Dragon Pattern Roll Set

There was still some time before the dinner, Boss Yan laughed and proposed to take everyone to see the granary first, Zhan Zhao and others readily agreed.

Sure enough, the Yan family's mansion was hollowed out at the foot of the mountain, and the inside was quite large, divided into several floors, all of which were granaries, storing a lot of grain.Boss Yan said that if you buy military rations from him, you can first guarantee the quality, and second, even if there is a sudden drought or flood, he can guarantee that the supply will not be cut off.

Long Qiaoguang really thought that this old man was quite reliable, but it was a pity that he was involved in a murder case, otherwise buying food from him would be an option.

As Zhan Zhao walked, he wanted to make a routine, so he said, "By the way, Boss Yan, we came from Kaifeng when we came."

Boss Yan nodded and looked at Zhan Zhao.

"There have been a few murders in Kaifeng recently." Zhan Zhao said intentionally or unintentionally, "Speaking of which, if it weren't for these murders, we wouldn't have thought of coming to you to buy rice."

Boss Yan showed surprise, "I learned about the murder case and bought rice from me?"

Zhan Zhao nodded.

Boss Yan was very interested, "Then I would like to hear, what is the murder?"

"There is another ghost house in Kaifeng Mansion, does Boss Yan know?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Boss Yan was stunned for a moment, confused, "Haunted house?"

"Why don't you ask me this way." Zhan Zhao asked, "The Jin family in Kaifeng..."

When Boss Yan heard this, he understood, "Oh..."

Everyone observed his face, and his tone seemed to have changed.

"Alas..." Boss Yan shook his head, "It stands to reason that one shouldn't speak ill of a dead person. Lao Jin and I have known each other for a long time, so it's miserable, but it's really angry to say it!"

Zhan Zhao was puzzled, "Could it be true that the rumors about the engagement between Young Master Jin and Qianjin Ling are true?"

"That's right!" Boss Yan nodded, "Everyone is also a big shot, and I, Lao Yan, are not unreasonable! Back then, my three daughters were both talented and beautiful. Well, let me just say this, there is an endless stream of people who come to propose marriage every day. Absolutely! Lao Jin came to propose marriage to me, I think our family is well-matched, and then that boy Jin Shan and my daughter wrote letters, my daughter admires literati and thinks this boy is promising, so she decided to marry him. He, she has pushed back several marriages, and waited for that stinky brat to marry her foolishly." At this point, Boss Yan said, "Hey! You know what kind of marriages I rejected! Ministry of War The son of the servant! The son of the magistrate of Suzhou! The third son of King Bu’s Chen family, and... More than ten years ago, Liu Shaoqing won the second place in both civil and military rankings!"

Zhan Zhao was a little surprised, Liu Shaoqing served in Zhao Pu's army, he was a lieutenant in the Zan Army, and he was talented in both civil and military affairs.

Long Qiaoguang was also familiar with Liu Shaoqing, so he patted the old man on the shoulder, "Oh! You missed your good son-in-law! Shaoqing is a good man! He doesn't care about it, and he has grown up with his sister-in-law until now. ! My son will be able to go to college next year."

The old man stomped his feet, "Speaking of it is so painful! My third daughter is what I love the most! She waited for Jin Shan for two years, and he suddenly disappeared! From waiting until he was 20 years old! Do you think this kid is What a thing! I ran to Kaifeng later, but Lao Jin told me that he was married, and that he married my daughter..."

Zhan Zhao nodded, "Well, it's just like the rumors, did someone cheat the marriage?"

"Cheat him!" Old Yan gritted his teeth angrily, "Jin Shan, that little bastard fell in love with a commoner woman, and came up with such a bad trick! How can this person do this? You should tell my daughter first." People can waste a lot of time waiting for you! At first I didn’t dare to tell my daughter, how can she bear this kind of anger, but if I don’t tell her, her stubborn temper will have to wait.”

Zhan Zhao and the others looked at each other. If it is true, Jin Shan is indeed not a thing, and they simply don't know what it means.

"Then what happened to Ling Qianjin's marriage?" Long Qiaoguang asked.

