When Beard listened to me, he looked at me in surprise. He and I both understood what was going on in each other's minds, but soon, Beard compromised.

The old carpenter did not notice the eye contact, and he took us with him, and walked in the direction of the "hinterland" of the Doge's Palace.

The old carpenter walked very slowly, and we deliberately slowed down with him in mind.

The old carpenter looked at the scenery along the way as he walked, and he had always been interested in things related to carpenters.

The reason why we stayed, of course, was for the burial ground, and I cooperated with the beard, and tried to ask something without saying a word.

But I found that the old carpenter did not hear at all, especially when he heard the words of burial place, and he deliberately turned his head to the side every time.

What do I mean by this? Do you not want to say anything? Or do you still have an attitude towards not telling us about the burial ground?

I have a stupid trick and want to try him.

This time, we passed by a small garden, and the entrance to the garden was designed, especially with a few wood carvings.

I pointed to the carvings and asked, "Old man, you are a very good carpenter." I once heard a friend say that this carpenter has a lot of knowledge, and retrospectively, there is also a Luban Gate. I want to ask, do you know about Lubanmen?"

The old carpenter paused suddenly, and stopped. He turned his head to look at me, and after a long while, he sighed, "Young man, you are not simple, you actually know Lu Banmen." ”

I secretly screamed in my heart that I was ashamed, because of the things of Lubanmen, I only heard Hu Zi say a few words. Just now, I also moved out all the information hidden in my stomach.

But on the face of it, I just smiled slightly.

The old carpenter didn't avoid it this time, he looked at the wood carving, and sighed, "Our ancestors are all carpenters, it can be said that they have been passed down from generation to generation, and my grandfather mentioned the secret record of Luban, which is also a strange book handed down from within Lubanmen." At this point, he looked at us again and asked, "Have you ever heard of this strange book?"

In fact, during this period, I have been unhappy in my heart, the reason is very simple, I said in my heart that this old guy is really about the burial ground, and I don't want to tell me more.

But the old carpenter later mentioned the strange books, and especially the words of the secret records, which whetted my appetite and that of the beard.

The beard frowned, and asked urgently, "What kind of book is this? Is it a record of the carpenter's trade, or is this a training manual for carpenters?"

The old carpenter shook his head, and added in response to the question, "This Luban secret record, there are three volumes, upper, middle, and lower, and this middle volume is the same as what you said." The old carpenter pointed to his beard and continued to explain that in this middle volume, all kinds of carpentry skills are recorded. ”

Then the old carpenter asked, "Guess what, you two, what is the first volume of this secret record?"

I pondered with my beard, and I thought to myself that since it was a scroll, it was probably related to tools, or to the preparatory work, and we tried to guess a few times.

But the old carpenter kept shaking his head and rejected both of us. Finally, the beard came up more vigorously, and asked, "Could it be that the last volume is to teach the carpenter how to plant trees? Otherwise, how can the carpenter work without wood?"

The old carpenter grinned, and he could see that we really couldn't guess. He didn't go around in circles anymore, and explained, "What is recorded in this volume is all Taoist and numerological things, and I even heard that it has a certain connection with Qimen Dunjia." ”

Beard and I were stunned for a moment, and then we both took a look of disbelief.

Hu Zi even said a few times, "Before Lu Ban became a carpenter, could it be that he was a Taoist priest? Otherwise, what kind of airplane did he make, he just wrote a carpenter's book, how could he also add Taoist things?"

The old carpenter smiled meaningfully. After a pause, he asked the two of us to guess what the next volume of this Luban secret record recorded.

I'm not stupid with my beard, and I don't waste brain cells anymore. We didn't guess at all, I mean, let the old carpenter tell me.

The old carpenter replied, "Then the next volume, all the records are related to traps, siege equipment, and even incidental, and there are spells and runes next to each instrument. ”

Beard didn't understand, and then asked, "What's the use of the spells and runes?

I know that the beard is full of ridicule, but the old carpenter is very serious, and what is impossible about it?

He also told a legend that Lu Ban was called to work in the national capital shortly after he got married, because he missed his new wife very much, so he made a wooden kite, as long as people rode it and recited a few spells, the wooden kite could carry him back to his home thousands of miles away to meet his wife.

In addition, the old carpenter mentioned Zhuge Liang and the wooden cow flowing horse, according to his meaning, the wooden cow flowing horse is actually related to Lubanmen, as long as the spell is shouted, the wooden cow and the flowing horse will move, otherwise they will stand dead on the ground, no matter who pushes it.

Beard shush, and Beard also retorted, that means, don't bully him for reading less, he has read the tabloids, and has explained the wooden ox and flowing horse, according to the newspaper, it is an ancient wheelbarrow, that's all.

The old carpenter took out a posture that he did not approve of at all, and he also said that he had a low level of understanding, and he could not understand the upper and lower volumes, otherwise he would have made a powerful wooden kite, and after chanting the mantra, let the wooden kite fly to the sky, so that I and the beard could open our eyes.

