Sneak into Pei's mansion

  Boom!

  The gate of the Pei Mansion was suddenly smashed by a fist-sized stone, creating a hole.

  "Which turtle egg is getting impatient?"

  A loud and fierce shout came from the gatekeeper at the entrance.

  Immediately afterwards, there was another muffled sound. This time it hit the plaque hanging on the door frame. A cluster of black mud-like substance splattered onto the two gold-painted characters "Pei Fu".

  Before long, the gate of the Pei Mansion opened and a middle-aged man in a doorman's uniform came out, rubbing his sleepy eyes. He held a lantern in his hand and stuck his head out to take a look outside.

  About seven or eight meters away from the door, a young boy in white clothes with his face covered tightly was standing there. His figure and dress indicated that he was still underage. He held a small cloth bag in his hand and was making a throwing motion.

  "Do you know where this is! How dare you come here and cause trouble! Looking for death...... Ah!"

  Before the gatekeeper could finish speaking, the masked youth had already thrown out the small cloth bag in his hand, hitting the gatekeeper's face squarely.

  A pungent and foul odor rushed into the nose of the gatekeeper, his mouth was filled with a full mouthful, he stretched out his hand to wipe away the muddy substance stuck on his eyes, then held up the lantern to take a look, almost fainting.

  It was a handful of foul-smelling black horse dung that still retained some warmth, clearly freshly baked.

  Look at that young man again, he was laughing and dancing towards the direction of the gate, clapping his hands and swinging his hips, seemingly very pleased with his previous accuracy. The gatekeeper suddenly became furious, threw away the lantern in his hand, chased after him, scolding: "You little beast, let me catch you and I will make you swallow it, don't run!"

  The young man burst out laughing and turned around to run, darting into an alleyway.

  When the gatekeeper finally caught up to the alley, he only saw a magnificent white horse galloping away, and soon even its rear end was out of sight.

  That man could only clench his chest and stamp his feet, facing the direction where the young man had gone far away, shouting curses loudly for a long time before turning back to the door.

  "What? Where's the lantern?"

  The hand lantern he threw at the door just now is gone.

  He looked around and didn't see anything unusual, then sulkily went in through the gate and closed it again.

  ……

  In the garden of Pei's mansion.

  A slender figure huddled up, holding a lantern from the Pei Mansion's gate guard, walked with his head down on the winding stone path in the Pei Mansion's garden.

  "Who goes there!" A small squad of soldiers patrolling in the garden saw him from afar and stopped to ask.

  "Hello Patrol Brother, I was asked by the doorman to deliver two visiting cards to Director Pei, saying there's an urgent matter to see him. I don't know if you can help me pass it on, thank you for your trouble."

  The captain of the patrolling troops who passed by saw that the man was carrying a lantern from the Pei Mansion, and didn't suspect much. He took the letter from his hand, looked at it, and then sized up the doorman with a puzzled expression, saying: "I've never seen you before?"

  "The little one is new here, Patrol Big Brother you are a busy person, it's normal that you don't know the little one."

  The patrol leader didn't suspect anymore, pointing to the several large mansions behind him with his hand: "Lord Pei is in his study room. You keep walking forward, reach the end of the alley and turn left, then walk forward for over ten meters, pass through a fake hill, and the first mansion by the lake is Lord Pei's study room. Don't wander around."

  "Understood, thank you, big brother." The thin little man bowed and stood aside, respectfully seeing off the patrol team as they left.

  Watching them walk away, he blew out the lantern and merged into the night.

  ……

  In a large mansion by the side of Pei Fu Lake.

  A middle-aged man with a robust build, wearing a loose long gown, sitting in front of the desk in his study, holding a book volume, intently studying.

  A young and beautiful woman stood quietly beside a bookcase.

  The light dimmed slightly, and the woman behind him walked up, holding a small pair of scissors to trim the wick. After finishing the lamp, she added some water to the tea cup on the table.

  Just as she was about to turn around and leave, the middle-aged man put down the book in his hand and suddenly wrapped her in his arms, his hands roaming all over her body. The woman's soft, sweet moans instantly filled the room.

  "Report, sir!" At this time, the voice of the guard sounded from the doorway.

  "Come in."

  A knight in armor walked in from the outside, kneeling on one knee, "Sir, I have sent people to investigate everywhere. The person who stole the official silver last time is likely to be someone from the Wei Chi Ironworks."

  The man heard the words and let go of the woman in his arms, stood up, the woman quickly took a cloak and put it on him. The middle-aged man walked to the warrior's side, suddenly lifted one foot and kicked him to the ground.

  "What's with 'very likely'! I want a clear answer!"

  The warrior struggled to get up from the ground, kneeling in front of the middle-aged man, "I know my fault, but they didn't leave us a single survivor, and even sank our ship into the river bottom, without leaving any clues. And that Wei Zhengde is also Liu Wuzhou's man, I dare not act rashly, so this..."

  "Get up, apart from the mine gang, no one in Luoyang dares to openly rob the salt gang's escorted official silver! Without evidence, we can't do anything to them. Let people post wanted notices, whoever provides a clear clue will be rewarded with 1,000 taels of white silver! I don't believe no one will be tempted!"

  "I'll go and take care of it right away!" The warrior felt a weight lift off his shoulders, quickly stood up, and walked towards the door.

  "Wait! Has that good-for-nothing brother of mine gotten me into any trouble lately?"

  "...". The warrior turned around, his face showing hesitation.

  "You just speak out, he won't dare to do anything to you."

  "Yes! Just now I heard the patrolling guard say that a short while ago, two people secretly carried a sack from outside the mansion, it seemed to be a woman, and she was taken to Second Master's room."

  The middle-aged man frowned: "Who's daughter has he taken a fancy to this time?"

  "It's not very clear, but I've heard that Second Master has been taking the silly leopard to the riverbank to collect rent from a tofu vendor. I've also heard that the tofu vendor is a beautiful widow, and Second Master must have taken a liking to her."

  "Widow? This bastard, last time he caused me trouble I haven't even settled the score with him yet, now he's becoming more and more unscrupulous, not even sparing a widow!"

  The samurai hastily said: "Sir, please rest assured, according to my knowledge, that widow has no background. A few years ago, she married a martial arts champion husband, but unfortunately died on the Liaodong battlefield. There is only an old man at home who is about to die, relying on her selling some bean sprouts and tofu to make a living. Except for many young masters coveting her beauty, even if she disappeared out of thin air, no one would ask about it."

  That middle-aged man heard the words and his anger slightly reduced, but he still had a sullen face: "It's best not to make any more trouble for me. You go tell him that tomorrow we'll go see the Emperor together. The Emperor is preparing to tour the east these days. Play if you want, but if you miss the important things, I'll skin him alive!"

  "Yes!"

  "Get out."

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