Siheyuan (courtyard house): My name is Shazhu!

The four men, including Platoon Leader Yue, did not find anything wrong. "You don't need to look for him. He was one of the people who robbed you the night before last, and he was dead the next morning."

You were ruthless and strong enough. You've already killed three of the nine people. The remaining six will either die or be crippled. It doesn't matter, they've all been sentenced to death and won't survive.

Lu Sanlu wasn't a core member, but he had participated in robberies. This time, they caught their leader and interrogated him to find out how many members of their gang there were and what crimes they had committed.

The gains were enormous. The core gang consisted of seventeen people, and there were more than twenty non-core members. Since the year before last, they had committed more than 130 robberies.

Based on their confessions, we spent two days arresting people. Two escaped, and we are issuing warrants for their arrest. The other thirty-one people were all captured.

Their gang is quite large; thanks to you, I also received praise from above.

However, you're in big danger this time. We found three guns in their leader's house—three long guns. They didn't have them with them, so you're lucky.

We have already sent you the banner. Now we will search Lü Sanlu's house. He is already dead. After searching the house, we will seal it off.

You can go and take a look. The bicycle is fixed, but it will cost a lot of money. These nine families don't even have 500,000 in cash. The leader's family has a few small gold bars and silver dollars, but he can't give them to you.

Let's go to Lü Sanlu's house together and see what he has. Take anything you can as compensation.

"The car in front had wheels worth 500,000 yuan; I straightened it myself."

"Foreigners' cars are so valuable; they're just exploiting our ordinary people. Let's go to Lü Sanlu's house."

He Yuzhu himself didn't want to go. Everyone in the compound knew that Lü Sanlu's family was dirt poor; they probably couldn't even find a single yuan.

Then he remembered that Lü Sanlu had boasted that his ancestors had been high-ranking officials and that his grandfather was still in business. He said that if his father and two brothers hadn't died tragically, and the family hadn't borrowed money to buy goods, he wouldn't have been able to succeed.

His ancestral home was used to pay off debts, and his aunt ran away. He wouldn't live in a small house in a traditional courtyard house, even though his family used to have a three-section courtyard house.

Go take a look, maybe they have some. It seems that Lu Sanlu wasn't just bragging back then, but telling the truth.

A soldier opened the door to Lü Sanlu's house, and He Yuzhu followed Platoon Leader Yue into the room. The room was dimly lit, with a light on. Two soldiers then turned on their flashlights.

When He Yuzhu first entered Lü Sanlu's house, he felt that it was really poor. There was only a single bed, a chair, and a small stool in the room, and nothing else.

The man's house was dirty, smelled terrible, and was full of garbage, and was never cleaned.

He Yuzhu covered his nose and watched as three soldiers searched his home. They were very professional, leaving no corner unchecked, including the main beam.

Using the light from the lamp and flashlight, He Yuzhu saw bowls and chopsticks on the ground, as well as a porcelain bottle, which stood out prominently.

He Yuzhu didn't understand old objects. After the soldiers searched the bowls and chopsticks, he put the porcelain bottle aside and picked it up. He felt that it was different.

"Comrade He Yuzhu, it should be an old item, not worth much money. You can take it if you like, but it's too few to have just one at home."

"Our military control committee still has some. Go pick a few to use as compensation for your bicycle. We can't let you suffer too much of a loss," Platoon Leader Yue said with a smile.

"Thank you, Platoon Leader Yue. I don't know much about these old things, but I like them; they feel different from things nowadays. I'll go over on Monday afternoon; there's less work at the restaurant then."

He Yuzhu didn't refuse. He didn't know anything about antiques and wouldn't go out of his way to find them. But why not accept something given to him for free? It would look good to have it at home.

"Monday afternoon is fine. Come find me at the Military Control Commission, or with Mosquito, who's in charge of the warehouse." Platoon Leader Yue didn't care about these old things at all.

