Dragon Pattern Roll Set

The mighty patrol finally arrived at the capital of Yanzhou before lunch.

At this time, the snow on the road has melted, the sky is clear, and the sun is good.

The magistrate of Baozhou prefecture brought the whole yamen to wait at the gate of the city early. This is not a joke. A guard in this patrol team has a higher rank than himself. Bao Zheng and Pang Ji are both top-ranking, good guy Well, the old man grows up so big and has never seen such a big official.Not to mention that there is also the Marshal of the Army and Horses, the Ninth Prince Zhao Pu, who is scared to death...

Zhao Pu stationed his soldiers and horses directly outside the capital of Yanzhou to prevent too many people from entering the city and disturbing the people.

Bao Zheng and Pang Ji stepped forward to meet with the magistrate of Baozhou.

The magistrate of Baozhou is surnamed Wang, named Wang Tiande, he is in his sixties this year, he is not thin and has a gray beard, but he looks very refined and refined.

Bao Zheng and Pang Ji are countless officials. At a glance, they can tell that Wang Tiande is a smart and patient person. He is wise but stupid. It is impossible to coexist with the local people in the rivers and lakes, but if you are too stupid, you will be played to death, so you must have a certain amount of wisdom and a character that can be patient, so that you can handle it better... Wang Tiande is a typical example.

"The next official sees the imperial envoy..." Wang Tiande hurriedly saluted.

Bao Zheng politely told him not to be restrained. Grand Master Pang was an official who smiled at everyone. After all, he was a boss, so he bowed and kindly helped him, and Wang Tiande was so shocked that he didn't know how to let go of his hands and feet.

Ouyang Shaozheng and Zou Liang took care of trivial matters such as arranging a large number of people, distributing supplies, and checking the disaster situation. Master Bao was more interested in Tianmu, so he took the team's carriage and followed Wang Tiande into the city. I'll talk about it after I'm ready to move into the Yamen.

This Pozhou Mansion is quite unique. It is different from the domineering atmosphere that everyone passed through Fengxiang Mansion before. The architectural pattern of the small bridges and flowing water in the Pozhou Mansion is a bit like that of people in the south of the Yangtze River. Nowadays, the black tiles and white walls are not matched with clear water and green mountains. , but snow and ice, but there is a special style.

The fourth son grabbed the car window to look at the snowy scenery outside, and said to himself, "Daddy, does it look like Shaoxing Mansion?"

Gongsun smiled and patted his butt, "Why do you miss home? Didn't you say you don't want to go back?"

The fourth son squinted his mouth and muttered, "I want to eat pickled vegetables and meat."

Zhao Pu came over to flatter his son, "Hey boy, let the cook cook it for you later!"

The fourth son rolled into Zhao Pu's arms and rubbed against him, so he almost called him "Dad".

Gongsun shook his head, the fourth son seems to be a little fatter... Is it because of the cold weather or because he is always rolling around in the carriage?How can you roll so freely...

On the side, Zhan Zhao leaned against the carriage with his chin in his hands, staring at the woolen blanket in the carriage in a daze.

Gongsun looked up at him, "Hello."

After Gongsun said "Hello" three times, Zhan Zhao raised his head lazily.

Gongsun leaned over curiously, "What's wrong with you?"

Zhan Zhao let out a soft "ah", listless.

Gongsun reached out and touched his forehead, stunned.

Zhan Zhao said to himself, "I can't cheer up, I don't know what's wrong."

"Nonsense can't cheer you up!" Gongsun was speechless, "Do you know that you are sick?"

Zhan Zhao was even more puzzled, "Sick?"

Gongsun has already stretched out his hand to feel his pulse.

The fourth son stopped fighting with Zhao Pu and ran over to pinch Zhan Zhao's other wrist.

After checking the pulse for a while, the father and son said in unison, "I caught a cold! I have a cold!"

Zhan Zhao blinked, and after a moment of silence, touched his chin, "Oh... I just said my nose is sore."

Gongsun was speechless, Zhan Zhao's kung fu is so good and his inner strength is deep, he probably hasn't been sick for a long time.

