kvmb Chapter 128 Kill the thieves and eliminate the traitors
Chapter 128 Kill the thieves and eliminate the traitors
Lu Cheng took off and ran, put his hands on the wall, and climbed over it and entered Fan Mansion.
The layout style inside Fan Mansion is more like that of the Central Plains, with pavilions, towers, long corridors and waterside terraces, which looks quite realistic.
Fan Wencheng is a descendant of Fan Zhongyan, a famous official of the Song Dynasty, and his great-grandfather was the Minister of War of the Ming Dynasty.
After Fan Wencheng surrendered to the Later Jin, he served four Qing emperors, Nurhaci, Huang Taiji, Shunzhi, and Kangxi, and gave advice to the Qing. Fan Wencheng's strategies were behind every major military activity of the Later Jin against the Ming Dynasty.
After Lu Cheng entered the Fan Mansion, he quickly walked through the front yard, came to the back yard, and found the three main rooms in the north.
In those days, male servants were generally not allowed to enter the backyards of the homes of high-ranking officials and dignitaries, only some female relatives and maids were allowed to enter.
Therefore, after Lu Cheng arrived at the backyard, he didn't have to be vigilant about the patrolling guards all the time.
Lu Cheng approached the windows of the three main rooms and listened carefully to the movements inside the house. He only heard a slight snoring sound in the east bedroom.
Then he walked carefully to the door, pulled out a thin dagger, inserted it into the crack of the door, and turned the wooden bolt little by little, and soon opened the door.
The wind outside the house was very loud tonight, and the sound of Lu Cheng turning the bolt was very quiet, so no one noticed it.
Lu Cheng pushed the door open quietly, slipped into the house, quickly closed the door, and reinserted the bolt.
After entering the house, Lu Cheng checked the situation inside again. Except for the living room in the middle, the three main rooms include a study on the west and a bedroom on the east.
Lu Cheng tiptoed to the east bedroom, walked to the window, took out a tinder and blew it up. With the help of the dim light from the tinder, he could see the situation on the bed clearly.
There were two people lying on the bed, a young man of about twenty-three or twenty-four years old and a beautiful woman of about eighteen or nineteen years old.
Lu Cheng took out a handkerchief soaked in sleeping pills and covered the woman's mouth and nose with it. After just a moment, the woman fell into a deeper sleep.
Afterwards, Lu Cheng lit the candle in the room, walked up to the sleeping man, and slapped him in the face.
The young man who was sleeping suddenly woke up: "Who?"
After seeing clearly that there was a masked man holding a dagger in front of him, the young man just wanted to open his mouth, but a piece of rag was stuffed into his mouth.
"Now, listen to me. Don't make any noise, or I will end your life."
The young man nodded immediately without any hesitation.
"Don't worry, I'm here only for money, not to kill. Just be honest and tell me what I ask, and I promise I won't do anything to you. Do you understand?"
The young man nodded again and again without any hesitation.
"You are Fan Wencheng, right?"
The man didn't nod, but his eyes betrayed him.
Lu Cheng tore off some cloth from the bed sheet beside him and tied him up tightly, then removed the rag that was blocking his mouth.
"First question, where are the gold, silver and treasures hidden in your house?"
"There is a lot of gold and silver in the drawer of the dressing table on the right. Please feel free to take it."
Lu Cheng stuffed the cloth over his mouth again, turned around and walked to the side, opened a drawer, and saw some jewelry and more than one hundred taels of silver inside.
Lu Cheng found a blanket and put all the valuables in his pocket. He returned to Fan Wencheng and said, "Master Fan, you cooperated very well on the first question and deserve praise. But this little bit of gold and silver is not enough to send away the beggar. Tell me, where are all the valuables hidden in your house?"
After asking the question, Lu Cheng pulled the rag out of the other person's mouth again.
Fan Wencheng no longer denied Lu Cheng's address. He just wanted to send this man away as soon as possible. He pointed to a box on the cabinet beside him and said, "There is gold and silver in it. Anyone who can take it can take it away."
Lu Cheng took out the box and opened it. He saw that it was filled with silver ingots neatly arranged inside, totaling more than a thousand taels.
At that time, one tael weighed about 37.3 grams, and this box of silver weighed more than kilograms. Most people might not be able to carry it away.
Lu Cheng patted the box and closed it again. The thousands of taels of silver inside had all entered the storage space, leaving only an empty box.
The density of silver is more than ten times that of water. A piece of silver the size of a mineral water bottle weighs more than ten kilograms. These dozens of kilograms of silver do not take up much space when put into the storage space.
Lu Cheng pretended to put the box back to its original place, then came to Fan Wencheng and asked, "Master Fan, I heard that the Khan of the Later Jin Dynasty thinks highly of you. It's impossible that your family only has this little money, right?"
