White clothes bind me [cat and mouse]

Zhan Zhao slowly opened his eyes, and soon he came to his senses, remembering that he was taken to the island of Bai Yutang, the empty island, and now this is Bai Yutang's room.

When he got up slightly, he felt a person lying beside him, he turned his head and saw that even the dark bed curtain was still shining with light, Zhan Zhao realized that the person beside him was Bai Yutang.

It's just a strange thing, Bai Yutang and he are both people with profound internal strength. Usually when Bai Yutang sleeps with him, if one of them wakes up, the other will wake up immediately, but it seems that lying in bed Zhan Zhao felt that there was something wrong with Bai Yutang who was moving beside him.

Zhan Zhao quickly opened the bed curtain to let the sunlight shine in. When he came in, he saw Bai Yutang lying on the other side of the bed with a pale face. Fortunately, his bed was big enough for him to nest in a small corner.

Zhan Zhao reached out his hand to probe Bai Yutang's head, only then did Bai Yutang hesitantly half awake and half ask, "What's wrong?"

Seeing that Bai Yutang's reaction was half a beat slow, but when Zhan Zhao touched his forehead, his body temperature didn't rise, it was just warm to the touch.

Zhan Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately saw Bai Yutang coughing uncomfortably, his face changed again, and he went to feel for his pulse.

Bai Yutang came to his senses just now, quickly dodged Zhan Zhao's search, turned his face away uncomfortably, and slowly got out of bed: "I'm fine."

Zhan Zhao was worried, and wanted to grab his shoulders. Bai Yutang didn't dodge for a moment, and Zhan Zhao caught the handle, and pulled him back to the bed. Left hand, feeling the pulse.

Bai Yutang's untied hair was scattered on the bed. His complexion was a little pale today, and he looked even more pitiful like a weak beauty, but Zhan Zhao only focused on his pulse.

Soon Zhan Zhao frowned and said, "You have suffered internal injuries."

When Zhan Zhao finished his pulse, Bai Yutang withdrew his hand, and the two looked at each other, one on top and the other on the bottom, Zhan Zhao suddenly realized that the positions of the two were a bit awkward, so he got up immediately and held Bai Yu Don pulled up.

After Bai Yutang stood up, he said, "It's nothing, it's just a small injury."

Zhan Zhao couldn't help but want to say that there is basically no special medicine to heal internal injuries, and basically he has to take good care of them by himself. Bai Yutang doesn't look like he wants to take care of his injuries at all.

Seeing that Zhan Zhao didn't believe it at all, Bai Yutang could only explain: "It's just hurt the lungs, just spit out the blood and it's fine."

Zhan Zhao still had a look of disapproval, and Bai Yutang said, "Okay, is it okay if I don't use my internal energy recently?"

Then he said: "You were ordered to investigate the case, so don't delay it because of my trivial matter."

Zhan Zhao wanted to say that this was not a trivial matter, but seeing Bai Yutang's indifferent appearance, he didn't know how to say it.

While talking, Bai Yutang had already put on his coat. Today, he was wearing a light blue cross-collar, and his coat was a white transparent long-sleeved gown. He didn't look like a weak scholar who knew martial arts. .

"I met Tengu the day before yesterday, so you must also want to go and see the scene."

Zhan Zhao was still struggling with his injury, but Bai Yutang quibbled, "I'm not seriously injured, so it's okay to walk on the road, right?"

In the end, Zhan Zhao could only compromise.

After tidying up, the two took Bai Yutang's painting boat from the sea to the inner river of Songjiang Prefecture, and arrived at Huajie in another way.

Because it was still daytime, all the brothel shops in Huajie were basically closed, and there were not many people coming and going here, even those dudes who wanted to come here would not dare to come here in broad daylight.

The boat stopped slowly on a bank, Bai Yutang asked the boatman to wait for them here, and brought Zhan Zhao to the place where his elder brother Lu Fang was attacked.

But it is a pity that five days have passed, and all traces of this place have been wiped away by the constant crowds.

Zhan Zhao searched around, but found nothing suspicious, and there was no one passing by, not even a chance to ask.

Bai Yutang fanned his fan and watched him for a long time, then shook his head towards himself, without saying anything, instead took him to the place where he met Tengu the day before yesterday.

Because that place was a warehouse, there were many fewer people. Bai Yutang quickly found the place where Tengu was injured by him and the place where he fled later. Because there was no blood left at that time, it was also difficult to trace him at that time. place.

But Bai Yutang feels that there are some doubts. If it is really a tengu with a dog's head and a human body, then his locust stone has used three layers of internal force, and even the rough-skinned and thick-skinned animal should break a layer of skin. , but Tiangu had nothing to do with it, and let him run away.

Now that I think about it, the locust stone probably didn't hit the Tengu's body, and that cry of pain seemed to be the sound of a weapon being delivered.

Bai Yutang told Zhan Zhao about this discovery, and Zhan Zhao nodded and said, "That is to say, you suspect that someone pretending to be a tengu is actually trying to commit murder?"

