Because He Chou was late and refused to explain the reason to himself, Yang Guang's heart invisibly discounted the little good impression he had just had, and he wanted to test the school first to test his ability, so he vaguely claimed to He Chou that a suspect wanted by the imperial court had stayed here in the stone house courtyard, and asked He Chou to find all the organs, secret passages and secret rooms in the stone house courtyard. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

He Chou still only solemnly replied "I am willing to obey the king's orders", and he refused to spend more than half a sentence.

When the group arrived at the stone house courtyard, Yang Guang was still sitting in the upper room of the backyard under the protection of Zhang Xutuo and Xian Yuluo, waiting for the results of He Chou's investigation of the stone house courtyard.

It only took less than an hour to discover the entrance of the secret passage of Sweet Water Road one after another, and to discover the secret passage under the base of the Guanyin statue, which couldn't help but make Yang Guang look at him with admiration: Wang Shichong recommended this person to himself as a great expert in construction, and it seems that it is really right.

"There are secret passages and secret passages built in front and back of this stone house, which should not be done by the good people, Lord Wang, I just don't know where the secret passage under the base of this Guanyin statue leads?" He Chou invited Yang Guang to go to the upper room in the front yard to watch the entrance of the secret passage, and asked Yang Guangdao seemingly casually.

"This secret path leads to ......" Yang Guang blurted out half of the answer, only then did he suddenly realize that he had fallen for He Chou, and asked He Chou with his face down, "Why did he order to ask here?" ”

"Lord, look, the big stone at the entrance of this secret passage has traces of recent movement, and when he entered the stone house courtyard with the prince today, the lower officials clearly saw that there was a forbidden army on duty here, if the prince did not know that there was a secret passage here in advance, it would be strange."

"Ah, ah, it was the king's negligence that he did not mention it to He in advance." Yang Guang looked embarrassed, so he had to apologize to He Chou euphemistically.

"Since the prince already knows that there is a secret passage in the stone house courtyard, he must want to investigate whether there is a secret room here." He Chou said, shaking his head, "The officials in this courtyard have roughly investigated, and they have not found that there is a secret room. ”

"Lord Wang, please go to the cubicle and talk." Xian Yuluo, who came with Yang Guang, smelled the rotten and unpleasant smell from time to time in the secret passage, and said to Yang Guang considerately.

When He Chou heard this, his eyes flashed, and he said to himself, "Oh", and said to himself: "There is still a compartment here, but I haven't taken a look yet." ”

"Xian Yuluo, you lead He to order to go to the back compartment of the statue to investigate first, if there is nothing abnormal, please ask He to go to the backyard with this king to have dinner." Yang Guang was much more polite to He Chou.

Not long after Xian Yuluo led He Chou, everyone in the upper room heard Xian Yuluo's surprised cry from the compartment behind the statue of Guanyin: "Lord Wang, I have found the secret room." ”

When Yang Guang heard the shout, his spirits perked up, and he took the lead in bypassing the Guanyin statue and rushing straight into the compartment.

In the center of the cubicle, the wooden bed that was believed to be Hua Gu's usual sleep had been removed, and a large hole appeared in the floor.

He Chou stuck his head out of the big hole, grinned at Yang Guang, and motioned for him to come and take a look.

This is indeed a secret room, the portal of the secret room is set on the floor, and the mechanism that opens the door is placed at the foot of the bed about a foot above the ground. The secret room is the size of a half-cubicle, and it is covered with a thick layer of soft hay, and the haystacks are neatly arranged with clothes, dry food, and other items, so that the people who hide there can live comfortably.

"Lord Wang, according to the opinion of the lower officials, this secret room must have been built together when the stone house courtyard was built, only in this way, the stone and floor used for the door of the secret room can be said to be the same, making it difficult for people to find." He Chou was still standing in the secret room, and said to Yang Guang on his back.

"Xian Yuluo, go down, take a closer look at any suspicious objects in the secret room, and take it to the upper room in the backyard to reply to the king. He ordered, come up, go back to the backyard with me, I still have some things to ask you. Yang Guang tried his best to restrain his excitement and commanded.

After the group returned to the upper room in the backyard and sat down in turn, Yang Guang asked He Chou: "What is the order, if this king tells you that the secret road under the base of the Guanyin statue in the front yard leads to the Wanshanni Temple in the south of the city, according to your estimates, how much manpower was needed to build this stone house courtyard back then, including the secret passage, the secret passage, and the secret room, to be completed within a year?" ”

"At least five hundred, and most of them must be skilled craftsmen." He Chou replied firmly.

"Well, what do you think the secret room in the front yard was built for when it was built?"

"There is no other exit from the secret room, it should be built to avoid disaster for the master." He Chou replied very concisely and clearly.

At this time, Yang Guang had roughly sketched a scene in his mind: that night, Hua Gu, who had been sleeping in the compartment of the front yard, suddenly received a report from the red-haired young man, and learned that the official army was following closely behind and was about to investigate the news of the stone house courtyard, so he immediately opened the secret room and hid inside. After staying in the secret room for the night, at dawn the next day, he quietly slipped away while the soldiers escorted a group of people back to the Great Solemn Temple for interrogation......

If it is inferred from this that only the red-haired boy escaped from the secret passage, then the question arises again: why didn't Hua Gu escape from the secret passage under the protection of the red-haired boy, and insisted on staying alone?

Although new questions arose in his mind from time to time, these questions could never be mentioned to He Chou in front of him, Yang Guang ordered the sergeants to buy a table of first-class noodles in the nearby West Market, and personally toasted He Chou and clothed vegetables to reward him for his efforts in exploring the secret room.

"He signed the order, you can rest assured, after this king returns home today, he will order someone to help you find and buy peacock gold silk thread, and help you sew a brocade robe that surpasses the Persian brocade robe as soon as possible." Yang Guang changed his indifference and distrust of He Chou, and patted his chest to reassure He Chou during the banquet.

"The lower officials thank the prince for his love, and the prince will not bother with sewing brocade robes. Xia Guan had sewn a brocade robe overnight last night, and was ready to enter the palace and present it to the emperor this afternoon. He Chou stood up from his seat and replied calmly.

"Ah, you didn't sleep all night last night, and you sewed a brocade robe overnight?" Yang Guang was stunned and suddenly came to his senses.

Because He Chou had already said in advance, he wanted to enter the palace in the afternoon to present a brocade robe to Yang Jian, Yang Guang was inconvenient to keep him here, and sent He Chou away, Yang Guang suddenly remembered something, turned around and asked Zhang Xutuo: "Why didn't you see this kid Xian Yuluo come to talk back, what did he find in the secret room?" ”

Zhang Xutuo replied honestly: "Shicai Xiao seems to have seen him go to the wing room to eat with the sergeants, I wonder if he has finished eating at this time?" ”

"It's really getting more and more unruly, I haven't talked back yet, what kind of food are you eating? Go, and immediately send him to the upper room to me. Yang Guang snorted and threw down a sentence, and went back to the upper room accompanied by Yu Juluo.