It's getting dark.

From time to time, the sound of cannon fire and faint shouts of killing could still be heard outside.

"Long live my lord," Wang Cheng'en came to Wuying Hall happily, "I found from Wang Zhixin a banknote and more than 100,000 taels of silver each, more than 3,000 taels of gold, as well as many jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and land deeds and house deeds.

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With that said, Wang Chengen handed over a prepared list.

Then with another wave of his hand, he asked people to bring the collected jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, banknotes, land deeds, house deeds, gold and silver into the palace.

Because Wang Chengen knew that Chongzhen was really short of money and loved money to the extreme. If he didn't take the money he found from Wang Zhixin and show it to Chongzhen, he would definitely not be at ease.

Wang Chengen thought that seeing this would make Chongzhen happy.

Or get angry and scold the king for being so greedy.

Unexpectedly, Chongzhen frowned. He only glanced at the many treasures brought in, then waved his hand and said, "Go down. Pay attention to the defense situation in the palace."

Wang Chengen didn't dare to ask any more questions, he just answered and retreated.

When he came outside the palace, he summoned a eunuch guarding the door and asked, "What happened when our family was doing business?"

"In response to my godfather, nothing happened. Long live the Lord has been at Wuying Palace all the time. Only Li Ruolian came to report the raid on Luo Mansion's house. He said that only less than 100,000 taels of silver notes and gold and silver were confiscated."

The eunuch who was guarding the gate was Wang Chengen's godson. Hearing this, he told everything he knew.

After hearing this, Wang Chengen was even more confused and thought to himself: Could it be that the money stolen from the Luo Mansion is too little and the Long Live Lord is unhappy? Isn't that right?

In the Wuying Palace.

Chongzhen fiddled with a box of jewelry in front of him, then looked around and said, "Why hasn't Auntie come back? Could something really have happened?"

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"Hmm~"

Zhu A'ao, who was lying on the bed, groaned and opened her eyes.

But I saw a huge "night pearl" on the roof, which was extremely dazzling.

‘With such a big and beautiful luminous pearl, Mr. Hao actually says he is an ordinary person? He must be lying to me.’

This thought came to her mind, and she turned around to see Hao Guangming sitting on the armchair and dozing off.

When she looked outside the house again, it was already dark, and she suddenly sat up with excitement.

As she got out of bed, she shouted: "Mr. Hao? Mr. Hao?"

Hao Guangming woke up after hearing the sound and saw Zhu Aona getting out of bed, so he asked: "Have you slept well?"

Zhu Yuluo did not answer, but asked: "How long have I slept?"

Hao Guangming checked the time on his phone and saw that it was only after six o'clock, so he said: "Not long, only three or four hours."

"Three or four hours?!" Zhu Yuyao's beautiful eyes widened when she heard this, "Why didn't you wake me up after I slept for so long?"

Hao Guangming then realized that the time units mentioned by the two were different, and smiled: "It's three or four hours, less than two hours."

However, Zhu Aona had no intention to explore the issue of time and said, "I don't know what's going on with my father. I want to go back and take a look."

Seeing that Zhu Yuluo was about to "hit the wall" and leave, Hao Guangming hurriedly stopped her and asked: "How are you recovering? If you haven't recovered well, it's better not to travel randomly."

Zhu Aelao felt that there was nothing strange about her body, so she said: "I'm fine."

"Hold the phone, please contact me if you need anything." Hao Guangming thrust the fully charged phone into Zhu Yuluo's hand.

Touching Hao Guangming's warm big hand, Zhu Ya'ao's pretty face turned red, she grabbed the phone tightly, hit the west wall, and disappeared.

Hao Guangming looked at the empty old house, his stomach growled, and then he felt hungry.

'I have to go back to the village for dinner.'

Thinking this way, Hao Guangming sent a video invitation to Zhu Ayao.

Soon the video was connected, and Zhu Yuluo and Chongzhen appeared in the video together.

It's just that it's a little dark over there, so the expressions of the two people are not that clear.

But Hao Guangming still noticed that Chongzhen's expression was filled with wonder.

"What's the matter with Mr. Hao?" Zhu Ayao asked.

"I'm going to have dinner soon. I won't be here for about half an hour, and I won't receive your message. You'd better not come over." Hao Guangming said.

Although grandpa's old house is in the bamboo forest outside the village and no one comes here at ordinary times, Hao Guangming still gave the instructions just in case.

"Yes." Zhu Ayao nodded in agreement.

