treacherous world

Dead Leaves originally thought that Zhan Zhao was a thoroughgoing member of the palace, who followed the rules in everything, plus he worked for the Kaifeng Mansion, so he wouldn't act recklessly without proof, causing little trouble for Bao Zheng, and ruining Kaifeng Mansion's reputation. big.Therefore, he was confident, and because of Bai Yutang's matter, he had some hostility towards Zhan Zhao, so he provoked wantonly.

But he never expected that Zhan Zhao had been trying to beat him up for more than a day or two... Besides, it was definitely the biggest misunderstanding in the world to think that Zhan Zhao became timid because he was worried about causing trouble for Bao Zheng!It's not that Zhan Zhao doesn't know how to cause trouble, but it's too good at causing trouble. In Bai Yutang's words, this cat just has a loyal face. The so-called human beings, I will not offend others. If Zhan Zhao's temper really annoys him, then He can be rude to you.

Dead Leaf provoked Bai Yutang as soon as they met, which already made Zhan Zhao dissatisfied. This time, he was vicious and fire-fighting, and almost killed them both. Naturally, Zhan Zhao didn't let him go.

The two exchanged hands, and Dead Leaf was also secretly startled—not to mention, Zhan Zhao usually looked like a good old man who asked Shun Shun, but it was only when he started to fight that he realized that he was really a master of masters.

Dead Leaf thinks very highly of himself. In his opinion, Bai Yutang is the only person in this world who has not yet dealt with it and who will not be able to deal with it in the near future. But after he started fighting with Zhan Zhao, he discovered that Zhan Zhao's kung fu is no worse than Bai Yutang's!

He didn't have any preparations, and seeing that he was at a disadvantage, he also became angry, so he took out housekeeping skills to resist.

On the side, Bai Yutang saw it, shook his head and smiled lightly, the dead leaves really underestimated Zhan Zhao.

He also felt that something was wrong when he hit the dead leaf. He just felt that Zhan Zhao's kung fu was pretty good, but he already had a bottom line and was ready to fight back.But the more he fought, the more he felt that something was wrong, and when he fought back, he felt that Zhan Zhao was more powerful than he imagined... In the end, he found that he had no way to estimate the depth of Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang obviously have two different personalities.Bai Yutang is afraid of trouble, and usually settles you with a few moves in a fight, but Zhan Zhao's personality is much worse than Bai Yutang's, just like a cat catching a mouse, and he is not in a hurry to clean up, just teasing you, exhausting you , he will give you another fatal blow.

Withered Ye felt that he and Zhan Zhao were playing a little foolishly, so he jumped out of the circle and said, "It's so boring." After finishing speaking, he wanted to leave.

But Zhan Zhao raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and left as soon as he said that?You think beautifully!

Before the dead leaves could escape, a figure flickered in front of him, and when he wanted to parry, the man suddenly flashed behind him.Withered leaves started to break out in cold sweat on his forehead - this is Bai Yutang's shadowy follower!I had seen it before, but it was clearly Zhan Zhao who used this trick just now.

Even Bai Yutang was astonished. He followed like a shadow. He had never taught Zhan Zhao, and this trick Zhan Zhao used was also the most basic transposition tactic.It may be that Zhan Zhao saw that he used it too much, so he learned it by himself... Bai Yutang also had to admire Zhan Zhao's talent, he knew what he learned, and he could grasp the key points at a glance.

When Dead Leaf fully understood, she was already frozen in place and could not move.Zhan Zhao tapped his acupoints, and returned the sword into its sheath.

Bai Yutang came over with the book, and saw that there were already many people below, not far away, Ziying Zheying hurried away with the officers and soldiers, and Zhang Long and Zhao Hu led the yamen servants behind him.

"Zhan Zhao!" Withered Ye frowned, "What do you want!"

Zhan Zhao smiled, "You are an important suspect in arson this time, of course I will arrest you and go back to the police!"

"Heh." Withered Leaf sneered, "Why did you arrest me?!"

"Just because you were caught by me!"

"You want to wrong me?!" Withered Ye disdainfully said, "Zhan Zhao, I heard that Mr. Bao of Kaifeng Mansion pays more attention to evidence in handling cases. If you frame someone up, be careful, I will accuse you of framing a good person."

