Kaifeng Cat and Mouse Detective Manuscript

It’s a little later in February, and not long after the Spring Festival, all the flowers in Kaifeng are in bloom, red and green all over the city, and wild children climb up the trees early to pick them off and play with them on their heads.

Zhan Zhao was patrolling the streets, seeing many vendors carrying loads, filled with peach blossoms and apricot blossoms, tied them together, and tied them with delicate cloth belts, standing on the side of the street and selling them, causing a crowd of The girls stop and choose.Even in the Jiuxian Tower, there is a signboard of "Peach Blossom Wine".

"Master Zhan, the newly arrived wine, do you want to bring a bottle back for Master Bai to taste?"

Jian Zhan Zhao stood in front of the door and looked at the wine jars piled up on the table next to him, as if he couldn't make up his mind whether to buy it or not.

Xiao Er of Jiuxianlou hurriedly tossed off the towel and put it on his shoulder, and stepped forward to introduce him with a smile on his face, "This is peach blossom wine, you may not be used to it, and there is Chen Shao, which is full of strength and taste, and it is safe for white wine. Master likes it." Xiao Er raised his finger and pointed to the old jar inside.

"I still don't want to buy today." Zhan Zhao lowered his head and thought for a while, touched the wine jar with his fingers and knocked a few times, and there was a clanging sound, "The mouse is infected with the wind and cold, so it may not be easy to drink." Especially He has a good nose, if he smells alcohol on his body, he probably sneaks out in the middle of the night to look for it.

"Fifth Master Bai is also sick?" Xiaoer was surprised, and couldn't help opening his eyes wide. Who in Kaifeng doesn't know that Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang's martial arts are first-class. When patrolling the streets, it's windy and rainy, and I haven't seen a doctor. , Unexpectedly, this year will be overwhelmed by a wind and cold.

"I don't get sick all the year round, and I get sick for three months." Zhan Zhao smiled at him, as if Wang Chao Mahan and the others had the same expression when they heard that Bai Yutang was sick. "I'll buy your wine later." Go to the north gate.

After patrolling the streets, it was already past noon, and when passing the gate of Kaifeng Mansion, only Zhang Long was sitting behind the door, sneezing non-stop, chewing a piece of dogtail grass, with hazy eyes He looked at the door vaguely, and didn't even react when he walked in.

"Is Mr. Gongsun in the mansion?" Zhan Zhao raised his hand and slapped Zhang Long on the right shoulder.

Unprepared, Zhang Long swayed from side to side, like a tumbler, then quickly shook his head and rubbed his eyes. After seeing that it was Zhan Zhao, he exhaled, "It turned out to be Zhan's guard! I was scared to death, I thought it was Mr. Bao coming over." Yes! Mr. Gongsun is still in the kitchen, he has grabbed a lot of medicine today, and he is busy with Mrs. Cook."

Zhan Zhao nodded, looking at Zhang Long's unreliable look, couldn't help but say, "Isn't he also infected with the cold? I'll tell Gongsun and the others later, and I'll bring you a bowl of medicine too." After finishing speaking , carrying the sword and ran over.

"It's fine to put it here, you can see if the pot of medicine is ready, just bring it to Bai Yutang..."

Before Zhan Zhao entered the door, he heard Mr. Gongsun's voice drifting out from inside, followed by the sound of crackling pots and bowls.

Zhan Zhao looked in from the door, and saw that the cooking lady was busy in the kitchen, fanning the fire for a while, uncovering the medicine jar to see if it was boiled dry, and there were two little maids packing medicine.

It was just the beginning of spring at this time, and most of the people in the Kaifeng mansion were infected with the cold. Mr. Gongsun was afraid that the patients would make more trouble when they came, so he drove them all to rest, and Mr. Bao also gave them a holiday.

"I'll take Yutang's medicine," Zhan Zhao said to the busy cook, thinking that he was going to find Bai Yutang later.

"That's just right, to save the aunt from running around." Mr. Gongsun said while picking the medicinal materials from the basket, his hands were rushing, and soon, the paper bags in front of the maid were full.

When Zhan Zhao heard about it, he went to the window and squatted down. There were a dozen medicine jars, large and small, there were some for prevention and some for treatment.

"Which one is it?" Zhan Zhao came to serve medicine for the first time, looking at the jars that looked exactly the same, and there was no name written on them, he couldn't tell the difference.

"Second from the right".Mr. Gongsun said without turning his head, and continued to fetch and weigh the medicine in a hurry.

"The second one..." Zhan Zhao thought to himself, picked up a thick cloth from the table beside him, wrapped both sides of the medicine pot, and lifted it from the stove. The temperature of the medicine pot was very high, even through the cloth, it was still scalding.The lady in the kitchen put down her fan and came to help him hold the bowl. After pouring out more than half of the bowl, she took the medicine pot and added another bowl of water to continue frying.

Bai Yutang lives in the backyard with Zhan Zhao, the two rooms are connected, the place was specially chosen for him by Master Bao, it is warm in the east and cool in the summer.

"Dong dong dong..."

Zhan Zhao knocked on the plate a few times, and when he saw no response from inside, he pushed open the door and went in.

"Yutang, wake up"

Bai Yutang was lying on the side of the bed wrapped in a quilt, huddled inside, only the slight sound of breathing could be heard slowly.Zhan Zhao put the medicine bowl on the bedside cabinet, worried that if it was covered like this, it might make people stupid, and after thinking about raising his hand to lift off the quilt, he saw Bai Yutang's head was covered with sweat, his broken hair was wet and sticking to his forehead, and he breathed out a sigh of relief. The breath is also unusually hot.

