On the way home, Mr. Xu was carrying a load of firewood, while Mr. Xu was leisurely carrying a basket and a woodcutter. However, if someone observes carefully, they will find that the old man looks a little nervous now.
He was holding the woodcutter in his hand, and his palm was already covered in sweat.
The journey, which was not long in the first place, seemed to Mr. Xu to be quite long.
At the bottom of his basket is the sandalwood box, and on top are some herbs and mushrooms he picked.
At this time, Mr. Xu was really afraid that someone would show up and snatch this box of treasures from him.
Fortunately, nothing happened until we got home.
When Mr. Xu entered the house, he did not throw the basket into the yard as usual, but carried the basket into the main room.
Mrs. Zhou, who originally came out of the kitchen and was about to take the basket from the old man's hand, was stunned for a moment. When she came to her senses, Mr. Xu had already walked into the main room.
"young married woman!"
Mr. Xu excitedly rushed to Mrs. Xu who had just returned to the house, "I'll show you something good!"
Then, the old man placed the sandalwood box in the basket in front of Mrs. Xu.
Mrs. Xu was also shocked by the box of jewelry.
"Where did this come from?"
"I picked it up in the mountains. The copper lock on the outside is rusty. It must be old!"
Mr. Xu chuckled, "Now, our family is really rich!"
Mrs. Xu didn't say anything, but picked up the jewelry in the box and took a look.
After just looking at it for a while, Mrs. Xu threw away the jewelry in her hand and said, "Master, you can't keep this thing!"
"What's wrong?"
"Look at the mark on it!"
"What happened to the mark?"
Mr. Xu picked up a hairpin and carefully looked at the mark on the tail of the hairpin. Upon seeing this, the old man's expression changed.
"This is stolen goods!"
"No!"
Mrs. Xu nodded.
"Fortunately, we saw the notice in the county seat, otherwise, we would have been in serious trouble this time!"
"Ancestors bless you!"
Mr. Xu clasped his hands together, feeling extremely frightened.
Twenty years ago, a major case occurred in Wangjiang County. The gifts given by Jiangcheng Mansion to His Majesty for his enthronement were robbed during transportation, and all the officers and soldiers escorting the gifts were killed.
This was a major case that spread throughout the dynasty.
When the new emperor ascended the throne, upon hearing the news, he directly dispatched a large army into Jiangcheng Mansion, killing heads and rivers of blood.
All the cottages and bandits in Jiangcheng Mansion were wiped out.
However, there are still no clues about the stolen gifts. It's not that the robbers were not found, it's that the robbers were all survivors of the previous dynasty and would rather die than reveal the whereabouts of the gifts.
"Master, tell me, are those things hidden in the back hill of our Lingshui Village?"
"I remember at that time, there was a cottage just over the hill behind our village!"
Mrs. Xu looked at Mr. Xu in shock.
Mr. Xu was silent for a long time and said slowly: "Daughter-in-law, do you think we should go to the government to report it? It is said that the imperial court's reward is always there!"
"Go!"
Old Mrs. Xu thought for a moment, "Today you and I met in the woodcutting area. Maybe others will go there in the future. If others discover something and cause some trouble, we will be implicated for nothing!"
"Okay, then, tomorrow, no, I will go to the city today!"
"Master, wait a minute. You said, we went to report. Will those people from the previous government cause trouble for us?" (End of Chapter)