Chapter 670: The Yang Family's Former Residence
Another disadvantage is that it lies in the government.
The "Fugui League" not only has Zhang Zongheng, the governor of Ming Xuan, as the backstage, but also Zuo Liangyu, the chief soldier who recently led his troops from Beijing to Yujing to suppress bandits, is Zuo Junhua's nephew. In fact, from Zhuo Yiwen's initiative to withdraw the disciples of various sects from Huaiqing that day, it can almost be concluded that they must have an agreement on secret cooperation with the "Donglin Party" in the DPRK.
Relatively speaking, Fan Jingwen, the governor of Henan who has always supported the "Luohan Gate" and the "Shaolin faction", was impeached because of the loss of Huaiqing, and it is difficult to say whether he can keep the black yarn hat now, and he will definitely not dare to fight against Zhang Zongheng, Zuo Liangyu and others at the moment. In this way, Liliang, which is equivalent to the government, is completely on the side of the "Rich Alliance".
The Daming government has always rarely intervened in disputes between the Jianghu sects, but in such a delicate situation, Zhang Zongheng and Zuo Liangyu both have heavy troops, but they can't be unguarded.
With the current situation, the strength of the "Luohan Gate" and the "Rich Alliance" did not have the upper hand, and it was not a good strategy to go to the crusade, but Fang Changsheng and Yuanguang both thought that they had to fight as soon as possible, and Hua Bushi also thought so.
The reason for this is that the longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable the situation becomes. Now the "Luohan Sect" can still form an alliance with more than 90 sects, if it is a period of time, with the ruthless approach of the Demon Dao, I am afraid that most of the sects in the Yu Realm will take refuge in the "Rich Alliance".
From the heroic banquet in Huaiqing City that day, it can be seen that the other party used drugs to control the leaders of those Jianghu sects, and forced them to serve with their lives.
The "Luohan Sect" and the "Shaolin Sect" are both famous and decent families on the White Road, which makes it easier for them to get support, but they also have a lot of limitations in their actions, even if Fang Changsheng has chronic poison in his hands, he can't ignore the reputation of the sect and use such means against the allies.
The so-called Dao elimination demon rises, and the shili of the "Rich Alliance" will inevitably become stronger and stronger if it goes on like this. So now there is no more choice, but to organize people and horses to crusade against Fugui Villa as soon as possible and fight with the other party.
They talked about it until dark, and then they finally agreed on the specifics.
After Fang Changsheng and Master Wuchen and others said goodbye and left, the Yihong Mansion lifted martial law, and the girls in the building, Sister Bustard and the turtle slaves, came back one after another, opened the door and reopened to do business.
Early the next morning of the ※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※, Hua Bushi asked Ximen Tong to bring 150,000 taels of silver tickets to the main altar of the "Luohan Gate" as the capital for the purchase of the house as agreed before. And Fang Changsheng was also very happy, and immediately ordered someone to take the deed to Ximen Tong, and instructed the housekeeper Fang Cheng to take someone to inspect the house and collect the house.
If you want to go to the house inspection and collect the house, you must go to Hua Bushi in person. This time, he rode a horse, taking Li Hu and Ximen Hitomi, and under the guidance of Fang Cheng, he soon came to the mansion.
In a prosperous place like Daxiang Street, where every inch of land is valuable, the 28-entry mansion is really unique. Although this mansion looks a little old, it is very majestic and tall, and the outer courtyard wall alone is more than two feet high.
Along the way, Hua Bushi listened to Fang Cheng's introduction, and also roughly understood some of the old feelings of this house.
The mansion was originally owned by a family of eunuchs surnamed Yang. It is said that the ancestral home of the Yang family is the Xiangjing clan, and both father and son have been Jinshi, and they are both officials in the court. The eldest lord of the Yang family is the fourth grade, and the little lord once moved to Kaifeng City from the deputy envoy of Henan according to the fifth grade, and built this mansion. At that time, the Yang family was rich and powerful in this city, and it was prominent for a while.
It's a pity that there are unforeseen circumstances, a year ago, Yang's father didn't know how to be convicted of the emperor and was sentenced to death. The Yang family's family fortune has been in decline since then, and the house here has also been mortgaged and sold, falling into the hands of the "Luohan Gate".
After listening to what Fang Cheng said, Hua Bushi felt very satisfied, just because most of the houses built by such generations of officials are more elegant, so as not to cut corners, in the future, the "Evil Dog Gate" rudder is located here, as long as some defense facilities are added, the original house does not need to be renovated and rebuilt.
Dismounted in front of the gate, Fang Cheng took out a copper spoon to open the big lock, pushed open the two gates, and introduced Hua Bushi and others into the house.
After entering the door, Hua Bushi walked around to take a look, and after passing through the front hall, he frowned slightly, and asked: "Steward Fang, yesterday Master Fang said that this mansion has been vacant for a long time, why is there still people living here?"
