Chapter 37: County Magistrate's Private Treasury
Because of the joining of Manager Liang and his group, Zhou Yunshu took six people with her when she left the team.
Among them, Du Mazi, Wei Zhong and Qingfeng are indispensable. Another one is Liang the shopkeeper’s third brother, and there are two stronger people among them.
When Du Mazi took two strong men to pull the cart, Liang Laosan brought Zhou Yunshu and others to the yard at the back of the inn, said something to the people in the yard, and pulled out a mule cart from the yard.
"This yard is rented by my second brother, and the mule cart is used by my second brother to buy vegetables for the inn." Liang Laosan patted the mule and said with a smile: "I originally thought that this mule cart would be given to Lao Huang at a lower price, but now it seems that mine is still mine."
Everyone went to meet Du Mazi and the others with Liang Laosan's slightly proud voice.
The meeting place was where Zhou Yunshu and Du Mazi saw the Red Lotus Envoy last night. After everyone gathered, they immediately ran towards the South City.
There is a saying in Beijing that the West City is expensive, the East City is rich, the North City is poor, and the South City is cheap. Although Anshan County is not divided so clearly, the South City is also home to many brothels, music halls, and gambling houses.
The county magistrate's private treasury was right behind the brothel that Du Mazi went to. If Du Mazi hadn't been sharp-eyed and found it strange and asked a question, he would never have thought that this official would actually put his private treasury near the brothel.
In order to avoid attracting attention, this private vault usually only has thugs in the yard. Anyway, Fengyue Tower is not far away. It is the local boss of Anshan County, and no one would be so stupid as to cause trouble on his territory.
However, Du Mazi heard from the errand boy that although no one caused any trouble, the thugs had committed many cases of embezzlement.
In their words, there were so many things in the private vault anyway that even if there were a few less, it wouldn't be noticeable. Furthermore, they weren't diligent in patrolling, relying on being in their own territory to secretly gamble and have fun at night.
When Zhou Yunshu and others arrived in the south city, there were gradually more and more pedestrians on the road.
Of course, this is mostly relative. Occasionally you can see people walking in a hurry on the road, so it’s not like there is no one at all.
Because it was early in the morning, and the South City was a bit far from the county government office and the city gate, there was almost no sound of noise or vandalism except for the faint glow of the fire.
Even if you hear a little bit, you will think that someone is drunk and acting crazy. This is a common thing in South City and is not uncommon.
It was under this circumstance that Zhou Yunshu and others knocked on the door of the county magistrate's private treasury.
Yes, just knock on the door.
Du Mazi was very unsure when he knocked on the door. He originally thought of taking a few more people with him to rush in and take away the food. What was the situation with him knocking on the door now?
Aren’t they here to rob food?
Which food robber would be so polite and even knock on the door to get in?
Although Du Mazi was puzzled, he still resigned himself to his fate and knocked on the door of the private storehouse when he thought of the knife that Zhou Yunshu had used on his neck.
It is said that there are only four people guarding the private vault, and the six of them should be their opponents.
Thinking of this, Du Mazi knocked on the door with increasing force.
"Who is it? Why are you knocking on the door in the middle of the night?" An impatient roar came from behind the door.
The door was pushed open with a "bang", and a burly man with his upper body naked appeared in front of Zhou Yunshu and others. Wei Zhong rushed to Zhou Yunshu almost immediately.
Oh my God, this stinky man almost polluted the eyes of their princess!
Zhou Yunshu's eyes went dark: "..."
Zhou Yunshu reached out to pull Wei Zhong away, but Wei Zhong remained motionless.
"Get out of the way."
"This man has no clothes on." Wei Zhong explained.
"I'm not blind."
Zhou Yunshu guessed from Wei Zhong's subconscious abnormality that he really knew her identity and knew that she was a woman.
Seeing the military aura around him, Zhou Yunshu already suspected that he might be her grandfather's man.
The reason why she did not doubt whether it was Ji Sheng's person was because in Zhou Yunshu's eyes, she and Ji Sheng were just a couple for face, and he would not do such a thing after she asked to leave.
"Who are you?"
The thugs came out and woke up instantly when they saw so many people in front of the door, especially when they saw that each of them was holding a knife in his hand.
"Do you know whose territory this is? Believe it or not, if I just shout, my brothers will..."
Wei Zhong refused to move aside, so Zhou Yunshu had to walk out by herself.
She took out a token from her bosom and handed it to the thug, "We are here on the orders of the Lord to carry the food to the Red Lotus Envoy."
She took a step forward, looked at the silent thug and said, "You don't recognize the master's token, do you?"
She picked up this token when she went to the government office to deliver water. She thought she would never use it, but she didn't expect to use it so soon.
The thug swallowed his saliva. He did know him, and because he knew him, his originally arrogant expression instantly changed after he saw the token.
"Look, the flood has washed away the Dragon King Temple. Family members no longer recognize each other!"
The thug opened the courtyard door and said to Zhou Yunshu attentively, "Sir, you look like a scholar. Could you be the new legal advisor to the county government?"
"Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask." Zhou Yunshu said, glancing at his upper body and said disdainfully, "How disrespectful."
Zhou Yunshu spoke very rudely, but because of her rudeness, the thugs thought that Zhou Yunshu and others were really sent by the county magistrate. After all, those scholars never looked down on them.
"Little one will get dressed right away!"
"No need, things are more important." Zhou Yunshu looked around and asked, "Why are you here alone?"
The thug quickly said, "And, and, he went to the toilet, I'll go and call him!"
Zhou Yunshu waved her hands impatiently and said, "No need, business is more important."
She looked at the thugs and said, "If you do it well, there will be a reward."
The thug glared at him and said, "Just tell me if you need anything!"
"Envoy Honglian needs it urgently, otherwise the master wouldn't let me come to this private storehouse. It doesn't even have a decent car." Zhou Yunshu answered the thug's last question.
He was just wondering why it wasn't a horse-drawn carriage or a mule-drawn cart.
The thug immediately said, "I'll go find it for you. There are three mule carts and a horse carriage in Fengyue Tower up ahead. I'll get them all for you!"
Zhou Yunshu just stood there, looked at the thug and said, "Okay."
Zhou Yunshu pointed at Wei Zhong and his two men and said, "Tell your men to take my men to drive the car, and we will check the private warehouse ourselves."
The thugs didn't think there was anything wrong. Although they were stealing, they didn't take much. Even if they checked, they wouldn't find anything. So they took Wei Zhong and the other man away with great confidence.
When Zhou Yunshu, Du Mazi and the other two were the only ones left in the yard, Zhou Yunshu said to Du Mazi, "Can you open a lock?"
Du Mazi looked at Zhou Yunshu with the most admiration possible at this moment!
How could there be someone who could read, hack people and cheat people?
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