The Xia family is also a famous family of Yin Fu in Hangzhou, the inner city of Hangzhou is the imperial city of the Southern Song Dynasty, surrounded by Phoenix Mountain within a radius of nine miles, starting from Fengshan Gate in the north, reaching Jianggan in the south, reaching Wansongling in the west, and arriving at Houchaomen in the east, but unfortunately the imperial palace and many palaces and imperial gardens have ceased to exist.

The outer city crosses Wu Mountain in the south, intercepts the Wulin Gate in the north, connects the West Lake on the right, leans on the Qiantang River on the left, has thirteen city gates in total, and there is a moat outside the city. But the population has shrunk from more than a million at its peak to less than 600,000 today, with most of the wealthy families moving to Jinling and the rest moving to provinces with empty populations.

Even 600,000 people were a first-class city in ancient times, and with the two counties of Qiantang and Renhe under the jurisdiction of Hangzhou Prefecture, the population still maintained a population of one million.

The Xia family's mansion is just a very ordinary mansion, located near Wushan, and there are no beautiful courtyard buildings. Even the wealthy families living in the city with traditional Jiangnan garden mansions, most of the houses are very dilapidated, which shows that the heavy taxes have indeed weighed down the people of Hangzhou for many years.

After Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, the tax was reduced to half, but the war made Jiangnan have to support the front-line army, and Zhu Gaochi did not change the tax after succeeding to the throne, but Jiangnan suffered another disaster, which can be described as many disasters.

Compared with the ordinariness of the Xia family, the house next to the Xia family that was arranged to be moved in by Xu Hao was quite luxurious, and the beams and bricks seemed to be new.

Xia Shu, the steward of the Xia family, introduced: "This house was built by Yao Dudu, Yao Gong is a native of Jiangxi, he swallowed the money and was impeached by the imperial history, and the house was filled with officials. This house was only built for seven or eight years. As with the new construction, it faces south and sits north, and auxiliary houses are built in the open space on both sides. They were all rented out. The house is five in and five out, the first two into seven rooms, the third and fourth into nine rooms each, the fifth into the building ten rooms, and the back has a large garden. On the west side, from the second to the third, there is a sandwich lane, which is the main entrance for the female guests to enter and exit. ”

Xu Hao's face softened, and it seemed that it was not the local officials who deliberately stammered. In fact, this mansion is far from being comparable to the area of the rich people in the south of the Yangtze River or their own mansions in the capital, but in Hangzhou, where there are many people and few places, it is already very good.

Mu Ningxue went to visit the nurse. Zhulan arranged everyone's residence, except for a corner gate on the east and west sides of the main gate, and a gatehouse on the side of the east corner gate, which arranged for Yang Tai and Wei Chuan to accompany them; Further east, there are three small houses. East-west. In front of the door is the garden wall, vacating a small patio, where ten generals live.

Slightly north, there are three houses to the east and west, arranged to live with the small servants, and the open space in the yard can raise livestock, chickens and ducks. The three courtyards of the West Corner Gate are inhabited by the Mu family, and there are brick houses on the outermost periphery, which are used to place carriages and sedan chairs, and Wang Liang and other coachmen live. Further west is the stables.

The small courtyards on both sides behind the main entrance are inhabited by people with families, and there is a cloister in front of the front hall. The two wings in the east are inhabited by Xu Quan, Xu Ji, the brothers and Mu Shou, and Gu Shou, and the four heads and two rooms next door, one for Xu Qi and Gu Xi, two staff officers, and one for the secretary Qin Cheng.

There is a path to the east of the vestibule, which leads to the east study, and there is a toilet next to the side bedroom; The layout of the west side is much the same, and there are Li Dong and Mu family stewards living there.

There is a hall in the middle of the front hall to the main hall, and there are two small rooms on each side, and there are the housekeepers and daughters-in-law of Zhulan and others. The main hall is called Tongde Hall, and there are Lianyun: the origin of poetry and ceremony, and the high door of the Qing Dynasty; The article is dark, the sun and the moon are bright.

The font is a pair of mud gold eight-foot Zhengda, imitating Yan Zhenqing's penmanship, which is written by Yao Dudu himself, Xu Haoxin said that this corrupt official has not even lived for a day, and he has the face to write this high-sounding couplet.

On the wall, hang a group of immortals offering longevity hall axis, eight large screens splashed by Huang Tingjian on the east wall, eight poems and flowers of Mitty in the west, two east and west study rooms, and a separate courtyard.

