Dragon Pattern Roll Set

On the training ground, the crowd gradually dispersed, and Zhan Zhao still had to continue investigating the case. After a trip to the Yanzhou capital, although he found clues, he still had a lot of serious business to do.

Zhao Pu and the others were also busy with other things. Gradually, on the huge playground, only Long Qiaoguang, who was holding a bow and worrying, was left, as well as Xiaosi and Xiaowu, who sat next to Xiaowu and accompanied Long Qiaoguang. Ryoko.

The right general seemed to be worried about something, Xiao Liangzi folded his arms and sighed, he went back to Long Qiaoguang, but he didn't know how to do it, this is also evil.

The fourth son is the most patient, and he thinks he is also an idiot, there are many things he can't learn, so he encourages Long Qiaoguang not to be discouraged, or think of other ways?

Holding the bow and crossbow, Long Qiaoguang looked at the target in the distance...Another way?

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After Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang left the barracks, they first went to Zhaoyue Jade Shop.

A white lantern was hung at the entrance of the jade store, and the gate was also closed, with a white notice pasted beside the gate, saying that Wang Shouye would be mourning his deceased wife for the next few days, so he closed the business behind closed doors.

Zhan Zhao went up and knocked on the door.

After a long time, the door opened. A servant wanted to thank the guests, but when he saw Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, he asked, "You two... what's the matter?"

"Is your master there?" Zhan Zhao asked.

The boy sighed, "Master fell ill."

Zhan Zhao frowned slightly, did Wang Shouye miss his dead wife?

"Can I meet him?" Zhan Zhao asked.

The servant nodded, and opened the door to invite Zhan Zhaohe Bai Yutang to enter.

The jade store looked messy, originally there were not many family members, but now it seems that they have almost left, and there is only one servant left.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, and the servant was helpless, "After the madam died, the master was depressed all day long, and he fell ill within two days... He kicked out all the servants in the family, I'm afraid the master will not think about it, So stay."

Zhan Zhao nodded.

Bai Yutang walked to the door of Wang Shouye's bedroom, opened the door and took a look inside, frowning slightly.

Wang Shouye was wearing some clothes, leaning to the left on the rattan couch, in a daze.It's only been a few days since I saw him, he seems to be ten years older, and he is so thin that he has lost his appearance.

Zhan Zhao also frowned slightly——Wang Shouye seemed to be deeply in love with Pei Qin. It turned out that losing a lover would turn him into this all of a sudden. The whole person was in a state of lovelessness, very pitiful.

The two wanted to ask Wang Shouye about Pei Qin's background, but considering his current situation, they probably couldn't ask anything.

The two turned their heads and looked at the young man who was still tidying up the yard.

Zhan Zhao asked, "Why is the yard so messy?"

The boy sighed, "Who knows, it seems like a thief has broken in. The other day, my master and I went to attend the funeral of my wife, and when I went out, the house was turned into a mess after I came back... People are not old these days, people Just after such a catastrophe, someone came to steal things, what a bastard!"

"Is there anything missing?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Not really, so we didn't report it to the officials." The young servant said helplessly, "Master doesn't care about this at all, he's just sad all day long."

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang also frowned - did someone come back to look for something?The two of them thought of those three paintings at the same time... It is known that two of them were stolen, so could the third one be in Pei Qin's hands?But the jade store, including Pei Qin's room, has been searched before, and there is no picture scroll.Wang Shouye did not find out what paintings his late wife had collected.And judging by the extent of the yard rummaging... the person who came to steal probably didn't find what he was looking for... Could it be hidden somewhere else?

Zhan Zhao asked the boy, "Your wife, is there any place you often go to?"

The boy shook his head, "My wife doesn't go out on weekdays... By the way, she sometimes goes back to the river to burn paper, saying it is to worship the ancestors."

"By that river?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"It's quite remote. Just to the southeast of the moat river, there is a large area of ​​reeds. Madam always burns paper to worship ancestors in the reeds." The boy replied.

After Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang asked him to describe the location in detail, they left the jade shop and rushed to the southeast reed marsh in Kaifeng City.

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"Ahem..." In Wu Yifu's room, there were coughing sounds one after another.

In the yard outside the door, Gongsun frowned and prescribed medicine, and Jiuniang sat at the door sullenly.

