Dragon Pattern Roll Set

Zhan Zhao and the others investigated in the Temple of Misery, and mainly checked the main hall and Xuanning's room.

Everyone walked into Xuan Ning's room first, and couldn't help frowning as soon as they entered the door.

"Wow!" Pang Yu exclaimed again, "What's wrong with this monk?"

It's no wonder that Pang Yu was surprised. He saw that Master Xuan Ning's room was covered with spells, and the room was covered with almost no gaps. It looked very strange.

"Ah!" Xu Qing at the door glanced in, and cried out in fright, "What's going on?!"

Bai Yutang asked him, "Isn't it always like this?"

"Of course not!" Xu Qing shook his head, "I clean up the house for my uncle every day. Yesterday, my uncle was fine before he went out. I cleaned it for him... that's right!" Xu Qing seemed to remember What, "When the uncle came back yesterday, he was carrying a big burden, and it was full of charms!"

"Yesterday?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"En!" Xu Qing nodded, "Speaking of which, Master Uncle came back yesterday in a strange way, as if he was very disturbed."

"Actually, since the Taixue caught fire, my uncle has been acting strangely." While talking, several young monks beside him started discussing again.

"Yeah, do you still remember that night when Tai Xue caught fire!"

"That's right! Uncle Master also said that he was going to be burned, how could he be burned from such a distance!"

"Uncle Master seemed to have a nightmare that night, and kept screaming!"

……

Listening to the discussion of those young monks, everyone looked at each other, and it really was——something strange!

Gongsun ran in to look at the spells, "They are all spells to drive away ghosts!"

"Exorcism?" Zhao Pu sneered, "Isn't this temple dedicated to exorcising ghosts?"

Gongsun shrugged, "If you don't do anything wrong with your conscience, you won't be afraid of ghosts calling your door."

Everyone also felt that there was such a point.

Bao Yan looked carefully at the things in Xuanning's room. Monk, the six roots are clean, except for a few monk clothes, he really doesn't have much.

Pang Yu also came to help, while Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang rushed to the front hall.

At this time, the front hall feels even more gloomy.

Zhan Zhao put the two masks back on the two portraits, and Bai Yutang observed the surrounding environment.

"Is the door of this hall locked at night?" Zhan Zhao asked the young monk.

"Yes!" The monk nodded, "I didn't have these two masks when I locked the door last night."

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao observed for a while, there were doors but no windows around, and the door locks were intact, so they raised their faces subconsciously and looked up.

The roof of the main hall was very high. The two of them looked at each other for a while, and then suddenly glanced at each other—there was something on the beam!

Jumping up, the two climbed onto the high beam, and saw a small wooden box on the beam.

Zhan Zhao reached out to pick up the wooden box and wanted to open it.

Bai Yutang held his hand, that means - be careful there are traps!

The two got down from the beam, took the box to the yard, and put it on the table.

Zhan Zhao asked a few young monks, do you know what this box is?

The young monks all shook their heads, and Master Wuxin didn't even know that he had only been in this temple for a year.

"It looks like a very ordinary box." Zhan Zhao stroked his chin.

The two decided to open it and take a look, but before they could do anything, footsteps came from outside.

Turning around, I saw Master Bao coming, the Eighth Prince and Grand Master Pang, and Master Wu Chan.

Mr. Bao just entered the door, saw the box at a glance, was stunned, then ran over quickly, reached out to pick it up, and opened it.

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang didn't have time to stop him... But fortunately, there were no traps inside, and there was only a delicate jade hairpin in the box.

Master Bao opened his mouth, sat at the table, was silent for a long time, and let out a long sigh.

The Eighth Prince also came over, and couldn't help sighing after seeing Yuchai.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, both a little puzzled.

After a long time, Lord Bao asked, "Where did this jade hairpin come from?"

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang said that it was on the beam of the Temple of Kusai.

Mr. Bao felt that there was no dust on the box, and frowned slightly, "Why did it appear here?"

"My lord?" Zhan Zhao was very curious, "Have you seen this jade hairpin?"

Master Bao smiled and nodded, "Although Zhongyuan and I are not considered poor, our family education is very strict. When we arrived at Taixue, we were both poor students. That day when I passed the jade shop with him, he immediately took a fancy to this jade shop. Yuzan, I want to buy it for his cousin. For this hairpin, he copied a copybook for a month, I am very impressed... It's a pity that this hairpin has never been given away, and I didn't expect it to be placed here."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, Mr. Bao has always been very dignified, it is rare to say something tender from his mouth, even though it is someone else's story...

