Chapter 409 Sell All
Liu Xiawei paced back and forth in the mansion in annoyance.
When passing by a garden, there was a sudden "bang" and something suddenly flew out from behind a bush of camellia and fell in front of him.
"I'm so scared. Who the hell is throwing things around?" he said as he rushed over.
There was no one behind the camellia. I looked into the distance and saw a piece of pink clothes flashing around the corner.
Liu Xiawei was stunned and ran back to where he had just been. Only then did he see that what had fallen in front of him was actually a purse.
He picked it up and opened it, and inside was a key and a note that said "Secret Box Key".
This, this, this...Isn't this just like falling asleep and hitting the pillow?
Who is helping him?
He couldn't care less about all these things now, he wanted to take a chance! If you fail to steal or get caught, the worst that can happen is you get beaten and scolded. What’s the big deal?
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After throwing the things over, Li Jiaojiao felt very nervous and even seemed absent-minded when studying with the wife of Duke Pingguo.
Would that idiot find it too suspicious to act?
But she had no better plan now.
"There's a fire! There's a fire!" The maid's cry suddenly came from outside.
Lady Pingguo and Nanny Yu were shocked: "Where is the fire?"
A little maid ran in breathlessly: "Front yard! There's a fire in the front yard!"
"Did you send someone to rescue him?"
"Someone has gone to put out the fire, but the fire is so big..."
The wife of Duke Pingguo turned pale with fright.
Li Jiaojiao was delighted. Could it be that idiot was taking action? Setting fire to the front yard in order to steal something?
He said anxiously: "Mother, let's go and have a look, let's go quickly..."
"Okay, let's go!"
A group of people walked out of the door and hurried to the front yard.
Li Jiaojiao took a step back and told Xiaolu: "Go back to my yard and guard it."
Xiaolu was startled: "Why?"
"Go if you're told to."
Xiaolu had no choice but to hold up her skirt and go back to Li Jiaojiao's yard.
Li Jiaojiao was afraid that Liu Xiawei would touch her after touching the things of the wife of Duke Pingguo.
After Xiaolu left, Li Jiaojiao considerately asked the maid who had not followed to go to the front yard to help.
After a while, all the maids and servants left.
Li Jiaojiao and others came to the front yard and saw that the fire was in Duke Ping's study.
Duke Ping was standing not far away, cursing angrily. Although this study was useless to him, the calligraphy and paintings and furniture inside were not cheap.
The fire was quite big and it took us two or three quarters of an hour to put it out.
Li Jiaojiao sighed, this is such a cruel move!
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At the same time, Liu Xiawei tiptoed into the bedroom of the wife of Duke Pingguo.
When I moved the bedside table away, I saw an iron box embedded in the wall.
He carefully put the key in, and with a click, it actually opened!
He excitedly took out everything inside.
In addition to a stack of land deeds, shop deeds and other deeds, there were also several jade bracelets and jewelry with high water quality.
He flipped through the deeds and couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Aren't these two farms... owned by our Duke's Mansion? And these three shops... when did they become my mother's dowry?"
"I was wondering how Guangniang's dowry could possibly generate 30,000 taels of income a year. It turns out that this was originally the money of our Duke's Mansion."
"Forget it, let's sell them together anyway! Instead of letting that cheap girl Li Jiaojiao get away with it, I might as well let her spend it."
Thinking of this, Liu Xiawei stuffed all the things into the cloth bag, then locked it again and moved the bedside table back.
For fear of being discovered, he did not dare to touch the jewelry that Lady Pingguo used to wear on the table. He tiptoed away with the things on his back.
After Liu Xiawei left the house, he came to Deli Money House in one breath and slammed all the land deeds and shop deeds on the table, looking like a lord:
"Look, I got it all! Give me the money!"
When the big man saw these shop deeds, his eyes lit up and he immediately asked someone to call up a man who looked like a shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper looked at the shop deeds one by one and was very satisfied: "Good, good, the debt of thirty thousand taels is now settled."
Liu Xiawei snorted coldly: "Only 30,000 taels? Don't take me for a fool? These lands and shops alone are worth more than this amount of money."
The shopkeeper changed his usual vicious attitude and said with a smile, "Yes, yes, yes. We estimate that in addition to the 30,000, we will give you another 10,000 taels."
Liu Xiawei frowned, "Only 10,000? Do you think I'm a fool? No, no! I'll pay you back 30,000 after I sell it to someone else."
"Don't...wait, Master Liu, please name a price!"
Liu Xiawei looked through the shop deeds and land deeds one by one, pretending to know a lot, but he was already feeling very annoyed.
He hated things with too many words the most. He got annoyed at the sight of them and could only estimate in his mind.
My mother's dowry seemed to be 20,000 taels, plus a farm.
In addition to my mother's dowry, there are also things from the Duke Ping's Mansion. Their family's annual income is about 30,000 taels now...
After thinking for a while, Liu Xiawei said: "In addition to forgiving the 30,000 yuan debt, you have to give me another 50,000 taels..."
The shopkeeper's face turned cold: "Master Liu is asking for too much. You can't sell these things if you want to rush. Besides, apart from our Deli Bank, I'm afraid no one dares to take your things."
Liu Xiawei said anxiously: "Then... forty thousand taels!"
The shopkeeper said, "After you forgive the thirty thousand debt, I will give you another twenty thousand."
"Thirty thousand!"
"Twenty-five thousand, no more."
"make a deal."
Liu Xiawei took the 25,000 taels of silver notes and went out happily, thinking about where to sell the jewelry.
Looking at his back, the shopkeeper and the big man laughed and said, "What a fool."
There are quite a lot of land deeds and shop deeds, even including the large mansion where the Duke of Pingguo currently lives, which is worth no less than 100,000 taels.
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After returning from putting out the fire, Lady Pingguo did not notice that anything was missing.
After all, no one would go through the iron box for no reason.
Li Jiaojiao was worried, not knowing whether Liu Xiawei had succeeded.
The next day at noon, Li Jiaojiao found an excuse to go out and came to Deli Money House.
Before she could even open her mouth, the big man handed her a silver note: "This is your reward."
Li Jiaojiao took it excitedly, and her face changed: "Why is it five thousand taels? Wasn't it agreed to be ten thousand taels?"
The big man sneered, "Because he sold so little. You're just smirking if I can give you five thousand!"
"you......"
The big man raised his eyebrows: "What's wrong with me? Are you going to sue me in the government?"
Li Jiaojiao choked.
How to sue? Would I go to court and say that I helped them steal things but the reward was too little? Isn't this just confessing one's own crime?
Li Jiaojiao stuffed the banknotes into her sleeve pocket. In this kind of situation, no one would give her a penny, so she could only swallow her anger.
Now I have five thousand taels. Although I am angry and unwilling, it is better than having nothing.
Li Jiaojiao returned home with the five thousand taels of silver. As soon as she entered the hanging flower gate, Xiaolu, who was waiting there, rushed forward excitedly:
"Miss, the government just sent someone to inform Master Gu that the person who sold the medicine has been caught and the case will be heard in court tomorrow."
"Really? Where is Gu Han?"
"In the hall, come on!"
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