Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard
Chapter 4: Night Visit to the County Magistrate's Mansion
When she woke up, Zhao Yuanzhen was stunned for a moment when she looked at the bunk bed above her head, and then she remembered that she had traveled through time.
She traveled to a dynasty that was not recorded in the history that she was familiar with - the Daliang Dynasty.
Then I got up, tidied my clothes, opened the door and went downstairs, went to the lobby to order a bowl of rice and a stir-fried dish, and ate directly in the lobby.
After eating, he leisurely ordered a pot of tea and said hello to the shopkeeper and the waiter.
Then he went back to his room leisurely.
She stayed in the room until about 12 o'clock, then decided to get up and move. She didn't have a nightgown, so she wore this outfit.
There's no way. The little country woman has never been a thief.
Then he took out the martial arts master talisman paper that he had exchanged for 100 points, tore it open and used it.
I felt a sharp pain in my body at first, then it seemed to become lighter, and my five senses became more sensitive. I could even hear snoring from the guest room downstairs.
My breath became longer and lighter. Is this the world of martial arts masters?
Stimulate!
Then she became worried. Although she now had sixty years of internal energy, she didn't know how to use it.
"Tongzi, how do I use this move? I don't know how to use it."
"The host can choose whether to have the system randomly teach and drill martial arts moves, or choose martial arts moves to learn on his own."
Can you choose by yourself? What to choose? Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms? Transplanting Flowers and Grafting Trees? Great Shift of the Universe? Yi Jin Jing? Six Meridians Divine Sword? Dugu Nine Swords? Nine Yang Manual? Sunflower Manual?
Forget it, forget about the Sunflower Manual. Why does it seem like everyone wants to learn it? Who doesn’t have a dream of following Jin Yong’s martial arts novels?
After hesitating for a long time, she chose the Six Meridians Divine Sword. The main reason was that she had no weapon at the moment and didn't want to insult the Dugu Nine Swords with an axe.
After the selection is completed, there is still a little man in the consciousness. It is a very familiar little man, and the stickman student is explaining and demonstrating every move.
From the use of internal energy to the launch of sword moves, everything was explained very clearly. It was just difficult for him to make the Six Meridians Divine Sword gestures without any fingers.
Afterwards, Zhao Yuanzhen practiced it in her mind and when she felt that she had almost mastered it, she opened the window, took a deep breath, and flew to an alley in the back street.
It was his first time using Qinggong, and except for a slightly unstable landing, he didn't feel any discomfort. Then he calmly disappeared into the darkness and flew towards the county magistrate's mansion.
After flying for a quarter of an hour, they arrived at the alley that they had explored during the day.
After listening outside and finding nothing wrong, he climbed up the wall and walked towards the kitchen, looking around to see if there was anyone around.
After waiting for a while, he took out the pickaxe that he had put into the space in the morning, found the right position and started digging a hole. While digging the hole, he also collected the soil into the space so that he could backfill it later.
When I dug about one and a half meters deep, the touch of the pickaxe felt different.
Zhao Yuanzhen knew he had found it, so he stopped and dug up the soil to take a look. As expected, he saw a small dark red wooden box with carved patterns.
Use a pickaxe to slowly remove the soil around the box, then take the box out.
After opening it and taking a quick look, he found that it was the box in the original owner's memory, so he filled it back with soil.
Open the kitchen door, close it, jump onto the beam, and then enter the space.
When the small box was opened, there were some jewelry on top. There were two sets of head ornaments, all made of gold and embellished with precious gems. There were also two pairs of jade bracelets, a pair of jade pendants, and eight exquisitely crafted gold hairpins.
Under the jewelry was a pile of silver notes. I counted them and it was a hundred thousand taels. Although I knew how much money there was, I was still shocked when I saw it.
I suppressed my urge to hear the groundhog call. I listened carefully, but there was no sound outside. I slipped out of the space again and returned to the beam.
The fun has just begun, hasn’t it!
Jump down from the beam.
Collect all the food you can see in the kitchen. There isn't much, just one bag of rice.
Zhao Yuanzhen guessed that they were about to move, so they loaded the truck and put it away. She would look for it later.
Then I packed up the cutlery, pots, pans, and spices.
There are two big iron pots, four small iron pots and three small clay stoves. The two small iron stoves have also been put away. I’m just thinking about where to buy a small clay stove!
In the woodshed next to the kitchen, the firewood and charcoal were packed up. I guess they didn't plan to take them away, so there was still a lot left.
Charcoal is also good charcoal. After thinking about it, I took out the firewood. The space is only 100 square meters, so I still have to plan my outfit first.
There were a lot of bacon, cured meat and dried meat on the beams, and they were taken away without hesitation.
Looking at the clean kitchen, Zhao Yuanzhen nodded with satisfaction. Then she opened the door and walked out towards the study room in her memory.