Mr. Bao handed over the hairpin to Zhan Zhao, it was a very important evidence after all.

Afterwards, Lord Bao and the others went to the backyard with Zen Master Wuxin, while Bai Yutang looked at the main hall.

"How do you feel?" Zhan Zhao asked him.

"If they are all locked, how did people get in? The roof? But I just looked at it, and the roof of the main hall is dead, and there is no sign of lifting the tiles."

"It's really strange." Zhan Zhao nodded, leaned over and asked Bai Yutang in a low voice, "Do you think there are some contradictions in this case?"

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao, "For example?"

"For example, setting fire to Shao Taixue and assassinating Pang Yu and Bao Yan is tantamount to killing innocent people indiscriminately." Zhan Zhao said, "But the one who poisoned the tea shop made Pang Yu and Xu Ziyan drink the poisoned tea, Just take the risk of exposure to overturn the tea in the tea shop, so as not to harm innocent people..."

After hearing this, Bai Yutang nodded, "Cat, do you think the person who poisoned Xu Ziyan and the one who attacked Pang Yu and the others that night were not the same person?"

Zhan Zhao smiled, "This ghost-masked man always wears a mask when he comes and goes, who knows who it is."

"But one thing is beyond doubt." Bai Yutang said, "No matter who they are, they really want to kill Pang Yu."

Zhan Zhao frowned, "That's true."

"Pang Yu and Qu Zhongyuan definitely have nothing to do with each other." Bai Yutang continued, "As for Shi Ye... Pang Yu has hardly been in Kaifeng for the past six months, so it should have nothing to do with him."

"Yeah..." Zhan Zhao couldn't figure it out, "Why kill him? He has nothing to do with Taixue."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were thinking about it, saying that Cao Cao had arrived, Pang Yu and Bao Yan strolled out, and the young master yawned, followed by the fourth son and Liangzi.

"How is the investigation?" Pang Yu asked Zhan Zhao.

"I found a jade hairpin that is said to be bought by Qu Zhongyuan back then." Zhan Zhao opened the box and showed it to the two of them.

Bao Yan held the hairpin and looked at it, but Pang Yu tilted his head, staring at the box containing the hairpin in a daze.

"Yutang."

At this time, Tianzun ran out and patted Bai Yutang, "I'm a little hungry for the teacher."

Bai Yutang asked him, "What do you want to eat?"

"I want to eat something good." Tianzun narrowed his eyes.

Bai Yutang asked curiously, "What's good?"

Tianzun was mysterious, "When I was drinking at Taibaiju just now, Little Six told me that Taibaiju hired a new cook, and the top-quality Buddha jumping wall is delicious!"

"Buddha jumps over the wall?" Zhan Zhao leaned over.

Bao Yan and the fourth son also came over.

Bai Yutang raised his forehead—this group of foodies...

After everyone agreed to go, Bao Yan patted Pang Yu who was still holding the box in a daze, "Hey, crab, are you going?"

"Buddha jumped over the wall..." Pang Yu said to himself while holding the box, as if he was still distracted.

Bao Yan tilted his head to look at him, and Zhan Zhao and others also came over.

"Young Master?" Zhan Zhao called out to him.

"Ah!" Pang Yu suddenly yelled.

Everyone startled him.

"Why are you so startled?" Xiao Liangzi rubbed the frightened darling of the fourth son while glaring at Pang Yu dissatisfied.

"I've seen this hairpin before!" Pang Yu jumped so high.

Zhan Zhao and the others were taken aback, "Have you seen it?"

"Yeah!" Pang Yu nodded, "Let's think about it... It's been three years, I saw it three years ago!"

"Three years ago?" Bao Yan squinted at him, "Didn't you still be bad back then!"

Pang Yu twitched the corner of his mouth in embarrassment, "I used to think that the prodigal son of the second generation ancestor didn't grow up a bit, and it's not too bad..."

Zhan Zhao asked Pang Yu to explain the origin of the hairpin in detail.

Pang Yu said in embarrassment, "Then what... this hairpin is from a friend I used to have..."

Everyone squinted their eyes, "Good friends?!"

Bao Yan was curious, "Your former lover?"

"Of course it's impossible, where did the lover come from?" Pang Yu pouted.

"Who is that?"

"It's Yan Feng'er, the top brand in Fengxian Pavilion." Pang Yu looked up at the sky.

