The Courtyard House: He Yuzhu, Who Defied Fate

“Master’s wife, it’s nothing, it was just something I did. Master knows, I’ve gotten used to getting up early over there.”

Master has been busy all year; he deserves a good rest!

Yu Hui looked at the sensible He Yuzhu, sighed, and remained silent.

After the group finished breakfast, He Yuzhu said to Tian Zehua:

"Master, I want to go out for a bit. I'm going to check on Master Li and see if he's back yet!"

Tian Zehua knew who Master Li was, the one He Yuzhu was referring to; he was the master who taught He Yuzhu martial arts.

Then nodded:

"Okay, go ahead. If he comes back, invite him to celebrate the New Year here so everyone can have a more festive time!"

He Yuzhu nodded:

"it is good!"

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Chapter Twenty-Two: The Treasure of the Courtyard

After saying goodbye to Tian Zehua, He Yuzhu went to Mao'er Hutong and visited Li Cunren's home.

However, when He Yuzhu arrived, he found that Li Cunren had not returned.

There was no sign of anyone having been there, and since no one had returned, He Yuzhu didn't linger.

Instead, he went directly to the address he had received yesterday. When he arrived, the door was locked, so He Yuzhu took out a key.

The door was opened very easily.

Like the owner, He Yuzhu closed the gate and looked around the yard.

This courtyard was surprisingly large; it was a three-section courtyard, and no one else lived there.

He Yuzhu opened each room one by one and looked inside; there was nothing there except for the necessities of daily life.

If someone were to break in, they would only find that the homeowner is not home.

Moreover, the place seemed to have been tidied up simply, but He Yuzhu noticed a problem.

The room wasn't really clean after being tidied up; instead, the traces were removed.

This place seems to be very well-kept secret. He Yuzhu slowly began to examine it.

In a side room, He Yuzhu noticed a bottle that seemed to have been touched frequently. The others were somewhat dusty, but this one was completely free of dust.

He Yuzhu gently lifted it, but didn't move.

Thinking of the mechanism, He Yuzhu gently rotated it.

The stones on the ground suddenly parted to both sides.

An entrance to a basement appears.

I never expected there would be a basement here.

After a while, He Yuzhu went downstairs; there were some lights down there.

Turn on the light; it's not very bright inside, but it's enough to see.

He Yuzhu walked down and found a stone door at the bottom. He pushed it open and entered the space below, which was very large.

It's probably as big as this courtyard, and you have to understand that this is a three-courtyard complex.

This shows how big the secret room is; it's filled with all sorts of boxes.

Upon opening the boxes, they found they were full of submachine guns, while the other boxes were full of pistols, bullets, grenades, and explosives.

They opened more than a dozen boxes, all of which were filled with various weapons and ammunition.

He Yuzhu hadn't expected there to be so many weapons and ammunition here; this place must be something special.

However, the current weapons and ammunition are of little use to He Yuzhu.

After reading it, He Yuzhu put it away.

After He Yuzhu put away all the weapons and ammunition, a lot of space was freed up.

Then He Yuzhu opened the other boxes, and they contained large yellow croakers.

Box after box of large yellow croakers, a total of five boxes.

A large yellow croaker, by future standards, would weigh . grams.

Moreover, this box contains three hundred large yellow croakers, and there are five boxes like this.

You should know that nowadays, a three-courtyard siheyuan can be bought for just three or five large yellow croakers.

This shows just how much wealth they have.

The other boxes contained various antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and bronze and jade artifacts.

He Yuzhu didn't understand these things very well, since he had never been exposed to them before.

However, the only thing that could be placed in these boxes is the black gold operating funds, which are all valuable items.

He Yuzhu put it into his spatial storage without a second thought. Although he didn't know its value now, he was sure he would know in the future.

After putting those things away, what was left were various tools, some of which He Yuzhu recognized, and some he didn't.

I don't know what these tools are for, there are all kinds of clothes, and finally there are three brand new telegraph machines.

None of them have been used. I guess this is their organization's logistics department, a place specifically for storing supplies.

After putting these things away, He Yuzhu inspected the area.

After searching for a long time without finding anything, I went outside. No wonder there were lights installed here.

If there were a fire, the deaths would be horribly tragic, given the considerable amount of weaponry down there.

After finishing, He Yuzhu put everything back to its original state and then came out.

As for this courtyard house, the deed is in my possession, but now is not the time to transfer ownership.

After the military control is over and the local government is established, I will come over to transfer the property myself.

If the property is transferred now, the military will definitely investigate. If there are no problems, it's fine, but if problems arise, it will be troublesome.

He Yuzhu didn't want to get into any trouble.

Thinking of this, He Yuzhu quietly left, locked the door, and looked around to make sure no one was there.

He left and went to the mountain where the map was located. At first, He Yuzhu's speed was not fast. After leaving the city and when there was no one around, He Yuzhu used the Leap Technique.

Even running as fast as I could, it still took me two hours to reach my destination.

Then, following the map, they found the entrance, which was very well hidden. If He Yuzhu hadn't been so observant, he wouldn't have been able to find it.

He Yuzhu opened the entrance and went inside.

Listening carefully to the sounds around him, and finding no life in sight, He Yuzhu entered and discovered that there was a hidden world inside.

Inside was a huge cave.

Moreover, it has undergone extensive modifications.

Inside the cave, sacks were piled up to fill the entire space.

He Yuzhu took a burlap sack, opened it, and was utterly shocked...

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Chapter Twenty-Three: Obtaining a Massive Amount of Resources

The sack was full of rice, pure white polished rice. You know, polished rice is very rare on the market these days.

This bag of rice weighs about 100 pounds.

Judging by this scale, there are probably at least 20,000 bags here.

He Yuzhu quickly stored all the rice into his spatial storage.

After that, there were several cloth bags filled with flour, each weighing about 100 jin (50 kg).

Finally, it was discovered that the grain here consisted of two million catties of wheat flour and one and a half million catties of rice.

He Yuzhu had originally planned to find a way to get some grain before the New Year.

I didn't expect it to be done here, there were no markings on the bag.

However, judging from its appearance, it should be military rations prepared by enemy agents.

But now it's a bargain for me.

In addition, there were thirteen cannons, each with a basic load of ammunition.

That's impressive. Without even thinking, He Yuzhu put these things away.

Since I have unlimited personal space, I don't care about this at all.

What He Yuzhu didn't know was the immense disaster his actions would bring to the entire Black Gold organization.