Song Yu said with a smile: "You came at the right time. There is a task that we need to do now."
"What mission?" Gu Chen suddenly became interested.
"Search the house." Song Yudao.
When Gu Chen heard this, he raised his sword eyebrows slightly and said: "Which Jianghu force?"
Song Yu shook his head slightly and said: "It's an official from Daxia."
Gu Chen said with some surprise: "People from the imperial court? Isn't this the scope of responsibilities of the Mirror Division?"
Song Yu took a sip of tea, moistened her throat, and explained to Gu Chen: "This situation is special. It was originally a matter of the Mirror Division, but the captain died suddenly and mysteriously two days ago. According to intelligence, he may have been killed.
Killing by demons and ghosts is the scope of our Jingtiansi’s responsibilities."
"Brother, you just came here. You are lucky. This is a good job." Song Yu looked at Gu Chen with a smile on his face, as if "you understand".
Gu Chen suddenly understood why he didn't understand what Song Yu meant. He just wanted to grab some valuable things when he ransacked his home. This was normal, everyone understood it tacitly, and no one cared about it.
Besides, they are the ones in charge of this mission, so as long as they don’t go too far, there will be absolutely no problem.
After all, it’s not them who has the final say on how much property they have.
Of course, according to Song Yu, this time the Jingtian Division and the Ming Jing Division jointly enforced the law. This situation has happened several times, but not many.
"When?" Gu Chen asked.
"Let's gather here tomorrow," Song Yu said.
Gu Chen nodded, and after learning some details about the Jingtiansi headquarters, Gu Chen left here.
When there is no mission, Jingtiansi is still very free. He can arrange his time at will, as long as he does not leave Tiandu.
"This is the benefit of being a civil servant." Gu Chen sighed secretly in his heart.
After coming out of the Jingtiansi headquarters, Gu Chen walked around the inner city for a while, picking up some antiques for his second uncle Gu Chengfeng, and bought some jewelry and rouge and gouache for his aunt Xu Qing'e and his sister Gu Qingyan.
The last time he came to the inner city, he only saw the prosperity of the inner city. Gu Chen didn't dare to look at anything, because he knew that with his salary of several hundred taels a year, he would never be able to afford such good things.
But today is different from the past. Now Gu Chen is a rich man. After the ruins of the Evil Heart Sect, he got tens of thousands of taels of silver notes. After selling those gold and silver jewelry, he must have at least a few thousand taels of silver. He also got tens of thousands of taels of silver from Luo
Feng robbed thousands of taels of silver notes from him, so he was very confident.
Gu Chen looked at the wide streets, people coming and going, and the bustling inner city, and suddenly he wanted to buy a property here.
But then, he shook his head and laughed, because even if he made a huge fortune, it would still not be enough if he wanted to settle down in the inner city.
After all, he was not the only one who bought the house, but also his second uncle and his family, as well as the servants of the Gu family.
A better mansion in the outer city can be purchased for a few thousand taels, but in the inner city, it will cost at least tens of thousands taels to buy an ordinary house.
Living in the capital is not easy.
"It would be great if Daxia had installment payments." Gu Chen said with emotion.
Carrying a bunch of gifts, Gu Chen rented a carriage, left the inner city, and returned to Gu Mansion.
"The eldest son is back." Returning to the Gu Mansion, the concierge Zhang saw Gu Chen with a bright smile on his old face.
Gu Chen took out some gifts from the package and handed them to Uncle Zhang, saying: "Uncle Zhang, thank you for your hard work. You have worked hard these years."
Seeing this, Uncle Zhang even smiled and felt a little embarrassed, but after Gu Chen's repeated requests, he still accepted the things.
Later, when entering the Gu Mansion, Gu Chen found that his second uncle Gu Chengfeng was stretching in the yard and practicing his martial arts. It was obvious that his injury was almost healed.
After all, Gu Chengfeng is still a Tongmai realm warrior, and his foundation is there. With good wound medicine and conditioning of his own internal energy, his vitality recovers very quickly.
"Da Lang is back." Gu Chengfeng's eyes suddenly lit up when he saw Gu Chen.
