"My lord, I'm innocent! There really is grain." Zhao Youjin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and quickly explained, "It must have been the guards. Yes, they must have seen the incident at the manor and ran off with the grain."
"Ha, keep making things up." Zhu Da strode forward: "There isn't a single new wheel rut around there. Are you trying to tell me that your carriage can fly, is that it?"
"Whoosh, it flew away through the sky carrying the grain, is that right?"
"..." Zhao Youjin didn't know what to say. There were indeed no tire tracks, or even any signs of being moved.
The grain seemed to have vanished into thin air.
"My lord, please give me three days. After three days, I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer." He made a last-ditch effort in frustration.
"Alright!" Zhu Da turned his head and looked over: "However, if there is no result in three days, you don't need to come to the county office. I don't support useless people."
After saying that, he turned and left.
Zhao Youjin stood there respectfully watching them leave, until Zhu Da's figure was no longer visible, before he cursed angrily, "You scoundrel!"
Then he turned and walked back towards the mountain stronghold.
Once the area under the tree was empty again, Rosie, carrying one in each hand, floated down from the tree.
"Alright, you two should head down the mountain now. Remember to avoid the government officials," she said to the two of them.
"And what about you?" Yang Qing's voice was full of doubt.
Luo Xi paused, but without turning her head, she only scoffed, "None of your business!"
The person she unintentionally saved even wanted her to report her travel plans to him.
Yang Qing: "..."
Liu Chunhua was also quite angry with him: "Why are you talking to our benefactor like that? She saved us."
Yang Qing's heart skipped a beat, but she quickly put on a smile: "Chunhua, I'm doing this for ourselves, aren't I?"
“Look, we’re penniless right now. If, I mean, if there’s any other treasure in the manor, why don’t we go and look for it?”
"Maybe it will cover the travel expenses?"
"Really?" Liu Chunhua was still not quite convinced, but her expression had softened somewhat.
"Of course, you are my future wife, how could I lie to you?" Yang Qing walked over and gently took her hand.
"What are you doing? Why are you touching me like that?" Liu Chunhua said, but she didn't pull her hand away, and her face was slightly red.
"Forget it, we don't know any martial arts. We'd be in trouble if we ran into even a small fry," Liu Chunhua finally said.
"Besides, even if there is treasure, it belongs to our benefactor. Don't worry about the travel expenses, I have them here."
As she spoke, she pressed her hand against her chest, where a noticeable bulge was visible: "I've been carrying it with me all along."
"My wife, you're so capable!" Yang Qing's smile this time was much more sincere than before.
"Let's hurry up and leave before we get discovered." Liu Chunhua pulled Yang Qing's arm: "Leave the things in the mountain stronghold to our benefactor."
"Okay... alright," Yang Qing said, "I'll listen to my wife."
And indeed, as they said, Loxi returned to find the treasure, and incidentally... to take revenge.
She's just that stingy.
Luo Xi concealed himself and secretly followed Zhao Youjin, watching him go to his own private vault, and then to two other private vaults, loading piles of treasures onto the carriage.
It filled three vehicles.
She thought this must be the private property of the first and second leaders. Sure enough, as soon as it was packed, Zhao Youjin said smugly, "Big brother, second brother, since you are dead, I will gladly accept this thing."
"When I gain the favor of the county magistrate, or even rise to a higher position, I will definitely burn more paper money for you as compensation."
With these things, the county magistrate would probably stop blaming him. From now on, Zhao Youjin would be considered a member of the public service, which would be much more respectable than being a damned bandit.
"Really? That's not right. They are your brothers, after all. Why don't you go down and join them? These things are mine. Don't worry, I'll burn paper money for you too, more than I should." At this moment, a voice rang in my ears.
"Who?" Zhao Youjin was startled and quickly turned around: "You, how come you're still here?"
He assumed that the man had seen government officials and left.
"We were about to leave, but before we could even take the things, you and your men robbed us!" Luo Xi walked over and touched the boxes on the carriage. "Perfect, these will be my compensation."
Zhao Youjin was confused: "What didn't you take? What things from your Red Mansion would we have in our mountain stronghold?"
When he was pretending to be unconscious, he already knew that this person was actually the owner of the Dream of the Red Chamber, which really scared him. He never expected to run into him like this. What bad luck!
The Red Mansion? It took Luo Xi a while to remember who the scapegoat was: "Of course it exists, how could it not?"
"I finally found the treasury and was about to go in and take it, but you led your men to intercept it. Tell me, does that mean it doesn't belong to our Red Mansion?"
"..." Zhao Youjin had never seen such a shameless person: "Then what do you want?"
Rosie: "..."
“Didn’t I just say? These things belong to me.” She tapped the boxes on the carriage.
"This, this..." Zhao Youjin said with a mournful face, "Could you please leave me a cart? Otherwise, as you heard, the county magistrate will not let me off the hook."
Rosie smiled faintly. "What do you think?"
“…Alright.” Zhao Youjin looked reluctant. “Then you can check it yourself.”
"You're smart to know what's good for you." Luo Xi didn't stand on ceremony and began to open the box to check.
You know what, they were all good stuff. Several boxes were actually gold bars. When she opened them, they were so shiny and golden that they almost blinded her.
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