Boss Yan sighed, "Later my wife told my niece that my niece almost ran away to be a sister-in-law, but fortunately she met a sweetheart..."

Seeing that everyone was worried, Boss Yan also calmed down and said, "The fate in this world is probably destined by heaven. My daughter and sister-in-law didn't make it, and then ran out, and she threw herself into the lake when she couldn't think about it... Fortunately, a young hero was rescued. Yes. Well, that man is also a talented man from a famous family. The two met each other and got married soon. Now I have three grandchildren. My son-in-law is very kind, caring and filial. Just calm down, but she would turn around and persuade me that if it wasn't for Jin Shan, she wouldn't have met true love back then, so I didn't pursue it, otherwise I would have gone to Jin's house to fight with them!"

Zhan Zhao and the others nodded—that's okay.

"But." Boss Yan shook his head, "It's beyond my expectation that Lao Jin's family will end up like this."

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang—is it because Mrs. Yan is good at acting?Or is he really just an ordinary businessman?

Bai Yutang didn't see anything wrong, but just because there was nothing wrong, it made people doubt.

Long Qiaoguang looked at his idol, what does that mean - could it be that they are similar, that he is not Yan Jian's son?Otherwise, Yan Jian didn't tell him anything at all, and he didn't know anything.

Wu Yifu didn't speak, just looked at the rumors.

Feng Chuanfeng touched his chin, but didn't express any opinion.

Both seemed thoughtful.

After everyone finished visiting the warehouse and came up, it was time for the dinner... At this time, the "grandfather" also came out.

Sure enough, it was the old man, who seemed to be more than 100 years old, so old that he was almost unable to stand still, trembling.

Feng Chuanfeng looked at Wu Yifu, Wu Yifu didn't say anything, as if he hadn't seen him, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang wondered—could Wu Yifu and Feng Chuanfeng both recognize the wrong person?

After eating, everyone returned to the guest room.

Zhan Zhao folded his arms and thought about it——so far, he hasn't found any clues.

Bai Yutang also felt that something was wrong...

Long Qiaoguang poured tea and made medicine for Wu Yifu.The medicine powder was packaged by Hong Jiuniang in detail. There are six packets in total, enough for three days. Twice a day, morning and evening, soak in hot water.Gongsun's few packs of medicine are quite effective. After a short period of conditioning, Wu Yifu's complexion is indeed much better, and he doesn't cough anymore. A genius doctor is a genius doctor.

After Long Qiaoguang waited for the medicine to warm up, he brought it to Wu Yifu, and then poured tea.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang rested their chins, watching this great general really dutifully "serving tea and water" for his idol, and it was a bit dumbfounding... Moreover, Wu Yifu was most afraid of people talking, and he would get a headache when he was bothered, so recently The general even talked to himself less often.

At this time, Feng Chuanfeng walked in.

Wu Yifu put down the medicine bowl, took the teacup and drank it while asking, "How is it?"

Feng Chuanfeng smiled, "Same as you think."

Wu Yifu laughed, "Sure enough."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at Wu Yifu in puzzlement.

Wu Yifu stood up, "Let's go out to digest food, and meet old friends by the way."

After finishing speaking, the sick scholar went out, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were puzzled, and followed him out, and of course Long Qiaoguang also joined in the fun.

Wu Yifu turned around in the yard, seemed to have found a path, and then walked straight forward...

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang felt that some people were ambushing behind the surrounding courtyard walls, but none of them moved, and it seemed that there were actually some experts in internal strength... What's the situation?

Wu Yifu walked to the front of a large courtyard, and saw the boss Yan in the courtyard, beside him, two little dolls, a man and a woman, were playing, and a slightly older boy was sitting at the table and writing, Yan The boss seems to be giving him a question and asking him to write it silently.

Seeing Wu Yifu and others coming in, the children all raised their faces.

Boss Yan looked at the crowd, finally sighed, patted the boy, and said, "Take your younger brothers and sisters back to sleep."

The boy went to pick up his younger siblings, the two little dolls flirted with the eldest brother "grandpa" for a while, and finally they were taken away to sleep.

