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"Dad, do you know where the landlord lives?" Shen Lingzhu didn't know.

Shen Chi chuckled and said, "I was the one who helped find the official to rent the house. To ensure your uncle's safety, I checked everything about the landlord's family."

Huang Zongqi harnessed the car and advised, "As long as you are not particularly greedy, don't ask for an outrageous price; double is enough.

It’s five times more than renting for a while, I might as well just buy his house.”

"That's a solution." Shen Lingzhu agreed, but when she arrived in West City with Mr. Chi and asked the landlord, he said that according to the signed lease, whoever breaches the contract first will be fined ten times the amount of money.

"You pay the fine for me, and you can just give me double the old price for the house." The landlord did not raise the price exorbitantly.

Shen Chi was not happy about paying ten times the monthly rent for nothing, so he pulled the landlord to treat him to a drink. During the meal, the landlord said, "To be honest, since the house where Mr. Shen lived was raided last year, it has been difficult to rent out.

None of the officials were willing to find such a house, and the merchants were as cunning as monkeys. Not only did they lower the rent by 30%, they also took the opportunity to write a contract to pay compensation for breach of contract.

And after he rented it out, he rented it out to someone else at a high price, which is really infuriating."

"Didn't the current tenant rent from you?" Shen Lingzhu was extremely surprised.

The landlord put down his glass vigorously and said, "Yes, I don't know where this merchant came from, but he messed up my yard."

Shen Chi paused while pouring his wine: "Did they renovate the house?"

“Well, some old buildings were demolished and renovated to be more refined.

They said they would leave all these things behind when they move out, but I really don't want their belongings!" The landlord said this sternly, but there was a hint of pride in his eyes.

Shen Lingzhu and Mr. Chi exchanged a glance, and she sighed softly, "Alas, we still want to rent this house, mainly because my uncle likes the wintersweet in the yard and the pergola built along the flower wall.

He particularly liked to sit at the stone table under the shed and write, saying it was a way to express his artistic conception.

Shen Chi immediately followed up, "Shouldn't they have been torn down? Throw away the tree, the shed, the tables, the benches, and the bonsai?"

The landlord clapped his hands lightly and said: "Look, only your Master Shen who lives here can appreciate the true taste of this place. What do those businessmen know?

They moved the wintersweets to the corners and planted some peonies instead, which looked tacky."

"What about the others?" Shen Lingzhu was anxious. He didn't even get the point across. "Throw the tables, chairs, and potted plants into the corner too?"

"No, I found out they were renovating and took all the unwanted pergola, potted plants, tables, stools and kitchen stoves back home. They threw away all the good things and were a waste of money." The landlord took a sip of wine, looking very disdainful.

Shen Lingzhu secretly felt relieved and said with a smile: "My uncle likes those potted plants very much and often trims them.

After returning home, I searched everywhere for similar plants to grow.”

"Is that so..." Shen Chi seemed to be thinking.

The landlord's eyes lit up, "Since Mr. Shen likes it, I'll give it to him."

"It's not good to take advantage of you, brother, we will buy it.

The price is not important, what matters is that my brother likes it." Shen Chi immediately took advantage of the situation.

"Haha, yes, yes, the house..." The landlord naturally wanted double the rent.

Shen Lingzhu frowned and said, "Ten times the compensation, can you decide, Dad?

Why not write home and ask my aunt for her opinion, and whether I should buy all the potted plants or just the ones that my uncle likes?

"This..." Shen Chi seemed hesitant again.

“Little girl, you have to ask about the house, but this potted plant is not worth much.

We are old acquaintances, I won't cheat you, otherwise, go to my house and pick it up now, and I will also give you two pots that I raised myself. "A bird in the hand is worth a hundred in the bush, and the landlord's mind changes quickly.

Shen Chi saw his eagerness and poured him another glass of wine. "Money can't buy what you love. I'll go to your house and load all the potted plants into the car later."

"Mr. Chi is very open-minded. Come and touch it." The landlord was very happy.

So after dinner, when Shen Lingzhu and his daughter came to his house to move the potted plants, the little girl was surprised to find the stone table piled in a corner of the flower pots. He quickly said, "We moved them all from that house. If you like them, I'll give them to you."

So Shen Chi rented another car and bought the tables and chairs as well.

When the things were unloaded at home, half of the yard was occupied by flower pots. Shen Lingzhu turned over the stone bench: "Fortunately, I didn't throw it away, but uncle put it on that bench."

"They are all stones, there is no place to hide anything." Huang Zongqi also started to rummage through them.

Shen Chi came over with a basin of water and said, "It's not in the stool, it's in the hollow space of this table."

I saw him turn over the stone table and wipe the hole in the table with a wet cloth. Then a mud mark appeared, which had already cracked.

He said, "Little Bamboo, let Dad use your dagger."

"How much can be hidden here?" Shen Lingzhu took out the dagger he carried with him and handed it over.

Shen Chi smiled and said, "As expected of my daughter, you have a sharp eye.

You'll know later." He then used his dagger to dig at the filling mud.

Shen Lingzhu was speechless for a moment and told him to be careful not to get scratched.

Huang Zongqi said, "The yellow mud mixed with glutinous rice soup is quite solid. I'll do it."

"Uncle, will the dagger be damaged?" Shen Lingzhu didn't want to damage it with something that was handy.

Huang Zongqi thought for a moment and went to the kitchen to get a long, thin boning knife.

"There's this thing? It looks a bit thick." Shen Lingzhu doubted that he could use it.

"I brought it from home." My uncle is very good at doing things. He pushed his brother-in-law aside and brushed a few times, and mud blocks kept falling out.

After a cup of tea, when half of the mud was removed, a jade-colored seal stone fell out.

Shen Chi picked it up and washed it in the basin. "That's it. My brother said he was worried someone would steal it when he kept it in his room, so he hid it inside the stone table."

"Seal stone? Uncle's?" Shen Lingzhu took it and looked at it.

Shen Chi said: "No, take a closer look."

"Xinglong Money House, land 15." Shen Lingzhu read out the whole thing slowly.

"That's right, we'll go get it tomorrow, and then go to Shuntian Prefecture to file the petition." Shen Chi had already made plans.

Shen Lingzhu asked, "Why not go to the Ministry of Justice?"

Shen Chi shook his head: "No, we are not your uncles. It is best to file a complaint with the government office."

"Will there be cases where citizens sue officials and have them beaten?" Shen Lingzhu was confused.

Shen Chi snorted coldly, "The man surnamed Sun has been stripped of his official uniform and is now a commoner."

Shen Lingzhu said uncertainly, "But his reputation hasn't been revoked, right? I remember there was a punishment that deprived him of the ability to write since birth."

Shen Chi took a deep breath and said, "My dear, this is even more cruel than killing him and taking away his title of Jinshi."

Seeing her bewilderment, her uncle Huang Zongqi said, "If you deprive him of the ability to write since birth, his descendants will not be able to take the imperial examinations for generations."

Shen Lingzhu finally understood a little. She thought for a moment and said, "I always feel that going to Shuntian Prefecture is not safe. It would be faster to find Brother Xie Heng after getting the things.

However, the prerequisite is to see what evidence uncle has collected."

Because she was anxious to see it, Shen Chi did not wait until the next day, but went to the bank to pick up the item immediately.