"Hehe, if there is any wrongdoing, you can go to the court and talk about it. Mr. Bao is as clear as water and as bright as a mirror, and he will definitely give you justice." Zhan Zhao smiled slightly, "Besides, we saw you as soon as we came out of the scene of fire. Yes." Zhan Zhao said, reaching out and taking out a dead leaf butterfly from his sleeve.

Withered Leaf was slightly taken aback.

Bai Yutang could see clearly just now that when Zhan Zhao was fighting with Dead Leaf, he quietly took out a Dead Leaf Butterfly from his pocket.

"It's such a coincidence, I picked it up inside the fire, do you think you are the most suspicious?"

"You want to frame me?!" Dead Leaf gritted her teeth, "There are so many butterflies in Dead Leaf..."

"That's right." Zhan Zhao took out a handkerchief to wrap up the dead leaf butterfly, "You also said that withered leaf butterflies can be found everywhere, so yours must be a little different, for example, it is covered with phosphorous powder or something. It'll be there in no time."

Withered Leaf frowned, Zhan Zhao could actually see the phosphorous powder on the Withered Leaf Butterfly...

"you……"

"Hey, let's leave it alone, I don't know you very well." After speaking, Zhan Zhao suddenly called out, "Zi Ying, get out of the way."

Withered Ye was taken aback, Zhan Zhao suddenly raised his leg and kicked him off the roof.

Originally, Ziying and the others were all there, but Zhan Zhao suddenly stopped and yelled, "Ziying is so clever, she thought there was some danger, so she quickly moved away.As a result, the dead leaves that might have been caught fell firmly. Fortunately, he had deep internal strength, but the pain was terribly painful.

He turned over, and saw Zhan Zhao standing beside the roof smiling at him, and realized that Zhao Cong had warned him earlier that the worst offender in Kaifeng Mansion was not Bao Zheng, not Taishi Pang, and even more not Bai Yu, whom he had never been able to beat. Tang, but Zhan Zhao, who looks harmless to humans and animals and is docile and docile.

Dead Leaf was pulled up by Wang Chao and Ma Han, because he was still having his acupoints lit, he was dragged away.When he was about to leave, he raised his head and saw Zhan Zhao standing beside Bai Yutang on the roof, talking to him, while pointing to the ruined Gong's mansion that was belching thick smoke.Bai Yutang stood up, stretched out his hand to help Zhan Zhao wipe off the black ash on his cheeks, and went down to the other side of the roof with him.

Withered Ye's eyes were dim, and there was some hatred - Zhan Zhao, I will definitely find you to avenge this hatred!

When the fire in Gong's mansion was extinguished, the whole mansion basically turned into ruins.

Almost the entire basement was burned down. While Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang felt regretful, they were both fortunate to have found a way to get out, otherwise they would end up with burns if they didn't die today.

"Go to Jinxia Mantang or go back to Kaifeng Mansion?" Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao when he saw the shadow guards clearing up the scene.

"Well...or go back to Kaifeng Mansion first, I have a hunch that something might happen." Zhan Zhao winked at Bai Yutang mysteriously.

Bai Yutang shook his head and smiled slightly, probably... Zhao Cong would not let it go if he caught the dead leaves.

Back in the mansion, Zhao Pu asked someone to search the dead leaves, and sure enough, several dead leaf butterflies with phosphorus powder were found from the dead leaves.Bao Zheng's face was not good, and he asked Chao Mahan to put the dead leaves in prison for interrogation later.

Zhan Zhao took out the pile of paperwork, and Bao Yan held it in his hand, and locked his idle son into the study together with his idle son, and read it seriously.

Everyone originally thought that Pang Yu was going to help, but he took a burden and said he was going out.

"Go with a salute?" Gongsun was curious, "Are you going on a long trip?"

"It's not far away. I'll take some change of clothes." Pang Yu scratched his head and said to Bao Zheng, "President Bao, I'm afraid I won't be able to live in Kaifeng recently, and I will be away for a few months."

"It's been so long for a few months? When will you come back?" After everyone asked, they all felt puzzled. This little crab Pang Yu used to live in Kaifeng Mansion and eat and drink. Why is he going to leave now? up.

"I'm right here." Pang Yu said, holding the burden, "My sister's belly is getting bigger every day. Didn't Gongsun take the pulse and say it was a boy before? No, the emperor and the queen mother are terribly precious, and they are also terribly nervous. The emperor has not been able to sleep well at night for the past few days. Last night, my sister was almost startled, so the emperor found a quiet other courtyard and asked my sister to have a baby. The queen mother went with her. I am a little displeased Don't worry, so I'm going to stay and watch my nephew be born."

