Chapter 427: A blessed person does not enter an unblessed home

This is because all the people living here are officials from the imperial court.

From the fourth-rank officials to the seventh- and eighth-rank editors, as long as there was some spare money in the family, they all lived here.

There are also literary rules here. Ordinary people without official positions cannot live here, no matter how rich they are.

They walked a short distance inside when they met the owner of the largest pawnshop in the capital, who was standing at the door of a house.

After the meeting, the shopkeeper became even more attentive to Ying Zhilin, calling him "No. 1 Scholar" all the time.

Then he used the key to unlock the courtyard door behind them: "Please come in, both of you."

It has come to this point, what else does Wen Yan not understand: "You want to buy a house?

Ying Zhilin held her hand and walked inside: "Yes, I have been demoted to an editor in the Hanlin Academy. This place is close to the government office."

"You should have come tomorrow. It's so dark now that I can't see anything."

"I've already taken a look at it, and it's a bit old, but it can be lived in after some repairs.

I brought you here just to let you see if you like the layout. If you like it, we can buy it."

Wen Yan: "Houses here are not cheap, are you so hasty to decide on one?"

Ying Zhilin said in a firm tone, "I want to buy it today."

Wen Yan didn't want to spoil his fun, so she said, "Okay, you're the top scorer today, you're the boss, everything is up to you."

The yard is indeed not very big.

The lights were on inside, and Wen Yan and the others finished looking at it quickly.

The second entrance has a small cross-courtyard, which has a good layout and is well maintained.

After simple renovations, you can move in.

Wen Yan said that she could have the house.

Ying Zhilin immediately went to the shopkeeper to sign the deed and exchange the house title.

Ying Zhilin placed the deed in front of Wen Yan and said, "Sign it quickly."

Wen Yan was stunned for a moment: "Let me sign?

You want to give me this house?"

Ying Zhilin urged: "Don't ask so many questions, just sign and put your fingerprints quickly, so as not to delay the shopkeeper from going home to eat and take care of the children."

Wen Yan: "...You won't even talk about the price?"

"Everything else has been discussed. All that's left is for you to sign it."

She had no choice but to sign first. Ying Zhilin immediately took out a stack of banknotes from his arms and counted out eight thousand taels of banknotes to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper handed them the keys and the deed, and the payment was made.

The shopkeeper wisely left.

In the huge house, there were only Wen Yan and Ying Zhilin.

Wen Yan leaned against the screen wall and looked at Ying Zhilin: "Speak, I'll give you a chance to explain."

Ying Zhilin said: "After you came to buy people that day, you revealed your intention to buy a house, so I started looking."

"How much is the house?"

"Eight thousand taels."

"Then where do you get so much money?"

Ying Zhilin's eyes drifted away, he put his fist to his lips and coughed lightly: "I... just simply beat Wu Yunzi in a few games of chess, each game a painting."

Wen Yan's mouth twitched involuntarily, and she couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Ying Zhilin wondered why he chose Wu Yunzi to cause trouble alone.

"I sold those paintings and made nine thousand taels."

Wen Yan tutted, "With you disrupting the market, Wu Yunzi's paintings are starting to fall in value."

Ying Zhilin chuckled a few times, "It's indeed dropped a little bit. He won't be selling paintings anytime soon, so the price will recover in a year or two."

"Next time... you should find someone else to trouble you." Wen Yan pursed her lips and suppressed a smile, "The last time I went to Jinyang Prefecture, he was scared by me and didn't dare to come to see me again.

Let’s not bully him alone.”

Wen Yan bit her lip to hold back her smile.

“Ever since we got married.

Food, clothing, study and exams, all the money you spent.

You also built a yard for me in my hometown.

I saw it all and kept it in mind.

But I am incorruptible and have nothing to repay you with.

When I learned that you wanted to buy a house that day, I secretly paid attention to you and fell in love with this place.

Liu Wenyan, I want to have a home that belongs to us alone."

His gaze involuntarily fell on Wen Yan's bitten lips.

He suddenly reached out his hand and stroked it with his fingers, but she bit her lip and said, "Let go, it will hurt."

Wen Yan only felt a tingling sensation wherever he touched her, all the way to the soles of her feet.

She quickly stepped away, pretending nothing had happened, and said with an awkward smile, "What's the point of reporting or not? We're partners. We agreed on this from the beginning. You provided me with identity protection, and I paid for your studies and living. You don't owe me anything."

"So you don't want it?" Ying Zhilin lowered his head dejectedly.

Wen Yan didn't want to argue with him about this matter, so she took the deed and said, "Leave it with me for now."

When we separate later, I will return the house deed to him.

"Let's go back." The two of them were alone, and the air seemed to be frozen. Wen Yan turned around and walked out.

Wen Yan followed with big strides.

Wen Yan said, "I'll prepare an extra set of paints for Wu Yunzi. Please send it to him when you have time."

"Okay." Ying Zhilin walked beside her happily, "Yanyan, I'm a little hungry. Let's have a midnight snack before going home."

While the Wen Yan couple were happily having supper, Huo Yaoxing was still kneeling in the ancestral hall of the Marquis of Jinping's Mansion.

His clothes still bore traces of rips and blood from the flogging.

But the expression on his face was even scarier than the wound on his back: "Are you saying that the top scorer this time is Ying Zhilin?"

Huo San, leaning on a cane, took two steps back in fear and nodded, "Yes..."

“Hehe…, hehehe…”

Huo Yaoxing burst out laughing, "I never thought that after all my scheming, I would end up helping him."

He was laughing, but suddenly his face darkened.

He punched the ground, shattering several pieces of blue bricks.

"I'm fine!" Huo Yaoxing laughed even more crazily, "If any of you want to go against me, I will never let you go!"

Huo San was worried about him but didn't dare to step forward: "My Lord...your hand!"

"Get out." Huo Yaoxing growled.

Huo San hesitated for a moment, then decisively stood up and left the ancestral hall.

He instructed the maid outside: "Take good care of him. If anything happens to the prince, your whole family will be buried with him."

"Yes, housekeeper San." The maids responded tremblingly.

As soon as Huo San left, they pouted at his back:

"You're just a dog by the prince's side. Why are you pretending to be so powerful? You really think you're a nobody."

"Hey, have you heard? The granddaughter-in-law of the Zhao family who was divorced not only married a small leader of the Forbidden Palace of the Acropolis, but she is also pregnant."

"you do not say!

In the past, the Zhao family always bullied the girl, complaining about her shortcomings and saying that she was a mother who didn't lay eggs.

Finally, they forced the man away. As a result, the eldest grandson of the Zhao family is living a worse life, while the girl is getting better and better.

"What do you call this? It's called a blessed person not entering an unblessed home.

Some people think they are great, but in fact it is the blessing brought by others.

Just like those who adopt children, the children are destined to have younger brothers and sisters, and only those who adopt children have biological children.

Once you send someone away, the blessings they brought will naturally dissipate."

Huo Yaoxing's heart trembled.

Will a blessed person not enter a house without blessings?