Xiaowang Town, originally called Xiaowang Township, is located in the northwest suburbs of City A.

It used to be a poor countryside, famous for producing good liquor and masons with good skills. But for the locals, there was only a big landlord named Yan, and then the Yan family produced a Qing Gang leader and a young master who studied abroad. The rest were just poor farmers and struggling small workshop owners.

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

"Are you sure you will find that Earth-Binding Spirit here?" Wanli asked.

They just moved into a hotel. Although it was a villa-shaped building built in the mountains and was not so luxurious, it had the specifications of Samsung Poles and even had suites, which solved their housing problems.

Because it is currently the off-season for travel, most of the rooms in the hotel are empty, and what they come to handle may be very dangerous, so it is best not to be too far away to facilitate the care of each other. But you should also consider that Xiao Xia and two men are not convenient to live together. Now it is much better to have a suite. Xiao Xia slept in the room and the two men slept in the outside room.

"Not sure, but this is the only clue." Ruan Zhan said while packing his simple luggage.

"Yes." Wanli was not as regular as Ruan Zhan, but first lay comfortably on the sofa and rested. "All peripheral factors point to this. If our goal was to build the house, and even the people who designed the house, the Qing Gang who was responsible for these construction projects came from here, the goal could be roughly determined. Although there was no clear evidence to prove who the craftsman was, the best craftsmen were originally produced here. From this point of view, the villagers in the country are likely to be fertile and not flowing to outsiders' fields."

"It's right, many places have their own traditional industries, which was formed by the mutual help between relatives and friends and countryside. This project was a big deal at that time. Although the money could not be paid to the poor craftsmen, it would be fine to support the family for a while."

"Maybe you can marry a wife!" Wanli smiled, "Actually, I heard that it is best not to build a house when it is cold, but maybe Li Fushang from Zhejiang was eager to bribe, but the construction started before the spring was warm and flowers bloomed, which was similar to the current season."

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

Although it was already spring, the weather was still the same as winter, and the mountains became even colder. In addition, since there were only three of them, another family of three, and a few left-behind service staff, the self-burning heating in the villa hotel was not very hot at all. So Xiao Xia packed up her things and sat thickly on the sofa beside the heating and listened to the two men talking, wrapping them like small fur balls.

"But - what happened to that Earth-Binding Spirit?" she asked a question.

"The Earth-Binding Spirit is a saying in the Yin-Yang Dao of Japan. It means that if a dead person has deep feelings or thoughts for a specific place, his soul will stay there and fulfill the wish of the dead to fulfill, which is what we call haunted in Chinese folk. Generally speaking, whether this soul power is powerful depends on the feelings in the heart. Regardless of love and hate, the stronger the feelings, the greater the power of the soul." Ruan Zhan explained, "I suspect that the ghost is the Earth-Binding Spirit. Although I don't know why he lurked for so many years before appearing, and I don't know why he has never had his breath on the road to Ronghua, but I think he is related to it, so I have to find the person who built the house back then."

Xiaoxia nodded and shrank deeper on the sofa. It was not only cold, but also a little uneasy.

Ruan Zhan looked around, knowing that she was afraid of the cold and felt sorry for her to be froze, but he had no other way to choose.

It’s not that he had to stay in a villa hotel. There were hotels in the town, but that place was a very lively place. There were many young people and the yang energy was too strong, so ghosts would not lurk there. But this mountain is different. It is vast and vast, and can hide everything beautiful or ugly. In other words, they came as travelers. Although it was a bit weird at this time, it was always easier to hide than their big thorny travel around without excuses, and it was not so eye-catching.

He didn't know who was spying on him in secret, so he had to be careful!

"Why do I feel like a treasure hunt?" Wanli led Xiaoxia to speak, "It seems to be more excited to think about it."

"Of course, you have never seen someone as optimistic as you." Xiao Xia immediately replied to Wanli, "Even if the sky falls, you will still be smiling."

"He was so scared. Do you think he is brave?!"

As soon as Ruan Zhan said that, Wanli immediately attacked back, and the two began to attack each other again.

Xiao Xia really didn't understand their emotional communication method, so she smiled and turned to look out the window.

When they came, it was still in the afternoon, and the sun was very bright. At that time, I saw this villa hotel built along the mountain and felt very beautiful. Although it was winter, the green tiles and red walls were hidden among the majestic and dark colors of the mountain, and it was still extraordinary.

But the night in the mountains seemed to come very fast. It became dark in just a short while, and it was cloudy and strong winds blew, as if it was about to snow. At this time, it showed that there were few people and the mountains were too quiet. Apart from the sound of the whimpering wind in the mountains, there were unknown animals calling, which was particularly strange in the dark.

