Dragon Pattern Roll Set

Chapter 483 [The Unknown Person]

It was evening when Zhao Pu left the palace.

The sky was dark, the Ninth Prince lowered his head, frowned slightly, and walked unhurriedly.

The hidden guards who followed Zhao Pu could see that Zhao Pu had something on his mind, and he looked not in a good mood.

Zhao Pu's mind was full of the matter that Zhao Zhen told him just now. This was probably the most troublesome case he had encountered so far. He really didn't want to deal with it but he couldn't help it.

Just as I was worrying, I heard the sound of horseshoes behind me, and they got closer and closer.

Zhao Pu felt that the sound of the horse's hooves was somewhat familiar, so when he looked up... he saw a beautiful black horse walking towards him - it was Hei Xiao.

Hei Xiao strolled over at some point, with Gongsun sitting on Hei Xiao's back holding a few volumes of books.

Zhao Pu was surprised, Hei Xiao's temper, even Ouyang Shaozheng refused to ride, and let Gongsun go up... And Gongsun sat on his side like a donkey, obviously he didn't climb up on the saddle, he probably stood At some high place, Hei Xiao went over and let him sit, and then hunched all the way here.

Although this horse is usually wild and unrestrained, when it is carrying Gongsun or Xiaosi, it is very gentle.

Gongsun sat on Hei Xiao's back, but he remembered what the fourth son often said - Xiao Xiao is most like Jiu Jiu, fierce and gentle.

Zhao Pu was in a bad mood at first, but looking up now, the sturdy black horse and the frail and elegant scholar in white on the horse's back were placed together, which was unexpectedly pleasing to the eye.

Why is Gongsun here?In fact, Gongsun made a special trip to find Zhao Pu.

After returning to Kaifeng Mansion, everyone knew that Zhao Pu had gone to the palace to ask Zhao Zhen for clues, so everyone was waiting.

But after waiting for a while, Zhao Pu still didn't come back.

The fourth son, who had slept all afternoon, got up and said to Gongsun, "Daddy, Jiujiu seems to be in a bad mood."

Gongsun looked at the fourth son suspiciously. Recently, the fourth son has become more and more energetic... Even Zhao Pu knows that he is in a bad mood?

He said he didn't care, but Gongsun was anxious to wait, so he took a few books and went to the palace to find Zhao Pu.

When Gongsun arrived at the gate of the palace, he saw Hei Xiao was there, Zhao Pu was not there, and he didn't want to enter the palace to wait, so he sat and waited by the pergola where Hei Xiao was resting at the gate of the palace.

The guards all knew Gongsun, so they brought him a clean mat and put it on the table beside the awning, letting him sit and watch slowly.

Gongsun was reading a book when he felt someone tugging on his trouser legs. He looked down and saw that it was Hei Xiao.

Gongsun saw that Hei Xiao bit his trouser leg, and then shook his head at him. Gongsun raised his eyes... and saw Zhao Pu walking out of the main entrance of the palace with his head down, walking back with his head down.

Hei Xiao snorted very dissatisfied - Zhao Pu, he forgot about it.

Gongsun sighed once again, the fourth son is really accurate, he knew from the back that Zhao Pu had something on his mind.

So, Gongsun wanted to get down, and when he jumped down the stage, Hei Xiao took two steps forward, let Gongsun sit on his back, and then chased after Zhao Pu.

Zhao Pu looked at Gongsun.

Gongsun reached out and patted him on the forehead, "What are you thinking? You don't even want Hei Xiao?"

Zhao Pu remembered that he came on horseback just now, so he scratched his head.

Get on the horse, Zhao Pu and Gongsun go back to Kaifeng together.

Gongsun asked him, "What's the matter?"

Zhao Pu sighed, "It's self-inflicted."

Gongsun was puzzled, "What do you mean?"

Zhao Pu moved closer and whispered something in Gongsun's ear.

The two of them bit their ears as if no one was around, but many passers-by were watching, curious—— huh?What do these two mean?

The shadow guards all wentssiped, they were not curious about what these two people were talking about, but rather curious about how the prince didn't hit anyone when he was so close?

When the two returned to Kaifeng Mansion, Gongsun probably understood the matter in detail, and also knew why Zhao Pu was unhappy.

When the two entered the door, they saw that the courtyard was very lively.

In the middle of the compound, Ye Zhiqiu was leading a group of children behind him, playing eagle and chicken with Pang Yu Baoyan and the others.

Luo Ying and Luo Yuan finally looked like children. Min Xiuxiu and Mrs. Bao were watching from the sidelines, and somehow there was a sense of joy in the courtyard of Kaifeng Mansion.

