Dragon Pattern Roll Set

Zhan Zhao and the others entered the palace, and when they mentioned the plan to lure the snake out of the cave, Zhao Zhen thought about it, and looked at the crowd with folded arms, seeming a little embarrassed.

Everyone looked at Zhao Zhen. Thinking about it, it would be causing trouble for him, but if someone really found the Palace of Ten Thousand Curses, it would also endanger his country.

Zhao Zhen stood up, walked around twice, and said, "Well... I can cooperate, but... there is a condition!"

Everyone wondered—conditions?

Zhao Zhen stretched out his hand, rubbed his chest, and said, "My imperial palace gives you the freedom to come and go, so I always feel uncomfortable here."

Seeing Zhao Zhen's heartbroken look, everyone couldn't help but think, let Gongsun show you...

"So I want compensation!" Zhao Zhen said seriously.

"What compensation..." Everyone was curious.

Zhao Zhen put his hands behind his back and said, "During the cat appreciation meeting, in addition to comparing the cat's appearance, there is also a cat training competition to see whose cat is obedient!"

The corners of everyone's mouths twitched, and they thought that they had heard of training dogs and birds, but they had never heard of cat training. If they can be trained well, are they still cats?

Zhao Zhen pointed to the five cats lying on a soft couch and licking their fur not far away.

Everyone looked in the direction of his fingers, and saw that the five cats were quite fat, one was pure black with two green eyes; one was white with long hair and two mandarin duck eyes, one blue and one green; Little chubby cat, round, with golden eyes; a tiger-striped cat, as big as a little tiger, and a three-flowered cat, round and with ears lying on its back.Everyone looked at the five cats with excellent appearance, and looked back at Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Pu asked, "Are these the ones sent to the competition?"

"Yeah." Zhao Zhen nodded.

Bai Yutang looked it up, "It's pretty good-looking, I shouldn't lose."

"You can't lose by looking at the appearance, but the level of obedience is..." Zhao Zhen squatted down and said "tsk tsk tsk to the cats."

The five cats licked their fur on their own, three of them ignored Zhao Zhen, and the other two glanced here with drooping eyelids, looking at Zhao Zhen with some kind of contempt in their eyes.

Everyone gasped—so arrogant!

Zhao Zhen had a gloomy expression on his face, and curled his lips with his hands behind his back, really wanting to punish them for the crime of deceiving the emperor!You don't even take me seriously!

Zhan Zhao was helpless, "Your Majesty, all cats are like this. If you call it, it will ignore you, but if you don't call it, it will come over."

Zhao Zhen squinted his eyes at Zhan Zhao, "Is that so? Why don't you try guard Zhan?"

Zhan Zhao blinked, seeing that everyone was looking at him, he somehow had a bad premonition.

Gongsun was also quite curious, and asked Zhan Zhao, "You try it?"

Zhan Zhao had no choice but to stretch out a finger, and said to those fat cats, "Tsk tsk..."

Just as Zhan Zhao hooked his fingers, the five cats got up and ran to his side, rubbing their legs around "Meow Meow".

Zhanzhao Fu forehead.

Bai Yutang reached out and grabbed the little fat gray cat to have a look. He thought it was quite cute. Its four fat feet were thick and short, and its claws were still pink.Fifth Master pinched one of its front paws and pressed it, and found that it was soft and elastic, and he felt inexplicably in a good mood.

The little four also went to pick up the Fat Sanhua and looked at its big fluffy tail dangling around.

"Really so obedient?" Lin Yehuo asked Zhan Zhao curiously, "Let them sit down and try."

"Is it okay..." Zhao Pu also found it inconceivable, "It's not a dog."

Lin Yehuo pointed to the ground beside the mute, "Sit down."

The mute sat down and wagged his tail at Lin Yehuo.

"Of course the dog is very obedient." Zhao Zhen hooked his fingers to the mute, and the mute looked at Lin Yehuo.

Lin Yehuo nodded to it, and the mute walked up to Zhao Zhen and sat down.

Zhao Zhen stared at the mute, "Stand up."

The mute stood up.

"Get down." Zhao Zhen continued.