Zhao Pu also wondered, "How did you get sick? Did you catch a cold last night?"

"There's no reason." Zhan Zhao also shook his head, "I don't feel cold, and I haven't been sick for several years, um...not a good sign."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Gongsun patted him, "It's just a minor illness."

As he spoke, he stuffed Zhan Zhao with an unknown pill, "It will be fine after a while!" As he spoke, he and the fourth son covered his body with a quilt.

"How long does it take to sleep?" Zhan Zhao was pressed under a thick quilt, and asked Gongsun and the fourth son with wide eyes, "Will it delay lunch? I'm hungry, and I want to eat pickled vegetables too." Meat……"

Before Zhan Zhao finished speaking, the fourth son pulled up the quilt a little bit, buried him completely, shook his head... a foodie!

Zhao Pu turned his head and saw that Bai Yutang, who had gone out to ride a horse to exercise his muscles, had arrived at the window at some point, frowning slightly to look inside, obviously he had also heard about Zhan Zhao's illness.

Zhao Pu looked at Bai Yutang's slightly frowning brows and laughed -- it turned out that he also had the trouble of frowning.

After walking for a while, the yamen of Yanzhou Prefecture arrived. As soon as the car stopped, Zhan Zhao got out from under the thick quilt, panting, "I'm so hot."

Seeing that he was quite energetic, Gongsun subconsciously stretched out his hand to feel his pulse.

After a while, Gongsun looked at Zhan Zhao with disgust.

"Gongsun, what kind of medicine do you take? True Spirit!" Zhan Zhao felt refreshed, "No sore nose anymore!"

Gongsun shook his head speechlessly, "Waste a good medicine for me, you can just cover the quilt and sleep with a cup of tea."

Zhan Zhao blinked.

I saw Gongsun gritted his teeth and jumped out word by word, "Cat demon!"

Zhan Zhao's eyelids twitched, and the fourth son also reached out and touched Zhan Zhao's forehead, feeling emotional, "It's really fast! Awang is sick and it will take an afternoon to recover... oops."

Before he finished speaking, Zhan Zhao pressed and rubbed him twice, and even compared him to a dog!

Zhao Pu and Gongsun got out of the car first with their fourth son in their arms.

Zhan Zhao opened the bag and changed into clean clothes, and also ran down, seeing Bai Yutang standing at the door of the carriage with a knife, looking at him.

Zhan Zhao stepped forward and patted him, "Where are we going for lunch?"

Bai Yutang sighed, and just about to speak, he saw Chen Xing'er running over, "Master."

Seeing what looked like a post in her hand, Bai Yutang frowned, "What is it?"

"The people from Baigui Villa sent it just now. Xue Baigui is hosting a banquet at the villa tonight. I would like to invite you and Mr. Zhan to say thank you for saving Xue Baiqin. I hope to show some respect."

Bai Yutang took the post and looked at Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao thought for a while and asked, "How is the cook at Baigui Villa?"

Bai Yutang rubbed his eyebrows, "It is said that Xue Baigui is very particular about food and clothing."

Zhan Zhao reached out to accept the invitation, "Then go."

Bai Yutang looked at him, "He has a weird personality, aren't you afraid to go and cause trouble?"

Zhan Zhao shook the invitation, "If you're a good person, it doesn't matter if you're a bit weird, just eat and drink. If you're a bad person, then it doesn't matter, eat and drink." After finishing speaking, he wandered into the yamen of Baozhou Prefecture.

Bai Yutang shook his head helplessly, Chen Xing'er covered his mouth cheerfully, "Lord Zhan is so handsome."

Bai Yutang looked at her and wanted to laugh, "Wherever he goes, a hero whose mind is full of eating and drinking is considered No. 1 in the ages. Do you still think he is handsome?"

Chen Xing'er put on a straight face, and patted Bai Yutang's shoulder, "Master, you don't understand now, this is called elusive, don't you think Mr. Zhan solved a lot of things in the process of eating and drinking?"

