Huyang poured himself a glass of wine.
She said to Gu Jiu, "Those tomb robbers are very cunning and never stay in one place for more than three days. After more than a hundred years, even the Chen family can't figure out their lair.
What's the point of the Chen family confessing? Apart from catching a few small fish and shrimp, everyone else has already escaped, like fish in the sea, leaving no trace."
Gu Jiu raised an eyebrow. "More than a hundred years later, the two sides are cooperating again. How could the Chen family not even know where those people's lair is?"
Hu Yang laughed at himself, "That's right, no one in the Chen family knows where those people are staying. They're very shrewd. Perhaps because the lessons of their ancestors were too bloody, they are extremely wary and repulsive towards the government and those associated with it.
Although they had once been protected by the Chen family, they were wary of the Chen family turning against them and betraying them. They only cooperated with the Chen family to dig graves and steal property. Beyond that, they refused to reveal a single word. The Chen family only wanted money, as long as it was available. Those people refused to reveal their true identity, and after being rejected twice by Old Ghost Chen, he gave up.
Gu Jiu muttered, "The Chen family died without complaint."
Hu Yang snorted in disgust, "I didn't blame him for dying. The outside world thought I was spending money like water, forcing Chen Laogui to rob tombs. Little did they know that Chen Laogui had the idea of robbing tombs long ago, and he just used me as an excuse.
"Old Ghost Chen was not a man of the right path; he was born to make money through illegal means. He was born into a wealthy family, so he died a worthy death."
It is obvious that Huyang dislikes Prince Consort Chen, and can even be said to hate him.
No wonder she was so eager to keep a lover as soon as Prince Consort Chen died, causing such a big mess.
Gu Jiu asked, "So, the people my aunt sent to Xinmin County were all tomb robbers?"
Hu Yang sighed, "To be honest, I only know that they are people who make money through illegal means and have appeared around Chen Laogui before. I don't know if they are tomb robbers, and I didn't ask."
Gu Jiu shook her head. "Auntie is so confused. They came looking for you, but you sent them to Xinmin County without asking any questions?"
Hu Yang looked guilty. "They have something on me. I'm too lazy to argue with them. They said they wanted to find a job, so I just dumped them on my son-in-law Gu Yu like a hot potato."
"Looking for a living?"
Gu Jiu smiled, "I'm afraid it's not about finding a job, but finding a way out."
Hu Yang was confused, "Nephew's wife, do you know something?"
Gu Jiu smiled. "The capital, under the feet of the emperor, has the strictest security in the world. They came to the capital regardless of the danger, and even exposed their identities to find my aunt. Doesn't my aunt find it strange? There must be a huge enough benefit to make these desperate people take such a risk, not hesitating to put themselves in danger."
Hu Yang was horrified. "Are they trying to dig up graves in the capital? Are they looking for death?"
What kind of large tombs could there be in the capital? Within a few hundred miles, there were only imperial tombs.
Do you dare to rob the imperial tomb?
Killing nine generations of a clan is a light punishment.
Gu Jiu shook his head. "It's not necessarily tomb robbery, it could be something else. Did those people say anything else when they saw my aunt?"
Hu Yang shook his head blankly. "Nothing. They just asked me to find them a job, saying I owed them something. I said my son-in-law was in Xinmin County, and that Xinmin County was a good place with many opportunities. So I sent someone to send them there."
"Aunt, do you remember how many people came? And how many people did you send to Xinmin County?"
Hu Yang frowned, "Just five people, what's the matter?"
Gu Jiu laughed, "There were only four people sent to Xinmin County, and one of them disappeared after leaving the Princess's Mansion."
Hu Yang was surprised. "No way! I personally arranged for the guards to send them over. It's impossible for the guards to make a mistake whether there are four or five people."
"Then call the guards."
The commander of the guards in the Princess's Mansion is an old man who has worked for Princess Huyang for 10 to 20 years.
Princess Huyang, "Have you sent all the people I asked you to send to Xinmin County last month?"
The guard leader bowed and said, "According to the princess's instructions, the people have been sent over."
"How many people?"
"Four people!" The guard commander was very sure.
Princess Huyang was furious. "This is ridiculous! There were clearly five people, how did it become four?"