"This... good man, you can't take so much silver by yourself, right?"
"It seems that Lord Fan would rather sacrifice his life than his wealth."
After Lu Cheng finished speaking, he put the knife on the other person's neck and cut a small cut.
Fan Wencheng immediately broke out in a cold sweat: "I say, I say, there is a secret compartment under the wardrobe over there, and there are gold bricks hidden in the secret compartment."
"That's more like it. Thank you for your cooperation."
Lu Cheng blocked Fan Wencheng's mouth again, moved the cabinet aside, and found a movable wooden board under the cabinet.
After turning over the wooden board, there was a box underneath. When it was opened, it was full of gold bricks.
Lu Cheng picked up the box and found that it weighed at least two or three hundred kilograms, and contained at least three thousand taels of gold, which was really a huge fortune.
Lu Cheng put the box back to its original place and took out all the gold inside using the same method.
When Fan Wencheng saw that Lu Cheng just took a look and did not move the box away, he felt a little confused.
Lu Cheng walked over and asked, "Master Fan, you cooperated very well with the others just now. Now I'll ask you a few more questions. Do you know the situation at Master Li Yongfang's home?"
"Understood, understood."
Both of them were Ming people who surrendered to the Later Jin Dynasty. One was a civil official and the other a military official. They were highly valued by Nurhaci and had a very good relationship. They often visited each other and naturally knew each other's mansions well.
"Then tell me in detail."
"Yes, General Li's residence is just to the east of our house, two courtyards away. However, Lord Li is a military commander, so he is more vigilant. He also has many guards at home..."
Anyway, he had been robbed already, and if Li Yongfang was also robbed, Fan Wencheng would feel better. Moreover, if the robber came to Li Yongfang's house and was caught by Li Yongfang, he could also vent his anger.
Therefore, Fan Wencheng did not hide anything and gave a brief account of the situation at Li Yongfang's mansion.
Of course, it is hard to say how much of this news is true or false.
However, Lu Cheng did not believe it all, he just filtered out some useful information from it.
Being able to successfully find Fan Wencheng tonight is already a great achievement.
Afterwards, Lu Cheng asked many questions in succession, and then nodded with satisfaction: "Thank you for your cooperation, Lord Fan. Next, please have a good sleep, Lord Fan."
As he spoke, Lu Cheng took out the handkerchief soaked with drugs again and covered Fan Wencheng's mouth and nose with it. Fan Wencheng's eyes went dark and he fainted.
Immediately afterwards, Lu Cheng put Fan Wencheng's head in the right position, pulled out a machete, and beheaded him with one clean stroke. He then wrapped Fan Wencheng's head with a sheet and put it into the storage space.
After the headless corpse on the ground had stopped spraying blood, Lu Cheng took out a pack of explosives and a set of trigger devices and made a simple booby trap under Fan Wencheng's body.
As long as someone turns over the body, the device will be triggered and the explosive pack will be ignited.
After finishing all this, Lu Cheng walked around the room again, took away all the valuables, and then left Fan Mansion.
During the whole process, no one discovered it.
As for what he said before, guaranteeing not to harm the other party's life, Lu Cheng did not go back on his word.
Lu Cheng also said in advance that if the other party behaved himself, he would not do anything to him. But the first time Lu Cheng saw Fan Wencheng, he was sure that he was not an honest man.
Lu Cheng has always been very confident in his own judgment.
Afterwards, Lu Cheng came to Li Yongfang's mansion, skillfully climbed over the wall, and carefully walked through the front yard.
However, just as Lu Cheng was about to approach the backyard, he suddenly sensed something was wrong. A crossbow instantly appeared in his hand and shot towards a corner in the darkness.
There was only a "wow" and then a plop.
Several guards on duty heard the noise, and one of them said, "What's going on? I heard the master's dog barking. Do you want to go over and take a look?"
"What's so interesting? It just barked once. If there was something wrong, the dog would have kept barking. Since it only barked once, there shouldn't be anything wrong. It's so cold, we'd better not go over there. If the dog keeps barking and wakes up the master, I'm afraid we'll be in trouble."
On the other side, Lu Cheng, who was hiding in the dark, had already taken out his Glock and was about to retreat, but he didn't expect that the guards didn't even go to check the situation.
This also made Lu Cheng breathe a sigh of relief. He put away his pistol, carefully walked to the wolfdog that was already foaming at the mouth, pulled out the crossbow arrow from its body, helped it turn over, and covered its wound.
Afterwards, Lu Cheng managed to move towards the backyard without any danger. If it wasn't for the sixth sense that triggered his gift, Lu Cheng would definitely be exposed because of the dog...