Yu Zizhen was not too surprised. There are many people in this world who would rather sacrifice their lives than their wealth.
She breathed out, "Forget it, let them be."
She had saved those five people by chance, so even if she couldn't get paid for two of them, she would still make a profit on this trip.
Not wanting to get involved in other people's affairs, Yu Zizhen, under the guidance of the system, ran straight to the Zhou family, which was three streets away from the inn.
There are four people in the Zhou family: Zhou Fengnian, his wife Pan, Zhou Zheng, and Zhou Zheng's sister Zhou Rong.
Previously, Zhou Fengnian and Zhou Zheng were detained by the Baofeng County magistrate, and Zhou Fengnian’s wife, Pan, urgently invited her biological father to come from the neighboring county.
Old Master Pan tried to make every effort and asked for countless favors, but the magistrate of Baofeng County was determined to marry his daughter off, and the Zhou father and son refused to agree, so the matter remained at a stalemate.
Now that his son-in-law and grandson suddenly fled back home, although Mr. Pan was shocked, he did not blame his son-in-law and grandson for doing anything wrong.
He knew that if the situation did not allow them to escape through conventional means, they would definitely not take such unconventional measures.
The old man briefly questioned the Zhou family father and son, and after finding out what had happened, he immediately said to his daughter, "Pack up your belongings, and we'll leave the city at daybreak."
He wanted to bring his daughter and her family back to his own home, but Zhou Fengnian and Zhou Zheng did not want to implicate Mr. Pan's family.
They planned to leave the city separately with Old Man Pan after daybreak. That way, even if the Baofeng County Magistrate did not want to let it go, the Pan family could simply claim they had no knowledge of the matter because they were not at home.
There is a county between them, especially since Mr. Pan's county is ruled by a county magistrate from a noble family. Even if the Baofeng County magistrate has connections with Beijing officials and eunuchs, he would not dare to cross the border to cause trouble.
The Zhou family father and son briefly explained their plan. Old Master Pan paused for a moment and said, "Alright. Then let's do as you say."
Pan was a woman who believed in obeying her father at home and her husband after marriage. Both her father and husband thought this was good, so she naturally had no other objections.
Wiping away her tears, she quickly packed up her gold and silver jewelry, and asked the cook to prepare various dry food for the dozen people in her family, as well as the other members of the Pan family brought by Old Man Pan, to take with them on the road.
When Yu Zizhen rushed over according to the system's instructions, the Zhou family had not only packed up the things they needed to take, but Zhou Zheng also bought three more carriages from somewhere.
While moving things, Zhou Zheng suddenly saw Yu Zizhen standing inside the closed gate of his house, and almost thought he had seen a ghost.
But then he thought, since Yu Zizhen was able to bring them out of the county jail quietly, then her appearing quietly in his house didn't seem to be something worth making a fuss about?
Taking a deep breath to calm his disordered heartbeat, Zhou Zheng put down the box in his hand and walked quickly towards Yu Zizhen.
"Benefactor." He called Yu Zizhen in a low voice, then extended his hand to lead her to his father's study. "My father has prepared what you want. Please move and follow me."
Yu Zizhen nodded and followed Zhou Zheng to Zhou Fengnian's study.
In the study, Zhou Fengnian was facing a box of house deeds and land deeds, wondering whether he should take them.
If he doesn't take it, he won't be willing to let that bastard Baofeng County Magistrate get it for free.
Take it. Once they leave, that bastard Baofeng County Magistrate will definitely find a way to swallow up all the things in their family. Then these deeds will be just a pile of waste paper, and they will be of no use in taking them.
"Father." Zhou Fengnian was thinking when Zhou Zheng came in with Yu Zizhen.
"Benefactor, you are here." When Zhou Fengnian saw Yu Zizhen, he quickly put down the box in his hand and walked over to greet him.
Yu Zizhen nodded at him and said, "Don't worry about me. Just pack whatever you need to pack. I came here so early because it will be difficult to move after daybreak."
Zhou Fengnian asked her to sit down in the study. "We have packed everything. If your benefactor wants anything, just send someone to get it."
He fished out a bunch of keys. "These are the keys to our Zhou family's large warehouse. If there's anything in there that catches your eye, feel free to have it moved away. I also have the keys to my own private vault, our Zhou family's granary, and my son's small warehouse. Oh, and by the way, my wife and daughter probably have quite a few pieces of fabric, supplements, and medicinal herbs stored there that they can't take with them. If you don't mind, I'll have them all moved to the front yard for you."
They left in a hurry and had to pack up and take away all the more than a dozen people in the house, including the master and servants, so the things they could carry with them were very limited.
Even though he gave away some valuable items such as antique calligraphy and paintings, and porcelain ornaments, and asked his father-in-law to help move them, there were still many less valuable but relatively large items stored in his family's warehouse.
The value of those things added together is actually no less than what they took out.
He didn't want to let that bastard Baofeng County Magistrate get away with anything, and he wished Yu Zizhen could take away more and more.
If Yu Zizhen could just move all his houses and shops away without leaving a single hair behind, then even if he still had to abandon half of his family property and flee in a hurry, he would still be able to slap his thighs and laugh out loud in the carriage.
What Zhou Fengnian didn't know was that Yu Zizhen actually fulfilled his beautiful wish without any hesitation.
She asked Zhou Fengnian, "Can I move anything in this yard?"
Zhou Fengnian said, "It's not just the things in this yard. If you have enough manpower, you can also move the things in my two shops!"
Yu Zizhen immediately became interested. "Oh? Where are all your shops?"
Zhou Fengnian was chased by her and asked questions. Not only did he not think that she was greedy, but it swept away his previous depression and made him feel happy and excited.
He handed the box containing the deeds to Yu Zizhen. "My family owns two shops and a farm. There's not much grain on the farm, but I'm wasting the hundreds of acres of land. I stocked up a lot of goods in the shop before I went to prison, but I probably haven't sold even half of them yet."
He took out the shop's deed and told Yu Zizhen the shop's exact location. Then he took two keys from the drawer and gave them to Yu Zizhen. "These are the keys to the warehouses of my two shops. Take my private seal and you can withdraw not only the goods but also all the money in the account."
After a pause, he continued, "I have to leave at dawn. Those people in the shop...if you take people over to move their things, can you help me give each of them some severance pay?"
Those were the people he was used to working for. If there was no other way, Zhou Fengnian would be reluctant to fire them like this.
He sighed somewhat melancholy, "With a former employer like me, they don't know when they'll be able to find new jobs."
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