Dragon Pattern Roll Set

In April, the city is full of peach blossoms.

In Kaifeng, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, a small spring examination was held, and the examination papers were handed over to Longtu Pavilion.This time the paper test is not to select talented scholars and ministers, but to select talented people who are proficient in ancient and modern characters, patient and careful, and can organize and repair scattered ancient books and files.

Correcting the test papers are two old ministers, two very busy people recently.

It is said that in Kaifeng City, from the royal family to the common people, they all know that there are two incompatible people in the court, one is the famous corrupt official Taishi Pang Ji, and the other is the famous upright official Bao Zheng.

Bao Zheng and Pang Ji have been officials in the same dynasty for [-] years. They are similar in age and rank, but their personalities are at odds.

But one is the emperor's old father-in-law, and the other is the emperor's chief minister, and no one will give way to the other.

Speaking of which, their feud has something to do with Renzong to some extent.

Zhao Zhen, the seemingly honest and benevolent young emperor, actually had some wicked tastes.For example, once the court and China are in peace, they like to make fun of the two veterans.Well, the border has been smooth recently, there is nothing wrong with the government, and there is no disaster or grievance, so Renzong had a whim and said that he would sort out the files of pending cases in Longtu Pavilion for the past three years and study them.

Therefore, Bao Zheng, who was a scholar of the Longtu Pavilion, was dripping with sweat at that time. He took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, there are so many files in the Longtu Pavilion, why don't you choose some students from the Taixue to sort them out?"

"Alas!" Taishi Pang stretched out his tune, and also came out of class to play, "Your Majesty, how can the students of Taixue tell which unsolved cases are not unsolved, and Master Bao himself is required to come out!"

Bao Zheng squinted at Grand Master Pang, thinking that you fat man took the opportunity to make a fuss!

Grand Master Pang squinted his eyes when he saw him, his whole face fit like an inkstone, and he was a little panicked, but when he saw Bao Zheng fell into the well, if Pang Ji didn't throw stones down, he wouldn't be Pang Ji.

Zhao Zhen stroked his chin leisurely, and said, "The Grand Master is right, why don't Bao Qing sort it out himself."

Grand Master Pang raised the corners of his mouth and grinned. Before a smile could fully form on his face, he heard Bao Zheng say, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid one person is not enough. I want to ask Grand Master to help share half of it."

The corner of Taishi's mouth froze, and after hearing Zhao Zhen's brisk "Zuzao.", he completely collapsed.

The little eunuch said "retreat"

All the ministers watched from behind as Bao Zheng and Pang Ji walked out of the palace gate while pinching each other's arms.

"Heizi, why are you dragging me into the water?"

"Thanks to you, why don't you ask for your back?"

After being trapped in LongTu Pavilion for three days and three nights, and being bitten all over by bookworms, the two adults decided to stop fighting and actively save themselves, so there was this spring test.

In the end, all the students who passed the exam were students from Taixue. Ten students spent less than half a month, and there were a lot of unsolved cases in the past three years alone, and the others still had to be sorted out.

On this day, Zhao Zhen wandered around Longtu Pavilion with his hands behind his back, reached out and pulled out a roll, and asked Bao Zheng while looking, "Bao Qing, is the guard Zhan free?"

Bao Zheng raised his face and thought about it...

Zhan Zhao, who was eating wontons in Taibai Residence, suddenly sneezed.

"I'm idle." Grand Master Pang came over to interject again, "I said, Lao Bao, you are really capable. Where did you find such a capable Zhan Zhao? As soon as he arrived in Kaifeng, all the old and unsolved cases were solved, especially those about Jianghu people. case, a small sect used to worry about you, but now it's all over..."

Grand Master Pang didn't see Master Bao winking at him, but unfortunately Master Bao's facial expression was submerged in pitch black, old Pang was a little dazzled due to his age, so he couldn't see clearly.

"Have Bao Qing and Grand Master been idle recently?" Zhao Zhen said, Grand Master Pang was honest, but Master Bao rolled his eyes viciously - that white...

"Is there an unsolved case in this cabinet..." Zhao Zhen pointed from the first row to the last row, reached out and patted Bao Zheng and Pang Ji, "You two, how about going on a tour?"

Bao Zheng and Pang Ji opened their mouths.

Lord Bao hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the Kaifeng mansion is busy..."

