Chapter 1299: Beneath the Leaping Horse Bridge, the Yang Gong Treasury!

"Leaping Horse Bridge?"

"You brought me here in the middle of the night just to look at this bridge?"

Shi Qingxuan examined the Leaping Horse Bridge in front of her, her beautiful eyes flickering.

"Could it not be that I invited you here to watch the surging river water and the moon in the water?"

Su Xuan spoke calmly, answering Shi Qingxuan's words.

Shi Qingxuan turned her head and stared quietly at Su Xuan, always feeling that everything was not as simple as Su Xuan said.

Su Xuan sighed, "I knew I couldn't hide it from you. I did come here tonight for this bridge."

Shi Qingxuan asked suspiciously: "Is there anything unique about this Leaping Horse Bridge?"

Su Xuan said: "The Leaping Horse Bridge does indeed have its uniqueness. To be precise, it is a certain location hidden beneath this bridge that is the real heavyweight!"

"What is hidden beneath the Leaping Horse Bridge?" Shi Qingxuan was very curious.

Su Xuan did not answer directly, but first spoke of a rumor widely circulated in the Jianghu: "Jianghu rumors say that the He Shi Bi and the Yang Gong Treasury are two things, and obtaining either one can win the world. In the past, the Cihang Jingzhai found the He Shi Bi and hid it in the Jingnian Chan Monastery, intending to use it to select an emperor in Luoyang to determine the destiny of the monarch. Unfortunately, due to some accidents, this matter ultimately ended in failure."

"And besides the He Shi Bi, the other thing, the Yang Gong Treasury, is a treasure left behind by Yang Su for his rebellion."

Yang Su was the most influential powerful official during the time of Yang Jian. Relying on his southern and northern expeditions and his invincibility, his achievements overshadowed his master, and he was deeply suspected by Emperor Wen of Sui.

Yang Su himself was not someone to be trifled with. He plotted to rebel and hoarded weapons, grain, and wealth. However, Emperor Wen died of illness shortly after, and Yang Guang, whom Yang Su supported, ascended the throne, making the treasury useless. It was not until Yang Su's son, Yang Xuangan, rebelled that the news of the treasury's existence was revealed. However, because the change was sudden and was quickly suppressed by Yang Guang, the treasure could not be retrieved. Although Yang Guang killed all his party members overnight, he could never find Yang Su's treasury.

Shi Qingxuan naturally knew what the Yang Gong Treasury was.

She did not expect Su Xuan to suddenly mention the Yang Gong Treasury.

Immediately after, Su Xuan's tone changed, without even the intention of keeping her in suspense: "The Yang Gong Treasury is hidden right beneath this Leaping Horse Bridge!"

"How could it be?!"

Shi Qingxuan was very shocked.

"Why couldn't it be?"

Su Xuan looked at the shocked Shi Qingxuan and said softly: "The Yang Gong Treasury was a treasury built by Yang Su for his rebellion. In times of necessity, it could provide Yang Su with a large amount of wealth and weapons for his survival and rebellion. Therefore, in order to respond to emergencies, Yang Su had to be able to quickly transport the weapons out after the treasury was opened. If it took three or four days just to transport the weapons, he would have been killed by Yang Jian long ago."

"This Leaping Horse Bridge is not far from Zhu Que Avenue. In times of necessity, one only needs to defend the bridge to easily block the rebel-suppressing army. At the same time, the treasury entrance is nearby, which is also convenient for Yang Su's people to get weapons more easily."

Shi Qingxuan fell silent. Although it was mind-boggling, hindered by the many "surprises" Su Xuan had given her earlier, she ultimately believed Su Xuan's explanation.

"No wonder you came to Chang'an, and specifically chose to come to this Leaping Horse Bridge at night. Was your goal the Yang Gong Treasury?"

"Right, the Yang Gong Treasury is a treasure left by Yang Su for his rebellion. Although I don't know why, you are preparing to help Kou Zhong seize the world. But if you can obtain the Yang Gong Treasury, even if Kou Zhong has no foundation, he will have the capital to compete for the world."

Shi Qingxuan rambled on. Since following Su Xuan, she had become much more talkative.

She even developed some other conjectures.

"Did Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling tell you the location of the Yang Gong Treasury?"

Lu Miaoji had a close relationship with Yang Su back then, and the design and construction of the Yang Gong Treasury came from Lu Miaoji's hands. When Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling first started out, many people in the world besieged and hunted them down because they knew the location of the Yang Gong Treasury.

At first, it was unknown whether this news was true or false, but later, they did indeed accompany Lu Miaoji at the Feima Ranch to complete the last journey of his life.

Before Lu Miaoji died, he might have told Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling the whereabouts of the Yang Gong Treasury.

It was very likely that Su Xuan learned the whereabouts of the Yang Gong Treasury from those two.

"If the treasures in the Yang Gong Treasury are retrieved, it can indeed give one the capital to compete for the world. But I came here today not for these treasures, but for something else."

"Something else?" Shi Qingxuan guessed secretly.

Su Xuan said softly: "As the Evil Emperor, something should belong to me. How can I let it remain covered in dust in a dark room!"

Shi Qingxuan immediately guessed what it was.

"Evil Emperor… Relic!"

Right, she had almost forgotten that the Evil Emperor Relic was hidden in this Yang Gong Treasury.

In the past, the Evil Emperor Xiang Yutian entrusted the Evil Emperor Relic to Lu Miaoji before his seclusion. Later, Lu Miaoji gave the Evil Emperor Relic to her mother, Bi Xiuxin. Because of her mother's identity, many people in the Demonic Sect were wary, and ultimately no one dared to plot to seize the Evil Emperor Relic in her hands.

Unfortunately, good times did not last long. Her mother, because she studied the "Undying Seal Technique" and wanted to find a way to break it, ultimately caused problems with her body and passed away early. The Evil Emperor Relic finally fell back into Lu Miaoji's hands.

Shi Qingxuan only knew that the Evil Emperor Relic was hidden by Lu Miaoji in the Yang Gong Treasury, but she did not know the specific location of the Yang Gong Treasury.

Now, mentioned by Su Xuan, stating that the Yang Gong Treasury was right beneath this Leaping Horse Bridge, she immediately thought of this.

Su Xuan saw that Shi Qingxuan had guessed the truth.

He did not say much more. The next moment, his sleeve brushed past, and an invisible force dissipated.

Shi Qingxuan clearly felt this force.

But apart from the fluctuation of this force, there was no movement.

This made her very surprised.

After this force dissipated, Su Xuan walked slowly onto the Leaping Horse Bridge.

Finally, his gaze fell on the six pillars in the middle of the stone bridge. Only these six pillars had their tops carved into six lifelike stone dragon heads looking down from the bridge, adding infinite vitality to the stone bridge like the finishing touch.

Seeing these six dragon-head pillars, Su Xuan could not help but curl his lips. According to the original work, these six dragon-head pillars were the key to opening the Yang Gong Treasury.

Stepping forward to look, Su Xuan discovered that the structure of the six dragon-head pillars was significantly different from the other pillars. They were not connected as a whole, but a cylinder connected to the dragon head was embedded in a hollow square pillar on the outside. If one did not look closely at the connection, it seemed as if they were one piece.

Recalling the details in the original work, Su Xuan activated the mechanism as described.

When he activated the mechanism, the Leaping Horse Bridge suddenly shook. Shi Qingxuan immediately noticed this scene. However, unexpectedly, even though there were many pedestrians around, and even a team of city-patrolling soldiers passed by, they felt nothing at all.

This was an extremely strange thing.

Shi Qingxuan immediately thought of the energy fluctuation released by Su Xuan earlier.