The group of people waited for a while and walked for only half a tea time before entering Ningxi Lane. They entered from the alley entrance and walked along the high vermilion wall for another tea time. They followed Zhao Yuanxun and stopped at a gate.

forward.

The vermilion door is very majestic, and the brass doorbell shines golden in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Except for Zhang Shun at the front, everyone else had their mouths wide open.

Even though Chen Xin knew that Zhao Yuanxun lived in Ningxi Lane before arriving, he was still surprised.

It's not that he has never seen the vermilion gate or the doorman inlaid on the gate. Thinking about the long and high wall they just walked through, he felt suffocated in his heart.

This house occupies a really large area.

Zhang Shun couldn't help but sigh when he saw everyone's surprised look.

I remember when Zhao Yuanxun first arrived, he and his colleagues were invited to a banquet with their families. When they saw the house, they were as surprised as these colleagues.

He came from a poor family. Even if he had been an official for more than ten years and had some money from greed, he only had a small amount of savings. If he wanted to buy such a house, he would have to spend all his money. But even if he had money, he was a girl.

It is not easy for the prefect of Su Mansion to buy such a house.

Who can live in this alley without a profound background? Even the wealthy businessmen, they are all royal merchants, and have inextricable connections with the powerful people in the capital, but it is not possible for a prefect with a very shallow foundation like him to do so.

Shocking. It is almost impossible for them to move out and buy their house.

He had been an official for so many years, from county magistrate to prefect, and basically lived in a back house attached to the yamen; even if the yamen was too shabby, and they bought a house to live in, they would always enter the courtyard from the first or second step.

Recalling the day when his wife and children saw the house and entered it like country bumpkins entering the city, Zhang Shun felt extremely sad.

A child from a poor family, compared with a noble family, is it more than just his background that is worse?

"Master Zhang please, Master Hu please, Master Shi please, all colleagues please." Zhao Yuanxun greeted everyone one by one and made a gesture of invitation.

"Master Zhao, please."

"Master Zhang, please." Several adults entered the gate humbly.

After entering the gate, what comes to you is not the screen wall of ordinary wealthy people, but a rockery. Behind the rockery is a wide arch, and you can vaguely see a large pond inside, and a cloister opposite the pond farther away.

The group of people followed into the arch, and there was a vast open space in front of them.

The pond is very wide, like a small lake, with a pavilion and a painting boat built in the middle. In the distance, there are carved beams and painted buildings, giving a scene of wealth.

Even the officials from the prefecture's yamen who had visited many wealthy merchants were all speechless when faced with such a house.

Too treacherous.

Everyone followed Zhao Yuanxun in a trance from the corridor on the left. After walking for a long time, they arrived at a hall - this was just the hall in the front yard. When they arrived at the back house, they didn't know what the scene was like.

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Ding Fugui, an old official in the official office, is over sixty years old. He has been working as a small official in the government office since his early twenties. He has experienced many things in his life and has seen countless things in the world. He is also a very stable person.

He sat down in the hall, looked at the huanghuali wood furniture in the room and the Ru kiln plum vase on the table, and couldn't help but ask Zhao Yuanxun: "Master Zhao, is this house passed down from the ancestors, or was it purchased recently?

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If everyone hadn't coaxed a treat today and Zhao Yuanxun was happy, he wouldn't have even planned to invite everyone to his house.

This house was too eye-catching and completely incompatible with the low profile he wanted.

He smiled bitterly and said: "My daughter asked someone to buy it. It should be bought within this year."

When my daughter said she had a house here and wanted them to live in it, they thought it was an ordinary Sanjin courtyard.

Who would have thought to come here to take a look, but it was such a garden-style building that even the powerful and wealthy businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River could rarely live in, and the location was so good. He and Mr. Zhu were immediately shocked.

They didn't dare to enter until they confirmed with Zhou Chun again and again. After entering, they were still shocked by the scenery inside.

Zhou Chun said that the girl sent someone to buy this house after she made money. It was a coincidence that she was able to buy it at that time.

As for what kind of chance coincidence, Zhou Chun did not say anything, but said that it was related to the privacy of the former master, which they had promised not to disclose.

Zhao Yuanxun and Zhu felt that this house was too good to live in. Zhou Chun said that it would be empty if they didn't live in it, and it would be a waste to have someone take care of it. They never thought they would have such a good house.

Instead of living there, they spent money to buy or rent another house. The couple hesitated before settling down.

But it's just a corner of the house.

"Ah?" Everyone's eyes widened.

This answer was really beyond their expectation.

"Mr. Zhao, you mean..." Zhang Shun looked around the house with his fingers, "Did your daughter buy this entire house? Is it your eldest daughter or your second daughter?"

Zhao Yuanxun's wife, Mrs. Zhu, wanted to make friends with them. From time to time, she invited his wife to play in his house, and the two of them even made appointments to go shopping twice. During the chat, Mrs. Zhang naturally found out about the population and situation of Suiping's house.

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Zhao Yuanxun had four daughters. The eldest daughter and the second daughter were both married to children of aristocratic families in the capital. The third daughter was born as a concubine and married a newly promoted Jinshi. The fourth daughter, Zhao Ruxi, was the second in the imperial examination.

If this house belongs to the eldest daughter, it is normal for the property of the second daughter's in-laws to be temporarily lent to Zhao Yuanxun to live in. The Jin Dynasty did not prohibit the sons of merchants from taking the imperial examination. If his third daughter married the son of a wealthy merchant from Jiangnan, this house would be

Very normal.

Zhang Shun only excluded Zhao Yuanxun’s fourth daughter.

That young lady is not married yet, and she has only returned to Suiping's residence for less than two years. It is impossible for her to have such a house to her name.

But what Zhao Yuanxun said next made him unbelievable: "No. It's my fourth daughter, the one who came second in the national examination."

"This..." Zhang Shun almost said, "How is that possible?" Fortunately, he stopped the car in time and did not say anything out loud.

This house belongs to Zhao Ruxi. When asked by colleagues, Zhao Yuanxun will naturally not tell his colleagues that it belongs to him. But he also does not want to tell these big men more about his daughter's situation.

He turned to his servant and asked, "Is the young master back?"

"There is a lot of homework in the academy. The young master only sent his servant back to inquire about the news, but he did not come back." The servant replied.

The academy where Zhao Jingtai studied was not in Suzhou City, but at the foot of a mountain outside the city. Students in the academy generally chose to live on campus.

Zhao Yuanxun and Zhu wanted Zhao Jingtai to practice his communication skills. Zhao Jingtai also yearned for collective life. In the end, Zhao Jingtai moved into the academy with a boy and did not go home usually. He only came back on ten days off.
Chapter completed!