Dragon Pattern Roll Set

The speed of this case is so fast that Zhan Zhao and others can't take care of it. Liang Youdao's body was just found in the morning, Xu Ziyan almost died at noon, and now Wang Yueming died. Mr. Bao was only a few classmates back then. , Three of them died in one breath. It is really impossible not to connect the deaths of these people with Qu Zhongyuan's disappearance back then.

Zhan Zhao first asked Master Bao and the Eighth Prince, is this Wang Yueming familiar with Qu Zhongyuan?

Mr. Bao was a little embarrassed, "Brother Qu prefers to make friends. He has a very cheerful personality. I was more introverted back then, and..."

"And because his grades are so good and he is careful, he is often caught by the teacher of the Taixue to sort out the files or write things." On the side, the Eighth Prince interrupted before Master Bao finished speaking, "Xi Rennian has been studying for less than a year. He is already a well-known talent in Kaifeng, and even the first emperor knew him. Because the first emperor liked his handwriting, many ministers asked Xiren to copy it before submitting the form or after writing the notebook, and then presented it to the emperor. The emperor will be in a much better mood when watching it, and the possibility of accurate performance is higher than usual!"

Zhan Zhao and the others couldn't help raising their eyebrows—oh!

Zhao Pu also touched his chin. In fact, many people ignored Bao Daren's status as a great talent, mainly because his skin color was too dark, which was quite different from the white-faced scholar like Gongsun in the traditional sense!

"Hey... so the government was not very clear about the relationship between the Taixue students." Master Bao seemed a little ashamed, "I even didn't know some of my classmates."

"So..." Bai Yutang frowned, and pointed to the list in Zhan Zhao's hand, "Your Excellency, you don't know who Qu Zhongyuan has a better relationship with?"

Lord Bao spread his hands helplessly.

Everyone looked at the Eighth Prince again.

The Eighth King was even more helpless, "I didn't even live in the dormitory. At that time, the ninth brother and the emperor were still young, and I spent most of my time taking care of the children."

Everyone looked at the Eighth Prince speechlessly. Thinking about it, the Eighth Prince should have been only eighteen or nineteen when he was studying at the Imperial Academy. Judging from his current appearance, he didn't know how handsome he was twenty years ago.Such a handsome and young prince brought two children with him every day... and Zhao Pu estimated that he was two or three years old at that time, and Zhao Zhen was still in his infancy...

Everyone raised their faces and imagined the scene at that time, inexplicably feeling that the picture is so joyful...

"Hey..." The Eighth King seemed to be caught up in the memories, and he folded his arms and shook his head, "Speaking of which, the ninth brother was really difficult to take care of when he was a child! The emperor was very obedient since he was a child, and he sat obediently and listened to his sister-in-law telling stories. You're good..." Saying that, the Eighth King patted Zhao Pu on the forehead, "At the age of three and a half, ten or so servants can't stand it anymore! They go to the house to uncover tiles or dig holes in the ground all day long, especially if they can't be taken out. It's just letting go!"

The corner of Zhao Pu's mouth twitched, and he said to himself——mynah, are you sure you're talking about me?How does it sound like describing some kind of animal.

On the side, Gongsun and the fourth son covered their mouths and laughed sullenly.

"The most embarrassing thing is that one time we climbed up a tree and fell asleep. We thought we had lost it. People from the entire palace searched for him for a day. Later, old general Ouyang dispatched five thousand elite soldiers to search the entire Kaifeng mansion. In the end, he was still missing. Zheng found it, hung on a tree and fell asleep, only to find out that the two of them had been fighting crickets all night long before..."

Zhao Pu hurriedly tugged on Bawang's sleeve, and almost went up to cover his mouth, which means-brother, save me some face!

The Eighth Prince couldn't keep his mouth shut when he talked about Zhao Pu's naughty things when he was a child, "It's even more difficult to control him after he is four years old! The emperor asked him to lead him when he was just able to walk. If he is broken, he will play with him..."

"Ahem." Zhao Pu quickly changed the topic, "You two are not very familiar with the classmates of Taixue, what about the one over there?"

As he spoke, Zhao Pu pouted at Xu Ziyan who was in the distance.

At this moment, Xu Ziyan had just recovered from the poison, and was discussing the return journey with several accompanying colleagues.

