Dragon Pattern Roll Set

In the evening, the weather was gloomy.

In the Furong Garden in the West Garden of the Imperial Palace, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang stood side by side, with their arms folded and their faces upturned, looking at the Four Seas Palace in front of them.

I haven't seen him for a few days, and the Four Seas Palace is still so lifeless.

Zhan Zhao looked at the small building, then turned to look at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang also turned to look at him.

"I guess we think about the same?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Bai Yutang nodded.

Afterwards, the two of them didn't enter the door, but jumped up to the roof of Sihai Tower.

The Four Seas Building is still relatively high, of course, this is nothing to Zhan Zhao Bai Yutang who is very good at lightness kung fu.

After they landed on the roof smoothly, they walked around the four sides of the eaves, and sure enough, they both stopped at one place... The tiles there showed obvious signs of being lifted.

The two exchanged a "really so" look, and reached out to lift the tile together.

Under the tiles, as expected, there was a hole just big enough for a person to get in and out.

Shark went down first, then quickly raised his head and nodded to Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang.

After the two went down, they found that there was an altar on the top floor, and there were many jars. The white porcelain altars looked like they should hold ashes.However, there is no tablet in front of the columbarium, only different statues, which probably have a symbolic meaning inside. After Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked around, their eyes stayed on one of the white altars.

Zhan Zhao walked over and stared at the jar - he saw black marks on the jar, which looked like dried blood.

Bai Yutang frowned slightly—how could there be blood on the urn?

Sharkshark reached out to open the lid and glanced inside.

When he opened the lid, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang subconsciously covered their mouths and noses, and their first reaction was to open the window!

When he opened the window, he saw that Shark had reached into the urn to get something, Bai Yutang didn't even have time to stop him.

Shark is already holding a half-rotten human head, standing there...

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at the head in Shark's hand together - it was the head of an old man, with a simple bun on the head, the skin was gray and wrinkled, and the face was rotten, bloody and wormy.

Bai Yutang pointed at Shark, "Put it back! Don't touch dirty things!"

Shark blinked, and put the head back into the jar.

"Go wash your hands." Bai Yutang pointed out the window.

Shark went out the window, went to the small river outside the Furong Garden, and squatted to wash his hands.While washing, he looked up at Bai Yutang, looking quite cute.

Zhan Zhao patted Bai Yutang on the shoulder, "Relax and relax, it doesn't matter if Shark is not a real body, you can see that there is no blood in the river after he washed for a long time."

Bai Yutang sighed, and beckoned to him. With a blink of an eye, he had already returned to the two of them, and he stretched out his hand to check with Bai Yutang.Bai Yutang nodded when he saw his blue hands were clean.

Zhan Zhao went to the wall and tore off a long strip of cloth embroidered with scriptures, spread it on the ground, and signaled to Shark that every jar should be opened!

Shark checked the jar one by one, and dumped all the contents on the piece of cloth. There were four heads in total, and no other body parts.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were dumbfounded—there were four heads of unknown origin hidden in the Four Seas Palace.

At this time, the two subconsciously looked out the window, and saw shadow guards squatting on the roofs outside the windows on both sides, probably because of the stench that attracted them.

The faces of the shadow guards were pale at the moment, they couldn't see the merman at all, so they only saw the ashes urn flying into the air, and then the bloody head floated out.

At this time, a person landed on the window sill and looked in. It was Ge Qing.

Just now the shadow guard had reported that Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang had found the body on the top floor of the Four Seas Hall. Nangong didn't dare to leave Zhao Zhen's side, so he asked Ge Qing to take a look.

Zhan Zhao waved to Ge Qing.

Ge Qing jumped in, frowning and looking at the head on the ground.

There are three men and one woman in total. One of the three men seems to be very old, and the other two are quite young. The woman is not young, she is about [-] years old. not bad.

Ge Qing took a closer look and shook his head, "They are not from the palace."

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang breathed a sigh of relief. No one in the palace has disappeared recently, so if these corpses belong to people in the palace, it means that someone killed them and pretended to be them and sneaked into the palace.

But what...

Zhan Zhao rubbed his chin, "Why put the human head in the Temple of the Four Seas?"

"Are these urns originally filled with ashes?" Bai Yutang asked Ge Qing.

