Pawn Crossing the River

Qi Xuansu came out of Ziweitang and made an appointment with Qiniang to go to Taishangfang to see the house.

Not to mention the identities of Qiniang and Qi Xuansu, just the amount of the transaction involved was really not a small amount. Tianji Hall took it very seriously and was personally accompanied by a deputy hall master.

Since it is the house of a great master named Pingzhang, it is natural that there are scholars who talk and laugh, and there are no white people who come and go. The neighbors are not ordinary people.

This house dates back to the Xuansheng era and was originally the residence of Zhenren Yuying. This Zhenren Yuying was a princess of the previous royal family, but she had taken refuge in Xuansheng early, so Xuansheng named her a Zhenren, and she was also one of the earliest thirty-six Zhenzhi Zhenren.

The princess of the former dynasty devoted her life to Taoism, never married, and had no children. After her death, there were several owners, all of whom were distinguished.

Although it has been idle for about six years now, it does not look dilapidated and desolate. At most, it is a bit deserted and unpopular. However, it is cleaned every day by dedicated personnel, so it is still well preserved.

Qi Xuansu and Qiniang first came to the garden at the back. It was late spring now, and the entire garden was lush and green. Looking at the layout of the pavilions and pavilions, they were all excellent. What is rare is having living water, even more rare.

Qi Xuansu was very satisfied.

His hometown is far away from Xuandu, so it’s okay if he is not in Yujing on weekdays. When he is in Yujing, he rushes from Haichanfang to Xuandu every time, because Yujing does not allow flying and all kinds of moving magical powers. The spell does not limit running, but it is unsightly and unsightly, so you have to walk over slowly. After a long time, it is very tiring.

But it's different in Taishangfang. Not far from the gate is the city gate of Xuandu. It's almost like living in Xuandu.

Qiniang put her hands behind her back, looking left and right, calmly, and occasionally commented: "This water pavilion is in the style of the previous royal family. It seems to be left by the eldest princess Xuanzhen."

The deputy hall master of Tianji Hall was named Lu. Although he didn't know Qiniang's identity, he recognized Qi Xuansu, the popular deputy hall master, and then contacted Qiniang and chatted and laughed with the real person in charge of Tianji Hall. Naturally, he couldn't help it. Dare to regard Qiniang as an ordinary person, but she has some kind of enlightenment.

It would be nonsense to say that Deputy Hall Master Qi and this woman were lovers and Taoist lovers. Not to mention Vice Hall Master Zhang, they were much different in age and were not of the same generation at all.

They are more like mother and son, with the mother being quite strong. This deputy hall leader Qi rose to a high position at a young age. It would be a lie to say that he had no background. There have always been rumors that Vice Hall Master Qi is the illegitimate son of a very important person, so wouldn't this woman be that important person's concubine?

This big shot must not be from Taiping Dao, and it is not likely that he will be a member of the first group, because the first group is headed by the Zhang family. If the deputy hall master Qi has the blood of the Zhang family, then there is no reason to marry the daughter of the Zhang family, and most likely he will be the whole family. The truth is true.

The higher the level of cultivation, the more difficult it is to have children. You can only have children when you are young and the level is low. Judging from the age of Deputy Hall Master Qi, you can exclude the sixth generation disciples. It seems that only a few of the Seventh Generation disciples, including Master Donghua, meet the requirements. But Master Donghua is not married. If he really wants to have a son, he has to make it clear. Why bother to hide it?

If Master Donghua knew what Deputy Hall Master Lu was thinking, he would probably have to smile bitterly. He didn't want to be so lucky. His son was still in a dilemma, so he could forget about the outer chamber. He couldn't bear it.

In any case, in the view of Deputy Hall Master Lu, this "noble lady" was definitely someone he could not afford to offend, so whenever Qiniang opened her mouth to comment, he would agree with her and praise Qiniang for being knowledgeable, which really made Qiniang coax her. She was in a good mood - Qiniang knew that this was flattery, but who doesn't like flattery?

The three of them left the garden and visited several other places. Qiniang said to Qi Xuansu: "Look at what is inappropriate. As long as the overall frame is not moved, you can make slight modifications in some details. You think so, Deputy Hall Master Lu?" ." The second half of the sentence was addressed to Deputy Hall Master Lu.

Deputy Hall Master Lu hurriedly said: "That's exactly it."

Qi Xuansu nodded and said, "I'll ask Qing Xiao again to see if she has any opinions."

Qiniang snorted lightly and said nothing.

Deputy Hall Master Lu also noticed that this lady didn't like her future daughter-in-law very much. She was so grand that she didn't even look down on the daughter of the Zhang family, one of the three beauties of the Taoist sect.

When it comes to conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, when there was Confucianism in the past, there was still a word "filial piety" attached to it. What the mother-in-law said was whatever the mother-in-law said, and the daughter-in-law could only listen and stand by and set the rules, otherwise it would be unfilial. Now that the Confucian sect has been overthrown, equality has begun to be emphasized. When a strong old woman meets a strong wife, she still doesn't know what the commotion will be. Deputy Hall Master Qi is afraid that he will be caught in the middle and become an inhumane person.

In fact, Qi Xuansu is not that pessimistic. He has naturally considered this issue and thought better of it. If he can't mediate, he might as well balance the situation so that both sides can ask for him, instead of him being flattened and rounded by both sides. As for what he has If we don’t have this method, we’ll have to talk about it later.

The so-called three-way and four-in approach is actually easy to understand. It actually describes the layout of the yard. If the courtyard is in the shape of "口", it is the first entrance; if the courtyard is in the shape of "日", it is the second entrance; if the courtyard is in the shape of "mu", it is the third entrance, and so on. This house is said to have four entrances, but if you include the garden, it can be regarded as five entrances.