"I have recovered from my injuries. I haven't used force for a long time. My bones are extremely tight. I am worried that no one will help me. Now that you are back, Dalang, it is time to compete with my second uncle. Let me see how your martial arts progress has been recently." When Gu Chen heard this, a smile appeared on his face. Since Gu Chengfeng was interested, Gu Chen would not refuse. He handed the things in his hands to the servants on the side, came to Gu Chengfeng, and sparred with him for a while. Of course, the whole process was basically Gu Chengfeng's attack and Gu Chen's defense. After all, with his current strength, Gu Chengfeng would not be able to withstand even a casual blow.
"Da Lang, why are you always on defense and not attacking at all? Are your wings stiff and you can't beat your second uncle anymore?" Gu Chengfeng pretended to be unhappy.
When Gu Chen heard this, a smile appeared in his eyes and he said: "Second uncle, I'm going to take action, so be careful."
"Just come here." Gu Chengfeng said carelessly.
Bang!
The next second, the two of them exchanged palms, and Gu Chengfeng jumped into the air, and was pushed far away by Gu Chen with skillful force.
After landing, Gu Chengfeng's eyes widened and he looked at Gu Chen with a look of disbelief on his face. He never expected that his full-strength attack would be neutralized so easily by his nephew.
"Second uncle, I accept the concession." Gu Chen chuckled.
"Okay!"
Seeing Gu Chen's strength, Gu Chengfeng laughed and said, "You are worthy of being a descendant of my Gu family. Your achievements are not in vain because I have taught you all these years."
At this time, Xu Qing'e came over with Gu Qingyan. She rolled her eyes at Gu Chengfeng and said, "Master, you are really good at putting gold on your face."
"Hahahaha..." Gu Chengfeng didn't care when he heard this, he just laughed, obviously very happy.
"Dalang, you're coming back as soon as you come back. Why are you so out of touch and bringing so many gifts?" Xu Qing'e looked at the large and small packages in the servant's hands and gave Gu Chen a somewhat annoyed look.
Gu Chen smiled slightly and said: "I just went to the inner city and happened to see some gadgets that match Auntie and Qingyan very well, so I thought about buying them back to have a look."
"I'm interested." Xu Qing'e pursed her lips and smiled.
"Thank you, brother." Gu Qingyan on the side also said softly.
It is a woman's nature to love beauty, and it is the same no matter which world she is in. Seeing the jewelry, rouge, gouache, etc. that Gu Chen bought, Xu Qing'e and Gu Qingyan couldn't take their eyes away and started trying them on in the yard.
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"You two women, what's so good about these rouge and gouache? You and I, too, why are you wasting your money on these useless things?" Gu Chengfeng looked at it and shook his head, feeling that Gu Chen was not frugal enough to live a good life.
Hearing this, Xu Qing'e immediately glared at Gu Chengfeng and said angrily: "If you were as considerate as Da Lang, I wouldn't be so angry with you."
"Daddy is indeed a fool of a man." Gu Qingyan on the side also nodded her head gently, agreeing very much.
At this time, Gu Chen said: "Second uncle, I have picked up some antiques. I don't know whether they are true or false. I know you are an expert in this field. Please help me identify them."
"Oh?" Gu Chengfeng's eyes immediately lit up when he heard that there were antiques, and he hurriedly squeezed closer.
He is a warrior after all, and his strong body directly pushed the weak Xu Qing'e and Gu Qingyan aside.
The mother and daughter looked at each other, both feeling helpless. Xu Qing'e punched Gu Chengfeng angrily, but at this moment, Gu Chengfeng only had eyes for those antiques and couldn't put them down, playing with them and not caring about anything outside.
At the dinner table, Gu Chen explained to his second uncle and his family the news that he had become the capital inspector. Gu Chengfeng suddenly became even happier. He pulled Gu Chen and started drinking. Even Xu Qing'e couldn't stop him.
After three rounds of drinking, Gu Chen was okay, but Gu Chengfeng drank too much and his tongue was big. He pulled Gu Chen and talked about the past. When Gu Chen's parents were mentioned, his eyes turned red.
After a few more glasses of wine, Gu Chengfeng's eyes were blurred and he was completely drunk. He pulled Gu Chen's sleeve and said over and over again that he was successful and grown up.
Gu Chen was a little helpless. It looked like he wouldn't be able to leave tonight, so he drank until late at night.
Early the next morning, Gu Chen was dressed in black clothes, hung a red sword on his waist, and headed for the inner city.