It is a mansion built on a high platform at the foot of the mountain.

In front of the two-story gatehouse, there are about thirty or forty steps to the horse field where Chu Fan is located, which is about the size of two basketball courts, and there are long stakes on both sides; Outside the racecourse, there is a smooth avenue, and according to Tsunazaburo, you can go straight to the pier on the side of the Urakami River.

Walking up the stairs and walking to the gatehouse, Chu Fan found that this was a Ming Dynasty courtyard that was difficult to see in Nagasaki, a typical courtyard style, but the outer wall was exceptionally tall, Chu Fan looked up and looked at it, about one zhang two, that is, more than four meters high.

The exterior wall is made of blue bricks, and the outside is painted with white mortar, and it can be seen that the mortar has only been painted for a short time, and it is so white that it is dazzling to the eyes.

Looking west along the root of the outer wall, you can see the corner gate of the mansion in the distance, where there is a horse road that leads to the bolted horse farm at the bottom of the mountain.

"Inside that corner door is the warehouse." Seeing Chu Fan's curiosity, Tsunazaburo deliberately explained, he was not in a hurry, let Chu Fan and them look around curiously, and when they saw doubts, they were convenient to explain something, like a competent and good guide.

There is a plaque hanging on the gatehouse, with four Chinese characters in black on a red background: "Hoshitori Villa".

Chu Fan looked at the small words next to him again, and couldn't help but be taken aback: the small words tell the origin of this plaque, saying that Mr. Wufeng did not dislike the remoteness of Japan, and chose this Hoshitori Mountain to settle down at the foot of the mountain, and he had no long things, so he had to handwrite the four characters of Hoshitori Mountain Villa to congratulate the housewarming.

Mr. Wufeng, could it be him?

"That's right, this mansion was originally built by Wang Zhi and Wang Wufeng," Tsunazaburo saw Chu Fan's face was different, and explained with a smile, "After several tosses, it is now in the hands of our Kato clan." ”

No wonder, Chu Fan's heart suddenly brightened, he has been wondering, in Nagasaki, which is full of Tang style, how could a Ming Dynasty-style mansion suddenly appear, which was originally built by the owner of Wufeng!

Wang Zhi, the owner of the Wufeng ship, that was the most legendary pirate and maritime merchant in the Ming Dynasty, and even in the whole of Chinese history, uh, except for the Zheng father and son, of course; However, when it comes to the impact on Sino-Japanese relations and the political situation in Japan, Wang Zhi is still above the Zheng father and son.

Now that he has the honor to visit his former residence, Chu Fan can't help but sigh with the vicissitudes of life.

When he entered the door, Chu Fan immediately discovered that the former residence of the owner of the Five Peaks was actually quite different from the common mansions of the Ming Dynasty.

First of all, the walls of the southeast and southwest corners on both sides of the gate are particularly tall, nearly two meters higher than the outer wall, and there are many perforations in the upper part, which seem to be used for defense.

"These two corner courtyards are not so much corner courtyards as watchtowers," Tsunazaburo began to explain again, "It is the place where Mr. Wufeng was stationed in those years, and the radius is not large, but it is more than enough to accommodate more than 100 people in each courtyard." ”

Chu Fan is right to think about it, Wang Zhi lived alone in a foreign country back then, how could he not be prepared for being raided, with these two courtyards standing here, even if they are surrounded, it is no problem to resist for three or five days.

Another obvious difference is this front yard, which is generally narrow in the Ming Dynasty - after all, the front yard is reserved for people to live, and there is no need to make it too grand.

But Wang Zhi's front yard is staggeringly big, the size of more than half a football field, and it's no problem to run horses in it.

Another feature is that it is smooth, and the two intersecting crossroads divide the front yard into four basically equal areas, but these areas are neither planted with flowers nor grass, nor are they shaded, and they are all bare.

Chu Fan noticed that there were traces of soil being turned over in the clearing.

