Chapter 314: I was so good to you, and you actually betrayed me! (Seeking subscriptions)

Hearing Lin Mo's words, the official smiled: "Official Lin, are you curious about how I opened the gate? I saw a hidden mechanism outside the gate and thought there might be some treasure inside, so I took an instrument to detect it for a while..."

He spoke for a while, and Lin Mo probed from the side before realizing.

The emperor of the May Tian Ce Dynasty, Li Chen, discovered the Long Di's tomb for some reason; there was a large amount of wealth and cultivation resources here, as well as the Long Qibing.

He organized manpower from the Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of Works, and Ministry of War to explore here.

However, before that, the hundred consorts here had long since followed Li Chen into the imperial palace in the Imperial Capital, and the sleeping Long Di was already dead beyond death.

Li Chen didn't explain these things carefully; he just indicated that a large amount of wealth from the previous dynasty had been discovered, and others certainly didn't know.

Lin Mo followed this Ministry of Works colleague out of the secret room and saw people coming and going in the corridor—they were all people from the imperial court, and they were from different departments; it seemed there were the Ministry of Works, Ministry of Revenue, and Ministry of War.

He had been in the Imperial Capital for a period and could certainly distinguish them.

According to the Ministry of Works colleague, the Ministers of the three major departments had all come personally, and each department had brought over ten thousand people.

This was also why the Ministry of Works colleague didn't suspect why Lin Mo appeared here.

He even thought Lin Mo was also called here by the Minister.

When Lin Mo came to the palaces of some consorts and asked about the people inside, the Ministry of Works colleague indicated that there was no one here and the rooms were all empty.

Lin Mo started to organize the intelligence in his mind, combing out a clue.

Could it be that during the few days I came here for seclusion, Li Chen's guy also happened to enter the secret room, then slaughtered the Long Di, snatched all the consorts here, and had people empty the wealth inside?

This was also the main reason why Qiu Xianyu didn't come to open the gate for me.

Thinking of this, Lin Mo felt uncomfortable; Qiu Xianyu's figure—he only dared to think about it in his dreams and didn't even dare to look when facing her, but it was cheapened by Li Chen again.

Why is it that every time I come to a "kingdom of daughters," Li Chen also comes, and all the benefits are occupied by him!

There is no help for it; this is what happens when one's cultivation base is low—one can only watch. Who let him not cultivate to max level before coming?

Those with low cultivation bases facing a beauty like Qiu Xianyu only dare to think about it and treat her as a goal to strive for.

Li Chen not only dared to think but also dared to do it.

Lin Mo also didn't know how Li Chen knew about this place, but he judged one point: Li Chen didn't seem to know that he had a relationship with the remnants of the previous dynasty, otherwise his colleague wouldn't be speaking normally.

So he took the opportunity to indicate that he had been busy with the construction of the rail train during this period and his head was a little confused; the Ministry of Works colleague could understand, as they were all people working the same job.

Lin Mo felt that after he finished his work, he would return to Shanghe City to ask Wei Manying what exactly happened.

After strolling around the tomb and helping his colleague unlock the secret room gate where the scriptures were hidden, his "work" for today could be considered complete, and he followed his colleague to leave the tomb.

Arriving at the entrance of the Long Di's tomb, Lin Mo saw that it was surrounded by people in a grand manner.

All kinds of flags were fluttering in the wind, and the regular army of the west of the May Tian Ce Dynasty had all come.

The Ministers of the three departments led the team personally, followed by tens of thousands of capable people carefully selected, and the grand team illuminated the entire mountain range like daylight.

It seemed they intended to work overtime to finish the work to avoid complications.

The Minister of Revenue, Liu Minghan, held an abacus, and crisp sounds were emitted as his fingertips moved.

Behind him followed three thousand accountants, each holding a thick account book in their hands.

"First vault, 108,000 gold bricks, 300,000 taels of silver, 3,000 hu of pearls..."

