Reborn 73 years later, he takes his mother-in-law hunting in the mountains.

Chapter 819 Underwater Treasure Hunt

As Lu Yao approached the bottom of the cliff, the overhead light illuminated the ground, revealing bones and scattered, rusty guns.

Some of the clothing was not rotten and looked like regular army uniforms.

Judging from this location, it's impossible that the body was thrown into the lake; it must have died here and remained there.

Many limbs were pinned down by the stones.

This was caused by a collapse.

This further confirmed Lu Yao's guess.

This area was originally land, without water.

This lake was formed later.

Following the pile of stones upwards, Lu Yao found the gap and plunged in.

With overhead lights and a ventilator, we could walk inside without rushing.

This was clearly originally a tunnel.

Along the way, skeletons kept appearing.

The further you go in, the higher the terrain becomes.

After swimming for about ten minutes, suddenly with a "pop," Lu Yao's head popped out of the water.

Looking around, it was empty and pitch black.

Turning back, Lu Yao saw the shore behind him, where a skeleton sat, startling him.

Hurry up and climb ashore.

The water level has reached its highest point here.

There's still a slope going up.

Lu Yao unloaded the oxygen cylinder.

Carrying a dagger, he walked upwards using the light from the overhead lamp.

These steps are like natural stairs.

After walking for a few minutes and turning several corners, suddenly the view opened up before us, and light shone in.

Looking up, you can see a crack in the cave ceiling that leads to the mountaintop. Although the crack is small, moonlight can still get in.

This crack should also be extremely well hidden.

Lu Yao had seen this mountain from the outside; it was surrounded by cliffs and precipices, so steep that even monkeys couldn't climb it.

Even if there are cracks, no one will notice.

These cracks emitted a dim, yellowish light, like ceiling lights, making the cave seem less dark.

Lu Yao looked ahead and was shocked by what he saw.

The ground was littered with corpses and skeletons.

Some of the clothes were not rotten; they looked like coarse blue shirts, patched upon patched, belonging to poor people.

The skeletons roughly look to be several hundred people.

Lu Yao checked and found that many people still had machine gun bullets embedded in their bones.

According to Jin Wanliang, Kang Run hired hundreds of porters to carry the supplies into the mountains.

Then, in order to silence witnesses, they would definitely order their soldiers to kill people.

This is machine gun fire used to mow down these poor laborers.

Some of them had their heads smashed.

Kang Run first ordered his personal guard to kill the porters with heavy weapons, and then he used bombs to kill his personal guards.

He personally took a machine gun and guarded the entrance, killing all the remaining people.

However, the violent explosion unexpectedly triggered a landslide, sealing off the cave entrance.

He wasn't afraid of the cave entrance being sealed off; sealing it off would actually make it more secretive.

However, the mountain contains hot spring water, which gushed out after the cracks opened.

Over the years, the sediment accumulated in the depression and formed a lake.

This was probably something Kangrun hadn't anticipated.

This place was the site of a brutal and inhumane massacre back then.

Lu Yao seemed to smell the blood and gore, and hear the cries and groans of the poor.

Their remains have now rotted into ashes; they have probably long since been reborn.

Lu Yao walked inside.

In another small cave, large oilcloths were spread out, covering some things.

Lu Yao's mind raced; these things were still there!

Reaching out and pulling back the tarpaulin, one finds rows of boxes.

There are hundreds of them, big and small.

There were also many porters' carrying poles nearby.

The boxes were neatly arranged on a shelf made of stones.

Lu Yao unlocked a large box and pushed it upwards.

It turned out to be some silk fabrics.

Lu Yao couldn't help but feel disappointed.

These fine silks and satins may have been considered valuable in the past or even now, but in a few years, they will be worth very little.

With a tap of your finger, you'll instantly be transported to the exciting world of underwater treasure hunting in Chapter 819.

If all those supplies were like this, it wouldn't be worth risking one's life for a fortune.

