Chapter 0035 Priceless Treasure
The four of them turned around and saw Lan Zhenyu with a scar on his face and appeared not far away with them with more than a dozen men in black. Lan Zhenyu stared at the package on Li Zhen's back with a cold look. The prominent shape of the package was exactly the copper box he had been looking for for more than two months.
"Mr. Li, I know that your swordsmanship is good, but it's far from my opponent. Why not make a deal, give me the copper box and I'll spare your life."
Li Zhen had already experienced Lan Zhenyu's evil spirit. He knew that even if he gave the copper box to this person, he would never let them go and would definitely kill someone to silence him.
Li Zhen took out the gilded copper box and smiled and said, "This thing is really harmful. I want to destroy it, so everyone will not be in trouble."
Lan Zhenyu raised her head and laughed, "Young Master Li, you can't destroy this copper box!"
"Yeah?"
Li Zhen sneered and said to Jiuzhi: "Give me the dagger!"
Jiuzhi quickly pulled out the dagger and handed it to him. Li Zhen took the golden dagger and pointed the tip of the dagger at the copper box, "I can stab in and destroy the things inside."
As he said that, he acted to stab. Lan Zhenyu had already seen that the golden dagger was extremely sharp. His face changed drastically and he shouted angrily: "Stop!"
Li Zhen stopped the dagger and looked at him with a smile. Lan Zhenyu gritted her teeth and said, "Li Zhen, what do you want?"
"You actually know that my name is Li Zhen!"
Li Zhen also remembered, how could he think that Lan Zhenyu's name looks familiar? He had seen it on Kang Sisi's contract that the other party's signature was Lan Zhenning, and it should be Lan Zhenyu's brother. At this time, he suddenly became a little worried about Sisi.
"Li Zhen, you can't own the things in this copper box. Give it to me quickly and I'll spare you all!" Lan Zhenyu was already a little anxious. Why didn't these four teenagers know the height of the world at all?
Li Zhen laughed unexpectedly, "Lan Zhenyu, I want to give it to you, but unfortunately the people behind you didn't agree."
When Lan Zhenyu turned around, he saw dozens of Tochar samurai rushed into the alley. The leader also saw the copper box in Li Zhen's hand, pointed at Li Zhen with a knife and shouted, and dozens of samurai rushed over with fearlessness.
Lan Zhenyu gritted her teeth and cursed, "These bastards!"
He ordered his men: "Stop them and kill them!"
More than a dozen men in black swung their swords to kill the Tochar samurai. When Lan Zhenyu turned around, he saw Li Zhen and the other four running into the depths of the alley with no chance. He stomped his feet in hatred and chased after him.
Gaochang City is an ancient city with a history of hundreds of years. The history of hundreds of years is stacked in this ancient city. It is manifested that the buildings of various eras coexist, making the buildings in the city extremely crowded, with long streets and lanes, and well-connected, like a maze.
Li Zhen and the other four ran wildly in the alley. They had already turned into two alleys, but the front was still deep and the street could not be seen. Li Zhen secretly complained in his heart, if there was a dead alley in front, things would be troublesome.
"Young Master Li, here!"
As soon as he turned a corner, he heard someone calling them not far away. When Li Zhen turned around, he saw a gap in the door next to him, and someone waved to him in the door.
At this time, Lan Zhenyu's footsteps had already heard from a distance. They had no time. Li Zhen gritted his teeth and rushed into the gate. The other three followed him into the gate, and the gate then closed silently.
Lan Zhenyu didn't notice that they had entered the door. He ran directly through the gate. There was a fork in front of him. He looked at both sides and ran into an alley.
The one who opened the door for Li Zhen and the others was a young man. Jiu Zhi vaguely remembered him, as if he was the follower of the man in blue.
Jiuzhi whispered to Li Zhen: "He is the group of men in blue."
The young man smiled and said, "Young Master Li, don't worry, my master has no malice, he just wants to help you."
Seeing everyone hesitating, he smiled and said, "I have arranged for someone to retrieve your horses, and you can trust my master."
Li Zhen sneered in his heart, and he had never known each other. What does "although I believe" mean? It was just for the copper box on his back. But he had no choice but to bet this time.
"Where is your master?"
"Please come with me for Mr. Li!"
