Chapter 789: The Old Mansion of the Late Qing Dynasty and the Early Republic of China
"Mr. Zhang, you get in the car first and wait for me, I'll pack my things and go with you," I said to Zhang Zizhuang, who was sitting across from me.
"Okay, then I'll wait for you in the car" Zhang Zizhuang got up from the sofa and walked towards the Mercedes-Benz sedan outside.
I first put on the robe that the master hung on the wall on the first floor, and then took off the copper coin sword hanging on the wall, while I was packing up, Donnie Yen casually drew more than a dozen demon slaying charms, Donnie Yen drew talismans very quickly, and he was also very skilled.
"Are you ready?" I asked Donnie Yen with my master's old-fashioned leather suitcase.
"I'm ready," Donnie nodded vigorously and replied to me.
"Let's go" After I said this to Donnie Yen, the two of us strode out of the hall, and I locked the door of the hall and got into Zhang Zizhuang's car.
Gushan Town is a national town with a long history and rich cultural heritage. Since the Tang Dynasty, there have been temples, one of the ancient towns in Liaodong, Gushan Town is located in the westernmost part of DD City, and it takes at least three and a half hours to drive from DD City to Gushan Town.
Zhang Zizhuang He is not a good talker, he drove all the way and did not speak, because I didn't sleep last night, I sat in the back and chatted with Donnie Yen for a few words before falling asleep, Donnie Yen saw me asleep, and didn't bother me, he sat quietly and fiddled with the phone in his hand.
When I was woken up, it was already half past seven in the evening, and it was about four o'clock in the afternoon when I walked from the first hall, and it was still dawn, and it was already dark.
"Little brother, we have arrived, the old house in front is our old Zhang family," Zhang Zizhuang pointed to a high-walled compound in front of me and said.
"Donnie Yen, let's get out of the car" I said to Donnie Yen, and then pushed the car door and walked down.
I stood in front of the car and looked at the old house in front of me, the courtyard wall of this old house is all made of blue bricks, the wall is about two meters high, the gate of the old house is about three meters high, there are two mighty and majestic stone lions guarding both sides at the door, and the folk custom lion is the sacred beast of the town house. It also has the effect of warding off evil spirits, and the lion's mouth is open and closed, the two represent the meaning of vomiting, generally speaking, they are a male and a female, in pairs, and generally the left male and the right female, in line with the traditional Chinese philosophy of yin and yang. The male lion placed on the left side of the doorway is generally carved with the right front paw to play with the hydrangea or a hydrangea between the two front paws; On the right side of the doorway, the female lion is carved into the left front paw to pet the lion cub or a lion cub lying between the two front paws, and the stone lion is placed on both sides of the gate with reference to the direction of the person coming out of the gate. When a person comes out of the gate, the male lion should be on the left side of the person. In the past, all the people who could put stone lions in front of the door were not simple people, not eunuchs, that is, rich and noble families, and there were no stone lions in front of the door of poor families.
There is a three-storey small ancient building in the middle of this high-walled courtyard, this three-storey small ancient building still maintains the style of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, but the wooden windows have long been replaced with aluminum alloy windows, but this does not affect the ancient charm of this small ancient building, and old houses like this can only be seen on TV.
"Liu Shou, the yin qi in this old mansion is very heavy" Donnie Yen pointed to the old mansion in front of him and said with a cautious face, above the old mansion, there was a layer of cyan clouds, and this cyan cloud was formed by the yin qi emanating from the old mansion.
"I can feel it," I nodded and replied to Donnie Yen, in my opinion, the 100,000 yuan is not so easy to earn.
"Little brother, can you see what's wrong with my old house," Zhang Zizhuang got out of the car and walked in front of me, pointing to the old house in front of me and asked.
"I can only see that the yin qi in this old house is very heavy, and I can't see anything else" I said to Zhang Zizhuang truthfully, what I said was the truth, I am not the kind of person who sees the wind and talks nonsense, I can see anything, I will say anything to Zhang Zizhuang. Now there are many people who cheat money under the banner of being Taoist priests and fortune tellers, and they open their mouths to talk nonsense and domineering, and then their ultimate goal is to fool the other party to pay money to solve problems.
"It seems that your family used to be very rich!" Donnie Yen asked Zhang Zizhuang with a lot of mouth.
