A woman standing nearby, presumably the magistrate's wife, said, "Yiyi, listen to your father, sit down quickly. This matter can't be rushed. Don't worry, the Weiyuan Escort Agency is quite good at handling things, there won't be any problems."
Liu Yiyi sat down angrily. Her face was already covered in medicine, but the medicine was green all over her face, making her look even more frightening. "Mother, how can I not be anxious? Look at my face, how can I marry the Crown Prince?"
It's all the fault of those two women. If they hadn't been so ruthless, her face wouldn't have been injured.
"There's no use in being anxious. Just wait patiently, and you'll see the heads of those two women in a moment. They were just two low-ranking ladies, yet they dared to be so arrogant and attack you. If it weren't for the prefect, I would have had them arrested and thrown into jail long ago," the magistrate said unhappily.
"Father, you should write a letter to Uncle Wu and work together to bring down that old prefect so you can take his place." That way, she wouldn't have to be afraid of anyone. Although she was the county magistrate's daughter, there was still the prefect's daughter above her, and every time they met, she had to be subservient to her.
Especially those two women today, they were just lowly ninth-rank ladies, yet they dared to hit her, and she still had to admit her mistake, just because of her low status.
Magistrate Liu glared at his wife. This woman said everything to her daughter, without caring if others overheard. However, he couldn't bear to scold her, only telling his daughter not to talk nonsense, lest the walls have ears.
The magistrate's wife quickly pulled her daughter back, saying, "Don't talk nonsense. Your father is confident in his abilities. Sit down and wait, or go back to your room to rest. I'll wake you up when the escort agency arrives."
Seeing her somewhat angry parents, Liu Yiyi didn't dare to say anything more and could only sit down and wait.
An Shuyi pulled Xia Hua aside and quietly stepped back. "Hua Hua, let's go to the magistrate's study." Killing people like this was too easy for them, and she didn't want to kill too many people. It was better to find another way.
Upon hearing this, Xia Hua immediately understood her thoughts. The two quietly left the house without disturbing anyone and headed towards the magistrate's study.
As soon as they entered, the two of them started searching through the room. An Shuyi quickly found a pile of letters. After examining them, she realized that although they were important, they weren't serious enough to warrant the execution of the entire family. So she put the letters back and continued searching.
Click
Hearing the sound, An Shuyi looked at Xia Hua and was surprised to find her hand taking off a vase. Looking at the hole that had appeared, she was surprised to find that it was quite well hidden, next to the bookshelf, where there were things.
If it weren't for Hua Hua, she wouldn't have been able to find it at all. Hua Hua is indeed amazing; reading novels wasn't for nothing.
Guessing that what they needed might be inside, the two crawled into the cave entrance. There was a path leading down, and it was very dark inside. They couldn't use flashlights, so they could only grope their way forward. After walking for a while, they found themselves in a secret room.
Xia Hua took out the flashlight, turned it on, and saw the contents of the secret room. The two of them gasped. Although they had guessed that there would be gold and silver treasures inside when they first came in, they did not expect there to be so much.
An Shuyi slurped her saliva. "Does this magistrate really like all this gold and silver jewelry? He comes to check on it every now and then, but he doesn't even cover it up; he just leaves it there like that." It's so dazzling.
It was the first time she had ever seen so much gold and silver jewelry; it was truly dazzling.
"Never mind whether he likes it or not, let's find what we need first." Xia Hua said, looking at the small box on the ground. All the other boxes were open, but this box was not only small, but also closed.
She opened the box, inside was a stack of papers. An Shuyi came over, and the two of them looked through the papers.
"I never expected that Magistrate Liu would not only steal and sell official land, but also mint coins with that Lord Wu. Even if he hadn't minted coins, just the act of stealing and selling official land would have cost him his position. With all these things, the magistrate's family could have been finished."
Among these letters, there were also those where someone accepted bribes and then convicted the person; there were quite a few like that, so this county magistrate was no good person.
People in ancient times were so foolish. They could have burned these things, but they kept them to be discovered, which ultimately led to their execution. If it were her, she would have burned them long ago, so that no one could even see a trace of them.
Xia Hua handed the items to her and put them in the warehouse. "Let's take these with us. Then we can wait for the magistrate's family to be ruined. We'll also take the gold and silver jewelry. Although we're not thieves, there's no reason not to take what we see, especially the corrupt officials'."
She had put all those boxes into the warehouse, leaving not a single bead behind. If she wasn't mistaken, the magistrate must have other slush funds, but they didn't have time to look for them. Besides, with so many, the trip was worthwhile.
"Let's go back."
An Shuyi nodded, and the two left the secret room. After arriving at the study, Xia Hua turned the vase back into its original position, and the hole reassembled into a wall before carefully leaving. They walked through the street, climbed over the city wall, and then took out their bicycle and rode back to the village.
Once outside the village, after storing the bicycle, An Shuyi climbed onto the wall and asked, "Dark Night, you're still here? Have you cleaned up the body?"
As soon as they entered, the two realized that Dark Night was still there.
"Replying to Madam An, the body has been cleaned up." A voice came from the air.
He took out the letters from the warehouse, concealed by his sleeve, and said, "Dark Night, take these to your master." He had originally intended to give them to the prefect, but he was worried that the official named Lord Wu in the letters was of a higher rank and might harm the prefect, so he gave them to Xiao Zili instead.
Although Xiao Zili is currently only an unfavored second prince, he must have connections in the court, and perhaps through these letters, he can still gain some benefits.
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