The young man led Li Zhen and the other four to the depths of the house, but they came out of the back door, and there was a street outside, with a carriage parked at the door.
"Please get on the carriage!"
Li Zhen thought about it and got on the carriage. The three of them also went in with him. Jiu Zhi whispered: "Old Li, these people have Chang'an accents."
Li Zhen nodded, the mantis stalked the cicada, and the oriole was behind, and all three forces found them. The Tocharians were the stupidest, charging forward, but they suffered heavy casualties.
Lan Zhenyu had a little brain and cut off their retreat, but the one who really gained was the man in blue who was not revealed. Who was he?
The carriage left Nancheng directly, walked two miles, and came to a manor mansion. It turned out to be a building from the Central Plains, with flying eaves and brackets, black tiles and white walls. A hint of affection arose in their hearts.
The carriage stopped, and the young man opened the door for them and smiled and said, "My master is waiting in the house. Please come with me!"
The four of them followed him into the gate, walked around the screen wall, and walked into the yard, but they saw Uncle Ban walking towards them. The four of them were stunned, "Uncle Ban, why are you here?"
Uncle Ban laughed happily when he saw that they were safe and sound, "I looked for you everywhere in Gaochang City. My friend said he knew where you were? So he took me here to wait, and you really came."
When he accidentally met Uncle Ban, Li Zhen's vigilance was relieved a little. It turned out that the man in blue was Uncle Ban's friend.
Uncle Ban whispered to Li Zhen again: "I'm really sorry. The Sogdian who was preparing to transfer the secret recipe has returned to Samarkand. His secret recipe has been transferred to someone else. We are one step late."
Li Zhen was stunned. Isn’t this a waste of time? It’s hard to explain to my eldest sister when I go back! But after a second thought, maybe I can buy it from someone else’s hands.
He patted Uncle Ban on the shoulder and comforted him, "There is no big problem."
At this time, a man and a woman walked out of the lobby with his hands behind his back. The man was about thirty years old, with a medium figure, big ears and a handsome appearance, but his face was tanned by the sun.
Behind him was a young woman, who looked only seventeen or eighteen years old. She was wearing a red pomegranate dress and a thin green shirt. She had a large area of white skin on her chest, black hair as bright as a cloud, and she looked extremely beautiful.
The young woman smiled with her lips and her eyebrows were filled with all kinds of charm, which made the four people stunned.
The man coughed, walked up to him and smiled, "Welcome to everyone!"
Jiuzhi recognized this person and quickly whispered to Li Zhen: "The person I met in the restaurant today is him!"
Li Zhen replied to the man and asked Uncle Ban with a smile: "Uncle Ban, is this your friend?"
"I am a friend, but also my old guest, so let me introduce it."
The man waved his hand, "Aopan, I'd better introduce myself!"
He walked forward and glanced at Li Zhen deeply and said, "I have been doing business for generations and have been dealing with Lao Ban for twenty years."
He pointed at the young woman behind him again, "This is Wang Qingyu, the sister-in-law, who comes to Gaochang with me to do business."
Wang Qingyu stepped forward and bowed, "Qingyu met Mr. Li!"
Li Zhen hurriedly bowed to the woman, "It turned out to be Mr. Wang and Miss Wang."
After everyone exchanged a few greetings, Wang Yuanbao brought the topic to the main business in an understatement, "You are all children of the good family in Dunhuang, but you are accidentally involved in a court struggle. What a pity!"
Xiaoxi said behind: "Brother Wang, can you tell us what is in the copper box?"
"Of course, but this is not a place to talk. Please come with me."
He led the four people to the inner hall, and his sister Wang Qingyu followed behind. Uncle Ban knew that it was not his own business, so he left first.
Everyone walked into the inner hall, and Wang Yuanbao sent all the servants away and asked them to sit down. There were only six of them in the inner hall.
"Let my sister tell me! He knows this better than me."
The four of them looked at Wang Qingyu. Wang Qingyu raised his slender hand and sorted out his clouds, then smiled slightly and said, "What you got is actually a condom of relics!"
"Relics!" Xiaoxi exclaimed.
"Do you know?" Wang Qingyu asked him with a smile.
