"Brother Feng, what are the words written on that door plaque?"

Maybe it was in disrepair, and the font on the door plaque was a little blurry, Xie Xuan looked up for a long time, and he didn't recognize what those words were.

"Horse Mansion ......" Qin Feng glanced up and said, "Xuanzi, it is not the prince's house, but a family surnamed Ma lives. ”

As mentioned above, in the Qing Dynasty, except for the palace, the word "house" could only be used, and the rest of the princes and ministers could only use the house and the first to call their homes.

This door plaque is carved and ground with blue bricks, rectangular, and is horizontally embedded in the lintel of the gatehouse, so that the gatehouse suddenly has a sense of beauty.

Although it is a blue brick door plaque, but the production is extremely exquisite, the door plaque is carved around the ornamental frame, and the brick frame is polished to be extremely smooth and delicate, giving people a sense of simplicity and generosity.

The frame is composed of green bricks, and the four words "Ma XX House" are carved on it, but the two words in the middle are really not clear, and only the word "Ma House" can only be vaguely recognized.

According to the rules of ancient times, this family should be surnamed Ma, and over the years, there has been no change of household.

"Several, what is this for?"

It was supposed to hear a sound outside the door, the heavy and thick door was pulled open from the inside, and an old man in his sixties walked out of the door.

The old man is about 1.7 meters tall, thin and wears a long robe and cultural shirt, although it does not look very bloated in winter, but it has the smell of fairy wind bones.

"May I ask if you are Mr. Ma?"

Qin Feng took a step forward and said, "My surname is Qin, and I am a friend of the old man Zhou of Panjiayuan, he said that you have a house and want to make a move, and you introduced me to talk about it......"

"Oh? You're Xiao Qin? Lao Zhou called me. ”

Ma Yuetian glanced at Qin Feng and didn't let people inside. Instead, he looked at Miao Liuzhi and said, "Xiao Qin, I don't know who this old man is?" ”

To be honest, this house is the ancestral home of Ma Yuetian's family, he grew up here since he was a child, and he has a deep affection for the courtyard, so Ma Yuetian intends to sell this courtyard. But it's to be sold to people who really want to live here.

When he first received a call from Zhou Lihong and heard that Qin Feng was a young man, Ma Yuetian only agreed to let Qin Feng come to the door just to save face for his old friend, but in fact, he had already eliminated Qin Feng in his heart.

However, seeing that there was an old man who followed Qin Feng, Ma Yuetian changed his mind, and there was an old man who watched, and the young man would not destroy the courtyard too much.

"Mr. Ma, this is my ...... of my parents"

After hearing Ma Yuetian's words, Qin Feng's heart moved. said: "Miao Lao originally lived in a courtyard house, but where it was about to be demolished, his old man was used to living in this kind of place, so he thought about buying another set of ......."

Although the contact time was only a few minutes, Qin Feng could see from the other party's eyes that he was reluctant to give up this set of courtyards, and he could guess a little bit of Ma Yuetian's thoughts.

"Demolition? It's over there in Jingshan, right? ”

Ma Yuetian is a member of the National Calligraphy Association, and he is engaged in folklore research, and he has a good understanding of the distribution of large and small courtyards in Beijing. Yes, you know it all at home.

"That's right, it's the one behind Jingshan......" Qin Feng nodded. said: "Ma Lao is very concerned about this matter. ”

"Now that the country is engaged in construction, it must be demolished everywhere, alas, out of sight is clean."

Ma Yuetian shook his head, let his body out, and said, "A few people, please go in and have a look." If this old gentleman really lives in, it doesn't hurt to sell this yard to you......"

Qin Feng and Miao Liuzhi glanced at each other and walked in behind Ma Yuetian.

As soon as you enter the door, there is a gatehouse, and the general mansion door has a gatehouse, as if someone is visiting. It will all be passed through the porter.

After the gatehouse is the front yard, the front yard is not very large, there is a small garden in the middle, there is a room on the left and right, this is the place where the servants live, behind the garden, there is a hanging flower door and corridor.

Although the color of the hanging flower door and the corridor has faded a little, the top is very clean, obviously the owner usually cleans it often, and after passing through the hanging flower door, the middle courtyard appears in front of you.

As the main body of the courtyard, the middle courtyard is undoubtedly the largest, not only on the left and right sides of each side of the four wings, but also in the middle of the garden is to imitate the Jiangnan garden system.

The upper corridor and the lower stream, there are rockeries in the middle, and the sound of gurgling water is endless, even in this cold winter wax moon, it also makes people feel refreshed and happy.

"There are mountains and rivers, elegant style, good place, good place!"

After seeing the layout of the middle courtyard, Miao Liuzhi couldn't help but praise him, and said to Ma Yuetian, who was standing aside, "Brother Ma, such an excellent residence, why do you want to make a move?" ”

"Brother, this matter is a long story, it's cold outside, let's go into the house and talk about it." Ma Yuetian shook his head and let a few people into the main wing of the middle courtyard.

In order not to change the structure of the old house, the courtyard house located in the scenic area is not heated, so the northern stove is still burning in the wing, and the thick chimney stretches out from the glass at the door.

