Chen Xiaomu put the assembled pistol aside and continued to rummage among the objects piled on the ground. Soon he assembled a pistol and a grenade. The rest were bullet casings and grenade casings from the grenade. , after carefully counting, there were 125 rounds of empty 9mm shells for the pistol. Due to the complicated structure of the grenade shells used in the grenade, only three empty grenade shells were made in total.
After everything was tidied up, Chen Xiaomu said to Zheng Jiang: "Master Zheng, when you go back, hurry up and work according to the drawings on my drawings. Within ten days, you will be rewarded one thousand taels of silver one day in advance, and so on."
Zheng Jiang patted his chest and said excitedly: "Master, don't worry, even if we don't eat or sleep, we will drive you out of your job within ten days!"
After Zheng Jiang left, Furong couldn't hold it in anymore and said very puzzledly: "Prince-in-law, what is the use of spending so much money on making these gadgets? If the princess knew about this, she might be angry. ?”
Chen Xiaomu pretended to be panicked and said: "Sister Furong, you must keep this secret for me in front of the princess. I will give you less benefits when the time comes."
Furong shook her head, "Prince-in-law, I don't dare to ask for any favors from you, nor do I dare to keep your secret in front of the princess. Otherwise, if this matter is known to the princess in the future, the princess will not let me go easy."
Chen Xiaomu laughed and said: ''Sister Furong, I can guarantee that as long as you don't tell anyone, no one will know about this. "
Furong glanced at Chen Xiaomu and snorted softly, "Prince-in-law, if you don't want others to be ignorant, I won't dare to follow you to deceive the princess!"
"This is called cheating!" Chen Xiaomu said with a sly smile: "This is called concealment, understand? Concealing it in good faith."
"Whether you are hiding it or deceiving me, I will tell the princess to go now." After finishing speaking, Fleur was about to leave.
Chen Xiaomu quickly stretched out his hand to catch her and persuaded her: "Sister Furong, when I was drawing the drawing that night, weren't you and the princess with you? The princess already knew it. Would you like to do it again?"
Furong said confidently: "I remember that the prince-in-law told the princess that he made these things to make money for the princess's palace. But now that I see these things in your hands, they look like money-making things. Besides, you can give them to the blacksmith in one day." It costs one thousand taels of silver to shop, but this one thousand taels of silver is enough to cover the expenses of our princess’s mansion for ten days!”
"Sister Furong, do you think this will work?" Chen Xiaomu said: "Please wait for ten days and don't tell the princess for now. When the blacksmith shop has finished all the objects I drew, you will know how I am." To make money for the princess mansion."
Furong tilted her head and thought for a while, then nodded and agreed. Chen Xiaomu struck while the iron was hot, pointed at the coarse cloth bag left by Zheng Jiang and said with a smile: "Sister Furong, why don't you do your good deeds to the end and find a place in the house where few people usually go? I’ll sort these things out.”
Furong heard this and thought about it for a long time, and suddenly thought of a good place to go, that is, the sundries warehouse where all kinds of used or replaced items in the princess's house are piled up. Usually it is difficult for anyone to go there for ten days and a half, unless the princess There were old items that had been retired from the mansion and needed to be moved there, and only she, the head housekeeper of the princess' mansion, had the key there. Furong immediately took Chen Xiaomu there without saying a word.
So Furong was in front and Chen Xiaomu was behind. The two of them went around and around, and finally stopped in front of a big house with blue bricks and gray tiles. Furong took out a bunch of keys tied together with cloth strips and picked out one of them. , poked her butt at the long lock hanging on the door nose, and heard a click, and the long lock opened. Furong took the long lock from the door nose, pushed open the two wooden doors whose paint was almost peeling off, and a wave of There was a musty smell, and it was obvious that no one had opened the doors for many days.
Following Furong into the house, Chen Xiaomu discovered that except for the mold spots on the wall, the place was actually quite clean. At one end of the room were piles of various incomplete chairs, beds, tables, chairs, and cabinets that took up almost half of the room. kind of shabby furniture.
At this time, Furong, who was walking in front, turned around and asked Chen Xiaomu, "Prince-in-law, what do you think of this place?"
Chen Xiaomu nodded hurriedly and said: "Very good, it's just what I want. I'll stay here for a while. If the princess asks, just tell me that I went to the garrison camp outside the city."
"What?" Furong said in surprise: "Prince-in-law, didn't you agree to come and collect these objects in your hand? Why do you still stay here?"
