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Chapter 24 Cold Moon and Green Frost (2)

"Of course I remember, what's wrong?"

"You left early, I don't know what happened later. Your two poems were copied by Xu Ming'er, the granddaughter of Mr. Xu, and donated to auction."

"Ms. Xu mentioned this to me, so what?" Zhu Youjian was a little confused. He didn't know why Zhang Zhiji mentioned this and was so excited.

"You don't know, just two pieces of rice paper that have not yet been mounted, but were sold at a sky-high price of 62,010 taels. The entire auction was only a box of archives sold by Mr. Xingzhi during the Sanbao Sailing, and a Jiaowei Qin sold by Fang Shihong exceeded this price."

"Oh? There is such a foolish person? The auctioneer is afraid that he is not a fool." Zhu Youjian didn't ask who was the auctioneer, but focused on the box of files that Zhang Zhiji said, "Isn't the box of files you mentioned destroyed by Liu Daxia?"

Zhu Youjian didn't notice that Zhu Ying'an's face was swelling into pig's liver after he said it.

"I don't know this. It shouldn't be faked if it was identified by Shi Qian, but the fool you said was sitting next to you."

After Zhang Zhiji finished speaking, everyone in the room, except Zhu Youjian and Zhu Yingan, burst into laughter. These people knew that Zhu Yingan spent more than 60,000 taels to take two pieces of paper yesterday. Zhu Youjian then realized that the person who took two pieces of paper should be Zhu Yingan.

Zhu Yingan glared fiercely at the entourage who was laughing. The entourage immediately shut up, but his face turned red and he didn't dare to speak.

Zhu Youjian patted Zhu Yingan's arm and said, "In this way, I said the wrong thing. Brother Yuanting thought it was because he was considering our friendship."

"You are wrong again. There are more than one fools you said. Fang Shihong also paid 62,000 taels, but in the end he lost to Brother Yuanting. Because of a gap of one tael, he was forced to crawl out of the door of the auction hall."

Zhu Youjian sat back and said, "I'm moved by white."

Zhu Yingan smiled embarrassedly and didn't say anything.

Zhang Zhiji continued, "Actually, this matter does not have nothing to do with the fifth brother. At first, these two poems were also the ones I advised Mr. Xingzhi to put them in the second auction, so I asked Brother Yuanting to help me get more than 10,000 taels. During the auction, because of Fang Shihong's provocation, Brother Yuanting and Fang Shihong later bid for more than 60,000 taels. When I went back yesterday, I found someone to frame the two poems. Today I just wanted Brother Wu to take back the two framed characters and write them and stamp them. It would be even better if I had the honor to ask the emperor to write them. I can't let Brother Yuanting lose too much, right?"

"It's easy for me to write inscriptions. It's hard to say whether Grandpa Huang knows the title. Ziyu, please bring it directly, I'll try it." Zhu Youjian did not refuse.

"Tiyu is wrong. After today's tens of thousands of taels, I won't lose at all. Instead, I made a lot of money. You guys, I have no courage to ask for these two words." Zhu Ying'an smiled proudly.

"If you don't want it, then I'll keep the words when the title is good. Now there is nothing wrong with us, let's go to the house that Lao Luo chose for Brother Wu. It just so happens that there is not far from my house, so I'll take those two words by the way."

"No need to delay, let's go now." Qin Xu said excitedly.

Several people rode on horses and ran away from Xingning Hutong. Even Gao Sheng and Gao Han got two good horses given by Qin Shi.

The Duke of Chengguo and the Duke of England are located in Xingning Hutong. Xingning Hutong is not far from Paoma Lane. After riding a horse, you will arrive after three streets. Luo Yangxing led a few people to a grand gate of a mansion and said that the mansion is not accurate in Xingning Hutong. The mansion covers a huge area. The main entrance is in Xingning Hutong, the back door is in Qipan Hutong, the left side is Chang'an Street, and the right side is the Duke of Chengguo Mansion.

There is no plaque hanging on the door of the mansion.

"This mansion is the house of Yan Song's adopted son Zhao Wenhua. In the entire capital, except for the imperial palace, even the Prince's Mansion and the Duke's Mansion and my family cannot compare with this house. It was because Zhao Wenhua built such a luxurious mansion that it caused a catastrophe." Luo Yangxing introduced to several people.

Zhang Zhiji continued, "I have heard of this. At that time, Zhao Wenhua was the Minister of Works. Master Jiajing asked the Ministry of Works to build the bedroom. As a result, Zhao Wenhua embezzled funds to bribe Yan Song and Yan Shifan, and delayed the bedroom for several months on the grounds of shortage of funds. Occasionally, Master Jiajing saw the first mansion in the capital when he was looking up. He asked casually whose house it was. Zhao Wenhua offended many people, and his followers said it was Zhao Wenhua's, and said that Zhao Wenhua embezzled the materials for the emperor to repair his own mansion, which led to the delay in repairing the bedroom. This made Master Jiajing furious. In addition, Zhao Wenhua was not able to build the Zhengyang Gate Tower before, which eventually led to Zhao Wenhua being dismissed from office and ransacked."

Zhu Youjian knew this allusion, and the other people even wanted to see how luxurious this mansion that could make the emperor angry.

Manager Qiao opened the door and several people entered the mansion. When they entered the door, there was a screen wall. The tall screen wall was like three huge screens. There were three layers of flying eaves on the top. There was a picture of a tiger going up the mountain on the highest jade in the middle. There was a picture of a pine and crane extending life on the left jade, and a picture of a Qilin giving birth to children on the right jade.

You can tell the luxury of this house just by looking at the screen wall.

Bypassing the screen wall, you will see the magnificent mansion. The buildings in the palace are solemn and solemn, and the simplicity and the bright corridors are connected to the ridges. They are majestic and may be second only to the palace where the emperor lives.

The mansion is composed of multiple courtyards, divided into three middle and east roads, each with three courtyards. The back house on the middle road has a two-story back cover building across the back of the middle road. This is only the front half of the entire mansion, and this part alone occupies nearly twenty acres of land.

The second half is a back garden, imitating the garden style of Suzhou, with small bridges and flowing water, and mountain piles of stones, caves and valleys built with stones on the roof, and pavilions are built on the top of the mountain, which can see the scenery of the whole garden. The ancient trees in the garden are towering, the rockery is rugged, surrounded by mountains and water, pavilions and pavilions, and corridors are turned around. This part is as many as fifty acres.

Except for Luo Yangxing and Manager Qiao, the group had been here many times, and everyone else was amazed. Not to mention a skateboard, this mansion was even more ten yuan and each could be sold for 30,000 taels, it was hard to buy it. No wonder it was the number one luxury house in Beijing.

"In the future, living here as a free prince is second only to the palace. Now living in such a large mansion may take a lot of effort to take care of it." Zhu Youjian joked.

It should have been a long time since people lived in this place, but they are often taken care of, so there is no sense of dilapidation.

"It's only fifth brother, you live here. If you change others, you will be afraid that you will be out of the order." Luo Yangxing said. This is also the reason why he doesn't live here in such a good mansion. "I will arrange for the servants to come tomorrow, and the fifth brother can come and live at any time."

"Thank you, Lao Luo, I'll be disrespectful." Zhu Youjian said thanking Luo Yangxing with fists.

Just as everyone was about to leave after visiting the mansion, the gate was suddenly pushed open, and a friend from Sihai Manor led a panicked eunuch and hurriedly ran in.
Chapter completed!
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