If "enter" is a horizontal division, then "road" is a vertical division, criss-crossing, dividing the mansion into squares, which are relatively independent courtyards.

This house has three roads, three entrances from the east road, three entrances from the west road, and four entrances from the middle road. In this way, the three-way courtyard forms a "convex" shape, and the middle road is longer than the east and west roads. So it was paired with a garden in the shape of a "concave". The left and right sides of the "concave" character are long and the middle is short. The long left and right sides correspond to the east and west roads with only three entrances. The short middle is where the lake is, dividing the garden into east and west parts. It corresponds to the four entrances of the middle road, so the whole mansion is still square.

As the head of the family, he naturally lives in the middle road. The first two rooms are usually used as the main hall and living room. Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu will live in the third room from now on, and elders like Qiniang will live in the fourth room. As for the East Road and West Road, they were either used as guest rooms and residences for the Taoists in the mansion, or as residences for their children and disciples.

I have to say that the house is really big, and it took me more than half an hour to look at it all the way. .

Qiniang remembered something and said, "If you have no objection, then the matter is settled. Don't forget to say hello to the Zhang family."

Qi Xuansu was startled: "What do you say hello?"

Because in front of Deputy Hall Master Lu, he still had the embarrassment to say the second half of his sentence. Of course this house is nice, but it can't suppress the Zhang family who have lived in Dazhen Mansion for generations. It's not easy to show off, right?

Qiniang could see Qi Xuansu's thoughts at a glance, and said angrily and amusedly: "Although a large family like the Zhang family will marry a house, it is the private property of the Zhang family girl. As long as the husband and wife are not separated, it is usually idle, or If you use it for other purposes, your house will be the main place to live. The dowry they gave includes all kinds of new furniture. These furniture are not ready-made, but are specially made according to the size of the house. You don't inform Zhang. Family, let them send craftsmen to measure the size and make preparations in advance. Will the Zhang family make it ready for you when you get married? Or will the Heavenly Master use magic to make it for you?"

Qi Xuansu said sarcastically: "If you don't mention it, I really don't know about these statements."

This is not the privilege of aristocratic families. Ordinary people also make furniture when they get married. The difference is nothing more than workmanship and materials. It's just that no one has ever taught Qi Xuansu this, he really doesn't know. He thought that he could just use the existing old furniture in the house, but he didn't think about it. There was no reason for a newlywed to use old furniture for a new house and a wedding.

This is one of the reasons why Qiniang specially bought Qi Xuansu a new house. If Qi Xuansu's old house is used, it will be indifferent to fame and wealth, and it will also echo the frugality of Daozu. The Zhang family will be in trouble. How many pieces of furniture can be placed in this small house? , could it be said that the dignified Zhang family gave Zhang Yuelu two tables and four chairs as a dowry, and the Li family regarded it as a heirloom joke. After all, the Li family directly gave the adopted daughter Li Qingnu a Wutong Garden.

Qiniang continued: "Borneo is rich in red sandalwood, so the Zhang family mainly uses red sandalwood for furniture."

Qi Xuansu was stunned when he heard this, and secretly thought that Qiniang would have to seek compensation from the Zhang family for this bleeding.

The good news is that the Taoist sect advocates frugality and has saved a lot of procedures. That is to say, a family like the Zhang family has too much inertia. Even when Xuan Sheng was alive, they still went their own way on this kind of thing, and it would be cumbersome to do so. , mainly bride price and dowry. If Zhang Yuelu was also from the Wanxiang Taoist Palace, the two of them could have asked for nothing and invited a few people from the street to serve as witnesses and guests, just like the wedding banquet that made them meet.

As for the betrothal gift, it was naturally done by Qiniang. Compared with the sky-high price of this house, it was nothing. Qiniang is also the owner of Qibao Square, so she can purchase corresponding items at a low price lower than the cost price.

Qi Xuansu couldn't help but sigh, it is really not easy to marry the daughter of a rich family. If she can't even support this show, and everything is taken care of by the Zhang family, then she is really a son-in-law.

Qiniang finally said: "If you have no objection, we will go to Tianji Hall to handle the paperwork now."

Qi Xuansu nodded heavily.

1.45 million Taiping money is a mountain of silver.

Deputy Hall Master Lu was startled. He thought that this lady who didn't look like a lady would have to discuss it with the man behind her, but he didn't expect to make the decision himself. How big of a family this was.

The three of them returned to Tianji Hall. Deputy Hall Master Lu personally took out the documents that had been prepared. Qiniang took out a wooden box from the Xumiwu and opened the lid, only to see that it was full of brand new coins in denominations of 10,000. Official ticket.

Qi Xuansu has never seen so much money in his life. The quota given by Master Qingwei was just a permission limit, but he didn't really give him so many official tickets, not to mention that this box was far more than one million.

Qiniang counted out one hundred and forty-five official tickets and folded them into a pile, which was about one and a half knuckles thick.

After the Taoist priests from Tianji Hall collected the money, they issued a document similar to a ultimatum. Only Qi Xuansu's name was written on it, not Qiniang or Zhang Yuelu.

Because Zhang Yuelu had his own dowry house, he also couldn't write Qi Xuansu's name. The Taoist sect advocates equality and will not deliberately protect the weaker party, so the two live in the same place, but their property is calculated separately, and people will not get rich overnight by getting married. If death occurs unexpectedly, the property will be inherited in the order of will, children, parents, Taoist companions, masters and apprentices, and relatives. If there is nothing, just hand it over to Daomen.

As for the fact that the name of Qiniang, the person who paid the money, is not included in the contract document, it can only be said that it was a generous gift from Qiniang.

Qi Xuansu looked at the piece of paper in his hand and couldn't help but be filled with emotion.

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