Qi Xuansu came out of Ziweitang and made an appointment with Qiniang to go to Taishangfang to see the house.
Not to mention the identities of Qiniang and Qi Xuansu, just the amount of the transaction involved was really not a small amount. Tianji Hall took it very seriously and was personally accompanied by a deputy hall master.
Since it is the house of a great master named Pingzhang, it is natural that there are many scholars talking and laughing, and there are no ordinary people coming and going. The neighbors are not ordinary people.
This house dates back to the Xuansheng era and was the earliest residence of Yuying Zhenren. This Yuyingzhenzhen was a princess of the former royal family, but she took refuge in Xuansheng early, so Xuansheng named her a Zhenren, and she was also the earliest of the three.
One of the sixteen true practitioners of Shen Zhi.
The princess of the former dynasty had devoted her life to Taoism, never married, and had no heirs. After her death, she changed several owners, all of whom were of high status.
Although it has been idle for about six years now, it does not look dilapidated and desolate. At most, it is a bit deserted and unpopular. However, it is cleaned every day by dedicated personnel, so it is still well preserved.
Qi Xuansu and Qiniang first came to the garden at the back. It was late spring now. The whole garden was lush and green. Looking at the layout of the pavilions and pavilions, they were all excellent. What is rare is that there is running water, and it is even more rare.
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Qi Xuansu was very satisfied.
His hometown is far away from Xuandu. It’s okay if he is not in Yujing on weekdays. When he is in Yujing, he rushes from Haichanfang to Xuandu every time because Yujing does not allow flying and all kinds of moving magical powers.
The spell does not restrict running, but it is unsightly and unsightly, so you have to walk slowly over it. It will be very tiring after a long time.
But it's different in Taishangfang. Not far from the gate is the city gate of Xuandu, which is almost the same as living in Xuandu.
Qiniang put her hands behind her back, looking left and right, calmly, and occasionally commented, "This water pavilion is in the style of the previous royal family. It seems to have been left by the eldest princess Xuanzhen."
The deputy hall master of Tianji Hall was named Lu. Although he didn't know Qiniang's identity, he recognized Qi Xuansu, the popular deputy hall master, and contacted Qiniang and chatted and laughed with the real person in charge of Tianji Hall. Naturally, he couldn't help it.
Dare to regard Qiniang as an ordinary person, but she has some kind of enlightenment.
It is nonsense to say that Deputy Hall Master Qi and this woman are Taoist lovers. Not to mention Vice Hall Master Zhang, they are much different in age and are not of the same generation at all.
They are more like mother and son, and the mother is quite strong. This deputy hall master Qi has risen to a high position at a young age. To say that he has no background would be a lie. There have been rumors that deputy hall master Qi is a certain
If she is the illegitimate child of an indescribably valuable big shot, then wouldn’t this woman be that big shot’s illegitimate child?
This big shot definitely cannot be from Taiping Dao, and it is not likely that he is a member of the Zhengyi family, because the Zhengyi group is headed by the Zhang family. If Deputy Hall Master Qi has the blood of the Zhang family, then there is no reason to marry the daughter of the Zhang family, and most likely he will be the whole family.
That’s true.
The higher the level of cultivation, the more difficult it is to have children. You can only have children when you are young and the level is low. Judging from the age of Deputy Hall Master Qi, the sixth generation disciples can be excluded. Among the seventh generation disciples, there seem to be only Donghua Zhenren and others.
Several people meet the requirements. But Master Donghua is not married. If he really wants to have a son, why should he be secretive about it if he makes it clear?
If Master Donghua knew what Deputy Hall Master Lu was thinking, he would probably have to smile bitterly. He didn't want to be so lucky. His son was still in a dilemma, and he couldn't afford to live outside the house.
In any case, from the perspective of Deputy Hall Master Lu, this "noble lady" was something he could not afford to offend, so whenever Qiniang opened her mouth to comment, he would agree with her and praise Qiniang for being knowledgeable, which really made Qiniang coax her.
