Eat the whole family? I emptied the storehouse of the Marquis' Mansion and married the crippled

Chapter 244 Ye Jintang's Back-up Plan

"Xuetuan, you can go now. I see your stomach is so bloated."

Ye Jintang gave Xuetuan a displeased look.

At this moment, its body was covered in snake blood and was extremely dirty.

"Meow......"

Xuetuan licked his paws with great satisfaction. He didn't want to eat snake gall for some time.

Ye Jintang hurried out with Xuetuan. When she reached the door, she glanced at the hourglass at the door and the last grain of sand had just fallen.

The poisonous snake near the door gradually woke up, hissing again and again, making Ye Jintang's scalp tingle.

But this time she didn't run away in a hurry, but took out a torn handkerchief from her arms.

The handkerchief was dirty, with claw marks left by Snowball on it, which exactly matched the marks left in the snake cave.

Ye Jintang threw the handkerchief on the ground, and it was stained with some snake blood, creating a trace that someone had come and fought with the snake.

And this handkerchief belongs to Miss Yao.

Ever since he decided to get rid of Madam Yao, Ye Jintang had been sending people to secretly keep an eye on her, hoping to take one or two of her personal belongings.

She was extremely careful in her daily work. Not to mention clothes and handkerchiefs, even needles and thread would be destroyed by her before being thrown away.

Ye Jintang bribed the gatekeeper, but after all the trouble he put in, he still didn't get anything valuable.

Later, she had to spend a large sum of money before the gatekeeper managed to steal the handkerchief.

There was a word "Yao" embroidered on the handkerchief. Everyone had their own unique way of embroidering. She believed that with Consort Dehui's ability, she would be able to easily find Madam Yao.

After putting her things away, Ye Jintang opened the door swiftly. The warm sunlight fell on her skin, and she finally felt that she was still alive in the world of the living.

Having spent too much time in the vault, Ye Jintang almost ran back.

When she returned, she saw Xiao Mo and the palace maid bidding farewell to Emperor Jing and preparing to leave the palace.

After exchanging clothes with the palace maid, Ye Jintang and Xiao Mo walked out of the palace side by side. At this moment, her heart was still pounding and her nervous mood had not yet calmed down.

Suddenly Xiao Mo held her hand and said gently, "Why are your hands so cold? Were you scared by the poisonous snake?"

"Well, Xuetuan killed both giant pythons. If I hadn't been in a hurry, I guess none of the poisonous snakes in the snake den would have survived. Even if Xuetuan didn't eat the snake gall, he would have bitten them to death."

Today Ye Jintang finally understood that Xuetuan only looked like a soft bun and acted cute all the time, but he was still very fierce in nature.

"Is Xuetuan so cruel?"

"Well, it kills those little poisonous snakes just for fun. It's not that snake gallbladders are so delicious, it just eats them as a side dish."

"A big cat is just a tiger. I think if Xuetuan grows up a little bit, he can be raised as a tiger."

"If I want to eat snake meat all day, I can't afford it."

"Cats like to eat a lot of different things. I saw Xuetuan even eat steamed buns. He's very easy to keep."

The two chatted all the way, and it was not until they left the palace and got on the carriage that Xiao Mo asked about the gold and silver in the vault.

"Everything went well. I said I would give you one-tenth of my hard work fee. Your Majesty, do you want gold or silver?"

Xiao Mo looked at Ye Jintang excitedly, "First tell me how much silver you have in total."

Ye Jintang raised two fingers and waved them in front of Xiao Mo.

"Two million taels of silver, or two million taels of gold?"

"Your Majesty, can't you make a bold guess? The vault contains all of Imperial Noble Consort Dehui's assets for 12 years. Do you think 200 million taels of gold can stop them?"

As Ye Jintang finished speaking, a big smile instantly appeared on Xiao Mo's face.

"It can't be 2000 million taels of silver, right?"

"There is more than 500 million taels of gold. If Your Majesty wants gold, I can also give it to you in exchange."

Xiao Mo shook his head. "So much gold suddenly circulating in the market will cause some unnecessary trouble. You should convert it into silver."

