[Baiyutang] Wind-dried clothes

After Li Tong's death, Bao Zheng ordered everyone who had seen the situation at that time to keep their mouths shut, not to reveal any news to the outside world, and those who disobeyed the order would be executed.Li Tong's death was unknown to everyone in the empty island and Lu Caishu.Bao Zheng also heard that Ouyang Chun had returned to Danzhou, he felt very sorry, and wanted to take advantage of the fact that the Five Rats had not yet returned to the empty island, and asked them if they had any plans to serve the court.

Within two days, when Bao Zheng was about to summon everyone, the palace suddenly issued a decree and sent it to the Yamen of Kaifeng Mansion.After receiving the imperial edict, Bao Zheng found out that the emperor had heard that some strange people had come to the capital recently, so he wanted to call them into the palace to test their skills.

Bao Zheng accepted this order, but he didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse.At that time Zhan Zhao was called into the palace, he was recommended by Bao Zheng, and because of his good martial arts, he won the emperor's favor, he was given the title of "Royal Cat", and he was named a fourth-rank guard with a sword; Ouyang Chun and the Five Rats did not hear anything about it, and they had not had time to recommend them in the future, so they should not have been noticed by the palace—could it be possible that some senior officials recommended talents?But who would notice such a few people from the rivers and lakes and grasslands?

Chao Mahan, Wuyi and Lu Caichun of Zhakongdao often get together and talk about the sky. They serve Bao Zheng's side, and they have also heard a little bit about Bao Zheng's recommendation, and they have told the six of them a long time ago.It is also because of this that Lu Fang asked the brothers not to return to the empty island. Among the six, Jiang Ping and Han Zhang also had the intention of seeking an official. Then Xu Qing listened to everything. Seeing that the brothers had no intention of returning, he also I am happy to be happy in Bianjing.Bai Yutang and Lu Caichun originally intended to send Bitao back home, but seeing that the older brothers refused to leave, they set off to go south by themselves. It seemed that they couldn't get rid of their human feelings, so they had to accompany them in Bianjing to wait for Bao Zheng's news.

But what came down now was the imperial decree from the palace.

Lu Fang was the first to hear the news, and he asked Wang Chao: "Brother Wang, do you know who made this decree?"

Wang Chao said: "I can't confirm it yet, but Mr. Bao has already sent someone to inquire. It is said that Pang Guifei begged the Holy Majesty to summon everyone."

Xu Qing heard this, and cursed: "Who wants that enchanting concubine to support her? Even if she makes me the prime minister and general, I won't do it either!"

Hearing this, Lu Fang looked around and felt very embarrassed when Han Zhang and Jiang Ping didn't say a word.Wang Chao hurriedly said: "Third Brother Xu, be careful! Others have heard this, so it's not easy to forgive."

Xu Qing was waiting to scold him again, but when he saw the look Lu Fang threw at him, he just "hummed" and remained silent.

Wang Chao said: "You don't need to worry too much. Although the Holy Majesty loves Concubine Pang, he is still wise. If you don't offend her, nothing will happen—maybe it's a good thing. Whatever the Holy Majesty orders, all the brothers will follow their words. That's all right." At the end, he looked around and asked, "Where is Brother Bai?"

Jiang Pingdao: "I saw him and Liu Mei go out this morning, and they haven't come back now. They said yes - to go to a shop to get a knife."

At this time, Ma Han hurriedly came from the door, bowed to everyone, and said: "Master Bao is calling everyone, please leave quickly, and go to the Yamen of Kaifeng Mansion to gather first, Master Bao has something else to say." command."

Xu Qing asked, "What about the fifth brother?"

Han Zhang said: "It's better to send a few Cangtou to find the two of them first, and leave a note at home. If they come back first and see the note, let them make another plan." After hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.

When they arrived at the Yamen of Kaifeng Mansion, Bao Zheng was already waiting.He watched the crowd according to the imperial decree, and said: "Bei Xia has already left the capital, and this pavilion has been reported to the court, but where did Young Xia Bai go?"

Lu Fang clasped his hands and replied, "My lord, fifth brother has gone out, so I asked my family to look for it, but I don't know when it will arrive."

Bao Zheng asked: "Did Dynasty Mahan go out before he was notified?"

Lu Fang replied, "Exactly."

Bao Zheng said: "No wonder Bai Shaoxia, he must have not expected it."

