Rebirth: My Healer Wife Owns Superpowers

Chapter 157: Chapter 157 The Lord of All Under Heaven
 

Qi Yue returned to her room and immediately entered the space, heading straight for the warehouse.

Previously, she had worn the night vision goggles and only saw that the warehouse was stuffed full; at the time, there was thick smoke everywhere and time was pressing, so in her excitement, she just kept collecting and collecting!

She hadn’t looked carefully at all!

Looking at the mountainous piles of large chests before her, Qi Yue’s eyes widened.

What’s inside these chests, packed so securely?

She immediately found a pair of iron tongs and pried open one of the chests within a few tries.

Whoosh!

The golden light of gold dazzled her so much that she could hardly keep her eyes open.

Gold?

Qi Yue was inwardly shocked and continued to pry open chests.

One, two, five… ten…

Approximately fifty large chests, each one meter tall and two meters wide, were all filled with gold.

Full of Gold Ingots, all of them weighing ten taels, stacked neatly layer upon layer.

One ten-tael ingot, there were thirty in one layer, equating to three hundred taels; with five layers, that meant one chest contained fifteen hundred taels of gold!

And there were over fifty such chests!!

Mother of heavens, how could Hu Chengxuan, a Prefectural Magistrate, have so much gold?

Upon inadvertently seeing an overturned Gold Ingot and the small characters “Imperial Grace Forever Bestowed” inscribed beneath, she instantly understood.

These must be military funds allocated by the Imperial Court.

The Emperor of Beiyuan had a hobby, which was his fondness for gold.

He was also very superstitious. Every time there was a war, the first batch of military funds he would allocate was in gold, signifying that ‘golden light paves the way’ and that victory would surely follow.

But the old Emperor probably didn’t know that these gold ingots, meant to bring good luck, had all ended up in the private treasury of his Prefectural Magistrate.

Qi Yue was somewhat perplexed.

If Hu Chengxuan did not use military funds for war, then how did he achieve his victories?

Could it be that he too was fond of gold and hence replaced the military funds with his own silver?

But that also seemed impossible.

Even as a Prefectural Magistrate, even with the Emperor’s rewards and owning numerous properties, it was unlikely for him to have such a substantial amount of silver.

“Seems like this Prefectural Magistrate lord has quite the heavy hand!”

Qi Yue muttered as she continued to take stock of the other items.

There wasn’t much silver, just over three million taels.

Scores of pearl boxes, with pearls only slightly smaller than chicken eggs

Selling them in her antique shop could fetch her several billion spacetime coins.

She was going to strike it rich!!

There were also countless treasures and curios.

Such as showy color screens, ancient jade fans, stone sculptures made of jade, and red coral trees… Various kinds of jade articles, white jade basins, porcelain vases of various shapes…

Then there was a large collection of bronze artifacts, which looked like items used in major sacrificial rituals.

Normally, such items would only be found within the Imperial Palace, so their presence in Hu Chengxuan’s private treasury suggested he harbored aspirations to become the Emperor.

At the very least, he had always been preparing for it.

“Old guy, you’ve got pretty big ambitions. I’ve emptied everything out for you, now let’s see what capital you have to become Emperor.”

Having looked over the warehouse items, Qi Yue found the things from Hu Chengxuan’s study and bedroom much less interesting by comparison.

Compared to the richly stocked warehouse, the two rooms could hold far fewer items.

However, this time she had taken everything that was movable.

Once she found time to list it all in her antique shop, it would all sell out in minutes, and she could exchange it for a large sum of spacetime coins.

With so much money and so many nice things in the store, it was a pity that there weren’t many she could personally use.

If only she could bring the store’s items out without raising suspicion, that would be ideal.

At this thought, Qi Yue couldn’t help but chuckle a bit to herself.

By now, she must be the wealthiest person under the heavens, but she still acted with caution.

Unless she became the sovereign of this world, commanding everyone to heed her words.

The thought flickered through her mind and quickly dissipated.

