Chapter 69: Stole All The Family Fortune+
After Gu Yu entered the main residence where Wang Xu lived, he and Xi Yang searched everywhere and quickly found the place where Wang Xu hid his money.
After collecting a large amount of silver notes and gold, silver, and jewels, Gu Yu looked at the messy room they had turned upside down and smiled with satisfaction. Then, he asked Xi Yang to help him make a tactical retreat.
With the silver in hand, Gu Yu’s anger subsided significantly, so he didn’t stay at Wang Xu’s house any longer, waiting to see his expression.
Just thinking about it, he knew it wouldn’t be pleasant.
However, the Wang clan was not just Wang Xu alone, so when evening came and everyone in the Gu residence had turned off their lights and gone to sleep, Gu Yu once again scaled the wall and went to the alliance’s meeting point.
After spending money again, Gu Yu bought all the information about important figures in the Wang clan, along with detailed maps of their residences.
It was a buy-one-get-one-free deal, very cost-effective.
Gu Yu didn’t know who came up with the idea of colluding with the Luoluo Kingdom, so he didn’t bother to eliminate them one by one, preparing to deal with them all at once. No one would be able to escape!
Thus, a series of theft incidents occurred in the capital for several consecutive days, causing widespread unease among the people, who worried they might be the next victim.
However, after seeing that all the victims were from the Wang clan, and considering the recently banned rumors, people vaguely guessed some things, and after that, they no longer worried.
Whether the Wang clan was innocent or not, as long as it didn’t happen to themselves, everything was fine.
Thus, after the Wang clan’s patriarch and elders, as well as their family’s wealth, disappeared one after another, they knew they had provoked enemies, and that these enemies were elusive and uncatchable, a very formidable expert.
Even with advance prevention, it was useless; the gold, silver, and jewels hidden in their homes would still disappear.
As this situation continued, Wang Xu, whose family’s money was the first to be stolen, was furious. Thinking that his painstakingly saved money had been taken away by someone else, and that person might now be enjoying themselves with his money.
This made Wang Xu feel increasingly upset. Immediately, regardless of whether only a few days had passed since the incident of the Luoluo Kingdom envoy being killed and whether the Emperor still harbored suspicions towards him, he directly went to the alliance’s meeting place.
The alliance was a magical place. Whether it was hiring an assassin or obtaining intelligence, as long as one paid money, a good outcome would be achieved.
And Wang Xu at this moment wanted to pay the price of money to get information about the thief who had recently stolen from the Wang clan, and then find a way to deal with him.
Stealing so much of their money, even Lingchi (death by a thousand cuts) would be considered lenient.
However, when Wang Xu arrived at the alliance, when the person in the black robe heard Wang Xu’s request, his movements paused, and then he immediately said, “No comment.”
This made Wang Xu frown. He wondered who the thief was that even the alliance could not reveal his name!
Seeing Wang Xu’s “I must get an answer today” demeanor, the person in the black robe said no more nonsense. Instead, he waved his hand, and instantly several men in black appeared in the room, forcefully throwing Wang Xu outside, and ordered him not to come back again.
Otherwise, he would lose his life.
Facing the pressure of the alliance’s many experts, Wang Xu naturally refused to argue further, and could only return in anger and dejection, thinking that the thief’s background was really powerful, forcing the alliance to treat him this way…
As a stable source of money for the alliance, receiving such treatment today clearly showed that in the eyes of the alliance, the thief was more formidable than Wang Xu.
After realizing this, Wang Xu, upon returning to his own residence, did nothing more. Instead, he decided to wait until the thief had stolen everything, perhaps then he would stop.
Although this helpless appearance was cowardly, for someone whose information even the alliance could not reveal, Wang Xu truly dared not do anything more now.
In other words, as the patriarch of the Wang clan, Wang Xu’s various information could definitely be obtained if someone was willing to pay.
However, the thief’s information was completely the opposite… no matter how much money was spent, it could not be obtained, and one would even be driven out by the alliance.
However, just as Wang Xu was preparing to be a turtle hiding in its shell, Gu Yu had already stolen from everyone he intended to, and the remaining small fries were completely beneath his notice.
It was too much effort for such a trip!
However, the Wang clan was truly rich!
After stealing from more than a dozen households consecutively, the quantity of gold, silver, and jewels in Gu Yu’s space was now frighteningly large. Compared to the tens of thousands of taels of silver he had earned before, it was nothing, simply incomparable.
Indeed, earning money step by step was too slow.
Like this time of robbing the rich to help the poor, if he did it a few more times, Gu Yu felt he might become the richest person in the country.
However, this money was of unknown origin, so it was best not to expose it for now, and it could only lie quietly in his space.
“Brother-in-law, the matter of the Luoluo Kingdom envoy being killed is over. Can my father and sister come back from the battlefield? Many days have passed, and there’s still no news, which is making me worried.”
“Don’t worry, the Emperor has already issued an order to send people to the Luoluo Kingdom to explain the situation! I believe news will arrive soon, just like waiting for the Wang clan to confess their guilt earlier; it can’t be rushed.”