Hearing this, Han Zhang knew that what Bao Zheng meant was that it was no small matter to neglect the imperial decree. He was afraid that the Holy One would blame him, so he raised his head and glanced at Bao Zheng's face, then exchanged glances with Lu Fang, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Lord Bao, fifth younger brother!" I might not be able to make it to the Kaifeng government office in a while, so why not tell the four of us brothers first, and we can tell him."

Bao Zheng listened to what Han Zhang said, and it happened to be in his own mind, so he said, "In this case, I will talk about it first in this pavilion." Then he told everyone about entering the palace and the etiquette that must be followed.

At the end, Bao Zheng said again: "This is indeed of great benefit to everyone's future. It's just that there was no news about this matter before, and it was supposed to be recommended by this pavilion, but I don't know who was ahead of me. Knowing that you have amazing skills, first Reported to the Holy One..."

The four mice looked at each other, and Lu Fang hurriedly said, "I'm waiting for Mr. Bao's appreciation. Mr. Bao is our brother's great benefactor."

Bao Zheng waved his hand and said: "It's not that I'm talking about such things, but it's just that it's a troubled time, whether this is a blessing or a curse for you, that's what I'm worried about. You enter the palace and play by ear."

Immediately, the four mice were overwhelmed with gratitude, they bowed their bodies and bowed their heads one after another, and Bao Zheng hurriedly helped them up one by one.

At this time, Lu Caichun was looking into the yamen alone, and saw a row of kneeling at one end of the hall, and hurriedly helping at the other end, not knowing what happened.Seeing Lu Caichun coming, Bao Zheng hurriedly greeted her and said, "Why don't you see Wuxia Bai and Miss Lu coming together?"

After saluting, Lu Caichun asked, "Dare to ask Mr. Bao, is the name mentioned in this edict?"

Bao Zheng said: "It's just a general statement about the Beixia and the righteous men of Zhakong Island, but they didn't mention your names explicitly. I think the person who recommended them didn't know the status of the righteous men."

Lu Caichun let out a long sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, otherwise it would be really difficult."

Bao Zheng asked: "What does Miss Lu mean by this?"

Lu Caichun said: "This morning, Fifth Brother wanted to go to the blacksmith's shop to make a knife, but unexpectedly met a strange monk on the street. The two agreed to compete and climb to the top of Songshan Liantian Peak. Whoever arrives later will be invited." To drink, they should be hundreds of miles away now. I'm afraid they won't be able to find them for a while."

As soon as this remark came out, the whole hall was stunned.When Bao Zheng heard the words, he could only sigh, and said: "It's just a pity." After saying that, he turned to Sishu and said, "Everyone, let me enter the palace with this pavilion."

Seeing this, Lu Caichun bid farewell and left the Yamen of Kaifeng Mansion.

After walking a few feet in the alley outside the yamen wall, she saw no one around, turned over and jumped onto the top of the wall, then hooked her arms around the pines and cypresses leaning on the wall, kicked her legs, and sat firmly on the tree branch, looking away After a look, Bai Yutang was sitting on another pine and cypress with folded hands, looking under the tree, watching Bao Zheng and his four elder brothers coming in and out.

Lu Caichun didn't dare to call out loudly, for fear of disturbing the people below, so she just lowered her voice, just enough for Bai Yutang to hear, her words were full of teasing: "Fifth brother, how many jars of wine did you invite that strange monk?"

Hearing that it was Lu Caishu, Bai Yutang pulled out a copper-ringed dagger from his sleeve, put it on a scabbard for birds and fish, and threw it to Lu Caishu, saying: "The few pennies you spent on the knife are all wasted, why don't you just buy a few buns?" , to gag your mouth."

Lu Caichun reached forward with one hand, caught the flying short knife, held the scabbard with one hand, held the handle of the knife with the other, pulled half of it, saw the clear light shining in his eyes, the blade was like water, and blew a wisp of the black hair on the blade of the knife. At the light of the knife, the strands of hair were snapped off, and fell down, carrying treasures cut like clay.She smiled happily and said: "It's not in vain to tell a lie for Fifth Brother and bluff Mr. Bao twice."

