There are three children in Kaifeng

"Master Zhan, can we take a break?" Ding San looked at Zhan Zhao with a sad face, and wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve.

"Oh, is it possible that little brother Ding is not in a hurry to defend Brother Zhou?" Zhan Zhao turned around and looked at Ding San with a smile.

"Where is it, we have a deep relationship with Xiao Zhou, we are brothers and sisters, Xiao Zhou's grievances are our grievances, we should do our best, and we will die!" Ding San patted his chest weakly.

"Oh, that's good." Zhan Zhao turned around and walked on the rugged path.Ding San tightened his burden, and followed behind him dejectedly.

It's been a long time since I've been walking in this wilderness, Ding San's legs are trembling and his eyes are dim.To say why Ding San "walked" in this wilderness with Mr. Mao, we have to start from yesterday.

Early yesterday morning, Mrs. Zhou came to Kaifeng Mansion, and she has been suing Ding San and Xiao Zhou, claiming that they falsely accused the champion of destroying people's reputation, and wanted Mr. Bao to punish them for the crime of false accusation.Mr. Bao had no choice but to accept the case, saying that he would choose a date for trial. Mrs. Zhou refused to let him go, saying that his husband's innocence could not wait, and the trial would be three days later at the latest.Mr. Bao has no choice but to agree.

According to past experience, Zhou Qin was quite cunning and well-prepared this week. Although he proposed handwriting identification, it was only physical evidence. Wait until there are specific witnesses and physical evidence before letting the false number one scholar plead guilty.However, the three-day period with Mrs. Zhou made Mr. Bao worry.

"Master Bao, didn't that Zhou Qin was dying of illness before the big exam? Xiao Zhou also said, didn't the old woodcutter seek a doctor?" Ding San suggested to Master Bao.

"Master Bao sent people to look for the doctors in the city, but they couldn't find the doctor who went to the suburbs late at night before the exam." Mr. Gongsun sighed softly.

"My lord, according to my subordinates, this old woodcutter was living in the wilderness. Zhou Qin was dying that day, and it was late at night. The medical center in the city should not be open. Could it be that he didn't look for a doctor in the city? Is it the nearest village?" Zhan Zhao analyzed.

"Guard Zhan's analysis is reasonable. If this is the case, then we really don't have much time. Mrs. Zhou ordered the court hearing in three days. If we want to find this key witness, we can only hurry up. The sooner the better. Master Bao frowned slightly, looking a little anxious.

"Yes, my subordinate immediately split up with all the yamen servants in Kaifeng Mansion to visit the village near the hut." Zhan Zhao accepted the order with hands clasped.

"Well, Lord Bao, I'm going too!" Ding San raised his hand high.

"This..." Master Bao pondered for a while.

Seeing Mrs. Bao pondering, Ding San hurriedly came to Xiao Zhou's side, holding Xiao Zhou's arm, and said: "We have been together for many days, and Xiao Zhou and I are friends in need, and we have a deep relationship. We are as close as brothers and sisters. We are in love with each other, and we are in love..." After saying that, he was at a loss for words. Seeing that Mr. Bao couldn't laugh or cry, he touched his head and said, "Anyway, Xiao Zhou's business is my business, and we have to do it for Xiao Zhou as well." contribute to this case!" After finishing speaking, he puffed up his chest with a righteous face, but said in his heart: Ever since I lived in Kaifeng Mansion, I haven't taken a step out of the gate, I'm almost suffocated, so hurry up and find a chance to go out and reveal yourself. breathable.

"Okay, one more person will do more." Master Bao agreed, and Xiao Zhou was also grateful.This made Ding San feel a little embarrassed, and in embarrassment, he quickly shifted his gaze away.

"My lord, it's not right." Zhan Zhao looked at Ding San from the corner of his eye, twitched his mouth, and said to Master Bao: "My lord, little brother Ding is a chivalrous man, but he is also one of the plaintiffs now, if there is a mistake... ...It would be more appropriate to go with the subordinates to investigate."

"That's good, if you follow the Zhan guards, your safety will be guaranteed." Master Bao looked at Ding San.

"I don't know what the little brother thinks?" Zhan Zhao looked at Ding San and smiled.

"Hehe... the villain is lucky." The corners of Ding San's mouth twitched: Mr. Zhan, Mr. Zhan, I think we will have no grudges with you in the future, don't you just want to go out and play for a while? , As for such a fierce pursuit?

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"Well, Mr. Zhan, you are a son of Lianjia, and you are as light as a swallow striding like a shooting star. The villain really can't walk anymore, and the injury on the villain's head is still not healed!" Ding San gasped and pointed at his head.I think I have never walked so far since the time I came from Jinlong Temple, and besides, the wilderness is full of climbs, and now I am already as tired as a dead dog.

Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows, seeing that Ding San's face was a little pale, not like a fake.

Seeing that Zhan Zhao's expression was a little loose, Ding San hurried forward and said dog-leggedly: "Besides, we've finished drinking the water we brought. If it's a hot day and you suffer from heat stroke and dehydration, it won't delay things." After finishing speaking, he looked up. Looking around, he found a small hut not far away, so he pointed to the hut and suggested to Zhan Zhao: "Master Zhan, why don't we go to that family to rest and ask for some water?"

Zhan Zhao ignored Ding San, but walked towards the small hut.Ding Sansan was overjoyed and quickly followed Zhan Zhao.

"Is anyone there?" Ding San called the door outside the hut.

"Here we come..." Hearing the voice, the person who answered the door should be an old man.

"Are you..." A hale and hearty old man asked suspiciously when he saw that the two were strangers, and one of them was still dressed as an official.

"Master, we're just passing by. We've run out of water, so we're here to beg for some water." Ding San replied.

"Oh, please come in." The old man welcomed the two into the courtyard.

After drinking water, Ding San wanted to fill up the water bag with the uncle, but when he raised his eyes to see the uncle was about to speak, he found that the old man was also looking at him. Could it be that the old man knew us?

"Little brother, seeing that your face is pale and your steps are frivolous, do you have any injuries?" the old man asked.

"That's right, we hurt our head before." Ding San was taken aback, stunned!How did this uncle know.

"Oh, sure enough, the old man is a little familiar with the art of divergence, how about letting the old man call out the pulse for the little brother?" The old man stroked his beard and smiled, with a sense of immortality.

"Okay..." Just as I was about to stretch out my arms, it suddenly occurred to me that this old doctor of Chinese medicine can even name pregnant women whether they are male or female, and now I am a man pretending to be a man and eating and drinking in Kaifeng Mansion. This means that we are a woman, how can we mix in society in the future?No, you can't let him call!

Withdrawing his arm, he said righteously: "Master, it's okay, my illness is almost cured, besides, I have something important to do, so I can't delay it."

The uncle saw that Ding San was stubborn and insisted on not letting his own pulse, so he gave up, smiled and shook his head: "Looking at you like this, it reminds me of a scholar."

"Cut, we're not that useless scholar!" The common people said that since ancient times, a useless scholar has been a scholar. Ding San thought that the uncle was mocking her.

But Zhan Zhao frowned, and asked, "What scholar?"

"Oh, it's a patient I diagnosed a while ago." The uncle stroked his beard and smiled.

"Patient?" Ding San opened his eyes wide.

"That's right." The old man didn't understand why Ding San was so surprised.

Ding San curled up his mouth and looked up at Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao ignored her, and then asked the old man, "What kind of patient is it? Can the old man explain it in detail?"

"It was a scholar who was going to take an exam. It was late at night, and an old woodcutter who lived nearby came to see me. He said that there was a scholar who was going to take a big exam at his place. He was seriously ill. He told me to follow him quickly. As soon as I heard this, I carried the medicine box on my back and went to the old woodcutter non-stop. Sure enough, a scholar was seriously ill, with a high fever all over his body, and he was in a trance. I prescribed a prescription and told him to take the medicine according to the prescription and rest for two days. It was nothing serious, but when the scholar heard that he was going to rest for two more days, he immediately became anxious, and got out of bed tremblingly, still yelling 'going to take the exam', 'not reconciled' or something, and then became anxious Passed out." Although he didn't know why Zhan Zhao asked this, he told the truth when he saw that it was an official.

"It's really hard to find a place to go, and there is another village!" Ding San said with emotion.The uncle thought to himself, what is this nonsense, the lips of the donkey are not right with the mouth of the horse.

"Master, is that sick scholar called Zhou Qin?" Ding Sanchong blinked his eyes at Zhan Zhao, meaning that Mr. Zhan has something to play with!Zhan Zhao glanced at her.

"I don't know if his name is Zhou Qin, but besides the old woodcutter, there is also a young man in the house who takes care of him, and he calls the scholar 'Brother Zhou'."

"Master, do you remember that young man's appearance?" Ding Sanxi was overjoyed.

"I remember, it seemed that he was also a scholar who was going to take an exam. The next day was the big exam. I still remember that the old woodcutter let him go first, and he stayed to take care of the scholar so that he could take the exam with peace of mind." The uncle recalled.

"That's right! It must be Xiao Zhou and the fake No. [-] scholar. The uncle will come with us to Kaifeng Mansion!" Ding San was about to pull the uncle out.

"This..." The uncle was a little flustered.

