Dragon Pattern Roll Set

Bian Sheng and the others left after the meeting, Bai Mutian stayed and found Bai Xia, and the nephew and uncle had a drink in the yard.

Bai Mutian is funny and has a good capacity for alcohol. He has traveled all over the world and learned a lot. After a while, apart from the two of them in the yard, Ouyang and Long Qiaoguang also came to drink. Several children followed the fourth son. Walk around Kaifeng Mansion with Xiao Liangzi, and meet all kinds of masters and various "exotic beasts".

Bai Mutian also circled around Yaoyao with a wine glass, calling him "God".

Bai Yutang saw that Bai Xia and Bai Mutian were chatting, so he wanted to find Tianzun, but he hadn't seen him for a while, he didn't know that he had lost weight.

I walked around the house twice, but I didn't see his master or Yin Hou. It seems that going to Nan'an Temple was not just an excuse to dismiss Bian Sheng, the old man really went to play.

Bai Yutang felt a little disappointed for no reason, but after a long day's journey, he went back to the house to wash up.

Zhan Zhao found time to go to Wu Zuofang.

In Wu Zuo's room, Gongsun was inspecting Bian Qing's body, while Zhao Pu was yawning while wiping a knife in the yard by the door.At the opposite table, Fei Ying pouted and looked unhappy, a group of female shadow guards and Chen Xing'er, Yue Ya'er were gathered around her, the girls chattered and didn't know what to say.

Zhan Zhao walked into the courtyard, looked at the group of girls, and asked Zhao Pu puzzled, "What's wrong?"

Zhao Pu spread his hands, "I quarreled with Huiying."

As a friend of Kaifeng women, Zhan Zhao narrowed his eyes, "Isn't Hui Ying obedient to what he says, and has the guts to argue?"

Zhao Pu hooked his finger at Dai Ying and asked her to come over and tell Zhan Zhao.

Daiying ran over and said that Feiying saw a ghost when she and she came back from the barracks last night.

Zhan Zhao was taken aback, "What the hell?"

"We just saw a figure drifting by." Dai Ying still felt quite horrified when she said it, "Like an old lady, she passed by in a flash, and Fei Ying and I were confused and went the wrong way!"

"You two still go the wrong way in Kaifeng?" Zhan Zhao was curious.

"That's why I said it! I must have encountered a ghost hitting the wall." Daiying pouted, "After I came back, Feiying told Huiying, but Huiying didn't believe it, and she still said that we were cowardly and dizzy."

The corner of Zhan Zhao's mouth twitched, really wanting to say—Master Cat doesn't believe it either.

But believe it or not, Zhan Zhao still has basic common sense. When a frightened woman tells you that she has run into a ghost, you must not disbelieve her, let alone laugh at her... Hui Ying probably got used to teasing his wife , which made Feiying angry.

Zhan Zhao took a step back and looked up. Sure enough, he saw Hui Ying sitting cross-legged on the roof, sighing with his chin off, while Zi Ying and Zhe Ying beside him were looking at the situation below, trying to help his brother out. young married woman.

"In Kaifeng city, ghosts can hit walls... What's going on these days? It's not even July [-]."

Shaking his head, Zhan Zhao strolled into Wu Zuo's room.

Gongsun is washing his hands.

Zhan Zhao asked about the situation.

Gongsun said, "Bian Qing's throat was cut and he lost too much blood to death."

As he spoke, he pointed to the short knife that Zhao Shiliu was carrying, "This is definitely not a murder weapon. The murder weapon used by the murderer should be a sharp weapon with serrated barbs, which is quite special."

Zhan Zhao nodded.

"Also, there is a footprint on Bianqing's chest." Gongsun pointed to the corpse's chest for Zhan Zhao to see.

I saw a blue-purple shoe print on the chest.

Zhan Zhao was curious, "How did this happen? Did someone kick you?"

"There's more in the back." Gongsun asked Zhan Zhao to help turn Bian Qing's body upside down, and there was a horizontal bluish-purple mark on his back.

Zhan Zhao frowned, "Is this being hit by a stick?"

"Zhao Shiliu fell from the window." Gongsun said, "The width of this mark is the same as the width of the crossbar under the window."

Zhan Zhao thought for a while and understood, "Someone stepped on him on the window and then wiped his neck?"

Gongsun nodded, "It was to wipe the neck from the front, because the knife is serrated, and the killer seemed to have a grudge against the deceased, or had an extremely cruel personality, or was emotionally unstable... In short, the knife was very deep, almost cutting off half of the neck .It took a lot of force to leave such footprints and marks on the back."

As he spoke, Gongsun stepped on the table and said, "It's probably like this. I think he must have hit his knee, and he must have sprayed blood all over his body...the blood sprayed all the way to the opposite wall. , the scene is not generally bloody."

Zhan Zhao frowned, "The murderer seems very angry."

"After he killed someone, the deceased took a few steps forward, but because of his injuries, he fell back and fell from the window." Gongsun said, "Zhao Shiliu is not the murderer, the murderer is someone else."