Everyone was silent for a while, Bao Yan and the fourth son tilted their heads, "Where is Fengxian Pavilion?"

Zhan Zhao patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's the Qinlou and not the brothel, don't worry."

Bao Yan squinted at Pang Yu, "Are you going to listen to the piano?"

"Just chatting and drinking." Pang Yu pouted, "Fengxian Pavilion is relatively secret, and they are all dignitaries or princes, and the girls in it are not ordinary kiln sisters. They are all proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and their appearance is one of a kind. , some are similar to the divas in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, who were good at singing and dancing, and could also recite poems and compose poems."

"There is such a place in Kaifeng Mansion?" Zhan Zhao wondered, why didn't he know?

"Fengxian Pavilion is not opened outside, it is opened in Haotian Tower." Pang Yu smiled.

"Haotianlou?" The corners of Zhan Zhao's mouth twitched, and he began to wonder if he hadn't been to Kaifeng for a long time. "Is it from Kaifeng? I haven't heard of it..."

"Look over there." Pang Yu said, pointing to the northeast, the tallest and most gorgeous building, "That's the Haotian Building."

Zhan Zhao and the others looked in the direction of Pang Yu's finger, and saw a beautiful tall building with a red glazed roof.

"Does that building have a signboard?" Bao Yan was puzzled, "Isn't it in the yard of a rich family? I always thought it was a building built by rich people themselves."

"It's true that it's not for the outside world. Those who can enter that building must be dignitaries, and they must be recommended." Pang Yu folded his arms, "Or a wealthy gentry."

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, then glanced at Bai Yutang beside him, "Lord, have you been there?"

Bai Yutang felt helpless, "I've never heard of this place."

"He is not a native of Kaifeng, so he never went in." Pang Yu said, and saw Zhao Pu and Gongsun come out.

Pang Yu pointed at Zhao Pu, "He must know."

Zhao Pu was stretching out his arms to hold the fourth son, when he saw Pang Yu pointing at himself, he asked, "Know what?"

"Fengxian Pavilion and Haotian Tower." Pang Yu said.

"Oh..." Zhao Pu sneered, with disdain in his eyes, "I know."

Seeing Zhao Pu's expression, everyone felt that he seemed to have some opinions on that place, so they all asked him to explain in detail.

"Haotian Tower is something left over from the previous dynasty." Zhao Pu found a chair and sat down. "At that time, a few powerful ministers built such a place. To put it bluntly, they kept some official prostitutes in it. The women are not fuel-efficient lamps, most of them are secret works in the imperial city. In fact, Haotian Tower is an alternative place for the imperial court to control officials, and it is also a place for those figures in the officialdom to restrain each other. Of course, the main purpose is to enjoy themselves. After Zhao Zhen succeeded to the throne, A group of officials have been changed, and some veterans have also been driven away. But it’s better to keep the people in this place safe than to let them go, understand?”

Everyone frowned slightly—it was true, after all, these people knew too many secrets, and they had a wide network of contacts, so it was easier to manage them under their noses.

"Haotian Building has developed into a place for dandies to have fun, of course it is secretly." Zhao Pudao, "But it also has the meaning of its existence. It is better to have fun inside than to go out to misbehave. I also turned a blind eye and closed my eyes. Haotian Building used to be very large, but then it gradually became smaller, and now it doesn’t even have a sign. Those sisters in the kiln were also old and decrepit, many of them were good and some died... ...It is estimated that in a few years it will become an ordinary kiln or simply wash the Bianqin building."

"You said this hairpin belonged to Yan Feng'er?" Zhan Zhao asked Pang Yu.

Pang Yu nodded, stroking his chin deeply, "Yan Feng'er told me that it was given to her by a big man."

"Big man?" Zhan Zhao was curious, "Who is it?"

Pang Yu was helpless, "Of course I wouldn't ask too much about this kind of thing, and she didn't say much, but I guess the background is not small."

"Then ask Yan Feng'er?!" Zhan Zhao asked, "Why did her hairpin come to this temple?"

"Ordinary people really can't enter the Haotian Tower, and I haven't been there for a long time. I'll ask someone to ask." Pang Yu said, staring at the box again.

"Do you know anything else?" Bai Yutang asked when he saw that he looked strange.

"Oh..." Pang Yu thought for a while and said helplessly, "People say that there is no real love in brothels, but I can tell that Yan Feng'er likes people who give her hairpins very much, and... she is also very precious This hairpin."