Zhan Zhao quickly stopped him, glared at Ding San, and explained the whole story to the uncle with apology, and the uncle happily went after knowing it.

The three of them were walking on the path in the forest, suddenly Ding San felt being pulled, and seeing that it was Zhan Zhao, Zhan Zhao signaled her to silence with his eyes, and the three of them hid in the bushes.

Afterwards, a graceful woman in white came over and looked around anxiously. This figure seemed familiar to Ding San no matter how he looked at it.

"Is the girl looking for someone?" Zhan Zhao swayed out from the bushes beside him, followed by Ding San and the old doctor.

"Eh..." The girl took two steps back in astonishment when she realized that she had been discovered.

"Little Taohong!" Ding Sanyi slapped his thigh and exclaimed in surprise, "Why do I look so familiar? It's you!"

Seeing that Ding San recognized her, Xiao Taohong also had a happy face, and said, "Meng Gong, it's me."

"Benege?" Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows.

Ding San was also a little awkward when she heard Xiao Taohong talk about her benefactor, afraid that she would be overwhelmed and want to make a promise with her body, so she quickly corrected her: "Don't call me benefactor, just call me by my name, I am Ding San. But Why are you following us?" Ding San was puzzled.

"Third brother, I have been looking for you everywhere since the last farewell, so I pay special attention to the people on the street. I went shopping this morning, and I saw a man who looked like third brother from a long distance away. Ren and an official messenger opened the Fengfu and went out of the city, because they were not sure if it was the third brother, and they were afraid of missing it, so they followed all the time. Unexpectedly, it was really the third brother!" Xiao Taohong's excited tears rolled down her eyes spin around.

It's not called "Engong", but Ding San is called "Third Brother" in a fluttering way. In Kaifeng Mansion, everyone either calls her "San'er" or "Little San", making me seem to destroy other people's families every day. It seems... After feeling the cold and powerful aura coming from behind, Ding San hastened to introduce Master Zhan seriously: "Master Zhan, this is Miss Taohong." Then he introduced to Xiao Taohong, "This is Lord Zhan."

Upon hearing the words, Xiao Taohong bowed down flutteringly: "I have met Mr. Zhan." Just now, she was only talking to Ding San excitedly, and now she raised her eyes and secretly looked at the legendary fourth-rank imperial guard with a sword, known as "Nan Zhan Zhao, who is a hero, is indeed as suave and suave as in the legend, and his face is blushing unconsciously.

"Miss Taohong's song is well-known to everyone, Zhan Zhao is rude." I didn't expect that Zhan Zhao usually pretended to be fake, but he was very good at dealing with women.

"Master Zhan beat the evil servants." Xiao Taohong blushed even more.

Ding San looked at Xiao Taohong, then at Zhan Zhao, who was acting as if nothing had happened, and said to himself, this little Taohong was still here just now. That's it, tsk tsk, this Zhan Zhao is indeed a blue-faced disaster.

Xiao Taohong realized that she had lost her composure, and quickly changed the subject: "Third brother's great kindness and virtue have not been repaid, so why don't you go to Wanchun Building for a while?"

"Okay... no, I have something important to do right now, there is no feast that lasts forever, and it will not be too late to meet again in the future." Just as I was about to agree, I felt the temperature behind me drop a few degrees, so I changed my words immediately .

"In this way, Taohong will no longer be reluctant. After the third brother is done, Taohong will repay the kindness of the third brother at another time." Little Taohong said with some regret.

After exchanging pleasantries, the group returned to the city and were busy with their own tasks: Xiao Taohong went back to Wanchun Building to prepare for the evening performance, Zhan Zhao took the old doctor to see Master Bao, and Ding San went straight to Kaifeng Mansion without stopping. back kitchen.

at night,

In the courtyard, the air was stuffy.

Dynasty Ma Han, Zhang Long, Zhao Hu and four were gnawing watermelons under the grape trellis. The four of them had been running outside all day looking for Dr. Wu.Mr. Bao was confident at this time, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.In order to keep Xiao Zhou refreshed during the interrogation in Tiantian, he was put to bed early.

"San'er, what are you doing?" Zhao Hu couldn't help asking, looking at Ding San's face.

"Beauty and beauty." Ding San replied in a muffled voice.

"You are a big man, what good looks do you have?" Zhao Hu laughed.

"Tsk tsk, old Zhao, you're wrong," Ding San sat up from the wicker chair, and shook his finger at Zhao Hu. "Let's not talk about looks first, look at Mr. Zhan's skin, it is as thick as fat, and it can be blown to pieces. As soon as you walk out of the gate of this yamen, all the big girls and young daughters-in-law don't blush and heartbeat, and the halazi is three feet long. There is a handkerchief on the left and incense sticks on the right. Even Mrs. Wang, who sells bittern plum water, seems to be Mr. Zhan, and she doesn’t charge money to drink it for free. You must know that she even accepts Mr. Bao’s money, and it’s not just because she is greedy for Mr. Zhan’s beauty~”

After speaking, everyone laughed sullenly.