Ge Qing shook his head with a puzzled expression—he was still young after all, and knew little about the affairs of the palace. Besides, let alone Ge Qing, Zhao Zhen probably didn't even understand what was inside the Palace of Four Seas.

"But..." Ge Qing tilted his head and looked at the old man, "I seem to have... seen him somewhere."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were taken aback, "You said he wasn't from the palace."

Ge Qing nodded quickly, "Yes, it's definitely not from the palace. We have carefully remembered the appearance of the people in the palace. I should have met this person outside the palace. Where did I see him?"

"You don't often go out of the palace, do you?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Ge Qing nodded, "I've been very busy recently, I haven't been out for a long time, and the spring exam is coming up, Chunhua, Wang Qi and the others are not free either, recently even the princess is preparing for the exam..."

Zhan Zhao knew that Ge Qing was very stupid. The princess Zhao Lan was famous for getting into trouble and being difficult to serve. The guards refused to accompany her. Every time she went out, she had to guess the winner. Ge Qing always lost, so he kept giving her This group of nerds who can get into trouble act as bodyguards, and they become friends after going back and forth.

"Princess..." Ge Qing said that Zhao Lan suddenly reached out and patted his head, "Ah! I remembered! I have seen these four people before!"

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at him, "Who is it?"

Ge Qing said, "Wang Qi was celebrating his birthday a while ago, and the princess asked him where he wanted to go. Wang Qi said that he wanted to go to the Moon Tower to watch a play. Usually, the prime minister was strict and didn't allow him to go. He was allowed to go on his birthday." , so the few of us went together!"

As he spoke, Ge Qing pointed at the old man, "This old man is the leader of Yuelou! That woman is the famous actress Lin Jier, and those two men are also singers."

After Ge Qing finished speaking, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other—is there really a problem with this moon building?

"The moon building is full every day." Zhan Zhao frowned, "These people seem to have died not long ago, but it's obviously not a day or two. It's impossible that no one will find out."

"The only possibility is that someone is pretending to be?" Bai Yutang asked.

"Why is the head hidden in the Four Seas Palace?" Zhan Zhao couldn't figure it out.

Ge Qing called a shadow guard to go out to investigate. After a while, the guard came back and said that everything in the Yuelou was going on as usual recently.

"The leader is here?" Ge Qing asked.

The guard nodded, apparently having investigated clearly, "The class leader of Yuelou is Chen Yuehai, 68 years old. Although he doesn't act in person anymore, he does business and makes friends in Yuelou every day. Many people know him."

Zhan Zhao rubbed his chin, "Then why haven't I seen it? I only know that the chief shopkeeper of Sihai Palace is called Xu Ban, and I deal with him every time. I thought he was the boss."

"Normally, Chen Yuehai doesn't deal with people in the officialdom." Ge Qing said, "Tickets for Yuelou are hard to get. The princess asked Uncle Guo to get the tickets. When the tickets came, Uncle Guo asked me to go to Yuelou When watching a play, you must not say that you are in the palace or an official. If you say so, you will be invited to the private room upstairs. Then it will be boring to watch. It seems to be the rule of Yuelou. On the surface, it looks like a caring officer home, but actually it doesn’t make you feel comfortable and tells you not to come next time.”

Zhan Zhao frowned, "So strange?"

Ge Qing nodded, "Young Master said that Chen Yuehai hates dealing with officials the most, and he never sees any officials."

Zhan Zhao was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Uncle Guo and Young Lord... Could it be Pang Yu?"

Ge Qing made Zhan Zhao amused, nodded, "Naturally."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other and smiled, Zhan Zhao said to Ge Qing, "Catch Pang Yu in the shortest time..."

Before he finished speaking, Ge Qing flew out. Sure enough, not long after, the two heard Pang Yu's exclamation...

"Wow!"

Look again, outside the window, Ge Qing came up with Pang Yu on his shoulder.

After Pang Yu hit the ground with both feet, he slapped his chest, "What is this... Mother!"

As soon as the young master raised his head, he caught sight of the head in front of him, jumped up with a scream, and ran behind Ge Qing, "Good luck!"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang helplessly waved to Pang Yu, who was overly frightened, and signaled - don't be afraid!come out come out.

As soon as he saw Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, Pang Yu looked up at the sky. Ever since he got mixed up with the people of Kaifeng Mansion, it was always a disaster.

