The wonderful life of modern women in ancient times

"Yes!"

The leading bailiff clasped his fists and accepted the order. He led a team of people, carrying a sedan chair, and hurried to Li's mansion.

The guards who had fainted on the ground were already somewhat conscious, and when they were splashed with cold water, they shuddered, opened their eyes and regained consciousness.

They held their dizzy heads with their hands and struggled to sit up.

Looking at the yamen runner holding a water scoop in front of him, the head guard asked in confusion: "Brother, what's wrong with us? Why are you throwing cold water on us?"

"Don't you remember anything about last night? Why did you faint here? What did you see before you fainted last night?"

The county magistrate walked up to the head guard and asked in a cold voice.

The guards then noticed the county magistrate and hurriedly got up, staggering to salute him and said, "Greetings, sir!"

The county magistrate waved his hand impatiently: "Alright! No need to be polite! Who knocked you out here last night? Did you see anyone?"

The guards pounded their heads with their hands, frowned, and tried hard to recall what happened last night!

After a while, some of the guards said that they were patrolling as planned as usual last night, and then they suddenly felt a pain in their necks and then lost consciousness!

After hearing this, the county magistrate frowned, stroked his beard and thought for a while!

Then he suddenly said, "Butler, quickly find the palace doctor and ask him to check the necks of these guards. Is there anything wrong?"

After saying that, he looked at the other guards who were discussing in a low voice and asked, "What about you? Have you remembered anything?"

"Your Excellency, I just recalled carefully with my brothers. Last night, someone must have followed us and knocked us down one by one from the back to the front."

The chief guard respectfully reported to the county magistrate.

At this time, the housekeeper led the court doctor and hurried over.

The county magistrate stopped the court physician who was about to kneel down to pay his respects, and ordered him to quickly check the guards to see if they could find any clues.

The court doctor carefully examined the guards one by one, and then returned to the county magistrate.

He said respectfully, "Sir, in my opinion, some of the guards fainted after being acupunctured! And the other part was drugged with a very strong effect. According to the guards, I suspect someone shot the silver needles with drug into the guards' necks, which made them faint!"

After hearing what the court doctor said, the county magistrate paced back and forth in the yard, with his head down in deep thought.

After a moment, he looked up and asked the palace doctor in confusion: "According to the guards, they fainted and lost consciousness immediately after feeling the pain! Have you ever seen a drug with such a strong effect?"

According to the guards' description, at least two people should have sneaked in last night, and one of them must be a martial arts expert and elusive!

Another thing is, either he knows how to make medicine and his skills are excellent, or they know someone who is capable of making medicine!

"Sir, I have never seen a drug that works so quickly. As far as I know, no doctor in Linshan County can make such a drug!"

The court doctor lowered his head and thought for a while, then bowed to the county magistrate and replied.

The county magistrate paused for a moment, then continued pacing in the yard, thinking carefully.

After a while, he stopped and turned to a yamen runner and said, "Liu Jiang, go and check secretly to see if there are any people with high martial arts skills who have come to our county town or the surrounding villages and towns recently."

After Liu Jiang led a team of yamen runners to take orders, he instructed the court doctor, "Court doctor, go check immediately to see if anyone with superb medical skills has appeared in the county recently. Remember to do it quietly and don't let the news leak out!"

"Yes, my subordinate will go right away!"

The court doctor bowed respectfully to the county magistrate, then turned around and left quickly.

Seeing his figure disappear at the gate of the courtyard, the county magistrate called the housekeeper over again.

He whispered, "Butler, go check what bad things the young master has done outside since he arrived in Linshan County! Register the victims one by one and bring the list to me!"

"Yes, old slave, go now!"

The butler took the order and left quickly.

The county magistrate looked at the remaining guards and waved to them.

"Everyone, get up and go back to have a good rest. Don't delay the night patrol the next day!"

The guards hastily thanked the county magistrate. Fortunately, the magistrate did not hold them accountable for dereliction of duty, and they all supported each other and went down.

After a while, the county magistrate and Lvliu were the only ones left in the yard.

The county magistrate walked quickly into his nephew's house, searched carefully, and observed the changes in the house!

He suddenly remembered that he had sent the court physician out, and when his nephew came back soon, he would need to find a doctor to see him properly!

So, he turned around and told Lvliu who had been following him, "Lvliu, hurry to Huichun Hall and ask Doctor Zhou to come and treat the young master!"

"Yes, slave, please leave!"

After leaving the county government office, Lvliu immediately trotted towards Huichun Hall.

The county magistrate continued to look for clues in his nephew's room.

He found that all the silver and money in his nephew's room were gone, but none of his nephew's jade ornaments and jade decorations were missing!

These jade pendants and other items are many times more valuable than the silver and money. Why did the thief leave the more valuable things and only take the silver and money?

The county magistrate sat down at the table, tapping it with one hand and stroking his beard with the other, frowning in thought.

There were no special marks on the silver and money, so the thieves could spend it as they pleased without worrying about being noticed!

But if they took the jade, they could either hide it at home or pawn it in a pawnshop and exchange it for silver.

If they hid the jade at home, if he got angry about his nephew's affairs and ordered a house-to-house search, the stolen goods would most likely be discovered.

If I pawn it in a pawn shop, it will be more likely to be discovered by his people!

However, there are many hills in Linshan County. They can find a corner at the foot of a mountain to hide these jade artifacts and sell them later when they go to other counties or the provincial capital.

The county magistrate was puzzled. He frowned and went back to his room. After observing and searching, he found that all the silver and money in his room were there, not a penny was missing!

Think about it again, when the madam got into trouble, only all the silver and money in her room were taken away, and they did not take a penny of other people’s property in the house!

Their main purpose was to take revenge on those who angered them! They just took away the money of those they took revenge on!

They like money, but they are not greedy! They are just too lazy to take the jade! Too lazy to hide! Too lazy to run out of Linshan County to sell the stolen goods! It must be like this!