White clothes bind me [cat and mouse]

Since Bai Yutang wanted to live in Kaifeng Mansion, it was inevitable that he would pack a room for him.However, Mr. Gongsun did not have many courtyards in the mansion, so he could only arrange Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao in the same courtyard.

Bai Yutang questioned, "Isn't Kaifeng Mansion very big?"

Zhan Zhao personally planned a room for Bai Yutang who lived in another room in the same yard, threw himself on the quilt, and said, "Kaifeng Mansion is very large, but the Shantang in the backyard takes up more than half of it, and the rest of the yamen servants live far away from their homes. in the mansion."

Bai Yutang nodded, and saw that Zhan Zhao had spread out three layers of quilts, making the mattresses soft, and saw that he loved to clean, the mattresses and quilts were all brand new and warmed by the sun. .

Bai Yutang, who was being served, didn't feel any guilt at all. Firstly, he had been served by others a long time ago, so he was used to this pattern; secondly, because he was a noble son, he didn't know anything about making beds. He was a very righteous Bai Wu Grandpa doesn't think there's anything wrong with it at all.

Originally, he thought that this Kaifeng mansion was a bit dilapidated and not in line with Bai Wuye's aesthetics. I was afraid that he would suffer a little while in Kaifeng mansion, but when he saw this place suddenly, Bai Yutang felt it was worth it.

Zhan Zhao was still wrestling with the quilt, when he heard a voice from outside the door: "Fifth Lord!"

As soon as Bai Yutang turned his head, he saw a young boy running into the yard quickly, holding a big bag in his arms: "Fifth Master! I heard that you are going to live in Kaifeng Mansion for a while, so bring all your frequently used things gone."

The person who came was Bai Fu, the steward of the Bai family. Because he was young and smart, Mrs. Bai asked him to follow Bai Yutang to take care of him.

Today, I heard the news that Bai Yutang was going to live in Kaifeng Mansion, so I didn't care about March 21, [-], so I quickly counted my things and delivered them to my door.

Zhan Zhao stepped out of the house with a surprised face, and saw Bai Fu unpacking the package, which contained many rare treasures, and heard him explain: "This is your favorite white porcelain cup for drinking. This is your favorite cup." Clivia, this is the set of jade carvings you like recently, this is your..."

Bai Yutang couldn't help but touch his forehead, but he could still hear Bai Fu muttering: "There are more than ten sets of clothes, all of which are the latest styles from Yuxiufang, and I also called your favorite recliner to be transported." come over."

Finally, Bai Yutang couldn't bear it any longer, gritted his teeth and said, "Bai Fu, I'm not moving, young master, I'm just staying here for a few days!"

Apart from being loyal and clever, Bai Fu is a bit brainy, and everything else is good, so I heard him say dumbly: "But this place is so remote, what if you are not used to it, young master?"

Bai Yutang had no choice but to let Zhan Zhao watch the excitement while stroking his forehead, and waved his hands to tell Bai Fu what to do.

After Zhou's family came to make trouble at the door and arranged a room for Bai Yutang, it was already past noon, and Ke Zhan and Bai Yutang hadn't had lunch yet, and the kitchen cook had already gone to rest.

Bai Yutang just wanted to say go to Zuixianju for a meal, but Zhan Zhao rolled up his sleeves and got ready to start work, and asked in surprise, "You want to cook?"

As the saying goes, a gentleman is far away from a cook. I didn't expect that a gentleman like Zhan Zhao would want to cook.

Zhan Zhao said with a smile: "Brother Bai came from afar, and it was supposed to be Zhan's kindness as a landlord, but Zhan doesn't know how to cook, so he can only make simple fried noodles."

He should have tasted a lot of delicacies from mountains and seas, but he was not interested in fried noodles at all. The very picky Bai Yutang suddenly had an appetite, leaned against the door with a smile and said, "Okay."

That smile was like a raging flame tearing apart the dark clouds. Zhan Zhao silently lowered his head after seeing the astonishment at the moment when the flowers first bloomed, and the dazzling light under the melting glacier.

