Chapter 112 The Shen family sells their house
In the 12th year of Yongxing, the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month.

As all the shops in Lin'an Prefecture City closed down, the last batch of farmers from the suburbs who came to the city carrying cargo loads and bamboo baskets gradually left the city. In the last few days of the 12th year of Yongxing, the winter sun poured down, The red plum blossoms are in bloom, and they quietly slide towards the end.

As the New Year approaches, the Shen Mansion in Zhonghefang is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations. What is completely different from the festive atmosphere is the mood of Shen Guci and his stepmother Rong Rong.

Husband and wife each have their own worries.

Next to the tea table by the study window, Shen Guci rubbed a tea cup with his fingers and looked out.

For some reason, he had been dreaming about Qi Yun every night in recent days. In his dreams, either Qi Yun was crying uncharacteristically, or she was accusing him of being heartless and stupid, leaving Shen Yanhan a woman alone.Seeing that the house was decorated exquisitely and gorgeously inside and outside, and the whole family was dressed in gorgeous clothes, Shen Guyi couldn't help but think of the man in his dream again - the person who laid the foundation of the wealth of the house for him.

He had to admit Shen Yanhan's accusation before he left - he, Shen Guci, and the Shen family could not be where they are today without the strong support that Qi Yun and the Qi family gave him.

He couldn't tell if guilt came to his mind, but his heart was heavy, and Shen Guci sighed heavily.

Wen Rong brought him charcoal fire. As soon as he entered the door, what he saw was Shen Guci, dressed in elegant clothes, sitting alone by the window. What he heard was the sigh.

Shen Guci may not know that he has a habit of talking in his sleep. Wen Rong heard him call "Ayun" and "Jiaojiao" more than once at night.

Wen Rong suppressed all her displeasure and stepped forward and said softly: "The official is thinking about how to arrange this year's New Year's red envelope? Madam has no sign of returning home to celebrate the New Year. How about I give her this red envelope?" Let’s go.”

She understood Shen Guci's temperament. No matter how caring and tender her heart was, she would still appear extremely careless and ruthless on her face.

She and Qi Hui had already told Qi Hui clearly about Shen Yanhan's secret marriage. Shen Guyi was angry for a moment, but then he was speechless.Wen Rong understood that no matter whether Shen Guci was angry with Shen Yanhan or not, he was worried about her in his heart, but he just couldn't bear to look for her once.

She didn't mind being a good person for him for once and going to see Shen Yanhan was better than Shen Guci going there in person.

Her people found out clearly that the little lady now not only dressed plainly, but also did rough work by herself. In the cold weather, she did laundry, collected firewood, and picked wild fruits... She did a lot of these things.If Shen Guci really saw his eldest daughter in such poverty, he might have turned down his face and taken her back to live with her.

Wen Rong did not want to lose the unique status of the concubine that she had finally obtained.

After listening to Wen Rong's suggestion, Shen Guyi was silent for a moment, nodded and said, "It's okay for you to go there. It's probably close to Zhuangzi."

"Exactly, then I will go tomorrow."

Shen Guyi nodded again and said: "The natural disasters are severe this year. Even the people above are organizing donations. There is a lot of food in the house. You can take some with her."

Unexpectedly, Shen Guyi would think of helping Shen Yanhan so quickly. Wen Rong paused and finally nodded, "I remember, sir, don't worry."

"I can rest assured when you do things." Shen Guci praised Wen Rong sincerely, remembering how well-organized the mansion had been in recent years, and asked her: "Last time, I said that the house in the south of the city was transferred to Jiao Jiao, but has it been completed?"

This is what Wen Rong has been worrying about recently.

Wen Rong couldn't help but glance at Shen Guyi with a guilty conscience, and said as an excuse: "I went to ask the government office and I still need some documents from the eldest lady. I'll just explain it to the eldest lady."

Shen Guci asked her: "What documents are missing?"

Wen Rong said: "I don't remember the details, but the people from the government office wrote me a list. I will take it with me when the time comes and let the lady prepare according to it."

"Come on."

Wen Rong exited Shen Guci's study, looked back at him, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.Fortunately, Shen Guci didn't ask her for the list. You know, the so-called list was just fabricated by her.

Wen Rong turned to her personal maid and said, "Tell your aunt to move faster and try to get the results of the neighborhood confirmation before the year."

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Outside Qiuwang Garden, an unsuspecting black figure disappeared around the corner. Yang Dong pushed open the door of Qin Yuehuai's study, walked to Qin Yuehuai, handed over a piece of official deed paper, and whispered: " Sir, this is the deed for selling a house to a neighbor in the east of Tingfeng Tea House. It says that if we have no intention of buying it, we will sign to confirm it."