"Aren't you idle recently? I'll send someone to pick you up if something happens." After Zhao Zhen silenced Mr. Bao, he glanced at Grand Master Pang again.

The grand master could only swallow his saliva - he had no excuses, because one finger was too idle.

"Let's start with this volume first." Zhao Zhen stuffed the volume he had just drawn out into Bao Zheng's hand, turned around and drove, and returned to the palace contentedly.

Master Bao and Taishi Pang were left staring at each other with big eyes, black faces facing white faces, and sighing together.

……

When I returned to the Zhanwei in the mansion, I saw the servants packing their luggage, and the long patrol team at the door, holding up the fair and honest sign, which was very dignified.

Face to face, Bao Zheng and Pang Ji came out side by side.

Grand Master Pang saw the red figure in front of him at a glance.

Zhan Zhao just came to Kaifeng recently, somehow he was fooled by Bao Zheng, this well-known young hero came to help investigate the case.

Pang Ji had both good and bad impressions of this tall and handsome young man.

Excellent, because he feels good to others, and it is difficult for anyone not to like such a person. The word "pleasant" takes up the first impression of him.

Very bad, because Pang Ji has lived for so long and seen so many things, and understands that this kind of gentle non-pod is much more difficult than the non-temperate one.

Usually, the more modest a person is, the more arrogant he is in his bones; the more a person loves to laugh, the less likely he is to turn his face back.

At such a young age, Zhan Zhao was able to become famous all over the world, he must not be a good person... Besides, this young man has a randomness that seems to be able to accommodate both good and evil, so it is not clear whether he is a potted plant in a greenhouse, or a bonsai. The vines outside the mountain wall, of course, the most troublesome thing - he is on Bao Zheng's side.

"Guard Zhan." Pang Ji was very polite to Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and his big eyes could bend into crescent moons, giving the grand master the smile he most often used to treat others.

The grand master covered his heart, no one had smiled so sincerely at him for a long time, at least it seemed sincere to him.

"My lord, are you going out?" Zhan Zhao asked Bao Zheng, looking at the file in Bao Zheng's hand.

"That's right, Guard Zhan, get ready too. We'll set off at night to investigate unsolved cases."

When Zhan Zhao heard the "unsolved case", he seemed very interested, raised his hand to take the file, and raised it lightly...

The file was opened with a swipe, and the scroll at the other end fell into the other hand. With a shake of both hands, the scroll was opened!

As soon as Zhan Zhao moved, Bao Zheng heard a commotion behind him, and looked back, all kinds of maidservants, large and small, crowded together in Kaifeng Fuli, and just by the shape of their mouths, they could tell they were saying the word "handsome".

Bao Zheng coughed, turned around, and saw Grand Master Pang also opened his mouth wide.

Bao Zheng gave him a push—you are so old!Don't stare at my innocent boy!

Grand Master Pang waved his hand straight away, he didn't think that Zhan Zhao was so handsome when he opened his scroll, but he was amazed by the change in his expression.

Zhan Zhao was very serious, he read the file silently, looked up, "The case of decapitation? All the knives were wiped out, it's like a vendetta..."

"Guard Zhan has a clue?" Pang Ji leaned closer, "This case is quite bloody."

"Multiple heads are cut with one knife. This is the way of fighting with weapons in the Jianghu. Those who die are those who have broken their swords. Even the head of the sect has been chopped off. The murderer must be a master of swords." Zhan Zhao put away the scroll and tapped lightly. With a chin, "There are many swordsmen in Jianghu, but there are not many who can do this kind of swordsmanship. You can count them on one hand, and almost all of them are famous knights. They should not do this kind of thing."

"Who are they?" Bao Zheng didn't know much about Jianghu affairs.

"If you talk about using a sword, the most powerful one should be Tianzun, but he is a martial arts saint and has retired from the world for many years, so it shouldn't be him. In addition, the suspicion of one person should also be ruled out."

"Who?" Bao Zheng and Pang Ji asked together.

"Ninth Lord Zhao Pu." Zhan Zhao made a gesture of beheading, "He has done a lot of things on the battlefield, but Zhao Pu's saber technique has certain characteristics. The demon sword Xin Tinghou he uses is huge and impossible to operate. Such dexterity, cutting several knives at close range..." As he said, Zhanzhao Juque, before the grand master understood what was going on, he saw the sword flickering in front of him... the brim of a stone lamp behind him fell off with a click .

