Chapter 54 Where Does Zhong Shengguang Live?

Damn, what is he thinking about? He Lingchuan rubbed his face.

Perhaps it was because of his fear that a flash of inspiration suddenly came to his mind.

Perhaps, we have to go back to the question that Nian and Sun were struggling with at the beginning: Where is Zhong's house?

Why did the illusion of the Dafang pot happen to be this period of history? Panlong City obviously has countless glorious fragments.

The only clue they can follow up, or the only clue that the Baling expedition team can follow up, is Zhong Shengguang.

The corpses of the Baling people were abandoned in the cellar of Chen's house, which means that the original intention of the expedition team was the same as theirs, and they also wanted to look for clues in Zhong's house.

But nothing was found there...really?

In other words, as long as the Zhong's house is found, the remaining members of the Baling expedition team can be found.

He Lingchuan tried to recall every legend, storytelling, and allusion he had heard about Panlong City, Dafeng Army, and Zhong's family.

Almost every historical fragment is related to Zhong Shengguang. What clues are hidden here?

In this Panlong City, the beautiful gray brick mansion still belongs to the Chen family, not Zhong Shengguang. Assuming that Zhong Shengguang bought the mansion from the Chen family later, where would he live during this period of time?

At this time, he was still the deputy commander, and he came to Panlong City from the central part of Xiluo State to take office under the king's order.

As a foreign visitor, he had no residence in Panlong City and had to find a place to stay.

Will he live in the post station?

He Lingchuan shook his head and rejected it.

Only bachelors live in the post station. He has seen in several drama scripts that Deputy Commander Zhong got married and took office the next month.

The second half of Zhong's life was spent here, and later he had a son and a daughter, which he could not give birth to alone.

So, he came with his family and could not live in the post station.

That kind of place is dirty, noisy and smelly, and the wall panels are as thin as paper. If the couple clapped their hands at night, the guests next door could hear it clearly.

Where would Zhong Shengguang arrange his family?

He Lingchuan jumped off the roof: "Master, did we pass by the government office just now?"

"Yes, why?" Sun Fuping said, "I checked the government office before you entered the city." But there were no useful clues there.

"Chen's house, I mean the later Zhong's house, is some distance away from the government office. But at this time, Zhong Shengguang had to go in and out of the government office every day, and he might settle nearby. He has a family."

Sun Fuping is also a smart man, and he understood it at once: "You are right! I only searched the government office, but didn't look closely at the surroundings!"

The two of them turned around and ran back and forth.

No matter the government office in the city, it will firmly occupy the Feng Shui treasure land, and Panlong City is no exception.

Not long after, the two saw a gray and simple building by the river. In terms of style and facade, it is far inferior to the restaurant thirty feet away.

"It's here."

Officials don't repair the government office. They only find people to repair it when it's broken. So the government office is generally not magnificent, at best neat and solemn.

But its geographical location is really good.

He Lingchuan quickly climbed up to the tallest restaurant nearby and looked around.

Sun Fuping heard him shouting from above: "The north is a wetland, no one can live there."

"There are shops in the market on the west side." Shops are usually front shops and back yards, with business in the front and people living in the back. Small businessmen don't care much, "I don't think Zhong Shengguang lives there either."

The environment in the West Market is not good. After all, Zhong Shengguang is newly married, and he is an official, so he will probably find a better place for his wife.

He looked south again and found that there were several rows of houses facing the government office across the water. Each set was similar in size, mostly with one or two small courtyards, and should have been built in a unified manner. Although they are not wealthy families, living by the water should be quiet and leisurely.

"South!" He pointed to the south, "That's the official residence!"

The official residence is the residence of officials, usually connected to the government office, forming a large area. He Lingchuan understood when he saw the official residence in Heishui City. Isn't this a government compound or a collective dormitory!

But Panlong City is in a special location. There is water in front and behind the government office, and the place is too small, so the official residence is built on the opposite bank.

Officials serving in other places will need accommodation. The relevant regulations of various countries vary in strictness.

For example, the Great Yuan Kingdom requires officials serving in other places to live in official residences and are not allowed to buy houses privately. However, Qiansong County is really remote, and Yuan Kingdom is in trouble both internally and externally at this time, and has no time to enforce the rules and regulations. There are actually countless officials like He Chunhua who buy good fields and beautiful houses outside.

As for Zhong Shengguang, it goes without saying. After Panlong Wasteland became an enclave, he was the highest authority here. Xiluo Kingdom didn't even know that Panlong Wasteland was still its own territory, and no one dared to ask what Zhong Shengguang did here.

But during this peaceful and trouble-free period in Panlong Wasteland, he was not a high-ranking commander, and he should live in the official residence!

Sun Fuping also figured this out, and his eyes lit up: "Let's go!"

There are more than 40 official residences, but the two of them have a clear goal, so it is not troublesome to find them.

Soon, Sun Fuping fired a command arrow in the second-to-last row of official residences, calling on others to come quickly!

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When everyone arrived, they found that Sun Fuping and He Lingchuan were standing in a small courtyard of an official residence.

There was also a tomb in the courtyard, and a wooden board was erected on the tomb as a monument.

Even Nian Songyu couldn't understand the words on it.

Sun Fuping read to everyone: "The tomb of loyal friend Yu Qingyuan, this is the Baling text."

Mao Tao was overjoyed: "We found it, we found it! Uh, we found... another Baling person?"

"But it's not the last person from Baling who died, otherwise who would bury him?" He Lingchuan picked up the soil, "What's so special about this person that he deserves to be buried in peace?"

This expedition team was so cruel that they even ate their own people. The other members who were eaten were just thrown into the cellar, but why did this deceased deserve to be buried?

You have to know that this is an illusion, and everything is not real. The small courtyard is like this, and the soil is like this.

The Baling expedition team had to eat people to survive in the end, and they must have been exhausted. Why would they spend their energy digging soil to build a grave, doing something that is so vain?

Nian Songyu was observing the tombstone, even reaching out to wipe it, and then taking it under his nose to smell it.

"This ink is mixed with blood, and they have no water." Without water, the ink cannot be dissolved, only blood can be used.

"Dig it up!" They must find out.

Sun Fuping moved his mouth, and He Lingchuan and Mao Tao had to dig the grave with a shrug. Fortunately, there were some farm tools in the yard, and they didn't know if they were used by the Baling team back then.

The two of them were working hard here, Nian Songyu was supervising the work, but Sun Fuping looked up at the sky, in a daze.

Soon, the tomb owner saw the light of day again.

Mao Tao wiped the mud off his face: "We dug it up, huh, it's still bones."

"It's been buried for decades, it would be strange if it didn't turn into bones." He Lingchuan used a shovel to dig up the soil, revealing most of the bones.