Chapter 17: Unexpected Harvest (Part 2)

  "Damn it!"

  He cursed under his breath, Li Han picked up the red wooden box and closed the wooden door before returning to the small wooden house where a young woman was sobbing quietly.

  "It's okay! This place is not safe, let's prepare to leave!"

  A comforting sacrifice, perhaps due to having a younger sister who loved to pester him since childhood, Li Han had always been gentle and courteous towards women, as long as they hadn't offended him!

  "You..."

  "Don't worry, I'm not a bad person... Can you stand up?"

  "Hmm!"

  The woman seemed to be a little afraid of him, which was understandable. It was the middle of the night and someone had sneaked into her home, although it wasn't exactly a harmonious place, but she had lived there for some time after all!

  "In that case, do you know where it's safe around here? We need to get out of here quickly!"

  The knife scar had just rushed out of the door, and the noise was not small. Compared to the sound of the gun falling before, it was barely possible to use a wild cat to knock something down as an excuse, but this heavy wooden door fell to the ground, and the noise couldn't be covered up!

  "This... sir, please follow me..."

  That young woman was not stupid, and after a moment's thought, she understood that her current situation was even more dangerous than before. Although she still had some sobs, she could say a complete sentence. After hesitating for a moment, she felt around on the ground for the torn cloth strips to wrap around her body, barely covering her private parts. Then, after Li Han pulled her up, she followed him out of the house and, after closing the door, led the way out of the courtyard towards a quiet small yard he had passed by before!

  "Please come in, sir... this is where I rest."

  After unlocking the door with a bunch of keys from her waist, the young woman led him into a room, closed the doors and windows tightly, then secretly hid around the house to observe for a while. Only then did she wipe away tears and pour him some already lukewarm tea, saying thank you!

  "My humble family name is Tian, thank you for saving my life! The tea has gone cold, please don't mind, I'll go change into some clean clothes and come back to express my gratitude!"

  After adding a lamp to the table, the young woman apologized to him and Li Han nodded, lowering his head to take a sip of tea. He knew something about how much this late Qing dynasty woman valued chastity. So, although the young woman next to him was also considered beautiful, he didn't dare look at her more than once, that top half of her clothing, cough, he had already seen enough in the wooden house earlier, basically not much different from being naked!

  The young woman left, and Li Han didn't leave immediately either. He walked over to Knife Scar and wanted to ask the woman about Kui Sheng's whereabouts, so he stayed a little longer.

  With nothing to do, Li Han thought of the red wooden box he had snatched from Knife Scar's hand and placed this flat box, which looked no bigger than a book, on the table.

  The box looked very ordinary, without any luxurious patterns, and it seemed to be just an ordinary household item used to store valuable items. However, although the conversation between the two people outside the wooden house was not heard clearly earlier, they had also sensed that this box probably contained some precious items, otherwise the scar-faced man would not have brought it with him when he escaped!

  As for locking up, it's simply no problem for Li Han!

  Took off the silver ring on the right hand's ring finger, pulled it hard to turn it into a thin strip of silver, and then carefully aligned it with the keyhole and slowly inserted it!

  The god of the underworld listened for a moment, and suddenly heard the delicate small lock click open with a "pa" sound. A hint of a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. Li Han put away the ring that was no longer in its original shape, opened the small lock, and lifted the lid of the box!

  "Wow~~~~"

  He almost shouted out, took a deep breath, and picked up the thick stack of Huifeng, Citibank, and Dao Sheng banknotes, as well as many silver tickets from domestic money shops. As someone who had dealt with cash for years, he was one of the few people in the industry who knew modern currency very well. After just touching them with his hands, he confirmed that all the banknotes and silver tickets in the box were real. After spending some time counting them, his face suddenly lit up with joy. Wow, it's almost 19 million taels! This is a standard huge fortune!

  To know that the most commonly used currency among ordinary people in the late Qing Dynasty was various copper coins, and at the time of Xuantong 2 (1910), a bag of 25 kg flour was sold for less than two silver dollars. According to the purchasing power calculation formula, one million taels of silver at that time is almost equivalent to RMB 1.5 billion to 2.1 billion in 2007 (I didn't calculate it carefully, just roughly), which is truly a huge fortune!

  It's really a windfall. Someone gave him a pillow, and Li Han, who was originally lacking in confidence, was shocked after receiving such a huge fortune. His heart was filled with even more arrogance, at least he knew that when Sun Da Gun's Nanjing Provisional National Government was established, they couldn't even get 10 million silver dollars!

  What made him curious was that such a huge sum of money, which even the Qing court would have to hesitate and squeeze out, how did the gang of robbers in his righteous village accumulate such a large amount of capital?

  "Bang!"

  The sound of a teacup shattering...

  "Who!"

  Li Han hastily lifted his head, only to see that the young woman - Tian Shi, who had already changed into a new set of clothes and still had slightly red and swollen eyes, was standing not far from him. On the ground were scattered some broken pieces of a purple sand teapot, with water stains splattered everywhere!

  "Yes... Yes, I am your slave!"

  Tian's hands were busy picking up the pieces of the purple sand pot that had fallen to the ground, "I'm sorry... I'm sorry!", and his mouth was also busy saying sorry to him!

  "Nothing, I'll help you!"

  Li Han nodded, the red wooden box was still placed on the table, but the silver tickets and banknotes inside had all been put into the close-fitting pocket of his bulletproof vest.

  "Do you know where Qu Yansheng is? And how did this horse thief get such a huge fortune!"

  Seeing Tian's face flash with panic and despair as he put away the silver tickets in the box, Li Han believed that she must know something. So, taking the opportunity to help her pick up the broken purple sand pot on the ground, he asked in a low voice.

  "Ah...", Tian's face showed some hesitation, "Sir, I see you're not an ordinary person, may I ask? You sneaked into this estate at night, is it... is it to take care of that bandit leader - Kui Sheng?"

  As soon as he mentioned Gui Sheng, Tian's face didn't show any affection that a couple should have, on the contrary, Li Han heard deep hatred and resentment from his tone.

  "That's right, I promised others that I would come and put an end to this evil ringleader who has been harming our village - Kuixing!"

  Li Han did not conceal, listening to her tone, he confirmed that Tian Shi was probably one of the women who were robbed by horse bandits and given to Kui Sheng as a concubine, so he didn't think of concealing it either.

  Nata thought as he did, and when he heard that he was a good man who had come to assassinate the old villain Kuisei, his eyes lit up for an instant. Although they soon dimmed again.

  Shaking her head, Tian said with some sadness: "It's better for you to leave as soon as possible. I was originally a personal maid serving the old lady in the Zhao family estate. After the Zhao family was destroyed, it has been occupied by that beast for some time now. In these few years, although there have been some of the old master's acquaintances and close friends who hired and sent assassins to come and kill Kuai Sheng, they all ended up dying at his hands. That villain is extremely cruel and ruthless, but he also has some weaknesses, and what he fears most is someone coming to seek revenge. Not only are there two skilled gunmen following him, but he himself is also skilled in marksmanship, and the mansion is heavily guarded, making it almost impossible to take his life!"