A few days later, Cheng Youqing visited Mrs. Sun again with gifts and a picture of Luohe.
The last birthday banquet was held in a villa, but this time it came to a simple and mysterious courtyard at the foot of the imperial city.
“This is the old house of the Sun family. The old lady usually lives here, so this invitation is sincere. Although I don’t know why, I always feel that the old lady seems to be aiming at you. She was indeed different from others that day. The attitude is different.”
After hearing what Cheng Youqing said, Luo Hetu curled his lips: “I’m already married. Even if she wants to marry an omega in the family, it’s impossible for her to marry Goudan.”
Cheng Youqing: “With us ? Marriage is something we strive for, no matter what age, we don’t talk about arranged marriages. “
That’s very strange. The old lady is not someone who has never seen the world. She is an old lady from a big and powerful family. There is no need to attach special importance to Luohe Tu. , Luo Hetu thinks that apart from her pretty appearance, she doesn’t have any advantages that others can notice at a glance.
The courtyard gate of the courtyard looks low-key and solemn, and the concierge is actually guarded by guards. There is a hidden world behind the screen wall. It looks low-key from the outside, but when you go inside, you will find a fully decorated five-door courtyard with more than 20 rooms in the front and back. Except for the old lady, all the residents are nannies, housekeepers, and security guards. Of course, even if the family comes, there will be room to stay. There is a very luxuriously built basement underground, as well as an underground garage that can park more than 20 cars. It is heated and has central air conditioning. It is one of the best-preserved courtyard houses in the Imperial City.
The meeting place was in the courtyard at the second entrance. Luo Hetu walked between the green bricks and carved beams and said to Cheng Youqing: “I feel like I have entered the palace.”
Cheng Youqing praised her: “Although it is not the palace, this place used to be It is a Baylor Mansion. The ancestors of the Sun family were members of the royal family of the previous dynasty. They were lucky during the war. There were always people in the family holding important positions in the army in the capital, so this house was preserved. After the liberation, because the Sun family had a general, the head of the family gave special permission to continue to return it. Let the descendants of the Sun family use this yard. Therefore, this is a veritable old house of the Sun family. Several generations have lived here. Although the people of the country were liberated, regardless of their previous status, the Sun family has a rich heritage. Rare.”
Luo Hetu was speechless.
They were taken to a flower hall with a large open door in front. This should be the main hall for receiving guests. The hall was spacious and bright. There was a pomegranate and a magnolia planted in the courtyard in front of the hall. Autumn had just entered, although it had already passed. It’s already the flowering period, but the branches and leaves are luxuriant. When the sunlight shines in, you can feel the changes in the four seasons.
The hall was very spacious and comfortably decorated, with a complete set of mahogany tables and chairs, and soft carpets. The old lady did not sit on the seats, but was tending to the potted flowers and plants by the window with the sunlight coming in.
“Here we come.”
The old lady was wearing a double-breasted gown and holding scissors in her hand. When she saw Cheng Youqing and Luo Hetu coming in, she gave the scissors to the aunt next to her: “Put it away. Don’t touch the child again when he comes. You’ll be scared to death.” Personally.”
Then the old lady greeted Luo Hetu with a smile: “Come, come, sit here and drink tea like at home.”
Her legs and feet were fine, but she couldn’t walk fast, and she walked to the cushioned main seat. After sitting down, he introduced the tea to Luo Hetu with a smile and asked her to taste it. Luo Hetu said it was delicious and immediately called someone to fill half a catty for her.
Even a fool could tell that the old lady really treated Luo Hetu differently. Cheng Youqing sat quietly without saying anything. Although Luo Hetu didn’t understand, she was here to make the old lady happy, and they didn’t treat her badly. On the contrary, he has a kind face and thinks about everything for her, so he takes care of her as soon as he comes. He treats her well and she treats her well, and that’s it.
So when Sun Yan came, she saw Luo Hetu pinching the shoulders of the old lady in the flower hall, and the old lady was glowing with joy.
Sun Yan: …
Not knowing what to say, she cast a doubtful look at Cheng Youqing.
Cheng Youqing looked at her calmly, her unreadable expression meant that if you don’t know, how could I know, thank you.
