Upon hearing this, the Emperor could only ask: Doesn't your conscience hurt? Have I treated you badly? Do you really want to watch me die?
Sigh! He waved his hand and dismissed the court.
Ji Yingying turned and ran, faster than anyone else, because she wanted to see the Yan family's property confiscated and their exile.
He hadn't run far, not even before the Emperor had left, when he was caught by the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review.
"Colleague Ji, don't worry."
"What?" No one would give a friendly look if they were getting in her way.
"There are a few cases in the Dali Temple that I am powerless to handle. I was thinking of asking Lord Ji to take a look when he has time."
[The Dali Temple? That's not a good place. However, I've never seen ancient punishments before. I've heard there were many kinds of punishments in ancient times, but the ones I'm most interested in are the torture of climbing mountains of knives and walking through seas of fire, and branding people on their bodies. The most terrifying one is having wet paper laid on a person's face; the more paper there is, the more painful the death. I really want to see it.]
She's interested, that's good. The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review was worried that Ji Yingying wouldn't be interested and wouldn't want to go.
To be honest, these cases are giving him a terrible headache.
"Lord Gongsun, would Lord Ji like to accompany me to look at the corn today?"
"Of course. Young Master Ji, would you be free to visit the Dali Temple tomorrow?"
Tomorrow?
"sure."
Ji Yingying looked at the Minister of Works, feeling helpless as if a crow had flown over her forehead.
She completely forgot to go check on the corn.
"Let's go, Minister of Works." Ji Yingying forgot his name, but he was the Minister of Works.
When we drove to the village, we found that a lot of corn had been planted and had sprouted, and was growing well.
During the seedling stage, Ji Yingying thought for a moment and said, "How about you pick some manure, the kind that has been fermented for a long time?"
"good"
"By the way, don't water the roots, just water around the perimeter. If you have chicken or pig manure, find a house to store it or dry it and bury it around the perimeter later. Corn only needs to be fertilized three times in its lifetime. You plant it first, and I'll look around."
[This is the wilderness; I wonder if there are ginseng or anything like that here. After all, in every ancient novel, unless it's a story about family feuds, palace intrigue, or a time-traveling woman, there's always a chance to find ginseng or lingzhi in the mountains. I'll go and try my luck.]
[Host, there is indeed some opportunity on that mountain over there. Go and take a look.]
What? Since you've asked, I'm definitely going to take a look.
Lord Gongsun didn't care about her. Everyone around knew that Ji Yingying was protected by secret guards and nothing would happen to her.
Finding a basket, Ji Yingying started climbing the mountain. Climbing the mountain was quite fun at first, which made her unable to resist singing: "The king told me to patrol the mountain, so I wandered around the world, beating my gong and drum, life is full of rhythm... Oops~ I forgot the lyrics!"
However, Ji Yingying sang those few lines no less than ten times until she was too exhausted.
[Xiangxiang, didn't you say there was a chance? Why is there nothing?] Ji Yingying sat down, took out a bottle of mineral water from her space, and gulped it down.
That's right, there's an opportunity here, but I don't know the specifics.
Good grief, if you could materialize, I'd smash your head open. We climbed that mountain for so long and found nothing, not even a single wild vegetable or fruit.
Despite her complaints, Ji Yingying didn't give up; instead, she continued to climb higher.
As we neared the summit, we saw a temple with a monk inside, carrying water to drink—oops! Wrong.
"Where is this place?"
Yes, this is it! There's treasure here, let's go in and take a look!
Before Ji Yingying could even open the door, Rong Yi came out, along with several other people dressed in Imperial City Guard uniforms.
"Lord Rong, what brings you here?"
"I heard there was a temple here, so I came to take a look."
[Wow, no wonder they're the Imperial City Guard; they even managed to find this dilapidated temple. Impressive!]
Rong Yi pushed open the door and went inside. The place was empty. Perhaps because no one lived there, some places were covered with moss, and some places had collapsed.
Wow, you said there's treasure here! What kind of treasure?
Even if I told you, you wouldn't get it; the Imperial Guards are all here.
[It's alright, the Emperor isn't here. I'll just have Lord Rong give me a box later. If he refuses, I'll report him for lust.]
【What? Whose beauty is Rong Yi lusting after?】Xiangxiang already understood Ji Yingying's thoughts, but it wasn't sure.
【Of course it's me! I'll just say he was lusting after my beauty and tried to defile me, and he'll be punished! Hmph!】
Rong Yi: Is it really okay for you to scheme against me like this right in front of me?
[You're the ruthless one! Once you're inside the main hall, you'll know where the treasure is. Let me tell you, this is the treasure of the previous dynasty, used for its revival.]
[The previous dynasty? Wait, are you sure the previous dynasty still exists? As far as I know, the Tianyou Dynasty has already lasted for five generations. Are there still people in the previous dynasty you're talking about?]
[Xiangxiang doesn't know about this, but this silver definitely belonged to the previous dynasty.]
【Then let's take it today.】
Upon entering the main hall, there was nothing inside, but the interior decoration did not resemble that of an ordinary temple.
[Left side~] Xiangxiang had just spoken when Rongyi had already gone over, and soon the secret door opened.
"Young Master Ji, why don't you wait here?"
"No way!" she refused without even thinking. [Are you kidding me? If you go in, what am I going to do to threaten you later?]
In the end, Ji Yingying followed them into the secret passage. Fortunately, the passage was not long, and they entered quickly. Inside, there was a hidden room with many things hidden inside.
There were dozens of chests of gold, calligraphy and paintings, treasures, porcelain, bronzes, and so on. He was incredibly wealthy, practically a king among men.
[Wow, I've struck gold! Hahaha~ I never expected someone to hide their treasure here, in Huangzhuang. I wonder if the Emperor will be furious when he finds out? That old man is the easiest to anger.]
"Lord Rong~" Ji Yingying had barely uttered the words when Rong Yi knew what she was about to do.
"Young Master Ji, take whichever box you want, as long as you can carry it out."
"Any box will do?"
"Yes, but you can only take one box; you are not allowed to touch the rest."
“No problem!” Ji Yingying was already very happy that she could only take one box. After picking and choosing, she chose a box of gold. With gold bars, she would never have to worry about not having money in the future.
"I'll take this box." Ji Yingying looked at her selection with satisfaction: [If Rong Yi weren't here, I would definitely have taken them all. I have a spatial ability, after all.]
Space? What's that? However, Rong Yi didn't have time to say too much, he had already sent someone back to contact the Emperor.
He waited for someone to come and take his things away. With Ji Yingying here, he didn't dare to leave. This girl was too brave. What if she caused trouble while he was away?
Ji Yingying, on the other hand, threw all the gold belonging to her into her spatial storage when he was too busy to pay attention to her.
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