While speaking, Gongsun picked up a shoe and compared it with the shoe print on the corpse.

The shoe that Gongsun was holding belonged to Zhao Shiliu, and the shoe print on the corpse's chest was obviously smaller than Zhao Shiliu's feet.

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, "Sixteen isn't particularly tall, is the murderer shorter?"

"Or a woman." Gongsun put down his things and asked Zhan Zhao, "I heard that Bian Qing is here to send you an invitation?"

Zhan Zhao nodded helplessly, although it cannot be said that Bian Qing died because of himself, but someone else died, and the invitation he gave him is still gone, so people have to think of some connection between them, Zhan Zhao felt a little awkward , On the other hand, I am even more entangled-why do you want his invitation?

"By the way." Gongsun asked Zhan Zhao suddenly after packing up his things, "Does Uncle Bai have a lot of research on spices?"

Zhan Zhao was slightly taken aback, then nodded, "Yes, I heard from Yutang that the spice business of the ancestor of the Bai family is quite big."

"I don't know if he is willing to invite him to the Taixue to give some lectures on spices tomorrow." Gongsun asked.

Zhan Zhao smiled, "Maybe I am willing, uncle is quite easy to talk to."

"Of course you let him give lectures, of course he is willing. Lectures are just talking non-stop."

When Gongsun and Zhan Zhao turned their heads, they saw a clean and handsome Bai Yutang standing at the door of Wu Zuo's room after changing their clothes.

Zhan Zhao hooked his hands at him.

Bai Yutang looked at the corpse on the table with disgust, and refused to go inside, "What did you pick up again... a smell of blood."

Zhan Zhao sighed again.

Gongsun asked Bai Yutang, "Is uncle really willing?"

Bai Yutang nodded and nodded, "You'd better let him stay in Taixue and not come out."

Zhan Zhaowangtian, it was easier to bring Tianzun his mouse, but this time Tianzun added Baixia, the lethality doubled.

Zhan Zhao saw that Bai Yutang had finished washing and changed into clean clothes, and that he was still wearing a robe, as if he didn't intend to sleep, so he asked, "Are you going out?"

Bai Yutang nodded and said, "Go buy a pillow and quilt for my father."

While talking, I saw Chen Xing'er and Yue Ya'er running over with two cloth bags, apparently they wanted to go with Bai Yutang.

"Are you going by yourself?" Zhan Zhao came out and asked, "Where's Bai Fu?"

"He's still on the boat, he walks slower than me." Bai Yutang said helplessly, "Others don't know how high my father sleeps on and how thick the quilt is."

The corner of Zhan Zhao's mouth twitched, "Is there something special about this?"

Chen Xing'er said from the side, "That's not true, Mr. Zhan, you don't know how delicate my master is. If the pillow is uncomfortable, he will have a stiff neck. If the quilt is not right, he will catch a cold the next day. If the master is sick, it will be harder to take care of him than if he is not sick."

Bai Yutang rubbed the space between his brows, he absolutely must not be sick, being sick is worse than not being sick.

Zhan Zhao nodded, he was indeed the son of a rich family, compared to his family, although the mouse was more particular, he was much easier to serve.

Seeing that Bai Yu was about to go out, Zhan Zhao followed suit, "I happened to buy some supper."

Walking out of the office room to the yard, I heard that the yard next door was very lively.

The two walked to the door and saw a large circle of people in the yard, Bai Xia and the others were playing games.

Little Sizi and that little chubby Liu Nan are competing to eat watermelon, not to eat faster than anyone else, but to cut the watermelon into a complete round slice, not to use hands, just eat with mouth, the two of them arched their faces, and gnawed for a long time no.

The other two children were wiping their faces, it seemed that they had just compared each other, Xiao Liangzi was at the side encouraging Xiao Sizi, Bai Xia was blowing a stick of incense, it looked like it was timekeeping.

Zhan Zhao rubbed his chin, "So you can still play like this."

As he walked out, he saw Bai Yutang staring at him.

Zhan Zhao tugged at his sleeve.

Bai Yutang turned around and walked out with him, and casually sighed, "Sure enough, cute things have been eaten since ancient times..."

Zhan Zhao gave him a hard look.

……

Although it was late, the street in front of Kaifeng Mansion was still very lively.

Chen Xing'er and Yue Ya'er were humming a little tune and walking hand in hand towards the shop selling brocade quilts and pillows.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang strolled in the back at a leisurely pace. The shoppers along the way all saw Zhan Zhao strolling by himself in the past few days.

While walking, Zhan Zhao chatted with Bai Yutang, and they talked about the girl Feiying and Daiying's encounter with a ghost last night.

Bai Yutang frowned, "These two are so good at martial arts, it's not too easy to fool them?"

"That's not true." Zhan Zhao nodded.

"By the way." Bai Yutang asked, "Did you inquire about the Xia Mansion just now?"

