We have fought to the Arctic Circle, and you want me to inherit the throne?

"People?" Li Che's eyes narrowed.

But when he saw no movement inside, Li Che frowned.

"Go and have a look."

Under the heavy protection of Qiu Bai and a group of personal guards, Li Che moved cautiously towards the depths of the shrine.

The back wall of the shrine is covered by a thick curtain.

Qiu Bai used his sword to lift a corner of the curtain, revealing a dark hole.

A hidden dark room!

The personal guard probably triggered some mechanism while searching, which triggered this secret room.

In a panic, he swung his knife and hit something in the dark room.

"Torch." Li Che said in a deep voice.

Several burning torches were immediately handed over, and the bright light instantly dispelled the darkness of the dark room, presenting the scene inside clearly to everyone.

Then, everyone was stunned.

There are indeed people inside.

But not a living person.

But the golden man!

Three statues as tall as humans stand quietly in the dark room. The statues have ancient and strange shapes, with a strong Japanese Shinto style.

The most shocking thing is that they are golden all over, and under the illumination of the fire, they emit a dazzling golden glow.

Although the Japanese are short in stature, the height of the statue is more than 1.5 meters. The value of a pure gold statue of this size... is simply inestimable.

Qiu Bai swallowed subconsciously, his voice a little dry: "This...this should be...gold-plated, right?"

Li Che didn't say anything. He pushed aside the guards and walked to the statue himself.

The sword marks left by the young guard in a panic were clearly left on the arm of the statue.

Li Che moved closer to the deep cut and looked inside carefully in the light of the fire.

Deep within the sword scar, there is still gold.

"hiss......"

Even with Li Che's temperament and knowledge, he couldn't help but gasp at this moment.

Three pure gold statues as tall as a person?!

He remembered the witches and immediately ordered, "Bring those witches back!"

The witches were dragged back, and when they saw the three golden statues in the dark room, their last hope was completely shattered.

Each of them looked ashen and collapsed to the ground.

Li Che looked at their reactions and immediately understood.

"Huh... I see. Is this the offering Kaibu Munezana sent to you miko maidens?"

The leading witch no longer dared to hide anything and kowtowed profusely:

"Your Highness, please understand! Your Highness, please understand! These are all from Lord Kaibu... No! It was that old thief Kaibu who forced us to accept them. We are willing to give them all to Your Highness. We only ask for your mercy!"

Li Che ignored her pleas for mercy and looked into the depths of the dark room.

There were not only the three golden statues in the dark room, but the ground was also covered with a thick layer of gold and silver.

Scattered gold bowls, gold cups, silver plates, and jewel-inlaid sacrificial instruments...

Various gold and silver objects were piled together. Even Kaibu Munemasa would find it difficult to find so many in a short period of time. This must be the amazing wealth accumulated by the priestesses over the years.

Li Che owns an entire country, so he doesn't feel much about these treasures.

But the guards behind him, including Qiu Bai, were all stunned and breathing heavily.

They have followed Li Che through life and death, and have seen big scenes.

But the scene before them, which was like a mountain of gold, was beyond their imagination.

Qiu Bai swallowed hard again, his voice a little distorted, and asked in a low voice: "Your Highness? What should we do with these...?"

Li Che withdrew his gaze and swept across the faces behind him that were flushed with excitement.

These people were his old brothers in the personal guard who had followed him since he first started his army, and had been loyal to him through countless battles and life and death.

Not to mention blocking swords and guns for me, even if I asked them to kill their parents, the guards would do it without hesitation.

Li Che suddenly smiled broadly, his face filled with heroic spirit: "Those three gold nuggets should be melted down and put into the inner treasury."

The national treasury belongs to the country, while the inner treasury is Li Che's own small treasury.

He paused, his eyes falling on the scattered gold and silver objects on the ground: "As for these fragments on the ground..."

"Share it among you all!" Li Che waved his hand, "Everyone gets a share!"

boom--

After a brief silence, the guards suddenly cheered and looked at Li Che with even more fanatical eyes.

Li Che really didn't care about the gold and silver. He cared more about the loyalty of his guards.

Why was the Jin people brought into the inner treasury? Wasn't it so that everyone could share the spoils without worry?

I, Li Che, have taken it all, what is there that you dare not take?

We, Lao Liu, have high EQ, and this is just the basic operation of the Daqing Succubus.

After the guards calmed down, Li Che added with a smile: "Don't worry, what do you want to eat alone?"

"Not just you hundred or so people, the thousands of brothers left behind in the Royal Guard Battalion will also have a share. All the brothers in the Royal Guard Battalion will share it equally!"

Everyone looked at the thick layer of gold and silver utensils on the ground, which almost covered their ankles, and no one spoke out of objection.

Not to mention the comrades-in-arms of the Royal Guards, just the amount of gold and silver, even if it was divided equally among thousands of people, each person would definitely get a huge windfall.

As long as they don't squander too much, it will be enough for them to live a prosperous life with no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives.

If you spend a little more, you can also buy a house in Fengtian Prefecture and marry a few concubines.

Of course, Li Che has always been generous to his own people.

Even without this unexpected fortune, their salaries and rewards were far higher than those of ordinary soldiers, enough to ensure they had food and clothing for the rest of their lives.

The guards responded one after another:

"Your Highness is wise!"

"Thank you, Your Highness, for the generous reward!"

"Brothers with money can take it together, great, great!"

Wen Zaiyin, who was standing by, looked at the scene which was like a meeting to divide the spoils, with a look of worry on his face.

He moved closer to Li Che and lowered his voice to remind him, "Your Highness...this...this is probably inappropriate, right?"

Li Che was stunned at first, then he looked up and burst into a hearty laugh as if he had heard something extremely interesting:

"Hahaha, Mr. Wen, ah, Mr. Wen!"

He bent down and picked up several heavy golden cups and bowls from the ground, and stuffed them all into Wen Zaiyin's arms:

"I forgot about you. Whoever sees it gets a share. Whoever sees it gets a share. Master Wen, take it!"

Wen Zaiyin was caught off guard and his arms were stuffed with gold, and he almost couldn't hold it.

He was also slightly startled, and then his face flushed with anger: "Your Highness! This is not what I am talking about!"

"You previously agreed to allow the Khitans to enter the city and plunder. If the Khitans knew about this..."

Li Che stopped laughing, looked at Wen Zaiyin's anxious and angry expression, and slowly asked back: "What did the king say at that time?"

"You said, 'People entering the city should take what they see'..."

"That's right!" Li Che clapped his hands and said confidently, "What I said is, anyone entering the city can take what they see!"

"But it didn't say that the entire Xiaguan City and everything inside belonged to the Khitans."

"Aren't we also intruders? We were the first to come in, so what we discovered naturally belongs to us. That's only natural!"

Wen Zaiyin, holding an armful of gold, was speechless when he saw Li Che's rogue expression.

He opened his mouth, but in the end he could only cup his hands in a helpless smile.

I forgot...

When it comes to spreading rumors and playing word games, His Highness is the real master.

Thinking of this, Wen Zaiyin gave up the idea of ​​throwing away the gold and silver in his arms.

This thing...would be a waste if you don't take it...