When this house was built, the best craftsmen were hired and the best building materials were used.
Therefore, the county magistrate did not make too many changes after taking over the house. He just redecorated the soft furnishings and then moved in.
He slipped into the study, closed the door, and climbed onto the beam. He leaned over and looked at the entire study. There were more than a dozen large wooden boxes on the floor, and some books on the bookshelf.
There were a few brushes and paperweights on the desk and nothing else. It seemed that the old thief was really going to run away tomorrow, so he packed up everything.
That's very thoughtful.
She first put all the boxes into the space, then took away the books on the bookshelf, and the brushes and paperweights on the desk, and then banged on the walls and the floor.
Not to mention, I actually found a secret compartment, but it was empty. There was nothing in it. I guess it must have been put away.
Seeing that there was nothing in the study, he flashed into the space, opened the big boxes, and found that most of them were books.
There are also some antiques, calligraphy and paintings, small ornaments, as well as pens, ink, paper and inkstones. From now on, Zhang Xinshu’s stationery will be complete.
The antiques, calligraphy and paintings that the county magistrate could pack up and take away must be extraordinary items.
To avoid unnecessary troubles in the future, sell them all to the system for points.
I cleared out more than a dozen large boxes and sold them for more than 13 points, even after the system recycling price was discounted.
There were five large boxes left, four of which were books and one was for writing brushes, inkstones, and paper. The empty boxes were thrown out again.
The next target is the warehouse. But the warehouse is probably guarded by many people, so we have to think of a way to enter quietly.
"Tongzi, is there any medicine that can quickly make someone unconscious?"
"The magic sleepyhead in the world of immortal cultivation, 10 points."
Is the price too expensive?
"Host, this is because it is not an item from this world and is unknown to the people of this world. It is considered a cross-world product, so the price is naturally expensive, and it is for permanent use!"
If you want to use it permanently, that’s fine. At least you don’t have to buy it every time!
"So you mean that martial arts exist here? So I will meet a martial arts master one day?"
"Yes, host, but what the system gives you are all the top internal skills collected by the system."
"You mean you can't beat me?"
"It can be said that the martial arts in this world are at a low level, and the internal strength is not that profound. Basically, it is difficult to cultivate to the host's current level."
"That's good, otherwise I wouldn't know when I'd be killed by a master."
Fortunately, this sleepy bug is permanent, it is contained in the magic bag, and it will automatically fly back after the spell is cast. The effect lasts for a long time, up to 24 hours.
In this way, even if the truth came out tomorrow and the county magistrate sealed the city gates, they would have finished their shopping and left by then.
According to estimates, the village chief would organize the whole village to flee together. He could also try his best to buy time for the villagers to buy food and supplies.
She couldn't do anything in the face of such a chaotic world, but she still had to try her best not to affect them.
The sleepyhead bug locates itself based on a person's breathing. Zhao Yuanzhen released the sleepyhead bug and waited for about half an hour before it flew back.
I quietly went out and walked slowly towards the warehouse. As expected, the guards at the warehouse were lying on the ground.
Zhao Yuanzhen narrowed his eyes and looked at the group of guards lying there, then went over to collect the knives in their hands, thus bidding farewell to the era of hatchets.
He walked to the warehouse, took out his beloved little pickaxe, and prepared to break down the padlock. The key was probably in the hands of the county magistrate.
She looked at Manfu lying crookedly, and just wanted to use violence. Then she smashed the lock.
With the help of inner strength, he could easily crush the lock into powder.
My weak wrist is so powerful!
Then I remembered that I had to exchange for another Power Pill.
"Change to a permanent powerful pill."
"Okay, host, the exchange has been successful. The item is stored in the space. Please take it yourself."
Zhao Yuanzhen took out the pill, which felt like a blue marshmallow. She put it in her mouth. It tasted a little sweet, and then her body felt warm and numb.
This state lasted for about 2 minutes before it got better. I guess it was transforming the muscles and body tissues.
He withdrew his internal strength, picked up the small pickaxe again, and hit the rockery next to him with all his strength.
The 1000 points were not wasted, ding.
The rockery broke into pieces.
"My strength can move mountains and my courage can conquer the world."
Yes, the Dali Pills are really effective.
I walked into the warehouse happily. There were more than twenty large wooden boxes stacked on the left side, and many sacks on the right side, which were grain.
I put everything away without hesitation. Looking at the empty warehouse, I quickly went into the space to see what I had harvested.
Let’s look at the boxes first. The top six boxes contain silver ingots, but they are only half full, not full.
Zhao Yuanzhen picked up one and took a look. It was 50 taels of silver, weighing more than 1800 grams.
A rough calculation based on this box is 10 in a row, 12 in a row, 2 in layers = 240.
This box weighs more than 800 kilograms. No wonder it is not full, but only filled with two layers.