Lin Yehuo passed by, frowned and asked Gongsun, "What's wrong with Uncle Xiaofu? Didn't he recover?"

Gongsun sighed, "Originally he was cured, but he couldn't bear to be teased by something. His heart was heavy, and his illness became serious when his mind was disturbed."

Lin Yehuo frowned, "Then don't bother him with things all the time, let him rest more and think about it."

Granny Heishui, who sat at the table and watched Gongsun prescribe the prescription, sighed, "If I can think about it and persuade it well, I won't become a sick bag today."

Jiu Niang clutched a straw in her hand, "I don't know if it was intentional or not, one after another is just a mess of the past!"

Hong Jiuniang's words caught the attention of Gongsun and Lin Yehuo. The two looked at each other, and Gongsun thought inexplicably... In the academy just now, Ge Qing's list of people who will be invited to the birthday banquet is still there. Master Lin said, "Everyone is fine now"... Although Wu Yifu has the kind of immortality to save his life, he is actually seriously ill and cannot bear too much blow. Repeated stimulation will increase his health. Illness, and a blow too heavy, might kill him.

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On the outskirts of the east of the city, there are indeed many reed marshes near the moat. No one comes here on weekdays. Many egrets live here, so it is also called Bailu Bay.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang went back to Kaifeng, took Yaoyao with them, and flew to the sky over the reed marshes.

Yaoyao was circling in the mid-air, probably because of its huge size, it frightened the waterfowl in the reed marsh, and saw a large number of egrets flying out of the reed marsh, skimming across the water, the scene was very spectacular.

Bai Yutang pointed to an open space in the middle of the reeds, Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand and patted Yaoyao's head lightly, and Yaoyao fell down and stopped on the open space.

There is still a lot of open space in the reed marsh, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang chose this place because there is a stone tablet on the ground.

After Yaoyao landed, the two walked to the stone tablet.

There are no words on the stele, and there are traces of frequent worship in front of the stele, which looks like an unknown tomb.

Zhan Zhao stroked his arms and rolled up his sleeves.

Bai Yutang asked, "Are you sure? It might be a urn."

Zhan Zhao smiled, with a look of no taboo, "If you dig up something wrong, you will make an apology and bury it back! Burn a lot of paper money!"

Bai Yutang also had no choice but to watch Zhan Zhao sinking his head into the hard work digging a hole.

Fifth Master stretched out his hand and gently wrapped Zhan Zhao's hair that was hanging down in front of his eyes behind his ears. The cat passed by the yard when he went back to get the shovel just now, and he didn't laugh when he heard Wu Yifu's cough coming from inside. Laughing a little bit reluctantly...

Zhan Zhao looked preoccupied and Bai Yutang felt that he was in a panic, his cat should be carefree.

Not long after, something was dug out under the stele, a black ebony box, square.

Zhan Zhao dug out the box and placed it next to the stele, and asked Bai Yutang, "How's the size?"

Bai Yutang nodded, "It's just right to put it in an urn."

Zhan Zhao also felt that it was an urn, so he clasped his hands together and bowed softly to the box, saying, "Don't blame it!"

With that said, open the box...

The box was opened, and inside was a gray porcelain jar—an urn.

Zhan Zhao blinked, slightly confused.

Bai Yutang also knelt down to look at it, "Did you dig it wrong?"

There was a seal on the ashes urn, and a thought flashed through Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang's minds - would there be retribution for breaking the seal like this?

Zhan Zhao hesitated for a moment, but Bai Yutang saw that there seemed to be something under the jar, so he asked Zhan Zhao to take out the jar.

Sure enough, at the bottom of the box, under the lime jar, there was an oiled paper bag.

Bai Yutang opened the oiled paper bag and found a name card inside.

Such things as name cards are usually owned by officials. There are official ranks on them, as well as imperial seals to prove their identity. Zhan Zhao also has one.

Bai Yutang opened the famous post, took a look, and handed it to Zhan Zhao, "It seems that I did not dig it wrong."

Zhan Zhao took the famous post and opened it, and saw that it was the famous post from the former prefect of Hangzhou Prefecture.

Zhan Zhao frowned and looked at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang reached out and opened the lid of the ashes urn.

