Kang Yueran soon realized that someone was following her. When she passed by an empty alley, she turned her car into it.
After a while, two big men followed.
Kang Yueran held an electric baton and asked, "I ask questions, you answer them. I save energy, and you don't suffer. Is that okay?"
The two burly men stretched their muscles, their bones crackling. "Boy, you're so arrogant!"
"You guys don't want to do it? Alas! I really do manual labor!"
Kang Yueran turned on the electric baton, which made crackling sounds. While the two big men were still not reacting, she knocked them down with one stick each.
She deliberately lowered the current so that people felt numb all over but not dizzy.
She walked over and asked, "Your bank exchanged gold for me one minute, and then I let you take it back the next. Tell me, how did you become the largest bank in Mingzhou?"
A large man twitched a few times and replied, "The owner of the Dali Bank is the governor, sir."
No wonder! With the prefect’s order, which merchant dared not deposit their silver in the Dali Bank? “You can faint now!”
Kang Yueran adjusted the current and knocked the two big men unconscious.
She took the cart and the gold into the space, and then re-applied her makeup. After coming out, the two big men were still asleep, so she ignored them and returned to the inn.
What she didn't know was that the Wang family was in chaos.
Previously, Wang Shouye, the prefect of Mingzhou, asked Wang Quanfu to find a rare treasure to be sent to Beijing as a New Year gift for the prince at the end of the year.
Wang Quanfu then searched for the white jade Guanyin and asked Wang Shouye to come to his house to see it today. He was stunned after opening the storeroom. He rubbed his eyes, suspecting that he had seen it wrongly. "This, this, this..."
He ran out of the warehouse and looked around. Yes, it was his warehouse! "Where are the things?"
Chief Steward Li was also beginning to doubt his life. He called over the two guards who were guarding the warehouse and asked, "Did anyone come in last night?"
The guard shook his head like a rattle. "No one came in, and no one came near. You, the chief steward, specifically told us there were treasures inside. We were both keeping an eye open the entire time, and neither of us dared to slack off."
Wang Quanfu grabbed a guard by the collar and roared, "Where's that thing? Where's the treasure inside me?"
The guard hadn't closed his eyes. He hunched his neck and asked, "Did they put it in another warehouse?"
Chief Steward Li grabbed a servant and said, "Quick, go get the Madam to bring the key so we can check the other warehouses!"
The three warehouses were empty. Wang Quanfu kicked Li Dazongguan and said, "Tell me, were you and the thieves colluding to steal my treasure?"
There were so many things in the warehouse, and he had been in there the day before. It could only be a thief who stole it in such a short time.
Li Dazongguan felt very wronged and immediately knelt down and cried to express his loyalty. But no amount of loyalty could make up for Wang Quanfu's heartache.
Wang Shouye heard the noise and came to the warehouse. After hearing that all three warehouses had been robbed, he, like Wang Quanfu, believed that it was the work of thieves. However, he felt that the mastermind was not Li Dazongguan, but Wang Quanfu himself.
"Master Wang, please don't tell me that the white jade Guanyin statue was also stolen. I gave you 10,000 taels of silver for that Guanyin statue.
I also know that ten thousand taels of silver is a little less, but you can't embezzle it!"
Wang Quanfu was still furious and replied in a bad tone, "Your ten thousand taels of silver is nothing. If I wanted to keep it for myself, I wouldn't agree to give it to you!"
Wang Shouye's face immediately darkened. He pointed at Wang Quanfu and said, "No matter how little money I have, I'm still an official. No matter how rich you are, you're still a merchant. Wang Quanfu, if I don't see that Guanyin statue in three days, all your Wang family shops will be closed!"
After saying that, he flicked his sleeves and left. Wang Quanfu then reacted and quickly chased after him to speak softly to Wang Shouye.
Wang Shouye had lost face in front of everyone and was unwilling to let it go. "Wang Quanfu, don't treat me like a fool. There aren't even any shelves in your warehouse. What? Are you trying to tell me that your shelves are made of gold and that thieves can steal even shelves?
Even the shelves have been shipped out, and you still dare to say you didn't know. Are you dead? Is there no one alive in your family?"
Wang Quanfu was also puzzled by this. The warehouse was completely emptied. "Sir, I really didn't know. I'll go find my son-in-law and have him lead the city guards to search every house!"
Wang Shouye snorted, "If I don't see the Guanyin statue in three days, I will sell all your Wang family's shops and make a pure gold Guanyin statue to send to the prince."
Wang Quanfu did not doubt Wang Shouye's words at all, he knew that Wang Shouye was very greedy for money.
After listening to Wang Quanfu's explanation, Qiu Zhi had the same idea as Wang Shouye. To empty three warehouses in one night, it would take at least one or two hundred people. How could one or two hundred people enter the Wang family's house without anyone noticing? It was impossible!
Seeing Qiu Zhi's disbelief, Wang Quanfu said anxiously, "There was a Guanyin statue in the stolen warehouse. Wang Shouye asked me to find it and planned to give it to the Crown Prince."
Since it was related to the prefect and the prince, Qiu Zhicai took it seriously and ordered his subordinates to strictly investigate those who left the city. He himself led the city defense troops to search house by house.
When Kang Yueran returned to the inn, Chai Shijing had already paid the bill and was sitting in the lobby waiting for her.
The four of them said goodbye to the shopkeeper and went to Xianquanlou for lunch.
As soon as the food came up, I heard a commotion from below.
Yiming went down to inquire about it and came back saying, "It is said that thieves broke into Wang Quanfu's house last night and stole everything from the three storehouses, so Qiu Zhi and the city guards are searching for the thieves."
Hu Dacheng said excitedly, "Who could steal all three of Wang Quanfu's warehouses in one night?"
Yiming said, "Wang Quanfu is a famous merchant in Mingzhou. His storehouse must have a lot of valuables. Three of them were stolen in one night? How is that possible? Unless that person knows some magical power!"
Kang Yueran said that she just smiled and said nothing.
As he was speaking, the door was pushed open forcefully. Chai Shijing stood up and stood in front of Kang Yueran, looking at the city guards with sharp eyes.
The four city guards rummaged around the room. One of the leaders asked Chai Shijing, "Who are you? Did you go out on the streets last night?"
The innkeeper quickly stepped forward and replied, "Sir, they are customers of our inn, not thieves."
The leader shouted angrily, "Did I ask you? If you dare to talk nonsense again, be careful of my knife!"
The shopkeeper was so scared that he retreated to the door again, looking at Kang Yueran and others with an apologetic look.
Kang Yueran pulled Chai Shijing's sleeve, signaling him not to be angry. Then he said, "Sir, we stayed at the inn last night and went to bed early. No one went out!"
The leader looked at Kang Yueran with ill intentions, "You went to bed so early? Who did you sleep with?"
Chai Shijing rushed forward and kicked the leader in the waist.
The leader flew out, hit the wall, and finally fell to the ground. "How dare you assault the city guards for no reason? I think you're plotting a rebellion! Arrest them!"
Of the other four, two went to support the leader, and two drew their knives at Chai Shijing. "Follow us obediently, or else..."
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