After leaving the examination room and resting at home for a day, Chen Ke took Song Duanping to the Southeast Bridge area. After following him like a shadow for several months, the Imperial City Division thought that the alarm was lifted and finally withdrew the annoying guards.
The floods have receded for half a month, but the damage caused by the floods to Bianjing City can still be seen everywhere. The shops along the street are being renovated, and the roads are filled with silt dug out of the ditch... This situation is getting worse and worse.
The southeast is more serious, because the terrain of Kaifeng City is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. The closer you get to Bianqiao, the lower the terrain becomes, and the disaster will be heavier. To this day, it is still a wasteland of yellow mud, with collapsed houses everywhere.
The two of them rolled up their trouser legs and walked in the muddy alley. They saw ruins and broken walls everywhere, and it was impossible to distinguish the original street entrance.
They wandered around all morning without finding their target. At noon, they found a tea stall nearby and ordered a pot of hot tea and some steamed buns to fill their stomachs.
Song Duanping drank his tea and swallowed his dry food, and whispered: "Wandering around and can't find it, we have to ask someone. If not, let's find that agent." In fact, it is easiest to just ask someone, but the neighborhood connection in the Song Dynasty
The mutual insurance system is so powerful. If you meet a stranger asking for your address, they will inevitably ask you who you are looking for, and you will be blinded immediately.
"Yeah." Chen Ke nodded, took out a key tied to a wooden sign from his arms, took a look at it and took it back. This key was found from the big dragon head of the Beggar Clan that day. Seeing it
Hidden behind the big dragon head, Chen Ke bets that the real wealth of the Beggar Clan is hidden behind it.
But the insider was dead, and the only clue left was this key. Chen Ke looked carefully at this brand new brass key, which was tied with a piece of silk to a small wooden sign with numbers written on it.
At first, they always thought that this was a storage key from a certain bank, dental shop or inn. But after repeated inquiries, they found that although each store had a storage business, they did not provide lockers, let alone keys. Fortunately, Kung Fu
It paid off. After more than two months of inquiring, they finally figured out that this wooden sign was actually tied behind the key of a house for sale by a dental store. Soon they also found out which wooden sign belonged to which dental store.
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One day before autumn, the three of them came to this Yahang in the southeast of the city. When the real estate agent heard that they were going to buy a house, he was overjoyed... Because of the waterlogging, the market price of housing in the southeast of the city was bearish. Many original residents wanted to move.
Go live in the north of the city. No one will come to buy a house here. The market price of many houses in the hands of real estate agents is bearish. I am very anxious. I finally caught a few big sheep. How can I let them escape?
The agent served tea and water, and even took out the registration book and introduced high-quality properties eagerly. Chen Ke said that he was worried about whether there would be another flood, so the agent immediately assured him that this kind of flood would never happen in a century.
The next time will be a hundred years from now. Nowadays, many people are unfounded and worried, making the houses in this area much cheaper. Now is a good time to buy at low prices. You know, the capital is such a big place. In a few days, here
The houses will become popular again. When the time comes, even if you resell them, you can still make a lot of money...
He was chatting endlessly with Chen Ke over there, while Wu Lang looked at the registration book with Song Duanping with a dark face, as if looking for his favorite house. The agent tried to get his book back several times, but Wu Lang's
The black-faced man was too frightened to speak, so he had no choice but to let them watch.
After talking until his mouth was dry, Chen Ke saw Song Duanping nodding towards him, so he randomly made an appointment with the agent to see the house, patted his butt and walked away.
After leaving Yahang, Song Duanping told Chen Ke that he saw the house numbered '753'. It was the seventh house in Luwei Alley, and it was shown that it was sold in February.
At that time, because there was a hanging-boot ghost behind him, Chen Ke did not start looking for it. It was only now that he came to the bridge to look for this alley. Who knew that the entire area had changed beyond recognition, and the original streets and alleys could not be found at all.
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After filling their stomachs, the two went back to the dental shop. Coincidentally, the real estate agent was still there. Seeing Chen Ke and the two, the economics naturally had a bad look on their faces. People in the Song Dynasty paid attention to promises, and for those who did not keep their promises, they would
That's very contemptuous.
Chen Ke hurriedly laughed and apologized, saying that Qiu Wei had delayed him. The agent's expression softened and he said: "You will be officials in the future, so you must keep your word."
"It must be certain, and it won't happen again." Chen Ke said with a low attitude.
"Let's go and see the house." Obviously the recent business has not been good, as the house six or seven days ago is still for sale.
"I don't want to look at that building anymore. We walked around," Song Duanping said, "I want to buy a house in Luwei Lane."
"There..." the agent said: "The location is very remote and it is inconvenient to get in and out."
"Let's just keep quiet."
"All right……"
The agent pulled out a large bunch of keys from the cabinet, and sure enough, there was a wooden sign tied behind each key. After rummaging for a long time, the agent found two keys, untied them and said: "Let's go..."