There are marble steps in front of the hall, four or five tall sycamores are planted in the center of the courtyard, and there is a corridor around the hall. The east three rooms of the east study room are the reception flower hall, and there are three guest rooms behind the flower hall, with a tea room and toilet.

The area of the courtyard behind the main hall is not small, there is a corridor in the middle, the high wall separates the inner house and the outer house, there is also a fence carved lacquer inside, the center of the courtyard is planted with osmanthus, magnolia, plantain, purple bamboo, etc., there are also corridor houses on both sides, which are used to stack woodware, porcelain and other things, as well as the use of passing things on the night.

Further inside is the inner living room, the first three big houses in the east, two of the middle rooms are the conference hall, three sides are flower garden rockeries, and the east one is the inner tea room. At the head of the west, there is a large courtyard, which is divided into two areas, the front is for the mother-in-law and other people, and the back is the bath and storehouse.

The title here is Yangzhitang, and there are also Lianyun: poetry and wine are full of warblers and flowers, and Lin Qingwei is full of children's love.

The people were busy decorating the hall, putting the calligraphy, paintings, antiques, etc. brought on one by one, Xu Hao shook his head, his original intention was to live a few days of ordinary people's lives, and it was enough to bring three or four people, but no one was allowed, in short, his arms couldn't twist his thighs, of course, he also knew that the gentleman was not in danger, after all, he had to consider the safety of the women.

The west side is the inner study, where the musk moon and Lingyu live, and then the four west rooms are the inner kitchen, the west of the kitchen is the women's toilet, and the two firewood rooms are stacked with firewood, kerosene, and wine.

The inside of Yangzhi Hall is Yinghui Hall, and there are five rooms in the main room, three of which are Mrs. Mu's room, one bedroom, and the west two rooms are the bedrooms of the big girl Yuepei and Qiuhong, and most of the flower halls are divided outside. The east two rooms are the living rooms of the Mei family who came to relax, and the two east wings are opened in the middle, where the maids are secretly fragrant and sparse.

After going to the room, there are small chambers, which are the places for piling up boxes and cages and wardrobes, there are two embroidery floors on one side, the first floor is the bedroom of the big and small maids, and the upstairs is stacked with delicate things of boxes and cages, and there are four guest rooms for the inner family.

Xu Hao was already familiar with the layout of the southern house, and hurriedly walked around and entered the garden, which is the topography of the main house, and there are two hanging flower doors in the garden.

One is behind the courtyard of Mrs. Mu in Yinghui Hall, and the other is through a path from the east end of the council hall, all of which can go directly to the garden.

An embroidery building in the southeast corner is probably prepared for the lady to live, with eight rooms up and down, four interesting huts next to it, an octagonal pavilion in the north, and windows on all sides. The sun and moon pavilion on the rockery can overlook the whole house, there are more than ten old plums under it, there is a bamboo fence in the west of the pavilion, and a circle of roses is in full bloom.

Hundreds of swallow bamboo poles in the fence, three rooms on the upper floor of the northwest hall outside the fence, the hall is facing south, named Zhu Shuangxuan. I went down to a wide meadow in front of the rockery. There is an attic building according to the topography, because there are plantains outside the door, and the famous banana house.

There is a Yanqiu boat to the east. There is a small pond next to it with lotus flowers, and behind the small bridge is a flower house. There are dozens of laurel trees in the southwest corner, there are three quiet rooms, and the roads in the garden are all zigzag corridors.

It can be said that although the sparrows are small and have all the organs, almost all of them should be there, and Mrs. Mu and Mei took people to admire it. I feel soreness in both legs.

Everyone returned to the upper room, washed their faces and drank tea, Mu Qingshuang said: "The two families are together." There are people living everywhere in the small place, and things are piled up, and it is not easy to vacate a few more rooms. But how do you live? ”

Mrs. Mu smiled: "The idiot girl really doesn't know the suffering of the poor. One or two rooms in the countryside for farming, the bedroom is also here, the stove room is also here, and the reception is also here, even if you marry a daughter-in-law, you can only separate the mats, even if it is a new house. It's already quite spacious and wealthy, and the inner house is the inner house. The outer house is the outer house, and there is a garden where the girls live. Inherit the hospitality of the Xia family. ”

Mu Qingshuang said with a smile: "There are tens of thousands of mansions, and the beauty and cold people of the Great Shelter are happy, which is really pitiful." ”

Mei said: "We moved here to receive gifts from relatives and friends, and we have to treat ourselves, so let's be in the garden." ”

Mrs. Mu said: "It's the first time to have a treat, it's good in the hall." ”

Xu Hao was actually very surprised by this place, especially the many buildings in the garden seemed to be specially designed for the Xu family, thinking that the Mu family was so well prepared, probably because of his wife's intentions, it seemed that Cuiliu and they would have to come to play soon.

