Chapter 1147: Climbing the ladder of fame and wealth (3)
"Where is this?" Ao Shiyan asked his sister while drinking porridge with his good hand. He had been sleeping and did not wake up when they arrived at the small town.
Ao Shichu said: "This is a small town our caravan passed by. We are now in the inn. Captain Hou said that almost all of our people were injured, so we have to stay here for a few days to recuperate."
After hearing this, Ao Shiyan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "We really need to take a good rest. We must be terrified after escaping from the robbers this time."
"Brother, don't worry so much now. Just focus on recovering from your injuries." Ao Shichu advised him.
The wound on Ao Shiyan's arm was not light. Ao Shichu changed the medicine for him and checked the wound. He felt relieved after finding no signs of inflammation.
Ao Shiyan looked at his sister with some surprise as she changed his dressings as skillfully as flowing water, and said, "Sister, why didn't I know before that you could bandage wounds? And you also knew the correct medicine to apply to me."
Ao Shiyan answered nonchalantly, "Didn't mom treat the villagers before she passed away? I learned a little bit from her. You went to school every day at that time, so of course you didn't know."
When the siblings' biological mother was alive, she would indeed treat minor illnesses such as headaches and fevers for the villagers. Therefore, Ao Shiyan immediately believed his sister's words, thinking that she and her mother had learned medicine well. He never considered that treating headaches and fevers for the villagers was different from treating these external injuries.
Ao Shichu and Ao Shiyan's family was originally in Mobei. Their father was a centurion under the Mobei Zhenbei Army, but unfortunately he died in a battle between the Zhenbei Army and the barbarians a year ago.
Their mother had died three years ago, so after their father died, the brother and sister became orphans with no one to rely on.
Ao Shiyan was only sixteen years old. He did not inherit his father's talent for martial arts. He only liked reading, so he was a well-mannered scholar who was not even capable of fighting.
In a place like Mobei, which could face foreign invasion at any time and might be lost at any time, he, a weak scholar, could not protect himself and his sister.
Therefore, they had no choice but to decide to seek refuge with a cousin of their mother. It was said that the cousin had married the illegitimate son of the Rong'an Marquis's Mansion in the capital and was living a good life.
The brother and sister just wanted to go there for a few years, and when Ao Shiyan came of age, they would take their sister out to start their own business. They did not intend to rely on their cousin aunt in the marquis's mansion to live forever.
The brother and sister had made good plans, but after entering the Rong'an Marquis Mansion, nothing went as they wished.
In the eyes of the people in Rong'an Marquis' Mansion, they were poor relatives who came from a remote village and had no self-awareness and came to the mansion to beg for money. Therefore, none of the masters in the mansion looked down on them, even their cousin, and even the servants in the mansion who had some reputation could step on them.
Ao Shiyan and his sister were bullied in the marquis's mansion, which was full of flattery and bullying. The original owner was unwilling to be looked down upon and bullied forever, and after seeing the wealth and splendor of the Marquis Rong'an's mansion, she couldn't help but want to marry someone with a higher status than the Marquis's mansion, and to take revenge on those who bullied them, so that no one would dare to bully them again.
So she tried hard to become a concubine of a prince. However, it was not easy to curry favor with the powerful, especially since she was not good at intrigue and did not have a strong family background to support her. Therefore, after entering the prince's backyard, she suddenly died within a few years.
The original owner's brother had passed the imperial examination and had a bright future ahead of him, but when he learned that his sister had died a violent death, he was determined to avenge her. In the process of revenge, he was involved in the struggle among the princes for the throne. In the end, not only did he fail to avenge his sister, he also died in an unclear manner.
In the original world's plot, this brother and sister were a pair of cannon fodder with a tragic end. Their short lives ended quickly before they had time to enjoy the beauty of life.
Ao Shichu recalled the fate of the brother and sister in the original world's plot, and naturally it was impossible for him to go to Rong'an Marquis's Mansion for help. But he still had to go to the capital. After all, there were many good academies in the capital, and Ao Shiyan could go in to study, which would make it easier for him to pass the imperial examination in the future.
The next day, Ao Shichu went to the pharmacy in the small town and bought a lot of medicine for injuries. After all, she still had to change the medicine for Ao Shiyan, and the medicine box did not have so many medicines for her to use. If she took the medicine from her companion space and used it too often, she didn't know when she would be exposed. In order to reduce trouble, she could only do this.
In addition, she continued to pay attention to the news about the gang of robbers. After walking around the streets and alleys several times, she indeed heard some very useful information.
She learned from several beggars that their county magistrate was very rich. He was said to have married more than a dozen beautiful concubines and a large number of children. It was reasonable to say that his salary could not support such a large family, but he not only supported them, but also supported them lavishly: he often bought jewelry for his concubines; his children were also very generous when they went out to buy things, and they would give silver to people at any time...
Although it was said that the magistrate was not a wealthy scion of a famous family, he did have quite a few relatives at home, and they were all doing well. Relatives would often come to give him gifts, and each gift would include several or even dozens of carriages, which made everyone envious and secretly hated themselves for not having such generous relatives.
It’s just that the magistrate’s relatives don’t seem easy to mess with. They look ferocious and murderous, and they look at people with murderous eyes, which is very scary...
Ao Shichu originally thought that these beggars were just envious of the magistrate's wealthy life, but as he listened, he felt something was not right: What kind of relatives would come to give people gifts from time to time?
Especially those relatives look ferocious and scary?
Ao Shichu had just fought with robbers, so he was naturally more sensitive. As soon as he heard it, he felt that the temperament of the magistrate's vicious relatives was very similar to that of the robbers. Could they really be those robbers?
If it is true, it would be interesting. The magistrate colluded with the robbers to rob the passing civilian caravans and then divided the spoils?
No wonder the government didn't go to eliminate the robbers even though the road where the robbers were was less than three or four hours away from here, or even if they went, they could never eliminate them? It would be strange if there was no traitor inside!
Ao Shichu felt that he had found out the information he wanted.
She did not intend to seek revenge on the escaped robbers and the county magistrate herself. She was just an ordinary citizen now, and professional matters should be left to professionals.
After Ao Shichu planned to leave, he sent an anonymous letter of complaint to the county magistrate's political enemies and his superiors, reporting that the county magistrate was colluding with robbers and officials to commit murder for money.
(End of this chapter)
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