The mute got down on his knees and looked at Zhao Zhen puzzled. What does that mean—what are you doing?

Zhao Zhen squatted down and stretched out his hand.

The mute put one front paw in his hand.

Zhao Zhen squinted his eyes and stared at the mute for a long time, then suddenly cupped the mute's face with both hands, "That's how you want to obey! This is the correct attitude towards me!"

Nangong and the others were a little speechless. Zhao Zhen was despised by those cats for a day today, and he must be depressed.This morning he also said that cats deserved it for not being included in the Chinese zodiac, not to mention that the emperor was quite petty.

Zhao Zhen let go of his mute, turned around and saw the black cat that was spinning Zhan Zhao's legs while flicking Zhan Zhao's tail, and pointed at it, "Sit down!"

The black cat glanced at Zhao Zhen, and that look seemed to say - who is this idiot?

The mute leaned over and sniffed the black cat, and the black cat suddenly slapped its paw, and the mute stepped back quickly, sitting up and wagging its tail at it.

Zhan Zhao pointed to the side... and saw that the cats had all gone and sat down, and they were quite obedient.They understood the meaning without Zhan Zhao opening his mouth. It's not that they don't understand, it's just to see if they want to talk to you.

Zhao Zhen gritted his teeth—the crime of deceiving the emperor!

Everyone looked at it and felt fresh.

The fourth son gave it a try, but the cats didn't show any face, and only listened to Zhan Zhao.

Zhao Zhen patted Zhan Zhao, "That's the day of the match! Zhan's guards will also play!"

Zhan Zhao looked at Zhao Zhen speechlessly, and Eunuch Chen reminded him, "Your Majesty, it is Zhan's guard who leads the cat to fight, not Zhan's guard also goes out."

Zhao Zhen waved and waved—don't worry about the details!

"The emperor." Nangong Ji asked, "The matter of the case..."

"What case?" Zhao Zhen blinked.

"Uh, using the warehouse to arrest people and pretending to offer Nine Dragon Roulette..."

Before Nangong finished speaking, Zhao Zhen smiled and waved his hands, "Well, you guys go do it." After finishing speaking, he strolled away.

Everyone behind him couldn't help admiring, this dare to be the emperor only thinks about the cat racing meeting...

Zhao Zhen passed the test, so everyone started to make arrangements, and there was not much time left for the birthday banquet.

……

Officials at all levels in the imperial city were busy with birthday celebrations, Kaifeng City was also bustling, and all major restaurants and inns were basically full.

On the one hand, Zhan Zhao and the others were waiting for the birthday banquet to start, on the other hand, they were very concerned about the letter from the Silver Demon King.

There is another way to go to the Palace of Ten Thousand Curses, and this way, only the fourth son knows, no matter how you think about it, you think it is dangerous.

Since the fourth son was almost stolen before, Gongsun has been holding his son all day long these days, and Xiao Liangzi didn't even hold the hand of the fourth son. He originally wanted to go back to Kaifeng and watch operas and listen to music for dinner together. Well, this time is good, Gongsun hugged his son like he was hatching an egg all day long.

Zhao Pu stared at the senior and junior when he was free, and let Ouyang, Long Qiaoguang, and Zou Liang take turns, plus a dozen or so shadow guards, to surround the younger four.

In fact, the most unhappy one is the fourth son, who used to play well and freely, but now he has nothing to play and is watched all day long.

Zhan Zhao carefully interrogated those members of the Waste Fish Clan.

They were not with the men in black who attacked them earlier, and those men in black were from the Western Regions, but they had nothing to do with Huangshi Yupu.

After walking around the yard a few times, Zhan Zhao pulled Bai Yutang and went out.

After leaving Kaifeng Mansion, I met four old immortals who came out from Taibai Residence.After Yao Changtian came to deliver the letter, he was not in a hurry to leave. Master Wusha had just arrived, so the four old men came to eat together.

After meeting, Yin Hou asked Zhan Zhao where he was going.

Zhan Zhao said that he wanted to meet Cui Miao at Huangshi Yupu.

Yin Hou nodded.

Tianzun also said, "During the meal just now, the old ghost also said that he wanted to meet Cui Miao."

