When the porter saw Xu Gao, he said flatteringly: "My master Xu personally came out to greet the guests, but this is the first time I have seen it, so you can see how much face you have for Mr. Su, don't thank me for my master Xu." ”

Su Qin glanced at the porter and thought: "Your master Xu has a big shelf, and I don't need you to praise it here, I don't want to say thank you, what can you do to me." ”

Xu Gao saw that Su Qin's words made Su Qin unhappy, and he angrily scolded the porter and said: "What nonsense are you talking about, Mr. Su Qin is a distinguished guest, of course I want to come out to greet you in person, go and see your door." ”

The porter patted the horse's hooves, and he was bored with himself, so he turned around and went in the direction of the mansion. Xu Gao took Su Qin's hand and led them to the mansion.

Along the way, Su Qin paid attention to his surroundings and found that the layout of Xu Gao's mansion was like a labyrinth, with corridors for a while, corridors for a while, and tree-lined paths paved with stones, and so on. If you are not familiar with the house, it is estimated that you will soon lose your way.

However, Su Qin was also a smart person, and he observed the direction of the surrounding buildings and had roughly judged that the buildings in the mansion were arranged according to the direction of each hexagram in the eight trigrams.

If his guess is correct, then the Xu family's mansion can be divided into eight parts: Qian, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Dui, Kan, Li, and Gen. Su Qin found that the Kun Xiang of the Mansion is in the south, and it is guessed that the Qianxiang is in the north, and in contrast, Gen is in the southeast, and it is in the northwest.

Su Qin thought: "The gossip in Xu Gao's Mansion is different from the general practice of people in the streets and alleys, and there must be a mystery in it. What it was, he just looked at the Kun position in the south and the Gen position in the southeast, but he didn't know yet. ”

Ning Jun followed Xu Gao and Su Qin all the way forward, his head was dizzy, and he kept rubbing his temples to keep himself awake, but where could he discern the direction.

Xu Gao actually walked forward with Su Qin and the others, while secretly observing the reactions of Su Qin and the others, when he found that Su Qin was calm and relaxed, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, and thought: "He hasn't been here before, how can he not faint?" ”

What Xu Gao didn't know was that the more complex the structure, the more regular it was to follow, otherwise it would really become a labyrinth. Su Qin was just making inferences according to the principle of gossip, so he seemed very confident.

Xu Gao walked with Su Qin and the others for more than a quarter of an hour before he came to a three-story pavilion built near the water. Su Qin glanced at the appearance of the pavilion and marveled at its majesty, it has a radius of twenty zhang, and each floor can seat hundreds of people. The pavilion is carved beams and painted buildings, each place is set up very exquisitely, both beautiful and implicit, this is really the wisdom of the world's skilled craftsmen.

Xu Gao said that this pavilion is called Tingfeng Pavilion, it is the largest building in the house, and it is not used at all.

In fact, Xu Gao did not arrange a banquet for Su Qin in Tingfeng Pavilion in advance, he saw Su Qin in a hurry on the road, he saw the mystery of Xu's layout, and was surprised to find that Su Qin was a master who knew the hexagrams, Xu Gao especially liked to get to know the masters, so he intended to make friends with Su Qin.

Su Qin didn't know anything about this, and thought that Xu Gao heard that he was coming, so he deliberately set up a banquet here. When Su Qin returned the salute, he didn't want to eat at Xu's Mansion at all, and now seeing Xu Gao so gracious, he was embarrassed to refuse. Su Qin glanced at Ning Jun, Ning Jun had a calm expression, and let Su Qin arrange it.

Because there was still some time before dinner, Su Qin proposed to take a walk by the lake in front of Tingfeng Pavilion to see the scenery, and he asked Xu Gao to go back and rest first, and he didn't need him to accompany him.

Su Qin saw that Xu Gao was fat, and sweat flowed out after walking for a while, and he didn't want to be embarrassed to continue to accompany him.

But Xu Gao was willing to continue to accompany Su Qin, his mind was to continue to listen to Su Qin's remarks and judge his ability. Su Qin saw that he was very attentive, so he did not refuse.

There is a lake in Xufu called Mingjian Lake, located in the center of Xufu, it is very large, connected with Luoshui, and the Luoshui continuously replenishes the source of living water, so the lake water is very clear.

There is a gravel paved path by the lake, on both sides of the path, weeping willows, it was early winter, the trees outside are basically withered, but the pines and cypresses planted in Xu Fuzhong are as green as a cover.

Su Qin has not seen green shade for a long time, and today he saw the green in Xu's mansion, which naturally gave birth to a lot of leisure and leisure, and he was especially willing to walk around.

Su Qin passed by the north and west banks of the lake, he glanced at these two directions, and found that the buildings there were indeed opposite to the Gen in the southeast and Kun in the south that he observed when he came in.

Su Qin just observed the surrounding situation a few more times because of his strong curiosity, Xu Gao saw Su Qin paying attention to the direction of the building on the side, and wanted to explore Su Qin's details.

He said: "Brother Su is a master, you have come to my mansion for so long, have you found any mysteries?" ”

Su Qin knew that Xu Gao was very superstitious, and believed in strange magic more than ordinary people who worshiped ghosts and gods, and he deliberately teased Xu Gao, and said: "I don't dare to call myself a master, but I can also know some secrets of your mansion." There must be a secret passage hidden deep in your house. ”

When Xu Gao heard this, he was stunned, his body didn't move, he looked at Su Qin without blinking, sighed, and said, "Su Qin is really a master, you can see the underground of my house at a glance." ”

Su Qin smiled a little, and thought, "What's so difficult about this, your Xu family has so much money, where do you usually put it?" You can't stack it in a warehouse, but you don't have to build an underground dark room to store it. ”

Su Qin looked at Xu Gao's surprised look, and continued: "I not only know that there are underground passages in your house, but also know that the layout of these secret passages must be that there is a large inner room in the center, and there is a secret passage leading to the east, south, west, north, southeast, southwest, northeast, and northwest around the periphery, there are a total of eight. ”

What Su Qin is talking about is derived from the principle of Tai Chi and Bagua, since there is a secret way, it must be to gather from eight directions to the center, and the center is the direction of Tai Chi.

It's just that the direction of the gossip arrangement in the Xu Mansion is based on the innate map, which is intrinsically related to the river map and Luoshu, rather than the acquired gossip direction that ordinary people are used to. Therefore, even those who have read "Yi" can hardly understand the mystery of Xufu's architecture. As a result, Xu Gao never heard anyone talk about the unique layout of his building, but more about the visitors' praise for the grandeur and beauty of the courtyard.

Su Qin has followed Guiguzi for many years, so he naturally has some understanding of these esoteric knowledge that few people know.