[Baiyutang] Wind-dried clothes

Lu Caichun grabbed the iron chain and dared not let go, but tried his best to turn his head and look down, calling him: "Fifth brother!"

When Bai Yutang fell to the ground, he did not fall lightly, a cloud of dust was splashed on the ground, he groaned, turned his body and rolled on the ground twice, in order to dissipate the force of his fall.

Lu Caichun still wanted to confirm his safety, so she asked him repeatedly: "Are you okay?"

Bai Yutang tried his best to raise his hand, looked at her and waved it away.Only then did Lu Caichun heaved a sigh of relief, and his hand holding the iron chain tightened a bit.

Seeing that the iron chain was hanging like a scroll of cloth, she freed one hand to untie the scroll.The knot on which the scroll was hung was not complicated, and she quickly untied it and took it into her hand.

At this time, Lu Caichun held the iron chain with one hand and the scroll with the other, but the gray bricks at the bottom of the building were still tightly sealed, and there was no sign of the stairs being exposed.

Lu Caichun felt a little anxious, after all, she was under an empty building with a height of six feet, and she had to rely on an iron cable to barely keep from falling.

She called down: "Fifth brother, I'll throw the scroll down, and then I'll look here for any mechanism." After saying that, she let go of the scroll in her hand.The scroll seemed to fall straight down and landed on the gray brick floor.Bai Yutang never went to pick it up, Xu Shi still suffered some minor injuries.

Lu Caichun was determined to find the mechanism to open the stairs, so she looked up at the roof of the building.

Holding the iron chain with both hands, she slowly climbed up, her face was close to the transparent glazed tile, the moonlight shone on her face, and there was a faint chill.

There is indeed an extremely thick iron plate stuck on the top of the iron chain, Lu Caichun freed his hand to knock on the iron plate, and heard a cracking sound.It was indeed empty.In the night, the iron plate looked like an extremely black inkstone, she couldn't tell the mystery on it, so she touched it all the way with the palm of her hand.

Suddenly, the hand touched a bump.

The arm was already sore, and the wound on the palm of the hand holding the iron chain seemed to have opened under the bandage, like a needle prick.If she doesn't act anymore, I'm afraid she won't be able to hold the chain.

Thinking up to this point, Lu Caichun thought that there was no delay, and pressed down the protrusion with his fingers.

The sound of the engine starting rattled.

Lu Caichun was overjoyed, and said to herself, is it true that as the fifth brother guessed, you have to get the scroll before you can go downstairs—is this the last hurdle to break through the Sky Tower?

When I looked down, I saw gray bricks rising up on the ground, and a staircase was slowly rolled out and lowered.

Suddenly, the iron plate above her head clicked.Lu Caichun was startled, not knowing what else could be weird about this thing.However, she was pleasantly surprised to find that the rope was slowly coming out of the hole on the iron plate, and it was hanging down all the way.

Lu Caichun hurriedly grabbed the rope, wrapped one hand around his waist, tied a knot, and dragged the rope with his hand to be lowered gradually.

Before the toes touched the ground, Lu Caichun hastily untied the rope, jumped down, ran to Bai Yutang's side, wanted to help him up, and asked directly: "Fifth brother is all right?"

Bai Yutang nodded, and when he turned his face sideways, under the moonlight, Lu Caichun saw bloodstains on the corners of his mouth.She wiped it off for him with her hand, frowned, and asked him anxiously, "Where did it hurt?"

Bai Yutang took two "hissing" breaths, and then said: "I just fell and bit the corner of my mouth. There is nothing serious about it, it's just that the fall hurts a bit." As he spoke, he raised his hand to wipe the bloodstain, and touched the blood. The wound on the corner of his mouth made him wrinkle his face in pain.

Only then did Lu Caichun let out a long breath of relief, her legs and feet softened, and she sat back on the ground, without speaking for a long while.

The two sat facing each other without speaking, only a few pillars of moonlight shining from the top of the towering sky, chilling far away.

Finally, they broke the skyscraper and gave Bao Zheng an explanation.

Lu Caichun stood up, picked up the scroll, unwrapped the silk that was sealed on it, and slowly unfolded it.

What catches the eye is a whole face of teeny lowercase script, without a title, and it records how much property a certain person donated in a certain place.But the more you look down, the more outrageous the offerings become.Things like rice and grain will not be mentioned for the time being, but knives, guns, swords and halberds, bows and arrows, iron helmets and silver armor, horse soldiers, these things are all listed on it.

Lu Caichun was puzzled, and couldn't help muttering: "This is... what is this scroll for?"

Bai Yutang stood up with his waist supported, and came closer to look at it.

"This is—" Lu Caichun pointed to one of the names, "Qin Zhihai, the prefect of Qin? His name is also on it? Offer 50 death row prisoners? What do you mean?"

"And—Pang Jiong?" Her finger moved to another name, "Master Pang? Three hundred horses, four thousand shi of rice, and thirty thousand taels of money and silk... This..."

