Dragon Pattern Roll Set

In the end, Marquis Yin stopped Zhan Zhao who was shaking Bai Yutang as a pillow, and asked, "Isn't it just a thunderstorm? What about fire dragons and phoenixes?"

Bai Yutang then told what happened just now.

"Kid Gaoxie is dead?!"

As expected, Tianzun was also very surprised and regretful.

"Oh, my old man is alive and well, he is so young and talented, why did he die?" Tianzun shook his head again and again.

Yin Hou held the cup and nodded, "There are unpredictable things in the sky, and time and fate are also fate."

Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang in a low voice, "Who is it?"

"I used to be a wife." Bai Yutang replied.

"Oh..." Zhan Zhao nodded, "He sent you a letter all the way, is there some grievance?"

"I originally thought it was some kind of hidden secret or entrustment, but...the letter said that I would help him solve a mystery." Bai Yutang took out the letter and handed it to Zhan Zhao, and briefly explained the explanation in the letter to everyone. "Gaoxie has a good friend named Wen Zhang, who is a county magistrate in Maokou County, Hezhou."

"Maokou County, Hezhou..." Bao Zheng stroked his beard lightly, "I seem to have heard of it somewhere."

"Maokou County..." Bao Yan also held his chin and looked at the sky, "It seems a little familiar."

The fourth son was also about to raise his face, but Gongsun stuffed rice dumplings with chopsticks into his mouth and asked Bai Yutang, "Hezhou is located in a remote place, so Maokou County shouldn't be too big, right?"

Bai Yutang nodded, "The incident happened five years ago. Wen Zhang asked someone to send a letter to Gao Xie, saying that Maokou County was cursed and might be punished by the gods. Please ask him to help solve it."

"God's punishment?" The fourth son held his face, and Gongsun stuffed another chopstick and rice dumpling into his mouth.

"Gaoxie also felt strange, so he rushed to Maokou County day and night." Bai Yutang said, "But when he arrived, it was just in time for a thunderstorm, and when he arrived at a post station not far from Maokou County, Suddenly there was a huge thunder in the sky. Gao Xie said that he saw the thunder and lightning in the sky formed a fire dragon, and after that, the whole city was in flames."

Everyone frowned.

Gongsun rubbed his chin, "Did lightning strike the house?"

"That's the problem." Bai Yutang said, "When Gaoxie arrived, he found that the entire Maokou County was engulfed in flames."

"What?" Everyone was surprised.

"One thunder, the whole county is on fire?" Pang Yu was speechless, "What a big thunder this is."

"Strange!" Bao Yan wondered, "Was it raining heavily at that time? How could the fire be so fierce under such heavy rain?"

"Gao Xie said what he saw was a fire dragon, not lightning." Bai Yutang said.

Zhan Zhao also nodded, shaking the letter paper to indicate that he also saw it, "Gao Xie emphasized in the letter that he didn't mistook the lightning for a fire dragon, but really saw the fire dragon, and the postman and several other passers-by also saw it. arrive."

"What happened after that?" Tianzun was curious, "Has the county town been destroyed?"

Bai Yutang sighed, "Gao Xie said that when he arrived at the county seat, all the houses were on fire and everyone inside was burned to death. Xin who fled outside was spared."

Everyone opened their mouths when they heard this.

"Why is there a fire inside the room and no fire outside?" The fourth son couldn't figure it out, and neither could Gongsun, and continued to stuff the fourth son with rice dumplings.

"The strange thing is that the fire killed people, burned down the furnishings in the room and some trees, but did not damage the house." Bai Yutang said, "Gao Xie said that after the fire went out, the entire county town became a pile of ruins, and the houses The exterior structure is intact, but the interior is a piece of burnt wood."

Pang Yu opened his eyes wide, "Can this be done?"

Bai Yutang nodded, "The death toll in Maokou County was as high as 90 people, most of them were at home and didn't have time to escape, and the bodies were burnt to black charcoal and couldn't be identified at all."

"Where's Gaoxie's friend?" Tianzun asked, "It's the county magistrate named Wen Zhang."

"Missing, the county government is also on fire, found a charred corpse, it should be him." Bai Yutang said, "Gaoxie made many inquiries afterward, and several yamen servants in the yamen told him that the county has not been peaceful before, one after another. People died on the ground, and there was another period of drought and insect plagues. Most of the people in the county fled to neighboring counties. The most strange thing is that Maokou County has no harvest due to drought and flood, and the people who are only tens of miles away Several other county towns have a good harvest. In addition, Wen Zhang met an old Taoist who passed by before, saying that their county towns have been condemned by the heavens, and they must leave as soon as possible, otherwise they will suffer disaster."

Bao Yan frowned, "What did they do to suffer such divine punishment? There must be a reason, right?"

"Because someone in the county ate a phoenix." Bai Yutang said, except for Zhan Zhao who had read the letter beforehand and was not that surprised, everyone else opened their mouths.

