Qu Lin stood blankly in the warehouse. The warehouse that was originally filled with a lot of things was now empty. The things in it were specially selected and brought by the Qu family when they came to Beijing, and they were going to be given to the high-ranking officials in the capital.
, including many treasures collected by composers over the years.
Now it's all gone...
Just yesterday, everyone in the house fell into an unknown lethargy. They didn't get up until three o'clock in the morning. Qu Lin usually got up early, so she naturally noticed something was wrong, so she asked her servants to investigate the house. As a result, after the investigation,
It was found that everything in the warehouse had been robbed. It was obvious that all of them were drugged yesterday, and the other party took advantage of them while they were sleeping and unconscious.
"Girl, I found this silk flower in the corner."
Qu Lin's maid held a white silk flower and handed it to Qu Lin. It was a lotus-shaped silk flower, and the material used was very ordinary. The Qu family has a great business, and the silk flowers they use in daily life are all exquisite, like this
Even the maids of the Qu family disdain to wear silk flowers.
However, such a silk flower appeared in the warehouse.
Bai Lian...
Qu Lin's face turned pale, and a suspicion emerged in her mind that made her particularly uneasy - it couldn't be the White Lotus Sect, right? Is it because the White Lotus Sect knew about her taking the blame? That's why the White Lotus Sect came to the door.
Robbed them. How did the White Lotus Sect know about this? Could it be that the Yuan family leaked this to the outside world?
The adoptive father must not let him know about this. The things in this warehouse are worth more than 200,000 taels in total. If the adoptive father knew that she had brought such trouble to the Qu family, he would never let her go easily.
of.
Thinking of the Qu family's methods of rectifying people, the blood on Qu Lin's face faded inch by inch, and she felt her hands shaking.
She looked at her maid and said, "I bought this silk flower when I was shopping on the street. I didn't expect it to fall here."
The maid thought she had caught evidence of the thief, but it turned out to be the silk flower the girl had bought. She was a little disappointed.
Suddenly Qu Lin seemed to remember something, her voice was no longer calm as usual, and she said tremblingly: "Hurry, help me back to the room!"
Returning to her room, Qu Lin hurriedly opened the bed board, revealing the secret compartment inside. She felt relieved when she saw that the box in the secret compartment was still there. Fortunately, the box containing enuresis was still there.
In the secret compartment was the 20,000 taels of silver notes given to her by her adoptive father, for her to use for daily expenses.
Suddenly she caught a glimpse of the familiar white lotus silk flower in the corner of the secret grid, and she suddenly felt like she had fallen into an ice cave - how, how could it be like this?
Trembling, she opened the box containing the banknotes... The box was empty, just as clean as the warehouse she had just seen.
The money here was also stolen by the White Lotus Sect.
The White Lotus Sect is so ruthless.
Qu Lin felt the strong smell of blood rush straight into her throat, her vision went dark, and she fainted.
When she woke up, it was already two hours later.
Her maid said with red eyes: "Girl, should we go to the Yamen to report the crime?"
She lost so many precious things, and selling them all wouldn't be enough to compensate. If the master knew about it, would he be so angry that he sold them all to a place where they were left to be pickled? She could only hope to report the crime and let the government catch the thief.
, to recover as much loss as possible.
Qu Lin grabbed her arm hard and her voice became shrill, "No, you can't report the crime."
The maid was very confused. How could she not report the loss of so much property? If she did not report the crime, she would not be able to get her things back.
Qu Lin's voice was weak, "If we make this matter too big, I'm afraid other salt merchants in the capital will laugh at our family. Now is the critical time to compete for salt, and we must not make any mistakes."
"I will send a message to my adoptive father as soon as possible and let him handle this matter."
She must also persuade Su Yueling to cooperate with her as soon as possible before her adoptive father comes to Beijing. For the sake of this credit, her adoptive father may be willing to forgive her mistakes. As long as the Qu family can successfully obtain the salt, they can
With Su Yueling's handle, let alone two hundred thousand, he could earn one million taels a year in the future.
What Qu Lin didn't know was that the home of the Qu family in Huazhou was treated the same way as hers. Everything in the warehouse was looted, leaving only a white lotus silk flower on the scene.
The Qu family was so angry that they reported the crime and vowed to cut this hateful thief into pieces. Their losses this time exceeded two million taels. The only thing that comforted them was that the land deeds and other things had to be backed up by the government. Even if they stole
It was useless to leave. Therefore, these thieves only stole money and property, but the land deed was still preserved.
The local government in Huazhou was careful and sent many police officers to investigate the matter. They investigated for several days and finally guessed from some clues deliberately left by the White Lotus Sect that this incident was most likely the work of the White Lotus Sect. The local
The police chief came to Qu Chengzhou's house immediately and told him the news.
Qu Chengzhou blurted out, "Are you sure it was the White Lotus Sect?"
The policeman said: "In all likelihood, I didn't expect that the White Lotus Sect, which had been dormant for so long, would actually come back to the world. I had never heard of them robbing the rich before."
Moreover, the White Lotus Sect is very capable, and they stole so much money silently. Are the drugs in their hands that powerful?
"Have you offended them?"
Qu Chengzhou shook his head quickly, "We have no contact with the White Lotus Sect at all, so how can we offend them?"
"Or did your tribe offend them?" the detective continued to ask.
Qu Chengzhou still couldn't figure it out. They are not stupid, how could they take the initiative to oppose the White Lotus Sect. The White Lotus Sect is not a small force in Daxia, and it is also secretive. They are stupid to take the initiative to offend such an organization.
etc……
Qu Chengzhou suddenly remembered something - his adopted daughter Qu Lin, in order to establish a relationship with Yuan Baoshu, had some female guards pretend to be members of the White Lotus Sect to kidnap Yuan Baoshu.
The White Lotus Sect didn't come here because of this, right?
Qu Chengzhou could hardly breathe - this was a loss of more than two million taels, how could he endure it?
No matter how rich the Qu family is, two million taels is not a figure that can be ignored. The thought of it makes my heart ache.
After the government officials left, he gritted his teeth and said, "Pack my bags, I have to go to the capital."
However, after his luggage was almost packed, Qu Chengzhou could not leave immediately. His wife told him in tears that there was no money in the public account and he had to sell part of his land to raise money.
The Qu family had to spend money to open their mouths, and their money had just been raided. Although the warehouses in other rooms had also been raided, they were not as miserable as theirs. Even the banknotes he had hidden were gone.
But not only were the other houses unwilling to give out money, but everything they bought had to go through public accounts.
Qu Chengzhou gritted his teeth and had no choice but to sell 50,000 acres of fertile land to overcome the hurdle ahead.