Bai Yutang affirmed Zhan Zhao's statement: "This is the only explanation. The tengu has been hurting people for so long and has never killed anyone. But the tengu I met that day really wanted to kill that kid."

Zhan Zhao said, "You said you sent him home?"

Bai Yutang asked back, "You want to find that kid?"

The two became more and more tacit, perhaps because Bai Yutang understood his thoughts more and more, Zhan Zhao said with a smile: "This is also a clue, it's worth investigating."

So the two walked all the way to Ma'an Lane.

On the way, while chatting with Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang suddenly asked, "I wonder how much Mr. Gongsun knows about Gu poison?"

Zhan Zhao asked curiously, "Brother Lu is poisoned?"

Bai Yutang nodded: "Brother was also bitten by a dog. My sister-in-law said that she doesn't understand Gu poison, so she can only use force to suppress the Gu insects running in the blood, but they can't completely remove them. I don't know if Mr. Gongsun knows how to cure the Gu poison."

Zhan Zhao shook his head: "Why didn't the Songjiang Mansion report this matter? If Mr. Gongsun knew that the Tiangu case was caused by poison, he would definitely ask to come here immediately."

The fault was also in the empty island, Bai Yutang touched his nose, his sister-in-law Min Xiuxiu patronized to save the eldest brother, and forgot to inform the Songjiang Mansion about this matter, of course there is one thing that is also in the empty island.

Zhan Zhao said: "I will immediately write a letter to Mr. Gongsun to report this matter, Mr. should be in Songjiang Mansion soon."

Just as Bai Yutang was about to thank him, Zhan Zhao said, "Mr. Gongsun kindly prepared some medicine for me before leaving the house. There is a bottle of medicine that I heard can suppress the poisonous Gu. Maybe it will be of some use to my elder brother."

Bai Yutang was overjoyed and didn't notice the loopholes in Zhan Zhao's words, so he nodded in response.

Then Zhan Zhao said: "Actually, I didn't come here because of the Tengu case. Before I left, Mr. Gongsun gave me a letter and asked me to hand it over to a county magistrate near Songjiang Prefecture. I heard that a series of incidents occurred there. As for the homicide case, many locksmiths have died at home."

Bai Yutang thought for a while, that county is not far from Songjiang Mansion, he just came back, the news is not so well-informed, and he was surprised that such a thing happened: "Why did you kill the locksmith?"

Zhan Zhao shook his head. Mr. Gongsun's classmate just said a few words in the letter, and he couldn't figure out the motive. He just felt that the Songjiang Mansion was full of disasters recently.

Bai Yutang slowly brought Zhan Zhao to Ma'an Lane. Most of the people living here are poor people, and when he sent that kid home last time, he seemed to live alone.Seeing the familiar door, Bai Yutang went up and knocked twice.

But when there was no answer to the first two knocks, Bai Yutang felt that something was wrong. After two more knocks, he thought that something had happened to the kid, so he thought about kicking the door, when he heard the neighbor next to him. After such a big commotion, a shabby old man opened the door and asked, "Who is it? What's the matter?"

Zhan Zhao stopped Bai Yutang from opening his mouth to speak, stepped forward and said, "Old man, I'm from Kaifeng Mansion, I want to ask where are the people here?"

The old man narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhan Zhao's badge, but he didn't think about why: "Is it from the government? No one has lived in this house for a long time. Who are you looking for?"

Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows, turned his head to look at Bai Yutang, and asked again: "The old man, do you know that there is a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy who works at night in Huajie?"

The old man obviously spent some time thinking about it, and made Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang wait for a long time and said, "Oh! You are talking about the little lion, he doesn't live here."

"He lives in the alley opposite, that's the house." The old man tremblingly pointed to the place.

Bai Yutang looked at the other party sullenly. He didn't expect that he would be deceived one day. He thought that such a young child should not be able to tell lies, but he didn't expect this to be a little liar.But although this little liar has a trick, he is too immature. He lives nearby, so as long as he asks nearby, someone will always be able to find out.

Could it be that he did not dare to walk back alone because he was hunted down, so he found a nearby place?

Zhan Zhao held back his laughter, Bai Yutang gave him a very inelegant look, and walked over first.

But the two of them hadn't reached the opposite alley, when they suddenly passed by a booth full of locks and keys, they both smelled a thick smell of blood at the same time.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, and they both set their eyes on the room behind the booth at the same time, and then rushed into the room.

As soon as he entered the door, Zhan Zhao reached out his hand to stop Bai Yutang, and walked ahead silently.

Bai Yutang, who didn't bring the Hanyue Saber today, was stunned, and then walked in behind Zhan Zhao.

Judging from such a strong smell, Zhan Zhao really found a man's body in the house. He lowered his head and probed the tip of his nose. He was already out of breath, and then shook his head towards Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang suddenly raised his finger to his mouth, Zhan Zhao immediately understood, and when he listened, he heard that there was still some movement in the room.