Chen Gui came at just the right time.
The next morning, before Lin Yunyan asked Aunt Wu to inform him, Chen Gui himself handed the note to Chengyi Buri.
Mammy led him to Zai Shou Yuan, where Chen Gui respectfully bowed to everyone.
"Some fish and crabs were sent from the village in the suburbs. They were just picked up in the early morning. I brought them to the house for the old lady to have a taste," he said with a smile. "They are still very energetic and are jumping around in the bucket."
Xiao Duan was very happy and said to Chen Gui: "You asked Chen Gui to prepare two jars of the sweet-scented osmanthus wine that came out of the cellar yesterday."
Chen Gui quickly thanked him.
After the ceremony was complete, Chen Gui introduced the situation in Lao Shi Lane.
“It was really a mess when we first entered. The yamen had started cleaning it up once before, and the residents who had escaped also started rummaging through things one after another, but it was definitely different from the way we cleaned up when it was going to be rebuilt.
As of yesterday, things were finally sorted out. Gao An bought some good wine and food and shared them with everyone during the festival.
After finishing the last two days, we can start the follow-up process.
It just so happens that the weather is getting cooler, so I can do things more efficiently. After the construction is completed until the end of the year, I will be able to live in it in the next spring. It will be just right to hand it over to the Yamen. "
Xiao Duan was very satisfied after hearing this.
After Chen Gui finished reporting, he resigned and left the house.
Carrying the two jars of good wine that his grandma had given him, he heard hurried footsteps behind him before he could walk out of the door.
Chen Gui turned around and saw that it was Lin Yunyan who caught up.
"Tonight, come with me to Lao Shi Alley." Lin Yunyan said.
Chen Gui was surprised: "What are you doing there? Although it's not that messy, it's not a very clean place either."
"I had a dream," Lin Yunyan said nonsensically. "There are valuable things buried in the house. I have to dig them out."
Chen Gui looked at her with a grimace.
Does the princess think he is easy to deceive?
You know where the treasure is when you dream, why hasn't Chen Gui dreamed about it?
Believe it or not, when the third watch was approaching, Chen Gui was still waiting outside the corner door of the uncle's house.
When Lin Yunyan arrived, he pointed to the sedan chair not far away: "Please."
The moonlight on Izayoi was bright and clear, but tonight the clouds were dense, blocking the full moon and not even a few stars were visible.
Lao Shi Alley was eerily quiet in the middle of the night, and Wan Yue shivered as soon as she stepped inside.
Chen Gui lit a lantern, and the cover was thickly closed, allowing only a little light to shine through.
He took one to Wan Yue and carried another one himself: "Although no one will come at this hour, we still have to be cautious, in case something happens, it will be difficult to deal with."
Wan Yue held the lantern in one hand and supported Lin Yunyan with the other, that is, next to her own girl, giving her a little courage.
Hearing what Chen Gui said, she couldn't help but ask: "What will happen? Don't scare me, Mr. Chen, I am very timid..."
Chen Gui couldn't laugh or cry.
How could he be scary?
"The ones who work the clock and pour night fragrance," Chen Gui explained, "No one lives here now, so they don't go here, but if the lantern is too bright, others will see it at the entrance of the alley."
After saying this, Wan Yue breathed a sigh of relief: "That's right, this place was bought by Jingdong's family and Gao An. It wouldn't be good if someone discovered it."
Lin Yunyan patted Wan Yue's hand gently: "You really need to practice your courage."
Wan Yue was extremely embarrassed.
"Let's go in." Lin Yunyan said.
Chen Gui raised the lantern very low, just shining on the ground in front of Lin Yunyan: "It's not easy to walk, you must be careful where you step."
Lin Yunyan watched as she walked.
Things are really bad here.
The fire was so fierce that day that the entire alley was destroyed, and it also affected the adjacent alleys.
The bungalows collapsed, collapsed, and even half of them collapsed. Later, government personnel cleaned up the dangerous parts, leaving half of the house here.
Seeing Lin Yunyan walking and looking around the house, Chen Gui said, "Look, it's much neater now. The old piles of broken stones and wood have all been moved away..."
Lin Yunyan walked halfway through the alley, stopped and asked, "I remember we agreed before that all the houses with only charred wooden frames would be demolished, right?"
"They were all knocked down," Chen Gui pointed out to Lin Yunyan. "They say they were repaired, but in fact they were newly built. This house and the house in front of them all still had their frames, but now they have been torn down and sorted out.
You know, we were thinking of tight money at the time. Those houses at the alley that were far away from the fire point and had little damage would be mainly renovated, and only the ones that were no longer usable would be demolished.
Later, the Duke of Guo took the big part and we only took the small part, and we suddenly became rich.
I discussed with the Jingdong family and decided to build them all again so they would look neat, clean and decent. "
Lin Yunyan looked at the empty "house" with even the connecting walls knocked down, and asked again: "Does the foundation need to be moved?"
In the finalized charter, there are no plans to disturb the foundation.
"The Jingdong family didn't mention it before they returned to Jiangnan," Chen Gui thought for a while and said, "But after sorting it out, we found that some foundations are not good, and they must be reinforced."
Lin Yunyan nodded after listening.
She only knew that gold bricks had been dug out in this alley, but she didn't know which house they came from.
At that time, Xu Jian was also pursuing other things, and accidentally tracked down this one, and finally knew what happened before Chen Gui's death.
But it's just a few clues.
There is no way to determine the location, no way to find the gold bricks, and no way to prove that Chen Gui's death was a murder caused by the gold bricks.
Now, Lin Yunyan wants to make a rough judgment here.
Merchants seek profit. This is what Jing Dashu and Chen Gui do, and so are the two bosses who did this business with Chen Gui in the past.
It was just a fire, not an earthquake. The overall foundation of the alley was in pretty good condition.
Generally speaking, unless a high-rise building is to be built, the foundation will not be disturbed. In the past, these buildings ended up being bungalows.
"If we decide to reinforce it, will we dig up the existing foundation?" Lin Yunyan asked.
Chen Gui scratched his head.
The princess came to Lao Shi Alley in the middle of the night just to study the foundation?
He couldn't understand, but he answered seriously: "It depends on the situation. Generally speaking, there is no need to dig. The alley itself is based on broken bricks and clay. The foundation is very solid. It is a small job to reinforce it and it will not be dug." Add soil and compact it again.”
"So," Lin Yunyan pointed to the dark alley, and finally asked, "If there is a house whose foundation is so bad that you can't stand it anymore and you can't even repair it, and you have to dig it up and rebuild it, which one would it be? ?”
"Ah?" Chen Gui was dumbfounded.
What is the problem?
He really couldn't keep up with the princess's thoughts.
Subconsciously, he looked at Wan Yue, wondering what the princess meant by her question.
But Wan Yue said: "Dong Chen's family is watching what the slaves are doing? Think about where you want to dig!"
Chen Gui:......
I really want to dig it!
(End of chapter)