"My lord." Zhan Zhao asked in a low voice, "What's the relationship between Xu Ziyan and Qu Zhongyuan? If Tianzun hadn't happened to meet him on the road, he should have died by now!"

Master Bao nodded and called Xu Ziyan over.

"Ziyan, come to Kaifeng just for business?" Mr. Bao asked, "Come often?"

Xu Ziyan shook his head and said, "It's not too frequent, once a year when the new tea is served, it's about this time every year."

"Oh..." Master Bao nodded.

The Eighth Prince asked, "Do you still have contact with your classmates from the Taixue?"

Xu Ziyan was stunned for a moment, then smiled, shook his head, and said, "Hey... I didn't get good grades back then, and I was always scolded by my master. In the end, I failed in the exam and went home to do business. How can I have the face to look for my old teacher?" classmate."

Everyone rubbed their chins. What Xu Ziyan said was a bit far-fetched. There were only a few people who got the gold list in the exam every year, and there were many who failed in the Sun Shan. As long as they entered the Taixue, even if they failed the imperial examination, it would not affect their official career much.He inherited his father's career as a big businessman, and he was doing well just by looking at his well-dressed clothes... As for talking about it as if he was ashamed to face others.

"That Ziyan knows, who is going to harm you?" Master Bao asked.

"Tsk." Xu Ziyan sighed, "We were thinking about it just now, do you think someone is trying to kill for money?!"

The Eighth Prince frowned, "Ziyan, the law and order in Kaifeng Prefecture has always been very good, probably not, think again."

"Hmm..." Xu Ziyan raised his face and thought, and finally shook his head, "I really can't think of any enemies."

Master Bao looked at him.

After all, he is the prefect of Kaifeng. Mr. Bao usually has a serious face, to be exact, the face of a judge. Most people dare not look at him, let alone those who have ghosts in their hearts.

Seeing Master Bao looking at him, Xu Ziyan smiled awkwardly, avoiding the eye contact intentionally or unintentionally.

This detail was captured by everyone, and everyone felt that Xu Ziyan should be hiding something.

"Ziyan, have you heard of the Yin Yang Temple?" Master Bao asked.

When Xu Ziyan heard the words "Yin Yang Temple", his body froze obviously, but then he shook his head, "What?"

With Bao Zheng's temper, he can't rub the sand in his eyes. He has interrogated so many prisoners, and he can tell who is lying at a glance!

The Eighth Prince knew that Mr. Bao was about to turn his back on him, but it's useless to force him now, so it's better to try again!It may be better than saying it all at once.

Master Bao accepted the Eighth Prince's gaze, suppressed his anger a little, and asked, "Ziyan, can you go to Wu Zuofang to see it?"

Xu Ziyan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Xi Renmo scares me, why should I go to Wuzuofang to see? You know, I've been timid since I was young."

Master Bao nodded, "Does Ziyan still remember Liang Youdao?"

"Uh..." Xu Ziyan was stunned for a moment, then stroked his chin, "Well... you have a way! I have a little impression."

"He is lying in Wu Zuo's room right now." Master Bao pointed to Wu Zuo's room.

Xu Ziyan was startled, his face changed color, and then he waved his hands, "Xi Renmo wants to scare me."

"I didn't want to scare you." The Eighth Prince said, "Would Ziyan go and have a look? And Wang Yueming..."

"Wang Yueming?!" Xu Ziyan opened his mouth wide, and then seemed to realize that his reaction was a bit harsh, so he shook his head, "Oh...how could..."

Everyone was a little anxious, and really wanted to give him twenty big boards to tell him to be honest, and he hesitated.

At this moment, Bai Yutang, who was watching the excitement, suddenly said, "The tea at Yuelai Inn is all the best Yuqian Longjing. Shopkeeper Wang often said that his tea was brought from Hangzhou by his classmates back then. The water used to make tea is from the Hupao spring thousands of miles away, and Kaifeng is the only one.”

Everyone looked at Xu Ziyan - could it be that you sold him all his tea?

Xu Ziyan's face turned pale, "Uh, this..."

"In your silver bag just now." Seeing that he still wanted to hide it, Bai Yutang smiled slightly, "There is a silver ingot with the stamp of Yuelai Inn."

Everyone looked at Xu Ziyan together again, what does that mean - you still want to hide it?

"Hey..." Seeing that Xu Ziyan couldn't hide it, he could only tell the truth, "I'll tell you, I just met Mingyue yesterday. That's right, I sold all the tea in his shop to him."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and finally said it.

