Chapter 573: Mutation
"Gone?" said a faint voice in the bookkeeper.
"Well, let's go. The voice that replied seemed to be the old account room.
Inside the house, several of the bookkeepers who had just been knocked unconscious had already turned over and sat up, only to see them rubbing the place where they had just been beaten, and laughing and playing.
"Fortunately, the boss has already confessed, and let us do something in the scribe's hat, hehe, otherwise our heads will suffer. β
"Not really. "One of them took off the scribe's hat on his head, and put a thick layer of cloth in it, and sewed it firmly with thread, so as not to be found to feel wrong when he hit him, but fortunately the man in black who had just beaten someone was beaten not with his hand but with the back of his knife, and they returned with a full load, which made them less vigilant, otherwise they might still be found to be flawed.
"Boss, are we going to catch up?"
"No, I don't. The old bookkeeper tore off the disguised beard on his face, revealing a smooth young face. "There's someone out there to finish it, let's move those real accounts back first. β
As he spoke, someone agreed, and walked to the room inside, which was the real account room of the auction house, and they had been ordered to stay here in the morning, and now that the matter was settled, move them out and let them wake up naturally.
"By the way, boss, did you hear what the man in black said?"
"I heard that, we've saved their lives, what else do you want?"
The young man who opened his mouth to ask scratched his head, "No, I think, it's not their fault either! It's all the fault of those men in black who robbed, what if their owner wants them to be responsible for compensation because they didn't protect the silver ticket?"
The leader of the team smiled at him, "What do you think? Is it difficult to go and snatch the silver ticket back? The entire auction house has been robbed, not only the money but also the things, and then the account room they manage has not been robbed, the government is afraid that they will be regarded as accomplices of the man in black, right?"
Don't let them fall into a more miserable life because of their kindness at this time.
"Little Sanzi, you just think too much and your heart is too soft. The others laughed at him.
Xiao Sanzi scratched his head and muttered, "I'll just say that." β
The leader didn't say much to him, and instructed everyone to withdraw after the real account rooms were settled.
And the two of them, who were full of people in the account room, walked back to meet their companions with great satisfaction.
Seeing that they had brought back a full load of silver tickets, the leader finally smiled, "Alright! Don't be too happy, it's not too late to celebrate when it's safe." β
That's right.
Looking at today's harvest, the man in black who led the leader nodded with satisfaction, led his men to retreat quickly, and set a fire when he left, standing in the alley next to the auction house, seeing that the fire was gradually getting bigger, they left calmly.
When the Nine Emperor Princes arrived, there was a mess inside and outside the auction house, because the auction house caught fire, the staff and guests fled in panic, and many people were injured by pushing.
The soldiers and horses of the five cities and the officials in charge of extinguishing the fire were in a hurry, because they heard that someone had robbed them, and many of them had been robbed of the auction items they had previously auctioned, and even their lives were lost.
The officials of the capital government looked at the auction house that caught fire, and their faces changed, and eighty percent of the fire was set by the robbers when they left, that is, to destroy the corpses and destroy the traces, and at the same time create panic, and those who fled from the fire in panic may destroy the traces left by those robbers when they escape.
They probably don't want to catch these people in their lives! How can the officials of the government not be angry!
But now that the fire is not extinguished, they will not be able to enter, and when the fire is extinguished, the traces left by those people, if they are not destroyed by those who fled the fire, will be washed away by the flood of fire extinguishing the fire to the point that there is nothing left.
I smelled a smell from afar, and the Nine Emperor Princesses were about to ask someone to take a look, when they heard someone outside the car talking, it seemed that there was a fire somewhere.
"There's a fire there?"
"Back to Niangniang, I heard that the auction house caught fire. The eunuch who was waiting with him replied outside the carriage.
"What about Your Highness?"
The eunuch looked at it for a moment before replying, "Your Highness ordered someone to hurry over, Niangniang, do you think you want to rush over, or turn around and go home?"
"Your Highness rushed over?" the Nine Emperor Princesses couldn't believe it.
The eunuch replied, and asked, "Niangniang, if something happens to the auction house, it must be a mess, you rush over, for fear of danger, for the sake of safety, it is better to go home." β
The Nine Emperor Princesses thought about it, and said, "Okay, order the coachman to go home." β
The eunuch's heart was relieved, and he hurriedly ordered the coachman to turn around, and most of the guards escorted the Nine Emperor Princes to the auction house, and there were only a few guards here for the Nine Emperor Princesses, and the eunuch was afraid that something would happen, and when she agreed to go home, she naturally did not dare to delay.