The Zhou court had very strict regulations on the sale of real estate.Whenever someone wants to sell a house, he must first sell it to his relatives and neighbors. If relatives living nearby do not want to buy it, then it will be deferred to the neighbors. If the neighbors do not want to buy it, they must sign to confirm that they will not buy it.The house can only be traded to others after all the people on the neighbor list sign.

Qin Yuehuai took it and saw that the names of the buyer and seller, the reason for the transaction, the target price, and the guarantee were written on the official deed.

The seller's name suddenly came into view, and Qin Yuehuai was immediately startled.

Shen Guci.

After staring for a long time, Qin Yuehuai smiled in his eyes and said, "So, I have been neighbors with my father-in-law for many years?"

Yang Dong remained expressionless and nodded.

Qin Yuehuai pointed to the price and said, "Why is the Shen family selling their house? And the selling price is not much different from when we bought the tea house a few years ago."

He remembered that when he first bought Tingfeng Teahouse, the middleman said that the teahouse was the largest residence in Yuechu Lane. There was no reason that the selling price of an ordinary, small residence would be similar to that of a residence with a shop and a hospital.

Yang shook his head, "I don't know."

Qin Yuehuai glanced sideways at Yang Dong, feeling a little annoyed that the guard didn't know how to adapt, and clicked his tongue impatiently.

How could Yang Dong have guessed the reason for Qin Yuehuai's change of face, who was now focusing most of his thoughts on his beloved wife?He could only stare at Qin Yuehuaiqian, looking confused.

The guard didn't understand Ding Dian's style, so Qin Yuehuai had to teach him how to do it himself, so he asked in a bad tone: "Hasn't the house price in Lin'an Mansion changed much in recent years?"

Yang Dong shook his head.

Qin Yuehuai said again: "Since the housing prices in the city have remained roughly the same, but this small mansion has been sold for twice the price it should have been, don't you think there is anything unusual? Didn't you go find out the reason?"

Yang Dong immediately replied: "Master, why do you care about this? After all, you don't want to buy this house. You can't just sell a house next door, and the price is a little abnormal, so our people just go and investigate it thoroughly? Isn't it a waste of time? .”

Qin Yuehuai couldn't help but choke when Yang Dong retorted so bluntly.

"That's my father-in-law" he almost blurted out, but he endured it.

He was just a good man in front of Shen Yanhan, how could he also appear to be manipulated at will in front of his own bodyguards?

Qin Yuehuai raised his eyebrows, leaned back on the chair, looked at Yang Dong with a half-smile, and asked, "How did you know I wouldn't buy it?" Yang Dong looked at Qin Yuehuai in disbelief, " Sir, why do you want to buy a house? It’s still a small house. A place as big as Tingfeng Teahouse is not only convenient for collecting information, but it’s also very convenient for you and your wife to live there, isn’t it?”

The words "live in the past" really stirred up Xia's heart. Qin Yuehuai frowned and thought for a moment.

In fact, living in the city is more convenient for him and for Shen Yanhan who wants to expand his business than living in this village.

But how could he explain to Shen Yanhan that Tingfeng Tea House was his property?It is clear that he is a "poor scholar".

After being quiet for a while, Qin Yuehuai rubbed Shen Guci's deed with his fingertips, and told Yang Dong seriously: "Go and find out why the Shen family sold the house, and the specific identity of the buyer."

His expression was so serious that even if Yang Dong had any questions, he could only keep them in his mind and not dare to speak out.

He nodded and backed away.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened the door of Qin Yuehuai's study, he was bumped into by Meng Changqing who was rushing in.

Due to the alertness in the blood of a martial artist, Yang Dong immediately stretched out his foot to kick, took a step back, and raised the sword across his chest.

"Ah!" Meng Changqing howled.

Qin Yuehuai raised his eyes following the sound and saw Meng Changqing bent over, covering his right calf with both hands, cursing in his mouth: "Yang Dong, are you blind? Even I dare to bully you! Believe it or not, I took over your home!"

Yang Dong was still a little guilty of being overly guarded, but after hearing Meng Changqing's impolite words, his mentality changed.

He was born with a stubborn streak. In this world, he only listened to his husband's words and gave him little respect. Other people were really irrelevant to him.

Therefore, Meng Changqing straightened up after scolding him. Not only did he not wait for Yang Dong to admit his mistake and apologize, but instead he met a pair of emotionless eyes and heard a cold provocation: "You don't have such ability."

