The mailbox wasn’t large, made entirely of wood, standing one and a half feet high, with a width of less than a foot, and a delivery slot about one or two inches wide. Below it was a small door that could open and close, but it was locked with a lock.
"Brother, what do you think, should we pick the lock?"
Yuan Zhaodi looked at the bronze lock on the small door of the mailbox, felt that it would be easy to pry open as long as they could find an iron rod.
Yuan Pandi, upon seeing the bronze lock, also thought of the idea of picking the lock.
"Let’s go over and take a look first!"
Yuan Pandi nodded slightly and started walking forward.
Yuan Yindi grabbed the hands of his brothers, stopping them.
"Xiao Wu, what’s up?"
"Brother, Fourth Brother, even if you want to go over and check it out, at least tidy yourselves up a bit first. If someone sees what you look like, and something happens to the mailbox, what if someone reports us? What will we do?"
Yuan Yindi, who had indeed traveled through Daxia before, was quite thorough in his considerations even when doing something shady.
Yuan Pandi immediately beckoned Yuan Zhaodi and Yuan Yindi to leave.
Luckily, it was winter now, everyone was bundled up, and many were wearing thick fur hats or had half their faces covered with fur.
The three brothers quickly tidied themselves up.
With only their eyes exposed, the trio wrapped themselves tightly.
Then, they approached the mailbox, pretending to mail a letter.
Unfortunately, the brass lock on the mailbox’s small door was elegantly designed, with the clasp snugly against the wooden panel, giving them no chance to pry it open with an iron rod.
Even using a short knife or dagger wasn’t possible.
Seeing the situation, the three brothers had to retreat for the time being.
"Why don’t we just wait for the mailman to come and take the letters, and then grab it directly?"
Having no other choice, Yuan Zhaodi bluntly suggested a rather savage solution.
Yuan Pandi immediately slapped Yuan Zhaodi.
"Even if the letter isn’t intercepted, they’ll only probably keep a grudge against the Sheng Family."
"But if we rob it directly in the city, it’s one thing if we escape, but if we don’t, have you thought about the consequences?"
Daxia isn’t the same as Great Yin.
In Daxia, unless one commits an unforgivable crime, they are sentenced directly to death. For other crimes, they are exiled to the army, either doing hard labor or sent to the Prisoner Camp, where they fight desperately on the battlefield to redeem themselves.
And the Prisoner Camp is the Cannon Fodder Camp, where less than one in a hundred survives to redeem themselves and get out.
"Brother, what do we do?"
"We can’t just watch, right?"
Yuan Zhaodi spoke despondently.
Yuan Pandi sighed and said, "There’s still time, it’s only noon. Let’s think of another plan!"
Meanwhile, at the Yuan Family in Shiqu Village.
Through the conversation between his mother and grandmother, Yuan Bao learned the good deeds his sycophant cousin had done.
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It’s as if they’re afraid the powerful families won’t mess with them, these little commoners!
If that letter can’t be intercepted and ends up in the hands of Sheng Xueyi’s stepmother, she’d definitely use it to control Sheng Xueyi. By then, their entire family would be like meat on a chopping board, at the mercy of others.
Yuan Bao had no idea what sin he committed to end up with such relatives.
Indeed, his status as the adored baby of the family turned out to be just a sham.