Chapter 182 Kill
The skinny monkey listened carefully and kept his eyes on all directions to avoid the maids and old women on the road, and finally found the back door of the target courtyard.
The most fierce woman in Da Zhao, with a first-class imperial decree!
The skinny monkey stuck to the wall and could clearly sense the presence of two women guarding the gate from the stomping and breathing sounds coming from inside. Therefore, it was impossible for him to get in unnoticed.
Moreover, it has long been rumored that Madam Shen has eight Vajra maids, who always carry a feather duster. Whenever Madam Shen gets angry with someone, the Vajra maids will rush over.
It was precisely because of this that the old ladies and wives of the Rongguo Mansion, who were concerned about their reputation, had to bow their heads before her.
Humph~ When Shouhou was a child, he was often beaten with a feather duster by his mother, so he has a natural fear of that thing.
He slowly moved along the thin bamboos along the wall to other places to look for a breakthrough point.
Along the way, he slowly figured out the tea room, master bedroom, warehouse and other rooms from the layout of the yard and the voices and breathing in the house.
The study was at the southeast corner of the gate, and there was no one there because the owner was not there.
Just to get in, you have to climb onto the roof.
But...
He didn’t know what was going on, but the longer he walked around here, the more he felt like someone was watching him.
But I want to find it, but I really have no idea.
It's so cold, it shouldn't happen! Even in the Prince Jin's Mansion, the guards are lazy.
The Ningguo Mansion, with its deep courtyard and huge compound, couldn't possibly be more heavily guarded than the Prince of Jin's Mansion.
Although the skinny monkey suffered a loss once, he still subconsciously belittled this place because of the comparison with the Prince Jin's Mansion.
Wearing a white cloak, he tried to hide in the snow while observing his surroundings and listening to every movement in the yard.
Time passed by little by little, and Skinny Monkey did notice Tianxiang Tower, but usually no one went up to such viewing towers in the inner garden.
For example, the Moon-Watching Tower in Prince Jin's Mansion is only lively in the summer, but in the winter, no one goes there.
What's more, it's snowing today.
The skinny monkey lying in the snow took a look from afar, but could not see the whole picture because of the trees, bamboos, houses, etc. He was soon attracted by the fragrance in the yard and could not help but sniff it.
Well, like chestnuts or some snacks.
The skinny monkey sighed.
He took out a piece of dried meat from his arms, put it in his mouth and chewed it hard.
No, next time I go back, I’ll have to sew an extra piece of leather on the clothes around my belly.
It's damn cold.
"Oh my dear aunts, even though the madam is not here, you can't eat this and roast that!"
In the yard, Mrs. Wang looked at the red bean cakes more closely.
"Don't worry, mom. If the madam asks, we'll take care of it ourselves!"
Xiaodong giggled and stuffed the hot red bean cake into Wang Po's hand.
"That's right, don't worry, mom. Madam will never scold us for such trivial matters."
"Madam said the other day that roasted sweet potatoes are delicious when the weather gets cold, so she asked us to go to the warehouse to get some."
"Did you receive it?"
It seems that Mrs. Xin at the back door has received it.
Mrs. Wang smelled the fragrance yesterday.
"I got it. It's at the back door."
"No wonder then."
Hearing that they were all roasting fire and talking there, Skinny Monkey swallowed the dried meat in his mouth, and used both hands and feet to jump onto the roof.
The sound of snow being pressed down was heard. Fortunately, the snow was not thick at this time, and the maids and servants in the yard were still talking happily, so no one paid attention.
The skinny monkey looked around, seized the opportunity, somersaulted again, turned down silently and hid behind a pillar.
After making sure that there was really no one here, he let out a light breath and glanced at the study door and then at the study window.
He couldn't control the sound of the door opening, but the window...
As a habitual thief, he had pushed open countless windows and naturally knew how to push it without making any noise.
The skinny monkey quickly leaned sideways, tried lightly, then pushed it open with force and rushed in.
At the same time, he closed the window with his backhand as quickly as possible.
His hands were too fast and by the time he felt something was wrong it was too late. Ding ding ding~~~~ There was a small bell hanging on each side of the window, and the strings connecting them were wrapped very complicatedly. Damn, it didn't ring when he came in, but it rang at this time.
The skinny monkey knew something was wrong, so he didn't care about anything else and just opened the window and tried to escape quickly.
However, since the bell rang, everyone in the east, south, west and north could hear it. Xiaonan grabbed the fire tongs and rushed out with everyone.
But they were still some distance away from the study, and when they ran out they saw the skinny monkey leaping and trying to jump onto the roof.
Xiaonan threw the fire tongs up without any hesitation.
At the same time, Xiaodong and others did not delay and rushed to the gate.
