Rebirth of the Flying Era

If it hadn't been for the betrayal in Mouse Cave, Du Fei wouldn't have paid special attention to the terrain here.

But now that we know which tunnel leads here, this large underwater pit seems particularly abrupt.

Du Fei did not hesitate and immediately asked Xiao Bai to swim over and use his claws to push away the mud on the surface.

The mud beneath the water was like overcooked rice soup.

Xiaobai rushed in, pawing with all four paws.

The originally clear water around him suddenly turned into a turbid mud soup, submerging Xiao Bai's figure.

Xiaobai ignored it, and after a while the mud was nearly half a meter deep, and finally he encountered something hard.

After two more splashes, the water flow was used to completely wash away the mud in front, revealing the grain of the granite.

"found it!"

Du Fei secretly screamed excitedly.

After another ten minutes, Xiaobai cleared a larger area.

Some rough outlines can already be seen.

There turned out to be an arched water mouth, nearly four meters high from top to bottom, and more than one meter wide from left to right.

There is also a sluice at the entrance.

There are checkered iron railings on the gate, but they have long been rusted after being soaked in water for who knows how many years.

Just now, when Xiaobai was digging out the mud, he accidentally touched it and broke several of them.

There is no iron core visible at the fracture, only fluffy and fragile rust.

Du Fei couldn't wait and immediately asked Xiaobai to go in along the entrance of the cave to see what happened.

I was even more confused, what was the purpose of this hole?

As Xiao Bai followed the entrance of the cave and swam not far inside, this question was answered.

After leaving the entrance of the cave, the water in the cave is almost static and is obviously clearer than outside.

You can clearly see several horizontal marks on the granite wall.

Du Fei had raised fish and often saw marks formed by moss and green algae near the waterline of the fish tank.

This made him suddenly realize!

The water level of Shichahai is not static.

Especially in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, the situation was turbulent and the government changed. There was no money to maintain the Shichahai water system.

At that time, there were even many farmlands growing rice around Shichahai.

Originally, there was less water entering the upper reaches of Shichahai.

In order to irrigate farmland, more than half of the water was cut off, causing the water level of Shichahai to drop rapidly.

It was not until after liberation that the situation completely stabilized.

The Shichahai Sea has returned to its current water level after large-scale dredging.

Du Fei estimated that when this tunnel was first built, the water level in Shichahai was low.

According to the position of the waterline on the wall, a small half of the hole should be exposed.

At this time, Du Fei suddenly remembered the small wooden boat lying upside down in the Shichahai, and the dead man's skeleton underneath.

If it were a small wooden boat, although it would be a bit cramped to get in and out, it would definitely be passable.

Xiaobai continued to follow the tunnel.

After advancing about twenty or thirty meters, I finally climbed out of the water.

Du Fei adjusted his perspective and looked back at the dark water.

Because the water completely submerged the tunnel entrance, forming a closed space.

Du Fei did not let Xiao Bai go forward to explore immediately, but stayed for a while to get used to the air here and see if he could breathe normally.

After a few minutes, Xiaobai felt no discomfort, and Du Fei allowed him to crawl inside.

It is estimated that there should be other vents in this underground palace.

Although Xiaobai's body is heavy, after the transformation, it is not difficult to crawl.

Moreover, the straight-line distance from Du Fei's compound to the Shichahai Sea is not far, only five or six hundred meters in total.

Xiaohong and the others spent more than ten hours digging the hole, but it only took Xiaobai ten minutes to walk back.

Finally, this building, which was more than 20 meters long and 10 meters wide, made of hard granite, appeared in front of Du Fei's eyes.

Du Fei's first impression was that it was empty inside.

Rather than an underground palace, it would be more appropriate to say it is an underground warehouse.

At the edge of the tunnel entrance, there was a two-wheeled cart parked. Because of the darkness and dampness, the cart was rotten. Both wheels fell off and fell sideways on the ground.

Next to the cart, there were several wooden boxes with unknown contents inside. They were all locked and sealed.

Du Fei was a little curious and was about to ask Xiao Bai to go over and open the box to take a look.

But suddenly he saw a white foot bone sticking out from the side of the box!

Du Fei's heart trembled.

As Xiao Bai took a few steps forward, a completely skeletal corpse was revealed.

The clothes of the corpse had long been torn, leaving only a few pieces of black cloth, and a rusty revolver in his hand.

Du Fei couldn't help but take a few more glances at the pistol.

He could only be considered a half-military fan, and he did not recognize the model and origin of this gun.

However, before liberation, those who could use revolvers were definitely not ordinary people.

I don’t know why he died here, there was no one to collect his body.

At this time, Xiaobai had arrived next to the box.

The wood of these boxes is good, probably camphor wood, which is relatively corrosion-resistant.

But it couldn't stand it for decades in such a humid basement. The wooden boards were completely rotten. When Xiaobai patted it, it collapsed immediately.

With a crash, a large amount of black coins poured out from inside.

Du Fei took a closer look and saw that they were all oxidized silver coins.