The guard commander was bewildered. "Indeed, there were four people. Everyone who served the princess can attest to this."
This time it was Huyang's turn to be confused.
When I asked everyone, they all said there were only four people, not five.
These servants have served Huyang for decades and it is impossible for them to unite and deceive him.
Hu Yang was stunned. "Am I blind? I mistook four people for five? Can't I even tell the difference between four and five?"
"It's possible that it wasn't that Aunt made a mistake in the number of people, but rather that someone disguised themselves and cleverly used an optical illusion to successfully hide in the Princess's Mansion."
"What? Nephew's wife, please don't scare me. You said there's an extra person in my Princess's Mansion, and no one has noticed yet? How is that possible?"
"Of course it's possible. As long as there's an insider, it can be done."
Princess Huyang shook her head repeatedly, "Impossible, impossible. In this Princess's Mansion, all my personal attendants are elderly. Who would dare to act as an accomplice behind my back?"
Gu Jiu smiled and said, "If I remember correctly, Prince Consort Chen lived with my aunt back then. So, the people around my aunt were all very familiar with Prince Consort Chen and had some feelings for him. Although Prince Consort Chen is dead, the feelings still remain."
Upon hearing this, Princess Huyang showed a look of horror.
"My nephew's wife, what you said is too scary. Are you saying that even after Old Ghost Chen's death, he's still restless and wants to cause trouble? If I can kill him once, I can kill him again."
Princess Huyang had a vicious look on her face, and it was obvious that she was a coward.
Gu Jiu patted the back of her hand and said, "Aunt, please be patient. You said before that you were attracted by men's beauty. What's going on now?"
Hu Yang suddenly changed from a ferocious look to a face full of joy, even his eyes were full of joy.
Sure enough, spring has come, everything is revived, and it is time again...
Gu Jiu suppressed the urge to complain and waited for Hu Yang's next words.
Hu Yang was like a little girl, and even hesitated a bit, "Well, Qi Lang is very good. He has a kind heart and can't bear to see others suffer."
The corners of Gu Jiu's mouth twitched, and his face looked unbearable to look at.
The beauty trap works, no matter whether it’s a man or a woman, as long as you use the right person.
It seems that Hu Yang will never be able to change his lustful habit in his life.
She rubbed her brows and asked, "Is your Qilang the little wolfdog?"
Hu Yang nodded repeatedly, "My nephew's wife, I think your description is very appropriate. Little wolfdog, haha, it's really appropriate. Qi Lang is a little wolfdog, with excellent waist strength, he can..."
“Cough cough cough…”
Gu Jiu quickly interrupted Hu Yang and told her not to continue driving.
She really wanted to complain, and asked everyone to talk about something more sunny while they were having a conversation in the sun.
Is she such a gossipy person?
Would she want to know how many times a night Hu Yang and her little wolf dog lived together?
I don’t want to know at all!
"Aunt, do you mean your little wolf-dog was with you at the time?"
"That's not the case. When the servant came to me with the token, I knew he was up to no good. I wanted to refuse him outright and kick him out, but Qilang persuaded me to at least meet him and listen to his request. If the request is not excessive, I might as well help him and consider it a good deed."
Oh!
Gu Jiu laughed sarcastically, "Aunt's little wolfdog is really kind and considerate."
"Oh, my nephew's wife really understands me. She even knows my preferences."
Gu Ji was speechless: "This lady is being sarcastic! Sarcasm! Hu Yang, did you really not hear it, or are you pretending not to hear it?"
She was speechless.
Once we talk about indecent people, the whole topic becomes indecent.
"Aunt, could you please hand over your little wolfhound to me? It will only take two days, and I think I can definitely get something out of it."
"That won't work!" Hu Yang rejected Gu Jiu without even thinking about it.
Gu Jiu raised his eyebrows. "Even if your little wolfhound is in cahoots with those tomb robbers, Auntie won't hand him over?"
Hu Yang shook his head repeatedly, "Qilang can't be a tomb robber. I've seen the hands of tomb robbers before. Just looking at his hands, I know he can't be a tomb robber."
Gu Jiu sneered, "To be in the same group with tomb robbers, you don't have to go down to the tomb."
Hu Yang still shook his head and refused to hand the person over.
