HLnovel Chapter 386: Stealing Official Silver
Chapter 386: Stealing Official Silver
"If you let me kill him, I'll tell you why."
The little woman's voice was soft, but her eyes were full of hatred and anger towards Shi Tou. She vowed not to be a human being if she didn't kill him.
Shi Tou felt goosebumps all over his body and an indescribable panic under her fierce gaze.
Qin Miaoxi met her eyes and sighed silently, "Do you think it's possible?"
"How can you know if you don't try? Even if you're a princess, as long as you know the reason behind it, your wealth will increase."
The young woman is good at winning people's hearts. Even if she does not have enough self-confidence, she will use benefits to tempt people to achieve her goals.
Stone must die.
Qin Miaoxi stared at her intently and whispered, "Because of the official silver."
The last two words hit the little woman's heart hard. Her pupils suddenly shrank, and her eyes widened suddenly. Her eyes were full of shock that was difficult to conceal, and even her breathing subconsciously paused for a beat.
She said nothing, yet she said everything; her attitude told it all.
"I do not understand what you're saying."
Unfortunately, Qin Miaoxi saw through her feigned composure immediately. "Ever since you said the village chief had gone to the back mountain in the middle of the night, I've started investigating everything about him. He and several elders in the village were the masterminds behind the robbery of the government silver."
"You were threatened because you saw him commit a crime!"
The young woman looked at her deeply, her eyes full of admiration. "You are worthy of being the only female coroner in the Dali Temple. You even managed to uncover such a secret."
"It's a pity that you came too late. If you had come earlier, Master Xu wouldn't have died saving me."
"Varied……?"
Lu Qingchen was stopped by Qin Miaoxi as soon as he uttered a word. The secret that had been hidden for many years could finally be revealed. They just needed to be a qualified listener.
The little woman cried and laughed at times, and in her intermittent voice she finally learned the truth about the Xu Xiaoru unsolved case.
After Shitou assaulted her, she immediately sought help from the village chief and others. Unexpectedly, she received no justice, but was subjected to even more brutal abuse. Just when she was desperate, Xu Xiaoru appeared and, fighting with the village chief and others to protect her, accidentally discovered a large amount of government silver that the village chief had buried.
Xu Xiaoru was a righteous man, and the village chief knew that if they let him go, he would definitely inform the authorities. By then, the silver would be gone, and their lives would be in danger too. The only way to survive was to kill Xu Xiaoru to prevent future trouble. Several people joined forces to brutally murder him, and warned the young woman that they would kill her if she told anyone.
The young woman had been frightened by their actions of burning and dumping the corpse, and surrendered in horror. However, she had been living in fear all these years, and would dream of Xu Xiaoru's painful wails at midnight. He died trying to save her. It was a pity that the officials were all good-for-nothings and could not find the murderer even with obvious clues.
Later she found out that it was not because the government was incompetent, but because they were in cahoots with the village chief. As long as the village chief stood in the way, her benefactor would never be cleared of his wrongdoing.
However, the village chief has always been a huge obstacle in the village, and it would take time to bring him down, so she began to look for an opportunity.
She flattered those who coveted her beauty, and even killed several people who opposed him at the suggestion of the village chief, thus getting on the village chief's pirate ship. She did some things that the village chief was not comfortable doing in secret.
Over the years, she has killed seven or eight people. Each time, she would trick them into making love on the back of a bronze bull. The spots on the bull's back were the marks left by that. She would kill them when she was in high spirits, and naturally someone would help her clean up the mess afterwards.
No one has cared about Xu Xiaoru's case since the government came to investigate with great fanfare a year ago. She didn't know how to redress the injustice for her benefactor, but she could wait, and finally she waited.
That day, she heard someone say two strangers had come to the village, and she knew her chance had come. She made an appointment with Tiezhu to meet at the Bronze Bull that night. Knowing that Tiezhu was a cautious man, she had already prepared a knockout drug. After using all her tricks, she finally killed him. As she expected, the two people who had been there during the day were actually officials from the Dali Temple.
She left the cloth of the village chief's clothes in the bronze bull. As long as the officials could see the objects in the bronze bull, they would naturally conduct an in-depth investigation. The fact that the village chief had robbed the official silver would no longer be concealed, and the final result would be death.
She pretended to be an informer to make money and approached Qin Miaoxi and the others. She took the initiative to tell them the whereabouts of the village chief, but concealed the matter about Xu Xiaoru and acted fearful, just to arouse Qin Miaoxi's suspicion, so that she could further investigate the truth and catch the village chief, the real murderer.
"You all know what happened next."
After hearing what the young woman said, Lu Qingchen heaved a heavy sigh, "No wonder the village chief has been trying to drive us away. He's afraid we'll find the hidden government silver!"
"And Tiezhu's mother said that if you offend someone you shouldn't offend, your whole family will be in trouble. It seems she also knows that the village chief is not a good person."
The little woman laughed playfully, "Now that the village chief is dead, our benefactor has been avenged, and everything will return to normal."
Qin Miaoxi was startled for a moment, then continued, "Where did the village chief hide the official silver?"
"I do not know."
The young woman played with her jet-black hair out of boredom. "Back then, they hid in a cave in the forest. Later, I secretly checked and found that they had already transferred the official silver."
"Over the years, those people have died one after another. Now, the only one left who knows where the government silver is hidden is the village chief."
"Maybe I know where it is."
Lu Qingchen walked to the bronze bull, found a handy tool nearby and started digging.
The scene of the village chief sitting in front of the bronze bull to worship his friend flashed through Qin Miaoxi's mind, and she also stepped forward to help.
As for the little woman and the stone, they were tied to a tree. They looked at each other with hatred and exerted force secretly.
The shadows of the trees swayed in the wind, and soon a muffled "dong dong" sound was heard.
"turn up."
Lu Qingchen leaped into the pit, grasped the edge of the wooden box with both hands, and lifted it up with all his strength, placing it on his shoulder. However, the weight of the box was far beyond his expectations. As soon as he took a step, his shoulder was significantly lowered, and his footsteps sank instantly.
"This thing is heavy enough."
Qin Miaoxi hit the wooden box lock with a heavy stick, and the iron lock shattered.
The moment the lid of the box was opened, the light reflected by the gold in the box suddenly burst out. The bright golden color was so dazzling that even the air was dyed with warm gold.
Shitou looked over and his eyes widened instantly, his big, wretched eyes filled with greed.
The young woman's eyes flickered for a moment but soon returned to calm. She had been surviving in the cracks over the years, but she never forgot her original intention of avenging Xu Xiaoru. As for the gold... it was never what she wanted.
Lu Qingchen grew up on a mountain of gold, so a box of gold was not enough to move him.
On the contrary, Qin Miaoxi was calm and composed, which was contrary to her greed for money, and made people look at her with admiration.
Facing her expressionless face, Lu Qingchen asked in a sly tone, "Wife, don't you like gold?"
"Like it!"
"Then why don't you react at all when you see this gold?"
After a moment of silence, a cold voice said, "That's government silver."
The corner of Lu Qingchen's mouth twitched silently. Is he not interested because he can't possess it?
His wife is really... realistic.