Dragon Pattern Roll Set

At the end of autumn, there are bursts of coolness.

This morning, Zhao Zhen still woke up early, ready to go to court.

Zhao Zhen is in a good mood today. According to the information he received earlier, Zhao Pu and his team have already arrived outside Kaifeng City, and they should be able to enter the city before noon.

This time it was also a triumphant return, and Zhao Zhen's palace had been clean for a while, so he decided to treat him tonight.As for whether Zhao Zhen wanted to reward the three armies, or simply wanted to have a lively dinner, only he knew.

Concubine Pang got up early, brought the maids to prepare the court meal, and ate with Zhao Zhen.Xiao Xiangxiang rushed to Zhao Zhen and asked, "Father, is Jiujiu coming back today? Is little persimmon coming back today too?"

Zhao Zhen laughed, and poked his daughter, "Yeah, come back today, and ah, don't always call Jiujiu after the fourth son, but Grandpa Huang."

Xiangxiang tilted her head, "Grandpa has a white beard, Jiujiu doesn't!"

Zhao Pu smiled and shook his head, walked to the garden with Xiangxiang in his arms, and saw that apart from Concubine Pang, the Empress Dowager and Zhao Lan were also there.

Zhao Zhen greeted the Empress Dowager, and saw Zhao Lan greeted himself with a smile.Although Zhao Lan is a princess, she doesn't look like a golden branch and jade leaf, and I don't see her coming into the palace early in the morning to say hello on weekdays. Don't ask, what's the matter today.

Zhao Zhen sat down, and Zhao Lan obediently brought a bowl of porridge to his brother immediately.

Zhao Zhen took the porridge bowl and asked her, "What can I ask of you?"

Zhao Lan smiled and asked Zhao Zhen, "Brother Emperor, can I leave the palace today?"

Zhao Zhen was stunned, and asked, "Isn't Taixue not having class today?"

Zhao Lan looked at the sky, "Bao Yan and the others are going to help Mr. Bao sort out the list of new students."

Zhao Zhen didn't quite understand, and asked, "So you want to go out of the palace to help the Imperial Academy? Did you fall in love with Bao Yan? That's a good idea..."

Zhao Lan waved her hands anxiously, "No!"

The queen mother also heard this in her ears, and hurriedly said, "Bao Yan is not bad!"

Zhao Lan looked disgusted, "I don't want a scholar!"

Everyone didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and they thought that the person who can accompany you, a nerd, is not a scholar, but what is it?

"I'll go to Taixue to help." Zhao Lan muttered, "Then I'll drink some tea, go shopping, and then... go to a ghost house or something."

Zhao Zhen nodded while listening, thinking, why not just go out for a stroll, what else is there...

Zhao Zhen choked on a mouthful of porridge.

Concubine Pang also opened her mouth wide in surprise, "What are you going to do?"

Zhao Lan blinked, "Go shopping."

"The latter sentence." The Empress Dowager quit, "Which house are you going to?"

Zhao Lan pursed her lips and choked out a sentence, "Ghost..."

"Haunted house?!" The Queen Mother and Concubine Pang said in unison.

Zhao Zhen sighed, "Where is the haunted house?"

Zhao Lan grumbled, "The Jin family's old house."

When Zhao Zhen looked at Concubine Pang, what did that mean—have you heard it?

Concubine Pang is quite courageous but she is most afraid of ghosts. She keeps shaking her head, which means - if you continue to chat, I won't listen!

Xiao Xiangxiang had been sitting in the empress dowager's arms eating egg custard, and raised her face when she heard it, "Grandma Huang, what is a ghost house?"

The queen mother hurried away with her granddaughter in her arms, and she glared at Zhao Zhen before she left, which means - take good care of your sister!What do you think about all day long!

Zhao Zhen scowled and called Nangong Ji.

As soon as Nangong heard Zhao Zhen inquired about the Jin family's old house, he said, "Oh...it is indeed a famous ghost house in Kaifeng."

Concubine Pang took a steamed bun, picked up the fragrant egg custard and ran away.

Zhao Zhen looked around. Originally, his wife and children had breakfast together early in the morning, but now it's good, and he is left... and Zhao Lan who is flat-mouthed on the opposite side.

