Courtyard House: Wudang Disciple Sweeps Through the Compound

"Officer, I really meant well for everyone, but I didn't think things through enough, which led to this misunderstanding!" Yi Zhonghai remained stubborn, continuing to defend himself.

"You didn't think this through, huh? Very well!" Captain Xu sneered. "You'll spend a few days in the small dark room to reflect on your actions. Come out and explain yourself when you've thought things through!"

"Men, lock Yi Zhonghai in the dark room!" Captain Xu couldn't take it anymore and gave the order in a stern voice.

"Officer, I'm really innocent... I've been framed..." Yi Zhonghai struggled in vain, shouting his innocence, but two policemen grabbed his arms on either side and dragged him away.

Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui were also punished and were taken into custody by the police and locked in the same detention cell.

As for Sha Zhu, he was injured during the conflict and was temporarily sent to the hospital for examination. The examination results showed that he had broken three ribs and his wrist was dislocated.

After a thorough investigation by the police, the whole story quickly came to light: it turned out that the reason Sha Zhu was injured was because he desperately tried to stop Chen Wenqi from calling the police. Chen Wenqi, unable to bear it any longer, kicked him away. In the end, it was all his own fault.

Captain Xu finally understood that He Yuzhu was just a brainless fool who only knew how to act as Yi Zhonghai's henchman and help him do whatever he wanted.

In the neighborhood office on the other side, the atmosphere was equally heavy, making it hard to breathe.

Director Wang slammed down the phone, her face so dark it seemed like it could drip water. She turned sharply to the middle-aged woman standing beside her and asked in an icy tone, "What exactly is Yi Zhonghai trying to do? Doesn't he know that the issues concerning the families of martyrs are a major concern for higher authorities right now?"

"He actually dared to commit this crime against the wind! It's utterly lawless and incredibly audacious!"

An older woman, her face full of grievance and her eyes red-rimmed, asked anxiously, her voice trembling with tears, "Director Wang, please think of a solution! Things have gotten so bad, what are we going to do?"

"What can we do?" Director Wang shook his head helplessly, his tone full of powerlessness. "Right now, police stations all over the country are worried about not being able to find any typical cases to rectify social atmosphere. Yi Zhonghai has just walked into the line of fire. Even if I wanted to help him, there's nothing I can do!"

"You should go back and tell the old lady to find someone else to help!"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged woman felt a chill in her heart and regretted it so much that she almost turned green with envy. She was secretly annoyed: "Why didn't I just live my life peacefully? Why did I have to follow Yi Zhonghai and provoke the Chen family? The Chen family is usually well-behaved and has never offended them. Why can't they live well?"

Unfortunately, it's too late to say anything now.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the Chen family's house in the backyard was also somewhat heavy.

"Xiao Qi, after today's commotion, those three old men in the courtyard will probably hate our family to the core. We'll have to be even more careful living in this courtyard from now on!" Zhou Shuqin said softly, her face full of worry and her brows tightly furrowed.

"Mom, don't worry!" Chen Wenqi replied firmly and resolutely, "Even without today's incident, those people would never have let our family off the hook!"

"The more we back down, the more they'll push their luck and relentlessly press forward!"

"Sigh!" Zhou Shuqin looked out the window helplessly and couldn't help but let out a long sigh, her voice filled with endless helplessness. "Our family just wants to live our peaceful lives, why is it so difficult?"

Chen Wenqi was truly enraged this time. His original wish was actually very simple: to protect his family, live a peaceful and stable life, watch his younger siblings grow up healthy and strong, and let his mother enjoy her old age in peace.

When the spring breeze of reform and opening up sweeps across the land in the future, he will work hard with his own abilities to make his family live happily and harmoniously.

But reality slapped him hard in the face, making him realize that as long as these malicious people are still around, his family will never be able to live a peaceful life.

Right now, with the crackdown in full swing, we must seize this opportunity to teach these people a lesson they'll never forget.

However, upon further reflection, Chen Wenqi knew that Yi Zhonghai and his group's scheme had ultimately failed, and he was also aware that the punishment this time would probably not be too severe.

But he wasn't entirely sure, since the laws of this era weren't sound enough. He had read about such cases in his previous life, where someone was sentenced to death simply for having a few boyfriends. When faced with such absurd situations, there was nowhere to seek justice.

