Chapter 142 A little lesson
Chapter 142 A little lesson
"A little lesson? What are you planning to do?" Yu Wenxuan stared at Lin Yan, feeling that her expression was somewhat meaningful.
"I haven't gone out for a long time, I'm going out tonight." Lin Yan stretched.
"Going out to play? There are yamen runners watching outside! How are you going to get out?"
"Those constables couldn't stop me. I was preoccupied with things here the other day and didn't have time to deal with those two from the county government. Now I'm free."
"What are your plans? I'd like to participate," Yu Wenxuan asked with some curiosity.
"Wait for news," Lin Yan said, keeping everyone in suspense.
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With the resources and manpower of the Yu family, the situation in the disaster area has improved significantly, with sufficient medicine and doctors overseeing the process.
The patients in these epidemic areas and those who remained finally showed joy on their faces, seeing hope of getting out.
After several busy days, Li Zhongwei was finally able to get a good night's sleep. He felt like his old bones were about to break.
Late at night, Li Zhongwei slept soundly, and even the night watchman was asleep with his face propped up on his hand, but Lin Yan was still awake.
She had another mission today, so she pulled out a black, form-fitting outfit from her spatial storage and put it on. This was her combat uniform from her previous life.
Avoiding the yamen runners outside, Lin Yan ran towards the county government office.
This county government office is indeed the most heavily guarded in the entire Wutai County. Even late at night, there are still places with lights on and yamen runners taking turns on night duty.
"It seems that Yue Heqiu is indeed very afraid of death." Lin Yan sneered.
Lin Yan could easily evade the constables.
"I wonder where that corrupt official lives?" Lin Yan looked at the layout of the courtyard and was too lazy to look for the two people.
They went straight to the county government's granary. According to the registrar, the county magistrate controlled a large portion of the grain in the granary.
Upon arriving at the granary, they found a considerable amount of grain, with hundreds of sacks piled up inside. The county government office not only housed the magistrate and his assistant, but also many yamen runners; a small amount of grain certainly wouldn't be enough to feed them.
Lin Yan didn't stand on ceremony and threw them directly into her spatial storage; it was none of her business if these people starved to death.
To make sure they wouldn't have any food tomorrow, Lin Yan also rummaged through the kitchen, where there were still some steamed buns and cured meat.
They were to take away everything from the warehouse: charcoal, cloth, utensils, and even firewood from the kitchen.
"Let you experience firsthand the lives of the people outside, suffering from hunger and cold," Lin Yan sneered.
"These two must have made a lot of money. I need to look for them carefully. I can't miss this opportunity!" Lin Yan took out an electromagnetic metal detector from her spatial storage.
"Luckily, this thing still has power." Lin Yan turned on the switch and saw the red light come on, and breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Yan carried the detector and walked around the county government office until she found a place with a very strong signal.
This must be the bedroom, because Lin Yan could hear someone breathing inside as they slept.
I pushed the door, but it was locked, and the window was closed.
"Quite cautious," Lin Yan said, pursing her lips.
She took out an incense stick from her storage space, lit it, and slipped it through the crack in the door.
This is the sleeping incense she asked Li Zhongwei for; he said it was incredibly effective, enough to put someone into a deep sleep, so soundly that they wouldn't even wake up after being beaten.
Li Zhongwei asked Lin Yan several times what she was going to do, and Lin Yan replied that she was going to perform a heroic act at night to rid the people of evil.
Li Zhongwei rolled his eyes at her speechlessly, but in the end he still told her not to go too far, otherwise the court would easily investigate.
Lin Yan scrambled onto the roof, opened a roof tile, and stood guard for a while, listening to the increasingly heavy breathing inside.
She lifted a few tiles, and once she saw a place to fit, she jumped down. There were two people sleeping in the room, a man and a woman. Lin Yan didn't recognize the magistrate or the assistant magistrate, and didn't know who they were.
However, if there really is a treasury here, then it must belong to the county magistrate. After all, money is something you feel safest keeping close at hand.
She glanced at the location she had detected from the outside; it was a wall.
"Looks like there's a secret room!" Lin Yan touched the wall and indeed found a crack, but after searching for a long time, she still couldn't find the mechanism.
"Tsk, what a nuisance! This bastard!" After being repeatedly rebuffed, Lin Yan became even angrier and cursed the county magistrate.
Lin Yan glanced at the room's furnishings, then her eyes lit up when she saw a potted camellia on the shelf.
"There are spies."
She gently touched the camellia leaf, her eyes growing brighter and brighter.
After loosening the leaves, she stood in front of the display cabinet, squatted down, opened the lower cabinet, and began to rummage inside.
When he touched a slightly recessed area and pressed down, the hidden door opened.
"That corrupt official hid himself quite well; he really is a dog," Lin Yan cursed again.
Yue Heqiu probably never imagined that keeping a potted plant in his house would lead to the discovery of a spy. If he knew, he would probably spit out a mouthful of blood.
Seeing his empty vault again, he couldn't stop bleeding.
Lin Yan entered the secret room, which was decorated like a study, complete with a desk, cabinets, and shelves. However, the shelves were not filled with books, but with all sorts of rare and precious items.
The box contained a great deal of gold and silver jewelry, enough to blind anyone who looked at it, as well as a box of silver notes and land deeds.
"As expected, he embezzled a lot; this is all the people's hard-earned money."
Lin Yan didn't take anything; instead, she rummaged through the desk and found what she was looking for: several ledgers.
Lin Yan glanced through the ledger and found that it was not for Yue Heqiu, but for officials who had dealings with him or whom he had bribed.
It seems the evidence pointing to the magistrate and the assistant magistrate should be asked of the registrar. Lin Yan felt that he definitely had it. Although this person was timid and dared not disobey their orders, he was not stupid and his heart was not entirely black.
After putting the ledger into her spatial storage and taking away all the valuables, Lin Yan nodded in satisfaction as she looked at the secret room, which she had cleaned spotless.
"I'm actually helping people clean up. I'm such a nice person."
After leaving the secret room, Lin Yan thoughtfully closed the door for the county magistrate.
Looking at the county magistrate sleeping soundly in bed, Lin Yan really wanted to chop off his head, but she decided to leave this task to the government. Otherwise, turning the perpetrator into a victim would only cause trouble for her and her disaster relief team.
But seeing the magistrate fast asleep, she felt a little unwilling.
After staring at it for a while, Lin Yan finally raised the knife.
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Lin Yan stayed up all night again yesterday, doing tiring work like cleaning the house. She went straight to sleep after getting home.
The next morning, Fu Bo came to wake her up, but she couldn't.
Fu Bo thought that she was indeed quite tired these past few days, so he let her sleep, since Xinglintang was there to cover for her outside anyway.
Li Zhongwei gave orders to Yu Dingxin, Yu Wenxuan, and the doctors from Xinglintang without any hesitation.
Ironically, this group of people were quite willing to follow Li Zhongwei around, doing his bidding.
There is no shortage of medicine and doctors, more and more people are recovering, and the work of taking care of patients has become easier.
Fu Bo looked around and felt there was nothing he could do, thinking, "Maybe I should just go to sleep. I'm getting in the way here anyway."
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