In the next month, several things happened in the capital for people to talk about and relieve their boredom after dinner. These things were all related to the Zhongyong Hou Mansion.
A few months ago, Dr. Zhang Linggu of Jishitang touched the neck of the daughter of Zhou Yushi's family when he was treating a doctor. He was beaten up by a servant of the Zhou family. He didn't expect to take a warning. While consulting the crown prince Gu Jingzhi's concubine at the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion, she actually made some teasing remarks and was beaten until her nose was bruised and her face was swollen again.
Gu Jinghui, the eldest daughter of the Zhongyong Hou Mansion, married her cousin Ling Cai Chengan, the director of weapons at the Ministry of Industry, but she had been childless for three years and asked to go to court. The eldest son of Zhongyong Hou Mansion personally took dozens of servants to count the dowry according to the documents. Although the Cai family came from a scholarly family, they spent a lot of their daughter-in-law's dowry.
Gu Jingzhi took Cai Cheng'an into custody regardless of his relatives' wishes, and was given a deadline of one day to replenish the dowry. Na Cai's family had to sell two shops to provide Gu Jinghui with money. When everyone lamented that the Gu family loved their married daughter and could stand up for her so much, they were shocked.
The old Marquis of the Zhongyong Hou Mansion suddenly announced that the Gu family had no second-married daughter. Gu Jinghui insisted on divorce and refused to listen to the ancestral precepts. She gave her mother, the second lady of the Zhongyong Hou Mansion, a letter of divorce and left the mother and daughter in the house. His name was removed from the Gu family tree.
Gu Jingzhi, the eldest son of the Zhongyong Hou Mansion, learned that Kang Ping, a minor official in the Weaponry Department of the Ministry of Industry, had been framed and imprisoned. He personally went to the Ninth Prince's house and begged the Ninth Prince to intervene to bring order to the chaos and rescue Kang Ping.
This is nothing. September 28th is the birthday of the current Holy Emperor Qiantai. The whole country celebrates the Longevity Festival and wishes the Holy Emperor a long life. His half-brother, Prince Xian, the father-in-law of the current Marquis Zhongyong, Gu Jingzhi’s aunt’s father, and his nominal grandfather, but he hoped that Long Live Lord would not live long live. He launched a mutiny on the occasion of a grand banquet in the palace and wanted to Emperor Qiantai died soon.
Gu Jingzhi has been sending Gu Nian to pay attention to Prince Xian's activities. Gu Nian reported the recent frequent exchanges between Prince Xian and the deputy envoy of the Royal Forest Army, and he concluded that Prince Xian might rebel in the next few days.
It turned out that the medicines ordered in Jishitang were already stored in Caiwei's space, and additional trauma medicines were being made. Gu Jingzhi sent Ping An to pick up the finished products immediately, and the purchased items were placed in the small courtyard of Sanjin. , Caiwei went to collect it in the space again. This time, time was tight, so she asked Ping An to get it and put it in Tingxue Pavilion.
After leaving safely, Caiwei put the medicines into the space one by one. After her consciousness came out of the space, she said happily: "Second Master, the four rooms are almost full. If you want to collect things again, you can only put them in the inner courtyard." bingo."
Gu Jingzhi asked, "How big is your inner courtyard?"
Caiwei calculated that the length and width of the yard were about one hundred meters. After finding out the width of the house, she told him: "It's about thirty to forty thousand square meters!"
"What kind of rice?" Gu Jingzhi couldn't understand the new names that popped up from time to time.
Caiwei quickly calculated: "Four thousand divided by six hundred and sixty-six equals about six acres!"
"Six acres of land is so big, it's enough." Unexpectedly, her calculation skills were so good, Gu Jingzhi praised: "You are so good at mental calculations, you should also be able to do an abacus!"
She learned abacus for a few days in elementary school, but Caiwei was too lazy to learn it. When Gu Jingzhi asked, she blushed, "No, I don't know how to do abacus."
Gu Jingzhi didn't believe her words, thinking that she was just being modest. Now was not the time to discuss abacus, because there were more important things that needed to be done right away.
"I estimate that Prince Xian may start a rebellion in these few days. The things in our warehouse must be put away immediately!"
This was Caiwei's favorite thing to do. She hurriedly got dressed and said happily: "Second Master, let's go!"
The master and servant got up and went to Xuanzangyuan. The large warehouse was behind Xuanzangyuan. After Gu Jingzhi was reborn, he sent Gu Ye with thirty servants to guard the large warehouse. Song Wanru's daily necessities could be used at will, but But no one is allowed to take away any of the gold and silver treasures.
Of course, the old Marquis, the old lady and his father Gu Huainan's own private treasury were very rich, and there was no need to use the things in the large warehouse. His arrangement was mainly to prevent Song Wanru.
The large warehouse of Zhongyong Hou Mansion is located behind Xuanzangyuan. It consists of four small courtyards and sixteen 15-meter-long houses.
The two people walked out of the back door and had just approached the yard fifteen or six meters when a voice suddenly shouted: "This is an important place for the warehouse. People waiting here should stay away quickly!"
Gu Jingzhi whispered: "Gu Ye, it's me!"
A tall young man jumped down from the wall, bowed his hands and said, "Second Master! Gu Ye greets Second Master!"
