Dragon Pattern Roll Set

The palace has already turned on the lights.

Zhao Zhen sat in the study, resting his chin on the candlelight and thinking about something.

Concubine Pang came in with a soup cup and gently placed it by his hand.

Zhao Zhen came back to his senses, looked up at her, and frowned, "Didn't you go out of the palace with the Queen Mother and the others to avoid it?"

Concubine Pang didn't speak, she sat next to him, opened the soup pot, there was stewed pigeon in it, and carefully took the chopsticks to break the bones of the pigeon.

At the door, four cats ran in, two big ones and two small ones.

One big cat is snow white and the other is off-white, and the two kittens are off-white.

Among them, the big beige cat jumped onto the Long Shuan, squatted in front of Zhao Zhen, meowed, and rubbed its head against him.

Zhao Zhen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and reached out to touch its forehead. Concubine Pang scooped up a spoonful of pigeon meat, put it into Zhao Zhen's mouth, and said, "You gave the third son to Yin Hou. You have been searching for cotton wool and peanuts all over the yard for a long time. .”

Just as Zhao Zhen opened his mouth to explain something, he stuffed it in the second time.

"Go and avoid it for a while, there will be chaos in a while..." Zhao Zhen squeezed a piece of pigeon meat and fed it to the cat.

"I'm not afraid." Concubine Pang raised her eyebrows, showing a bit of coquettishness, "I haven't seen anything before."

Zhao Zhen smiled. Concubine Pang is indeed very courageous. She was favored by the grand master since she was a child.

"emperor……"

Eunuch Chen ran in and was stunned when he saw Concubine Pang also there.

"How is it?" Zhao Zhen asked.

"coming!"

Zhao Zhen nodded, picked up all four cats, big and small, and stuffed them into Concubine Pang's hands, "Then at least go hide behind the screen."

Concubine Pang pouted, but she still stood up and walked back, not forgetting to turn around halfway to tell, "You are not allowed to suffer."

Zhao Zhen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and waved at her - quickly hide.

So Concubine Pang sat behind the screen with the cat in her arms, and Zhao Zhen stuffed her with a pack of sunflower seeds. Concubine Pang wondered who would eat sunflower seeds for the emperor while eating them.

In the Kaifeng mansion, the fourth child was wrapped in a quilt while reading idle books. He sneezed, rubbed his nose, turned a page of the book, and bit a fennel bean.

……

The guards at the gate of the palace were sparse, and they didn't realize that there were already a few people sneaking into the palace.

Zhao Zhen continued to review the memorial when he heard noise outside.

Nangong Ji walked up to Zhao Zhen and stood beside him, whispering, "Come in."

"Is anyone injured?" Zhao Zhen asked lightly.

"No, they all changed masters, and resisted a little." Nangong replied in a low voice.

Zhao Zhen nodded, indicating that he understood.

At this time, dense footsteps were heard outside.

Then, a voice came, "Your Majesty!"

Zhao Zhen pretended not to know, and said displeasedly, "What's the noise?!"

"Your Majesty, the time has come."

The speaking voice sounded both unfamiliar and familiar, unfamiliar because there were few opportunities to hear it, and familiar because it was not long ago... Zhao Yuanzuo's voice.

"What time is it?" Nangong Ji asked back.

At this time, I saw Zhao Yuanzuo striding in with his sleeves flicked and without a pass, "It's time to abdicate!"

"Bold!" Nangong said, "Zhao Yuanzuo, are you crazy?"

"I'm not crazy. Zhao Yuanxi caused me to be crazy back then." While speaking, Zhao Yuanzuo looked at Zhao Zhen's expression.

At this time, Zhao Zhen was drinking the pigeon soup slowly. The pigeon had already been eaten, and the taste was not bad.Zhao Zhen's taste is more familiar to the concubines than the imperial chef. He also prefers to eat meals cooked by his wife.

Zhao Zhen didn't know whether it was a fugue or a ghost, he was stunned for a while, and asked Zhao Yuanzuo, "Have you eaten yet?"

Zhao Yuanzuo was stunned for a moment, but he was a little puzzled—how could Zhao Zhen be so safe?Is there an ambush?Can't...it's safe, even if Zhao Pu is not dead, it's not a problem.

