Huang Xiao was typing on the keyboard, but there was an awkward feeling in his heart. After not coming back for a few days, he felt a little strange. The only sound in the house was the sound of typing on the keyboard...
He first made a call to the grain seed store and offered a high price to send another batch of sweet potato seeds. Then he went out and went to the Li Wangyue factory to bring back belts and other items as well as some Eucommia collagen materials, and also picked up the rest on the way. I also brought back the little blue film.
After finishing all this, he had time to collect the express delivery.
After working for two hours, he sat quietly in front of the computer.
"Spinach, how's my book ready?"
"Wow, brother, you finally showed up! I thought you really got through it! Don't worry, I'll do the work!" Spinach was very excited!
Huang Xiao smiled and said, "Don't mention it, it's been postponed!"
Spinach sent a series of smiling faces over, and then sent a document package over.
Huang Xiao accepted it.
After settling the bill, he made another request to Spinach, asking her to collect various materials from the seventeenth century, including nautical charts and detailed information on the humanities of various countries, and asked her to help make a map of the ancient world.
This time, Spinach provided another piece of Chinese, a piece of mathematics, a piece of biology, a piece of chemistry, and a piece of the Barefoot Doctor's Manual.
Huang Xiao printed two copies respectively. Fortunately, they were all basic knowledge, and they were also simplified versions, otherwise Huang Xiao's printer would have started to smoke!
It's money well spent! As there were more and more things going on in the Ming Dynasty, Huang Xiao had less and less time to do them. The ability to use money was the best choice.
After several trips back and forth to send everything back to Daming, Huang Xiao yawned several times and was so tired that he went back to his room and lay on the bed and fell asleep.
The night was getting deeper, and there was no light from the stars and the moon. It was pitch black everywhere, and more than ten people in black climbed over the wall and entered the courtyard.
Across the street from Huang Xiao's house, in the corner, Hou Du was hiding in the darkness, staring intently at the Huang family's yard.
And further away from them, a man also dressed in the dark was quietly watching all this.
Today was a good opportunity. The Huang family only had Huang Xiao and a maidservant. Hou Du brought twelve people over. He was confident that he could catch them, but to be on the safe side, he stayed outside to observe and did not personally take part in the danger.
About a tea time, the courtyard door quietly opened, and the two of them walked out quickly and went straight to Houdu's hiding place.
"What's going on?" Hou Du asked in a low voice.
"The inner courtyard has a steel door that can't be pried open. After climbing over the wall and entering the inner courtyard, the rooms inside also have the same kind of steel door, so you can't get into the room."
Hou Du was stunned and said, "Can't we get in? How about unlocking it?"
"That lock has never been opened before. It can't be opened."
Hou Du really didn't expect that this would happen. Among the people he brought were masters of unlocking.
"Are there any traces left?"
"When I pried open the door, there were traces left, but it didn't wake the other party."
Hou Du made a quick decision and said: "You go over and get some things out of his house. It's best to make him think that there are thieves! Let's retreat immediately! Hurry!"
Two men in black walked quickly into the courtyard. After a while, more than ten people filed out. After counting, they disappeared into the darkness again and disappeared without a trace after a while.
The man in black who was spying in secret waited for everyone to leave before he went there carefully.
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"Asshole!"
Hou Guoxing kicked Hou Du over who was kneeling on the ground, "Idiot! Now that this kid is on guard, it will be even harder to strike!"
Hou Du looked mortified and knelt straight again, "Sir, please give me another chance! I will definitely catch this bastard!"
Hou Guoxing looked at Hou Du coldly and said, "How do you want to catch him?"
"Sir, we missed this time mainly because we didn't expect this guy to be so afraid of death. The doors in our house are extremely weird and it's almost impossible to break them open! Unless we break into the wall, there's really nothing we can do against him!"
Hou Du paused for a moment before saying, "However, in the past two days, I discovered that he would go out of the city every day, and when he came back, he would always go with His Majesty. He himself was just with the woman named Yueniang, without any guards. Someone wants to intercept two people on the road! With more than a dozen of us, we will definitely be able to catch him!"
Hou Guoxing thought for a while, nodded, and said: "Okay! Let's do it like this! However, the timing must be found right, and we can only take action after he is alone! Have you packed everything for today?"
Hou Du said: "Don't worry, sir. We just took some rice and medicine from his house. The villain checked it out personally. He kept the rice and ate it, but buried the medicine! This villain stayed behind. Sir, please take a look."
Then he took out an object, which turned out to be a stethoscope.
Hou Guoxing's face softened, he nodded, and said: "Although you missed, you were careful and did a good job! Since you can't get to Xu Xianchun outside the city, so you just keep this weird thing?"
Hou Du nodded and said: "The adults think that nothing is left out, and the villain wants to be prepared!"
"Okay, very good! Houdu, I hope to hear good news from you next time! Go down!"
After Hou Du left, Hou Guoxing closed his eyes and thought for a while, and then went to rest with confidence.
This night passed quickly!
When the sky was slightly bright, Yueniang had finished washing her clothes. When she went out of the inner courtyard to make breakfast for Huang Xiao, she noticed something strange in the courtyard. She panicked, ran back to the inner courtyard, and knocked on Huang Xiao's room. Door.
"Brother Xiao, get up quickly! There is a thief in the house!"
Huang Xiao got excited, got up, took out a knife from under the bed, put on his shoes, and opened the door.
"A burglar? Don't panic, let's go and have a look!"
Huang Xiao took the steel knife and took Yueniang to the front yard. After repeated inspections, he found that only some food and medicine were missing, and the thief had obviously left long ago.
"It's okay!" Huang Xiao closed the courtyard door with his backhand, feeling a little more at ease. Housebreaking and theft would not be eradicated even after hundreds of years, let alone in ancient times.
Huang Xiao took Yueniang back to the backyard to check. Soon they found the pry marks on the backyard door. Yueniang was frightened for a while and said: "Fortunately, the young master replaced the iron door. If a thief entered the backyard, he would be injured." Master, then..."
Huang Xiao hugged Yueniang gently and said comfortingly: "Don't be afraid Yue'er, it's very safe for us to stay in the room at night! As long as the house is not violently demolished, there is nothing the thieves can do with this iron door!"
"Um!"
When Huang Xiao got up, she was only wearing big pants and a vest. Yueniang felt Huang Xiao's heartbeat and listened to his words, and she immediately felt at ease.
"Master, let me make breakfast for you. You can go back and get some sleep."
"Well, go ahead." Huang Xiao looked at the shining steel bars on the courtyard wall speechlessly. They were really useless! He thought about it but didn't care.
Huang Xiao didn't feel sleepy either. After cleaning up, he went to the front yard.
Helping Yueniang to light the fire for a while, after the water boiled, Huang Xiao went to make two cups of milk, while Yueniang also steamed the buns.
"Master, what is this? It smells so good, the same smell as the ice cream that day." Yueniang asked curiously.
Huang Xiao laughed and said: "Here, milk powder, you have worked hard during this period, I specially brought it back to replenish it for you!"
Yueniang felt warm in her heart. She followed Huang Xiao's example and stirred it gently. After taking a sip, she immediately fell in love with the taste!
"Starting today, our Huichun Hall will be temporarily closed. After seeing the last batch of patients in the morning, the shopkeepers will be here. Are you ready?" Huang Xiao asked.
Yueniang nodded gently, feeling a little disappointed and reluctant. Various feelings came to her heart, and she whispered: "We are almost ready! Master, when will we open again?"
