White clothes bind me [cat and mouse]

The Zhaoye Jade Lion is worthy of being a magical horse. It ran a hundred miles a day and a night, and ran from Xingkong Island to Bianjing.

Bai Yutang couldn't help nodding his head as soon as he rode his horse into the city gate of Kaifeng. The place was orderly, the people and merchants flocked in an endless stream, the carriages and horses were orderly, and life was boiling.As expected of Kaifeng Mansion under the management of Bao Zheng, it is really different from other places.

If it was normal, Bai Yutang would not come to such a bustling and bustling place like Kaifeng, just like what his elder brother said, Xiao Wu is lazy, and it is not easy for him to go out.If it hadn't been for someone sending him a letter this time, saying that it was extremely urgent, and if he didn't come, his life would be in danger, Bai Yutang would have to travel more than 100 miles to this Kaifeng mansion, let alone there is a cat here.

I heard that Nanxia Zhanzhao took office in Kaifeng with Bao Zheng, a scholar of Longtu University, and was awarded the title of Royal Cat by the Holy One. Since then, there have been faint rumors in the world that there must be a dispute between the five rats and this royal cat. Of course, the one who wins must be Yumao, needless to say.After all, although the Five Rats are full of arrogance, have many friends in the world, and the Five Rats have some unique skills, they are still not as good as Zhan Zhao in the south and Zhan Zhao in Ouyang in the north.Besides, there have always been mice who were defeated by cats, so how could the royal cat not be able to defeat the five mice?

It was just such rumors that gave Bai Yutang a headache. Among the five brothers, he was the youngest, and he was the only one with the best martial arts.The Zhakongdao family has a big business, and he doesn't need to worry about it. The four brothers are too busy to care about the title of this cat and mouse. And he is a person who doesn't like trouble, so he dismisses these rumors.But it's okay for one person or two to say that. There are rumors in the whole world that if it's not trouble, it becomes trouble, so every time Bai Yutang hears titles like cat and mouse, his face always changes impatiently, which will only make people He felt that he was dissatisfied with the title of Royal Cat, so the news naturally spread everywhere.

Simply put, Bai Yutang is not someone who cares about what other people say, he behaves aboveboard and doesn't care what other people think.

While thinking, Bai Yutang had already arrived at the largest restaurant in Kaifeng - Zuixianju on horseback.

The running hall of Zuixianju has received many people back and forth, but it is the first time to see such a handsome young man in white, with a cold and indifferent face, even though he is wearing ordinary white gauze wrapped in white clothes, he is using the best clothes. The Su brocade, embroidered with dark patterns of silver thread, is dressed like an official's son, but holds a knife in his hand, clearly he is from the Jianghu.

In any case, he looks like a noble person and needs to be treated well.

The waiter was about to go up to meet him, when he saw a huge silver ingot landed on his hand, he was so happy that he asked, "Who are the guests?"

Bai Yutang looked up, and saw that the person he was waiting for had arrived, the waiter followed him with a keen eye, and knew that the two were traveling together, and quickly said: "Guest officer, please come upstairs."

Bai Yutang said coldly as he went upstairs, "Lead the horse and feed it."

The waiter hurriedly withdrew his foot that was about to go upstairs with him, and said hastily: "Okay! Definitely feed with good fodder."

Bai Yutang went upstairs, most of the upper floors were private rooms, the rest were covered by screens, at this time Zuixianju was specially prepared for distinguished guests.The person he was waiting for was at a table behind a screen by the window.

The man was dressed in purple clothes, his body was graceful and luxurious, but his appearance was a bit ordinary, and those who didn't know thought he was a rich and noble son of some family. He saw a jar of wine on the table and drank it leisurely. He only said it when he saw Bai Yutang Sentence: "Brother Bai, you are here."

Bai Yutang sat down expressionlessly, put the sword in his hand on the table, and only heard a clear cry, with a chill in his voice: "Li Kong, I remember that you said in your letter that you were seriously injured and your life was in danger. You want me to come to Kaifeng, so this is what you said is dying?"