Everyone raised their eyebrows—it was human nature.

Zhao Pu asked Zhe Ying to arrange a team of Zhao Jiajun's Anbu to wait in shifts day and night to protect the safety of Concubine Pang and the Queen Mother.

Zhe Ying took the order and left, and Pang Yu cheerfully went out with his bundle, singing the nephew song he made up himself.

As soon as he walked out of the door, Bao Zheng suddenly seemed to have thought of something, and called Pang Yu, "Little Lord, did you hear any strange noises last night?"

Pang Yu shook his head, "No."

"Did you dream?"

Pang Yu also shook his head stupidly, "Nothing."

"May I take a step to talk?" Bao Zheng suddenly came to the corridor, and everyone present was puzzled.Pang Yu rolled his eyes and followed, "My lord, what do you want me to do?"

Bao Zheng smiled and said in a low voice, "Concubine Pang seems to be hiding something."

Pang Yu was taken aback, and thought for a while, "But my sister has been a little worried recently, and I thought she was in a bad mood with a big belly, and her temper was grumpy again."

"No." Bao Zheng waved his hand lightly, "Irritability is due to poor sleep, and Concubine Pang's poor sleep is not due to her big belly, but because the emperor has had nightmares these few nights."

Pang Yu frowned, "How does your lord know? Wasn't it just a nightmare last night?"

"Concubine Pang doesn't share the bed with the emperor every day these few days. The emperor spends most of his time in the imperial study." Bao Zheng told Pang Yu in a low voice, "Chen Banban told me quietly that the emperor has been doing things for a while. I woke up from the nightmare screaming, so I didn't dare to go back to the harem to accompany Concubine Pang. Yesterday I was tired from playing with Xiangxiang, so I simply stayed here. I didn't expect something to happen. But the person who is most familiar with the emperor is Concubine Pang. Side people, you..."

"I see." Pang Yu was very clever, "Bao Xiang wanted me to ask my sister, she might know what kind of nightmare the emperor had, or what she was worried about, making her uneasy, right?"

Bao Zheng slightly cupped his hands at Pang Yu, "Then I'll have to thank you, my lord. I'll send Zhan Weiwei to your place later, and you must tell him the truth about what you've heard. It's important, my lord. hide."

Pang Yu patted his chest, motioned to wrap it on his body, and left Bao Zheng with him.

As soon as Pang Yu left, someone came on his back. The strange thing was that the person who came was not Zhao Cong, nor the Eighth Prince, but the one who was still seriously ill before—— Princess Chai.

"Sister-in-law!" Zhao Pu was annoyed when he saw Princess Chai's haggard appearance, "What are you doing out here when you're not recuperating at home!"

Gongsun was even more angry. He clearly told the princess to lie on the bed and recuperate. Who asked her to come out to have a shower? !

Everyone was in a mess, but Princess Chai waved his hands again and again, walked up to Zhao Pu and held his arm, "Ze Lan, my sister-in-law wants to tell you something!" Zhao Pu was slightly taken aback, "What happened?"

Bao Zheng wanted to help Princess Chai enter the room before talking, but Princess Chai pulled Zhao Pu, "Your Excellency has a lot, don't be angry with Cong'er!"

Zhao Pu asked Princess Chai to say something inexplicable, and looked at her puzzled, "Angry? I'm not angry with Zhao Cong."

"Sister-in-law knows that Cong'er hurt you when I was young, but he has really changed." Princess Chai was already very ill, and begged Zhao Pu bitterly, "He just came back, and he was very anxious to show that he had done a good job in saving him before. The prince is very happy and promised him to stay."

Lord Cheshire spoke eagerly, but Zhao Pu was confused, so he could only advise Lord Cheshire not to rush and speak slowly.

Zhan Zhao turned his face, and saw Bai Yutang leaning against a pillar behind him, frowning slightly, watching the situation here coldly.He took a step back and asked in a low voice, "What's going on?"

"It's a bitter trick, what else can I do." Bai Yutang shook his head lightly, "Even his own mother is used, the descendants of the Zhao family are really different."

Zhan Zhao also had no choice but to look back.

