There were six seas in Shangjing City.
The first three seas were Beihai and Zhonghai.
Beihai was open to the public as a park.
However, Zhonghai and Nanhai had armed police standing guard, strictly prohibiting tourists from entering because they were collectively known as Zhonghai!
The last three seas were Qianhai, Houhai, and Xihai, collectively known as Shichahai.
Although it was called a sea, it was actually just a few lakes.
The reason why it was called a sea was actually a continuation of the Yuan Dynasty's name.
MGZ lived in the highlands, and water sources were extremely scarce. After the capital was built in Shangjing, in order to show the preciousness of the water sources in the capital, they used the sea to describe the pools.
To put it bluntly, they had never seen a real sea …
The Xihai at the top of Shichahai was also called the Jishui Pool.
There was a saying that there would be no Yuandu without the Jishui Pool.
Without the Yuandu, there would be no Shangjing city structure today.
The Jishui Pool was the end of the Jinghang Grand Canal. It was once the main port of Shangjing City's transportation, and it was also the Royal Elephant Pool.
Since the Yuan Dynasty, elephants from Siam and Myanmar were used as transportation tools and palace guards of honor. On the days of summer, trainers would lead elephants to the Jishui Pool to bathe, so it was also called the Elephant Pool.
Today, Shangjing had become a first-tier city in the world.
However, the original folk culture was still preserved here. The traditional folk architecture with the characteristics of the old city was in sharp contrast to the high-rise buildings outside the Third Ring Road.
Dongming Alley was located next to the Xihai. Opening the door, one could see the Shichahai not far away.
In summer, the waves were as flat as a mirror, the weeping willows were swaying, and the lotus flowers were in full bloom.
In winter, the Shichahai would become a natural skating rink.
The scenery was beautiful and the scenery was beautiful.
If one had to describe it more intuitively, one could only mention the housing price.
The housing price here …
250,000 yuan per square meter!
Chen Xi walked into Dongming Alley with the little fellow in his arms.
Although the little fellow had played in Shangjing for a few days, Chen Xi had taken her to some major scenic spots. When had she ever been to such an old street with a very folk flavor?
So when she saw the rows of high walls and courtyards, she immediately felt very novel and chattered non-stop.
Feng Mintai walked in front to lead the way.
The alley was not deep. After walking for a few hundred meters, he stopped and pointed at the big house next to him. With a flattering smile on his face, he said, "Boss, this is the one … Wide and bright door, it's a big house …"
The so-called Siheyuan was a courtyard with a house in each direction, surrounding the courtyard in the middle.
Because there was only one door in the courtyard, the style of the door was very particular, so one could tell the identity of the family just by looking at the door.
There were six main types of gates: Guangliang Gate, Golden Pillar Gate, Barbarian Gate, Ru Yi Gate, Narrow Gate, and Walled Gate.
Guangliang Gate, also known as Guangliang Gate, was a gate used by officials of a certain rank. The size of the Guangliang Gate was larger than the houses of ordinary families. Therefore, it was very prominent among the houses along the street.
Chen Xi hesitated in front of the gate.
However, when he carefully observed his surroundings, he was shocked.
His heart slowly sank.
The lock on the knocker showed that no one was at home; otherwise such a door would have been locked from the inside with a wooden bolt.
Most importantly, he didn't hear any movement in the courtyard at all!
"Phew"
Chen Xi let out a long breath of turbid air, and then carried the little fellow directly to the gate.
Although he knew that there was no one in the house, he still gently held the door knocker and knocked.
"Bang, bang, bang"
With every knock, Chen Xi's heart would beat with it.
However, after knocking for a while, there was still no movement behind the door.
Chen Xi had no choice but to gently touch the iron lock on the door knocker and use his vital essence to open the iron lock.
After putting the iron lock in a corner, Chen Xi carried the little fellow with one hand and pushed the door open with the other.
Perhaps because she knew that this was her mother's hometown, the little fellow's little face was very tense, and her hands were tightly wrapped around Chen Xi's neck.
The door opened.
The first thing that came into view was a screen wall.
The screen wall was very ordinary, but there was a big "Qin" character engraved in the middle.
Qin Family.
This was a two-door Siheyuan.
The gate of the house was in the southeast corner, and after entering the gate, there was the front yard.
There was a gate in the middle of the front yard, also known as the Chuihua Gate.
The Chuihua Gate was the boundary between the front yard and the inner yard. The front yard was used to receive guests, and outsiders were generally not allowed to enter the inner yard at will.
As the saying went, "If you don't go out of the main gate, you won't go out of the second gate." The second gate here referred to the Chuihua Gate.
Since he had already broken in, Chen Xi naturally wouldn't be polite, so he carried the child and walked to the inner yard.
After passing through the Chuihua Gate, Chen Xi saw two locust trees planted on the left and right sides of the inner yard.
It was autumn in October, and the two locust trees were luxuriant with branches and leaves, opening a good place for the owner to enjoy the cool in the yard.
The sun was very warm after five o 'clock in the afternoon, and the yard was full of golden light, which made people feel comfortable.
The yard was very clean, and there were not many fallen leaves on the ground. It didn't look like it had been empty for a long time.
Chen Xi carried the little fellow through the yard and stood directly outside the door of the main room.
This was not a bedroom, but the main hall of this Siheyuan, which was equivalent to the current living room.
Chen Xi gently pushed the door and entered. The first thing he saw was a large red sandalwood table with carved dragons, and two rows of chairs were placed in front of the table.
There were a total of eight chairs, four on each side.
There was a couplet hanging above the table.
It was not appropriate to call it a couplet, because what was written on it was clearly a poem:
The Heavenly Gate is broken, and the Chu River opens, and the blue water flows to the east.
It was from Li Bai's "Looking at the Heavenly Gate Mountain".
Chen Xi carefully patrolled around the room, and Feng Mintai also jumped in. Like a bootlicker with a mustache, he followed behind Chen Xi and looked around.
"Boss, who are you looking for? The furnishings in this house look extraordinary. It must have been a rich family in the past … "
Chen Xi didn't pay attention to him. Instead, she carefully patrolled around the room.
When he walked to the large red sandalwood table, Chen Xi suddenly froze.
There was a necklace on the table.
It was the one he gave to Yingying!
Chen Xi held the little fellow in his right hand, and gently picked up the necklace from the table with his left hand.
He carefully rubbed the pendant of the necklace.
At this time, the little fellow suddenly reached out and grabbed the other end of the necklace, and then looked up and asked, "PaPa, what is this?"
"This is Mom's necklace. I gave it to her."
Hearing this, the little fellow pouted and thought for a moment.
Then, she pulled the necklace from Chen Xi's hand and hid it in her arms like a treasure.
"MaMa's is mine! I want this! "
"Well, it's yours from now on … Come on, Dad will put it on for you."
Chen Xi gently put the little fellow on the ground, and then took the necklace from her hand.
The little fellow looked up happily, as happy as when the kindergarten teacher put the little red flower on her.
Chen Xi squatted on the ground, ready to put the necklace on her.
At this time, the little fellow saw the strange look on Chen Xi's face.
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