Zhao Zhen asked Nangong, "Is this house haunted?"

"I don't know the details, but Ge Qing should know."

Zhao Zhen was stunned by Nangong's words, "Why did Ge Qing know?"

"The Jin family's old house is on the mountain behind the old general Ge Yunfeng's house. Ge Qing is so close to his grandfather, so he must have heard of it." Nangong said, and asked a little eunuch to find Ge Qing.

Not long after, Ge Qing ran over nibbling on an omelette. When he reached the gate of the courtyard, he realized that it was not Nangong who called him, but Zhao Zhen who called him.

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Hearing Nangong's question, Ge Qing scratched the back of his head and kept shaking his head, "The old house of the Jin family is evil, you can't go in!"

Zhao Zhen cast a sideways glance at Zhao Lan, Zhao Lan pursed her mouth almost to the cat's mouth, wrinkled her nose and did not speak.

"There must be a reason for becoming a ghost house." Zhao Zhen started to gossip and asked Ge Qing, "Tell me specifically."

"Well, I heard this from my grandma when I was young." Ge Qing said, "The Jin family used to be very prosperous. The family opened a gold shop and was very rich. The old man has only one grandson in three generations, and he has raised a good-looking talent. Studying in Taixue."

Zhao Zhen touched his chin, "How long ago?"

Ge Qing thought for a while, "Well, if the grandson is alive, he will probably be about the same age as my father. Grandma said that when my father was enlisted in the army to go beyond the Great Wall, the grandson of the Jin family happened to be enrolled in the Taixue, about 20 years ago. At that time My grandma still feels distressed, saying that she also gave birth to a son, and the other's son was studying beside her, but her own was sent to the border, and it was my grandpa's fault."

Zhao Zhen couldn't help laughing. Ge's family is Ding Xingwang. They have been military generals or masters for generations. Although Ge Yunfeng was very good at fighting in the past, everyone in the world knows that he is afraid of his wife. This Grandma Ge is not a cheap lamp.

Zhao Zhen asked curiously, "If he is alive... Does that mean that the grandson died later?"

Ge Qing nodded, "Marry a daughter-in-law who has an accident."

"Who did he marry?" Zhao Zhen was puzzled. The Jin family is logically a big family, and most of the married people are rich girls. What can happen?

Ge Qing said, "I heard from grandma that the one their family married is not a human being, but a ghost."

"Pfft..." Feeling that there is no hope of leaving the palace, Zhao Lan, who was honestly eating breakfast, was drinking bean curd. After hearing Ge Qing's words, the bean curd sprayed Zhao Zhen's dragon robe.

Zhao Zhen looked at the golden branches and jade leaves with his sleeves to wipe the dragon robe for him speechlessly. Will he get married in the future?

"What does it mean to marry a ghost?" Nangong couldn't help but asked.

Ge Qing went on to say, "Originally, the old man of the Jin family arranged a marriage for his grandson, and he married the third daughter of Yan Gui'en, the boss of Mihang in Yanzhou Prefecture."

Zhao Zhen nodded, "I know about Yan Gui's kindness, Boss Mi."

Ge Qing nodded, "His third daughter was seventeen years old. It is said that she is beautiful and intelligent. Mr. Jin is very satisfied. He has written letters with the grandson of the Jin family. They are in love with each other. Brother and sister call them that."

Zhao Zhen was amused to hear it, and said in his heart that it was Grandma Ge who said it, enough to gossip...

At the side, Zhao Lan held a Xiu handkerchief, wiped her mouth and listened intently, "Then how did Miss Yan San become a ghost?"

Ge Qing kept shaking his head, "Miss Yansan didn't become a ghost, the thing is like this... When Young Master Jin is that year, the Jin family will think about the wedding, so that the young master can study with peace of mind. So the dowry gift was also given , the letter was also communicated, and finally the sedan chair was sent over, and the bride was picked up. When the bride came, the dowry was sufficient, and the matchmaker brought it with her, and there was a lot of dowry. The old man was very satisfied when he saw that the new daughter-in-law was beautiful and well-behaved. It seems a little different from before? Could it be the [-]th female college change? But I didn’t think too much about it, so we lived together.”