"Listen to my father, Qing Xianfeng year, our ancestor is the county order of Andong County, at that time our Zhang family was a big family, half of the territory of Gushan Town is our old Zhang family, this house is my grandfather's father that is my grandfather built, it has been more than 100 years of history, when the country was liberated, because the composition of our family is not good, our family's old house and land were confiscated at that time, and later the county leaders found out that my grandfather donated money, food, and medicine to our party during the Anti-Japanese War. Later, they returned our old house to my grandfather. My grandfather had three sons, my grandfather was the second, and finally my grandfather passed the house to my grandfather, my grandfather, and my third grandfather only needed some money at that time, and did not ask for the house, in those days, they thought that money was better than the house. Wen. During the revolutionary period, because our family used to be a landlord, this old house was almost lit by the Red Guards, but it was my father, my grandfather and my grandmother who protected the old house with a sickle and hoe, and this old house was saved, and my grandmother also paid for her life because of this old house, and my grandmother was beaten to death by the Red Guards with a stick. Later, my dad left our old house and went to the south to do business, and my dad made a lot of money in the south over the years. My grandmother has been absent for more than 40 years, and every time my dad asks my grandfather to sell this old house and go to the south to live with us, my grandfather just disagrees, saying that this is something left by the ancestors, even if he dies poor, he can't sell it, and he also told my dad that he will not allow my dad to sell this old house after he dies. Later, my grandfather guarded this old house alone, every time my father and I wanted to come back to see my grandfather, my grandfather did not let me, I lived for thirty-five years, when I was ten years old, I came to this old house with my father and my mother for a year, on the first day of the new year, my grandfather drove our family of three away, and we have not been here since then, until five years ago when my grandfather died, I came back for the second time, this time it was my third time, and when I came back the first two times, I didn't find anything wrong with this old house at all." Zhang Zizhuang told me and Donnie Yen the story of their old house.
As soon as Zhang Zizhuang finished saying this, the lights in the old house suddenly turned on, when Zhang Zizhuang saw this scene, he couldn't help but take a big step back, when Zhang Zizhuang took off the sunglasses on his face to look at their old house, I saw that he had one eye that was a little white, if I guessed correctly, his white eye should be blind.
"Mr. Zhang, do you want to go in with the two of us to have a look," I turned to Zhang Zizhuang and said.
"No, I'll just wait for the two of you in the car" Zhang Zizhuang waved his hand to me and said, at this time, he didn't dare to borrow a gut.
"Okay," I replied, and Zhang Zizhuang took Donnie Yen to the old house in front.
I pinned the copper coin sword to my waist, I held the master's old-fashioned suitcase in my left hand, and walked forward with two demon-slaying charms in my right hand, Donnie Yen held his small peachwood sword in his right hand, and followed closely behind me with the demon-slaying charm in his left hand.
"It seems that this 100,000 yuan is not easy to earn," Donnie Yen wiped the sweat on his head with the back of his right hand and said to me.
"I think it's a little impulsive for the two of us to take on this job today," I replied to Donnie Yen behind me as I walked forward.
"I finally understand what the phrase "people die for money, birds die for food" means," Donnie Yen said to me with a wry smile.
Donnie Yen and I are both a little selfish in taking this job, 100,000 yuan is not much for a rich person like Zhang Zizhuang, but it is not a small amount for the two of us, if I can earn this 100,000 yuan, I want to save for studying in the United States. Donnie Yen was thinking about eating Master's flower master in a hall, and he felt a little bad in his heart, if he earned the 100,000 yuan, it would be regarded as his daily living expenses.
"Liu Shou, how about the two of us half of the 100,000 yuan" Donnie Yen interjected and said to me, the ghost in the old house has not been removed, this Donnie Yen will share the money with me first, and I am also drunk on this. This reminds me of a news, the two of them discussed at home what to do if they won the lottery 5 million, and in the end the two of them fought without saying a word, and went to the Civil Affairs Bureau to divorce, which is simply ridiculous.
"Donnie Yen, we don't know what's going on inside, it seems that you are very sure to earn this 100,000 yuan" I turned my head and looked at Donnie Yen with a wry smile and said.
"You should have self-confidence in being a man" When Donnie Yen said this, he was obviously a little lacking in confidence.
"I don't have any confidence at all now," Donnie Yen heard me say this, and his heart was even more unconfident.
Just 20 meters of the road, the two of us still walked for five minutes to walk to the gate of the old house, the gate of the old house is two large wooden doors painted with red paint, the top of the wooden door has two copper handles like a lion's head, these two old wooden doors are also more than a hundred years old, although these two wooden doors are a little rotten, but they can be preserved to this day, it is a miracle.
Donnie Yen and I stood at the gate and looked at the two old wooden doors with hesitant expressions, and no one took the initiative to push the two old wooden doors.
"Liu Shou, why are you standing stupidly, hurry up and push the door in!" Donnie Yen turned his head to look at me, swallowed a mouthful of spit, and said.
"Why don't you kid push the door in," I asked Donnie Yen with a nervous expression.
"I, I, I'm a little scared," Donnie replied to me with a red face.