"Since it's troublesome, why did you take it, Pavilion Master? Although the pay is high, the Loyalty Bureau is a large and powerful organization, and it's not that they absolutely need this money."
"Because this is a bureau of loyalty and righteousness, not a bureau of cowards."
Liu Shang admitted that the provocation tactic was indeed effective, and he could not allow the reputation of the Loyalty Bureau to be damaged in the slightest.
As for Qiao Lian'er, no matter how much face she had in front of the emperor, the Loyalty Bureau dared to kill even a prince.
Let alone a little girl who is only ten years old?
Moreover, Liu Shang was determined to succeed in one strike and do it cleanly and efficiently.
After clapping their hands together a few times, more than a dozen figures appeared from both sides and were standing in front of them in the blink of an eye.
"You are the most elite assassins in the Loyalty Bureau, and you have never failed. Now, I am going to send you on a mission, and you must succeed on the first try."
Otherwise, if it arouses Qiao Lian'er's suspicion, she will definitely request the emperor to send someone to protect her, and then it will be difficult to take action.
After Liu Shang gave them some instructions, the group immediately set off.
Unbeknownst to him, at this very moment, Qiao Lian'er was sitting in a grand chair, legs crossed, toes swinging leisurely, taking in everything that had happened since Consort Han entered.
Consort Han actually spent so much money to hire such a powerful assassin organization to kill her; she certainly thinks highly of her.
As she was about to leave, she glanced at the box on the table, which contained gold bars and silver notes—her life-saving money. If that was the case, did it mean that all this money should belong to her?
Qiao Lian'er was about to take the box away when she quickly changed her mind.
She waited until the housekeeper put the boxes into the storeroom before following him inside.
As usual, the steward instructed the warehouse guards to be extra careful, and then left.
Qiao Lian'er released several pigeons from her spatial storage. The pigeons flew over the eaves, startling a few tiles to fall, before disappearing without a trace in an instant.
Such a commotion immediately alerted the guards.
"Who goes there?" They leaped up and went to the roof to check the situation, but they saw nothing.
The more this happened, the more uneasy they became, and they quickly summoned more people to inspect the site.
Qiao Lian'er put the box into her spatial storage. The gold brick weighed thirty jin, which was three hundred taels, equivalent to three thousand taels of silver. This was mainly for decoration; the main value lay in the silver notes. She counted five hundred notes in the stack, which was five million taels.
Now, she was just waiting to see what would happen.
The guards searched the warehouse thoroughly, checked the entire Loyalty Bureau, and even looked at the streets outside, but found no one suspicious.
The steward also rushed into the storeroom and found that the box was missing. He quickly went to report to Liu Shang.
Liu Shang stood with a sullen face in front of the spot where the box had been placed.
This was the first time the Loyalty Bureau had encountered such a situation. The other party did not touch any other valuables, only taking the box.
A new guess couldn't help but form in his mind.
"Recall all the assassins we just sent out."
"Master, why is this?"
Liu Shang sneered: "The reward money was just delivered, and the box has disappeared. How dare you play tricks on the Loyalty Bureau like this."
"The Pavilion Master suspects it's that important person—"
"Even if you hold a high position and great power, there is no reason for you to act like this." Liu Shang flicked his sleeve fiercely, his whole body exuding coldness.
"Those important people don't seem like they can't afford to give, so why would they do this?" The butler, who was over sixty and knew countless people, felt that the important person who came today wouldn't be so stingy.
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