Zhao Pu greeted Gongsun and the others, and then went to the study at the back.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang are in Master Bao's study, everyone is obviously waiting for Zhao Pu.

Zhao Pu and Gongsun entered the room and closed the door with solemn expressions.

Before everyone could ask, Zhao Pu took out a scroll and put it on the table.

Zhan Zhao reached out to take it over and opened it, and Bai Yutang took a look at it, and saw densely packed names on the scroll——Anonymous [-], Anonymous [-], Anonymous [-]...

In this way, in the end, Anonymous [-] in total.

Everyone looked up at Zhao Pu, not understanding what it meant.

Zhao Pu took out a pinned cloth pocket from behind and threw it on the table.

Lin Yehuo opened the cloth pocket and took out a white mask from it.

Everyone looked at each other.

"The mask..." Zhan Zhao was surprised. The audience described and looked at the portrait, but they still didn't see the shock of the real thing... This simple mask exudes a sense of evil.Especially the smile on the pale mask, with a kind of irony, this is a mask that makes people have nightmares.

Lord Bao frowned, and asked Zhao Pu, "My lord, this list is..."

"Death row prisoners or homeless vagabonds who were used to exchange their lives for their lives." Zhao Pu said lightly.

Bai Yutang looked at him, "Who will be used to trade lives for lives?"

Zhao Pu was silent for a while, then said, "The first emperor."

"Which one?" Master Bao couldn't help asking.

Zhao Pu said, "The one who was in office 60 years ago."

Everyone frowned, knowing it well.

"Wait a minute... 60 years ago?" Zhan Zhao asked, "Isn't that the time Shi Jin escaped?"

"The key issue is not stone gold." Zhao Pu sighed, picked up the mask, and said, "Do you know how this mask came from?"

Everyone shook their heads.

"A total of [-] masks like this were made back then, and one of them was useless. It was the stone gold that escaped." Zhao Pu said, "But it wasn't this one! The one that was useless was removed on the spot. Destroyed."

Everyone frowned.

Bai Yutang looked at the mask and asked, "What about this one?"

"Thirty years ago at night, this mask was placed next to the late emperor's pillow." Zhao Pu said indifferently, "At that time, there were so many guards in the palace, each of them knew what happened!"

Everyone opened their mouths in surprise.

"There are a few words in the mask." Zhao Pu said, pointing to the mask.

Everyone turned the mask over...and saw four dark red blood characters on the inside of the pale mask - Father's debt paid by son.

There is also a small line of signatures on the edge of the mask-the nameless people.

After a long time, Bai Yutang said, "Excuse me..."

Zhao Pu nodded, "It deserves it...does it?"

Bai Yutang didn't make a sound, but obviously Zhao Pu was right.

Zhan Zhao looked at the mask with distaste, "Just like the previous court, believe in the words of the wizard, exchange lives for lives, exchange more than 1000 death row prisoners for the lives of more than 1000 people?"

"Haikou." Zhao Pu replied.

"Then did all the pirates die?" Lin Yehuo couldn't help asking.

Zhao Pu shook his head lightly, indicating that he did not know.

Mr. Bao felt that this repetitive list was shocking, put down the scroll, and said, "Xingyue Tower originally belonged to the Huang family, but they broke up later. Those Jianghu people couldn't guarantee that they didn't work for the imperial court. This mask means that there were people in the past. They survived... they came for revenge. And the people on Ehu Island were massacred by those Jiang Hu people back then, and the grand master found out that the people behind the scenes might be in the palace."

Mr. Bao looked at the crowd - the clues to the case have been revealed, careful investigation should make progress.

However, Zhan Zhao kept looking at the mask with disgust, Lin Yehuo ran to find someone for dinner, and Bai Yutang was already empty, obviously not wanting to do anything, not even Gongsun.

Master Bao opened his mouth, and before he could speak, he heard someone outside the window say, "Tsk tsk, as expected, even the emperor did not learn well that day."

When everyone looked up, they saw Tianzun lying outside the window and listening. Behind them, Yin Hou and Master Wusha came in with a stack of scrolls.

"Amitabha." The great monk said aloud, shook his head, reached out to pick up the scroll on the table and went out.

Everyone looked at each other, Zhao Pu asked, "Where is the great monk taking the scroll?"

"Recite the scriptures and save yourself." Yin Hou put the scroll on the table, and said to Zhan Zhao, "I found it in the other courtyard of Nan'an Temple. The notes of the old monk you want."

Yin Hou put down his things, dragged Tianzun to eat, and didn't want to care about this anymore.

