Leaving aside these digressions, Youqing smoothly entered the Tan family mansion.
Tan Ruixian went out on official business. As a "fair and honest" official, Tan Ruixian did a very good job of putting on a show. He went to work on time and never spent his days idly.
Therefore, Tan Ruixian was not at home.
Youqing walked into Tan Ruixian's study. She occasionally encountered a few people along the way, but they all acted as if they hadn't seen her.
Tan Ruixian's study was not particularly large, but rather conventional, and there were no particularly valuable ornaments. Compared to many officials who love to collect calligraphy, paintings, porcelain, antiques, and the like, Tan Ruixian's study was indeed quite simple.
She looked it over carefully and found nothing wrong with the study.
She didn't believe it.
After a while, she had to accept that she hadn't found any clues.
"Tongtong, get out and get to work."
The system had been watching this for a long time and was just waiting for her to speak!
"There's a loose tile under the desk. Try stepping on it hard."
Youqing followed the system's instructions and found it. The floor tiles moved downwards, and the shelf behind the study opened from the middle.
"It's a locked room!"
Having a secret room is good; things that are inconvenient to leave outside will likely be kept in a secret room.
She quickly went inside, and then the secret room behind her closed.
Once inside, she discovered that the secret room was quite large. As she looked at the luxurious antique shelves inside, she said to the system, "How did you discover the secret room? It was the same way you discovered the secret room in the 'haunted house' last time."
"I've collected all the building plans for the entire Tan family estate. What do you think?"
Okay! A system is a system. Even with its abilities crippled, it's still unmatched by ordinary people.
Compared to the simplicity outside the secret room, the interior can only be described as extravagant.
The ornaments displayed on the display shelf are all rare genuine pieces, and they are all famous antiques.
Four entire wall-high display shelves were filled to the brim.
As Youqing walked further in, she discovered several large vats. These vats were quite exquisite, made of high-quality porcelain, and filled with calligraphy and paintings. Youqing randomly opened a few pieces, and after verification by the system, they were all found to be of some historical value and genuine.
As she walked further in, she was almost blinded by the sight of a whole wall of gold bricks, which made her eyes hurt.
There were also about a dozen large wooden crates piled together. If you opened any one of them, you would find it full of jewelry, all of which were incredibly beautiful.
"Master, please help me calculate how much silver the items in this secret room are worth?"
"At today's market price, it would be worth three or four million taels."
Good heavens, a prefect can amass three or four million taels of silver. That's incredibly greedy.
"Host, there is a hidden compartment behind the display shelf against the wall on the right."
There's a hidden compartment?
She followed the system's instructions and found the hidden compartment.
Then she took out a thick ledger. She flipped through it casually. Although she had never studied accounting, the ledger clearly contained incriminating evidence!
If it weren't for the system's reminder, she would never have thought there was a hidden compartment inside.
She quickly put the ledger into the farm, then looked at the things in the secret room and couldn't resist. Her hand trembled, and she put them all into the farm.
When she came out of Tan Ruixian's study, it was still early. She had inquired and learned that Tan Ruixian usually returned in the evening.
After leaving Tan Ruixian's study, Youqing did not leave immediately, but went to the backyard. Compared to the strict rules of the front yard, the backyard was more relaxed, but the rules were still quite strict.
She went to the storeroom of the mistress of the Tan family.
Madam Tan's storeroom was even more impressive than Tan Ruixian's secret room. There was also a dowry list in the storeroom. Youqing glanced at it and saw that there weren't many items, but the contents of the storeroom were far too numerous.
The reason for its existence is self-evident.
It seems that Madam Tan was aware of what Tan Ruixian had done.
Since that was the case, Youqing left nothing for Madam Tan.
After leaving Madam Tan's storeroom, she went to other storerooms in the Tan family. In short, within a limited time, she took as much of the Tan family's property as possible.
After taking the items, she left.
Not long after she left, a scream came from Madam Tan's courtyard, and the Tan household was in complete chaos.
"Help! Help! The mansion has been robbed!"
This sound instantly drew everyone from top to bottom in the main courtyard of the Tan family mansion to the storeroom.
When Madam Tan heard that there had been a thief, she thought that only a few things had been stolen. However, as soon as she arrived at the storeroom, an old woman came over and said, "Madam, everything in the storeroom is gone."
Madam Tan exclaimed in surprise, "What did you say?!"
She didn't believe it.
The prefect's residence was guarded by guards. With so many things in her storeroom, it was impossible to steal them all at once.
She went into the warehouse, only to find it completely empty.
He was completely stunned.
She was truly robbed of everything.
She immediately realized what was happening and asked the old woman beside her, "When was the last time you came to the storeroom?"
As the wife of the prefect, Madam Tan frequently needed to open the storeroom to retrieve items for social obligations and to give gifts in the inner quarters.
The old woman replied, "I opened the storeroom last night, and everything inside was in good condition and complete."
It's morning now, which means the thief probably came to steal it last night.
At this point, no one would suspect that someone committed the crime this morning. Although there was no one guarding the warehouse all the time, people were coming and going outside the warehouse from time to time. With so many things in the warehouse, to steal them openly is just ridiculous.
Madam Tan was furious. Since it happened last night, there must have been some clues left behind.
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