Ming Dynasty: At the beginning of the game, Lao Zhu resigned and retired.

Chapter 779: The Chips Zhu Yuanzhang Prepares to Use

As the person who knew Zhu Yuanzhang best in the world, Empress Ma knew that Zhu Yuanzhang must be extremely unhappy when he took the initiative to find Master Hu this time.

But if that were all, then it would be fine.

After all, you have to solve the troubles you caused yourself.

But Empress Ma knew that simply surrendering would not make Hu Weiyong agree to such conditions.

As the first person to discover the "immortal method", after he kindly taught it to the Zhu family, the Zhu family turned around and asked him not to pass it on to their family members.

This is no longer something that can be described as ungrateful.

But Zhu Yuanzhang had to do this.

Well, unless the entire Hu family is killed, the only way to obtain it is to use conditions.

And according to Hu Weiyong's personality, this kind of condition could definitely not be exchanged for something like promotion.

If Mr. Hu cared about that thing, he would have gotten it a long time ago, and it would not be Zhu Yuanzhang's turn to use it as a favor at all.

It was also because of this that Queen Ma felt sad.

Because she already knew what Zhu Yuanzhang was going to do.

Her husband, who had been strong all his life, was probably going to hand over something that was at the bottom of his box and that he had originally intended to take to the grave to the hands of Master Hu.

The item was given to her, and Empress Ma didn't care about it at all.

What she cares about is that even though her husband is already the emperor, he still has to sacrifice himself for his children.

She believed that if it were not for the sake of Zhu Biao, Hu Xinyue and Anqing, Zhu Yuanzhang would probably find a way to fabricate a crime and kill the Hu family directly.

Because only in this way can all problems be resolved, and it is also the safest way, right?

Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang did not do so.

He chose to exchange!

Under normal circumstances, Queen Ma would have been the person who most supported this decision.

But now, she felt sad, because after all, her husband still sacrificed himself for the sake of their children!

Whether Empress Ma’s exclamation was outrageous or not is not the point for now, the matter has been settled anyway.

As for the things that Zhu Biao had run back worriedly to report, no one paid any attention to them after he just mentioned them in a nonchalant manner.

Compared with what was happening right now, the royal family's arrangements for their own slaves were obviously nothing.

To say it’s a small thing seems a bit arrogant, so let’s just say it’s a moderate amount!

Anyway, Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma didn't have much to say about this matter, so they just told Zhu Biao to handle it and sent them off.

Zhu Yuanzhang turned and walked towards the inner treasury.

The so-called inner treasury is not the same thing as the inner treasury.

The inner treasury refers to the private money of the royal family, especially the emperor himself, which contains small coins and some treasures collected by the emperor.

Generally speaking, whenever an emperor ascended to the throne, the treasury would be handed over to the next emperor and become money for emergency relief for his son.

But the inner treasury is different.

Nine out of ten things hidden inside this thing are the emperor's true favorites collected during his reign.

It can be said that if passing the inner treasury on to the next generation is a rule, then burying the treasures in the inner treasury with the deceased is also a rule.

And now, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to open his own treasury.

This inner treasury is now located under the rear hall of the Jinshen Hall, and the entrance is next to Zhu Yuanzhang's bed.

Yes!

There was no cover at all, and everyone knew where the royal treasury was.

Because for Zhu Yuanzhang, there was no need to hide the fact that he had hidden some personal good things.

He cares about safety, not privacy!

After all, which wealthy family doesn’t have a reliable warehouse?

And now, the most secret warehouse of the Zhu family, which belongs exclusively to Zhu Yuanzhang, is right in front of him.

Zhu Yuanzhang silently took out the key that he never left from his arms, opened the lock on the heavy door, and then pushed it hard.

squeak...

With a teeth-grinding grinding sound, the heavy door slowly opened.

Then, Zhu Yuanzhang walked in alone.

The room was brightly lit, and it was obvious that the lights were never turned off even when no one was around.

Zhu Yuanzhang first twisted a few times on a candlestick behind the door. After hearing a few dull noises, he came to the other side and turned a small bowl in the display cabinet counterclockwise a few times before striding towards the inner room.

This inner treasury has a mechanism.

Moreover, this thing is not only extremely lethal, but also makes a very loud noise once it is triggered.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew from the beginning that the inner treasury only needed some mechanisms to prevent people from entering. The biggest and most useful mechanism had to be people.

Of course it can. If an emperor can't even control the imperial guards in the palace, then there is nothing to say about the inner treasury.

Walk all the way inside and you will see a large hall.

Surrounding the center is a huge, heavy frame, and even cast iron blocks can be seen in many places.

Obviously, the frame had been welded firmly in place.

There are also grids of different sizes on the shelves, and each grid has a lock.

The locks here are not the heavy locks outside that require keys. They look more like a variation of the Lu Ban lock.

Zhu Yuanzhang walked to the corner with ease, looked at the familiar grid in front of him, exhaled, and then slowly rubbed the grid several times.

For Zhu Yuanzhang, who knew the "code", opening the Luban lock was naturally a piece of cake.

However, the interior of the huge grid was actually empty, except for a green object resembling a jade pendant neatly placed on the golden silk in the middle.

Zhu Yuanzhang gently held the jade pendant as if he were holding a rare treasure, brought it closer and examined it carefully.

Rather than saying it is a jade pendant, it is more like a jade plaque.

On the front, there is a carving of a tree. The lush and green tree combined with the color of the jade plaque itself makes it look particularly green.

The most amazing thing is that if you look closely at this jade plaque, the green inside seems to be flowing slowly, flowing from the roots of the tree all the way to the treetops and then turning into raindrops flowing to the ground and gathering at the roots.

This jade plaque is so lifelike, especially the green color, which is so full that it seems to be oozing out.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the jade token deeply and rubbed it repeatedly in his hand for a long time. Then he took a deep breath, held the jade token in one hand, closed the grid with the other hand, and then strode out of the inner treasury.

Looking at the mechanism that had been restored to its original state and the door that was slowly closing, Zhu Yuanzhang's face was full of solemnity.

These chips are enough!