Chapter 880: Thousand Machine Hall
The fifth floor of the "Thousand Machine Hall" is the highest floor of the treasure building, and there are no upward stone steps at the end of the stone room.
Each stone chamber of the treasure building is narrower than the lower floor, the stone chamber of the fifth floor is only about ten zhang long and wide, the window hole is still inlaid with large crystals, so that the sky can penetrate, and there is a door on the stone wall on the side, looking out of the window, you can see a large platform covered with ice and snow.
This is the highest place of the Yuji Palace, and it is also the real pinnacle of this holy women's peak.
This stone room is different from the first four floors, there are no wooden boxes and wooden shelves in the room, except for the stone plaque engraved with gold letters in front of it, there is nothing at all. Everyone has no way of guessing where this "Thousand Machine Hall" is. Could it be that the people in the Demon Path have removed all the treasures originally hidden in this stone chamber?
The painstaking master walked to the stone wall casually, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said, "Look, there are many words on this wall!"
Everyone went to check closely, and saw that there were many small characters carved on the stone wall, all of which were only half an inch high, and the carving was not deep.
Not only is it the place where the painstaking master is, but there are all the stone walls on all sides of this stone house, but the carvings are all rows of numbers, a group of five characters, and there are thousands of groups in the whole house.
The various factions looked at each other and talked about it, not knowing what these numbers meant. Tang Zilan stood by the wall, his hand stroking the row of numbers engraved on the wall, and suddenly pressed it down. I only heard the sound of "clicking", and then a few "rolling" sounds of the movement of the mechanism, and suddenly a square hole four inches wide and two inches high suddenly appeared on the stone wall.
Everyone was startled, and they jumped back one after another, raising their breath and concentrating on their vigilance, but they didn't see any hidden weapons and arrows shooting out of the hole. But he heard Tang Zilan say: "You don't need to worry, this is just a very simple secret box opening mechanism, and there is no threat." ”
The secret weapon of the "Shuzhong Tang Gate" is unparalleled in the world, and Tang Zilan, as the deputy head, must be true when he thinks about it, and everyone is relieved when they hear this.
Tang Zilan reached out and groped for the square hole, and after a while, he took out an object, but it was a paper scroll bound by a red string. He untied the string and unfolded it to check, only to see dense words written on the paper scroll in small block letters.
Several people standing on his left side looked at it together, but saw that the first line on the paper scroll read: On the seventh day of the sixth month of the sixth month of the year of Jisi, the treasury of Pingyang, Shanxi Province was robbed, and 300,000 taels of silver were lost......
It has been nine years since the beginning of the year, when the Pingyang treasury was robbed of 300,000 taels of silver, which was a sensational case, and the imperial court sent officials to strictly order the investigation, but it has not been solved. The content written on this scroll is exactly the situation of the silver robbery case that year, and I saw that it was recorded that Wang Jilian, who was the official judge of Pingyang Prefecture at that time, colluded with the local sect "Nanhe Gang" in Pingyang City to pretend to be underworld bandits to kill people and rob silver, and which masters participated, which people were later exterminated, and how the 300,000 stolen silver robbed were all recorded in great detail and clearly.
If the record on this scroll is true, it is undoubtedly a rather shocking event, and Wang Jilian, the seven-pin general judge of the year, has now been promoted to the governor of Shanxi Province and has become a big man who holds the power of the military and government of one party.
I could only hear the sound of "click", but it was the various factions in the stone room who learned Tang Zilan's method of pressing the stone wall, and opened several holes and secret boxes, they reached out and groped, and there was a paper scroll in each box. At this time, everyone knew the meaning of the "Thousand Machines Hall" engraved on the stone plaque, and it turned out that this was where many unknown secret records were stored.
The value of these secrets should not be underestimated, and if they were to be put to good use in the hands of the conspirators, the benefits would be no less than the gold and divine blades in the stone chambers below. As long as he grasps the secret of the robbery in Pingyang Mansion, he can blackmail Wang Jilian and make the governor of Shanxi bow down and obey orders.
And in this stone house, there are no less than thousands of numbers engraved on the walls, which means that there are more than a thousand secrets stored here, and it is difficult to imagine what it means to master these many secrets, and what the consequences will be if they are made public!
All of a sudden, the twenty-four people from the eight sects who entered this stone room took out the paper scrolls to check them, and no one made a sound.
Hua Bushi also looked at a scroll of paper taken from a dark box, but his face was full of surprise. The first line of the scroll reads: "In August of the year of Renxu, the Shaolin Sect Zhiyue Zen Master led seven monks to kill the 33 members of Li Dacheng's family in Songyang City. ”
It was seventeen years ago in August of the year of Renxu, and Master Zhiyue was the head abbot of the "Shaolin School" at that time. It is recorded on this scroll that Master Zhiyue committed adultery with the Wu family, the fifth concubine of Li Dacheng, a wealthy family in Songyang City, and was discovered by the Li family.
