He Zhiran was still the most sensible one. She thought that since the family had all come here, the tents for them to rest tonight still had not been set up.
"Mother, eighth elder brother, sisters-in-law, it's getting late. Why don't you first go back and set up the tents? Jiuye and I will stay here to keep watch. We'll notify you immediately when fifth elder brother wakes up."
Old Lady Mo knew that what the ninth daughter-in-law said made sense. Besides, Mo Chongyuan was still unconscious now, and it was useless for them to stay. It would be better to go and settle the sleeping arrangements first.
"Everyone listen to the He family girl. Go back and tidy up first."
After she finished speaking, Old Lady Mo walked out first, and the others followed closely behind.
Only the fifth sister-in-law was reluctant to leave. Her husband had just come back alive from the dead. She wanted to stay and take care of him.
He Zhiran understood the fifth sister-in-law's feelings at the moment, but she was planning to enter her space to research the antidote. It was indeed inconvenient for the fifth sister-in-law to stay.
"Fifth sister-in-law, I will notify you first thing when fifth elder brother wakes up."
Since even the ninth younger sister-in-law said so, the fifth sister-in-law could only reluctantly leave with Old Lady Mo.
Now, only Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran were left.
Mo Chongyuan should be regaining consciousness soon. He Zhiran didn't dare rashly bring anyone into her space.
Although she couldn't enter her space, she could still operate it with her consciousness. She planned to first analyze Mo Chongyuan's blood to determine the components of the poison.
While He Zhiran and Mo Jiuye were here trying to help Mo Chongyuan detoxify, Liang Hao and the others who were still in Yun City were also not idle.
They had witnessed the whole scene of Cui County Magistrate bullying the Mo family today. They planned to stay and teach the dog official a lesson.
That was why they didn't follow the exiled people to Xi Ling Village.
Now it was late into the night and dark winds were howling. It was the perfect time for the 'Jiang Yang Bandits' to take action.
During the day, they had already found out the location of Magistrate Cui's residence.
They sneaked into the courtyard using their lightness skill , planning to first teach the dog official a lesson in the main courtyard.
Coincidentally, they just happened upon Magistrate Cui enjoying pleasure with the twin sisters from the He family.
The few of them swiftly knocked unconscious the nearby guards and servants. Liang Hao lifted his leg and kicked the door open.
The three naked people inside immediately screamed in fright. Since the people outside had been knocked out unconscious, no matter how loudly they screamed, nobody came running.
Magistrate Cui didn't even care about the two beauties now. He hastily grabbed the blankets to wrap around himself as he stared at the few masked people in fear.
"Who...who are you?"
Liang Hao and the others were very experienced in acting as the Jiang Yang Bandits. When they didn't plan to hurt anyone, they would not communicate with the other party at all.
Song Chao and Wang Dali moved in tacit understanding, and went forward to knock the twin sisters from the He family unconscious with hand chops.
At the same time, Xu Qingfeng dragged Magistrate Cui down from the bed.
"Don't hurt me. I'm an official. I have money. Just name your price."
Xu Qingfeng completely ignored him. He thought to himself, I can get money with my own hands. I don't need you to give me any.
Magistrate Cui was dragged rudely in front of Liang Hao. Liang Hao grabbed his hair with one hand, and controlled both his arms with the other.
Xu Qingfeng cooperated perfectly by pressing down both his legs.
Then Li Mingrui timely pulled out a shiny dagger and stabbed down towards Magistrate Cui's lower body.
Following an extremely miserable scream, the man who was still enjoying pleasure with two beauties just moments ago instantly became an impotent.
Magistrate Cui had already fainted from the excruciating pain that accompanied his scream.
Liang Hao released his grip and went forward to viciously kick him one more time.
Seeing that Magistrate Cui was completely unresponsive, only then did he wave towards the others.
The few of them moved in great tacit understanding and immediately began ransacking the room.
It seemed this was not the room Magistrate Cui usually lived in. Other than a few worthless pieces of jewelry, there was nothing else.
Wang Dali stuffed the jewelry into his clothes, waved towards the others, then they cleanly left the room.
The few of them quickly turned Magistrate Cui's residence upside down.
Unexpectedly, the treasures they uncovered left them flabbergasted.
A small county magistrate actually had 50,000 silver taels worth of bank notes in his residence.
Apart from these bank notes, there was also close to 10,000 silver taels in hard currency.
On top of that, there was gold and silver jewelry, precious gems, silks and satins, antiques, calligraphy and paintings. Half a storeroom was filled full.
Unfortunately, the five of them could only take items that were easy to carry. As for those overly bulky silks, satins, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, etc, they could only temporarily let the corrupt official enjoy them for now...
The few figures flashed out of Magistrate Cui's residence, and sprinted towards Xi Ling Village.
With so much stuff on them, they couldn't blatantly walk in the streets.
Liang Hao led his brothers scaling walls and traveling on roof edges using their lightness skill. Very soon, they were out of the city.
At last, they all heaved a sigh of relief.
Song Chao weighed the large heavy bag full of silver sycee in his arms, and laughed, "With this much silver, the ninth master's family doesn't have to worry about the future."
Wang Dali chimed in in agreement. "Hehe... The dog official bullied ninth master. He must pay the price."
Now that the Mo family were no longer exile criminals, Liang Hao and the rest no longer needed to conceal their identities.
The few figures entered Xi Ling Village, searched around for a bit, and finally spotted the Mo family at the foot of the mountains.
Because of Mo Chongyuan's matter, the Mo family had not rested yet. Everyone was gathered around a bonfire, hoping to await news of Mo Chongyuan regaining consciousness early.
And so, it was very easy for Liang Hao and the rest to locate where the Mo family had settled down.
Mo Chuhan had heard the footsteps early on and went to check cautiously.
Discovering that it was Liang Hao and the others, he brought them to the bonfire.
Not seeing Mo Jiuye, Liang Hao instructed them to hand all these treasures to Mo Chuhan directly.
Then piles of gold, silver, pearls, and gems, along with silver ingots and silver bank notes came crashing messily onto the ground with a clanging sound.
The Mo family members all widened their eyes in shock.
Mo Chuhan asked dubiously, "Liang Hao, what are these?"
Liang Hao spoke somewhat proudly, "Eighth master, brothers went on a stroll around at Magistrate Cui's residence just now."
Hearing this, Mo Chuhan laughed.
"I really have to hand it to you brothers. If I knew earlier, I would have waited in Yun City instead of coming back too. Then I could have joined you all to vent some anger."
Song Chao moved closer and whispered in a volume only the two of them could hear, "Eighth master, you still don't know. Just now, we severed the dog official's offspring..."
As he spoke, Song Chao made a snip gesture with his hand. His eyes even shone with a gloating look.
Mo Chuhan shook his head with a smile. "Hehe... You guys really are..."
The Mo family's womenfolk saw the two whispering to each other and felt curious about their topic of conversation.
The eighth sister-in-law thought to herself that no matter what it was that could make her husband laugh so blithely in this kind of situation, she must find an opportunity to ask clearly...
Liang Hao swept his gaze around. If the ninth master was around, just hearing their voices he would definitely have come over already. Yet after they had returned for so long, there was still no sign of the ninth master.
"Eighth master, isn't ninth master here?"