"Yutang, Yutang..."

Zhan Zhao was afraid that his condition would worsen, so he quickly got up and took off the face towel from the shelf behind him, went out and fetched a small basin of water, put it on Bai Yutang's forehead after getting wet, and went back and forth several times. In winter, Zhan Zhao himself All sweating.

"Cat..."

After a long time, after Zhan Zhao took the scalding concoction and reheated it again, Bai Yutang finally woke up in a daze.

"Is it better?"

Zhan Zhao touched his forehead, then touched his own forehead, and when he was sure that there was no fever, he let go of his hanging heart. Seeing Bai Yutang resting on the pillow, he quickly picked up the medicine and brought it to his mouth .

"Mr. Gongsun's medicine is so bitter."

Bai Yutang took it, closed his eyes and swallowed heavily, his throat was instantly filled with the smell of coptis, he couldn't help sticking out his tongue to complain, Zhan Zhao got a large glass of water from the teapot to rinse his mouth.

"Good medicine tastes bitter"

Zhan Zhao got up and went to the outside to open the wooden window, and then put down the silk curtain, so as to dispel the smell of medicine and block the wind.

"I heard that even Mr. Bao is lying in bed?"

Bai Yutang was lying on the bed in a big character shape. He was the first one in the mansion to contract the cold. On the second day he lay in bed, Chao Mahan fell ill one after another.In the end, Mr. Bao also felt unwell after returning from court, so the officials specially gave him a few days off to let him recuperate.

Mr. Gongsun is not only busy in the mansion, sometimes the adults outside the mansion will invite him to see a doctor. These days, he is mostly eating and drinking in the kitchen, sleeping less than two hours a day.

"Master Bao also stays in the room, similar to you, so don't go out until you are good."

Zhan Zhao opened his mouth, stepped forward and pulled up the quilt that was about to fall to the ground, breaking Bai Yutang's desire to get out.

"Hey, that's not right." Bai Yutang pulled the quilt around his chest, changing from lying down to lying down.

"What's wrong?" Zhan Zhao looked at him, wondering.

"I'm bedridden, why are you okay, you come here every day and you haven't been infected by me?"

"........."

Zhan Zhao really thought about it, and it took more than half a minute before he guessed and answered, "Maybe it's because I'm in good health?"

"Oh", Bai Yutang snorted indifferently, then ignored Zhan Zhao, crawled on the bed and looked out through the paper window, the branches in the courtyard had sprouted, and the lush green brought a hint of spring to Kaifeng Mansion.

"Could it be that the flowers are already sold outside, and Jiuxianlou should have bought new ones?" Bai Yutang looked at it for a while, feeling uninterested, then turned to ask Zhan Zhao, and it was obvious that he wanted to drink.

"Well, do you want to drink again?"

"I want to go out and see..."

Before Bai Yutang could finish speaking, Zhan Zhao left with his sword in his arms, closing the door with a bang before he left, in case he didn't know.

"Stupid cat!"

Bai Yutang couldn't believe it, he took the chess piece on the bedside, touched it with his thumb, passed through the window, and hit Zhan Zhao's feet.Zhan Zhao ignored it, bent down and picked up the chess piece and continued walking.

On the second day, because there were too few people in the mansion, and the task of patrolling the streets every day could not be lost, Mr. Bao asked Zhan Zhao to go over very embarrassedly. Zhan Zhao and the others were also idle and bored, so he nodded and took a half. month's work.

In Kaifeng, there are government officials in the first place, and Kaifeng Mansion in the second place. There are very few troublemakers on weekdays. Zhan Zhao's task is basically to walk from the south to the north, and occasionally resolve trivial matters such as neighbor disputes.

The main tour this morning is Hongyue Lane.

Hongyue Lane, just hearing the name, you know it's a bit unscrupulous. It is a flower street in Kaifeng. There are men and women in it, and it is also a key inspection target.

Although Zhan Zhao came here several times a month, today was the first time he came here alone. Before he stepped into the alley, the woman standing in front of the door exclaimed, "Master Zhan came here alone today!"

Afterwards, a dozen or so girls appeared from inside, and jokingly asked him if he had abandoned Bai Yutang, and why he had come out alone all this time, and Zhan Zhao walked forward quickly, watching his eyes, nose, nose, nose, and heart.

"Master Zhan! Do you want to go back with a bouquet of flowers!"

When he was about to walk out of the alley, an old lady on the side of the street called him.

Just as Zhan Zhao wanted to refuse, the girls picking flowers at the side stopped him, "Master Zhan, buy a bunch and bring it back to Lord Wu."

"Yes, yes, yes, I heard from Jiuxianlou Xiaoer that Fifth Master is ill?"

"That's it, no wonder you haven't come out recently"

The girls were chattering, and Zhan Zhao was a little dizzy due to the quarrel. Then, when he left, he had a bouquet of plum blossoms in his hands, which were pink and tender, a little redder than peach blossoms, and still stained with dew.

Zhan Zhao went back a bit late tonight, Zhang Long was driven back to the house by Mr. Gongsun early, and there were only a few cats meowing in the whole Kaifeng mansion when Zhan Zhao entered the door.

Bai Yutang had already finished drinking the medicine and lay down. Zhan Zhao called softly and saw that he was still awake, so he put the flowers in a porcelain vase, filled with water, and put them on the bedside, so that he could see them when he got up.