"Cong'er just wants to express himself in a hurry, and wants his father to regain confidence in him. He is afraid that his father will drive him away again. Ze Lan, sister-in-law, I am also afraid. I have never taken care of him since I was a child. Now he It’s hard to pull him off, I really don’t want him to go to another place and be alone.” Princess Che sighed, “I know he used some people from the Jianghu, and some of them don’t have a good reputation.”

The doubts on Zhao Pu's face gradually dissipated, and after a big circle, he finally understood... Princess Chai must have heard that the people from Kaifeng Mansion had caught the dead leaves, and was afraid that it might have something to do with Zhao Cong, so he was in a hurry to catch up. coming.

"Ze Lan, I..."

Zhao Pu smiled, glanced at Bao Zheng, and seemed to say—Bao Xiang, let's get out of the siege quickly.

Bao Zheng immediately went to Princess Che, "Princess, the lord doesn't know about this matter, he was just arrested, and he didn't find any relationship with the little lord, you should worry too much."

Princess Cheshire finally nodded and hesitated, as if she still wanted to say something.

"princess."

At this time, Gongsun walked up to Lord Cheshire and asked her, "Don't worry, you are weak now, the most important thing is to have a good rest."

Princess Chai looked at the crowd, lowered her head, pulled Zhao Pu and said, "Ze Lan, can you promise sister-in-law not to kill Cong'er?"

Zhao Pu was taken aback, feeling a little amused in his heart, and quickly shook his head, "Sister-in-law, why would I want to kill him?"

"I don't know what's wrong these days, I'm restless, and I've had nightmares for several days, dreaming about..."

"What did you dream about?" Gongsun wondered, do you have frequent nightmares recently?Why does everyone have nightmares?Even the fourth son had a nightmare last night.He was full of sleep just now, and he asked the fourth son what he kicked last night, and he was still muttering.The fourth son said that he had a frightening nightmare last night, but he forgot, and only remembered that everyone he liked was in danger!

"I dreamed... dreamed that the lord killed Cong'er himself, or Cong'er was cut off by you..."

Zhao Pu wanted to die, "Sister-in-law, how is this possible!"

"Ze Lan, promise me, for the sake of me and the prince, don't argue with Cong'er! Don't hurt him."

Zhao Pu asked the sky speechlessly, "I won't, don't worry."

"Really?" Lord Chai was agitated, she must make Zhao Pu swear not to embarrass Zhao Cong, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay - is it the eagerness to protect the calf, or is time like an arrow?Princess Cheshire's behavior changed drastically at this time, completely different from the gentle and mature lady she was before!

"Jiujiu won't be cruel to Jiang Zi!"

At this moment, the fourth son who ran out of the study to help Bao Yan get tea stood behind Master Cheshire at some point, with a stern face and a small pimple between his brows, "Why do everyone say that Jiujiu is Bad guy? Jiujiu has never done anything bad. Did he kill the enemy in order to protect everyone! Instead of making Jiujiu swear not to kill anyone here, it is better to ask that person to swear not to do bad things and force Jiujiu to kill he."

Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows slightly, and Bai Yutang nodded in approval, "Well said, it hits the nail on the head!"

"Little Si!" Gongsun hurriedly picked up the little Si, and apologized to Princess Che, "Princess, don't worry about it, children say nothing."

"Uh..." Princess Cheshire stood there, as if feeling puzzled, stretched out her hand and patted her head in fear, "There seems to be something wrong with me."

"Sister-in-law?" Zhao Pu stretched out his hand to support her, "What's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Gongsun felt the pulse of Princess Cheshire, "The princess is very weak."

"I'll send someone to take you back." Zhao Pu waved to Ziying.

"Ze Lan." Lord Cheshire seemed to wake up suddenly, "I... I seem to be a little confused, how could I have such a dream and say such things? Don't worry about it, sister-in-law, I may be confused."

At this time, Zhan Zhao, who had been watching the excitement, suddenly asked, "Before the princess, did you ever hear a strange sound before going to bed?"

Princess Cheshire was taken aback for a moment, then remembered, "It's a strange sound... Indeed, there is a buzzing sound."

"Young Si also heard about it last night." Zhan Zhao looked at Xiao Si.

The fourth son was very angry just now, because he has a deep relationship with Zhao Pu, and Princess Chai is regarded as a relative respected by Zhao Pu as an elder, so he misunderstood him like this, so wronged!Listening to Zhan Zhao asking himself, the fourth son touched his head, "Yes, I also had a dream last night."

