Chapter 122: Chapter 122: Emptying Hu Chengxuan’s Bedroom Study
 

Qi Yue was pondering over the book when she suddenly heard footsteps on the rooftop outside.

Someone else had arrived!

It had just passed 9-11 PM, and someone was already restless?

Qi Yue did not want to venture out, so she lay on the bed and just listened intently to the noises outside.

Soon, she heard the footsteps approaching the window, followed by two people speaking in hushed tones.

“First, check if she’s in the room?”

“At this hour, she should be.”

“This woman is a bit sinister, don’t forget what happened last time.”

“Alright.”

The window paper rustled, and Qi Yue sneered coldly.

The same troublemakers again!

She immediately left the space and indeed saw that a hole had been poked through the window paper.

Hmph!

With a cold sneer in her heart, her hand already held a high-efficiency fog spray, which she blasted fiercely at the hole in the window paper.

“Thud…”

It seemed someone had fallen.

“Not good, we’ve been spotted.”

“Let’s get out of here!”

Qi Yue curled the corners of her lips.

How many people had come this time?

She opened the door and saw a person in black lying under the window, already asleep.

At that moment, Old Madam Zhang also came out wearing her robe.

“Miss? Miss, are you alright?”

Ever since the last theft incident, Old Madam Zhang had asked to move into the wing room next to hers.

She said she was worried someone would target her room, always thinking those 400,000 silver notes were still stored there.

Qi Yue kicked the person lying on the ground.

“Madam Zhang, quietly tie this person up and keep him detained for now.”

“Yes, miss.”

Old Madam Zhang hurriedly dressed herself properly. When she looked up and saw Qi Yue had already gone chasing after those who came, she was so panicked that she dared not call out, looking terribly anxious.

She had no choice but to tie up the person on the ground and lock him in another wing room.

Meanwhile, Qi Yue chased the fleeing men all the way to Nouton Street, where she saw them enter the Prefectural Magistrate’s Office through the back door.

Everything became clear now.

The ones who had smoke-bombed her and tried to kidnap her were from Hu Chengxuan.

Having been intercepted halfway last time, he had resorted to such despicable methods this time.

Qi Yue stood under the dark night sky, clenching her fists until they creaked.

“Fine, if you start the game on the first, don’t blame me for playing it on the fifteenth!”

Since practicing the knife techniques that Zhao Xiyan had taught her, her movements had become much more agile as well. She climbed over the back wall of the Prefectural Magistrate’s Office without making a sound.

Once on the ground, she quickly entered and exited her space, teleporting straight to Hu Chengxuan’s courtyard.

Having lived here before, she was very familiar with the layout. In no time, she was in Hu Chengxuan’s courtyard.

There were lights in the study, and people were talking.

To ensure absolute success, she entered her space and listened with just her ears.

“A bunch of idiots! It’s bad enough not to succeed, but they even left someone behind!”

Hu Chengxuan angrily threw a cup, creating a piercing “clang” sound.

“Sir, rest assured, Hu Liang didn’t carry any identity-revealing items on him, that woman certainly can’t figure out the clues.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes, sir, once Hu Liang wakes up, he’ll definitely find a way to come back.”

“…”

What followed was a series of plots against her. Qi Yue quietly listened for a while, feeling sad for the entire Longnan County Government.

Who would have thought that a Prefectural Magistrate commanding an army of 150,000 wouldn’t focus on repelling foreign invaders and protecting the people, but would instead plot to kidnap a woman here.

The angered Qi Yue was even more determined about what she needed to do tonight.

Right, since Hu Chengxuan wanted to capture her, she would start by emptying the Prefectural Magistrate’s office!

While those men were discussing matters in the study, Qi Yue went directly to the bedroom to see what valuable items she could collect.

Just as she entered, she thought she had entered the wrong room.

This place didn’t look like a Military General’s bedroom, but more like the Emperor’s sleeping palace.

Yellow mattress, yellow pillow, yellow quilt… even the pillow was carved from yellow jade.

“Tsk tsk, could this old guy harbor ambitions of rebellion…”

She saw a golden phoebe cabinet beside the bed, topped with small gold locks, and wondered what trinkets it held.

Inside the bed, there was a space where six gold jade ruyis were arranged from largest to smallest.

“Pfft…”

Qi Yue couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

She never would have guessed that such a dignified Imperfectural Magistrate was still young at heart.

She had seen children arranging dolls on their beds, but this was the first time she saw a man decorating his bed with trinkets. He must really enjoy playing with these.

But this was also to her advantage!

With a single lift of her hand, she swiftly teleported the golden jade ruyi ornaments, gold jade pillow, and the golden phoebe cabinet all at once into her spatial dimension.

As for the bedding and such trash, she left them for the Prefectural Magistrate to cry into.

Then, she moved on to the outer room’s ornaments, one by one, all of them valuable pieces.

Blackwood desk, sandalwood chair, bronze incense burner, vases…

Qi Yue didn’t leave any behind, not even the stand for displaying the vases—she took everything.

When she came out, she found the lights in the study were off, and Qi Yue was delighted.

She didn’t know where Hu Chengxuan had gone to vent in the backyard, but his absence was a perfect opportunity, allowing her to plunder even his study.

Under the night vision goggles, everything in the study was crystal clear.

Qi Yue was too lazy to inspect each item, as long as it was an object, she took it.

Brush, inkstone, pen holder…

Illustratively embossed vases, quaintly shaped pen containers, meditation stools, and the arhat bed tucked in a corner, an incense table…

Although she had no use for these things, the fact that it would infuriate Hu Chengxuan made her happy!

After that, Qi Yue proceeded to the storeroom.

However, the door was too formidable, and even after trying, she couldn’t unlock it.

If it had been elsewhere, she would have used her innate divine power to flip the door, but since Hu Chengxuan knew her identity, doing so would have meant exposing herself.

Remembering the Hu Liang who was sound asleep at home, Qi Yue did not delay and swiftly returned to the residence.

Mrs. Zhang had been waiting for her in the courtyard, and hurried over as soon as she saw her enter.

“Miss, did they harm you in any way?”

“No, mother, how is he?”

“He’s tied up, still asleep.”

“Come with me to see him.”

Mrs. Zhang led the way, taking Qi Yue to a side room and brightened the lamp a bit more.

“Miss, do you need anything else?”

“Bring a basin of water.”

No sooner had Qi Yue spoken than Mrs. Zhang fetched a bucket of water from behind the door.

With a splash, the water was poured down.

Qi Yue watched, wide-eyed with astonishment.

Her maid seemed to understand even better than her how to deal with such people!

Efficient and ruthless in a single word — fierce!

The doused Hu Liang cried out as he woke from his deep slumber, bewilderedly looking at the two before him.

A moment later, he seemed to remember the situation and began to struggle frantically, flapping about and trying to escape, but Mrs. Zhang had tied him up tightly, and he couldn’t even stand up.

“Let me go, let me go!”

Qi Yue didn’t waste words and directly took out an Obedience Pill and tossed it into his wide-open mouth.

“Mrs. Zhang, I’m going to change clothes; can you please ask him some questions?”

“It’s no trouble serving the young miss.”

Qi Yue smiled and fell silent.

Through their time together, she had determined Mrs. Zhang was not just a simple servant, something even her adoptive father Chu Yuntian might not know.

Yet she had never hidden anything; since arriving, she worked diligently, always considering Qi Yue’s needs.

This puzzled Qi Yue, and she planned to find time to ask if there was anything she could help her with.