[75] I treat you as a brother

The tune was extremely weird, and it didn't sound like Zhongyuan's singing.And the child with a dull expression still couldn't speak very clearly, Zhan Zhao listened intently for a long time before he managed to piece together the words completely.

"The mortal world resents, the west wind breaks... the waves are beautiful, the sky is chaotic..." Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang.

As soon as Bai Yutang made a gesture, the boy who was following behind him immediately understood, silenced his voice again, and bowed down to take him down.

As soon as everyone left, Zhan Zhao pulled up a chair and sat down beside Bai Yutang consciously.

"Any thoughts?" Bai Yutang asked.

"It sounds like what was said on your jade card." Zhan Zhao said, "Let's not mention the first two sentences for now, but the 'Bo' and 'Heavenly Tribulation' seem to be what the jade card said 'spring' and 'catastrophe'?"

Bai Yutang said: "When I first heard it, I also thought of this, so I detained him."

Zhan Zhao asked, "Where did you find that kid, and what happened to that singing?"

"Cao's birthday banquet, a big banquet, once found a troupe to sing non-stop for three days." Bai Yutang said, "This child is born stupid, and he went to Cao's house to have a meal among the guests After being discovered by Cao's family, they were driven out with sticks, and they didn't go far. When my people found him, he hid at the back door of Cao's house, muttering all the time. There were patrolling officials around at that time, vicious Seeing him, my people beat him up, and my people saw him pitiful, so they brought him back, but since arriving here, he has become even more insane, if his acupoints were not sealed, he would be able to sing like crazy for a whole day."

Zhan Zhao was surprised when he heard this, "So he learned his singing from the troupe hired by the Cao family?"

A foolish child like him can hardly tell good from bad if he is not guided.Everything he said and did was almost instinctive.

Maybe in his world, he didn't even know that it was a singing song, but he just thought it was nice and impressive, and after listening to it a lot, it would naturally come to him.

"Wait, you just said that the troupe hired by the Cao family sang for three days without sleep." Zhan Zhao suddenly realized something, "Didn't the entire Cao family be killed collectively on the third day?"

Bai Yutang nodded: "The theater troupe is in the courtyard, and they are in the front hall. When Cao's family was killed, no one in the theater troupe knew about it, and they were still singing. It wasn't until late at night, when it was time to pay money, that the head of the theater troupe found out Someone died in the house."

"So," said Zhan Zhao, "wouldn't it be very convenient if the murderer lurked in the troupe to poison and commit murder?"

"I also sent someone to look for the theater troupe." Bai Yutang raised his eyelids, looked at him and said, "Guess what?"

Zhan Zhao's face suddenly changed: "Dead?"

"It's gone." Bai Yutang said, "It's like it's never appeared before. Some people haven't even heard of such a place."

Zhan Zhao looked at him steadily, and for a moment, his scalp felt numb.

"Have you searched the opera garden?"

Bai Yutang nodded: "Ask for directions from people who know it, but there is only an abandoned garden, and it seems to have been abandoned for many years."

Zhan Zhao suddenly fell silent, and looked at Bai Yutang with his lips pursed for a moment.

This matter sounded too unbelievable, if Bai Yutang hadn't told him personally, he wouldn't have believed it even if he was beaten to death.

"Do you still remember the 'Tong Tian Er'?" Bai Yutang asked suddenly, "Someone said that Mrs. Cao Jiaxin brought the 'Tong Tian Ear' to marry the Cao family seven years ago, and later became a wealthy businessman with this item."

Zhan Zhao naturally remembered: "But four years ago, we clearly saw such jade-carved ears on your elder brother."

Bai Yutang said: "At the time, I wasn't sure if the one in Mrs. Cao's hand was the same one as my elder brother's. Now, I'm sure."

Zhan Zhao's eyes widened suddenly: "Just because of a disappearing theater troupe, are you sure?" It was too hasty to be sure.

Bai Yutang: "It's not because of the theater troupe, but because of the 'Tongtian Er'. I've only heard it mentioned here."

If there is more than one "Tongtian Ear", once it comes out, it will definitely attract people's attention.And Bai Yutang has secretly investigated the elder brother's matter for many years, if someone mentions it, he will definitely know.

Zhan Zhao: "If something is put on the bright side and attracts people's attention, it's right to become a topic. It doesn't rule out that someone will get this thing and keep it privately. If it's not seen by others, it won't become a topic—your brother Wasn’t that one carefully collected in private?”