If this box is filled to 5 layers, it will weigh over 2400 kilograms!
Putting aside whether it can be lifted or not, the carriage simply cannot pull several such boxes at the same time!
If you only pull one box, it would be too abrupt and people would be able to guess what it is at a glance.
Zhao Yuanzhen suddenly had an idea to test how big her powerful pills could be, so she moved the box, exerted some strength, and finally lifted it up. . .
It weighs more than 800 pounds and she weighs more than 80 pounds, but they lifted it up. The products of this system must be of high quality!
Then she stacked up another box and tried again. She found that she could lift it a little bit, but it was very tiring and not easy. This made her fully realize her own strength.
An average man can usually lift about 150 kilograms, and occasionally some abnormal ones can lift more than 200 kilograms. My strength is equivalent to 15 times that of an ordinary person.
Once again, I sighed, it's so cool to rely on the system! From now on, I can be considered an expert!
Sure, your life safety level will be increased by +1.
From this perspective, in novels and on TV, a cart full of boxes of gold and silver ingots is unrealistic!
The carriage couldn't even pull it! Two boxes of silver, plus other boxes of clothes and ornaments to cover them, would have to be loaded into three carts.
Six boxes of silver ingots are worth about 6 taels, which is a bit too little! Logically speaking, this corrupt official must have embezzled more than this amount from the original owner! Then he looked at other boxes.
Huh? This box is full of clothes? No! There must be something wrong with putting the clothes box here.
Zhao Yuanzhen checked the box inside and out, and finally found a compartment at the bottom of the box.
He pried open the compartment with a knife and found an account book, a stack of banknotes, and several letters.
There are about 8 silver notes, 1 of which are worth 8 each.
I opened the letters and saw that they were all from the same prefect, Fang!
When I saw the original owner's family die in vain due to embezzlement of family property, I was wondering if a county magistrate in this era could be so arrogant?
As expected, it was because of officials protecting each other. The county magistrate embezzled these properties at the instruction of Prefect Fang. Not only the original owner's family, but many wealthy families were also targeted.
Reading the letter, it seems that the big shots behind the scenes are making a fortune like crazy, and they are just following orders.
The account book records the embezzled property over the years, as well as the planned correspondence between Fang Zhifu and Fang Zhifu. The property has been delivered to Fang Zhifu in batches.
So who is the big man behind this?
Unable to figure it out, Zhao Yuanzhen decided to bring the county magistrate out for questioning.
After finding the magistrate's room, he first put away all the useful items in the room, as well as the concubine's jewelry.
Then she looked at the blankets they were covered with and put them away. She disliked them, but they might be useful when escaping, and she could pass them on to her children and grandchildren!
Then they found a rope to tie up the county magistrate, looked at him like a dead pig, and threw him into the yard.
Then he went to other rooms to continue searching! After searching them all, he came back and poured some cold water on the county magistrate.
"Who are you? How dare you break into the county magistrate's mansion!"
"I am Zhao Yuanzhen"
Seeing that the county magistrate looked unfamiliar, he kindly explained
"Zhao Ziqiu's daughter"
The county magistrate widened his eyes in horror, "You...it's you, what do you want to do?"
"I'm going to ask you something, please answer it carefully, otherwise I don't know what my weak hands can do."
The hand holding the big knife was waving towards the county magistrate.
"Who is the 'that' in the letter?"
"You think I'll tell you?"
"I think you do."
Then he slashed the county magistrate on the thigh with his knife.
"Ah! Ah! You evil woman, you will be sentenced for assaulting an official appointed by the imperial court."
"Oh, that's really scary!" He stabbed her in the thigh again.
"It's the Sixth Prince."
The county magistrate was in so much pain that he was covered in cold sweat, his lips turned pale, and he trembled as he spoke. He was afraid that if she didn't tell him, this crazy woman would stab him again.
"Is there any correspondence or physical evidence with the Sixth Prince?"
"No, I only got a glimpse of it through Prefect Fang, and the property was also handled by Prefect Fang."
"What are the six kings trying to do by amassing so much wealth?"
"I do not know"
"I think you should know."
Then he cut his leg again.
"Buying food and weapons, that's my guess..."
Zhao Yuanzhen paused. It was pretty much what she thought. A prince would only have the same things to do: rebel and fight for the throne.
Then I thought about it and it seemed like there was nothing else to ask. Oh, right, the map!
"Where is the magistrate's map?"
"In the box in the study"
"OK, bye."
The magistrate was just about to breathe a sigh of relief as the killer was finally leaving, but then he discovered that the blade had pierced his neck.
He wiped the blood off the knife and made sure that the county magistrate was really dead.
Zhao Yuanzhen checked the system time. It was past 2 a.m. It was too late. As a grandmother, how could she stay up all night? Go back to sleep!
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