Dexing Rice Store closed early today because of the big customers who sold out the inventory in one fell swoop. At this time, the shopkeeper Zhao of the rice shop was comfortably leaning on the recliner, sipping tea leisurely, while supervising a few guys, putting the two yards of silver obtained from selling rice neatly.

Looking at the stacks of silver ingots with white flowers, he was secretly proud in his heart. Today's customer, obviously an inexperienced chick, was seen by him at a glance that the buyer was in a hurry to pull the rice and had no time to shop around, so he was able to slaughter it fiercely, and a stone of rice was sold for more than one or two silver more than the market price. After this big business, it almost made a net profit of 2,000 taels.

When the shopkeeper Zhao was thinking about whether to use the two thousand taels of silver to continue to hoard rice, or to transport it back to the countryside to buy hundreds of acres of fertile land and add a concubine, there was a sudden knock on the door.

"Our store is closed today, let's come back tomorrow!" Shopkeeper Zhao shouted lazily.

But instead of stopping, the knocking became more urgent.

"Ergouzi, go and see what's going on!" Shopkeeper Zhao impatiently ordered, "If you ask for food, you must beat me up!" ”

One of the men was ordered to open the latch, but before he could open his mouth, he received a blow to the neck and fell limply to the ground.

Before the people in the store could react, a ghostly figure flashed in and swept through the room like a gust of wind. In an instant, several working guys were all stabbed by him, and they struck just the right amount on the big hole in the neck, and they immediately lost consciousness.

Shopkeeper Zhao had just stood up from the recliner in horror at this time, and before he could shout, the figure had already floated in front of his eyes, locking his throat with one hand. Shopkeeper Zhao immediately felt that it was difficult to breathe, his face was flushed, and he couldn't spit out a word. Only then did he see clearly that the person in front of him was tall and burly, covering his face with a black veil, revealing only a pair of cold and shining eyes.

At this moment, another person walked in from outside the store, also covered with black veil, but much shorter than the masked man just now. He deliberately asked in a hoarse voice, "Are they all subdued?" ”

The tall masked man replied respectfully, "They all have passed out, and this is the only one left." ”

The short masked man came to the shopkeeper Zhao, laughed sadly, and suddenly raised his leg and kicked it in the crotch of the shopkeeper Zhao. Although this kick is not strong, the male is the weakest and most unbearable part of the man's body. Zhao's shopkeeper was attacked by this, and his eyes rolled in pain, and he let out a miserable snort of "whirring" from the throat that was stuck.

Just when he thought that his life was about to be lost, the short masked man commanded: "Tie them all up and shut them all up!" ”

The tall masked man moved when he heard the sound, and after a short time, he tied up the shopkeeper Zhao and five or six men, and stuffed rags in his mouth.

Seeing that the arrangements were in place, the short masked man ordered: "Move the silver!" ”

The two masked men immediately began to load the freshly stacked silver into wooden boxes, and then carried them into the carriage that had been prepared outside the store.

However, the short masked man obviously didn't have much strength, and he couldn't move a box full of more than 100 catties of silver, so he had to only load four or five silver ingots at a time. The silver ingot was a full fifty taels, and four or five were more than twenty catties. After only a few moves, the short masked man was so tired that he was panting. The thousands of taels of silver collected by the rice shop today were moved to the car by the tall masked man.

After a short time, the two of them swept away the silver in the rice shop. The shopkeeper Zhao was speechless, and he was so anxious that he "whined". When the short masked man saw it, he leaned into his ear and said viciously: "I heard that you, a rabbit cub, are usually rich and unkind, and take advantage of the shortage of rice in Beijing to raise prices, so that many poor people can't afford to buy rice." Today, your uncle and I will do the right thing for heaven, rob the rich and help the poor, and rob your grandmother and grandson! ”

Shopkeeper Zhao heard that he was a "rabbit cub", an "uncle", "grandma", and a "grandson", and scolded him so much that he couldn't fight back. This Dexing rice shop can only make a net profit of one or two thousand taels of silver a year, and after this heavy loss, Zhao's shopkeeper is equivalent to working in vain for several years. Angry and frightened, he had to stare at the two masked men with horror and hatred, hoping to remember their faces and report to the police for arrest later. Helplessly, both of them covered their faces with black veils, only revealing their eyes, leaving no flaws at all.

At this point, the tall masked man said, "It's all done." Do you want to kill these people? ”

Shopkeeper Zhao was so frightened that he "wooed" again, but the short masked man immediately stood up and said, "No need, although he is rich and unkind, he will not be guilty of death." Give him a lesson this time, and see if he dares to raise prices indiscriminately next time! ”

The two masked men drove away in the carriage and disappeared into the thick night.

It wasn't until the next morning that Shopkeeper Zhao and others were discovered. Shopkeeper Zhao grabbed the sky, beat his chest, and hurried to Shuntianfu to find his brother-in-law and track down the traces of the thief. It's just been a night, but where to find it?

No need to ask, these two masked men are Zhu Youzhen and Lin Youkun.

On the way back to the palace, Zhu Youzhen hummed a little song all the way, not to mention how happy he was. He was a kind citizen in his previous life, not to mention robbery, and even peeked through the binoculars at the girls' dormitory opposite, he was trembling.