"That's true..." Wang Chao scratched his chin: "But what does this have to do with you?"

"We don't have such a round face, and our skin color is not satisfactory. As the saying goes, 'one white covers one hundred ugliness' is not enough to make people work hard the day after tomorrow, isn't it? I also want to drink free plum water and get a few free handkerchief sachets What..." As he spoke, he reattached the cucumber slices that were about to fall, and lay back on the wicker chair.

"Nonsense," Zhang Long spat out the watermelon seeds in his mouth, and continued: "Master Zhan has long been famous in the Jianghu, and everyone knows his chivalrous heart. The world is full of blood and blood, but Master Zhan lives a life of licking blood on the tip of a knife. You little beggar, what do you know about the dangers involved."

Hearing Zhang Long say that he is a "little beggar", Ding San was not angry at all, and said with a smile: "Oh, as the saying goes, there are 360 ​​five elements, and the best in every line of work, isn't there a leader among beggars in the beggar gang~ Although no one shows up. My lord's good martial arts and good looks, we didn't starve to death, did we?" As he spoke, he peeled off the cucumber slices from his face one by one and put them in his palm, and then said: "After we successfully whiten the skin, we will Xuezhan adults go to the street to show off~”

After a long time, seeing that the four people under the grape arbor were silent, Ding San laughed even more happily: "What's the matter, do you feel itchy and want to try this cucumber whitening?"

"Eh..." The four of them looked at Ding San with complicated expressions.

"Oh? Zhan doesn't remember ever being ostentatious on the street." A familiar voice sounded behind Ding San. Ding San shuddered and bounced off the rattan chair, scattering cucumber slices all over the floor, turning his head stiffly. ——As expected, it was Zhan Zhao.Weeping in my heart, why do we always get caught by him every time we gossip about this cat!Looking back, there were no people under the grape trellis, only four pieces of watermelon rinds were left spinning on the ground.

"It seems that the lightness skills of the four of them have improved a lot." Mr. Zhan squinted his eyes and looked at the direction where the four of them disappeared.

"Well, Mr. Zhan, you didn't know you'd come here. I've eaten all the watermelons, so I knew I'd left a piece for you." Ding San hurriedly changed the subject.

"I'm not very interested in this watermelon, but I am very interested in this cucumber." He pointed to the cucumber slices on the ground with his scabbard.

Ding San's face was wrinkled into a ball, and he was about to cry, but Maoer was also a generation of heroes, so he shouldn't be so narrow-minded.

"Zhan has always had questions and wanted to ask Brother Ding for advice."

"My, my lord, where can I ask you for advice, please say..." Ding San was terrified in his heart.

"Little brother has always claimed to be a beggar in this city. However, Zhan has been inquiring in the city for the past few days. Before this case, there was no such person as little brother among the beggars in the city. In the case of Wang's murder, the little brother seemed to be connected to the city. The location in Zhongjie Street is unfamiliar, and his behavior is strange, his behavior and speech are not like a beggar, and he was called "Engong" by the □□ Ji Xiaotaohong of Wanchunlou, which really puzzled Zhan." Zhan Zhao stared straight at Ding San, his eyes were like sharp knives.

"To be honest, Master Zhan, the villain once injured his head under the plum tree outside the city, and almost died. He was rescued by Master Fahai of the Golden Dragon Temple. Although the master saved my life, I lost my memory because of it. I don’t remember anything from the past. The master said that I might be a beggar in the city. In order to retrieve my memory, I came to the city with pilgrims, and there were all kinds of things after that. And Miss Taohong was a villain born by chance. By coincidence, I unintentionally helped a little, but I didn't expect it to make Miss Taohong's memory so deep, and the little one never expected it." Except for the fact that the search for memory is nonsense, the rest is true.

"Oh, since you don't remember it, why do you still remember playing cards and cucumber beauty?" Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows and smiled at Ding San.

"Ah, this, this is the villain's imagination." Ding San's mouth twitched, and he smiled stiffly.

"Brother Nading is really talented, Zhan admires him, the trial is tomorrow, the little brother is the plaintiff, it's already getting late..."

"The villain will go to bed right away and get ready for tomorrow!" Before he finished speaking, he ran away without a trace.

Looking at Ding San's disappearing back, Zhan Zhao frowned.

In the courtyard, the clouds scattered and the moon appeared.