Thousands of feet high in the sky.

Shen Lang forced himself not to look at the ground and distracted his attention with nothing to say:

"Master Yan, after I go back, I want to buy a house first."

Yan Tianying said in surprise:

"Buy a house? Things are very expensive in the capital. Housing prices are extremely high. Many poor officials in the capital can only rent. Do you have that much money?"

Shen Lang said in surprise:

"When I killed the Spider Sisters, I saved many innocent people who were sacrificed by the Spider Sisters. There were several wealthy people among them who gave me more than five thousand silver dollars as a thank you for saving their lives.

"I know this is against the rules, but someone said that to save us, you just did it casually for the mage, but it is a life for us. Isn't our life worth such a small amount of money?

"Some people said righteously: Those who work for everyone should not be allowed to freeze to death in the wind and snow. We must never let heroes like the mage bleed and shed tears... Then I think what they said is reasonable, so I reluctantly accept it.

Come down.

"In addition, after destroying the pirate alliance, eradicating the King Shark Gang, and inspecting various properties of the King Shark Gang, Mr. Mu also paid me a lot of bounties according to the rules. In addition, Mr. Mu also made a windfall while sheltering from the storm at sea.

I picked up a lot of gold from the sunken ship at the bottom of the sea, and I also shared a part of it... so I should have enough money to buy a house."

Yan Tianying frowned and recited several times, "Those who work for everyone should not be allowed to freeze to death in the wind and snow." Then he relaxed his brows and smiled with relief:

"You just came to the capital yesterday to report. Before, you were just an undercover agent developed by Xiao Mu. Since you have not officially joined the job, you are not yet an official agent of the Shen Catching Hall. Since the rich man is grateful for your life-saving grace, he will give you gold and silver.

Just accept it."

Xuanyou looked solemn and said seriously:

"But Xiao Shen, you must be vigilant. Some people with ulterior motives will deliberately design various situations to ask you to help or even save their lives, deliberately owe you a favor, and then give you gold and silver in the name of gratitude.

"At first, it was just a small gift in the scope of normal human relations, so that you can relax your vigilance. Then it gradually increases the amount. Today I treat you to a big meal, tomorrow I give you some worthless 'local specialties', and then I ask you to do something.

It's a small thing that's reasonable and doesn't violate the rules. I'll give you some calligraphy, painting and curios that are hard to value...

"Just like this, I have been dealing with people again and again, building relationships with you, building friendships, letting down your defenses little by little, paralyzing your vigilance, and getting you deeper and deeper step by step. By the time you come to your senses, you have been pulled down.

He drank the water and held the handle.

"Similar incidents have happened more than once since I took charge of Shen Cat Hall.

"Even some of the senior catchers in the God's Catcher Hall have been unfavorable and were slowly corroded by people with ulterior motives... So Xiao Shen, after you officially join the job, this kind of thing cannot happen again. You must take precautions and take precautions.

Not burned.”

Shen Lang was taught awe-inspiringly:

"What the adults teach is for the subordinates to be taught!"

Yan Tianying nodded and said:

"More than five thousand silver dollars is enough to buy a nice little house. Where do you want to buy a house?"

Shen Lang thought for a while and asked in a low voice:

"Um, I wonder where Mrs. Mu lives? I want to buy a house closer to her..."

Before Yan Tianying could speak, Master Wanfa pursed his lips and smiled, jokingly:

"Xiao Mu is the flower of Shenqi Hall, and she is also one of the most beautiful beauties in the capital. Xiao Shen, you are very ambitious!"

Shen Lang sneered:

"Well, when I was in Yingzhou, I was taken care of by Lord Mu, and I am very grateful. When I came to the capital this time, I just wanted to live closer to her. If anything happened to her, I could help her and repay her..."

Yan Tianying laughed:

"No need to explain! We understand. Speaking of which, the houses around Xiao Mu's house are extremely cheap and basically cannot be sold. If you live next door to her, you can save a lot of money."

Um?

Shen Lang said in astonishment:

"The environment where the Muda people live is not very good?"

Yan Tianying said:

"Not really. The 'Xingye Fang' where she lives is originally a good place. Even though Xiaomu has a bit of luck in making a fortune, in other aspects, his luck is not that good. Sitting at home, the sky is like a stone.

Come up and burn the house to the ground. Have you ever seen this kind of thing? Xiaomu happened to it.

"Anyway, her family always suffers from unexplained disasters. The death of rocks from the sky is an extreme case, and it only happened once. However, fires are common, and there have been several times when someone sought revenge and found the wrong place.

He went to her house and started a fight, and there was even a ghost.

"As time went by, the residents around Xiaomu became unbearable and moved away. The vacant houses couldn't be sold, which gave you an advantage."

"..."

Shen Lang was immediately speechless.

…

Although buying a house in the capital is a big deal, Shen Lang is really embarrassed to trouble Yan Tianying and Wanfa Zhenren again.

