44. New strongholds

To tell the truth, although Zhao Jinwen is Ling Yunpeng's superior and his teacher, more often than not, Ling Yunpeng regards Zhao Jinwen as his big butler, because he often takes care of him in every detail and reminds him that although Zhao Jinwen is sometimes very strict with him, Ling Yunpeng prefers to regard this strictness as an elder-like care.

After leaving Fukaisen Road, Ling Yunpeng came to No. 7 Anhesi Road, which was the observation point that Zhao Jinwen told him, it was opposite the small western-style building where Countess Andre lived, and the odd and even numbers of the road in Shanghai were separated, and generally speaking, the two adjacent house numbers were exactly facing each other.

Ling Yunpeng walked into apartment No. 7, which was originally a small western-style building, probably in order to collect more rent, so the landlord converted the small western-style building into several apartments.

Ling Yunpeng walked up to the second floor, used the key given to him by Zhao Jinwen, opened a door in the middle, and then walked in, this is a suite, one large and one small two bedrooms, although the area is not as good as the second floor room of Boren Clinic, but the furniture is complete, the style is not too old, there is a bathroom next to it, there is a bathtub in the bathroom, a wash basin, a flush toilet, and the pattern spliced with mosaic floor tiles suddenly raised the grade of the entire residence, and the oval makeup mirror with a frame and a stainless steel towel rack above the washbasin, The towel rack gives the impression that the owner of this place once lived a very delicate life.

After looking at the bedroom and bathroom, Ling Yunpeng looked at the living room again, and there was a table of eight immortals in it, which was considered a dining room. The living room was long and narrow, and the light was dim, and when he turned his head, he saw that the window of the living room by the road was blocked by thick curtains.

He walked to the windowsill, just wanted to open the curtains, hesitated, or gave up, just lifted the corner of the curtain, observed the opposite side of the road, the opposite side was very quiet, Ling Yunpeng's eyes were facing the east bedroom of the countess's second floor, at this time it was dark, there was no sound at all, and the glass windows were half-open and half-closed, Ling Yunpeng looked at the west side of the second floor, there should be a restaurant, but there was no light in that room. Ling Yunpeng raised his hand and looked at the time, it was seven o'clock in the evening, it seemed that the countess was dining out today. On the opposite side of the downstairs, there was a little light on the left side, there was a young woman working as a maid in the room, Ling Yunpeng guessed that it must be Anna, and on the right side was black and rumbling, Ling Yunpeng guessed that either the bodyguard was asleep, or the countess went out with the bodyguard.

Ling Yunpeng looked around the road again, Anhesi Road is a quiet road, not far from the city center, here there are many houses, the style is very different, at a glance, you know, this is a gathering place for rich and powerful people, this road is not long, from Ling Yunpeng's position to both sides, you can see the end of the road.

Ling Yunpeng put down the curtains, then turned on all the lights, and carefully observed the furnishings in the room and the living room, the two bedrooms are one large and one small, the large one is only fifteen or sixteen square meters, and the small one is about ten square meters, but the layout is also very chic, the required bed, chair, wardrobe, bedside table, sofa, everything, and the corridor hall has a sofa, a table of eight immortals, and a cupboard, a utility shelf. The room has all the lighting you need, such as table lamps, wall lamps, chandeliers, and a telephone and a radio on the bedside table in the large bedroom. What Ling Yunpeng didn't expect was that there was actually a telescope in the bedside table, he picked up the telescope and tried it, the lens was very clear, he knew that this should be left by his predecessor, he glanced at the whole room again, obviously, this room has been empty for many days, no one has moved in, from the slight musty smell that smelled as soon as he entered the door, as well as some floating ash on the furniture, the former owner of the house never came back after going out one day, The half piece of moldy bread left on the table of the Eight Immortals told Ling Yunpeng that his predecessor was in a hurry when he left here that day, and he didn't even have time to finish half a slice of bread.

Ling Yunpeng sighed, his current task was to complete the unfinished task of his predecessor, now all forces, all walks of life were staring at this treasure map, and he had to find the treasure map before them.

Just as Ling Yunpeng was thinking about how to approach the countess, suddenly there was a knock at the door. Ling Yunpeng hurriedly put the binoculars away, walked to the door, opened the door, and knocked on the door was a wife in her forties, with long wavy curly hair, a plump face smeared with grease and powder, and a slightly tight-fitting cheongsam, which made the fat on the abdomen and buttocks protrude, and exuded a strong smell of flower water.

"Excuse me, ...... are you?" The fat lady looked at Ling Yunpeng suspiciously: "I thought Mr. Gu was back!" ”

"Oh, I'm a colleague of Mr. Gu, and he has something to do to go back to his hometown, so he asked me to come over and show him the house." Ling Yunpeng nodded politely to the fat lady.

"Oh, you're Mr. Gu's colleague? I'm the landlady here, so it's good for you to call me Mrs. Wu, so did Mr. Gu tell you how long it will take him to go back to his hometown? ”

"A month at least, three months at most." Ling Yunpeng was talking nonsense there.

"Oh, so long?" The fat lady sneered: "What do you call it?" ”

"My surname is Lin." Ling Yunpeng began to use his current pseudonym Lin Yanan.

"Oh, Mr. Lin, that's right, Mr. Gu has been renting my house for more than half a year, he pays the rent once every three months, and he always pays the rent in advance before, so we all get along well, but this time his rent has been delayed for a long time, so I came up and wanted to ask, did Mr. Gu tell you that he wants to continue renting this house?"

"I should continue to rent, otherwise he wouldn't have asked me to show him the house, I understand, Mrs. Wu, that's the case, Mr. Gu's father suddenly got sick, and Mr. Gu is the eldest son, so he was very anxious, and bought a ticket to go back to his hometown overnight, and said hello to me before leaving, and asked me to come and live for a while. As for me, I originally lived in the dormitory of the unit, but recently there were a few new employees in the unit, so the living was more crowded, I had mentioned this in front of Lao Gu, and wanted to come out to live, he took my words to heart, so before leaving, he specially handed me the key here. In this way, Mrs. Wu, I will rent it for a month, if Lao Gu comes back after a month, then this house will be returned to Lao Gu, if he has not come back, then I will continue to rent, what do you think? "Ling Yunpeng doesn't want to be wronged, if things go well, it will be done within a month, then why spend two months more on rent, instead of paying every three months, it is better to pay month by month, although Director Dai saved a box of gold bars in HSBC for him as activity funds, but this does not mean that he can spend money lavishly, and the place in the province has to be saved.

"Yes, yes, you just pay a month's rent first." Mrs. Wu was also refreshed.

"Then Mrs. Wu, how much is the monthly rent here?"

"Forty oceans a month." The landlady blurted out, not at all.

"Wow, that's expensive?" Ling Yunpeng didn't expect the rent here to be so expensive, more than half of his budget.