Leng Yi called the deputy headman from the Bazhou magistrate's office and asked about it. He learned that Lotus Mountain is just outside the east city. You can see it from a distance by looking up from the city. The mountain is not high, and there is a cliff on the top of it.

I don’t know when someone carved a huge lotus on the boulder above, hence the name.

Leng Yi came to the scholar's house in a sedan. There were still screams coming from inside. It seemed that Yin Jiu did not give up and was still torturing the scholar's family.

Leng Yi frowned, called Cheng Luojie out, and said, "The stars are shining tonight. Are you interested in going out of the city for a trip?"

"Leaving the city?" Cheng Luojie was a little stunned, "It will be dark soon! Are you still leaving the city?"

"Yes, let's go hiking to watch the sunset! I haven't seen the sun for a month. If you don't think so, I still want to! Do you want to go?"

Cheng Luojie smiled sweetly and said: "Go! Of course you go! I will follow you wherever you go, anywhere in the world!"

"Okay, go find a hoe and a hatchet, and let's go."

"Hoe, hatchet? What do you need this for?"

"The mountain man has his own magic!"

Cheng Luojie rolled her eyes at him and turned away. After a moment, she came over carrying a hoe and a hatchet.

Leng Yi and Cheng Luojie carried hoes and hatchets and went out of the city to Lianhua Mountain.

The mountain was not steep, and the two of them climbed the mountain very quickly. When the sun set over the mountain and the sky was filled with colorful clouds, they reached the top of the mountain.

Under the afterglow of the sun, you can see the lotus carved on the cliff from a distance. However, over time, the paint on it has long been mottled and peeled off, and the lotus has lost its luster.

That cliff is still two or three miles away from the path up the mountain. There is no way to go there, we can only find a way through thorns and weeds.

When they came to the bottom of the cliff, the afterglow of the sun was only a smear on the horizon.

Leng Yi glanced at it and saw that the pine trees in the east were sparse. Counting from the lotus stone, he reached the third tree and then walked ten steps to the west. There was an open space. Leng Yi picked up the hoe and started digging.

Cheng Luojie was a little stunned and said, "What are you doing here?"

Leng Yi raised his head, smiled, and said, "You'll know later!"

Leng Yi dug the ground very quickly. After a while, he dug a big hole.

Suddenly, his hoe made a thud sound, as if it was digging into something hard. He quickly dropped the hoe and began to dig with his hands. He felt that there was a square iron box underneath. He dug away the soil on both sides.

It turned out to be an iron box. I took it out and placed it on the ground.

Cheng Luojie smiled in surprise: "Oh, so there is something hidden here? Did you hide it? What is it?"

Leng Yi didn't say anything. He opened the button on the box and opened the lid. There was a small brocade box inside, with goose yellow velvet edges and exquisite carvings of dragons!

Cheng Luojie stopped laughing immediately, and screamed. She squatted down, carefully picked up the brocade box, and pressed the spring. There was a clicking sound, and the brocade box was opened. Inside, on the goose-yellow background, there was an upright

There is a warm and beautiful jade seal! Engraved on the upper part of the seal is a mighty dragon!

"My mother!" Cheng Luojie was so excited that her hands were trembling. She was afraid that if she couldn't hold it, the thing would fall to the ground. She simply sat down on the grass, put the brocade box in her arms, and then carefully took out the brocade box.

Pick up the seal in the box, open it, and see the seal characters "The Mandated Treasure of the Song Dynasty" engraved on it.

"Yes! That's it! I found one! Great! My mother!" Cheng Luojie was so excited that she was a little incoherent.

Leng Yi didn't even ask what kind of seal it was, he just said: "That's right, that's all. Go back! It's getting dark!" After that, he picked up the hoe and left.

"Wait!" Cheng Luojie shouted, "How do you know the treasure is here?"

"Can't you go back and say no?"

"No! This is too important, you must tell me right away!" Cheng Luojie was anxious and grabbed him to prevent him from leaving.

Leng Yi had no choice but to put down his hoe. He took out the insole from his arms and handed it to her: "Here, my maid discovered that there is a thumb-sized interlayer on the front of this insole. After opening it, there was a map inside. That's it.

this."

Leng Yi handed the white silk map to Cheng Luojie. After Cheng Luojie looked at it, she shouted again: "Dig! Keep digging! There are two more things, maybe they are here too!"

Cheng Luojie put the brocade box and the map into her arms, picked up the hoe, and started digging.

Leng Yi didn't stop him. He picked up a hatchet, picked a pine tree, cut down some oily pine trees, lit a fire, and made a torch to illuminate Cheng Luojie.

At this time, it was completely dark, and various unknown animals in the mountains and forests began to bark. Cheng Luojie was also a brave person, so she didn't care about it and kept digging.

She spent an entire hour digging around the tree, but found nothing except some large and small stones.

Cheng Luojie finally gave up. She was so tired that her whole body was about to fall apart. She threw away the hoe and sat down on the grass, breathing heavily. Looking at Leng Yi, who seemed to be taking a rest, she said angrily: "What are you doing?

Won’t help me?”