Thinking of this, he turned his head and saw that his men and horses had already entered the palace, surrounded the imperial study, and there were noises outside.

Zhao Yuanzuo made up his mind, and turned to look at Zhao Zhen, "Zhao Zhen, for the sake of your uncle and nephew, if you take the initiative to abdicate, I will spare you, how about it? You will be my Jiangling Shepherd, and I will sit on your throne. This throne is originally mine, and I am..."

"I'll show you something first." Zhao Zhen said, and handed the scroll of pictures beside the table to Nangong.

Nangong shook and opened the picture.

I saw a handsome man drawn on the picture, very elegant and elegant, wearing a brocade robe, with a cup in his hand, standing in the courtyard... There seemed to be a sad expression between his brows.

Zhao Yuanzuo frowned, as if he didn't understand.

"You don't know this person, but you should know this person."

As Zhao Zhen said, he waved a triangular piece of paper in his hand and handed it to Nangong. Nangong pasted the face below the eyes of the man in the painting, so...the man in the painting seemed to be covered with a veil.

And look at the man again, with a pair of eyes, the brows and eyes are slightly curved, the eyes are sad and depressed, it seems that there is something on his mind, and these eyes - so recognizable.

Zhao Yuanzuo was stunned for a moment... These eyes were very similar to those of Empress Peach Blossom.

"Beauty Zhang found a substitute back then, who looked a bit like her, so that she gave birth to a girl with such peach blossom eyes." Zhao Zhen said slowly, "It's just that the shape is similar, and the appearance is not the same... I know why these eyes Is it so easy to recognize?"

Zhao Yuanzuo opened his mouth slightly.

"Because it has double pupils." Zhao Zhen still said in a leisurely manner, "Double pupils are rare, and double pupils are not very obvious. The pupils are bigger and the eyes are brighter."

Following Zhao Zhen's words, Zhao Yuanzuo's face turned pale.

"This picture was found from the warehouse, the warehouse in the imperial palace, a small warehouse where the items of the previous dynasty are stored." Zhao Zhen sneered, "This painting was drawn by Dong Yuan, the most famous painter in the Southern Tang Dynasty. , the one in the painting is a well-known double pupil, do you know who it is?"

Zhao Yuanzuo's face turned pale at this time, looking at Zhao Zhen.

"It's the empress Li Yu." Zhao Zhen looked at Zhao Yuanzuo, "Your Peach Blossom Empress is a descendant of the Southern Tang royal family. You cooperated with a prince and grandson of the previous dynasty to rebel? What do you think is the difference between you and a pig?"

On the roof, Zhan Zhao and the others, who had been eavesdropping for a while, couldn't help laughing - what Zhao Zhen said, Zhao Yuanzuo was probably going to die of anger today, and the fun hadn't started yet.

The sudden change made Zhao Yuanzuo stunned, then thought for a while, and quickly calmed down, "Zhao Zhen, you don't have to delay, now the whole of Kaifeng is under my control, and the border army is a hundred and eight thousand miles away. , Zhao Pu can't protect himself, no one will come to save you, obediently hand over the throne, I don't want to hurt you, after all..."

Zhao Zhen suddenly turned around and asked, "Aifei, are there any pigeons left?"

"some."

Concubine Pang poked her head out, holding a kitten in one hand and a bag of melon seeds in the other, and asked, "Does the Emperor want more?"

"Yeah." Zhao Zhen nodded, "The more I eat, the hungrier I don't know why."

"I'll get it." Concubine Pang said, stuffing the kitten into Nangong Ji's hands, and then ran out.

Zhao Yuanzuo turned his head, his troops were stationed at the door... But Concubine Pang ran all the way out, no one stopped her.

Concubine Pang felt that she was blocking the way by herself, so she raised her hand and pushed, "Oh, are you annoying? There are so many pillars, and they are all worthless!"

While speaking, she had already ran out of the yard to the imperial dining room.

Only then did Zhao Yuanzuo realize that something was wrong with his subordinates.

"Come here!" Zhao Yuanzuo yelled, but nothing happened.

