The moment you touch it, you feel a warm, smooth texture; one touch is enough to tell it's made of superior jade.
"Thank you, and please also convey my gratitude to the Second Princess. I thank her for her kindness, and I will remember it forever!"
After bowing to the palace maid, Lü Tu led his men away from the Commandant's mansion. Although he was temporarily out of danger, a new challenge had arisen, which gave Lü Tu a real headache. Why couldn't he have a single day of peace?
Fortunately, he wasn't the type to complain or blame others, and he quickly led his men to the Wang family mansion.
As expected, the gate was tightly closed, which reassured Lü Tu somewhat, at least proving that the Wang family mansion had not been robbed.
It seems that the Wang family's long-standing presence in Wuchuan City and their disaster relief and grain distribution efforts have had some effect, and the people haven't dared to harbor any ill intentions towards them.
Lu Tu took out the key that Cui Guo had given him before he left, opened the gate, left 50 people to guard the gate, and then led a large number of military slaves into the mansion.
Wang Miaoling was already his woman, and she had instructed Lü Tu to take all the gold and silver hidden in her boudoir to prevent thieves from eyeing them. Naturally, Lü Tu had no qualms about it.
Upon reaching the depths of the boudoir, the bedding was lifted, revealing a keyhole. After inserting the key and turning it, what was initially thought to be a tunnel turned out to be the entire wall behind the bed opening up.
Wow... the Wang family's resources are truly astounding. Just to build such a secret chamber, how much manpower and resources must they have spent?
It's easy to imagine how prosperous the Wang family was when their patriarch was alive.
When Lü Tu entered the secret room, Nie Yun and Liu Hong consciously guarded the door to prevent a sudden attack and locked Lü Tu inside.
Lu Tu lit a candle and tested the air density in the sealed room. He discovered that there was actually air circulation inside, which was quite remarkable.
After lighting all the candles in the corridor, a 5x5 meter secret room was discovered below, filled with various expensive wooden boxes, clearly indicating its extraordinary nature.
Lu Tu stepped forward and casually opened a wooden box, which was full of gold and silver jewelry. Each piece was equivalent to ten years' income for an ordinary family.
He counted them; there were 24 such boxes in total. Lü Tu called everyone to move them out before closing the secret room.
As soon as he stepped out of the boudoir, Lin San ran over and suggested, "Sir, before leaving, Miss instructed me to take the grain from the granary with me, otherwise it will spoil if stored here for too long."
Lu Tu patted him on the shoulder: "Well said, lead the way!"
Lin San eagerly led the way, leading everyone through a maze of twists and turns to a large house in the backyard. When the door was opened, everyone gasped in shock.
Even the newly built warehouses in Kuishan Village don't store as much grain as this place.
Liu Hong casually tore open a burlap sack, grabbed a handful of flour, and exclaimed in shock when he saw what it contained: "Sir, this is all refined white flour!"
"My goodness, the Wang family is incredibly wealthy! They have so much white flour that they could sleep right in there. How extravagant is that?"
Looking at the pit full of refined flour, Lü Tu couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache. This was all of Wang Miaoling's family's savings. Although Lü Tu believed that the Wang family's wealth was far greater than this, it was enough to show how much Wang Miaoling loved him.
These wives of Lu Tu are truly amazing!
"What are you waiting for? Move it! Don't spill it! Even if you spill it, you have to take it with you and wash it up!"
Just kidding. Even flour covered in dust is a rare commodity. After all, the refugees along the main road outside are even gnawing on tree bark, let alone flour. A little dust won't kill you.
Lin San was taking notes in a notebook, and finally reported to Lü Tu: "Sir, we have 20,000 catties of flour and 10,000 catties of rice, but the oxcarts we brought are not enough."
Lu Tu took out some silver and handed it to Lin San. Then he said to Nie Yun, "Take 150 men and go with Lin San to other grain shops in the city. Take out 10,000 catties of flour and exchange it for millet. Also, buy some more carts."
"Yes, sir!"
While waiting, Lü Tu suddenly remembered that the Wang family should have an ancestral hall, given its size. He then went to the last courtyard and found a solemn ancestral hall.
With a sense of awe, Lü Tu pushed open the door and went inside, but he never expected that there would be an old woman inside!
The old woman was sitting at a table inside the ancestral hall, copying Buddhist scriptures. She didn't move when she heard Lü Tu enter.
Lu Tu ignored her and instead looked up at the ancestral tablets of the Wang family. The bottom few tablets were the newest ones, which belonged to Wang Miaoling's parents.
Lu Tu stepped forward, took some incense, lit it, and said solemnly, "Ancestors of the Wang family, Miao Ling and I are now husband and wife. The plague in Wuchuan is severe right now, so I will bring Miao Ling back to pay my respects in a few days."
After lighting the incense, Lü Tu knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to Wang Miaoling's parents. After all, they were his parents-in-law, and Lü Tu had emptied their house of money and grain, so these kowtows were only right and proper.
At this moment, the old woman beside her spoke up: "You said you are Miaoling's husband?"
Upon hearing the old woman's form of address and recognizing her age, Lü Tu bowed and said, "Lü Tu greets your elder. May I ask how you should address me?"
"My name is Wang Min, and I am Miao Ling's great-aunt."
"Grandma, why didn't you go to Kuishan Village with everyone else to take refuge that day?"
Wang Min laughed freely: "I was born into this Wang family and have never left Wuchuan City in my entire life. What would I do if I went out? Anyway, I'm just an old man, and the plague won't scare me."
Lu Tu shook his head: "Since you are Miao Ling's great-aunt, then you are Miao Ling's only relative in this world. Why don't you come back with me today? Don't you want to see Miao Ling?"
After looking Lü Tu up and down, Wang Min nodded and said, "Indeed, you are a handsome man. Miao Ling has always been arrogant since she was a child, saying that she will not marry anyone but a great hero. I have heard about you. You are very good, but I am not leaving. What would it be like if my whole Wang family moved into your house? If Miao Ling is bullied by you, she will not even have the right to go back to her parents' home."
Lu Tu said solemnly, "Grandma, I will not bully my woman."
"Hmph, that sounds good, but when a man opens his mouth, anyone who believes him is doomed."
Lu Tu chuckled to himself. It seemed that this old lady was still a heartbroken old woman, no wonder she was hostile towards him.
At this point, Wang Min suddenly noticed the jade pendant that Lü Tu had half-tucked into his chest, and her eyes lit up: "What's that thing on your chest? Let me see it!"
Lu Tu was taken aback. He hadn't expected the old lady to be so discerning. The things the Second Princess had given him were certainly not ordinary. So he simply took them out and handed them over as well.
After carefully examining the jade pendant, Wang Min burst into tears.
"You heartless bastard, you're dead, so why are you disturbing my peaceful cultivation with this worthless jade pendant!"
Upon hearing this, Lü Tu felt a chill run down his spine; the matter behind this was extremely serious!
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