Xiaoxiao's face was swollen and she stuttered: "It should be an eight-treasure set of boxes, and a jade set of boxes is also possible. The jade set of boxes is a copper box, a copper box is a silver coffin, and a silver coffin is a gold coffin. The innermost part is a glass bottle containing the relics, so it is also called a gold coffin and a silver coffin coffin."
"Since you know the golden coffin and silver coffin trunk, why didn't you think there was a relics inside?" Wang Qingyu's voice was very soft. She smiled with her lips, and the charm at the corners of her eyes became even stronger. Her beautiful eyes quickly glanced at Li Zhen.
"Because the golden coffin and silver coffin trunk is a ritual system of our Tang Dynasty, and the other party is a Tocharian monk, Tochar should be used to store relics in a poppy altar, so..."
"So my brother didn't expect it, it's understandable, but the problem is here. It's obviously a Tocharian relics, so why should they be bloomed with the rituals of the Tang Dynasty? There is only one reason. This relic of Maitreya Buddha was originally the Little Atu Temple to be presented to the Holy Emperor of the Tang Dynasty."
"Maitreya Buddha!" The four of them exclaimed at the same time.
Wang Qingyu nodded and continued, "Our Dongtu Datang is called Maitreya Buddha, but he is actually Maitreya Bodhisattva, and Tochar is called Ayidu Bodhisattva. After he was transformed, he obtained dozens of relics and collected them in various major temples. One of them is treasured in the small Adu Temple, which is the treasure of the temple.
King Ah Shang asked the temple many times, but because the temple could not be released, Xiao Ah Tuo Temple decided to worship it to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Three old monks took it out at the same time, and they all placed it in the same mailbox. Only one of them was a real relic, and the other two were shadow relics, which were imitated with jade beads."
Li Zhen already understood that Wu Zetian claimed to be reincarnated by Maitreya. This Maitreya relic was of great significance to her. No wonder these people tried their best to grab it.
"Can Miss Wang tell me who is snatching this relic?"
Wang Qingyu turned his head and looked at his brother. Wang Yuanbao slowly said with a serious expression: "The person behind this matter is extraordinary. I advise Mr. Li not to know, so as not to cause trouble."
"But I should know a little bit! For example, that Lan Zhenyu."
"Lan Zhenyu is just a small person, but he will never tell the young master who he is doing for. The only thing I can tell the young master is the group of Tochar samurai, who were sent by King Ah Shang to intercept the relics.
The Tochar store you asked about two days ago was originally the property of the Little Ada Temple. Three old monks would come here to rest and change horses, and then go to Luoyang. Unfortunately, King Ah Shang's people were moving very quickly. The owner of the shop had been killed. That guy was the one who sent someone to disguise himself, waiting for the old monk who brought real relics to come to the door, but he was waiting for you.
But... they didn't expect that Lan Zhenyu also bribed the guy. While reporting the news to King Ah Suan, the guy also gave the news to Lan Zhenyu."
Li Zhen nodded silently. Things were so complicated. If they hadn't come to the old monk for him, the old monk would have been caught by someone who met King Ah Shang. This was also God's will.
"How could Brother Wang know so much?" Li Zhen asked in confusion.
Wang Yuanbao laughed and said, "It's very simple. We also bribed that guy, so we got the message synchronously."
Li Zhen cursed in his heart, that bullshit guy was called "Two-faced and Three-Sword".
Wang Yuanbao saw that Li Zhen was a little dissatisfied and said sincerely: "I cannot tell the identity of the person who asks us to do things, but I will not hide the situation in other situations. Our Wang family has a deep trade relationship with the Western Regions, so he found our Wang family.
For this Maitreya relic, I took people to Tochar myself. Outside Ayan City, we rescued an old monk who was seriously injured. Before his death, the old monk gave me the shadow relic he carried, and another old monk was caught by Ayan.
But the old monk carrying the real relics took another road north, but was intercepted by Lan Zhenyu outside Gaochang City. Thanks to our help, the old monk was injured and escaped."
Wang Qingyu next to him said, "My brother is responsible for going to Tochar, I am in charge of Gaochang, but I didn't expect that the relics were obtained by you. I am bluntly saying that although this Maitreya relic is a rare treasure, no one dares to buy it, and it has no price.
For you, this relic will only bring you a disaster. I believe you have already realized it. My brother and I hope you will make a decision.”
Chapter completed!