Northwest Frontier Pass, Black Wind City Fortress.

The snow that had been falling for several days finally stopped and the sky cleared. The soldiers shoveled all the snow on the training ground early in the morning and gathered together to practice.

In the military tent, Shen Shaoxi was sitting at the table drinking tea, when he heard the giggling and He Yihang walking around packing things.

Shen Shaoxi smiled slightly, "When will Shao Zheng and the others come back?"

"It should arrive today."

It turned out that He Yihang had already received the news that Long Qiaoguang and Ouyang Shao Zheng would be back. Zhao Pu said that He Yihang and the others would be given a long vacation. The deputy commander had already packed up his things, and he would take Shen Shao with him after seeing Ouyang's Little Peach Blossoms. Xi also went to Jiangnan to play.

"Shall we go to Hangzhou too?" Shen Shaoxi was very curious. He Yihang is from the northwest, and his hometown is also in the northwest. It is rare to have a holiday, so why go all the way to Hangzhou?

"I stay here in the bitter cold in the northern part of the country all year round. How about occasionally going to the Jiangnan water town?" He Yihang said.

Shen Shaoxi held her chin, "Is it really that simple?"

"Ahem." He Yihang coughed, sat down next to Shen Shaoxi, and whispered, "Didn't I find Grandpa's old house before?"

Shen Shaoxi asked, "You mean He Wanfeng?"

"Yes!" He Wanfeng said mysteriously, "I studied all the files in his study. Of course, most of them are maps."

Shen Shaoxi nodded - then what?

"In a pile of files, there is a letter." He Wanfeng said, "The letter was sent from Hangzhou Prefecture. There is only one word 'Li' in the signature. The content of the letter is very bizarre. It happened that everyone from Kaifeng Prefecture was there. Hangzhou, I’m going to investigate.”

While the two were chatting, outside the door, Mr. Lu Yan ran in, shouting, "Come on, come on! Qiao Guang and Shao Zheng are back."

"Oh?!" He Yihang and Shen Shaoxi quickly stood up and went out to greet them.

Some soldiers and horses from the Right Foot and Pioneer Battalion came back, and the only ones leading the team were Ouyang Shaozheng and Lu Xiaoxiao in the carriage.

He Yihang ran out to take a look and asked, "What about the talkative guy?"

Ouyang jumped off the crazy girl and said, "I'm going back to Tangmen with his wife first. I'll be back in a few days."

"Oh... I should go back. A few days ago, Mrs. Tang sent someone to ask her where her daughter was." He Yihang said while looking into the carriage.

Ouyang smiled and lifted up the car curtain, stretched out his hand and pulled Xiaoxiao out of the car.

Lu Xiaoxiao was holding the little golden leaf in his arms. He Yihang was probably too excited to see clearly, so he jumped in surprise, "Having a baby?!"

"Huh?" Ouyang didn't understand.

Xiaoxiao also tilted her head. At this time, Little Jinye probably woke up, raised her head and yawned. Behind Lu Xiaoxiao, two little red foxes also jumped down.

He Yihang found out that it was a deer and not a Milk Baby. He was relieved, but at the same time a little disappointed. He thought he had a nephew... but it seemed impossible even if he counted the days.

Lu Xiaoxiao met with He Yihang, Lu Yan and the lieutenants.

Everyone nodded and nodded.

He Yihang was handing over red envelopes and said, "Silly brother, you are so high up, your younger siblings will have to take care of you in the future," which made Xiaoxiao blush.

Ouyang waved his hand, indicating not to worry, and pulled Lu Xiaoxiao up the tower.

He Yihang and Shen Shaoxi didn't understand why he went upstairs, so they followed him up to take a look.

Xiaoxiao didn't understand, so Ouyang took her up to the city tower and stood by the city wall. Looking down, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses were training below, and the training ground was full of people.

Huo Qilin shouted below, "Brothers!"

All the soldiers raised their heads.

Lu Xiaoxiao also saw this scene for the first time. She thought it was quite spectacular and looked down curiously.

Then Ouyang Shaozheng put his hand on his hips, pointed his thumb at Xiaoxiao with the other hand, and said, "Call me sister-in-law!"

The soldiers stood up straight and shouted together, "Sister-in-law!"

Xiaoxiao's face turned red, she covered her face and hid behind Ouyang, beating him.

Huo Qilin stood on the city wall with his hands on his waist and laughed three times, "Hahaha! I'm single!"

He Yihang held his forehead at the side, Shen Shaoxi and all the lieutenants applauded together - congratulations!

Ouyang is back and his siblings have met. He Yihang handed over the affairs to Lu Yan, took Shen Shaoxi, put on Qinglin and the Thousand Scales Army, and set off for Hangzhou!

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At this time, Hangzhou Mansion was very lively.

The Taixue children had just finished school and left Lin'an Academy. They felt a familiar atmosphere of gossip in the air. People on the street seemed to be talking about something. This atmosphere was unusually familiar - it felt a bit like Kaifeng City. near.

Xie Yan went out, saw the housekeeper at home, and asked - what happened to the bidding? Did the fourth son buy the small building?

The housekeeper looked helpless and said, "Well... it turned out to be quite smooth. We agreed on the price and we went to look at the building together."

Xie Yan was a little confused, "It was going well at first? Then what happened?"

