Chapter 7: Fell into a cesspool
The second room contained various precious Chinese medicinal herbs such as cordyceps, ginseng, and he shou wu, as well as bags of sealed and packaged grains.
Su Xiangwan, who was originally worried that the food in her space was different from that of this era and that it would be inconvenient to take it out, was overjoyed.
In the past, when I read historical novels, the female protagonist always liked to go on adventures to the black market.
She's the best!
She didn't even need to go to the black market; someone had already prepared everything for her!
With a swift and decisive wave of his hand, he disappeared into the spatial dimension and went to another room.
This room contains all sorts of cotton fabrics and other daily necessities.
The items are a mixed bag, with varying tastes and styles.
It was obvious that the Cao family had looted it all, and now it all benefited her.
Robbery is indeed the fastest way to get rich.
The Cao family cannot afford to use money that has been obtained through dishonest means.
Why don't Su Xiangwan take on this important task?
but……
Inside, Su Xiangwan did not see anything that the Gu family had taken or her dowry.
Clearly, this is just one of the things the Cao family hid.
Su Xiangwan stroked her chin. It seemed that if she had the chance, she would have to find out the other hiding places of the Cao family.
Thinking about it, I suddenly felt that the wall that the wooden box had been blocking was a little strange.
She crouched down and rummaged around, only to discover that something was hidden there.
Su Xiangwan's heart skipped a beat. So much gold and silver jewelry, and the Cao family had just piled it up in the open.
What they would deliberately hide must be something good.
Remove the wall tiles, and a leather trunk is hidden inside.
Su Xiangwan opened it and saw various house deeds and land deeds neatly arranged inside, along with a file package.
She skipped over the property deeds and opened the file package.
Inside, you can see records of the gifts Cao Huai-ren has given and received over the years, as well as the things he has done for some high-ranking and powerful people.
Su Xiangwan only glanced at it briefly before quickly tossing the item into her spatial storage.
This time, we really struck gold.
With these things in hand, how could we not kill Cao Huai Ren and his men?
Now that everything's been packed up, it's time to deal with Gu Yanni and Cao Zhiyuan.
By this time, they had stopped making any noise. Su Xiangwan peeked out and saw that the two of them were lying on the bed asleep.
Indeed, whether it's working or performing, the two of them put in their utmost effort.
It's understandable that they're tired at this point.
Su Xiangwan stroked her chin. The Cao family had given her such a generous gift; she really felt bad if she didn't reciprocate in some way!
Thinking of this, Su Xiangwan looked at the clothes scattered all over the ground, and a thought struck her. She quietly took out a clothes support from her space and picked up all the clothes that the two of them had taken off.
They didn't even spare the blankets and sheets that the two of them were covered with; they were piled up on the open ground next to them and set on fire.
Then he took a ladder from the balcony he had come from, climbed over it, and went downstairs.
After putting the ladder away, she didn't leave. Instead, she took out several buckets of gasoline from her storage space, poured them on the haystacks around the yard, and lit them with a lighter.
After the fire grew larger and smoke began to billow from upstairs.
She grabbed a handful of dirt, smeared it on her face, then pulled out a gong and started banging it: "Fire! Help! Fire! Put out the fire!"
"What? There's a fire?"
"Quick! Put out the fire!"
Before long, the neighbors came running after hearing the noise.
Meanwhile, Hu Xiangyang and Ma Wenyu, who were guarding the house, were about to go upstairs to inform Cao Zhiyuan and the others.
Startled by the thick smoke coming from upstairs, he ran straight to the courtyard and shouted upstairs, "Brother Cao! Brother Cao! Miss Gu, there's a fire! Run!"
Cao Zhiyuan and Gu Yanni were awakened by the shouts downstairs, only to be horrified to discover that the blankets covering them and even the sheets beneath them were gone.
The two thought they were still half asleep, but after rubbing their eyes, they realized it was actually true.
Not only that, but even their clothes disappeared into thin air.
"Brother Cao, run! There's fire!"
The screams outside grew even more horrifying. Cao Zhiyuan ran to the window and saw thick smoke billowing downstairs. Terrified, he didn't dare delay any longer and immediately grabbed Gu Yanni and ran outside.
It wasn't that he had any deep feelings for Gu Yanni. After all, Gu Yanni was the young lady of the second branch of the Gu family. If she were to be burned to death here...
Even if his father is the director of the tail-cutting association, he cannot bear this responsibility.
With their lives threatened, the two didn't care about anything else and rushed downstairs naked.
As soon as they came downstairs, they heard a commotion in the front yard, which clearly indicated that there were quite a few people. Gu Yanni quickly grabbed Cao Zhiyuan, who was about to run out, and said, "Zhiyuan, how are we going to get out like this!"
"What time is it? You still care about these things..." Cao Zhiyuan shouted irritably.
"We can't just go out like that!" Gu Yanni was so anxious that tears streamed down her face. She was a young lady from the Gu family in the capital. If someone saw her body, would she ever be able to live again?
"So you want to wait here to die?" Cao Zhiyuan gritted his teeth in anger, wishing he could just abandon her and run away.
"I remember there's a toilet in the backyard. It's not on fire there. Let's hide there for a bit! We'll come out after everyone's gone." In her anxiety, Gu Yanni finally came up with a plan.
"That's a good idea, let's go quickly."
Cao Zhiyuan wasn't an exhibitionist, so upon hearing her words, he immediately pulled Gu Yanni to the backyard and hid in the toilet.
To be fair, although the toilet smelled a bit bad, at least there was no fire and no one was around, which solved their immediate predicament.
Two naked people, just looking at each other, patiently waiting.
Just then, there was a "plop!" sound, as if something had fallen into the latrine at their feet.
Wisps of smoke could still be faintly seen rising.
"Could it be that the fire is coming this way?!"
Gu Yanni spoke nervously.
"Probably not..."
Cao Zhiyuan swallowed hard.
However, before he could finish speaking, a loud "bang!" was heard—the latrine beneath his feet exploded!
The explosion shattered the wooden planks beneath their feet.
Black, yellow, and white splattered all over the two of them.
Before the two could recover from the sensation of "flying through the sky," they suddenly felt their feet sink into the ground.
"Splash!"
"Thump!"
The two fell into the cesspool one after the other, where maggots were still flying around.
"Help...help me..."
Cao Zhiyuan struggled to lift his head out of the cesspool.
I had barely uttered a sound when I felt something flow into my mouth, so I quickly closed my mouth again... and accidentally swallowed some...
He immediately vomited, and the consequence was... an even bigger amount of poop flooded into his mouth!
He ate it mouthful after mouthful, like drinking porridge...
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