I solved crimes in the Song Dynasty and strengthened the country [Seventh Five-Year]

06 Eat Jade and Seek Immortals

At nightfall, Guozi learns outside.

"You and that guy surnamed Jiang set up a scheme to defraud me?!" By the time Bai Yutang found out that he was being followed, most of his pearl hiding place had been exposed.

Bai Yutang stopped on the small pavilion outside Guozi Academy, stared at Zhan Zhao condescendingly, touched the handle of the knife with his right hand, as if he wanted to strike again.

In fact, not long after making a bet with them, Bai Yutang felt that there was something wrong with Jiang Lin's original rhetoric.

I don't usually act chivalrously, but I just came to Kaifeng Mansion to tease a "royal cat", so how could it be related to whether I love the country or not?

But Bai Yutang didn't know that this was a very common "moral kidnapping" in modern society. He just felt that he was holding his breath for no reason, and he was very upset.

Therefore, Bai Yutang followed Jiang Lin from far or near all day long, hoping to find a chance to deal with Jiang Lin, but he didn't want to be countered by him again.

"It's not a lie. I have already guessed that you have hidden the Moonlight Pearl in the Guozixue, Fifth Master. I just want to confirm it again." Jiang Lin is not like the two of them who can fly over the walls and drive a little donkey He followed with a smile on his face.

Zhan Zhao nodded affirmatively with an upright face, but Bai Yutang still gritted his teeth and said, "I don't believe it!"

Knowing that he was dissatisfied, Jiang Lin analyzed with him: "Look, fifth master. You don't have many clues for us, only that... very interesting doggerel. And the only directional sentence in the poem is It's 'the fifth master can't do without reading'."

"Yuehua Pearl is shaped like a full moon, and it can be illuminated at night. There are many things or places that people can associate with, but Fifth Master, you just connected it with books. This made Jiang have to suspect that you hid the Pearl in the A place related to books."

However, there are more than a hundred bookstores, colleges, and libraries in the city. If we search one by one, it will take seven days.Jiang Lin didn't have that much time.

So after Jiang Lin noticed Bai Yutang who was watching secretly, he directly said that Zhan Zhao had found the pearl.Bai Yutang was suspicious by nature, even if he didn't confirm it himself, it was possible for him to find out a rough location.

Now that Bai Yutang has come to Guozixue, it is very likely that Yuehua Pearl has been placed in the library that is most suitable for studying.

At the beginning, Bai Yutang himself relied on this trick of "throwing stones to ask for directions" and stole Bao Zheng's three treasures in the original Qiwu novel.Jiang Lin thought that the other party would trip Zhan Zhao up and take a detour, but he didn't expect things to go so smoothly, and he couldn't even use the back trick he had thought up.

Jiang Lin knew that he had to follow Bai Yutang's temper, so he gave in and said, "In Kaifeng mansion, there are not many places that are worthy of the fifth master to use Yuehua Pearl to read books. The library of Guozixue is a very good choice. .”

Jiang Lin's posture was too calm, and Bai Yutang couldn't prove whether he was following the answer backwards, so he could only say angrily: "Just let you be the fifth master. But even if I tell you that the pearl is in the library, You may not be able to find it."

The guess was affirmed, Jiang Lin silently sent a little red flower to his smart, witty and mischievous self, and joined in the fun and said to Bai Yutang: "Then what if we find it?"

"If you can find it, Lord Fifth, I will be at your disposal!" Bai Yutang suddenly felt that something was wrong, and squinted at the smiling Jiang Lin, and said, "But only the two of you can go in and look for it, and no one else can help... How dare you Don't dare to play with me?"

Of course Jiang Lin "did not dare".

The doors of Guozixue are all locked at this moment, why don't you bring the officials of Dali Temple to search around tomorrow?Why do you want to play cat and mouse with Bai Yutang?

If it weren't for the fact that Bai Yutang had a proper knight-errant mindset, free and easy and straightforward when he let his temper go, an old fox like Jiang Lin who loves to go around the corner would not like to bite the straight hook.