After the children left, the yard suddenly fell silent.

Zhan Zhao saw that at this moment, Boss Yan's expression seemed to have changed.

Bai Yutang also felt a burst of internal strength... Boss Yan's kung fu!Not only knows kung fu, but also has very high martial arts!He was just pretending...

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, and both of them suddenly thought-could it be said that Boss Yan is Yan Xie?

Thinking of this, he heard footsteps outside, and Zhan Zhao could tell that they were surrounded by people.

Boss Yan sighed and looked at Wu Yifu, "If someone else came, maybe I could still get away with it. When I saw that it was you, I knew I couldn't pretend anymore..."

Wu Yifu seemed to find it very interesting, "You have changed a lot over the years, I really didn't recognize you at first."

Boss Yan looked at him, and gave a dry laugh, "Like you, nothing has changed at all, so it might be a bit difficult...but..."

As he said that, Boss Yan waved his hands to those who came to the door, signaling them not to be nervous, and said unhurriedly, "The only thing that remains the same is the appearance. If I met the old you, I would be dead."

Wu Yifu's eyes turned slightly cold.

Boss Yan waved his hand and said, "I know why you came here. There will always be a day when the murder case of the Jin family will be investigated again. Since Zhan Zhao is Yinhou's grandson, it will be a matter of time before you find me. I am mentally prepared... ...But, the murder really has nothing to do with me."

As he said that, Boss Yan looked at Zhan Zhao, "You are Zhan Zhao, right?"

Zhan Zhao nodded.

Boss Yan looked at Bai Yutang again, "Tianzun's apprentice?"

Bai Yutang also nodded.

Yan Lao smiled, "Time flies pretty fast."

Long Qiaoguang sighed -- the old man is good at acting!

Wu Yifu remained expressionless, as if he was in a daze.

Boss Yan raised his head, looked at Wu Yifu for a long time, and begged helplessly, "Let me go."

Wu Yifu frowned slightly, and glanced at him... Zhan Zhao could see the murderous look in Wu Yifu's eyes, and could tell that Uncle Xiaohuo really wanted to kill Yan Jian. Could it be that there was any enmity between the two?

"Why let you go?" Feng Chuanfeng asked.

Boss Yan smiled wryly, "For the sake of my three grandchildren... I know that I have many crimes and don't deserve to enjoy the family life like this, but I really stopped for a long time."

"It doesn't look like you've stopped for a long time." Zhan Zhao said, "20 years ago you sold a batch of official ships..."

Boss Yan waved his hand, "I didn't do that, but I did sell the official ship. If you promise to let me go, I will tell you everything."

Zhan Zhao frowned and looked at Wu Yifu.

At this time, Bai Yutang could also feel that Wu Yifu should be fighting some kind of struggle... It seems that the two had a lot of enmity back then, at least in Wu Yifu's eyes, Boss Yan deserved to die, and Boss Yan also felt that he He really deserved to die, but he was begging Wu Yifu to let him go.

Wu Yifu was silent for a long time, then nodded to Zhan Zhao.

Feng Chuanfeng looked at Wu Yifu in surprise, as if he couldn't believe it.

Wu Yifu turned around and went back to rest first, Long Qiaoguang looked around and ran away after him.

Boss Yan let out a long sigh of relief, and then seemed to be in disbelief, "He actually let me go..."

Feng Chuanfeng shook his head and left.

Boss Yan's subordinates who were ambushing at the door also withdrew.

Boss Yan pointed to the stone table, motioning for Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang to sit down and talk in detail.

Boss Yan poured himself a cup of tea to suppress his shock, and looked at Zhan Zhao, "You look a lot like your grandma."

Zhan Zhao nodded, it really is an old acquaintance...

Boss Yan drank tea and calmed down, and then returned to the smiling businessman before, and said, "I have been so many years, and I almost don't remember what the original Yan Yan was like. I saw him just now, that year. This feeling came back suddenly, and I was afraid after thinking about it..."

"Did the king of thieves stop doing his job?" Bai Yutang asked.

Yan Kip smiled, "Your tone is very similar to that of Tianzun."