"Okay, where do you want to get the silver? Tell me the location and I'll have someone deliver it to you."

"There is no rush for this matter. Let's talk about it after we leave the capital."

After the two got on the carriage, they did not return to the Prince of Qin's Palace, but went straight to the city gate.

Their time is extremely tight, and from now on they have to rush to Ningchuan Prefecture at full speed. As long as they don't waste time on the road, they will be able to reach Ningchuan Prefecture by the end of November or early December.

If they delay, it is hard to say whether they can arrive in Ningchuan Prefecture safely by the end of December or January.

If a snowstorm occurs, with so many people camping outdoors, whether they can survive will depend on their luck.

The large army of the palace had already been waiting at the city gate. When they saw Xiao Mo's carriage coming, they set off immediately without wasting even a minute.

The huge procession of carriages disappeared on the horizon. The King of Qin's journey to his fiefdom seemed a little desolate, as no one came out to see him off.

Only Zhou Wuwei was riding a horse, standing on a hillside. He waited until the carriage team disappeared before turning his horse around and leaving.

"Young Master, are you really going to the South Camp?"

A middle-aged man with a dark face followed closely behind Zhou Wuwei.

"Go, our Zhou family's entire loyal family has died just like that, I must find out who is behind this."

At this moment, Zhou Wuwei's face lost its childish look and was filled with frost, completely different from the one Ye Jintang usually saw.

The two men came down the hillside and headed straight for the South Camp.

It was a long time after leaving the city that Ye Jintang's overly excited mood finally calmed down.

"I'm going to find my master."

She was thinking about the plants she brought out from the vault, so she got on Master Mu's carriage without taking a rest.

"Master, I have something to show you."

Ye Jintang put a small green plant in a clay pot and carefully showed it to Master Mu.

The green plant doesn't look anything special, but the small red fruits hanging on it are particularly eye-catching. Each one is the size of a fingernail and sparkles like a ruby.

Master Mu, who was fiddling with medicinal herbs in the carriage, looked up and her eyes happened to fall on the red fruit.

"Jintang, where did you get this snake heart fruit? The quality is very good."

Master Mu put down the herbs in her hand, wiped her hands with cotton cloth, and then took the green plant from Ye Jintang's hand.

"Master, do you recognize this plant?"

"Of course, it's called Snake Cliff Incense, and it's a Chinese medicinal herb that likes to grow on cliffs, in dark and humid places."

"The environment in which Snake Cliff Incense grows gives off a scent that poisonous snakes really like. Generally, if a Snake Cliff Incense is a little older, there must be very ferocious poisonous snakes around it."

"This snakeleaf fragrance plant has been cultivated for at least 20 years."

"I see."

Ye Jintang briefly explained how he got the Snake Cliff Incense, but did not reveal how much silver he took out of the treasury.

"That's right, it should be the Snake Cliff Incense specially raised by Imperial Noble Consort Dehui."

"Master, how do you tell the age of the Snake Cliff Incense?"

Ye Jintang really didn't expect that this clump of Osmanthus fragrans was actually more than 20 years old. Looking at the slender stems, she thought it was a 2-year-old shrub.

"It is extremely difficult for the snake cliff fragrance to bloom. Even if it blooms, it will not bear fruit most of the time. It will take at least 10 years for it to bear fruit."

"Look, there are more than 20 fruits on this snake cliff fragrance plant. It must have taken at least 20 years to grow, maybe even longer."

Hearing this, Ye Jintang's eyes lit up, and she couldn't wait to continue asking, "What's so special about the snake cliff fragrance that is so difficult to bear? If it is used as medicine, how can it be used? Master, please tell me everything quickly."

"Snake Cliff Incense is extremely rare. Medical books record that the snake heart fruit produced by Snake Cliff Incense can be made into longevity pills."

"As long as you take the longevity pills all year round, you won't be able to achieve true immortality, but living to a hundred years old is still very easy."

"If I remember correctly, the old man of Divine Doctor Gu took the longevity pill and lived to be 123 years old."