Chapter 617 Kettle!
Chapter 617 Kettle!
While Jia Dongming and his friends were camping in the cave, Zheng Ming led a group of people and, under the guidance of a guide, they came to a waterfall according to the instructions on the treasure map.
"Boss! This is the waterfall you mentioned. But it's dark now. At night, the wild animals in the mountains will run to the river to drink water. If we camp here, we may be attacked by wild animals. I remember there is a cave not far from the waterfall. We can stay there for one night." The guide led Zheng Ming and his friends to a waterfall and said to Zheng Ming who was following behind him with a smile.
After hearing what the guide said, Zheng Ming instinctively looked towards the waterfall in front of him, and said to the guide with a smile: "Brother Xu! You are right. The wild animals in the mountains like to come to places with water sources at night. It is indeed not appropriate for us to camp here. Then we will follow your suggestion and camp in the cave you mentioned."
When Zheng Ming said this, he instinctively looked at the waterfall in front of him. Thinking that behind the waterfall was the entrance to King Chuang's treasure, a burning look flashed in his eyes, and he whispered to a young man standing beside him: "Zheng Ze! When we get to the cave the guide mentioned, you can quietly come to the waterfall to see if there is a cave behind the waterfall?"
The young man named Zheng Ze is Zheng Ming's cousin. Ever since Zheng Ming began to suspect that his father's death was caused by Jin Bingwan and Guan Yunshan, he secretly contacted his cousins and began to secretly cultivate his own power.
Because Zheng Ze was Zheng Ming's nephew, he knew very well why Zheng Ming brought them here. Facing Zheng Ming's instructions, Zheng Ze nodded and immediately replied respectfully: "Uncle! I understand. I will come back quietly to take a look after we reach the cave where we will camp."
Led by the guide, everyone soon arrived at a cave. Zheng Ze took a look at the cave in front of him, then whispered a greeting to Zheng Ming, turned around and ran towards the waterfall.
Half an hour later, Zheng Ze ran back to the cave, all wet. He saw Zheng Ming standing in the cave, and immediately walked up to Zheng Ming and whispered to him, "Uncle! There is indeed a cave behind the waterfall, and there are traces of human life in the cave. Some of them are weapons from the Ming Dynasty, and some are things left by modern people. I guess someone has entered the cave before us."
When Zheng Ming heard Zheng Ze's report, a serious expression suddenly appeared on his face. He quickly asked Zheng Ze, "Zheng Ze! Are you sure that there are modern items left inside?"
When Zheng Ze heard Zheng Ming's question, he nodded very affirmatively, then handed a kettle shot by a bow and arrow to Zheng Ming, and said respectfully: "Uncle! This is the kettle I picked up at the entrance of the cave!"
Zheng Ming took the kettle from Zheng Ze and saw the hole through it. Thinking of the whole process of his treasure hunt from Sijiu City to Tianmen Mountain, an ominous thought suddenly came to his mind, making him instinctively look at the hired men in the cave. He whispered to Zheng Ze, "Zheng Ze! I suspect there are people from other forces in our team. Tell Zheng Tao and the others quietly that when we enter the cave tomorrow morning, let them keep an eye on their every move."
When Zheng Ze heard Zheng Ming's order, he immediately showed a puzzled expression on his face, and whispered to Zheng Ming: "Uncle! Do you mean that someone knows the existence of the cave just like us, and because there may be a mechanism in the cave, they deliberately let us clear the way for them?"
When Zheng Ming heard Zheng Ze's question, he took another look at the kettle in his hand, then nodded and said to Zheng Ze with a frown, "Zheng Ze! There has been something I couldn't figure out for a long time. Now that I see the kettle you brought back, I can now roughly understand the thing I couldn't figure out before."
After hearing Zheng Ming's answer and seeing his frown, Zheng Ze asked Zheng Ming with a serious face, "Uncle! What's the matter? Can you tell me?" Zheng Ming heard Zheng Ze's words and thought of his inner guess. He said to Zheng Ze with a serious expression, "Zheng Ze! When your uncle went to the tomb and was killed, I had a question. The Li family could have kept Jin Bingwan and Guan Yunshan in the tomb, so why did they let these two people go?"
"It wasn't until today when I saw the kettle you brought back that I finally understood what I had been confused about before."
"Look at the damage to this kettle. It has probably been abandoned in the cave for at least ten years. Considering the time when Jin Bingwan obtained the treasure map, I suspect that the reason why the Li family spared Jin Bingwan and Guan Yunshan's lives is because they couldn't crack the mechanism in the treasure of King Chuang, and they wanted to borrow these two to help them crack the mechanism."
"What the Li family didn't expect was that after Jin Bingwan and his men obtained the treasure map, they probably guessed the Li family's plan and delayed coming here to look for the treasure. Finally, after the Li family's patience was exhausted, the Li family targeted me and deliberately found someone to tell me the cause of your uncle's death."
When Zheng Ze heard Zheng Ming's analysis, a look of horror suddenly appeared on his face. He quickly whispered to Zheng Ming, "Uncle! If it is really as you said, then the Li family must have followed us into the mountains?"
When Zheng Ming heard what Zheng Ze said, he nodded subconsciously and replied: “Zheng Ze! You guessed right, and I suspect that among the few people we are looking after in Fushan Town, there are people from the Li family.”
When Zheng Ze heard Zheng Ming's answer, he immediately asked Zheng Ming: "Uncle! If there are Li family spies hidden among the people we hired, then aren't we in danger?"
When Zheng Ming heard Zheng Ze's question, he instinctively glanced at the pierced kettle in his hand, a fierce look flashed in his eyes, and he replied in a low voice: "Zheng Ze! Although your uncle's death is directly related to Jin Bingwan and others, if it weren't for the Li family's calculations, your uncle would not have died, so Jin Bingwan and Guan Yunshan, as well as the Li family, are all my enemies."
"Didn't the Li family want to use me to break the mechanism in the treasure house? Then I will just take advantage of their trick and use the mechanism designed by the ancestors of the Li family to send the Li family members to their death!"
When Zheng Ze heard Zheng Ming's answer and saw the fierceness in Zheng Ming's eyes, he immediately whispered to Zheng Ming: "Uncle! So what do you think we should do?"
When Zheng Ming heard Zheng Ze's question, he put his head close to Zheng Ze's ear and whispered in Zheng Ze's ear.
(End of this chapter)