Zhan Zhao asked Yin Hou, "Grandpa, did you think of something?"

Yin Hou said, "Thinking about it now, if Cui Hai hid the secret back then, then the disaster that caused his family to be exterminated may also be related to this secret."

Tianzun also nodded, "Although Cui Miao keeps saying that those Jianghu people who killed her family were punished by God, but the Jianghu people may just be provoked or instructed by others."

Bai Yutang thought for a while, "The person who knows this secret must be Li Min's cronies back then, or Cui Hai's friends."

"Back then, there were many powerful ministers and vassal kings, and those with high positions betrayed Li Min to protect themselves, and many of them became what we call meritorious ministers now," Yao Changtian said, "Most of their descendants inherited titles, That is..."

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang nodded—the one who is currently living in the post house, one of the many suspects who has something to do with the death of several court ladies.

"Yes." Master Wusha also agreed, "That person may be the murderer behind the scenes we are looking for, and at the same time, he is also the biggest enemy of the Cui family."

"Cui Miao can let go of those Jianghu people who were instigated to kill her family members, and she can also forgive those who slipped through the net and their relatives with the excuse of retribution, but no matter what." Zhan Zhao shook his head, "She should absolutely I can't spare that behind-the-scenes person!"

"It's a little strange." Bai Yutang said, "If there is a secret hidden in the fishtail jade, then why did the Cui family sell the red jade fishtail ring?"

Both Tianzun and Yin Hou nodded, it was really strange, the key to all this can only be asked by the Cui family.

……

Everyone walked to the gate of Huangshi Yupu together.

The jade shop was still open as usual, and there was still no business. Behind the counter, Ah Yi was rubbing a carved jade Bodhisattva.

Zhan Zhao and others entered the door.

Ah Yi raised his head, blinked his eyes, and asked, "Buy jade or investigate the case or... What else did you leave behind?"

Zhan Zhao was a little embarrassed, and said, "We want to see Mrs. Cui."

Ah Yi nodded, knocked on the door panel behind him, "Auntie."

Not long after, the young woman who had brought Tianzun and the others to see the jade came out, greeted everyone, and invited them in, "The godmother has been waiting for you for a long time."

This is beyond everyone's expectations.

When I came to the backyard of Yupu, I saw Cui Miao sitting under the purple nanmu tree, and two little girls were playing with cats beside him... Looking from a distance, the old woman in the courtyard and the doll playing with cats were a beautiful picture .

Cui Miao looked up and saw the crowd, so she patted the two girls, and the two girls ran to bring refreshments to greet the guests.

Zhan Zhao and the others sat down at the stone table in the yard, while Yao Changtian wandered aside to admire a rare orchid.He was originally from the Southwest, and he hadn't seen this rare flower in his hometown for many years.

Cui Miao looked at Yin Hou and the others, and smiled, "How are the old gods doing well?"

Both Yinhou Tianzun and Master Wusha raised their eyebrows, indicating that it was not bad.On the other hand, Yao Changtian curled her lips in dissatisfaction and muttered—who wants to live so long, what annoyance!

Cui Miao asked Zhan Zhao, "Did you take away from the purple Nan tree what Yaoqin hid back then?"

Zhan Zhao didn't hide anything, and nodded.

"What is it?" Cui Miao was quite curious, and praised at the same time, "You two are really capable at such a young age. In just a few days, you have found more things than we have found in decades."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other—that is, there is no little fairy like the fourth son by your side.

"It's a piano score." Zhan Zhao said.

"Oh..." Cui Miao nodded and said to himself, "So it's a piano score."

"The old man knows Yaoqin?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Cui Miao smiled and said, "Yaoqin is just a stage name, her real name is Cui Yao."

Everyone was stunned.

"Is she also a descendant of the Cui family?" Bai Yutang asked.

"Yeah." Cui Miao nodded and looked around, "This small courtyard is the ancestral property of my Cui family. My Cui family doesn't have much, but it has a lot of money. A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Even if we The family members are all dead, and most of the family property has been robbed, but looking back, there are still many more than ordinary people.”