The old lady greeted Sun Yan, but explained herself: “I have a fate with this child, and I liked her when I saw her. Yan’er, you know, I have no interest in doing anything at my age. I am very happy to see a likeable young man. It’s not easy.”
Sun Yan: “Yes, it’s Miss Luo’s blessing to be liked by you.”
“Hey, you can’t say that. She is also a child of my parents. She just likes me. It can’t be just me. She doesn’t like her. , but I made it difficult for someone to accompany me, an old lady.”
Luo Hetu hurriedly followed: “No, I have no parents since I was a child, and I have never seen my grandma. No one takes care of me and is close to me like my grandma. Of course I like to talk to my grandma. “
The old lady was even more happy and asked Luo Hetu what he wanted to eat. She said that her chef was very good at cooking and that everything she ate tasted the same when she was old. She was still young and could order whatever she wanted. She didn’t know whether she liked drinking or not. Early this morning, the old lady sent someone to go to the century-old winery to make some grains that were white and tasted delicious. She wanted her to taste them together.
In this way, this lunch was also very good. Several juniors accompanied the old lady to drink. The old lady also drank two small glasses of white wine. After eating, she went to bed. Before going to bed, she specifically told Luo Hetu not to leave and wake up. I still want to play mahjong with her.
The old lady went to bed, leaving a few people looking at each other.
Luo Hetu spread his hands: “I really have no choice, Mr. Sun, I can only rely on you.”
Sun Yan: “If I had known, I wouldn’t have come here in a hurry today. I have two important meetings today. “
Just as he was talking, someone came to the front yard again. It was Sun Yan’s uncle who was the head of the ministry and brought his children to see the old man.
Seeing this, Cheng Youqing pulled Luo Hetu to stand up: “Well, we haven’t seen this courtyard before, so we won’t sit here. How about we find someone to take us around?”
They are guests, and he is the host. They are all in this hall. Sitting there, it is inevitable that each other will not get used to it.
Sun Yan said: “You can just stroll around. The house is not very particular and there is nothing that cannot be touched. Just don’t enter the rooms. Some of them are already occupied.”
Cheng Youqing agreed and left the flower hall with Luo Hetu.
Both of them were puzzled by the old lady’s strange behavior. Anyway, they both agreed not to leave. The two of them strolled around quite contentedly. They only planned to walk around the yard because Luo Hetu really wanted to see the world of Baylor House.
This courtyard house is really big. Luohe Tu admired it while walking around, and unknowingly walked to the end and entered the courtyard.
When we finally entered the courtyard, a three-story small building was built, which should be for the staff to live in. When we entered the siege, the courtyard was very large, with pavilions, rockeries, flowing water, and green plants planted everywhere. It was really a beautiful scene. .
Luo Hetu stopped, and Cheng Youqing took a step forward without pulling her. He only looked back at her strangely.
Luo Hetu stared at the scenery blankly and subconsciously grabbed Cheng Youqing’s hand: “I seem to have seen this place before.”
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Luo Hetu frowned and looked at Cheng Youqing, pulling her forward: “I don’t think something is right. Let me take a closer look.”
They circled around the rockery pavilion and flowing water at close range, and Luo Hetu continued He changed several angles back and forth and clasped his chin: “It’s very similar. I didn’t bring the painting. Do you want someone to mail it over?”
The landscape painting hanging on the wall of Zhang Sheng’s old house was written in To block his safe, there were courtyards, rockeries, running water, and the words “Midsummer of Bingchen Year” written on the painting.
It has been more than forty years since the year of Bingchen.
Luo Hetu looked around and whispered to Cheng Youqing about the discovery of a painting in Zhang Sheng’s house. Although many garden rockery pavilions are very similar in design, the painting also has the same octagonal pavilion. The pavilion stands on the rockery. The water flows around it in an S shape. There is a ginkgo tree standing on the outside of the S bend. The painting The ginkgo tree in the middle was only of ordinary height, but now it looks much taller. The layout is exactly the same, with only some differences in flowers and plants.
