When the officers and soldiers opened the box, everyone's eyes lit up, and there was nothing else in the box, but boxes of golden cakes, a huge wealth that people could not resist.

"Gold, this box is full of gold, this is too much, I have never seen so much gold, and I have become rich."

"This chest is full of gold, and there must be gold in the chests below and next to it! A few horse thieves, how can there be so much gold, where did they get so much gold. ”

"It is said that Xiazhou is a poor place, but now it seems that this is not necessarily the case! These must have been robbed by horse thieves, but I didn't expect them to rob so much. ”

"Yes! That's a lot! This is only a part, the horse thieves took more away, and there may be many more nests, all of which add up to not a small amount! ”

"What else is in the box? Why don't you open it up and take a look! ”

The officers and men are also greedy for money, and when they see so many golden cakes, their emotions suddenly become high-pitched, and everyone seems so excited, if it were not for the military law, they might have taken these treasures for themselves, this is completely possible, in the face of such huge interests, who can not be moved?

"Good guy, these boxes are also gold cakes, translucent and translucent, wow!"

"It's not a gold cake, but at first glance, it's a good thing that is more valuable than a gold cake, and this string of small pimples should be pearls! I haven't seen a pearl yet? That's what it looks like! ”

"I don't know, what kind of pearl is this, this is a gem that is thousands of times more expensive than pearls."

"Gems? It's worth a lot of money when it sounds. ”

"These are gold bracelets, which are worth more than gold cakes."

The excitement of the officers and soldiers lasted for a long time, but there was always a time when they calmed down, and these treasures were in front of them, and what to do with them became a problem.

"Do you have to move back with so much treasure?"

"We have too few manpower, I'm afraid that we won't be able to complete this task, so we will be temporarily sealed here, and when the general is notified, we can naturally send more soldiers and horses to carry it."

"That's right, put all these treasures in the box, bury the soil, and leave this matter to the general!"

"No, you still have to leave a few people to guard this place, if someone takes it away, it will be troublesome."

"Well, now our task is heavier, not only to pay close attention to the horse thief's every move, but also to leave a few people to guard the cave, there is a little shortage of manpower, we must notify the general as soon as possible, send more people over, and pull away the treasure here."

After some deliberation, they left four people to guard the cave, and the rest of the people continued to keep an eye on the horse thieves' every move.

Using four people to guard an inconspicuous cave seems to be a bit wasteful, but this is also for absolute safety, in order to prevent all kinds of unpredictable consequences, for example, if there are too few people, there is no ** flow care, people always have to eat, drink and lazar, and the need to sleep, always have to be guarded in shifts, if there are too few people, there is no way to guard in shifts, and it is easy to guard in place.

In addition, if there are too few people, if someone has selfishness and swallows these treasures alone, it will be troublesome, so it is necessary to have more people, so that everyone can supervise each other, so as to ensure absolute safety and prevent the occurrence of various uncertain factors.

When such a big news reached Lao Guo's ears, Ang Li had already returned and was tasting delicious food with Lao Guo.

"General, the horse thief has buried some of the treasures, about a hundred boxes, and there are about two hundred boxes still in transport, all of which are valuable treasures."

The soldier opened his mouth to report.

"It's a good idea to hide the chest in a cave, you've seen it, what kind of treasure are they?"

Lao Guo asked.

"I opened some of the chests, and there were gold cakes, gold bracelets, and other gold, as well as a lot of pearls and gemstones, and a few tiger skins, all of which were valuable and good things."

The soldier replied.

Lao Guo was also surprised, and said: "There are so many valuable good things, it's amazing!" We got rich. ”

"General, so many treasures can't be carried by three or five people, do you want to send a large army to carry them?"

The soldier asked.

Lao Guo thought for a moment and said: "Don't be in such a hurry, send thirty soldiers over to watch first, and when you get rid of this gang of horse thieves, you will transport them away together when you go back." ”

"Yes, General."

The soldier went down to give the order.

"With so many treasures, Li Shilang thinks that they should all be handed over to the imperial court?"

Lao Guo said with a smile.

Li An replied with a smile: "This is your business, I don't want to ask, but with so many treasures, there is nothing wrong with taking out some rewards for the soldiers, and the imperial court will not send someone to investigate." ”

For the behavior of petty greed, Li An has always been unimpressed, because the soldiers are really hard at the border, and it is also appropriate to give more benefits, this is human nature, only when the treatment of the soldiers is better, they can serve the court more dedicatedly, and the issuance of so many treasures this time, naturally part of the rewards will be given to the soldiers.

"The horse thief has dropped some of the treasure, so that the speed of action can be increased a lot, perhaps, tomorrow and tomorrow, he will be able to reach here, and the whole horse thief will be wiped out in front of him."

Lao Guo said excitedly.

Li An nodded and said: "That's right, however, it's better to take all the prisoners, so that we don't have any casualties, we waste such a big setback, isn't it just to achieve this goal, I believe that after a series of defeats, as well as the rush of the journey, there should be no sharp strength to resist the impact of our officers and soldiers, as long as our whole army suddenly rushes out, they will immediately surrender, so that we can win completely, this will be a big victory to create history, and we are the ones who create history." ”

Li An almost did not have the slightest doubt about the possible anger that would happen next, he believed that these horse thieves who had been tired all the way would never have the courage to attack the official army, and it would be good if they could not pee their pants in fright.

It took so much effort, one was to pursue zero casualties, and the other was that Li An was too bored and wanted to have more fun in the north and see the good mountains and rivers of Datang, and in addition, he also wanted to see the horse thieves being teased, they never made a move, giving the horse thieves some hope, but in the end, these horse thieves will find that their hopes are still dashed, and it is impossible for them to escape alive and live happily in the east of the river, they can't be so extravagant.