He ran out in a hurry, only to find that everyone had been acupointed, and no one knew when and how they were acupointed.

On the roof, Marquis Yin squatted and shook his head—this Zhao Yuanzuo thought he could become emperor by taking hundreds of rice buckets around the palace?Let's see how you die this time.

"I..." Zhao Yuanzuo panicked at this moment, feeling that there might be a change, he wanted to run away, but there was a person in front of him who stopped him with one hand.

When Zhao Yuanzuo saw that it was Zhao Pu, he broke out in a cold sweat and sat down on the ground, "You..."

"Why, Brother Yuanzuo." Zhao Pu reached out and patted him on the shoulder, "I haven't talked about the old days yet, let's go after dinner."

Zhao Yuanzuo opened his mouth wide... At this moment, he also knew that he was about to be in trouble.

Zhao Yuanzuo hurried into the study, prostrated himself on the ground and begged Zhao Zhen for mercy.

At this time, Concubine Pang trotted in, holding a cup of hot stewed pigeon for Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen stood up, took the soup cup, and said to Nangong Ji, "Prepare a dragon robe for Uncle Huang."

Zhao Yuanzuo was taken aback, and looked up at Zhao Zhen, thinking that he was joking and humiliating himself.

Zhao Zhen smiled slightly, and looked at Zhao Yuanzuo holding the soup cup, "Doesn't Uncle Huang want to be the emperor? Why don't you try it and see if you enjoy it."

On the roof, Yin Hou laughed, "The little emperor is quite interesting."

Tianzun also nodded, poking at Yinhou, "Let's sit and watch later."

"Come on, let the emperor do it in a day, and everyone will try it." Yin Hou thought the proposal was good.

Zhan Zhao looked at the two old men weakly.

When Zhao Yuanzuo looked at Zhao Zhen at this time, he felt very strange.He also thinks he has met a lot of people, some are always sullen, serious and domineering, some are always smiling, hiding a knife in their smiles... But he, the emperor's nephew, neither smiles nor gets angry, neither warm nor warm. Not hot, speaking is neither fast nor slow, can not see any emotion.

Zhao Zhen walked behind the screen, Nangong Ji summoned two young eunuchs, and changed Zhao Yuanzuo into a dragon robe.

At this time, Zhao Yuanzuo was shaking like a sieve, and his whole body was also depressed. He didn't know what Zhao Zhen was going to do.

Nangong Ji walked up to him, lowered his head, and whispered in his ear, "My lord, enjoy yourself, whether you can save your life depends on your performance." After speaking, he patted him on the shoulder lightly, "Speak carefully."

Zhao Yuanzuo sat slumped at the table, Zhao Pu also came in, smiled and nodded to him, "Be careful what you say." After finishing speaking, he ran away.

Behind the screen, Zhao Zhen was sitting on a pony and eating stewed pigeons, while Concubine Pang was eating melon seeds and drawing embroidery patterns, while Nangong stood still like a pillar holding a sword.

Zhao Pu found a chair and sat down. Peanut jumped onto his lap and meowed.

Zhao Pu was funny and stretched out a finger to tease the cat.

Concubine Pang grabbed a handful of melon seeds and gave them to him.

Zhao Pu can't laugh or cry... Concubine Pang and Zhao Zhen have known each other since childhood. Although they are husband and wife, they are actually playmates and childhood sweethearts.Seeing the two of them sitting in a row eating melon seeds, Zhao Pu suddenly remembered the time when they played together when they were young...

Thinking of this, Zhao Pu couldn't help shaking his head. There are really so many people in this world who want to take the throne of Lao Shizi. Zhao Zhen has no choice but to sit down. I don't know how strong it is.

When Zhao Yuanzuo sat on the dragon chair and looked outside, the attendants at the door had disappeared, and he was the only one left in the entire study and yard.

At this time, footsteps came from outside, and a few women in white clothes ran in.

The first one is the masked Peach Blossom Empress.

Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang and others were on the roof, hidden behind the cornices, and they could see clearly.

Zhan Zhao turned his head to look at Tianzun, which meant to ask—is it her?

Tianzun shrugged noncommittally - I don't remember.

Zhan Zhao was helpless, everyone listened carefully.