"It's been like this for about three months, and there is nothing wrong with each other, and the young couple's life is going smoothly." Ge Qing said, "But one day, Mr. Jin met Yan Guien who came to Kaifeng to discuss business in Taibaiju. The in-laws Shouldn’t we have a chat when we meet, and we should take them to stay at home for a few days. Mr. Jin was surprised when he met, and said, Boss Yan, why do you see outsiders like this? Dumbfounded, he said, he wondered a few days ago, why didn't he come to pick up his daughter and give the bride price when he agreed to get married, why is the Jin family so unreliable, the girl is growing up day by day, and the relatives are all booked Hurry up, procrastination is nothing."

Everyone looked at each other.

Zhao Zhen asked, "Isn't the third lady from the Yan family who married into the door?"

Ge Qing nodded, "Grandpa Jin and Boss Yan talked about it in detail. Mr. Jin said that everything has been done. Isn't the one who married back the third lady of your family? The dowry and gifts belong to your family! Boss Yan Just tell him not to be joking, his daughter is raised at home, how can he not know if she is married or not? Moreover, he has never received any betrothal gifts from the Jin family, nor has he ever given a sedan chair!"

Hearing this, everyone felt chills.

Zhao Lan asked tremblingly, "Um... did you pick up the sedan chair from someone else's house by mistake?"

Nangong frowned, "This...isn't possible."

"Did the bride do it on purpose?" Zhao Zhen asked, "Cheating the marriage?"

"Grandpa Jin thought the same way at the time, and he didn't get angry, so he took people home." Ge Qing said, "As soon as he entered the house, Mrs. Jin rushed out to announce the good news, saying that his granddaughter-in-law is happy!"

Everyone opened their mouths wide, what a coincidence? !

"So, Mr. Jin suppressed his anger. After all, if the granddaughter-in-law is not real, then the great-grandson will not be fake!" Ge Qing continued to tell the crowd, "The old man just wanted to find out the details of that woman. Don't say anything, after all, if you don't say anything, the matter will be resolved in secret, and it will be consummated. If it gets out, I'm afraid there will be a big joke. After that, Mr. Jin began to secretly observe his granddaughter-in-law. Now, he feels more and more It's getting worse!"

On the side, Eunuch Chen raised his face and looked at the time for several times, while winking at Nangong, which means - the emperor is going to be late!

Nangong looked at Zhao Zhen who was listening to the story intently with his chin resting on his chin, and looked up at the sky—it seemed inevitable that he would be late.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Lan urged Ge Qing to speak quickly!

Ge Qing said, "He found that his granddaughter-in-law would get up at midnight every day, dressed in white, and didn't know where to go, and when she came back, she just flashed by, with a sharp swipe, and there was blood on the corner of her mouth."

Zhao Lan was so startled that she hugged the little maid beside her.

The little maid turned pale with fright, and listened nervously.

"Grandpa Jin felt that something was wrong, so he sent someone to investigate. It turned out that during the three months since his granddaughter-in-law entered the house, a total of three servants left his house, and all of them left letters saying they would quit. How can you pay attention. Mr. Jin sent people to the hometowns of those boys to check, but their family members didn’t know that they quit, and they also said that they didn’t come back, so..."

"Has the Jin family lost one person a month?" Zhao Zhen asked.

Ge Qing nodded, "And every boy is eighteen or nineteen years old, a fair boy."

"What about after that?" Everyone urged him to speak quickly.

"Afterwards, the old man Jin sent his family to burn incense on the mountain. He found a few family members and began to search at home... Finally, he found that the soil in a remote courtyard where no one went to the backyard was very loose, so he asked for help. After digging... three sets of skeletons were found, all of which belonged to young men, only the bones without flesh, and all the clothes, which are the clothes worn by the servants in his mansion."

"Ah……"

Hearing this, Zhao Lan and her girl gasped.

Zhao Zhen frowned, "Only bones and clothes... where's the flesh and blood?"

"Grandpa Jin filled up the yard again, then found some people, built a room in the backyard, and kept an eye on it every night. Finally, one night, he saw his granddaughter-in-law carrying a servant into the yard. The boy's neck was broken, and his granddaughter-in-law threw him on the ground, tore open his chest, and began to eat the internal organs."