After speaking, Yang Dong raised his legs and left.

"You, you, you..." Meng Changqing was behind him, pointing at him with a folding fan, speechless with anger.

Without being able to teach Yang Dong a lesson, Meng Changqing caught Qin Yuehhuai and slandered him wantonly: "It's all because of you."

Seeing that he was unusually angry with Yang Dong today, Qin Yuehuai couldn't laugh or cry. He stood up and put his hand on his shoulder, saying: "What do you care about with him? Don't you know what his temper is?"

Meng Changqing pushed his hand away and sat down on the couch where he had bad memories. He lay slumped down, rocked back and forth, closed his eyes and sighed.

Qin Yuehuai frowned and looked at him, "Are you in trouble?"

Meng Changqing opened his eyes and said concisely: "Tang Ziguan divorced his sister-in-law."

Qin Yuehuai's expression froze, and he almost suspected that he had heard the wrong words.

Tang You regarded Lu Yuan as if she were an eyeball, and he was obedient and considerate to her. What's more, from the gathering at Yaochi Garden a few days ago, it seemed that there might be something pressing between the couple, but their love was still as good as before. With such deep devotion before, how could Tang You suddenly divorce Lu Yuan?
As if she heard what he was thinking, Meng Changqing spat out a few more words: "My mother forced me to do this."

Qin Yuehuai asked back: "As soon as his mother forced him, he agreed?"

Meng Changqing sneered, "Do you know how she forced her? It was to force her to death!"

Qin Yuehuai couldn't help but take a breath of air.If Lu Yuan is Tang You's eyeball, then Tang You's mother Fu can be said to be his life.

"It's so good, why did she force him? Besides, didn't it say that Mrs. Lu was pregnant that day?"

Meng Changqing informed Qin Yuehuai one by one of the news reported by his people:

"In fact, after they returned to Lin'an Mansion that day, they did not go back to Tang Mansion, but stayed in my Lanyuan."

"Yesterday, Madam Lu went to Ankang Tang, facing the street, for a pulse diagnosis. She walked there and met Zheng Erlang, who was on duty. As you know, Zheng Erlang saved Madam Lu at the beginning next door to your teahouse. The two met because of that incident. In addition, they are all relatives, so Zheng Erlang dismounted and said hello."

"But this greeting happened to be seen by Aunt Tang. She stepped forward and questioned her. Madam Lu's face changed, and due to her physical discomfort, she fainted in the snow. Zheng Erlang rescued her. I took her to Ankang Hall a few steps away for treatment."

"That's when I found out that Mrs. Lu is not pregnant."

Qin Yuehuai pursed her lips, "So Aunt Tang made trouble later, right?"

Meng Changqing nodded, "Aunt Tang saw her daughter-in-law being picked up by her husband. Before she left Ankang Hall, she had a dispute with Madam Lu, saying that she was shameless and hooking up with others. Madam Lu contradicted her a few times. My people inquired, It seemed that he was saying, 'Don't worry about returning to the Tang family again'. Aunt Tang was so angry that she went back home."

"Afterwards, in the evening, Tang Ziguan kneeled at the gate of Lanyuan with a divorce letter, and on the other side of Madam Lu... ah..."

Meng Changqing didn't finish the rest of the words, but Qin Yuehuai and he both knew the ending very well.

Lu Yuan looked gentle but was actually arrogant. How could she endure being wronged by Fu in public and having Tang You send her a letter of divorce?It must have been signed immediately.

Such an ending made Qin Yuehuai and Meng Changqing sigh with sadness as they watched Tang You get married.

"Do you want to go back to Lin'an Mansion with me?" Meng Changqing asked Qin Yuehuai with a serious face, "Also, do you really plan to live in seclusion here for a long time?"

Such questions contain obvious accusations.

Several faces appeared in front of Qin Yuehuai's eyes - Zhang Jun, who had half a head of white hair after a trip to Huaixi; Tang You, who was heartbroken and kneeling in the snow; Qin Hui, who was very proud in the court. …

He clenched his fists.

He doesn't know many people well, and the one he knows best is Liao Liao. If he can continue to live leisurely in Qiuwang Garden like this if he can help him, will it be possible that after a while, even Meng Changqing, who has begun to support Zhang Jun's political views, will also …

"I will consider it." Qin Yuehuai replied in a deep voice.

 The Chengnan House first appeared in Chapter 88. Some of the treasures guessed that Wen Rong was using the seal to cause trouble. It was amazing!
  
 
(End of this chapter)

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