But sometimes I'm afraid of something.
The carriage turned around and walked not far before it was stopped, and the guards nervously surrounded him, and the man in black sneered when he saw this, "Let the people in the car get off, this car, we want it." β
"Bold!" the head of the guard shouted angrily, and the people in black laughed loudly, "This kid hasn't grown any hair!
The head of the guard was so angry that his eyes were blood-red, but in the end he was still sensible, so he didn't rush forward.
One of the men in black stepped forward with a smile, "Tell the people in the car to leave the jewelry, gold and silver on their bodies, then get out of the car and give us the car, otherwise, don't blame our subordinates for being ruthless!"
"You, you dare!" The head of the guard was angry, stretched out his hand and pulled out the sword at his waist, and then swung it out, only to see the tip of his sword trembling slightly, and the man in black who had just spoken was cut off the masked towel on his face, revealing his ordinary face, the man was annoyed, and the big knife in his hand was swung out, and the swords struck each other with sparks and piercing sounds.
Although the head of the guard is young, he is a master of swordsmanship, and the man in black looks ordinary, but he is also a master of using a knife.
Seeing this, the man in black in the lead sighed, "Yo! It turns out that he is still a master of swordsmanship! I said the lady in the car, if you don't get out of the car again, I'm afraid that your guard will lose his life!"
As soon as the words fell, he saw that the black-clothed man who had been picked off his masked was a step ahead, and he slashed it with a knife, removing the right hand of the head of the guard.
Listening to the head of the guard crying in pain, he lost the hand of the sword when he made a move, and he couldn't stop the bleeding with a point, let alone protect himself.
After the black-clothed man who made the knife removed the opponent's hand, he mercilessly slashed at the vital points around him, and in a short time, the head of the guard was already killed by the knife.
With the assistance of the palace maid, the Nine Emperor Princesses took off the jewelry on their bodies, and got out of the car with the support of the palace maid in a panic, and saw the tragic death of the head of the guard in front of them, stretched out her hand to hide her face and trembled, the palace maid also trembled like chaff, the coachman followed behind them, retreated to the side, and the rest of the guards surrounded the Nine Emperor Princesses, and they looked at the people in black vigilantly.
"Tsk, if this lady had gotten out of the car earlier, your guard wouldn't have died in vain!"
The Nine Emperor Princesses were sad enough, and when she heard them say this, she was even more sad and burst into tears, she didn't dare to cry, for fear of provoking these murderous people in black.
The men in black seemed to be grabbing the carriage, the leading man in black jumped into the car, and several men in black who seemed to be closer to him also got on the carriage, and the remaining men in black turned over on the horses of the guards, and there were more horses than the men in black, and the riders took the horses that no one rode in their hands and took them away.
Seeing that those guards jumped to their feet, they didn't even have a horse, how could they go back to the house? Or go to meet the Nine Emperor Princes?
The eyes swept over the corpse of the tragic death, and everyone's hearts were sad, no one expected that in such a short time, heaven and man would be separated forever!
Some of the guards are brothers and sisters, knowing that he is strong in martial arts, otherwise he would not have become the leader of their team, the kung fu of the man in black is even higher than him, and he will give people to him in a while......
"The leader is really unjust...... "A guard who has the best relationship with the head of the guard can't help but lament.
The deputy team didn't want to look at it anymore, they still had something to do! Ordered one of the fastest guards among them, "You rush over and tell Your Highness, please send someone to pick up Niangniang." β
The man answered, and hurried in the direction of the auction house.
When the Nine Emperor Princes heard that his wife had been attacked, he was furious and couldn't help but rejoice, fortunately he had taken a step earlier, otherwise he would have been attacked.
"There are a lot of people here, I think the man in black won't come back to attack again, you bring someone over to protect the mother. The Nine Emperor Princes thought for a moment and said to the leader of his guards.
The leader disagreed, "Your Highness, the duty of the humble duty is to protect your safety, I will order two teams to go over and protect Niangniang, right?"
The Nine Emperor Princes thought about it, looked at the mess around them, and felt that their personal safety was very important, so they agreed to the suggestion of the head of the guard, and assigned two escort teams to go over and leave the leader and his men behind.
The two teams quickly took over the Nine Emperor Princesses, and saw that her face was pale and her sideburns were slightly messy, and the jewelry on her head, neck, and ears were all gone.