Grand Master Pang's mouth twitched.

Zhan Zhao nodded and said to himself, "It should be about the same size as a sword."

"So thin?" Grand Master Pang was surprised, the knives in his mind were the big golden ring knife, Qinglong Yanyue knife, and Zhao Pu's Xintinghou, which was so big that it could kill a bear.

"There are two kinds of knives that are very thin but also surprisingly powerful." Zhan Zhao rubbed his nose, "One is Fusang knife."

"Then the person who committed the crime might be from Fusang?" The grand master recalled seeing some Fusang warriors using similar knives before, and they were very vicious.

"It doesn't look like it." Zhan Zhao shook his head, raised his hand and shook the giant que again...

Grand Master Pang didn't see what was going on, only saw something flashing in front of his eyes, the poor stone lamp behind him had been cut in half, and the top half slid down.

On the other side, Zhan Zhao still took the scroll and knocked it down, "Usually Fusang knives cut up and down, and the single knife technique emphasizes speed and is also very brutal. Here, the knife technique for cutting the head is exquisite and smooth, and there are many horizontal knife techniques... You know, the most difficult thing in the knife technique is the horizontal knife, that is, you can't rely on the upper and lower leverages, and it is difficult to handle, and then the knife must be fast, and the internal force needs to be very deep."

"Guard Zhan." Seeing that Zhan Zhao evaluated the murderer as a master, Bao Zheng asked, "Do you have any possible suspects?"

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, and finally shook his head, "It's unlikely to be him."

"Then even if he is not a suspect, maybe he can know who the murderer is because of his excellent sword skills?" Grand Master Pang asked tentatively.

"It's possible. I'm not very familiar with knives." Zhan Zhao nodded, and said slowly, "The second kind of slender and powerful knife is the nemesis of the Fusang knife, the Miao knife."

"Miao Dao?" Bao Zheng was taken aback, "Could it be the Miao people who committed the crime."

"Tsk tsk." Zhan Zhao stretched out a slender finger and swayed it lightly. Bao Zheng heard a commotion behind him again and held his forehead helplessly. Since Zhan Zhao came to Kaifeng, those girls followed suit one by one. Like an elixir, he is as fierce as a dragon and as fierce as a tiger.

Taishi Pang suddenly thought of the feat that Zhan Zhaojin had done before, after the commander of the palace laid down a group of big internal guards, and captured the hearts of the little maids from the queen mother to the palace... Could this be the real reason why Zhao Zhen drove them out of the palace to handle the case?

Thinking of this, Pang Ji and Bao Zheng looked at each other silently—this time they were really wronged!

"Miao Dao is the fiercest and most ruthless thing among knives. It is produced in the seedling field. It is named after the shape of a seedling. The length of the knife is three feet and eight inches, and the handle is one foot and two inches. It is five feet long and cuts iron like mud. It can be done with both hands or hands, and the saber technique can be changed in many ways." Zhan Zhao looked at the saber wounds on the corpse described on the file, and nodded to Bao Zheng, "It's very similar to what Miao Dao did."

"I've been talking for a long time..." Pang Ji couldn't help asking, "Who is the suspect of Guard Zhan?"

"Oh, I'm not a suspect. I can't afford to offend this person." Zhan Zhao waved his hands again and again, shaking his head like a rattle, "This person is a well-known ghost in the world. , don’t provoke me if it’s not necessary!”

Bao Zheng looked at Zhan Zhao suspiciously. Zhan Zhao has always been very charismatic, and he has never been afraid of anyone. How can this person seem to be difficult?

"Guard Zhan, it's okay to listen to it, maybe it's not him." The more Grand Master Pang listened, the more curious he became.

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, and said, "Because the Miao Dao is too difficult to control, people who wield it can easily injure or even kill themselves, so fewer and fewer people use the Miao Dao. And because the Miao Dao is too long and easy to break, it is very easy to use it. Difficult to forge, after the death of several famous knife-casting masters, there are basically no good Miao knives out... The best and strongest Miao knife left in this world is the one in that person's hand - Yun Zhong knife."

"The Knife in the Cloud?" Grand Master Pang stroked his chin. He likes to collect antiques, so he hasn't heard much about them.

