It's a dark night and the wind is high, so it's a good time to take action.
In the past few days, the entire Qian family has been busy with the old man's rituals, visiting temples and serving porridge at the porridge shop. Even the masters like the old lady and the second wife are almost exhausted, let alone the servants in the house.
So at night, there were almost no people walking around the house.
This is exactly what Tao Ran wants!
Otherwise, why has she designed and arranged so many activities for them in recent days? It is just to let them fall asleep early at night so that they can move around more easily!
Tao Ran climbed into the tree soon after nightfall.
Looking through the telescope, she watched the two women who were on night watch return to the servants' room. Because they were tired, the women who were on night watch these past few nights were also lazy, and just walked around with a lantern to deal with the problem.
Coupled with the fact that Tao Ran had specially chosen the cooling and strong winds tonight, they were even more casual. They only walked out for less than ten minutes and then retreated back to their residence. The next time they came out for inspection, it would be an hour later...
So now, almost no one is seen in the entire Qian family's backyard.
The cold wind blew by, making Tao Ran shiver.
What a wonderful weather!
On a night like this, except for those who kill, set fire, and rob, who else is willing to work conscientiously?
Tao Ran slid down the tree.
Now, she is going to go out for a walk.
The mother-in-law in her yard slept in a small room at the gate of the yard, so naturally she couldn't go through the front door.
She walked towards the back wall of her courtyard.
Her yard was in disrepair and had long been unstable, so she had already cut a hole in the back wall to make it easier to enter and exit. Even after several days, no one noticed.
At this time, she easily got through the hole and walked out, of course, carrying props and tools.
The prop is the tray in her hand.
The tools were all hidden under his clothes.
At this moment, Tao Ran was completely dressed as a maid.
What she was wearing was the uniform uniform worn by the maids of the Qian family. She was carrying a tray and walking quickly with her head lowered, just like a little maid delivering something.
Don't be afraid even if you meet someone.
She has put on makeup.
The Taoist priest brought her a complete set of cosmetics. After using her modern makeup techniques, what she wore now was not Li Jingui's face, but something similar to Chuntao, the maid accompanying the second wife.
The reason for using such a face was carefully chosen by Tao Ran after observing various activities in the mansion recently.
Chuntao was similar in stature and figure to Jin Gui, and her facial features were somewhat similar. The other person in the second room was further away from Tao Ran's target tonight, so it was less likely to be caught.
With the help of Tao Ran's makeup skills, her and Chuntao's faces, which were originally only two points similar, are now at least four to five points similar. Under the cover of the night, Tao Ran felt that the similarity between the two of her at a glance was at least 40 to 50 points.
Reaching 60%.
That will be enough.
So, Tao Ran walked into the backyard of Qian's house in the night with a tray in his hands.
As observed by the telescope, Tao Ran walked for five minutes without encountering anyone.
Then, she arrived at the yard where Ni Hong lived.
As far as she knew, Ni Hong's place would have no more than three servants tonight.
Tomorrow morning we had to distribute porridge, which required a lot of manpower. So each hospital sent its servants to help in the kitchen, even the old lady's hospital was no exception.
Therefore, there is a high probability that there will be no servants here at Ni Hong tonight.
In addition, a close maid next to Ni Hong has returned to her hometown to deliver a letter but has not yet replied. Tao Ran speculates that she probably only needs one maid...
Tao Ran gently knocked on the door knocker.
A few seconds later, a little maid asked "Who is it?"
Tao Ran would not show any timidity: "Open the door. Chuntao in the second wife's room was specially ordered to give something to the girl."
When I heard that it was the Second Madam, the mistress of the house now second only to the old lady, who couldn't give me some face? She looked through the crack in the door and saw that she really looked like Miss Chuntao. The little maid quickly unlocked and opened the door.
"Is the girl here?"
"The girl has gone to bed."
"Who else is in the courtyard?"
"Apart from girls, there is only sister Xiaocui."
The door opened, and the little maid came with a lantern to guide Tao Ran. Tao Ran handed out the tray in her hand, and the little maid quickly put down the lantern to pick it up.
This time I bowed my head, and then...
Then the little maid's neck went numb and she lost consciousness.
Tao Ran gave her a knife and numbed her directly.
After closing the door, Tao Ran dragged the little maid aside first...
She walked to the window, and the room was quiet. It was obvious that the people in the room were sleeping.
After taking a look in both the left and right rooms to make sure that there was no one else in the entire courtyard, Tao Ran took out a plate of incense that had been strung with a string from his waist. After lighting it, he hung it from the slightly opened window.
Went in, closed the window, sat under the window and waited...
what else can we do?
She asked the Taoist priest to get smoke, but in the end the Taoist couldn't get it done, and even the quantity of the Mongolian sweat medicine was not enough. Later, it was only after Tao Ran put pressure on her a second time and agreed to pay fifty taels of silver that the Taoist got such a smoke.
A small plate of incense.
It is said that although the incense takes at least a quarter of an hour to take effect, the effect is similar to smoke.
After inhaling for a quarter of an hour, the person will become drowsy and unable to open his eyes. After a quarter and a half, the person will fall asleep and enter hallucinations in the dream... In short, the longer the inhalation time, the better the effect of being immersed in a dream, similar to
A high-end version of sleeping pills.
Tao Ran used some for the gatekeeper in his courtyard two days ago. The woman's eyelids were so sleepy that she didn't even know Tao Ran was approaching.
After an hour, I slowly woke up.
The effect is pretty good.
She knew it! It was impossible for the deceitful Taoist priests not to have this kind of thing in their hands! They traveled around the world and deceived the rich. They had to prepare some "magic medicine" that could make people obedient and confused and fall into dreams, right?
At that time, the Taoist priest said: "I only have so much on hand, I'll give it all to you. You can use it as you please. This small coil of incense is only enough to be effective in one room. It will take about half an hour to burn it all. The person who inhales it will probably have to fall asleep."
Two hours. Pay attention to yourself. Don’t get caught!"
Just like that, Tao Ran waited at the window.
Tao Ran was very pressed for time tonight. After almost ten minutes, she called out "girl" and "sister Xiaocui" outside the door...
No one responded. While Tao Ran blocked his nose, he took a deep breath and went in directly holding the lantern.
As expected, there were only two people in the room.
Xiaocui was sleeping on the couch next to Ni Hong's bed. Both master and servant were breathing evenly and sleeping deeply.
Tao Ran patted Xiao Cui's face, and Xiao Cui opened her eyes in confusion, then closed them again.
"Who?" Xiao Cui asked unclearly.
"I, Chuntao, the Chuntao next to the second wife."
"Oh..." Xiao Cui fell asleep again.
Tao Ran patted Ni Hong's face again. This guy was sleeping even more deeply than Xiao Cui.
What are you waiting for?
Tao Ran changed the position of the incense and placed it next to the bed, allowing the master and servant to breathe fully, and then took out a sack from his waist.
She will show no mercy tonight.
The first thing to do in a dark and stormy night is robbery!
