Traveling through the Republic of China, I married a dead person

hateful.

On the day of Fu San, although Zi Yan was entangled with Bai Ying, he found a flaw from his wandering around the graves. He told Zhou Beiwang, who reported it to Kong Chen.

I couldn't find any flaws in the treasure hiding in Dongyuan. Before his death, Mr. Kong did not leave any more detailed instructions except the word "Dong" and a seal.

Su Bai hopes that this batch of gold bars can be found as soon as possible so that he can have a complete break with Kong Chen.

She turned around and reiterated her ignorance: "If the Second Master thinks the gold bars are hidden in the East Garden, then send troops to look for them."

Kong Chen was about to bang the table again, but was stopped by Kong Li.

Kong Li told Su Bai in a friendly manner that if this batch of gold bars were found, they would account for one third of the Kong Mansion, and asked Su Bai to be more careful.

Su Bai didn't understand the plan and forgot about the mysterious gold bars. With these gold bars involved, his relationship with Kong Chen could not be separated.

After lunch, Su Bai asked Kong Dai to call the managers of the Kong family business's Peking and Shanghai branches to the main hall in her backyard.

Su Bai had copied the list of items needed for medicine making three times, one copy each for the shopkeepers of the Peking and Shanghai branches, and one copy for Kong Dai.

Su Bai was not sure whether some of the listed items and equipment were sold in this era. She also made a small list of backup and alternatives. Kong Dai would leave for Qingdao to purchase tomorrow. The shopkeepers of the Peking and Shanghai branches would take the list and help find out if they could be purchased.

Su Bai even suspected that there might not even be any medical equipment stores in this era.

Su Bai asked everyone to focus on relevant places such as Western pharmacies, pharmaceutical factories, university laboratories, and businesses run by foreigners.

If you really can't buy all the equipment, you can even bribe the relevant personnel in the pharmaceutical factory to dismantle it from their existing equipment and sell it.

In short, any means necessary, no matter the cost.

The two shopkeepers patted their chests and promised that as long as these things existed in the world, they would use all their connections to help the young lady get them.

"Isn't the young lady going to make medicine?" The owner of the Shanghai branch saw some clues from the list.

"Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask!" Kong Dai refused on Su Bai's behalf.

"Please!" Su Bai bowed to the two shopkeepers.

After seeing off the two shopkeepers, Su Bai kept Kong Dai and talked to him about the master's batch of gold bars.

Su Bai told them frankly that the peaceful days would not last long, and they had to sever their economic ties with the army in order for the people of the Kong Mansion to live a relatively stable life. Now all they needed was this batch of gold bars.

Kong Dai knew nothing about the gold bars, but he thought that since the second master was so sure, they must exist.

"You have been by the master's side all the time, and you didn't notice it at all?"

Kong Dai remembered one thing. Three years ago, when several warlords joined forces to attack the Kong family, they set fire to the Kong Mansion. He fled with the old and young people in the Kong Mansion. During that period of time, he and his master were not together.

In fact, when the master was away fighting in the early years, he didn't spend much time with the master.

But there is one thing that seems very strange when I think about it now. The master's guard platoon plotted rebellion and was shot to death by the master.

He was very confused at the time. He was familiar with several of the guards in the guard platoon. They had always been loyal to the master. Some of them had even saved the master's life. How could they rebel?

At this point, Su Bai already understood that this batch of gold bars did exist and was hidden by the master and his guards. Later, he found an excuse of treason to kill all the guards.

The cruelty of the means is shameful.

"Young Madam, I have something to ask, should I ask?"

"Just ask."

Kong Dai hesitated for a moment: "Are these gold bars hidden in Dongyuan?"

Even Kong Dai knew about this!

Was it so childish of me to send my family back home and stay to observe Dongyuan during the two days of the master's funeral and Fu San? Even Kong Dai found out?

not at all.

Kong Dai told Su Bai that this morning, when everyone in the Kong Mansion was busy with the seventh day memorial ceremony for the master, Zhou Beiwang led hundreds of soldiers to the East Garden.

Before lunch, Kong Chen specifically called Kong Dai over and asked him to arrange for people to build a few simple houses next to the East Garden and to send soldiers to be stationed in the East Garden to guard the ancestral tombs.

Su Bai was surprised and told Kong Dai half the truth. The master did say the word "Dongyuan" before he died, but he only said these two words and she didn't know what they meant at the time.

At this time, Su Bai had another guess. Maybe the word "Dong" left by the master did not mean Dongyuan. Maybe it had some other meaning, such as Dongxiangfang? Somewhere in the east, or a family with the surname Dong or Dongfang?

Unfortunately, he didn't tell the whole story, leaving behind an unsolved mystery.

People of this era have great reverence for their ancestral tombs, and they regard them as supreme. If Confucius hid his treasure in a tomb, he would have to destroy that tomb first. Even if Confucius was inhumane, he would not have done such a heinous and offensive thing to his ancestors, right?

This batch of gold bars should not be hidden in Dongyuan.

