Looking at the familiar wooden boxes, Eunuch Ran couldn't stop the tears from streaming down his face. Hearing Gu Yuzhi's words, he hurriedly wiped away his tears and said, "This servant will count them with Chief Secretary Xie right away."

After all the boxes were carried inside, Eunuch Ran lagged a few steps behind and whispered to Qi Chenglang, "Chief Guard Qi, where are the guards who were escorting the imperial reward?"

Qi Chenglang shook his head: "I'm sorry, we searched the entire mountain but couldn't find anyone."

Eunuch Ran's face turned deathly pale, his legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground with a thud, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.

With so many of the Emperor's highly skilled guards gone, he's left all alone, powerless and helpless. How is he supposed to explain this to everyone when he gets back?

The more Eunuch Ran thought about it, the more frightened he became, wishing he had been captured by the bandits along with them.

Qi Chenglang scooped up Eunuch Ran, and seeing his expression, he understood. He sighed and said, "Eunuch Ran, please don't overthink things. You must know that it is because you are still alive that we were able to retrieve what belonged to His Highness. His Highness will definitely report this matter truthfully to the Emperor, so please don't worry."

At this point, Eunuch Ran was completely disoriented. Hearing Qi Chenglang's words, he could only nod repeatedly and was helped forward. His survival instinct made him place all his hopes on Gu Yuzhi.

If Your Highness can help him escape death this time, he will definitely do his best to help Your Highness in the future.

In the main courtyard, boxes were laid out on the ground. The guards opened the boxes one by one, and golden light instantly poured out. Gu Yuzhi subconsciously closed his eyes, then felt something was wrong. He tilted his head and looked at the boxes of silver behind him: "Chief Secretary Xie, I remember that Eunuch Ran did not mention that there would be a reward of silver."

Xie Changshi couldn't stop smiling as he squatted down and explained to Gu Yuzhi, "These should all be things that the bandits robbed before, but they didn't manage to transport them away in time, and now they've ended up in Your Highness's pocket."

Chen Dianyi smiled and said, "Your Highness, thank you, Chief Secretary. I just counted them. Each box contains one thousand taels of silver, so these seven boxes contain seven thousand taels of silver."

Before, Gu Yu didn't know how much silver was in those boxes. But now, after hearing Chen Dianyi's words, he immediately thought of the money they spent renting the house and calculated: "We rent the house for seven hundred taels a year, so seven thousand taels is..." His eyes brightened as he counted, "...ten years!"

Wow, now that I think about it, he won't have to worry about rent anymore!

Gu Yuzhi straightened his back, feeling that he was now a wealthy man.

Chief Secretary Xie nodded: "Your Highness's calculations are indeed correct." He stood up and nodded to Eunuch Ran, "Eunuch Ran, let's not worry about these extras for now. Take the list and check it so I can start putting them into storage."

While Xie Changshi and Eunuch Ran were reviewing the list, Gu Yuzhi looked at it with great interest, his eyes revealing an undisguised fondness for these items.

Before today, he was a poor prince who could only receive two months' salary and monthly allowance. To paraphrase Teacher Shu, from today onwards, he has turned his life around!

Chen Dianyi smiled and shook his head at Gu Yuzhi, then whispered to Qi Chenglang, "After Eunuch Ran finishes his handover, he should be heading back now, right? The guards are all gone. How will Eunuch Ran get back to the capital?"

Qi Chenglang thought for a moment: "Perhaps Chief Secretary Xie can find him a security escort agency?" He shrugged. "Eunuch Ran has done His Highness a great favor this time. I would like to escort Eunuch Ran back, but unfortunately, my status doesn't allow it."

As the chief bodyguard of a prince, entering the capital without being summoned was a grave taboo for the royal family.

Chen Dianyi nodded and said, "That's true."

The two spoke softly, but it didn't prevent Gu Yuzhi from hearing them. He silently asked Wen Xiuzhu, "Manager Wen, what is a security escort agency? Why did you hire someone from a security escort agency to escort Eunuch Ran back?"

“The escort agency is…” Wen Xiuzhu’s expression suddenly changed, and he turned to look at Shu Xiaohan.

Shu Xiaohan was admiring the jewelry with great delight. She had only ever seen such exquisite craftsmanship in museums.

There are quite a few items sold on Taobao nowadays, such as kingfisher feather and cloisonné enamel, but they really can't compare to the craftsmanship of these jewelry pieces.

She shook her head slightly; indeed, the ancestors' aesthetic sense was extraordinary.

Noticing Wen Xiuzhu's gaze, Shu Xiaohan, who was looking at her phone on the subway, said, "Why are you looking at me like that? I haven't said a word."

Wen Xiuzhu laughed and said, "No, no. I just remembered a phrase that Teacher Shu mentioned: 'Make the most of everything.'"

The restaurant matter is temporarily put on hold, but the escort agency matter can be started immediately.

This Chief Guard Qi is highly skilled in martial arts and could not possibly be content with protecting His Highness's safety within the Prince's residence forever. Therefore, he believed that there was a very high chance that Chief Guard Qi would agree to the proposal of opening a security escort agency.

Just as Manager Wen was about to explain, he saw Xueye finish its training and run happily towards Gu Yuzhi. It had only been here for a little over ten days, but it had already grown noticeably bigger.

Upon seeing Xueye, Gu Yuzhi completely forgot about the escort agency and hugged and kissed her, asking, "Xueye, are you done training? Are you hungry?"

He rubbed his stomach and whispered, "I'm hungry too. Granny Xu should have prepared the meal. Let's go eat."

After his meal, he needed to rest for a while before attending his martial arts class in the afternoon.

Xie Changshi said that after he finished learning the three books for enlightenment, he would begin to learn the Six Arts, namely rites, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and mathematics.

What he didn't tell Xie Changshi was that he had already been secretly learning arithmetic from Manager Wen.

Thinking about it this way, Gu Yuzhi felt that time was running out, so he picked up Xueye and headed towards the main house.

Qi Chenglang smiled and called out to him, "Your Highness, I was able to bring back the goods and the bandits unharmed this time, all thanks to Master Wolf."

Gu Yuzhi blinked: "Who is Grandpa Wolf?" He pointed at Xue Ye, "Is he Xue Ye's grandpa?"

"No, it's Snow Night's Mother." Qi Chenglang's smile deepened. "When we arrived, Snow Night's Mother had already injured many bandits, and it was she who guided us to the mountain stronghold's treasure cave."

Otherwise, they would never have imagined, no matter how hard they racked their brains, that there was a path below the cliff and that the treasure was hidden in the middle of the mountain.

Gu Yuzhi then said "Oh," scratched his head in confusion, and asked, "But Guard Qi, shouldn't Xueye's mother be a wolf mother? Why do you call her 'Grandpa Wolf'?"

He puffed out his cheeks, thinking to himself how could Guard Qi be so muddle-headed? His mother and his master were not the same.

Qi Chenglang shuddered, suddenly remembering the howl the wolf had given before leaving, and suddenly understood that the wolf had been angry because of this.

He sighed and bent down to look at Xueye: "I'm sorry, Xueye. Next time I see your mother, I promise I won't call her 'Grandpa Wolf' again."

A soft howl echoed through the snowy night, a delicate voice completely different from the mother wolf's, but the contempt in the two wolves' eyes was the same.