The man was currently picking up some cheap goods in the warehouse and putting them on a piece of cloth, probably intending to steal them away at night when no one was around.
Xiao Qingran couldn't help but think, this man wouldn't want to use these things as a betrothal gift!
He clearly already has a wife and children outside, and is in his forties, but he still wants to steal his master's money to marry a beautiful teenage girl.
This man is really brave.
Forget it, she might as well do something good for the Zhou family!
Xiao Qingran raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and when he pushed the door open, the stone in his hand bounced directly onto Brother Zhou's head, who turned around subconsciously after hearing the noise.
Before the man named Brother Zhou could see who the person was, he felt dizzy and fell onto the box on the ground.
Xiao Qingran flicked the light of his mobile phone in the warehouse, looked at the dozens of boxes of gold ingots piled up like a mountain, and signaled Luo Jiuyan to quickly put them into the storage space.
"I never thought the Zhou family was so wealthy."
Xiao Qingran sighed as she picked out treasures in the warehouse.
"There are actually two hundred-year-old ginseng roots and a purple Ganoderma lucidum."
Xiao Qingran said as she handed the things to Luo Jiuyan.
The two of them quickly swept through the Zhou Mansion's warehouse, taking away everything valuable, and leaving the items they didn't like untouched.
"Let's go to Patriarch Zhou's small warehouse."
Under Xiao Qingran's mental power, everything she wanted to know was revealed.
The Zhou family master’s small warehouse is in a very secret place.
Behind a small Buddhist temple in the backyard where the women worship.
The mechanism is just a vase, without any creativity at all.
However, the contents, though few, were of high quality and no less valuable than those in the large warehouse.
"Luo Jiuyan, I didn't expect to find such a good quality 500-year-old ginseng in the ancient martial arts world."
In his previous life, Xiao Qingran had even seen thousand-year-old ginseng, let alone five-hundred-year-old ones.
What interested her was the method used by the head of the Zhou family to preserve ginseng, which really impressed her.
It actually uses a rosewood box.
"This looks like wild ginseng, which is very different from cultivated ones."
Luo Jiuyan only took a glance and was slightly surprised.
"Good stuff, put it away quickly."
After the two men looted the Zhou family's small warehouse, they returned to the big warehouse.
"Let the fire start from the warehouse!"
Xiao Qingran turned over the oil lamp that Brother Zhou brought in and used a fire talisman.
Seeing the cloth in the warehouse start to burn, the two of them quickly retreated.
"I wanted to stay and see what's going on, but it's too cold today. Let's go back to bed!"
Soon after the two left, the Zhou Mansion became bustling.
A fire broke out in the Zhou Mansion's warehouse, alarming the entire mansion.
The Sword Sect elder, who was lying on the bellies of the two beauties, was also awakened.
He quickly summoned the disciples of the Sword Sect to help put out the fire.
The head of the Zhou family hadn't even put on his clothes yet, and with a dark face, he was directing everyone to fetch water.
"Master, there is someone in the warehouse."
A servant ran out of the warehouse carrying an empty bucket and reported to the head of the Zhou family.
The Zhou family head's eyes were cold and grim: "Bring the person here to me. I want to see who dares to attack my Zhou family's warehouse at this time."
Soon, two servants caught the unconscious Brother Zhou.
Everyone shone their torches forward.
Many people recognized Brother Zhou.
"The head of the family is Zhou Xiang."
A servant brought out a cloth bag full of valuables.
"Master, I also found this."
The Zhou family head took one look, then angrily stepped forward and slapped Zhou Xiang in the face: "Damn it! No matter how much defense you have, you can't prevent a thief in your own home."
Zhou Xiang was awakened by a slap in the face. He opened his eyes and saw the surroundings, and was immediately terrified. His legs went limp and he fell to his knees.
He kowtowed repeatedly and begged for mercy: "Master, please forgive me! I will never dare to do it again."
The head of the Zhou family stepped forward and kicked Zhou Xiang to the ground. "You traitorous bastard! It's been less than a year since I gave you the surname Zhou, and you've already dared to steal from me. You're truly audacious. Go, housekeeper, check what's lost in the storehouse. Zhou Xiang will have to pay for anything that was burned."
The housekeeper immediately entered the warehouse.
Not long after, he came out with a pale face.
"Master, apart from some large items and burnt cloth, everything else in the warehouse is gone."
After the housekeeper finished speaking, he saw the head of the Zhou family roll his eyes and fall backwards.
Several servants were frightened and quickly grabbed the head of the Zhou family.
The housekeeper immediately stepped forward and pinched the philtrum of the Zhou family master, and he slowly woke up.
By this time, the fire outside the warehouse had been extinguished.
The Sword Sect's Great Elder came over with a group of Sword Sect's disciples.
Patriarch Zhou bowed and thanked the great elder of the Sword Sect.
The Sword Sect's Great Elder was about to offer some pleasantries, but when he glanced around, he didn't see Wu Qiao and quickly asked the other Sword Sect disciples around him, "Where's your senior brother? Why don't you see him?"
Such a big thing happened to the Zhou family that even he was alarmed. It was impossible for Wu Qiao to remain indifferent.
The disciples shook their heads, indicating that they had not seen Wu Qiao.
"I'll go see if the eldest brother is still in the room."
A disciple said something to the great elder and quickly ran towards Wu Qiao's room.
Logically speaking, Wu Qiao should not be unaware of such a big thing happening in the backyard.
"My Zhou family has suffered such an incident, and I am sorry to have caused such a scandal to the Great Elder. Now that the fire is out, everyone should go and rest. Tomorrow, after these matters are dealt with, I will hold a banquet to thank everyone."
The head of the Zhou family suppressed the anger in his heart and forced a smile on his old face.
The Sword Sect's Great Elder understood the hidden meaning behind Patriarch Zhou's words and immediately summoned the Sword Sect's disciples to leave.
On the way back, the disciple who had gone to look for Wu Qiao came back breathlessly to report, "It's bad, Great Elder, our senior brother is not in the room."
Everyone was shocked.
It's so late, and the eldest brother is not in the room. He didn't come out even though the Zhou family made such a big commotion. So where would he be at this time?
"Alright, everyone go back and rest first. We'll talk about your eldest brother's matter tomorrow."
The Great Elder glanced at everyone, flicked his sleeves with a grim expression, and returned to his room.
Before I had slept for a few hours, it was already dawn.
The Great Elder wanted to sleep a little longer, but there was a loud knock on the door.
The Great Elder stood up angrily, put on his clothes, and opened the door.
"Great Elder, this is bad. All the members of the Ping family are missing."
The Sword Sect disciple who came to report was one of the two disciples who were guarding the Ping family last night.
After waking up in the morning and having breakfast outside, I took some water to Pingshuang as usual.
They wouldn't care about the rest of the Ping family, but they couldn't let Ping Shuang really starve to death. Apart from water, they wouldn't give her any food.
However, when they opened the door, they found that the room was empty, with only a broken chain on the ground.
When he went to the room where the head and mistress of the Heike family were imprisoned, he found that the four people who had fainted from hunger had also disappeared.
The two of them sensed something was wrong and immediately came to Zhou Mansion to find the Great Elder.
"How is this possible? Haven't those people arrived in Jindu City yet? How did you two keep watch last night?"
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