As soon as Empress Peach Blossom entered the door, she saw Zhao Yuanzuo wearing a yellow robe sitting behind the dragon book case... I don't know how to describe it, but the words "wearing a dragon robe doesn't look like a prince" came to mind.

"Where's Zhao Zhen?" Empress Taohua entered the hall and found no one around, she was a little puzzled.

Zhao Yuanzuo's face was pale and his hands were sweating... Zhao Zhen was right behind him, not only Zhao Zhen, but also Zhao Pu!Zhao Pu was completely uninjured and showed no signs of poisoning, indicating that he was not caught in the trap at all!Their plan failed. If Zhao Pu had prepared for it, then those few troops would have been killed by the Zhao family army.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yuanzuo scowled, "Who are you?"

Empress Peach Blossom was puzzled by his question and looked at him.

Zhao Yuanzuo reached out and picked up Li Yu's portrait on the table, and threw it on the ground, "How do you explain it!"

After the scroll fell to the ground, it unfolded naturally.

The portrait of Empress Li appeared at Empress Peach Blossom's feet. She lowered her head and stared at it intently.

"Huh!" Zhao Yuanzuo slapped the table, "I have seen that you have evil intentions and want to destroy my Zhao family. Cooperating with you is just a lie! Now that you have stolen the money, what do you have to say?!"

Behind the screen, Zhao Pu glanced at Zhao Zhen, and Zhao Zhen shook his head helplessly while holding the soup cup - Zhao Yuanzuo really didn't make sense to kill him!After all, it is a royal family, so it has some dignity.Isn't it just a rebellion, the prince who doesn't want to be the emperor, rebelled and was arrested... At worst, he will die, at least maintain the royal demeanor and have a bit of backbone.This repeated villain is extremely stupid, no wonder everyone was optimistic about Zhao Yuanxi back then.It's a pity that one is too stupid, so stupid that he can't claim the title of emperor at all, and the other is too smart, and in the end, his cleverness is mistaken by his cleverness.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other - Zhao Yuanzuo also wanted to fight Zhao Zhen?It's not that he is more powerful than the salt he eats when he is alive. Compared with Zhao Zhen, he is simply weaker.

Yin Hou suddenly asked Zhan Zhao, "Have Zhao Pu and Zhao Zhen ever played chess?"

Zhan Zhao rubbed his chin, "I haven't heard anyone mention it."

At this moment, behind the screen, Zhao Zhen finished eating the pigeons, moved the horse to the small table, and waved to Zhao Pu.

Zhao Pu smiled... Sitting cross-legged on the other side, Concubine Pang took out the chessboard and chess pieces from the small cabinet on the side and put them on the table. Zhao Zhen took the white pieces, Zhao Pu took the black pieces, and the two began to play chess.

Concubine Pang sat aside and peeled oranges for the two of them, just like she used to do when she was a child.The two of them could play for a day at a time, winning and losing were evenly split, and when they grew up, Zhao Pu went to the border, Zhao Zhen yelled all day long that no one was playing chess, and everyone in the palace let him go.

Seeing that Zhao Yuanzuo was very strange outside, the Taohua Empress felt a little suspicious, and when she heard a sound behind the screen, she became a little vigilant.What she thought was that Zhao Yuanzuo might want to cross the river and tear down the bridge to plot against her.

He reached out and picked up the scroll from the ground.

Empress Peach Blossom smiled, and stretched out her hand to take off the veil that covered her face, "Ms. Zhao is exhausted today. King Falcon said it. Why isn't your surname Zhao?"

Zhao Yuanzuo opened his mouth.

"If your surname is also Zhao, it means that you are also going to die!" The Taohua Empress said, and her subordinates waved their hands.

Several women in white clothes drew their swords.

Zhao Yuanzuo hurriedly stood up, "You! Do you think you can escape by yourself?"

"What am I running for?" Empress Taohua raised her eyebrows and her eyes widened. At this time, her appearance was not covered by the tulle, and she was more similar to the queen in the portrait.

"You...are you really a descendant of the Southern Tang Dynasty?" Zhao Yuanzuo was horrified.

