After Cheng Shi finished speaking, he took out the code book from his arms, handed it to Gong Yan with both hands, and asked with confusion.

"I also hope that Mr. Gong can explain what this book is about and why someone would turn it into a code book?!"

Gong Yan took the code book and did not open it. Instead, he looked at the front and back first, and his eyes suddenly lit up!

Gong Yan hesitated for a moment, but finally asked: "I don't know, where did Mr. Cheng get it?!"

Cheng Shi smiled and said, "Why, this is so important?!"

Gong Yan continued: "Yes, it is very important to know its origin so that I can follow the origin of the book!

So we can analyze who the designer is and why he designed this book, so we can find a way to crack it faster!"

Cheng Shi nodded and said, "That's right. I bought this from someone who was in urgent need of money half a month ago and it cost me 200 yuan!"

Gong Yan said doubtfully: "Then, Mr. Cheng, you don't know its origin?!"

Cheng Shi pretended to think for a while and said, "I guess this has something to do with the Heaven and Earth Society!"

Gong Yan was stunned for a moment and continued: "Why would Mr. Cheng think so?!"

Cheng Shi smiled and said, "That's because this book also contains a token from the Heaven and Earth Society!"

When Gong Yan heard this, he who was still calm suddenly exclaimed: "What did you say!"

At the same time, his body, which was still sitting peacefully on the chair, was about to stand up because of his exclamation!

Cheng Shi looked at the surprised Gong Yan and said, "What's wrong, Mr. Gong, why are you so surprised to hear that this book has something to do with heaven and earth?!"

When Gong Yan heard Cheng Shi's question, he recovered from his surprise, sat down again, and continued to speak.

"It's nothing, it's because I happen to know a secret about the Tiandihui!"

Cheng Shi leaned forward and said excitedly: "What secret?!"

Gong Yan said doubtfully: "Mr. Cheng, do you really not know?!"

When Cheng Shi heard this rhetorical question, he leaned forward, sat back down, shook his head and said.

"I have learned about this. There is a legend about a hidden treasure in the Heaven and Earth Society, but so many years have passed!

But no one has found any clues at all. I feel that the treasures hidden by the Heaven and Earth Society are actually fictitious!"

Gong Yan stared at Cheng Shi for a long time, then shook his head and said, "This legend is not false. No one has found the treasure. That's because they don't know where the treasure is hidden!"

Cheng Shi asked doubtfully: "Why is Mr. Gong so sure that this treasure is real?!"

Gong Yan did not answer this question, but continued to ask: "Mr. Cheng, does he know the legend of the treasure hidden in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?!"

Cheng Shi naturally knew this legend, but he was still skeptical about the treasures hidden by the Tiandihui!

But for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's treasures, Cheng Shi felt that the credibility was still very high. After all, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom competed head-on with the Qing Dynasty!

At its peak, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom developed into Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Henan, Shanxi, Zhili, Shandong, Fujian, and Zhejiang provinces, and its territory exceeded more than 600 cities.

The possibility that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom left behind a treasure after the uprising failed is more credible than the Heaven and Earth Society leaving a treasure behind!

When Cheng Shi heard Gong Yan's confident words, he asked doubtfully: "I don't know, what does Mr. Gong mean by asking this? What is the relationship between these two treasure legends?!"

Gong Yan continued: "Of course it is related, because the treasures hidden in these two places are actually in the same place!"

Cheng Shi said in surprise: "What, does Mr. Gong know where the treasure is hidden?!"

Gong Yan nodded and said, "I do know!"

Cheng Shi was also surprised when he heard the other party's confirmed answer. He didn't expect Gong Yan to actually say that he knew where the treasure was hidden!

When Cheng Shi was about to continue asking how he knew, Gong Yan smiled and then told a story from more than 50 years ago!

The connection between the Tiandihui and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is that Feng Yunshan, as the Southern King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, always went to the front line in person when fighting!

Several major victories against the Qing army fully demonstrated his military talent in using troops, which even his enemies had to admit!

Feng Yunshan made many contributions to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. He was not afraid of danger and used soldiers like a god. These words were not an exaggeration at all when applied to Feng Yunshan at that time!

Feng Yunshan's efforts allowed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to establish a large territory in its early stages. According to the situation at that time, the Qing Dynasty was already planning to lose half of the country!

However, Feng Yunshan died under shelling in 1852. After his death, some of his men did not want to take orders from other kings!

So many people chose to join the Tiandihui, which had a similar purpose to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The purpose of both parties was to overthrow the Qing Dynasty!

Therefore, regarding the incident of Feng Yunshan's people joining the Tiandihui, the two sides did not fight, and in many cases they were still of the same mind!

Until 1864, when the Qing army besieged Tianjing, Hong Xiuquan refused to listen to Li Xiucheng's advice to break out of the siege, defended Tianjing, and finally committed suicide by taking poison!

Li Xiucheng, who was known as the loyal king, did not choose to break out privately, but defended Tianjing with Hong Xiuquan!

Li Xiucheng was finally captured by the Hunan Army. Zeng Guofan also used coercion and inducement to ask for the whereabouts of the gold and silver many times. Li Xiucheng was very loyal!

Li Xiucheng never revealed the whereabouts of the treasure, and was brutally murdered!

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom must have treasures. Their kingdom lasted for 14 years, and their financial system was the holy treasury system!

That is to say, private individuals cannot own property or hide property privately. All property must be handed over. If someone is found to have hidden a tael of gold secretly, his head will be chopped off.

With this kind of property system, huge amounts of treasure will definitely be gathered. The most conservative estimate is that there will be 30 to 40 million taels of silver!

However, after the Hunan Army led by brothers Zeng Guofan and Zeng Guoquan broke through Tianjing City, they began to dig deep into the ground to find the treasures of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

They even drained the lake in the back garden of Tianwang Mansion, but found nothing, and then they continued to loot the entire city for three days!

After Zeng Guofan fished out all the treasures in Tianjing City, he wrote to the Qing Dynasty, saying that no money was found in Tianjing City!

In fact, it was Zeng Guofan who wanted to monopolize this treasure. However, what Zeng Guofan plundered was only the treasure of Tianjing City, not the Kingdom of Heaven!

The treasure of the Kingdom of Heaven is in the hands of Li Xiucheng's general Shi Dakai. Shi Dakai successfully brought a large amount of treasure out of the city, waiting for an opportunity to counterattack!

But he didn't expect that after Hong Xiuquan's death, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom collapsed in a short period of time!

And after these generals who escaped, with their huge treasures, joined forces with the Heaven and Earth Society who were also being pursued!

Both parties also know that now they have huge financial resources, but no one can use it, so both parties have to discuss hoarding the treasure!

They broke into pieces again and hid them all. When some of them had a chance, they took out the treasure and fought back again!


Chapter completed!