"My nephew's wife, you promised me that this matter ends with you. You can't go back on your word."
Gu Jiu thought for a moment and said, "Forget it. I'll send someone to investigate this matter. I also hope that my aunt will take care of herself and not be misled by beauty."
Hu Yang laughed and said, "Don't worry, nephew and his wife, I won't make any mistakes."
hehe!
Gu Jiu said goodbye and left, secretly sending someone to remind the Princess Mansion's housekeeper to keep an eye on the little wolf dog and secretly check the people. If someone really sneaked into the Princess Mansion, it is very likely that the person is hiding with the little wolf dog.
The steward of the Princess's Mansion wholeheartedly hoped that Princess Huyang would embark on the right path.
Therefore, Gu Jiu's request was carried out without compromise, and was even stricter than Gu Jiu's request.
After leaving the Princess's Mansion, Gu Jiu ordered people to go to Xinmin County for interrogation.
Regardless of whether these people are tomb robbers or not, they are about to make a big move.
Once the person is in her hands, they have no say over it.
We took a carriage back to the palace.
At night, the people who went to Xinmin County for interrogation came back to report.
"I was ordered to bring people to interrogate the deceased man, but four of them fought back fiercely. One of them collided with the blade and bled to death. Another tried to grab the knife and was beheaded on the spot. The other two failed to put up much resistance and were captured. They have been brought back and are being held in the dungeon."
Gu Jiu was not surprised at all. "The resistance is so fierce, could it be that they have recognized your identities?"
Xu Yousi bowed and said, "According to Madam's instructions, all the guards going to the interrogation have changed into casual clothes."
The guard said, "It's also possible that the conversation was overheard by those four people during the handover."
Gu Jiu said, "Interrogate them overnight and make sure to find out their purpose for coming to the capital, as well as their identities and accomplices. As for the two dead, they are dead. Let the Embroidered Uniform Guard handle the matter."
"I understand. I will take the brothers to the dungeon for interrogation."
"Go!"
After the guards left, Gu Jiu asked Xu Yousi, "What's the situation in Xinmin County?"
Xu Yousi bowed and said, "I've been making inquiries. Those four people have been living comfortably in Xinmin County. Even though they knew they were being watched, they weren't in a hurry and didn't seem to take the Xinmin County officials seriously."
Gu Jiu sneered, "They looked so confident, yet when the palace guards came to interrogate them, these four people fought back desperately. Could it be that their goal is Xinmin County? Is there a huge tomb under Xinmin County?"
"Madam, you're joking. There can't be a large tomb under the ground in Xinmin County."
"There's no large tomb. What is there in Xinmin County that's worth their attention?"
Xu Yousi guessed: "Could it be the county government storehouse?"
Gu Jiu shook his head. "Every five days, the Ministry of Revenue sends people to count the money in the Xinmin County treasury and escort it to the Ministry for storage. The money in the treasury may seem like a lot, but it's not enough for these desperate people to take the risk of making this trip."
Xu Yousi looked distressed and said, "I can't think of it."
Gu Jiu pondered the matter. "There's another place in Xinmin County that's worth the risk. It's the Xinmin County branch of the Shaofu Money House. As far as I know, the daily turnover of the Shaofu Money House in Xinmin County is at least five figures, and has even reached six figures. The warehouse has been storing hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, gold, and copper coins for a long time."
Xu Yousi was shocked. "Oh my god, they actually planned to target the Shaofu Bank. They are so bold. Madam, could this be a misunderstanding? These people are not tomb robbers?"
Gu Jiu frowned and said, "I hope I'm wrong. I also hope they're not tomb robbers."
Otherwise, the first batch of bank robbers in the Great Zhou Dynasty will be born.
In the future, there will definitely be people who will follow their predecessors’ example and rob banks.
What is the tomb robber's greatest skill?
Locate and dig a hole.
This technology is extremely suitable for cement and stone houses that lack steel reinforcement.
There are no steel bars, no surveillance, only basic anti-theft measures.
For tomb robbers, basic anti-theft measures are not even as good as the poison arrows and poison gas inside the tomb.
It’s just a money shop, no need to worry about it.
Is there anything more cost-effective than robbing a bank?
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