Bai Yutang frowned and pursed his lips, obviously not convinced.

Zhan Zhao patted him on the shoulder: "Whether the one in Mrs. Cao's hand is the same as your elder brother's? We will find out the murderer and find out when we get back the things. Even if you are in a hurry, you can't go to the doctor carelessly—a seven Years ago, four years ago, the two places were very far apart, and your elder brother had nothing to do with Mrs. Cao, even if you think about it with your toes, it is impossible for them to be the same."

Bai Yutang didn't respond, he was still thinking about the troupe and "Tong Tian Er" in his mind.

"Didn't you say that the poison has clues?" Zhan Zhao took off the bundle from the Cao's yard, and threw it into Bai Yutang's arms, "It just so happened that I also found some clues in the Cao's residence."

Bai Yutang was absent-minded, felt a sinking in his arms, and subconsciously looked down.

When he looked at it, he happened to meet the dead mouse that had fallen half of its body out of the burden.

The hair all over Bai Yutang's body immediately exploded, so that the mouse and its burden were directly pasted on Zhan Zhao's face.

"Don't throw it away, don't throw it away!" Before Bai Yutang got mad and wrecked it, Zhan Zhao leaned out, hooked and lifted it, and quickly snatched the heavy baggage back.

The dead mouse in the bag was afraid that it would not be able to rest in peace. After several bumps and almost being destroyed, it finally fell out of the bag with hatred, and hit the ground with a "bang".

Bai Yutang finally came to his senses, his face as black as Master Bao's: "Why did you bring this dead mouse out again!"

Zhan Zhao squatted on the ground, and stabbed the dead mouse's waist with the scabbard: "Don't you think it's strange? The mouse was alive and well yesterday, but it's cold today. It's so cold that the body is stiff. .”

"Yutang," Zhan Zhao suddenly raised his head, looked at him and said, "Guess, is it because the murderer hasn't left, or the poison has actually been kept in that room all the time, but its appearance is so ordinary that we perfectly avoided it and ignored it. ?”

Bai Yutang moved to the side with an uneasy expression: "Get rid of this mouse first, and then I will tell you what I have learned."

Zhan Zhao was fearless, grabbed the mouse's tail with both hands, lifted it up, and then leaned in front of Bai Yutang, teasingly said, "It's the same kind anyway, why can't you be more polite to him?"

Bai Yutang didn't want to talk nonsense to him anymore, he drew his knife out of its sheath and wanted to fight him.

Zhan Zhao, who had successfully angered the children, let out a big laugh, and staggered out with the dead mouse in his arms.

When he came back after a while, Bai Yutang had already sat back shining brightly.

Seeing Zhan Zhao enter the room, he raised the knife at hand first: "Clean your hands."

"It's been cleansed." Zhan Zhao spread out his hands to him, showing him the palms and backs of his hands, "The saponin smell hasn't gone away yet, if you don't believe me, smell it."

The slender and white hands moved close to Bai Yutang's high nose, Bai Yutang was caught off guard and was forced to infuse a faint fragrance.

The smell was very ordinary, and it would leave this smell on the clothes after washing.

But when it passed through Zhan Zhao's hand, it seemed to be mixed with a different kind of fragrance, which was fascinating and appealing.

Bai Yutang's Adam's apple moved unconsciously, and he leaned forward in a strange way, wanting to keep the smell that belonged to someone more clearly in his heart.

The next moment, his face was firmly covered by two cold claws.

Zhan Zhao had just washed his hands, and the temperature in autumn was already cool, so he washed his hands with cold water, which directly froze his hands into lumps of ice.

When Bai Yutang was hit by this shock, he felt a little uneasy in his heart, and was immediately slapped back hard by Liangen.

The muscles on his face tightened, and he forcibly pulled back his leaning body without any trace, turning his head to avoid his hand.

Zhan Zhao made fun of himself, rubbed his nose, retreated resentfully, and sat back in his seat honestly: "What did you want to say to me just now?"

Bai Yutang: "You went to see those poisoned corpses yesterday, did you see blue fine lines in the whites of your eyes?"

Zhan Zhao nodded and said, "Yes, and the skin is also blue—do you know why the Cao family died of poison?"

Bai Yutang: "There is a kind of medicine in the world called blue polyp. Blue polyp itself is harmless, even if it contains a small amount of toxin, it is not fatal if eaten. Some doctors even use it as medicine to treat patients."

