Chapter 134: Chapter 135: The Countless Gold, Taken Away by the Dog Emperor!

The next morning, Qi Yue woke up early as usual, practiced knife techniques twice in the garden, and estimated that Song Gensheng would soon be awake, so she stopped.

Xiaolian, standing nearby, immediately grabbed a towel to wipe her sweat.

Qi Yue took it, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and asked, “Are we preparing extra breakfast? Does Cai Wei know?”

“Miss, rest assured, Sister Cai Wei knows.”

“Good.”

As soon as Qi Yue reached the front courtyard, she saw Song Gensheng standing in the yard, stretching his arms and legs. As she got closer, she noticed his round face with eyes still appearing as if in a dream.

“Hey, did you not sleep well last night?”

“Yes,” Song Gensheng replied, still squinting and continuing his stretches.

Qi Yue found it amusing, and quickly had someone prepare tea.

“Gensheng, no need to keep jumping about, come have a cup of tea and wake up.”

Song Gensheng was indeed very obedient and came over.

After drinking a cup of tea made with Spiritual Spring Water, he immediately became alert and felt energized.

“Sister Yue, what tea is this? It’s really good.”

Qi Yue bought it from the market, and it was premium tea even her past self couldn’t dream of affording. Brewed with Spiritual Spring Water, of course, it was excellent.

“When you leave, I’ll give you two packets,” said Qi Yue generously.

“That would be great, just perfect to give to the Great General.”

Song Gensheng said, drinking another cup of tea while Qi Yue could only accept the situation.

“…Why do you have to mention Zhao Xiyan every day?”

“Why not mention him? He is the person I admire the most!”

Seeing how deeply infatuated Song Gensheng looked, Qi Yue could only helplessly say, “Alright, I can’t control you, let’s eat!”

The maids quickly set up the breakfast table and then left sequentially.

Song Gensheng took a few bites and began talking about Zhao Xiyan again.

“Sister Yue, why don’t you come with me to the Capital City? The Great General will definitely like you.”

Qi Yue almost spat out the porridge she had just spooned into her mouth.

What could she do about this persistent little brother?

“Gensheng, I won’t go to the Capital City, and I suggest you shouldn’t either.”

“Why not?” Song Gensheng, full of confusion, said, “I’ve specially asked for leave from the guild this time.”

“I just feel that even if you go to the Capital City, you might not be able to meet him. After all, you don’t know him and have no one to introduce you,” Qi Yue made up an excuse.

But Song Gensheng shook his head repeatedly.

“I don’t need an introduction. Once I get to the Capital City, I will just break into the Residence.”

Qi Yue was about to warn him to be careful about getting beheaded but then remembered his special constitution and held her tongue.

Song Gensheng was smirking.

“Once the Great General sees that I am invulnerable to swords, he will definitely appreciate me. Who knows, he might even let me join his ranks.”

This child really was obsessed.

Qi Yue shook her head helplessly, thinking that even if he went to the Capital City, he might not meet Zhao Xiyan, so she ignored him.

Yet Song Gensheng continued chattering.

“Sister Yue, it’s okay if you don’t go to the Capital City, sooner or later the Great General will come to Longnan Ridge.”

“Snap…”

Upon hearing this, Qi Yue panicked and inadvertently knocked over the teacup next to her…

“You… said he’s coming back to Longnan, why?”

Song Gensheng, who was quite obtuse, didn’t notice Qi Yue’s unusual reaction.

“Because…” Song Gensheng suddenly lowered his voice, “…the National Treasure is in Longnan Ridge, I’ve found out.”

Qi Yue was secretly astonished.

Song Gensheng had surprisingly well-informed sources!

She had only come to this conclusion after encountering Huang Zai’an and hadn’t even confirmed it yet. How could he be so sure?

“How did you find out?”

Song Gensheng chuckled.

“This all started with what happened before.”

Last time they met, Qi Yue had told him not to go to the Beiyuan Imperial Palace, saying the suddenly appeared book might be a fake.

He believed her and really didn’t go to the palace.

But he turned around and investigated the origin of that book.

After spending more than half a year, he finally found that the book had originally been brought from Longnan Ridge.

Qi Yue’s mouth hung open.

Was this guy truly dumb, or just pretending to be?

She couldn’t understand.

“Sister Yueyue, as long as the Great General arrives, you’ll meet sooner or later, and then… hehe…”

“Then a ghost!” Qi Yue hit Song Gensheng on the head without any good humor.

His head was as hard as iron, and because she didn’t use much strength, she only turned the tip of her finger red.

Song Gensheng, touching his head, said embarrassingly, “Didn’t I tell Sister Yueyue? My whole body is made of iron.”

Qi Yue grinned.

“That includes the molten iron in your head, I bet.”

Then she remembered the strange patterns she had found in the “Beiyuan Local Chronicles” and asked, “Even if we know the location of the treasure, so what? Longnan Ridge stretches for thousands of miles, finding it might be difficult.”

Song Gensheng just smiled again.

“Sister Yueyue, don’t worry about this matter, there are others already worrying about it!”

Qi Yue’s eyes flickered, and she immediately caught his implication.

“Are you saying others are searching for the National Treasure?”

Song Gensheng held up three fingers and flipped them three times, lowering his voice.

“As far as I know, at least this many.”

Qi Yue involuntarily narrowed her pupils.

“Nine factions?”

Song Gensheng silently nodded, his expression becoming a bit solemn.

The last time she had seen him with such a look was when he was treating her father’s illness, Qi Yue guessed that it related to the Guyang bandits.

“Brother Gensheng, has something happened within your alliance?”

“Um,” he sighed suddenly, “it’s about to be torn apart.”

Listening to Song Gensheng’s narration, Qi Yue also felt slightly uncomfortable.

The source of the issue was her!

Previously, she had emptied out the Marquis Residence, the General Residence, the Emperor’s Treasure Pavilion, later emptied Qian Faliang’s private treasury, followed by the silver mine in the Dayuan Uninhabited Area, then Yongzhou Prefecture, and recently her own silver was faked a theft—each and every case fell on the Guyang bandits.

Think about it, batches and batches of gold and silver treasures just vanishing, elusive…

The Guyang bandits had reached a point where the Emperor couldn’t sleep at night.

So, over the past six months, the villains and the Imperial Guards had closely cooperated, not only finding the old hideout of the Guyang bandits, Guyang Mountain, but they had also launched multiple raids.

Now, the Guyang bandits’ hideout was shattered, many members had been forced to disperse, splitting into many small groups.

Song Gensheng finished speaking and sighed deeply.

“All that gold in the alliance, the uncountable gold, was also hauled away by the Emperor’s men.”

“Sister Yueyue likes gold, I was thinking of taking Sister to Guyang Mountain to see it. With Sister’s strength, carrying a thousand taels shouldn’t be a problem…”

Enough, no need to say more!

Qi Yue clenched her fists in agony!

Uncountable gold, taken away by the damned Emperor!

This is tolerable, but who could endure this!

The last time when Song Gensheng mentioned taking her to see it, she should have immediately agreed!

Missed it, missed it, my gold!

“Sister Yueyue, you don’t need to feel sad for me.”

Song Gensheng mistook Qi Yue’s sorrow for distress over his misfortune, offering consoling words. He then slapped his chest, guaranteeing,

“One day, I will find the National Treasure, and when I do, the portion I get will be Sister Yueyue’s dowry!”

Qi Yue immediately loosened her fists.

What dowry and non-dowry, she wanted the entire National Treasure.