Bang! The skinny monkey on the roof was hit by the fire tongs. He staggered, and because of the slippery snow, he fell out with a crash.
There was a sound of chaotic footsteps coming towards him.
The skinny monkey knew that if he was caught, he would be finished.
He didn't care about the pain in his legs, and he used all his strength with his hands and feet and rushed out.
But Xiaodong, who rushed out first, had already seen him.
The four of them have no other advantages, but their strength is far superior to others.
When Jiao Da taught them, he took into consideration that they would be on duty in the inner house, so he specially trained them in throwing accuracy.
In their purses, each of them had ten heavier coins, some of which were square and specially polished.
When running out, Xiaodong had already held three in his hand, and of course he would not let the other party go at this time.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~~~~Three coins, one goes to the head and two go to the legs.
Xiaoxi and Xiaobei followed closely.
Although they are young, they are very agile. When they are moving around in the bamboo forest, Xiaobei, especially, looks like a monkey.
Whoosh~~Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~~All the money spent by several people was spent on the skinny monkey.
The skinny monkey was completely stunned by these little maids.
Fortunately, he was agile, and although he was hit by several coins on his body, he was wearing thick winter clothes, so he avoided the coins on his head. Although he was in a mess, as long as he was given a few more breaths...
The four palace guards lying in ambush knew that the little girls could not catch up with the skinny monkey in speed, so one of them drew his bow and shot an arrow, which was shot out as the monkey just ran out of the bamboo forest.
The skinny monkey felt something was wrong and quickly turned sideways.
Xiaobei had also chased out at this time, but because she was young, she did not dare to pounce on him all at once. She just relied on her strength to break a thin bamboo with a "click".
Originally she wanted to hit the man with the bamboo, but the man jumped more than ten feet away, and it was difficult for her to catch up with him with her speed and strength.
Xiaobei acted decisively and shot out the bamboo diagonally from below with a "whoosh".
Her goal is to trip the opponent's feet.
The skinny guy defended everything else except the ground under his feet.
Bang~ Because of his fast speed, when he tripped, although he relied on his flexible body to relieve most of the force, he still fell a little. In addition, the time wasted was enough for the two guards who came running to him to put their knives to his neck.
“You guys did a great job!”
Zhou Bo praised the girls who were chasing him panting, "You should be credited with the first achievement for capturing this man."
They didn't catch up with this person at the beginning.
"Uncle Zhou, he..."
"We have captured this man, so you don't have to worry about him anymore. But from now on, you have to practice martial arts well."
They are all good seedlings, it would be a pity to waste them.
Zhou Bo has already decided to go to Tianjin Wei to serve as a small flag officer. This month is his last month in Ningguo Mansion.
He was particularly happy that he could capture this guy who had come to Ningguo Mansion twice for his wife and master before leaving. "Here," he took off the bag of iron balls and threw it to Xiaobei, "Use this to practice in the future!"
It costs too little money.
It's OK to deal with people in the inner house, but it's much worse to deal with people outside.
"Thank you, Uncle Zhou."
From a distance, Shen Ning was satisfied with the blurry chase scene she saw.
Jiao Da looked at her expression and couldn't help but stroke his beard proudly.
If he could satisfy his wife, all the effort he put into raising the four little kids would be worthwhile.
"Madam, the four of us from the east, south, west and north are mainly at a disadvantage because we are still young and don't have any suitable weapons."
The main reason was that I didn’t expect that man could actually run to my wife’s yard.
"I know."
Shen Ning nodded, "You will have to take care of their weapons in the future."
What she is most concerned about now is the thief. "It's that person..."
Sending it to the government is a good deal.
But if they don't send it to you, and deal with it privately, then King Jin...
Shen Ning thought for a moment and said, "Break his arms and legs, and then send him to Shuntian Prefecture."
"...He is the King of Jin's man."
Jiao Da was unwilling to let go.
"I know."
Shen Ning said, "I just want the King of Jin to know that I already know he is eyeing my family. If he wants to save us, he can go to Shuntian Prefecture! If he doesn't save us... then let him be disabled forever."
"……yes!"
Jiao Da hesitated for a moment and thought that it would be better to kill him in Shuntian Prefecture.
But when the words were on the tip of his tongue, he remembered Lord Dong from Shuntian Prefecture and finally put them aside.
"I will deal with it right away."
"……Wait a moment."
Shen Ning thought of something, "This guy's movements are so fast, he must be a habitual thief, right?"
"yes!"
Jiao Da nodded, "He should be handling special affairs for King Jin."
"Such a person should not be short of money."
Shen Ning said, "Tell Zhou Bo and the others to give more money and buy a hair flower for their children at home."
"……yes!"
