Dragon Pattern Roll Set

Zhan Zhao was sitting at the table, staring at the crabs on the table with his chin in a daze. At this moment, the window was pushed open... a white shadow came in from outside the window.

Zhan Zhao's eyes lit up.

Bai Yutang walked to the table and put down a small box, which contained crab dipping sauce, he forgot to take it when he left in a hurry.

Bai Yutang thought that if the cat was not jealous of crabs, it would be jumping, so he brought it to him.

Zhan Zhao grabbed Bai Yutang's sleeve to prevent him from leaving.

Bai Yutang had no choice but to sit down and eat crabs with Zhan Zhao.In fact, Bai Yutang felt that he had no place to go when he left the house just now, so let's find another inn... What's the point of living alone in an empty place, it's better to go back and watch the cat eat crabs.

So, the two of them disassembled a big crab together.

Zhan Zhao was still amazed, "This crab is so big! It's even bigger than the big crab on the Sky Island!"

Bai Yutang also nodded, poured a glass of wine and drank it aside, watching the movement downstairs outside the window.

Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang, "How was the situation just now?"

Bai Yutang told him roughly.

Zhan Zhao chewed the crab and frowned, "Hmm..."

"What?" Bai Yutang asked.

"No, he's searching for you all over the city now, do you think it's dangerous?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"I'm not afraid of that." Bai Yutang didn't care, "I found that there are a lot of people in white clothes in Beihai, so I shouldn't be able to ask many clues. And have you noticed that many people walking on the street keep their heads down."

"Oh." Zhan Zhao nodded and said, "I asked during the martial arts competition just now. It turns out that the people in Beihai are divided into grades, and those who bow their heads belong to the class of untouchables."

"Untouchable?" Bai Yutang frowned, feeling a little harsh.

Zhan Zhao sighed, "Beihai Emperor Xuanyuan Jie is really cruel. He divided the people into three, six, and nine classes. Among them, there are those who don't know kung fu, have no assets, and some have disabilities and no children. In short, they have no children." Ordinary people who have long things are classified as untouchables."

Bai Yutang shook his head, "Then why are they in such a hurry?"

"If the untouchables are beaten to death by nobles or officials on the street, no one cares, so they try not to provoke others and attract attention. Also, they rush to make money, because as long as they earn a certain amount of money, they will be paid. If you don’t have to pay taxes and withdrawal fees, you will be able to get rid of your status as a pariah.” Zhan Zhao said.

Bai Yutang looked up at the sky, "Who came up with this bad move? Isn't it just to charge more money in disguise?"

Zhan Zhao nodded, "If you don't have money, you can learn kung fu. As long as you can win three matches in the local martial arts test every year, you can get rid of your untouchable status. That's why people in Beihai admire martial arts. After all, practicing martial arts is better than making money." Make it easy."

Bai Yutang felt extremely disgusted with Xuanyuan Jie.

"It is said that the Northwest Sea County is the best, and other places are even worse." Zhan Zhao stuffed two chopsticks of crab meat into Bai Yutang's mouth, "This emperor, killing him is considered killing the people! It's a pity to hear that he Those few princes are even worse, I listened for a while, and everyone agrees with Xuanyuan Po the most. Unfortunately, I heard that Xuanyuan Jie doesn't like him because he is too kind."

Bai Yutang nodded, and then asked Zhan Zhao in puzzlement, "Cat, do you think there is something wrong with his internal strength?"

"Yes!" Zhan Zhao also expressed his confusion, "His internal energy is greatly affected by emotional ups and downs, as if he can't control his internal energy at all."

Bai Yutang rubbed his chin, "It feels like he didn't cultivate this internal force himself, it's more like it was given to him by others."

"I also have this feeling. Could it have something to do with what happened to him in the mountains?" Zhan Zhao was asking, when suddenly, he heard a commotion downstairs.

"Will it be found out?" Zhan Zhao was nervous.

Bai Yutang signaled him to continue eating, and went out the window by himself.

After a while, a guy knocked on the door, "Guest officer."

Zhan Zhao hurriedly hid the crab, wiped his mouth, and said, "Come in."

The door opens.

A few men dressed as soldiers looked around the door and asked, "Are you alone?"

Zhan Zhao nodded.

The clerk showed the account book to the soldiers, and indeed only Yin Twelve's name was on it.

In fact, the restaurant where Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang lived was Xuanyuan Po's place, the staff were all arranged by Xuanyuan Po, and there were no other guests.

