Chapter 166: Emptying the Xie Mansion
Chapter 166: Emptying the Xie Mansion
That afternoon, Su Tang returned to her room and went to sleep. She did not eat dinner either, saying that she had eaten too much with Professor Tian at noon. She told Chunmei and the others to go and rest and not to call her again.
After sleeping at night, Su Tang changed into clothes suitable for going out at night and left the princess's mansion.
Su Tang quickly found the Prime Minister's Mansion where Prime Minister Xie used to live according to her memory.
The place was sealed, with only a few palace guards posted at the door, while the courtyard was unattended.
Su Tang didn't have a detailed map of the interior of the Prime Minister's Mansion, so she could only explore it bit by bit.
In fact, the important places here are still easy to recognize now. The guards who came to Feng Mansion before had put seals on all the important places.
Others don't dare to tear the seal for fear of damaging it, but Su Tang is not afraid.
She took out the glue removing spray, lifted a corner of the seal and sprayed it, and the seal was immediately much easier to tear off.
After Su Tang has collected all the items in the house, she will restore the seal to ensure that no one else can see it.
Su Tang searched along the way and found a lot of good things.
"That's what I said. They left in such a hurry. They must have left something behind."
Su Tang came here for another purpose, which was to see if she could find evidence that Xie Xiang had done anything bad.
This man has been the prime minister for a long time, and his sister is the queen. The legitimate daughters in the family have become lawless and arrogant. It is obvious that Prime Minister Xie must have done a lot of things in secret to benefit the Xie family.
Su Tang just wanted to see if she could find some dark room or something to look for some evidence.
"Is this Prime Minister Xie's study?" Most of the items in the room that Su Tang entered this time had not been moved out.
The desk is filled with the four treasures of the study, and there are also quite a few books on the bookshelf.
Su Tang picked up a book and looked at it. Judging from the age of the pages, it should be an old book.
This hasn’t been moved yet!
Su Tang was not polite. With a thought, she put the entire bookshelf into the space.
Su Tang kept collecting the books, but when she walked to a bookshelf against the wall, she was stunned.
She put everything on the bookshelf back into the space, but left the bookshelf alone.
Su Tang tried again, and the bookshelf was still in front of her.
Su Tang stood on tiptoe to observe the bookshelf, and sure enough, she found a bulge in a slightly higher place.
Su Tang pressed that place, and a secret door appeared on the wall. When the door opened, a smell of burning paper came out.
Su Tang took out a flashlight and shone it into the secret door. There were also quite a few shelves inside, and she could vaguely see some large items placed on them.
This should be Prime Minister Xie's secret room. The things inside might be too big. There were palace guards watching them that day, so it should not be convenient for him to take them away.
Su Tang raised the corner of her mouth slightly, reached out to touch the cabinets one by one, and moved those things away first.
"Bang!" Su Tang kicked something hard under her feet. She looked down and saw a copper basin full of black ashes, a lot of which were kicked out by Su Tang just now.
Su Tang squatted down and looked into the copper basin, and the edge of a thick paper book was exposed.
This is the binding edge of the book, perhaps it was too thick and not completely burned.
Su Tang put the books back into the space, found a branch from the space and rummaged through the pot. Su Tang actually found a few of these thick-edged ones.
Su Tang collected several thick edges again, intending to see if there were any traces to be found when she had time.
Throwing the branch back into the space, Su Tang put away the items in the house again.
Xie Xiang’s secret room is quite large, and its area is actually larger than the study room outside.
There were quite a few items piled up inside, all in large wooden boxes.
Su Tang didn't open it to read at the moment. She put it back in the space anyway. She would have plenty of time to check it later.
After searching the secret room, Su Tang left Xie Xiang's study.
After Su Tang's search, most of the things in the prime minister's mansion that had not been moved away were moved away by Su Tang.
After searching Prime Minister Xie’s residence, Su Tang returned to the princess’s residence.
After she groped her way back to her room in the princess's mansion, she returned to the space.
Su Tang first went to check on Qi's army in the space. Recently, everyone was living and studying as usual, and they did not feel any anxiety in the space.
After all, the new and interesting gadgets that Su Tang brings out always allow everyone to learn something.
"Master, you're back." Someone saw Su Tang and greeted Su Tang.
Now they have been trained by Su Tang and no longer kneel down to Su Tang at every turn. Of course, they still call Su Tang "Master". After all, they have been enslaved by ancient feudal ideas for decades, and it is not easy to make them change completely.
"Well, how's the howitzer going?"
"In theory, everyone is familiar with it, but there's no time for the test yet." Maybe it's because he has been in this space for too long, the man in front of him has a face that is not as dark as before, and his skin is much better than when he came in.
"Well, when there's a chance I'll take you to a more secluded place to practice."
The noise made by the howitzer firing was too loud, and Su Tang had not allowed them to practice in actual combat because of this concern.
Moreover, there is no training ground with a suitable range in the space, so we have to find an empty place outside.
"Okay, master, we have started practicing disassembly now. If the howitzer breaks down in the future, we will be able to repair it." The man scratched his head and said with a smile.
These people were the ones who learned the fastest at the beginning. Su Tang later specially arranged for them to be responsible for the maintenance of the howitzers.
He even printed out some howitzer drawings for them to help them better understand the principles of the howitzer.
Unexpectedly, they were all very talented and learned how to disassemble such complicated modern weapons by themselves without any guidance.
"You guys have potential. I'll get you a few more things and you guys can study them first." Su Tang patted the man's shoulder to show encouragement.
Unexpectedly, the man's face turned red and he moved away from Su Tang.
They all knew that Su Tang was Qi Lingheng's wife. In their opinion, she was someone else's wife, so how could they have any contact with her?
Even if Qi Lingheng is not here now, it won’t work.
“You need to change your thoughts and ideas. Sometimes in my eyes, you have no gender.
We are all comrades fighting side by side, and the relationship between us transcends traditional gender concepts. "Seeing the man's actions, Su Tang said with a smile.
“Yes, master, we will try our best to change our ideas in the future.” The man responded quickly.
Su Tang shook her head, thinking that they wouldn't change for a while.
Su Tang asked the man to call over the fastest learners and gave them a few modern weapons, but of course without bullets. Su Tang wanted them to first familiarize themselves with the mechanical principles of modern weapons.
Su Tang fiddled with the weapon in her hand while explaining the operation method to several people.
"Study hard. These weapons can be disassembled. You guys try to figure it out. I have other things to do. I'll come visit you when I have time."
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