Hao Guangming thought for a while and asked, "Is there anything new there?"

In the video, Zhu Aelao looked directly at Chongzhen.

Chongzhen withdrew his visiting gaze and said: "I have captured Luo Yangxing and Wang Zhixin, and confiscated hundreds of thousands of taels of silver and some other property from them."

At this time, Zhu Yulao followed Chongzhen's words and pointed the camera of her mobile phone at several boxes of jewelry, antiques, and gold on the ground.

As for the cash and banknotes, Chongzhen had already asked people to use them to encourage the soldiers defending the city.

Hao Guangming had never seen so many treasures before, and he couldn't help but squint his eyes.

Because the lighting on Hao Guangming's side was very good, both Chongzhen and Zhu Aona saw the change in Hao Guangming's expression.

Chongzhen's heart moved and he smiled and said: "Mr. Hao has helped me a lot, why not pick a few of these treasures and let Ainao take them over later."

"Why is this so embarrassing?" Hao Guangming replied subconsciously.

But the attitude is obviously not firm.

As a poor man with less than 20,000 yuan in savings, these treasures are indeed very tempting to him.

Perhaps because he regarded Hao Guangming as an outsider and an immortal, Chongzhen became more understanding of the world when facing Hao Guangming.

Seeing that Hao Guangming was not resolute, Chongzhen smiled and said: "There is nothing to be embarrassed about. Mr. Hao is even willing to give treasures like mobile phones to my concubine. What does it matter if you take a few treasures from me?"

Hao Guangming thought so after hearing this.

Although the mobile phone he gave to Zhu Yuluo was only worth one or two thousand yuan here, it was a priceless treasure in Ming Dynasty.

So he said: "Then you can pick out some jade articles for me."

Hao Guangming wanted the treasure not to keep it, but to exchange it for money.

In his opinion, jade is easier to exchange for money than antiques or gold, and it is also safer.

After ending the video call, Hao Guangming locked the door and courtyard door of his old house and returned to the village.

Wollongong is a quite large natural village below Yangji Village in Xihe Town, with more than 100 households.

This place is located among mountains, but the mountains are relatively short and not steep, and they are hilly areas.

The house in the bamboo forest was built by Hao Guangming's grandfather after he contracted the bamboo forest. His old house is at the west end of the village, only half a mile away from the bamboo forest.

Hao Guangming's parents died in an accident early in his life, so he grew up with his grandfather.

As for grandma, she passed away when Hao Guangming was a child.

Now that his grandfather is gone, Hao Guangming is left alone.

However, there are some relatives with the same surname and clan in the village, so the relationship between neighbors is pretty good.

Hao Guangming returned to the village the day before yesterday and felt that it would be troublesome to open a fire alone, so he simply bought several generations of rice and some ingredients, sent them to Uncle Ma's house next door, and ate at his house.

Uncle Ma and his wife are both in their fifties. Their son and daughter-in-law are working in other provinces, while their daughter is married to the county town. They also have a granddaughter studying in a boarding school in the county town.

The couple is in pretty good health. Not only do they plant fields belonging to several families, but they also contract a mountain to grow fruit trees.

In his spare time, Uncle Ma would fish for shrimps, eels, crabs in the fields, and hunt hares in the mountains. In addition to enriching his own food, he could also sell it for a few bucks.

Hao Guangming walked into Ma's yard, just as Aunt Hong came out of the kitchen.

When he saw Hao Guangming, he smiled and said, "Guangming is back? I was about to ask your Uncle Ma to call you for dinner."

"I forgot the time to clean up my master's things." Hao Guangming explained casually, and helped to get the dishes and chopsticks to the table without seeing anyone else.

During dinner, Uncle Ma asked: "Guangming, your father's funeral has been completed. What are your plans for the future?"

Hao Guangming originally wanted to stay in the village for a while and then leave.

Now that I have an adventure, I will naturally not leave.

So he said, "I'm going to start a business in the village."

"Start a business in the village?" Uncle Ma was surprised when he heard this, "We have nothing here except growing fruits. Why are you starting a business?"

Hao Guangming smiled and said: "I haven't thought about it yet, but it should be mainly online."

Although Uncle Ma is quite familiar with using mobile phones, he really doesn't know much about the Internet, so after hearing what Hao Guangming said, he didn't ask any more questions, and just said: "If you need help with anything, Uncle Ma, just let me know. You're welcome."

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Hao Guangming smiled and nodded, "I understand, Uncle Ma."
Chapter completed!