Bai Yutang made Chen Xing'er speechless, but also... Zhan Zhao is indeed elusive, you say he has no temper, he has a very bad temper, you say he has a bad temper, and he always smiles and follows You have fun.He seems to be eating, drinking, and joking all day long, but nothing serious has happened... This cat is decisive and wonderful.

Raising his head, he saw Zhan Zhao hooking his finger at him at the gate of Yanzhou Mansion, which meant - hurry up, I'm hungry!

Bai Yutang reluctantly followed in.

Mr. Bao is still busy, so it's not good for everyone to have the cheek to go to eat, and they haven't arrived at other people's houses, so it's reasonable to go to eat first without saying a word, so naturally they have to exchange a few pleasantries.

After Wang Tiande let everyone into the hall, the servant girl served tea.

Master Bao first asked about the disaster situation, and found that it was not serious at all, so he was relieved, and then asked, "Did anyone report Tianmu cannibalism a year ago in Yanzhou Prefecture?"

Master Bao said something abruptly, Wang Tiande almost spit out all the tea, opened his mouth wide in surprise and looked at Bao Zheng, "Uh..."

"Master Wang, what's the problem?" Pang Ji felt that his expression was strange, and he was also a little curious.Since Tianmu Cannibal has been included in the dragon pattern volume, it is an unsolved case on the surface. If it is an unsolved case, it doesn't matter if it is not solved, why is your face turning pale with fright.

"My lord... Tianmu didn't eat people last year." Wang Tiande put down his teacup and calmed down, "It was just eating one a few days ago."

"what?"

Wang Tiande's words stunned everyone present.

Zhan Zhao didn't remember being hungry, so he asked curiously, "A few days ago? Who did you eat?"

"That's how it happened. The first heavy snowfall started a few days ago. It just fell overnight. The next morning, a woodcutter found a corpse with mutilated beard and flesh in the woods about ten miles outside the city."

Bai Yutang had no choice but to go on a tour with Kaifeng Mansion was actually quite fun, but there were always some disgusting Bala's corpses, which was very off-putting.

"How about the specific condition of the corpse?" Gongsun asked, "Is it still there?"

"Yeah, I'm working in Wuzuofang! The headless corpse has been gnawed so that only the bones are left."

After Wang Tiande said a word, the fourth son silently slipped under Zhao Pu's arm, and Zhao Pu frowned, "Could it be the wolf who did it?"

"No." Wang Tiande shook his head resolutely, "there are few rabbits in the forests of Baozhou Prefecture, and even wolves have not been seen for decades, and the corpse was found in the snow. When it was found, there were only human footprints around. No animal footprints."

Everyone looked at each other after hearing this—coincidentally, they also found Chen Mo who was attacked in the woods outside the city last night.

Thinking of Chen Mo, everyone was even more puzzled—if the old man was really attacked by Tianmu, why didn't he say it?Rather make up a lie.

"Lord Wang, is the White Ghost Villa in the capital of the state?" Master Bao asked knowingly, but he wanted to see Wang Tiande's expression when he heard about the White Ghost Villa.

Sure enough, Wang Tiande frowned slightly, and nodded helplessly, "Yes."

Everyone knew in their hearts that Wang Tiande couldn't control Baigui Villa at all, and it seemed that the villa didn't give him much face as the magistrate, otherwise he wouldn't shake his head when he heard the name.

"Master Wang, can you tell us about the situation at Baigui Villa?" Pang Ji asked with a smile, "I heard that Qin Lisheng was the one who reported the case back then."

"Alas..." Wang Tiande sighed, "The adults don't know something, this White Ghost Villa is really too troublesome."

Bao Zheng was a little surprised, Wang Tiande seemed to be a measured person, if he hadn't been pushed into a hurry, he probably wouldn't have complained the first day he saw him.

"Your Excellency is the magistrate anyway." Grand Master Pang asked with a smile, "What kind of Jianghu sect wants to gain a foothold here, must give you some face?"