“I see that the words written on the pavilion seem to be quite similar.” Luo Hetu stared at the two words “He Chang” on the pavilion, and then looked at Cheng Youqing: “It seems to be these two words.”
Cheng Youqing also looked at it . Holding her.
Things have become strange. Even if it is the same as that painting, what does it mean? It is just a painting found in Zhang Sheng’s house 40 years ago. The painter may have been to the Sun family’s ancestral house before and thought the scenery was good. , drew a picture at random.
The two people looked at each other, the afternoon breeze blew by, and the already yellowish ginkgo leaves rustled.
Luo Hetu scratched his downed head: “No, I’d better have someone mail that painting over.”
In the front hall, the old lady woke up and sent someone to find Luo Hetu.
***
In the evening, the two of them said goodbye and left. Mrs. Sun was very reluctant to leave and said that it would be better to come and chat with her every day from now on. It would be okay to stay in the capital anyway.
Just as Luo Hetu was about to say something, the topic suddenly changed and he promised to come when he was free.
The old lady was happy: “Yes, don’t worry about your wife. They are busy in charge of the company. If you have nothing to do, come and chat with me. Grandma will take care of the food and give out red envelopes.”
Luo Hetu and Cheng Youqing stepped out of the courtyard, Luo Hetu Still unable to hold back, she asked Sun Yan: “Has Grandma Sun always lived in this house?”
Sun Yan: “This is our family’s ancestral house. It was originally the residence of my uncle, the one who conquered the world with the chief. My uncle has been fighting all his life and has no children. My grandmother originally lived in a separate family in the east of the city. Her husband died long ago, so she happened to move in with my uncle. She thought there would be no need to fight anymore, so the two brothers and sister lived a leisurely life in this old house. Unexpectedly, my uncle was diagnosed with a serious illness in the second year of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and passed away soon after. “
Bingchen year happened to be the second year after the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
“After my uncle passed away, did your family hire a painter?” Luo Hetu asked.
Sun Yan shook her head: “I don’t know. I wasn’t born yet. You can ask grandma. Didn’t you promise to chat with her these days? I think the old lady really likes you. Why don’t you spend more time with her, right? There is no harm in you, Mr. Cheng.”
A few days later, the Luohe Tu painting arrived.
She and Cheng Youqing studied it carefully and found that it indeed looked exactly the same as the layout of the courtyard. The word “He Chang” was indeed written on the pavilion with a small brush, using cyan paint.
In order to understand the mystery of this painting, the two of them took magnifying glasses and searched for details. Cheng Youqing found another line of small characters next to “Midsummer of Bingchen Year”. Character.
Other than that, nothing else was discovered.
Luohe Tu: “Why don’t we soak it in water and then burn it with fire? Let’s try it.”
Cheng Youqing: “This ink painting faints when soaked in water, but disappears when burned with fire.”
Luohe Tu didn’t believe it, so she put the paper Soak a corner of it in the water.
The paper was already old, but this one was just missing a corner.
Luo Hetu quickly took out the painting and did not dare to burn it with fire again.
Cheng Youqing stayed with her for a long time and advised: “Don’t think about it, it’s just a painting of Baylor House. Maybe it was painted by a visiting guest, maybe it was painted by an architect who visited the historical sites. Somehow it was sold to Zhang Sheng’s house.” His family thought it was an old thing, so they framed it and hung it on the wall. “It’s a very simple thing,”
Luo Hetu said, “That’s right.”
No one would think it was strange.
“But there is indeed a fate. How could I have imagined that you have actually seen the ink paintings in this courtyard? Normally, the Cheng family and the China Group have nothing to do with each other.”
Cheng Youqing sighed with emotion and touched Luo Hetu’s head. , then went to do other things.
Luo Hetu never let go of this matter. She thought about it and felt that Zhang Sheng was the protagonist of the original novel. As the son of luck in the original novel, a person who stepped on the stepping stones of shit luck and rose to great success, he kept a lot of things in his home. A painting that seems out of place in the environment should have some effect.
In other words, even if there is a piece of broken cotton in Zhang Sheng’s home, it should be gold nugget cotton.
She took out the keg and said, “Is there any extra story I don’t know about?”
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