Xiaowang Town, formerly known as Xiaowang Township, is located in the northwest suburbs of City A.

Once a poor village, it is known for producing fine liquor and skilled masons. But for the locals, there was only one big landlord surnamed Yan here, and then the Yan family had a green gang leader and a young master who stayed abroad, and the rest were just poor farmers and struggling small workshop owners.

After the liberation, especially in recent years, with the development of City A, Xiaowang Township has gradually prospered by virtue of its beautiful natural scenery and has become a famous scenic area, and now it has become a wealthy town. In the eyes of the three newcomers, except for the accents of the people and the artificial scenery, the rest of the facilities are almost no different from City A.

"Are you sure you'll find that Earthbound Spirit here?" Wanli asked.

They just stayed in a hotel, although it was a villa-type building built in the mountains, not so luxurious, but it had three-star specifications, and there were suites available, which solved their housing problem.

Because it's the off-season, most of the rooms in the hotel are empty, and it can be dangerous for them to do it, so it's best not to be too far away to take care of each other. But it is also necessary to consider that it is not convenient for Xiao Xia to live with two men after all. It's much better to have a suite now, Xiao Xia sleeps in the room, and the two men sleep in the outer room.

"Not sure, but that's the only clue." Ruan Zhan said while packing his simple luggage.

"Yes." Wan Li was not as regular as Ruan Zhan, but first lay comfortably on the sofa to rest, "All the external factors point here. If our target is the person who built the house, and even the person who designed the house, the leader of the youth gang who was responsible for these construction projects at that time, we can roughly determine the goal. Although there is no clear evidence of who the craftsmen used to construct the work, it is the best craftsmen in the world. From this point of view, it is very likely that the villagers in the big hometown will not flow into the fields of outsiders. ”

"That's right, many places have their own traditional industries, and this is because of this mutual help between relatives and friends. The project was a big deal at the time, and although the bulk of the money could not reach the poor craftsmen, it was no problem to support the family for a while. ”

"Maybe I can marry a daughter-in-law!" Wan Li smiled, "Actually, I heard that it is best not to choose the time when the weather is cold to build a house, but at the beginning, maybe Zhejiang Li Fushang was in a hurry to pay bribes, and he started construction before the spring flowers bloomed, which is about the same as the current season." ”

"It's a little cold right now." Ruan Zhan glanced at Xiao Xia.

Although it is already spring, the weather is still the breath of winter, and the mountains are even more cold, plus because there are only three of them and another family of three, as well as a few left-behind service personnel, the heating of the mountain inn is not very hot at all, so as soon as Xiao Xia packs up his things, he wears a thick nest on the sofa next to the heating and listens to the two men talking, wrapped like a small hairball.

"But- what's the matter with that Earthbound Spirit?" She asked a question.

"Earthbound Spirit is a Japanese term for Onmyodo. That is, the soul of the deceased who has deep feelings or thoughts for a specific place will stay there and fulfill the wish of the deceased to be fulfilled, which is what we Chinese folk call haunting. Generally speaking, whether this soul power is strong or not depends on the feelings in the heart. Love or hate, the stronger the feelings, the greater the power of the soul. Ruan Zhan explained, "I suspect that ghost is the Earth Binding Spirit, although I don't know why he has been lurking for so many years before he appeared, and I don't know why there is no breath of him on Ronghua Road, but I think he has something to do with it, so I have to find the person who built the house back then." ”

Xiao Xia nodded, and shrunk deeper into the sofa, not only cold, but also feeling a little uneasy.

Ruan Zhan watched from the sidelines, knowing that she was afraid of the cold and felt sorry for her cold, but he had no other choice.

It's not that he has to stay in the mountain inn, there are inns in the town, but that place is a very lively place, there are many young people, and the yang energy is too strong, and ghosts will not lurk there. This mountain is different, it is vast and vast, and it is able to hide everything good or ugly. They're saying they're coming as travelers, and while it's a little weird to come at this time of year, it's always easier to conceal and less eye-catching than their prickly no-excuse wanderings.

He didn't know who else was watching in the dark, so he had to be careful!

"How do I feel like a treasure hunt." Wanli led Xiao Xia to speak, "I seem to be more excited to think like this." ”

"Of course, I've never seen someone as super optimistic as you." Xiao Xia immediately replied to Wanli, "Even if the sky falls, you will laugh at Mimi." ”

"He's scared stupid, do you think he's brave?!"

As soon as Ruan Zhan's words came out, Wan Li immediately shot back, and the two began to attack each other again.

Xiao Xia really didn't understand their way of communicating feelings, and turned her head to look out the window with a smile.

It was still afternoon when they came, and the sun was shining. At that time, I thought it was very beautiful when I saw this mountain inn built on the mountain, and although it was winter, the red walls of the green tiles were hidden between the majestic dark colors of the mountain, which was still extraordinary.

But the night in the mountains seemed to come very quickly, and after a while it became dark, and it was cloudy, and the wind was blowing, as if it was going to snow. At this time, it is too quiet to show that there are few people and mountains, except for the whining and chirping of the wind in the mountains, it is the cry of unknown animals, which is particularly strange in the dark.