Bai Yutang's expression gradually became serious: "It's probably because the person who wants to rebel has recorded all his accomplices on this scroll."

"But Qin Zhifu and Pang Xiaohou..." Lu Caichun suddenly remembered that when Pang Jiong wanted to read "The Analects" by himself, he was unwilling to accept "the ministers should be loyal to the emperor".It turned out that Pang Jiong had already turned his back on him, and hooked up with this unknown conspiracy.

Lu Caichun thought for a while, and said to Bai Yutang: "Fifth brother, I suddenly thought that the people in Hongjian Pavilion wanted to lure us to Xiangyang's Yuanguan and Chongxiaolou, and they probably wanted us to get this piece of paper. The scroll. I am afraid that they and the person who wants to rebel are not in the same group, but their names are on this scroll, and they do not want their own handles to be grasped, so they tried every means to break through the skyscrapers." As she said, she pointed to the ground He said, "I'm afraid this person is the last one who came to fetch this scroll, but unfortunately he came alone and was trapped in this building, unable to get out."

Bai Yutang thought about it intently, and said, "Sixth Sister's guess is reasonable, but there are still some joints in it, I don't think I can understand it."

Lu Caichun asked, "What joint?"

Bai Yutang said: "After all, we are not from Hongjian Pavilion. If Hongjian Pavilion deliberately lures people to let us know the contents of this scroll, go out and tell Mr. Bao that none of the people recorded in this scroll can escape. Isn't it worth the loss?"

Lu Caichun nodded, and turned to guessing: "Could it be that the people in Hongjian Pavilion are actually good people, and they just want to let Kaifeng Mansion know that someone is going to rebel. But the way they treat Sister Ding is..." She couldn't continue talking , just shut up.

Bai Yutang said: "There is another possibility, that is, we are just their hands to take this scroll, and the real Hongjian Pavilion people are still hiding behind, waiting for the praying mantis to catch the cicada and reap the benefits."

Lu Caichun's heart tightened, he glanced around, and asked in a low voice, "Fifth Brother, do you mean that the people from Hongjian Pavilion are ambush outside?"

Bai Yutang shook his head and said, "I can't say for sure, but it's best to be careful."

The two glanced at the Yanling knife broken in the wall, Bai Yutang said: "If you can go back to Bianjing, then go to the master blacksmith in the west of the city and ask for a pair of knives."

The two walked out of the tower step by step, looking around, only hearing the silent wind in their ears, but no one was seen rushing out.This cannot stay in Yuanguan for long. Although there are wolves in the mountain, the two decided to go down the mountain in the dark.

This time I went down the mountain much more smoothly than last time, and I went straight to the foot of the mountain, and there was no abnormality.But the two were always in fear, and they didn't even dare to knock on the neighbor's uncle's door. They just led the horse and left the village overnight.

When they arrived in Xiangyang City, the city was still the same as when they first came.Lu Caichun suggested: "Fifth brother, no matter what, with this scroll in hand, after returning to Bianjing, there will definitely be a bloody storm. I'd better write a letter to my uncle first, so that I can tell him about it. Let him come to Bianjing quickly, so that he can help out."

I wrote a letter and sent it overnight.The two stepped on their horses again and urged them to go to Bianjing without stopping.

As soon as he walked out of Xiangyang City, when he was staying at the inn, he heard from the travelers that the king of Xiangyang, whose fief was in the land of Jingxiang, stood on his own in the city and raised his troops to rebel.

When Lu and Bai heard this, they looked at each other and said, "Is it him?"

This King of Xiangyang is also considered a well-known virtuous king, and if he guessed who it was, he would never expect it to be him.Bai Yutang said: "It's actually not unusual. Then Qin Zhihai, the prefect of Qin, is also a good official, didn't he also defect to King Xiangyang?" Finally, he said, "Let's go back to Bianjing quickly."

Urging the horse to go north, eating the wind and drinking the dew, and finally rushed back to the capital.Entering the Kaifeng mansion, but the four righteous brothers who fell into the empty island were nowhere to be seen. After asking, they found out that these four people had been sent to lead the army to suppress the Xiangyang King who rebelled in Xiangyang.

Bai Yutang and Lu Caichun were waiting outside the Yamen of Kaifeng Mansion, ready to hand over the scroll brought back from the Chongxiao Tower to Bao Zheng.But Bao Zheng went to the court at this time, and the King of Xiangyang rebelled, and the court officials and the emperor might not be able to sleep peacefully.

The yamen servant saw the two of them, and hurriedly invited them in. After a while of greetings, everyone discussed what had happened in Bianjing recently.

A yamen servant said: "You two are far away in Xiangyang, so you haven't heard of this incident. Our Kaifeng mansion has had a good time, and we are entering Pang's mansion dignifiedly to arrest people. It is the son of that treacherous minister, Grand Master Pang."

Lu Caichun and Bai Yutang looked at each other, and asked in unison: "Why did you arrest people?"

