"Seeing as I'm drunk, Uncle Wang will definitely be nagging again."
"Then, go to my house, sober up and then take you back."
"Stupid. Doesn't that mean telling Mina that I went to the Zhejiang Guild Hall to find you?"
"Then where do you want to go?"
"I don't want to go anywhere, let me sleep in the car for a while..."
Jiang Xinyu glanced at Qiao Muchai's document bag and immediately had an idea in his mind.
He took out the house deed and looked at it for a while. The house was located near Shengli Park. The house number was No. 63, Shengli Street. The owner of the house was named Chen Yan.
Jiang Xinyu stepped on the accelerator and the car sped towards Victory Park.
Tong Tong closed his eyes and murmured: "Where are we going..."
Jiang Xinyu said nothing, just thinking that she was talking in her sleep.
"Xinyu, I have a question for you." Tong Tong asked persistently.
"Aren't you asleep?"
"Half asleep and half awake."
"Go to Victory Park."
"What are you doing there?"
"Stop asking and go to sleep."
"Um……"
Half an hour later, the car stopped at No. 63 Victory Street.
The red bricks and blue tiles, the vermilion-lacquered gate, surrounded by a nearly two-meter-high courtyard wall, and the heavy and simple architectural style all reflect the grandeur of this house.
Jiang Xinyu turned off the car, took out a bunch of keys from his document bag, pushed the door open and got out of the car, and walked to the courtyard gate.
The courtyard door was locked, and the dust on it showed that no one had been there for a long time.
Jiang Xinyu found a key of matching size, put it into the keyhole and tried to twist it. With a click, the lock opened.
This is a two-entry house with a very spacious courtyard. The front and back yards combined have more than a dozen rooms, large and small.
There is actually a back garden at the end. An octagonal pavilion was built in the middle of the garden. The pavilion has carved beams and painted columns, which looks beautiful.
Jiang Xinyu walked around and took out the key to open a main room. The furnishings in the room were even more exquisite. It looked like a place where rich people lived.
Tong Tong wandered in, holding the door frame with his hand, and asked: "Xinyu, whose house is this?"
Jiang Xinyu said: "I don't know either. Why don't you sleep?"
"I'm thirsty. Is there any water?"
"Wait a minute, I'll go look for it."
"faster."
"knew."
During the fall of Yanjin, Victory Park was named Yamato Park, and a Japanese shrine was enshrined in it. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, it was changed to Victory Park.
Because it is an area where Japanese overseas Chinese gather, the Japanese attached great importance to the construction of public facilities in this area. It was also the first neighborhood to have running water.
When Jiang Xinyu returned to the room, Tong Tong lay on the bed and fell asleep soundly.
He had no choice but to put the water glass on the table and look around in every room. Since he was helping to find a buyer, he had to be aware of it.
In all the rooms, there is basically furniture that cannot be taken away. The owner of this house seems to have planned to sell it for a long time.
Back in the bedroom, Tong Tong was still asleep.
Jiang Xinyu sat for a while and then opened a drawer of the high and low cabinets. Inside were some payment receipts, including water, sanitation, electricity and garbage bills.
Judging from the time of payment, most of the documents are from last year.
Just as he was about to close the drawer, Jiang Xinyu felt something in his heart. He quickly took out all the documents and looked at them carefully one by one.
The signature on the document is the word "Chen". Normally, it can be understood as the signature of the landlord's statement.
But Jiang Xinyu knew that Mrs. Qiao's surname was also Chen.
Jiang Xinyu had a close relationship with Qiao Mucai, and he had seen Mrs. Qiao's handwriting many times.'
When Mrs. Qiao signs receipts at home, she habitually writes the word "Chen" casually. Many people are like this. If you can, just omit it. There is no need to write the full name.
The signatures on the documents in front of me are exactly the same as Mrs. Qiao’s signature!
After looking at Tong Tong who was sleeping soundly, Jiang Xinyu gently closed the door and quickly walked out of the yard.
An hour later, Tong Tong opened his eyes, lay still for a while, and then suddenly sat up.
"Xinyu, Xinyu, where are you?"
The entire courtyard was empty, and no one answered her.
Tong Tong came to the courtyard gate, pushed it hard, and found that the outside was locked. He leaned on the door and looked outside. Jiang Xinyu's car was also gone.
"What are you doing, leave me here alone..." Tong Tong muttered to himself.
In summer, the days are long and the nights are short. Although it is already past six o'clock in the evening, it is not much different from the daytime.
Tongtong was already very courageous and had good skills, so she didn't feel scared even if she was alone in an empty house.
She knew very well that Jiang Xinyu must have gone out for something urgent. She was worried that someone would come in, so she locked the door.
"Bliss!"
A squirrel ran against the wall.
"Little guy, where are you escaping!" Tong Tong cheered and quickly chased after him.
They chased it to the backyard, and when Tong Tong came closer, the squirrel disappeared without a trace.
The courtyard of the courtyard is paved with bluestone pavement, surrounded by flowers, plants and trees. There is a huge ceramic fish tank on the east side. The squirrel lost its trace near the fish tank.
There was no water or fish in the fish tank. Tongtong thought for a while and realized that there was nothing to do, so he just treated it as killing time.
She tried to push the fish tank hard, but a gap opened.
There were footsteps behind him, and Jiang Xinyu walked in quickly and said, "Tongtong, stop playing, let's go."
Tong Tong waved and said without looking back: "Xinyu, come here and take a look!"
Jiang Xinyu walked closer and saw that there was a recessed cast iron handle under the moved fish tank, so he said to Tong Tong, "Why did you move it?"
"I was chasing a little squirrel, and it hid underneath. The fish tank was too heavy and it couldn't move it," Tong Tong explained.
Jiang Xinyu used both hands to move the heavy fish tank aside, then knocked it with a stone, listened for a while, and said, "It's empty down there, it seems to be a basement."
Tong Tong said in confusion: "Basement? Who would make the basement so secret?"
Jiang Xinyu grabbed the cast-iron handle and lifted it up. The cast-iron handle lifted up a secret door the size of the bottom of a fish tank.
The secret door can only accommodate one person. Except for an iron ladder, it is pitch dark inside and nothing can be seen.
"I'll go down and have a look." Tong Tong became curious and wanted to climb down the ladder.
Jiang Xinyu grabbed her and said, "Wait a minute, I'll get the flashlight."
Under the light of the flashlight, the structure inside was basically clear. It was a basement of about ten square meters, and there was nothing in it.
Under the flashlight, the little squirrel was frightened and ran around in the basement. In the corner was a small pile of various grains it had obtained.