"He was fine yesterday, why did he die suddenly?" Xu Ziyan frowned, "It's strange!"

But he just kept expressing his sadness and regret, but he didn't go into it further.

Master Bao stopped asking, and asked Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang to go to the Yuelai Inn. When they came back, they stopped by the city west pier to find out what happened to the fired squid, and asked Gongsun to follow to find out the source of the poison.

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Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang left Kaifeng Mansion and went to Yuelai Inn.Accompanying them are Gongsun who is going to conduct an autopsy and find the source of the poison, Zhao Pu who helps Gongsun "bring up the child", and of course the fourth son in Zhao Pu's arms and Xiao Liangzi who is closely following the fourth son.In addition, Pang Yu knew that the tea shed was there, so he went there too. Bao Yan and Pang Yu got used to going in and out together, so they followed.

While walking, Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang, "Is the Yuelai Inn near the west pier?"

Bai Yutang shrugged, "Probably."

"Haven't you been there?" Gongsun and Zhao Pu wondered.

Bai Yutang shook his head, "The wharf on the west side of the city is full of cargo. It's either coal balls or fish and shrimp. It's smelly and messy. I rarely go there."

"Then how do you know that the tea in Yuelai Inn is all Longjing..." Pang Yuxin said that Bai Yutang is really good, but he didn't even know it.

Bai Yutang said indifferently, "I've never been there, so I'm ignorant of him."

The corners of everyone's mouths couldn't help twitching.

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, and said, "Oh...you saw the stamp on the silver, so you blackmailed him?"

Bai Yutang shook his head, "There is no stamp on the money, so I'm blackmailing him."

Everyone looked at Bai Yutang with admiration.

Bai Yutang was also quite speechless, "It's not a silver house, how could a restaurant put stamps on ingots?!"

Everyone thought about it—it was true.

But no matter what, Bai Yutang pried Xu Ziyan's tightly closed mouth open a little bit.

"That Xu Ziyan is hesitating, there must be articles!" Zhao Pu frowned, "Didn't those students back then do something shady?"

Everyone nodded and thought it made sense, and decided to quicken their pace, but just passing by the gate of Taibaiju, Little Six rushed out, "Fifth Lord."

Bai Yutang saw Little Six running up to him, handing over a bill.

Bai Yutang took the bill and looked at it, then raised his eyebrows and looked at Xiaoliuzi.

Zhan Zhao and Gongsun also glanced curiously, then stuck out their tongues—a huge amount!

Xiao Liuzi scratched his head in embarrassment, pointed to the second floor of Taibaiju, and said to Bai Yutang, "Then what, Tianzun came just now, said he was not in a good mood and wanted to drink to relieve boredom, and said he wanted to drink the best wine in Taibaiju. It happened that the boss was there, and he dug out a few jars of old wine after listening to it...then..."

Everyone looked up at the second floor together, and saw Tianzun holding a white jade jug by the railing on the second floor, waving to them.The ruddy one looked like he was only eighteen or nineteen years old, and the smiling one didn't seem to be in a bad mood.

Bai Yutang stared at him for a while, then generously threw money.

Zhan Zhao asked in a low voice, "You are really refreshing."

Bai Yutang spread his hands indifferently, "Anyway, I don't need to make money."

Everyone looked at him with disgust——Prodigal son!

Tianzun saw that Bai Yutang had given the silver, so he jumped down from upstairs, put his hand on Zhan Zhao's shoulder, and handed over half a jug of wine, "Little cat, try it!"

Everyone looked at Tianzun in horror.

Bai Yutang grabbed him by the collar, "Aren't you drunk?"

"Where?!"

Tianzun made a serious face, "Your master, I can hold a lot of alcohol!"

Bai Yutang pointed two fingers in front of his eyes, "How many?"

"Three!" Tianzun smiled.

Everyone gasped again.

Bai Yutang grabbed the jug and stuffed it to Zhan Zhao, and asked Tianzun, "How much did you drink?"

"Just a little bit." Tianzun turned his face away, and after finishing speaking, he wanted to go to the calligraphy and painting shop nearby. Bai Yutang dared to let him go, and handed him over to Xiao Sizi and Xiao Liang by his sleeves, which meant, "Look." Tighten up! This grandpa is drunk!"