Gongsun felt that something was wrong, "It's weird, how can you have nightmares when you hear strange noises?"

When everyone was wondering, someone came from outside and told Bao Zheng, "Young Lord Zhao Cong is asking to see you."

Bao Zheng looked at Princess Cheshire.

Princess Cheshire seemed to be a little confused at this time, "What's wrong with me?"

Seeing that she was about to lose her footing, Zhao Pu quickly asked Gongsun to help her into the house to rest. By the way, he gave Gongsun a wink and asked him to check for the princess. Is there something wrong?Where did that weird sound come from?Why does it have an effect on some people, but others can't hear it at all!

As soon as Princess Chai left, Zhao Cong rushed in, "Uncle Jiu, I heard that dead leaves caused trouble?"

Before Zhao Pu answered, Zhan Zhao spoke for him, "I brought him back."

Zhao Cong looked back at Zhan Zhao in surprise, "Master Zhan, although Dead Leaf acts recklessly and is relatively withdrawn, he should not dare to do bad things, and he is really not the killer you say..."

"Whether he is a killer or not is another matter." Zhan Zhao smiled, "But he was caught trying to kill us."

Zhao Cong's face changed, "He wants to kill you? Could it be a misunderstanding?"

"Little prince, if there is a misunderstanding, the government will definitely find out, don't worry." Bao Zheng was still very steady and didn't say too much.

"Oh, can I see Dead Leaf, I want to ask him..."

"Didn't you say to stare at your mother twelve hours a day?"

Before Zhao Cong finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhao Pu, "She ran out by herself, didn't you notice?"

Zhao Cong opened his mouth wide, "My empress ran out? I just saw that she was still sleeping well."

Zhao Pu suddenly smiled and shook his head, walking up to Zhao Cong.

Zhao Pu is tall and tall, and people usually look down with their heads down. Zhao Cong had to raise his eyes slightly. He felt a little uncomfortable with this feeling of looking up.Zhao Pu is worthy of being Zhao Pu, just getting close, there is a feeling of being intimidated, unparalleled domineering.

"Zhao Cong." Zhao Pu said lightly, with no warmth in his voice.

Zhao Cong's face was still calm, pretending to be calm so as not to lose his posture, "Huh?"

"Don't do anything to be sorry to your parents." Zhao Pu said slowly, "Whatever you do, Zhao Zhen and I can forgive you for the sake of my starling and sister-in-law. The only thing is, if you do I'm sorry about your parents, I can't forgive you."

The first time Zhao Cong talked to the serious Zhao Pu, his palms were covered with cold sweat unconsciously, and he nodded subconsciously, "...I know."

Zhao Pu looked at him for a long time, then turned around and left, leaving Zhao Cong standing awkwardly in the yard, Bao Zheng stretched out his hand to the study to invite him, "Young Lord, take a step to speak, I have something to ask about the case."

"... Oh." Zhao Cong came back to his senses, and followed Bao Zheng away with an embarrassed expression.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were left in the courtyard, as well as the shadow guards who lost their temper.

"It's clear to use the princess, that bastard Zhao Cong!"

"Calm down, it's a good thing for the prince to be angry, otherwise how long will he have to endure..."

Bai Yutang stretched out his finger and tapped Zhan Zhao lightly, "Mao'er, let's go to Jinxia Mantang, there probably won't be much fun to watch."

"Yeah." Zhan Zhao felt that today's scene was a bit inexplicable, and he didn't know if it was Zhao Cong's bitter trick, or something went wrong, because the effect was not very good.

As soon as the two were about to leave, they felt that someone had grabbed the hem of their clothes. Looking back, it turned out to be the fourth son.

"Little Four." Zhan Zhao stretched out his hands to pinch his cheeks, "It was really amazing just now!"

The fourth son blushed, "Daddy said I was rude."

Zhan Zhao saw him grabbing the hem of his clothes, "We're going to investigate the case, do you want to go too?"

"No!" The fourth son clapped his hands, "Didn't I have a nightmare yesterday?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, nodded, and asked puzzledly, "I had a nightmare, then what?"

"Then I got scared." The fourth son raised his face and smiled, "I remember where I've seen that half face before!"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were taken aback at the same time, they knelt down and asked him, "Where did you meet?"

The fourth son rubbed his face, "It happened a long, long time ago!"

The corners of Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang's mouths twitched subconsciously, thinking how old are you, a long, long time ago...