Ever since Ye Jintang returned to the Hou Mansion, he had always wanted to explore Mrs. Ye's treasury, but she was too defensive and the matter was delayed.
Seeing that her marriage to King Qin was about to take place, Ye Jintang felt a little anxious.
She thought about it last night and decided on those Gu insects raised by Liuli.
As long as Mrs. Ye is sick, she can find a reason to go to the hospital and steal four warehouse keys.
It will be much easier to sneak into the vault later.
As soon as Ye Jintang walked in, Liuli told her the good news that Mrs. Ye was bitten by a poisonous insect.
"In less than half a day, the old lady's face will be covered in red rashes. The doctor will most likely say it's contagious. By then, other people will be scared and dare not enter the old lady's house."
"That's good, I can still build up a good reputation for filial piety."
As he spoke, Ye Jintang touched the snoring snow ball next to him.
"Whether you can find the key to the vault depends on you, Xuetuan, you have eaten so much delicious food from me, now is the time for you to repay me."
Sure enough, near noon, the news that Mrs. Ye was ill spread throughout the Hou Mansion.
Grandma Sun, who usually served Mrs. Ye, was frightened when she saw the rash on Mrs. Ye's face.
Just now, Jingwei just took the handkerchief and wiped the old lady's face. Now her fingers felt a little inexplicable. It was obvious that the poison was extraordinary.
For a while, the maids and women who were serving in the old lady's house were in a state of panic. They were afraid that they might also be contaminated by the strange poison.
The old lady's illness can be treated with the best medicine, but if a servant is infected, everyone knows what medicine can be used to treat it.
Everyone was scared to death, how could they take good care of the old lady.
When she received such news when she returned home, Mrs. Gan was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.
If the old lady was in trouble at this juncture, how could Ye Yanran marry into Prince Qi's palace.
At this moment, Ye Jintang came over and asked to take care of the old lady.
"Auntie, just let me go. Grandma is so kind to me. If she is sick, I should go to her to take care of her."
"Sixth girl, you..."
Mrs. Gan looked at Ye Jintang's sincere face and simply didn't know what to say.
She is going to marry King Qin. What will happen if she gets a bad disease?
The extremely troubled Mrs. Gan glanced at the old lady's closed door, gritted her teeth and agreed to the matter.
So what if Ye Jintang had to be sacrificed in order for Ye Yanran to marry into Prince Qi's palace smoothly.
If she is really infected with a serious disease, there are other legitimate daughters in Danyang Hou Mansion who can marry King Qin.
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Sixth Girl."
"It's not hard, this is what I should do."
Ye Jintang put on a veil, took the medicine that had just been prepared and went into the room to serve the old lady to drink the medicine.
At this moment, Mrs. Ye was affected by the toxin and had been sleeping. Ye Jintang poured the medicine into the flower pot.
As long as she finds the key to the vault, Mrs. Ye will be fine even if she doesn't take any medicine.
This is the first time that Ye Jintang has carefully looked at Mrs. Ye's house. It has to be said that every object in her house is of high quality. Every small ornament he picks up on the Duobao shelf is an antique.
While no one dared to enter the house, Ye Jintang quickly searched every corner of the house and found only one vault key.
This one should be used frequently, so it is placed in the Duobao Pavilion beside the bed.
"Snowball, it's your turn now."
Ye Jintang released the snow ball from the space and let it look around the house.
Xue Tuan's sense of smell was very keen. She walked around the room and finally squatted next to Mrs. Ye.
"You mean the other three vault keys are with the old lady?"
Xue Tuan meowed delicately and calmly licked her paws.
Ye Jintang took out a pair of gloves from the space and put them on himself, and began to search Mrs. Ye's body to see if she had all three vault keys with her.
After searching for a long time, I couldn't even see the shadow of the key.
"Xuetuan, can you do it? You can't just find the dried fish I've hidden."
Ye Jintang was a little doubtful of Xue Tuan's ability to find things.
"Meow......"
After licking his paws, Xue Tuan saw that Ye Jintang had found nothing, so he couldn't help but use his paws to pull the blanket under Mrs. Ye's body.
"You mean here?"
Ye Jintang quickly lifted up the quilt.
Mrs. Ye slept on a heated kang. She lifted up the bedding and insulating mat to reveal the mud bricks underneath.
Near Duobao Pavilion, several very regular cracks can be vaguely seen.
"Has the old lady hidden her secrets deeply enough?"
Who would have thought that there would be a hidden compartment under the heated ondol.
Ye Jintang sighed and pressed his hand on the cracked area.
As expected, there was another mystery here. As she pressed her palm hard, a small box rose up from the fire pit. There were exactly three warehouse keys inside.
Ye Jintang quickly stamped all four keys and handed them out while he was eating, asking Zhou Wuwei to find a more capable craftsman to make copies of them all.
