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After half a month.

The weather in late autumn is slightly cool, it seems that it has just rained, and a layer of wet fallen leaves has accumulated on the road.

Zhou Lanmu simply put on a coat, and followed Fang Ziyu for a walk in the corridor.There are various famous calligraphy and paintings hanging on the corridor, but the courtyard outside the corridor is a bit barren.

Fang Ziyu seemed to notice that his eyes did not linger on calligraphy and painting, but he stopped for a moment on the crabapple tree in the courtyard, and then explained: "The general said all day long that he is an ordinary person, and he refused to ask his servants to clean the courtyard. He only said it was an ordinary person. Interesting. Most of the gardens are now deserted, only this Xifu crabapple grows well, the fourth young master laughs at it."

"Did this crabapple bloom in the past?" Zhou Lanmu squinted his beautiful eyes and looked at the crabapple in the courtyard, "It looks really good, so the general must have cherished it very much?"

He is very friendly, and Fang Ziyu has a lot of affection these days, so he patiently said: "The ones that bloomed in the past have not bloomed for three years, but this year they have flower buds, so it must be able to bloom again. If the general sees it blooming, I will definitely Will be happy."

"It's a good omen..." Zhou Lanmu sighed, Fang Ziyu's eyes flicked across his face, and suddenly felt that the other person looked a little familiar, but when he thought about it, he couldn't remember who he looked like, so he had to give up.

He was still thinking, but Zhou Lanmu's footsteps stopped at the end of the corridor, and he was fascinated by the last picture at the end.

The characters are in sharp thin gold script, and they are written in the first half of "Liuzhou Getou"——

"Youth is chivalrous, and he is a hero of the five capitals. He is brave, his hair is raised, he is talking, life and death are the same, a promise is worth a lot of money. Pushing forward bravely, being arrogant and unrestrained, lightly hugging, flying together, fighting in the east of the city. Booming and drinking, The spring scenery floats in the cold urn, absorbs the sea and hangs down the rainbow. Leisurely call the eagle and the dog, the white feather picks the carved bow, cunningly hides the empty space, and enjoys the haste."

Fang Ziyu's eyes fluttered, and he asked with a smile, "Does the Fourth Young Master like this painting very much?"

"One stroke and one stroke, quite coquettish," Zhou Lanmu didn't look at him, just continued to look at the word, and said carefully, he lowered his eyes slightly, and suddenly changed his words, "If I'm not wrong—this is the name of the former prince. His Highness's handwriting?"

"That's right, the word General's Mansion has been there since it was completed, and Ziyu doesn't know who wrote it," Fang Ziyu replied quickly, with no flaws in his tone, "How did the fourth son recognize it?"

Zhou Lanmu didn't answer him, but stretched out his hand to brush over the glazed cover on which the words were mounted, and said: "General Xiao Chu is the number one hero in the Dingfeng Rebellion, how can he hang the handwriting of the deposed prince in his mansion, if someone with a heart sees it? Isn't that disrespectful?"

"Yes, after the general returns today, I will definitely remind him," Fang Ziyu bowed his head in response, but when he raised his eyes, he saw him walking slowly outside the door, "What is the fourth son doing here?"

"I've been recuperating for so long, I'm so busy, I want to go out for a walk," Zhou Lanmu looked back at him, "The general is not often in the mansion, so you should walk around more, go to the brothel he often goes to, Why do you not know how to enjoy yourself at such a young age?"

Fang Ziyu was reprimanded by him for no reason, but he didn't dare to say more, he just said: "It's not safe for the fourth son to go out alone, Ziyu sent two guards..."

"No need," Zhou Lanmu said with a wave of his hand, "It's just to recuperate, not to stay in a cell, so why should anyone follow. Besides, this is the boundary of Xianmingfang, where is the danger?"

What he said was gentle and slow, but there was no room for refutation. Before Fang Ziyu could think of what to say, he disappeared in front of him. I don't know why a patient in a robe walks so fast. quick.

He lowered his eyes slightly, snapped his fingers and called two guards: "The two of you go out to follow the fourth son, don't let him make any mistakes—just don't make any mistakes, don't worry about the rest, if you don't It’s easy to do, just go to Linjiang Immortal and report to the general.”

The two looked at each other and took the order.

After coming out of the General's Mansion, Zhou Lanmu was obviously in a good mood. He even found out from passers-by that the most magnificent building in Xianmingfang was Xie's mansion at Nanfang Gate, so he took the road and leisurely headed south.

