Chapter 75 Chop it up and feed it to the dog
Zhou Yunshu's tone made it hard not to overthink things. Wu Gui looked at her puzzled and asked, "What's wrong, brother?"
"nothing."
Zhou Yunshu had memorized many family genealogies of the various noble families of the Great Zhou Dynasty. She did not remember that Yang Bingtian had any sister who had fallen on hard times. Even if there was one, the blood relationship between them was too far away.
Wu Gui continued, "Tomorrow, the dignitaries from the prefectural city will come to celebrate the Virgin Mary's birthday. The selection of the Saint will be held the day before the birthday. We can use the day of the selection and the birthday to make plans."
Zhou Yunshu nodded, looked at Wu Gui and asked, "How many people do you have under you? Do they listen to you?"
"Although I am a Thousand Envoy, I have the fewest subordinates among all the Thousand Envoys. However..." Wu Gui said confidently, "I can guarantee that my people will listen to me."
Zhou Yunshu was about to raise the corner of her mouth when Wu Gui's next words caught her off guard.
"Of course, the premise is that you don't go against the Red Lotus Mother."
Wu Gui smiled wryly and said, "Many people in the church are very fanatical about the Virgin Mary. My followers are considered to have relatively mild symptoms."
Zhou Yunshu thought for a moment and said, "It doesn't matter. Then let them do something that will not harm the Red Lotus Mother and will benefit you."
Wu Gui asked curiously, "What's the matter?"
Zhou Yunshu smiled and said, "Let them fight among themselves, and you can take advantage of the situation with your men."
"Fishing in troubled waters?"
"Yeah." Zhou Yunshu spread out the layout map and defense map of Wolong Mountain that Wu Gui had left for her, and began to tell her about her plan that lacked Dade.
Wu Gui looked relaxed at first, but later his expression became very heavy.
"Since all these people have come, there must be a lot of gifts. Besides, I've heard that the Red Lotus Cult is very wealthy."
Wu Gui secretly glanced at Zhou Yunshu who was inexplicably excited. For some reason, she was clearly talking about the Red Lotus Cult's warehouse, but her tone was as if it was her own thing.
"It's not just about being rich. There are eighteen caves in the back of Wolong Mountain. The terrain inside is treacherous and difficult to navigate. People who are not familiar with it have no idea where to go. I heard that the secrets of the Red Lotus Cult are hidden inside."
"Where did you hear that?"
Since it is an old secret, it shouldn't be so easy to reveal it.
"There was a time when Ansheng was frightened and ran inside, and I chased after her and followed her in." Wu Gui thought and sighed, "If Ansheng hadn't been unable to leave me at that time, I probably wouldn't have lived to see you again."
"So what did you see in there?"
"We didn't go all the way in, but there was a golden light." Wu Gui thought of the golden light and said, "It might be the Red Lotus Sect's treasury."
Zhou Yunshu didn't take it for granted. There might be other important things.
"Where is the location of the eighteen holes?"
Wu Gui marked the location of the eighteen holes and told Zhou Yunshu about the route he had taken before.
She didn't walk to the bottom at that time. If she walked again, she might not be able to get out.
After discussing the Eighteen Caves, the two returned to their previous topic. "Even if I lure everyone away from the warehouse, how can you get these things down the mountain without anyone noticing?"
Zhou Yunshu retracted her finger from the layout map and said, "Who said I was going to move them away?"
"Ah?" Wu Gui was puzzled.
Since they weren't going to transport them away, then why did she have to lead them away? She suddenly thought of a possibility, "You're not going to set it on fire, are you?"
"No!" Wu Gui immediately shook his head and said, "This is on the mountain. If we really set it on fire, it will cause a big disaster! And..." Wu Gui felt heartbroken when he thought of the things in those warehouses being burned. "So many good things, it would be a shame to burn them."
Zhou Yunshu smiled and said, "I won't burn it. I'll hide it."
"Hide?"
Zhou Yunshu nodded, picked up the teapot and poured some water into the cup. She dipped her finger in the water and wrote on the table while saying to Wu Gui, "Good things should be kept within the family."
