Chapter 47 Pitiable, Ms. Su

The moon was dark and the wind was high that night as he made his way through the forest path, circling around to enter Zhongtao Village.

Chen Jie had been to Ma Liu's house before, so he quickly found the place with the large pagoda tree.

The gate was locked. Chen Jie climbed over the wall into the courtyard, found a shovel, and felt his way under the large pagoda tree, where he began to dig until he uncovered a small wine jar.

He shook it; there was movement inside, sounding like silver.

Chen Jie looked around and, finding no one, tilted the jar and several pieces of broken silver fell out. In total, they were precisely five taels.

Having gained the money.

Chen Jie buried the jar back in place, tread lightly, and easily scaled the courtyard wall. Then he leaped onto a nearby haystack and, with a few moves, disappeared without a trace.

Upon leaving Zhongtao Village, he didn't rush home but made his way to Lower Peach Village instead, fearing he might be followed.