Chapter 401 [Special Gift]
Shopkeeper Chen swallowed his saliva and subconsciously lowered his voice, "Robbery of the Crown Prince?"
Although this guess sounded ridiculous, he could not think of any other possibility.
This shopkeeper Chen is quite clever. Jiang Lili winked at him and said, "We are now on the same page."
Manager Chen's wife and children are in Haizhou, so Jiang Lili is not worried that Manager Chen will turn against her.
"Don't worry, I will send someone to protect you."
Of course, Shopkeeper Chen understood what Jiang Lili meant. He was a businessman from Dasheng. The situation in Nanzhao was tense now, and he would be more than happy to have Shopkeeper Jiang's power protecting him. How could he possibly tear off his own umbrella of protection?
Just robbing the eldest prince was a crazy idea. Shopkeeper Chen couldn't help but advise, "Young lady, you should think twice. If you are caught by the eldest prince, it will be very dangerous. You may not even be left with a body!"
Moreover, they didn't just rob one warehouse, but all the surrounding warehouses. This was extremely risky. Although most of the warehouses of these pharmacies were guarded by hired servants and not as heavily guarded as military camps, the transportation and storage of medicinal materials was the biggest problem!
Seeing that Manager Chen was so worried, Jiang Lili smiled and said, "Wealth and honor are sought through risk. You will definitely get the benefits after the success."
Shopkeeper Chen wanted to persuade her a few more times, but seeing Jiang Lili's determination, he didn't say anything in the end. Young people hate nagging from the older generation the most.
Their stall was doing a booming business, and they had this girl to thank for that. He decided not to nag her anymore, as he could see that the girl had made up her mind.
Everyone said that the eldest prince was arrogant, but he felt that the girl in front of him was even more arrogant.
Jiang Lili put the finished drawing into her sleeve and gave the red envelope to Master Liao. It was not safe for her to keep this thing in her pocket.
She stood up and said goodbye to Shopkeeper Chen: "Thank you very much, Shopkeeper Chen. I won't stay here for long. Goodbye."
Shopkeeper Chen nodded and said, "I will hide the number of people in the medicinal materials warehouse in the belly of the fattest golden pheasant delivered every day."
Jiang Lili touched the teacup with her fingertips and said, "Don't bother. Someone will ask you for it later."
In order to prevent others from getting suspicious, when Jiang Lili left, Manager Chen considerately gave her two chicks to take back.
After Jiang Lili left, the shopkeeper at the next stall said to Shopkeeper Chen in a sour tone, "Old Chen, what a stroke of luck you have! I heard that a young steward named Jiang, who just arrived at the Princess's mansion, won the Princess's approval in just one day and secured the position of Cat Steward. He even specifically requested the chickens from your stall as ingredients for their cat food."
"What is this Manager Jiang doing in your shop today? I guess it's another lucrative job?"
Shopkeeper Chen was shocked. He knew that the girl just now was probably the new cat manager of the princess's mansion, but he didn't know that the new cat manager's surname was Jiang.
He pointed at Jiang Lili's back as she got on the carriage and drove away: "Manager Jiang, was that Manager Jiang just now?"
The shopkeeper at the next stall nodded and said, "Yes, my second aunt's neighbor's eldest son met Manager Jiang when he went to the princess's palace for the selection. He is indeed very good at coaxing cats, and the princess also values him very much."
Shopkeeper Chen came back to his senses and said, "Manager Jiang asked me for two chicks. She wants to raise them herself and feed them to Master Cat."
"You scared me! I thought the Princess Palace was not satisfied with the chicken at our stall."
Shopkeeper Chen sat back in his seat to settle accounts, his heart restless for a long time. It turned out that the man just now was Shopkeeper Jiang himself. No wonder he was so arrogant. Shopkeeper Chen felt less worried. He always felt that he could look forward to seeing the powerful Shopkeeper Jiang facing off against the eldest prince.