"Brother, there are four wings in this backyard, there was originally a horse corridor, but now it has been converted into a garage, do you still want to take a look?"

After sitting down, Ma Yuetian introduced Miao Liuzhi to the backyard, obviously he regarded Miao Liuzhi as the person in charge, Qin Feng was also happy to do so, and sat on the side and looked around.

"It's okay to write, but it's a little worse."

Qin Feng found that the main wing room was full of calligraphy, and there was a long case on one side of the wing room, on which were placed the four treasures of the study room such as pen, ink, paper, inkstone, etc., and the entire wing room was filled with the fragrance of ink.

There is a word haode written on the long case, in Qin Feng's eyes, this person's words are far worse than those of Old Man Qi, although the font is elegant and free, but it lacks a bit of strength.

Of course, Qin Feng just slandered him in his stomach, if he said it to his face, I am afraid that let alone buying a house, the old man could directly drive them out.

"Brother Ma, the specifications of your house were only slightly worse than those of the palace in the Qing Dynasty."

Miao Liuzhi suddenly shook his head, changed his words, and said: "No, this house is naturally inferior to Prince Gong's Mansion, but compared to some county palaces, I am afraid it is even better, I know the establishment of this backyard, I don't need to look at it anymore......"

Miao Liuzhi is satisfied with this quadrangle, he is already over eighty years old, if he can enjoy his old age here, it will be regarded as a good death.

"Brother has good eyesight, I don't know how many princes and nobles wanted to buy this house in our family back then, but they didn't sell it at that time, and now I am now, alas, I am really ashamed of my ancestors......"

After hearing Miao Liuzhi's words, Ma Yuetian's emotions became a little excited, in ancient times, selling the ancestral house was definitely a ruined behavior, I am afraid that under Jiuquan, I will not have the face to see the ancestors and ancestors.

Looking at Ma Yuetian, Miao Liuzhi suddenly frowned, and said, "Brother Ma, let me ask one more question, your ancestor is Ma Xinyi, right?" The person surnamed Ma, in my opinion, is the only one who can buy such a family business......"

Ma Xinyi, whom Miao Liuzhi said, is a native of Lu Province. His ancestors were Qing Dynasty officials for several generations. The 27-year-old Zhongjin Shi, a high-level official worshipping the governor of Liangjiang and the minister of trade, is a veritable feudal official.

On July 26, the ninth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1870), Ma Xinyi was assassinated, and the emperor personally gave the sacrificial text and inscription, and gave the prince Taibao, and gave the hereditary captain and cloud cavalry captain to the hereditary Duanmin.

There are many suspicious points in Ma Xinyi's assassination, although the assassin was arrested red-handed, but he is still simple and confusing, some say intercession, some say vendetta.

There are also rumors that the assassin was a soldier of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, because Ma Xinyi suppressed the Taiping army, but the assassin assassinated Ma Xinyi in order to avenge the dead Taiping soldiers.

However, after Ma Xinyi was assassinated and his wife committed suicide with him, the Qing court took great care of Ma Xinyi's descendants, especially the Empress Dowager Cixi personally ordered Ma Xinyi's son to be given a title, which also ensured the prosperity of the Ma family for decades to come.

"My brother is really knowledgeable, what you are talking about is Ma's ancestor."

Seeing Miao Liuzhi tell the origin of his family, Ma Yuetian suddenly felt like a confidant, and said: "Brother, I won't talk about those imaginary things with you, this house is my ancestral home, if I wasn't in a hurry to use the money, I wouldn't want to sell the house......"

It turned out that since Ma Xinyi, the Ma family's heirs were difficult, and the generations were passed down in one line, and after the liberation, this courtyard house was lived in by several families, and it was not until the early eighties that the government returned the courtyard to Ma Yuetian.

Ma Yuetian has an only son named Ma Junsheng, who went to the United States in the early nineties and has been engaged in securities trading on Wall Street, and is also considered an upper-class person.

But it was when Hong Kong Island returned to China last year that Ma Junsheng followed the predators of international finance to get involved in the Hong Kong stock market.

It's just that as a retail investor, Ma Junsheng failed to get out in time, and Zuihou smashed all the wealth accumulated in the United States for more than ten years, and owed a lot of debt to the bank.

Ma Junsheng is also a very strong person, and he has never told his father about it, but this year, the bank forced the debt, and Ma Junsheng was really desperate, so he called his father for help.

Although Ma Yuetian is well-known in the domestic calligraphy industry and has some savings in the past ten years, his son signed hundreds of thousands of dollars, and he is not enough to pay it back even if he smashes the pot and sells iron.

"Brother Ma, how much are you going to sell for this house?"

After hearing Ma Yuetian's words, Miao Liuzhi asked quietly, he has become a fine old man, no matter how good Ma Yuetian says, it will be one yard to another.

"2 million, it's not your brother, change someone else, it's 2.5 million less, I won't sell this house at all!"

Ma Yuetian said loudly, although he knew that the price was a bit high, but there were not many courtyards of this size and location like the Ma Zhai, and there were not many in the capital. (To be continued......)

PS: The second update, I didn't look at the yellow calendar when I went out today, everything was unlucky, friends came to a few recommendation tickets to rush to the joy, please!