Chapter 114 Wei Zhongxian's Treasure
Wang An hesitated for a long time, and suddenly whispered: "The King of Heaven and the Tiger of Earth?"

"Young man, are you writing a couplet?" Wei Zhongxian smiled and said, "Although it's not very elegant, it sounds quite interesting."

Wang An was somewhat disappointed, but unwillingly asked again: "Odd numbers change but even numbers remain the same?"

Wei Zhongxian chuckled and shook his head, saying, "Young man, do you like to write couplets? It's a pity that I'm not a scholar, I'm afraid I've ruined your interest."

Wang An then confirmed that Wei Zhongxian was indeed not a "colleague". He was disappointed and hurriedly said, "I'm sorry to make you laugh, but I just heard about it from passers-by and found it very interesting. Whenever I meet an important person, I will tell you about it so that everyone can enjoy it."

Wei Zhongxian nodded without dwelling on Wang An's words.

After a moment of silence, Wei Zhongxian said, "I think you are a reasonable person, so just speak frankly."

Wang An hurriedly said, "Please speak, Mr. Factory!"

Wei Zhongxian said, "This house was originally prepared as a place for me to live in in my old age, but my adopted son, who is not young anymore, secretly sold it while we were not in the capital!"

"We know this matter has nothing to do with you, so we are willing to pay double the amount of money you spent on it. The extra money will be regarded as our apology to you."

Wang An felt bitter when he heard this. He wanted to refuse but didn't dare to.

I don't know how many real estate agents I visited and how many houses I looked at before I found this one that I was so satisfied with. I also spent so much effort on moving, but now I have to move out again after living here for less than two days.

To be honest, no one would be willing to have this happen.

The person who made this request was the once feared Wei Zhongxian.

The power in Wei Zhongxian's hands alone made it impossible for Wang An to refuse.

It is only the first year of Chongzhen, and there are still many members of the so-called eunuch party in the court.

As long as Wei Zhongxian said a word, a lot of people would come out to deal with him.

Not to mention that Wei Zhongxian might have been tempered by the transition of power between the old and new powers in the Ming Dynasty, so he spoke and acted quite reasonably at this time. He not only appealed to the situation, but also offered a compensation plan of double the silver.

To be honest, given Wei Zhongxian's status, his willingness to reconcile in this way was a huge honor for Wang An, a commoner.

Although Wang An was reluctant, he still had to be wary of Wei Zhongxian's identity, and nodded with difficulty and agreed: "Since it is the factory owner's house, it is only right to return it to its original owner."

"It's reasonable not to accept the money from the factory owner, but if I don't accept it, it will easily get out and people with ulterior motives will spread rumors, so I won't be polite to the factory owner."

Upon hearing this, Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but smile and said, "Haha, little brother is really a smart man. I appreciate your kindness. If you have any difficulties in the future, just mention our name."

Wang An's broken heart felt a little comforted after hearing this, as he now felt that he had a relationship with Wei Zhongxian.

Although Wei Zhongxian seems to be not as powerful as before, the relationship with the Director of the Eastern Depot is still worth making friends with. In the final analysis, not only did he not suffer any loss, but he actually gained an advantage.

By then, the budget for buying a new house can be increased a little.

As a result, the three of them talked happily, and the atmosphere in the study suddenly became cheerful.

But they didn't talk for too long, Wei Zhongxian asked: "I wonder when you can move out?"

Wang An thought for a moment and said, "I do have a place to live outside the city. If I find a few more people to help me tomorrow, I should be able to move in a day or two."

Upon hearing this, Wei Zhongxian's expression became even happier. He even reached out and patted Wang An on the shoulder and said, "Young man, you are such a straightforward person. Our family is in need of people. Are you interested in entering the palace to help us?" Upon hearing this, Wang An couldn't help but shiver and looked at Wei Zhongxian in horror.

Wei Zhongxian laughed, but no longer mentioned the matter of letting Wang An enter the palace.

Only then did Wang An realize that Wei Zhongxian was teasing him.

Wang An rolled his eyes in anger, didn’t he know that scaring others could kill them?

After Wei Zhongxian left, Wang An walked around the yard reluctantly, looking at this and that.

I didn't expect that the first house I bought in Daming would be lost in this way.

After just turning a few circles, Wang An suddenly stopped.

"No, how could Wei Zhongxian, a high-ranking eunuch, be short of a house?"

Logically speaking, people like this shouldn't have too many houses. It's just that a three-courtyard house is gone, so why bother spending double the money to buy it back?

This is not a loss-making deal unless you have deep feelings for this house.

However, as a eunuch, Wei Zhongxian could only go out of the house outside the palace occasionally to relax, and he even had few opportunities to stay overnight. How much affection could he have for it?

Wang An instantly thought of a possibility and trembled with excitement.

Wang An remembered that in history, Wei Zhongxian was sent to Fengyang by Chongzhen to guard the mausoleum, and when he left, he took more than a hundred people with him.

However, after Wei Zhongxian's death, the court did not record how much of Wei Zhongxian's property was confiscated.

However, the magistrate of Fucheng County, who was in charge of guarding Wei Zhongxian's body and luggage at the time, reported that only a few hundred taels of silver were found, while the more than one hundred pieces of luggage that Wei Zhongxian took out were nowhere to be found.

In Wang An's opinion, Wei Zhongxian had controlled the government for many years, so his family wealth must be terrifyingly rich!

How could he have only a few hundred taels of silver? The missing luggage of more than a hundred people might very well contain the people's wealth extorted by Wei Zhongxian.

The reason for his disappearance must be that officials at all levels were corrupt!
But now history has changed, and Wei Zhongxian's more than 100 luggage carriers did not leave the capital.

There is no news about how much luggage Wei Zhongxian brought with him when he arrived in Jiangnan to take office.

In other words, Wei Zhongxian's property is very likely in the capital, or even at Wang An's... feet!
This also explains why Wei Zhongxian was willing to wait for him at the door for a long time and was even willing to pay double the price to buy back his house.

After being excited for a long time, Wang An lowered his head in dejection.

Not to mention that he had already promised Wei Zhongxian to give up the house. Even if Wang An had the courage to go back on his word, could he withstand Wei Zhongxian's revenge?
After all, this house might very well contain half of Wei Zhongxian's life's belongings.

If Wang An wants to stay in the dark, he must be prepared to endure Wei Zhongxian's crazy revenge.

But Wei Zhongxian was still bigger than a horse, so he didn't even need to go crazy to deal with Wang An. All he needed to do was to snap his fingers and there would naturally be a lot of people willing to help Wei Zhongxian take Wang An's life.

As a result, Wang An suddenly fell into anxiety and tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep.

It was not until dawn that he walked out of the bedroom, staring at a pair of panda eyes.

(End of this chapter)