Fei Zhong and You Hun only see money in their eyes, and always believe that there are only two types of people in the world: those who have given them money and those who haven't. Their greed has no limits.
Initially, the Deng family bribed Fei Zhong with large amounts of money. They then turned their attention to You Hun. Now, even You Hun is difficult to satisfy, and for the rescue of the twenty-plus members of Zhang Guifang's clan, they demanded 3,000 taels of gold at once. This is truly excessive greed.
Even if King Zhou does not take action, Deng Chanyu is prepared to kill them.
These two are not idiots either. They know they've offended too many people, and have long considered strategies for hiding their wealth after losing power.
They prepared a multitude of secret rooms, cellars, and concealed farms for this purpose, and a vast amount of gold, silver, jewels, and precious stones were all hidden away.
When King Zhou changed his attitude towards them, the two of them responded immediately, hiding all their treasure and gathering together outside the city.
"Hmm? What's the purpose of this?"
Deng Chanyu followed them for a day, and to her, their busywork was nothing but foolishness. With their lives at stake, how could they still care about those gold and silver treasures? Were their attachments this deep?
Looking at the situation now, it's clear that it's not as simple as it seems. Fei Zhong and You Hun haven't lost their senses to the point of being idiots, and it's obvious that they still have some cards up their sleeves.
Deng Chanyu controlled the birds and followed at a distance, discovering that neither of the two had brought their own followers, but instead rode horses and met a middle-aged man in secret in a village outside the city.
As the two small birds landed on the branches, the middle-aged man immediately looked up with alertness.
Deng Chanyu's reaction was extremely quick. She retrieved the trace of her divine thoughts left on the birds and turned to look at the middle-aged man. His eyes were all red, and he looked at the birds, branches, and surrounding flowers and grasses for a long time before finally turning his gaze away.
"Two doctors, please follow me. The prince is waiting for you."
The middle-aged man opened a hidden door, led the two into the underground, and as he closed the door for the last time, his eyes emitted obscure light. He also looked up at the treetops for a couple more seconds, ensuring there were no issues before closing the mechanism.
Deng Chanyu had a moment of deep thought.
The Prince? Ye Jiao?
That person isn't in the Land of Poison, is he?
My cotton seeds and the semi-automatic cotton picker haven't arrived yet, but Ye Jiao is already back?
Fei Zhong and You Hun have indeed been quick to change their allegiance.
She used her remarkable memory to draw the portrait of the middle-aged man and showed it to Deng Jiugong and Huang Feihuang for identification.
"This isn't the Senior Physician Yang Ren, is it? Could he still be alive?" Huang Feihu recognized the identity of the middle-aged man at a glance.
Deng Jiugong, not familiar with the court officials, looked at him twice and nodded in confirmation. That was indeed Yang Ren.
Is this Yang Ren? The disciple of Qingxu Dao De Zhenjun?
Deng Chanyu recalled, and found that there was no trace of the Qingxu Dao Zhenjun's cloud-writhing, lawless features on Yang Ren's body. Instead, those sinister red eyes looked extremely abnormal.
Huang Feihu asked, "Is Yang physician the one who has returned to life with immortality?"
Deng Chanyu couldn't be sure either. She asked Daji through a paper man she carried with her, and Daji replied that Yang Ren's lifespan was not yet exhausted and that he had not gone to the Underworld.
"Father and Uncle Huang still need to be cautious. Since Ye Jiao has secretly returned to the city of Chaoge, it must be with some sort of support. Although Fei Zhong and You Hun are greedy, they are not foolish. There will surely be changes in the city of Chaoge in the coming days."
No matter how chaotic Zhaoge may become, it is still the internal strife between the Yin Dynasty's father and son, and has nothing to do with Deng Chanyu.
She is concerned about the savings of Fei Zhong and You Hun, planning to seize the rich and relieve the poor.
Shu is a newly conquered territory with over five million slaves turned into civilians. Cattle, farming tools, clothing, food and other necessities must be provided by the Deng family. In addition to this, some of the nobles who surrendered quickly in Shu need to be pacified with money. Furthermore, roads must be built. In the end, all of these things will require money!
Fei Zhong and You Hun are the current best options.
By appropriating the wealth they have accumulated over the years, Shu will be stable.
Deng Chanyu, as a true immortal, was unable to undertake this task under the suppression of the Qiguan of Chaoge. Fortunately, the Deng family and Huang family had many people in Chaoge.
Even two of the four city gates are guarded by former subordinates of Huang Feihuang. In the original timeline, Huang Feihuang and King Zhou had a one-on-one duel at the Wumen gate, a great battle between master and minister. After the fight, he could return home easily with his wife, children, and servants to leave the city. His control over Chaoge was very strong.
Now that Huang Feihu is on our side, after they acquire the goods, they can leave the city in style.
The arrival of Ye Jiao is actually a good thing, as they can take the opportunity to leave the city during the chaos.
Fei Zhong and You Hun didn't want their hidden treasure locations to be discovered either. After returning to the city, they never went back to those hidden places, which gave Deng Chanyu an opportunity.
"Come on, let's retrieve what belongs to our Deng family. These last two months, my quality of life has plummeted, and it's all because of these evil ministers!" Deng Chanyu declared with righteousness, calling out to Deng Xiu, Huang's little sister, and a group of Deng and Huang households.
She may not be able to do it herself, but she can offer advice.
Lady Huang Yan was extremely excited, and beneath her outwardly gentle and virtuous demeanor, there was also a hidden heart of righteousness that sought to rob the rich and help the poor. As she walked, she asked in a low voice, "How much treasure is there? Is there at least a thousand taels of gold?"
Deng Chanyu smiled and said, "A thousand taels? Haha."
She led over a hundred people to an abandoned mansion, which was the hideout of Fei Zhong's hidden treasures. There were dozens of such places.
Deng Xiu and the others followed her instructions, opening various secret rooms and removing heaps of gold, silver, and jewels from within.
"At the well by the front of the house, there, they're all buried in money."
"All the gold is buried under the west wall of the main room."
"All the silver is buried beneath the pillar in the northeast corner of the wall."
"What's under the stove? That's just a fire poker, we don't need it."
Lady Huang Yan was dumbfounded within half an incense stick's time, and upon hearing that this was just a tenth of it, her ability to think immediately ceased.
Halfway through the transportation, they found that there were not enough hand carts. They were planning to gather all the treasure together and leave the city in one go. Now that all the goods were tied onto the carts, there were too many of them for the hand carts prepared by the Huang family to handle.
Deng Chanyu tested it and found that she couldn't use the big spell, but a few small spells were still usable. She immediately ordered everyone to chop down trees, and she turned the tree trunks into carts. With a little magic, she could maintain it for about a week, no problem.
In three consecutive nights, the savings of Fei Zhong and You Hun were completely plundered. They had prepared for this, waiting for the chaos to erupt in Chaoge. Once the city was in turmoil, they would leave with their treasure and return to Nanjin.
After Fei Zhong and You Hun had a secret meeting with Yang Ren, their daily lives were no different from before, as if they had resigned themselves to fate. For the entire five days, they were busy at their mansion, instructing their families on what they should do, and themselves on going to the front lines to serve in the campaign against Xi Gao, and how their families should be taken care of.
King Zhou had completely lost interest in them. He spent his days in the palace drinking and enjoying himself, surrounded by his loyal pet officials, who had transformed into fierce and mighty figures like Fei Yan and E Lao.