I have a feeling, especially after talking to him for so long, I always feel that this old man is crazy......

And so, we ended up with him in a courtyard.

This courtyard is actually improvised, the courtyard walls are all iron, as for the courtyard, there are more than ten small houses scattered around, which are all made of containers.

Each room has a bed and rudimentary furniture, but no toilet, and in a corner of the yard, there is a communal aqua toilet with a communal sink and tap.

I knew that this was the dormitory of the Governor's Palace, and when we entered the courtyard, the old carpenter pointed to a small room with a red exterior and said to us, "There is a dormitory manager there, go and report it." ”

Beard and I walked towards the house, but the old carpenter did not follow us.

In fact, since the two of us came to the courtyard, there were still a few helpers wandering around the courtyard, and they were not so friendly to the two of us, and after seeing us, they all silently returned to their respective dormitories.

Beard and I didn't care about their reactions, and when we walked into the Red House, I saw the so-called dormitory administrator.

This man was wearing a black cloth dress, and he was sitting on a bed fiddling with his mobile phone, and I vaguely remembered that the clothes he was wearing were very similar to those worn by Brother Nu. I'm guessing the caretaker is also a member of the Doge's Palace.

This man is also very characteristic, let's just say that his whole face is completely cyan. I have a guess that this man's liver is not very good, or that there is something wrong with his blood circulation, otherwise it can't be this kind of complexion.

Under the backdrop of this complexion, his already ungood-looking facial features look even more unnatural. And it's no exaggeration to say that my first impression was that he looked like a bubble of, because it was disgusting.

When the beard looked at the blue-faced man, he must have had something in his heart, and he shrugged his shoulders unnaturally.

And when the blue-faced man noticed me and the beard, he frowned and asked in a low voice.

I was convinced, his voice was pitiful, and I didn't hear much of it with my beard.

We had to move forward. The blue-faced man repeated again, and he asked who we were?

I immediately introduced him and emphasized that we were new helpers.

The blue-faced man seemed to remember something, and he jerked to his feet. At this moment, he not only spoke in a much louder tone, but also became very sharp.

He asked the two of us, "Are the two helpers introduced by Master Lu?"

I didn't expect that even an administrator like him would know the "secret" of me and Beard.

I nodded in response to him, and I asked him, "Where do we live?"

The blue-faced man had a strange expression, he bypassed my question, and asked curiously, "Don't you know Lord Lu, why did you come to the Governor's Palace?"

Hu Zi must have thought about this kind of question a long time ago, and he hurriedly replied, "We were also introduced to Lord Lu through a friend, where do we live if we don't live in the dormitory?

The blue-faced man grinned. I've always felt that this guy is a bit cunning.

He asked again, what does that mean, what do you two friends do? And what is the relationship between you two and Lord Lu?

The beard replied sentence by sentence, and I didn't want the blue-faced man to ask so much, especially the things he asked were a bit of gossip, and even seemed like he was deliberately talking to us.

I suddenly interjected, interrupting my beard. I told the blue-faced man that my brothers and I were tired, so we could divide into dormitories first, and then we would talk nonsense when we had time another day.

The blue-faced man had been looking at us both with his little eyes from time to time. After listening to me, he changed his attitude slightly, and he didn't want to be so enthusiastic just now.

He waved his hand at us and said, "Come with me." ”

When we left the red house, the blue-faced man pointed to several dormitories and explained, "Each dormitory is a triple room, and now there are many people living here, most of the rooms are full, only rooms No. 3, No. 8 and No. 11 have empty beds, you two come with me." ”

We followed him to the door of room three, but it was locked. I have a little impression of this room, because when I first came to this courtyard, I saw a bare-chested servant coming in and out of this room.

I thought to myself, maybe in the meantime, this helper left. I didn't think much of it.

But when I arrived at room 8 and room 11 with Beard, I noticed that the helpers were slippery again. In particular, the helpers in rooms 8 and 11 found all kinds of excuses, either that the empty beds were broken, or that they had recently caught a cold and were afraid of infecting the newcomers.

They clearly didn't want us both to live in.

The beard came up more seriously, especially in room eight, after he heard the excuse that the bed was broken, he deliberately came to the empty bed, he pushed and shook it, and asked, "The very strong bed, where is it broken?"

In fact, the blue-faced man is not a fool, of course he can taste the cats of those helpers, but he chooses to believe it.

Finally we got out of room 11. The beard took out a very unhappy posture and glanced at the blue-faced man.

The blue-faced man took out a posture of turning a blind eye, and he deliberately sighed bitterly, and talked to the two of us, which means, your luck is really bad.

I didn't want to toss and turn in vain, and I didn't want me and my beard to end up in the hotel in a gray state.

I see that the blue-faced man is talking endlessly. I simply interrupted him and asked, "Where else can I live?"

(End of chapter)