The open hall is located on the first floor of an octagonal tower built on an island in the middle of a lake surrounded by water. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The shade of the bamboo trees outside the building makes it impossible to peek into the building from any position on the lake, and from the window of the building, you can see any wind and grass on the lake.

When Hou Qi first bought this house, he took a fancy to the lake with islands in this water. The arrangement of flowers and grass, wood and stone outside the octagonal building has been instructed by a master who is proficient in Qimen Dunjia, and the other Jingshe Meiyuan is just a vassal, a smoke screen that exists to cover this small building.

Across the alley is the second courtyard with the secret song, but who can connect the humble house with this gold and silver mansion?

"Childe hasn't eaten yet, has he? I've simply prepared some food, and let's talk about it while we use it. Hou Qi clapped his hands as he spoke, and someone quickly set up the table and brought the food.

It is said to be simple, but there are bowls and cups, meat and vegetarian soup, and a table full of dishes.

The Holy Three sat down on the head, and Hou Qi and Xiao Eight accompanied him. Shan Jiu and Jiang Liu stood on the left and right sides, carefully reporting their own affairs.

“…… Zhao Tingsheng went to Xue Liao several times and proposed to expand armaments, but Xue Liao rejected it on the grounds that 'the treasury is empty' and 'the people's livelihood needs time to recuperate'. In addition, several heavy rains had a serious impact on the cultivation of several state capitals, and Xue Liao and a group of courtiers were busy with disaster relief and replanting, and it was difficult to have leisure to take care of the military in a few months. ”

Jiang Liuyi finished reporting angrily, and took out a thick pile of paper, "This is the document in Zhao Tingsheng's study, some of which were brought back from the palace, and there were also newspapers sent from below, and my subordinates only picked up the more important transcripts." ”

Shengsan nodded his head, "Okay, give it to Hou Qi." ”

Jiang Liu answered "yes" and handed the pile of documents to Hou Qi.

Hou Qi stretched out his hand to take it and weighed it, "It's enough for me to be busy for a few days and nights." ”

"Even if you don't have five, you can only work hard now." The Holy Three Languages are apologetic.

Hou Qi laughed, "Why did Childe say this?" Who told me to be better than them? ”

Hachi sneered when he heard this, and almost squirted out the food he had just stuffed into his mouth.

Hou Qi ignored him, and said with a straight expression: "In less than three days, I will be able to sort out the clues, and then form a document and present it to the son......

"No need." Shengsan waved his hand, "It's been difficult for me to recuperate behind closed doors like before, and Mo Si has been following around, and it's hard to get out." My place of residence is not safe, so I will be free of paperwork.

Since I have entrusted you with this matter, I have trusted in your power, and you can deal with it. My Warrant is in your hand, and you should send men to use it, and you need to use your money to use your money, and you don't need to ask me for instructions. ”

This is what it means to hand over Shang Fang's sword to Hou Qi.

Hou Qi couldn't help but be moved, hurriedly stood up, and pilgrim three knelt down on one knee, "The subordinates will definitely live up to the high expectations of the son." ”

"I know you won't." Sheng San said softly, helping him across the table, waiting for him to get up, sat down again, and looked at Jiang Liu, "But there is something else?" ”

Jiang Liu hesitated for a moment, then took out a piece of paper from his arms, "Childe, take a look at this." ”

Sheng San knew that he was not a dragger, so he was a little curious about what could make him take it out alone. I put down my chopsticks and took them to take a closer look, only to see that there were several disc-shaped things drawn on the paper. Some of them have spoons, some have fish, some have needles, some only mark the north and south, and some have detailed signs of the sexagenary branches.

Jiang Liu frowned when he saw that his master was puzzled, and hurriedly explained: "This is something that Zhao Tingsheng's granddaughter gave to Zhao Tingsheng for a purpose, saying that it was obtained by accident.

The subordinates didn't know what it was, but the subordinates heard that Zhao Tingsheng's granddaughter had been living in the Xie Guo Mansion recently, and was studying the female red etiquette with the descendants of the Xie family, so they guessed that this thing might have been obtained from the Guo Gong Mansion......

When Shengsan heard "Jieguo Gongfu" and "Jie's descendants", his eyebrows moved. Hearing Jiang Liu's pause, he opened his mouth and urged: "Go on." ”

"Yes." Seeing that he was interested, Jiang Liu no longer suspected that he had done useless work, and hurriedly finished the rest of the words in one go, "Duke Xie Guo is a generation of famous generals, and the things in his house are not related to leading the troops to fight, which is worthy of our reference." It was his subordinates who took advantage of Zhao Tingsheng's unpreparedness to follow the drawing. ”

Whether it's useful or not, he can't say.

The Holy Three picked up the drawing, looked at the light intently, and immediately discovered the secret of it. These pictures actually represent the same thing, whether it is the handle of the spoon, the mouth of the fish, or the tip of the blackened needle, all pointing south.

I vaguely feel that this thing is a little mysterious, but I really want to say it, but I can't say it.

"Do you recognize this?" He asked Shan Jiu.

Shan Jiu looked at it and said in a sullen voice: "It should be the compass that Miss Xie said." ”

"Compass?" The Holy Three raised his eyebrows, "What's that?" ”

Shan Jiumu thought carefully for a long time with a face, and then replied: "It is said that it is made of magnets, one end always points to the south or north, and can be used in chariots or boats to guide the direction, Taoist priests sometimes use it to hunt ghosts, and feng shui masters will also use it to see feng shui."

When she was in Sanshui Town, Miss Xie had asked the shopkeeper of the small cloth village. It seems that there are many other names, and the subordinates can't remember them all, but they only remember a compass. ”

"I remember." Hou Qiyi slapped his face and picked up the conversation, "Before the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, there were indeed cultivators and feng shui gentlemen who held a kind of utensils with pointers to catch ghosts and watch feng shui. It is divided into two plates, the outer plate is square, and the inner disk is round, corresponding to the principle of the sky and the roundness.

Those who hunt ghosts are called heaven and earth plates, and those who watch feng shui are called yin and yang plates. Isn't this heaven and earth, yin and yang plate the same thing as the compass that Miss Xie said? ”

The Holy Three did not reply to this, but asked with some eagerness, "What else do you know about this compass?" ”

Hou Qi's business is all over the country, and he travels all over the country all year round, so he is naturally well-informed. When he asked, he talked eloquently, "Regardless of the ghost hunters or feng shui, the plates they hold are all taught by the masters, and the plates they hold are passed on, and the plates without the plates are the scoops."

Later, due to the construction of the Nuzhen Temple, the monks were dispersed and even slaughtered, and even the non-monks of Feng Shui were not spared, and the utensils they used disappeared with the decline of the monks.

Although the monastic path has gradually flourished in recent years, there are only a few people who have passed on the mantle from generation to generation. Books related to it were burned at the time, and few people knew about it for hundreds of years.

I still overheard an old man in his late teens talk about it, and I knew that there was such a thing. By the way, I remember that the old man's ancestor was a feng shui master. ”

"So, this thing didn't come up out of nowhere?" The more Shengsan listened, the brighter his eyes became, "If it can be remade and installed on a warship or chariot, wouldn't it be better to have wings for a tiger?" ”

As he spoke, he looked at Shan Jiu again, "Have you seen similar drawings in the Mansion of the Emperor of Jieguo?" ”

- (To be continued.) )