Chapter 188: No one is rich without windfall
Two days later, several adults from Kyoto left Anyuan City.

They had already searched all the places in Anyuan City that needed to be confiscated, and the gold, silver and other valuables had been transported back to the capital. The real estate would be left to the state government, which would sell them later to fill the treasury.

When they left, Yang Zhengshan personally went out of the city to see them off.

Although people don't care about his position as a guard, he cannot be too rude. He should greet people and see them off, otherwise he will appear arrogant and rude.

Of course, he mainly wanted to see Zheng Xiao off.

Next, these officials went to Jiacheng first, and then to Chongshanguan. Going to Jiacheng was naturally for the purpose of confiscating property, while going to Chongshanguan was for the final judgment.

However, what happened later had nothing to do with Yang Zhengshan.

After they left, the backyard of the prefect's yamen returned to the hands of the yamen, which would arrange for runners to carry out daily cleaning and guarding, waiting for the arrival of the next prefect.

At night, Yang Zhengshan changed into a nightgown.

"Do you want me to go with you?"

Inside the room, Yu Qingyi asked as she helped him tidy up his nightgown.

Yang Zhengshan chuckled, "Don't worry, I'm just going to do something, there's no danger!"

He did not lie to Yu Qingyi about this.

He wanted to go to the backyard of the prefectural yamen to take a look at the underground space under the rockery. However, the backyard was now under the control of the prefectural yamen and the guarding force was very weak.

Not to mention whether anyone could find him, even if someone found him and he wanted to leave, the officials from the prefectural government could not stop him.

But Yu Qingyi was still a little worried, "Then you should be careful."

"Ok!"

Yang Zhengshan pecked her red lips lightly, "My lady, wait for me to come back!"

Such frivolous behavior made Yu Qingyi blush again.

Yang Zhengshan chuckled, walked out of the room, went around the main courtyard, and quietly jumped over the courtyard wall without even being noticed by the Yang family's guards.

It’s not that the Yang family’s security guards are not capable, but Yang Zhengshan knows the security arrangements, so it is easy for him to bypass them.

It was late at night and there was no one on the streets, but the moon was exceptionally bright tonight, casting a layer of silvery frost-like gauze over the entire Anyuan City.

Yang Zhengshan moved quickly through the streets and alleys, trying his best to keep himself in the shadows of walls and houses.

As for flying around on rooftops, that's bullshit.

Although the night is not as bright as the day, under such good moonlight conditions, it is still easy to be discovered when moving on the roof.

Moreover, compared to the solid ground, there are many unknown situations on the roof.

So generally speaking, when warriors move around at night, they tend to run around in the streets and alleys. Unless they are very confident in their light-weight skills, most warriors don't like to run around on rooftops.

There are people who are confident in their light body skills, such as Wei Cen.

Wei Cen was discovered by Yang Zhengshan because he was on the roof. If he had been walking on the ground, Yang Zhengshan might not have been able to find him.

Soon Yang Zhengshan arrived outside the wall of the backyard of the prefectural yamen. He leaned against the wall and listened. After making sure that there was no movement around, he jumped directly over the wall.

Although his light body skills are not very good, it is still easy for him to climb over the wall.

After entering the yard, Yang Zhengshan did not rush to the rockery, but walked slowly in the yard.

It was late at night and there was almost no sound except the chirping of insects.

In such an environment, Yang Zhengshan's hearing almost reached a very terrifying level. Within ten feet, any movement could not be hidden from him, even if it was just a slight breathing sound.

There were still people guarding the yard, but the guard was not paying attention and had fallen asleep.

After making sure that there was nothing unusual, Yang Zhengshan quietly came to the rockery and observed the rockery in the moonlight.

This rockery is actually very large, with the highest point being as high as two meters. It extends along the edge of the pond from the east side of the garden to the west side of the garden, with undulating and staggered terrain, and the scenery is quite exquisite.

However, there was only one abnormality, which was the place where Yang Zhengshan discovered it last time.

After observing for a while, Yang Zhengshan confirmed that there should be no activity on the rockery recently, and he felt a little relieved.

The lack of activity means that the people responsible for the house search did not find any abnormalities here.

Yang Zhengshan pushed a stone as tall as a person to one side, and sure enough, a pitch-black hole was revealed inside.

“Hope there’s something good down there!”

He had some expectations in his heart.

The underground space in the backyard of the garrison was very large, and it was obvious that something had been stored there before, but everything inside had been taken away before he came.

But it’s different here. If this underground space belongs to Lin Xuan, then there must be something in it.

Because Lin Xuan, Liang Rong, Yi Shan and others were arrested almost at the same time, they had no time to move the things inside.

Unless they have other accomplices who have not been discovered by the Secret Guards.

Yang Zhengshan walked into the cave carefully. After entering, he did not forget to drag the rockery back to its original position. However, it was a little inconvenient to drag the rockery inside, and its position was slightly different from the original one.

Along the long corridor, Yang Zhengshan walked very cautiously.

In this pitch-dark place, Yang Zhengshan could only grope his way forward.

He did not light the tinder in his hand, and groped forward like a blind man.