Zhan Zhao felt that the old man's words were a bit desolate, and it was true when he thought about it. Back then, the Cui family had a great career and withered overnight. For the descendants who have experienced such a gap, they really experienced the suffering that ordinary people cannot understand.

"You don't know what Cui Yao is hiding in the purple nan tree?" Bai Yutang asked.

Cui Miao shook her head, "This is exactly what we are looking for."

Seeing everyone's puzzled expressions, Cui Miao simply put down the cup, lowered his voice a little, and said with a serious expression, "The Palace of Ten Thousand Curses...you are familiar with it."

Both Yin Hou and Tianzun narrowed their eyes.

Cui Miao smiled, "When I was very young, my grandfather often hugged me and said these three words. Every time he mentioned the 'Palace of Ten Thousand Curses', he would be radiant, saying that it was the last hope! At that time I I think that place must be like a fairyland.”

After Cui Miao said this, he heard Yao Changtian couldn't help but "poof", with a funny expression on his face.

Yin Hou and Tianzun also thought it was ridiculous——The Palace of Ten Thousand Curses is like a fairyland?What an irony!

"I won't realize until I grow up that anyone who has anything to do with those three words will end well!" Cui Miao said, "The catastrophe in the Valley of Lost Souls back then was not just about making money. Being used, the real reason is that someone wants to go to the Palace of Ten Thousand Curses."

"Who is it?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Cui Miao shook her head, "I don't know, this is what we came here to investigate. Yaoqin entered the palace because of this incident, but it's a pity that she was killed by a clever plan, and so did I." Later, after investigation, I found out about her."

"You want to find out who was behind the scenes back then?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"It would be a lie to say that I don't care at all, but what I want to do more is to destroy the method to get rid of the Palace of Ten Thousand Curses!" The old lady narrowed her eyes slightly, looking at the two little girls who were playing in the distance, " I just want the descendants of my Cui family to grow up in peace."

"The secret of going to the Palace of Ten Thousand Curses is hidden in your Cui family's jade?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Cui Miao sighed, "This is the most troublesome problem! I don't know where it is?"

"You don't know either?" Everyone was surprised.

"Isn't it in the jade with the fishtail crossing pattern?" Tianzun asked.

Cui Miao shook his head lightly, and said, "Do you know where the jade with the fishtail crossing pattern came from?"

Everyone shook their heads.

"The third generation of my Cui family is basically a daughter!" Cui Miao said, "Grandpa loves his granddaughter very much, so he made several sets of jade ware with the fishtail ferry pattern printed on it for our dowry, including white jade and jasper , red jade, topaz, ice jade, black jade... all kinds, the number is close to [-]! In addition to accessories, such as bracelets and rings, there are also wine glasses, teapots, pillows and even stools...all of which are brought The one with the fishtail crossing pattern."

Tianzun was surprised, "So many?"

Yin Hou also felt that Cui Hai's behavior was a little abnormal, was it just because he loved his granddaughter?It feels very forced.

"My grandfather lived in seclusion after the fall of the Li Min Dynasty. The jade with the fishtail crossing pattern is the last series of works he made." Cui Miao said, "He was almost obsessed. He made the fishtail crossing pattern The painting was hung in the study, and he looked at it in a daze every day. Until he was attacked by those Jianghu people, he was seriously injured, and finally he tore off the picture and held it tightly in his hand. When he was unconscious, he held the picture The pattern said 'the treasure is hidden in Yuweidu', and then he died. This is probably the reason why later generations thought that the way to go to the Palace of Ten Thousand Curses was hidden in the Yuweidu jade vessel."

Zhan Zhao and the others nodded—so that's what happened.

"The pattern..." Bai Yutang asked, "What kind of picture is it?"

Cui Miao smiled and said, "It's the one hanging in the lobby of Manji Sugar Shop!"

"Are you sure?" Yin Hou was surprised.

Cui Miao nodded, "About Man Ji and Xu Ji back then, there is one thing you definitely don't know."

"What?" Everyone was curious that this seemingly unrelated group of people was actually connected with each other.

"The founders of Man Ji and Xu Ji, when they were young, they were the cooks of my family, and they specialized in making pastries." Cui Miao smiled slightly, "The craftsmanship is much better than that of the imperial chef."

