1361. Chapter 1361 The Secret Room of the Liu Family 【05】
He originally planned to transport all the treasures away in the next two nights, but no one expected that Xiao Xian and Wen Songzhi suddenly came to the door today and blocked him. Otherwise, how could he be so passive?
Yesterday, because the imperial edict had just been promulgated, he could not move at night for fear of being discovered.
But now they have blocked the door and will stay there for at least two or three days, but he still can't move.
Only after they left the Hou Mansion, he would move the things away at night. For the past two days, he could only pretend to be sick. It was best not to care about anything and let those people do the trouble.
He wanted to see if they could come up with a hundred thousand taels of silver.
Liu Ning was secretly proud.
Their family has been gangsters for generations, which is certainly not the way of normal people. Many of the houses in the fields are not with their own names, but with another false identity.
Therefore, even if all the current property is given to Shen Mingzhu, he still still has most of it.
This was also forced by Liu Lingzhe that time. In order to reduce the share of the family's property, he thought of ways to get out.
In addition to the fields and houses originally owned by his family, which were still properties under the name of the Hou Mansion, he used a false identity to acquire other land and forests through illegal means, and the sum was considerable.
Thinking of this, Liu Ning felt a little more at ease and less painful.
Although it was heartbreaking to have someone steal so much money out of thin air, I still have a chance to make a comeback, and when the time comes, I just have to work harder to make more money.
Wen Songzhi had already returned to the main hall and told Xiao Xian and Shen Mingzhu his speculation, thinking that there must be a secret warehouse.
Shen Mingzhu also agreed with his judgment, "Many families basically have secret rooms."
These officials are all more or less shady. Naturally, they cannot be exposed to the public. Even if they are locked in a cabinet, they will not worry about it. Naturally, they still have the insurance of a secret room that only they can enter and exit.
Xiao Xian said: "This kind of secret room is usually in the secret passage of the study, behind the calligraphy and painting, or behind the Duobao Pavilion. Let people search for it."
There are buttons behind calligraphy and paintings, or there are secret passages behind Duobao Pavilion. It's basically like this.
The accountants here continued to settle accounts and pawn items. Over there, Wen Songzhi led people to search for secret rooms in the study and other places, but still found nothing.
Later, Shen Mingzhu asked him to stop working, "Let's eat first."
Naturally, the accountants had to take turns to eat in shifts. She also ordered food and wine from several major restaurants in the capital to entertain the shopkeepers and invited them to sit here so there was no need to waste time.
And they also have an advantage here. The things they pawn are all fair and square. In order to raise the one hundred thousand taels of silver, she will not take any more.
While eating, Shen Mingzhu suddenly had an idea. She told a woman, "Go and send someone to ask Master Liu to come over."
Liu Lingzhe didn't come before because he wanted to avoid suspicion. Now that Shen Mingzhu invites him, he naturally won't refuse.
Liu Lingzhe came quickly on horseback.
Shen Mingzhu told him what she meant, "Young Master Liu has lived in the Hou Mansion since he was a child. Do you think there is anything strange, maybe there is a secret room?"
Liu Lingzhe thought for a while and shook his head, "He is usually very cautious and never lets us follow him when doing things, especially us...
