Chapter 2 Never Miss a Coin
Following the sound, I looked towards the gate and saw an old eunuch with a greasy hair and powdered face walking in with his fat waist twisting.
Shen Wan remembered that this old eunuch was Eunuch Huang, the emperor’s confidant.
A few years ago, his adopted son killed someone in the army and was executed by the Duke of Zhenguo according to the law.
From this incident on, the two of them had a grudge against each other.
Now that he has been sent to confiscate the property, it is obvious that the emperor is not going to let the Duke's Mansion go.
"In reply to your father-in-law, the things are all here, please take a look."
The officers in charge of the search brought in several boxes one after another, smiling fawningly.
Half a box of small change, some tattered calligraphy and paintings, and some worthless heavy bronzes.
Eunuch Huang, who was eager to take advantage of the opportunity to make some money, looked at this with disbelief: "Who are you kidding? How can the dignified Zhenguogong Mansion be so poor?"
Xie Mubai was also a little confused.
It is true that the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion is poor, but it is not as poor as this.
Although most of the valuables had been hidden by him in advance, there were more things left in the warehouse.
"Do you think we moved the things in advance?" He sneered, with a strong sense of sarcasm between the lines.
Eunuch Huang narrowed his small triangular eyes and sneered with disdain: "You have to have that ability too!"
At this point, he could almost conclude that the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion was really poor.
From the moment the dog emperor decided to confiscate the property, his spies had been keeping an eye on the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.
Not to mention property, even a fly couldn't fly out.
"But, could it be that they are all hidden on their bodies?"
Seeing the beautiful women in the crowd, an evil light flashed across Eunuch Huang's cloudy eyes.
He walked up to Sun and Xie Mubai's half-sister Xie Murong, stretched out his fat paws, and touched their faces lustfully.
Xie Murong was still unmarried and had never seen such a scene before. She was so frightened that her face turned pale and she almost fainted.
"You bastard, come at me if you dare. What's the point of bullying a woman?"
Xie Mubai stared at Eunuch Huang fiercely, and a sharp aura like a knife emanated from his body, spreading in the sultry air as if it were free.
He gritted his teeth and tried to get up from the stretcher.
The Zhenguogong Mansion is full of loyal and brave people, but now it has fallen into a situation where it is bullied by others. This makes Shen Wan furious.
"Eunuch Huang, long time no see!" She rolled her eyes and walked towards Eunuch Huang with a smile, "If I had known you were coming, I would have prepared a banquet to show my hospitality!"
Taking advantage of his unpreparedness, she took out a poison needle from the space and quickly pierced his Quchi acupoint.
She doesn't want to kill anyone, even in the book.
But if a villain like Eunuch Huang, who humiliated the family of a hero, were alive in this world, more good people would surely be persecuted.
He thought he had done it perfectly, but Xie Mubai saw it all without a single mistake.
He didn't expose it, and his dark pupils shrank slightly.
This woman, what does she want to do?
Eunuch Huang felt as if he had been bitten by an ant and could not help scratching his arm: "Get lost, I don't have time to talk nonsense with you!"
"Come here, search everyone in the house. Don't leave a single piece of clothing behind!"
Upon hearing this, the women were terrified and looked pale as death.
They have always been chaste, so how could they tolerate being seen naked by those indecent men?
The officers' eyes were shining with excitement.
Except for the newcomer Chen Wan, all the other female members of the Duke's Mansion are top beauties.
Normally, it was a luxury for them to even glance at these noble and beautiful women. Now that they had the chance to get close and intimate with them, how could they let them go so easily?
"Eunuch Huang, if I were you, I would never do such a stupid thing!" Shen Wan's face darkened, and she suddenly raised her voice, "Even if you are not afraid of being scolded, don't you care about our families?"
"It's true that the Duke's Mansion collapsed, but our family didn't."
"If this gets out, let alone others, how will you explain it to my father?"
When Eunuch Huang heard this, his expression suddenly changed.
It is true that he is the emperor's confidant, but if he makes too many enemies, it will definitely not be a good thing for him.
The maiden families of these women are all officials appointed by the imperial court, especially the ugly girl in front of him, her father is the Marquis of Xiangyang!
Marquis Xiangyang was the emperor's study partner when he was the crown prince, and they had such a good relationship that they could almost wear the same pants.
If you hit him in the face, you will be courting death!
Eunuch Huang hesitated for a while, but still sent officials to find a few jailers working in the prison.
"Search carefully, all of you!" He threatened fiercely, his finger raised. "If you miss even a single penny, I'll take your heads!"
When the forbidden women heard this, they were so scared that they nodded quickly.
Then, all the women were taken to the inner room.
They searched very carefully, from hair to toes, leaving no place untouched.
Sun had the most hidden things on her body, even the silver bills stuffed in her bellyband were found out.
After the search, a concubine brought over a pile of patched coarse linen clothes and threw them on the ground, saying unhappily, "You are no longer fit to wear your original clothes. These are what Eunuch Huang prepared for you."
These noble ladies are used to wearing silk and satin on a daily basis, how could they wear such shabby clothes?
"I won't wear this!" Sun was immediately anxious when she saw it. "I don't know who wore this dress. It might even have lice!"
When they heard about lice, the other female relatives also changed their expressions.
Shen Wan didn't care. She was used to fighting on the battlefield, so there was no way she would be so particular.
She bent down to pick up one and put it on carefully.
The forbidden woman glanced at her, a faint smile on her face: "It is still this ugly girl who knows the current situation."
"As for the rest of you, if you're willing to go into exile naked, you don't have to wear these clothes!"
Can they go into exile naked?
The answer is no.
Even though they were reluctant, the women still put on their clothes reluctantly.
After everything was ready, the concubines handed over the things they had found to Eunuch Huang.
Looking at the things in front of him, Eunuch Huang became more and more depressed.
No wonder Xie Mubai’s illness has not been cured. It turns out that he has no money to hire a famous doctor!
That’s right, the imperial court hasn’t allocated military pay to the Duke of Zhenguo for several years, so it’s not surprising that they have no money.
He waved his hand impatiently and shouted in a shrill effeminate voice, "Come here, escort the prisoner to the city gate immediately and let me serve him well!"
If you serve this well, even a fool will know what it means.
Along the way, the people in the Duke's Mansion are probably not going to have an easy time.
Xie Mubai's leg was broken and he couldn't move, and the servants couldn't follow him to the northwest, so he had to be carried by Shen Wan and Sun.
As for the other three widowed sisters-in-law, they also had to take care of the children and Aunt Zhou.
The moment he stepped out of the door, Xie Mubai suddenly raised his head and looked at the solemn mansion in front of him with complicated eyes.
Glazed tiles and vermilion lacquer doors.
Everything in front of me is so familiar, yet so far away.
It's only one step away, but it seems like there are thousands of mountains and rivers between us.
Looking at the big villain's desolate eyes, Shen Wan felt a dull pain in her heart and secretly cursed the original owner a hundred or eighty times.
How could she be so blind as to cheat on such an outstanding man?
Eunuch Huang handed over the task of escorting the prisoners to other officials, and he himself returned to the palace to report with the confiscated gold and silver.
At the moment when the carriage passed by, Shen Wan hooked her finger.
Thus, all the valuables in the car were quietly transferred into the space.
"Kill these traitorous beasts!"
"You are such a heartless bastard! Why doesn't God kill you bastards?"
"Cut them into pieces and use their blood to pay tribute to the soldiers who died tragically!"
As the group staggered onto the street, eggs and rotten vegetable leaves with a strong stench fell down like a torrential downpour.
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