But probably not.

Even warlords wouldn't kill so many people for this, even blowing up their own personal guard.

Then we opened another box, which was full of calligraphy and paintings by famous people.

It also contains a work by Emperor Huizong of Song, and this painting could fetch tens of millions at auction later.

Compared to these paintings and calligraphy works, Xu Beihong's Eight Horses is indeed not outstanding.

Kang Run must have just picked up that painting randomly, because his scroll could be hollowed out.

Then he hand-drew the map and found a skilled embroiderer to embroider it.

The person who did this embroidery is probably in grave danger.

Lu Yao opened the box again, and inside were many antique porcelain items.

Open again, and you'll find pearls and agates.

Lu Yao opened a few more boxes, sweating profusely, but he had only opened less than half of them.

As expected, there were even more gold bars and silver dollars.

Although Lu Yao later amassed a fortune of hundreds of millions, he had never seen so much gold and jewelry before.

One of the boxes contained Burmese jade, including emeralds and imperial green jadeite, both glassy and icy varieties.

Bloodstone, agate, and sparkling luminous pearls...

This box alone is priceless.

Each of these pure jadeite stones will be quite valuable in the future.

However, those antique paintings and calligraphy cannot be valued at the general market price in later periods; their collection value may be even higher.

Lu Yao wiped the sweat from his forehead, unable to contain his excitement.

Quickly calm yourself down.

These things shouldn't be taken out to exchange for money now, or you'll get into trouble.

Anyway, once Jin Wanliang dies, no one in the world will know about this place anymore.

We can't take them all out for now.

Even if you tried to pick it up, you couldn't lift it.

How can one person carry out the things brought by hundreds of people?

Lu Yao only took a few dozen silver dollars and a hundred grams of small yellow croaker from Xigen, which he wrapped in a rag.

Take these things for now, and we can take them out to use later when we have the chance.

As for these antique jade artifacts, calligraphy scrolls, and paintings, they can be used to open a museum once the market develops.

It's not for making money; it's simply a way of giving back to the country.

He dived out again and sealed the entrance to the cave with stones.

Then he leaped upwards.

Spring water continues to gush from the mountainside. The location of the treasure inside the cave is at least tens of meters higher than the exit of the bear cave, so even if the water level overflows from the bear cave, it will not flood the area above.

The more water there is, the safer the treasure trove will be.

Lu Yao surfaced and saw Ding Mei sitting on the shore, soaking wet.

He couldn't help but laugh:

"Why are you in the water again?"

"People are worried about you, but they can't find you."

Lu Yao laughed and reached out to hug him.

He was overjoyed at that moment, having both a treasure and a beautiful woman.

If it were Zheng Wenli, he would definitely compose a poem, but Lu Yao can't write poetry, so at most he would just set off a firecracker to celebrate.

After they finished, the two of them fell asleep in each other's arms.

I feel dawn.

Ding Mei woke up first and pinched Lu Yao's nose:

"You little pervert, wake up!"

Lu Yao looked at her and smiled: "Little Meizi, I admit I'm a womanizer, but that doesn't stop me from loving you. Do you believe I'd die for you?"

Ding Mei held his head in her arms:

"I believe you, but I won't allow you to develop relationships with other people. If I can't satisfy you, then go find Shumei. As long as she agrees, I won't object."

Lu Yao was pleasantly surprised and laughed, "You mean it? Really?"

Ding Mei hesitated for a moment, tilted her head to imagine it, and then made her decision, nodding:

"Yes, but I need to hear Shumei's consent in person before I can agree."

Lu Yao hugged Ding Mei and kissed her repeatedly.

With a wife like this, what more could a husband ask for?

We need to take it one step at a time. It seems we should postpone discussing Imana's matter for now.

He pulled Ding Mei along, saying, "Come on, let's go back. I'll definitely convince Shumei to keep you company!"

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