Chen Xiaomu patiently explained: "Sister Furong, what's the use of just hiding these things? They can't grow gold or silver. I have to make them better in order to sell them at a good price!"
Furong didn't understand, and was afraid that if she stayed here too long, the princess wouldn't be able to find her, so she said: "Prince-in-law, you can do it here. I'm afraid the princess will look for me again. Just lock the door for me after you finish it." Got it." After saying that, Furong handed the long lock in her hand to Chen Xiaomu.
After Furong left, Chen Xiaomu closed the door from the inside and unlatched the door bolt. Then he took out the small explosive bag for self-defense from his arms, untied the rope, poured out the gunpowder inside, and then removed the warheads from the empty shells one by one. , first put the primer made of saltpeter underneath, and then poured the gunpowder one by one. In this way, a bullet invented by later generations was born more than a thousand years in advance in ancient times. The whole process took him more than two hours.
After loading the bullets, Chen Xiaomu filled the magazines of the two pistols with thirty rounds of bullets. He was about to find a place in the house to try the guns, when Fu Rong's urgent voice suddenly came from outside, "Prince-in-law." , there is a fat monk outside the princess's house who wants to see you. He said he had an appointment with you first. The guard at the door wanted to report to the princess, but I stopped him. How should I deal with it now?"
When Chen Xiaomu heard about it, he immediately thought of Monk Liaochen who had gone back the day before yesterday to raise money to buy him half a luminous pearl. He couldn't help but smile to Furong and said, "Oh, sister Furong, this is my God of Wealth, please take me to greet him."
"God of Wealth?" Furong didn't react for a moment and was stunned.
"Yes, yes, yes!" This fat monk is my God of Wealth, Chen Yi said continuously. After saying that, he started to collect the scattered objects on the ground, put them back into the cloth bag, carried them with his hands, and filled the two with bullets. I tucked my pistol into the belt under my robe, and instantly I had a gun in my hand. I felt the same way in the world.
Furong looked at the cloth bag in his hand and asked curiously: "Prince-in-law, is this fat monk here to buy the iron lumps sent by these blacksmiths?"
"Iron bumps?" Chen Xiaomu couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and hehehe said: "Sister Furong, you actually call this an iron bump?"
"If it's not called Iron Pimple, what is it called?" Furong blinked her big furry eyes, staring at him like a curious baby and asked.
Chen Xiaomu was anxious to see the fat monk, so he had time to explain it to her in detail, and then casually said: "Sister Furong, this is not an iron knot. You will gradually know its use in the future. You can lock the door here." Okay, I'll go see the fat monk first, and I can't let the God of Wealth escape." After saying that, he picked up the bag and hurried towards the entrance of the princess's house.
At the door of the Princess Mansion, Monk Chen was talking to the guard, and he raised his head to look into the mansion from time to time. When Chen Xiaomu finally appeared in his sight, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, as if he was afraid that Chen Xiaomu couldn't see him. He hurriedly raised his hand and waved it twice in the air, and shouted: "Donor Chen, I'm here!"
Hearing the sound, Chen Xiaomu quickened his pace and trotted over. He was panting and spitting out white breath from his mouth. When Chen Xiaomu ran up to him, Monk Liaochen didn't even say a polite word and just took something out of his arms. He took out a cloth bag and handed it to Chen Xiaomu, and said: "Almsgiver Chen, monks don't lie. If you count them, they are all banknotes with big numbers. I promised you that I will not miss you even one tael."
In fact, Chen Xiaomu didn't know whether the banknotes were genuine or not. He opened the bag and took a look. A thick stack of banknotes tied with hemp rope lay quietly at the bottom of the bag. When he was in a dilemma, Fu Rong followed behind him, because She often buys items for the princess's house. She basically knows the real and fake banknotes at a glance. Chen Xiaomu handed the cloth bag into her hand. After a moment, Furong nodded slightly to him. "
Without saying a word, Chen Xiaomu immediately took out the half of the Night Pearl left by Qiu Xingbo, the leader of the Five Poison Sect, and handed it to Monk Chen.
Monk Liaochen took half of the luminous pearl, looked at it carefully, and after verifying that it was genuine, he put it in his arms and still stood quietly, not in a hurry to leave.
Chen Xiaomu asked strangely: "Master, do you have anything else to do?"
Liao Chen clasped his hands together and said the Buddha's name, "Amitabha, Almsgiver Chen, I am waiting for your treasure incantation!"