Zhan Zhao spread his hands, "I asked Mr. Gongsun, and he said he hadn't heard of it, neither had Zhao Pu and Master Bao, and I finally asked a few older locals in the yamen, and none of them had heard of the one near Yaojia Village. What Xiafu?"

"That's weird." Bai Yutang frowned.

"I'll go to the palace early tomorrow morning to inquire about it." Zhan Zhao said, seeing that Bai Yutang seemed to be thinking about something, he asked, "What's wrong?"

Bai Yutang said, "What do you think of Bian Sheng?"

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, "It looks normal like this."

"Bian Sheng and Bian Fangrui seem to be fine, but the people in Gaohezhai are not completely fine." As he spoke, Bai Yutang explained how the people from Gaohezhai he met in Yaojia Village followed the five teenagers just now. .

"This is really strange. By the way, did you notice that kid just now?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Bian Fangrui's son?" Bai Yutang asked, "It looks like he has a good foundation."

"He beat Xiao Liangzi in a martial arts competition earlier," Zhan Zhao said.

Yutang shook his head, "How is it possible, his skill is not as good as Xiao Liangzi's."

Zhan Zhao told Bai Yutang how he cheated and won Xiaoliangzi by threatening the fourth son, and the fifth master frowned after hearing this, "He pretends to be a child, and he looks like a child."

While talking, the two arrived at the door of the shop. Chen Xing'er and Yue Ya'er went in and asked the shopkeeper for brocade quilts. The two girls picked out the patterns and chose several styles.Bai Yutang went in and squeezed one item at a time.Zhan Zhao watched curiously, Bai Yutang touched one and said it was too hard, another one said it was too slippery, that one was picky.It is even more spectacular when choosing pillows. Dozens of pillows are squeezed one by one, either high or low, and the shopkeeper wipes his sweat.A waiter came to deliver tea and asked Zhan Zhao, "Master Zhan, are you picking a cup for the emperor?"

Zhan Zhao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, took the teacup and saw Chen Xing'er looking at a few brocade quilts embroidered with red camellia flowers, he probably wanted to buy them for those children.

Looking at the red petals above, Zhan Zhao suddenly thought of a kapok petal of unknown origin where Zhiyun and the others picked up the old woman in the forest.

"Is there any place near Kaifeng where kapok is planted?" Zhan Zhao said to himself.

"Yo, there aren't many places here."

The guy thought Zhan Zhao was asking him, "Our accountant loves to grow flowers the most, he knows all the flowers in Kaifeng, I'll ask for you." After finishing speaking, the guy ran away.

Bai Yutang finally picked out the bedding and pillows for his father to sleep on, and Chen Xing'er and Yue Ya'er paid silver for the bag.

At this time, the guy really ran out and said to Zhan Zhao, "Master Zhan, kapok is something from the south, and it is basically impossible to grow it here in Kaifeng."

Zhan Zhao nodded, and Bai Yutang also looked over, knowing that Zhan Zhao was probably wondering where the petal came from.

"However, our accountant said that there are two places in Kaifeng that have kapok." The man said.

Zhan Zhao was slightly taken aback, but he was a little surprised that he could find some clues when he came to buy a quilt, so he hurriedly asked, "Where is it?"

"One is in the palace." The clerk said, "Mr. Accountant said that there is a flower house in the palace garden, and some flowers and plants that are paid tribute from the south are planted in it."

Zhan Zhao rubbed his chin, it seemed there was one, but it was inconvenient to get in and out of that place, or did that "little devil" visit the Imperial Garden?

"What about another place?" Bai Yutang asked.

"There is a large manor in the south of Kaifeng City." The man said, "The one diagonally opposite Panjiaqiao has red roofs, glazed tiles and white walls, very luxurious."

Zhan Zhao looked at the buddy, "Are you sure there is kapok there?"

"Mr. Accountant said there are many, and the red tiles and red flowers are very beautiful. But the flowers are all planted inside the house, and you can't see them from the outside. You have to climb to a higher place to see them." The man said, "That house Isn’t there a Big Buddha Temple nearby? There is a Feiyun Pagoda inside, and you can see it when you look down from that tower. Our accountant and the abbot of the Big Buddha Temple have a good relationship. Once I went to the top of the tower and saw it, and said it was too beautiful Woolen cloth."

Zhan Zhao nodded and thanked the guy.

Chen Xing'er and Yue Ya'er left the shop holding the quilts and pillows, and everyone went back to Kaifeng Mansion.

As he walked, Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao who was frowning, and asked, "What kind of house is that?"

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang, and said, "Aren't you smart? You just guess, see if you can guess?"

Bai Yutang glanced at Zhan Zhao, smiled slightly, and said, "Could it be the other courtyard of Gaohezhai?"

Zhan Zhao sighed, "Sure enough, you are smart. According to the sticker, the place where Bian Sheng held the Golden Basin to wash his hands this time should be in the manor full of kapoks."

After finishing speaking, the two of them looked at each other. No matter how you look at it, this wash-off in the golden basin is the rhythm of an accident...