"Mother,

Approaching the Qingming season, Chaomen has been rainy in recent days, and the spring is warm and cold.

Children go out a lot, fortunately there is a big cold to ward off the cold, the body is fine, there is no need to worry. There have been a lot of trivial matters recently, and when the matter is dealt with here, there will be time to rest......"

At the table, Qiu Shaohu pondered the words and wrote a letter to his mother one stroke at a time.

His handwriting is neat and beautiful, it is a standard official cabinet style, even if he is a new branch jinshi, there may not be a few people who can write such a neat font.

After writing it, Qiu Shaohu put the letter in the envelope, and then saw Di Ying just walking by the door, so he also walked into the courtyard and asked, "Where are you going?" ”

"Oh, it's Eun Gong." Hearing someone call him, Di Ying turned around and said, "I am missing something in my workshop, I will go find someone to buy it." ”

"I'll be with you too, carrying a loose heart." Qiu Shaohu said this and walked out with Di Ying.

During this time, Qiu Shaohu has been living in Di Ying's place, but nothing has happened. And he has been looking for Lian Yang's whereabouts and clues to the letter, but for more than ten days, he has found nothing.

The correspondence between the ruffian and Lian Yang seems to be through special channels, and Qiu Shaohu checked all the Chaomen and small letter bureaus, but did not find any clues.

Qiu Shaohu was a little anxious for a while, and even used all kinds of Qimen magic machines to calculate related things, but he could only get some specious inferences, which did not help the results.

Since it's useless to be anxious, it's better to relax yourself and relieve yourself from tension moderately.

Outside, it was rainy and foggy, and the continuous rain line shrouded the top of people's heads like a light veil, with a hint of coolness. On both sides of the road, many hawkers have begun to sell cold food during the Qingming Festival, such as Qingtuan, jujube cakes, steamed dumplings, etc., exuding fragrant heat on a case board.

"Qingming cold food is here, and it's almost a solar term." Di Ying said vaguely as she peeled the egg she was carrying and threw it in her mouth.

"Where are you going to stock this time?" After going to the letter bureau to deliver the letter, Qiu Shaohu said as he walked.

"Two of the big bellows in the workshop were broken, and I found someone to re-order them before. Our bellows require more wind power, which the average person can't do. Di Ying replied casually.

"So, we're going to Shengongmen?" In Qiu Shaohu's impression, the road in the city is not like the road to Shengongmen.

"No, this time I booked it in Rumuxuan. Look, you see, the front is. Di Ying pointed to the plaque at the gate not far ahead.

"Ru Mu Xuan, Zong family?" Qiu Shaohu has long heard of this chamber of commerce that is as famous as Shengongmen, and the main families in it are all surnamed clans, and there are more skilled craftsmen in the clan, and they are famous in the north, but it is already in the territory of Dingguo, far away from the border of Zhaoguo. It is also for the convenience of doing business that the Zong family established this Rumu Xuan, which can compete with the Shengongmen.

Such as Mu Xuan's building, the construction also has a unique style, the overall concise and capable, the eaves and the gate above the courtyard are carved out like a craftsman, and it is also showing the charm of skilled craftsmen.

But what attracted more attention at this time was the many carriages at the gate, close to each other, almost blocking the entire road. The owners of the carriage were all well-known merchants in Chaomen City, and at this time, they rushed in, in twos and threes, and kept talking with the people inside.

"This is like Mu Xuan's business, but it is unusually good." Qiu Shaohu had the impression that he had never seen such a lively situation in Shengongmen.

"It's also like Mu Xuan's own wealth and luck." Di Ying explained: "For the expansion of Chaomen Port, those machinery and materials themselves are supplied by Mu Xuan and Shengongmen in turn. Unfortunately, the Luo Chamber of Commerce was robbed before, and Sun Congtian, the young master of Jinbao Commercial Bank, also died there, and even the Shengongmen, which had a close relationship with Sun Congtian, was also hit, and the biggest collaborator was gone, and most of his own ways were missing. So since then, the equipment and institutions needed for the expansion of Chaomen Port have been provided by Rumuxuan's family, which is naturally a source of money. ”

Di Ying said that he had no intention, but Qiu Shaohu had a heart.

Linked to a series of previous facts, Qiu Shaohu's brain "buzzed" and had a vague conjecture.

The attack on the Luo Chamber of Commerce, the strange well near the port, and Ru Muxuan's monopoly of the port's business, behind this series of things, there is a faint shadow of Zhenkang Divine Palace.

If it's just a coincidence, it's a bit too coincidental.

After returning from the port, Qiu Shaohu has also been thinking about what Zhenkang Divine Palace is going to do. But since then, the group of disciples has completely disappeared, and not even a shadow can be found.

