novelaction Chapter 225 Gong Zishang was scared away
Chapter 225 Gong Zishang was scared away
The sky looked like it was on fire, the clouds were bright red, and the golden orange light outlined them.
The stone slabs turned over and closed, blending in with the surrounding stone walls, fitting in perfectly. The secrets were abandoned in the dark passage.
"Sister must be waiting anxiously. Shall we go pick her up and bring her back to Zheng Palace to have dinner together?" Zhang Xueming shook their holding hands.
"Okay, considering her hard work today." Gong Yuanzheng said proudly.
"Which kind of 'Tangli Jianxue' should I give her? Brother's kind that takes effect in seven days, or Jin Fu's kind that makes your skin glow whiter the next day?"
"Of course it's Jin Fu." Gong Yuanzheng grinned maliciously, "She used to bully me a lot and even said I had dead eyes."
"Then it's time to let her clean her stomach." Zhang Xueming nodded seriously, "She happens to be used to staying up late, so it's okay for her to not sleep for a day."
The two looked at each other and smiled like a pair of little mice who stole oil.
Gong Yuanzheng let go of his hand and held her waist: "I will use Qinggong to take you down?"
Zhang Xueming also put his arm around his waist: "Each of us will do one part. I'm so bored that mushrooms are growing on me. I'll go first, and you can take over the second half?"
Gong Yuanzheng knew that she was afraid of losing face when she met the guards in the second half, so he smiled and said indifferently: "I'll go first, and you'll take over when I'm tired. My fiancée is capable and I'm proud, so it's useless for them to be jealous."
Zhang Xueming really let him take her all the way there using his lightness skills.
The palace gate had not been open for such a long time in many years. The guards on the gate were all holding longbows, staring at the transport team, and were extremely nervous.
From a distance, Zhang Xueming and Gong Yuanzheng saw Gong Zishang, who was wearing a dark red velvet embroidered wide-sleeved chest-length skirt, looking up at the sky, clenching her fists and shouting in despair: "Ah ...
This scene may have been performed too many times, and the people around her went on with their work as usual without even looking in her direction.
Since there were so many priceless valuables in Zhang Xueming's "dowry", Nannies Jin and Qin from the Corner Palace did not dare to let the group of young people take the things out and check them as they did at the beginning. They could not even let the maids check them themselves, for fear that someone would accidentally break something if they didn't take a closer look.
If it is really damaged, it will not only be unlucky, but if Gongmen wants to compensate, Zhang Xueming and Gong Yuanzheng must agree.
Miss Zheng Gongzhao's strength, which broke Gong Huanyu's limbs with one punch, and Mr. Zheng's poison are no joke.
They also have the support of the Sword Master, and now the acting Palace Master of Shang Palace is also here to supervise.
Everyone wanted to finish this work as soon as possible, which made them feel like they had aged ten years. After some discussion, they finally found a quick way to check:
The maids took turns to open ten boxes at a time. They were asked to knock on the lid and four walls of the wooden boxes to confirm that there was no sandwich. After opening the lid, they did not take out the objects. Instead, they were asked to reach into the box and pinch the embroidered silk pads wrapped in cotton on all sides for shockproofing to confirm that there was no sandwich. That was it.
When the two of them nodded, Madam Fu circled the corresponding entry in the "dowry" booklet with a charcoal pencil and called out perfunctorily, "The ten boxes of antiques have been inspected, sealed, and taken away."
No one had any objection. Everyone had been so exhausted by the unexpectedly heavy workload that they didn't even have the interest to look at the rare treasures.
Their eyes were dull and their movements were slow, they just hoped that the city gate a hundred meters away would be closed quickly and someone would tell them that this was the last batch of things that needed to be checked.
Gong Yuanzheng and Zhang Xueming came hand in hand, their clothes fluttering, looking like fairies.
Hundreds of people present looked over there in unison, without any obsession or admiration, only resentment.
Zhang Xueming felt a little guilty. He glanced at the batch of things that had been unpacked and were waiting to be inspected, made an estimate, and did not dare to say that there might be more behind.
A large part of this "dowry" was carefully prepared by her.
In the past two years, Zhang Xueming traveled all over the south. He was lucky and every time he found a Wufeng stronghold, he was always able to catch up with them before they handed in their harvest.
Qin Nan and his men had not arrived yet, so she could only kill them all and take away all the property and everything that could be taken away from the stronghold.
Where did Wufeng get so much wealth?
Wufeng's people were used to being overbearing. If they heard that someone else had good things, they would come to their house to ask for them. If they didn't give them, they would kill the whole family. Outside the capital, it was not uncommon for officials below the fourth rank to fall victim to their murderous acts. Local officials reported the incident to the court, but the court turned a deaf ear to it. Many people speculated that Wufeng was a mad dog raised by the court.
In addition to open robbery, the various sects, small families, and large merchants that surrendered to Wufeng would pay tribute on a regular basis every year. Wufeng himself also ran casinos and brothels in various places, earning a considerable income.
Zhang Xueming was fighting evil while making money. Wu Feng had issued a killing order against her for more than two years, and the assassins he sent out never returned, forcing Wu Feng to go underground completely. Zhang Xueming really couldn't find anyone, so she remembered to clear out the full storage space, and then she scared herself.
Taking advantage of this opportunity to come to the palace, Zhang Xueming took out a lot of good things with the marks erased, and there were even more gold, silver, cloth and silk.
As for the 70% of the family property and 30% of the clan property that she had taken from the Zheng family, the 70% of the dowry left by Zheng's mother, and 80% of the cloth, antiques, books, and rare stones in the mansion, they were all stuffed into the storage space by her.
In this way, the "dowry" collected was already astonishing enough. Who knew that his subordinates would be so powerful and rip off the Zheng family again.
Zhang Xueming thought back and saw that she had glanced at the dock earlier. It seemed that they had also provided her with the coffin?
Very good. Zhang Xueming lowered his eyes and smiled slightly. This was more convincing.
She smiled, and Gong Zishang was about to cry: "Zhao Zhao, it's not that I don't love you, it's that I really have no power. My eyes--" She covered her eyes with one hand and performed exaggeratedly: "Ah, they were all blinded by the light of the treasure!"
"Can I treat my elder sister?" Gong Yuanzheng raised the corner of his mouth with ill intention.
“No, no, no!” Gong Zishang waved her hands repeatedly, turned around abruptly, and ran away holding up her skirt. “Sister suddenly remembered that Shang Gong has something waiting for sister to deal with. See you the day after tomorrow, Zhao Zhao!”
"Sister, aren't you going to Zheng Palace to have dinner with us?" Zhang Xueming spoke quickly.
Gong Zishang ran while waving his hands and shouting, "No, no, no, let's talk about it later, let's talk about it later!" He didn't dare to come tomorrow, for fear of being conscripted again.
Zhang Xueming smiled, appeased the three maids, and left leisurely with Gong Yuanzheng. They were also busy, they had to go back to Zheng Palace to see if there was any problem with the storage of things, right?
Everyone watched them walk away, their eyes becoming even more resentful.
Madam Fu waved her fat hand and said, "Keep going, and try to finish the work before dark. Miss Zhao said that as long as we don't make any mistakes, everyone will get a big red envelope afterwards. Starting tomorrow, we'll have meat for every meal for three days in a row, and we can eat as much as we want!"
Everyone cheered and was excited, and they actually finished it before dark.
Each of the last batch of guards who were transporting items received an extra bag of snacks to fill his stomach. Looking at the people in the Zheng Palace who were still busy working, he curled the corners of his mouth secretly.
What is happiness?
It's probably because you can go back and rest but you see others are still working overtime.