During dinner, the three of them went to chat with the left-behind service staff, but they actually wanted to ask for some gossip. At first, Xiaoxia refused to go because she was afraid of the cold, but later she was forced to go by two men. Don’t say that it would not be warmer to stay alone in the room, and it is not advisable to let her stay alone in this state of silence.

"Don't underestimate these gossips. Many of the most important clues are obtained from gossips. Moreover, the old man who burns the heating industry is a famous Bishiji in the village, so of course it is even more valuable to chat." Wanli commented on their actions of taking a lot of food and running to the boiler room.

The boiler room that burns heating is warmer than other places! This is Xiao Xia’s first understanding, 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, he is almost seventy years old, but he is as tough as he is fifty.

"It's really strange that you come to the mountains at this time." The old man took a few sips of their filial wine and the conversation became prosperous.

"We three friends who grew up together, but we can't get together." Wanli is very good at lying, and it's the same as it is true. "It's not easy to get together, so I want to come out and have fun, and this dead girl insists on seeing the snow scenery in the mountains."

"Ah, it's a coincidence that it's going to snow heavily this day. Did you see it? It's all red." The old man pointed out the window.

Xiao Xia looked out and saw that the sky was getting even more cloudy. There was a faint redness in the darkness. He shrank a little when he thought of the feeling that was even darker than black when he met a ghost that day.

"Friends." The old man laughed and joked, "I thought she was the little wife of one of you!"

"I think, but she seems to like that bad guy like a mute." Wanli said half-truely.

Ruan Zhan lowered his eyes as if he didn't hear it. Xiao Xia was so angry that she almost bit him, but she was embarrassed that someone had exposed her thoughts. She didn't move and just blushed.

"Haha, girl sit here, you're very cold." The old man was embarrassed to see Xiao Xia, and opened up the topic, "It's not that I don't cook well, but that the leader only gives so much coal, so I have to do this. Come here, girl, don't freeze."

Seeing Xiaoxia sitting in a warmer and safer corner, Ruan Zhan's nervousness in calm appearance finally relaxed. "I heard that a very famous liquor was produced here before." He put the topic in the direction he wanted to ask.

"Yes. But it can't be released 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 springs are good. Twenty years ago, for some reason, the mountain springs were cut off, and they could never be released again. Gradually, this business could not be done."

"Didn't it mean that each family has his own ancestral house building skills?" Wanli continued, "Now, building houses are everywhere. Has the young people here probably go to contract labor and build buildings?"

"You said this is true. Every household in our village has a good job in building houses. This villa was built by our village itself. There is a contract team. However, because this place has become a famous scenic spot, everyone in the village has made a living by this. Who is going to work hard? Why? Do you want to build a house?"

"No." Wanli waved his hand quickly, "We came from City A and saw a lot of Western buildings. I heard that they were built by a designer from here."

"Oh, this!" the old man laughed proudly, "Just ask me this, that's my ancestors. Although we are relatives from the fifth squad, we have also brought some relatives! We have produced such a talented man who has studied abroad in the past hundred years. I heard from my father that it was a sensation at that time."

"Then he has helped the villagers a lot after he returned to China, right?" Ruan Zhan interrupted quickly.

"Ah, he is the eldest son of the landlord family. What are the concerns about poor relatives like us and other poor families."

"But I heard that when he built those villas, he used the craftsman in his hometown." Wan Li insisted on adding to the topic.

"Well, you know a lot about this."

"This annoying man works in the library." Wanli attacked Ruan Zhan again. This made Xiaoxia almost laugh. She finally knew how naive the man was.

"No wonder, I know so many things." The old man looked at Ruan Zhan with a little admiration. "Because the Yan family also had a leader of the Qing Gang, who was the leader of the tiling craftsman. I heard that the person who built those houses was a rich man, which would make the Qing Gang and the boss a lot of money and become famous in their own villages, so it was indeed the work that the people in the village did. Although they were getting a small amount of money, because of their big work, many people made a small profit and their family was not so tight."

"Can you still get married?" Wanli didn't forget to joke.

Unexpectedly, the old man gave a positive answer.

"Yes, there were more than a dozen strong laborers outside for a year. After returning, they did bring some money back. Their descendants lived in the village at the foot of the mountain. They envied other families back then!"

"Who are they?" Ruan Zhan asked, "I like that house very much and want to study how to build it. Some of their descendants still retain their skills, right?"

"Do you have craftsmanship? Those old people always have them, you have vision. But - you'd better not go now." The old man pondered for a moment.

"What?" The three of them immediately became energetic. Sure enough, something abnormal happened?

"When my grandson brought me clothes the day before, he said that the village was not so peaceful recently!"

"Not peace?" the three of them asked almost in unison.
Chapter completed!