The housekeeper and several of his assistants vividly described to his son, Bao Yan, Pang Yu and the others the discovery of a corpse in the small building and the suspected culprit of the West Lake floating corpse case. He said that now there was a sensation in Hangzhou Prefecture, and that Kaifeng Prefecture was so powerful! Four The unsolved case from years ago was solved at once, the murderer was found, and it was done in one step!

Xie Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and looked back at the others.

Bao Yan opened his mouth, the young talent looked shocked, and behind him, Lin Xiao and Chunhua shook their heads - he appeared!

Everyone nodded, except Pang Yu who kept shaking his head, "That's not right...it's not right!"

Everyone looked at him, "What's wrong?"

"The murderer was found right away? How is it possible?" The little Marquis looked like someone who had been there before, shaking his head like a rattle, "When did it go so smoothly? Why don't I find a place to hide, so as not to bump into me again at night?" What the hell... Anyway, it’s me who’s unlucky every time!”

Bao extended his hand and patted his back - cheer him up!

Pang Yu shivered in fright and slapped himself on the chest.

Bao Yan shook his head helplessly and asked everyone if they wanted to visit that place before eating.

Xie Yan was also a little interested, and a group of young talents ran to the small building.

When everyone arrived, Gongsun and Zhan Zhao had just come out and were sitting with Bai Yutang and Zhao Pu at the snack shop to rest.

When Bao Yan and the others arrived, they found that there were many people watching. The government officials had surrounded the small building and guarded it day and night in shifts, so that no one could get close to it.

Bao Yan and the others couldn't get in, so they searched around and found Zhan Zhao and the others, so they ran to the snack shop.

Xie Yan and Lin Xiao followed behind, raising their heads to look at the small building as they walked.

At night, the building looked even more eerie.

Xie Yan and Lin Xiao are both locals and have seen this small building at some point.

They also had memories of the West Lake floating corpse case. At that time, people in Lin'an Prefecture were so frightened, especially those who were missing a finger, that they did not dare to walk alone at night.

"Speaking of it, this building is indeed a bit strange." Xie Yan said, "Although it is a former dynasty building, its style is different from the buildings of the previous dynasties and even the previous dynasties. It feels nondescript."

Xie Yan was the eldest young master and didn't have many contacts with people, but Lin Xiao was different. He had been hanging out in the market since he was a child, and later traveled around with his godmother and saw more people.

"When I was a child, I heard an old man who was a carpenter say that this building is not an ordinary building, it might be a Luban Building." Lin Xiao said.

Xie Yan frowned, "Luban Tower? Is it the one in the legendary middle school called Luban Shu?"

Lin Xiao nodded and pointed to the roof of the three-story building, "Have you noticed that the eaves on each floor are missing a corner?"

Xie Yan looked at it carefully and nodded, "Indeed..."

"It is said that to learn Lu Ban's calligraphy, one needs to be missing a skill, and one is left alone and disabled. Aren't all those who died back then missing a finger? They were disabled." Lin Xiao spread his hands, "Maybe it has something to do with it?"

"what is the relationship?"

The two walked into the small building chatting, and their conversation attracted the attention of Gongsun and Zhan Zhao.

Gongsun took out the appearance of the altar he had just drawn and showed it to everyone. He wanted to ask these nerds if they had seen anything similar by chance and could provide some clues.

Pang Yu glanced at it, said "Oh my God", and quickly handed the wood carving drawings to Bao Yan and the others.

"Is it carved from wood?" Lin Xiao and Xie Yan asked together.

Zhan Zhao and Gongsun both nodded.

Lin Xiao told everyone what he heard from the carpenter.

"Luban Tower..." Gongsun muttered to himself, then ran out to take a look.

Zhao Pu chased him out with half a bowl of wontons, thinking that he would wait until he finished eating, since he couldn't run away!

Gongsun went to the door and watched for a while, but Zhao Pu pulled him back and pushed him back to the table to eat honestly.

Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao, "Does anyone in the Demon Palace know about Lu Ban Shu?"

Zhan Zhao nodded, "There are two particularly powerful carpenters in the Demon Palace, one is Lu Shanhan and the other is Xue Mu. Lu Shanhan himself is a descendant of Lu Ban, but Uncle Lu lives in Hongying Village all year round. Apart from my grandfather and Tianzun

Basically no one can call him. In addition, you have all seen Mu Mu Monk and Xue Mu, who also carved the bow of the Xingtian before.

Zhao Pu nodded, he had seen that great monk before and he was very skilled at it.

"Uncle Lu must belong to the Luban school. To learn from Luban, one must be missing one. If you are a widower or a widower, you can choose one. Uncle Lu has always been alone. Monk Mu has never mentioned that he is a disciple of Luban. I don't know if it counts as a Luban school, but

They both specialize in their crafts and have different strengths. Uncle Lu is good at building houses and making some wooden mechanisms, while Monk Mu is better at wood carving, and of course he can also build buildings."

"Can the two old men come and see it?" Gongsun asked, "Especially those two wooden sculptures, maybe they have seen them before?"

Zhan Zhao nodded, "This is not difficult. Anyway, one is in the Demon Palace and the other is in Hongying Village. They are both very close. Grandpa can bring them here in one trip."
To be continued...