All the money was emptied on the way to exile, and there was too much money to spend

The prefect asked his confidant to leave quietly and find Zhu Qiang, and also to prepare the things in the warehouse.

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Xia Chan took a walk around the street today and found there was nothing interesting to see, so she called Mrs. Xie to go out of the city.

"it is good."

Mrs. Xie had no objection to Xia Chan's arrangements.

The two of them went to the cloth shop and bought a few pieces of thick cloth and some needles and thread, then carried the things in a basket and left the city.

When they left the city, the officers and soldiers in the city were still searching for suspicious people.

Two middle-aged women were holding baskets whose bottoms could be seen at a glance.

The officer in charge of the inspection came over and turned the basket upside down.

The wrapped cloth was knocked aside. Both Xia Chan and Mrs. Xie squatted down with a look of heartache, picked it up and held it in their arms.

She looked like a village woman with little knowledge.

The officers and soldiers would never have dreamed that the yellow-skinned woman before their eyes was the thief who had "robbed" the gambling house that they had been looking for.

After confirming that Xia Chan and the others did not carry any other valuable items in their baskets, the officer waved his hands impatiently.

"Get out, get out!"

"Hey, yes, yes."

Mrs. Xie kept nodding and agreeing.

Xia Chan supported her arm and walked forward with his eyes lowered.

The sound of horse hooves could be heard nearby. Qiu Jiu, whom I had just seen last night, was riding on a horse with an angry look on his face.

Xia Chan noticed that his lips were covered with blisters.

It is conceivable how anxious and angry he would be when such a thing happened in the gambling house he managed.

Xia Chan just took a look and then naturally looked away.

Even in his dreams, Qiu Jiu would never have imagined that she was the one who caused a scene in the gambling house last night and allowed them to have a good sleep.

Thanks to Xia Chan's excellent camouflage skills, she and her sister-in-law left the city without anyone stopping them.

They came to a village near the city. Xia Chan asked someone to buy two horses. She rode one and gave one to her sister-in-law.

"Sister-in-law, please go to Sishui Town and wait for me. I will meet you tomorrow morning."

The next thing she was going to do, she couldn't bring her sister-in-law with her.

So I could only let her go to the town where they came out of the mountain and wait for her.

Mrs. Xie didn't know what Xia Chan was going to do, but she knew that Xia Chan must be going to do something very dangerous if he sent her away.

"Xiaochan, you have to be careful."

"It's okay, they can't do anything to me."

Knowing that the prefect was also the prince's lackey, and that he was going to supply a batch of goods to Yuan Che, Xia Chan would feel uncomfortable if she didn't go and get them.

Zhu Qiang is not an ordinary person, and the people under him are naturally not ordinary people either.

Xia Chan was more likely to escape from under his nose alone, but it was not certain if she took Mrs. Xie with her.

So it’s better to let Mrs. Xie go to the town and wait for her first.

When she becomes successful, they can go back to the mountains. It will be no problem for them to stay in the mountains for a year or two, or even their entire life.

Of course, in order not to make Mrs. Xie worry, Xia Chan didn't tell her too much.

Just let her be careful.

She gave Mrs. Xie a bag of silver, which contained about thirty taels of change.

"The world is not that chaotic right now. There will be no danger on the official road in broad daylight. Sister-in-law, you should be more careful."

After giving the silver and asking Mrs. Xie to check again, Xia Chan found that the drugs were still there, and she felt relieved.

She rode her horse to accompany Mrs. Xie for a distance, and after watching her walk away, she returned to the hill outside the city.

She tied the horse to the woods to graze, then selected a tree of suitable height, rubbed her hands, and climbed up in a few steps.

Xia Chan found a place to sit on a tree branch, took out a telescope from the space, and sat on the branch looking at the city below the mountain.

The buildings in the city can be seen with the naked eye.

She took the telescope and looked in that direction according to the location of the prefectural yamen she had memorized.

She saw an old acquaintance.

Zhu Qiang.

But he was not sitting at the gate of the yamen, but at a tea stall nearby.

He seemed to be drinking tea, but he was still looking around vigilantly.

The summer cicada smiled.

Zhu Qiang is quite vigilant.

If he was the one guarding the city gate today, she and her sister-in-law might not be able to get out.

But now, no matter how vigilant he was, he didn't realize that he was waiting for an opportunity on the road out of the city.

Xia Chan put away the telescope, took out an apple from the space and started eating it.

I believe that the things that the prefect asked Zhu Qiang to take away will not disappoint her.

She needed to conserve her energy first and wait until the time came to move these things.

The summer cicada ate an apple and took a nap against the tree trunk.

In the city, Fan Wei had people pack up more than twenty boxes of silver and three boxes of rare treasures and put them all on the carriage.

He personally made a gift list, confirmed again and again that the items on it were correct, then folded it carefully and gave it to Zhu Qiang.

"Master Zhu..."

Zhu Qiang watched people carrying things onto the carriage in the backyard.

Fan Wei came over from the side and presented the gift list in his hand with a smile on his face.

"This is a gift from this humble official to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Please review it, Master Zhu."

Zhu Qiang took the gift list, glanced at it briefly, folded it up and put it in his arms.

He was impatient to do these things.

But now the prince is in urgent need of money for disaster relief.

The prince himself did not want to use his own private treasury, so he could only collect relief money and food from these people.

He would deliver the money today, travel overnight, and it would reach the prince's hands tomorrow.

After completing this mission, he will never take this kind of job again.

Fan Wei handed the gift list to Zhu Qiang and asked him to pass it on to the prince. He also prepared a copy for Zhu Qiang.

Fan Wei asked his confidant to bring a small box, which he opened.

Inside were twenty ingots of fifty taels of silver, totaling one thousand taels.

"Master Zhu, you have worked hard on the journey. This is my humble gift to you as a gift for tea and water. Please accept it."

Fan Wei nodded, bent down, and handed the small box that he had prepared long ago to Zhu Qiang with both hands.

Very respectful.

Zhu Qiang glanced at the box in Fan Wei's hand. The silver ingots were neatly arranged and shining with silver light.

As long as he stretched out his hand, the one thousand taels could be pocketed.

But Zhu Qiang confiscated it.

He lowered his eyes and looked coldly at Fan Wei who was smiling.

"Master Fan, what does this mean?"

"Master Zhu?"

Fan Wei was stunned for a moment.

I wondered if Zhu Qiang was a fool.

Wasn't his meaning obvious enough?

Give him money, give him some reward for his hard work!

Fan Wei's performance was indeed quite obvious.

But he guessed wrong about Zhu Qiang's character.

Zhu Qiang was different from other people who worked for the prince. He would not accept this so-called filial piety privately.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince urgently needs money for disaster relief, but Lord Fan is actually hiding it?"

Fan Weili failed to deliver the gift and was scolded by Zhu Qiang.

His face turned green.

At the same time, I was thinking in my heart that Zhu Qiang was a fool. He didn’t even know how to accept money given by others!

Zhu Qiang didn't care what Fan Wei thought, he waved his hand and gave orders to his subordinates.

"Add the silver and set off."