"Phoenix?!" Gongsun jumped up, "Is there really a Phoenix? Alive?!"

The fourth son tugged at Gongsun's sleeve and signaled his father——Calm down!

Bai Yutang said, "Gaoxie's letter said that although Maokou County is remote, it is not considered poor. Because the county produces purple nanmu, the people who trade in timber are very rich. Among them is the richest man in the county named Chen. Chen Yuan Wai's family has an ignorant son, twenty-year-old, who likes hunting. One day, he accidentally saw a giant bird in the forest, which was fiery red, so he shot it down without thinking. When my subordinates picked it up and took a look, they found it was a phoenix. Someone advised Mr. Chen that the phoenix is ​​a sacred object and cannot be harmed, so it is better to let it go. But Mr. Chen insisted that it would be worthwhile to taste the dragon liver and phoenix marrow when he was pregnant. In this life, I slaughtered the phoenix, boiled it and ate it."

The corners of everyone's mouth twitched.

Pang Yu rubbed his chin and praised, "This guy is worse than me! What if you really caught Fenghuang and slaughtered him? Keep it!"

"That's right, it's so precious to eat!" Bao Yan was also very dissatisfied.

"Not long after he ate the phoenix, he contracted a strange disease and died of festering all over his body." Bai Yutang obviously lost his appetite for food. "After that, various disasters began, until finally, the entire county was burned down."

After listening to Bai Yutang's words, everyone fell silent.

"Gaoxie has been investigating this matter in the following days." Bai Yutang said, "I don't know if I don't investigate. It turns out that there are many villages, towns and even counties that were destroyed and barren because of the fire dragon, and the span spans from decades ago to several years ago. Years ago, it lasted a long time."

Everyone frowned.

"Why haven't you heard of it?" Gongsun was puzzled, rubbing his chin, "Is it because the village is deserted, so it hasn't spread?"

"What Gaoxie found out is that it actually doesn't have much to do with that Mr. Chen eating the phoenix." Bai Yutang said, "The key lies in the fiery red phoenix."

"What happened to Phoenix?" Bao Yan was curious.

"A bad omen."

Before Bai Yutang could speak, Lin Yehuo suddenly said, "Fire phoenix is ​​the most unlucky thing in the world!"

"The phoenix is ​​the king of all birds." Gongsun was puzzled, "Isn't it an auspicious thing?"

"A colorful phoenix is ​​a good omen, but on the contrary, if it is a fire phoenix." Bai Yutang said, "That is an absolute omen of great evil. After the fire phoenix is ​​the fire dragon. Apart from diseases and disasters, it is a sign of extinction. disaster."

Everyone frowned—it was a bit mysterious.

"Gao Xie has been troubled by this matter for many years, and finally did not find out what was going on, and his friend died for no apparent reason." Bai Yutang finished the general situation, and finally talked about Gao Xie's dying Request, "He knows that I am in Kaifeng Mansion recently, and hopes that I can help him solve this mystery."

"Oh..." Everyone understood.

"Oh, let me tell you." At this time, Pang Yu suddenly said to Lin Yehuo who was sitting in a daze, "Do you want to change the name of your hall? It's too unlucky! Call it Caifengtang, not Huofeng Church or something, in case of disaster or something..."

Pang Yu was just joking, anyway, it's not a day or two since he's not serious.

But strangely, Lin Yehuo suddenly turned to look at him.

Pang Yu was startled by Lin Yehuo's eyes, embarrassed, "Uh... I was just joking... oops!"

But before Pang Yu finished speaking, Lin Yehuo grabbed him by the collar, pushed him to the ground and stomped on him.

"Ah!" Pang Yu screamed, Bao Yan hurriedly dragged him to his side, and asked Lin Yehuo puzzledly, "What are you doing!"

Qing Qing grabbed Lin Yehuo, but Lin Yehuo threw off Qing Qing as soon as he shook his hand, and then he was going to beat Pang Yu.

Where has Pang Yu seen this posture before? Bao Yan pulled Pang Yu behind him, blocked him, and reasoned with Lin Yehuo dissatisfiedly, "Why are you being unreasonable, isn't it just a wrong sentence?"

Before he finished speaking, Lin Yehuo's eyes turned cold.

But before he could make another move, someone patted him on the shoulder.

Lin Yehuo looked back...

"Snapped."

Zou Liang splashed a glass of wine on Lin Yehuo's face.

Lin Yehuo froze for a moment, the drink slid down his face, Lin Yehuo's menacing eyes just now changed back to the original look, and the murderous look disappeared.

Then, Lin Yehuo turned around and faced Pang Yu and Bao Yan.

Bao Yan was nervous, so Pang Yu simply hid behind Bao Yan, grabbed his collar to cover half of his face and looked at Lin Yehuo.

Lin Yehuo stared at Pang Yu for a while, lowered his head, and said to him, "I'm sorry." After speaking, he raised his head, turned and left.