The courtyard door slowly opened, and several servants saluted and greeted each other. Gu Jingzhi waved his hand, "Get up, everyone. I'll go inside and take a look. You don't have to follow me!"
This courtyard is guarded by Gu Ye personally, which shows its importance. The floor of the back room is filled with fine silks, woolen materials and leather. Caiwei thought about it several times and put it into the space.
In the side room on the left, there were more than twenty boxes of silver, jade ornaments, etc., as well as six boxes of silver notes. Gu Jingzhi opened the boxes one by one, flipped through them, put two on the shelf and said, "Don't take these two, leave two of the money." Box, take the rest away." Caiwei was obedient and did as she was told.
In the right side room, more than twenty boxes on one side are neatly filled with gold ingots, and on the other side, more than twenty boxes are filled with various jewelry. Caiwei put these into the space one by one, and when she turned to leave, Gu Jingzhi stopped her and said, "Wait a minute!"
He walked to a Bogu shelf, squatted down, and fiddled with the corner under the shelf a few times. A hole appeared on the floor. Gu Jingzhi took out a box from it, handed it to Caiwei and said, "Here, you're not Do you want luminous pearls? Here are three for you."
Caiwei happily opened the box and was pleasantly surprised to see three luminous pearls inside, one yellow-green, one light blue, and one orange-red.
Luminous pearls are priceless, and the Gu family actually has three of them hidden away. No, Gu Jingzhi also has a purple jade from the Chen Palace that is said to conquer the world!
Caiwei carefully closed the lid of the box, put it into the space, and said with great emotion: "Second Master, I met Ye Mingzhu today. My life has not been in vain. Even if I die now, it is worth it."
Gu Jingzhi rolled his eyes at her, "It's unlucky to say you won't die. Just remember to follow me. Good times are ahead!"
After leaving the right wing, but not going to the main room, Caiwei asked in confusion: "Second Master, aren't the things in the main room important?" In fact, she was asking him why he didn't go to the main room to collect things.
"It's very important. What's inside is the gifts given by the Lord Long Live over the years. There will be a record in the palace and it's not something you, a slave, can read." In fact, he was telling her that the gifts given by the emperor are recorded and cannot be taken away.
Caiwei shook her head regretfully and followed her master out. Gu Jingzhi said to Gu Ye, "After we leave, ask all the servants under guard to evacuate and wait in my second aunt's dowry village in the south of the city."
He waved Gu Ye to come over, put his hand on his shoulder and shook it hard, and whispered: "You stay here and guard the warehouse. Don't go into the house. If you find something is wrong, you don't need my order immediately." Leave the Marquis Mansion and meet them at Zhuangzi. I left some money for Ping An, and you two can discuss it." The hand on his shoulder shook it hard again, "I leave all the brothers to you, tens of millions of dollars. Don't be impulsive, we will be fine." Gu Ye raised his head and took a deep look at him and nodded.
There are various kinds of furniture stored in the yard next door, most of which are made of rosewood, with a small amount of yellow pear and mahogany. Caiwei touched a bed with gold patterns on her hand and praised: "You ancient people made good work. Not to mention the exquisiteness and detail, this wood is really great, I don’t think I’ve ever seen it before.”
Gu Jingzhi disliked her for not having enough eyesight as soon as she entered the yard. He was just admiring things and was too slow to put things away. He was a little unhappy and said to her, "Probably less than half of the people in this world have seen furniture made of this kind of wood." ? Take a good look at the gold thread inside!"
Caiwei raised her eyebrows in confusion, then realized, "Golden nanmu?"
"You are knowledgeable, get to work!" Gu Jingzhi left the room, leaving Caiwei working alone.
The third yard was filled with clothes, shoes, socks, jewelry, fabrics and other items needed by the servants for daily use. Gu Jingzhi asked Caiwei to take away two-thirds and leave one-third, which would be enough for the entire Zhongyong Hou Mansion. Been using it for half a year.
The fourth yard is a bit far away, separated from other buildings by a large distance, because it mainly stores food and medicinal materials. These items are flammable. Once a fire occurs if they are not properly preserved, timely rescue will not affect other buildings.
"It's better to keep one third. There is a warehouse in the big kitchen. On the day of the house raid, you can find an opportunity to collect it. If you can't find the opportunity, give up. Safety is important." Gu Jingzhi told Caiwei on the way.
Caiwei couldn't bear to part with it, there was still room in the space! Secretly determined to find an opportunity, he suddenly remembered that other masters should also have private treasury, so he asked him, "Are all the things in other yards confiscated?"
"We don't care about Song Wanru. She has a lot of things in her yard. In her last life, more than 200,000 yuan was confiscated! If we take these things away, others will suspect that Zhongyong Houfu got the news in advance and transferred the property. This will just make her take the blame." Gu Jingzhi smiled.
After thinking for a while, he said: "Tomorrow is the Longevity Festival, and the whole country is celebrating. The warehouses of my eldest aunt and brother Jingchao will not be tightly guarded. Let's go and have a look tomorrow night, and we will act accordingly!"
Caiwei's red little face was full of smiles, she squinted her eyes and nodded repeatedly. She was very soft when collecting things today, but who would be afraid of things biting her hands?