In the courtyard, for the first time today, Gu Yu was not making medicinal powder in his room. Instead, he brought a chair and placed it under a tree in the courtyard.
After sitting in the chair, he immediately closed his eyes, wanting to enjoy the sun after a long time.
As a result, while Gu Yu was thinking about the gold, silver, and treasures in his space, Gu Qingheng’s voice suddenly sounded. When Gu Yu opened his eyes, he saw Gu Qingheng with a worried expression on his face. It was clear that Gu Qing and Gu Mengyao had not yet returned with news, which made him very worried now!
In response, Gu Yu could only comfort his younger brother-in-law and tell him not to worry anymore.
Although he was also worried, when Gu Qingheng also began to look worried, Gu Yu, on the contrary, changed his usual demeanor and comforted Gu Qingheng, saying that everything would be fine.
“But it’s so infuriating that the Wang clan has escaped punishment like this! However, it’s good that their money was stolen, and now they’re probably crying in some corner.”
When Gu Yu mentioned the Wang clan, Gu Qingheng no longer dwelled on his worries. Instead, he shifted his anger to the Wang clan.
If it weren’t for the Wang clan causing these troubles, Gu Qing and Gu Mengyao wouldn’t have had to go to the battlefield. In that case, he and Gu Yu wouldn’t have stayed in the capital worrying.
Even if the Wang clan eventually found someone to take the blame and forcibly ended the incident of the Luoluo Kingdom envoy, Gu Yu and Gu Qingheng did not dare to leave the capital rashly, for fear that as soon as they left, the battlefield would immediately send intelligence.
“Yes, it’s truly satisfying.”
“Heh, brother-in-law, you’re still pretending with me! You definitely stole all the family fortune of the Wang clan, don’t try to deny it.”
“…”
However, Gu Qingheng’s tone then turned, and what he said next left Gu Yu speechless.
In the end, he couldn’t hide it from Gu Qingheng.
“How did you know it was me?”
“Others might still be wondering who it was, but with me, even if I guessed with my toes, I could guess it was brother-in-law.”
“Then your toes are really amazing!”
“Heh, after all, brother-in-law is petty and likes revenge. How could he let the Wang clan escape so easily? Since he couldn’t kill them, he could only resort to financial sanctions.”
Afterward, hearing Gu Qingheng say this about him, Gu Yu immediately gave him a white eye.
Thinking that this was just his younger brother-in-law, if it were someone else, he would have dealt with them properly.
However, it was precisely because Gu Qingheng understood Gu Yu that he was able to guess the reason for the frequent thefts in the Wang clan…
“You guessed correctly, but you’re not allowed to tell anyone.”
“I absolutely won’t tell anyone. I’m even keeping your space a secret from Sister Xia Tian… I feel a bit guilty, after all, Sister Xia Tian is trying so hard to integrate, and now I feel like I’m pushing her away.”
“After all, Xia Tian appeared halfway, so we have to be cautious. We’ll talk about it after the probationary period. If you want to see your brother-in-law’s secret exposed and then caught by others, then…”
“Brother-in-law, don’t worry! Even if Sister Xia Tian seduces me, I won’t say anything.”
“…”
Afterward, hearing Gu Qingheng’s serious guarantee, Gu Yu felt a sense of amusement mixed with helplessness.
How old was his younger brother-in-law now that he was even using the word “seduce”?
However, seeing Gu Qingheng’s serious expression made Gu Yu feel very touched, thinking that he should treat his younger brother-in-law better in the future!
After all, he was Gu Mengyao’s biological brother, and he had to curry favor with his younger brother-in-law!
“But, brother-in-law, you’ve plundered so much silver. What if the Wang clan wants revenge?”
“Let them come. I’m not afraid anyway.”
“Although brother-in-law you were definitely secretive and didn’t get discovered, but… what if the Wang clan spends money at the alliance to directly obtain your information then what?”
“Don’t worry, when I went to the alliance to buy information about important figures of the Wang clan, I asked the person in the black robe about this possibility. Although the person in the black robe didn’t explicitly say, he indicated that my information would absolutely not be leaked.”
Upon hearing Gu Qingheng’s concern, Gu Yu shook his head and told him to rest assured that the alliance would not give his information to anyone from the Wang clan.
Although Gu Yu had vaguely sensed something when he first met the alliance’s person in the black robe, he wasn’t certain. Until now, Gu Yu had confirmed it… for some unknown reason, the alliance was taking special care of him.
It was almost as if they were long-lost half-brothers from different parents, and the alliance would never allow anyone to harm Gu Yu.
Therefore, no matter how much money the Wang clan spent, the alliance would not leak him.
This also made Gu Yu no longer worry. He proceeded to steal the entire fortune of the Wang clan, family by family, wishing he could even take away their rice vats so that they couldn’t eat a single grain of rice.
“Report! A letter has arrived from the General, requesting son-in-law Gu Yu to receive it.”
Just as Gu Yu and Gu Qingheng were talking, a loud shout suddenly rang out, startling both of them.
However, upon hearing that it was a letter from the battlefield, Gu Yu and Gu Qingheng’s faces lit up with joy, thinking that news had finally arrived!