Stretching out his hand to cover his eyes and getting close to Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, Pang Yu asked, "Why are you two more unlucky than me? Everywhere you go, people die, and one dies more tragically than the other."

Zhan Zhao pushed his hand covering his eyes away, pointed to the heads and asked, "Are those the head of Yuelou and the corners?"

Pang Yu was taken aback, then tilted his head, "Yuelou..."

Afterwards, the little Hou Ye endured his disgust and took a bold look... and then he was stunned.

"Eh?" Pang Yu took a few steps closer and stared at it carefully, then scratched his head, "Really... Isn't this Chen Yuehai? Oh, what a crime! What happened to Lin Jier, such a beautiful woman?"

"Are you sure?" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang asked.

"It's definitely true!" The little marquis scratched his head with a puzzled expression, "There's no reason, I went to the theater the night before yesterday... Jier Lin is fine, she's in good spirits."

Bai Yutang suddenly asked, "Have you always been able to get tickets?"

Pang Yu nodded and patted his chest, "It's hard to get tickets for Yuelou, but my young master has a solution. After all, the only person in Kaifeng who can get tickets more easily than me is the fourth son."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were taken aback for a moment, "Young fourth son can get tickets better than you?"

"That's not right!" Pang Yu looked at the two of them speechlessly, "Don't you two know? Whether it is the theater, dining hall, piano pavilion, or restaurant in Kaifeng Mansion, even if it is full, you only need to report the name of the fourth son. Your name will give you a seat."

Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows, "So much face?"

"That's not right!" Pang Yu pointed at himself helplessly, "And I bought it with money or entrusted a friend, and the fourth son didn't need it, so he smiled and called 'sister', and even Chang Xianglian let him in to listen to the piano and eat snacks, I even cook myself and make wontons for him.”

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang couldn’t help but sigh with emotion——Chang Xianglian was the number one qin girl in the Song Dynasty, and she played the qin well. Ordinary guests carrying thousands of dollars can only listen outside through the door panel or even a few floors away. .This woman is very noble, and even the emperor will not see her if she doesn't like her.Chang Xianglian cherished her hands as much as her life, and actually made wontons for the fourth son with her own hands. This kind of treatment... But after thinking about it, even Concubine Pang can cook and make snacks for the fourth son, but she is a concubine.

Zhan Zhao glanced sideways at Bai Yutang, and smirked, "Compared to the little four, you are so weak."

Bai Yutang also couldn't laugh or cry, he really couldn't win...

"How do you buy the tickets?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"It's very simple. If you want to go, send someone an hour in advance to talk about it. Just a few people will be enough." Pang Yu said.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other—today Xiaosizi and Xiaoliangzi will take Tianzun, Yinhou, Lu Linger and Yiyi to the theater together...

"Could it be..." Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang also frowned, "It's no secret that my master likes to go to the theater... As long as he comes back to Kaifeng, he will go to see it one day."

"Little Four seems to really want to go today, is there anything special about today?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Every month there will be a new show on today, and there will be a new program." Pang Yu said, "Usually, as long as the fourth son is in Kaifeng these few days, he will go, and everyone in the troupe knows about it."

As he said that, Pang Yu himself felt that something was wrong, "Did someone follow the rules and come up with the idea of ​​beating the little four?!"

"It shouldn't matter, right?" Ge Qing asked, "Tianzun and Yin Hou went together, who can touch the fourth son?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other silently—it is true that Tianzun and Yinhou are both there, and no one can touch the fourth son, but what if the target is not the fourth son, but Tianzun or Yinhou?

Bai Yutang couldn't stay any longer, and Zhan Zhao was also worried.

At this time, Zhao Pu and Gongsun came.

The two of them were reading in the Chuntang Building just now, and they saw that there was some confusion here. Zhao Pu grabbed a shadow guard and asked. Hearing that the Sihai Building found a head, he brought Gongsun over.

Gongsun inspected the corpse, frowned and said to Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, "I've been dead for at least half a month!"

Pang Yu jumped up, "Could it be that those people in Yuelou are all fake? What do you want?"

"Huh?" Gongsun frowned suddenly, holding up a human head.

The corner of Zhao Pu's mouth twitched, "Then what... do you want those chopsticks?"

Gongsun squinted at him, "Don't make trouble."

