The pork butcher is smoother than a pig butcher!

Chapter 360 Winner
The commotion in the large square outside the palace could be clearly heard inside the palace.

Someone ran towards the back courtyard.

He was shouting and yelling as he ran.

Upon seeing this, the guards who remained rushed to the main square to provide assistance.

The new king's several principal wives and newly acquired beauties were so frightened that they shut the palace gates and acted like quails inside.

The uneasy palace maids looked at each other.

Then, someone started a race towards the royal treasury.

Faced with palace servants wielding sticks, their eyes bloodshot and radiating murderous intent, how could the steward of the treasury dare not open the door?
Anyway, things are already in such a mess.

Is someone trying to take advantage of the situation?
Exactly!

You can also easily steal a sheep yourself.

The treasury where the tribal leaders kept their offerings was the first to be opened.

It's open now.

But it was completely empty inside!

There were no signs of the door lock being damaged before this.

If it wasn't an inside job, who else could it be?
No wonder they cooperated so well!
The palace servants understood this simple truth without much thought, and immediately began to beat the treasure vault manager with sticks: "We'll teach you to be greedy! We'll teach you to be greedy!"

The poor treasure trove manager didn't even have a chance to speak up for himself before he quickly beat the palace servants to death.

After that, the palace servants went to the treasury.

The treasury held the savings accumulated by generations of rulers.

The guards who looked after the treasury were divided into day shifts and night shifts.

There are normally thirty people on the day shift, all fully armed.

The palace servants had no weapons to fight back, so they immediately tried to negotiate with the guards.

"Open the storeroom door, and whoever sees it gets a share. Whoever grabs it can take it!"

Chief of the Guards:

"Robbing the treasury? Are you out of your minds? That's a crime punishable by death for the entire clan."

Palace servant: "I just heard that the king and the White-hatted Khoja were both hit by arquebuses, and the Black-hatted faction is now taking revenge in the square. If they regain the throne, we, all of you will go to hell."

The head of the guards said with a heavy heart, "What if, what if the Black Hat Faction doesn't succeed in the end?"

The palace maid said disdainfully:
"If you have hundreds or thousands of gold coins, you can survive in any tribe. You might even become the chief of a small tribe. If you stay, you might lose your life immediately. Even if you win in the end, you can only earn a few coins a year as a normal servant."

Yes.

A minor guard leader's annual salary was less than ten Khanate gold coins.

Wealth and fortune are within reach!

You don't have to take too much risk to ask for it!

Before the head guard could even process it, some of the guards around him were already planning to show off their skills.

They consoled themselves: "With things in such a mess, who's going to investigate?"

"Can you do this?"

"Must be able!"

"Even if you're capable, you can't act recklessly. First, bring the chief supervisor of the treasury here."

The Kashgar Khanate used the treasury of the Shache Kingdom, which had been used for over a thousand years, and it was a semi-basement building.

There are many traps on the ground.

There are several more stone gates underground.

It is said that the treasury of Shache Kingdom has never been robbed since its founding.

There have always been seven chief stewards who have kept the keys to the vault.

Indispensable.

Faced with a life-or-death situation, the chief eunuchs had no choice but to cooperate.

Anyway, the palace servants and guards all promised that once the storeroom was opened, everyone would get a share.

Don't tell me yet.

The seven newly appointed White Hat faction chief eunuchs haven't even had time to warm the keys to the treasury.

They had just handed over power to the former Black Hat supervisors ten days ago.

They knew exactly how many gold coins were inside.

Having finally found a chance to pocket these gold coins, the palace servants and guards didn't need to waste much effort persuading them.

The coordination was impeccable. One mechanism after another was activated.

One stone gate after another opened wide.

Shaking hands.

Excited heart.

"Crack" sound.

Broken!

As soon as the group entered the vault, they clearly saw a hole the size of a winnowing basket appear in the very center of the vault floor.

The vault's floor and walls are made of a type of black jade.

It belongs to the category of those with an exceptionally hard texture!
Now, someone has dug a hole in the ground!

The soil at the entrance of the cave was still incredibly fresh.

Compared to the previous treasury that stored the treasures offered by the tribal chiefs, the treasury was just as clean.

"It's been stolen! It's been stolen! Who did it?"

"Besides the former chief eunuchs, who else is so familiar with the royal treasury and gold vault?"

"The Black Hat Faction came prepared! They killed people in front and stole treasure from behind!"

"Hurry, hurry and check the other warehouses too!"

The result was devastating for everyone.

The silver treasury and the gold treasury are treated the same.

The leather storehouse, the clothing storehouse, and even the kitchen storehouse and the grain storehouse could not escape the clutches of the enemy.

The granary, which contained approximately three thousand shi (a unit of dry measure) of barley, wheat, beans, and other grains, has also vanished.

Moreover, there were no signs of forced entry on the locks of these warehouses; only the roofs had been opened wide enough for a person to enter and exit.

It's not a big opening, but how much manpower did it take to move so many things away quietly?
So, how many of the palace servants and guards in this royal palace are their own people, and how many are black hat faction members wearing white hats?

Nobody wanted to bother with such efforts to catch the wicked and eliminate evil.

Only one thought remained in my mind: What valuable things does the palace still have?

Thinking, thinking.

Suddenly someone exclaimed, "The Imperial Horse Park!"

Thanks to the King of Shache who had been a hostage in the Han Dynasty, many courtyards of the palace were designed with reference to the layout of the Han Dynasty palace.

The Royal Stables were the king's private stables.

There, not only were the former king's dozen or so beloved horses, but recently twenty white camels and more than thirty Akhal-Teke horses have also arrived.

Not to mention that these BMWs and camels are worth a fortune in the Central Plains.

For a people who live on horseback, it is priceless!

The group turned around and headed towards the Imperial Horse Park.

On the way, they bumped into a group of men in black.

All right.

Now we don't have to run anymore.

If you don't eliminate the other side, you'll be the one who dies.

The guards and palace servants temporarily put aside their thoughts of getting rich and engaged in a fierce battle with their opponents.
This chaotic battle lasted for two whole days and two nights.

A complete overhaul was carried out, inside and out.

The changing of the Kashgar Khanate was truly bewildering for the people of Shache.

Who would believe that the anniversary of the former King Chungsun's ascension to the throne of the new king is also the anniversary?

Meanwhile, the former king and his family mysteriously died in the safest cell in the palace.

The two religious leaders, White Hat Khoja and Black Hat Khoja, also suffered heavy losses in this chaotic battle, with one dying and the other seriously injured.

Both sides suffered significant casualties among their core followers.

Hasbaren, the general who should have been responsible for the great defeat in the holy war, became the ultimate winner because of his clever and resourceful son, Surilege.

The big winner ascended the throne, stepping over the fresh corpses of two previous rulers.

Gan Minglan struggled all night with the decision of whether or not to assassinate Hasibaren and his offspring, but ultimately chose to give up.

The reason for this is that, given the current strength of the Kansai border army, even if they conquered the entire Western Regions, they would still be unable to govern it.

Since someone's willing to take over, let them do it properly!

(End of this chapter)