Chapter 82

He had originally thought there was only one mastermind behind this, but judging by the current situation, there might be far more!

"But Mr. Su..."

"These are all figures from decades ago. Now that you mention them, do they have anything to do with this case?"

Lu Xie Xiaofeng put away his smile and asked seriously.

"Of course they do."

"As long as they are human, they can never escape the two words 'fame and profit', and even the backbone officials of the Golden Peng Dynasty back then were no exception."

"Just think, if it were you, and you suddenly obtained this immense wealth, what would you do?"

"If this wealth remained in your hands for ten or twenty years, what would happen then?"

Lu Xie Xiaofeng pondered for a moment, then gave a bitter smile and said:

"If I had obtained this immense wealth, at first I would probably be fearful and trembling, afraid of failing to keep it safe and letting down the former emperor."

"But if ten years passed and no one came to claim this wealth, any normal person would likely develop some crooked thoughts!"

"After all, if no one has come to claim it for ten years, perhaps its owner is already dead, or has long forgotten about this matter!"

"If the owner no longer exists, then this treasure naturally belongs to oneself."

As Lu Xie Xiaofeng said this, everyone nodded one after another.

Although saying it this way is not glorious, and doing so is even more despicable.

But no one can deny that this is human nature.

Even the person with the highest character would find it hard to avoid such thoughts, let alone the fact that it was the treasure of the Golden Peng Kingdom!

According to Jianghu rumors, the wealth of the Golden Peng Kingdom back then was worth nearly ten million taels!

Ten million taels, for any dynasty, would be equivalent to several years of imperial tax revenue!

Therefore, Su Hang saying that the Golden Peng Dynasty's treasure was immense wealth was not wrong at all!

At the same time,

Lu Xie Xiaofeng continued:

"But if no one came to claim it for twenty or even thirty years!"

"Then the situation would be completely different!"

"You must know that for these twenty or thirty years, I have been with this wealth day and night, as if this wealth were my own."

"If someone wanted to take it away, I would be reluctant, and I would resist..."

"But if it exceeded thirty years, I would think that this batch of treasure is mine!"

"Anyone who wants to take it away, I must eliminate them to be satisfied!!"

Hearing Lu Xie Xiaofeng's words, Ximen Ximen Chuixue instantly understood.

And the onlookers also nodded one after another, acknowledging Lu Xie Xiaofeng's speculation!

After all, as the saying goes, what you find is yours.

Keeping the wealth of the Golden Peng Kingdom for over thirty years, anyone would inevitably have some thoughts.

Seeing this, Su Hang picked up the teacup in front of him, took a light sip, and continued:

"Just as I said before..."

"If there were no problems, there would eventually be problems."

"Yan Yan Liben, Ping Ping Duhe, and Shangguan Mu betrayed their trust and disappeared mysteriously with the wealth."

"Only Shangguan Jin was left, and until Shangguan Jin passed away, the whereabouts of the wealth for the restoration of the Golden Peng Kingdom remained unknown, with no way to investigate."

"It wasn't until the new King of Golden Peng appeared that, in desperation, he found the two of you."

Ximen Ximen Chuixue asked in surprise:

"Having taken the treasure of the Golden Peng Dynasty, they must be extremely wealthy people!"

"I, Lu Xie Xiaofeng, have traveled the Jianghu for these years, why have I never recognized them?"

Su Hang smiled again and said:

"Those four high-ranking officials from back then have long since changed their identities and are mingling in the Jianghu, so of course you wouldn't recognize them."

"Some of them are already in high positions, some still look inconspicuous, and some have already been by your side..."

As soon as Su Hang said this, Lu Xie Xiaofeng and Ximen Ximen Chuixue were both shocked.

No wonder they couldn't find anything after investigating for so long; it turned out there was a traitor by their side.

Ximen Ximen Chuixue said coldly:

"May I ask, sir, where are these four people now?"

"As long as we find these four, this case will definitely be solved!"

Su Hang shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's not that simple."

"The former Chief of Internal Affairs, Yan Yan Liben, is now the wealthy jewelry merchant Yan Yan Tieshan in Guanzhong."

"And the former Great General Ping Ping Duhe is now the current leader of the Mount Emei Sect, Dugu Dugu Yihe."

"And the former Great Minister of Works Shangguan Mu is now your good friend, Lu Xie Xiaofeng—Huo Xiu."

When Su Hang reached this point,

a wave of commotion immediately erupted throughout the Half-Moon Inn!

The people of the Jianghu never expected that the four great high-ranking officials of the former Golden Peng Dynasty would turn out to be these four people!

Shangguan Jin goes without saying; he was originally a descendant of the Golden Peng imperial family.

But when it comes to the current Mount Emei leader Dugu Dugu Yihe, everyone is more than familiar with him!

"Good heavens! So the Mount Emei Sect leader Dugu Dugu Yihe is actually a descendant of the Golden Peng Dynasty!"

"This guy... he can really act, deceiving us so badly!"

"Besides Dugu Dugu Yihe, I never thought that even the wealthy merchant Yan Yan Tieshan and Huo Xiu were too!"

"Incredible! Mr. Su's casual remark has truly pierced the sky!"

Su Hang ignored them and continued:

"Just as you all know,"

"After Ping Ping Duhe arrived in the Central Plains back then, he changed his name to Dugu Dugu Yihe."

"After traveling in the Central Plains for a period of time, he joined the sect of the Daoist Hu of the Mount Emei Sect."

"You must know that when Dugu Dugu Yihe defected from the Golden Peng Dynasty to the Mount Emei Sect, he already had extremely high attainments in blade technique; otherwise, he could not have held the position of Great General of the Golden Peng Dynasty."

"After joining the Mount Emei Sect, and after thirty years of painstaking management, Dugu Dugu Yihe actually integrated the open, bold, and fierce blade technique into the delicate and clear sword technique of Mount Emei!"

"In this way, he finally created the unique move [Seven-Seven Forty-Nine Blade and Sword Dual Kill Style]."

"It can use a blade, and it can also use a sword; it is a unique skill in the world."

"Later on, Dugu Dugu Yihe became the leader of the Mount Emei Sect and was famous in the Jianghu!"

"Together with the White Cloud City Lord Ye Ye Gucheng, the Shaolin Abbot Great Sorrow Zen Master, the Mount Wudang Elder Wood Daoist, and the Ten Thousand Plum Blossom Villa's Ximen Ximen Chuixue, they are considered the five great experts of the world!"

Hearing this, Lu Xie Xiaofeng asked again:

"But Mr. Su, Shangguan Jin is dead now."

"During the investigation, Yan Yan Tieshan was also killed by someone."

"And just a while ago, the Mount Emei Sect leader Dugu Dugu Yihe also died under Ximen's sword."

"The high-ranking officials of the Golden Peng Dynasty back then are almost all dead now, only my old friend Huo Xiu is still hiding in the Pearl and Treasure Pavilion, trembling all day long, not even daring to step out of the door!"

"In that case, the treasure of the Golden Peng Dynasty is still missing. Won't this case fall into a deadlock again?"

Su Hang smiled, changed the subject, and said:

"Not necessarily."

"After eliminating all possibilities, the last one remaining is the truth."

Hearing this, Lu Xie Xiaofeng twitched his four eyebrows and said in disbelief:

"Mr. Su..."

"Do you mean that Huo Xiu did all of this?"

Lu Xie Xiaofeng felt his mind go blank, and a chill rushed from the soles of his feet straight to his forehead!

He never expected that the answer Mr. Su finally gave was Huo Xiu!

"Impossible!"

"Huo Xiu is just an ordinary, fat man!"

— Author's Notes —

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