The two of them followed him out and walked on the street. The economic man said: "I won't hide it from you. The house has been damaged by water. If you want to live in it, it will definitely have to be renovated. Otherwise, it won't be so cheap."
Looking at the ruins and ruins, Chen Ke nodded and said, "Understood."
The economy led them to turn left and right, and after a while, they arrived at the entrance of a dilapidated and hidden alley: "This is the second house in Luwei Alley, and the sixth house has it for sale."
"Look at the sixth house." Song Duanping said: "The second house is too close to the road."
"..." The economic point of view is that it's really perverted to think it's a big deal even though it's like this.
The economics took them to the sixth house. Unexpectedly, the door lock was rusty. It took a long time to open it. When they went in, they saw that half of the seven houses had collapsed and there was yellow mud everywhere in the yard.
When the economy looked at it, he thought it was going to be bad. He gave up hope, but to his surprise, the two perverted customers nodded in unison and said: "Yes, this is it."
Chen Ke paid five taels of silver as a deposit and made an appointment to go to the government office to sign the contract tomorrow. The agent gave him the key and left with peace of mind.
"Why, do you really want to buy this house?" Song Duanping said, "The cost is too high."
"It's not big. You can buy such a big house for twenty taels of silver, but you can't usually get such a bargain." Chen Ke smiled and said, "You stay here and I'll go next door to find out what's going on."
"Yeah." Song Duanping nodded, and Chen Ke walked over the collapsed wall and went to the yard next door. He first looked at the house on the left and saw that it was also empty. Then he felt relieved and looked at the set of large faucets.
's secret house.
This courtyard was similar in size to the one next door, but the house was intact, but there was a lot of yellow mud in the yard. Chen Ke searched carefully inside and out and saw that the house was in a mess, with traces of being soaked in water everywhere. It was completely covered with yellow mud.
On the ground, it was obvious that no one had been there for a long time.
"How do you find this?" Song Duanping could see clearly through the collapsed courtyard wall.
"It's definitely not above the ground." Chen Ke said: "A rat can never change its habit of digging holes. It is probably buried."
"Inside or outside?"
"It's more likely inside the house." Chen Ke picked up two buckets in the courtyard.
"What do you want to do?"
"Wash the floor..." Chen Ke said depressedly. If you don't wash away all the thick yellow mud, how will you know what's underneath?
Fortunately, there is a well in the backyard, and the water from the well reaches the edge of the well, so there is no need to use a pot to draw water. Chen Ke took off his shirt and fetched eight buckets of water in a row before washing out the east room. Then he held the dagger upside down and chased away.
He knocked on the floor tiles and worked until dusk, then said dejectedly: "No..."
"Don't worry, there are still eight rooms left." Song Duanping, who has been watching the wind, said, "Let's go home for dinner first."
"Yeah." Chen Ke sighed and said, "Let's go home and have dinner."
After returning home, the two of them took a bath, but still delayed their dinner. Chen Xiliang saw that the two of them were tired and couldn't straighten their waists. He couldn't help frowning and said: "Are you going to a brothel? You should pay attention to moderation..." Although the men of the Song Dynasty
Visiting brothels is legal, but from the perspective of parents, it is obviously harmful and unhelpful for children to indulge in a place of flowers and willows before they are married.
The two of them were so sweaty that they quickly denied it, and finally managed to deal with Brother Xiaoliang.
The next day, Chen Ke called Wu Lang and he went to sign a contract with the economy. Song Duanping and the two went straight to Donkey Tail Alley to continue searching.
After completing the transfer procedures, it was already noon. Chen Ke bought some food and walked to Luwei Alley. The street was very quiet. He suddenly frowned slightly and walked in the opposite direction. After turning a corner,
, and suddenly ducked behind a broken wall.
After a while, two sneaky figures were seen turning the corner. When Chen Ke's shadow was gone, one of them said softly: "Where are the people?"
"You won't find us, right?" Another person said in a deep voice: "Hurry up and chase!" The two of them hurried over.
When the footsteps went away, Chen Ke appeared and turned back the way he came...
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Chen Ke hurried back to Donkey Tail Alley and knocked on the door.
The door opened, revealing Song Duanping's smiling face. Chen Ke was worried for a long time before finally letting go. He ducked in and closed the door: "I was being watched just now."
Song Duanping stopped laughing immediately: "Who is it?"
"I don't know, I didn't act rashly, I just got rid of them." Chen Ke frowned and said, "Were they not discovered here?"
"No." Song Duanping said: "It hasn't moved at all, and there is no sign that anyone has been here."
"That's good. It seems that they are targeting me today." Chen Ke said with a sigh of relief.
"Isn't it a temporary idea?"
"It doesn't look like that." Chen Ke shook his head and said, "Looking at the way they are dressed, they don't look like gangsters, but more like spies." He paused and said, "No matter what, as long as they keep an eye on me, they will find this place soon."