Cheng Qiaofang, who rushed over after getting the news, was slightly relieved when he saw this scene, and there were many pets among the Nine Emperor Princes, all of whom were not fuel-efficient lamps, especially Fang Xinhuai's mother-in-law, Concubine Zheng.
He has always been worried about his sister, and he is afraid that she will be harmed by Concubine Zheng, but now it seems that the Nine Emperors still have a husband and wife relationship with their sister.
In fact, Cheng Qiaofang's worries are not unreasonable, because Concubine Zheng grew up with the Nine Emperor Princes and the princess of the True Yang Empress, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she is a childhood sweetheart, originally she was very hopeful to become the concubine of the Nine Emperor Princes, but her mother and Pingchenggong's original partner was a very close handkerchief, and they were relatives, and at that time, Pingchenggong's original partner was seriously ill and wanted to add more help to his son, so as not to be harmed by her husband's stepwife.
It's just that she never imagined that her son would be killed by her good sister's precious daughter.
The mother concubine of the Nine Emperor Princes didn't like Concubine Zheng, and felt that she was scheming at a young age, so she hired Cheng Lianfang as her son's wife, originally thinking that Concubine Zheng was already engaged to the prince of Pingcheng, and she should not come to harm her son again, but she didn't expect her to be so bold and conspire with her fiancΓ©'s two stepbrothers to kill her fiancΓ©, and then she could fly with the Nine Emperor Princes.
If it weren't for the strength of the guards of the Weiguo Mansion, the Nine Emperor Princesses themselves would have been careful to take precautions, maybe she would have died at the hands of Concubine Zheng.
"You're here!" Seeing his brother-in-law coming, the Nine Emperors had a somewhat cold attitude, Cheng Qiaofang didn't care, and nodded, "Why did my sister and brother-in-law come over? β
The Nine Emperors said in a weird way, "Your sister still encountered it, otherwise she wouldn't have suffered this crime." β
Listening to that tone, it seemed to blame him, because he had selfish intentions, did not honestly give him money, and even organized this auction, which attracted those bandits to commit murder, and frightened his sister because of it.
The Nine Emperor Princesses didn't want her husband to blame her younger brother, so she only muttered, "It's not Ah Qiao's fault, it's that those bandits are too hateful." β
The Nine Emperors' face softened slightly, but his face was still very unsightly, Cheng Qiaofang didn't have the time to worry about him, there was an accident at the auction, so many of his guests died, and the dead were all guests who won medicines at a high price, thinking of the follow-up questions, he only felt a tingling on his scalp.
"By the way, I heard that you are very interested in this auction, and you have paid for a few very clever nurseries to help out?"
I didn't want Cheng Qiaofang to say, "I didn't invite those nurseries, I also want to know who invited them." β
I even speculated the price to the sky, but when I thought about it again, it was useless to speculate it no matter how high it was! Because I heard that the auction house's account room had been looted, not to mention that the silver tickets received from the guests had not yet been delivered to him, and even the money received by the auction house had been robbed.
I don't know how long it will take to renovate, and I don't know how long it will take to renovate the house, and it will not make money during this time, and it will cost a lot of money, and most of the silver tickets that have been robbed do not belong to the auction house.
I was worried, and I didn't want the Nine Emperor Princes to suddenly say, "When will the silver from this auction be handed over to me?
Cheng Qiaofang was stunned for a moment, and then replied with a wry smile, "I'm afraid that this auction will be lost, and I will have to pay a large amount of compensation to the auction house." β
"How could it be? Didn't you say that this auction was auctioned at a sky-high price? How could you lose all your money?
Cheng Qiaofang counted the accounts one by one and told them to the Nine Emperors, and the Nine Emperors were very entangled when they heard it, but their hearts were about to laugh.
"How can this be?" the Nine Emperor Princesses couldn't help but be shocked as they listened to her younger brother count the accounts.
"What about the Nine Revolutions Soul Rejuvenation Pill?" asked the Nine Emperor Princes.
Cheng Qiaofang smiled bitterly, "All the guests who got the medicine died, who does my brother-in-law think that medicine will fall into?"
"Then didn't you make any money this time, and you also posted those medicines?"
"Yes!" Cheng Qiaofang's face was full of bitterness, which made the Nine Emperor Princesses feel distressed.
Outside the carriage came the five commanders of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, as well as the head catcher of the Yamen, who came to invite the Nine Emperors and their wives back to their homes.
I don't know why these two nobles came here to join in the fun, or when they heard passers-by talking about the auction, they suddenly realized that the reason why these nobles came at this time was because of their brother-in-law and son-in-law, right?