Bai Yutang frowned slightly, looked at Zhan Zhao, what does that mean - my master commits crimes at eleven and a half hours a day, would I be like him?

Zhan Zhao has no choice but to look alike, especially in standing and sitting postures, which can only be distinguished by hair color from a distance.Of course, Zhan Zhao can still tell the difference clearly. His mouse doesn't have the inexplicable loneliness of Tianzun.Although Bai Yutang is also very quiet, even if Tianzun stands in a lively place, he will feel very lonely, and he can be found at a glance in the noisy crowd.

"Who was that grand master just now?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Most of the people in my house are over 80 years old, and there is a funeral almost every day." Yan Jian smiled, "The group of old people who followed me back then have passed away one by one... There’s always a shortage of time.”

When Zhan Zhao heard this, he suddenly froze slightly... He understood this feeling, and the old people in the Demon Palace were also like this. When he was young, he remembered that there was a period of less than half a year when he would hold a funeral almost every few days. During that time, I was crying almost every day.It was from then on that Zhan Zhao had a deep understanding of life and death.

Bai Yutang obviously sensed the momentary pause in Zhan Zhao's emotions. He interrupted and asked Yan Jian, "How much do you know about the Jin family's murder case? Isn't the liar who collected money in the Hangzhou mansion back then yours?"

Fifth Master asked, while subconsciously looking at Zhan Zhao, he felt relieved when he saw that the gloomy look in the cat's eyes had disappeared.

Yan Kip looked at Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, who had briefly made eye contact, smiled faintly, and said, "Although I have concealed my identity, what I told you earlier about my third daughter is true."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at him.

"At the time, I wondered if I had done too many evils to cause my daughter to be like this." Yan Yan was helpless, "I didn't feel God's blessing until she got married properly."

"Do you know the three-headed Jintuo?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Yan Qiao was slightly startled, and frowned at Zhan Zhao, "Where did you see the three-headed Jintuo?"

"It's on the back mountain of the Jin family's old house." Zhan Zhao said, "There is a three-headed Jintuo Buddha statue as high as a mountain, made of pure gold."

Yan Xun sat there with a shocked face, and said to himself, "How is it possible... I melted it with my own hands back then, and who cast it again?"

Hearing this, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang silently exchanged glances, both of whom were a little relieved—after searching for so long, they finally found out the origin of the three-headed Jintuo.

……

In the small courtyard of Kaifeng Mansion.

Sitting on the stone table, the fourth son watched Xiao Liangzi groom the pony.

The courtyard was brightly lit, and Bao Yan and the others were striding forward. One or two of them began to tremble and stagger around before standing for half a cup of tea.

Tianzun sat at the stone table and shook his head while holding a small teapot.

Yin Hou was also puzzled, "How difficult is this, why can't you stand still?"

Xiao Liangzi pouted, "It's a weak chicken!"

Outside the door, Lin Xiao walked in... Master Bao always felt that it was dangerous for Mrs. Lin and Lin Xiao to live alone, so he sent someone to pick them up to live together in the afternoon. Lin Xiao was busy, this is just now tidy up.

Entering the door, Lin Xiao still held a scroll of paintings in his hand, and gave it to Tianzun.

Tianzun opened it and smiled -- Lin Xiao knew that Tianzun's painting of snow plums had been sprayed with blood and pumpkin soup, so he drew another one for him.

Mrs. Lin also took a walk with Mr. Bao to digest food after eating, and shook his head helplessly looking at the few scholars who were staggering around.

Chen Xing'er and Yue Ya'er held the washed clothes and distributed them door to door. They opened the door of Miaomiao Building and went in. Lin Xiao was sitting facing the door, and saw a large picture hanging on the wall of the living room in Miaomiao Building. painting.

Lin Xiao walked over and took a closer look, and saw that it was a picture of a hundred cats... There were a lot of cats drawn, which were lifelike.

Lin Xiao looked at it for a long time, then turned around and asked, "Who painted this painting?"

The fourth son glanced at it and said, "It was painted in vain."

Lin Xiao was a little surprised, "Is Bai Yutang so good at painting?"