Several officers and soldiers came in with the portrait, compared it with Zhan Zhao, and found that it was not the same, so they took the portrait away and noticed a red sign on the table.

"Oh? So it's the martial arts students who have entered the [-]th rank." The faces of the soldiers obviously eased a lot, they also gave Zhan Zhao a high-level look, and went out politely.

The guy helped close the door.

Zhan Zhao looked at the crab with his face held up - he lost his appetite again.

At this moment, when the window opened, Bai Yutang came back again.

Zhan Zhao's mood immediately "hula" all of a sudden, "Okay, you haven't left yet?"

Bai Yutang sat down at the table and smiled, "The most dangerous place is the safest!"

Zhan Zhao nodded and poured wine for him, "That's right, they checked it all once, so naturally they won't check it a second time."

Zhan Zhao was in a good mood and shared one crab with Bai Yutang, leaving the other for Tianzun and Yinhou.

The two stayed in the room all afternoon, and soon it was getting dark, and the soldiers outside were still looking for it.

Zhan Zhao frowned, and asked Bai Yutang, "They can't find you like this, why do you run into Xuanyuan Jie again tomorrow? Is it too deliberate to attract suspicion?"

Bai Yutang shook his head, "I told the guy today that I want to buy a cedar piano...he might be lying in wait at the piano store."

"Oh..." Zhan Zhao nodded, "Then you are going to go to the piano shop to play that piece of music?"

Bai Yutang thought for a while, but still shook his head, "It depends on the situation, adapt to the circumstances."

Zhan Zhao seemed to want to ask something again, but he hesitated to speak.

Bai Yutang leaned over to look at him, "What's wrong?"

Zhan Zhao twirled the cup with his fingers, and muttered, "What Xuanyuan Jie remembers is Bai Ling'er, not his son."

"And then?" Bai Yutang didn't seem to understand.

Zhan Zhao glanced at Bai Yutang, "Then what if he treats you as Bai Ling'er instead of his son?"

Bai Yutang froze for a moment, then shook his head with a smile, "That's not possible."

Zhan Zhao slightly raised his eyebrows, "Really?"

"Yes." Bai Yutang nodded, "The way he looks at me is indeed looking at his son."

"Are you sure?" Zhan Zhao asked, "You've always been quite slow..."

"You are the one who is slow in this aspect." Bai Yutang knocked on his forehead, "You are the one, be careful in the martial arts competition tomorrow, and don't mess with flowers."

Zhan Zhao frowned, "You're the one who messes around!"

Bai Yutang poked his chin, "I'm not messing with flowers, I'm messing with cats..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhan Zhao almost flipped the table over and rubbed him on the bed, "How dare you call me a pig!"

"Zhan Xiaozhu..."

"To your life!"

At this time, Yinhou and Tianzun had just returned, squatting by the window, and saw the two of them tumbling in various ways.

"Oh." Tianzun shook his head, "It's still a child's tone to fight at such an age."

Yin Hou raised his eyebrows, "This isn't fighting, it's fun!"

When the two entered the room, they hadn't eaten yet, so Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang stopped making a fuss, and brought out big crabs to honor the two of them.

"Hey!" Tianzun jumped up when he saw the crab, "Is this the leader of the crab gang?!"

"It's so big!" Yin Hou had never seen such a big crab.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao were in charge of helping them dismantle the crabs, and at the same time told what happened in the afternoon.

"Leaking internal energy?" Yin Hou rubbed his chin, "Is internal energy so unstable? Affected by emotional ups and downs?"

Both Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao shook their heads to express their confusion.

Zhan Zhao asked the two of them, "Didn't you ask the Great Monk Wusha? Do you have any clues?"

Yin Hou looked at the sky, "The great monk has escaped."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were puzzled.

"He ran to his apprentice's Fire Phoenix Hall, saying that he would return to Black Wind City after a while, and then Zhao Pu, Li Yuanhao, and Yeluqi discussed the matter of Beihai. If you want to see a good show, drown them first."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang couldn't laugh or cry—as expected, no one could take advantage of Zhao Pu.

"Then the fourth son misses you two." Tianzun said, took out two boxes and gave them to Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang.

The two opened it and saw two round glutinous rice snacks, a fat white mouse and a fat white cat inside.

"He has no one to accompany him in the afternoon. He played with the kitchen lady in Black Wind City all afternoon and made a lot of snacks. These two are for you." Tianzun said.