The description on the paper scroll is very detailed, and the seven monks who participated in the destruction of the door are also listed one by one, among which there is Hua Bushi who has seen, and now the only remaining "none" character of the "Shaolin School" is a senior monk Wuchen master.
People have seven emotions and six desires, and Buddhist monks are not exempt, but Shaolin is the head of the Baidao sect in the world, and the abbot Zhiyue is the abbot, but he commits adultery with other people's concubines.
In order to maintain the reputation of the sect, it is not impossible for the Shaolin monks to kill all the people involved.
Hua Bushi hated the evil act of indiscriminately killing innocents the most, and after reading what was written on the paper scroll, he only felt a wave of anger surging from his chest. He walked in front of the abbot of Yuantong and asked loudly: "Master Yuantong, there is something to ask me about, has the master ever heard of Li Dacheng and the Wu family in Songyang City?"
Master Yuantong was also holding a scroll of paper to look at, but when he heard this, he was stunned, his face changed instantly, and he said, "Hua Tanyue is talking about Li Yuanwai, who lived in Songyang City more than ten years ago?"
Hua Bushi said: "Exactly." Master, please look at this scroll!"
As he spoke, he handed over the scroll of paper. Master Yuantong received it in his hand, only looked at it twice, his face was already pale, and he was speechless. If what is contained on the paper scroll is true, it must be a secret in the "Shaolin School", although Yuantong is not among the seven monks who participated in the destruction of the sect, but as the contemporary abbot of the temple, he must also know.
Hua Bushi was still a little suspicious before, but when he saw Master Yuantong's expression at this time, he was already sure that it was indeed true.
Master Yuanjue on the side also saw the paper scroll in Master Yuantong's hand, but his face sank, and said: "What is written on this paper scroll is a school of nonsense, which is deliberately made up by people in the Demon Dao to slander the reputation of my 'Shaolin School', and this thing cannot be kept!"
He took the paper roll, rubbed his palms together, and the crumbs flew around, and the paper roll was already in pieces.
Seeing this obvious move to destroy the evidence, Hua Bushi couldn't help but be furious in his heart, and said: "Whether the matter is true or false, there is no conclusion, why did Master Yuanjue destroy the paper scroll, aren't you afraid that others will think that you are trying to cover it up?"
Master Yuanjue said in a deep voice: "This kind of rumor-mongering information should not exist in the first place, and the poor monk will destroy it when he sees it!"
When Hua Bushi was about to say more, he heard Bao Xuan Daojun speak: "Most of the things contained in the paper scroll in this room are not true, and this gentleman proposes that all those that involve several sects such as me should be destroyed, so as not to spread to the rivers and lakes and hinder the reputation of each faction, I don't know what you think?"
Gu Fan said: "That's right, Gu seconded." ”
The "Huashan faction" and the "Wudang faction" were not harmonious, and Gu Fan and the others didn't look at Baoxuan Dao Junyuan correctly, but at this time, he actually agreed first, and the heads of the other factions also expressed their agreement.
The secrets recorded on the thousands of paper scrolls in this stone room are not only about the "Shaolin School", but also about the "Seven Great Sects" present, these famous schools that have existed for hundreds of years, usually call themselves chivalrous, but secretly for their own interests, or other reasons, it is inevitable that they will do something that cannot be seen, if it is revealed, it is absolutely unbearable.
At this time, these leaders had a very tacit understanding, and they unanimously agreed to Baoxuan Daojun's proposal to destroy the evidence.
How could Hua Bushi not know the thoughts of these people, and said loudly: "If you are above board, why should you be afraid that others will know? If Young Master Ben does not agree to destroy these secrets, he should investigate the things contained on these scrolls one by one, and after identifying the authenticity and falsehood, he should deal with them according to his feelings, so that he can give an explanation to the people of the world!"
Bao Xuan Daojun's face sank, and he said: "Most of the things contained in these scrolls have passed for many years, how can you tell the truth from the false, it's just a futile effort to investigate, not to mention that even if it is clarified, there is no benefit, this gentleman advises Young Master Hua not to care about these things!"
Bao Xuan Daojun has always been arrogant, this remark is already very polite, this eldest young master heard this, the anger in his heart was even worse, said: "I haven't checked yet, how can I know if I can't tell the truth from the false? As long as there is evidence, even the past years have been the way to find out the truth, this young master is the leader of the Eight Factions Alliance, and it is understandable to take care of this matter!"
The person next to him let out a cold snort, it was Shan Sinan. This "Wudang Sect" elder pointed at Hua Bushi and said: "You are the leader of the Eight Factions Alliance, do you really think that everyone is afraid of you? You are just a young master who does not know martial arts, what ability do you have to guide us, everyone can nominate you as the leader of the alliance, but it is not difficult to abolish you!"
This statement was even more unreasonable, before Hua Bushi could respond, Guo Loumeng had already taken a step, his eyes widened, and he shouted: "The boy surnamed Shan, what are you talking about!