Wu Gui frowned as he looked at the words Zhou Yunshu wrote on the table.
"Maybe one day we'll return to Wolong Mountain to transport these things away." Zhou Yunshu continued writing under Wu Gui's heavy expression. "You know how many people are in our team. When we go to Nanzhou or Jinzhou to settle down, we must have money on hand."
Wei Zhong outside the wall nodded, and Wu Gui inside the room looked at the words on the table and nodded.
"I see."
Wu Gui looked at Zhou Yunshu seriously and said, "I'll do as you say."
Zhou Yunshu raised the corner of her mouth, "Okay."
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The next morning, when Zhou Yunshu and her group left the East Courtyard, maids immediately came in and cleaned the house again.
Zhou Yunshu and the others still did not return to the foot of the mountain, but continued to go to Ginkgo Garden to copy books and write, but this time the number of people who came was only one-third of yesterday's.
Zhou Yunshu and the other six were lucky because they stayed overnight in the East Courtyard yesterday, so they were all selected today.
This time they were no longer copying the "Hundred Family Surnames". Uncle He and the Red Lotus Envoy came in holding a pile of account books, and then placed about four or five account books in front of each person for them to copy.
Zhou Yunshu's position was not at the front, so she opened the account book in front of her under the cover of the person in front of her. When she saw the logos and accounts inside, she couldn't help but clench the brush in her hand.
These are the internal accounts of wealthy families. Such account books will never be passed on to outsiders, but now they have appeared in the Red Lotus Sect.
"If you see it, I'll shut your mouth."
Uncle He stood in front, looking at the people below who were preparing to copy and said, "If I knew about this, who would dare to tell others about what happened in Ginkgo Garden?"
Uncle He suddenly pointed outside the window and saw a tiger bench that had been placed in the yard at some point, and sitting on the bench was the man he had met yesterday.
At this time, two Red Lotus Envoys were torturing the man with splints and branding irons, and the desperate sound of the tongueless man instantly filled everyone's ears.
Zhou Yunshu took a quick look and then shifted her gaze to the room opposite.
The people in the opposite room looked numb, just like their expressions when they first saw them yesterday. It was obvious that this was not the first time such a thing had happened in this yard.
"I believe smart people should know how to choose." Uncle He said with a smile.
"Know."
"We know!"
Everyone below was frightened by this scene and dared not to refute.
After the show of force was over, Uncle He ordered his men to continue torturing the man in the yard, while the people in the house continued to copy with trembling hands amid the man's desperate cries.
However, the inhuman torture outside did not last too long. In less than an incense stick of time, the man outside was tortured to death. His body was dragged away, leaving only the lingering smell of blood.
Lunch at noon was steamed buns with cabbage and pickles. When Wu Yue saw this, she wanted to prepare a special meal for Zhou Yunshu, but she couldn't find a suitable opportunity.
However, Zhou Yunshu adapted well, she just missed the Lao Ganma in the space a little.
In the afternoon, people began to move over to the East Courtyard one after another. Hearing the noise and talking outside, many people in the house were curious about which dignitaries had come to Wolong Mountain to celebrate the Holy Mother's birthday.
Uncle He stood at the back window and looked at the inattentive people with dissatisfaction. Then his gaze shifted to Zhou Yunshu who had been copying silently by the window.
He looked at the serious Zhou Yunshu and nodded. This was indeed a good seedling that could be cultivated.
After the evening ended, Zhou Yunshu and others were unable to stay overnight.
They followed the others and walked down the mountain while chatting. Zhou Yunshu was the last one, combining the road she had just walked with the map Wu Gui gave her.
The place they went to this time was not the courtyard that Wu Qianshi took them to at the beginning, but a courtyard halfway up the mountain.
These courtyards have clear division of labor. This group of copyists live together and sleep on a large bunk bed; the other courtyards are for the small leaders among the Red Lotus Envoys. Although they don't sleep on a large bunk bed, there are also several people in one room.
When Wei Zhong saw the big bunk bed in the room, his face turned black as if water was about to drip. If his master knew that their princess slept on the same kang with a group of men, he would chop him into pieces and feed him to the dogs.
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