Yan Cigui

Chapter 58 I really want to dig it

 Chen Gui came at the right time.

 The next morning, before Lin Yunyan asked Mother Ma to inform him, Chen Gui himself handed the note to Chengyi Buri.

Mammy led him to Zaishouyuan, where Chen Gui respectfully bowed to everyone.

"Some fish and crabs were sent from the village in the suburbs. They were just picked up in the early morning. I brought them to the house for the old lady to have a taste," he said with a smile. "They are still full of energy and are jumping around in the bucket."

Little Duan was very happy and said to Chen: "You asked Chen Gui to prepare two jars of the osmanthus wine that came out of the cellar yesterday."

 Chen Gui thanked him hurriedly.

With the etiquette complete, Chen Gui introduced the situation in Lao Shi Alley.

“It was really a mess when we first entered. The yamen had started to clean it up once before, and the residents who had escaped also started rummaging for their things, but it was definitely different from the way we cleaned up when it was going to be rebuilt.

As of yesterday, the situation was finally clear. Gao An bought some good wine and food and shared it with everyone during the festival.

 After finishing the last two days, we will be able to proceed with the subsequent processes.

It happens that the weather is getting cooler, so I can do things more efficiently. After the construction is completed until the end of the year, I will be able to live in it in the next spring. It will be just right to hand it over to the Yamen. "

 Little Duan was very satisfied after hearing this.

After Chen Gui finished reporting, he resigned and left the house.

Carrying the two jars of good wine that grandma gave him, he heard the rushing footsteps behind him before he could walk out of the door.

Chen Gui turned around and saw that it was Lin Yunyan who caught up.

“Tonight, come with me to Lao Shi Alley.” Lin Yunyan said.

 Chen Gui was surprised: "What are you doing there? Although it's not that messy, it's not a very clean place either."

“I had a dream,” Lin Yunyan said casually, “There are valuable things buried in the house, and I have to dig them out.”

 Chen Gui looked at her with a grimace.

Does the princess think he is easy to deceive?

 You know where the treasure is when you dream, so why hasn’t Chen Gui dreamed about it?

 Believe it or not, when the third watch was approaching, Chen Gui was still waiting outside the corner gate of the uncle's house.

 When Lin Yunyan arrived, he pointed to the sedan chair not far away: "Please."

The moonlight on the 16th night was bright and clear, but tonight the clouds were dense, not to mention the full moon, and not even a few stars could be seen.

 Lao Shi Alley was so eerily quiet in the middle of the night that Wan Yue shivered as soon as she stepped inside.

Chen Gui lit a lantern, and the cover was thickly closed, allowing only a little light to shine through.

He took one to Wan Yue, and carried another one himself: "Although no one will come at this hour, we still have to be cautious, in case something happens, it will be difficult to handle."

Wan Yue held a lantern in one hand and supported Lin Yunyan with the other, that is, he was next to his own girl, giving her a little courage.

Hearing what Chen Gui said, she couldn't help but ask: "What will happen? Don't scare me, Mr. Chen, I am very timid..."

 Chen Gui couldn't laugh or cry.

There is no way he meant to be scary.

“Those who keep watch and pour night fragrance,” Chen Gui explained, “No one lives here now, so they don’t go here, but if the lantern is too bright, others will see it at the entrance of the alley.”

Having said this, Wan Yue breathed a sigh of relief: "That's right, this place was bought by Jingdong's family and Gao'an. It wouldn't be good if someone discovered it."

Lin Yunyan patted Wan Yue's hand gently: "You really need to practice your courage."

Wanyue is so embarrassed.

 “Let’s go in.” Lin Yunyan said.

 Chen Gui raised the lantern very low, just shining on the ground in front of Lin Yunyan: "It's not easy to walk, you must be careful where you step." Lin Yunyan watched as he walked.

 The situation here is really not good.

The fire was so fierce that day that the entire alley was destroyed, and it also affected the adjacent alleys.

The bungalows collapsed, collapsed, and half collapsed. Later, government personnel cleared the dangerous parts, leaving half of the house here.

Chen Gui saw Lin Yunyan walking and looking around the houses, and said, "Look, it's much neater. The old piles of broken stones and wood have all been moved away..."

Lin Yunyan walked halfway through the alley, stopped and asked, "I remember it was agreed before that all the houses with only charred wooden frames left would be demolished, right?"

“They were all torn down,” Chen Gui pointed out to Lin Yunyan. “They said they were repairs, but they were actually new buildings. This house and the house in front of them all still had their frames, but now they have been torn down and straightened out.

As you know, we were thinking of tight money at the time. Those houses at the alley that were far away from the fire point and suffered less damage would be mainly renovated, and only the ones that were no longer usable would be demolished.

Later on, the Duke of Guo provided the big share, and we only had the small share, and we suddenly became rich.

 I discussed with the Jingdong family and decided to build them all to make them look neat, clean and decent. "

Lin Yunyan looked at the empty "house" with even the connecting walls knocked down, and asked again: "Does the foundation need to be moved?"

 In the finalized charter, there are no plans to disturb the foundation.

"The Jingdong family didn't mention it before they returned to Jiangnan," Chen Gui thought for a while and said, "But after sorting it out, we found that some foundations are not good, and they must be reinforced."

Lin Yunyan nodded after listening.

She only knew that gold bricks had been dug out in this alley, but she didn’t know which house they came from.

 At that time, Xu Jian was also pursuing other things, and accidentally tracked down this one, and finally knew what happened before Chen Gui's death.

  But it’s just a few clues.

It is impossible to determine the location, unable to find the gold bricks, and even more unable to prove that Chen Gui’s death was a murder caused by the gold bricks.

Now, Lin Yunyan wants to make a rough judgment here.

Merchants seek profit, as Jing Dashan and Chen Gui did, so in the past, so did the two business owners who did this business with Chen Gui.

It just experienced a fire, not an earthquake. The overall foundation of the alley is in pretty good condition.

 Generally speaking, unless you want to build a high-rise building, you will not disturb the foundation. In the past, these houses ended up being bungalows.

“If we decide to reinforce it, will we dig up the existing foundation?” Lin Yunyan asked.

 Chen Gui scratched his head.

The princess came to Lao Shi Lane in the middle of the night just to study the foundation?

He couldn't understand, but he answered seriously: "It depends on the situation. Generally speaking, there is no need to dig. The alley itself is based on broken bricks and clay. The foundation is very solid. It is a small job to reinforce it and it will not be dug." Re-add soil and compact it.”

"So," Lin Yunyan pointed to the dark alley, and finally asked, "If there is a house whose foundation is so bad that you can't stand it anymore and you can't even repair it, and you have to dig it up and rebuild it, which one would it be? ?”

 “Huh?” Chen Gui was dumbfounded.

What is the problem?

He really couldn't keep up with the princess's thinking.

 Subconsciously, he looked at Wan Yue, wondering what the princess meant by her question.

Wan Yue said: "Dong Chen's family, what do you want to do with your slaves? Think about where you want to dig!"

 Chen Gui:…

I really want to dig it!

 (End of this chapter)