The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

"It's here!" An Yu raised her head and looked at the dilapidated but still large-scale Lu Mansion.

Sheng Yuan was beside him, looking around the outer wall of Lu's house for a while, then nodded and said: "There are two generations of cabinet ministers in Lu's house, and Lu Guangshan is the second assistant of the official residence, but his family is settled in Zhongcheng. I'm afraid it's just to build such a big mansion?"

Generally speaking, the scale of Dachu official residences is limited.

However, it is not impossible to break through the limit.

Either you open a private school recognized by the court next to the mansion, or you build a bookstore with more than a thousand ancient books.

Obviously, the Lu family chose the latter.

"It is said that the Lu family has nearly ten thousand ancient books." An Yu sighed regretfully.

"??? All destroyed?" Sheng Yuan's voice trembled slightly when he said this.

An Yu shook her head: "The court confiscated them all."

"..." Sheng Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

It's a good thing it's not lost.

Seeing Sheng Yuan giving him a few glances, An Yu immediately leaned over and whispered to her, "Don't you think it's a pity that a family has worked so hard to preserve books for more than a dozen generations, and finally confiscated them all?"

"It's not a pity, it depends on who looks at it; from the confiscated family, even a needle is definitely a pity; but to the court, it can enrich the library; It can broaden the field of vision; for the nation, it is impossible to preserve history, pass on knowledge, and continue the context... For these parties, it is not a pity."

Sheng Yuan said it frankly, and at the end he did not forget to say: "So, a big family, regardless of the external world, should not be divided into three or six or nine classes internally, restricting the clan members to read the collection of books.

If a family is sensible, it should organize the transcription of ancient books on a regular basis, and it should let the girls study these books, instead of fearing that it will be spread to people with foreign surnames. "

"You're right! Book collection shouldn't be a means of knowledge monopoly!" An Yu immediately applauded.

He wanted to praise Sheng Yuan a few more words, but Sheng Yuan's attention returned to the gate of Lu Mansion.

"Miss, shall we knock on the door?!"

Xiaoyao noticed her young lady's gaze, and immediately took a step forward, ready to walk up the steps.

"Wait a minute." Sheng Yuan pulled her back, "Take care of her own affairs in her position, otherwise, the name will not be justified."

"???" Xiaoyao, who didn't know why, tilted his head.

An Yu came to his senses, waved his hand, and let the people from the temporary inspection team formed by the internal guards and city patrol officers come forward to knock on the door.

It was also interesting for the people from the inspection team to knock on the door. They knocked three or five times, regardless of whether anyone answered, just yelled, and then directly knocked the door open.

There was a loud bang, and after the dust was scattered, the two old open doors were seen swinging precariously on the spot.

"Pop, splash!" An Yu didn't expect to be so choking, and hurriedly waved her fan to block in front of Sheng Yuan.

"Let's go, let's go and have a look." After the people from the monitoring team went in one after another, Sheng Yuan pushed An Yu, bypassing him and stepping up the steps.

"Wait for me!" An Yu hurriedly chased after him.

He thought Sheng Yuan walked in directly, but he didn't want her to stand at the door and look up and down.

"It's dusty, what's so good about it?" An Yu took a fan and fanned around Shengyuan, fearing that the dust would choke her.

"You don't think the cobwebs here are too thick." Sheng Yuan pointed to a few corners and smiled.

An Yu stood on tiptoe to look at it, and nodded: "It's not that Lu's house has never traded, but the people who bought it quickly returned it. It was only in recent years that it was put away."

The sale of real estate in Dachu Jingdu is also interesting. As long as the real estate transaction is handled through the Shuntian Prefecture Household Office, the buyer enjoys a quarterly resident protection period. , the real estate transaction can be terminated immediately, and the buyer only needs to restore the property to the state at the time of purchase, and then the buyer can get a refund.

And this kind of rule that sounds like a disadvantage to the seller, the reason why the seller accepts it is because the real estate sold through the official office is [-]% higher than that of the dental office.

That's right, the government office of Shuntian Prefecture is a rich family's business.

Anyone who can afford high-end real estate in Kyoto doesn't care about spending more money for stability.

The people who bought the Lu Mansion before were either rich or expensive. They either valued the size of the mansion or its location.

Although for Sheng Yuan and Lu Sheng, the central city of Kyoto is too far away, but for those who want to live in Beijing for a long time, this location is already very good.

"Let's go, what's so interesting about spider webs? Let's go in and have a look!" An Yu waved a fan to clear the air nearby, and kept urging Sheng Yuan to enter the mansion.

This time, Sheng Yuan strode into the mansion following his will.

"Miss, wait for me!" Seeing An Yu standing in front of her, Xiaoyao disappeared after a short while, half-running and half-hopping.

"Chengdong won't be so blind!" An Yu rolled his eyes and muttered twice.

Sheng Yuan looked left and right to size up this old mansion, every brick and stone here seemed to be full of vicissitudes.

"This was originally the latent residence of King Liang of Yanyan, and later became the old residence of the Luo family, the family of the famous foreign relatives of Dachen. The uncle of Emperor Chen Mo once lived here. This dynasty was established, and then it was sold to Chen Chaoshi. Great Confucian Lu Dingwang, Lu Guangshan's grandfather."

An Yu has not been idle recently, these few introductions show that he has done a lot of homework.

"I can see it!" Sheng Yuan walked slowly along the veranda, and could see a few old trees from time to time.

Although there are many buildings in the first few entrances, the layout is layered and nested, but there are not many places worth exploring. Sheng Yuan didn't plan to stay here for a long time, so she went straight to the last two entrances.

"Sheng Si Cheng! Young Master!" Cheng Dong greeted him.

An Yu blinked, why didn't he realize that his guards are so knowledgeable about current affairs!
"Cough cough cough! Call me Chief An!"

He has no objection to Cheng Dong calling Sister Yuan by her official name and making her happy.

He just didn't like the different treatment from his own guards.

"Chief, the inspection team found something!" Cheng Dong quickly changed his words, and he pointed to the garden behind him to report with some excitement.

"Oh?!" An Yu's eyes lit up, he punched his palms and said with a smile, "Sure enough! Hard work pays off! If there is something to gain, it's not in vain. I checked all the records of the three dynasties a while ago!"

Saying this, he caught up with Sheng Yuan and flattered him: "It's also thanks to you, Sister Yuan."

Sheng Yuan hadn't been idle before, and specially found files related to the agency channel from the archives office of Dali Temple, in order to provide enlightenment to An Yu.

"It's a secret passage, not far from the gazebo." Cheng Dong led the way and brought them to a flower platform in the garden, "Under the flower platform is the entrance of the secret passage."

"General!"

"Commander An!"

The two captains of the inspection team saw An Yu and rushed forward: "Although the secret passage is discovered, the space inside is small, and there should be a passage. However, there is no token key to open it. If it is forced through, I am afraid it will collapse."