"It's so pitiful that no one is with you?" Zhan Zhao misses the round, doughy face of the fourth son. Zhao Pu and Gongsun must be very busy during this time, and the little Liangzi is not here. The fourth son must be lonely.

"Did Xuanyuan Jie react so much to you?" Tianzun asked Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang nodded, "That's right."

Yin Hou crossed his arms, "You have to be careful, if he can't control his internal force, it means that he is actually controlled by his own internal force."

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao were stunned, and looked at them with a frown, "So, it's not that he has become a demon, but his kung fu is a demon, and he was manipulated by his internal force to become the tyrant he is today?"

Tianzun and Yinhou nodded, but at the same time, they suddenly said "ah!"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were taken aback by them, looked at them—what's going on?

"This Xuanyuan Jie may have cultivated the madman's inner strength." Tianzun said.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang tilted their heads, saying——I haven't heard of it, what kind of madman internal power?

"This internal force has disappeared. It's normal that you two haven't heard of it, but it caused a bloody storm in the Jianghu back then." Tianzun shook his head, "I said I was familiar with it, and now I look more and more like it."

"The madman's internal force is actually not a kind of internal force, but a kind of poison." Yin Hou said, "It's still a kind of evil poison."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang continued to listen.

"I think back then, there was a very powerful person in the Jianghu, with extremely high internal strength, because he was a little demented and a little crazy, so he was called a madman." Yin Hou said, "He is older than me and Tianzun, and he is the same as Tianzun. A man of the age of the Demon King."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang frowned - it's so early.

"The madman himself is not crazy, he is just an ordinary martial arts master. However, when you were practicing in the mountains at a critical moment, you were bitten by a poisonous snake, and the venom circulated through the muscles of the madman's body along with the internal force of the madman, causing him to lose his temper." Bewitched, who knows that he has achieved great martial arts, and his internal strength has reached a certain level, but he is crazy!"

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were speechless, how should I put it - it was a tragedy.

"The internal force of the madman is quite unstable, affected by the emotions of the madman, and the most troublesome thing is that this kind of internal force will not die!" Tianzun raised his eyebrows.

"Inner strength can't die?" Zhan Zhao didn't understand, "Does it mean that people who have practiced madman inner strength can't die?"

"No." Yin Hou shook his head, "It's the inner strength that never dies."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, expressing their incomprehension.

"After the crazy demon, he went down the mountain and hurt people everywhere. He was sometimes sober and sometimes not sober. In the end, he was afraid that he would kill innocent people indiscriminately, so he hid himself in the deep mountain." Yin Hou said.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang held their chins - they are considered good people.

"But before he died, he was bitten by a bat." Tianzun said, "The bat then bit a passing woodcutter... So, the woodcutter suddenly became a master of martial arts, but lost his mind. "

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang's eyes widened in astonishment, "This...is internal force contagious?"

"It was completely passed on to the woodcutter, and then the bat also died." Tianzun said, "When the great master investigated this matter thoroughly, he found the bat. The internal organs of the bat were petrified, which is very strange."

"Then what happened afterwards?" Bai Yutang asked.

"Later, after the woodcutter returned home, he first killed the village ruffians who bullied him, and finally killed innocent people indiscriminately, causing harm to the martial arts." Tianzun held his chin, "Speaking of which, most of the people who cultivate the inner strength of madmen are very cruel. .”

"Isn't he the only one?" Zhan Zhao was curious.

Both Tianzun and Yin Hou nodded, "Later the woodcutter was beaten to death by a master, but the internal force was transmitted to another unrelated person... According to the investigation of the great god, after the woodcutter died, the body was pecked by crows, and then The one who was recruited was a hunter in the mountains, he seemed to have been pecked by a manic crow, and the crow showed signs of petrification."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, "That's like a kind of poison, not internal force spreading."

Tianzun and Yinhou nodded, "But what's even more strange is that during this process of transmission, the martial arts of those who have cultivated the madman's internal energy are getting higher and higher, and their internal energy is also becoming more and more stable."

"Because it's becoming more and more pure?" Bai Yutang asked.

Tianzun and Yinhou nodded.

"We heard that when the madman's inner power appeared for the last time, the madman had become a death row prisoner. It seemed that a mouse bit him and caused his miraculous skills to surpass the world. After he escaped from prison, he killed the enemies of the year, and was finally killed by the martial arts. The big sect chased after him and ran all the way to the mountains. When everyone found his body, they found that he had been eaten by wolves until there was only a skeleton left."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, and finally asked, "Which mountain is that?"