After robbing it, I realized that the job of a robber is simply too cool, too promising, and it is easy to get a few thousand taels of silver. Knowing this, it would be better not to cross over to become a prince and directly become a bandit leader!

The only thing that makes this product feel a little depressed is that the silver thing is too heavy. It's like robbing a bank in a previous life, just carry a travel bag. As long as you get your hands on it, a bundle of banknotes is 100,000, and you can hold tens of millions with a random stroke. After moving two boxes of silver just now, Zhu Youzhen knew that robbery was also a hard work, if it weren't for Lin Youkun's help, he wouldn't be able to move that pile of silver even if he moved to dawn with his small body.

Lin Youkun saw that Zhu Youzhen was carried away, and said with a wry smile: "Your Highness, you are a prince, but a nobleman, isn't it a bit to do this... In case someone finds out..."

Zhu Youzhen interrupted him with a smile and said, "What's wrong with the prince, you didn't see the porridge factory opened today, and a few thousand taels of silver were spent at once." The landlord's family has no surplus food! Besides, this rice shop shopkeeper is purely speculative, we are already polite to him, I haven't beaten the local tyrant yet, and I have divided the land! ”

Lin Youkun was confused when he heard it: "Your Highness! What does this 'speculation' mean? What's going on with 'fighting local tyrants and dividing the land'? ”

Zhu Youzhen stuck out his tongue, knowing that he had spoken out again, and had crossed over the proper nouns of his previous life. had to say perfunctorily: "You don't have to worry about this." And aren't we doing a very hidden thing today, I don't know the ghosts, and I'm afraid of leaking the news. ”

Lin Youkun frowned into a big pimple, shook his head and said, "Your Highness, you don't know how powerful the methods of Dongchang and Jinyiwei are. If they want to look up something, there is almost nothing they can't find. I think it's best not to do this kind of thing in the future, and often walk by the river, how can I not get my shoes wet? ”

As he spoke, he had arrived at the palace of King Xin. Zhu Youzhen still slipped in through the corner door when he came out, but fortunately no one saw him.

When he arrived at the back house, Lin Youkun returned to the cross-courtyard where he and the guards lived, and Zhu Youzhen hurriedly entered the Red Calyx Building.

Rui'er was waiting anxiously, and when she saw Zhu Youzhen coming back, she hurriedly pounced on her and said coquettishly: "Lord, you are back!" ”

Zhu Youzhen was shocked and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" What happened? ”

Rui'er said angrily: "You still ask!" The prince has been gone for most of the day, there is no news, and I don't know when I will come back, Rui'er is really on pins and needles! Guan Ning came to look for the prince several times, but Rui'er was fooled. But Rui'er is really afraid that after a long time, let him know that the prince is not in the mansion, and report it to the celebrant supervisor, which is a great sin! ”

Hearing Rui'er say this, Zhu Youzhen also felt palpitations, and hurriedly comforted her: "Don't you see I'm coming back?" This time it happened for a reason, and I promise not to sneak out as much as possible in the future! ”

Rui'er still snorted angrily: "What happened for a reason? Without even telling a word of truth, I knew that I had sent a foreign minister to ask for silver with a note! Don't you know that all the silver in the palace has been put into the treasury, and it took me a long time to talk to the ambassador of the treasury before I brought out the 10,000 taels of silver that Banzai had given to Rui'er. The rest of the silver, people are not allowed to move, saying that it has to be done by the prince himself! ”

Zhu Youzhen saw that Rui'er was angry, and he also knew that he was wrong. If it was placed in the previous life, who was not the wife in charge of the finances, the so-called "male host" could have a few hundred yuan of pocket money every month. If you want to use a large amount of money, without the approval of the leadership, you can't even think about it.

He had to tell about today's relief to the hungry and the opening of a porridge factory, and only omitted the robbery of the rice shop, thinking that these thousands of taels of silver should be his own small treasury!

After hearing this, Rui'er said approvingly: "Lord Wang, you did the right thing!" It was Rui'er who was presumptuous just now, Rui'er will make amends to you! As he spoke, he knelt down.

Zhu Youzhen hurriedly hugged Rui'er and said with a flattering smile: "No matter what, with so much silver, I should discuss it with you." ”

Rui'er Zhengse said: "The prince cares about the people in the world, and he does all the big things. The hungry people are waiting to be fed, if the prince wants to discuss with Rui'er, won't he delay time? Is that 10,000 taels of silver enough? If it's not enough, don't give gifts to your father for the time being. Rui'er sold some of her gold and silver jewelry, or exchanged it for some silver. ”

Zhu Youzhen hurriedly smiled: "Enough, enough!" The gift to the father-in-law should be given or sent; I can't be wronged by my Rui'er. You don't have to worry about the money, I have my own way! ”

Rui'er looked at Zhu Youzhen with admiration on her face for the first time, and said coquettishly: "Rui'er knows that my prince is the most powerful person in the world!" ”

Zhu Youzhen's face turned red, and he was secretly ashamed in his heart. Although he said that he "has his own way", he really didn't know where to draw a large sum of money except to rob it.