Zhan Zhao was surprised, and glanced at Bai Yutang by the way, what does that mean - look, there are only two masters in making pastry, you don't waste money at all!

Bai Yutang was also a little bit dumbfounded.

"If the picture of Yuweidu in those years caused a catastrophe, why did Manji hang this picture facing the gate?" Zhan Zhao was a little puzzled, "And the business has been safe and sound for so many years, and it's getting bigger and bigger. ?”

"There should be some reason." Cui Miao smiled faintly, "You know, there is no difference between Xu Ji and Man Jiben! If Xu Ji was framed by others, then you can blame Xu Ji or Man Ji. I chose Manji, so the ones who copy and chop are Manji, and Xu Ji back then has become Manji today. I chose to destroy Xu Ji and keep Manji. Among them... there should be a reason .”

"What's the reason?" Everyone said in unison.

Cui Miao continued to nod, "I don't know."

Everyone is discouraged, but they don't know?

Cui Miao looked at Zhan Zhao and the others, "I also said that what I have investigated in the past ten years is not as much as what you have investigated in a few days... I think it is safer to leave it to you to continue the investigation."

Zhan Zhao narrowed his eyes and winked at Bai Yutang—this old lady is too cunning, can you believe it?

Bai Yutang felt that there was no need for Cui Miao to lie to them, and at the same time...

Bai Yutang asked, "Who is the man in black who has been secretly monitoring your jade shop?"

Cui Miao said indifferently, "The ones that appeared recently were probably after the corpses hidden in the palace were discovered. We didn't startle them. They like to follow, so let them watch. Don't you Ninth Prince's shadow guards also secretly watch? It’s good that everyone keeps their eyes on each other, and no one dares to act rashly.”

……

Coming out of Huangshi Yupu, Yao Changtian strolled to the barracks to find Zhao Pu, Master Wusha went to Nan'an Temple, Yin Hou and Tianzun didn't know where they went in a blink of an eye.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang walked back side by side.

Bai Yutang suddenly asked, "Cat."

Zhan Zhao looks at him.

"Are you curious about the Palace of Ten Thousand Curses?" Bai Yutang asked.

Zhan Zhao smiled slightly, "It would be a lie to say that you are not curious."

Bai Yutang nodded slightly.

Zhan Zhao asked, "Yutang, if you were given a chance to go to the Palace of Ten Thousand Curses, what would you do?"

Without even thinking about it, Bai Yutang said, "Find the Demon King for my master."

Zhan Zhao smiled, "Yes..."

"What about you?" Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao.

"It's not wrong to want to find the demon king back." Zhan Zhao said, "I also want to get my grandma back."

Bai Yutang nodded, "It would be great if my grandma could come back."

"If we really want to bring people back to life, there should be many people we want to bring back to life?" Zhan Zhao said.

Bai Yutang was a little helpless, "It's a pity that it's impossible... don't say you can't change back, if you really change back..."

Zhan Zhao nodded, "Then the world is in chaos."

"Demon King did something in the Ten Thousand Curses Palace back then, right?" Zhan Zhao asked, "It seems that what he did caused our mothers to be born at the same time."

Bai Yutang nodded, "As a result, the demon king's retribution is to be punished by the heavens..."

"In other words, if the demon king is not dead... then the consequence is that we should never meet again, right?" Zhan Zhao asked, "For example, when I was in my 20s, you were already forty or fifty, or you were four Fifty and I was just born?"

Bai Yutang wanted to laugh, "Why am I in my forties or fifty?"

Zhan Zhao touched him with his arm, "Then guess if Tianzun will choose between you and the Demon King, who will he choose?"

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao speechlessly, "Then let your grandpa choose between you and your grandma?"

"That's true..." Zhan Zhao nodded, "Some things are arranged by fate, maybe... it doesn't have much to do with the Palace of Ten Thousand Curses."

While Zhan Zhao was talking, Bai Yutang suddenly tugged him lightly, "Cat."

"Huh?" Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang.

Seeing Fifth Master pointing forward, "Visual prediction is that something will happen."

Zhan Zhao looked in the direction of Bai Yutang's finger, gasped, "Oh!"