Fang Chengdao: "Back to Young Master Hua, since this house was sold to this sect, it has been empty for a long time, and only one outer hall disciple stays here, which is specially for taking care of the house. ”
Hua Bushi said: "That's not right. Look at the clothes hanging in the courtyard over there, there are at least three or four people living in this house, and there are also female dependents among them. ”
Fang Cheng looked in the direction Hua Bushi pointed, and sure enough, he saw a row of clothes hanging in the side courtyard on the side, and there were several women's clothes among them. His face changed slightly, and he said, "Young Master Hua, don't be weird, wait for the villain to ask clearly." ”
After Fang Cheng finished speaking, he took a few steps and shouted in his voice: "Old Futou, hurry up and come out for me!"
After shouting several times, I heard someone inside answer, and an old man in his fifties hurriedly ran out of the inner courtyard, looking at the clothes on his body, which was exactly the dress of the disciples of the outer hall of the "Luohan Gate".
The old man ran closer, and Fang Cheng reprimanded: "Old Futou, are you going to die! This house is an property bought by the sect with a lot of money, and you are asked to stay here to guard it, and you dare to let outsiders live in, don't you also find your old woman and make this place your family's comfortable nest!"
When the old man saw Fang Cheng, he was already a little frightened, and stammered, "No...... It's not an outsider, it's not the old woman of my family, it's the ...... That ......"
Fang Cheng said angrily: "What this and that! Hurry up and find out who lives in this house, I don't think you have to stay in the sect to do things, go back to your hometown tomorrow to farm!"
The old fortune was even more panicked, and he repeatedly asked for mercy, but his speech was even more inarticulate. But at this time, I only heard someone say loudly: "Steward Fang, it was in Xiayang that Uncle Fu told us to stay here for a while, and he agreed with a kind heart, please don't blame Steward Fang." ”
Fang Cheng looked up and saw a scholar in a green shirt coming out of the inner courtyard. This man was about forty years old, of medium stature, with a thin face, three long wisps of beard, and a clear and moist eye.
The green cloth robe he wore was very old, the cuffs of both hands were frayed, and the scribe's scarf on his head was still patched with an inch in size, and the outfit was really a little ragged. However, this person walked out of the house without hurrying, as if he was strolling leisurely, his voice was also calm, and the expression on his face was even more calm.
If Xu is because of this, he really can't see the slightest sense of despondency, but people can feel a gentle and elegant scholarly temperament.
Fang Cheng knew this person, and said: "It turned out to be Yang Xiaoguan, you sold this house to our 'Luohan Gate' last year, and we didn't miss your silver taels, why did you live in again, what is the reason?"
The scholar in the green shirt said: "This house has indeed been sold to your family, and the silver taels have also been settled, and now the next family of four is just borrowing to live here, and I ask Steward Fang to listen to me explain the reason." ”
It turned out that the scholar in the green shirt was named Sichang, who was the original owner of this house, the little master of the Yang family. On the same day, the father and son of the Yang family were dismissed one after another, and the eldest lord was sent to Yuanzhou, and the Yang family, which was originally illustrious, fell almost overnight, and this house had to be sold.
The so-called tree fell and scattered, the Yang family had no wealth, and the maid and servants in the original family, distant relatives and relatives were all gone, leaving only Yang Sichang and his wife Jin with a six-year-old child, as well as an old mother who was over the age of six.
Mrs. Yang's health has always been poor, and after the old man was assigned, he suffered a stroke and was paralyzed in bed and could not take care of himself. This Yang Xiaoguan is very filial, although his life is not what it used to be, and there is no servant Yahuan to call, but he also waits for his mother at home with his wife.
At that time, Mrs. Yang's illness had become blind, her mind was sometimes sober and sometimes confused, quite demented, she didn't know anything about what had happened recently, and she couldn't remember that the old man of the Yang family was dismissed from office, but she still thought that the father and son of the Yang family were still officials in the court. Yang Sichang couldn't bear it, so he coaxed his mother and didn't mention the current situation of the family in front of her.
However, the old lady, though her mind was dull, remembered clearly the house and garden where she had lived for many years, and she often asked about it. Yang Sichang saw that the mansion bought by the "Luohan Gate" had always been vacant, so he found the old fortune who was taking care of the mansion here, and begged him to let the old lady return to the mansion to live, in order to comfort the old man.
The old fortune's heart was not bad, and seeing that Mrs. Yang had little time to live, and sympathized with Yang Sichang's filial piety, he agreed.
Up to now, Mrs. Yang has returned to live in the old house for more than a month, and Yang Sichang and his wife have also moved in to take care of the old lady.
Yang Sichang's words were very clear, he recounted the details, and then begged Steward Fang not to blame Lao Futou.
After hearing this, Fang Cheng shook his head and said: "Forget it, I'm not a ruthless person, so I don't blame Lao Futou!" But I said Yang Xiaoguan, you can't live here anymore, Master Fang has already sold this house to Young Master Hua, today I brought someone to inspect the house and collect the house, you better pack up your things and move out!"