Chapter 156 Theft
The western tip of the Great Qin Dynasty, and Didao faces westward for eight hundred miles.
There is an island in the vast sea of the plateau, whose real name is Huaishu King Island, which is because there is an ancient locust tree that has grown for more than a thousand years on the island.
Later, this place was occupied by a group of strong men and since then it was renamed Shengmu Imperial Island.
There are huge trees growing on the island, but traps are filled with poisonous snakes and beasts.
The entire giant island is covered in a faint smoke, some of which contain strange poisons, while others do not.
Those who are not from the island will die and die without life.
However, today, a ship rushed to the dock. Before he could stop, he saw a man running down, ignoring the dense traps and poisons on the island, running wildly towards the north.
Because he was holding a golden arrow in his hand, he was the leader's command arrow.
The man ran to a huge palace half hidden on the ground and half on the ground. He raised the golden arrow in his hand and shouted: "Horse 100,000, I hope to see the leader!"
Seeing him like this, four men in black robes at the door looked at him, one of them stepped forward to take the golden arrow and handed it to the person behind him, turned around and entered the palace, and the other three people surrounded him.
Looking at Su Hou who was faintly excited with ecstasy in his eyes, the three palace guards exchanged glances with each other, thinking about something.
However, after waiting for an hour, the guards who entered the inner Tongbing came out again, half of their faces were rotten, and their voices were cold: "The leader has a order: If there is no matter in Tongtian, they will tear them alive and throw them into the snake."
Su Hou shivered, and then hurriedly promised: "It must be a major event, a top priority."
The guard snorted, looked at Su Hou coldly, then monitored him with the other person and entered the underground palace.
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On a throne of flame carved by fiery red fire jade, a man with disheveled hair, his eyes were red, and his mouth made a "jojo" breathing sound, staring at the person who came with scarlet eyes.
Seeing this, Su Hou was frightened and indescribable fear.
I think this is why senior leaders of the five-scattered people are qualified to practice the highest secret script of this sect, but there are still only three or four people practicing.
It's really, this tragic situation is too amazing.
You know, just six or seven years ago, this Holy Sect leader was a giant with great talent and extraordinary demeanor, which was impressive.
It's just a few years since I became like a half-human and half-demon...
Not daring to think too much, Su Hou knelt down and said, "Report to the leader, the descendant of the Medicine King Valley in the Canglan Mountains, he discovered the descendant of the Medicine King Valley, and his medical skills are super magical! Now, the Holy Aunt is there, and has passed the eighth catastrophe and has become a high-grade master. It seems that she has not been damaged...ah!"
Before he finished speaking, he was captured at the throne of flame by the air. Su Hou's scream was only halfway through, and then he ended abruptly.
Because he looked at the scarlet eyes full of violent aura in horror.
The breathing sound of "Roar, roar, roar" was like a broken bellow, hitting Su Hou's face, and the stench made him almost faint.
"Did the Nine Tribulation Needle appear again?"
The leader of the Demon Sect, the Emperor, had a pair of red eyes, almost burning red. Su Hou endured the severe pain and fear of the place where he was caught, and his voice trembled slightly: "Mysical master, my subordinates have been ordered to monitor the saint, and they didn't care, but later they found that the saint was living in an inn opened by Qingyun Village in Canglan Mountain. The most peculiar thing about that mountain village was not their young female saint master had excellent sword skills and great martial arts skills, but the husband of the saint master, who was super magical. He actually saved Bei Cang Khan twice. He heard that Bei Cang Khan was ambushed by the master of Jixia Academy and was killed by someone.
He nailed the sword to the ground, and his intestines flowed out, and he was actually rescued! For this reason, Beicang Khan sent a master of the earth-level martial arts to Qingyun Village, and the wife of the little genius doctor became a master with this. At this point, his subordinates began to pay special attention. Then he found that the Saint Aunt was almost obedient to the young man! Not long after, he became a high-grade master. Together with the female king, he first killed Song Sicheng of Chu, and almost killed Jiang Biaohuchen Lu Daosheng. Obviously, the Saint Aunt was already a high-grade master. So his subordinates concluded that the little genius doctor who was skilled in medicine was proficient in the Nine Tribulation Needles!”
Upon hearing this, Zhi Chi's eyes slowly returned to clearness, and his irritable demeanor stabilized. He let go of Su Hou, stood up, suddenly burst into laughter, and roared:
"I'm not gone!"
His figure flashed and disappeared on the throne of flame.
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Qi State, Wei City.
Kuai family, Longxi Hall.
Kuai Ming, the seventh master of the Kuai family who was in charge of the Kuai family's four-sided goods warehouse, was extremely gloomy and was pacing back and forth in the hall.
However, Kuai Mingyi, the head of the Kuai family, had a calm expression and ate tea quietly.
In the hall, several Kuai family butlers in charge of the Sifang Goods Store and the warehouse shopkeeper stood there, all of whom were sweating profusely and did not dare to take a breath.
After walking back and forth for dozens of steps, Kuai Ming suddenly stopped and looked back at the officials and shopkeepers. His eyes were blazing fire and cursed, "I really hit a ghost!! The door was not broken, and no one died, and there was no movement. How many warehouses of cloth could be thrown for no reason? If it weren't for losing a lot of Luosha, Qingzhou would have to make large military winter clothes, I wonder when I discovered it. I think I'd hit a ghost, an insider!!"
