The time of the Chinese New Year is the time for everyone to greet each other, visit each other, and get closer. However, Feng Manlou didn't have many people to visit in the capital.

Except for his mentor Li Fang, who was delayed for half a day, the rest was Shen Xiangye, a person who had a relationship with him, and it took another half a day here.

In addition, he corresponded with Zhao Yuankan and Zhao Yuanzuo, but during this time, Zhao Yuanyou's kid often came to visit.

Yang Hongcai's vision is very unique, as soon as she saw Zhao Yuanyou, she knew that this was coming for Su Xiangyue, and she didn't stop it. Feng Manlou couldn't say anything, but let this kid come and go, and he was a little familiar with Su Xiangyue.

After the first day of the first lunar month, the fifth day of the first lunar month will begin to go to court, and the officials of the imperial court began to prepare. Now there is nothing to do, and the construction of the Yellow River dam will not be carried out until at least in March. Therefore, this period of time has also passed smoothly.

However, today Feng Manlou went to a workshop outside the city. This workshop is the workshop that produces cement, and it was arranged by Shen Lun. Feng Manlou rushed over, and from afar, he saw that this workshop was located under a hill. Come to think of it, around this Kaifeng Mansion, there are plains everywhere, and if you want to find a hill, it is also rare. And also the hills with limestone in them.

Fortunately, the limestone is not difficult to find, and soon, Feng Manlou came closer, but saw a group of forbidden troops stationed here, and when he saw Feng Manlou coming, the first officer who looked like a leader asked: "Who is coming, this is a military zone, and no one is allowed to enter or leave!" ”

Feng Manlou smiled and said, "This military master, may I ask if Master Zheng Shulin is here?" ”

The leader was stunned, do you mean Lord Zheng here?

Feng Manlou said with a smile: "Exactly! It turned out that this Zheng Shulin had accepted the official position of the imperial court and hung up the position of a hall official in the Ministry of Industry. can be regarded as a civil servant of the imperial court.

The leader was polite, but said, "What do you call it?" The last general is better to inform Lord Zheng! ”

Feng Manlou arched his hand and said, "Thank you!" At the same time, more than 100 copper coins were delivered to the man. The leader only pinched the palm of his hand, and knew that there were more than 100 words. When even left.

These forbidden soldiers were only responsible for guarding the mines, and of course they didn't care about these officials, so although they spoke politely, they were only polite.

Not long after, sure enough, I saw Zheng Shulin running out in a hurry, and shouted loudly from a long distance: "Lord Feng, it's really Lord Feng!" ”

Zheng Shulin saw the wind full of buildings, it was really a joy, and he really had the feeling of meeting his old acquaintance in a foreign country.

Feng Manlou smiled and said, "I didn't expect it." We still have a chance to meet! And. We'll be seeing each other more often in the future! ”

Zheng Shulin laughed. said: "It's been almost three months here, and I finally met our people from Yuhang." It's really suffocating my Lao Zheng. Lord Feng, it's always good! It turned out that Zheng Shulin had already regarded Feng Manlou as a Yuhang person from the bottom of his heart.

Feng Manlou looked at Zheng Shulin. was very emotional, and just as the two were chatting happily, suddenly someone inside shouted: "Oh no, it's dead!" ”

Zheng Shulin was very panicked, it was very unlucky for people to die on this construction site. Dong Chao quipped: "Last time in Yuhang, when the adults went, people also died in the lime mine, and the result was poisoning. This time to the mine. There are dead people, but I don't know how to die! ”

When Feng Manlou looked over for a long time, he found that a person had fallen on the pile of rubble, covered in blood and flesh. Zheng Shulin saw Feng Manlou coming over and said, "My lord." Do you know what is going on, and see if this man fell to his death, or how did he die? ”

The crowd next to him twisted a middle-aged man over and said, "This lord, this person must have pushed the treasure material down from above and fell to his death!" ”

It turned out that the deceased's name was Baocai. The person who spoke was angry, and Feng Manlou asked: "What is your name, what happened just now, you tell me carefully!" ”

The man hurriedly said: "If you go back to the adult, the villain is called Xiang Er, but he is from the same village as the deceased Wang San. From the beginning of the mine, we all came here to work together, but during the Chinese New Year, the mine had a three-day holiday, and only came for two or three days, and then died here. ”

After speaking, Xiang Er wiped his tears and said, "The villain and this Wang San have grown up together since childhood, and they have always been like brothers. So I had to stand up for him. The three brothers Wang were pushed down from the top of this slope by this Li Da! ”

Seeing this, Feng Manlou said, "Don't worry, say slowly, what you saw at that time!" ”

Na Xiang Er said: "Just now, the villain and a group of people were here to beat stones, but they saw this Li Da coming down from the top of the mountain, he must have pushed the three brothers down from the mountain, and then came down from the top of the mountain!" ”

Feng Manlou looked at Li Da, but saw that he had been stopped by everyone, turned his head and asked Xiang Er, and said, "For no reason, how could this Li Da kill Wang San?" ”