The yamen servant said: "The king of Xiangyang sent a letter to Kaifeng mansion just a few days after his rebellion. Do you know what is written in the letter?"

Everyone urged him to speak quickly, and the yamen servant said: "The letters written are all people who defected to the King of Xiangyang—even the prefect of Qin that Li Tong killed was a member of the King of Xiangyang! I don't know if he is in the court. How much eyeliner is placed in it."

Wang Chao said: "You don't know, Mr. Bao has foreseen that someone will rebel."

Everyone asked, "Where does this start?"

Wang Chao said: "Before Li Tong committed suicide by swallowing corpse powder, he recited four short poems. Hey, I still remember what it was, 'Under the green hills, the dragon and the phoenix. Out of the cage, down the mountain peak'." Mr. Bao heard it at the time. , let’s say it’s a rebellious meaning, no, it’s really right for Mr. Bao.”

Lu Caichun intentionally asked: "I heard what my brother said, since he entered the Pang Mansion to arrest people, why is Pang Xiaohou also colluding with the Xiangyang King and wanting to rebel?"

The yamen servant wondered: "Why did Miss Lu ask that it was Pang Dalang who wanted to rebel—it wasn't him, it was Pang Erlang, Pang Yu!"

"Pang Yu?" Both Lu and Bai asked in surprise.

Seeing the surprise of the two of them, the yamen servant couldn't help but proudly said: "No one guessed that it was the bastard Pang Yu, and everyone was shocked when they saw him plead guilty."

Lu Caichun hurriedly asked: "I've seen Erlang of the Pang family. He's a lame man, why did he have to wade into such muddy water that will never be restored?"

"It's true that people can't be judged by their appearance," the yamen servant said with a smile, "listen to him, he has been jealous of Pang Xiaohou for a long time, Pang Xiaohou suppressed him, did not let him stand out, and often laughed at him for being disabled, he wanted to make money for himself. His reputation will overwhelm Lord Pang Xiaohou. And when he heard that the King of Xiangyang was planning to rebel, he also sent a letter to him, and wanted to go to him. Overthrew the emperor on top, and the King of Xiangyang he assisted When he becomes the emperor, he will be able to stand out, not like the little duke, who relies on his sister to eat the emperor's food, wouldn't he be proud?"

The gloomy and treacherous Pang Erlang mentioned by the yamen servants was completely different from the glamorous and glamorous Pang Erlang they had seen. Bai Yutang was puzzled and asked directly: "Is what he said all the truth?"

Lu Caichun frowned and asked the yamen servant: "Brother, can you tell me what it was like when the people from the Kaifeng mansion went to the Pang mansion?"

The yamen servant took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, and then began to preach: "Master Bao first received that letter, and he was suspicious at first, thinking that it was slandering the ministers of the court, so he sent a group of guards to investigate the letter in secret. The whereabouts of the food, grass, soldiers and horses recorded are all exactly the same."

Lu Caichun asked again: "Did the letter directly say that Second Young Master Pang did it?"

The yamen servant shook his head, and said, "It's only about Pang's residence, and it doesn't mention who they are."

Lu Caichun nodded and said, "Brother, let's continue."

The yamen servant went on to say: "After Mr. Bao got this letter, he presented it to His Majesty. His Majesty immediately ordered to arrest everyone on the letter. Our Kaifeng Mansion was assigned to go to Pang Mansion to arrest people."

"We entered Pang's mansion in such a majestic manner. The Pang's mansion is really magnificent, and it is really a carved beam and painted building. Once we walked in, if someone hadn't led the way, we might have been entangled in the winding path and couldn't get out..." The yamen servant You still boasted about the layout of Pang's residence, but was interrupted by Bai Yutang, "Brother, tell me quickly, what happened when you met Mr. Pang?"

Hearing what he said, the yamen servant went on talking: "We met Grand Master Pang. The old fox's legs were weak when he heard that it was the holy decree to arrest people. If it wasn't for Ya Huan's support, his knees might bend. , I am about to kneel down for us. The people in the backyard heard the movement in front, and they all came out, among them was Pang Erlang. Pang Xiaohou also came out. When he saw us, his face turned pale with fright. He beat him badly last time!" After saying that, all the yamen servants burst into laughter.

Neither Lu Bai nor Bai could laugh, Lu Caishu squeezed a smile, echoed them, and said, "Brother, stop laughing, I still want to hear what happened later."

Hearing the words, the yamen servant managed to suppress his smile, and said, "Let's tell the story to other people again. When the little Marquis Pang heard that it was treason, he was trembling with fright, and he didn't know if he had urinated——The Grand Master Pang pointed Pang Erlang scolded: "You rebellious son, the old man said how weird you are these days. You refused to give relief to the victims, but actually transported the grain to the traitorous king in Xiangyang! You have done such a rebellious thing, and the old man can't keep it." You, you hurry up and confess to the officials of Kaifeng Mansion! Maybe the Holy One can spare the lives of hundreds of people in our Pang Mansion!'”