The accountants reported the numbers loudly while counting.

Their voices rose and fell, and the scale was grand.

The gold bricks were neatly stacked in specially made wooden boxes, each weighed and recorded strictly.

The silver ingots were labeled with numbers and packed into sealed iron boxes.

Pearls, agate, jade, and other treasures were classified and packed into brocade boxes, with detailed lists pasted on the boxes.

Liu Minghan stood on a high place, his gaze sweeping over every link.

He occasionally picked up the account book to check, ensuring that every bit of wealth was recorded.

This kind of work was very cumbersome, but he liked it very much; the Ministry of Revenue liked money—the more money the country had, the happier they were.

This was wealth that had to be recorded in the national treasury, so Liu Minghan didn't dare to be negligent and often said to his deputy beside him, "Must be meticulous; there absolutely cannot be half a mistake."

The Minister of Works commanded over ten thousand craftsmen and laborers.

They were divided into dozens of small teams, some responsible for dismantling mechanisms, some for moving heavy objects, and some for modifying damaged formations.

"Be careful, that Nine-Dragon Instrument is a priceless treasure!"

The Minister of Works reminded loudly.

The craftsmen used specially made wooden frames to fix the huge Nine-Dragon Instrument and carefully lifted it onto the demonic beast cart.

Other precision instruments were packed into specially made bronze boxes, with soft silk spread inside the boxes.

Precious swords of very high quality were sealed in jade caskets, with nine-fold talismans pasted outside the caskets.

Even the night-luminescent pearls in the palace were taken down one by one and packed into shock-proof wooden boxes.

The Minister of Works personally checked the loading situation of every carriage, ensuring that the wealth wouldn't be damaged during transportation.

His deputy was responsible for recording the destination of every piece of wealth, ensuring nothing went wrong.

Lin Mo saw his own superior and even went up to greet him.

The Minister of Works didn't perceive anything improper, just indicating that Lin Mo's work recently had been hard, he should rest appropriately, and then scolded the colleague beside Lin Mo, telling him to hurry up and work—it wouldn't be easy to transport in a few days when it rained.

The Ministry of Works colleague beside Lin Mo was helpless—who let Lin Mo be a good subordinate in the Minister's eyes? He was truly partial.

Lin Mo actually wasn't interested in the work here and just wanted to return to Shanghe City early.

Besides the Ministry of Revenue and Ministry of Works, the people of the Ministry of War were naturally there too.

Because this was deep in the Yunluo Mountain Range, it would be impossible to complete the base exploration and transportation without a powerful army guarding it.

Besides this, those Long Qibing were a major combat force; Li Chen let the Ministry of War arrange the management, stationing, monitoring, etc., of the Long Qibing—anyway, Li Chen just wanted a result.

The danger of the Long Di's resurrection was simply turned into a "gift of nature" by Li Chen; with the addition of these resources and wealth, the development of the May Tian Ce Dynasty would be faster.

The news of the exposure of the Long Di's tomb was actually ordered to be blocked, but too many people came, and the news would soon spread.

It was thought that it wouldn't be long before those who wanted to rely on the Long Di's resurrection to seize the throne or change the dynasty would know this news and have what kind of thoughts.

It was hard to say about others, but Lin Mo encountered trouble here.

When he returned to Shanghe City and arrived at the Wei family, a sharp long sword was pressed against his neck.

The stunning beauty holding the sword said angrily: "Lin Mo, I was so good to you, and you actually betrayed me!"

Wei Manying was furious; the Long Di's tomb was known only to a few people in the imperial clan of the previous dynasty.

She felt at the time that Lin Mo was one of her own, or it could be said that to win over Lin Mo, she begged Qiu Xianyu to take Lin Mo to the tomb where the Long Di slept to cultivate.

As a result, who could have thought that Lin Mo would betray her like this!

After all, from Wei Manying's perspective to understand it, it seemed that it was indeed the case.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 315 =====