Nongmen counterattack: I take my family to a well-off life

Chapter 161 Weapons stolen
The boxes were brought up one by one and placed under the big tree next to them.

As soon as Zhou Yue came up, Wu Xiaoyi couldn't help but ask: "Fourth Young Master, what are these things? How did they get to me?"

"These are iron blocks. Didn't you say you need iron? I've sent people to transport it. Don't worry, it's enough!" Zhou Yue said.

Wu Xiaoyi hurriedly opened the nearest box, and it was indeed smelted iron, "All these?"

Seeing so many boxes being carried up, Wu Xiaoyi became uneasy. With so much iron being transported so quickly, the Fourth Young Master might have a mine, right?

Zhou Yue: There are mines, but they are not mine...

"It's not all iron." Zhou Yue said.

"Oh." Wu Xiaoyi heaved a sigh of relief.

"There are also some forged weapons, tools and molds for blacksmithing!" Zhou Yue continued.

Wu Xiaoyi's eyes widened, "Weapons!"

He hurried to the boxes, and the boxes were opened one by one, revealing the shields, arrow feathers, spears, broadswords, long swords, etc. inside.

"Hiss~" Everyone at the scene gasped, these four young masters are really powerful, they managed to get so many weapons.

The soldiers carrying the boxes up also pursed their lips secretly. It turned out that they were all weapons, no wonder they were so heavy!
"Master Wu, I leave these to you. Use those iron blocks first. If they are not enough, remelt the weapons and use them again." Zhou Yue said.

Wu Xiaoyi nodded in a daze, "Okay!"

"Oh, by the way, there is coal and fuel in the box lifted up from behind, come to me if you need anything." After Zhou Yue finished speaking, she turned and walked down the mountain.

At the same time, the craftsmen who had just woken up came to the cave, ready to start a day's work, but just stepped into the cave and found that the tools for blacksmithing were gone!

"Who took my tools?" The old craftsman shouted loudly.

"My tools are missing too!" A voice also came from the cave next door.

"Mine is gone too..."

At this time, the guard heard the sound and rushed over, "What's going on?"

"All our tools are gone!" the craftsmen said. They were fine when we left yesterday, but they are gone today.

The guard frowned, "Are they all gone?"

The craftsmen nodded, "Yes, they are all gone!"

"I'll report it to Mr. Qin. You guys wait here!" After the guard finished speaking, he ran out.

"Report!"

The guard entered the Qin Mansion, "Report, my lord, all the craftsmen's tools are gone!"

Master Qin got up immediately, "What? What do you mean by missing? Can you still run with long legs!"

"My lord, as soon as the craftsmen entered the cave this morning, they found that their tools were missing." The guard lowered his head and said.

"What's the use of those tools for others! Then..." Mr. Qin suddenly paused, "Quick! Go and see if the weapons are there!"

"Yes!" The guard immediately stood up and ran away.

Master Qin also hurriedly ran to the mine. When he arrived in front of the cave where the weapons were stored, Master Qin was breathing heavily.

The guard ran out of the cave in a panic, his face panicked, "My lord, all the weapons are gone!"

"This, this...cough cough..." Mr. Qin panted heavily, hearing the news, he almost lost his breath!
"What's going on here? Where are the people who were on duty last night? Call me!" Master Qin's blood was surging, his eyes were red.

"Yes!" The guard quickly called to the person who was on duty last night.

"Sir, my lord..." Yesterday, the night watchman came to Master Qin. When he heard that the weapons were missing, his body couldn't help but start to tremble.

Master Qin looked at the group of people in front of him, "How did you keep watch yesterday? Where did the weapons go?"

The guards looked at each other, "My lord, we are not lazy, no one came last night, we don't know why we didn't have those weapons..."

Lord Qin kicked the guard over and knocked him to the ground, "You don't know! So many weapons are lost and you still say you don't know? No one has come, maybe the ghosts took them away! Huh?"

The guards were so frightened that they trembled and lowered their heads in silence.

"Quick! Send someone to search, we must find the culprit!" Master Qin waved his hand, and the surrounding guards dispersed one after another, running to find clues.

Mr. Qin walked into the cave and found that there were not many footprints on the ground. With so many weapons, it would take a lot of people to move them away. The footprints on the ground are sparse, just like usual.

"Come on! Invite Mr. Meng!" Master Qin shouted.

After getting the news, Mr. Meng quickly followed the boy to the cave.

"My lord." Mr. Meng cupped his hands in salute.

Mr. Qin waved his hand, "Mr. Meng, you don't have to be polite. Come and take a look. All the weapons here are gone. Mr. Meng, see if there are any clues."

Mr. Meng immediately observed the cave, from the place where the weapons were placed to the ground, observing very carefully.

"Sir, come and take a look!" Mr. Meng said, and Mr. Qin quickly stepped forward.

Pointing to a footprint on the ground, Mr. Meng said, "Sir, do you see anything strange about this footprint?"

Mr. Qin looked at it and felt that it was a normal footprint. He didn't see any difference. "What's weird about this?"

Mr. Meng stroked his beard and said, "Sir, these footprints were not left by our people!"

"Oh? Why do you see it?" Master Qin asked.

"My lord, look at the size of the footprints. This footprint is obviously too small. We are all grown men here, and we don't have such small feet!" Mr. Meng gave a clue.

Mr. Qin suddenly realized, "Yes! Such a small foot looks about the size of a child's foot. It is impossible for an adult man to be like this. These must be footprints left by a thief!"

"That's right, it's just that the old man is still a bit puzzled, there is only this one foreign footprint, how did he steal so many weapons?

Moreover, how did he get out without alerting the night watchman? "Mr. Meng lowered his head and thought about it, but he couldn't imagine how the thief did it.

Master Qin fell into silence, and he couldn't figure it out.

"My lord, the most urgent thing now is to report to the officials. Only when the county magistrate knows about it can we send more people to find clues." Mr. Meng said.

"Report to the official? If...if you report to the official, then the theft of the weapon will no longer be hidden. The emperor will definitely punish him if he finds out!" Mr. Qin was worried.

Losing so many weapons all at once, the emperor will definitely punish him. By then, the black hat will be lost, and maybe he will be imprisoned.

"My lord, at present, the only option is to report to the official. With so many weapons, it will not be possible to replenish them in a short time. If you wait until the capital to ask for weapons and find out that the weapons have been stolen, it will be even more serious!
You can write a confession and go to the capital, saying that your weapons and all your belongings have been stolen, and now you can't even afford rice. You can write whatever you want, and I believe the emperor will be lenient. "Mr. Meng analyzed.

(End of this chapter)