Chapter 12: Where the Stolen Money Is
Although Su Duan was invincible, and the bandits on the mountain beat him with knives, guns, and sticks for half a day, they couldn't hurt him in the slightest, but they still needed to eat, sleep, and sleep. Originally, I ran a hundred miles away early in the morning to do the chivalrous list mission, but when I came back at night, I encountered this thing, and I felt tired.
But as soon as he walked near the inn, he suddenly saw three figures sneaking in the direction of the back mountain. Su Du took a closer look, and the person who took the lead was dressed in the same way as the bandits on the mountain, while the two behind him looked like yamen officials.
It seems that Wang Batian did collude with the government, and at this time, I am afraid that he also heard the wind and grass. Su Du remembered the ledger he found in the cellar and felt the need to go to the yamen to check it, so he turned into an owl and flew in the air to find the location of the yamen.
Sure enough, it was still an owl that could see clearly, and Su Du thought as he looked for it. It seems that after his own change, he can still have some of the specialties of animals. Although I have never been to the Yamen, with the costume dramas I watched in my previous life, I still know the appearance of the Yamen, coupled with the owl's keen eyesight, I saw the county government of Taiping County in a short time.
The appearance of the yamen is almost the same as in the TV series, but there are many courtyard houses. There was a large drum at the door, covered with dust, which had not been used for a long time.
Su Du looked at the big drum that no one had touched and thought: Could it be that this Taiping County is really peaceful, this drum looks the same as new, and no one has ever beaten the drum and sounded the grievances?
But thinking that the government had colluded with villains like Wang Batian, Su Duan certainly didn't believe what he was seeing. So he quietly landed on the eaves and observed the situation in the courtyard of the yamen.
I saw the candlelight flickering in the study on one side, and there were two or three people writing something inside. Since the doors and windows were closed, Su Du could only see through the shadow reflected in the candlelight, so he was about to sneak in to take a closer look, and then chanted a spell and turned into a mosquito and quietly flew in through the crack in the door.
It happened that at this time, Zhang Shengguan also came in from the outside, and instructed the person who wrote inside: "You have checked this copywriting carefully, and everything that can be changed is good-looking, and if there are any unfavorable account books, they will all be burned." I don't want the Imperial Inspector to see the bad record of our yamen. ”
It turned out that in order to cope with the above inspection, these people falsified the account books and documents overnight. Although Su Duan didn't recognize Zhang Shengguan, looking at his shelf, he also guessed that he was not far from ten.
Everyone hates corrupt officials, whether it is modern or ancient, seeing this scene, Su Du secretly scolded in his heart: Okay, you are a dog official, you look serious, but you didn't expect to collude with bandits, and now you are still making fake accounts, your skin is really thicker than the city wall, and I will have to tear off your skin when the time comes!
After Zhang Shengguan finished his order, he thought of the stolen silver he had received from Wang Batian, and he felt that he was not sure enough. So he turned around and went out, called two pawns, and went out of the yamen with him, and went straight to his mansion.
Seeing this, Su Du didn't know what this promotion was playing, so he hurriedly followed. Zhang Shengguan's mansion is in a feng shui treasure in the south of the city, the courtyard is very large, and the house is located in three floors and three floors. There are many flowers and plants planted in it, and there is also a small lotus pond, which is probably a little interesting for his wife.
Su Duan had never seen such a wide yard before, and he couldn't help but blush when he saw this scene. In his previous life, he lived in a small house of about 10 square meters, and the rent for a month was several hundred, not counting the water and electricity bills! If it was a commercial house in the city, one square meter would cost tens of thousands of yuan! But even in ancient times, it cost a lot of money to build such a large courtyard.
Zhang Shengguan ordered the pawn to stand guard outside the door, and went to the bedroom alone with a lamp, and his wife had already fallen asleep by this time. Zhang Shengguan took out a small box from under the bed and took out a large bunch of keys. Then he went straight to a nondescript cottage in the backyard.
Su Du also flew over immediately, although it was a small house, but there were three locks on the door. Su Du sneered in his heart, this dog official really has no silver three hundred taels here, and there are so many locks, why don't you write a sign saying that there is a treasure here.
I saw Zhang Shengguan look around vigilantly, and only after confirming that it was safe did he take out the key, and opened the lock in turn before entering the house. There were some clutter piled up in the house, and I couldn't see anything special. He walked over to a wall where garlic skewers hung and turned the hidden mechanism on the wall, only to hear a creaking sound, and a secret tunnel appeared on the ground in the corner of the hut.
Zhang Shengguan carried the lamp and walked slowly down the long steps. After walking to the end, there was another door in front of him, and there were still three locks on it. Su Du thought to herself, this dog official has so many locks, it is not too troublesome, but this must be where the stolen money is, it seems that he did not run in vain, and now all the evidence is complete.
When Zhang Shengguan entered the house, sure enough, it was full of gold, silver and jewelry, no less than Wang Batian's treasure house. He kept counting his stolen money, rubbing his palms and his eyes lit up, looking like a miser.
Su Du saw Zhang Shengguan's insatiable appearance, and immediately became indignant. I thought to myself, if the bandits are down, the bandits are originally robbers, and if they don't rob money, then they are not bandits. As the parents of the common people, they don't want to lead the people to a well-off life, but they are in the same stream with the bandits, which is even more hateful than the bandits.
Thinking of this, Su Du flew to Zhang Shengguan's face and stabbed him fiercely. Zhang Shengguan felt that there were mosquitoes on his face, so he reached out to shoot them, but he didn't expect this mosquito to be so clever, not only did he not slap the mosquito to death, but his face was about to be swollen. Seeing Zhang Shengguan's funny appearance of slapping himself constantly, Su Dui's heart suddenly felt a lot more refreshed.
"This damn mosquito!" Zhang Shengguan was so bitten that he had no intention of looking at the treasure, and while cursing incessantly, he went out of the room and locked the door.
"Wow, you're still scolding me!" Su Du heard Zhang Shengguan's curse and thought, "It doesn't seem to be exciting enough, I'll give you a good time today!"
Then he immediately turned into a big hornet and stung Zhang Shengguan in the face.
Zhang Shengguan didn't notice the hornet, his hands were still locking the door, and Su Duan took the opportunity to sting the tip of his nose, which directly made his whole nose swollen. Zhang Shengguan screamed in pain, and when he looked back, it turned out to be a big hornet, and he quickly ran out in fright. But Su Du was willing to let him go, chasing Zhang Shengguan's face and stinging when he saw the vacancy.
"Help! come and save me!" Zhang Shengguan shouted as he ran, his face was full of large and small bags, and his whole head was swollen. When the pawn at the door heard this, he hurriedly rushed in to rescue him, but he couldn't hit the hornet.
"Sir, dive, dive!" In a hurry, a pawn pointed to a group of lotus ponds and said.
Zhang Shengguan has no other way, if he continues to be bitten like this, I am afraid that his own mother will not recognize him. So he hurriedly jumped into the water.