Xianming Square is the largest of the 42 Zhongyang Squares, with a complex layout.There are many dignitaries covering the sky with their hands and eyes, and they don't build mansions according to the regulations, so the roads in the workshop are not horizontal and vertical like other workshops, but twists and turns, which is very difficult to walk.

So Zhou Lanmu lost his way logically.

He was not in a hurry, and when he found that he couldn't find his original way, he stopped a passerby by the side of the road, and asked politely, "This little brother, dare to ask, is the Nanfang of Xianmingfang Where is the door?"

There are almost no civilians in Xianmingfang, and the simple ones are probably servants of rich families. The little brother who was caught by him took a rough look, and saw that he was elegant in white clothes, and he looked like a child of everyone. Very respectful: "Your Excellency, you are joking, this place is probably in the middle of Xianmingfang, not far from Nanfang Gate, but there is Fu's mansion across it, so it is not easy to walk - Your Excellency, look at this road, you go along This road goes west for a few hundred steps, go to the left, after passing Chaozhong Qu, go to the right, and then a few hundred steps, just go around a big house in the east."

"Ah, it sounds very complicated..." Zhou Lanmu muttered to himself, "Then thank you little brother, I'll go find the way myself."

The commoner servant scratched his head and said with a very simple and honest smile: "If the lord is not in a hurry, the villain is just about to go to Chaozhong Canal, why don't I lead the way for the lord."

"Then it's time to work." Zhou Lanmu didn't shirk at all, nodded slightly, and followed the servant to the west towards Zhongqu very familiarly, "By the way, I don't know which family the little brother is from?"

The servant was also good at talking, carrying the burden in one hand, and chatting with him intimately: "My lord is the one from the Heingcheng General's Mansion in the east, can you know me?"

"General Shen Amber of Pingcheng has a great reputation, so I know it naturally." Zhou Lanmu showed a look of admiration, "I heard that your lord will no longer take over the parrot guard in the past two years, but has he been promoted?"

"Gao Sheng can't be talked about," the servant grinned at him and whispered, "Parrot Guard is now taken over by General Jin, and General Xiao Chu always volunteers to fight in the west. My general sits and fishes at home every day, and lives happily. It's also pleasant."

Zhou Lanmu said: "General Shen's insight and understanding are enviable."

He followed the servant all the way to Chaozhong Canal, watched him throw the wooden barrel into a well beside the canal, and said while pulling the rope: "Yes—my lord, do you know this Chaozhong Well? The general will be brewing plum blossoms in a few days." I'm drunk, and I was sent here to fetch water in advance. I heard that this well was dug in the place with the best feng shui in Chaozhong Canal, and the water quality is also very clear and sweet."

He fetched two buckets of water in a row, and was about to pick a pick and continue to follow Zhou Lanmu, but Zhou Lanmu reached out to stop him, beckoning him to squat down: "Little brother, look at what this is?"

The servant didn't see it when he was standing, but as soon as he squatted down, he saw a red spot of light in the first bucket of water he filled.

Zhou Lanmu suddenly put his hand into the bucket of cold water, and fished out the light spot, but it was a bead. The servant was dumbfounded: "My lord didn't tell me, I really didn't see it, what is it?"

"This is a perforated red agate bead," Zhou Lanmu looked at the thing in his hand with great interest, and even sniffed it under his nose. "This kind of perforated agate bead is usually used for women's jewelry. You can see that this one is of excellent condition and is of great value, but it has some chips, which must have come off from some jewelry."

"Who would throw such a valuable thing into the well?" The servant said blankly, "I heard that an agate bead costs a lot..."

"Yeah..." Zhou Lanmu pondered, "Xiao Brown, think about it carefully, what happened when you picked the first bucket of water?"

Xiao He didn't know how the son in front of him knew that his name was Xiao He, and he didn't even know that Zhou Lanmu only called him when he saw him wearing brown clothes. He subconsciously replied: "Ah, let me think about it... I will pick the first barrel. When I was in the water, I kept talking to adults, and seemed to lower the well rope a few inches..."

Zhou Lanmu picked up the beads and got up, smiled gently: "Come on, then you can fetch another bucket of water, and remember to lower the well rope a bit more."

Xiao He did as he said, and put the well rope on the longest, but there was nothing in the water that came up.Zhou Lanmu was not surprised either. He dipped his hand in some well water and sniffed it carefully.

"My lord?" Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time, Xiao He couldn't help calling out.

"It must have rained yesterday, and the water in the well was flooded, so the smell of blood came out," Zhou Lanmu murmured, "It seems that the feng shui of Chaozhong Well is not very good today..."