After a thorough search, his haul far exceeded his expectations!
Relying on his experience from clawing his way up from the bottom, Chen Qing knew all the tricks for hiding money and valuables.
He expertly pried open a hidden compartment in the bedroom and lifted a false bottom from the bed frame... revealing a thick stack of silver notes. The total was a staggering seventy to eighty thousand taels!
This was undoubtedly the illicit money the two had embezzled from the Fishery's profits, funds they hadn't yet had a chance to transfer or offer up to their patrons.
And in the deepest part of Wang Hai's bedroom, inside a hidden compartment containing a Cold Jade Box, Chen Qing found the biggest surprise of his search.
It was a section of lotus root, about half a foot long and a lustrous, jade-like white!
It emanated a gentle warmth, and a milky white halo seemed to flow within its hollow chambers, as if it contained a Spiritual Light.
A Jade Marrow Lotus!
