been stored for more than ten years.
"It's just wine?" He kicked it away in disgust. "I thought there was something good!"
Qin Miaoxi squatted down and pushed away the broken pieces of the wine jar, and instead stared at the board at the bottom of the wooden box.
"Wife, there's nothing good to see. I'll look somewhere else."
"Give me the knife."
"what?"
Qin Miaoxi snatched the knife without saying a word and stuck it straight into the wooden board.
Click!
Kakakka~
A crack spread along the wood grain, and before the eyes could reach the end of the crack, dazzling golden light gurgled out from the tiny crack.
Lu Qingchen blinked in shock, "I seem to see golden light."
Qin Miaoxi was amused by him. She pressed hard on the cracked wooden board. With a bang, the board broke and the treasures inside were revealed to everyone. They were all gold hairpins, bracelets, gold crowns and other items.
Lu Qingchen grinned sarcastically, "Great! That village chief is quite creative. He actually melted the gold and forged so many gold ornaments. When they are taken out in the future, no one will suspect that they are made of official silver."
"It's not recast official silver, it's an imperial item from the palace."
"From the palace?"
Lu Qingchen couldn't help but pick one up and take a closer look. In a hidden corner, there was indeed a royal emblem printed on it.
He asked mysteriously, "Does the village chief have any connection to the palace?"