Bao Yan and Pang Yu stared blankly at Lin Yehuo who was walking out the door, a little lost.

Everyone at the dinner table also looked at Lin Yehuo's back in puzzlement - he seemed to be a little abnormal!

"What's the situation?" Pang Yu asked Bao Yan after he woke up.

Bao Yan squinted at him, "Ask you, who told you to talk nonsense."

"I don't talk nonsense for a day or two. I don't usually see him throwing such a big temper!" Pang Yu felt a little scared, and asked, "Do you think he would have killed me if no one stopped him just now?"

"It's possible." Bao Yan nodded.

The fourth son held his face and asked Xiao Liang in surprise, "What's the matter, Xiao Linzi?"

Xiao Liang frowned, "Well... I don't know, it's rare to see him like this."

Suqing apologized to Pang Yu on Lin Yehuo's behalf, and Pang Yu waved his hand, "It's okay, it's just me talking nonsense."

Su Qing frowned and sat down, apparently also worried.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay - Lin Yehuo was indeed abnormal.

Zhao Pu held his chin and looked at Zou Liang.

Zou Liang sat back and continued to eat, Zhao Pu kicked him, "Hey, go and ask Nalin Yehuo what's going on."

Zou Liang looked back at Zhao Pu, as if he didn't understand why he was asked to go.

Zhao Pu glanced at the puppy next to him, and continued to pout at Zou Liang, "Go and ask."

Zou Liang was helpless, put down his cup, picked up the puppy, and went to find Lin Yehuo.

Zhan Zhao raised his chin and asked Bai Yutang, "You asked Huolong just now, and Lin Yehuo asked you Huofeng, does he know something too?"

Bai Yutang remembered it—it was a little strange.

"Speaking of which, this government has remembered what Maokou County is." Bao Zheng finished his glass of wine, put down the glass and said, "Actually, some counties disappear every year due to disasters or the migration of residents. Maokou County It did disappear five years ago. Usually towns disappear, and officials in some places have to be transferred... Every year, the government handles the transfer of some officials. But I remember that there were no officials transferred in Maokou County, and it was said that the county magistrate was in Died in a disaster."

Everyone nodded, probably burned to death.

"This kind of situation is actually quite rare." Bao Zheng sighed, "It is necessary to investigate how the county magistrate died. At that time, the county's upper-level Hezhou government investigated, and the answer given by the Hezhou government was—— -suicide."

"Didn't you mention things like fire phoenix and fire dragon?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Bao Zheng shook his head, "No one mentioned it, but there was indeed a fire in Maokou County. I remember that many people died at that time, but the cause of the fire was unknown later, and the case was not closed because of the death of the county magistrate."

"Is that an unsolved case?" Zhan Zhao asked, "Should the file be in Longtu Pavilion?"

Bao Zheng nodded.

"Let's go find it after dinner!" Bao Yan asked Gongsun.

Gongsun nodded.

"Anyway, I'm idle." Zhao Pu said, "Why don't you check, Phoenix and Dragon have both come out, I always find it very interesting."

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang in a blink of an eye, and saw that he was frowning slightly as if he was thinking, so he asked, "What's wrong?"

Bai Yutang frowned and shook his head.

"Because of your friend's death?" Zhan Zhao leaned over and asked.

"Uh..." Bai Yutang didn't know either. In short, there were a lot of clues. In addition, Lin Yehuo's reaction also made him a little concerned. He always felt that there was a reason for coming all the way to the Central Plains.

"If you really care, why don't you check about the phoenix and the disaster. If the fire phoenix and fire dragon caused more than one disaster, you should be able to find at least some related ones. Let's start with the counties that are destroyed every year. ..." Zhan Zhao winked at Bai Yutang, "Let's go to Longtu Pavilion for a permanent residence."

Seeing Zhan Zhao's appearance, Bai Yutang wanted to laugh, "Don't you hate scrolling files the most?"

"At this moment, at that moment." Zhan Zhao sighed, holding his chin, "Who told me that I am in retreat, Longtu Pavilion is not bad, and it is clean."

Bai Yutang shook his head dumbfounded, and at this moment, he heard the fourth son say, "Zou Zou is back."

Everyone looked up and wanted to ask Zou Liang if they had heard anything, but they saw Zou Liang walking back with a sullen face, drenched from head to toe.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay—is this a walk in the rain?It stands to reason that there are corridors in Kaifeng mansion, so they can't get wet from the rain.

"Hmm..." Xiao Liang sniffed it closer and pinched his nose, "The smell of wine!"

Long Qiaoguang and Ouyang Shaozheng patted him with a smile, "You must have been revenged, haha, who told you to pour wine on others."

Zou Liang sighed, sat down and sulked - as soon as he entered Lin Yehuo's yard just now, Lin Yehuo poured two jars of wine on his head.

Zhao Pu teased Zou Liang with a smile, "You have nothing to do with him."

Zou Liang took a sip of wine and muttered, "Not cute at all!"