She was in a good mood - Qiniang knew it was just flattering, but who doesn't like flattering?
The three of them left the garden and visited several other places. Qiniang said to Qi Xuansu, "Look at what doesn't fit. As long as the overall frame is not moved, some details can be slightly modified. You think so, Deputy Hall Master Lu."
"The second half of the sentence was addressed to Deputy Hall Master Lu.
Deputy Hall Master Lu quickly said, "That's exactly it."
Qi Xuansu nodded and said, "I'll ask Qing Xiao again to see if she has any opinions."
Qiniang snorted lightly and said nothing.
Deputy Hall Master Lu also noticed that this madam didn't like her future daughter-in-law very much. She was so grand that she didn't even look down on the daughter of the Zhang family, one of the three beauties of the Taoist sect.
Speaking of conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, when there was a Confucian school in the past, there was still the word "filial piety" attached to it. What the mother-in-law said was whatever the mother-in-law said, and the daughter-in-law could only listen and accept it and stand by the rules, otherwise it would be unfilial. Nowadays, the Confucian school is
It was overthrown, and we started to pay attention to equality. When a strong old woman meets a strong wife, she still doesn’t know what kind of trouble is going to happen. Vice Hall Master Qi is afraid that she will be caught in the middle and both sides are not human beings.
In fact, Qi Xuansu is not that pessimistic. He has naturally considered this issue and thought better of it. If he can't mediate, he can simply balance it and let both sides ask for him, instead of him being flattened and rounded by both sides. As for what he has
If we don’t have this method, we’ll have to talk about it later.
The so-called three-way and four-entry, in fact, four-entry is easy to understand. It actually describes the layout of the yard. If the yard is in the shape of "口", it is the first entrance; if the yard is in the shape of "日", it is the two entrances; if the yard is in the shape of "日", it is the first entrance.
If the house is in the shape of "目", it has three entrances, and so on. This house is said to have four entrances, but if you include the garden, it can be regarded as five entrances.
If "jin" means horizontal division, then "road" means vertical division, criss-crossing.
Divide the mansion into squares, which are relatively independent yards.
This house has three roads, three entrances from the east road, three entrances from the west road, and four entrances from the middle road. In this way, the three-way courtyard forms a "convex" shape, and the middle road is longer than the east and west roads. So it is matched with
A garden in the shape of a "concave". The left and right sides of the "concave" character are long and the middle is short. The long left and right sides correspond to the east and west roads with only three entrances. The short middle is where the lake is. The garden is divided into two parts, the east and west parts, corresponding to the middle road.
Entering four, the whole mansion is still square and upright.
As the head of the family, he naturally lives in the middle road. The first two rooms are usually used as the main living room, Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu live in the third door, and elders like Qiniang live in the fourth door. As for the east road and the west road, they are either used as guest rooms.
The residences of Taoist people in He Mansion may be used as the residences of his children and disciples.
I have to say that the house is really big, and it took me more than half an hour to look at it all the way.
Qiniang remembered something and said, "If you have no objection, then the matter is settled. Don't forget to say hello to the Zhang family."
Qi Xuansu was startled, "What do you say hello?"
Because in front of Deputy Hall Master Lu, he still had the embarrassment to say the second half of his sentence. Of course this house was nice, but it couldn't suppress the Zhang family who had lived in Dazhen Mansion for generations. It couldn't be shown off, right?
Qiniang could see Qi Xuansu's thoughts at a glance, and said angrily and amusedly, "Although a large family like the Zhang family will marry a house, it is the private property of the girl in the Zhang family. As long as the husband and wife are not separated, it is usually idle or another property."
For other purposes, your house is still the main place to live. The dowry they paid includes a variety of new furniture. These furniture are not ready-made, but are specially made according to the size of the house. You don’t notify the Zhang family
, let them send craftsmen to measure the size and make preparations in advance. Will the Zhang family make it ready for you when you get married? Or will the heavenly master use magic to make it for you? "
Qi Xuansu said sarcastically, "If you don't mention it, I really don't know about these statements."
