[It's the fourth watch of the day, it's freezing cold, be careful with candles! ]
The night watch gongs rang out in the street, and Gu Xinran woke up. He put on the servant's clothes collected from the Duan family, wrapped himself in a black cloak, put some spots on his face, and then covered his head and face tightly.
After looking at him from head to toe, even his own mother wouldn’t recognize him when he walked outside. That’s great.
He sneaked out of the inn and, taking advantage of the moonlight, followed the route he had learned earlier and successfully arrived at the back house of the government office.
According to Gu Xinran's general understanding in the afternoon, the back house has four entrances, which are connected to the government office in front through a hanging flower gate. When the hanging flower gate is closed at night, it becomes an independent house.
It was such a cold day and it was curfew time, so there was no one on the road. Only a few patrolling yamen runners were seen around the government office. Gu Xinran avoided them from a distance.
She thought she was doing it without anyone noticing, but in fact, the mantis stalks the cicada, while the oriole is behind her, Xiao Ba is following her!
The guards in the backyard of the government office are more than one level stricter than those in the other courtyards.
Gu Xinran timed it perfectly, found a relatively secluded place, swung out his eagle claws, and quickly climbed onto the top of the wall.
This should be the small garden between the second and third courtyards. It is dark and quiet. There are a few palace lanterns hanging on the corridor in the distance, emitting a faint yellow light, but it cannot shine here.
Gu Xinran squatted on the wall and observed for a moment. It seemed that no one was patrolling or guarding. She gently put away her eagle claws and jumped off the wall.
“Who is it?”
Two burly men rushed out from the shadows not far away, coming towards them with big knives in their hands.
Gu Xinran immediately flashed into the space!
He patted his pounding chest and cried out, "That was a close call! That was a close call! I was careless."
Gu Xinran calmed down and monitored everything outside through the space.
"Meow~Meow~" A few cat calls came from a distance.
Gu Xinran secretly rejoiced in her heart, haha, God helps me, there is a cute cat on such a cold night, coming out to cover me, if I meet it, I will definitely reward you with two big fish.
The security guard searched the entire small garden and the base of the wall but found nothing unusual.
A guard said angrily, "Is it because of my eyesight? Is the cat in love?"
The other one pushed the other one and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? It's winter now, and I miss you. It must be the young lady's cat looking for food. It often comes out at night."
Gu Xinran thought to herself, the young lady is not a good person, but the cat is good!
Then the voice came:
"It's so cold outside, the thieves would freeze to death. Don't worry, let's go have a drink to warm ourselves up."
"It's not good. There are more than a dozen carriages in the yard, filled with supplies for the family's travel. The master has instructed us to take good care of them."
"You are such a stubborn person. There are guards patrolling outside the palace. Even if you steal those things, they can't be taken away. What kind of idiot would do that? Let's go~"
The two of them headed towards the guard duty room.
Gu Xinran was afraid that the other party would cheat and launch a surprise attack, so she didn't dare to come out. She waited for another half a minute, but there was still no movement, so she cautiously appeared in the garden.
In order to ensure the smooth progress of the subsequent search, Gu Xinran headed in the direction the guards left.
Through the doors and windows, I saw two people lying on the table in the duty room, motionless.
Gu Xinran was very suspicious. Could the guards hired by the prefect be so unreliable? It couldn't be that bad. She was almost arrested just now.
Then I was really too cautious and overestimated them.
Gu Xinran was afraid that they would wake up and ruin her plan, so she sprinkled some sleeping pills and quietly went to the front yard.
There were more than a dozen carriages lined up in a row, and Gu Xinran sneaked up.
The first to fifth carts are all filled with refined rice and flour. Collect them!
The carts at the back are loaded with daily necessities such as oil, salt, sugar, cloth, clothes, etc. Take them!
Gu Xinran wanted to collect the carriage as well, but it was too conspicuous. If someone found out that the yard was empty, then they would not be able to continue playing.
Why don’t I see any valuables like gold, silver, or other jewelry?
It suddenly occurred to me that these valuables should be carried with them, and they would be loaded into the car before leaving, so I had to go to the warehouse.
Where can I get the warehouse key?
This is my first time doing this, and I really have no experience. After thinking about it, I decided to start with the mistress and go to the main courtyard to take a look.
Gu Xinran was hiding in the dark. She bent down, stood on tiptoe, and quietly moved over.
I arrived at the main courtyard smoothly, found an open window, flipped over and went inside. I could vaguely see some food inside. It might be a small kitchen.
The amount of rice, flour, grain, oil and vegetables is small, but there are many varieties. Even a mosquito leg is meat. No one should come to the kitchen at night, right?
Don't miss out on the pots and pans, you wouldn't believe that the bowls and chopsticks here are made of pure silver, and the plates are rimmed with gold, it's amazing to have power and money;
The cabinet stove and grill are also good, so just take them all away!
Gu Xinran felt that she had never seen the world and everything she saw was good.
Walking down the porch, there was a slight sound of breathing coming from a room. Through the crack in the door, I saw several people sleeping together. It might be the ear room where the personal maid lived. She sprayed some sleeping pills and left.
There are no good things in this kind of place. Maids and old women are also miserable people, let them go!
A big place is troublesome, it’s not easy to find a master bedroom.
Gu Xinran moved towards the brightest spot of the palace lanterns and entered through the window. The room was as warm as spring. The maid on duty was sleeping on a chair in the outer room. For safety, she had been drugged.
Gu Xinran quietly entered the inner room and gently lifted the bed curtain. There were two people sleeping inside. One was a middle-aged woman who still had charm, and the other was fat with big ears and a big belly. They should be the prefect and his wife.
The woman looks similar to Sun Ziyan. Finally, the real culprit is found and drugged!
The room was elegant and refined, with gold bird-shaped ornaments hanging from the bed curtains.
Gu Xinran searched and found a bunch of keys in the top makeup box on the dressing table. There were also many makeup boxes filled with various jewelry.
Gu Xinran looked around and saw that the whole room was full of good things and she was reluctant to let them go.
She thought to herself, it was the father's fault for not raising and educating the child. The scumbag's parents were not good people either. Even if they confiscated everything in your house, it would not make up for the pain of losing your father.
Take them all away!
After the wardrobe was closed, a secret door was revealed on the ground. When it was opened, it was found that there was only about five square meters inside, with two mahogany boxes, one large and one small, and three large wooden boxes.
Gu Xinran curiously opened the small box, which contained a box of silver bills, all with a denomination of one hundred taels. There were at least two hundred bills in this stack, which was twenty thousand taels!
When the big box was opened, it was full of gold ingots weighing ten taels each, no less than a thousand taels!
The other three large wooden boxes were all filled with silver ingots of fifty taels each, two thousand taels per box, for a total of six thousand taels!
Make a fortune, collect it!
Gu Xinran was very happy. She had not even gone to the warehouse yet and she had already reaped a great harvest. There was much to look forward to in the future.
This Magistrate Sun is most likely a corrupt official, and this money is the evidence.
But I haven't heard anyone say anything bad about him, so where does all the money come from?
There were only the couple and the big bed in the whole room. They were not worthy of sleeping on such a luxurious rosewood bed.
Gu Xinran dragged the couple to the ground and took away all their quilts without even leaving them a single one.
There are so many refugees suffering from the cold and freezing at the city gate, and they need it.
After dragging for a few times, a key was revealed on Magistrate Sun's neck. He always carried it with him when he slept. It must be a good thing, so he took it away.
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