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The mountain was indeed filled with people, all of the nearby villages had all come, but not everyone could recognize Ling Chaofeng and Xiaowan, some people even shouted at them, "If we can't dig here, let's go somewhere else."

The Xiaowan whispered to her hubby, "They must be afraid that we will snatch it away."

Ling Chaofeng indicated for her not to make a sound, and they strolled around the mountain, heading to places with more people than the inns.

In that place, there were Auntie Chen's rumors that someone had dug up something and sold it to someone else.

As they approached, a few of them came running back from the house with a large bag of money, while the man said that he had bought a copper pot from here that morning and had sold it for thirty taels of silver at the antique dealer's.

Xiaowan watched as the group of villagers shouted out the price higher and higher. She didn't know where this dirty vase came from, but it was actually selling for 10 taels of silver.

At this moment, two of the younger ones came out of the mountain and dug out a sack of stuff. The crowd gathered around them and asked where they had dug it up, but the two did not say anything to them, they said: "If you want it, I will sell it to you cheap, but if it's not worth to buy it, we will not care."

Ling Chaofeng and the Xiaowan were gradually pushed away by the crowd, and the bidding grounds were bustling with noise and excitement. In less than an hour, all of the items in the gunny sack had been separated.

From their words, they knew that the antique dealer had received the goods in the morning and returned temporarily. He said that he didn't have enough money with him and would bring back a batch of items first. He would bring enough money in the morning of the day after tomorrow. Not only was it said that there were more treasures than they had imagined, the villagers were also warning them to not spread any more information to the outside world. Otherwise, if more and more people were to dig up treasures, they would not be able to earn any more money.

Xiaowan felt that things were going crazy, but the villagers' enthusiasm increased greatly. It was already sunset today, and there were still people walking around the mountain with lanterns and torches.

But there was always someone who could dig it up, and that was a pile. Others, such as Madam Xu and the others, walked around the mountain for a few days, but could not even find a single decent brick.

Xiaowan and Susu were drying themselves in front of the door. She said: "I heard from them the other day, those who are coming to pick up the goods this morning, they are probably all waiting to sell."

Susu sighed: "How can it be so easy to earn money, Da Qing and I don't believe it."

Xiaowan snickered: "You and Da Qing, why are you not going along with me?"

Susu came up and pinched her waist: "You only know how to bully me."

However, Xiaowan happily said: "I will wait until I marry you, then marry Miss Meng back, then that will be perfect."

Susu shyly replied as she lowered her eyes, "On the contrary, I'm not in a hurry right now. It's already pretty good right now."

After they finished drying their blankets, they just happened to see Da Qing pulling a cart from the pier, with a customer asking him to deliver the goods, so they did not greet him. The Xiaowan said that she would call Da Qing in to eat lunch when she returned home, before leaving.

It was already noon, and as expected, Da Qing rushed back with an empty carriage. They were by the side of the road, and Da Qing got off the car and said: "It's not good, the town's full of people. I heard from them that the antiques merchants said that they would come today, but they did not see anyone."

Xiaowan remembered what her husband had told her the other day, that the antique dealer would definitely not appear the day after tomorrow. She immediately ran back to look for Ling Chaofeng and told him emotionally, "Hubby, those two antique merchants really did not come."

Ling Chaofeng said: "They will never come again, this is just a facade. I wonder if there will be more things appearing in a few days."

"What is it?" Xiaowan asked.

"These days, every family has come to dig the mountain and every village is empty. What do you think?" Ling Chaofeng sighed, "When they come to their senses, I wonder if the gold and silver hidden in their homes are still there."

When Xiaowan heard this, she trembled with fear. She was smart and asked, "There are more than one or two people there, isn't it a bunch of swindlers and thieves?"

Ling Chaofeng said: "The ones who are stirring up a ruckus, raising prices, bragging, are all in the same group."

Xiaowan asked, "Since you can see it, why did you …"

Ling Chaofeng looked up at her quietly: "We are an inn, not a yamen. If you do what you need to do with the county magistrate, the county magistrate will not thank you.

Xiaowan sighed heavily: "Pity those commoners, it's fine if they were cheated, but if the money hidden in their families were to be taken away, they would have no reserves left in their entire lives."

"Therefore, the human heart cannot be greedy." Ling Chaofeng smiled, "Late at night, you are not greedy, I am at ease."

Xiaowan muttered, "With you, I don't dare to think of anything else. With you, I'm afraid the heavens would suddenly think of giving me too much, so I want to take some back."

Ling Chaofeng said in annoyance: "How could that be? I'll be guarding you for the rest of my life."

After another night, this matter had become unavoidable. The antique dealer had disappeared without a trace. Some villagers discovered that the young people who could be dug up and then sold down the mountain were not from your village, nor from our village, but from some unknown place. At the same time, they had also disappeared.

Only at this point did some people wake up from their stupor. They had been deceived.

The villagers who had gathered at the entrance of the town to wait for the antique dealer to return home one by one. Although not every family had their doors broken, the families that had been stolen had no trace of them at all, and had stolen all their tightly hidden silver and copper coins.