Xiang Er said, "It must be him." Hey, it's only to blame me, the three brothers, who like to meddle in their lives! Since I came to the mine last year, I found that our mine often loses things, and I, the third brother Wang, have kept an eye on it, trying to catch this stealer everywhere. ”

When Li Da heard this, he couldn't help but lower his head, grabbed the conversation and said: "Adults don't know, the villain has a seventy-year-old father and mother in the family, and three children, just my wife can not support the family at all, and the villain's money for work is barely enough to feed the family, so he occasionally stretches out his hand, but the villain has never stolen the belongings of the people in our mine!" ”

Xiang Er continued: "But you steal the things in the mine, it's even more hateful! We often find that the sledgehammer for hitting stones is missing, and we are very depressed. Later, my three brothers went to guard it, and finally found out that it was Li Da who stole it, and beat this Li Da on the spot! ”

Zheng Shulin said at this time: "There is indeed such a thing, but since then, we have never lost anything in the mine." I also often pay him more so that I can support my family! ”

Then Li Da said: "Lord Zheng is telling the truth, the villain has indeed not stolen it for a long time!" ”

Xiang Er said: "Yes, since that beating, you and my third brother Wang have never even spoken. I don't look up or look down on the construction site, and I never say hello. This time, it must be you who hold a grudge, so you took advantage of the time to work together to push my three brothers down! ”

Feng Manlou looked up at the cliff, but saw that the top of the mountain was far from here. But it is very high, and the stones in the middle of the mountain are all limestone, which is the material used to make cement, so it is no wonder that the mine chose here. It's just that the cliff is too high.

Turning his head and asking Zheng Shulin, "What kind of work do you have to do on such a high cliff?" ”

Zheng Shulin said: "Adults don't know. There is a platform on it, which is specially used to break stones, and on the other side of this hillside, it is the cement burning. In order to be fired out of cement. It's easy to ship out. So a shelf was built at the top of the hill. Often it's two people together. Use a rope on top to pull up the gravel below, and only then transport it to the fire kiln on the other side! ”

Xiang Er said: "My lord, I am sure that this Li Da is certain." I saw it with my own eyes when I pushed my three brothers down just now! ”

Feng Manlou was stunned for a moment and asked, "Did you see him push people with your own eyes?" ”

Xiang Er said: "Although I haven't seen it, I think it was only the two of them on it just now, and there is a guardrail on the top of the mountain, so there is no possibility of falling at all!" ”

"You are just imagining, how dare you conclude that the person is pushed down by Li Da?" Feng Manlou asked.

Only then did Xiang Er say: "At that time, I only heard a sound. But he saw that the three brothers had fallen to the ground. I thought it was a stone falling from above, so I quickly turned my head to look, and was about to avoid it, but I saw Li Da standing on top of the stone, and this Li Dazheng was standing here. Turn your head again. found that the three brothers were already lying on the ground, and they suddenly lost their breath, and everyone reacted. ”

Feng Manlou nodded and said, "How did this Wang San die, we can't draw conclusions yet, let's go up and see first!" ”

This cliff, all the way up, walked for a full quarter of an hour, although everyone often up and down, but found that the road is still very difficult to walk.

Finally, we reached the big rock, and there was still some distance from the place where the shelf was. Feng Manlou walked to the shelf, which was the place where the deceased had fallen just now.

Xiang Er is right, sure enough, there is a guardrail, but this guardrail is made of a few pieces of wood, and the trees cut down on the hillside have been dried for a while. And it is also the most common pine tree.

Feng Manlou took a closer look, but saw that the guardrail was close to the side of the cliff, and there was a trace of being caught. It is believed that the deceased tried to grasp the railing with his hands before falling, but did not grasp it, only grabbed a piece of skin, so this is the case.

It's just that at this point, I really can't say whether it was pushed down or not, but if it was really pushed down, then Li Da would still appear on the big stone at the same time as the deceased landed.

This is the distance of the big rock, not far from here, and I don't know if it was enough for the deceased to run on the big rock during the time he landed.

Feng Manlou thought about it, and the most important thing now is the question of time. How do you calculate this time? Feng Manlou thought about it for a while, and it seemed that he still only had a rough estimate.

The people only saw the adult, standing on the edge of the cliff and looking at it for a while, and suddenly he walked from the shelf to the big rock, and the step seemed very strange, and it was very even, as if he was measuring the distance.

When the adult walked two or three times, he suddenly heard him say: "Go find a rope, if you can directly reach the mine below, this official needs to measure how high this cliff is!" ”

After a while, everyone found more than ten hemp ropes on the construction site, connected them all, and personally put them on the cliff to test them, just to the location of the mine, which is also the place where the deceased fell.

I saw that the adult made a mark on the rope, and then lowered it to the bottom of the cliff, only to find that the mark had just touched the ground. Then he saw the adult measuring two or three times from the shelf to the stone with this rope.

Finally, I saw him squatting on the ground, folding the rope several times, and making a mark. I picked up a branch and drew it on the ground.

Everyone was inexplicable for a while, and after waiting for a while, they saw Feng Manlou standing up and said, "If you guess correctly, this Wang San fell by himself!" ”