Chapter 50: Neighbors Across the Street
Midnight, the hour of midnight.
Lu Yi led a large group of people and rushed to Yushunfang.
Led by several young eunuchs sent by Yu Changle to scout ahead, Lu Yi and his subordinates, who had been busy for half the night, arrived at the headquarters of the Yushunfang Survey Office.
Riding on the back of the blood-hoofed black horse, Lu Yi looked at the familiar door in front of him and said nothing for a long time.
It can be seen that Yinyuan was not a kind emperor.
This guy has a very bad conscience.
"He really is a tyrant!" Lu Yi's mouth twitched and he covered his forehead tightly.
The newly established Yushunfang Survey Office of Shougong Prison was located in a very good location, just northeast of Yushunfang. To the north, across a willow-shaded avenue and a dam, was a canal several miles wide, with excellent scenery.
To the east of the base, across two streets, is Pier No. 2 of Yushunfang. The transportation here is naturally extremely convenient.
There is a market not far from the pier, which provides abundant food, clothing, housing, transportation, and even various entertainment resources.
The residence itself is a large house with six courtyards in front and back and double spans on the left and right.
Moreover, behind the house, there is a huge back garden, covering a total area of more than 150 acres.
Lu Yi and the 300 or so men under his command, plus more than 300 blood-hoofed black horses, could all live here easily, and the north gate of the back garden led directly to the willow-shaded avenue beside the canal, making it extremely convenient for the horse team to enter and exit.
It can be said that this station is truly a place of good feng shui.
Lu Yi was only appointed at noon. In just six hours, he was able to get such a big house in Yushunfang for Lu Yi to use as his residence, and he was also able to move the original owner of the house away directly. It can be seen that Yin Yuan invested a lot of money and Yu Changle also really put in an effort.
Of course, none of the above matters.
The important thing is that this large courtyard faces south and the main gate on the south side, across a street from it, is the north gate of Bai Changkong's 'Blue Garden', surrounded by a row of pine and cypress trees.
The north gate looked very familiar. Lu Yi had just passed through it not long ago in the middle of the night.
Yes.
Lu Yi and the Bai family became neighbors facing each other.
Lu Yi had a thousand obscene words in his heart that he wanted to pour out, but he didn't know how to say them.
What happened to your promise to be cautious?
What happened to your promise to be careful?
Opening his mouth, he took a deep breath of the northwest wind that smelled of water, and murmured, "Your Majesty is so gracious, and the Lord Supervisor is so caring towards us. I like this courtyard."
"The house given by General Luo will be left there for the time being."
"I like this house. I'll live here. It must be very interesting."
Lu Yi jumped off the horse, threw the reins to a guard who was serving beside him, and looked up at the gate of his own yard.
The vermilion lacquered gate was not as majestic as the Mansion of the Duke of Lai and the Mansion of the Marquis of Tian'en, but it was also very impressive; the brass door nails on the thick door panels were rubbed to a polished finish, shining faintly under the light of the torches.
The efficiency of the palace guard is extremely high.
The original door plaque on the gate had been removed, and a new rosewood plaque with large gilded characters had been hung right above the gate, with the six characters "Yushunfang Survey Office" inscribed on it.
Below the door plaque, on the left and right sides of the gate, there are two huge official plaques, two meters high and six feet wide.
On the official plaque with a black background, there are carved two huge, scarlet geckos with bared fangs and claws, looking extremely majestic and ferocious.
Under the light, a row of more than a dozen guards wearing heavy armor and white robes stood in a row, inexplicably adding a sense of menacingness to the mansion.
Lu Yi nodded silently, looked at the north gate of the Bai family's backyard, and waved his hand gently.
The vermilion lacquered door opened silently. Lu Yi held his head high and led a large group of people into the Survey Office’s headquarters. Then the door was closed heavily.
Time passes by little by little.
Lu Yi's men were all elite soldiers from the Yulin Army. After entering the garrison, they quickly allocated rooms and arranged light and dark sentries. Archers were placed on high buildings everywhere, and a duty roster for shifts was set.
Lu Yi was not idle either.
He was busy in the backyard with a few young eunuchs.
He had previously brought people to the Tian'en Marquis Mansion and almost packed up his own courtyard and took it away before Madam Hu received the news.
He dug a large hole on the east side of the back garden and planted some green clumps.
The green snake slid out from his sleeve, and amid the exclamations of several young eunuchs, it nimbly jumped up into the bamboo bush and hid in the dense bamboo leaves.
There was a pond on the east side of the back garden, so Lu Yi saved a lot of effort and could just throw the alligator snapping turtle into it.
The caracal's hut was placed by Lu Fu on the west side of the garden.
The coral-like metal lumps that had grown in the soil under the caracal's hut were also buried under the hut by Lu Yi after he dug a hole.
The caracal was the most curious and lively one. It suddenly moved from the small courtyard in the back street of Tian'en Marquis Mansion to such a big garden. It was inexplicably a little excited, constantly shouting "Haha", running around wildly in the garden, and peeing in the corner from time to time.
The big parrot's cage was hung under the eaves of a library on the south side of the back garden.
Having changed its environment, the big parrot was a little nervous and curious. It kept cursing in a low voice, with its flaming feathers standing up one by one, and it looked around fiercely.
Dahuang followed Lu Yi all the time, wagging his tail gently.
It is the most confident and steady.
However, when passing by some hidden corners of rockery and old bushes, this guy, like the caracal, would secretly spread a little urine to mark his new territory.
Everything was ready, Lu Yi clapped his hands heavily.