Tianzun and Yinhou shook their heads, "I haven't studied it carefully, but... it should be in the mountains of the northwest border."

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang frowned, their locations coincided.

"Could Xuanyuan Jie have been bitten by that wolf?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"It's possible!" Tianzun and Yinhou nodded.

"Then why isn't he crazy?" Bai Yutang was curious.

Tianzun smiled, "The last maniac died that year, and the old ghost and I were still very young. It has been eight or ninety years since this happened."

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were taken aback, "The matter of Xuanyuan Jie was 20 years ago..."

"So." Yin Hou stroked his chin, "It has been empty for almost 60 years."

"Wolves can't live for 60 years." Zhan Zhao said, "And they live in the remote mountains where no one lives."

"Maybe it has been passed on to the next generation." Bai Yutang said, "After the wolf that bit the madman gave birth, it passed its internal strength to the cubs. After passing it on for several generations, the internal strength stabilized and the toxicity weakened, so ..."

"This is indeed a question worth studying." Tianzun nodded, "If this is the case, it can be called a romance!"

"It's a pity that the romance didn't cause any miracles, but it harmed tens of thousands of people in Beihai." Bai Yutang shook his head.

Zhan Zhao also frowned, "Speaking of which, Xuanyuan Jie is much more uncontrollable than ordinary tyrants, he is dominated by his own internal force."

Tianzun and Yinhou also looked at Bai Yutang worriedly—be careful when approaching him...

At this time, in Zhao Pu's barracks.

Gongsun prepared a large amount of medicine needed for the war, but he couldn't find the fourth son when he went out. When he ran to Zhao Pu's camp, he saw Zhao Pu looking at the map.

Zhao Pu raised his head and saw Gongsun's anxious face, so he waved to him.

Gongsun ran in, and Zhao Pu pointed to his legs.

Gongsun went over to take a look, and saw that the fourth son was wrapped in a woolen cloak, lying on Zhao Pu's lap and fell asleep.

Zhao Pu handed a box of snacks to Gongsun, "My son will make it for you."

Gongsun was holding the snacks and sat aside, watching the fourth son while eating.

"How's it going?" Gongsun asked Zhao Pu after finishing his snacks.

"Well, Ziying and the others went to investigate, and the Beihai soldiers have been purged, and the combat effectiveness seems to be very strong." Zhao Pu said, "We have to be careful."

At this time, Ouyang Shaozheng ran in from outside, "Yuan..."

Before he could say the word "handsome", Zhao Pu and Gongsun said to him together, "Hush!"

Ouyang Shaozheng quickly lowered his voice and said, "Someone wants to see you."

Zhao Pu was puzzled, "Who?"

"One from Beihai." Ouyang Shaozheng said, "He claims to be Xun Yuebai."

Zhao Pu was stunned, touched his chin and thought for a while, then shook his head, "I don't know such a person."

"Just pass on a message if he says it, you might meet him." Ouyang Shaozheng spread his hands.

"What message?" Zhao Pu seemed to be interested.

"He said he wanted to cooperate with you to assassinate Xuanyuan Jie." Ouyang Shaozheng asked with a smile, "See you?"

Zhao Pu also laughed, and asked, "Do you look like Jiang Ganhe or Huang Gai?"

"Not at all." Ouyang Shaozheng shook his head, "It looks like a straw sandal seller."

"Heh." Gongsun couldn't help laughing, like Liu Bei?

At this time, the fourth son woke up, saw Gongsun coming back, and immediately rushed over, "Daddy."

Gongsun patted him and coaxed him to continue sleeping.

Zhao Pu said to Ouyang, "Let him in."

Ouyang nodded.

Gongsun asked Zhao Pu, "Could it be a spy sent by Beihai?"

"It's possible." Zhao Pu said, "It may be a false surrender, but it may also be for help."

"Help?" Gongsun was curious.

"Xuanyuan Jie is cruel and innocent. Where there is tyranny since ancient times, there has been resistance." Zhao Pudao, "The result of being too cruel is to make too many enemies and betray relatives. The residents of Beihai will not be willing to be his weapons for his ambition. More Beihai people died in the war. The point is that even if Xuanyuan Jie wins, the Beihai people will not have a good life. If they lose, they are the ones who started the war and may be retaliated or enslaved. Therefore, It is inevitable that someone will be moved to rebel."

Gongsun looked at Zhao Pu, "Are you going to cooperate with him?"

"It depends." Zhao Pu raised his eyebrows slightly, "Sometimes those who rebel may not be good, maybe it's not as good as Xuanyuanpo..."

