After Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang had finished talking, they turned around and left. Suddenly, Di Renjie stopped!
Li Yuanfang was taken aback for a moment, and said in a puzzled way: "My lord, what's wrong with you?"
Di Renjie said thoughtfully: "Yuanfang, you said that this new wife Haitang is clearly no longer in this Mingyue Tower, why is there still bright lights in this room?"
Li Yuanfang looked back at the Mingyue Tower in the Bieyuan, nodded slightly, and said, "Yes, my lord, this new lady is missing. The building has become a vacant room and the lights are still lit. Is it possible that the owner of Tang is here? "
Di Renjie pondered for a moment, waved his hand and said, "Finally, ask Tang Zhuangzhu tomorrow!"
After talking, Di Renjie continued to walk forward, Li Yuanfang followed, and the two came to the backyard of the villa. The backyard was the villa’s house and servants’ rooms. At this time, most of the servants had already rested, only the few of the servants. A handyman is still working!
Suddenly, Li Yuanfang saw a familiar figure, pointed to him and said, "My lord, look, isn't that Zhou An?"
Di Renjie looked in the direction of Li Yuanfang's fingers, and he saw Zhou An chopping firewood!
Di Renjie looked at Li Yuanfang, raised his hand, and said, "Go, go and take a look!"
Li Yuanfang nodded, and followed Di Renjie to Zhou An. Zhou An didn't notice anyone coming and was doing his own work. He was holding a long-handled axe and standing on the elm pier in front of him. A piece of wood more than a foot long with a calf thickness, Zhou An raised the axe in his hand and chopped it down hard. The wood was split in half at the sound. Zhou An picked up half, stood on the elm pier, and dropped it with another axe. , The action is skilful, like running water and flowing water!
When Zhou An was about to pick up the other half of the wood, he suddenly found two people standing behind him. Zhou An was startled and turned around with an axe. Suddenly, he saw Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang and quickly dropped the axe in their hands. Knocking his head: "The little one doesn't know it is the old man, he thought it was a bad guy, so he refused with an axe, please forgive me, the old man!"
Di Renjie stepped up to help Zhou An and said, "Zhou An, don't worry, don't worry, we just have nothing to do, walk around, you don't have to be nervous!"
Zhou An stood up slowly, and stood there in fear!
Di Renjie asked: "It's so late, why haven't you rested yet?"
Zhou An bowed and said, "Going back to the elder, the young are used to it, take a rest at the end of the day every day, and get up when you get out of bed. After so many years, you have developed the habit of going to bed too early and you can’t sleep, so I do more.
Order work, anyway, sooner or later this will be the job of the villain! "
Di Renjie smiled and said: "Well, the owner of Tang has hired you, but it's a big deal! Hahaha!"
Zhou An smirked a little bit shyly, rubbing his hands, still seemed a little nervous!
Di Renjie didn't say anything, and went straight to the back door of the villa, opened the door and looked at it, then turned to Zhou An and asked, "Zhou An, according to what you said, did you see Young Master Tang and the new lady go out through this door that day? ?"
Zhou An nodded and said, "Master, this is the door!"
Di Renjie stepped out of the back door, because there was no lantern in the back door, so there was only a little light from the courtyard, and the distance was full of pitch black!
Di Renjie pointed to the distance and asked, "Zhou An, where does this road in front of the door lead?"
Zhou An bowed and said, "If you go back to the master, this road leads to the mountain from the north, and you can go south to the main entrance of the villa!"
"Oh, that's it!" Di Renjie nodded and continued to ask, "Where did you see the carriage on the young man Tang and the new lady go that day?"
Zhou An replied: "It's the direction to the north and into the mountains!"
Di Renjie was startled slightly, frowning, and muttering to himself: "Where are they going to the mountain? What are they doing in the mountain?"
Because Di Renjie's voice was very soft, Zhou An didn't hear clearly, so he bowed and asked, "Master, what did you just say?"
Di Renjie smiled and waved his hand, and said: "It's nothing, okay, you go ahead!"
"Yes!" Zhou An replied, walked to the pile of firewood, picked up the axe, and continued to chop the firewood!
Di Renjie turned back to the courtyard and walked to the house. There were also handymen working in the house. Seeing Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang walking in, they all knew Di Renjie’s prominent identity. He quickly put down his work and bowed to Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang. !
Di Renjie smiled and said: "You don't have to be polite, just busy with you. I'm just going through here. I'm a bit thirsty and want to ask for a bowl of water!"
A handyman bowed in embarrassment and said, "My lord, you are our master's distinguished guest. Our house has only this big bowl for eating, and there is no good tea, this..."
Di Renjie smiled slightly and said, "It's fine, it's fine, just take a bowl with me and fill it with some water!"
"Hey!" The handyman responded, quickly took a large clean bowl, poured a bowl of water, and respectfully gave it to Di Renjie!
Di Renjie took the bowl,
After taking a sip, he applauded: "Well, this water is still a bit sweet!"
Seeing that Di Renjie was so approachable, several handymen gradually relaxed, not as nervous as they were just now!
The handyman poured another bowl of water for Li Yuanfang. Li Yuanfang smiled and thanked him and then took it. After drinking the water, the two turned around and left the room, and returned back along the way they had come.
The two did not go back to the room, but went all the way to the east wing courtyard of the villa. They stopped just now. Di Renjie walked to the door of the east wing courtyard. Seeing that the courtyard door was closed, he tried to push it. It's opened!
Di Renjie looked at Li Yuanfang, Li Yuanfang was also slightly startled, Di Renjie said: "Go, let's go in and take a look!"
Entering the East Wing Courtyard, it is also a unique courtyard. Although it is winter and the vegetation is withered, it can still be seen that if the spring is endless, the courtyard is naturally rich in vegetation and has a unique style. The buildings in this courtyard echo each other and complement each other!
The difference from Mingyue Tower is that in this study of Tang Gongzi, there is no light except for the two lanterns at the door! Di Renjie stepped forward and pushed open the door on the first floor of the study room. The room was completely dark. Li Yuanfang quickly took out the fire fold from his arms. After blowing it on, he came to the table with a faint light and lit the oil lamp on the table. The room has become much brighter!
Looking around the room, the furnishings in the room are simple, a round table, a few round stools, next to the window is a couch, a small square table is placed on the couch, and a chess board is placed on the square table. The chess pieces are scattered in black and white, as if they are placed. The endgame is not finished. On the other side of the room are rows of bookcases, with a variety of old and new books, and some bamboo slips that look old. They should be read more frequently. The edges of the bamboo slips are already a little shiny!
Close to the north wall is the stairs upstairs. Di Renjie raised his hand and said, "Go, Yuanfang, let's go up and take a look!"
Li Yuanfang nodded, reached out and took off a candle in the corner of the wall. After lighting it, he held the candle and walked in front and went up the stairs!
When I came to the second floor, compared to the first floor, the second floor was a lot messier. There was a large book case and the four treasures of the study room. It was just that there were all kinds of paper filled with words scattered on the book case on the ground. There was nothing in the corner of the second floor. Little wine jar, on the table next to the wine jar, there are jugs and wine glasses!
Di Renjie picked up a piece of paper on the ground, examined it for a moment, and smiled and said, "Yuan Fang, it seems that these are the works of Tang Gongzi after drinking? Although the writing is slightly immature, it can be seen that Tang Gongzi is still full of money and richness. Read poetry!"