Patting Da Huang's head gently, Lu Yi looked at the back garden which seemed particularly quiet in the night and said, "Okay, we will stay here for a while, but we don't know how long."
"However, although there have been some ups and downs, overall, our living standards are constantly improving, which is a good thing."
"To celebrate the housewarming, I think... setting off fireworks would be a good idea."
Look up at the sky.
The moon was dark and the wind was strong. Thick clouds blocked the sky and the entire city of Haojing was immersed in darkness.
In the words of some experts, this is a good morning light for murder, arson, and breaking into people's homes.
Lu Yu cursed in his heart. Since they were neighbors face to face, he didn't care about being cautious... Or, why not just alert the enemy?
"Everyone follow me, you have worked hard today."
"We've been busy for most of the day, so I'm going to think of a way to make some midnight snacks to reward everyone."
"No need to save money. When we came out of Jiuqu Garden, His Majesty also rewarded us with some royal brocade and tribute, which is enough for us to spend for a while. Good wine, good meat, fat chickens and fat geese, all ready."
Lu Fu was inexplicably happy and gave orders to the young eunuchs who followed him.
It's the middle of the night and it's not easy for more than 300 people to fill their stomachs with delicious food.
But they are palace guards.
Even if others can't do it, they always have a way.
The two young eunuchs led a group of people and ran excitedly to the market near Pier No. 2, found the largest restaurant, jumped over the wall and entered, opened the door, went into the restaurant, woke up the chef and waiter, and started working in a hurry.
Lu Yi sat in the main hall, called the eunuch leader of his subordinates and the centurions of the three hundred-man teams, lit candles, and sat down to chat. While strengthening their relationship, he also deepened understanding of these four subordinates.
Time passed quickly, and the people who were sent out came back with large amounts of wine and meat.
It's the middle of the night, so there's no way to be too particular about the food. It doesn't make sense to make it exquisite.
However, according to Lu Yi's instructions, fat chickens, fat geese, fat ducks and pork legs were all stewed thoroughly, and jars of old wine were also brought in like water. More than 300 people laughed and set up a banquet in the room, eating and drinking to their heart's content.
When they were in Jiuqu Garden, the Yulin Army, as the emperor's personal guard, had extremely strict rules, and it was impossible for them to smell any alcohol on a normal day.
Following Lu Yi, I can eat and drink to my heart's content after a busy day.
The last bit of reluctance in the hearts of these professional guards of the Yulin Army disappeared just like that, and they vaguely felt that following Lu Yi seemed to be a happy and enjoyable thing.
Starting with the three centurions, the junior officers among the guards began to toast Lu Yi in turn.
Lu Yi accepted all the wine offered to him and kept drinking bowl after bowl of old wine. After a short while, he had drunk about three to five kilograms of old wine , but his eyes were still clear, which surprised his subordinates and they kept praising him for his good alcohol tolerance.
While we were eating and drinking, a strong wind started to blow outside.
In the high sky, there was a faint phantom sound like "exploding to pieces" floating by.
An archer standing guard on a tall building suddenly shouted at the top of his voice: "It's on fire, it's on fire, the garden to the south is on fire... Hey, hey, why are there so many fires all at once? How did the fire spread so quickly?"
“Yeah, yeah, so many naked people running out?”
“How magnificent!”
Those who are able to be selected as the elite of the Yulin Army are, at least, experts who have entered the Peiyuan realm, with abundant internal energy and loud voices.
Seeing the new neighbor's house on fire, the archer on sentry couldn't help but yell at the top of his lungs, alarming everyone in the area.
Lu Yi suddenly jumped up and shouted, "What's going on? What's going on? Why is it on fire?"
"Oh, it's winter, the weather is dry, if this fire starts, it will affect the neighbors and it will be a disaster."
Lu Yi shouted loudly: "Beat the gong, blow the whistle, summon the patrol officers and the fire brigade in the neighborhood to put out the fire, and send someone to notify the owners of the neighboring houses to send people to help put out the fire!"
"Hurry, hurry, hurry! As the guards of the palace, our duty is to be loyal to the emperor, patriotic, and protect the people!"
"The neighbor's house is on fire, we have to help put it out!"
"Hurry up!"
Lu Yu shouted loudly and rushed out with a group of drunken subordinates.
'boom'!
Lu Yi kicked the north gate of "Lantianyuan" and broke it, then hit the door frame with his shoulder, causing half of the courtyard wall to collapse.
The guards followed suit. Seeing their superior doing the same thing, they also shouted slogans and yelled "fire!" and smashed the north wall of Lantian Garden into pieces in a few seconds .
The sound of gongs continued to ring out all around, and sharp whistles came from all directions.
Last night, a huge fire broke out in Sijifang. The officials in the court were furious, and all the markets in Gaojing City had already secretly made various warnings.
In particular, Yushunfang is inhabited by wealthy and powerful people, and the secret security is becoming increasingly strict.
As soon as the fire broke out in Lantian Garden, large groups of military officers, yamen runners, fire brigades, and fully armed garrison soldiers rushed over from all directions.
Lu Yi was the first to rush into Lantian Garden, and just in front of him, several naked handsome men ran towards him, shouting wildly.
Lu Yi slapped several men to the ground with a loud slap, and shouted angrily: "Ridiculous, ridiculous, running around naked in the middle of winter, you are either a monster or a lunatic, tie him up!"
A group of guards rushed over and quickly tied up the men like dumplings.
In the distance, Bai Lang's roar was heard.
"Put out the fire, put out the fire!"
"Where are the guards? Keep watch over all directions and don't allow outsiders to enter!"
