Clouds and Moon Shadow

Chapter 242 Night Visit to the Qin Residence

She thought for a long time and realized that since she started her missions, she had spent almost every Chinese New Year on duty, and many of those times she was abroad. She couldn't remember what Chinese New Year was like at all.

Therefore, I have never felt anything about celebrating holidays.

An hour later, Yue Ling appeared behind Gu Qingyue. He approached Gu Qingyue as if by accident, saying as he walked, "Master, there is a banquet at the Qin residence tonight. The masters of the Qin family are all here, as are the brother and sister."

After saying that, he walked past her and went on his way.

Gu Qingyue was pondering the Qin family's affairs. She thought about how she had originally planned to have a happy New Year, but the Qin family insisted on making her feel bad. Well then, she thought, let's all have a bad time together.

It was midnight.

Gu Qingyue climbed out of the back window of the inn she had temporarily opened.

The back door of this inn is right next to the back door of the Qin family's house; they are very close.

Gu Qingyue ate on the street, changed back into men's clothing, and then checked into this inn.

It's so cold, she doesn't want to squat in someone's corner waiting for the time to pass.

As soon as she left the inn, she moved with lightning speed, and in a flash, she was already in the backyard of the Qin residence.

She had already scouted the place before she came; it was an abandoned courtyard, not very big, and hardly anyone was on duty.

Upon entering the courtyard, Gu Qingyue looked around. This place was probably just the old woodshed or something similar.

It was probably too remote; the yard was overgrown with weeds, and rotten leaves covered the ground.

A faint, pungent odor drifted through the courtyard on the cold wind.

Gu Qingyue frowned slightly. This smell...?

There was a dead person?

However, she's not here to investigate a case; she's here to cause trouble.

They quickly sped out of the abandoned courtyard and headed towards the residence of the Qin family's master.

Using her spiritual power to evade all the patrolling guards, Gu Qingyue first went to Qin Yuanyuan's courtyard.

With the help of her mental energy, Gu Qingyue easily found Qin Yuanyuan's courtyard.

But once they got outside the courtyard, Gu Qingyue didn't want to go in anymore.

Because the scene inside is so horrible it's an eyesore.

The woman who had pretended to be all lovey-dovey at the entrance of the Gu residence, wanting to marry him, was now in the room having sex with two men, thoroughly enjoying herself.

Gu Qingyue closed her eyes. This kind of person was so depraved and immoral that it was shameful!

Even in such an open era as my previous life, this kind of behavior would have been despised!

Moreover, in this feudal ancient era, she was a woman who was not yet married!

This woman is hypocritical, greedy, foolish, and vicious, while I am just an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire, utterly unlucky.

Gu Qingyue thought for a moment. She had originally wanted to grab her, but she was afraid of getting her hands dirty.

So she flew up to the roof and accurately dropped some powder onto it.

Whether she lives or dies depends on her own fate.

After doing all this, she quickly headed towards Qin Feifei's courtyard.

"Drag him away. If you dare spoil my fun, you're asking for death." Gu Qingyue stood on the tall tree canopy in the courtyard, coldly watching a strong guard emerge from the room, dragging what looked like a tattered rag in his hand.

Gu Qingyue stared intently, and her fists clenched involuntarily. What a beast!

That was a little boy who was eight or nine years old!

The boy was clearly dead, and the bright blood on his forehead stung Gu Qingyue's eyes.

She had originally intended to teach them a lesson, but now she just wanted this filthy and sinful place to disappear from the world.

Gu Qingyue remained crouched on the tree, her mental energy following the tall, strong guard and the child in his arms until she saw him throw the body into an abandoned well.

The abandoned well was right in the deserted courtyard I had passed by when I first came in.

It took Gu Qingyue a long time to suppress her anger at the thought of tearing that scumbag to pieces.

After thinking for a moment, she rushed to the back of Qin Feifei's bedroom, opened the back window, and went straight into the bedroom.

Before Qin Feifei could even scream, a silver needle flew out and pierced an acupoint on his cheek, sealing his mouth and preventing him from opening it to speak.

Qin Feifei looked at Gu Qingyue's face in horror.

At this moment, she had taken off her face mask and was staring intently at the lewd man in front of her, whose clothes were half-undressed.

"You, you, who are you-------what are you going to do?" He stared wide-eyed in horror.

He kept sobbing in his throat, thinking he had uttered the words, but in fact, he hadn't made a sound at all.

When Gu Qingyue returned to the garden via the same route, it was already fifteen minutes later.

Her already calm eyes were now even more terrifyingly gloomy.

Yue Ling was already waiting here.

"Sect Master," Yue Ling greeted Gu Qingyue immediately upon her arrival.

"Change of plans, no arrests tonight..."

Gu Qingyue whispered a few words in Yue Ling's ear, and Yue Ling immediately bowed and disappeared into the darkness.

As Yue Ling walked away, Gu Qingyue's lips curled into a strange smile.

Isn't it because they're incredibly wealthy that they commit all sorts of evil deeds?

Don't they think that just because they have money they can treat human life like dirt?

Are they in cahoots with the prefect?

How about we become destitute again?

She instantly released her spiritual power and visited four warehouses in succession, ruthlessly sweeping away the gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, and calligraphy and paintings in three of them.

Gu Qingyue carefully selected and put all the valuable items into her space.

She doesn't care what people say about her being a master thief, so what?!

Let's destroy this filthy place!

She didn't move in the remaining warehouse.

She wouldn't have known if she hadn't come that the Qin family was so audacious as to hoard a basement full of salt!

Of course, the basement is not large, and the estimated stockpile is around twenty tons.

Even for wealthy households, hoarding salt in excess of a certain amount was a capital offense.

She turned around, looked around, and wondered if the Qin family owned a salt shop.

Did they already have government-issued salt permits?

If not, then there's a big problem.

She recalled the information about the Qin family's shops that Yue Ling had brought back. There were grain shops, but no shops that specifically sold salt. She didn't know if they hadn't found it or if there really weren't any.

The Qin family is incredibly audacious.

Before she left, she erased all traces of herself.

As soon as she stepped out of the basement and onto the courtyard wall, Gu Qingyue saw the group of guards she had lured away earlier running back.

They nervously checked the area and, finding nothing amiss, breathed a sigh of relief before continuing their patrol.

Gu Qingyue smiled gently, turned around and jumped off the courtyard wall, arriving at the outer study of the Qin family patriarch's main courtyard.

After walking around a few times, based on her experience from her previous life, Gu Qingyue searched around briefly and found the secret room without much effort.

Upon entering, you'll see two display cabinets filled to the brim.

Gu Qingyue glanced at the few exquisite ornaments placed on top, then headed straight for the rows of books.

Unexpectedly, the Qin family head, who enjoys visiting the Nanfeng Pavilion, is quite fond of collecting books.

Gu Qingyue flipped through them; most of them were calligraphy copybooks by famous calligraphers, rare and unique editions, and some were antique paintings and calligraphy.

Gu Qingyue moved to another spot and continued searching, and surprisingly found three out-of-print medical books, one of which was "The Art of Golden Needle," which mainly discussed acupuncture and was very similar to the one she had seen in her grandfather's study in her previous life.

But the copy from my previous life was incomplete; much of it was lost later on.

Gu Qingyue excitedly flipped through it and found that the content was somewhat different from her grandfather's book.

This book is more comprehensive, with several chapters specifically discussing the Gu poison of Nanzhao and its treatment methods, making it quite complete.

Gu Qingyue was overjoyed! She had struck gold!