Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 574
"I'm afraid Housekeeper Yao has something to do with you, so you deal with the matter first, and I'll take you to see the house later." Guan Jiaze said.

Du Jinning was surprised: "You came to take me to see the house?"

"That's right. My fourth uncle said that it was too late when you passed by last night, and even if you passed by, it would be inappropriate to transfer the ownership, so I sent someone to ask me to take you to have a look The man who guards the house recognizes me, and I can go in just by asking." Guan Jiaze patted his chest and said.

Du Jinning was speechless again.

This guy didn't talk about business for a long time, she thought he was just here to complain.

She turned to look at Yao Shuqi: "What's the matter?"

Yao Shuqi hurriedly said: "I just came to ask about the house. My wife asked me to find someone in the middle. I'll come here to ask the young master." As he spoke, he looked at Du Jinning and then at Guan Jiaze suspiciously.

Guan Lehe mentioned that house last night, saying that it was reserved for Du Jinning, but because the house in that area is rare, how many people are staring at it, and it is still unknown whether they can buy it.I was worried that there would be no joy, so after Du Jinning came back last night, he didn't mention the house to Mrs. Chen, and Yao Shuqi didn't know about it either.

When asked at this time, Du Jinning told her what Guan Lehe told her yesterday, and stood up: "Let's go together, let's go see the house."

Yao Shuqi was very happy when he heard this, and said: "I'll get someone to prepare the car." He ran away quickly.

"Let's go, go out first." Du Jinning said to Guan Jiaze.

The two walked out slowly and walked towards the gate.When they reached the gate of Lu's house, the Lu family's coachman was already waiting there with the carriage, Yao Shuqi and Wang Fulai stood aside and waited.

Wang Fulai is Du Jinning's special driver, but he has a dark eye for the capital and doesn't know the way at all, so Du Jinning has to use Lu's driver when he goes out.Wang Fulai followed out, just in time to recognize the way.

Everyone got into the carriage, and Wang Fulai and the coachman sat on the shaft of the carriage, and they headed towards the Guanzhai together.

After a meal, the carriage left, and under Guan Jiaze's guidance, they entered a street.

"It's not far ahead." Guan Jiaze said.

Du Jinning lifted the curtain of the car to take a look, and couldn't help raising her eyebrows: "Isn't this your house? That house is on the same street as your house?" Because this area is quite large, when Guan Lehe talked about it yesterday, she thought it would be Some distance away.

Guan Jiaze shook his head: "It's not just the same street, it's next door to my house, but it's separated by an alley, not right next to each other."

"That's it." Du Jinning was surprised.

"When I move back in the future, we will be closer. We can hang out with each other when we have nothing to do, chat and drink tea." Guan Jiaze said happily.

"Yes, yes." Du Jinning replied without sincerity, and was not very happy to be so close to the Guan family.

She doesn't like the disturbances of the Guan family.Besides, she has a secret to keep, and Guan Jiaze is an acquaintance.

The carriage drove past the gate of Guan's house, walked for a while, and stopped in front of the next gate.

Guan Jiaze got out of the carriage first, and let out a "huh".

Du Jinning then came down and asked him, "What's wrong?"

Guan Jiaze pouted forward, his face full of confusion: "Why is the door open?"

As he spoke, he walked over and yelled twice, but no one was seen.

He turned his head and explained to Du Jinning: "For a house like this, the household department will hire someone to look after it before it is sold, so as not to be ruined, or someone from the original owner's family will come in and move things or destroy it. But usually the door of this house is closed, and he will open the door to let in when someone comes to see the house. Like now, it is very abnormal that the door is open but no one is there. "

No one is here, and they don't want to break in without authorization, so Du Jinning could only say: "Why don't you yell again?"

Guan Jiaze yelled two more times, but no one responded, so he had to go to the second entrance to call out, and finally heard a male voice answer from the depths of the house: "Come here, come here."

After a while, an old man came out, followed by two men and two servants.Looking at their attire, the two men were dressed in silk and satin, with jade pendants hanging from their waists.

Du Jinning had some bad feelings in his heart.

"Uncle Li, I brought someone to see the house, and I greeted Mr. Shi from the household department." Guan Jiaze stepped forward and said, and handed out a sign in his hand.

This is the certificate given by the Ministry of Households.

"This..." Old Man Li pointed at the two men in embarrassment and said, "These two were also called by Mr. Shi to come and see the house."

"How is this possible?" Guan Jiaze was surprised and angry.

The two men didn't speak, but the older one took out a bronze medal from his sleeve and flashed it at Guan Jiaze.

It really was the certificate issued by the Ministry of Household Affairs, exactly the same as the one in Guan Jiaze's hand.

"This, this..." Guan Jiaze glanced at Du Jinning, not knowing what to say.

Mr. Shi from the household department, and Guan Lehe were close friends when they were young.After this house was confiscated and sent to the Ministry of Household Affairs, Mr. Shi kept it for Guan Lehe.Because this house is so close to the Guan family's ancestral house, if Guan Lehe wants to buy a house, this house is suitable for Guan Lehe.Even though Guan Lehe didn't want to live too close to his restless elder brother, and wanted to leave this house to his disciples, Master Shi didn't let it out, thinking it was reserved for Guan Lehe.

Now, two people ran out out of nowhere and said they wanted to come and see the house. How strange is this matter?

Du Jinning reached out to stop him, turned to old man Li and said, "Master Li, can we go in and have a look?"

"Yes, yes." Old man Li nodded.Du Jinning and Guan Jiaze were the ones Mr. Shi had specially told him to wait for, so he naturally didn't dare to stop them.

"Let's go, let's go in." Du Jinning pulled Guan Jiaze and walked in first.

After entering the main courtyard, he walked in again, seeing that no one was following, Du Jinning asked: "If there are two families competing in this house, how does the household department usually deal with it?"

"Auction, the one with the highest price wins." Guan Jiaze said, "Originally, these houses should be put up for auction. The court is willing to give certain benefits to the officials, not to sell them, but to digest them internally, so it is only in a small area. Let the house out, and set a reserve price that is not lower than the market price. After a period of time, if the house cannot be sold internally, it will be auctioned outside."

Du Jinning nodded, did not speak any more, but looked around the house.

Naturally, the size of this house cannot be compared with the gardens in the capital city of Gui Province, and it is a very regular rectangle.

There are three entrances at the front and back of the house, and each entrance is square. Except for the main room, which is bright and dark, there are about seven or eight rooms on the left and right sides, separated by a wall into two yards, east and west.

(End of this chapter)