Divorced by her husband's family and rejected by her own! She defiantly turned her life around

Qingwu led her to a courtyard where four guards stood outside. Qingwu fired with both hands, and four pebbles hit them, causing them to immediately fall to the ground unconscious.

Qingwu moved them to sit against the wall, as if they were dozing off. She didn't even take out her key to open the door, but instead jumped over the wall.

"Miss, look, it's all here."

Liu Siyue was overjoyed and harvested all 18 granaries and 3 warehouses, not caring what was inside, she took them all first.

She examined them one by one, her heart filled with joy. Qingwu had no idea what her young mistress was up to, or what was so interesting about these things.

"Miss, we've seen enough, let's go."

"Qingwu, do you know where Guo Changfeng's study is?"

"Miss, why are you asking this?"

"I'm just curious what the study looks like in an official's home. It's not easy to come here, so why don't you take me to see it?"

"Miss, let's go back first. I'll tell you all about the study in an official's house."

"No, no matter how well you describe it, nothing beats seeing it with my own eyes."

"Miss, I just can't do anything with you! Why do you want to see everything?"

"Country folks are short-sighted and want to broaden their horizons."

"Hurry up, take me there quickly, and I'll reward you with 20 packs of instant noodles."

"Miss, the study isn't here; it's in another direction. When I came during the day, the guards there were quite tight."

"Are you confident you can get me in?"

"If you want to see it, I'll take you. You'll have to listen to me later."

"No problem, let's go."

A lantern hung in the courtyard. The two carefully avoided the patrol team and approached the study. The patrol team had changed from one team to two teams, patrolling back and forth.

The two hid behind a rockery. "Miss, if we want to get into the study, we have to go in during the gap between the two groups of people."

"Once they've passed by next time, we'll rush out immediately."

Liu Siyue's heart raced. She was worried that if they were discovered, even if they were strong, there were only two of them. Even a tiger couldn't withstand a pack of wolves.

If I get caught and my identity is exposed, I will not only harm myself, but also other people connected to me.

Thinking of this, she tugged at Qingwu's clothes, "If we're not confident, let's retreat. Let's not take any risks."

"Miss, just stay silent and follow me closely for a while."

"Walk!"

Qingwu grabbed Liu Siyue and rushed out. When they reached the base of the wall, she bent over and leaped onto the top of the wall with Liu Siyue, landing lightly in the courtyard.

Liu Siyue's heart was pounding wildly, almost jumping out of her throat.

Once inside the courtyard, I relaxed; it was quiet and deserted.

Qingwu pulled her to the study door, which was locked. This was no problem for Qingwu; people like them knew how to pick locks.

She held a thin needle in her hand and opened the door in no time.

The two went inside, and Liu Siyue took out a flashlight, focused the light, and looked around the study. The study was really big and grand, with all the furniture made of rosewood. The antique shelves were full of valuable ornaments, and there were many calligraphy and paintings by famous artists hanging on the walls.

Looking down at the desk, she saw four glass ornaments: plum blossoms, orchids, bamboo, and chrysanthemums. Could it be that the pawnshop owner and Guo Changfeng were in cahoots?

"Miss, if you like this, we can take it. But even if we take it, we can't show it to anyone. It would be troublesome if they found out."

"Just looking."

"Qingwu, I've heard that high-ranking officials usually have a secret room in their study. Let's look for it."

Qingwu had little resistance to her young mistress; she was curious about everything and did whatever she was told.

The two began searching for the mechanism in the study. Qingwu, being more experienced, quickly found it: the pen holder on the desk. She turned it, and the floor under the chair cracked open, revealing a dark hole.

Liu Siyue quickly came over, shining a flashlight, and she and Qingwu entered the secret room one after the other.

The secret room was many times larger than the study, and it contained many boxes in different areas, all of which were sealed.

Liu Siyue was about to step forward to open it when Qingwu stopped her, saying, "Miss, let me do it."

She pried open the box with a dagger; it was full of gold. She opened another box, and it was full of silver ingots.

There was a place with the most boxes. When Qingwu opened one, she found it was full of weapons. She opened several more boxes and found them full of bows, arrows, swords, and spears.

"Miss, Guo Changfeng is hoarding so many weapons, could he be planning a rebellion?"

"He's just a nobody; there must be someone higher up."

"Miss, it's getting late, let's hurry up and go. Didn't we say we still needed to hand out flyers?"

"Okay, let's go."

You go first, I'll light the way for us.

Qingwu walked ahead, and she emptied the secret room from behind.

After restoring the study to its original state, Qingwu sighed, "This corrupt official may not be a high-ranking official, but he's quite adept at extorting money. This is all the hard-earned money of ordinary people, and it's a pity we can't take it with us."

"Stop sighing, hurry up and go, or it'll be dawn."

"Miss, now you're in a hurry."

Liu Siyue chuckled, "Miss, I really can't do anything with you."

"From now on, work hard for me, and I'll spoil you with all your food and drink."

They arrived without anyone noticing. Liu Siyue was satisfied and dared not linger any longer. She quickly left the Guo residence with Qingwu.

She took out a stack of flyers, gave half to Qingwu, and scattered them in their area for a while. Then the two of them went to the streets and scattered them all over the city. By the time they finished scattering the flyers, it was almost dawn.

The two dared not linger and hurried home to sleep, pretending nothing had happened.

But Liu Siyue couldn't sleep at all when she got back. She was very excited and wanted to know how the whole county would react this morning.

As dawn broke, the city, which had been quiet all night, came alive again. People carrying night soil were pushing their manure carts out of the city, and vendors selling small businesses in the city were setting up their stalls. People from the countryside who wanted to sell their goods in the city arrived at the city gate early in the morning, waiting in line to enter the city.

The people who got up early saw patches of white on the ground and wondered what had happened. They kicked one of the white patches and found it was paper. When they picked it up, they saw that it was covered with writing.

People who can't read can fold the paper neatly and put it away; they can use it to wipe their bottoms later.

Those who could read picked up the paper and read it carefully. When they finished reading, they broke out in a cold sweat and exclaimed, "Heavens! These corrupt officials are truly heartless! They are trying to drive us common people to our deaths! They are exploiting the people and using any means necessary. We cannot let this go unchecked. We must go to the county magistrate and the prefect to reason with them. If that doesn't work, we will go to the capital to appeal to the emperor."

The people of Dongping Prefecture cannot allow that scoundrel of a prefect to exploit them.

As soon as they shouted, the surrounding people gathered around to watch. "What does it say on this? Tell us about it!"

"Listen carefully, this document says that the Prefect, in collusion with County Magistrate Guo Changfeng, has created various pretexts to increase taxes. This only happened in the counties of Dongping Prefecture. Other prefectures are paying taxes according to the normal rates set by the imperial court."

They disregard the laws and regulations of the imperial court, plunder the people, and exploit them. We absolutely cannot sit idly by and let them bully us; we must go and demand an explanation.

"Yes, we demand an explanation, we demand an explanation."

The people who came to the city also picked up the papers from the ground. Most of them didn't recognize the words on them, but they felt that the paper was very precious. One side was still unwritten, so they took it back and hid it carefully, thinking that it might come in handy later.

They had just found a good spot and set up their stall when more and more people gathered on the street, and the discussions grew louder and louder.

The procession seeking redress grew like a snowball, heading towards the county government office in a grand and imposing manner.