Chen Xing'er was tidying up the cabinets, and said with a smile, "My young master has both civil and military skills, not just ordinary civil and military skills, but the kind that can be ranked first."

Both Bao Yan and Gongsun nodded to help testify, it is indeed possible.

Seeing Tianzun turn his face away, the fourth son curiously asked, "Zunzun, why didn't you lock Bai Bai into the little black room?"

"Little black room?" Zamabu was so tired that the group of scholars looked over curiously.

Tianzun hurriedly covered the mouth of the fourth son, and then curled his lips, "Huh! He is willing to draw a cat for Old Ghost Yin's cat, but he is not willing to draw a portrait of me."

The fourth son blinked.

Yin Hou looked up at the sky.

"Huh?" Yue Ya'er was puzzled, "Young master has painted..."

Tianzun blinked and looked over, "Is there?"

Chen Xing'er nodded, "I saw it when I cleaned up the house."

So the two girls ran into the room to help search.

Tianzun narrowed his eyes and approached the door of Miaomiao Building.

The fourth son followed curiously.

"This!" Chen Xing'er found a brocade box, opened it... there was a scroll inside, and showed it to Tianzun.

Tianzun took it in his hand, still a little skeptical, "Drawn by Yutang? My portrait?"

"The two of us just entered the room when Master Zhan was looking at it that day!" While talking, Crescent Moon smiled, "Master Zhan obviously opened it on purpose for us to find out, probably the young master didn't show it to you after he finished the painting."

Tianzun wrinkled his nose and hesitated, "He didn't paint me as ugly, did he?"

Yin Hou was speechless, "You will know if you open it and have a look?"

Tianzun thought for a while, opened it with a "swipe", and then immediately closed it with a "swipe".

Everyone couldn't react - they moved so fast.

Tianzun glanced at it again, followed by scrolling, stuffed the scroll into Chen Xing'er's hand, and muttered, "Children's things." After finishing speaking, he wandered to the kitchen to find some wine.

The fourth son looked up at Tianzun passing by, the smile on the corner of his mouth was a bit obvious...

Everyone in the courtyard looked at each other in blank dismay.

Yin Hou stretched out his hand and waved at Chen Xing'er, which means - let me see.

Chen Xing'er handed the scroll to Yin Hou, and Yin Hou opened it with a "swipe"...

I saw a snow scene in the painting, it can be said that it is snowing all over the sky, this kind of snow is only seen on the Tianshan Mountains.In the snow, a wintersweet tree is blooming. On the trunk, Tianzun is yawning... There is thick snow around him, but there is not a single snowflake on his body. His silver hair hangs on the branch, lightly blowing in the snow wind. floating lightly...

Everyone couldn't help laughing, this yawning look was so similar to Tianzun, as expected it was painted by Bai Yutang... I could almost smell the fragrance of wintersweet.

Gongsun asked curiously, "How tall is this wintersweet tree? Why does it seem to be looking up?"

The fourth son clapped his hands, "It seems! Zunzun likes to sit on a tree and yawn like this, especially when it's snowing."

Yin Hou took the painting away and smiled. The angle of view of the painting should be about the same height as the fourth son. This is the earliest Tianzun in Bai Yutang's memory.In the vast snow in the Tianshan Mountains, the old ghost probably sat on a tree like this, yawning while watching Bai Yutang practice.

"Oh." On the side, Jiuniang sighed enviously, "Why didn't Zhaozhao learn to draw when he was a child?"

Granny Heishui took a sip of tea and said, "He jumps up and down all day like a cat, how can he sit still?"

"Maomao also has paintings!" Xiao Sizi suddenly said.

Everyone looked at him, "Is there?"

"Yes!" Little Four nodded, "When I was painting that day, Maomao borrowed a pen and paper from next to me to draw, and said it was a masterpiece to be framed when it was finished."

Yin Hou was curious, "What did he draw?"

The fourth son said, "I didn't see it, he ran away after finishing the painting."

Yin Hou squinted his eyes, and before he could speak, Jiuniang and Heishui Granny rushed into the Miaomiao building, the momentum of rummaging through boxes and cabinets shocked Xiaowu and Yaoyao, who were dozing off, and ran out.

