Chapter 85: Gathering Evidence
The room was assigned, Ai Li and Shen Zili lived in the same room, while Mu Yanze, Mu Xianyu and Duanmu Shadow Owl were crammed into one room!
"This room is a bit small, and it can't sleep three of us!" Mu Xianyu wailed, he used to live in a large house, but now he is a little unaccustomed to living in this small house!
Mu Yanze took a general look at the room, the things in the house were cleaned up very well, there was a small bed by the window, next to the small bed was a table, the table was covered with dust, obviously no one lived in it for a long time! Even the door was rotten, with only a few planks left! Looking at the roof again, some of the tiles have been blown away by the strong wind, and as soon as you look up, you can see the clear blue sky! If it's raining on this day, you can't avoid a water leak!
"It's good to have a place to shelter from the wind and rain, but if you're picky, go and sleep on that big tree in the yard! This is not as good as your Second Prince's Mansion, everyone has to compliment you! Elle stood outside the door and said, Mu Xianyu raised her eyebrows, can this woman not slap him every time?!
Mu Yanze put the burden on the small bed, walked out of the door, and flew to the house with a light skill: "He, how can he fly?" β
Shen Zili was amused by the eldest mother: "Auntie, this is not flying, this is called light skill, I have said that they are all good at martial arts, and they will definitely be able to go to the county magistrate to help you take revenge!" The eldest lady was still worried and said to Mu Yanze: "Young man, be careful, it's high up there, come down quickly!" β
Mu Yanze picked up the tiles scattered by the strong wind, and pounded on the roof for a long time before he said to the house with the hole: "Auntie, this roof is leaking, and it will drip if it rains, I will help you fix it!" β
The eldest lady looked at Mu Yanze gratefully, and said, "Thank you, young man, I haven't entered that room for a long time, and I haven't found it, and I'm really sorry to bother you to repair it!" β
Mu Yanze walked over, and when Shen Zili saw Mu Yanze coming over, she pulled him aside and whispered: "When I was chatting with my eldest mother just now, I learned that since the eldest mother's son passed away, she has no financial support, and she goes to the street to beg every day. She is an old man, begging on the street, often chased and beaten by other beggars, no, she was also chased by other beggars just now, and she met us in the small alley! β
Mu Yanze glanced at the eldest lady sympathetically, the eldest lady was sitting on a small stool, her head bowed, her eyes were blank, as if she was thinking about something. I guess I think of her child again!
"My second brother and I are going to hunt some prey, let's make a good meal for this eldest lady tonight!" Mu Yanze said. Shen Zili nodded in agreement, and said, "You go to the street to buy some vegetable seeds by the way, I'm afraid that after we leave, the eldest lady will live without food and drink!" β
"Good, good! My little princess knows how to be most sympathetic to the people! Mu Yanze touched Shen Zili's hair, lowered his head and dropped a kiss on her forehead, Shen Zili said: "Of course, when you go to the street to buy vegetable seeds, you must be careful, don't let the officers and soldiers find out!" Otherwise, we can escape, but this lady will be guilty of hiding a wanted criminal because of us! β
"You are in charge and I will do things personally, you are still not at ease?" Mu Yanze smiled, took Shen Zili to the eldest mother, and asked, "Auntie, what do you want to eat tonight?" We'll do it for you! β
The eldest lady raised her head, her eyes couldn't hide her joy, but it quickly disappeared: "I'm old, I can eat anything!" β
This γγγγγγ Shen Zili glanced at Mu Yanze, it seems that the eldest lady hasn't had a good meal for a long time!
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Duanmu Shadow Owl and Mu Xianyu went out hunting, Mu Yanze went to buy some vegetable seeds, Shen Zili and Ai Li went to a small forest not far away to pick some wild vegetables, and when they returned to the courtyard, they saw the eldest lady holding an old brush brushing the pots and bowls that had not been used for a long time!
Shen Zili hurriedly ran over and said, "Auntie, didn't I tell you to rest in the house!" I'll come back after picking wild vegetables, go back to the house, and we'll take care of the rest! The eldest lady shook her head stubbornly and said, "You have all helped me so much, I'll just brush the utensils, you go wash the vegetables!" I'll brush it! β
couldn't resist the eldest lady, Shen Zili took the wild vegetables, pumped water at the wellhead, sat down with a small stool, and leisurely chose vegetables!
After a while, Mu Yanze came back with a few cabbage seeds and a bag of rice, and Mu Xianyu and Duanmu Shadow Owl also followed! Mu Xianyu hit a hare, three birds, and five fish!
Duanmu Shadow Owl, Mu Xianyu and Ai Li went to the ground to plant vegetables, and Shen Zili and Mu Yanze were responsible for cooking! Don't ask why, Mu Yanze is afraid that Shen Zili will be able to go to the hall and not be able to enter the kitchen's cooking skills, so he will burn this kitchen! (Shen Zili: Dada, don't write me so truthfully, okay?) οΌ
The sun gradually faded, and then the moon rose, and slowly the dishes on the table made people look very appetizing! The eldest lady looked at the table and kept saying, "Thank you, thank you so much!" β
"Thank you, aunt, try it and see if it suits your appetite!" Shen Zili looked at the eldest lady with expectant eyes.
