jdhmnovel Chapter 143 Don’t move
Chapter 143 Don’t move
Li Lanzhen continued to walk forward along the courtyard wall. Once she noticed any movement, she would immediately bend down and squat on the ground without moving.
Right next to the courtyard wall was a forest, with flowers and plants planted under the forest, so she hid her body inside, and as long as she didn't make any noise, people outside wouldn't be able to see her.
In this way, Li Lanzhen walked along the courtyard wall, and after several months, her cries for mercy, shouts and curses became louder and louder.
Li Lanzhen knew she had arrived at the front yard.
She continued to hide under the courtyard wall. The trees and flowers here were more lush, and with the help of the firelight, Li Lanzhen discovered that these flowers were very precious and had a strong fragrance.
Li Lanzhen quickly covered her nose with her hands, for she was afraid that the strong fragrance would make her sneeze.
Leaning against the courtyard wall and squatting there, Li Lanzhen carefully observed the area in front.
This should be the yard in front of the main hall in the front yard.
Surrounding them were the government officers and soldiers, some holding knives, others holding whips and sticks.
There are more than a dozen lanterns hanging high, so this area can be said to be brightly lit.
On the third step, under the eaves of the main hall, there is an armchair, and on the armchair, sitting is a man with a pointed chin and monkey cheeks.
His arms were wrapped in thick cloth, his face was pale and he looked unfriendlyly at the person kneeling on the ground in the yard.
There was a tall coffee table next to him and two burly men stood behind him.
This person should be that damn uncle of the emperor.
At this time, there were more than a dozen people kneeling in the yard, and three people were hung high on the tree in front, and three yamen runners were whipping them with whips.
Li Lanzhen heard the emperor's uncle shouting.
"Beat me! Beat me to death if you don't tell me!
They are in cahoots with the assassins. As long as they tell me where the assassins are hiding, I will let them go home and spare their families. Otherwise, this whole family will die!"
As he spoke, the whips of the yamen runners below lashed the three hung men even harder, and the people kneeling on the ground kowtowed and begged for mercy.
"My Lord, please forgive us. We really don't know what the assassin is. We are at home today and have not been anywhere."
Looking at this scene, I thought that I couldn't help either. If I just rushed forward, how could I save a few people or kill a few yamen runners?
What should I do? Li Lanzhen hasn't figured it out yet.
Let’s go collect some supplies first.
Li Lanzhen thought to herself that even if she took away all the supplies in her uncle's government office, she would not have any psychological burden or guilt at all.
She was already prepared. After collecting the supplies, she set fire to the warehouse and the house at the back, and then she would deal with this uncle of the emperor!
She hunched over and retreated to the back, waiting for a few days.
She knew that those places should be the courtyards where the women in the inner house lived.
I picked a courtyard that looked very high-end.
Li Lanzhen felt that this should be the courtyard of the emperor's uncle's wife.
The legitimate wife's dowry should be quite a lot, and since she holds power in the inner house of the government office, she should have plundered a lot of wealth as well.
Don’t the ladies in these mansions have their own small storerooms? First, collect the storerooms, and then light the fire.
Li Lanzhen was lucky and found three warehouses.
However, these three warehouses are much smaller than the warehouse he had just entered.
And the lock on the door opened easily.
When she went in, she saw that it was indeed a dowry.
Many of the boxes looked very old, probably about ten years old, but there were still red wedding characters pasted on them.
Li Lanzhen didn't have time to take a closer look and waved her hand to take them all away.
The other two rooms were mostly filled with cloth and clothes.
Li Lanzhen looked and saw silks, satins and coarse cloth. There were also various kinds of silk clothes, as well as piles of coarse cloth clothes.
Li Lanzhi knew that these should be the clothes of the master and the maids.
All were stored into the space and then came to the third small warehouse.
When she went in to take a look, Li Lanzhen smiled. There were all kinds of food ingredients, grains, vegetables, meat, and many tonic medicinal herbs.
With a wave of his hand, he collected them all into the space.
Li Lanzhen took out a lighter and three torches stained with pine oil.
Pine oil torches are very common in Forget-Your-Trouble Valley.
Li Lanzhen asked Han Minghai to make more than 20 for her.
She stored them all in the space, where they could be used at this moment.
After she lit the torch, she set fire to the doors and windows and threw the torch into the room.
Following the same procedure, the three small warehouses immediately caught fire.
Li Lanzhen wanted to find the kitchen of this fake uncle-in-law's house.
Judging from the character of this greedy, lazy guy, he should live a luxurious life, so there should be a lot of good things in the warehouse.
As she walked, she kept lighting torches and throwing them at places where she felt might catch fire quickly, such as the thatched roofs or windows.
The fire started burning little by little.
Li Lanzhen also found the kitchen yard.
There was no one on duty at the yard gate, and the kitchen lock was opened smoothly, so Li Lanzhen pushed the door open and went in.
I just took a glance and smiled happily.
The kitchen is really big. There are two rows of stoves, one row with three big pots, and the other row with six small pots, which are used to steam buns and steam dumplings. There are three steamers in each row, one is a square one, and the other two are round and smaller.
She opened a steamer and found it was full of buns, still warm. She took out a bun and took a bite. It was delicious. She ate one in three or two bites and then took out another one to eat.
She waved her hand and started collecting things into the space while eating.
Similarly, nothing could be left behind, so she took the iron pot off the stove and put it into the space.
The iron pot is a good thing. It can be put to great use if we take it back to Forget-Sorrow Valley.
After all the pots, pans, and utensils in the kitchen have been put away.
There was a door on each side of the kitchen. She first entered the house on the right, and when the door opened, she realized that it was a small warehouse.
There were bags of grain and various jars and cans inside.
There is no need to guess, the jars and cans are filled with either meat, oil, or pickles.
He put everything away, retreated to the kitchen, and entered another door.
Unexpectedly, there was no lock on the door, so Li Lianzhen pushed it open and went in.
As soon as she stepped into the door, a cold kitchen knife was pressed against her neck.
"You're an assassin!"
A husky female voice whispered.
Li Lanzhen was shocked. She secretly complained in her heart:
"Damn it, I was careless!
People become careless when they are proud!
Once you are careless, you will lose your life!"