The fourth son sat on Zhao Pu's arm, holding an osmanthus cake in one hand and Tianzun's shoulder in the other. Xiao Liang jumped up and down while holding Tianzun's hand, and asked curiously, "Tianzun, what does the wine taste like?"

Tianzun pointed to the front, which means - I want it from Zhan Zhao, it's delicious.

Everyone looked up together, and saw Zhan Zhao "Gudu Gudu" drinking.

"Ha~" Zhan Zhao sighed comfortably after taking a big sip, "Good wine!"

Bai Yutang supported his forehead.

On the side, Gongsun Zhaopu and the others tasted the wine.

"Taibaiju still has a few jars of good wine." Zhao Pu nodded in praise, "I'll have a drink later."

The fourth son continued to eat sweet-scented osmanthus cakes. So far he hasn't tasted the taste of the wine, it's all spicy and bitter, but the fermented rice is more delicious.

As a result, everyone appeared at the entrance of Yuelai Inn, smelling of alcohol.

The yamen servants who arrived first all shook their heads, feeling that when Zhan Zhao came to ask, "How did Wang Yueming die?", the smell of wine came over his face.The yamen servants all sighed, "Hey... Mr. Zhan called the romantic Bai Wuye to spoil him!"

Bai Yutang stood aside with his arms folded, taking care of the very hands-and-hands Tianzun, always feeling that he was at a loss!

Wang Yueming's body was not in the Yuelai Inn, but behind the inn, next to the lotus pond in the house where he lived.

Wang Yueming's wife, Dou, cried until her eyes were red and swollen. She said that the master woke up before dawn this morning. He was tossing and turning all night without sleep and had nightmares. This morning he said to go for a walk... Unexpectedly, when the buddy found out, he had already sunk in the lotus pond.

"Did he have nightmares last night?" Zhan Zhao's focus seemed to be a bit off.

Mrs. Dou nodded, "He was fine the day before yesterday, but he went out yesterday, saying that he was going to meet some friends and bought some goods, and he was worried when he came back. I asked him if the tea was too expensive or not. Not good, why is he in a bad mood... He thinks I'm annoying, so let me stop talking. But last night he suddenly started to have nightmares in the middle of the night, and he woke up in the dream and shouted something 'it's none of my business'... something happened It's scary to be covered in cold sweat! Then I heard him moaning until dawn, but I didn't dare to ask."

After Dou finished speaking, he continued to cry.

Gongsun inspected Wang Yueming's body, stood up with a frown, and said in a low voice, "He was indeed drowned."

"There's no reason!" Mrs. Dou was still talking to herself, "Master's water quality is very good!"

Everyone looked at the waist-deep lotus pond, and couldn't help frowning—it was so strange to die.

Gongsun asked people to carry the body back, and he will examine the body carefully in a while.

Bai Yutang asked Mrs. Dou, "You said he bought tea yesterday?"

"Yes." Mrs. Dou nodded, "The tea in the inn is brought by his classmates in Hangzhou. They often reminisce about the old days. That person's surname is Xu, and his name is Xu Ziyan."

"He only saw Wang Yueming yesterday?" Zhan Zhao asked, "Is there anyone else?"

"Yes, a few of their classmates will get together every year, and there should be Master Li." Dou thought for a while, "Master Xuan Ning probably went too."

"Which Master Li?" Zhan Zhao was curious.

"Water transportation is in charge of Mr. Li Xingli." Dou replied.

"Li Xing?" Zhan Zhao frowned and took out the list Master Bao gave him to take a look - sure enough, Li Xing's name was also on it. It turns out that he is currently in charge of water transportation, and he has a relationship with Wang Yueming and Xu Ziyan. connection.

Zhao Pu wondered, "Why did you ask Xu Ziyan just now that you haven't contacted your classmates?"

Everyone felt that there was something wrong with Xu Ziyan.

"Who is Master Xuan Ning?" Zhan Zhao thought for a while, there are many monks in Kaifeng Mansion, but he has never heard of Master Xuan Ning, and why would he bring a monk with him to reminisce with his classmates?

"Master Xuan Ning is a monk at the Temple of Misery."

"Temple of Misery?" Zhao Pu thought for a while, "That small temple near the pier in the west of the city?"

"Yes!" Dou nodded.

"A few of their classmates are reminiscing about the old days, and bring a monk?" Bai Yutang had the same doubts as Zhan Zhao.

