The daughter of the mansion is slapped in the face every day

"You mean, we should go to their houses and steal their food?" Jiang Siqi understood what the soldier Xiao Wu meant.

Jiang Siqi showed an embarrassment on his face.

Although the Liu family is just a small merchant, if such a robbery were to be known to others, it would be embarrassing for Jiang Siqi.

The scholars in the world will certainly scold him, saying that he is a villain who curries favor with the powerful, accompanies the evil, and does not act in the right way.

Wouldn't his reputation be ruined then?

Another soldier, Deng Zhuo, spoke up, "These days, people outside can't even get enough to eat. The porridge in the porridge shed is almost turning into water. Even if a family gave out all their food, it wouldn't be enough to feed so many people for three days, right? If we don't rob the merchants, will the disaster victims do the same? They're all robbing, so what's the difference for them? After we rob, we can show our faces in front of the Third Prince and make a name for ourselves so that he will remember our kindness."

These words really touched Jiang Siqi's heart. He took this job just to save face in front of the Third Prince.

How could Jiang Siqi know that those merchants were so difficult to deal with?

He said honestly, "We are soldiers. Isn't it a bit too much to rob openly? We have to find a reason that seems to be impeccable, right?"

Xiao Wu spoke up again, "How about we disguise ourselves as bandits and rob people at night?"

When Jiang Siqi heard this, he nodded and thought it was a good idea.

But it doesn’t seem to be a particularly good solution.

"How about this? Let's find two people to pretend to be bandits and flee to Liu's house. Then we can search the house in the name of suppressing bandits. If the Liu family members stop us from going in, we can say that they are in cahoots with those bandits."

"If the Liu family lets us in, we will search carefully to see where the grain is hidden. If we find a large amount of stored grain, they will have no excuse for not wanting to hand it over."

Xiao Wu and Deng Zhuo's eyes sparkled, and their words were full of compliments, hoping that Jiang Siqi would forget the bad things they had just said about him in private. "That's a good idea, you are really smart. You are much smarter than the rest of us."

Hearing these flattering words, Jiang Siqi felt very useful and nodded with a smile, "Who has better kung fu and can climb over the wall to get into Liu's house?"

Two officers and soldiers stood up.

Jiang Siqi led a team of soldiers to guard the street entrance where Liu's mansion was located. When they saw the soldiers disguised as bandits climbing over the wall, a group of people walked towards the closed gate of Liu's mansion and smashed the door frantically.

The gatekeeper at Liu's residence secretly opened the door a crack, hoping to let Jiang Siqi and the others pass through.

As a result, the officers and soldiers rushed forward and broke the door open.

The boy was knocked to the ground and immediately started to call for help, "What are you doing? Help! Soldiers are forcing their way in!"

Xiao Wu slapped the boy in the face, "Why are you shouting? Are you going to tip off the bandits? We are ordered to arrest the bandits. If you protect them, you are an accomplice to them! You will be punished for the same crime!"

Seeing Xiao Wu's aggressive and ill-intentioned look, the servants nearby were scared away and did not dare to step forward to stop him.

The officers and soldiers divided into two groups and began searching the rooms on the east and west sides.

Liu Kexing was supported by a servant and came over. Seeing this scene, he immediately ran to Jiang Siqi and asked, "Master, what are you doing?"

Jiang Siqi took out a dagger and looked at it carefully. "Master Liu, I heard that a gangster broke into the Liu Mansion, so I came to catch the thief for you. Master Liu, do you know the severity of the situation? Anyone who hides the gangster will be punished with the same crime as him."

Liu Kexing felt that if he uttered the word "no", the dagger in Jiang Siqi's hand would stab him.

"No, no, no, sir, please don't misunderstand. There are no bandits in our family. We are just good citizens doing business!" Liu Kexing took a few steps towards Jiang Siqi and stuffed a stack of silver bills into Jiang Siqi's hand.

Jiang Siqi squeezed the thick banknotes and was delighted.

He never cared about these material things in the past, but after what happened to Liu Fanzi and Meng Zhi, Jiang Siqi realized the truth that "a penny can make a hero fall", and began to become stingy and greedy.

He looked around and found that no soldiers were looking at him, so he secretly put the banknote into his arms.

"Of course I know. What kind of family is the Liu family? How could they collude with those low-level bandits?" Jiang Siqi said with a smile.

Liu Kexing wiped the sweat off his head, thinking that Jiang Siqi was going to let him go, "Yes, yes, sir, you are wise, we are really wronged!"

"But you have to pretend." Jiang Siqi patted Liu Kexing's chest with his backhand and raised his eyebrows. "You know, you have to save my face, right?"

At this moment, Liu Kexing suddenly realized that when Jiang Siqi came for the first time, he disguised himself as a gentle sheep and came to negotiate. In fact, he was a hungry wolf in sheep's clothing, and he had been eyeing the Liu Mansion for a long time.

"I should have given him some food earlier." Liu Kexing sighed in his heart, feeling extremely regretful.

Xiao Wu found the cellar where the Liu family stored grain. With a gleam in his eyes, he ran back and winked at Jiang Siqi, "Sir, we found an unusual place. Please come and take a look."

Jiang Siqi nodded and followed.

Liu Kexing wanted to stop him but couldn't. He could only beat his chest and sigh.

Then, Jiang Siqi came to Liu's cellar, and when he saw the cellar full of grain, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"I can now explain to the Third Prince." Jiang Siqi smiled and thought: He did a really good job on this mission!

"Come on, clear this place out!" Jiang Siqi tied up a bag of flour and carried it on his right shoulder.

Old Master Liu held the flour bag and begged Jiang Siqi to put down the food. "Master, Master, please let us go! If you take all this away, we will have no way to survive."

Jiang Siqi thought about Liu Kexing's perfunctory words when he first came here, and also remembered the soldiers' ridicule just now, his face turned slightly cold, "Old Master, when I was talking to you nicely, you didn't give me a single grain of rice. It's true that good people are bullied. Now I will take a part of it, don't worry, His Royal Highness the Third Prince will help you report your merits to the court later."

Jiang Siqi said that he would only take a part of it, but the officers and soldiers under his command emptied all the food in the cellar.

Looking at the empty walls, Jiang Siqi flicked his sleeves and wanted to leave, but Liu Kexing still didn't let go, so he pushed Liu Kexing back hard.