"This is it!" Anyu raised his head and looked at the Lu Mansion, which was dilapidated but still large in size.
Sheng Yuan was beside him, looking around the outer wall of the Lu Mansion for a long time, and then nodded and said: "The Lu Mansion has produced two generations of ministers, and Lu Guangshan is the second minister, but his family is located in the middle city. Is it just to build such a big mansion?"
Generally speaking, the size of Dachu official residences was limited.
However, there is no way to break through the restrictions.
Either you open a private school recognized by the imperial court next to the mansion, or you build a library with more than a thousand ancient books.
Obviously, the Lu family chose the latter.
"It is said that the Lu family has nearly 10,000 ancient books in its collection." Anyu sighed regretfully.
"??? Everything was destroyed?" When she said this, Sheng Yuan's voice trembled slightly.
Anyu shook his head: "The imperial court confiscated everything."
"..." Sheng Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.
It’s a good thing that it’s not lost.
When Anyu saw Sheng Yuan give him a few glances, he immediately leaned over and whispered to her: "Don't you think it's a pity that a family has worked hard to preserve books for more than ten generations, only to have them all confiscated in the end?"
"It's not a pity, it depends on whose perspective you look at it; from the perspective of a family that suffered confiscation, even a needle is definitely a pity; but for the court, it can enrich the library; for literati, it is a pity. It can broaden our horizons; for the nation, it cannot be said that it can preserve history, pass on knowledge, and continue cultural context... For these aspects, it is not a pity."
Sheng Yuan spoke frankly, and at the end he did not forget to say: "Therefore, if a big family does not care about the outside world for the time being, it should not be divided into three, six or nine levels internally, and restrict the family members from reading and collecting books.
If a family is sensible, it should regularly organize the copying of ancient books, and make girls study these books, instead of being afraid of spreading them to other people with other surnames. "
"You're right! Collecting books should not become a means of monopolizing knowledge!" Anyu immediately applauded.
He wanted to praise Shengyuan a few more words, but Shengyuan's attention returned to the gate of Lu Mansion.
"Miss, do we want to knock on the door?!"
Xiaoyao noticed his lady's gaze and immediately took a step forward, preparing to walk up the steps.
"Wait a minute." Sheng Yuan pulled her back, "You must pursue your own affairs in your position, otherwise, your reputation will not be justified."
"???" Xiaoyao, who didn't know why, tilted his head.
Anyu reacted and waved his hand, asking the people from the temporary inspection team composed of the internal guards and the city patrol department to knock on the door.
It was also interesting for the people from the supervision team to knock on the door. They knocked three or five times, and regardless of whether anyone answered, they just shouted and then banged the door open.
There was a loud bang and the raised dust dispersed, and the two old open doors were seen swinging precariously in place.
"Pop po po po!" Anyu didn't expect it to be so choking, so he quickly waved his fan and stood in front of Sheng Yuan.
"Come on, let's go over and take a look." As the people from the supervision team entered one after another, Sheng Yuan pushed An Yu and stepped up the steps to avoid him.
"Wait for me!" Anyu hurriedly chased after me.
He thought Sheng Yuan would just walk in, but he didn't want her to stand at the door and look up and down.
"What's so good about this gray dust?" Anyu fanned around Shengyuan, fearing that the dust would choke her.
"Don't you think the cobwebs here are not too thick?" Sheng Yuan pointed to a few corners and smiled.
Anyu stood on tiptoe and looked at it, then nodded: "But it's not that the Lu family has never traded, it's just that the person who bought it quickly returned it. It was just left there in the past few years."
Dachu Kyoto real estate sales are also interesting. As long as the real estate sales are handled through the Shuntian Household Office, the buyer enjoys a one-quarter resident protection period. That is to say, within this quarter, if the property itself is unable to move in safely due to problems, , the real estate transaction can be terminated immediately, and the buyer only needs to restore the property to the condition when it was purchased, and the buyer can get a refund.
The reason why sellers accept this rule, which sounds like a disadvantage to sellers, is because the properties sold through government agencies are 30% higher than those sold through dental shops.
That's right, the Sunchon Mansion Office is a business run by wealthy people.
Anyone who can afford high-end real estate in Kyoto doesn't mind spending more money for stability.
The families who had purchased the Lu Mansion before were either rich or expensive, and valued either the size of the mansion or its location.
Although for Sheng Yuan and Lu Sheng, Kyoto Midtown is a little too far away, for those who want to live in Beijing for a long time, this location is already very good.
"Let's go, what's so good about spider webs? Let's go in and have a look!" Anyu shook his fan to clear the air nearby and kept urging Sheng Yuan to enter the house.
This time Sheng Yuan followed his wishes and strode into the mansion.
"Miss, wait for me!" Xiaoyao saw An Yu standing in front of him, and not long after, his lady's figure disappeared from his eyes, and he immediately half ran, half jumped to chase after her.
"Chengdong wouldn't be so blind!" Anyu rolled his eyes and muttered softly.
Sheng Yuan looked around at this old mansion. Every brick and stone here seemed to be filled with vicissitudes of life.
"This was originally the latent residence of the King of Yan and Liang, and later became the old residence of the Luo family, the famous relatives of Da Chen. Emperor Chen Mo's uncle once lived here. After the founding of this dynasty, this place was sold to the Chen Dynasty. The great scholar Lu Dingwang was Lu Guangshan’s grandfather.”
Anyu has not been idle recently, and these few introductions show that he has done a lot of homework.
"I can see it!" Sheng Yuan walked slowly along the verandah and could see a few ancient trees from time to time.
Although there were many buildings in the first few steps and the layout was layered, there were not many places worth exploring. Sheng Yuan did not intend to stay here for a long time, so she went straight to the last two steps.
"Sheng Si Cheng! Little Marquis!" Cheng Dong came over.
Anyu blinked, why hadn't he noticed before that his bodyguard knew the current affairs like this?
"Ahem! Call me General An!"
Cheng Dong called Sister Yuan by her official name, which made her happy, and he had no problem with it.
He just didn't like the different treatment by his own guards.
"General, there is something discovered by the inspection team!" Chengdong quickly changed his words. He pointed to the backward garden with some excitement and reported.
"Oh?!" Anyu's eyes lit up, he punched his palm and said with a smile, "Sure enough! The hard work pays off! If there is any reward, it will be in vain that I checked the agency records of the three dynasties some time ago!"
Saying this, he caught up with Sheng Yuan and flattered her: "Thanks to you, Sister Yuan."
Sheng Yuan had not been idle before, and specifically searched for the case files related to the agency passage from the Archives Office of Dali Temple, in order to provide inspiration to Anyu.
"It's a secret passage, not far from the pavilion." Chengdong led the way, taking them to a flower stand in the garden. "Under the flower stand is the entrance to the secret passage."
"General Commander!"
"General An!"
The two captains of the supervisory team saw Anyu and hurriedly stepped forward: "Although the secret passage has appeared, the space inside is small. There should be a passage. However, there is no token key to open it. If it is forced through, it will collapse."
