Chapter 275: Alarming the Snake

Chapter 275: Alarming the Snake

Except for the treasures that were directly awarded to various palaces by the emperor, the rest would be placed in the treasury of the imperial palace. Although most of them have been moved into the Daming Palace, there are always some left in the Taiji Palace.

The wolf girl took Zhao Yushu around with ease and successfully found the treasure house. The two avoided the patrolling guards and sneaked in easily.

"Junior brother, you said there's not even a cultivator here, and there's no mechanism in the window, so it can't be empty, right?"

"Don't panic. Our core goal is not to find something valuable."

"Then what are you doing here?"

"Stop the grass and scare the snake."

Zhao Yushu was not crazy enough to make a big fuss in the palace to alert the enemy, but there were many ways to alert the enemy.

"There are so few things, but there are so many mechanisms. The Li family is so stingy!" Zhao Yushu hurriedly dismantled a chain mechanism. If he was a little slower, half of the guards in the palace would come over. Although they could definitely escape with their cultivation level, there was a possibility that their cultivation level and even their identities would be exposed.

The wolf girl held back a silent but extremely sharp sword energy for Zhao Yushu, waiting for Zhao Yushu to reset the mechanism: "When Second Senior Sister hears this, she will definitely be happy to reward you with a punch."

Zhao Yushu suddenly recalled the scene where Wan Qiming was beaten so hard by A-Li that he couldn't even scream. He couldn't help but shudder: "I thought princesses were all very gentle."

The wolf girl sneered and didn't bother to pay attention to him.

"Senior sister, are you also a princess in Liao Kingdom?"

"How do I look like a princess?"

"Uh, arrogant?"

The wolf girl forcibly twisted the sword energy that was about to dissipate and aimed it at Zhao Yushu.

Zhao Yushu immediately shut up, set the mechanism in place, and gently pushed open the inner door of the treasure house.

There was no splendor or jewels, and the treasury of Prince Fu’s mansion was much inferior to it.

Even a little dusty.

"Don't be surprised. There hasn't been anything new here for hundreds of years." The wolf girl used her eyes to take in half of the treasure house with the help of a glimmer of light from the window. "They are all calligraphy and paintings. There is nothing with spiritual power. There are still a few rooms inside. Do you want to go in and take a look?"

Zhao Yushu shook his head: "No need, we'll just take the calligraphy and paintings."

The calligraphy and paintings here were of course all works of famous artists. Zhao Yushu did not distinguish them. He casually picked up a few scrolls, put them on his back, and told the wolf girl to leave.

"Why not put it in the storage bag?"

"First, I have to put on a show for that Hu Shang. There are too few people with storage bags, and it's too easy to narrow the scope."

The wolf girl nodded: "What about the second one?"

"Second, I only thought of it after you reminded me. I can take it out later. What I just did was just an excuse."

Zhao Yushu stuffed the calligraphy and painting into the storage bag. Fortunately, his face was covered with black cloth, so he couldn't see that he was blushing.

Hu Shang didn't dare to sleep today.

During the day, that group of bad guys almost dug out the things. If those two heroes bring any good stuff today, we can’t accept them no matter how good the stuff is.

The window moved a little; it was a bit windy today.

Hu Shang stood up and closed the window. As soon as he turned around, he sat down on the ground.

"Hero! You guys go find someone else, I don't have any money!"

They certainly didn't have the courage to refuse directly, but the two thieves were only seeking money. There were so many merchants in the West Market, and every one of them would accept money.

A few scrolls of calligraphy and paintings were thrown over: "Estimation."

Hu Shang opened his mouth and said, "Didn't you hear me say I had no money?"

"I really have no money."

Zhao Yushu said expressionlessly: "Estimate."

Along with the two words came a knife.

Hu Shang swallowed his saliva and decided to tell the truth: "Two heroes, the bad guys have already checked here during the day. If I collect them again, they will definitely catch me!"

"Then go report it to the police."

"what?"

"You go report to the police tomorrow. Don't mention what happened two days ago. Just say it happened tonight. You must have a way to hide the things from before, right?"

Hu Shang felt that his brain was not enough: "Why should I report to the authorities?"

"What we brothers and sisters want is fame!"

After being kicked in the calf, the wolf girl no longer wanted to be a younger sister.

Zhao Yushu's expression remained unchanged: "For the last time tonight, estimate the price."

Hu Shang opened the scrolls one by one with trepidation, and couldn't help shaking his head: "Although I am not from the Central Plains, I also know that these paintings should be in the palace. Palace, hero, please spare me!"

These two gentlemen were able to steal things from the palace. God knows what the trick is behind it. I am just a Hu merchant, how can I afford to offend these nobles in Chang'an?

"You are a foreign merchant, how could you know that these things belong to the palace? They are just some calligraphy and paintings."

Hu Shang blinked his eyes and said, "Yes, yes, yes. I don't know these things. But heroes, these things are all rare treasures and difficult to estimate."

Zhao Yushu waved his hand and said, "One thousand, is it worth it?"

“It’s definitely worth it!”

"take money."

Hu Shang stared blankly at the two men who had divided the money 70% to 30%. The tall man said happily: "The calligraphy and paintings are still valuable." Then he jumped out of the window and disappeared.

Hu Shang walked around twice, gritted his teeth, carefully hid the things from the previous two nights, and knocked on the door of the West Market Office overnight with a few paintings and calligraphy today.

The two returned to the courtyard, and the wolf girl couldn't help but ask: "Why only one thousand taels?"

"It's not a small amount. He may not be willing to give more."

"Why are you looking for this Hu merchant?"

"There are many Hu merchants in the West Market, but not many of them have their own shops. He is the only one as big as this one. Do you believe me when I say he doesn't have a noble from Xijing backing him up?"

The wolf girl suddenly realized: "So his money is all ill-gotten gains, so it doesn't matter if I take it?"

Zhao Yushu shook his head: "It's just a small part. The main reason is that he has a strong background and will not die because of this. In business, there is no need to kill an innocent person."

The wolf girl blinked and said, "You won't survive more than three months in Liao."

Zhao Yushu smiled and said, "It was almost the same in the Tang Dynasty. If I wasn't lucky, I would have died in three days."

The wolf girl stood on tiptoe and patted his head: "It's okay, I will protect you from now on, but what did you mean by that last sentence? Isn't the money for calligraphy and painting the least?"

Zhao Yushu sneered: "Of course I'm telling it to the prince."

Wannian County's bad commander rushed to Xishi overnight, where his colleagues from Chang'an County were already waiting.

"Who is this bearded man?" Wannian County's bad commander nodded to his colleague and asked.

"Behind him were the prime minister and several dukes. He said he was checking his accounts, and two people ran to his house and forced him to pay 5,000 taels to buy these paintings."

"What about the previous two?"

"He said he didn't know, but it doesn't matter. Those two items are nothing compared to today's."

"why?"

His colleagues did not explain, but took him directly into the West Market Office and into a place that looked like a conference room. The West Market Magistrate, Chang'an County Chief of Police, and even the Jingzhao Yin were all there.

"Because the things should be inside the Taiji Palace."

Wannian Bad Leader sucked in a breath of cold air and looked at the livid-faced Jingzhao Yin, realizing that he had completely underestimated the courage and ability of these two thieves.

So he turned to the shaking Hu Shang and asked: "Did they say anything?"

"They, they said, calligraphy and paintings are still more valuable."

Jingzhao Yin couldn't help but close his eyes. These two thieves were addicted.