After a while, the fried noodles were ready, and the two of them took two plates of fried noodles that didn't look very good, but tasted pretty good, and they finished them quickly.

Gongsun Ce seemed to be spying on their every move. After eating, Zhan Zhao cleaned up the dishes and cleaned up everything. He appeared just right, and shouted to the two of them, "Guard Zhan, righteous man Bai, the things have been brought back."

It sounded like the corpse from the mass grave had been dragged back, Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao exchanged glances, and followed Gongsun Ce to Wuzuofang.

Although the weather is still gloomy and cold, he died from the poisoning of the corpse, and he could already smell the faint stench from the corpse from a distance.

Bai Yutang, who has a serious cleanliness habit, turned pale and refused to go in halfway. Zhan Zhao and Gongsun Ce didn't force it. Gongsun Ce took Zhan Zhao in to look around, and came out and said, "It looks like he was killed by a knife, but the knife wound It was scratched after he died of poisoning, which is exactly what Bai Yishi said."

But the Zhou family would not agree with this conclusion, they would only argue that Bai Yutang was sinister and vicious, poisoning first and then destroying the corpse, isn't this just like the rumors in Bai Yutang's Jianghu.

But why did the Zhou family insist on pestering Bai Yutang?

Gongsun Ce summed up the whole matter, and asked the two of them what they missed, and maybe they could draw new points of view by sorting out the clues.

One is that Aunt Wei's identity may be strange. What happened seven days ago?Where did the dead man come from, and whether he obeyed Aunt Wei's orders.

Second, why did the Zhou family believe that Bai Yutang was the murderer, or did they randomly find a scapegoat?

Third, what is the secret of the white jade cup?

Bai Yutang suddenly smiled and said, "Maybe we forgot one more thing."

Both Zhan Zhao and Gongsun Ce looked at him and asked in their eyes, what's the matter?

"Zhou Shilang is dead, who is the biggest beneficiary?"

This starts with the emperor's harem.

Today's court did not confer the title of queen, but let the four noble concubines share power.The four concubines are Concubine Jing, Concubine Cao, Concubine Pang and Concubine Zhang.Among them, Concubine Cao has the highest family background. Her grandfather is Cao Bin, the founding father of the country, and her elder brother Cao Xu is in charge of the Forbidden Army. Cao Shi's family are loyal ministers for generations.Next is Concubine Jing, who has been with the emperor for the longest time but has no children. Although her beauty is not the same as before, she has the deepest relationship with the emperor and has nothing to do with the world.Concubine Pang Guifei's father, Pang Ji, was the grand master of the dynasty. Even Bai Yutang had heard about it for a long time. The power of the edge wind.

When talking about Concubine Zhang, Gongsun had a lot of meaning. Bai Yutang didn't understand the affairs of the court, so Zhan Zhao explained: "Concubine Zhang's uncle, Zhang Yaozuo, is now the envoy of Xuanhui South Court. It was blown by the wind, Master Bao splashed all his saliva on the face of the Holy Master because of this matter."

But it finally happened. No wonder Gongsun Ce had strange semantics when he talked about Zhang Yaozuo.

But having said so much, what does it have to do with Zhou Shilang?As I said before, Zhou Yongtian, the servant of the household department, has close contacts with Pang Ji, the father of Concubine Pang Gui, and it can be said that he belongs to Pang Taishi's school.

It just so happened that half a month ago, something happened in the harem.

The four noble concubines in the harem, in fact, the noble concubine Jing has been eating fast for many years because she has no children, and does not care about worldly affairs, while the noble concubine Cao has a high status and power, and does not like to do things that are not flattering, so there are only Concubine Zhang and Pang in the harem. The imperial concubine moved a lot.

Although Concubine Zhang Gui is deeply loved by the Holy Majesty, but Concubine Pang Guifei is younger and more delicate, and has robbed many of the Holy Majesty's favor in recent years.Half a month ago, Concubine Pang's favorite Persian cat suddenly went crazy and almost disfigured Concubine Pang, but after checking, it turned out that it was a little girl in Concubine Zhang's palace who did it.