One of them is the great master and the boss of Shencat Hall, who is very busy with official duties, and the other is a real person who is impossible for ordinary people to meet. They put down their respective affairs and worked hard all day and night with Shen Lang, a little shrimp. Not only did they help him achieve

In exchange for his promise to Bai Shishi and helping him partially solve the hidden danger of the Spider Mother, Shen Lang naturally had to know good and evil and always trouble them.

So after returning to Beijing, Shen Lang asked Yan Tianying to help him send a guide to take him to buy a house.

As for studying at the "Imperial Capital Taoist Academy", Master Wanfa has already prepared a letter of recommendation for him. Once he settles in, he can enter the "Imperial Capital Taoist Academy" to practice at any time with the recommendation letter and token from Master Wanfa.

Since it was already the time when the lanterns were going on when he returned to Beijing, Shen Lang rested for the night in the Shenhua Hall. Early the next morning, he followed an old scribe assigned to him by Yan Tianying to "Xingye Fang" where Mu Qingxue lived.

"Buy a house.

Bai Shishi joined an action team under the Shen Cat Hall and began to carry out her first dangerous mission, going to the "Taiyi Mountain" barrier north of the capital to hunt down a group of horse thieves who had been rampant recently.

It is said that among the group of horse thieves, there is also a wild monk who knows a thing or two about Taoism. The leader of the horse thieves is also a powerful and experienced gangster. Bai Shishi's martial arts has dropped to two realms. During this operation, he is likely to encounter

Life is in danger.

But this is her road to atonement. Life or death is her destiny.

Shen Lang's house purchase went very smoothly.

Things are expensive in the capital, and house prices are very high.

Xingyefang is located in the inner city, not far from the Imperial City where various government offices are located, and the housing prices are sky-high.

If a seventh-level county magistrate is not promoted throughout his life, he will have to struggle for more than thirty years to buy a small courtyard with two entrances in Xingyefang with a salary of 240 silver dollars a year.

Even if Shen Lang has a small fortune, if he wants to buy a house in other normal areas in the inner city of the capital, he will have to spend more than half of his wealth.

But the houses around Mu Qingxue's house are not like this.

The price of the houses near her home is very impressive, only 20 to 30% of the normal house price.

Just this, it can't be sold at all.

So Shen Lang easily bought a small house with two entrances facing Mu Qingxue's house, with only a bluestone street in between.

The reason why she didn't buy the house next door to hers was just to avoid being affected by disasters such as fires and falling stones.

Separated by a two-foot-wide bluestone street, it is more or less safer.

With the help of the old scribe of Shenhuatang, he negotiated a deal with the owner, signed a contract, and went to Jingzhao Mansion Office to go through the transfer procedures, pay the deed tax, and pay the owner the purchase price. After a long time of work, this house

Even if it belongs to Shen Lang.

After putting away the house deed stamped by the government and inviting the old scribe to a restaurant for a big meal, Shen Lang moved into his house in the capital after noon.

It took another half a day to work until dusk, and finally the two courtyards were tidied up inside and outside.

He jumped up to the ridge of the second door house and looked down at the fruits of the afternoon's work. Shen Lang nodded with satisfaction and planned to prepare some delicious dishes, call the little monsters out, and have a big meal to celebrate.

Just as he was about to jump back into the courtyard, he looked back at Mu Qingxue's house across the street. Shen Lang became interested and flew to the ridge of the house as soon as he entered the outer courtyard. He looked over there for a while and saw Mu Qingxue's house which was also the same.

How could the small courtyard on the second entrance be so desolate?

Most of the partition wall between the outer courtyard and the inner courtyard fell down, and the remaining half of the wall that was barely standing was covered with traces of smoke, fire, and even cuts from sharp knives.

The houses in the front and back are also dilapidated.

Except for the main house in the inner courtyard, which is still intact, the rest of the houses and even the roofs are full of holes. Anyone who dares to fly over the roof of her house will fall into the house if they are not careful.

The entire roof of the wing room on the left side of the main house in the inner courtyard is gone, with only a single charred beam hanging on the frame.

Even the ground in the yard is full of potholes, and traces of filling can be seen in many places.

Mu Qingxue had been away from Beijing for a while, and the house had not been taken care of for a long time. The ground and walls of her shabby courtyard were covered with weeds, and it looked like an abandoned house without anyone living in it.

"Tsk, how miserable!"

Shen Lang shook his head and sighed, then looked at Mu Qingxue and his neighbors, and found that several houses were completely uninhabited.

"That's fine, it's quiet!"

Shen Lang laughed, jumped back into his yard, put the small fish into the pond in the inner yard, released Xiaoya and Xiaogu, and let them explore and play around in their new home, while he took out the pots and pans from the space.

After getting firewood, rice, oil and salt, we went to the well in the backyard to fetch a bucket of water, and then we started to cook a big meal.
To be continued...