In the border town, inside a three-courtyard house.
"Hurry up and pack your things, take your son and leave first."
Wu, the supervisor, shoved his wife into the house and told her to pack her things.
Madam Yu, the wife of the guard, had just returned from a banquet when her husband sent her back to the house, telling her to pack her things and leave immediately, without any explanation.
She asked, "What exactly happened? Why are you telling me to take my son and leave first?"
Wu, the guard, had a fierce look on his face. His eyes widened, and he roared, "If I tell you to clean it up, then clean it up now. If you say another word, I'll beat you to death!"
Yu was so frightened that her hands and feet trembled. She had been married to Wu Jianshou for ten years and had never seen him so cold-faced.
Wu, the guard, knew he had frightened her earlier. He put his hands on Yu's shoulders and said, "I have done some wrong things, and I'm afraid I won't have a good end in the future. You should take your son and leave the border town. I will arrange for someone to help you settle down. From now on, you will raise your son on your own."
Madam Yu wanted to ask what had happened, but seeing how exhausted Wu Jianshou looked, she hesitated for a while before finally saying nothing.
She nodded gently and said, "I'll settle things with my son first and wait for you to come back."
Upon hearing this, Wu Jianshou felt a lump in his throat and took a deep breath, saying, "Alright."
Then he added, "Don't bring any clothes or heavy items. Take as much gold and silver jewelry as you can. Go pack your things first, and I'll go get you the silver notes."
With that, Wu Jianshou turned around and quickly went to his study.
Upon entering the study, he peeked out and looked around. Finding no one following him, he quickly closed the study door.
Turn around and walk to the calligraphy and painting behind the desk, which is as tall as a person. There is a hidden mechanism behind the calligraphy and painting. You only need to lift the canvas and gently push it with your hand to enter the dark room inside.
The room was pitch black, so Wu, the guard, lit the oil lamp on the small table with a tinderbox and carried the lamp deeper into the room.
The further you go in, the brighter it becomes.
This is because deep in the dark room, on the wall, there is an oil lamp that is worth a fortune and never goes out. This kind of oil lamp is only supplied to the royal family and is mostly used in the royal tombs.
At the end of the dark room, there were more than a dozen large black wooden boxes.
Following his memory, Wu opened one of the large wooden boxes, which contained several silver notes, with gold ingots underneath them.
With so many gold ingots, it was impossible for Madam Yu and her men to take them all away, and Supervisor Wu would not allow her to take them all either.
This way, he can't take it out, and his actions will be exposed even faster, which is no different from turning himself in.
Therefore, he only took a stack of silver notes, which were a huge amount, enough for his wife and children to enjoy a comfortable life for the rest of their lives.
Just as he was putting the silver notes into the small wooden box and preparing to get up and walk back, a chilling voice came from behind him.
"Thank you for leading the way, Guard Wu."
The wooden box fell from Wu Jianshou's hands, and the wood crashed into the gold ingot with a loud bang.
Wu Jianshou's heart skipped a beat. He turned around quickly and saw a tall man dressed in black standing in front of him.
Who are you?
Wu Jianshou questioned loudly.
Two days ago, An Shi began monitoring Wu Jianshou's every move. Today, he killed the doctor in the medicine treasury in the camp, all to make Wu Jianshou lose his composure and take the money to escape.
This would give the Shadow Guards a chance to find out where Wu, the Supervisor, had stored the money stolen from the Tatars.
Fortunately, Wu Jianshou lived up to everyone's expectations. Just as the prince had predicted, upon learning that the pharmacist had been beheaded and his head displayed in public, he rushed home to prepare to escape.
Seeing that An Shi remained silent, Wu, the guard, began to tempt him, saying, "I'll give you half of the gold and silver treasures here, just to spare my life."
Under the dim light, An Shi revealed a hint of mockery. Wu, the guard, thought he was complaining about the small amount of money, so he quickly opened several boxes and showed them all the treasure inside.
He said urgently, "There are gold, silver, jade and porcelain here, all of them are top-quality treasures. If you spare my life, I will give you all of these things, I will give you all of them."
An Shi was too lazy to waste words with him and raised his hand to signal.
In the darkness, two shadowy figures suddenly appeared, knocked Wu Jianshou unconscious, and dragged him out of the dark room like a dog.
"Take inventory of everything and move it all out."
"yes!"
...
The night sky is the perfect time for murder to silence witnesses.
Inside a large mansion in the border town, more than twenty men dressed in black suddenly appeared.
In an instant, amidst the flashing blades and bloodshed, and the commotion, everyone who had been busy in the courtyard fell to the ground, even the big yellow dog guarding the gate collapsed in a pool of blood.
"Reporting to Master, nothing was found."
The man addressed as "Master" by the men in black looked up at the dark sky and said calmly, "Leave no one alive."
"yes!"
The turmoil in the border town was not unbearable for Lu Qiqi, who was far away in the camp.
During the day, all the doctors in the wounded soldiers' camp, under the strict orders of Imperial Physician Ren, went to witness the entire process of the public beheading.
These doctors had seen many soldiers with missing arms and legs, but they had never seen how arms and legs were cut off, let alone witnessed the scene of a former comrade-in-arms and colleague being beheaded.
For a time, these doctors not only lost their appetite, but some even vomited bile, and they all staggered around.
The most obvious symptoms were seen in the eight doctors who had worked in the pharmacy.
As a result, the workload for the remaining asymptomatic doctors has to increase today.
After finishing dinner, Lu Qiqi worked until late into the night before returning to her tent.
Back in her tent, she found Nineteen boiling water in front of it.
He would also stir the pot with a long stick from time to time.
Did you cook something?
As she drew closer, she smelled the fragrance of leaves.
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