Several Kuai family housekeepers and warehouse shopkeepers were so angry that they knelt down and kowtowed and shouted injustice: "Seventh Master, our generations have been born to the Kuai family. How dare you do such a rebellious thing?"
They started to gamble and curse one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one.
Kuai Ming was roaring, "You all speak better than singing. Then let me ask you, where are those warehouse cloths? Can so many cloths be left at will?"
Neither the Kuai family’s butler nor the shopkeepers could speak.
Kuai Mingyi, who had been eating tea quietly, suddenly put down the tea cup and said slowly: "This is not what they did."
He looks at people all his life and will never misjudgment himself.
If even a few servants could misunderstand, the Kuai family would not become more prosperous in his hands.
The seventh master Kuai Mingzheng said with a suffocation, "Fourth brother, if it weren't for the inner demon, how could those Cangbu disappear without a sound?"
Kuai Mingyi doesn't know this...
However, he remained silent and said lightly: "I will look for someone to investigate this matter carefully. But Seventh brother, don't scold them again before finding out the truth. They are all old people in the family, loyal and will not do anything to blame the Lord."
Kuai Mingzheng naturally knew that his scheming fourth brother was winning people's hearts again, but he did not dare to show it.
A century-old prominent family like the Kuai family has such a large family business, and the fierce battle for the "strife to the throne" is definitely not something that small families can imagine.
Kuai Mingyi was able to inherit the position of head of the Kuai family through the four movements because his three elder brothers died young.
Although all the evidence shows that their deaths have nothing to do with Kuai Mingyi, Kuai Mingzheng is still clear-headed.
He doesn't need evidence, it's enough to just look at who benefits the most.
Since he understood this, he became the Seventh Master of the Kuai family, and instead gained the trust of Kuai Mingyi...
After Kuai Mingzheng and several managers and the shopkeeper went down, Kuai Mingyi suddenly said to the empty room: "Old Kong, you have gone to the warehouse to see it, what have you found?"
A hunched figure appeared in the shadow, making people unable to see it clearly, and the sound of a gong sounded: "The cloth has been lost recently, and some footprints are very clear. It's just strange that the ground is mixed and there is no sign of too many names. It can be concluded that only the people stealing the cloth will not be too many."
Kuai Mingyi frowned when he heard this, pondered for a while, and said slowly: "If it is for the sake of wealth, there are more commercial goods in the warehouse that are more valuable than coarse cloth, and most of the silk has not moved, but only coarse cloth is taken. Why is it?"
After he got up and walked slowly back and forth for two or three times, he suddenly seemed to think of something and said to the hunchbacked figure in the shadow: "Old Kong, go to Qingyun Village and see what kind of clothes the refugees who ran to them were wearing!"
Mr. Kong first responded, and then said, "The head of the family suspected that it was the people from Qingyun Village who were wielding?"
Kuai Mingyi shook his head and said, "It may not be them, but what they lack most now is coarse cloth. I thought, maybe they spent a lot of money to bribe someone and then transported it out of the warehouse..." As he said that, he stopped again and said softly, "But it doesn't make sense. How could they transport it silently for hundreds of miles to pass?"
Even with Kuai Mingyi's shrewdness, he could never imagine that Qingyunzhai would let the second and third masters take action just to steal some coarse cloth from his warehouse.
But if he couldn't think of this, he wouldn't be able to figure it out.
After a long time, Kuai Mingyi's brows stretched, but changed his mind and said, "Old Kong will not go to Qingyun Village for the time being. I think the thief may not stop immediately. It is better for Kong Lao Ming to go to the warehouse for a night to see if anyone can wait for someone to appear."
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Qingyun Village, in the warehouse.
In the afternoon, Huang Honger, who had obtained one of the harvest last night, invited Aunt Chun, Xiao Jiuniang, Deng Xueniang, Zhou Nini and Linglong Xiaodaogu and other women of different sizes in the village to share the silk and satin she had robbed.
I was very surprised to see a group of women, and they were all going to make some New Year's clothes and jackets to wear. Huang Hong'er was extremely proud. Who else did women dislike these?
After glanced at Lin Ning who had nothing to say, she and Aunt Chun and others said, "Pick it up slowly, look good, there is no hurry. There is something better there. I will get some back tomorrow!"
Lin Ning snorted and said, "Stay for a night tomorrow night and won't go down the mountain."
Huang Honger said strangely: "Why do you need to take a rest? Didn't you say you should stay for a longer period of time?"
Lin Ning hugged her hands behind her head, pillowed on the mountain piled in the warehouse, and smiled and said, "Wu Niang has been running around for two days and has not had a good sleep. It's so hard, I want her to have a good rest."
Huang Honger: "..."
Seeing Huang Hong'er crying, not to mention Aunt Chun, even Xiao Jiuniang felt a little reluctant, and whispered to Lin Ning: "Brother-in-law, Sister Hong'er is also very hardworking."
Huang Hong'er was so grateful when she heard this.
Lin Ning smiled, of course he was not really because of this reason, but something else important to do...
On the other hand, Aunt Chun also said a few words to Huang Hong'er, and she naturally had already seen Huang Hong'er's feelings for Lin Ning.
She can only be happy if her child is so popular.
However, Deng Xueniang was so awkward that she looked at Xiao Yier and Aunt Chun. Xiao Jiuniang talked, and looked at Lin Ning's Huang Hong'er from time to time with her pair of pity. Then she looked at her silly daughter who was still picking silk with Linglong Taoist nun.
Deng Xueniang just felt that her worries were broken...
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Chapter completed!