Because he was not sure if there was anyone down there. What if there was?
As for the mechanisms, Yang Zhengshan did not consider this aspect, because there were no mechanisms or the like in the underground space of the Yang family.

Yang Zhengshan walked to the bottom of the space smoothly. He didn't hear any sound, and then he lit the fire stick in his hand.

The faint flames flickered, illuminating the area in front of Yang Zhengshan a little.

It was pitch black all around, with nothing in front of him except for the wall pillars. The situation here seemed to be similar to the basement space in his home.

Yang Zhengshan held up a tinderbox and slowly searched around. Suddenly, he saw a black shadow. Under the firelight, the black shadow looked square and seemed to be a box.

Yang Zhengshan was delighted and stepped forward quickly.

They were indeed wooden boxes, all of them were large wooden boxes two feet high, and there were more than a dozen of them!
"There really is something!"

"What is it?"

Yang Zhengshan opened a wooden box with great anticipation.

Wow~~
Snow-white fluorescence appeared in Yang Zhengshan's eyes.

Snowflake silver, a whole box of snowflake silver, all of which were silver ingots of ten taels each, neatly placed in a wooden box.

Yang Zhengshan widened his eyes and finally managed to move his gaze away from the silver ingots, but then he saw the other wooden boxes in front of him.

There are probably more than a dozen wooden boxes!

"Get rich!"

Yang Zhengshan couldn't wait to open the wooden boxes one by one.

Silver ingots, all of them are snow-white silver ingots!

This is not official silver, but a recast silver ingot.

It wasn't just the silver ingots. When Yang Zhengshan opened the seventh wooden box, he was completely stunned.

The golden light reflected in his eyes.

Meow, there’s gold!
Yang Zhengshan felt like his heart was about to jump out.

Then he couldn't wait to open the next box.

But the next one is not gold, but various gold and silver jewelry, jade jewelry, and many jade stones.

"Depend on!"

Yang Zhengshan couldn't help but take a breath.

Jade is more valuable than gold and silver.

Finally, all twelve boxes were opened, including eight boxes of silver ingots, two boxes of gold ingots, and two boxes of jade jewelry.

That is two thousand taels of gold, eight thousand taels of silver, and two boxes of valuable jade jewelry.

It is difficult to estimate the value of those jades for now, but the value of the gold and silver can be seen at a glance.

Because the wooden boxes for storing gold and silver were all standardized by the imperial court, each box held one thousand taels.

Yang Zhengshan looked at the pile of gold, silver and jewelry and stood there in silence for a long time before he calmed down his excitement.

Then he picked up a gold ingot and a silver ingot and looked at them carefully.

"They are all privately minted, not official silver!"

Yang Zhengshan felt slightly relieved.

There is a court seal on the bottom of the official silver, and spending it might cause trouble.

Private minting is much simpler, and the origin of the gold and silver will not be exposed at all.

But these jade jewels are a trouble.

It is definitely not a good idea to just sell them directly, as people might know the origins of these things.

Although Sha Pingchuan, Yi Shan and others have all been captured, no one knows now whether there are other people behind them, such as the Prince Qing's Palace as Lu Hua guessed.

Thinking of Prince Qing's Mansion and looking at the gold and silver in front of him, Yang Zhengshan frowned slightly.

Yi Shan and others have all been caught. The Secret Guards should have interrogated them long ago. Didn’t the Secret Guards learn about the existence of the gold and silver from them?
If the Secret Guards knew about this, these gold and silver would definitely not stay here.

What does this mean?
This means that Sha Pingchuan and others did not confess everything.

This means that they are still holding on to hope, or that they are still holding on to hope.

So the question is, what are their hopes?
Could it really be Prince Qing’s Palace?
Yang Zhengshan thought about it, then shook his head, "No matter if there is any problem behind this, these things are mine anyway!"

A horse will not be fat without night grass, and a man will not be rich without windfall.

With this batch of gold and silver, Yang Zhengshan won’t have to worry about the family expenses for a long time.

However, considering the wealth of the Yang family, taking out too much gold and silver at one time would be a bit eye-catching. Yang Zhengshan had already made up his mind to take out several hundred taels of silver every one or two months to supplement the household expenses.

After thinking about this, Yang Zhengshan couldn't wait to put the boxes into the Lingquan space.

Fortunately, he had the Lingquan Space, otherwise it would be a hassle to get so many gold, silver and jewelry out.

However, there is not only this gold and silver in this underground space. It seems that there is a lot of gold and silver, but in fact, they can be put in a box and put away in a room. There is no need to create such a large underground space.

After putting all the gold, silver and jewelry into the Lingquan space, Yang Zhengshan began to search the underground space again.

As he expected, there were still many good things here.

Furs, herbs, silk, brocade, and even Yang Zhengshan found a lot of iron ingots and armor.

So this should be Yi Shan and his team’s warehouse?

It is really a good idea to put the warehouse in the basement of the prefectural government office.

Not only the prefectural government office, but also the garrison office! However, the things in the underground space of the garrison office had been moved away by them long ago.

(End of this chapter)