The eldest lady picked up a piece of rabbit meat and put it in her mouth, chewed it carefully a few times, and was really full of praise: "Wow, is this what you made?" The eldest lady was obviously talking to Shen Zili, Shen Zili smiled awkwardly, pointed to Mu Yanze beside her, and said, "This is not what I did, I just started to stir-fry, he did it!" β
"I've lived for so long, in addition to seeing my son go down to the kitchen, it's the first time I've seen a man who has fried this rabbit meat so delicious!" The eldest lady looked at Mu Yanze carefully, this young man looked like a rich kid, and he even had good cooking skills, it was really unseemly!
Mu Yanze was a little embarrassed by the eldest mother's look, and coughed dryly, and the eldest mother came to her senses and said to a few people: "Let's sit down and eat!" If you don't eat it, such a delicious meal will be cold! β
After talking and laughing after eating, the three men walked aside and discussed going to the county magistrate's mansion tonight to collect the unsightly evidence of this county magistrate and Wu Liang!
In the end, it was decided to start acting on the third watch tonight!
When the moon shines on the earth, a voice will be heard from time to time: "The weather is dry, be careful of the candle!" Mu Yanze and Mu Xianyu entered the study of the county mansion, and Duanmu Shadow Owl helped the two of them watch the wind on the roof!
Mu Xianyu was stunned as soon as he entered the study, walked to the desk, picked up a porcelain, and couldn't help but admire: "Wow, this porcelain is so good!" By the moonlight, Mu Xianyu saw a painting hanging on the wall, ran over, and wanted to reach out and touch the painting.
The hand stopped in mid-air, and Mu Xianyu said to himself: "The masterpieces of the previous dynasty can only be viewed from a distance, not blasphemed!" Mu Yanze kicked Mu Xianyu and said, "Are you here to find evidence, or are you here to see famous paintings?!" β
"Of course I'm looking for evidence! However, a small county order, how could there be so many valuable items in the study, it seems that Wu Liang has given him a lot of benefits, no wonder he worked hard for those bandits! Mu Xianyu complained.
Mu Yanze rummaged on the desk for a while, but he didn't find anything, and accidentally touched a mechanism! The wall of the study actually moved, it was a secret room! It seems that this county order is not a fool, it is estimated that all the evidence is hidden in this secret room by him!
Mu Yanze and Mu Xianyu walked into the secret room and saw several large boxes, placed in a corner! Mu Xianyu curiously walked over and opened the box, which was full of gold and silver jewelry!
"Bastard, these are all people's fat and people's ointment, he can really digest it! It is because the imperial court has raised such a group of wastes that it disturbs the court! Mu Xianyu cursed in a low voice.
Mu Yanze searched on the desk in the secret room, there were many ledgers on this shelf, and many of the data were unrealistic: "After embezzling so much money from the imperial court, it's time for him to spit it all out!" β
Mu Yanze continued to rummage, and saw a letter pressed under the ledger, which was opened and read! Mu Yanze scanned the contents of the letter, it turned out that Wu Liang had discovered an iron mine in Zhangshui County, and hoped that the county magistrate could pretend to mine this mine in the name of the imperial court?!
Iron ore? Could it be that the big boss behind Wu Liang is trying to rebel?!!
"Someone is coming, hurry up!" The sound of Duanmu Shadow Owl came from the roof, Mu Xianyu hurriedly took out some silver from the box and put it back in his sleeve, Mu Yanze glanced at Mu Xianyu and said, "Can you have a little luck?!" β
"Let's go, I didn't hear Duanmu Shadow Owl say that someone is coming!" Mu Xianyu pushed Mu Yanze out of the secret room, and before Mu Yanze left, he didn't forget to take the letter on the desk!
Out of the secret room, Mu Yanze turned the mechanism again, and the wall of the secret room was closed!
Walking out of the study, the two met the subordinates patrolling the county government, fortunately, the two were wearing black night clothes and wearing masked cloths on their faces, and the subordinates did not recognize the two as the wanted criminals! The subordinate shouted: "There are assassins, come quickly!" β
After the two of them flew to the roof to meet the Duanmu Shadow Owl with the Duanmu Shadow Owl using light power, they left the county mansion. Rong Gui, who was still sleeping in the bedroom, heard a report from his subordinates: "Master, the study has been burglarized!" β
Rong Gui sat up from the bed abruptly, thinking: Oh no, there are still very important things in the secret room! I quickly got dressed and walked out of the bedroom, and I saw a few people with their heads down, waiting for punishment! Rong Gui roared angrily: "What are you still doing in a daze?!" Waiting for me to make a fortune! Don't go and get that thief back yet!! β
The subordinates hurriedly dispersed, all afraid of attracting Ronggui's ruthless hand!
Rong Gui came to the study, opened the door of the secret room, and checked it, only to see that the account books had been turned over, and the boxes of gold and silver had been opened, and a few taels of silver had been taken, and there was nothing! Rong Gui breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately these account books were not taken away, otherwise, his life would be over!
Rong Gui closed the door of the secret room, not noticing that the important letter on the desk was taken away by Mu Yanze!