Courtyard House: Passing through the Silly Pillar, Activating the Blessed Cave Heaven

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If one blindly pursues strength and power, one will lose sight of the true meaning of Xingyi Quan, and such a mistake must be avoided.

Three months later, the corn, wheat, peanuts and soybeans planted in the blessed land had been harvested, and the second round of crops had already sprouted.

The rice harvest in western Beijing has just been completed, and the cotton in the cotton fields has already begun to bloom.

After removing the seeds from the harvested cotton, He Yuzhu replanted it, thinking that two hundred cotton plants should be enough to make cotton clothes and quilts in the future.

The Sichuan pepper saplings have grown to the height of a person, and the peppers they produce are so plentiful that we can't possibly eat them all.

Because he had limited time to learn the craft at Fengzeyuan, he only expanded the planting area of ​​each crop by half an acre.

He also got five ducklings from the duck supplier, one male and four females, and released them to graze beside the waterfall.

During this period, foxtail grass quickly produced seeds and spread, while alfalfa was still in its flowering stage.

Most of the tree seeds that were planted in the mountains have sprouted, and the fastest ones are already more than two feet tall.

The three sheep are growing up and are expected to be able to reproduce by the end of the year.

The five hens continued to lay eggs, and the resulting 64 chicks meant that He Yuzhu would no longer have to worry about eggs and chicken meat next year.

In his spare time, He Yuzhu often went to Qudeng Hutong to inquire about news.

The neighbors said that the owner of the house, Zhao Changchuan, was born in the year of Gengzi. His grandfather was a chief clerk in the Ministry of Revenue during the Guangxu era. His father died early, and he was raised by his grandfather.

After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, his grandfather transferred to work at the Beiyang Ministry of Finance.

On the eve of the Northern Expedition, my grandfather passed away, but he had already arranged for my grandfather to work in the Ministry of Finance.

After the Japanese invasion in 1937, Zhao Changchuan moved south with his family and was never heard from again.

Practicing martial arts made He Yuzhu's senses more and more acute, and his strength reached half that of an adult.

One day at noon, after finishing his work in the kitchen, he strolled around the front hall and overheard a conversation coming from a private room: "Director Xu, the two hundred boxes of medicine you ordered have been delivered to the residence in Xiaoranfu Hutong."

The market is doing well right now; this deal should make at least that much profit.

He Yuzhu secretly began to calculate. He learned from the waiter, Hu Zi, that the guest in the private room today was Xu Tieying, the bald executive committee member, director of the liaison office of the Party's communications bureau, and concurrently the director of the Beiping Police Bureau and the director of the investigation department of the Beiping Garrison Command.

He remembered that in his previous life, Xu Tieying became the police chief because he investigated a case involving the Beiping Survey Committee. This person also colluded with the Kong and Song families to resell American aid supplies, with the amount involved reaching five or six million US dollars.

From their conversation, He Yuzhu deduced that the house was likely where Xu Tieying hid his ill-gotten gains.

If we can find the exact location, I can become a "night owl" tonight and redistribute this ill-gotten gain.

He silently memorized the address of Xiao Ranfu Hutong, just in time for his master's permission to leave tomorrow to go home and visit his father, He Daqing.

He Yuzhu continued to stroll around the front hall, exchanging a few pleasantries with the waiters he encountered from time to time.

The next morning, after bidding farewell to his master, He Yuzhu did not go straight home, but instead headed south towards Xiao Ranfu Hutong.

Upon arriving at his destination, he first wandered around the alley and quickly locked onto his target—as he passed by a certain courtyard, he happened to see Xu Tieying walk out of it, get into a Stypton car, and drive away.

The house is surrounded by passageways, and there are no neighboring houses.