With the Lin family daughter's wedding just around the corner, there were only two or three days left.
Why is Zhou Cheng in Yancheng at this time instead of hurrying to the capital?
Coming to Yan City is one thing, but why did he also burn down the city's granaries? What good does this do for Zhou Cheng? Has he gone mad? Why is he retaliating against the imperial court like this?
"Report!!"
"Your Excellency!"
"Oh no! Oh no!"
"After Zhou Cheng and his group burned down the granary, they went to the treasury. Now the soldiers guarding the treasury can't hold out any longer. The granary in Yancheng was just burned down, and now they've set their sights on the treasury."
"Then, in there... a batch of birthday gifts from foreign tribes just arrived in there! Because all the elite soldiers have been transferred away, there is no one to deliver them to the capital for the time being, so they are just left inside."
"What are we going to do, sir?!"
What should we do? What should we do?
What could he do?
He was just a county magistrate; could he possibly withstand the deadly weapon in Zhou Cheng's hands?
He could only pray that Zhou Cheng wouldn't target him or suddenly storm into the mansion... What kind of mess is this!
The magistrate of Yancheng County was in a panic. His eyes were filled with fear of Zhou Cheng. He stammered, "Quickly, quickly prepare pen and ink for me. Immediately send a message to the capital saying that Zhou Cheng has burned down the granaries!"
"They also robbed the vault of all its gold."
"Our reserve elite troops have all been transferred away. Even if His Majesty is angry, he shouldn't blame us too much..."
Not to mention that the county magistrate hadn't anticipated Zhou Cheng's whereabouts.
Even those high-ranking officials and ministers in the capital, those who witnessed firsthand how much Zhou Cheng loved Lin Jiaoyun, would probably never have imagined this!
Zhou Cheng actually managed to catch the court off guard by taking advantage of Emperor Yan's troop deployment to the capital!
The officers and soldiers guarding the treasury were just as vulnerable as those guarding the granary.
A few grenades, plus a few shots.
The soldiers fled in terror, shouting that they wanted to surrender.
Zhou Cheng led his men to kick open the vault door.
Before me lay gleaming silver, shimmering gold, and a plethora of jewels, fabrics, and precious porcelain—items only the wealthy and powerful could afford.
This scene was absolutely dazzling to Black Rat and the others.
"You guys start loading. After you're done, move all the remaining jewelry to that basement I mentioned!"
"yes!"
Black Rat and the others immediately took out their cloth bags. None of them looked at the jewelry or touched the gold. They all went to the wooden box containing silver, took out a few ingots, and then stopped.
They were very grateful for the young master's kindness.
It's clear that such a young master is one of a kind, not only in the capital, but also throughout the entire Yan Kingdom!
One should not be too greedy.
With a few taels of silver, enough for the family to buy some new clothes and winter supplies, it would be enough to live a peaceful life for a few years.
"Young master, we've all packed up."
"Young master! We're all set up!"
Zhou Cheng frowned slightly.
I glanced at the cloth bag, which only occupied one-fifth of the space.
They could have easily filled the container with dozens or even hundreds of taels of silver, but somehow, they all took only ten taels, some even less, just five taels... and then they didn't touch it anymore.
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