In ancient times, I just wanted to be a salted fish

At midnight that night, Qiao Zien, dressed in simple black, with her face covered and carrying a backpack, avoided the night patrolling yamen runners and ran towards Wan's house like a ghost.

Chen Ruotong waited anxiously at home, she couldn't sleep. At first, she wanted to go with Qiao Zien, at least when she encountered danger, she could take Qiao Zien to the space. But Qiao Zien was still a child after all, and didn't have enough strength to climb the wall with her.

Qiao Zien didn't have any Qinggong skills, but she had good jumping ability, so she could climb over the wall with a few kicks. If she carried Chen Ruotong on her back, she wouldn't be able to climb over the wall. Besides, one person was enough to visit the house, and two people would be a burden.

Qiao Zien soon arrived at the backyard of Wan's house. The wall of Wan's house was four meters high. Even Qiao Zien, who was as light as a swallow and had good jumping ability, could not easily climb the wall. So he took out a rope from his backpack, threw the claw head on the wall and stuck it on the wall, and climbed up the wall with the rope. He stuck his head on the wall, took out the night vision binoculars, and looked into the distance.

Fortunately, there were only a dozen servants in the backyard of Wan's house, and their vigilance was extremely low, and some of them had already fallen asleep.

Qiao Zien put away the rope and gently jumped off the wall. He used the night vision telescope to draw the layout of the nearby houses. It took him half a night to draw the last two of the five courtyards of the house before dawn, so he returned to Chen's house in time.

Chen Ruotong also did not sleep for half the night, worrying about Qiao Zien's safety. She waited until Qiao Zien came back before she went into the space to sleep.

During the day, Chen Ruotong went to Zhenpin Pavilion and Huicui Building to help out, while Qiao Zien attended classes at the academy. At midnight, Qiao Zien visited Wan's residence again. This time, she was familiar with the route and entered from the back yard, passing through the back two houses and entering the third house.

The third courtyard had more rockeries and pavilions, which made it more difficult to paint, but there were also many places to hide. When servants passed by, they immediately hid in the rockeries or flowers, without alerting the people in the house. In this way, Qiao Zien spent another half a night to paint the first, second, and third courtyards.

The next day, Qiao Zien asked for leave and Chen Ruotong studied the map of Wanzhai at home. From the map, the one with the most scenery, the largest and the most beautiful is the third courtyard. There is a large lake, two pavilions and a cruise ship on the lake in the third courtyard.

Chen Ruotong sighed: "Rich people really know how to enjoy life! This mansion is as big as a big park!"

Qiao Zien said: "Yes, it's comparable to a prince's mansion. The study is right here." He pointed to the east side of the third courtyard.

Chen Ruotong touched her chin and said, "Logically, some confidential documents and letters should be placed in the study. For a wealthy man like Wan, the study is probably very large, and there must be a secret room in the study. Are there any servants guarding outside the study?"

"There are four servants guarding it."

"Zi En, do you know acupressure?"

"No, the acupressure and light-weight skills you mentioned are all stories in storybooks. In fact, they don't exist. The so-called light-weight skills are just using external force to have better jumping ability." Qiao Zien confirmed.

"Sure enough, novels are all lies! What should we do with the four servants? We can't fight with them and alert the enemy! Besides, I can't collect them into the space remotely!" Chen Ruotong frowned.

"We can make a feint to the east and attack in the west." Qiao Zien pointed to the garden on the map and said, "This side is relatively open. You go and attract their attention and lead them here. Then I'll find a chance to sneak into the study."

"That won't work. We don't have the key to the study, so we can't get in! If we open the door for a while longer, the four servants will probably be back." Chen Ruotong scratched her head.

Qiao Zien took out a thin wire and said with a smile: "I have a master key!"

"But, when you enter the study and see valuable things, you can't take so many! It seems that I have to do it myself. Do you think this will work?" Chen Ruotong suddenly had an idea and bent down to tell Qiao Zien her plan.

Qiao Zien nodded, "This is the only way, but you have to be extra careful, the servants all carry knives."

Chen Ruotong said confidently: "It should be no problem! Just protect me in the dark!"

"Okay, then I'll go back first and come back in the evening." Qiao Zien said and left.

Chen Ruotong watched him leave, silently praying that everything would go well. She decided to prepare well to ensure that tonight's operation would be successful.

At midnight, both of them wore nightgowns, held hands, and headed for South Street. In terms of physical strength, Chen Ruotong was far inferior to Qiao Zien, and she was exhausted before she even reached South Street.

The two of them sat in the alley and took a rest. Chen Ruotong took out two bottles of water and some chocolates, and the two began to eat and drink to replenish their energy.

Qiao Zien said: "If not, you wait here for me, I will go alone."

"How can that be? If you really see the gold, silver and treasures, how can you take them all by yourself? I have to go again." Chen Ruotong looked greedy.

The two continued to move forward and finally arrived at the backyard of Wan's house. Qiao Zien climbed up the wall easily with the rope. Even if Chen Ruotong climbed the rope, she couldn't climb up such a high wall!

So, Chen Ruotong took out a ladder out of thin air, which made it much easier to climb up the wall. She sat on the top of the wall, smiled gently at Qiao Zien, and whispered, "I still have a way, right?" Then she waved her hand to put away the ladder, took it out again, and put it in the yard. Chen Ruotong stepped down the ladder, put it away again, and entered the backyard.

Qiao Zien was surprised and amused to see Chen Ruotong's smooth operation.

Chen Ruotong held Qiao Zien's clothes, and the two of them crouched down and walked forward on the path. Occasionally, they would meet servants holding torches passing by, and they would hide behind trees or rockery.

The servants in the courtyard did not patrol frequently, so they easily entered the third courtyard, came to the study in the east, and hid behind the rockery. Chen Ruotong entered the space again, changed into a servant's clothes, and came out with a food box.

When Qiao Zien saw him, he really looked like a servant. He smiled and nodded, indicating that she could carry out the plan.

Chen Ruotong walked towards the four gatekeepers carrying the food box. The four were talking quietly and became alert when they saw someone coming. One of them asked, "Who is in front? The study is a restricted area, no one is allowed to step in!"

Chen Ruotong picked up the food box and said, "The master asked me to bring some food to the brothers. Brothers, you have worked hard!"

The four of them looked at each other with surprise on their faces. One of them said, "Master, what's going on today? You thought of us. We haven't had a midnight snack in a while!"

Another said: "It must be a good thing. Come on, let's eat quickly. We still have work to do."

Four people surrounded Chen Ruotong, all wanting to see what delicious food was in the food box.

The four people were not on guard against Chen Ruotong, because there were many servants in the Wan's house, and they could not recognize them all. They thought Chen Ruotong was a new servant, so they didn't ask much and reached out to take the lid. Chen Ruotong quickly touched the four people and brought them into the space.