Chapter 121: Get Ahead
The servant shook his head aggrievedly and said, "To answer your question, sir, we don't know either!"
"Tonight, everyone was busy putting out the fire, and no one was watching the kitchen..."
"But there's no way someone could steal everything in the kitchen!"
"When I went in just now, I thought I had walked into the wrong place!"
"It's totally empty inside! There's nothing left!"
Master Pan was so angry that he kicked the servant to the ground.
"Useless thing, take me to see it!"
"I still don't believe this..."
Mr. Pan raised his leg and was about to leave.
The man in black suddenly spoke.
"Master Pan, please stay."
Mr. Pan was stunned.
He suddenly broke out in sweat on his back and then he remembered that the men in black were still there.
He just lost his composure.
Mr. Pan turned around and said awkwardly.
"My Lord, I..."
The man in black glanced at the empty table and stood up.
Said in a cold voice.
"Master Pan, please stop your kitchen business for a moment!"
"Take us to the warehouse first and count the accounts!"
"After all, if our master doesn't explain well!"
"Then it's not just a matter of things being lost in the kitchen, it's a matter of your entire family's lives, Master Pan!"
Mr. Pan was startled and his body couldn't help but tremble.
"well!"
He nodded and bowed quickly.
"I, I'll go get the key to the warehouse right now!"
"Please wait for me for a moment!"
"I, I'll be right there!"
Master Pan quickly went to his study...
Liu Shiqi, who was lying on the wall and watched the whole process, quickly pulled Zhuang Yan's clothes.
She said in a low voice.
"Brother Zhuang, we have to hurry!"
"Someone is trying to steal our business!"
Zhuang Yan narrowed his eyes and looked at the man in black, as if thinking about something.
Seeing that he didn't move, Liu Shiqi pulled him again.
"Hurry, Brother Zhuang, it's too late!"
Only then did Zhuang Yan and Liu Shiqi leave quickly.
The two men tiptoed around the three men in black and quickly found the location of the warehouse.
Liu Shiqi directly used the Dark Cloud Dagger to cut the lock in half.
Then he gently placed the lock on the ground, and the two of them entered the warehouse and closed the door.
Liu Shiqi took out the night pearl to illuminate it, and instantly took a breath.
This warehouse was actually twice as big as the first one they visited.
At this time, dozens of large boxes were neatly placed on the floor of the warehouse, filled with silver and gold.
Liu Shiqi...
"Brother Zhuang, we are rich!"
Zhuang Yan frowned, "This seems to be official silver!"
Liu Shiqi was stunned, "What is official silver?"
Zhuang Yan pointed to the seals on some of the boxes and said, "This is the government's money..."
Liu Shiqi took a closer look and found that some of the boxes were indeed sealed.
The word "official" is written on it.
Zhuang Yan picked up another silver coin and looked at the back.
"Shi Qi, look, there is a mark on it too!"
Liu Shiqi took a look and found that it was really there!
"What should we do then?"
"Aren't we going to collect it?"
[What a pity, so much silver! 】
[It will be a bargain for others!] 】
[A rough calculation shows that there should be dozens of taels of silver! 】
Zhuang Yan frowned and shook his head, saying, "No, we'll take them all, leaving him nothing!"
Liu Shiqi looked at him in confusion, "Why is that?"
"What if the money from the government is used to build roads and bridges to benefit the people..."
"It's not appropriate for us to take it!"
Zhuang Yan quickly explained, "The official silver is usually in the hands of the government, how could it appear in the Pan Mansion?"
"Mr. Pan and Pan Ziyu are not government officials!"
"It's obvious that this batch of government silver came from an illegal source!"
"I heard about something before. Just a month ago, a batch of government silver was lost in the state capital next to us!"
“Maybe these are it!”
Liu Shiqi frowned and suddenly thought of the man from Hongwu Village whom he had killed in the secret room before.
It's possible that someone from Hongwu Village robbed the government silver and sent it to Pan's mansion...
Zhuang Yan added, "So, we must take action! Take back the government silver!"
"Even if we don't send it back to the government, we can't leave it to the Pan family and the people behind him..."
To expand their power...
Liu Shiqi nodded in agreement.
"Okay, let's put it away first!"
"When there is a suitable opportunity, we will send him back to the government!"
Zhuang Yan nodded, "Thank you for your hard work, Shi Qi!"
Liu Shiqi walked quickly towards the box.
Wherever she went, boxes of silver were instantly stored in the space.
Soon, a thin layer of sweat appeared on her forehead.
When she received the last two boxes.
They heard footsteps outside the door.
It was obvious that it was Master Pan and his men who came.
After Liu Shiqi put the last two boxes into the space. Then I heard angry cursing at the door.
In an instant, the warehouse door was kicked open with great force.
Master Pan rushed in with the man in black.
Then, I saw that the warehouse was empty, with nothing in it.
Mr. Pan was stunned for a moment.
"What's going on here?"
"This, this, this, this is impossible!"
"I just came over to take a look!"
"Two hundred thousand taels of silver!"
"How is it possible? It's gone just like that!"
Mr. Pan opened his eyes wide, looked left and right, and finally rubbed his eyes.
A look of disbelief.
Suddenly, a sword was pressed against his neck.
Mr. Pan was so frightened that he almost fell to his knees.
The leader of the men in black held the hilt of his sword and said to Grandpa Pan with gritted teeth.
"You'd better explain it to me!"
"Where on earth did the two hundred thousand taels of silver go?"
"If you can't tell it, today will be the day you and everyone in your house die!"
Mr. Pan was shocked!
"My lord, my lord, I am innocent!"
"I really don't know what's going on!"
"When I came here just now, the silver was still there!"
The man in black naturally wouldn't believe his nonsense.
They thought that Mr. Pan was trying to embezzle the 200,000 taels of silver.
The man in black suppressed his anger and said coldly.
"Master Pan, for your daughter's sake, I will give you another chance!"
"Hand over the two hundred thousand taels of silver immediately!"
"We are all very happy!"
"Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude!"
Mr. Pan immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
"I really didn't lie!"
"The silver just now is really here!"
"Unless, unless!"
His eyes suddenly lit up.
"Besides me, the people in Hongwu Village also know about this!"
"Could it be that they set fire to my house?"
"And then while we were putting out the fire, they secretly transferred the silver!"
The more Grandpa Pan talked, the more possible it seemed.
"Yes, yes! That must be it!"
"They probably stole the things in our kitchen as well!"
"Just think about it, they have nothing to eat or drink in the mountains all year round!"
"That's why I stole my kitchen as well!"
The man in black frowned, also thinking about this possibility.
Mr. Pan suddenly thought of something else and spoke quickly.
"By the way, sir, their third village chief came to the mansion very early today!"
"But later, when my house was on fire, I didn't see him!"
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