At dinner, the three of them went to chat with the service staff left behind, in fact, to inquire about some gossip. Xiao Xia refused to go at first because she was afraid of the cold, but later she was pulled by two men. Let's not say that it won't be warmer for her to stay alone in the room, and it is not appropriate to let her stay alone in this empty state.

"Don't underestimate these gossip, many of the most important clues are obtained from gossip, and the uncle who burns the heater is a well-known know-it-all in the township, of course, it is more valuable to chat." Wan Li commented on the fact that they took a lot of food and ran to the boiler room.

The heated boiler room is warmer than anywhere else! This was Xiao Xia's first cognition, and then when he met the kind and talkative old man, he felt that it was right to come out with these two men.

The old man's surname is Yan, and he is almost seventy years old, but he is as tough as fifty years old.

"It's really strange for you to come to the mountains at this time." The old man drank a few sips of the wine they had toasted, and the conversation flourished.

"The three of us grew up together, but we never got together." Lying is very good at it, and it is the same as the truth, "It's not easy to get together, so I want to come out and have fun, and this dead girl has to see the snow in the mountains." ”

"Ah, what a coincidence you guys are coming, it's going to snow heavily this day. See, the sky is red. The old man pointed out the window.

Xiao Xia looked out, and saw that the sky was more cloudy, and there was a faint red in the darkness, and he remembered the feeling that was darker than black when he met a ghost that day, and shrank for a moment.

"Friend." The old man laughed and quipped, "I thought she was one of you's little daughter-in-law!" ”

"I think, but she seems to like that mute bad fellow." Thousands of miles of half-truths.

Ruan Zhan lowered his eyes as if he hadn't heard, and Xiao Xia was so angry that he almost went up to bite him, but he was embarrassed by being exposed, so he didn't move, only blushed.

"Haha, let's sit here, look at you cold." The old man was embarrassed when he saw Xiao Xia, so he changed the topic, "It's not that I don't burn it well, it's that the leader only gives so much coal, so I have to do this." Come here, girl, don't get frozen. ”

Seeing Xiao Xia sitting in a warmer and safer corner, Ruan Zhan's nervous mood under his calm appearance finally relaxed, "I heard that a very famous liquor was produced here in the past. He moved the conversation in the direction he wanted to ask.

"yes. But I can't get out now. The old man said regretfully, took another sip of the wine they brought, and shook his head, "The wine is good because the mountain spring is good." Twenty years ago, for some reason, the mountain spring was cut off, and I couldn't produce good wine anymore, and slowly I couldn't do it. ”

"Doesn't it mean that each family has an ancestral craft of building a house?" Wan Li then asked, "Now that houses are being built everywhere, are all the young people here going to contract work to build buildings?" ”

"You said that there is such a thing, every family in our township has a good hand at building houses, and this mountain villa was built by our village itself. Well, there is a contractor team, but because this has become a famous place, the people in the village rely on this to eat, who still has to die. How? Do you want to build a house? ”

"It's not." Wan Li hurriedly waved his hand, "We came from City A and saw a lot of Western buildings, and I heard that they were built by a designer from here. ”

"Oh, this!" The old man laughed proudly, "It's right for you to ask me, that's my ancestor." Although we are relatives of the five suits, it is also a bit of a relative! In the past 100 years, we have produced such a great talent who stayed abroad, and I heard my father say that it was a sensation at that time. ”

"Then he didn't help the villagers after returning to China, right?" Ruan Zhan hurriedly interjected.

"Alas, the family is the eldest young master of a big landlord's family, what care do you have with poor relatives like us and other poor families."

"But I heard that when he built those bungalows, he used the craftsmen from his hometown." Wanli hard to add weight to the topic.

"Well, yes, you know a lot."

"This nasty man works in the library." Wan Li attacked Ruan Zhan again. This made Xiao Xia almost laugh, she finally knew how naïve men are.

"That's no wonder you know so much." The old man looked at Ruan Zhan with a little admiration, "Because back then, the Yan family also had a leader of the Green Gang, who was in charge of masonry craftsmen. I heard that the person who built those houses was a rich man, which would make the Qingbang and the boss make a lot of money, and they could make a name for themselves in their township, so it was indeed a job for the people in the township to do. Although he took a small amount of money, because of his big work, many people made a little money, and the family lived less tightly. ”

"Can you still marry a daughter-in-law?" Wanli did not forget to joke.

Unexpectedly, the old man gave an affirmative answer.

"Yes, there were more than a dozen strong laborers who stayed outside for a year, and they did bring some money back after they came back, and their descendants lived in the village at the foot of the mountain, and they were envious of other families back then!"

"Who are they?" Ruan Zhan asked, "I like that house very much, I want to study how to build it, their descendants always have retained their craftsmanship, right?" ”

"Craftsmanship? There are always those old people, you have vision. But--you'd better not go now. The old man groaned.

"How?" The three of them immediately came to the spirit, and sure enough, there was something abnormal?

"When my grandson brought me clothes the day before, he said that the village has not been so peaceful lately!"

"Not peaceful?" The three of them asked almost in unison.

But before the old man could reply, there was a sudden crisp tapping sound on the window.