"Oh, oh! Is it a spell?" Chen Xiaomu had already forgotten the nonsense he made up at that time, but now that he was reminded, he suddenly remembered it, and his embarrassed face was filled with embarrassment!
Seeing that Chen Xiaomu was silent for a moment, Monk Liaochen changed his expression and said, "Donor Chen, does he want to regret it?"
When Chen Xiaomu heard this, he shook his head repeatedly and said, "No, Master, like you, I never lie. In fact, I was wondering about your memory?"
Monk Liaochen nodded confidently and said, "I have a good memory. Normally, you only need to recite the scriptures once to remember them."
Chen Xiaomu smiled secretly and said: "Okay, master, you can listen to me and I will recite the spell to you."
Monk Liao Chen couldn't help but be startled and said in confusion: "Donor, didn't you write it in advance and give it to me?"
Chen Xiaomu smiled and said, "Master, you can write this and that at will. If the black and white words fall into the hands of someone with bad intentions, wouldn't it be a bad idea? It's better to keep it in your heart to be safe."
Monk Liao Chen thought it was right, so he put his ear to Chen Xiaomu's mouth. Chen Xiaomu whispered: "Master, please listen carefully. Because time is tight, I will only say it once."
Monk Liaochen nodded cautiously, and at the same time pricked up his ears and listened attentively. Chen Xiaomu held back his laughter and said with a serious face: "If you eat grapes, you won't spit out the grape skins. If you don't eat the grapes, you will spit out the grape skins. If you don't eat grapes, you will spit out the grape skins." If you want to spit out the skin, you have to eat the grapes first without spitting out the skin. "
"What?" Monk Liaochen looked shocked. Chen Xiaomu's few so-called spells made his head buzz. He was thinking, what kind of spell is this? He can eat grapes without spitting out grape skins, and even eating grapes can spit out grape skins. Spitting grape skin, why is it so difficult to speak, I don’t want to be fooled by this kid! "
Seeing the monk looking at himself up and down like he was guarding against thieves, Chen Xiaomu spread his hands and said with a smile: "Master, I have told you the spell, is there anything else?"
Monk Liao Chen clasped his hands together and recited the Buddha's name, "Amitabha, donor, I feel that your mantra does not look like a mantra. Donor, is there any way to confirm that this is the true mantra for that treasure?"
Chen Xiaomu's expression changed when he heard this, and then he said in a deep voice: "Master, what do you mean? I just told you the spell, and you said it was a lie. Do you want to regret it?"
Monk Liaochen's face turned red, and he waved his hands repeatedly and said, "Donor, I didn't mean this. I just think what you said is not like a spell, but more like a limerick."
Chen Xiaomu smiled bitterly and said: "Master, this is the original way of this spell. I haven't changed a single word in it. Do you have to ask me to write an essay for you to see, is it true? If you want to prove the truth or falsehood, the only way at the moment is to prove it. The best way is to go to the head of Wu Du Sect Qiu and snatch that treasure back, and I will verify it for you."
Monk Liao Chen was stunned for a long time, as if he could no longer think of a better solution than what Chen Xiaomu said, so he had no choice but to say the Buddha's name, turn around and leave in anger.
"Prince-in-law, our princess's palace has become rich!" As soon as Monk Liaochen left, Furong couldn't hold it back anymore and jumped in front of Chen Xiaomu with joy, her eyes smiling like crescents.
Chen Xiaomu smiled at her and said, "Sister Furong, this is the beginning. From now on, you can't even weigh the money you keep in the princess's mansion."
The days are always short in winter. Chen Xiaomu and Fu Rong returned to their residence. Su Xingran had asked people to prepare food and drinks. Fu Rong handed the banknotes in the bag to Su Xingran and boasted about Chen Xiaomu again.
Chen Xiaomu smiled at Su Xingran and said, "Don't listen to this little girl's nonsense. In fact, if you look deeper, I used the dog food bowl you gave me last time in exchange for the more than one million taels of silver notes!"
"Oh!" Su Xingran stopped the chopsticks in his hand when he heard the sound, looked at Chen Xiaomu and said in surprise: "Husband, I only spent thirty cents on that dog food bowl, and you sold it for more than one million taels of silver. You are How did you sell it for so much money? "
Chen Xiaomu stretched out his index finger and shook it in the air, and said proudly: "Wife, your husband's finger is a golden finger, it has the power to turn stone into gold!"
"Ah, that's it!" Su Xingran believed it, and immediately put down the chopsticks in his hand, grabbed Chen Xiaomu's fingers and looked carefully.