Governing the world? She had no interest at the moment.

It was probably late at night, time for her to sleep.

Yawning, Qi Yue heard a commotion from afar but paid it no mind, heading straight to her bedroom to sleep.

Outside, the entire Longnan County Government was in an uproar.

Hu Chengxuan deployed countless soldiers, searching house by house for the thief; the streets were filled with soldiers carrying torches on patrol.

The initial explosion had already woken the entire city from their dreams, and this vigorous thief hunt let all the citizens of Longnan County Government know that the Prefecture Magistrate’s Office had been burglarized.

On the brink of madness, Hu Chengxuan stared at the empty warehouse, listening to the discussions outside, and bellowed towards the heavens in anger.

“Who is it? Who? Who did this!”

No one responded to his queries, just murmurs and speculation.

“It was the sound last night. It is said to have been heavenly fire and thunder, destroying the Prefectural Magistrate’s gate!”

“Indeed, a gate weighing over ten thousand catties has been demolished; could it have been the work of a human?”

“Heavenly fire and thunder? Could it be divine retribution? Has the Prefectural Magistrate done something wicked?”

“It’s possible. The Prefectural Magistrate had fallen ill recently, and now his warehouse has been burglarized. It seems he made some mistakes and angered the heavens!”

“I heard that the Divine Doctor Residence was also targeted by thieves last night, but the culprits were caught, with no losses incurred.”

“The Divine Doctor is a good person, yet someone attempted to steal from him, what a disgrace!”

“Exactly, curse those villains who dared to target the Divine Doctor’s home!”

“What use is a curse? We should go to the Prefectural Governor and ask him to reveal the identity of the thieves!”

“Yes, let’s go to the Prefectural Governor…”

Soon, the zealous citizens gathered in front of the Prefectural Office, collectively requesting to see Chu Yuntian.

Chu Yuntian was already aware of last night’s events.

At the same time the Judicial Bureau reported to him that Qi Yue’s residence was burglarized, he also received reports of the theft from Hu Chengxuan’s warehouse.

Chu Yuntian, having been asked to dispatch troops to assist in catching the thief, was also busy all night.

After listening to the citizens, Chu Yuntian immediately pacified them.

“Fellow villagers, please rest assured, the Divine Doctor did not suffer any losses last night, and the thief has been caught. He is currently under severe interrogation. Once the thief confesses, we will immediately let everyone know!”

The earnest citizens then went to the clinic, where they saw Qi Yue energetically attending to her patients and were reassured to depart.

Chu Yuntian’s investigation quickly yielded results.

It turned out that those who entered Qi Yue’s residence last night were all from Donggao.

This time, there were only eight of them.

Five were killed, and the remaining three readily confessed.

They had two objectives: one was to render Qi Yue unconscious and take her away, the other was to find a book called “Qimen Secret Arts.”

However, Chu Yuntian only shared the actual situation with Qi Yue and announced to the public that the Donggao people, bearing a grudge because Qi Yue had administered medicine to save everyone from their poison, sought revenge against her.

When the citizens heard this news, they immediately started discussing it again.

“Despicable Donggao people, they dare to harm our Divine Doctor!”

“The Divine Doctor is deeply blessed, not only unharmed but also managed to catch the thieves!”

“Truly, while both suffered from thieves, the Prefectural Magistrate has met a worse fate, which shows he isn’t a good person!”

“He was never a good man. Not long ago, he even brought soldiers to capture the Divine Doctor!”

“No wonder heaven is angry, punishing him with heavenly fire.”

“…”

Upon hearing these discussions, Qi Yue couldn’t help but be impressed by the creativity of the Longnan citizens.

Despite the absurdity, each statement was logically coherent—truly the wisdom of the people!

Hu Chengxuan naturally did not believe in any so-called heavenly fire and thunder; he was convinced that someone had orchestrated the disaster.

Considering Qi Yue’s Innate Divine Strength, he couldn’t help but harbor suspicions.