"This imperial palace should have belonged to my Li family. Your Zhao family has robbed other people's lands, so you can sit comfortably!" Empress Taohua sneered, "Today, I want all the people surnamed Zhao in the world to follow you, the king of subjugation. Die together!"

After finishing speaking, she ordered, "Kill everyone in the palace!"

Zhao Yuanzuo saw several white-clothed women killing him, so he quickly climbed onto the Longshu table, holding the screen, "Emperor... Your Majesty! Help, Ninth Prince!"

With a "crash", the screen was pushed away.

Behind the screen, Concubine Pang was sitting on a chair with the kitten in her arms, watching intently. Zhao Pu and Zhao Zhen were playing chess, and they seemed to be in high spirits. No one looked out.

Holding the knife, Nangong Ji stood firmly not far behind the screen. At his feet were the fallen screen and Zhao Yuanzuo, who was prostrate on the screen.

The Peach Blossom Empress was taken aback for a moment, then frowned, and said to herself——Damn it!

At the same time, horns sounded from all around, and arrows went up to the sky. Bright arrows exploded above the whole city of Kaifeng, and it was as bright as day in an instant.

A woman in white hurried in, "Palace Master, Dongshan Peach Blossom Forest has been burned... Our people have been ambushed, and the poison of the people in the city seems to have been cured."

Empress Taohua took a step back, and saw Nangong Ji suddenly raised her hand and waved forward...

Following his movements, a large number of experts from all around entered the study and began to encircle and suppress the group of men in white.

The man in white couldn't resist at all, and retreated while covering Empress Peach Blossom...

It's a pity that he didn't get out of the Imperial Garden, and was captured alive by Zou Liang who was ambushing there.

Zhao Pu ate a large piece of white stones from Zhao Zhen, and when he saw that he was not convinced, he laughed, "Let's get down to business, we'll play again tomorrow."

Zhao Zhen curled his lips, "I will kill you tomorrow!" After speaking, he stood up and patted Concubine Pang's head, "Hurry up and go back to sleep."

Concubine Pang stood up, hugged the kitten, and went back to the palace to sleep with her entourage. When she left, she gave the Peach Blossom Empress a high-spirited look, which had a lot of meaning—my man is No.1 in the world. , which made Zhao Zhen a little embarrassed.

After Zou Liang caught all the Muzhao people who invaded the palace, he came in and reported, "Everything went smoothly according to the plan. In addition, Gongsun has developed the antidote, so Yao Susu brought the medicine and some troops to Muzhao to save people."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang came down from the roof. Although it was dangerous this time, and the other party had made careful preparations, they still fell short... All kinds of coincidences can lead to the best situation now. I don't know whether to say God bless Zhao Zhen or Da The fortune of the Song Dynasty was prosperous.

……

Half a month later, Kaifeng City finally regained its former peace.

Zhao Zhen didn't kill Zhao Yuanzuo in the end, after all, he was a benevolent monarch, killing his own emperor's uncle was hard to say, and if he wanted to kill him, he would have to make his crimes known to the public.Then the people all over the world know that Zhao Yuanzuo, a royal family, sacrificed the people of the Song Dynasty for the throne. If this matter is publicized, wouldn't the Zhao family lose the hearts of the people?Of course I can't say it!

Zhao Zhen dismissed him and his son from official positions, and demoted them to the northwest, so that they could no longer make trouble and reflect on their actions.

As for Empress Peach Blossom, she probably lost all hope, and she committed suicide in prison before Zhao Zhen's trial.

Zhao Zhen also had no choice but to bury her in the tombs of the Southern Tang royal family.Not long after, news came from the south that Mu Zhaoguo had disappeared, and missing women from various places were also found one after another. The poison was cured, and the matter was completely subsided.

……

This morning, the fourth son got up early, sat and stretched, and found that Gongsun was still awake.

Gongsun has been busy seeing a doctor for the past few days, stayed up for several nights, and was finally able to lie down at dawn today.

The fourth son lifted the quilt lightly and got out of bed, put on his clothes, helped Gongsun cover the quilt, took the small washbasin and went out to wash in the yard.

When the fourth son arrived in the courtyard, he saw Tianzun doing Tai Chi in the courtyard.

