"Analysis of Jin Zhi" says: The main street is twenty-four steps wide, there are three hundred and eighty-four fire lanes, and twenty-nine streets are connected.

Cities in the Ming and Qing Dynasties were composed of streets and alleys, no matter how big or small. The most delicious things in old Beijing were not soybean juice, jiaoqian and other delicacies, but the hutongs full of the atmosphere of the era that can be seen everywhere, with rows of gray and blue stone bricks.

At first glance, it looks a bit dense, but upon closer inspection, it has a different flavor of old Beijing.

The pick-up black car stopped at the entrance outside the alley, and Zhao Xinsheng led the way into the twists and turns of the alley. Except for Xia Mi, who was taken to the medical facility by another special car to take care of Chu Zihang's condition, Cassel

The "tour groups" from the college to Beijing all walked around in this historic alleyway and looked around.

The stone brick walls on both sides are wide and bright. The old red-painted doors are like holes. Couplets are posted on the left and right. The shadow of the eaves is cast on the upper end of the door edge, and auspicious patterns of dragons and phoenixes are painted below. On the other side of the wall

The willow trees planted in the courtyard occasionally poked out their branches, and the catkins swayed in the wind, leaving shadows on the ground in the alley.

Lin Nian, Su Xiaoqiang, Lu Mingfei and others were all fine. Pure "foreigners" like Lancelot and Villeva could not help but be attracted by this special exotic scenery. They walked in the alley and looked at some people from time to time.

I couldn't help but nod a few times at the distinctive scenery, and whispered a few words in a low voice.

"Your Chinese population seems to be aging a bit seriously in recent years..." Fingel whispered to Lu Mingfei beside him.

"No, how did you come up with such a serious topic as the serious aging of society from the alleys of Beijing?" Lu Mingfei was puzzled. He turned around and found Fingel seriously looking at a telephone pole with a large sum of money asking for money.

It seems that the child's advertisement is still comparing whether its conditions are met.

"Local specialties, you have to appreciate them, but don't take them seriously, be careful of being cheated." Lu Mingfei dragged Fingel away from the telephone pole with a black look on his face. Not far away, Ling was looking up at Tan.

The shadows of the flower branches hanging out of the wall fell on her cheeks in black and white.

Zhao Xinsheng, who was leading the way, stopped at the door of a courtyard gate. Several people behind him who were similar to tourists also stopped and looked at the place where they stayed temporarily. At first sight, they were attracted by the complicated brickwork on the courtyard gate.

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On the clear mud bricks under the vermilion eaves, dragons and snakes are slithering, relief and through withering, and the carved lines are a furnace. The opening of the withering is not changed when the knife is dropped, and it is completed in one go. At a glance, the majestic atmosphere is revealed, and you can see the craftsmen working on the green and gray bricks.

Falling, brick fragments fly down, settling between the strong lines and the splendor of Spring and Autumn.

The gray brickwork contrasts with the red door. The modesty of the gray brings out the powerful vermilion, and a touch of dark green color painting brings out the bright colors. It is accurate to say that the hutongs in Beijing are alleys of color.

"Isn't this house cheap?" Fingel asked in a low voice, "Isn't it worth 7 or 8 million?"

"Be bold and make a guess." Su Xiaoqiang said, "You can't get it even for 70 to 80 million yuan, not even US dollars. A courtyard house in this area cannot be bought with money. Just look at the gate of this courtyard."

Fingel raised his head and glanced at the wide door. He only felt that the carved beams and the meandering sparrows were extremely beautiful. The door pillars were like dragons and phoenixes. Apart from being beautiful and grand, there was nothing special about it.

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"Look at the pillars." Su Xiaoqiang pointed to the vermilion column at the broad and magnificent front entrance of the mansion, "The 'one room' between the two pillars is the 'one room', and the 'three rooms' are the prince's palace, but the 'five rooms' are the prince's palace, which are generally there."

It has a strong historical significance. The traditional rich people basically dare not buy it. It is too high-profile and ostentatious. The new rich are bolder and are not afraid of being investigated and cannot afford so much in one go. Moreover, they are not accumulated enough and cannot live in it without good connections.

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"Can't you buy it at home?" Wei Lewa asked subconsciously. Xiaotiannu's business has been booming in recent years, and everyone who knows her knows this.

"This kind of courtyard house is considered a secret palace compound. There will be no housing at all, and the owner will not change hands easily. If you come to the door rashly and say you want to buy a house, it is equivalent to asking someone to pass on the ancestral home that has been passed down for countless generations.

No matter how you think about it, you can't settle a grudge for nothing. This kind of courtyard is there, and if it doesn't exist, you can't force it." Su Xiaoqiang explained.

