Vol 2 Chapter 350: Gu's Old House

After being forced by Zhou Xiaozheng to rest at home for a day, Zhou Jiao once again accompanied her family and relatives on the journey.
After two days and one night, the group finally arrived at the old house of Gu’s family in the south of the Yangtze River.
Stone lions, vermilion gates, flying eaves and ridges, shadow walls and brick carvings on the wall, this courtyard can still be seen through the vicissitudes of the years.
The garden rockery, pavilions, pavilions, winding corridors, and courtyards are a little deep. When they are in them, they trance back to ancient times and travel through the wrong time and space.
Accompanied by the staff, the two families listened to Mrs. Cheng's reminiscence description, and no one made a sound during the whole process. With the memories of the old lady, scenes from the past are clearly portrayed in everyone's minds.
The ancestral house is also the ancestral house of a large family, and the ancient building of the ancestors of the Gu family for generations. Without the popularity, the huge yards are hidden by century-old trees and artificial hills, making it even more silent and terrifying.
Zhou Xiao was standing in the main hall, looking out, and sighed long.
"Auntie, you have been bothering you for so many years."
No matter how much, he couldn't say it anymore. Back then, the old house should have been looted by the tribe, and now many of the furnishings are repaired. Over the past few decades, the large sums of repair and maintenance costs have been astronomical figures, not to mention the hard work of the Cheng family. Mrs. Cheng, this ancient house cannot be preserved so perfectly.
"What bother you. This is my family, the family I grew up with." Old lady Cheng said in a low tone.
Since entering the mansion, the old lady has taken medicine once. Old Cheng looked at her nervously, for fear that she would be emotional. At this moment, after finally seeing the main courtyard, he hesitated whether he should go to the partial courtyard again.
After resting for a while, Cheng Lao talked with his wife in a low voice, "Let’s prepare something to pay homage to father-in-law and mother-in-law. Can Xiaozheng take the children around here?"
Old Mrs. Cheng heard this, looked at Zhou Xiaozheng, and saw him nodding, "Then you don't know if you have anything to ask the porter Lao Gu. He is our former helper. He knows many things."
Zhou Xiaozheng nodded. Said to be a helper, but actually a domestic servant. It was her mother Gu Mingzhu who saved the orphan's life. Later, he followed Gu's surname and ran errands in front of his grandfather. The other side of Gu's affairs knows well.
He investigated Old Gu beforehand. This eighty-year-old man is guarding the old house, just to help his mother Gu Mingzhu keep the house. He is a good person.
The other party now has children and grandchildren, but he still firmly believes that his eldest lady and uncle will return. Knowing that the two had passed away, for the sake of the two children whose whereabouts were unknown, they even stuck to the old house and helped Mrs. Cheng to privately investigate the whereabouts of the child.
When I saw Zhou Jiao in the morning, Old Gu turned the leg that was interrupted by the Gu family member, and kept crying in pain, saying that he was impatient and couldn't hold his things and was robbed. Keep saying that Missy be careful of those people.
The grandson of the other party followed closely, explaining that some of the elderly people were confused. He hadn't met Gu Mingzhu, how could he know that the old man was confused, but Gu Mingzhu had been living in his heart. Zhou Jiao, who is just like a grandmother, not to mention the old Gu, but the old people who came along all the way called out.
Faced with such a loyal servant, Zhou Jiao burst into tears. The investigation report on paper was too light. The moment she saw the old man, she was stabbed in the heart.
Sending away Cheng's family, Zhou Xiaozheng made an appointment with the staff who followed, and he smiled clearly as the other person left happily.
Zhou Xiaozheng stopped paying attention to the thoughts of others. Since their father and daughter agreed to sign the painting, they would not lose their trust. As long as the other party agrees to list it as a commemorative tourist attraction and maintain the original state of the old house, he will agree. Not to mention that there is only a short ten-year lease, maybe this will always be a tourist attraction in the future.
"Dad, then we still follow the plan?" Zhou Jiao asked when everyone was gone, leaving the three of them.
"Yeah. It's only safe now, and there will be no chance if it's too late. Xiaowu guards the intersection, don't let anyone approach the embroidered building. I will take Jiaojiao to find the agency."
With Zhou Xiaozheng's arrangements, Zhang Guoqing hurriedly went out. At this moment, his heart was pounding--someone must be watching their family this time.
Standing at the intersection, he couldn't worry about it, and began to calm down, focusing on the surrounding movement. Except for the faint cough of the porter, there is only the sound of his breathing.
He subconsciously glanced at the lush ancient trees in the distance, began to pace closer, circled the main road, and looked back and forth pretending to be curious. Secretly expecting Zhou Jiao to move faster, this gloomy old house made him feel hairy.
Zhang Guoqing walked along the main road eloquently, observing the courtyards everywhere. If history does not change, it is really possible that Zhou Jiao, like everyone else, would have to sit in a sedan chair carried by a servant to finish shopping. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but chuckle.
Here Zhou Xiaozheng led Zhou Jiao and the two of them to the Xiulou.
It is said to be the embroidered building, but now it is empty inside. There is nothing else but a limp, one embroidery shed. Although Mrs. Cheng told me, I saw it with my own eyes that the father and daughter were disappointed.
The only embroidery workshop that witnessed Gu Mingzhu~EbookFREE.me~ has survived. In the second-story building, there was nothing but empty shelves.
"Don't be stunned. Pay attention to the steps of Dad."
Zhou Xiaozheng's voice awakened the thoughtful Zhou Jiao.
Inside the rockery, Zhou Xiao was opening the mechanism at this moment, pulling Zhou Jiao into it, stepping on the floor tiles and moving carefully according to the formula. After a while, there was still no movement.
"Dad, let me try."
Zhou Xiaozheng shook his head, his eyes brightened, and he stretched out his hand to pass Zhou Jiao, and said in a low voice, "Your grandma can open it alone. It may be related to your weight. You are careful to get injured by the mechanism inside."
After speaking, he nervously guarded Zhou Jiao, and stretched out his hand to hold her right hand to prevent accidental appearance, so as to pull away immediately.
After the faint "click" sound, the floor tiles separated immediately, revealing a step.
Zhou Xiaozheng took the cloth strips, matches and candles that Zhou Jiao handed him, and tried it, "There are vents, let's go directly in. You go slowly, remember your grandma's reminder."
"Yeah. Dad, follow me carefully." As Zhou Jiao's words fell, the father and daughter stepped down a few steps, and the passage above their heads slowly closed.
Sure enough, I couldn't see a door against the wall. I saw two boxes stacked on the ground with an ancient wind lantern on it. Some porcelain was scattered around.
"This is your grandma just in case, to cover people's eyes and ears. You put them all away. You will destroy the mechanism when you go up to the meeting, and this place will not be used in the future."
Zhou Jiao didn't dare to speak out and nodded quickly. The echo from the basement made her get goose bumps all over her body, and the excitement of treasure hunting was gone.
After receiving things, she subconsciously clung to Zhou Xiaozheng.
No matter how big the old house is, she dare not move in. I don’t know how the Gu family managed the inner house with three masters and one aunt. No wonder that even the bodyguards can't guard the old house.