"Morning respectful." The fourth son ran over.

"Morning." Tianzun gestured with his legs and pushed his palms, like flowing clouds and flowing water.

The fourth son secretly clicked his tongue twice, and went to the well with the washbasin in his hand.

Zhan Zhao walked over, he seemed to have just woken up, and helped the fourth son fetch water, while looking at Yinhou's room opposite, his grandfather hadn't woken up yet?

"Your grandfather and your aunt Hong left last night."

With Tianzun's words, Zhan Zhao's bucket fell into the well in shock.

He hurried to open the door to see, sure enough!The room was empty and tidy.

Although Zhan Zhao always wanted to push Marquis Yin back to the Demon Palace, why did the two leave without saying a word... Zhan Zhao couldn't help feeling disappointed.

"Where did you go?" Zhan Zhao was dissatisfied, "I didn't say anything."

"It seems that there is something urgent."

Bao Zheng came in from the courtyard, and it seemed that the morning court had ended, "I ran into them when I was in court this morning. Yin Hou said you were still asleep so he wouldn't wake you up. He has some things to do with your aunt Hong. Let's go first, let you remember to go home when you are free"

Zhan Zhao nodded, but also frowned... What's the rush?Don't tell me something happened to the magic palace.

"Let's pack up, too, and leave in the afternoon." Master Bao said, shaking his head helplessly.

Everyone was surprised, "Start? Where are you going?"

It's okay if you don't ask, but when you ask, Bao Zheng is obviously furious, "It's all because of that fat man!"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay - Taishi Pang?what happened again?

It turned out that during the morning court just now, someone announced that snow had begun to fall in some places in the north, and it was extremely cold this year. Food and clothing should be sent to the disaster relief to prevent more people from being frozen to death by the snow melting.

Zhao Zhen felt that it was the top priority, so he asked who would be willing to be an escort to provide disaster relief.

Zhao Pu said to let him go, anyway, he was idle, and Zou Liang's men happened to be here, so hurry up with their horses, they might freeze to death one day later.

Zhao Zhen wanted to nod at first, but Grand Master Pang said, "It's too dangerous for the Ninth Prince to go alone, and he is the Generalissimo of the Army and Horses. How can there be any reason to ask the Generalissimo to send food to the disaster relief? General Zuo Liang, please make a trip." That's about it. In addition, the escort must be a civil servant, so that he can check whether there are any corrupt people in the local area, and also supervise the fair distribution of food and clothing for disaster relief. This job must be Master Bao."

After hearing a lot of what the grand master said, everyone understood that the grand master wanted to send Mr. Bao to the north for disaster relief, so that he could spend two days at ease in Kaifeng without being stared at by him all day.

Mr. Bao is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and it is more suitable to tell Zhao Zhen that Grand Master Pang is more suitable.

So the two quarreled again in the Golden Palace.

Zhao Zhen finally picked out his ears, and said, "Anyway, Kaifeng has nothing to do recently, why don't you two take your patrol team to accompany Uncle Huang."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Zhen put aside the dumbfounded Bao Zheng and Pang Ji, and happily returned to the palace. His mother was not around these two matters, and he could relax for a few days, so that he would not have to listen to them arguing every day to make his brain hurt.

Master Bao had no choice but to ask someone to sort out the scrolls with dragon patterns in the north, to see if they could solve a few cases along the way north.

However, he also felt that he should go to the north. The snowstorm is coming. If the north part does not provide disaster relief early, many people will die by then.

"Go north." Tianzun smiled and went to pack his things.

Zhan Zhao was curious, "Tianzun, are you going with us too?"

Tianzun nodded and nodded, "Well, I like snowing!"

It was only then that everyone remembered that Tianzun's inner strength was extremely cold, and the world of ice and snow should be suitable for him.

Therefore, Bao Zheng ordered people to prepare a large amount of winter clothes. At the gate of Kaifeng City, more than a hundred thousand soldiers and horses had already begun to assemble, and a large number of goods were assembled. The people heard that they were going to the north for disaster relief, and they donated their clothes and food one after another, asking Zhao Pu to help. take away.