These ruthless methods emerged endlessly in the harem. Although the Holy Majesty mediated between the two, he also promoted a young man from the Pond family to the post of General Wei and gave him a reward.But Concubine Pang was still puzzled, so she asked people to deduct the expenses of Concubine Zhang's palace, borrowed the palace to enter the palace to restless, refused foreign women to enter the palace, and showed off her body full of gold, silver and jewels in front of Concubine Zhang. Concubine Zhang was very angry.

"Having said so much, does Yishi Bai know what the problem is?" Gongsun Ce squinted his eyes and asked with a smile like a fox.

Bai Yutang pondered for a moment: "There is still half a month before Queen Mother Li's birthday, the Pang family must collect treasures extensively to give to the Queen Mother, and Zhou Yongtian is the pocketbook of the Pang family. Once he dies, the Pang family will have no money."

That is to say, the beneficiary is the Zhang family?

But just because of a petty fight for favor, is it worth it to die a servant of the household department?

But Gongsun Ce shook his head and said, "Does Mr. Bai think this is just a petty fight for favor?"

"The position of General Wei is below that of General Hussars. This position is not low. Grand Master Pang can still enjoy a good life in the court, but it is because his sons are useless except for his daughter. But suddenly there is a capable one in the Pang family. The young general has destroyed the balance of the entire court, which is something no one wants to see."

And for the sake of balance, it was the household servant Zhou Yongtian who died, and maybe this Zhou Yongtian was an outcast from the Pang family. Compared with a high-ranking general, this general is of course more important.

But even if the situation is cleared up, so what?The Kaifeng Mansion is only responsible for solving the case, and this matter may not be without the hint of the Holy Majesty, how can the balance be accurate?

"Boring." Bai Yutang turned expressionless after hearing this, then turned and left.

Zhan Zhao smiled apologetically at Gongsun Ce, and Gongsun Ce watched Zhan Zhao chase the white figure without paying attention, only to see the shadows of the two getting closer.

Bai Yutang felt Zhan Zhao catching up, patted him on the shoulder and asked, "What, are you unhappy?"

Bai Yutang snorted lightly: "Is this the person you want to pledge allegiance to?"

He was so serious, Zhan Zhao just let go of the smile on his lips and said, "Zhan's allegiance is not to a certain person, nor to the Tian family, I only do it for my own belief."

If Zhan Zhao said these words to anyone, he would feel that he was treasonous, but the person who heard it was Bai Yutang, who only heard Bai Yutang laugh inexplicably.

Although the general legend of the Jianghu, Nan Xia Zhan Zhao, entered the Gongmen, Bao Qingtian and Bao Zheng were like a tiger with wings, but more people in the Jianghu didn't think so.The Jianghu and the imperial court are two different worlds. Zhan Zhao gave up his identity as a knight-errant in the south for his official position. Many people thought that he had betrayed the Jianghu and admired his status as a high-ranking and powerful person. He is a disgrace to the Jianghu people.

It is because of this that they can't wait to watch the conflict between the Five Rats and the Royal Cat.

But they didn't know Zhan Zhao, nor did they know Bai Yutang.

Zhan Zhao is much more unfathomable than he appears on the surface. He has never said where he is from, nor has he said his family background. Although he seems gentle, he has his own differences in many aspects. Persistence and belief, and this belief has contributed to his strength.

In contrast, Bai Yutang is a veritable martial arts genius. Although his talent is not known to many people, his talent and his years of solitary martial arts have shaped him into the current him. He can do whatever he wants without restraint, because he is strong enough.

The two looked at each other, and Bai Yutang spread out his fan in a flash, clearly intending to change the topic: "Let's go."

"Brother Bai, where are you going?"

"Where is Gu Hongqing now?"

"Rain Flower Lane."

"Go and ask."