The old monk set up a spiritual altar in the backyard, and took a wooden fish to meditate for those souls who died without a burial place, leaving only an "nameless person" to chant sutras.

Zhao Pu knew that everyone didn't want to care about this case. If there were people who survived back then, or family members of those unknown people, it was normal to want revenge.

Therefore, the Ninth Prince had no choice but to look at Bao Zheng.

Master Bao sighed, and said, "The unforgivable crime is the father, and now we want to investigate the case for the sake of the son who has to pay the debt."

Everyone looked at each other - Zhao Zhen...

Zhao Pu pointed at himself, what does that mean—and me, don’t forget that my surname is also Zhao, and it’s not certain who that “son” is.

Zhan Zhao adjusted his mood a little, and asked, "Do those residents on Ehu Island have anything to do with the royal family back then?"

"Shi Jin saw that there were children on the island at that time, but he doesn't know if there were any adults." Bai Yutang thought for a while, "If someone really escaped back then, would they have escaped to the island?"

"You mean, the villagers saved him?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"It's not impossible." Zhao Pu nodded, "Perhaps the person who sent people to the island to Tucun also wanted to find news of his life?"

"But there is one thing that doesn't make sense." Master Bao frowned slightly, "The mask was sent to the late emperor's bedside 30 years ago, and the massacre of the village should have happened 30 years ago. Why is it now?"

"Also." Zhan Zhao frowned, "According to the legend, the person who presides over the ritual of exchanging lives is a wizard, right?"

Everyone nodded.

"It's someone else who came up with ideas and directed the Jianghu people. The emperor just nodded. Although he is the chief culprit, he is definitely not the only culprit." Zhan Zhao said, "If you want revenge, you won't just go to the royal family. There must be others!"

"The people from Xingyue Building, and the people involved in those cases back then?" Bai Yutang touched his chin, "Those people involved in the cases back then should have all died, and there are at most a few sporadic ones left, so the current generation, Should it also be the father's debt?"

"Why do you have to pay your father's debt?" Zhan Zhao was puzzled, "Didn't you just take revenge back then?"

Bai Yutang shook his head, he also found it strange.

"Which group of people are going to kill me and Zhao Zhen?" Zhao Pu was confused.

"This case really needs to be investigated." Zhan Zhao said, "If there were any survivors back then, the first thing to do is to see if they really took revenge, and there are many kinds of revenge. Putting the mask next to the emperor's pillow made him panic all day long. It can be said that it is beautifully done!"

Bai Yutang nodded at the side.

Zhao Put held his chin helplessly, it was indeed a good job.

"What is happening right now is the case of massacring the village." Zhan Zhao continued, "If it is to prevent revenge, then the gang of 'sons' who did this are not paying their debts for their fathers, but worse than their fathers! They must be let Pay the price!"

Bai Yutang then nodded.

Mr. Bao also felt that it was very important to find out the truth. Whether it was the anonymous person back then or the villagers who died on the island now, they should have a fair explanation. It has been 60 years...maybe many of the people involved in the case have died, but there still needs to be an explanation.

"I am more concerned about one thing now." Zhao Pudao, "Whether the former emperor controlled the Jianghu people or the Xingyue Building, there should be a contact person, and that person is in the palace. But after the first emperor died, the other party He didn't continue, or that those troops were still in his hands, but Zhao Zhen didn't know."

Both Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao nodded - finding that person is the key.

"Besides, Tianbaotang and the Four Rivers Gang may not be able to get rid of their ties, as well as the eldest Sun Qi." Zhan Zhao frowned, "Go to dinner tomorrow, maybe we can find some clues."

Zhao Pu was taken aback, "Going to eat?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang remembered, they hadn't told Zhao Pu about the "Hongmen Banquet", and were about to hand him the invitation when they heard footsteps outside.

Everyone looked up, only to see Pang Yu stumbled in from outside the door, tripped over the threshold when entering the room, rolled in and hit the corner of the table.

Zhao Pu reached out and grabbed his collar, so he didn't hit his head and bleed.

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were curious, "What's wrong?"

Behind Pang Yu, Bao Yan, who didn't know why, also followed.

Just now, he was playing eagle and chicken catch, Pang Yu suddenly slapped his head and ran over, rolling and crawling.

"I remembered!" Little Hou Ye scratched the corner of the table and said straight away.

Everyone frowned, "What do you remember?"

"Ye Zhiqiu asked me to find that woman! The picture of the oiran! I've seen that woman! She's alive!" Pang Yu's eyes were so bright, he sighed, "I finally know why someone wants to kill me !"

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