dognovel Chapter 422 Listen to the corner
Chapter 422 Listen to the corner
Looking at the huge pile of things in the space, Yunyi felt a great sense of accomplishment.
"Miss, are you leaving already?" Yang Chunni had watched so intently that she was still a little reluctant to leave.
"Are you staying here to have breakfast instead of leaving?"
"But we haven't been to the Imperial Study yet. There are even more treasures there. Just look at the jade and white jade ornaments on the display shelves, and the official kiln and Ge kiln vases."
“We can’t go there for now.” Yunyi shook her head. “The Emperor is there, and there are definitely guards all around. If I dare to go there, I will be discovered instantly. Although I can escape, it will be very troublesome. If the army is attracted, it will be even more troublesome. Your young lady is here to make money, not to risk her life.”
Yang Chunni nodded hurriedly, realizing she had underestimated the situation.
"Let's go. You've done a lot tonight, you should go back and rest." Yunyi said, climbing over the wall.
There were many guards along the way, but whenever they encountered them, Yang Chunni could easily fool them by creating some ghostly mist. Therefore, Yunyi was able to enter as if she were in an empty place.
But Yang Chunni is a ghost after all, and it's no good for her to keep tormenting the living.
Upon hearing this, Yang Chunni hurriedly crawled into the peach wood pendant. Indeed, she was still a new ghost, and she was quite tired after creating so much ghostly mist.
When Yunyi returned, she was still riding her skateboard, but she stopped halfway because she saw the Zhenbei Marquis's residence, which was Bai Jianming's home.
That guy has already returned to Tianyang City. Judging by the time, he should have already traveled more than halfway. Meanwhile, Madam Bai, Nan Zhiyi, and her son have long since left the capital. Therefore, the entire Marquis's mansion is now under the control of that Aunt Ge.
Bai Jianming has amassed quite a collection over the years. Although he owns several residences, this is his main base, so he should have plenty of things here as well.
Since we're already passing by, and it'll be more than an hour before dawn, let's go in and take a look.
The Marquis's residence was much less heavily guarded than the imperial palace, so Yunyi didn't call out to Yang Chunni when she went in or out.
The Zhenbei Marquis's residence is a five-courtyard complex.
The residences bestowed by the imperial court of the Great Zhou Dynasty were all governed by regulations.
The imperial palace has nine courtyards, and no other official may exceed that number.
The princes, including those of the first rank and the second rank, all have seven courtyards. Only the regent's courtyard can have eight courtyards. However, the Great Zhou Dynasty has gone through three generations of emperors and has never appointed a regent.
The ranks of dukes and marquises decrease accordingly.
Of course, if you have money, you can buy a larger courtyard, but smart people won't try to compete with emperors and princes. At most, they'll use the area of a nine-courtyard house to design a five-courtyard house. Normally, each courtyard house has at most two side courtyards, but this design can create four side courtyards.
The Zhenbei Marquis's Mansion was a five-courtyard complex, but later Bai Jianming bought an identical five-courtyard complex next door, and after opening it up, it became a single complex. From the outside, it was still a five-courtyard complex, but the area was much larger, and it was divided into east and west courtyards.
The east courtyard was where Bai Jianming's family lived, while the west courtyard housed his several half-brothers.
Yunyi had never been here before, so she wasn't very familiar with the area and just went wherever she felt like.
She was quite lucky. After entering through the back door, she passed the Marquis's warehouse, or more precisely, the granary. Inside, there were piles of sacks filled with rice. When she put them into her spatial storage, she counted them and found there were 128 sacks in total. Each sack was about one shi (a unit of dry measure), or 120 jin (another unit of dry measure), totaling more than 15,000 jin, and all of them were high-quality rice.
As soon as they came out, they encountered the guards on patrol, so they had to throw a handful of sleeping pills at them. Before the three guards could react, they collapsed.
Yunyi dragged the person to a corner and then continued walking inside.
As soon as we entered a courtyard, we heard noises coming from inside, which seemed to be unsuitable for children.
Yunyi frowned. "Still making a fuss at a time like this? They have good stamina." Although she felt it was a bit unethical, she thought that there were probably many dirty secrets in wealthy families like this, and if she listened, she might be able to hear some inside stories. So, she quietly went to the outside of the house where the sound was coming from.
Sure enough, the sounds of men and women breathing heavily mingled together inside, indicating that the battle was quite intense.
After listening for a while, I felt it wasn't very interesting and was just about to leave when it seemed to have ended inside. But instead of sleeping, they started chatting.
“Father, you are far superior to him.” A woman’s seductive voice rang out.
Father? Yunyi immediately got goosebumps all over. Was this a father-daughter affair? But the Bai family didn't seem to have any daughters.
"I'm getting old," the man said with a hint of pleasure. "How can I compare to young people?"
"So what if he's young? He's never in the capital. But thankfully you're here, Father. Otherwise, Yun'er would be spending every day alone in her room."
"Alright, we still need to keep a low profile, in case someone finds out..."
"Yun'er knows, don't worry, no one will know. However, Yun'er doesn't feel comfortable with An'er always calling you grandfather."
"Don't worry, although he can't call me father, this Marquis's mansion will definitely be left to An'er in the future."
"What about the eldest young master..."
"Don't worry about him... just trust me."
"Yun'er naturally believes you."
"It's getting cold, you should go now."
"Anyway, the madam has been drugged and won't wake up until dawn. Shall we go to her bed and do it again?"
"you……"
"Brother, your wife is right here, but you're doing it with your daughter-in-law. Don't you find it exciting?"
"You goblin."
……
Yunyi rolled her eyes, muttering "Holy crap" to herself. Was the Bai family really this messy? So Bai An wasn't Bai Jianming's son, but his younger brother! So Bai Jianming's favored concubine and his father had conspired to cuckold him! So that's how it was…
In short, it was incredibly exciting.
At this moment, the two people in the house really moved to the next room, and Yunyi confirmed that this courtyard was indeed Bai Qingshu and Chen Mingyan's courtyard.
However, Chen Mingyan had already been drugged.
Yun Yi's eyes flashed, and she followed to the window of the room next door. She poked a hole and peeked inside. Although there was no light, she could still see clearly that Bai Qingshu and Ge Yun had already started their battle, and there was another person on the bed snoring softly.
So, she first blew some aphrodisiac into the room, since a battle should be intense. Then, she quietly sneaked in, gave Chen Mingyan on the bed two acupuncture needles, and left amidst the heavy breathing of the two men to continue her shopping spree. The east was already turning white, and there wasn't much time left.
As for what will happen here in a little while, that's not her concern.