Jiao walked over with great strides.
…
Prince Jin's Mansion.
The heavy snow that King Jin and others were waiting for did not arrive.
As it was getting dark, the person he was waiting for... never came back, and he couldn't help feeling uneasy.
The skinny monkey won't be caught, right? He ran so fast, it shouldn't be possible! Last time he was able to escape from the Jia family, this time...it shouldn't be a surprise.
But why hasn’t he come back yet?
Prince Jin paced back and forth anxiously.
Time is passing quickly.
At this time, he didn't know that the three "homes" of Skinny Monkey scattered in the capital had all been visited by Zhou Bo and his friends.
As a capable general who did secret things for Prince Jin, Skinny Monkey not only received offerings from Prince Jin's Mansion, but also often received rewards from Prince Jin.
It is clear that he earned this money in the open.
But when a thief sees something good, it is not unusual to take some.
Therefore, there were many treasures hidden in each of his three "homes"! The carriages, loaded with boxes, returned to the mansion one after another.
What Shen Ning didn't expect was that she, the first person to see the skinny monkey, could also share the spoils!
"Mother~"
Jia Zhen was particularly frightened.
The King of Jin has taken action again and again, and it is obvious that he will never let their family off.
If my mother hadn't decided to go to Tianxiang Tower on a whim this time, that bastard might not have been able to steal anything, but with his speed, he would definitely have been able to escape.
"If you encounter something like this next time, tell your son first."
Without saying a word, she did it herself.
If something goes wrong...
"I'm telling you, don't I still want to share my fat with you?"
Huh? Jia Zhen was dumbfounded.
He looked at the box of pearls in his mother's hand and couldn't help feeling depressed again.
A cunning rabbit has three burrows.
Zhou Bo and his colleagues split up and brought back four large boxes in total.
Gold, silver, pearls, jade...
Add to that more than two thousand taels of silver notes, this thief is really a fat thief.
It was a pity, they all shared the money, but he, the head of the family, could only watch.
"Besides asking about his money, what else did you find out?"
"A few greedy people were found out."
Jia Zhen said: "But this matter is not our responsibility. Let's send it to Shuntian Prefecture and let Lord Dong investigate it!"
"Over at the Prince Jin's Mansion...didn't you find out anything?"
What Shen Ning wanted to know most was something about King Jin.
"I did ask, but his mission was quite special, stealing and delivering letters."
Jia Zhen said, "The only person who had any contact with him was the Jinwang Mansion attendant who was very good at forging letters. According to his confession, he would always send back a fake letter that was almost indistinguishable from the real thing to prevent others from discovering it."
“…”
Shen Ning couldn't help but frown.
If you can create a fake letter, then you can certainly use the letter to frame someone.
Hiss~ She couldn't help but think of the years when the prince was still alive...
"No need to wait any longer."
Shen Ning let out a long breath, "Have someone send him to Shuntian Prefecture right away."
"Now?"
Jia Zhen wanted to take advantage of this evening to get some more things.
"Now!"
Shen Ning said: "Let Mr. Dong investigate the affairs in the officialdom!"
Leave it at her house...If I want to send it tomorrow, it might be too late.
If Prince Jin were to react, there might be several waves of assassins deployed on the road from Ningguo Prefecture to Shuntian Prefecture.
By then, the officials who have a relationship with Prince Jin will probably just accompany him to take the initiative to deal with their Ningguo Mansion.
"Let Zhou Bo and the others bring a few more people to prevent any accidents."
"……yes!"
Jia Zhen understood a little and hurried out to see them off.
In just a moment, a carriage quietly went out from the back door and drove quickly to Shuntian Prefecture.
At this time, King Jin could no longer wait and said, "Someone come."
He called out loudly.
The butler came over and said, "Your Majesty!"
"The skinny monkey has not returned from Ningguo Mansion yet. Maybe he had an accident."
"Ah?" The housekeeper was stunned.
Of course he knew the consequences of an accident involving Skinny Monkey.
but……
"My Lord, are you going to kill him?"
“Kill him!”
Kill them all.
If we kill him, there will be no evidence for everything the skinny monkey confessed.
Although King Jin felt that the skinny monkey didn't dare to speak carelessly, but if he didn't say it today, what about tomorrow?
Once you can't bear the punishment...
"Send a few more people."
The King of Jin said, "We need to keep an eye on Ningguo Prefecture and Shuntian Prefecture as well."
The Jia family might also beat him to death.
But it is also possible that they will be tortured to extract a confession before beating someone to death.
"Anyway, I want to hear the news of his death within three days."
"yes!"
The housekeeper hurried out.
But King Jin was still worried.
This guy who has done a lot for him really cannot fall into Dong Xiaoquan's hands!
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