Daughter of aristocratic family

Chapter 425 Night Detective
Late at night, the Governor's Mansion fell into silence, with only the sound of breeze blowing through the leaves and the occasional chirping of insects. The three of them went to their respective destinations as planned.

Li Xin quietly approached Area No. 1, which was a warehouse in the Governor's Mansion. It looked ordinary, but Qin Yi always felt that there was some secret hidden there.

He looked around carefully to make sure he didn't alarm anyone.

The door of the warehouse was locked. Although Li Xin could open the lock, if he went in and someone came, he would be trapped.

Li Xin walked around the warehouse and found a window. The window was small and high, but this did not pose a problem for Li Xin. He took a deep breath, took out his climbing tools, climbed to the window, pried it open with a dagger, curled up into a ball, and forced his way in.

The warehouse was dark, with only faint moonlight coming through the windows, barely illuminating some places.

Li Xin saw a row of large wooden boxes piled in the warehouse. He approached the boxes and found that they were nailed shut. He was hesitating whether to pry them open to see what was inside when he suddenly heard footsteps.

Someone was coming, and Li Xin used the force to jump onto the wooden box. Just as he lay down, the door of the warehouse was opened, and four strong men came in carrying two large wooden boxes.

"The goods are finally ready." said a sturdy man.

"Why rush? The ship won't arrive for two days." said one of the sturdy men.

"What are these? Why do they feel so heavy?" a sturdy man asked curiously.

"Niu Laowu, do you understand the rules? Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask. Just do your job."

Li Xin lay on the wooden box, listening to their conversation, and recalled the secret report that Yang Zheng colluded with pirates to smuggle contraband.

Could it be that these wooden boxes contain the smuggled goods?

I watched four strong men stack the newly brought wooden boxes neatly next to the original wooden boxes, then close the door and leave.

Li Xin jumped down from the wooden box and carefully checked the newly stacked wooden boxes. Like the previous wooden boxes, these wooden boxes were nailed tightly without any gaps.

If you can't pry open the lid of the box, then pry the wooden board next to it and you will always be able to make a gap.

He found a side corner, took out a flat iron rod from his arms, and began to pry. After a while, he finally pried it open, and a pungent smell of gunpowder wafted into his nose.

gunpowder?

Li Xin frowned. Yang Zheng deserved to die. If this batch of gunpowder fell into the hands of pirates, the consequences would be disastrous. He had to ask the adults to rob this batch of gunpowder.

He restored the wooden box to its original state, quietly left the warehouse through the window, and returned to the guest room. He had just changed out of his nightgown and lay down on the bed when he heard Yang Zheng's voice from outside, "Is Lord Yun still resting?"

"Yes, sir. After Lord Yun was sent back, he vomited and has been sleeping ever since." The servant in charge of the guest house replied.

"Serve me well." Yang Zheng gave the order and left.

Inside the house, although Li Xin knew that Yang Zheng didn't dare to go in to check, he still secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He came back just in time. I wonder how Wu Cheng and Qin Yi are doing?

Wu Cheng, whom he was thinking about, had returned to his room earlier than him. The place Wu Cheng went to was an abandoned remote courtyard, but he didn't find anything useful.

Qin Yi, on the other hand, gained a lot. He went to Yang Zheng's quiet room, which was very elegantly decorated. The antique bookshelves were filled with various ancient books, and there were several calligraphy and paintings by famous artists hanging on the walls.

Qin Yi sneered, "You really know how to pretend to be cultured."

He carefully walked around the desk and came to a landscape painting. The painting depicted a towering mountain shrouded in clouds and mist, like a fairyland.

Qin Yi's gaze stayed on the painting for a moment, then he reached out and touched the frame, and felt a slightly raised area. He pressed down hard, and heard a "click", and a secret door appeared on the wall.

"Found it." Qin Yi smiled, and he walked in in one step.

The space behind the secret door is not big, but it is filled with all kinds of rare treasures. Yang Zheng really has a way of making money.

Qin Yi ignored all this and quickly started searching. In the drawer, he found a thick stack of letters and account books. He quickly flipped through them. Most of the letters were conspiracies between Yang Zheng and other officials and businessmen, involving power transactions, corruption, bribery and other illegal activities.

The account book recorded Yang Zheng’s illegal income in detail, the amount of which was staggering.

Qin Yi took out a few letters and tore off a few pages of account books, put them all in his arms, exited the dark room, turned the mechanism to restore it to its original state, then left the quiet room and returned to the guest room.

The next day, when the three of them met, Li Xin said anxiously, "We found gunpowder and it will be transported away in two days. What should we do?"

"Tell the adults, they will make their own arrangements," Wu Cheng said.

"We are short of manpower and cannot let the adults take risks." Li Xin said worriedly.

"I'm going to see the Lord. Don't let anyone know when you see Yang Zheng." Qin Yi raised his eyebrows. "Lord Yun, please find an excuse to let me leave the house."

"Yang Zheng won't let us go out. No excuses will work. Even if he agrees, he will send people to follow us." Li Xin said.

"Qin Yi can get rid of the people who are following him." Wu Cheng said.

Li Xin glanced at him and said, "It will arouse Yang Zheng's suspicion."

"Okay, then I can only find another way." Qin Yi said, touching his chin.

"How about setting a fire?" Li Xin suggested.

"Go out for a while while the chaos breaks out and come back quickly?" Qin Yi asked.

Li Xin nodded, "How?"

"I think it's okay." Wu Cheng agreed with this method.

"Then let's set it on fire." Qin Yi smiled sinisterly, "I know where we can find some strong liquor, let the liquor help fuel the fire."

In the afternoon, the three of them took the excuse of taking a nap, sneaked out of the room, and went to the wine cellar where the wine was stored.

A fire was burning, and thick smoke billowed. People in the mansion shouted, "The fire is burning! Hurry up and put it out!"

The weather in May and June was hot, especially in the afternoon. The fire was getting bigger and bigger, and the water in the water tank could not put out the fire. Instead, it seemed to fuel the fire.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Qin Yi left the Governor's Mansion and came to a small courtyard not far from the Governor's Mansion. He knocked on the door five times, four short and one long.

The door opened, and Qin Yi slipped in. The man who opened the door asked, "Brother Qin, why are you here in broad daylight?"

"Where is the lord? I have something important to report." Qin Yi said.

"Inside." The man took Qin Yi into the house.

Yun Hao was drinking tea in the house. He came in, picked up the kettle and poured him a cup. "Drink your tea and talk slowly."

"Thank you, sir." Qin Yi picked up the cup, drank it all, and wiped his mouth with his sleeve.

"Why did the Governor's Mansion catch fire?" Yun Hao poured him another cup of tea.

"We let it go so that I could get out." Qin Yi said as he took out the letter and the remaining pages of the account book from his arms. "Sir, we went to the Governor's Mansion last night and made a major discovery."

Yun Hao took the letter and the torn pages of the account book, but before he could read them, Qin Yi added, "Li Xin found a large amount of gunpowder in the warehouse of the Governor's Mansion, and it will be shipped away in two days. Sir, what should we do?"

"The people sent by Marquis Jingbian will be able to enter the city in the evening. We have the manpower to rob this batch of gunpowder." Yun Hao said lightly.

Qin Yi was overjoyed, "Great, I can finally get started."