Chapter 24 Sending Away the Beggars
Chen Luo found a lone servant, hid in the dark, grabbed his neck, and dragged him into the bushes with one hand. He was so fast that the servant didn't react, and when he came to his senses, his eyes were still a little dazed.
But the next second, after seeing Chen Luo's ferocious eyes, the whole person began to tremble.
"Grandpa, please spare me, Grandpa, please spare me!"
As soon as he let go of his hand, the servant immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed. Judging from his appearance, he had been held hostage a lot in recent times, and his movements were quite skilled. But this was normal. Qingya County was in chaos at the moment, and soldiers were everywhere arresting "rebels". Those heroes who couldn't survive would naturally think of finding a way to make a living from the source.
"I want to ask you something."
Chen Luo kicked him and signaled him to stand up and speak.
"Where is the Qingya County Magistrate?"
"It's in Nuanqiu Pavilion! Go straight from here and you'll arrive when you see the round gate."
The servant sold out his master without any hesitation. During the process, he seemed to be afraid that Chen Luo would not be able to find the place, so he described the appearance of the three doors to him in detail.
After noting down the route, Chen Luo raised his right hand, knocked the servant unconscious and threw him into the bushes. He then captured two more people and questioned them in the same way, and the information he got was the same.
After confirming that there was nothing wrong, he controlled his body and flew lightly towards Nuanqiu Pavilion.
Nuanqiu Pavilion is a small courtyard in the backyard.
The layout was very similar to a siheyuan, with a main hall and side rooms on both sides, and a small courtyard in the middle. There was a circular flower bed with some ornamental plants planted in it, which Chen Luo didn't recognize either, and it looked like dogtail grass.
"This Fan guy is too overbearing. He borrowed the land of Qingya County to do something, but he only gave me such a small amount of money! Is he treating me like a beggar?"
An angry voice was heard from inside the house.
"Why should you be angry with him? Fan is just a crude warrior, and his life is over. What else can he pursue besides money? But you are different, if you do a good job this time, you may be able to get a chance to be crowned king or prime minister in the future."
Another voice was heard, sounding like one of the host's staff.
"I know the truth, but I just can't swallow it."
The tone of the initial voice slowed down a lot.
"If the boss really can't swallow this, why not try this method? We can."
BANG!!
Before he could finish his words, the window next to him was knocked open, and a figure broke in like a ghost. Broken wood and paper-cut window decorations were scattered everywhere. The person who sneaked in didn't say a word, but grabbed the throat of the person who was speaking and twisted it hard.
There was only a "click" sound, and the master who was still talking the previous second was silent the next second, with his neck twisted to the back of his head.
Killed the wrong person?
Chen Luo took a look at the clothes of the person in his hand and frowned slightly.
He rushed in following the sound, but he only killed one of the masters. Fortunately, the other one did not escape, so he could kill him again.
"Who are you?!"
Magistrate Lou stepped back with horror on his face.
He had seen many ferocious thieves, but this was the first time he had encountered one who wanted to kill people right away.
Could it be that he came here just to kill me? I still have so much money left to spend...
Chen Luoke had no intention of wasting time talking to him. He was a man who always did things efficiently and effectively.
With a flick of his hand, he threw the dead master out like trash. His body hit the table and chairs and rolled to the side, ruining the two pots of tea that had been brewed on the table.
Chen Luo was too lazy to pick up the "brains" of these useless people who didn't even know martial arts. These two weaklings were still thinking about plotting against the imperial master. It was also thanks to the imperial court's rules that they were protected. Otherwise, with their suicidal behavior, ten lives would not be enough to compensate.
Sensing the murderous aura from Chen Luo, Magistrate Lou had already retreated to the corner. Looking at Chen Luo walking towards him, he opened his mouth and was about to beg for mercy.
"hero."
Before he could finish his words, he felt a black screen in front of his eyes, and then he lost sight of the person in front of him. The next moment, he felt a sharp pain in his chest, and then he flew straight up.
With a dull thud, Magistrate Lou's obese body crashed directly into the back wall. His eyes widened and a trickle of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.
"It's no use calling him a hero."
Chen Luo withdrew his blood-stained palm, and a hint of disappointment flashed across his eyes.
He originally thought that County Magistrate Lou had some martial arts skills, but he didn't expect that he was just an ordinary scholar.
The corpse slid down the wall, leaving a shocking trail of blood.
After killing the man, Chen Luo looked around the room and fixed his eyes on the table. There was a full purse, all of which were silver notes of 1,000 taels. A preliminary estimate showed that there were at least 100,000 taels!
So much money?!
Chen Luo was also a little surprised.
This is not a small amount of money. An ordinary person may never see so much money in his or her lifetime.
Recalling what they discussed before coming in, he immediately understood where the money came from. Most likely, it was the money that the military commander named Fan sent to "send away the beggars".
"So much money and you're just giving alms to beggars? Where can beggars make so much money? Why didn't you tell me?"
Chen Luo gained a new understanding of the concept of money of people like Magistrate Lou.
He took two steps forward and put the money bag into his arms. The banknotes in it were all bearer, and County Magistrate Lou and his men would naturally not take bearer banknotes when doing something like this.
After collecting the money, Chen Luo glanced outside the door.
There was quite a commotion just now, but no one has come yet. This shows the prestige of Magistrate Lou. Ordinary servants dare not interfere with the master's affairs, dare not listen, and dare not ask. Another powerful aura also showed no signs of moving. I don't know whether it didn't hear it or didn't want to care.
As a result, Chen Luo was not so anxious to leave.
Junior Sister He hasn't been found yet, and she just comes in and steals some money. How can this be justified?
He looked around and his eyes stopped on the bookcase behind him.
Chen Luo walked over and opened the bookcase, took out a book and flipped through it. It was about romance and romance, not worth reading. He skipped this one and flipped through several more. Unfortunately, most of them were ordinary books read by scholars.
Chen Luo walked to the second bookcase and took down the books on it.
This cabinet is full of account books.
The records were very detailed, including the income and expenditure of various departments in Qingya County, as well as evidence of some important personnel accepting bribes. In the officialdom of Qingya County, it could be exchanged for a lot of money, but to Chen Luo, these things were no different from waste paper.
The third one, the fourth one.
Note: I walked all the way to the last bookcase and finally found something different.
"What's this?"
Chen Luo flipped open the outermost book and took out a wooden box with a copper lock on it from the secret compartment inside.
"Is it some treasure?"
Chen Luo suddenly became energetic.
So without saying anything, he poured his internal energy into his fingers and squeezed them hard.
There was a click and the copper lock broke.
"letter?"
The contents of the box disappointed Chen Luo a little. There was no treasure or martial arts secrets inside, but a thick stack of letter paper.
Chen Luo roughly flipped through a few letters and quickly caught an important name from them.
King Ning!
(End of this chapter)
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