"There was originally an arrow stack here, but we demolished it a few days ago," Tsunazaburo said, pointing to the new soil, "Mr. Gomine has many subordinates, and this front yard is supposed to be the place where he placed his subordinates, so that there are no flowers and plants in the rockery, and the open space is for training." ”

The courtyard is big, and there are naturally many rooms, but Chu Fan found that almost all the rooms were closed, and it seemed that no one lived in them, so he couldn't help but be a little puzzled, this Kato clan is so big, doesn't even have subordinates, how can these rooms be empty?

Before he could figure it out, Tsunazaburo led everyone up on the green brick avenue, but when he reached the center, he didn't go straight, but turned to the left.

Chu Fan wondered in his heart, what kind of hospitality is it to turn to the West Chamber?

Looking back at Chen Shangren and them, everyone was puzzled, and it was not good to ask too much, so they had to follow Tsunazaburo around the corridor of the West Chamber, and came to the West Corner Gate in the front yard.

"Brother Yixian, please take a look," Tsunazaburo said as he gently pushed open the corner door, "This is the West Side Courtyard, and it is also where the warehouse is located. ”

Chu Fan didn't have time to think about hospitality at the moment, and when he walked out of the corner gate, he saw that the west side courtyard was also the size of half a football field, and the southern half was paved with blue bricks, and there were wheels and other things in the center, which seemed to be a drying field; On the east and west sides of the north side, two rows of warehouses of blue bricks and black tiles were built against the wall.

Looking over the roof of the warehouse house, Chu Fan's eyes widened in surprise, only to see that the north side of the west side courtyard was actually an independent watchtower!

This is a real watchtower, and the fence alone is four or five feet high! A moat was dug outside the walls!

"Brother Yisen, the name of this pavilion is Hoshitori Pavilion," Kato Tsunazaburo said, pointing to the high suspension bridge of Hoshitori Pavilion, "It was built by Mr. Gomine in the style of building a castle in the country, and everything in it is complete, and it is said that there are hundreds of soldiers, so you can hold on to it for months!" ”

After sighing, Chu Fan couldn't help but give a thumbs up for Wang Zhi's thoughtful thinking - if someone wants to attack this mansion, first resist the two corner courtyards, and if it doesn't work, they will retreat into the Xingtori Pavilion to hold on, presumably there is a secret way in this Xingtori Pavilion, and the golden cicada can get out of its shell.

Thinking about it, Tsunazaburo had already led them back to the front yard and came to the flower hall inside the weeping flower gate.

As soon as he entered the flower hall, Chu Fan saw a group of maids kneeling on the ground, bowing their heads and saluting, "Welcome the third son, welcome the distinguished guests." "It's all Da Ming.

What shocked Chu Fan was that listening to the voices, most of them were still authentic Ming people, and only a few of them were Japanese women, and their accents were quite heavy.

Before Chu Fan and the others could recover from the shock, Tsunazaburo waved his hand towards the inner courtyard, bowed and said, "Brother Yixian, everyone, please!" ”

Chu Fan was completely confused now, what does this Gang Saburo mean?

Ming Dynasty etiquette, ordinary guests in the front yard inverted tea in the front yard, VIP two door flower hall tea, only the good of the family can enter the second door, look at the meaning of Gang Saburo, is to regard yourself as a good family?

In a daze, Chu Fan followed Tsunazaburo into the inner courtyard, this time he was no longer in the mood to carefully observe the surrounding environment, but he felt that the inner courtyard was too delicate compared to the front yard, it was completely like two worlds, and it could be seen that it was carved with a lot of silver.

After passing the second hanging flower gate, and then passing through a corner gate into the back garden, and following a frozen stream to the warm pavilion by the stream, Tsunazaburo invited the others to sit down, but led Chu Fan to continue to move forward, walking towards an antique thatched hut in the depths of the stream, which made Chu Fan strange and worried.

What is he doing here?