In Yuanqi Tower, where there are all kinds of strange rumors, a bustling labor scene suddenly appeared.

Zhan Zhao stood on the roof with a broom and swept the fallen leaves off the tiles.

Downstairs, Lin Yehuo was cleaning the windows, Zhao Pu was changing the lantern, Gongsun was sweeping Cheng with a feather duster, Zou Liang was cleaning the door, there were old men cleaning the lotus pond, and Bai Yutang was sweeping the fallen leaves with a group of children on the road.

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Zhan Zhao sighed - weren't you here to find the portrait? Why did it become a big cleaning? The Demon King seems to be very keen on parent-child activities such as sweeping dust...

Downstairs, the Demon King directed the soy sauce team to clean up the pool.

The pond was filled with cracked river mud, so the Demon King asked him to pour some water in and plant the lotus flowers again.

Zhao Pu sent shadow guards to transport water, while other old men were cleaning the weeds beside the pond.

Tianzun used his space palm to pull out the dead grass and rotten roots from the pond, with a look of disgust on his face.

Yin Hou took a brush and was painting the white fence beside the pool.

The Silver Demon King stood between him with his arms folded, muttering something in his mouth, saying that the two of them were not doing a good job, the place was not clean, so don’t be too quick and careful... blah blah blah...

Tianzun and Yin Hou wrinkled their faces and shouted, "It's so annoying!", and they obediently worked faster with their hands.

Several other old men were also aggrieved - shouldn't they be drinking and having sex at this point? Why do you come here to work? You are still forced to do housework after you are over a hundred years old. What's human nature?!

Zhan Zhao was at the highest point, scraping all the fallen leaves clean, and took a piece of handkerchief to wipe some porcelain carvings on the roof. Zhan Zhao felt that these carvings looked quite special, so he knelt down and took a closer look.

At this time, there was a sound of wind behind him. Zhan Zhao turned around and saw Bai Yutang also coming up and falling beside him.

The fifth master took Liangchen Meijin to sweep the fallen leaves together. They had already swept the leaves in front of the small building. The fifth master came up first to see if Zhan Zhao had cleaned it up and to make sure there were no leaves on the roof.

Seeing that the roof was already very clean, Bai Yutang waved to the beautiful scenery downstairs.

Several children took big brooms, back to back, and pushed dead leaves into the forest in different directions. They had a great time sweeping.

The demon king was there to praise Liangchen Meiliang for his quick work, and by the way, he encouraged the soy sauce team, saying that when they were so old, they couldn't even sweep the floor.

Several other old men took the opportunity to complain, saying that they couldn't clean it well now.

"Who said sweeping was bad!" The soy sauce team waved their hands... As a result, the fallen leaves that had just been swept into the forest by the children were lifted up, and a gust of wind passed by... and fell to the ground again.

"Ah!" Several children lost their brooms and chased Tianzun and Yin Hou, saying that they were causing trouble.

The two old men were chased everywhere by the children, and started spinning around the lotus pond.

On the roof, Bai Yutang shook his head, turned around, and saw Zhan Zhao still squatting and looking at the porcelain sculptures on the roof.

Bai Yutang walked over and knelt down to watch with Zhan Zhao.

Not to mention, this carving looks a bit weird.

Usually the carvings on this kind of small building are either made of stone or copper, mostly auspicious animals such as dragons and unicorns.

But the carvings on the roof of this building are lotus flowers. These lotus carvings are not distributed along the trend of the roof ridge, but scattered randomly among the tiles on the roof. In addition, the tiles are all

The green glazed tiles were covered with dead leaves just now, but now you can see after they are swept away - the roof of the entire small building looks like a lotus pond.

Fifth Master looked at the lotus pond on the roof, and then looked at

Bai Yutang waved to Zhan Zhao, "Cat."

"Huh?" Zhan Zhao stood up and came to the fifth master's side.

Bai Yutang pointed to the same size and the same shape."

Zhan Zhao touched his chin and looked back and forth, "Really!"

, you will feel that the pool is as big as the roof.

At this time, outside, the Shadow Guards led the Imperial City Army and pulled a convoy of water.

Also accompanying him were the great talents from Taixue.

Pang Yu didn't want to come at first. The young marquis was most afraid of haunted houses and so on... But Zhao Pu just asked the shadow guards to go back and ask if anyone knew how to grow lotus flowers.

It turned out that Lin Xiao was quite good at it. It happened that other students from Taixue came to see Bao Yan and the others to make a plan for tomorrow's treasure hunt. When they heard what was it? Exploring a ghost house? They came happily.

A group of young talents entered the house and found it to be quite clean! It didn't look like a ghost house at all.

A few old men patted their clothes and complained - Well, how can it not be clean after they have been cleaned?

Lin Xiao also brought a few packets of water lily seeds, which he had saved.

Everyone looked around and found that the pool was a closed pool. Lin Xiao said that a water tanker might be needed.

The shadow guards counted the number of buckets on the carriage and felt that there might not be enough water and two more trips would be necessary.

Sure enough, after pouring all the water into the pool, it was less than half.