The series of things that Zhenkang Shrine did before, whether it was the kidnapping of the Luo Chamber of Commerce, the attack on Zhang Fengrong, or stealing things, were completely disorganized, not so much an organized act, but more like a group of petty thieves who did not enter the stream.

But now, with the appearance of Ru Muxuan, things have a vague vein, which can connect all the previous unnaturalness.

If from the beginning, Zhenkang Shrine was planning to do something in the expansion of Chaomen Port, so he helped Ru Muxuan clean up the competitors, and then Ru Muxuan secretly repaired the evil spirit well in the port......

Qiu Shaohu frowned, and suddenly called Di Ying over and whispered a few words to him.

After listening to this, Di Ying was a little puzzled, but she still agreed.

As they spoke, they had already walked to the gate of Ru Mu Xuan. The janitor began to stop them, and when Di Ying showed the order he had prepared before, the two of them were naturally let in.

Entering the hall, the onlookers were amazed to see all kinds of organs and utensils placed around the spaciousness, whether it was a fountain that automatically drew water called "high mountains and flowing water", or a clock that could write different handwriting at different times.

For example, Ling Tan, who was in charge of Mu Xuan's affairs here, saw Di Ying coming, and immediately greeted him, and said in a greeting: "Shopkeeper Di, don't come to harm, who is this?" ”

"I'm just a new apprentice in the workshop, and I don't have to worry about coming out to see the world with the shopkeeper. If Mu Xuan is really extraordinary, these artifacts are all the ultimate pursued by our craftsmen, which makes me ashamed of this fledgling good life. ”

Qiu Shaohu's words are not leaky.

"I see, since Shopkeeper Di specially brought you over, it seems that he takes a special fancy to you." Ling Tan did not doubt that Qiu Shaohu's appearance did look young, and what he was wearing at this time was just ordinary people's casual clothes, and it was somewhat credible to say that he was an apprentice craftsman.

"Master Ling, where is the thing I ordered? Also, I see you've been doing a good business lately, but what's new? Give me a slow introduction. After the polite words, Di Ying began to talk to Ling Tan about business, but secretly gave Qiu Shaohu a look.

Qiu Shaohu understood, immediately left the two of them, and walked straight to another place.

"Hey, what is he?" Ling Tan was very puzzled when he saw Qiu Shaohu leaving alone.

"Oh, I'll let him take a look at the fine things you have out there, and see for a long time." Di Ying said this, pulling Ling Tan towards another place.

The things that Mu Xuan put outside are indeed exquisite magic instruments that are one in a million, in order to show Ru Mu Xuan's ability, and countless craftsmen come to pay their respects every day, as a reason, it is not suspicious at all.

Outside, the two discussed properly, and Di Ying tried her best to hold back Ling Tan, who was the person in charge, here, and bought enough time for Qiu Shaohu to let him find the clues he was looking for.

The hall was bustling with people, and Qiu Shaohu walked through it, walked directly up the stairs, and walked towards the higher floors.

For example, Mu Xuan's gatekeeper is tightly controlled, but it is quite casual inside, there are guests going back and forth at any time, and no one knows which one is not a distinguished guest who has been invited to discuss business, so even if many servants see Qiu Shaohu, they don't care.

For example, Mu Xuan's attic has five floors at the highest, gradually shrinking from the bottom to the top, and there are only three rooms on the top floor.

Qiu Shaohu knew that as long as he could find Ru Muxuan's account books and see what they had transported into Chaomen Port, he should be able to find the omissions in it, and then know the role of Zhenkang Divine Palace in it.

With that in mind, he took a step.

At both ends of the cloister on the top floor, the layout is very different from that downstairs, and the bookshelves on both sides are just ordinary poplar materials, but the shapes and carvings are extremely fine, and the connections at the corner splices are tightly connected, almost making people wonder if it is a whole piece of wood that can be so precise.

Compared with the handicrafts displayed downstairs, these bookshelves are more like playthings made by some craftsmen for themselves, and the details strive to be perfect, but do not pursue high value.

On all the shelves, there is not a single book, but all kinds of craftsman equipment, a dazzling array of craftsmen, and those who love craftsmanship must love it. It is estimated that these bookshelves themselves are also made of these equipment.

However, after taking a few steps, Qiu Shaohu felt that something was wrong and immediately stopped.

Within the field of vision, the distance between himself and the last door not only did not shorten, but lengthened for no reason.

Even the stairs that came up behind him disappeared at some point, as if I was trapped in another separate space.

This is like Mu Xuan's top floor, and it is really not so easy to come up.

"Perhaps, I've fallen into a formation." Qiu Shaohu said secretly, "A special formation that is different from those on the Forgetless Island. ”

Unlike the Shinto Circle, which requires vitality to keep it running, it is a pure mechanism circle created by craftsmen.