Zhan Zhao frowned, "Since it's harmless, what did you tell me?"

Bai Yutang took a look at him: "Everything in the world, mutual generation and mutual restraint, everything has two sides. If blue polyp is taken normally, not only will it not kill you, but it can cure diseases, but if you take it together with something that counteracts it, then this Gentle medicinal herbs can also turn their faces in an instant and turn into a murderous thing - as you just said, blue fine lines appear on the whites of the eyes, and the skin turns blue... If it takes a few more days, there should be more signs of death on the corpse. The blue spots usually start on the face first—these symptoms only appear after the blue polyp is mixed with the substances that are incompatible."

Therefore, the murderer took advantage of mutual generation and mutual restraint to turn the gentle blue polyp into a deadly poison.

This clue really helped the case move forward a big step.

Zhan Zhao was in high spirits, and asked humbly: "Then what exactly is incompatible with blue polyp?"

Bai Yutang raised his legs, leaned his back, and put on an unfathomable look of an expert: "I don't know."

Zhan Zhao: "..."

I don't know what you are proud of?

He coughed lightly, and touched Bai Yutang's arm with his shoulder: "Good fifth brother, you didn't tell brother on purpose, did you?"

Bai Yutang glanced at him and remained silent.

Zhan Zhao hurriedly broke into another flattering smile, and cupped his hands: "This is a big matter, please give me your advice, Fifth Brother."

"It's easy to say." Bai Yutang waved his hand, "I'll let you know when I find out."

Zhan Zhao: "..."

It turned out that I really didn't know!

By the time the two finished talking and came out of Anzhuang side by side, it was already past noon.

Bai Yutang looked at the sun, and asked Bai Fu who was following, "Is there any place to eat fish nearby?"

Bai Fu seemed to have visited the whole area early in the morning, and he knew everything by heart. He was always ready for his master's surprise exam. Hearing Bai Yutang's question, he immediately puffed up his chest and replied confidently: "Tighten the south. There is a 'Fish Village', which is the most famous place in the area, specializing in eating fish."

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao inquiringly, seeing that he had no objection, he ordered Bai Fu to lead the way.

Halfway through the walk, I suddenly remembered something: "By the way, I also found out about one more thing."

Zhan Zhao waited for him to speak.

Bai Yutang said: "At the Cao family's birthday banquet, a cook was invited - guess who it is?"

Zhan Zhao's face was full of confusion: "Zhan is new here, let alone a cook, he doesn't even know a few local people, how do you want me to answer?"

Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows: "How many locals do you know? I think you know quite a lot. When you first arrived, some people gave you sauced meat, and some people handed you water and handkerchiefs."

"This word...why does it smell sour?" Zhan Zhao couldn't help laughing, and subconsciously swayed towards him. The distance between the two shortened instantly, almost clothes touching clothes, arms sticking to arms, " Why? You don’t like the girl giving me a handkerchief? Do you have a crush on her?”

Bai Yutang said heartily: I see your grandma's legs.

He glared at Zhan Zhao angrily.

Zhan Zhao pushed his shoulders hard, and pushed him aside awkwardly: "If you didn't fall in love with her... you should tell me what kind of girl you like."

Bai Yutang glanced at him indifferently: "I owe you."

"?" Zhan Zhao couldn't help cupping his hands, "Fifth Brother really has good taste."

Bai Yutang's last sentence was purely out of anger. After he finished speaking, he suddenly felt a little itchy in his heart, so he swallowed his saliva, and forced himself to calm down, "...the one who is older than me."

As the words came out, my heart beat violently.On the one hand, he wanted to see Zhan Zhao's reaction with anticipation, but on the other hand, he was a little afraid that he would hear something in his own words.

"Female junior, hold the golden brick." Zhan Zhao put his hands behind his back, obviously not thinking about other things, he nodded, "It's not bad."

Bai Yutang panicked, and without thinking about it, he baldly said, "I'm two years older..."

His voice fell, and he was so annoyed that he almost wanted to bite his tongue off.

This time, Zhan Zhao finally responded.

"I'm two years older than you, and I'm still sloppy..." He raised his eyebrows, and looked at the person beside him meaningfully. Raised upward, "The directivity is so strong——Yutang, tell brother the truth, do you... already have someone in your heart?"

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