"Woo..." Zhao Lan almost vomited out the breakfast she had just eaten. Her maid was younger than her, so she covered her ears and dared not listen.

Zhao Zhen rested his chin and began to consider the credibility of this matter. After all, it was gossip from the old lady.

"Grandpa Jin led people and rushed out with sticks. His granddaughter-in-law was frightened and wanted to run away, but she was caught and beaten to death with sticks. The old man also poured some kerosene and set her on fire. The granddaughter-in-law was burned to death. It is said that when her granddaughter-in-law was struggling in the fire, she complained that he killed her great-grandson, and there were children crying in the fire." Ge Qing shook his head, "My grandma said She also said that the house of the Jin family was indeed on fire that night, and it was on a hilltop in the distance. Many nearby neighbors heard the cry, but my grandpa said that she was talking nonsense in a woman's dream."

"Then...what about after that?" Zhao Zhen frowned, "In addition to that boy, four people died, and there was also a granddaughter-in-law who was neither human nor ghost, and the Jin family didn't report to the official?"

"The Jin family didn't report to the officials, probably because they were afraid of causing trouble." Ge Qing continued, "But after that, the Jin family began to decline, and people died one after another. First, the grandson committed suicide by hanging himself, then the old lady died of illness, and then The eldest son sank the ship while transporting goods. Anyway, in the end, Mr. Jin committed suicide by taking poison. The Jin family was still on fire, and only a few servants ran out. This story was spread by those servants who survived. Jin The old house is huge, on the mountainside, a little bit was burned down, it seemed that it rained that night, so the whole house was not burned down, but the house turned black, and it was a haunted house from a distance."

After everyone heard Ge Qing's words, Nangong was puzzled, "Then...how did it become a haunted house?"

"This house has been abandoned for a while. Some homeless people went in before, and some were greedy for money. They wanted to find out if there was any gold and silver in it. After all, the Jin family has a big business, and all the treasures are at home. But go in All the people ran out crazily, saying that there were ghosts in the house, and many people died, and there was no result. The former governor of Kaifeng ordered the house to be sealed, and a set of walls was built outside the house to prevent People go in again."

Zhao Zhen nodded, then frowned at Zhao Lan, "Why are you running to that house?"

Zhao Lan blinked, and her maid grabbed her tightly, "Princess, you can't go!"

Zhao Lan had a cold breath on the back of her neck at this moment, she didn't know it before, but now she knew that she would not enter the house even if she was killed.

Ge Qing asked Zhao Lan curiously, "Princess, why do you want to enter that haunted house?"

Zhao Zhen also looked at Zhao Lan.

Zhao Lan rubbed her chin and said, "No... I just heard from Ouyang and the others that recently someone saw that a part of the wall of the Jin family's old house collapsed, and saw the dark house inside, and wanted to go in and have a look."

Zhao Zhen's eyebrows were raised high, "You guys are itchy after a few days of life, right? You are really fearless, who else wants to go to this matter? Tell me to spank your ass at home!"

Zhao Lan hurriedly interceded, saying that she would go to tell them in a while, if she didn't go, she told them not to go either.

Zhao Zhen was still worried, so he asked Nangong Ji to inform Ouyang Shaozheng.

Sure enough, Ouyang grabbed Chunhua and gave him a spanking, to make his mother look like he would make trouble again.

However, everyone has curiosity.

Zhao Zhen was really interested in this old Jin family house. Many people must have died that year. To put it bluntly, this is still an unsolved case.

Just as he was thinking about whether to add some workload to Bao Zheng, who was so busy recently, Eunuch Chen came up to him and said, "Your Majesty, the morning court has started for half an hour."

Zhao Zhen was startled, jumped up and took Nangong to the Golden Palace.

Above the court hall, civil and military officials stood for half an hour, wondering what's wrong?The emperor is rarely late.

Zhao Zhen ran into the Golden Palace and said that he was delayed by something in the morning. He was the oldest anyway, so naturally no one dared to ask him why he was late.

Nothing happened in the court, so Mr. Bao talked about the admission of new students to Taixue.As Zhao Lan said, Lord Bao arranged for Bao Yan and the others to sort out the freshman list in the afternoon, and it will be presented to Zhao Zhen tomorrow.Ever since something happened before Taixue, everyone has started to pay attention. This is not new Taixue has just been built, and it cost Zhao Zhen a lot of money. Zhao Zhen specially asked someone to check it out again, don't do it again. What is right and wrong.