This life is the life of being surrounded by women, Xu Hao was quite helpless, came out and entered the inner study alone, and suddenly remembered one thing, to find something, how do you know that you can't find it when you first arrive, and you feel very irritable for a while, shouting loudly.

When Mrs. Mu heard the movement, she hurriedly said, "Hao'er doesn't know what to shout inside, go and take a look." ”

Qingwen hurriedly walked out and saw Xu Hao's face full of anger, because she asked, "Master, what's the matter?" ”

Xu Hao frowned and said, "What's the matter, don't you still know the Dao?" ”

Qingwen sneered: "It's strange, I'm not a stomach worm in my lord's stomach, how can I know the way?" ”

Xu Hao sat on the chair and said, "The key on the bookcase." ”

Qingwen said: "The day before leaving, I originally collected it for you, but you said that the bookbox often had to be opened, and it was inconvenient, so I took it again." When I see you hiding by your side, why do you ask me? You should ask for Musk Moon or Lingyu. ”

"That's it." Xu Hao got up and shook his arm, frowned, and said, "I haven't found it for a long time, I may have lost it, so break this box." ”

Mei heard it outside, and said through the screen, "Look for it carefully, or call a coppersmith to open it." ”

Qingwen hurriedly stepped forward to stop and said, "You are temperamental again, the bookcase is broken and not tightened, what if you break the things inside?" ”

Xu Hao listened to it reasonably, and there were short guns and gunpowder and daggers and short swords in the box, so he stopped and still went to sit.

Qingwen and Mei Shi outside saw that Xu Hao was like a teenage young master and lost his temper, and the whole person took off the mask on weekdays, guessing that he put down the affairs of the court after leaving Beijing, and unconsciously the whole person was relaxed, plus he was very angry when he saw a large number of victims recently, so he was more irritable, but he never took the problem of losing his temper with women, and listened to persuasion no matter what.

Not to mention Qingwen and Mei's laughter in their hearts, they didn't care at all but found it funny, so they deliberately teased Xu Hao with words. Mrs. Mu heard that her uncle was arguing there, and called Yue Pei to come over and ask, and Zhilu Dao lost the key on the box and went back to inform Mrs. Mu.

Dark incense said: "I picked up a key outside the thatched house the day before yesterday, and now in the hands of Sister Musk Yue, I don't know if it's a road?" ”

Mrs. Mu called someone to call Musk Yue to come over, and at this time, Musk Yue was cleaning up in the outer study, and came in and said with a smile: "It's not in my hands, it's lost, so I don't want to tell him immediately, it's better to be in a hurry." ”

Mrs. Mu sighed with tears and laughter: "What did you say you were doing, go quickly." ”

Here Mei asked curiously, "What are you looking for in the bookcase?" Can't wait a moment? ”

Xu Hao smiled and took the key in Musk Yue's hand, sneakily entered the room, opened the bookcase and took out a red sandalwood box, and took out a small bag in the box.

Qingwen walked over and asked, "What are you carrying?" Xu Hao hurriedly said, "What are you looking at?" ”

After speaking, Xu Hao hurriedly hid, but Qingwen had seen it, so he chuckled: "You don't have to hide, if you don't show me, I'll tell my wife." ”

Xu Hao smiled: "It's nothing, it's just a bottle of Ruyi oil, and now it's a little uncomfortable, and I want to wipe my head." ”

Qingwen smiled: "Ruyi oil is not as good as Ruyi people." ”

Xu Hao said: "I don't understand your words. Qingwen pursed her lips and chuckled, "You don't understand, I understand, what did you and your aunt do that night?" I've seen it all. ”

Xu Hao was a little speechless, and deliberately begged: "It's you who treat me as a thief all day long, you must not tell others, I can't forget you." ”

Qingwen avoided her body with a smile, and said with a smile: "I am not blessed to accept your gift, you can give me a good life." ”

At this time, Mrs. Mu sent someone to ask again, and the two of them went to the window together, Qingwen put her hands around Xu Hao's arm, and Xu Hao put her hand on the pretty girl's buttocks, Qingwen blushed and pretended to be casual, and sent away the little girl Xiaoyue.

Mei blushed and looked at this scene, remembering the absurdity of that night in the flowers, and her whole body was hot. (To be continued......)