Chapter 34: Settle down
Dowling followed the emperor back into the main hall.
"You also know that Benjun is a good Taoist dish, and you have your own ideas, I don't force you to stay, but you have to promise that you will come to cook for Benjun once a month." The emperor poured himself a cup of tea and said.
Dowling nodded in agreement, after all, it was not difficult to cook for the emperor once a month.
"Okay, do you have a place to stay in the emperor? Are you planning to return to Taoism or not? The emperor poured a cup of tea for Dowlin and asked.
"Back to the emperor, I haven't settled down yet, I just arrived at the emperor yesterday, and a friend is waiting for me in the Imperial War Mansion." Dowling respectfully took the teacup and said.
"That's it, when Tiangao first came to the imperial capital, Benjun arranged a property for him in the south of the city, and now that place has been idle for a long time, if you don't have a place to go, go there." The emperor took a sip of tea and said with a smile.
Dowling's eyes lit up, and if he could, it would naturally be good to have a stable foothold.
The emperor raised his hand and waved, and a quaint key appeared in his hand.
"This house is given to you, the area is not large, but although the sparrow is small, there are people to take care of it on weekdays, so it should be able to move in directly. If you don't like the current furniture, you can contact the Ministry of Internal Affairs directly and ask them to replace it for you. The Emperor said as he slipped the key into Dowling's hand.
"Thank you Emperor, Dowling is grateful." Dowling bowed respectfully to the emperor from the bottom of his heart.
"Okay, remember what I promised Benjun, I have to cook for Benjun once a month." The emperor said with a smile.
"Dowling must remember it in his heart and dare not forget." Dowling bowed again.
"Alright, go ahead, someone will take you to your address in a moment." The emperor smiled and waved his hand.
Dowling wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to speak.
"What's wrong? Say something if you have something. The emperor saw it at a glance.
"What should Grandpa Wei do? I'm a little worried about him. Dowling said hesitantly.
The emperor frowned when he heard this, and his right index finger kept knocking on the table.
"This matter will be investigated by Benjun, or in the same sentence, even the Evil Hidden Society will not dare to kill him, after all, it will not be good for them to completely anger Benjun."
Dowling withdrew from the main hall, and the middle-aged man in Tsing Yi was still waiting outside.
"The emperor has ordered me before, let me take you to the address in the south of the city." The middle-aged man in Tsing Yi bowed slightly and said softly.
"What do you call him?" Dowling replied respectfully, people were polite to him, and he naturally had to be more polite.
"Su Comber."
"I still have a friend in the Imperial War Mansion, can we go pick him up first?"
"By the way."
Dowling found that this person was not very easy to get along with, and if it was useless, he really didn't say a word, so he didn't have social cow syndrome, and just followed him honestly.
Out of the Emperor City, back to the lively outer city, Dao Lin was very emotional, separated by a wall, inside and outside are simply two worlds.
All the way back to the Imperial War Mansion, the street in front of the Imperial War Mansion was extremely deserted, it seemed that it was the reason for this department, and the people all bypassed here.
"Lord Su!" The golden-armored guards of the Imperial War Mansion immediately greeted Su Kangbo when they saw him.
"Go and ask for a friend of Lord Dowling." Su Comber commanded expressionlessly.
"Yes!" The guards hurriedly ran into the house to find a quit from drinking.
Dowling stood behind Su Kangbo, looking at him with some surprise, although Su Kangbo was an official from the Emperor's City, but the status of the Imperial War Mansion was not low, he didn't understand why the guards of the Imperial War Mansion were so respectful when they saw this person.
After a short time, he was asked to quit drinking, and when he saw Dowling, a smile appeared on his face.
"Amitabha, I'm relieved that you're okay." Quit Drinking came to Dowling's side and said.
"What can I do, let's go, I've found a place to stay, let's go." Dowling said with a smile and shook the key in his hand.
"Let's go!" Su Comber obviously didn't want to waste time, so he turned around and led the way.
"This donor is very strong!" Quit Drinking whispered in Dowling's ear.
"How strong?" Dowling whispered back.
"Much, much stronger than me." Quit replied quietly.
Hearing this, Dao Lin glanced at Su Kangbo, who was leading the way, although he knew that the other party's status was not low, but he didn't expect that quitting alcohol would also have such a high evaluation of his strength.
"It seems that if you have the opportunity, you must inquire about what this person does." Dowling thought to himself.
All the way through most of the outer city, I finally came to a street called Tian Lai Street.
"This place is close to the South City Gate, and there are some merchants in the city all around, so the environment is still very quiet, and you live here, there shouldn't be much to do." In front of a small two-story building, Su Comber stopped and said.
Dowling looked around, and indeed as Su Comber said, there were hardly any idlers on the street except for a few stalls.
"It should be clean inside, someone just came over to take care of it a few days ago, my task is complete, and I will return to the emperor to return to my life." Su Kangbo said with a fist, and then turned around and left without waiting for Dowling to say anything.
"What a weirdo." Dowling looked at Su Kangbo's distant back and said.
"Open the door, I'm going to choose a room." Quit Drinking and urged impatiently.
Hearing this, Dowling smiled and opened the courtyard door, and when he walked into the small courtyard, he immediately liked it.
The whole house is concave in shape, sitting north and facing south, with good lighting.
The house is divided into two floors, the first floor is the main house and the east and west wings, the second floor is the master bedroom and two wings, and the second floor has a corridor where you can sit on the guardrail and overlook the whole yard.
The yard is not small, surrounded by flowers and plants, and there is a small pond in the middle, in which there are some water lilies, and red goldfish can be seen swimming around under the water lilies.
There is a small pavilion in the southwest corner of the courtyard, and there is a stone table and four stone benches in the pavilion, and the stone table is carved with a chessboard.
"This place is so nice, how did you find it?" Quit asked curiously.
"The emperor said that my grandfather lived here when he came to the imperial capital, and later moved to the current Taoist family." Dowling said as he pushed open the door to the main house.
Entering the door is the living room, with exquisite furniture, the furniture is of high quality, the east side of the house is the study, a landscape screen separates the study from the living room, and the west side is a row of bookshelves, on which books are densely placed.
The staircase to the second floor is in the northwest corner of the house.
"Let's go up and have a look." Quit Drinking couldn't wait to run up.
Dowling smiled and followed him, the staircase was sturdy, not rotten at all from decades of idleness.
Walk up the stairs to the second floor, which is also a living room, with several shelves and bottles and cans, which are not very attractive to Dowling and Quit.
They prefer the corridor outside the parlor on the second floor.
"It's nice to see from here." Quit Alcohol said, propping up the guardrail of the corridor.
"If you like it, in the imperial capital in the future, this is our brother's home, you have to take good care of it." Dowling patted his shoulder and said.