Chapter 108 – Entering the Mo Mansion at Night
The backyard of the Mo Mansion was a not-so-small garden, in which many rare flowers and plants were planted, and although it was hard to see due to the darkness of the sky, the strong fragrance of the flowers still penetrated straight into the heart and lungs of the people, making Han Li unable to help but take in a deep breath.
”Huh!” Han Li suddenly let out a soft cry, and although the scent of these flowers was thick and pungent, he still distinguished the familiar scent of medicinal herbs.
”Someone is growing herbs here.” Han Li lightly laughed, this extremely familiar smell made him greatly curious about the person who planted it, it seemed that someone in the Mo Mansion had inherited Doctor Mo’s medical skills.
Han Li didn’t dare to delay any longer, so he followed the path in the garden and slowly dived towards the place where there were still lights.
Along the way, Han Li found a number of deeply concealed sentries, if not for his awareness of people, it really is not easy to find them. It seems that the Mo Mansion’s guard is very tight.
However, since he had recognized them, bypassing these sentries was a breeze for him.
Han Li stopped in front of a small two-story building.
The reason why he had chosen this place was that he had only discovered that the guards in this building were much stricter than the rest of the place, with twenty to thirty people guarding this neighborhood.
Han Li looked at the second floor of the small building, which was still brightly lit, and knew that there should be an important figure from the Mo Mansion inside who had not yet gone to sleep, which was just right for him to investigate.
So, he took advantage of the night color figure as fast as lightning, under a shake, the person flew to the downstairs, and then feet a force, lightly flipped up to the second floor, the whole process was completed in an instant, those around the bright guards and dark sentries, not the slightest attention to Han Li’s invasion.
Han Li stood close to the wall of the second floor of the house, letting his figure hide within the shadows, and then put up his ears to listen carefully to the situation inside the room.
Through his own superhuman hearing, Han Li heard a woman speaking inside the room, and it seemed that there was not just one person in the room.
”Changping Town secret rudder, the solution sent seven thousand three hundred taels of silver.”
”Falling Valley Town secret rudder, delivering 5,800 taels of silver.”
”Blue Moon Town secret rudder, delivering fifteen hundred taels of silver.”
”Five Collar Town ……”
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”These are the silver that the secret rudders sent last month, basically more than a quarter less than previous years at this time.”
A pleasant woman’s voice came into Han Li’s ears, this voice was clear and energetic, a listen was a young daughter’s family, only her last sentence had a great deal of dissatisfaction.
”Mother, the people in charge of these dark rudders are getting bolder and bolder! The silver that is delivered is getting less and less every month.” This female that said angrily.
”I know, I know it in my heart!” Another low and magnetic female voice sounded.
”Could it be one of the Mo’s Three Jiao?” Han Li’s spirit lifted, feeling lucky that the other person in the room appeared to be one of Doctor Mo’s wives.
”You always say there are numbers, can’t you think of some ways to straighten things out? If things go on like this, those dark rudders will sooner or later not put our General Rudder in their eyes!” The young girl complained.
”I don’t have a very good solution today! You should know that the power of the dark rudder has always been run by your Fifth Mother alone! The rest of the Mo Mansion can’t interfere at all!” The woman replied hopelessly.
Once these words came out, the room was quiet for a moment.
It was only after a while that the young girl’s unwilling voice came again, “Mother, is it really possible to let the Fifth Mother keep hogging the power of those dark rudders? You have to know that ever since Uncle Ma and the others made a split a few years ago, coupled with the suppression from other forces, the power of the dark rudders has become the biggest pillar of our Frightened Jiao Society. Since you, Mother, are the acting head of the Surprising Jiao Society, then of course this greatest power should be controlled by you as well!”
”That’s not a bad thing to say. But back then, when your father left, the one who handed over this dark rudder was after all your Fifth Mother, so I really have no excuse to meddle. Moreover, your fifth mother has now handed over most of the dark rudder’s profits to the General Rudder every month, so I’m even more embarrassed to ask about it!” The woman said indifferently.
”But our Surprising Jiao Society is already weak, if we don’t consolidate our strength, how can we still hope to rise again? Father is really something too! Since he’s left the affairs of the Surprising Jiao Society to you, Mother, why would he hand over the Dark Rudder exclusively to Wu Niang again!” The young girl’s voice was full of resentment, obviously greatly dissatisfied with the father she spoke of.
”Don’t talk nonsense! Your father naturally has his deepest intentions when he does this. It’s not for you, a child, to comment indiscriminately!” The woman sternly reprimanded the girl.
”I know, can’t I just admit my mistake? It seems that Mother is still really infatuated with Father!” The girl seemed to be accustomed to this and looked like she didn’t care, instead opening her mouth to make fun of her mother.
”You child ……” The woman doted on this girl unusually, and could only smile bitterly and say nothing.
Han Li at this time had already affirmed that the woman in the room was the Yan he was looking for, and the girl should be the Mo Caihuan born from him and Dr. Mo, it seemed that he was really lucky to have found the right place at once.
Han Li reached out and touched the personal letter and that token that he had hidden close to Dr. Mo’s handwriting, and prepared to show up to meet with these two.
”Mother, that impostor is so annoying! When he ran into me in the back garden today, he was even very attentive to me, trying his best to show off his few literary skills, acting as if he thought he was a genius in literature and martial arts, it’s really annoying!” The girl suddenly uttered a sentence in a petulant manner, causing Han Li to be taken aback, causing the foot that had originally stepped out to unconsciously shrink back again.
”You be polite to that Wu, after all, he is now nominally your future brother-in-law, don’t let him see the cracks!” Yan sniffed solemnly and said somewhat sternly.
”Ahem! Big sister has been pestered by this person all day long, and still pretending to be moved by him and harboring spring, it’s really hard for big sister to die! If I were in his place, I would have cut him over with a sword long ago.” The girl sighed and said.
”This is also something that can’t be helped, although we know that the surname Wu is a fake, and have also ascertained his details, but in order to buy more time, there is only to sacrifice your big sister’s reputation, and this person hypocritical delay. After all, the enemy’s voice is too big, if they know they can’t take us by trickery, I’m afraid they will immediately launch a strong attack, and we will never have a chance of winning!” Yan’s voice was filled with weariness, and her words revealed the flavor of a broken heart.