Within the Qingling Village, the Madam Xu's wails shook the heavens. Everyone gathered around, only to see that she was holding onto the empty jar and sitting at the door, bawling loudly. The silver she had hidden under the stove was all gone.

Wen Bao and Wen Juan hid in the corner. The day before, when Wen Bao was taking care of the house, he ran out to play. In the end, the brother and sister took care of the house together, and also ran out to play. Madam Xu hated them to the point that she wanted to strangle his children to death, but even if she strangled them to death now, she wouldn't be able to get the money back.

"Let's go report to the officials. The Lee family at the village entrance has also been stolen. They were still enjoying themselves a few days ago, but now there's nothing left." The villagers talked amongst themselves. They must have stolen all of Xiaowan's one hundred taels of silver.

In front of the Baisha Town yamen, there had never been so many people gathered. The Baisha County governed over all the villages, so if anything happened, they naturally had to look for their parents. Fast Catcher was already extremely anxious, he closed the yamen's doors and went into hiding.

The county magistrate paced back and forth in the lobby, and those who went down to investigate came back saying that there was no trace of the swindlers. He didn't know where they came from, nor did he know where they had gone.

"What should we do? How could such a big thing happen? My lord, I have truly met with great misfortune."

The county magistrate was extremely anxious. A few days ago, the Grand Master had mentioned that he should wake up, but he felt that it wasn't a big deal. Who knew that the moment he woke up, the sky would change. If he tried to poke his way up and investigate his dereliction of duty, he might even end up in jail if he failed to become an official that donated money.

"Master, master." Seeing the servant rush over, he frowned, "What now? What happened again?"

"Boss Yue from Siyun Pavilion, tell me her injuries have recovered. Please come and have a seat in the shop." The servant replied.

Right now, it was not the time to ask about flowers and ask about the warmth of the village. The county magistrate angrily said, "Do you think I'm in the mood to see her now?"

The Grand Master said, "Your excellency, the outside world is completely sealed off from the outside world. It would not be good if those commoners were to barge in. Why don't you go hide somewhere else for now?"

He grabbed the Grand Master's collar and asked, "Can this matter be resolved?"

The Grand Master helplessly said, "Unless we catch the thief."

Compared to the chaotic scene outside the yamen, the Siyun Pavilion at this moment was completely deserted. Most of the shop assistants had left, only leaving a few homeless people behind, they stayed by her side. Yue Huaiyin, on the other hand, did not treat those who left unfairly and gave them a huge sum of money, hoping that they would stay somewhere else and not mention the things here.

"Huai Yin." In the end, the county magistrate had come sneaking over to touch her hand as soon as they met. "Have you recovered from your injuries?"

"Thank you for your concern, my injuries have all healed, but the medicine sent by my master is the most effective." Yue Huaiyin was blessed by him. The person that she would never put in her eyes, was the one that could make her stand firm in the Baisha Town. This county magistrate was a fool, and a pervert.

"Tell the old master to take a look, I am worried." As the county magistrate spoke, he reached out to touch her buttocks. Yue Huaiyin blocked and said, "Master, I heard from my servant that the town has not been peaceful for the past few days. Can I help you share your worries?"

The county magistrate sighed as he pulled her down to sit. Yue Huaiyin helped him pack his cigarettes, and said after listening, "This kind of scam has happened in many other places as well. Those hateful people came and went without a trace.

"If I had listened to Grand Master a long time ago, I wouldn't have …" The county magistrate was filled with regret as he squinted his eyes at Yue Huaiyin, "Master, if anything happens to me, I won't be able to protect you in the future."

Once upon a time, that person kept calling her Huai Yin and keeping it in her heart. She had given everything she had to that person, but he had abandoned her. But Yue Huaiyin did not blame him, because she knew from the very beginning that he was not going to be able to control herself. For at least fifteen years, she had been loved.

But she hated, hated another person, and trampled on her feelings alive.

"I heard that the Manager Ling s with Ling Xiao Inn have quite a bit of prestige in the martial arts world. Think about it, those people must be hiding from the officials. If you go out to arrest them, you won't be able to do so. "Since the officials have already sent them away, they will have to leave through the streets to meet the higher ups."

Yue Huaiyin passed the tea to the county magistrate and said gently, "Old master, why don't you send a message to Ling Chaofeng and have him think of a way to look for you? He is also a merchant in the Baisha Town and has received kindness from the yamen.

The county magistrate frowned. "Is that alright?"

Yue Huaiyin said: "Then you can go to the yamen and tell the people that you have captured the thief within three days, and similarly, give Ling Chaofeng three days. No matter what, you have to ask him to give an explanation, or else, those people would hide the treasure in the mountain over at the inn, who knows, maybe they are together?"

The county magistrate waved his hand and said, "I heard Prefect say that we cannot touch Ling Xiao Inn."

Yue Huaiyin said: "You cannot touch it, but the commoners who lost their money have long had their eyes turn red."

The county magistrate's hand followed Yue Huaiyin's sleeves and touched it. Her skin was as smooth and smooth as jade.

In the afternoon, a group of Fast Catcher came. They wanted Ling Chaofeng to go to the yamen, so they said very openly: "You guys naturally have to take responsibility for the things that the swindlers have buried near the inn."