Just as he was about to leave the court, a guard from outside reported that Zhao Pu and his men had arrived at the gate of the city.

Zhao Zhen was overjoyed, let the city gate open to greet him, passed the decree by the way, and held a banquet for the officials at night to welcome everyone.

The city gate of Kaifeng was wide open, and Ouyang Shaozheng brought people to pick it up. This time, most of the navy stayed in the water village in Chuzhou Prefecture. The water village is still under repair. Zhao Pu asked the Chen brothers to watch first. This project is very good. Huge, it is estimated that it will take a year and a half to build.Zhao Pu wants Zhao Zhen to send some reliable officials there, and the size of the Chuzhou government will also be expanded, and there will be many follow-up matters.Long Qiaoguang used to train the navy army on behalf of him, and now the soldiers are afraid of him, so they hope that Zou Liang will go back to take over.

But Zou Liang still prefers the Northwest Fortress. He is the youngest, and Zhao Pu and the others are not willing to leave him alone in the hot and humid southern seaside to grow mushrooms.Therefore, Zhao Pu planned to let Zhao Zhen select some confidants to take over a certain amount of military power and look at the southeast area.This idea is also in Zhao Zhen's mind. After all, if all the military power is in the hands of Zhao Pu alone, the other generals will feel that there is no future and have some opinions, and instead make enemies for Zhao Pu, which is the best.

When everyone arrived at the gate of Kaifeng Mansion, the first thing Zhan Zhao did when he got out of the car was to go straight to the stables.

Xiaosizi and Xiaoliangzi followed closely behind.

Bai Yutang went back to the Bai Mansion to take a bath... But when he entered the mansion, he was stopped by Bai Fu.

Bai Fu pointed to the warehouse, "Fifth Master, you are back, you haven't counted the bills for several months, and the warehouse is full!"

Bai Yutang entered the warehouse, took a look and ran out quickly. Just looking at the door of the warehouse, he felt a stench of copper rushing towards his face!

When Zhan Zhao ran to the stable, he saw Yan Bi standing in front of the stable changing fodder.

Since this Yan Bi is called a horse idiot, he naturally wants to see what kind of horse Duo Duo will give birth to in the end.Besides, who among the elders in the Demon Palace didn't know that Zhan Zhao was in pain the most, and of course he had to take good care of his first big belly, so the old man came in person, and watched over Duoduo every day, taking good care of him.

Bai Yunfan, Hei Xiao, and the others were all there too. Zhao Pu and the others all left by boat for the water fight. Except for Zou Liang's Chuqi and Lin Yehuo's Daidai, everyone was in the yard with Duoduo to conceive.

When Zhan Zhao arrived at the stable, Duoduo hadn't seen him for a long time, so he came over and rubbed his head against him.

The fourth son scratched the door of the stable to look at Duoduo's stomach, "Wow! It's so big!"

Gongsun also came to see, "I'm going to give birth soon!"

Yan Bi nodded, "It's only been two days!"

Zhan Zhao touched Duoduo's neck a little excitedly.

Bao Yan and Pang Yu had just returned from Taixue, when they heard that Zhan Zhao and the others were back on the way, they hurried back to Kaifeng Mansion.

Master Bao also came back, and Zhao Pu ran back to the Nine Princes Mansion to report his mother's safety.

Zou Liang used to go to Ouyang Shaozheng's house at such times, but now that his father has found him and he has a home, he brought Lin Yehuo back to Zou's house.Yiyi also lived there to accompany her godfather, and Zou Liang reserved a room for Lin Yehuo in Zou's mansion, so Huofeng justifiably went home to see her sister.This year Yiyi is also going to study in the Taixue, and she happens to have a companion with Zhao Lan.

In short, everyone went back to their respective houses to do their own business, and then they waited to gather in the palace for a banquet at night, and as for other things, they had to wait for a night's rest before talking about it...

Going out to fight this time is really quite a toss. Everyone originally wanted to take advantage of the recent days to have a good rest, but they didn't know that there was a big case waiting for them.