It immediately reminded him of Zai Zhenjian's tomb in Dayang Mountain.

Xin Xin said: "Could it be that the silver coins over there were all shipped out box by box from here? In the end, due to some accident, the remaining ones were not shipped away."

I immediately counted nine boxes in total.

According to previous experience in Dayang Mountain, a box usually contains five thousand silver dollars.

It's not that the box can't fit in it, but it's too heavy to carry.

Generally, a silver dollar, regardless of variety, weighs more than 20 grams.

Ten thousand oceans is more than two hundred kilograms.

It weighs more than four hundred kilograms, and two ordinary laborers would definitely not be able to move it.

Five thousand oceans, more than 200 kilograms, it is suitable whether it is carried manually or placed on a small boat.

To prevent his guessing from being wrong, Du Fei asked Xiao Bai to open several other boxes.

Without exception, all of them contained silver coins, including not only "Standing Man", but also "Yingyang", "Longyang" and "Ziyang"... The one with the most was Yuan Datou.

According to the number of boxes, these silver dollars should be between 40,000 and 50,000. According to the current exchange price at the bank, each one is about 2 yuan, or nearly 100,000 yuan.

Du Fei couldn't help but feel secretly happy.

Although he now has a fortune of hundreds of thousands, he is quite excited to increase it by one hundred thousand at a time.

In addition, if these silver coins are placed here, does it mean that this is where the treasures of Prince Qing's Mansion were stored?

Thinking of this, Du Fei's mood became even more agitated.

If those treasures from Prince Qing's Mansion can be found, their value must be much higher than the more than 10 million silver dollars in Dayangshan Tomb.

Ignoring the scattered ocean, Du Fei asked Xiao Bai to walk to the other side of the warehouse.

The entire underground warehouse was empty, with two rows of thick pillars standing in the middle.

There are several corpses scattered here and there.

On the opposite side, there is a large piece of canvas, bulging and covering something.

Du Fei couldn't help but feel worried.

It is really too damp here. If moisture-proofing is not done, except for precious metals such as gold and silver, all other cultural toys, calligraphy and paintings will be destroyed after being left there for so many years.

As Xiao Bai walked over, Du Fei saw a long wooden ladder standing next to a pillar.

Going up, there is a dark entrance.

According to the location here, it is probably where the pavilion in the back garden is located.

However, the wooden ladder, like the wooden boxes, was completely decayed.

It will fall off when you touch it, so it will definitely be unusable.

Looking up, the top was also sealed.

On the wall behind the ladder is a tunnel entrance leading outside.

If you go west here, it will probably be connected to Prince Lao Qing's Mansion.

Du Fei thought about it and ordered Xiao Hong to come over.

Although the entrance here is underwater, it would definitely be impossible for Xiaohong to go into the water to explore the way, but swimming in along the existing route is not a problem.

As for the ice surface on the water, it is not difficult to drill a hole with Xiaohong's ability.

Then, Du Fei's attention returned to the canvas.

Let Xiaobai go over and prepare to lift the canvas to see what is inside.

Although he felt that it was unlikely to be something particularly valuable, Du Fei still had some expectations in his heart.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door at his house.

Du Fei had no choice but to be patient and disconnect his vision synchronization.

I thought it was the pillar that had gone and returned, so I stood up impatiently and asked "Who?"

Unexpectedly, the person who responded was not Zhu Zhu, but Yu Xiaoli in the front yard.

Du Fei made a slight difference, walked over, opened the door, the impatience on his face disappeared, and he called "Sister Yu" with a smile.

Yu Li had been here several times, and her relationship with Yan Tiecheng had been having some problems recently, so she simply didn't care about this and walked in openly.

"Chief Du, there's something going on at the neighborhood committee!" Yu Xiaoli went straight to the topic as soon as she entered the room.

Du Fei's heart moved, and he estimated that it was almost done.

The neighborhood committee made a report and Section Chief Qian stamped it.

If Director Lian is so impatient, he will definitely not waste time.

However, if it was just to start building a house, Yu Xiaoli would not be in a hurry to come over.

Du Fei asked her to sit down, poured her a glass of water, and asked her to speak slowly.

Yu Xiaoli took the hot cup and without taking a sip, she hurriedly said: "Chief Du, a person came here during the day. I thought he seemed quite strange. He was holding a piece of gossip in his hand, and he was talking like a god. Look here, look there..."

"Gossip?"

Du Fei was stunned for a moment and then realized that it was probably a compass used to read Feng Shui.

Yu Xiaoli didn't recognize the compass, but she knew the gossip on it.

However, the neighborhood committee is only renovating the house, not choosing a location to build a new house. Why does it have a Feng Shui consultant?

Because the house needs to be renovated, the neighborhood committee has been in a mess these past two days. There are moves and construction, and there are too many people coming in and out.

The crow that Du Fei left watching could not tell who had a problem and did not report the situation.

Yu Xiaoli continued: "By the way, I also heard that Director Lian called that person 'guru'..."

"Master?" Du Fei raised his eyebrows, Li Jiang actually went there in person!

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