"It's dry, be careful with fire—"
The night watchman struck three times, and the streets were already deserted at night. Outside the Zhenjiang Prefecture's silver vault, Zhang Fan, who was in charge of guarding, suddenly felt a stomach cramp. Covering his stomach with both hands, Zhang Fan hurriedly said to his companion Wu Chong, "I'm going to the toilet and will be back soon. You keep an eye on this place." After that, he rushed towards the toilet.
"Hey, hurry up, don't fall into the toilet and can't get out!" Wu Chong shouted at Zhang Fan's back, and couldn't help laughing. Zhang Fan was usually slow in his actions, but he was very quick to go to the toilet when he had a stomachache. Shaking his head, he walked to the side and rested against the pillar of the house. It was midnight, and the moon had hidden in the clouds. There were only a few stars blinking in the night sky. Wu Chong yawned. He had been on duty for almost a night, and his eyelids couldn't help but feel a little tired. When he was dazed, he suddenly heard a sound in his ear. He suddenly widened his eyes and shouted, "Who?" He held the handle of the knife tightly and looked around vigilantly, but he didn't see anyone.
"What a horror! I clearly heard a sound." Wu Chong muttered in a low voice. As soon as he loosened his hand holding the knife, his vision suddenly went dark, the back of his neck felt numb, and his body fell limply.
"It is indeed a ghost, but it's a pity that you can't see it!" Lan Hun clapped his hands, raised his eyebrows at Heimian, and looked smug.
Blackface glanced at the guard who was lying on the ground like a pile of mud, and sighed in annoyance: "Why was I just a step slower?"
Lan Hun grinned and said, "Who made me faster than you? Look, it was me, Lan Hun, who dealt with this guy. Princess, does this count as the main achievement?" Turning his head to look at the man in green beside him, Lan Hun seemed to want to take credit for it.
"Call me boss now, not princess." The man in green reminded in a low voice. His voice was very magnetic, his face was extremely handsome, his sword-like eyebrows were slightly raised, it was Xue Yan who had transformed into a man's appearance.
"Oh! Boss!" Lan Hun nodded and asked, "What should we do next?"
Xueyan chuckled and said as a matter of course: "Take the money and leave!" After that, she flashed into the treasury.
The five envoys looked at each other and followed Xueyan into the treasury.
"Hurry up!" Xueyan ordered, and opened a box in front of her, which was full of gold. She snorted coldly, thinking to herself: This prefect of Zhenjiang Prefecture is really greedy, and he has plundered a lot of people's money!
The five messengers took the package, opened all the dozen or so boxes in the treasury, grabbed the gold, jewelry, and silver, and stuffed them all into the package without thinking.
"Lan Hun, take this." Heimian's package was soon filled up, and he threw the bag of silver in his hand to Lan Hun on the side.
Lan Hun shouted, "Hey, don't throw it to me, I have nowhere to put it." Lan Hun held the package in one hand and a pile of jewels in the other, and he couldn't even move his hand to catch the silver thrown by Heimian. With a clang, the silver fell to the ground.
Blackface said unhappily: "It's useless!"
Lan Hun looked innocent: "Don't blame me!"
Xueyan rubbed her forehead with her hand and looked at the black-faced blue soul helplessly: "You guys..." - you are really making trouble.
Outside the house, there was a sound of hurried footsteps coming from far away, rushing towards this side. I could vaguely hear someone shouting, "Someone stole the silver, brothers, follow me and catch the thief."
Xue Yan frowned and ordered, "They are about to come in. Bai Fu, you take the silver and the four emissaries and go first. I will cover your rear."
Bai Fu handed the package in his hand to Ziying and said, "Boss, let them go. I will stay and help you."
Xue Yan smiled and said, "No need, I can handle a mere mortal. You guys go wait for me outside the city, I'll come later."
"Okay, be careful." Knowing that he couldn't persuade her, Bai Fu had to nod, and left with the other four messengers with the silver and jewelry.
As soon as the five emissaries left, the door to the treasury was opened with a clang, and dozens of yamen runners rushed in. The first one glanced at the empty boxes, his face changed slightly, and he glared at Xue Yan and shouted, "Who are you? How dare you steal silver from the treasury at night? Don't you know that this is a capital crime?"
Xueyan glanced at the group of yamen runners in front of her, looked at the leader with disdain, and said, "If you want to punish me, you have to have the ability to catch me first!" As she spoke, she flashed into the crowd, raised her hands and slapped them down, only to hear a few muffled groans, and in a moment four or five yamen runners fell to the ground.
"Damn it!" The leader drew his sword and rushed forward: "Let me, Li Gongfu, meet you, Your Excellency."
Xueyan dodged Li Gongfu's slashing knife, stood aside, shook her head, and said calmly: "It's a pity that I don't have the time to play with you, let's do it another day." After that, she flew out of the silver vault.
Li Gongfu was stunned for a moment, then he gritted his teeth and said, "Chase." He then took the lead and chased after him.
Xueyan flew all the way, heading out of the city. She had almost left the yamen runners behind her, and only Li Gongfu was entangled with her. At this time, the sky was getting brighter, and it would be troublesome if she didn't get rid of him as soon as possible. She caught a glimpse of an abandoned house not far ahead. Xueyan raised her eyebrows, and had an idea in her mind. She turned her body and headed towards the abandoned house.
Li Gongfu followed Xueyan into the abandoned house, but found that she had suddenly disappeared. He drew the sword from his waist and walked towards the depths of the hall while carefully surveying the surroundings. Suddenly, a gust of cold wind blew towards him, raising the dust on the ground and his vision became blurred in an instant.
"Cough cough..." Li Gongfu covered his mouth and nose with one hand and waved away the dust in front of him with the other hand. His vision gradually became clear, but he heard a strange sound in his ears. He looked in the direction of the sound and his face immediately turned pale!
A green python as thick as a bucket was coiled up with its head lowered from the beam. It stared at Li Gongfu with its deep green eyes and hissed with its tongue.
Li Gongfu had never seen such a huge creature before, and he didn't care about the thief who stole the silver from the treasury that night. He turned around and rushed out, disappearing in an instant.
A puff of green smoke dissipated, and Xueyan, who had turned back into human form, shook off the dust on her body, sneered in the direction where Li Gongfu left, then turned around and disappeared from the spot.
Xueyan found the five messengers outside the city, took out some silver, sent them away, and then returned to Ye Xiaosi's home.
At dawn, Xueyan called Ye Xiaosi's brother and sister and Grandma Qi's family together and divided the silver among them. When they asked about the source of the silver, they just said that they earned it from their business. With the silver, their livelihood would not be a problem. Xueyan was relieved and said goodbye to them and left alone.
Xueyan walked around the city, not knowing where to go. The dragon clan couldn't go back for the time being, and she was not familiar with other places. After thinking about it, she decided to stay in Zhenjiang Prefecture for a while. Anyway, the mountains and waters here are beautiful, so she can enjoy them. Since she decided to stay, she had to solve the problem of accommodation first. Although she could stay at Ye Xiaosi's place, she didn't want to disturb their originally peaceful life, so she didn't consider it. She was not used to staying in an inn. Thinking about it, there didn't seem to be any familiar immortal friends in Zhenjiang Prefecture. She couldn't sleep on the street, right? Frowning, Xueyan was a little worried. What should she do? Suddenly, a light flashed in her mind, and she suddenly remembered the abandoned house she passed by yesterday. It was deserted and far away from the market. It was a good place to live! She simply chose to settle there. After making up her mind, she turned and headed in the direction of the abandoned house last night.