"There is a three-way intersection in front, and there is a wooden shelf in the center of the intersection, and there is a wooden sign on the wooden shelf that says 'Zhujia Manor', and I am walking in the direction pointed by the wooden sign," Ding Xiaoquan said, pointing ahead.

It didn't take long for the carriage to come to the three-way intersection, Nie Xiaohu fixed his eyes, and there was a wooden shelf standing in the center of the intersection, there were three wooden signs on the wooden shelf, of which the top wooden sign reads 'Zhujia Manor', a section of the wooden sign was sharpened, the pointed end pointed to the mountain road on the right, the wooden sign in the middle said "Wind and Rain Town", the tip pointed to the mountain road in the middle, and the bottom wooden sign said "Wangjia Sheep Farm", and the wooden sign pointed to the mountain road on the left.

"Drive!" With Ding Xiaoquan's shout, the carriage ran down towards the rightmost mountain road.

Nie Xiaohu observed the scenery on both sides of the mountain road from time to time, except for the rocks and trees, there was nothing, and after walking forward for about half an hour, on the right side of the mountain road in front of him, a large manor appeared in Nie Xiaohu's sight.

The carriage stopped at the gate of the manor, and a horizontal plaque was hung directly above the gate, which read "Zhujia Manor".

"This is my home", Zhu Baichuan poked his head out of the car and looked at it.

Nie Xiaohu just frowned, "What about the teahouse you are talking about, why didn't I see it?" ”

"This?" , Ding Xiaoquan was also confused, "How can there be a manor?" There was a teahouse last night, huh? ”

"That's right," Cui said, "what's going on?" ”

"Did you go the wrong way, you didn't take this road last night?" , Nie Xiaohu asked.

"Won't it?" , Ding Xiaoquan scratched the back of his head, "I obviously walked in the direction pointed by the wooden sign!" ”

"Go back!" , Nie Xiaohu's eyes sank, "Go to the three-way intersection!" ”

At the fork in the road, Nie Xiaohu stood next to the wooden frame and observed carefully, the wooden frame was very firm, Nie Xiaohu shook it vigorously, not moving at all, and the three wooden signs were the same, all of them were firmly nailed to the wooden frame with iron nails, without any traces of removing or renailing them.

"Ding Xiaoquan, are you sure you saw the words on the wooden sign last night?"

"I can't be wrong, the moon was very big and bright last night, I can see it very clearly", Ding Xiaoquan nodded very affirmatively.

"But..."

"But what?"

"It's nothing", Ding Xiaoquan looked at the three wooden cards suspiciously, "It's that when I looked at this wooden card last night, the words on the wooden card seemed to be much darker and brighter than now, maybe because the moonlight reflected on it!" ”

"The words I saw last night are brighter than the black ones I see now?" , Nie Xiaohu's heart moved, and he frowned and thought for a while.

Suddenly, Nie Xiaohu's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly stretched out his hand and touched the three wooden cards, and then a weird smile appeared on his face.

"Let's go, follow this path!" , Nie Xiaohu returned to the carriage and pointed to the mountain road in the middle.

"Yes, sir!" Ding Xiaoquan agreed, and drove the carriage towards the middle mountain road.

"My lord, if you go further, you will reach Fengyu Town", after running forward for about half an hour, Ding Xiaoquan looked ahead and said.

"Go back!" , Nie Xiaohu said with a frown.

The carriage returned to the three-way intersection again, and this time, Ding Xiaoquan drove down the mountain road on the left according to Nie Xiaohu's instructions.

Along the way, there was still nothing on both sides of the mountain road, except for the rocks and trees, and Nie Xiaohu's brows tightened more and more.

Suddenly, on the left side of the mountain road ahead, a house, half a house, to be exact, for the house had been burned down, and only a ring of foundations remained, and the foundations were covered with black grass ash and still emitting green smoke upwards.

The front of the house is crowded with sheep, and a middle-aged woman is using a rake to pull the grass ash outward.

"Sister Wang, what's wrong? How did the warehouse burn? Cui Shi poked his head out of the car and shouted at the middle-aged woman.

"Oh, it turned out to be the sister of the Zhu family!" The middle-aged woman turned her head to look at the carriage.

"There are a few more officials!" , The middle-aged woman was stunned for a moment when she saw Nie Xiaohu and the others, and then smiled, "A few officials came just in time!" ”

"What, is this a deliberate arson?" , Nie Xiaohu asked after getting out of the car.

"Isn't it!" , the middle-aged woman looked helpless.

"What's your name?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, a few officials!" The middle-aged woman hurriedly put down the rake in her hand, bowed down and said, "Slave Wang, not far ahead is my sheepfold!" Wang pointed forward with his hand.

"This is your warehouse?"

"Yes, this warehouse is used to pile up sundries and hay for the sheep to eat during the winter, and I don't need it on weekdays, so I keep it locked all the time, and sometimes some beggars, vagabonds, and escapees spend the night here, because there is nothing of value, and I don't bother to take care of it", Wang shook his head and said.

"I didn't know that this morning I drove the sheep to graze, and I saw the warehouse smoking from a distance, and when I arrived here, the warehouse had been burned down, and I guessed that it was a beggar or something who spent the night here last night, and accidentally caught fire and set my warehouse on fire!"

"I'll send someone to investigate this matter," Nie Xiaohu nodded.

"Oh, that's really thanks to this official!" , Wang said happily.

"Let's go, let's go to your house and sit down!" , Nie Xiaohu said to Zhu Baichuan.

"Okay! Good! Zhu Baichuan nodded busily.

Entering the Zhu family manor, Nie Xiaohu and Cao Xiaohui walked around the manor, while Tang Yibin and others drank tea in the living room, accompanied by Zhu Baichuan and his wife.

The manor is very large, the left side is the place of residence, there are more than 30 houses of all sizes, the right side is a fruit forest, planted with apples, peaches and other fruit trees, there is a small lake behind the house, there is a curved corridor built on the lake, there is a pavilion in the center, at the back of the whole manor is a large green meadow, it looks like a green carpet from a distance, it is pleasing to the eye, refreshing.

At this moment, there is a man in the orchard who is pulling weeds from the forest ground.