"Why didn't he go to Xixia or Daliao nearby, but came to you?" Gongsun wondered.

Zhao Pu smiled and shook his head, "You bookworm is actually an honest person despite your usual shrewdness."

Gongsun was puzzled.

"Xixia and Liao are close to the North Sea, and they border each other. Both of them advocated splitting the North Sea into several small countries, saying that they would not be able to overcome the storm." Zhao Pu said.

Gongsun nodded, "That's the case."

"Of course that's not the case." Zhao Pu smiled. "Liao and Xixia don't dare to fight with me, but they dare to fight with Beihai. If Beihai is torn apart and becomes a small country, it will not be long before they are annexed by those two countries. At that time, I am not Others make wedding dresses? Moreover, neither of these two families is good. There is a precedent for the king of Liao to massacre foreigners. The people of Beihai may become slaves and become the treasury of Xixia and Liao. The people of Beihai have created wealth for these two countries all their lives. I can’t turn over. I’m different. I advocate retaining Beihai’s greatest interests and strongest military strength, so as to check and balance Xixia and Liao. Anyway, Beihai is not bordered by my Song Dynasty. You have to please me, it's good for me."

Gongsun couldn't help but smiled and shook his head——Zhao Pu is a scheming man.

At this time, a voice came from outside the door, "Ninth Prince, you are indeed very resourceful."

Gongsun understood that what Zhao Pu said was meant for the person who came in.

He raised his head and saw an ordinary-looking middle-aged man standing at the door.

Ouyang brought him in together, and the man stood in the tent of the Chinese army and saluted Zhao Pu, "Xun Yuebai, I have met the Ninth Prince."

Zhao Pu looked at him and said, "How sure are you that you can kill Xuanyuan Jie?"

Xun Yuebai said, "There are many people in our sect who have been preparing for many years and are lurking inside and outside the palace."

"Oh?" Zhao Pu raised his eyebrows slightly.

"All our relatives died at the hands of Xuanyuan Jie." Xun Yuebai said, "So, as long as we can kill him, we are willing to do anything."

Zhao Pu nodded, "Then why are you looking for me?"

"Xuanyuan Jie has monster soldiers to protect the country. I don't know about the Ninth Prince, do you know?" Xun Yuebai asked.

"Monster soldier?" Zhao Pu smiled, "It's interesting, let me tell you in detail..."

……

Inside the Prince's Mansion of Beihai County.

Xuanyuan Po knelt in front of Xuanyuan Jie and answered.

"Didn't find it?" Xuanyuan Jie's face darkened, "How did you become the king of the county? You can't find anyone?"

"Brother Huang, you are too pampering your people." Xuanyuan Jue wiped the sword in his hand, and said sarcastic remarks to Xuanyuan Po, "How can the people not be afraid of you? How can we make them dare not take in outsiders?" There are many more."

Xuanyuanpo was powerless, and said in her heart, Bai Yutang, Bai Yutang, your play hard to get will kill me, it's a disaster without reason.

On the side, Yuan Ming, the national teacher, pleaded for Xuanyuan Po, saying, "Your Majesty, that man is very skilled in martial arts. If he wants to hide, it is really hard to find him."

Xuanyuan Jie frowned.

At this time, Huai Mi came in and whispered into Xuanyuan Jie's ear, "Your Majesty, I asked the shopkeeper. It is said that the young master mentioned that he came to Beihai to buy a cedar piano."

Xuanyuan Po was stunned for a long time, then suddenly smiled, he nodded, "So that's it, you go and withdraw all the soldiers and horses."

"Yes." Huai Mi went down to work.

Xuanyuan Jie ordered Xuanyuan Po, "Send someone to guard the city gate, no one can come in or out."

"Yes." Xuanyuanpo hurried out, thinking to himself, you won't let anyone leave.

Xuanyuan Jue asked Xuanyuan Po curiously, "Father, who are you looking for?"

Xuanyuan Jie didn't speak, and was lost in thought alone.

"Father..."

Before Xuanyuan Jue finished speaking, he suddenly received Xuanyuan Jie's cold gaze.

Xuanyuan Jue was startled, although he was favored, but Xuanyuan Jie was moody, he didn't dare to make a mistake, so he quickly resigned and ran out.

Wait for everyone to leave.

Xuanyuan Jie suddenly reached out and grabbed the void, as if holding someone's hand, "Ling'er... Linger, I found Yu'er! Did you see it just now?!"