"No, don't hold it directly, it's disgusting even through the oil paper..." Zhao Pu wanted to say, Gongsun had already held the head up and held it in front of his eyes, "Look."

It is not uncommon to see Zhao Pu's corpse, but he still felt disgusted, pinched his nose and asked, "What are you looking at?"

"There is mud on the hair!" Gongsun said seriously.

Zhao Pu blinked—obviously he missed the point.

"Where was the corpse buried first, or where it was still, and then it was hidden in the urn." Gongsun said. There is no such bad way to grow worms, in short, they were not put in the jar from the beginning, and the heads were cut off after a long time after death."

"What do you mean?" Bai Yutang was puzzled.

Gongsun said, "It may not have been long since it was put in the jar."

"Why do you want to do this?" Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and a word flashed through their heads at the same time - unnecessary? !

"What's the cause of death?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Gongsun said, "The internal organs are frozen, deformed and shrunk."

Bai Yutang frowned, "Is it frozen?"

"If you want to destroy the corpse, it's better to freeze it into ice slag, and it's not impossible." Zhao Pu was puzzled, "Why did you hide the head on the roof of the Four Seas Palace?"

"Besides, the whole face can be rotted or completely disfigured, so it will not be easy for us to find out the identity of this person." Zhan Zhao said to himself, "Now it feels more like someone is deliberately telling us that the clue is in Yuelou. Same."

"Or..." Zhao Pu looked at the crowd, "Do you want to lure us to Yuelou?"

Gongsun was worried, "Little fourth son will go to the theater today, will he be all right?"

"Go and see." Bai Yutang said, "See what tricks are playing."

Zhan Zhao nodded, and then glanced at the head on the ground—maybe it's because of the hideous face of the corpse?Or is it because the Palace of the Four Seas is too gloomy?Zhan Zhao felt an uneasy and ominous feeling shrouded in the surroundings.

……

At this time, Taibai lived in the private room.

Xiao Sizi ate a Sixi meatball with a spoon, while discussing with Xiao Liangzi a few plays that would be performed tonight.

Apart from Tianzun, Yin Hou, Yiyi, and Lu Ling'er, those who ate at the same table were Lin Yehuo who came to join in the fun, and Bao Yan who was kicked out by Mrs. Bao to relax.

Bao Yan didn't like to watch the Yuelou show very much, purely because it was said that there was a fire-breathing performance on stilts tonight, so he came out to join in the fun, and it was right to watch acrobatics.

"There are a lot of acrobatics tonight." Little Sizi said to Tianzun while chewing on the meatballs.

While eating, Tianzun watched tonight's program with the fourth son.

Yin Hou sat aside, holding a wine glass, not knowing whether he was in a daze or resting, watching the gradually darkening sky outside the window.

"Hou Yin."

When Yin Hou came back to his senses, he saw Bao Yan holding a wine glass to fill him up, only to realize that the glass in his hand was already empty.

After Bao Yan poured the wine for Yin Hou, he took a look outside, and saw that the sky was now a rose-gray color, and a full moon had already appeared in the distant sky. It's orange-red, or nearly brown...

"Oh, it's an evil moon tonight." Bao Yan said to himself.

Yin Hou looked at him, "Xieyue."

Bao Yan scratched his head, "It's not very common, I remember a saying in my hometown that this kind of evil moon is an ominous month."

"The ominous moon..." Yin Hou was thoughtful.

"What's ominous?" Tianzun leaned over and asked, and everyone heard a "bang", they were collectively stunned, and looked up...

Just as Yin Hou put down the cup, the window closed by itself.

Everyone is puzzled.

Yin Hou took a chicken leg and put it in the Xiaosizi bowl.

The fourth son looked up at Yin Hou.

Yin Hou bowed his head and whispered a few words in his ear.

Everyone looked curiously, Tianzun squinted - what did the old ghost whisper to the little fourth son?Protect it with internal force so he can't hear it.

The fourth son blinked his eyes and listened, raised his face and nodded to Yin Hou, and slapped his chest, which meant——wrap me.

Yin Hou suddenly stretched out a little finger.

Tianzun let out a "poof", slammed the table with a smile, and pointed at Yin Hou, "How old are you!"

But Yin Hou looked at the fourth son's appearance very seriously.

The fourth son nodded, put down the chopsticks, and stretched out a little finger, earnestly pulling the hook with Yin Hou.