Lin Haoming was so surprised when he saw Lao Yu. There was obviously an article in it, so he asked directly: "Lao Yu, is there something wrong with this house?"
"No, there is nothing wrong with not having a house. Moreover, it is indeed one of the best houses that a ninth-grade official can get, but...but..."
"But what?" Lin Haoming looked at his hesitant look and asked directly.
"On the way here, I told you that there was an ascended monk more than a thousand years ago. This house was actually where he lived just after he came here. After he advanced to Taoism, he moved to a better house. , no one has lived in it anymore, maybe Lin Captou is also an ascended monk, so he specially gave this house to you!" Lao Yu guessed.
"I remember you said before that the monks who ascended more than a thousand years ago had advanced to Taoism five or six hundred years ago. So, this house has been empty for five or six hundred years. The house itself is good, why? Is there anything fishy about being idle for so long?" Lin Haoming stared at Lao Yu and asked with a serious expression.
Being stared at by Lin Haoming, Lin Haoming also felt a little guilty, but he really didn't know, so he finally shook his head and said: "Captain Lin, I really don't know about this matter. After all, I am just a low-ranking official. That Zheng Donglai is now the commander of the county code department in Xilin County. I don’t know what secrets he really has!”
Lin Haoming saw that Lao Yu really didn't want to tell lies, so he stopped asking. "Well, the house is already in my name. No matter what happens, I can't escape. Since Zheng Donglai can become famous in a short time, he will definitely not embarrass me for no reason. Lao Yu, you should lead the way. .”
"Yes!" Seeing that Lin Haoming was no longer pressing, Lao Yu breathed a sigh of relief. Just now, he was really out of breath due to the pressure released by Lin Haoming.
Although Lao Yu was a low-level official in Xilin County, he was very familiar with Xilin County, at least the city of Xilin County. He hired a carriage and took the two people all the way east. It was almost dark when they arrived at Lin Haoming's house on the property. the place where it is located.
Along the way, Lin Haoming also saw a lot of mansions. Of course, this was only relative to this place. Those mansions were still far behind the lower realm. Lao Yu was really helpful. After the carriage arrived here, he specially visited the main senior officials of Xilin County. When passing by the gate of a house, he would give a brief introduction to the people living in each house, so that Lin Haoming would have an understanding.
Lin Haoming also knew that the Liu county magistrate he met before was Liu Yuqing, the right county magistrate. In addition, the left county magistrate was named Zhang Qifeng, the left chief clerk was called Lian Lihai, the right chief clerk was called Fang Chengyu, and the left county captain was Li Rong. Youxian Wei Jintong, the director of the six houses, in addition to Yu Dalu and Liao Yiming whom he had met, there were also the director of the house Lu Xin, the director of the workshop Tie Qingshan, the director of the criminal room Zhao Wei, and the director of the military room Fei Shaoyang. In addition, his immediate boss later arrested The commander of the division is named Pang Zheng.
Being able to take him for a walk, recognize the way, and tell himself the situation, no matter whether this Lao Yu was sent by Yu Dalu or not, Lin Haoming owed him a favor in his heart.
In addition, Lao Yu simply reduced the situation of the arrest department, but because he didn’t know much about the arrest department, he only knew that in addition to the commander Pang Zheng, the arrest department also had two deputy commanders and six arrests. He should be this One of the six arrestees. As for who the two deputy commanders were, Lao Yu didn't know, otherwise he would have been transferred anyway, so he was transferred along with him.
When the two people actually arrived in front of Lin Haoming's house, the sky had already darkened. Although it was not yet dark, lanterns were hung up or lit in the area where officials lived.
At this time, in front of Lin Haoming was an old man who looked quite young and somewhat handsome. At this moment, he was holding a lit pine branch to light the two lanterns hanging high at the door.
"You are the housekeeper here, right? This is my sweetheart's chief arrest officer, Mr. Lin, and this will be his residence from now on!" Lao Yu got out of the carriage, and as if he was following Lin Haoming, he took the initiative to go up and say to the old man.
The old man was a little surprised when he heard it, but at this time Lin Haoming had already taken out the title deed of the house.
When the old man saw it, he immediately threw away the pine branch in his hand, then bent down and saluted: "Old servant Shang Chengzuo has met Mr. Lin!"
"Lin Captou, the government will send a person to take care of this empty house until an official moves in. After you come, if you want, you can naturally use him as the housekeeper. If you don't want to, you can also choose one yourself. People!" Yu Zheng gave a brief introduction. As for how to judge, he did not dare to say more.
Lin Haoming looked at the old man and asked, "Old Shang, how long have you been here?"
"Oh! It's been almost forty years!" Shang Chengzuo said, holding out four fingers.
Forty years is not a long time for people here who normally have hundreds of years of lifespan, but it is not short either. From this old man, Lin Haoming can tell that this old man probably won't have too much lifespan, at least. This is the case when there are not enough time crystals.
For such an old man, Lin Haoming was not worried that he would become someone else's pawn, especially since he came suddenly. Therefore, Lin Haoming did not consider changing the housekeeper. Even if he really changed it, it would be easier to replace him with someone else.
"Since you have been working here for forty years, are you still willing to continue?" Lin Haoming asked.
"Yes, of course I do!" After Shang Chengzuo knew that this house had an owner, he was most afraid of being replaced, so he naturally nodded his head at this moment.
Seeing that his reaction was in line with his own judgment, Lin Haoming pointed directly inside and said, "In this case, take me for a walk!"
"Yes, sir!"
After hearing this, Shang Chengzuo immediately happily led Lin Haoming and Yu Zheng in.
After entering the house, there is a front yard with a small path on the left and right, leading to other places. According to Shang Cheng's explanation, the path on the left leads to the kitchen, woodshed and warehouse, and the right leads to the future residences of servants and maids in the mansion. .
Across the front yard is the front hall. There are many tables and chairs in the hall, and it is spotless. There is only one person here, Shang Chengzu. It seems that he is not a lazy person.
Behind the front hall is a garden, with a pond dug in the middle and a pavilion built beside the pond, which is quite scenic.
With this garden as the center, directly behind the garden are the back hall and the master's bedroom and study. In addition, there are a row of wing rooms on the left and right sides, where the master's family can live.
After walking around, Lao Yu couldn't help but admired: "Lin Captou, this house is really nice, it's much bigger than mine."
Seeing his envious look, Lin Haoming knew that this place was indeed pretty good, but he also had doubts. He asked Shang Chengzuo, "Old Shang, do you usually manage such a big house by yourself?"