But Bai Yutang said without hesitation: "If you want to look for it, then look for it now. If you don't look for it, Fifth Master, I'll go and take the pearl away now." After finishing speaking, he jumped towards Guozixue.

Jiang Lin was in the same boat.He's not a real villain, so he can't report to the police and call the police to surround Bai Yutang.

"Sigh, Brother Zhan, it's really hard work for you. My younger brother is incompetent and has lost his martial arts, so I can't go in with you. You..." Jiang Lin reached out and patted Zhan Zhao's back, but the other party supported him with his shoulders.Feeling his back tighten, Jiang Lin suddenly had a bad feeling, and asked, "What are you doing, wait a minute..."

Zhan Zhao said, "I'll take you."

In the next second, Jiang Lin's feet flew into the air.

Jiang Lin: "..."

He was led by Zhan Zhao, swishing over three walls, avoiding two teams of guards, chasing Bai Yutang and jumping towards the library.

Jiang Lin covered his mouth with all his might, and didn't yell out... He had never even ridden a roller coaster in modern times, so how could it be so exciting to play once time travelling! ! !

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Guozixue, the highest institution of learning in the Song Dynasty, gathered the best educational resources and top-notch teachers in the world. It only accepts the children of officials of the seventh rank and above in the capital. It is a proper "noble school".

At night, except for a small number of guards who patrolled back and forth, most of the students and teachers returned home, except for Zheng He, who was in a poor family.

Zheng He's father was a seventh-rank official, so Zheng He barely touched the threshold of Guozixue.But he is a transparent person who is mediocre in all aspects, and he has not been able to make a name for himself.

After his father passed away, Zheng He was homeless, and his husband saw him as young and pitiful, so he assigned him a job of guarding the library so that he could borrow and live in Guozixue.

Zheng He didn't find it hard.The libraries on the left and right are very safe, and there are guards patrolling outside. He just wants to study in Guozixue in a safe way and get a small official.

The skylight was broken and could not be locked, so he checked the lock on the window as usual, set up a small couch next to the locked gate, extinguished most of the candles, and planned to take a copy of "Zuo Shi Chun Qiu" as a pillow.

"Clap."

Zheng He was startled, and turned his head abruptly.

In the library, only the bright hall in the middle was brightly lit, and the lights and shadows around the bookshelves were dim, and Zheng He didn't see anyone.

Before he could completely let go of the hanging heart, a figure skipped from his peripheral vision in a flash.Zheng He's scalp exploded, and he quickly shrank back to hide, but was pressed against his back by a big warm hand.

Zheng He turned his head stiffly inch by inch, the retrograde light illuminated his pale face from bottom to top!

Just as Zheng He choked out a whimpering "Ghost" halfway, Bai Yutang slapped him casually, rolling his eyes and passing out.

"...a crime." Jiang Lin muttered, feeling sorry for the little scholar.

... You can't blame him for being pale.He had just been lifted off the beam by Zhan Zhao, and his calves were still soft.

Bai Yutang laughed and said, "I know you've lost your mind and forgot about lightness kung fu, but those who don't know think you're afraid of heights."

"They're all people from the Jianghu, how can I be afraid of heights." Jiang Lin finished speaking with a smile, and then looked at the structure of the library.

The library building of Guozixue has only three floors, but the roof is very high and the interior space is huge.The outer parts are bookshelves, compartments and zigzag stairs, and the middle is an empty bright hall. The high places are full of lamps and candles, illuminating the room brightly.

Jiang Lin was looking at the candles in the building when he suddenly heard two knocks on the door.

The person who came seemed to be a patrolling guard and asked, "Hey, what happened just now?"

Jiang Lin reacted the fastest, and immediately answered, "Ah, Xiaosheng just saw a big ugly mouse, he was startled and disturbed the guard brother."

Before he finished speaking, Bai Yutang kicked Jiang Lin.Jiang Lin's legs went limp, and he knocked over a vase placed by the door, Zhan Zhao lost his hand and failed to catch it.

