Exiled to Lingnan, my plants are miraculous

Chapter 32 Fire in Yihongyuan ()
  "We have just entered Xu Shi. You still have three quarters of an hour. The city gate will probably be closed by then."

Weng Toubai is also a very good social person. When he entered the city, he chatted with the beautiful girls in the city and listened to all the news. Wouldn't it be useful now?
  Three quarters of an hour? 45 minutes was barely enough. As for the two kidnappers who couldn't be dealt with for the time being, Lin Yue was quite sorry.

"Click."

Lin Yue was pleasantly surprised by the subtle noise. She didn't expect to find it so quickly.

But in order to prevent loud noises from being made next, Lin Yue began to pretend to cry.

"Hey, oh, oh, oh, mother, woo woo woo."

Anyway, the sound is not particularly loud, but it is enough to make the people guarding outside relax their vigilance, and it can also cover up the sound of the mechanism triggering.

Lin Yue didn't expect that the madam would actually place the mechanism within easy reach of the bed. No one would have thought that there was a bulge in the innermost part of the bed string. As long as he pressed it slightly, a hidden grid would pop up in the innermost part of the bed.

There was only a three-foot-long box with a lotus pattern inside the secret compartment. Lin Yue guessed that this must be an extremely important thing.

Perhaps the Madam thought that no one would be able to find what she had hidden. There was only a simple lock on the box, so Lin Yue didn't use her lock-picking skills, so she let Weng Toubai do it for her.

Weng Toubai also didn't expect that his roots could actually open locks and open up its new world. From then on, it ran wildly in increasingly strange directions.

A piece of mutton-fat white jade as big as a baby's fist, smooth and moist, with the word "Prince Jing" engraved on it. Lin Yue clicked her tongue twice. He was worthy of being the regent. In this remote corner of Lingnan, he actually had his legions and eyeliners. The little emperor wanted to If you want to be in power, you are afraid that the mayfly will shake the tree and you will not overestimate your own capabilities.

There is a stack of banknotes, each with an amount of one thousand taels, a full one hundred thousand taels. I am afraid this is the old madam’s life savings, accumulated little by little. There is also a ledger at the bottom. I looked through it. Take a look, it records how much money is sent to the prefect every year, how much money is sent to Kyoto, and the important news that helps the regent find out.

It seems that this madam is not a fool. He knows how to keep evidence and wants to save his own life. Although in the end of the world, weak women will conduct money and sex transactions, but they are voluntary and must be done in order to survive in extreme environments. .

But this is not the case with this madam. He forced many good women to lose their lives in despair, and forced many wives to be separated.

Lin Yue closed the box in a good mood and stuffed it into her arms. This room had no value anymore. She was thinking about where the madam would put the money Yihongyuan earns every day.
  Secret rooms are usually built underground or on the first floor, but the entire Yihongyuan is full of people, and it is difficult to go in and out without being noticed. Only the kitchen, warehouse, latrine, and woodshed have slightly fewer people.

There are entries in Yihongyuan every day, so it is very likely that she comes in and out frequently. Not only does she have to prevent outsiders from knowing about it, but she also has to prevent people in the building from knowing about the theft. So first of all, the kitchen was excluded. The smell of the latrine was too strong, and frequent visits to the woodshed were too obtrusive. All that was left was the warehouse.

There is most likely a secret room in the warehouse. Most of Yihongyuan's income may be in it, and three to five hundred taels of silver may be placed outside to confuse people.

With Weng Toubai's help, the floor plan of Yihongyuan has been memorized for a long time. It happened that the woodshed was directly opposite the Madam's window, and there must be no one there at this time.

Because they were pretending to cry all the time, the two people guarding outside did not doubt that a weak woman could break free of the knotted rope. Now they were devouring the hooves sent by the people below. This is a good thing that they cannot eat on weekdays. , it should have been sent here by the old madam to appease their hearts.

Lin Yue quietly opened the window and raised the pots placed in the room. She hung outside the window before she stopped sobbing.

The ancient second floor was only three meters high. Lin Yue grabbed the vines that spawned and jumped gently to the ground. She looked around cautiously and found that no one was approaching the warehouse.

"Brother Long, why is there no movement inside? Should we go in and take a look." "She has been crying for so long, maybe she fell asleep. We tied her so tightly, how could she break free? Eat quickly, she will be cold after a while. I don’t usually have such good food to eat.”

The two people who were engrossed in eating never thought that the people inside had run away, nor did they want to think that tonight might be their last meal.

Lin Yue successfully found the warehouse, and there were indeed several boxes of gold and silver jewelry hidden inside. Unfortunately, it was too heavy, and there were people everywhere, so there was no one to help her. At this time, she once again envied those with spatial powers. With a wave of her hand, These boxes can be loaded directly.

Lin Yue could only reluctantly grab a handful of gold leaves placed on the plate and put a few five-tael silver ingots on them. It would be inconvenient to carry more.

It was already the end of the moon, and the entire Yihong Courtyard was brightly lit. Lin Yue knocked out a young lady in the building, put on her clothes, and quietly approached the Madam Zhang Lihua. She still remembered that her contract of sale was with the Madam. even if it is not his name.

Dancers in cool clothes twisted their waists on the stage, musicians played melodious music, and in the hall, men in rich clothes were dissolute and flirting with prostitutes. The whole hall was filled with the strong smell of powder, wine, and smoke. fragrance.

Lin Yue, who had just come in, was hit hard and almost couldn't breathe. She looked at the people inside in horror. How did they like them in such a harsh environment?
  "It's on fire, help!"

An elegant man's clothes were on fire, and he jumped up in fear.

When everyone saw it, the entire Yihong Courtyard was on fire, with raging flames burning inside. No one noticed it until someone's clothes were burned.

"Ah! Run quickly!"

"Fire, where is the fire?"

"Don't panic, don't squeeze me, mother, help!"

"Tiesheng, Tiesheng, organize people to put out the fire, hurry up."

The entire lobby was in chaos for a while, and everyone was running outside, but the door was only such a big place, so many people were hit and trampled.

Wails, curses, screams, and cries were all mixed together.

Zhang Lihua is thinking about the private money in the room. Anyway, the money is in the underground secret room. There will be no problem for a while. But if her room is burned down, then the savings she has worked hard to save for ten years will be wiped out. .

Tiesheng was her personal bodyguard. Lin Yue breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that strong man gone. If he was still there, her sneak attack on the madam would not have been so smooth. God was really helping her now.

Lin Yue approached Zhang Lihua like a ghost, and fell softly to the ground with a knife in her hand. After groping for a while, she found the deed of betrayal she had seen before, as well as some money wrapped in purses that she had just taken into her arms.

Lin Yue tore the piece of paper into pieces, wiped the neck of the unconscious madam, blended into the crowd and got out, looking at the purgatory-like Yihongyuan, and smiled proudly.

(End of this chapter)