"The Yunzhong Dao has a great origin." Zhan Zhao said, "It is said that it was forged by Yezhi, a ghost blacksmith, with thousands of ghost-headed sabers plus thousand-year-old black iron and dragon blood. It is extremely tough and evil, and it is an ominous thing. The murderous spirit of Xintinghou is not inferior to that of Zhao Pu, compared to Xintinghou who was born as a general, it is more evil."

"What is Ghost Head Saber?" Pang Ji and Bao Zheng asked together.

Zhan Zhao looked at the two of them and shook his head, "It's the kind of broadsword that executioners use to kill heads, and the one that is thrown away when it reaches a gap is the ghost head knife."

Taishi Pang unconsciously felt a chill on his neck, even Bao Zheng couldn't help touching his neck.

Speaking of this, Zhan Zhao opened the file again, "This happened a month ago. The entire Duandaomen was almost wiped out. The Duandaomen is a branch of the Daomeng. Just like that, the sect was wiped out. The leader of the Duandaomen, Dao Xingfeng I definitely won't let it go, I think there will be a big scene." After speaking, Zhan Zhao ran into the house to pack his luggage, ready to watch the fun.

Bao Zheng and Pang Ji looked at each other, and after a while, Zhan Zhao still didn't say who the owner of the knife in the cloud was.

When it was time to set off in the evening, Zhan Zhao stood in the night wind on his beautiful maroon horse with a burden on his back and a huge que.The small evening breeze in April, together with the half moon in the sky, outlines the red horse, red shirt and black haired man, with a little starlight in his eyes, killing people without blood...

When Bao Zheng got into the sedan chair, he turned his head and couldn't help but shed bitter tears for the girls in the mansion who kept waving goodbye to Zhan Zhao while biting their handkerchiefs.

The long patrol team left the city of Kaifeng with five hundred elite soldiers. In order not to disturb the people, Bao Zheng went out of the city in the middle of the night, quietly.

In the dark night, Zhan Zhao rode a horse and followed unhurriedly at the end of the team, as if he was thinking about something.

At this time, Taishi Pang and his carriage slowed down until it was almost level with Zhan Zhao, then the curtain was raised, and Taishi Pang poked his head out.

Zhan Zhao glanced at him and smiled.

Under the moonlight, Grand Master Pang unexpectedly discovered that Zhan Zhao’s smile was the same as the one just now. If it wasn’t because of old eyesight, he was sure that this smile was full of something called sincerity, so he asked curiously, “Guard Zhan usually Who do you smile at, who do you not smile at, is there any limit?"

Zhan Zhao blinked, didn't think about it, just said, "Don't hurt me, don't hurt others."

Grand Master Pang smiled and nodded. Is this Zhan Zhao's bottom line?Seeing him yawning, as if he was about to squat for a while, the grand master seized the opportunity and asked the last sentence, "What is the name of the master of the sword in the cloud you mentioned just now?"

The corner of Zhan Zhao's mouth curled up again, "The name sounds nice."

The grand master is waiting.

"The swordsman in the cloud, the sword in the cloud, the peerless Bai Yutang." Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows at the grand master, "I remember hearing these three words and taking a detour. He specializes in killing corrupt officials, courtiers and villains..."

The grand master shrank his neck, grabbed Bao Zheng who was dozing off on the soft couch at the other end of the carriage, and shook, "Heizi, you have to let the Zhan guard take care of me!"

Master Bao yawned, carefully explained what fangs can't see, and turned around to chase Pang Ji away like a fly, "How did you teach me to prevent mosquitoes two days ago?"

Pang Ji was stunned and scratched his head, "Don't put on your clothes and keep your mouth shut, the mosquitoes won't be able to see you at night."

Bao Zheng looked back at him with some resentment, "So, don't be a corrupt official and turn your back on your righteous ways, and everything will be safe and peaceful. Put on ink and pretend to be me... Come on!"

After speaking, he handed him a piece of ink.

……

Zhan Zhao was outside, when he heard the pinching in the carriage again, he touched his nose helplessly, he had this problem since he was a child, every time something important happened, his nose would always itch.

Shaking his head, he galloped forward for a while, Zhan Zhao was a little impatient, one was the leader of the sword alliance, the most famous swordsman swordsman at present, and the other was the most famous and controversial among the younger generation, who was praised by Tianzun as the number one in the world Bai Yutang of Dao, this is really a good show.