Wang Tiande smiled wryly and shook his head, "To tell you the truth, the Baigui Villa is huge, and there are nearly a thousand people who can learn martial arts, and there are only a few people in my yamen. Xue Baigui usually disappears and never shows up, so forget it. Qin Lisheng Shenlong He is gentle and refined, so he is easy to get along with. It's a pity that the King of Hades is better than a kid, and the other masters are more arrogant than the other. They can be regarded as decent in the martial arts on the surface, at least they didn't go down the mountain to rob houses. But in secret, many businesses are not allowed by the government, and it is fierce to collect money."

"There is such a thing?" Bao Zheng was surprised, "What are they doing to make money?"

Wang Tiande looked outside the door, and gestured to a yamen servant to close the door.

The yamen servant closed the door.

Wang Tiande stood up, went to a cabinet, took out something, and handed it to Bao Zheng, "My lord, I have hidden this thing for a long time, I think I may not take it out until I leave office, I didn't expect you to come , it seems that it is time."

Bao Zheng stretched out his hand to take what Wang Tiande handed over, it was a box.

Bao Zheng opened the box, and saw that it was not a secret letter or gold, silver and jewelry, but a black paste, some of which looked like ink sticks and some of which looked like donkey-hide gelatin, so he looked at Pang Ji.

Pang Ji frowned, as if thinking of something, stroked the beard on his chin and frowned silently.

"What?" Zhao Pu was curious, "It's not black."

Gongsun reached out to take it, put it up to his nose and sniffed it, and frowned, "Is it Wangyousan (ancient opium)?"

Wang Tiande raised his eyebrows slightly, nodded approvingly and looked at Gongsun, "Is this gentleman a doctor?"

Bao Zheng introduced, "The master of Kaifeng Mansion, Gongsun Ce, is a miracle doctor."

"Oh..." Wang Tiande hurriedly said, "I'm sorry."

"Wangyousan..." Bai Yutang frowned, "I seem to have heard that it is lighted and smoked, right? After using it, you will feel like you are riding a cloud, hence the name "Forget Worry". It's so uncomfortable to be infested with bugs."

"Oh..." Zhao Pu finally understood, "Is it the kind of ecstasy smoke those barbarians smoke with hemp sticks?"

Ouyang Shaozheng nodded, "It's close, but it seems that this one is stronger."

Gongsun nodded, "This thing is made from the fruit of rice sac flower (the ancient name of poppy flower), rice scorpion. A small amount can relieve pain. I often use it in my practice, and it is expensive. But if you smoke it, it is easy to cause pain. Addiction, over time, people will become weak in limbs and mentally decadent, and the dosage will increase day by day, once addicted, people will be useless, waiting for their families to be destroyed."

Bao Zheng also nodded, "This thing is extremely harmful, and it is a forbidden item. Is it possible that Baigui Villa is doing such an outrageous business?"

Wang Tiande nodded, "Several leaders of Baigui Mountain Villa are doing this business secretly. They go out several times a year. On the surface, they are buying and selling medicinal materials. In fact, they go to the south to buy a large number of Wangyou and disperse them, and then sell them in various places. The emperor here is high and far away, and there are many merchants coming and going. They are good at kung fu and hidden, and I can't catch them. But every year, more people die in the capital of Yanzhou because of this worry. Go to the north. Even worse, it was even sold to the Liao Kingdom, and the border people suffered greatly from it."

"It's unreasonable, why not report such evil behavior?" Bao Zheng was dissatisfied.

"I have no evidence, my lord, and I don't have the ability." Wang Tiande shook his head and closed the box, "This box of medicine was given by a friend of mine. The business is making a lot of money."

"Where's that friend of yours?" Bao Zheng asked, "I want to inquire in detail."

Wang Tiande smiled wryly, "After he gave me this box of medicine, he hanged himself."

"Why?" Gongsun was puzzled.

"I also want to know why." Wang Tiande shook his head, "I only know that when I woke up the next morning, there was a white silk beside my pillow, and no one in the yamen knew how it got here. "

Zhan Zhao frowned slightly, "Your friend was silenced because he revealed about Wangyousan. Bai Ling is giving you a warning. It's a typical quack practice."