Ye Jintang did not leave Mrs. Ye's house that night. Instead, in the dead of night, she quietly took four warehouse keys and went to explore the way.
It was pitch dark in the small cubicle, and Ye Jintang did not dare to light a candle. He could only fumble around with his hands, gently tapping the surrounding walls and floor tiles to find the secret door into the vault.
After searching carefully for about half an hour, she finally found the secret door leading to the vault.
Just as she was about to go down, the footsteps and voices of women patrolling the door suddenly came from the door.
She was so frightened that she didn't dare to take a breath.
Ye Jintang secretly patted his chest and waited for the patrolling women to go away before hurriedly entering the vault.
The secret passage was very short. After walking a few steps, I turned a corner and saw four locked vaults.
One of the vaults is often opened, and the locks on it are cracked.
The other three vaults must have been untouched for a long time, and the locks looked a bit old.
The frequently opened vaults should contain some items for daily use. Ye Jintang was not in a hurry to go there and take a look. Instead, he first went to see what was in the three items that were not commonly used.
The heavy vault door was pushed open by Ye Jintang, and what came into view was a vault full of neat boxes.
Ye Jintang is very familiar with these boxes containing gold and silver.
She just stepped forward and touched it with her hand, and the cash inside instantly appeared in her space.
Looking at the huge treasury, Ye Jintang was stunned.
With so many boxes of cash, how many taels of silver are needed?
Thinking that all the money would soon be hers, Ye Jintang's face instantly filled with a smile.
She opened two other vaults, and as expected, one of them was filled with gold bars and gold ingots. Although the quantity was not as much as cash, the value was definitely not low.
Judging from the shape of the gold bars, they do not look like products from the Central Plains.
Ye Jintang estimated that these should be the trophies that the old Marquis collected from fighting abroad when he was young.
No wonder so many people like to fight. The winning side becomes rich almost overnight.
The items in the third warehouse are more miscellaneous, including precious silks and satins, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and even some pearls and gems from overseas.
Almost every box you open contains something different.
Looking at these dazzling objects, the corners of Ye Jintang's lips turned upward.
The wealth that the Danyang Marquis Mansion had accumulated over the years would soon be hers, Ye Jintang's. It was exciting to think about it.
After closing the doors of the three vaults again, Ye Jintang turned around and left without even opening the fourth vault.
In order to prevent emergencies, Ye Jintang was not in a hurry to empty the treasury. According to the plan, she wanted to empty the Danyang Hou Mansion on the day of her wedding.
She not only wanted to empty the treasury, but also the warehouse of Zhongfie.
The Hou Mansion will definitely be very lively by then.
"Old madam, I should really thank you. If you hadn't spent all these years, how could so much wealth of the Hou Mansion come into my hands."
"I will take away all the family property later. Don't be so angry. You have to watch the Danyang Marquis Mansion slowly decline."
Ye Jintang didn't want to spend the night with the old lady. She put the key away, took out a small porcelain bottle from her sleeve, and gently placed it under the old lady's nose.
In just a few breaths, Mrs. Ye, who had been sleeping, showed signs of waking up, and the red rash on her face was also fading.
"Mother Sun, Grandma Sun, the old lady is awake, the old lady is awake."
Grandma Sun, who had already fallen asleep, was woken up by Ye Jintang's scream.
She got dressed and hurried over. At this moment, Mrs. Ye had already sat up with the help of Ye Jintang.
"Old madam, you are finally awake."
Seeing that the rash on the old lady's face had subsided a lot, Grandma Sun immediately sent for the doctor to come over.
After a while, the old Marquis came and Mrs. Gan came. The lights in every house and courtyard were lit up, and the whole Marquis Mansion became lively.
Only Ye Jintang yawned and went back to her own courtyard to catch up on some sleep in a good mood.
Today, she was either out attending the Hundred Flowers Banquet or in Mrs. Ye's room. She felt like she was going to fall apart from exhaustion.
Mrs. Ye was bitten by a poisonous insect and recovered immediately. It was considered a false alarm.
However, she was very happy to hear that Ye Jintang took the initiative to come over to take care of him, and asked Grandma Sun to send a bunch of good things over.
Ye Jintang was naturally not polite and took everything as ordered.
"Master, this is the key to the vault."
Another day later, Zhou Wuwei quietly gave four keys to Ye Jintang.
"Is it reliable?"
"The master who makes the key is very good. Most people would not even dare to make a double-toothed key after seeing it."
"Um."
Ye Jintang put the keys away in a good mood.
"The shop my cousin helped to buy is almost ready. If you go over there and show your face, you will be asked to run back and forth from both sides."
"yes."
Ye Jintang took a pen and paper, wrote Fang Yu's contact information, and asked Zhou Wuwei to go find her and help her see how the various shops were being cleaned up. She was afraid that she might not be able to leave the gate of the Hou Mansion recently.
