Chapter 248: The Desolate Mansion

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Xu Yang saw that there were thirty-one people in his group now, if he found a small courtyard, if there were still people joining the Divine Sect in the future, wouldn't it be impossible to accommodate it? Therefore, Xu Yang ordered everyone to choose those courtyards that could accommodate hundreds of people. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoAs for the price, if you find a suitable place, everyone will go around in the restaurant, negotiate the price, and then decide whether to buy it or not.

Everyone separated at the entrance of the Champion Building, and each went in a different direction to look for it. Because Longjing was so big, everyone hired a carriage, mules, and horses to be able to turn Longjing around when it was dark.

Liu Xiangping and Yin Su'e sat in the carriage and asked the coachman to find a place to sell the house for him. The rest of the people used rented horses and mules to look for the allotted place.

Xu Yang rode a tall horse, watched more and more pedestrians on the street, and looked for it in the area he had assigned when there were not many people. And Xu Yang searched all the way to all the places where he wanted to sell the house, and the sellers all asked for a lot of money, which caused Xu Yang to hang his head and keep looking for cheaper houses to buy in Longjing.

Xu Yang came to the street, and when he saw that there were more pedestrians, he couldn't help but turn over and dismount, leading the horse to look for it on the street.

When Xu Yang passed by a "Li's carving" shop, he thought about it, tied the horse rope to the stump at the door, and walked in. The boss inside saw that there was a guest coming to the door, and hurriedly came out to greet him warmly, and asked the other party what he wanted to carve?

Xu Yang took out two pieces of paper from his arms, and the words in these two pieces of paper were the mess that Xu Yang wrote last night. Xu Yang handed the paper in his hand to the boss and said, "Every word in this is a fingernail-sized stamp, how long does it take to make it?

The boss looked at the mess of the words on the two pieces of paper in his hand, none of which were complete, and wondered what Xu Yang was doing to make so many words into small chapters? But when he saw that Xu Yang was a buyer, he didn't want to ask too much, so he said: "Then it depends on the material that the guest officer wants to choose to carve the seal? ”

Xu Yang asked which material was the cheapest? The boss said that porcelain tires made of clay were the most affordable, but they were not durable to use. Xu Yang happily accepted the porcelain made of clay and asked how long it would take to make it?

"If the guest officer is in a hurry, we can make it by working overtime today, but the price will be increased, and it will cost two taels of silver. If the guest officer is not in a hurry to use it, these words are carved into small seals, it will take three or four days to be able to deliver, only one or two silver. The boss said with a smile.

Xu Yang nodded, took out two taels of silver from his arms and gave it to the boss, and asked the boss to do it as soon as possible. The boss saw that Xu Yang was in a hurry to use these small chapters, and after receiving the silver, he hurriedly nodded and agreed.

The boss said that the housing prices in Longjing were very expensive, and it would cost a lot of silver to buy a suitable courtyard, and pointed out the direction and location to Xu Yang, so that the other party could ask in person.

Xu Yang thanked the boss and walked out of the carving shop, naturally he didn't go to the place pointed out by the other party. Xu Yang found four more such engraving shops on the street, paid the boss to carve out the small medals as soon as possible, and asked if there were cheap courtyards nearby.

Xu Yang saw that the house price in Longjing was indeed too expensive, and he looked for all the suitable houses, and he actually asked for one or two thousand taels of silver. And these houses are not in a good location, if they are in a good area, the price of the house will double.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Xu Yang thought about it, and it was a big deal to choose a courtyard in a remote location and buy it, which was nothing more than spending some money.

Although Xu Yang felt that the location of the house he chose was not very good, he could save some silver. And just when Xu Yang hesitated to buy the courtyard he had previously fancied, the owner of the last carving shop encountered a glimmer of hope, the other party said that there was a huge mansion, and that mansion was the most fair price, and the location was the best, Xu Yang could go there and ask.

Xu Yang walked in the direction the boss said, and gradually came to the center of a wide road, and when Xu Yang walked towards the north, he saw a huge city wall faintly appearing in the distance. The walls are towering and scarlet-colored, with no edge visible to the left and right. The inside of the city wall is the center of the Celestial Empire, the place where the civil and military officials and the emperor discuss politics, and the place where the emperor and the concubines live and live, which is the imperial palace.

Xu Yang looked at the tall city wall and the city wall that could not be seen from the left and right, and did not know how big the palace was? Xu Yang walked forward for a while, and from a distance, he vaguely saw a huge door in the center of the city wall, and a plaque hung directly above the door, with the inscription "Xuanwu Gate". On either side of the doorway stood two rows of powerful guards, armed with halberds. Behind the guards, there are two hideous and majestic stone lions.