"Is it like the wealthy British businessmen can't buy a residence like Highclere Castle no matter how rich they are? That is indeed not something that can be done with money. However, after the Industrial Revolution, there was a period of time when the British aristocrats indulged in

He lived a life of luxury and wealth, and in the end he had no choice but to marry a wealthy emerging businessman for the sake of dignity. It was also through this method that the latter could get the ticket to the upper class he wanted." Lancelot added.

Zhao Xunsheng in front seemed to have heard a few people chatting quietly, turned around and said with a smile, "If Miss Su likes it, you can borrow it to live in for a few years. You can move out at any time when you get tired of it. The house is used as an ornament or an inherent property."

Assets are far less valuable than cultivating some popularity."

"It's not necessary. I'm from the south. I'm a bit acclimated here in Beijing. It's okay to travel, but there may be some problems if you live for a long time." Su Xiaoqiang pointed to his lips, where he forgot to apply lipstick.

They are all a bit dry. The northern sky is indeed a place that southern girls who are raised in water cannot adapt to.

Lin Nian dragged his suitcase with him, handed Su Xiaoqiang a stick of his own lipstick, looked at Zhao Xuansheng and asked, "Will this be my place to stay in the next period of time?"

"Yes, if your other companions don't mind, they can also live here together. There are many guest rooms in the yard." Zhao Xinsheng nodded and looked at the others to welcome him cordially.

"Forget it, we have booked the room. If we check out now, we won't get the deposit back. It's a big loss." Fingel stood up first and declined with a haha. No one else said anything, although he stayed in

Together they can take care of each other, but this is everyone else's territory after all. Living together basically means that everyone is under close surveillance by the orthodox, which is quite detrimental to their actions.

"It doesn't matter, you can do whatever you want. If you have any needs, you can ask us, so that we can give more of the landlord's wishes." Zhao Xinsheng walked up the steps to the seventh floor and opened the door. What he saw after opening the door was not a courtyard, but a courtyard.

It is a green screen door wrapped with red pillars, which is meant to block evil spirits in Feng Shui. There are small rooms for nannies on both sides, but they are empty inside. It can be seen that the owner of this courtyard has never lived there permanently.

Zhao Xuesheng opened the green screen door again, and then he saw the courtyard planted with pomegranates and jujube trees, but no other people were seen.

In the tradition of this orthodox courtyard house, the courtyard that opens a few doors is called the first entrance courtyard. The courtyard in front of them now is the first entrance courtyard. In small courtyards, the main house is probably seen after the second entrance, but

This house is so grand that it has five courtyards. In "A Dream of Red Mansions", Jia Mu only lived in five courtyards.

Zhao Xiaosheng led everyone along the bamboo-dotted corridor all the way to the depths of the house. Along the way, he passed the wealth-gathering well with ingots and stones, passed through the garden surrounded by locust trees and maple trees, and walked around for a while, giving people a sense of wonder.

After being dazzled by the colorful flowers, I walked to the hanging flower gate. After crossing the threshold, I entered the fifth courtyard, which is the real inner courtyard. In this kind of courtyard, it is emphasized that the deeper the courtyard, the more noble the residence and the more privacy.

good.

As soon as you enter the inner courtyard, your view suddenly opens up. There is a stage, a koi pond, a rockery, and maple trees climbing up through the courtyard. The house has two floors, and there is a wide tea ceremony balcony on the second floor of the painted beams.

, lowering your head is a good view of the entire courtyard. During holidays, we invite a group of actors to listen to music on the Hongliang stage, take advantage of the sunny day to drink tea and sprinkle some fish food into the pond to play with the koi carp, regardless of the blood rain outside the courtyard.

Despite the fishy wind, the courtyard was peaceful and quiet.

The most important thing is that after entering the inner courtyard, the air finally smelled of fireworks. To put it bluntly, Fingel and Lu Mingfei subconsciously twitched their noses and looked around, starting to get ready to move. They smelled the food.

The taste, that special and charming aroma is like holding the salivary glands in your hands and playing with it, making people extra excited.

"Everyone is starving, right? After all, we just had the unpleasant accident before, so we should need some self-cultivation and concentration. We have prepared a banquet for you, and we hope it will suit your appetite." Zhao Xinsheng led everyone in.

We arrived at the second floor of the two-story house in the inner courtyard. The round mahogany table next to the railing of the open balcony was already filled with hot meals. Official chairs were arranged in a circle, and the number of bowls corresponded to the number of people present.

Lu Mingfei glanced at the abundant dishes on the table. There were no weird delicacies, but some were all good dishes that were full of color, flavor, flavor, and he recognized all of them, including hot dishes of fungus meat, cabbage meat, and Dongpo meat.

