I am a cat in the palace

Ren Zhen and Rourou imagined what it would be like after the city gate, but they never imagined that there would be hundreds of fully armed soldiers waiting with bows and arrows.

The moment the stone door opened and the situation behind the door was clearly seen, the fleshy hand stretched out his hand and yanked me to pull me behind me. I pushed him almost at the same time, and threw him behind me. The dark guards were all behind the aura.

On the other side of the battle, two people walked out quickly. I was taken aback for a moment. I have seen these two people before. One is the fat cook of the noodle shop in the morning, and the other is the owner of the clothing store.

The two of them had already changed their outfits, the fat cook was wearing the dress of the king of the county with silver flowers and four dragons on the blue background, and the tall and thin tailor shop owner was wearing a dragon wrapped around his shoulders and decorated with a golden tiger head to protect his heart. military officer uniform.

Those two people suddenly saw the spread of the spiritual light, and were stunned for a moment, but then they walked to the battle formation as if they hadn't seen it, and both knelt down on one knee, saluting to the flesh.

"Chen Chunfeng County Wang Shangxian pays homage to the Lord of the Black Dragon Key, His Royal Highness Lingbei King."

"Chen Changwei, General Zhu Chengxun pays homage to the Lord of the Black Dragon Key, His Royal Highness Lingbei King."

When the two of them stepped out of the formation, Rourou had already walked out from behind Zhen. He looked at the two of them with a little surprise, "Uncle Xian...General Zhu? You...how could you..."

And just when Rourou was extremely surprised, a laughing voice came from not far behind me, "And my minister, Bi Changying, a scholar of Longyuan Pavilion, pays his respects to the master of the Black Dragon Key, His Royal Highness the King of Lingbei."

Turning around, he was even more surprised that the person who claimed to be a Bachelor of Longyuan Pavilion, who was dressed in a first-grade civil official's uniform, was actually that amiable innkeeper.

"Bachelor Bi!" Rourou was so shocked that his jaw dropped when he heard this name.

Even I remember the name of this lord. He and Lu Chaozhong were once known as the Great Xia Shuangjie. He was the first assistant minister of Grandpa Rourou when he was still in power. With his online influence, he still has to stabilize Lu Chaozhong.

It's a pity that when Rourou's father was fighting for the throne with King Shun, he fell seriously ill, resigned and returned to his hometown, and then disappeared.

Rourou looked at the three important ministers of the previous generation who were high in power when his grandfather was in power, but successively "avoided the world", "retired", and "seriously ill", and suddenly understood——

"Thinking that the three of you are the Lord of Wangcheng?" Rourou looked at them, and although he used questioning sentences, his tone was very certain.

"Your Highness is indeed extremely intelligent." Bi Changying, who was standing behind Rourou, walked up to Rourou and saluted again.

Rourou was noncommittal about this compliment, whether it was a polite one or a sincere one, and turned around and asked, "I just wonder what the three city lords are doing for putting up such a battle?"

"Your Highness, don't worry too much. Such an array is a necessary battle formation for someone who wants to open the city gate, in case someone breaks through the gate with ingenuity or other methods. If there is such a situation, then regardless of whether the east gate is opened or not, they will There's only one ending."

That is to be shot to death by random arrows. No matter how strong a person is in martial arts, as long as he is a mortal body, he will not be able to escape such a close-range and dense round of volleys.

"Then now that this king is known to be the master of the Black Dragon Key, what's the point of them being so full of bows and arrows?"

"Your Highness, please don't get me wrong. This arrow array is not for fighting against Your Highness. Your Highness, please come with me." As he said that, the fat cook who was originally greasy but now is shiny—the meaty cousin Chunfeng County King Shang Xian With a single finger, the formation of hundreds of people instantly gave way to a passage.

Looking in along the passage, I found a very simple thatched cottage behind the battle formation. Candlelight flickered faintly between the windows of the thatched cottage. Behind the thatched cottage, there was a huge shadow looming down, but it was a towering mountain wall that was hundreds of feet high.

The fleshy face followed the oily fat man towards the middle of the battle without fear.

But I can't be so relieved, I quickly catch up two steps, and follow closely behind him, just in case someone has evil intentions and secretly kills Rourou.

But my worries did not come true, Rourou followed Shang Xian and quickly crossed the arrow formation, before reaching the thatched cottage, Bi Shaoying and Zhu Chengxun followed closely behind.

And just after Zhen and Rourou left the arrow array, they heard a very neat humming sound behind them, it was the sound of the bow string being released and the arrow feathers flying together.

Both Rourou and Zhen, who have been in the battle for a long time, are no strangers to this voice, and it can even be said to be extremely familiar.

So after hearing the sound, he immediately turned his head and looked behind him.

However, after a round of volleys, those heavily armed soldiers rushed out of the east city gate like tigers out of the gate.

Immediately there was a sound of shouting and killing.

"Do you know that those people are also here for the treasure house?"