The sound of the vase breaking suddenly made the guard outside the door suspicious again.He said: "What's the matter? Open the door, open the door!"

Seeing that the guard insisted on coming in, Bai Yutang rolled his eyes, and he and Zhan Zhao lightly touched each other, and jumped onto the beam in three steps.Jiang Lin, who had already spoken, couldn't hide anymore, so he stuffed Zheng He under the narrow bed, untied his hair, took off his outer shirt, and went to open the door for the guards.

The guard scanned the room carefully.Jiang Lin covered half of his face with his hair, took a broom and cleaned up while apologizing: "I'm really sorry, I will clean it up, I'm really sorry for your inconvenience."

The guard walked back and forth around Mingtang twice, and warned: "Be careful, and be careful not to mess up your errand."

Jiang Lin quickly nodded and said yes, and wanted to invite the person out, but heard the rustling sound of rubbing on the beams of the room.

The guard said: "What sound?!"

Jiang Lin hurriedly remedied: "Cat, come and catch the mice and sharpen their claws. Find someone to drive them away during the day."

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao, who were huddled together on the beam, stopped and looked at each other.Bai Yutang had a provocative face, and Zhan Zhao was full of embarrassment.

"...Meow." Zhan Zhao's ears started to heat up.

Just as Jiang Lin wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, Bai Yutang on the beam couldn't help but roll his eyes with a smile.He mouthed "Cat" and freed up one hand to pinch Zhan Zhao's face.Bai Yutang let out a soft hiss when Zhan Zhao grabbed his wrist with his backhand.

The guard questioned: "Is this meowing too?!"

"It's that ugly mouse just now, it was caught by a cat, and it's dying." There was a moment of silence in the building, and Jiang Lin added, "Look, it was eaten, and it didn't make a sound."

Bai Yutang: "..."

If it wasn't for being trapped by Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang would have rushed down to beat Jiang Lin up.But seeing that the guard wanted to go upstairs to check, he had no choice but to signal Zhan Zhao with his eyes: "Go out through the skylight, we have called."

Zhan Zhao didn't want to be discovered by the guards, so he could only follow him and leave through the skylight first.

Seeing that the guard who searched for nothing went downstairs again, Jiang Lin quickly yawned and said, "It's really hard work, Brother Guard, you should go back to patrol quickly, it's very safe here."

Just as he was speaking, a sudden "Ah Choo" sounded mixed with Jiang Lin's voice, which made everyone present startled.

Realizing that it was Zheng He's voice under the bed, Jiang Lin quickly rubbed his nose to cover it up, but the guard had already noticed the problem, walked to the bed and bent over to look - but was first caught by the shoes on Jiang Lin's feet. blocked the line of sight.

Those shoes were damp from nightfall and green mud from the roof.The guard looked up at Jiang Lin.

Jiang Lin was about to find an excuse, but found that the guard's appearance was very unusual.The gloomy eyeballs stared straight at him, and the hidden skin on the edge of the helmet was pitted, obviously covering a human-skin mask.

The "guard" bared his white teeth, and said ferociously, "It's you again."

A cold light flashed, and Jiang Lin's arm felt cold.He instinctively blocked the sharp knife stabbed by the "guard" with his outer arm, and blood flowed to his elbow in an instant.The opponent couldn't make a single blow, so he immediately grabbed Jiang Lin's neck with one hand.

There was not enough oxygen in his chest, but the rapid loss of blood made Jiang Lin's struggle weak, and his ears were filled with the humming caused by suffocation.

Jiang Lin let go of his resisting hand, pointed behind the "guard" and said, "There are... people..."

"I've sealed the skylight, no one will come to rescue you, hum..." Before the hoarse voice landed, Jiang Lin used his last strength to hit the soft numb point on the back of the man's neck, and the "guard" disappeared instantly. With strength, he fell to the ground.

The world around him was whirling and booming, and there seemed to be a voice coming from afar, and Jiang Lin lost consciousness.