While packing his clothes, Zhan Zhao turned back and forth, and asked the fourth son, "Have you seen Bai Yutang?"

The fourth son nodded, "I came here just now. I heard that I was going north, so I left."

Zhan Zhao tentatively asked, "Why didn't he say to do it?"

The fourth son shook his head.

Zhan Zhao wondered - would Bai Yutang not be able to spare some time because of something, so he wouldn't go together?There is nothing wrong with him not going, and he is not from Kaifeng Mansion.

He looked at Tianzun who was drinking tea in the yard again - there is no reason to leave Tianzun alone, right?Accompanying Tianzun is also a reason...

Just as I was thinking, I heard noises outside.

Zhan Zhao and the fourth son all looked out.

I saw Bai Yutang walking in, and behind him Bai Fu led a few servants carrying some bundles.

"What?" Gongsun asked curiously after getting up and eating buns.

"It's extremely cold in the north, haven't you ever been there?"

Gongsun and others nodded, and Bao Zheng also came out.

"It's too cold for people with internal strength, but for those without internal strength, these cotton-padded jackets and quilts worn in the south are useless at all." Bai Yutang said, and Bai Fu came up behind him to unpack, "My lord, before our house We went to the north as a group once, and we have a lot of clothes to keep out the cold."

Bao Zheng leaned over to take a look, and the corners of his mouth twitched—that fur jacket, that fur shirt...that mink fur, tiger skin, fox skin, bear skin...in short, all kinds of skins. Nice leather, and a thick, soft woolen blanket.

Mr. Bao's face is so dark that he can't see his eyelids twitching - he is really rich, it's too shameful!

Bai Yutang stretched out his arms to pick up the fourth son, "The carriage rented in Kaifeng is not strong, and the mountain roads in the north are difficult to walk, so I changed a few."

The corners of everyone's mouths twitched—to put it bluntly, your Kaifeng mansion is too poor, so you still want to go north with so few broken cars? !

Master Bao feels a little stomachache...

Bai Yutang hugged the fourth son and walked out. Everyone followed out curiously, and opened their mouths as soon as they reached the gate...

I saw more than a dozen large carriages parked at the door, those carriages are really big!It is ridiculously large, and the key point is that it is not accurate to call it a carriage. Some of these carts are pulled by tall horses, some are pulled by camels, and there are a large group of dogs.

Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang, "Where did you prepare so many carriages?"

Bai Yutang spread his hands, "This is the cavalry team from the empty island. We often go to the north to deliver goods. No matter how cold it is, these guys know how to do things. After all, the yamen servants don't do this. Once the road is blocked by heavy snow, no matter how many People are useless."

Bao Zheng was in a dilemma, and Bai Yutang's kindness did help a lot, should he accept it or not?

At this time, Zhao Pu just came back with his people, and when he saw the carriage, he was overjoyed, "Good thing! Let's go like this, can this carriage hold up to the north!"

As he spoke, he greeted the servants of Kaifeng Mansion and the men of the horse team, "I'm moving things into the car, and I'm ready to go."

Bao Zheng was happy to agree, anyway, it was the prince who decided to accept it, and as for Bai Yutang's favor... Mr. Bao finally looked at Zhan Zhao - if there is no money, the big deal is to pay with flesh!

Zhan Zhao sneezed three times in a row, his nose was itchy, and his left ear was super hot.

As a result, the Kaifeng Mansion was bustling with excitement, and everyone prepared to travel far.

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang beside him, Bai Yutang was giving the fourth son a package of pastries, Chen Xing'er made them for him to bring.

Zhan Zhao scratched his head and asked, "Are you going too?"

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao, "You don't want me to go?"

"I want it." Zhan Zhao said without thinking, but felt that it was inappropriate, and added, "Tianzun is going too."

Bai Yutang nodded, "Yes."

"En." Zhan Zhao also nodded.

The fourth son looked left and right, and whispered to Bai Yutang, "Maomao was looking for you everywhere just now, thinking you weren't going."

Zhan Zhao poked Xiaosi's waist with his fingers, and then went to poke his fat buttocks.

The fourth son rubbed his buttocks and looked at Zhan Zhao—was that what he was supposed to be.