Meat, hanging duck, etc. Desserts include almond bergamot, crispy apples, tea is Xinyang Maojian, porridge is red bean meal porridge, and fruits are seasonal platters. Delicacies from the mountains and seas are also available, including abalone, sea cucumbers, deer tendons, and pork.

When cooking, we don’t deliberately pursue extravagant luxury.

Judging from the freshness of the food and the degree of heat, it must have been served to them at the right time while they were walking around the yard. From beginning to end, they didn't even see the chef or the person who served the food. Those people were just

As if invisible, after finishing what should be done, he hid in the corner of this deep courtyard.

"So rich? It must suit your appetite. I can eat the General Tso's Chicken in Chinatown with great pleasure, let alone the authentic Manchu-Han banquet!" Fingel rolled up his sleeves and prepared to take a seat, but was stopped by Villeva on the side.

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"We're not here yet, are we?" Lin Nian looked at Zhao Xiaosheng and said.

Fingel subconsciously nodded at their people, thinking that Lin Nian was talking about Xia Mi, but then he thought that Xia Mi wouldn't be here for a while. If he really waited for Xia Mi, the whole table would be in vain.

Food? But a moment later, the sound of footsteps on the stairs behind him answered his doubts.

The girl who walked up from the stairs wearing a white T-shirt and covering only her trousers should be familiar to everyone. After all, she saved their lives at the airport.

The person who came was naturally Li Hueyue. After completing the feat of stopping the plane at the airport, she did not meet anyone again. She only showed up now. She was still wearing the same clothes, but she had removed the weapons she carried with her.

, with her black hair naturally tied back, she appeared here just for the normal banquet, not for anything else.

"Perhaps I don't need to introduce this person to you, right?" Zhao Xiaosheng nodded with a smile after seeing Li Hueyue, and then looked at the others.

"Old friend." Lin Nian nodded, walked towards Li Hueyue, and stretched out his hand.

Li Huanyue stretched out her left hand and shook it gently with Lin Nian. Lin Nian's eyes paused on her left hand for a moment, then he naturally raised his head and looked at her, saying, "Thank you for your help with the airport matter."

"It's a small effort, but it's also a matter of duty." Li Huanyue looked directly at Lin Nian and met his eyes, "I hope we can cooperate happily in the future."

"Definitely." Lin Nian tightened his grip on his hand and then released it.

Then Fingel suddenly came over like a mangy dog, grabbed Li Hueyue's left hand with both hands and shook it hard, almost shaking it off, "Thank you female sword fairy for saving my junior brother's life, what can I say?"

Nice words, let’s talk at the table? Before I open a bottle of red wine, I’ll propose three glasses of wine!”

"Wine is not necessary. Tea can be used instead of wine." Even Li Huanyue couldn't help being frightened by this large mangy dog ​​and took half a step back. He withdrew his hand without leaving any trace and walked towards Zhao Xinsheng to smooth things over.

Got the table.

Lin Nian saw Fingel giving him a look, and he probably understood what he meant... That left hand was genuine and could not be removed no matter how hard he shook it.

It seems that Fingel is also aware of some of Li Hueyue's situation. As the guy with the lowest limits, he has already begun to think about how to drink a few drinks at the dinner table to Li Hueyue, who is not a drunkard.

Matters are king. No matter how strict your orthodox style is, you can always find a breakthrough from the little girl. After three cups, we will see whether you can get angry and whether you can keep your mouth shut.

Eleven people sat around the round table, including Zhao Xunsheng, who all looked at each other to see what scene or lines they were planning to use for the banquet. The wine table culture is a Chinese specialty and must be savored.

"Everyone, please move on, don't be restrained." Zhao Xinsheng said helplessly with a smile.

She noticed that the eyes of the people at the table were flickering, and she couldn't help but consider whether to open a bottle of national wine to have a drink with the secret party guests instead of Yue, but the next moment she saw a flash of swords in front of her eyes.

'Swish' the shadow passed by!

"Damn." Lu Mingfei felt numb looking at the two-headed abalone in Fingel's bowl, which was proud of him.

"..." It turns out that the secret party visitors' eyes flickered because they were looking for the right time and angle to launch the tachyon.

Lancelot picked up the tachyons and put them all upside down on the table. The way he grabbed the tachyons was a bit awkward, but he was not completely incompetent. After all, he had eaten sushi and the like. Villeva was quite fond of the tachyons.

She has some knowledge about how to hold the tachyon. Just hold the tachyon like a pen. Don't tell me, just gently opening and closing the tachyon with your index finger can really make her turn this thing. It looks like it must be done.

An expert has given some advice.
To be continued...