Chapter 253 Where is my food? Where is my huge pile of food?
Zhao Tianhe loves money and is greedy for it. These past two days, he has been dreaming about selling the stored grain at a sky-high price. He is so happy with the key in his arms.
Early that morning, Zhao Tianhe woke up from another sweet dream, thinking about what the nobleman in the imperial city had said to him, and then thinking about how much food he still had. If he waited for some time, he would make a lot of money... Then, he would take his whole family away from Quanzhou, find a place where no one knew him, and live a good life.
After getting up, Zhao Tianhe didn't even have breakfast and just came out. He hummed a little tune and walked across the crescent gate with his hands behind his back.
The warehouse he chose to store grain was not only large and well-hidden, but also had only a main door for entry and exit. The only window was pitifully small, so he didn't have to worry about anyone seeing it. He arranged guards to watch it morning and night for fear that it would be targeted by someone with ulterior motives.
The guards who were in charge of guarding the gate were all familiar with the boss's temperament. They had returned to their positions and stood straight long before Zhao Tianhe arrived. When they saw Zhao Tianhe appear, they shouted in unison: "Good morning, boss!"
Seeing the guards so energetic, Zhao Tianhe felt relieved. He smiled and asked as usual: "Good morning, is there anything going on tonight?"
The guards gave the same answer, "Don't worry, sir. We didn't even blink the whole night. Not a single bird dared to fly over."
Zhao Tianhe was even more satisfied. He took out the keys from his sleeves, took out three keys one by one, opened the three big locks skillfully, and then pushed open the door with a smile... The smile that had been on his lips since he opened his eyes froze at first, and finally disappeared bit by bit!
After a long while, Zhao Tianhe screamed, "Where's my food? Where's all that food I have?"
Every time Zhao Tianhe opened the warehouse door, he asked the guards to turn their backs to the door. So this time they turned their backs to Zhao Tianhe as well and did not notice anything unusual about Zhao Tianhe until a scream was heard behind them. They turned around and then, like Zhao Tianhe, they stood there in a daze.
The guards all exclaimed in astonishment, "Where's the food?"
This is what Zhao Tianhe wanted to ask them. "Yeah, where is all the food I have? Didn't you say there wasn't even a bird last night? Then how did my food disappear?"
The guards looked at each other, unable to answer a single word.
They were indeed lazy last night and took turns to sleep, but there were at least two or three people on guard, so it was impossible for someone to steal food in the middle of the night without being discovered.
Besides, it took two whole days to transport so much food. How could it be possible to move it all out overnight?
There must be something fishy going on here.
Zhao Tianhe could naturally think of the strangeness, but he couldn't figure out who could have such great ability to steal so much food at once under the noses of his six guards?
The guards pushed and shoved one of them out. The man came up to Zhao Tianhe and said, "Boss, we are really not lazy. We watched this gate all night last night, and no one came in. Besides, the keys are in your hands, Boss. No one can open this door! Moreover, so much food is gone, and there is not even a grain of rice left on the ground. This is definitely not done by humans. Who can steal so cleanly?"
Zhao Tianhe miraculously accepted the guard's inference. Yes! Even if the thief was so powerful, he couldn't have emptied so much food without dropping a single grain, right?
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