Traveling through the starry sky just for you, I was a koi in ancient times

Wu Mei thought, since the young lady asked her to check, she should just listen to her and check it first.

Since Cao An's family bought so much lamp oil, it should be easy to check. So they started from the side yards and checked each yard one by one.

Wu Mei was thinking as she walked. She had thought about this when she went out during the day. The young lady asked her to check Cao's oil mill, so she went to Cao's oil mill and watched it for the whole afternoon.

The young lady asked her to remember how much oil the Cao family sold every day.

Wu Mei thought that the young lady was just a child. She was not buying food when buying lamp oil. How much could anyone buy? It was just a small jar, so it was easy to estimate.

In the afternoon, Wu Mei put on a ragged dress, sat on the street corner, and pretended to beg for food. It was clear that only two people came into Cao's oil mill that afternoon, and both bought tung oil, one in a small jar of 1 jin, and the other in a medium jar of 2 jin.

When the shop door closed, Wu Mei patted her torn clothes and stood up.

I didn't make a penny. Hi! I thought I had started a side business, but I never expected that I couldn't get any money even though I was thirsty and hot.

Then, taking advantage of the night, he went to a dark alley, changed his clothes, put on a black mask, hid his whereabouts, and took a few running steps to jump into Cao's house.

Now it is completely dark, the yard is quiet, and most people have fallen asleep. It is time to act.

Wu Mei always thought that the two large barrels of tung oil in Cao An’s house could be found just by using her nose, without any effort at all.

But Wu Mei looked around in the Cao family's warehouse where supplies were stored, but couldn't find the oil barrel.

Wu Mei leaned in the shadows and felt that the Cao family was quite interesting. It seemed as if they knew that their young lady wanted to find their family's tung oil, so they hid it on purpose.

Leaning in the corner, Wu Mei scratched her head subconsciously.

"No?!"

Wu Mei thought, it might be in the utility room.

So, they took advantage of the night to climb over to the cross-courtyard. Generally, the owner of each house lived in the main courtyard, while the servants lived in the cross-courtyard.

The side yard is inhabited by some masters of lower status in the family.

Things like tung oil can only be stored in cross-yards and side yards.

To be safe, Wu Mei moved lowered her body, took lighter and slower steps, and walked in the shadows of trees and houses.

Two East Palace guards from Team Feng, Yiliu and Yiqi, who had been following Wu Mei, were hanging under the eaves, closely observing Wu Mei's whereabouts.

In the eyes of Yiliu and Yiqi, Wu Mei hid herself in the shadows and moved forward slowly, just like she was strolling around the yard with a loud voice. She did not hide herself at all, but more like she was joking.

Looking at the people below, sometimes they turn east, sometimes they turn west, or they hide in the shadows.

Yiliu followed and jumped onto the roof. He watched Wu Mei listening carefully at every window. When he found that no one was there, he secretly pried open the door and slipped out of the room.

After walking around the courtyard, they came out and stayed at the wall for a long time. After a long time, they went to the nearest courtyard. In this way, Yiliu followed Wu Mei to walk around the outer courtyard of Cao's house and walked around the courtyard again.

It can be basically confirmed that the female spy in front is not a thief, but is looking for something. This thing is placed where the servants live, not the letters exchanged between the masters.

Finally, Wu Mei set her sights on the Cao family's kitchen, so Yiliu and Yi7 followed Wu Mei around the warehouses and kitchens in each courtyard of the Cao family.

After going through all this, Wu Mei felt that the young lady was a little bit amazing. How could such a small person know that the Cao family would hide two large jars of tung oil?

No matter how hard I look, I just can't find it.

Wu Mei did not go to the upper room of Cao An's house.

Listening to the guards' footsteps, she knew that there were a lot of people and they were very disciplined. Wu Mei decided to come back tomorrow after getting everything ready.

So he paused for a moment at the foot of the courtyard wall and then climbed over it to go out. Yiliu and Yiqi followed him silently in the dark.

I watched as the female spy in front of me went into the dark alley, changed her clothes, and carried a slightly larger bag, then slowly returned to Yongxing Lane, just like yesterday.

As requested by the captain, B6 and B7 followed silently into No. 9 Yongxing Lane. Without stopping in the woods in the backyard, they flew onto the roof.

But the houses in this courtyard have neither eaves nor ridges, making it inconvenient to hide. One can only hide on the roof. However, if it is daybreak, people living below the house can easily discover one.

They could only move to the woods at daybreak. The night watch drum could be heard from far away on the street. It was almost past the fifth watch and the sky was getting light.

Yiliu got up quietly and suddenly heard a boy's voice coming from the east room. The night watchman entered the room. Not long after, a boy of six or seven years old came out of the room holding a small peach wood sword and listened at every door.

After that, he ran to the backyard and practiced a set of Gentleman Sword in the open space in a very formal manner. Yiliu and Yiqi saw that this sword technique was purely a fitness exercise for gentlemen and it had no lethality at all!

You see, each move is beautiful and gorgeous, with various appearances, exposing the main parts of the body to the opponent. It looks silly and can only be practiced by scholars for fun.

The two guards dropped down from the roof, fearing they would be discovered, and walked around before quietly entering the woods.

Yiliu and Yiqi hid themselves in the woods and observed the movements below.

Suddenly, Yiliu pointed at the boy's sword, as if he had something to say. The two looked at each other and shook their heads. Neither of them understood what each other meant. Yiqi felt that this was not the person they were targeting, so he did not continue to communicate with Yiliu.

But Yiliu flew from the treetop where he was hiding and headed straight for the treetop where Yiqi was hiding. Yiqi was tense and stared at his teammates.

Yiliu gestured to Yiqi to show him that something important was happening.

At this time, Wang Wendong had just practiced a set of sword techniques. The weather was too hot and he was sweating, so he poked his sword into the mud beside the woods.

The small peach wood sword has a slightly reddish brown color, and a silk ribbon hangs from the hilt. In order to hold down the long silk ribbon, a small jade ornament is decorated on the ribbon.

Yiliu kept pointing at the sword, and Yiqi finally discovered something unusual, which was the small jade pendant hanging on the silk ribbon.

The two men looked at each other, and Yiliu broke off a branch from the tree and hit Wang Wendong's leg directly. Wang Wendong fell down.

"oops!"

He was afraid that he was shouting too loudly and disturbing his family, so he covered his mouth with his hands, propped himself up, and walked back to his room step by step.

Yi Qi flew down at the fastest speed, snatched up the peach wood sword, and climbed up the tree. The two of them looked at it carefully, head to head. They felt that this jade item was a major discovery today. They even had a brief exchange and decided to go back and report to the captain.