"Hehe, although the treasure house is secret, there is no impenetrable wall in the world. Every once in a while, some people who don't know what to do will rush in and risk their lives for money." Bi Changying said with a smile. Looking sideways, it seems that such situations are commonplace.

The three invited Rourou into the thatched cottage.

Rourou took Zhen's hand, and called Lin Guanwei and Ying Er to enter the thatched cottage together.

The inside of the thatched cottage is not much richer than the outside of the thatched cottage, there are only a few ordinary tables and chairs, which can barely accommodate so many people.

It was reluctant, because after counting one stool missing, Rourou pulled me to sit side by side with him on the long stool at the front of the square table, and it was regarded as taking the main seat with him.

"The three of us have been waiting for the owner of the Black Dragon Key for 20 years."

After briefly talking about the past, the oily fat man Shang Xian first expressed emotion.

"New treasures will come in every year, and the treasury will be filled day by day, and the ministers don't know whether to be happy or sad." Bi Shaoying sighed softly.

"It is our honor to have the trust of your majesty in the two dynasties. No one has used this wealth, which means that our country is peaceful and peaceful, and there are no troubles in the world. These are enough to make the ministers happy. Just looking at this mountain of wealth can only be buried. Among the mountains, I really feel a pity."

Rourou nodded, and I nodded too, that's right, those dead objects, no matter how expensive they are, even if they have been placed for 1000 years, they are still dead objects, useless at all.

"Yu's army has already approached Shengyuguan, but Yanwei's army can't even pay the army salary, so I have no choice but to find this treasure house left by Grandpa Taizu..."

Rou Rou had a brief talk with the three city lords about the current situation in the past few years. He didn't add any details, nor did he sing praises for himself or the Yanwei Army.

The three of them fell into a brief silence after hearing this.

"The ministers also heard about some things. Since the betting team that was supposed to arrive on time three years ago did not show up, the ministers knew that there was a change in the capital, but the ministers had made a solemn oath that the treasure house was not empty and would not come out." Wangcheng, therefore, just sent some men out to inquire about the situation." Bi Shaoying said proactively.

"However, the people sent out couldn't find any deeper news except for some general news, but they didn't know that the emperor and his generation of wise kings would die at the hands of women in the end." The oily fat man seemed to be one of the three city lords. The one with the hottest temper among them, when Rou Rou said that his father was killed by Concubine Duan and the Fourth Prince, he immediately hit the table with an old fist, causing several teacups on the table to jump up , tea spilled on the table.

Rourou remained silent, and silently wiped the tea off the table.

Of the three, General Zhu seemed to be the least talkative, and he had hardly spoken since he entered the room.

But when he opened his mouth, he got straight to the point: "Your Highness is here to take treasure?"

Rourou was also polite, and immediately nodded, "Exactly."

"How much?"

"how many?"

"Your Majesty can't tell, so I'd better bring His Highness to see it for yourself."

After talking like this for a while, the sound of fighting outside has ended. When everyone got up and was about to enter the treasure house to open their eyes, I asked curiously: "Will everyone who comes to hunt for treasure be killed?"

Bi Shaoying glanced at me and chuckled lightly: "I don't know what to call this young master?"

"He's my good friend, his name is Miao Xiaoshan." Rourou didn't even babble, he just gave me a random name and then added a surname to me, and I scratched him hard under the table He held my palm, but he grabbed my hand and squeezed it hard twice.

"Not all those who come to hunt for treasure will be killed, like those gangsters who come in groups, they will never stay, but some people who strayed into this city or heard a little news, just come to try their luck to find treasures. Anyone who does not move will be kept in this city forever, allowed to enter and not allowed to leave, and will become a member of the Baobao Army from then on."

"That means that all the people in this city are actually..."

"Yes, everyone in the whole city is a treasure protector. Children in the city will be trained as treasure protectors from the age of three. Some families have lived here for more than five generations."

I stumbled slightly, but then I was relieved. From what I saw since I entered the door, those who were left behind seemed completely unwilling. Life here is rich, and it must be far better than living outside. .

Will be forced into the mountains or have to risk their lives to hunt for treasures to survive, most of them will not be able to live outside, and they can live and work here in peace and contentment, why would they not want to?

The entrance to the treasure house is just behind the thatched cottage.

But the treasure house is not in the very majestic and majestic mountain behind the thatched cottage.

Entering the gate of the treasure house, going down all the way, turning several steps and entering a large underground palace, Rourou suddenly said: "This underground palace seems to be built under Wangcheng?"

"Your Highness is right. Many people think that the treasure house is built in this mountain outside the East City Gate, and some people have even dug it quietly. In fact, the treasure house was not built in the mountain at all. Such a thick rock formation, if you want to dig it out , The project is too huge, and even if it is completed, it is difficult to guarantee that the mountain will not collapse, so Taizu built the treasure house directly under the watch city, and used the entire city to guard the treasure house."

Guarding the treasure house with an entire city sounds very bold, but when I saw the contents of the treasure house with my own eyes, I only had one thought——

Emperor Daxia really has a big heart, so much money, only handed over to such a small town with so few people to guard it, it is simply too dangerous!