Not long after, the two really found a brocade box, which was wrapped with several layers of silk and a lot of ropes.Hong Jiuniang and Granny Heishui looked at each other and smiled - Zhan Zhao should have done it!When he was a child, he tied everything he wanted to hide into rice dumplings like this.

The two came out with the brocade box and untied the rope.

Gongsun crossed his arms and asked Zhao Pu, who was sitting at the Marquis of the Chaxin Pavilion, completely ignoring everyone else, "Is it okay to peek like this?"

Zhao Pu stretched out his hand and patted his head, what does that mean—don't care, make the old man happy.

The two aunts opened the brocade box, and there were actually two scrolls inside, one big and one small.

Hong Jiuniang reached out and took out the small one, opened it and closed it after a glance, just like Tianzun.

Yin Hou was speechless, "What did you draw? Take a look!"

Hong Jiuniang handed over the scroll, and Yin Hou opened the scroll to take a look, and almost spit out a mouthful of tea... Is his cat really drawing with cat paws?

The fourth son also leaned over to take a look, and let out a "puchi".

Everyone gathered to look at it, and they saw that Zhan Zhao had drawn a big white mouse, which was so fat that it could barely walk, and had an arrogant expression.

Yin Hou couldn't laugh or cry, and shook his head.

Lin Yehuo glanced at the mouse, "Oh, Zhan Zhao's painting style is so rough..."

"Actually, the drawing is pretty good." Bao Yan rubbed his chin, "This mouse looks just like Big Brother Bai."

Everyone couldn't help laughing, it was indeed a bit like...

"What about the big one?" Gongsun pointed to the big scroll and asked, "This scroll looks really long!"

Hong Jiuniang and Granny Heishui picked it up, swiped it horizontally, and opened the scroll...

The scroll was pulled out little by little, it was really long, it was not finished after four or five meters...

Yin Hou looked at the painting and was stunned.

Jiu Niang also looked down, and saw that on the scroll, there were portraits one by one. Gongsun glanced roughly, "There must be more than 300..."

Yin Hou walked over and looked carefully, and saw that although the painting was not very good, it was drawn very carefully. The first one painted was Yin Hou, followed by the portraits of everyone in the Demon Palace. You can tell who it is at a glance.

Each person's portrait is written with the date of birth, birthplace, hometown, favorite things, life story, etc., and some of them have passed away, and the time of death and the place of burial are also written.

At the end of the painting scroll, Zhan Zhao also drew himself in. At the end of the scroll, there are four domineering characters - Family Tree of the Demon Palace!

These four words were written by Zhan Zhao at first glance, and the stroke of the pen is similar to his Ju Que's swordsmanship. At first glance, it looks soft, but when you look closely, it looks vigorous and sharp, with a powerful sword spirit.

When Yin Hou saw the last four words "Magic Palace Genealogy", he laughed loudly, got up, and went to drink with Tianzun.

Granny Heishui nodded, but the Palace Mistress hadn't been so happy for a while, when she turned around, she saw Hong Jiuniang was crying, Granny Heishui said helplessly, "You're so old, why are you crying again!"

Jiu Niang wiped her face like a child, but Granny Heishui had no choice but to drag her to fetch water to wash her face, leaving everyone with their mouths wide open to continue worshiping the family tree of the Demon Palace.

"Wow... so many legendary characters!" It was also the first time Lin Yehuo knew that there were so many people in the Demon Palace.

"I've heard of this!" Ouyang was excited, "I thought it was a legend!"

Zou Liang also nodded. There are a few who have passed away. It would have scared many people to death if their names were mentioned decades ago.

Gongsun looked at the scroll, and said to Zhao Pu, who was looking at himself, "Many people who once dominated the world of martial arts have become legendary figures, and they will be forgotten in a short time. After a few years, maybe no one will remember the existence of the Demon Palace."

"People will always be forgotten." Zhao Pu smiled lightly, "This scroll, together with a lonely tomb, can prove that the legend once existed. So, what's the use of a glorious life? It's better to have someone who can You keep it in your heart, people who can draw your appearance are precious."