It turned out that after Ouyang Chun's departure, Lu Caichun became more and more anxious. First, she mixed several kinds of drugs for her silk rain needle, and then wanted to use a knife or sword to defend herself. After all, she had never practiced any inner martial arts before. Kung fu, bare hands rely on ingenuity.One day, she suddenly saw Bai Yutang wiping the saber Yan Ling, and thought of giving herself a dagger.Explained the matter to Bai Yutang, and Bai Yutang readily agreed.Recently, he was bored with his elder brothers in Bianliang City, and he was also worried that one day Bao Zheng would really come to him and make him an official.He couldn't stand this kind of restraint the most, so he thought of a way not to stay in Lu Fang's house, but to wander around in Bianliang City.

Bai Yutang made inquiries in Bianjing City, and heard that there was a blacksmith's shop near the east gate, where the masters most often made magic weapons for people, so he and Lu Caishu went to find it.When he got there, the old blacksmith was sitting at the door of the shop, drinking tea with a broken porcelain bowl in his hand.The two explained their purpose to him, and the old blacksmith pointed to his broken porcelain bowl, then waved his hands to signal them to keep silent.

The two of them stood in front of the blacksmith's shop and waited for half a stick of incense until the old blacksmith had finished drinking his tea.After he finished drinking the tea, the two chatted casually with the old blacksmith, and the old blacksmith brought them into the shop, opened the door, walked into the backyard room, and pointed to all kinds of paintings on the wall. He said to them: "The choice of this weapon is based on fate. Let this girl choose whatever she wants."

Lu Caichun walked around the room and saw that the scabbard of a short knife was very beautiful. It was made of leather and embroidered with swimming fish and birds.Seeing her like this, Bai Yutang smiled and said, "Are you here to buy a knife or a scabbard?"

Lu Caichun said: "I can't lack anything." After saying that, he opened the blade and saw that there were also flowers, birds, insects and fish on the blade, with mixed patterns, so he decided to try the blade's edge.She placed three other copper plates on the table, resting the blade on the copper plate, and slowly cut down until the second one, it stopped moving.Lu Caichun looked at the blacksmith and said with a smile: "Is this knife good for people to see?"

The old blacksmith replied: "This kind of knife is the favorite of the dudes in Beijing."

Lu Caichun shook his head and said, "This knife is useless to me, but the scabbard is really beautiful."

Bai Yutang said to the old blacksmith: "Master, can you cast another sharp weapon according to the shape of the scabbard? The price is negotiable." The three of them discussed casting the knife while walking away.

Suddenly, a person came out of the shop, but it was the head of Lu Fang's house.When he saw Bai Yutang, he hurriedly shouted: "Fifth Master, the uncle called you back, saying that the imperial court issued an imperial decree, asking you to enter the palace with all the other officials."

Bai Yutang and Lu Caichun looked at each other.He first said to Cangtou: "Wait a minute, I have something to say to Sixth Sister." After speaking, he called Lu Caishu to the backyard to avoid Cangtou's eyes.

Lu Caichun laughed and said, "Fifth brother, you don't want to go?"

Bai Yutang snorted and said, "Let's make a deal—help me deceive those brothers, and I'll pay for the knife for you."

Lu Caichun stretched out her little finger and said with a smile, "Deal." Bai Yutang also cooperated with her, pretending to check with her.

Bai Yutang asked again: "I don't know what excuse you're going to use—"

Lu Caichun looked at him and waved, Bai Yutang turned her face, she stood on tiptoe, put her hands next to his ears, and told Bai Yutang the plan in a low voice.Bai Yutang listened, chuckled lightly, and said: "I hope that after you tell them the reason for this bastard, I will not be held back by all the brothers and taught me a good lesson."

Lu Caichun smiled and said: "If they teach you, I will help you talk." After saying that, he walked out, bid farewell to the old blacksmith, turned to Cangtou and said, "Fifth Brother has something to do, I will follow you first." Go ahead and bring the message to all brothers."

Cangtou had no choice but to go back to Kaifeng Mansion with her alone.During the journey, Lu Caichun repeatedly told Cangtou not to tell about Bai Yutang's work in the blacksmith's shop, and if someone held her accountable, she would take it for Cangtou.

Now one was able to get away, the other got the treasured sword, and both sides were happy.

Bai Yutang looked at the crowd who were gradually walking away, and said: "If Mr. Bao wants to recommend me, there is still room for maneuver; but the order of the palace has to be avoided." Finally, he turned his head and asked Lu Caichun, saying: " Do you want to see the excitement in the Forbidden Garden?"

Lu Caichun put the knife into his boots, raised his face, and said with a smile, "Why don't you go?"