"After exterminating the horse thieves this time, is Li Shilang going to leave?"

Lao Guo suddenly asked with a little sadness.

Li An thought for a while, he felt that he had been in the north for some time, this time he had all done the horse thieves, it seemed that it was time to go back again, he was really reluctant, but it was useless to be reluctant, he still had to go back, there were still many departments in the capital that needed Li An's help very much, especially the science and technology department, after leaving Li An, it was like losing his soul, and almost all scientific research projects were in a situation where he could not progress.

This can't be blamed on these talents, because the knowledge they master is taught by Li Ang indiscriminately, and it is not too strict and systematic, and there are faults in many places, just like a martial arts master, when practicing a fragment of martial arts, it is easy to go crazy, and if you are not careful, you will go crazy, or a student who often asks for leave, because he misses too many classes, so, learning is not systematic, when taking the exam, as long as there is any knowledge point in the question that he does not know, then, He can't do this problem, and for scientific research, the situation is even more serious, as long as there is a slight deviation in knowledge, then, this research is very likely to not be done, this is definitely not alarmist, but a real situation, so scientific research is very rigorous, not the slightest sloppiness, any careless people, are not able to do scientific research, otherwise, the price to pay is too high.

"Yes! It's time to leave, but, let's be honest! It's really a little reluctant, although everyone says that the days at the border are very hard, but the border also has the benefits of the border pass, that is, it is easier to live, you don't have to worry about being impeached for your misdeeds, and you don't have to deal with too much boring entertainment, in short, it is a good place for the elderly! It's a good idea to live in seclusion at the border. ”

Li An said.

He doesn't really want to live in seclusion, just to express a mood, that is, the kind of wonderful feeling that he wants to be quiet and quiet, and there are no irrelevant people to disturb him, people who live in the city, especially those who live in big cities, generally have this feeling, because living in the city, the probability of being disturbed is too great, sometimes, unconsciously being disturbed, and sometimes for the needs of communication, you can't drive people away, which is really bad.

In this case, it is natural for people to have the idea of wanting to escape from the status quo, that is, to go to a place where no one knows them, to stay quietly, not to contact anyone, and not to be found by anyone.

The idea of seclusion has been around for a long time, Tao Yuanming of the Jin Dynasty is a very famous representative, after that, imitation abounds, many pretending criminals have begun to learn to live in seclusion, some are really talented and learned, and are called reclusive people, but there are also some people who have no ability, and also learn others to live in seclusion, which is simply to sell fame and reputation, or want to take the road of shortcuts to the south.

Because since ancient times, there are a lot of people with lofty ideals, that is, people with great ability, all like to live in seclusion, so, a person to seclusion, will give people a very unfathomable impression, make people feel that this person is so awesome, even the emperor will feel so, so, many emperors will personally visit these reclusive masters in Zhongnan Mountain, and invite them to rule the country for themselves and be their right-hand men.

And many well-educated people who can't find a way to find a way feel that this is also a good way to be promoted, so they also learn from others to go to Zhongnan Mountain to live in seclusion, and finally many of them have won the favor of the emperor, so as to smoothly enter the officialdom and embark on a broad road that they dream of.

Because in ancient times, the news was very closed, resources were very scarce, and the aristocracy controlled almost all social resources, so that there were many talented people, and there would be nowhere to display their talents, that is, no matter how high your ability was, but if you were not appointed, it would be in vain, especially for scholars, being appointed by the court was an extremely important means of making a living. Then the past ten years will be equivalent to reading in vain.

After all, the old peasants can still farm to support themselves, and the only way out for the scholars is to serve the imperial court, in addition to being officials, ordinary old scholars who lived in ancient times could not find a better way to make a living, and officialdom became their only way to change their fate, and there was no other way, so the competition among scholars was white-hot, and many people were able to get on the throne. will take various ways to achieve their wishes.

Some scholars are desperate to improve their knowledge and cultivation, and take measures to achieve their wishes in the imperial examination, which is also the most correct measure, and some desperately visit dignitaries and dignitaries, and want to achieve their goals with the help of dignitaries and dignitaries, and some are to plunge into Zhongnan Mountain, called a secluded life, in fact, in order to get the attention of the emperor and magnates, so that they can have a good future.

There are too many people who have stepped onto the political stage through the shortcut to Zhongnan, and Zhongnanshan has also become synonymous with fake seclusion for a long time.

If a person really wants to live in seclusion, he doesn't necessarily have to go to Zhongnan Mountain, the world is so big, there are too many places to live in seclusion, there are many unknown mountains that are more suitable for seclusion, and Zhongnan Mountain is so famous, it is relatively close to the capital, and living in seclusion here is obviously to attract the attention of the emperor and the imperial court, and this purpose is obvious.

For this point, the officials of the imperial court, even the emperor, are also very clear in their hearts, they all know that the people who come to Zhongnanshan to live in seclusion are mostly fake hermits, and many of them want to set foot in the officialdom, but in order to show the importance of the imperial court to the virtuous, in order to gather the hearts of the people in the world, the imperial court must also warmly invite these so-called hermits to take up specific positions in the imperial court, otherwise it will be suspected of harming the virtuous.

In the history of the Tang Dynasty, there are many famous figures who have stepped into officialdom through seclusion, such as Li Bai and Du Fu, who also had the experience of living in seclusion in Zhongnan Mountain in their early years, and then, they wrote a few poems, which were taken to the palace by the officials, and the emperor saw that they were indeed talented, so he appointed them, but Li Bai and Du Fu's background was not hard enough, although they stepped into the officialdom, but the positions they got were very low, and such a low position could not allow them to realize their ambitions at all.