In the jar, there was no white powder, but a long brocade box and a letter.

Zhan Zhao reached out and took out the brocade box, as well as the letter.

Bai Yutang opened the brocade box, and there was a scroll inside, which was a picture of a snow scene.

Contrary to the expectations of the two, this painting is not similar to Lin Xiao's painting, and the overall style is very different.But I don't know why, I always feel that the two paintings are completely different, but they have the same feeling, as if they were painted by the same person.

Bai Yutang has a lot of research on painting. The painting technique pays attention to a gesture, and the direction of the brush determines the style of a painting. This painting and Lin Xiao's painting have very similar gestures in the habit of using the brush. To put it bluntly... ...is to have the same talent!

Looking at the painting, Zhan Zhao suddenly asked, "Is this painting a place?"

Bai Yutang also picked it up to look at it, and saw that the painting of the snow scene was mainly mountains and rivers, with a river below the mountain and temples on the mountain, and the painting was very detailed.

"It seems to be a certain place." Bai Yutang has also passed through many famous mountains and rivers, but he doesn't have much impression of this picture, "The painting should be incomplete, it feels like it has no beginning and no end."

Zhan Zhao said, "If it's really one of the three legendary paintings, we wouldn't be able to understand it even if it was complete."

Bai Yutang nodded, "Uncle Xiaohuo needs to recognize it."

Zhan Zhao frowned, with a troubled expression on his face, "Last time he saw Lin Xiao's painting and he vomited blood, can you show him this painting directly?"

Bai Yutang nodded, "Then don't show him... By the way, what's inside that letter? Is there anything written there?"

Zhan Zhao took out the letter, there was no writing on the envelope... Opened it, there was a piece of letter paper inside and something, and when it was poured out, it was half a copper coin.

Zhan Zhao raised his head to look at Bai Yutang, Bai Yutang shook his head, indicating that he had no idea either.

The two put away their things, then restored the soil they just dug up, and then rode on Yaoyao, intending to go back to Kaifeng Mansion together...

Yaoyao spread his wings and flew into the air, fluttering his wings and was about to fly high, when suddenly... Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao heard a sound of breaking through the sky, and the speed was extremely fast.

Bai Yutang yanked Yaoyao's dorsal fin violently, Yaoyao screamed and turned sideways, at the same time, two crossbow arrows flew past Yaoyao's abdomen.One of them brushed Yaoyao's wings...

Zhan Zhao jumped up from Yaoyao's back, and at the same time, several crossbow arrows shot up.

Yaoyao lost his balance, turned a few times in the air and then fell... When Bai Yutang was close to the ground, he pulled Yaoyao up by the back, relieved it of weight and slowed down, and finally... Yaoyao fell to the ground On the sand near the beach.Fortunately, the ground was soft, so Yaoyao rolled around on the ground, yelled a few times, and lay down on the beach.

Bai Yutang immediately checked its condition, and saw a bloodstain on the left wing... Fortunately, Yaoyao's scales were hard, but it still left scratches.Bai Yutang frowned, touched Yaoyao's chest and abdomen again, and he was relieved to find that there was no other injury.

Yaoyao was probably in pain too, she rubbed her head against Bai Yutang, as if acting like a spoiled child.

At this moment, Zhan Zhao landed with a few crossbow arrows, seeing the wound on Yaoyao's wing, his eyes narrowed.

Yaoyao chirped a few times in dissatisfaction, stood up, flicked her head and tail, and looked at her own wings.

There was still blood oozing from the wings, Bai Yutang took the hemostatic ointment given by Gongsun and rubbed it on it, and he didn't know if it would have any effect on the dragon.

Zhan Zhao looked around, but there was no one near the river beach.

"Did someone sneak attack?" Bai Yutang asked, "It feels like the place where the arrows were shot is far away."

"En!" Zhan Zhao nodded, "The arrow technique is very good and the inner strength is deep."

"Could it be the same person who shot the snake into the prison of Kaifeng Mansion before?" Bai Yutang asked.

Zhan Zhao nodded, thinking it was possible, "Fortunately, like Long Qiaoguang, he didn't learn to use the sound of the wind to hide the sound of the arrow piercing through the air."

Bai Yutang nodded, and patted Yaoyao's head, "Otherwise, I might not have been able to dodge the arrow just now."

