Xu Shuxin negotiated with the Shopkeeper, and they agreed he would come back for the silver that evening. Only then did he depart.
That evening, Fang Shuwen procured a horse-drawn carriage, placed the box of silver on it, and drove off.
Sure enough, two people were tailing him on the road.
Fang Shuwen sighed in resignation. He drove the carriage around the city a few times, then, when his pursuers weren't looking, he grabbed the box and slipped away.
By the time the two tails found the stopped carriage and went to investigate, they realized the silver was already gone.
A later investigation revealed that the person who bought the carriage had also been wearing a mask, making them impossible to identify. In the end, the matter had to be dropped.
Meanwhile, Fang Shuwen took the silver to the new house he had bought, pried up the floor tiles in the bedroom, and hid the entire chest underneath.
With that, these assorted tasks were more or less complete.