Chen Wenqi certainly wished that Yi Zhonghai could be executed immediately, so that the problem could be solved once and for all and the trouble would be eliminated forever. However, he also knew that such a possibility was probably extremely slim.

Not long after, Chen Wenqi, with his extraordinary keen senses, noticed that an old woman had returned to the courtyard house dejectedly and hurriedly went straight into the deaf old woman's room.

As soon as the old woman entered the house, she couldn't help but start crying and recounting in detail how the neighborhood committee was powerless to help her and had told her to find another way.

The deaf old woman listened quietly, her heart filled with anger and resentment. After a long silence, she slowly spoke and ordered, "Go outside and call a rickshaw to help me somewhere!"

"Okay, ma'am, I'll go do it right away!" Upon hearing this, the middle-aged woman seemed to see a glimmer of hope. She quickly wiped away her tears, turned around, and ran out.

Chen Wenqi's perception continued to extend and spread in all directions. He keenly noticed that after the old woman left, the deaf old lady walked shakily to the wall and laboriously dragged out a heavy wooden box from a very hidden compartment.

She carefully opened the box, and saw that it was full of glittering gold bars.

The deaf old lady first took out two heavy yellow croakers from inside, but then she thought that the two gold bars were not enough, so she added another one, carefully wrapped it in a clean cotton cloth, and stuffed it into her bosom.

Then, she pushed the wooden box back into the hidden compartment, carefully closed the mechanism, and restored it to its original state.

Chen Wenqi never expected that this seemingly ordinary old lady would have such a wealthy family background. He couldn't help but think to himself that the deaf old lady's identity was probably not simple.

He immediately extended his senses, covering the entire deaf old woman's house, and began to carefully investigate.

This investigation indeed surprised him greatly—there were several places in the house where gold was stored: under the roof tiles, a bag of gold bars was tightly wrapped in mud, and at a glance, there were about thirty bars;

The wooden box hidden in the wall compartment also contained more than thirty gold bars;

Underneath the bricks under the bed, there was an even larger wooden box filled with all kinds of jade, jewelry and gold and silver utensils.

Even in the cracks between the bricks under the mahogany wardrobe, there was an inconspicuous wooden box, inside which were neatly stacked rows of large yellow croakers, roughly counted to be at least two hundred.

This old woman really hid herself well!

Chen Wenqi did not rush to take the gleaming gold and silver treasures in front of him.

He was quickly calculating in his mind, and he had to come up with a sure thing. He absolutely could not disturb the deaf old lady at once, lest he end up alerting her.

After pondering for a moment, Chen Wenqi suddenly had a meticulous plan: go back and get some heavy iron blocks, disguise the surface of the iron blocks as gold, and then secretly replace the real gold with them. She should not notice it for a long time.

After making up his mind, Chen Wenqi used his perception to carefully scan every corner of the entire courtyard.

In the backyard, Xu Damao's family was quite wealthy.

There was over a thousand yuan in cash in the house, and a bankbook with over five thousand yuan in savings. In addition, there were several heavy gold bars hidden in the house.

With such a family background, they could be considered one of the wealthiest families in the entire courtyard.

Liu Haizhong's family has a considerable amount of savings, mostly in cash, totaling over four thousand yuan, with an additional two thousand yuan in savings in their passbook.

The situation was significantly worse at Zhongyuan Shazhu's home. He had only hidden three hundred yuan in an iron box under the floor, and there were some loose bills of small denominations scattered in the drawer, none of which amounted to much.

The room of Sha Zhu's sister, He Yushui, was even more shabby. After searching high and low, they could only find less than ten yuan, and all of it was in small bills.

When his senses swept over Yi Zhonghai's home, Chen Wenqi suddenly realized that this seemingly ordinary old man's background was far more complex than it appeared: there was more than 5,000 yuan in a bankbook, and the cash was hidden in several secret places—

One of the items appeared to be an older woman's secret stash of money, amounting to more than three hundred yuan.

The other two were stuffed into thick layers of cotton quilts, each containing five thousand yuan, totaling ten thousand yuan; there was also a rusty iron box containing several hundred yuan and a thick stack of tightly sealed letters.

Finally, hidden in a crevices in the wall of Yi Zhonghai's house were five large, heavy yellow croakers.

Yi Zhonghai was just an ordinary fitter. With his meager salary, it was impossible for him to accumulate such a large fortune. Moreover, the style of those gold bars was remarkably similar to the gold bars that the deaf old lady had secretly kept.