Zhan Zhao took a look at those crossbow arrows, frowned, and handed the arrows to Bai Yutang, "Look at the tails of the arrows."

These crossbow arrows are quite peculiar, with thick shafts, which can be understood as being shot with a heavy bow. The tails of the arrows have very few feathers, and at the end of the arrows, there is a mark—the three-half Amitabha.

Bai Yutang frowned, "This is Cheng Bang's military emblem."

"Is the purpose of this sneak attack too obvious?" Zhan Zhao took the arrow and studied it, "Is it really the arrow that Cheng Bang used back then?"

"Whether it's true or not, it's not Cheng Bang who shoots the arrow anyway." Bai Yutang said, frowning, "Why did you sneak attack Yaoyao? Or did you want to sneak attack the two of us?"

"It's impossible for these arrows to kill us both." Zhan Zhao also felt that the sneak attack was unnecessary, so he took a look at the arrow again, "Do you think that the case of Santou Jintuo led to the Cheng Bang's past?"

"Someone is leading us to investigate what happened back then?" Bai Yutang shook his head, "But I heard Master and the others talk about what happened to Cheng Bang back then. The matter is over, so why is there a follow-up?"

Zhan Zhao looked at the scroll in Bai Yutang's hand, "The target is the secret behind this scroll?"

The two were discussing, when suddenly... In the distance of the reeds, a large number of egrets flew up, as if they were frightened by something.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao looked back at the same time, and then they made the same movement, throwing Yaoyao on their knees, and prostrated themselves on the ground...

Following the movements of the two, two crossbow arrows flew over their heads, piercing through a big ginseng tree in front, leaving two holes.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other - there was no sound!The arrow just now made no sound. In other words, if it hadn't startled the egrets in the reeds, they might have been hit!

Zhan Zhao looked back at the reeds swaying gently in the wind in surprise, "This is the arrow that Uncle Xiao Huo could only shoot..."

"Your little misfortune's arrow has no shape." Bai Yutang glanced at the hole in the big tree in front of him, "If it's the same person who attacked Yaoyao just now..."

"He didn't really shoot at all just now." Zhan Zhao was horrified, "Who? His arrow skills are almost as high as Uncle Xiao Huo's, and what does he mean? Provocative?"

Bai Yutang said in a low voice, "If there is a sneak attack with this kind of arrow technique, ordinary people will be unable to guard against it at all."

Zhan Zhao frowned, "It's not that ordinary people can't guard against it...it's that few people can guard against it!"

The two helped up Yaoyao, who had a huge target, raised his vigilance, and left the river beach.

After arriving behind the tall tree, I found the two crossbow arrows that fell on the ground. Sure enough, they were the same as the arrows that attacked them just now.

Bai Yutang saw that Zhan Zhao's hand holding the arrow seemed to be shaking slightly, he was a little puzzled, and looked up.

Seeing that Zhan Zhao's face was more ugly than ever before, that cat, which is always gentle, was gnashing its teeth, and there was uncontrollable anger in its eyes, which seemed to flow out bit by bit.

"Cat?" Bai Yutang called Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao raised his head.

"Are you okay?" Bai Yutang was a little worried.

When Zhan Zhao came back to his senses, he realized that the arrow in his hand had been snapped off unconsciously.

"What's wrong?" Bai Yutang was puzzled.

Zhan Zhao said, "When we go back with this arrow, we will definitely ask Uncle Xiaohuo immediately."

"En." Bai Yutang nodded.

"Whether it's the battle of watching the city or the dead Cheng Bang, every time you mention it, it's a scar on Uncle Xiaohuo." Zhan Zhao turned cold, "His health is getting worse and worse recently, it's just torture..."

Bai Yutang frowned slightly, indeed, these arrows, these increasingly weird things happened one after another, seemed to be tormenting Wu Yifu repeatedly.

Bai Yutang glanced at Zhan Zhao again, Zhan Zhao who was in a rage was not so easy to see... After all, for him, any old man who hurt the Demon Palace would undoubtedly use a knife to gouge out his flesh. forgive!

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The author has something to say: This article will not discuss the battle between Cheng Bang and Guancheng in detail, and it will not affect the plot. That will be written in the article about the Silver Demon King.