Wang Tiande nodded, "I, the prefect, kept my tail between my legs and did nothing honestly. I just waited to resign and return to the field. I didn't expect a heavy snow and the imperial envoy came. I didn't want to say it at first, but when I asked about Baigui Villa, I always felt that My friend can't die in vain."

Bao Zheng nodded.

Zhan Zhao asked curiously, "Master Wang, why do you keep saying that the third head of Baigui Villa is in charge of Wangyousan business? But you don't say that he was instigated by Xue Baigui or Qin Lisheng? Could it be that the third child of their family is doing bad things?" Earned so much, the boss and the second don't know?"

Wang Tiande shook his head, "Actually, there were no such messy and smoky things before! It's only like this since there was a particularly capable third leader in Baigui Villa three years ago!"

"What's the name of the third master?" Bai Yutang didn't seem to have heard of such a person before, and was a little curious.

"My surname is Pan. I don't know the exact name. Everyone calls him the third master, or Pan Laosan." Wang Tiande said, "This person is not simple. Originally, Xue Baigui and Qin Lisheng were not very good at doing things in Baigui Villa. People who buy and sell, so although the scale is very large, they are not as rich as they are today, but this old man Pan is very shrewd and very good at making money. Xue Baigui entrusted him with all the business of the villa, which is impressive. On the surface, he is doing wood and medicinal materials In business, you can make a lot of money secretly! Based on what I have known about Xue Baigui and Qin Lisheng for so many years, Xue Baigui won’t care whether the money is black or white, and Qin Lisheng won’t even care.”

"Is that so..." Zhan Zhao was curious, "So capable and earning a lot of money privately, why didn't he become the boss of his own sect, instead of being the third in command at Baigui Villa? Could it be that his skills are poor?"

"Kung Fu is very good!" Wang Tiande smiled, "Master Zhan is worthy of being a Jianghu man, so he naturally knows more than me, a bad old man."

Zhan Zhao smiled lightly.

Bao Zheng and Pang Ji glanced at each other, then looked at Zhan Zhao in confusion—what do you mean?

Zhan Zhao didn't speak, and Bai Yutang beside him said in a low voice, "This man has ambitions. The Baigui Villa may have been split internally. He wants Xue Baigui's seat. The sects that would cause headaches for the government are basically lack of control, lack of control expression The people below are no longer listening to the words of the family members, which shows that the internal fighting is serious."

Wang Tiande nodded, "I don't know if the third leader will take Xue Baigui's seat, but I heard that many people in Baigui Villa are dissatisfied with Qin Lisheng, and they all think that the second leader is blind and does nothing. This person should be Mr. Pan. three."

"White Ghost Villa has treasure?" Zhao Pu felt puzzled, "Isn't it just a Jianghu sect, and it's not an authentic martial arts school like Tianshan Shaolin, who needs this kind of grabbing method just to get the second master seat?"

Wang Tiande spread his hands, "This lower official really doesn't know."

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao - what do you think?

Zhan Zhao nodded——Zhao Pu's doubts are reasonable, your Tianshan School's infighting hasn't reached this level.

Bai Yutang frowned - it seems that he really should go there tonight.

Zhan Zhao immediately frowned.

Bai Yutang understood, and just about to open his mouth, he heard the fourth son raise his face and say to Zhao Pu, "Jiujiu, I'm so hungry..."

"Oh!" Wang Tiande quickly jumped up, "I'm so confused, hurry up and eat."

Zhan Zhao squinted his eyes and admired - he was still the fourth son who was sensible.

Just when I stood up and was about to go out, I saw a yamen servant running in with a pale face, "My lord is not good!"

Wang Tiande frowned, "What happened?"

"Another corpse was found outside the city, Tianmu is eating people again!"

Wang Tiande opened his mouth wide to look at Bao Zheng.

Bao Zheng thought about it and looked at Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao suddenly rubbed his head and said to Bai Yutang, "I don't seem to have recovered from my cold..."

Bai Yutang pushed him away—let's go, this meal is out of reach.

Zhan Zhao walked out dejectedly, slandering - don't let me catch Heavenly Mother, catch her and stew her alive!