But this subtle pause actually allowed the other party to hear the true thoughts in the emperor's heart. Black Fist's heart skipped a beat, and then he made a "kill without mercy" gesture.
The Emperor nodded in satisfaction. "You may leave."
He was really tired.
The unfinished sentence was, "If he rebels, he will naturally be killed without exception."
Black Fist emerged from the palace and hurriedly mustered his troops.
The number of people is so large that they could almost turn Longshou Mountain in Wuming County upside down, but even after digging three feet into the ground, they couldn't find any clues, which made Hei Quan and the others anxious.
Night falls.
Liu Cuiming also arrived, but she showed no intention of looking for Xu Yuehuai.
Seeing that the soldiers were all there, she naturally overheard some rumors. Some people said that Wang Ping'an's money was hidden in a cave in the mountains, otherwise why would such a group of people be searching for it day and night?
In reality, his true intention was not to find Qi Guze, but to seek gold and silver jewelry.
This story spread among the people at some unknown time, and everyone hurriedly began searching, so much so that people came from all directions. What was most surprising was that someone actually found the silver notes.
The man was overjoyed.
"Oh my, I've never seen a thirty-tael silver note in my entire life!" The man was as happy as Fan Jin after passing the imperial examination. He happily hugged the silver note and kissed it. "My goodness, how much stuff can I buy with this?"
Following that, many people found banknotes in the wilderness.
Some weighed ten taels, and some even one hundred taels.
Now the officials and soldiers have explicitly forbidden everyone from coming here, but the people don't care about that, and many people have received silver notes one after another.
Even more came.
Poor Liu Cuiming had no luck with money her whole life. Even when the banknotes were right under her nose, she couldn't find them. Instead, she let others take them away. After this happened several times, Liu Cuiming was furious.
"Where are the silver notes? It's really strange. You all got them, but I have nothing."
She looked at Zhou Wan, "Zhou Wan," she began to act like an old lady, "Give me some money, I need to spend it. Look at my clothes, I need to buy some clothes."
Zhou Wan has always been tolerant of everyone.
But tolerance quickly turned into indulgence, to the point that they took advantage of it.
At this moment, Liu Cuiming brazenly demanded it.
"Where would I get money?" Zhou Wan asked in surprise.
She took a small step back.
Liu Cuiming didn't stop there. Instead, he smiled coldly and looked at Zhou Wan with a sinister glint in his eyes. "Your Brother Qi has plenty of money. Don't think I don't know anything about it. He left you a lot of silver."
How dare you say that?
It was Jiang Shichen who interrupted.
Seeing his mother being pressured so badly by these aggressive, elder-obsessed men, he was instantly filled with rage.
"Where did those ten taels of silver go? We were already being lenient by not pursuing it. Now you're pushing your luck and asking my mother for money. Does that mean my mother is in debt?"
"You really have a sharp tongue."
Seeing Jiang Shichen being bullied, Jiang Qianqian was not to be outdone.
Zhou Qionghua and Liu Cuiming often bickered, and the two were like oil and water.
At this moment, Jiang Qianqian was also furious. She pointed at the other party and said, "You're asking us for money? As an elder, you should be giving us money. Give it to us!"
Jiang Qianqian simply opened her hand and handed it over.
Liu Cuiming was left with a mess of faces and could only leave cursing.
Seeing Liu Cuiming turn and leave, Zhou Wan smiled and said, "Madam, please take care. I'm sorry, but children speak without thinking. Whatever they said, you are a magnanimous person who doesn't hold grudges."
"Get lost, you're too magnanimous to hold a grudge against a child."
Zhou Wan found it amusing to see Liu Cuiming leave like a defeated hen.
"Alright, she gives me face when I'm around and won't make things difficult for you. But when I'm not around, you must never speak to her like that."
"Yes, I understand."
The two little ones responded loudly.
"Is Grandma really nearby?" Jiang Shichen asked Zhou Wan.
Zhou Wan shook her head, her eyes tired and haggard, not knowing what to say. "As long as there is a glimmer of hope, as long as your grandmother has a glimmer of life, we cannot give up."
"Yes, then let's continue the search."
After walking for a while, Jiang Qianqian looked down and picked up a silver note with a "whoosh". It was a ten-tael note. She had never seen such a note before, but she saw a few words about Xu Yuehuai asking for help on the note.
"There's silver at the bottom of the cliff, come quickly."
Xu Yuehuai had previously taught her about culture.
Those words remain vivid in my memory at this moment.
“This is my mother’s handwriting,” everyone saw the silver note, but no one noticed the words “help” written on it with charcoal. Zhou Wan grabbed the silver note, overjoyed. “This is your mother’s handwriting. Let’s go find Tie Xiong right now.”
Soon, Zhou Wan arrived in front of Tie Xiong.
“General Tie, this is a note left by my mother. Take a look at this,” Tie Xiong said, clutching the silver note and bringing it closer to the torchlight. In the flickering light of the torch, Tie Xiong immediately understood what it meant. Not daring to make a judgment on his own, he hurriedly sent someone to find Pei Xuan of Wuming County. After taking a closer look, Lord Pei also understood. “She is at the bottom of a cliff and may be in danger and unable to get up. Now we should send troops to search the nearby cliff.”
"yes."
Everyone hurriedly went to search for the cliff in various places.
We finally found the cliff.
But it couldn't be confirmed. After screening, Zhou Wan's gaze locked onto a vine not far away. She hurriedly moved closer and said, "General, General Tie, Lord Pei, my mother was wearing this dress when she went out. Look."
Zhou Wan, always meticulous, presented the torn pieces of cloth to the two of them.
The two looked around the cliff again and realized that there were indeed traces left by someone who had fallen there, and they immediately understood.
"Come on, find the rope, I'll go down and find it."
The cliff was extremely steep. He couldn't trust anyone except Tie Xiong himself. Zhou Wan and the others watched as Tie Xiong descended the cliff. At that moment, A Qi arrived.
I'm determined to go down no matter what.
But Zhou Wan managed to stop them, and everyone waited anxiously.
Finally, the rope at the bottom of the cliff was pulled hard. Everyone hurriedly pulled, and after a while, Tie Xiong, the idiot, came over. He was panting and told them everything that had happened at the bottom of the cliff.
"There is a cave with traces of a campfire inside."
"A campfire? A cave?"
Zhou Wan saw hope and was so happy that she grabbed Tie Xiong's sleeve, "General Tie, have you found anything else?"
"They've most likely gone to the cliff. We just need to find a way down."
"Didn't you see any blood?"
In Zhou Wan's view, as long as there is no blood, there will be no bloodshed.
Tie Xiong shook his head, looking at Zhou Wan's hands in astonishment. Those were hardly a woman's hands; they were extremely rough, with each fingertip covered in burst wounds, clusters of which were shocking to behold.
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