There is a pond beside the garden, and in the middle of the pond there is a huge stone with two words engraved on it, "Ming Lu".
As Li Jun walked, he introduced Chen Xia and the other two:
"This Minglu Villa is no ordinary villa. Built in 1934, the architect took advantage of the hillside location and built it facing the lake. It's a three-story, three-bay building covering 1.3 acres, with a construction area of 508 square meters and a total of 16 rooms. It uses a mixed brick, stone, and wood structure, with cement-roughened exterior walls. The doors and windows are steel, and the floors are made of pine wood. The architectural style is purely Western."
Chen Xia looked at the villa with beige exterior walls in front of him. Its design was typical of the Republic of China period, and it gave people a sense of history at first glance. He felt very satisfied.
My God, even this house cannot be bought without hundreds of millions of dollars in 2020.
At this time, everyone had reached the gate of the villa. Li Jun took out another key and pushed the door open. The living room was empty. Because no one had lived there for a long time, there was a musty smell.
This is a very common thing in the water towns of Jiangnan, so Chen Xia didn't make a fuss about it.
However, Xu Yuan liked the living room as soon as she entered it. "Wow, this living room is so big, it can hold a dance party."
Li Jun said with a smile, "Student Xu has good taste. This living room was indeed often used for dances during the Republican era. The first owner of this house was Ma Wencong, the then-chairman of the GS Provincial Government. The second owner was Jin Runquan, a famous financier and president of the Lin'an branch of the China G Bank. These were all prominent figures in Lin'an at the time, and their status was extraordinary."
"Then Chief Li, how did this house become empty later?" Chen Xia asked.
"It wasn't empty at first. After liberation, some retired leaders lived here, but they all disliked the damp air and refused to live there. Then the house became empty. We thought it was a pity and wanted to use it as a dormitory for provincial government offices, but... "
Li Jun stopped here, as if he remembered something terrible.
Xu Rui and Xu Yuan's ears pricked up, but Chen Xia didn't take it seriously. What else could it be? It must be some scary supernatural incident.
"As it turned out, some young people from government agencies had just moved in and noticed some strange noises at night. In particular, they could clearly hear something moving around on the wooden floor, and the door would often be opened for no reason in the middle of the night. Eventually, no one dared to live there, and the house became completely empty."
After hearing this, Xu Rui and Xu Yuan suddenly felt a gust of cold wind blowing past them, and goosebumps immediately appeared on their bodies. They looked a little frightened.
In fact, it was not only the Xu brothers and sisters who were frightened. Li Jun himself was unwilling to come to such a gloomy old villa. Usually, the logistics staff of the Institutional Affairs Bureau never came here to clean. Everyone was afraid of the rumors.
Chen Xia didn't take it seriously and asked Li Jun, "Chief Li, can I go upstairs and take a look?"
"Okay, okay, but this, hehe, you go up by yourself, we will wait for you downstairs."
Li Jun smiled awkwardly, looking rather embarrassed.
Just as Chen Xia was about to go upstairs, Xu Yuan shouted, "Wait, I'll go up with you."
Xu Rui gave his sister a thumbs up and said, "If you want to go ahead, go ahead. I'll be waiting for you downstairs."
"Coward, ah~~~~"
Xu Yuan made a face at her brother and followed Chen Xia upstairs.
After entering the villa, Xu Yuan carefully held the corner of Chen Xia's clothes.
It is impossible to say that the little girl is not afraid of ghosts, but curiosity makes her want to see what is so special about this old villa that makes Chen Xia so eager to buy it.
After going up to the second floor, there is a small living room in the stairwell, and connected to the living room is a large balcony. When Chen Xia and Xu Yuan pushed open the door and walked onto the balcony, the entire West Lake seemed to be under their noses.
Especially when the warm sunshine is shining, it is peaceful and tranquil.
The West Lake in the distance, the trees nearby, the jade-belt-like Beishan Road in the middle, and the tourists coming and going are as beautiful as a painting.
"Wow, Chen Xia, this place really faces the West Lake, with spring flowers blooming. The scenery is so beautiful, just like John Constable's oil paintings. I have an urge to paint these beautiful scenes right away."
Xu Yuan was suddenly excited and artistic inspiration suddenly appeared.
"How about it? Do you believe in my judgment now?" Chen Xia smiled proudly and turned around to check the room facilities.
The master bedroom is on the second floor. The bedroom window just overlooks the entire West Lake. The bedroom is very large, at least 50 square meters, and has an en-suite bathroom and dressing room, which are very rare in this era.
Chen Xia and Xu Yuan looked at each room one by one. For example, this place could be used as a hotel, not to mention a party.
Xu Yuan also nodded in agreement. If you buy this place, how will you live in so many rooms?
"If you can't fit in the accommodation, just have a few more kids. Each of them will have a room. By the way, Xu Yuan, how many kids do you plan to have in the future?"
"Bah, bad guy, let's go to the third floor and take a look."
Minglu Villa has three floors above ground and one underground floor. The underground floor is a semi-underground design, with utility rooms, servants' quarters, laundry room and so on.
The first floor is the living room, kitchen, and dining room; the second floor is the master bedroom, small living room, study, guest room, and there are three bathrooms alone; the third floor is mainly guest rooms.
The windows on the third floor were all curtained, so there was insufficient light, making it look particularly eerie. This made Fang Yuan, who was a little suspicious, start to get a little nervous, and she couldn't help but hold Chen Xia's hand.
Chen Xia felt a small hand as warm as jade entering his palm, and looked back at Xu Yuan in surprise.
But when he saw her looking nervous and shrinking her body to look at the room next to her, he couldn't help but feel a little funny, so he took her hand and walked forward together.
What a joke! Would Chen Xia be shy about holding hands? Help me, he's a seasoned driver. Let alone holding hands, what hasn't he seen or encountered in his past life on "Monopoly"?
Everything is just a passing cloud.
Chen Xia, like a floating cloud, took Miss Xu's hand and studied the uses of several rooms on the third floor. Suddenly, the door of the room at the end of the corridor slowly opened by itself.
When Xu Yuan saw this and thought of what Section Chief Li had just said, she was so scared that she couldn't speak. She hugged Chen Xia tightly and closed her eyes, as if only this could make her not be afraid.
Chen Xia was also nervous when he saw it, thinking, "How could such an unlucky thing really exist in broad daylight?" But he was not afraid. After all, he had never done anything wrong, so he would not be afraid if he really encountered it.
Just as they were daydreaming, a squirrel suddenly came out from the crack of the door. When it saw someone in the corridor, it squeaked twice and ran quickly into the room.
I heard a slight thumping sound of running on the floor, and then the sound disappeared.
Chen Xia had some idea where the rumor that the house was haunted came from, but he wanted to go to the room he had just been to to confirm it.
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