Zhan Zhao was embarrassed, and Bai Yutang's voice was very gentle instead of cold, "Anyway, I'm fine, I'll follow along all the way, it's very interesting."

"Which aspect is interesting?" Zhan Zhao asked him with a smile while crossing his arms.

Bai Yutang thought for a while, and gave him a smile, "It's interesting in every way."

"That's it." Zhan Zhao felt quite at ease in his heart. Does Bai Yutang's words mean that wherever the tour goes, no matter how many stops, he will go with him?How dare you!

In the evening, the mighty disaster relief team left Kaifeng Mansion and headed north after being personally sent off by Zhao Zhen.

In the carriage, Gongsun held the fourth son in his arms, flipping through the scroll with dragon patterns.

This carriage is indeed big enough that the fourth son can roll around in it.

Zhan Zhao rode a horse, went to the window and asked Gongsun, "Sir, where is the first stop?"

Ouyang Shaozheng held a sheepskin map, "The first stop is to Xuecheng."

"Syracuse?" It was the first time Zhan Zhao heard of this place name.

"Actually, it's Baozhou City. Because it often snows and it's cold, it's also called Xuecheng." Ouyang deserves to be a geography expert.

Zhao Pu was at the window of the carriage on the other side, and asked Gongsun who was hurriedly flipping through the files, "Is there a case in that area?"

"I seem to have seen it just now." Gongsun searched for a while, found a copy, and took it out, "There is a copy, such a thick file!"

"What case?" Zhan Zhao asked curiously.

"Well...it's about Tianmu eating people."

"What is Tianmu?" Bai Yutang heard it for the first time.

"Tianmu?"

On the side, Tianzun sat cross-legged on the back of a white camel, passing by everyone in a particularly graceful manner.

"Has Zunzun heard of Tianmu?" the fourth son asked.

"Tianmu is a legendary monster in the sky." Tianzun said, "It is snowing and eating people in the mortal world."

The fourth son held his face - it was so scary!

Gongsun looked at the file, "It's really scary. In the past year, more than [-] people in Xuecheng were eaten by Tianmu."

Zhan Zhao opened his eyes wide, "How many days does it snow in a year? Tianmu has a good appetite, right?"

"What about Xuecheng..." Bai Yutang seemed to have thought of something, and frowned slightly, "White Ghost Villa, is it in Xuecheng?"

Upon hearing this, Zhan Zhao frowned, "That's right."

"What is Baigui Mountain Villa?" The fourth son continued to hold his face - why is this place full of monsters and ghosts, it's scary!

"Baigui Villa is a big school in Jianghu." Although Ouyang is not a Jianghu person, he has heard of it, "The owner of the villa, Xue Baigui, is said to be a remarkable person, but his personality is very weird. get along."

Seeing that Bai Yutang seemed to have something on his mind, Zhan Zhao asked, "You know him?"

Bai Yutang shook his head, I don't know Xue Baigui, but I do know Qin Lisheng, the second owner of Baigui Villa.

"Qin Lisheng?" Zhan Zhao became somewhat interested when he heard it, "Is that the blind man Qin Lisheng who can't see but has super good ears?"

Bai Yutang nodded.

"He is more famous than Xue Baigui, so he is the second owner of Baigui Villa." Zhan Zhao was a little surprised.

"Qin Lisheng once told me one thing." Bai Yutang said in his usual unhurried tone, "He said that something is wrong with Xue Baigui. Sooner or later, there will be big troubles in Baigui Villa."

"What do you mean?" Zhan Zhao was puzzled.

Bai Yutang shook his head, "When he spoke, he was very serious, not joking, and I don't know the details."

While speaking, Gongsun poked his head out, and dragged the little four who was lying on the window into the carriage, "That Qin Lisheng, he reported the case to the government."

"What?" Everyone was surprised—the Jianghu people ran to report the crime?The most outrageous thing is to report Tianmu cannibalism?

"It's written here." Gongsun pointed to the file, "A year ago, the person who reported the case was Qin Lisheng!"

The author has something to say: this case is over, and the next case is "Xuecheng Tianmu Cannibal Case".

Volume Four: The Cannibal Case of Tianmu in Snow City