"Oh, it doesn't look too big, but it can be installed..." Several old men were watching. They originally thought that there was so much sludge at the bottom that it would be very mixed when the water was poured in, and it would probably take a few days to settle. But after pouring it in, it would be very muddy.

Look, the water is quite clear...

While everyone was staring, the fourth son suddenly asked, "Is the water level getting higher?"

After being reminded by the fourth son, several old men discovered that indeed! The water in the pool had increased from less than half to more than half, and the water level continued to rise slowly.

Xiao Liangzi was confused and asked his master, "How could this happen?"

Yao Changtian said, "It means that this water is not stagnant water. When designing the pool,

After a while, the water surface almost rose to the level of the edge of the pool, and the water was very clear. The mud at the bottom of the pool also showed patches of lake green and lake blue.

The water in the pool looks particularly clean. The water surface floats slightly and there are some naturally formed water ripples. The color of the pool water also changes from time to time, sometimes blue and sometimes green. It looks like a piece of jade that changes color.

Zhan Zhao looked at the blue and green water ripples on the glazed tiles on the roof.

Bai Yutang also feels like it.

Lin Xiao took out the lotus seeds and asked the Demon King if he wanted to plant them. The Demon King said to throw them away.

Lin Xiao opened a few packets of lotus seeds and distributed them to everyone. Everyone threw lotus seeds into the pond, thinking that if they grew out and matched with the color of the pond water, wouldn't they be enchanting?

Wang Lin also said that he would send some koi to raise in a few days, so that by the summer, the pond would become very beautiful!

At this time, the clouds above the head dispersed, the sun shone down, and a gust of warm wind blew by, causing the surrounding tree crowns to sway.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked around, feeling relaxed and happy - what kind of haunted house is this? It looks like just a secluded small attic, a perfect place to escape the heat in the summer!

The Demon King said that we should have dinner here instead. It would be good to bring the barbecue rack and add some fireworks to the house. Also, don’t you want to stay here at night? Get some bedding and other things... and ask again.

Fang Jingxiao, would you like to raise a group of birds? Don't let so many trees go to waste.

Everyone looked at the Demon King in confusion - just for one night, you don't have to go to so much trouble, right?

The Demon King folded his hands and said with a smile, "It's a nice house, don't waste it."

Bao Yan and other young talents from Taixue also thought that they could set up a secret base here. They could come here to read poetry, draw, and play chess when they had nothing to do. Liangchenmeijing said that plum blossom piles could be set up in the open space, and it would be great for practicing ball.

Secret tactic! It’s more spacious than the courtyard in Kaifeng Mansion, and you’re not afraid of hitting potted plants.

Pang Yu patted the people who suddenly began to discuss the reuse of the haunted house enthusiastically - wake up, this is a haunted house!

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang went down the small building and saw Yin Hou and Tianzun secretly winking at them, telling them to run away quickly.

The White Dragon King also quietly said to Gongsun Zhao Pu, "The Demon King definitely knows something, and we can accompany him. If you have anything serious to do, run away quickly, and don't be led into a ditch."

Everyone was dumbfounded, leaving a group of old men and young talents from the Imperial Academy to accompany the Demon King to continue looking for the portrait, while the others ran away first.

Gongsun took Liangchen Meijing and Xiaofang, who were going to live in the haunted house, back to Kaifeng Mansion first. The children still had their homework to finish.

Zhao Pu took Zou Liang to find the Eighth Prince, wanting to find out about the Seven Kingdoms' Duke coming to Kaifeng this time.

Only Zhan Zhao Bai Yutang and the extremely idle Lin Yehuo were left.

The three of them walked back with Gongsun and the children. On the way, they talked about Yuanqi Tower. They all felt that the Demon King was a little abnormal.

Lin Yehuo said, "I have been searching for a long time, but I still can't find Ye Wangyou's portrait!"

Xiao Liangzi and others also asked Xiao Sizi whether there were any portraits in the house."

The fourth son said he didn’t know.

Everyone asked him if the house was dangerous.

The fourth son also seemed a little unsure, "It feels a bit fierce, but it doesn't seem too fierce."

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When I walked to the gate of Kaifeng Mansion, I saw Wang Dynasty, Mahan and others running out with a few government servants.

Mr. Bao has several cases to be tried today. Zhan Zhao had read the files before and they were not major cases.

The three cases were all disputes caused by quarrels. One case was a quarrel between a husband and wife, another was a quarrel between neighbors, and one case was a quarrel between two strangers on the street when their carriages collided.

After all, in such a large imperial city, there are many disputes of this kind every day. Mr. Bao has to try the whole afternoon every few days. Such cases do not require Zhan Zhao and Gongsun Suitang.

Zhan Zhao saw several government officials holding shovels and asked them what they were doing.

Dynasty Mahan looked dumbfounded. He said there was a quarrel between a pair of passers-by. The two eldest brothers fought in the street and boasted to each other that they had killed people and buried their bodies... and then they didn't admit it in court.

I have said it myself, accusing each other of being murderers.

Most people don't believe this kind of thing, but human life is at stake, so it must be confirmed.
To be continued...