Chapter 910: Poisonous (2)
"Xuanhe?" Yang Ruxin frowned, the gold ingot had two characters engraved on its base, "Is this... the gold of our current dynasty?"
Gu Qingheng nodded, "The current era is called Xuanhe, and this year is the twenty-fourth year of Xuanhe. That year, His Majesty was twenty when he ascended the throne and was twenty-four when he began to rule personally. In the year he took personal control, he had the first batch of Official Silver cast. At that time, there were a total of one hundred thousand taels of gold and one hundred thousand taels of silver, mainly to fund the war against Yuan Country. However, it was this batch of Official Silver that was intercepted during transportation... and there were no leads for many years." He paused, "At that time, it involved a lot of people, and many died..."
"So you mean, this place is actually a hideout for those robbers?" Yang Ruxin blew a strand of hair off her forehead. She thought it was an ancient tomb, but she hadn’t expected...
"This is indeed Kangwang’s tomb, but it was later used as a treasury," Gu Qingheng looked around, "Look, there’s very little dust on these coffins, which shows that they’re often wiped clean... and those jade items and jewels must have been placed here later..."
"Who could it be?" Yang Ruxin touched her chin, "And this isn’t one hundred thousand taels of gold, and there isn’t enough silver either. What about the rest? And where is Kangwang’s casket?"
Gu Qingheng shook his head; he couldn’t answer any of these questions.
"These people have been amassing wealth all this time." Yang Ruxin looked at the gold and silver, "What would they need so much gold and silver for? What if they want to overturn the Imperial Court, what then? The common people certainly don’t wish for conflict."
"We need to get out of here quickly and then get someone to come and take these things away." Gu Qingheng’s face grew solemn.