"It's useless, what can I do for you?"

"If you don't dig it, how do you know it's useless?"

"You said it yourself, those three pieces are the most precious treasures. At least I know that Ke Qiang and Dong Ze, a eunuch and a guard have stolen these royal treasures. Now, that Ke Qiang asked Dong Ze to hand over the things

Is it possible that he would be left empty-handed if he kept it for his first love? Besides, how could such three treasures be hidden in the same place for others to take advantage of? Therefore, there is only this one here, and there will be no other treasures, so digging is also

Digging for nothing.”

Cheng Luojie thought about it for a while, and it was right. It seemed that she didn't use her brain and was tired in vain. She said angrily: "Since you know, why don't you stop me?"

Leng Yi smiled bitterly and said: "Can I persuade you? I can only let the facts educate you!"

Cheng Luojie thought to herself that this was true. If he tried to dissuade her, she would not listen and had to dig out to find out. She let out a "hum" in her nostrils and took out the seal from her arms, turning it over and over for a while.

Leng Yi waved: "Come here!"

Leng Yi stuck the torch in his hand on the ground, walked to her and sat down next to her.

Cheng Luojie handed him the seal: "Here, open your eyes!"

Leng Yi took it, turned it over, and took a closer look under the light of the torch. He saw that it was engraved with large seal characters of "The Mandated Treasure of the Song Dynasty" and traces of vermilion ink.

It turned out to be a jade seal!

Leng Yi returned the jade seal to Cheng Luojie without saying a word.

Cheng Luojie was a little surprised and asked, "Why don't you ask what this is?"

"Do not want to know."

"Why?"

"The more you know about matters related to the royal family, the less stable your mind will be."

Cheng Luojie chuckled: "Look at what you said, it's just the two of us here, what's the big deal? Let me tell you! This jade seal is actually not the real jade seal of the country. The real jade seal of the country is the one used by Qin Shihuang and

The jade was carved by skilled craftsmen, and the seal was written in bird-and-worm seal script by Prime Minister Li Si himself. It read the words "I have been ordered by heaven, and I will live long and prosperous"! Later, when dynasties changed, the national jade seal was lost to war disasters several times.

Later, it was lost and found again. When the late Tang Dynasty emperor Li Congke was defeated, he carried this piece of jade seal on the Xuanwu Tower and died. Since then, this piece of jade seal has been missing. After the founding of the Song Dynasty, Taizu

The emperor re-engraved and made this jade seal, the "mandated treasure of the Song Dynasty", and passed it down from generation to generation as the national treasure of our Song Dynasty. However, on the night of Emperor Taizu's death, Dong Ze, the eunuch of Siyin, stole it.

I took away the Fang Chuanguo Jade Seal! Now that you helped find it, tell me how much contribution you made!"

After saying that, Cheng Luojie couldn't help but hugged Leng Yi and kissed him.

Leng Yi said: "So it turns out that the thing you suspected I had on me was this thing? It's nothing. Isn't it just a seal? There are many royal jade. If you lose it, you can just engrave it. Why bother?

Is this both killing people and teasing people?"

Cheng Luojie's eyes widened and she said: "Don't underestimate this national jade seal! Whoever has it will be the true dragon emperor who truly bears the destiny of God!"

"Come on, don't be naive. Might is truth! Who in the past dynasties became emperor by passing down the imperial seal? Or did political power come from the barrel of a gun?"

Cheng Luojie naturally didn't understand his modern vocabulary, but when he retorted, she was naturally unconvinced and hit him lightly, saying: "You don't know the inside story! Our Song Dynasty is different from other dynasties!

In other dynasties, you can be an emperor even if you don't have a jade seal to pass down the country, but our current emperor in the Song Dynasty can't do it without a jade seal to pass down the country!"

"Why?"

"Because..." Cheng Luojie glanced around, lowered her voice, and said, "I'm telling you, you are not allowed to tell others!"

"Aren't you still worried about me?"

Cheng Luojie put her red lips to his ear and said, "It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that this matter is too important...!"

"Then stop talking! I still want to live a good life for a few more years!"

Cheng Luojie hit him again and said: "You idiot! Queen Kaibao promoted you to be a general judge and asked you to be responsible for investigating these three treasures. You have already been involved, and now you have discovered this legendary country

Yuxi, do you still want to stay out of trouble? What sweet dream are you having?"

Leng Yi smiled bitterly and said, "Why did you bring me in without even informing you?"

Cheng Luojie chuckled and said, "Don't be afraid, it's not as serious as you think. On the contrary, as long as you do a good job, your career will be just around the corner, isn't it?"

"I don't want to be successful, I just want to be safe. Otherwise, you tell Queen Kaibao that you found this national jade seal and it has nothing to do with me. Don't involve me in it, okay?"

"It's useless! The current emperor already knows that you are helping Queen Kaibao find these three treasures. You are already Queen Kaibao's man. You have only one way to go to the end! There is no retreat. What I said is true."

Leng Yi was surprised and said, "How could the emperor know about me?"

"Yin Jiu is the one sent by the emperor!" (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!