When Li Kong heard this, he knew that Bai Yutang was angry. He must have rushed over from Xingkong Island as soon as he received the letter. Nothing happened, wouldn't it be worse?So he hurriedly prepared it, asked someone to serve first, and poured the good wine himself, saying: "Brother Bai calm down, drink this good pear and white flower first, and let me explain slowly."

How could Li Kong's wine not be good wine? What's more, Li Kong had known Bai Yutang for so many years, and he also knew a lot of his preferences. This wine was one of them, and Bai Yutang's expression did not change.

Bai Yutang sipped his wine, blowing the wind outside the window, and leisurely listened to Li Kong's series of weird stories that happened during this period.

As he was called before, Li Kong is actually a gentleman, but why is Bai Yutang friends with such a person?It's just because Li Kong is a grand thief, he only steals corrupt officials, and then converts the stolen treasures into money and distributes them to the poor and poor, so he is called a contemporary grand thief.There are more thieves like Li Kong than Li Kong, and Li Kong is less than one, so they just became Bai Yutang's friends.But it was also because he loved wine, especially wine.I don't know where he stole the wine, as long as it is good wine, he will invite Bai Yutang to enjoy the wine, and the two will become acquainted after a few visits.

But that's a long way off, Li Kong called Bai Yutang to come to Kaifeng this time because he stole a treasure.

As a thief, Li Kong's target this time is a white jade cup in the household of Zhou Yongtian, the servant of the household department. Zhou Yongtian has always been headed by Pang Ji, the grand master of the court. The victims of the disaster have recently spent a lot of money to buy a white jade cup inlaid with gold and inlaid with rubies. You can naturally guess where the money came from.

That night, Li Kong had already stepped on the spot, how could he know that Zhou Yongtian was in the concubine's room, and suddenly wanted to show off to his concubine, so the white jade cup was taken away by someone.The things he was about to get were gone, of course Li Kong didn't want to give up, so he followed all the way to Zhou Yongtian's concubine's room, lifted a tile and looked inside.

When he was talking about this, Li Kong paused, looked at Bai Yutang's face, and omitted the detailed description in the middle, and only said that the two of them looked at the jade cup on the table afterwards, and talked about love while looking at it.

But I don't know what happened, the two people who were originally sweet talkers suddenly started to speak wild words.

The little concubine said to herself: "You are a thief old man, you are fat and big, if you don't have a few cents, do you think I can take a fancy to you?"

I don't know why this little concubine blurted out such words suddenly, and then Zhou Yongtian's face suddenly became gloomy. Without saying a word, he seemed unwilling to show weakness, and directly grabbed the little concubine's head and bumped it against the bed. Li Kong was still dumbfounded and didn't react. , I saw the little concubine's head was bleeding, and she passed out directly, and she didn't know if she was dead or alive.

Afterwards, the scene became chaotic, and the servants outside rushed in when they heard the commotion. The master was furious and swept away the things on the table, as if he had gone crazy and no one could stop him.

The boys shouted that Mrs. Wei passed out, and hurriedly sent someone to call the doctor, saying that the master was crazy.

Seeing the boys chasing the crazy Zhou Yongtian out, and when there was no one in the room, Li Kong came down to feel the pulse of Mrs. Wei, and there was no beating under the warm skin.

If it was someone else, he would have slipped away at this time, and it was Li Kong, who was so weird, who took advantage of no one to steal the white jade cup that no one cared about in the chaos, and disappeared into the night with some doubts.

Having said this, Bai Yutang asked impatiently, "Tell me the main point."

Li Kong signaled him not to worry, and continued.

If the matter ended here, there would be nothing to talk about, but the problem came a few days after the incident.