When Xu Yang was looking at the palace where the emperor lived, he gradually walked to the place where he wanted to see the mansion.

Xu Yang walked towards a small road to the west, and in addition to seeing fewer and fewer shops, there were fewer and fewer pedestrians. In the end, not even a single store could be found, and there was not even a single figure, making the surroundings silent and eerie.

Xu Yang rode a tall horse along the path and walked inside, and after walking for half a pillar of incense, he still didn't see a single figure appear, and there were two walls on the left and right, and the wall on the right was broken bricks and tiles.

Xu Yang stopped his horse and wondered why the wall on the right was so dilapidated? Looking inside along a gap, he saw a huge courtyard in view, but it was overgrown with weeds, the houses were messy and decayed, and it looked like no one had lived in it for a long time.

And just as Xu Yang was looking towards this courtyard, suddenly a dissatisfied voice came from behind him: "What are you sneakily looking inside? Could it be that you want to steal the property in it? Don't think that this mansion is now uninhabited, so you can let you outlaws covet the mansion." ”

Xu Yang heard someone behind him accusing him, he trembled, and when he looked back, he saw a housekeeper-like person glaring at him through gritted teeth.

Xu Yang saw that the other party regarded himself as a thief, and hurriedly smiled and said, "You misunderstood." After inquiring in many ways, I learned that there was a mansion in this area that wanted to be sold, so I came here. ”

When Xu Yang was looking into the dilapidated courtyard, he was awakened by an uncle dressed as a servant behind him, and hurriedly explained to the other party that he was not a thief, but came to see a nearby mansion that was sold.

When the servant heard that Xu Yang had come to see the mansion, he looked at Xu Yang on the horse for a while, and he couldn't see that the other party was dressed as a rich man, but he didn't look like a thief with a thief's eyebrows. This person saw that Xu Yang was dressed plainly, and it was unknown whether it was the master's subordinates who came to inquire about the mansion, so he turned his anger into joy, and said with a smile: "The mansion you see now is the mansion that is going to be sold." If you want to see what's inside, I'll just go inside. ”

Xu Yang heard that the mansion he saw was the mansion that was to be sold, and saw that this mansion was indeed not small, and the other party actually let him follow him to the mansion to take a look, and he didn't understand what the other party's identity had to do with this mansion, and asked: "Dare to ask uncle, are you the housekeeper of this mansion? How much silver will this mansion sell?"

"I am the old housekeeper of this mansion, and the owner has moved elsewhere, and he is nervous, so he wants to sell the mansion. You can rest assured, our mansion is the cheapest in Longjing, and we will definitely not ask you for more money. You can come into the mansion with me first and then take a look, the price is naturally easy to say. The man dressed as a servant said with a smile.

Xu Yang nodded, turned over and dismounted, took the reins of the horse and pulled the horse away, walking behind the other party, he saw the other party limping when he walked, but his body was still quite strong, and asked: "Dare to ask the housekeeper, how big is this mansion?

"Naturally, our mansion can't be compared with the mansions of those dignitaries and princes and earls, but it is not small in Longjing. The mansion covers an area of 110 acres, and there are countless houses and pavilions in it. Our master's surname is Liu, and now he is doing business elsewhere in the distance. The butler said as he walked.

Xu Yang heard that the owner of this mansion was doing business elsewhere, and the housekeeper didn't tell the place again and again, it seemed that he didn't want to know too much, and he was here to buy a house, what did the owner of the house do so much?

Xu Yang followed the housekeeper towards the front, and looked at the dilapidated mansion, in addition to seeing that the mansion was indeed dilapidated, the mansion was indeed not small.

After the two of them walked along the path for a while, Xu Yang saw a barbarian gate (the door of a house-style house where merchants lived) appear not far away. When the two of them came to the door, the butler took a bunch of keys from his waist and went up to open the door.

Xu Yang looked towards the door of the mansion and saw that the paint on the door had withered and peeled off, revealing the pine wood inside. Leaning against a tattered plaque at the door, you can vaguely see the words "Liu Mansion" written on it. And the stone lions that were originally placed at the entrance are only two stone seats, and there are still stones of different sizes scattered around.

The sound of the lock being opened came, and the housekeeper pushed the two doors open left and right, stepped aside, and said with a smile: "This little brother, please take a look inside!"