"Xuanning is the dharma name, and the master was their classmate before he became a monk." Dou's words stunned Zhan Zhao and the others.

"What's his real name?" Zhan Zhao asked with a frown, subconsciously looking at the list.

"Well, it seems that the surname is Wan..." Dou thought hard.

And Zhan Zhao and the others had already found a person surnamed Wan from that list, and asked Dou in unison, "Wan Fangan?"

"Well, that's right!" Dou Shi nodded, "It seems to be the name."

Everyone looked at each other.

"Is there any more?" Zhao Pu asked again, "Your husband often hang out with classmates from back then?"

"Yes!" Mrs. Dou nodded, "There is also shopkeeper Liu from Huichun Hall in the west of the city."

"Huichuntang..." Gongsun thought for a while, there are several Huichuntangs in Kaifeng, and it seems that every drug store likes to call it Huichuntang, "Which shopkeeper Liu?"

"Liu Kun Liu shopkeeper." Dou replied, "I also studied at the Taixue together back then... My father-in-law always said that the Eighth Prince and Mr. Bao also went to the Taixue with them in New Year's Eve..."

Saying that, Dou started crying again.

Everyone was flustered by her crying as a woman, so Zhan Zhao sent her to Kaifeng Mansion for Mr. Bao to ask her in detail.

Afterwards, everyone inspected the scene and found no suspicious clues, so they had to leave Chao Mahan and the others to continue the search. They left for the time being and went to the west of the city to continue the investigation.

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"What kind of official position is Water Transport Management?" after leaving the inn, Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao.

"It doesn't matter if you're a small official, right?" Zhan Zhao didn't quite understand, so he asked Zhao Pu.

Zhao Pu nodded, "Probably in charge of ships coming in and out of the wharf and issuing some official documents."

The crowd nodded.

"Don't you think it's strange?" Gongsun asked, "The Joy Lai Inn, the Temple of Misery, the Wharf, and the Hall of Rejuvenation are all in the west of the city!"

Everyone frowned—is it some kind of coincidence, or is there another reason?

Zhao Pu asked Zhan Zhao to give the list to the accompanying shadow guards, and asked them to investigate in detail. It is estimated that there are not many in Kaifeng Mansion. According to this trend, the remaining few may lose their lives at any time, right?

Just as Zhao Pu was giving orders, Bai Yutang stretched out his hand to take the form, "cough cough" twice, "I'll go, you guys go to the west of the city..."

"Slow down!" Zhan Zhao and Tianzun grabbed him by the sleeve, looked at Bai Yutang suspiciously—wanted to run away?

Bai Yutang had a serious face, "Split up and act faster."

Zhan Zhao narrowed his eyes, and Tianzun asked Zhan Zhao in a low voice, "Is there anything in the west of the city that he is afraid of?"

Zhan Zhao replied in a low voice, "Squid fried with garlic leaves."

"Speaking of it." Pang Yu said, "I did smell that smell yesterday. Although it's weird, it's still quite fragrant! Why don't you try it today?"

"Okay." Zhan Zhao nodded. Others also thought it was worth trying. Xu Ziyan and the others also said just now that although it smelled weird, it was delicious, but Bai Yutang's face turned pale.

Seeing that he wanted to run away, Tianzun and Zhan Zhao grabbed him, not letting him escape.

Everyone looked at Bai Yutang sympathetically, at this moment, the fourth son suddenly shook his face and said, "Daddy, I heard them say that raw squid can be eaten raw by dipping it in squid ink."

Everyone froze for a moment, and then saw Zhan Zhao and Tianzun squinting and looking at Bai Yutang with a smile.

Bai Yutang's face turned pale. Originally, Zhan Zhao was holding him alone and he still had a way to run away, but Tianzun also intervened so he couldn't run away, so he had to be dragged to the west of the city.

Bao Yan and Pang Yu shook their heads and followed behind, while Zhao Pu and Gongsun tilted their heads and looked at the fourth son. What does that mean—are you an accomplice?

The fourth son smiled sweetly, "I really want to watch it for nothing... I heard that the squid will move when you put it in your mouth."

Everyone inexplicably felt that Bai Yutang was startled, and the hairs on end stood on end.

Xiao Liang answered, "I heard that fried stinky tofu is everywhere in the west of the city."

Looking at Bai Yutang's expression at this time, Zhan Zhao and Tianzun sighed together - it's so interesting!

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