Before Li Kong found a suitable place to sell the white jade cup, he met a group of people on the street, and one of them was particularly influential on Li Kong. It was Zhou Yongtian's concubine who was supposed to die by his bedside—Madam Wei.

This shocked Li Kong. After all, he confirmed Mrs. Wei's death with his own eyes. How could it be possible for a dead person to come back to life?

Then he went back and immediately asked what happened to Zhou's house. He only heard that Zhou Shilang had been bedridden due to illness in the past few days, but he didn't see the strange phenomenon that Li Kong saw at that time, let alone the stolen white jade cup. The series of events suddenly shocked Li Kong into a cold sweat.

What's even more strange is that Li Kong always felt that there was a dark shadow following him these few days, which made him not know what to do with the white jade cup, a hot potato.

Having said that, Li Kong quickly took Bai Yutang's hand and said, "Brother Bai, you must save me!"

Bai Yutang pulled back his sleeves in disgust, and asked, "Since we're in Kaifeng, if we seek protection, we're looking for Zhan Zhao, why didn't we tell Mr. Bao about this?"

Li Kong said embarrassingly: "I am a gentleman on Liang, I dare not provoke people from the government."

Bai Yutang frowned and thought for a moment, then heard Li Kong hurriedly said: "Brother Bai, you know me, my lightness kung fu is not bad, but martial arts is just three-legged cat kung fu, if someone really finds me, I'm afraid that my little one will Life is not guaranteed." People like them who have seen and touched a lot are most afraid of death, and of course their lives are the most important thing.

Bai Yutang put down the wine glass, only to hear the glass hit the table with a muffled sound: "They want to look for you, but it's because you took the white jade cup, is there another reason?"

Li Kong was guilty, of course, that was the only reason. Mrs. Wei was not dead, and Zhou Shilang was sick. Even if he was seen, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with it. Only the white jade cup he wanted to take was the key to this matter.

"Bring it here." Bai Yutang stretched out his hand and said.

Li Kong said, "What?"

Seeing him pretending to be crazy, Bai Yutang withdrew his hand indifferently: "Don't challenge my patience. After talking so much, don't you just want me to help you deal with this white jade cup?"

Seeing that he had guessed what he was thinking, Li Kong shyly took out a small ordinary wooden box, opened it, and found a white jade cup inlaid with rubies inside.

Bai Yutang took out the white jade cup and took a look at it. As the most favored of the five brothers, his eyesight was spoiled by his elder brothers, so he could easily see that the white jade cup was not an antique, as it seemed in recent years. Of the antiques made, the only suspicious thing is the ruby.

This ruby ​​is a little weirdly red, and when it is exposed to the sun, it can only look darker and redder, and it smells like blood.

Li Kong also said: "This ruby ​​is very weird, and I feel a little dizzy looking at it."

Bai Yutang looked at it for a long time but didn't find anything unusual, finally he just put the cup into the wooden box and put it beside him.

Seeing this, Li Kong heaved a sigh of relief, as if he had let go of a big rock, and hurriedly and courteously ordered people to serve food and refill him wine.

Although Bai Yutang hadn't eaten all day and night, his appetite was worse because of this, he drank silently after a few mouthfuls of food, looked down at the passers-by downstairs, not knowing where he was looking.

Just when he saw a red official robe on the side of the street and was about to inspect it from the other side of the street, there was a sound of footsteps downstairs.

Zuixianju's business is good. At this time, there should be a visitor. Bai Yutang didn't care at first, but he felt a burning gaze, which he felt very familiar. evil desires.

Bai Yutang had long been accustomed to it and ignored it.But this seemed to fuel the arrogance on the other side, and he heard a few frivolous footsteps, and the man walked up to Bai Yutang's table, and asked aloud: "Beauty, I'm being rude, have we met somewhere? "

Bai Yutang glanced at him from the corner of his eye, only to see Li Kong desperately waving his hands and winking at the man, but the other party didn't appreciate him, and didn't even look at Li Kong, an ordinary-looking person.