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After returning to the princess's mansion, Jiang Lili received a message from Master Liao. She asked Master Liao to ask the third prince about the princess's mansion's private treasury and the masked man. Master Liao's words made the third prince tell her everything.
@Master Liao: I have asked the Third Prince. The princess has assassins around her. Some are good at using poison, and some are good at close-range assassination. The group entering and exiting the secret door of the warehouse are probably the princess' assassins.
Based on his previous experience fighting the Second Princess, the Third Prince estimated that the number of assassins surrounding the Princess was no more than thirty. They would not gather together unless there were special circumstances, but would be dispatched by the Princess on various missions. While these individuals were few in number, they were all experts among experts.
No more than thirty people... Jiang Lili recalled the surveillance footage of the men in black entering and exiting the secret door. There were no more than ten of them. If she and Xin Che wanted to sneak into the private vault, they would have to face no more than ten enemies.
Jiang Lili was turning a pocket pistol with a silencer in her hand.
Her shooting skills are not as accurate and superb as Wen Qiaosheng and Zhixing's, but after receiving the weapons delivered by the organization, she practiced shooting under the guidance of the big guys. She can't say that she can hit the target with every shot, but her hit rate is still decent, and can barely be considered half combat-capable.
To deal with the men in black in the private library, I should be able to get rid of these people by assisting Xin Che.
Jiang Lili told Xin Che, who had just fed the cat, all the information she had collected today.
She found that whenever she went to feed the cats, she would be pestered by them, but Xin Che would not be like that. Without catnip, the cats were afraid of him.
So Xin Che gloriously took on all the work and was very happy to do it, so that Li Li would not be stuck to the cat.
Xin Che took the pistol from Jiang Lili and stroked the silencer on it. "The modern world is really advanced. There are even devices that can silence weapons."
Jiang Lili leaned over the table and sighed, "It's a pity that a silencer can only reduce the sound of gunfire to a minimum, it can't eliminate it completely. If I encounter a man in black in the basement, there will still be noise from firing, but it won't alert the people on the ground."
Xin Che lowered his eyes and thought for a moment before saying, "What if... we use thunder to cover up the shooting?"
Jiang Lili suddenly looked up, her eyes shining, and she excitedly grabbed Xin Che's hand: "That's a good idea!"
She recalled some movies and TV dramas she had watched, where the murderer also used the thunder on a stormy night to cover up the sound of gunfire.
"You're so talented at sharking! You're so good at thinking!"
Xin Che glanced at Jiang Lili's little hand that was holding his palm:... Just think of it as praising yourself!
The problem with the gun body was also solved. Jiang Lili pondered for a while: "Now all that's left is to figure out the internal structure of the underground private vault."
Xin Che immediately said, "I'll go check it out tonight."
"No, it's too dangerous."
Jiang Lili held his hand tightly.
This is simply a real-life escape room, the kind where you have to risk your life.
Jiang Lili rolled her eyes and smiled at Xin Che: "Stretch out your hand, I'll give you a gift."
Why give a gift suddenly when we are discussing something?
Although Xin Che was confused, he still obediently extended his hand towards Jiang Lili.
Jiang Lili took out a gray object and placed it in Xin Che's hand.
Xin Che looked closely and his eyes twitched. It turned out to be a mouse!
He lifted the mouse's tail helplessly and said to Jiang Lili, "Are you a kitten too?"
Jiang Lili tilted her head, confused and asked, "Why?"
Just after she asked, she suddenly remembered that a stray cat had brought a mouse to her last night. She said "Oh" in understanding, "Only a kitten would give a mouse as a gift to someone they like."
After hearing Jiang Lili's words, Xin Che's eyes widened in surprise, then curved slightly and revealed a smile.
He repeated Jiang Lili's words, with a smile on his face: "Yes, only kittens would give mice as gifts to people they like."
Jiang Lili pointed at the little mouse in Xin Che's hand and explained, "But this isn't a dead mouse. It's called a bionic mouse. It's a modern AI technology. It looks realistic, but it's actually used to explore unknown areas."
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