"Shouldn't Yan Feng'er be Qu Zhongyuan's cousin?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Of course not!" Pang Yu kept shaking his head, "According to Qu Zhongyuan's age, if his cousin is still alive, she should be an aunt." Pang Yu spread his hands, "Feng'er is the same age as me."

Everyone nodded.

"If Haotian Building is involved in this case, there may be some troubles." Zhao Pu frowned, "Someone wants to kill Wang Qi, maybe it has something to do with this matter."

"What does it have to do with Wang Qi?" Both Bao Yan and Pang Yu were surprised.

"It has nothing to do with Wang Qi, but it has something to do with Wang Qi's family!" Zhao Pu said, "As far as I know, the current owner of Haotian Building is Wang Feng, the adopted son of Prime Minister Wang."

"A foster son?" Everyone touched their chins. Everyone knew that Prime Minister Wang had only one daughter, and the baby must be like something, so he recruited a son-in-law, and Wang Qi became a grandson. So there is still a foster son. .

"This Wang Feng..." Zhao Pu frowned, "He is very smart and capable, the emperor specially entrusted Haotian Building to him, and he did succeed in making Haotian Building disappear from people's sight... ...by the way, there is one more thing."

Everyone looked at Zhao Pu.

"Wang Feng used to be a Taixue..." Zhao Pu said, "He should be older than Baoxiang."

"Wang Feng won't be involved in this case, right?" Pang Yu crossed his arms and said "tsk tsk", "After all, his identity is there, and he is an old fox!"

"Then just ask Wang Feng to find out..." Bao Yan suggested, "Shall we go to him?"

When Bao Yan spoke, Pang Yu suddenly laughed, with a "poof".

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang didn't quite understand either. At this time, not only Pang Yu, but also Zhao Pu had a strange expression.

"Wang Feng, what's the problem?" Gongsun asked Zhao Pu.

"Besides being Prime Minister Wang's adoptive son, Wang Feng also has another identity." Zhao Pu said.

"What identity?" Everyone was curious.

Zhao Pu raised his eyebrows, "My brother-in-law."

Everyone opened their mouths wide and looked at Zhao Pu.

Zhao Pu spread his hands, "The princesses of my Song Dynasty may not have much sense of presence, or they are too low-key. The emperor is two years older than the eight kings. She took care of us for a long time when Zhao Zhen and I were young. When I was born, my father said that I am a silver Eye Monster Tong wanted to kill me. It was very chaotic at the time. If my mother hadn’t blocked my father when she took me away, I might have died. Then, Zhao Zhen also encountered many difficulties when he inherited the throne, thanks to She strategizes. Although my imperial sister is low-key, her status is comparable to that of the empress dowager, or in other words, the empress dowager will give up three points when she sees her."

The corners of everyone's mouths twitched, feeling unbelievable, "Why is this sister Huang so invisible?"

"Because she's smart." At this moment, the Eighth Prince walked out, "You should avoid things like high meritorious deeds, and she doesn't want to be the second Emperor Wu, so of course try to keep a low profile. Her free time is gone..."

"Wang Feng is her husband-in-law, and also the former son-in-law." Zhao Pu said helplessly, "Isn't he my brother-in-law?"

Everyone frowned, "Wang Feng is the husband of this great man, it is indeed difficult to investigate him."

"Haotian Building is a fat job. Every day, a lot of princes and grandsons will send money there. The Qin Ji singer inside almost knows all the secrets of the second-generation ancestors and dignitaries in the imperial city. For the emperor, that is a very important thing." Let Wang Feng take care of the place, and express his trust in him.” Bawang looked at the hairpin and frowned, “Putting the hairpin here seems to imply that this series of cases is related to Haotian Tower. Tricky."

While talking, Master Bao came out, holding the two masks in his hand, he seemed to be thinking, and he didn't know if he heard the conversation of everyone.

"My lord..." Zhan Zhao wanted to ask Bao Zheng what to do.

Master Bao waved his hand lightly, and said, "Tomorrow, you go to Taixue to study first, and I will investigate over there in Haotian Building."

"I'm talking about Lao Bao." Pang Ji, who had been watching the excitement without interrupting, suddenly reminded Bao Zheng, "You want to investigate the Haotian Building, do you want to discuss it with the emperor first?"

Bao Zheng rolled his eyes at Pang Ji, "There's no need for that." After finishing speaking, he didn't forget to warn him, "If you, a fat man, obstruct the handling of the case, you will be dealt with according to law."

