After the marriage was severed, I fled with my golden finger to protect my mother

Everyone bravely walked closer and took a look. Not only Xu Qingrong and his son, but even the women recognized the man at a glance.

"It's Xiao Chenzi! Xiao Chenzi has been found!"

"I didn't expect him to die here..."

"Why is Xiao Chenzi here?"

The women began to talk among themselves, no longer caring about their fear, and stood at the door, gesticulating and muttering.

Xu Qingrong and his companions looked around the room and breathed a sigh of relief when they found nothing unusual.

Then Xu Qingrong seemed to have just remembered something and rushed to the backyard with his men, and indeed found Huang, who was already stiff all over.

The Xu family members covered their faces and cried. To outsiders, their cries seemed real, but they themselves knew that at this time when their lives were at stake, everyone was only concerned about their own lives and had no intention of crying for Huang, who was already dead.

The two people in the yard were killed. The matter was quickly reported to the government office, and the chief constable and his runners quickly arrived at the scene.

After checking, it was found that the people who were killed in the house were Huang and the little Chen, and their bodies were taken away by people from the yamen.

As for the murderer, nothing was found at the scene and the Xu family did not dare to say much. They just said that they would follow the arrangements of the government.

The Xu family didn't dare to live here anymore. Fortunately, they now had some money, so they had to rent a small courtyard in the inn to live in first.

Although it costs a lot of money, it is much better than losing your life without knowing why.

At this time, the news that the Xu family had saved the prince had spread to everyone. Although there were two princes in the court now, Xu Qingrong's family was settled by the Guan family, so it must be the second prince Qi Siyu.

So soon, an old eunuch brought people to find the small courtyard rented by the Xu family.

This time they did not come empty-handed, but came with the sound of gongs and drums, carrying four heavy boxes and four large bamboo baskets filled to the brim, which were only covered with a layer of red cloth.

As they banged and banged along the way, they soon attracted a large crowd of onlookers.

Because he was afraid that something bad would happen again, Xu Qingrong found an inn on a main street which was very busy with people coming and going on weekdays.

So even though the weather outside was cold this time, there were still many people rushing over to see it.

"Is this the Xu family that saved the Second Prince?"

"What good luck..."

"Look at that big box. It's so heavy. I don't know how much gold, silver and jewelry it contains..."

"Oh my, this is a fortune..."

The onlookers were pointing and talking. Originally, they were all ordinary people, but now this family was the prince's savior. They also sent so many good things with drums and gongs, which really pierced other people's eyes.

Many people's eyes turned red with envy and they secretly lamented that they didn't have such a good life.

Some people's eyes were fixed on those big boxes, but it was unclear what they were thinking.

"Master Xu, young masters and young ladies, our prince has been very busy lately, so I haven't had time to come here to thank you in person. I thought that the two thousand taels of silver notes and real estate that I entrusted to the Guan family a few days ago were a little short, so I sent a little one here today to give you some thank you gifts."

The smile on the old eunuch's face did not reach his eyes, and his sharp gaze swept back and forth over the Xu family members while he spoke, making them feel very uncomfortable.

Haha...don't you want everyone to know about it?

Then let's give you a taste of your own medicine and see who has the better technique.

"You are too polite, eunuch. Thank you for the reward, Your Highness. We just happened to meet. No matter who we are, we should always help each other when we are away from home."

Although he felt a little uneasy, since his children were unreliable, Xu Qingrong had no choice but to go forward and entertain them.

The two sides exchanged a few pleasantries before the old eunuch had the red cloth opened to reveal some things inside.

There are glittering jewellery and jade ornaments, and exquisitely packaged calligraphy and paintings by celebrities, but the most numerous and eye-catching are the neatly arranged rows of gold and silver ingots.

These gold ingots were neatly placed on the red cloth, and it looked like there were quite a lot of them. Not only that, when the big boxes were opened, they were all filled with large silver ingots.

"Oh my, the Xu family has really made a fortune..."

"It would be nice if all these things belonged to me..."

"Hehe...then why don't you go and save the prince? Maybe he will give you more than this..."

The crowd watching the excitement was in an uproar, and everyone stretched their necks to look inside, as if if they looked a few more times, those things might grow wings and fly into their arms.

Faced with the wolf-like eyes of the crowd, not only Xu Qingrong and Xu Linzhi, but even the somewhat slow-witted brothers of the Xu family reacted.

"Please excuse me, eunuch, to come here today. Why don't we go sit inside..."

Xu Qingrong gave his sons a look, signaling them to move the things inside quickly. If they left so many good things outside in broad daylight, these people might rush up and snatch them away.

"No, I have something else to do when I get home. Since the thank-you gift has been delivered, I'll leave first."

The old eunuch had come here with the intention of causing trouble, so there was no way he would go into the room and sit with him. He immediately left after saying something and took his men away without even looking back.

The eunuchs put down all these good things and left. Facing the greedy eyes around them, the Xu family members looked at each other. They dared not delay any longer. They forced a smile at everyone and then struggled to move four large boxes and four bamboo baskets into the yard.

After the door was tightly closed, Xu's family members collapsed on the ground as if exhausted.

"Dad, with so much gold, silver and jewelry, our family has become rich!"

Brother Xu sat leaning against the box, caressing the gold and silver ingots in the box lovingly, the joy in his eyes almost overflowing.

"If it were converted into silver notes, it would be worth tens of thousands of taels, right?"

"Not necessarily. Look at those ornaments. Even though we don't recognize them, they look very valuable..."

"What about calligraphy and paintings? I heard that those are the most valuable, but we are all illiterate peasants, so there is no use for us..."

The sons of the Xu family all started talking about it excitedly, as if with these, they would be able to live a carefree life in the future.

The only sober people, Xu Qingrong and Xu Linzhi, looked at each other and understood each other's thoughts.