You Few, Cover Up the Traces Here

Zhou Wanwan's subordinates have bad tempers.

Those trees knew the Sun Family had sent assassins; how could they possibly let Sun Family?

Sun Tai was woken up by the cold early in the morning.

He shrank back and said:

"Damn it, it's so cold! How do you guys work?"

Why don't you light some Silver Frost Charcoal? Are you trying to freeze me to death?

He opened his eyes and saw nothing but whiteness.

He was lying next to the latrine, his body covered in excrement.

"Ouch! Where did this happen to me?" Sun Tai cried out in pain.

A servant boy rushed over from nearby, exclaiming, "Young Master! Oh my god, you stink!"

Sun Tai shouted, "Where am I? Why did I wake up here after taking a nap?"

The servant pinched his nose and said, "Young master, this is our family's pigsty."

Sun Tai angrily asked, "Who on earth threw me into the pigsty?"

The servant shook his head and said, "The master and mistress haven't been found yet, and we don't know where they are."

Then a faint cry for help came from inside the pigsty, "Help! Someone help! I'm trapped under a pig."

The servant and Sun Tai dragged Master Sun out of the pigsty. Madam Sun, trembling, asked, "How did we end up in the pigsty? What happened? Where are all our pigs?"

The servant said with a distressed expression, "Master and Madam, you should go back and check! Something terrible has happened at home."

A group of people ran back to the Sun Family, Madam Sun's vision went black as she fainted.

Looking at the empty foundation, Master Sun asked, "Where is the Sun Family's house?"

The servant sighed and said, "When we woke up this morning, the house had been moved away, and everything was gone."

Enraged, Master Sun roared, "You beasts! Who's so heartless as to empty our house like this?"

Sun Tai said, "Quickly send someone to investigate!"

Master Sun said, "Have A Da and the others come to see me."

The servant responded and sent someone to A Da.

A Da was actually the leader of the suicide squad.

But after waiting for a long time, A Da still didn't come.

Someone said, "These people went out yesterday and haven't come back."

Master Sun's face turned pale. Last night, all these assassins had been sent to cause trouble for Zhou Wanwan.

I didn't expect them to still not be back.

"It's over, something's happened," Master Sun muttered to himself.

Apart from the pigsty, everything else in the house was gone, even the outhouse.

Master Sun said:

"Let's go to another courtyard first! I'll report to the authorities after we've changed our clothes."

I remember there were two houses, two streets away from here.

Sun Tai said with a bitter face, "Who did this? Don't let me catch them, or I'll skin them alive."

Master Sun sighed and said, "Let's not talk about such things. We'll talk about it when we find it."

The group hurried to a nearby courtyard, but when they opened the door, it was empty.

Master Sun was so angry he almost fainted.

Is it still the same with the third house?

Master Sun completely broke down. "Who did this? Is there no justice in this world? You can take things, but what kind of nonsense is it to move my house out of here?"

Sixteen houses in a row were all emptied out.

Master Sun was on the verge of tears, and had no choice but to go directly to the Cui Family.

Old Madam Cui got up early in the morning, she heard that her brother had arrived.

After she finished washing up, she went out and asked, "Brother, what happened again?"

Master Sun said, "Our family has been moved."

Old Madam Cui was taken aback and exclaimed, "What? We've moved? Where have we moved to?"

Master Sun stomped his foot angrily and said, "It's not just moving, it's the house being gone! The house has been moved away, even the storeroom has been moved away!"

Old Madam Cui was shocked and asked, "Where is the thief? Has he been caught? How much stuff did he take?"

Madam Sun cried so hard she could hardly breathe, "Waaah... Everything in the house is gone, not even a fart remains."

Old Madam Cui asked, "Have you reported this to the authorities?"

Then Shen Tao swaggered in and asked, "Who reported this to the authorities?"

Master Sun said, "It's me, Lord Shen. Please help me find it quickly, my house was emptied yesterday."

Shen Tao looked at him and said, "What do you mean by 'emptied out'? Did you take everything away?"

This style of writing looks so familiar!

"Yes, they've all been moved away. All 16 houses are gone."

Old Madam Cui nearly fainted. Sixteen houses?!

Shen Tao frowned and nodded, saying:

"Don't worry! I will definitely not let these people get away with this. I'll go and investigate for you right now."

I refuse to believe anyone would be so bold as to make a move on my turf.

You wait here, I'll take some men to investigate right away."

Shen Tao led seventy or eighty people from the county government office and hurriedly arrived at each courtyard.

A nearby constable remarked, "Who is this person? So capable! They've moved everything so empty, leaving nothing behind."

"The key is to leave no trace. Wouldn't moving house leave some obvious traces?"

But have you noticed? There isn't a single trace.

"What on earth is going on? Why do these kinds of things keep happening in Xin'an County?"

Shen Tao coughed and said, "Alright, everyone, quiet down and look around for any clues."

Everyone began searching, but they couldn't find any trace of it.

The clerk shook his head and said, "Sir, there are no clues, and we can't figure out who did it."

Shen Tao chuckled and said, "I don't know who it is, but it's good that it's done."

Suddenly, a junior constable exclaimed, "Come quick! Look what I've found!"

The crowd gathered around and saw many drag marks on the ground, stretching all the way to the door.

Many people began to study this trace.

Shen Tao looked at the traces and said, "It's still not clean enough! You guys cover up these traces."

"Huh?" The constables stared blankly at Shen Tao.

Shen Tao glared at them and said, "Hurry up and go!"

Soon, all these traces were covered up.

The yamen runners had no idea what the magistrate was planning.

Just do whatever the magistrate tells you to do.

Shen Tao looked at them and said, "Give each of you five taels of silver to go drinking, and no one is allowed to tell anyone about this."

The constables were overjoyed and ran off with the silver.

Five taels of silver would be enough for them to work for a long time.

Shen Tao watched them leave before slowly returning to the county government office; he needed to take a nap.

Being a county magistrate is quite tiring.

However, it was different for Zhou Wanwan's subordinates; other county magistrates were working themselves to the bone investigating cases.

He's just indulging in eating, drinking, and having fun now; there's absolutely no need for him to investigate cases.

Only now did he realize how terrifying Zhou Wanwan was.

While others command thousands of troops, her most powerful subordinates are all treants.

Those tree-men can move at any time, fight at any time, and eavesdrop on secrets at any time.

Sometimes when he wanted to find out information, he only needed to write a note, and someone would quickly pass the information to him.

Shen Tao looked at the letter that had been delivered and frowned, saying:

"How is this Consort Li so formidable? She's managed to drive my sister crazy."

If it weren't for the tree spirits in the palace, my sister would probably be dead countless times over.

The advisor beside him said, "I heard that Consort Li gave birth to a prince, and the Emperor is very pleased with him."

This Consort Li is Zhao Lili. I don't understand her. She was clearly the manager of the Jianghu Alliance, so why did she enter the palace and become a consort?

In fact, Zhao Lili had no choice; she was truly forced into it.

The Zhao Family family no longer respects Zhao Lili, and she is losing more and more wealth.

When she was in charge, she earned a considerable income, but later, for some unknown reason, the warehouse disappeared, the valuables disappeared, and even the only city she owned was gone.

Later, the emperor of the Great Qi wrote to her, saying that he was willing to marry her and make her empress.

She then entered the palace, filled with resentment.