They Were Like Ants Moving House
The Earth Ranking Courtyard naturally has a great many good things.
Before Zhou Wanwan could speak, the trees beside her began to move.
She looked at them and said helplessly:
"Are you planning to move the entire Earth Ranking Courtyard back here?"
That's not appropriate; I'm afraid someone might come after us to hold us accountable.
The Old Scholar Tree snorted coldly:
"So what if it's the Earth Ranking Courtyard? Even if the Heavenly King himself came, he couldn't do anything to us."
Besides, who would dare to come and settle scores with us?
No sooner had the words left his mouth than the trees swarmed up and began demolishing the houses in the Earth Ranking Courtyard.
The Earth Ranking Courtyard has a total of forty-five main buildings, each more magnificent than the last, all used for meetings, entertaining guests, and living.
But most of them are warehouses.
There are a total of thirty warehouses, large and small.
Zhou Wanwan didn't even have time to see what was inside before the thousands of trees next to her started to move.
These trees didn't need Zhou Wanwan's instructions at all; each tree knew what it should do.
They move house like ants.
Soon Zhou Wanwan saw houses being moved one by one and heading deeper into the cemetery.
This is where they came from; for ordinary people to move these houses is as difficult as climbing to heaven.
But these trees weren't afraid; their roots could go very deep, and they quickly moved all the houses out.
Zhou Wanwan was helpless; she couldn't stop it at all.
The Earth Ranking Courtyard was quickly emptied completely.
Zhou Wanwan left directly with the Old Scholar Tree; the Jianghu Alliance will surely be in chaos tomorrow.
Seeing this, Iron Crutch Li was terrified and immediately ran after Zhou Wanwan.
The next day, the experts on the Earth Ranking came to exchange for items, but they were dumbfounded as soon as they entered the Earth Ranking Courtyard.
When did this Earth Ranking Courtyard move? How come I didn't know?
"Could it be that the Jianghu Alliance ran out of money? Did they run away overnight?"
"The Jianghu Alliance would be short of money? That's... unlikely."
Hearing voices, Zhao Lili yelled, "What's all the noise about? You're disturbing my sleep, don't you want to live anymore?"
She opened her eyes and saw that she was lying on a tattered straw mat, surrounded by people.
She stood up and asked, "Who are you? Where is this place?"
The top experts on the Earth Ranking looked at her and asked, "Steward Zhao, what exactly happened? Is the Jianghu Alliance planning to move?"
Zhao Lili quickly got up and said, "What are we moving to? Ah... my Earth Ranking Courtyard, where are my treasures!"
Everyone looked at Zhao Lili with sympathy, knowing that the steward of the Earth Ranking Courtyard managed these things.
If anything goes missing from the Earth Ranking Courtyard, the person in charge is responsible for making up for it.
The key Earth Ranking Courtyard is extraordinary; whether it's medicinal herbs or weapons, they are all very valuable.
Zhao Lili was so anxious that she kept crying:
"Someone, quickly report this matter to the head steward!"
Also, investigate for me. I want to see who has such great ability to move my Earth Ranking Courtyard.
Last time they moved my house, and this time, even the Earth Ranking Courtyard has moved.
This is utterly lawless and inhumane.
Soon, Chief Steward Zhao of the Jianghu Alliance received the news, and he couldn't help but frown and say:
"What did you say? Someone actually dares to plot against the Earth Ranking Courtyard? Isn't that courting death?"
Were all those people killed by the experts from the Earth Ranking Courtyard? They deserved it.
Tell Zhao Lili, kill as many as come, don't hold back.
The two messengers shuddered and said, "Those people weren't killed."
Chief Steward Zhao sneered, "How dare you provoke the Jianghu Alliance! You're overestimating yourself. Then beat them mercilessly until they're dead."
The messenger said with a bitter face, "Those people weren't caught at all, and the key thing is that the Earth Ranking Courtyard has disappeared."
Chief Steward Zhao angrily said, "What? You mean the things in the Earth Ranking Courtyard have been looted? Come on, I'm going to take a look."
Those around them laughed, "Are you kidding me? Our Jianghu Alliance has been established for so many years, and we've never encountered anything so funny."
"That's right! They actually managed to rob things inside the Earth Ranking Courtyard? I want to go see what's going on too."
"Take me with you, take me with you! This is so funny, I have to join in the fun."
The messenger said nothing, and a large group of people arrived at Earth Ranking Courtyard in Yunxi County.
Many of these people were managers from other county Earth Ranking Courtyard.
A few of them were there purely to annoy Zhao Lili. They were all in charge, but Zhao Lili was exceptionally arrogant, so naturally they didn't like her.
But when they arrived at the Earth Ranking Courtyard, everyone was stunned.
Chief Steward Zhao's lips twitched as he said, "What... what exactly is going on? Wasn't it said they were robbed? How come they don't even have a house anymore?"
Zhao Lili rushed over and said:
Uncle, I don't know what happened either.
Yesterday I was at the Earth Ranking Courtyard, and when I woke up I was like this.
"Don't call me uncle, I don't have a niece like you."
What exactly happened? Zhao Lili, have you offended someone?
Several managers nearby couldn't help but burst out laughing:
"Zhao Lili, I knew you were capable, but I never imagined you were this capable."
"Our Jianghu Alliance has never had anything like this before, I never expected it to happen to you."
Another female manager covered her mouth and chuckled softly:
"This isn't just one or two rooms!"
These were dozens of houses, and they all vanished overnight.
And you didn't feel anything at all, Zhao Lili? You're not doing a good job as manager!
Zhao Lili's face was ashen, and she looked at Chief Steward Zhao and said:
"Someone must be trying to harm me. My house was moved away before, and now the Earth Ranking Courtyard has been moved away too."
But our Earth Ranking Courtyard has many Earth Ranking experts, how could we be completely unaware? This is simply unheard of."
Chief Steward Zhao sneered, "This person is clearly after you. You should think about who you've offended recently."
But Zhao Lili couldn't figure out who she had offended.
After all, Zhao Lili's attitude towards those Earth Ranking experts was quite good.
Chief Steward Zhao looked at her and said, "I will have someone investigate all of this thoroughly. You should rest well for now!"
Zhao Lili looked at Chief Steward Zhao and said, "I... I want to find out the truth myself; I'm sure I'll find some clues."
Chief Steward Zhao ignored her and simply had someone else take over her work.
This Earth Ranking Courtyard will definitely need to be rebuilt, but Zhao Lili is no longer suitable to stay here.
He sighed helplessly:
"I also want to see who these thieves are, that they have such audacity."
"Guards, unite all the Jianghu Alliance and investigate this matter thoroughly. If the culprit is found, punish him severely."
Zhou Wanwan received this message when she woke up the next day.
Iron Crutch Li looked at her with concern and said:
"Miss, we've really messed up this time."
The Jianghu Alliance has now issued a bounty of 100,000 taels of gold for the mastermind behind this incident.