This is not the privilege of aristocratic families. Ordinary people also make furniture when they get married. It is just a difference in workmanship and materials. But no one has ever taught Qi Xuansu this. He really doesn’t know. He thought he could just use the old furniture in the house.
, he didn’t even think about it, how could there be any reason for a newlywed to use old furniture for a new house and wedding. ??
This is one of the reasons why Qiniang specially bought Qi Xuansu a new house. If Qi Xuansu's old house is used, it will be indifferent to fame and wealth, and it will also echo the frugality of Daozu. The Zhang family will be in trouble. How many pieces of furniture can be placed in this small house?
, could it be said that the dignified Zhang family gave Zhang Yuelu two tables and four chairs as a dowry, and it was not regarded as a heirloom joke by the Li family. After all, the Li family directly gave the adopted daughter Li Qingnu a Wutong Garden.
Qiniang continued: "
Borneo is rich in red sandalwood, so the Zhang family mainly uses red sandalwood for furniture."
Qi Xuansu was stunned when he heard this, and secretly thought that Qiniang would seek compensation from the Zhang family for this bleeding.
The good news is that the Taoist sect advocates frugality and has saved a lot of procedures. That is to say, a family like the Zhang family has too much inertia. Even when Xuan Sheng was alive, they still went their own way on this kind of thing, and it would be cumbersome to do so.
, mainly betrothal gifts and dowries. If Zhang Yuelu was also from the Wanxiang Taoist Palace, the two of them could have asked for nothing and invited a few people from the street to serve as witnesses and guests, just like the wedding banquet that made them meet.
As for the betrothal gift, it was naturally done by Qiniang. Compared with the sky-high price of this house, it was nothing. Qiniang was also the owner of Qibaofang, so she could purchase the corresponding things at a low price lower than the cost price.
Qi Xuansu couldn't help but sigh, it is really not easy to marry the daughter of a rich family. If you can't even support this show, and everything is taken care of by the Zhang family, then you are really a son-in-law.
Qiniang finally said, "If you have no objection, we will go to Tianji Hall to apply for the paperwork now."
Qi Xuansu nodded heavily.
1.45 million Taiping coins is a mountain of silver.
Deputy Hall Master Lu was startled. He thought that this lady who didn't look like a lady would have to discuss it with the man behind her, but he didn't expect to just make the decision himself. How big a family fortune this is.
The three of them returned to the Tianji Hall. Deputy Hall Master Lu personally took out the documents that had been prepared. Qiniang took out a wooden box from the Xumiwu and opened the lid, only to see that it was full of brand new coins in denominations of 10,000.
Official ticket.
Qi Xuansu had never seen so much money in his life. The quota given by Master Qingwei was just a permission, but he was not really given so many official tickets, not to mention that this box was far more than one million.
Qiniang counted out one hundred and forty-five official tickets and folded them into a pile, which was about one and a half knuckles thick.
After the Taoist priests from Tianji Hall collected the money, they issued a document similar to a ultimatum, on which only Qi Xuansu's name was written, without Qiniang or Zhang Yuelu.
Because Zhang Yuelu has his own dowry house, he will not write Qi Xuansu's name either. The Taoist sect advocates equality and will not deliberately protect the weaker party, so the two live in the same place, but their property is calculated separately, and they will not let anyone rely on getting married overnight.
Get rich suddenly. If you die unexpectedly, the property will be inherited in the order of will, children, parents, Taoist companions, masters and apprentices, and relatives. If you have nothing, just hand it over to the Taoist sect.
As for the fact that the name of Qiniang, the person who paid the money, is not included in the contract document, it can only be said that it was a generous gift from Qiniang.
Qi Xuansu looked at the piece of paper in his hand and couldn't help but be filled with emotion.