The corner of Taishi's mouth twitched, Master Bao flicked his sleeves and left.

Zhan Zhao walked out with a smile on his face, and Bai Yutang followed suit.

Gongsun and Bao Yan nodded as they walked out, Gongsun praised, "Master Bao is really upright."

"That's it!" Bao Yan was stunned, and Pang Yu also ran out. I haven't seen Yan Feng'er for a long time. I don't know if she is okay, so I will ask someone to inquire later.

"Hey..." After everyone left, the Grand Master sighed and said to the Eighth Prince, "My lord, you have to look at that black man, you always feel that he is going to stab Lou Zi."

The Eighth King touched his chin, "There are some things that the emperor may not know."

Zhao Pu, who was about to leave with his fourth son in his arms, stopped and looked at the Eighth Prince in puzzlement, "But the emperor never mentioned the Haotian Tower."

Ba Wang smiled and said, "Ninth brother probably doesn't know that Wang Qi has a cousin named Wang Yu."

Zhao Pu frowned, "Isn't he the only son?"

"Wang Yu is Wang Feng's son." The Eighth Prince smiled, "Of course he is very low-key. As far as I know, he is also studying in the Taixue."

Zhao Pu opened his mouth slightly, "I never heard Wang Qi mention it..."

"The relationship between the two brothers is very ordinary." The Eighth Prince folded his arms and said, "Wang Qi is a great talent, honest and upright in nature, and the prime minister loves him very much. But Wang Yu has a weird personality, not to mention the dude, and he is very arrogant. He is also somewhat talented, but it is difficult to get along with being arrogant...the prime minister doesn't like him very much. Wang Qi and Wang Yu rarely interact, so it's normal for them to be unfamiliar."

Zhao Pu crossed his arms, "Is it because of this that Zhao Zhen asked us to study by order?"

"The emperor mentioned it to me before." The eighth prince and Zhao Pu said as they walked out, "The relationship in the imperial academy is complicated, and I always feel that there seems to be something wrong, but I can't find it out, so I ask you to make trouble, maybe What can be found."

Zhao Pu laughed—as expected, Zhao Zhen wasn't too free to play with them, it seemed that he had already noticed something strange.

……

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang walked back together side by side, looking at Master Bao's back in front of him, Bao Yan ran to the front and walked with his father, the two of them didn't know what they were talking about.

"With Master Bao's character, if Wang Feng did something that hurt the world, he would handle it fairly, right?" Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao nodded, "Absolutely. Although your lord is a civil servant, in some respects he is not ordinary domineering."

Bai Yutang looked up at the Haotian Building in the distance again, frowning... This building is indeed gorgeous and low-key.

"Yutang!"

At this time, Tianzun appeared again at the right time, hanging on Bai Yutang's shoulders, "Buddha jumps over the wall!"

Bai Yutang almost forgot that Tianzun said he wanted to go to Taibaiju for dinner, so he nodded and patted him, "It's still early, go back to Kaifeng Mansion and explain, then we will go."

Tianzun nodded.

"Speaking of Buddha jumping over the wall, I have eaten at Haotian Building a few times before." Pang Yu said to himself, "The cooks in Haotian Building are better than the imperial chefs, and the food is delicious!"

Everyone looked at Pang Yu's serious appearance now, and almost forgot his virtues as a playboy in the past.

As soon as Zhan Zhao and the others returned to Kaifeng Mansion, they saw carriages and horses at the gate of the yamen. It seemed that someone had come from afar and was still busy with the world.

Entering the door, I saw Yue Ya'er and Chen Xing'er serving a woman to drink tea in the yard in front of Master Bao's study.

Everyone took a look and couldn't help but "tsk".

That woman is not too young, she looks over 30, but she is definitely a peerless beauty with outstanding temperament!

Zhan Zhao and the others have seen countless beauties, but this one is very different!The first is the feeling of being bookish and knowledgeable about books and rituals.In addition, the facial features are soft and beautiful but not flattering at all, dignified and generous, it looks like a lady of everyone, gentle, elegant, and charming.

"Wow!" Pang Yu hurriedly rubbed his arm against Bao Yan, "Who is that beauty?"

Unexpectedly, when the words were asked, Bao Yan yelled in surprise and joy, "Mother!"

……

Everyone was silent for a while, their mouths could not be closed when they opened their mouths. At the same time, a thought flashed through their minds - no wonder Bao Yan is so innocent!