Therefore, Su Bai changed the word "Dong" left by the master into two words "Dongyuan" and told Kong Dai, taking a gamble. If Kong Chen and others could really find gold bars in Dongyuan, it would mean that they were very lucky.

When Su Bai told Kong Dai that all the real estate except the business and real estate had been handed over to the second master, Kong Dai was surprised for a while.

But he did not raise any objection and immediately drafted the document according to Su Bai's instructions.

When Su Bai brought Kong Dai to the Second Hospital with the account book and the drafted transfer contract, it was already dinner time. Kong Chen and Kong Li served a few more dishes and started drinking.

After making false accounts of the funeral money, there was more than 4000 yuan left, and Su Bai proposed to keep 1000 yuan for himself.

Unexpectedly, Kong Chen not only agreed very readily, but also gave Su Bai an extra 200 yuan.

"That's right. After all, we are a family, and you are the younger one. Just raise any ideas and requests you have. It is our business whether we can do it or not. It would be wrong of you not to raise any difficulties!" Kong Chen said with a drunken breath.

Su Bai repeated the lie she had told Kong Dai to Kong Chen and Kong Li. The master did say the word "Dongyuan" before he died, but she still didn't understand the meaning of these two words.

It can be seen that the two brothers were skeptical.

Su Bai gave the 1200 yuan directly to Kong Dai to purchase equipment and items, and asked him to notify all branches as soon as possible to exchange the money into dollars or gold bars for storage, and only keep a small amount of legal tender for circulation.

"The legal currency will soon become less and less valuable, so shopkeepers should take it seriously and pay more attention."

"Mrs. Young Madam could have predicted this?" Kong Dai remained the same as always, not asking any further questions.

Having not eaten properly all day, Su Bai asked the kitchen to prepare some delicious dishes and asked Zi Yan to heat up some wine.

Remembering that Kong Dai had also been busy all day, she asked Zi Yan to invite him over for dinner and have a farewell drink.

Kong Dai brought Su Bai a good news. When he was in the room of the second and third masters just now, the two masters talked to him about the gold bars. Although the two masters did not make a clear statement, it could be heard from their words that they seemed to believe that the master did not have time to explain the gold bars.

Su Bai toasted Kong Dai and said that after he arrived at the Kong Mansion, he only had two relatives, Kong Dai and Zi Yan.

This is partly true and partly false. As long as the identity of the eldest young lady is not exposed, Kong Dai will be an absolute die-hard fan.

On the contrary, he is the most deadly enemy.

Kong Dai stood up flattered and drank the glass of wine respectfully. In addition to expressing his loyalty again, he also told Su Bai that he had carefully entrusted all the miscellaneous matters in the mansion to the captain of the spear team, Yan Xi, and that if there was anything, he could just tell him directly.

Kong Dai also left a bunch of keys to Su Bai. These included the keys to the Kong Mansion's ancestral hall and warehouse, as well as the keys to the back door and side door of the Kong Mansion. These two doors were usually locked.

When the master handed the Kong Mansion over to Su Bai, he also gave her a bunch of keys, which were more complete than Kong Dai's.

The reason why Kong Dai gave his keys to Su Bai for safekeeping was that he felt that Yan Xi was only taking care of miscellaneous tasks for him temporarily, and there was no need to give these keys to him.

"Uncle Kong is very thoughtful. I feel relieved." Su Bai said this from his heart. During the nearly ten days since he took over the Kong Mansion, he never had to worry about those miscellaneous trivial matters. He just had to sit down and drink tea while listening to Kong Dai's report.

The master and his two servants had a very pleasant conversation. When Kong Dai said goodbye, it was already past eleven o'clock in the evening.

Su Bai suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, at least he had made a temporary separation from the Seventh Army in terms of property. Kong Chen also basically believed that he was not aware of the whereabouts of the gold bars, or at least not completely aware of it.

Zi Yan asked the kitchen in the front yard to boil some hot water, and Su Bai took a hot bath and prepared to have a comfortable sleep.

When she lay down on the bed, she found that she couldn't sleep at all. Doctor Jiang, the second wife, Wang Yutian, Zhou Beiwang... and others kept appearing in her mind.

It was unknown how long it had been before Su Bai felt sleepy.

……

A gunshot woke Su Bai, who had just fallen asleep, and was followed by a second, a third...suddenly, there was a burst of gunfire.

"Young Madam, get up quickly!" Zi Yan ran in in a panic: "The gunshots are in the front yard!"

Su Bai jumped out of bed. Yes, the dense gunfire was like firecrackers. Even through the doors and windows, he could feel the explosion caused by the bullets tearing the air.

There were shouting sounds mixed in with the gunfire.

"It seems..." Zi Yan put her right ear close to the double doors of the main hall: "It's a bit far, it's out of the house!"

Su Bai also held his breath and listened. The gunshots were not as frequent as before, and seemed to be farther away.

Zi Yan's judgment was correct, the battlefield should have moved from the Confucius Mansion to the street.

"Who is so bold as to attack the Confucius Mansion in the middle of the night?"

As soon as Su Bai finished speaking, there was a loud "bang" and something hit the door heavily from outside, scaring Zi Yan so much that she jumped back a step.