"Alright. Platoon Leader Yue, the three comrades, take a break and have a smoke."

"It'll be ready soon, I'll go for a smoke in a bit."

"Red Peony cigarettes aren't cheap either; we can't afford them normally." At that time, soldiers didn't have allowances yet; they wouldn't receive them until the following year. The allowances for military officers weren't low either.

"Take them all. I don't smoke. The cigarettes are a tip from customers who are satisfied with the food. I've had them in my pocket for two months now." He Yuzhu wasn't telling the truth.

"We can't take it. There's discipline. One cigarette is enough." Again, they won't take a single needle or thread from the people.

He Yuzhu didn't force the cigarette on them; he couldn't let them make a mistake. He put the cigarette back in his pocket.

"Platoon leader, search complete. We found a small iron box containing two small yellow croakers, a jade pendant, three snuff bottles, and a set of gold jewelry," the soldier reported.

"Dismissed. Seal the gate, take any items found back, and record them."

He Yuzhu and the others went out the gate. The soldiers sealed the gate of Lü Sanlu's house, said goodbye to He Yuzhu, and left the courtyard.

Outside Lü Sanlu's house, onlookers who had been watching the commotion saw four soldiers leave and asked He Yuzhu about it.

"Zhu Zi, what's going on? Why are the military control commissioners searching Lü Sanlu's house? And why are they sealing it off?"

"He was one of the robbers who robbed me a few days ago. He confessed that he also wanted to break my limbs. There are many of them. The military control commission has been arresting people these past two days."

"They committed more than 130 robberies. They won't survive; everyone will be shot." He Yuzhu didn't mention that Lü Sanlu had already been shot dead by him.

"Holy crap, these guys are awesome. They've robbed over 130 times. If we catch them, none of them will survive. They're all big bad guys."

"Lu Sanlu lives in a courtyard house; at least he has some conscience, he didn't bring his accomplices to rob us."

"It's not that he has a conscience, it's that he has targets to rob. He's the type to avoid robbing those close to him; if he can't rob other people, do you think people like him would let us go?"

"It wasn't our turn; we were lucky, not because he was kind."

Amidst the gossip in the front yard, He Yuzhu took the porcelain vase home; it was too cold.

At the doorstep, He Yuzhu didn't look at the porcelain vase; he put it into his system space, while He Yushui continued studying in her room.

"Brother, now that things are settled, is there any money to compensate us?" He Yushui asked, concerned about the compensation issue.

"On Monday afternoon, I went to the military control commission to collect my compensation."

"If there's compensation, we won't have to spend any money." He Yushui cared about her family's money.

Lu Sanlu was also one of the robbers. The next day, the news spread like wildfire in the vicinity of the courtyard that these robbers had committed over a thousand robberies, but luckily they hadn't managed to rob us.

These robbers should all be shot at. They've done too many bad things and deserve to die. They should be eaten.

Some people sourly believe that He Yuzhu was too ruthless, killing too many people, and that people should be kinder.

"I robbed your house, stabbed your son to death, and now you want to say something like that again? Let's see if you can still say it. What are you pretending to be, a good person?"

One sentence from him, and the pretentious good guys shut up. They'd rob their house, and no one would call the robbers good people. As for robbing other people, what business is it of theirs? They can say whatever they want.

Now that someone has hit the nail on the head, he's become quiet and doesn't talk much nonsense anymore. He doesn't dare to say anything about letting the robbers go.

As for whether the story is true or false, and how many robbers there were, nobody cares. No matter how many robbers there are, they're all going to die anyway, so why bother? Everyone's just happy to brag.

Ordinary people just want to have some fun; they don't care about anything else, and they don't want to distinguish between truth and falsehood. They also don't dare to go to the military control commission to find out the truth, because they don't want to get involved.

Something big has happened in the courtyard house. A notorious robber named Lü Sanlu lives there, which is extremely dangerous.

The gay couple had something to talk about again; within a few days, their meetings revolved around the robbers.