Remembrance of Tianyin's Adventure

"What? The queen mother is going out to live in the palace?" Renzong put down the chess piece he just raised in his hand, turned around, and said to the queen mother: "Are you bored living in the palace? It's no wonder that the emperor really has very little time to play with you." Chess chat." The sleeves of the robe fluttered, pointing to the surroundings and said: "However, look at this imperial garden, which was specially renovated by the emperor for you. The exotic flowers and plants in it are rare treasures, and Xiaoxie on the pavilion is also full of treasures. It was carefully built for you. Of course, if the queen mother is not satisfied, the emperor can order to rebuild it..."

The Empress Dowager stopped him and said, "The Emperor's filial piety is understandable, but just as Wei Zheng said, 'If you have something to do, you should think about it and stop it to calm the people', as the king of a country, you must restrain yourself from large-scale construction projects, so as to calm the people of the world. Solemnly said: "The Ai family does not want you to use the treasury too much in order to be filial to the Ai family."

Renzong said with his forehead: "The emperor understands, and thanked the mother for teaching. But in the emperor's heart, filial piety is as important as being safe."

"Since the emperor's son is so filial, then the Ai family's proposal just now..." The queen mother smiled kindly, but her eyes were beyond doubt.

"The emperor dare not object." Renzong said, "It's just for the safety of the empress..." He has a deep understanding of the danger of going out of the palace.

The Queen Mother smiled and said: "Aijia believes that the emperor has his own way to protect Aijia."

Renzong sighed: "Since the queen mother has made up her mind, the emperor should do his best to protect you."

The queen mother nodded and said: "Ai's family is going to leave the palace early tomorrow morning. How many people do you send to protect Ai's family, but don't let them come within a hundred steps of Ai's family. As for the personal guard, only Chunni is enough." She thought to herself. It's rare that Chunni is such a caring child, Aijia asked her to protect her personally, so as to save Meiniang from being unhappy when she sees Bai Yutang.

"Chunni?" Renzong frowned and said, "I'm afraid she is not enough." He said loudly, "Come on!"

Eunuch Wang Xi hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "I'm here."

Renzong said in a deep voice: "Go to Kaifeng mansion quickly, Xuan Zhanzhao will see you immediately."

"Wait!" The Empress Dowager stopped Wang Xi, and said to Renzong, "What is Xuan doing?"

Renzong said: "Let him follow to protect the driver, and I will be relieved."

"Why are you all so inseparable from Zhang Zhao?" The Empress Dowager said angrily, "Could it be that he is the only imperial guard in the whole world? What's more, he doesn't work in the palace yet!"

Renzong asked curiously: "Hasn't the queen mother always admired Zhan Zhao?" He thought, if it wasn't so, how could he accept Meng Chunni, whom he had never met, as a righteous daughter half a year ago to reassure him?So he inquired, "Did Zhan Zhao do something wrong recently to make the empress angry?"

"How could he make Ai's family angry?" The queen mother shook her head and sighed, and said meaningfully: "He is so 'liked'."

On that day, Zhan Zhao did not escort Bao Zheng to court, but took Wang Chao and Ma Han to investigate the murder scene early in the morning. However, there was nothing new, so he stopped by to inspect the neighborhood, hoping to find relevant clues.The three of them were walking on the street when they suddenly heard a noise not far away. When they got closer, they saw a woman in rough clothes leading a ten-year-old boy, kneeling in front of a hexagram stall. cry.The fortune teller at the divination stand was full of helplessness, and said to the woman: "I said, sister-in-law, what do I have to say to understand? Your son was frightened, yes, but it was definitely not by some blood-clothed female ghost." I'm so scared, he doesn't have any yin energy on him at all!" He repeatedly bowed and said, "I beg you, don't kneel here, if you kneel like this, who will come to see me?"

"Sister-in-law, don't cry, get up first!" Zhan Zhao went up, helped the woman up, and asked the fortune teller, "What's going on?"

The fortune-tellers here do fortune-telling every day, so they naturally recognized Zhan Zhao, and hurriedly saluted, "Master Zhan, it's good if you come, I really can't tell her why. She came to me early this morning, saying that she My son saw a female ghost on the street the night before, and was so frightened that he lost his soul, so he begged me to set up an altar to summon her son's soul." He said to the audience: "It's not that I don't want to help, but I really can't help if I want to. Ah? You all know that I have been reading fortunes here for several years. Thanks to everyone’s praise, they all say that I am efficacious. But no matter how efficacious I am, I only know about ghosts and gods. How can I know how to practice medicine and cure diseases!”

"The night before yesterday? Female ghost?" Zhan Zhao suddenly thought of the murder case that happened that night, and asked the woman, "Sister-in-law, where did this child see the ghost?"

"It's in the alley behind!" The woman said, pointing with her hand: "That night, when Bao'er got up to drink water, she accidentally broke the bowl," said embarrassingly, "I'm not afraid of Mr. Zhan making fun of you!" , My family is poor, we only have two bowls, and he broke one, and I was anxious, so I hit him twice." Stroking the child's head, he sighed: "I don't know that he will run away when he is afraid. When I went out, I saw..."

"See what?" Zhan Zhao asked.

The woman said: "At that time, I chased after him, but as soon as I went out, I saw Bao'er was already there, I followed his eyes and looked up, my God! Female ghost! Her dress is as red as blood Same!"

Zhan Zhao frowned slightly, and asked, "What time is it?"

The woman thought for a while and said, "It's probably just past midnight."

Ma Han said: "Master Zhan, the place where she lived is not far from the murder scene. According to Wu Zuo, the deceased was murdered around Zishi. Could it be... what they saw was the murderer?"

Zhan Zhao asked the woman again: "In the night, how can you see the color of the ghost's dress?"

"I can see clearly!" The woman said without thinking, "It was the fifteenth day, and the moon was very big!" She widened her eyes and said, "She is so red! At that time, she 'swish' on top of our heads and disappeared. It’s scary! Up to now, Bao’er is too scared to speak!” He hugged his son distressedly.

"Which direction did she go?" Zhang Long asked.

"To the east!" The woman said with certainty, "It is to the east!"

Zhan Zhao pondered for a moment, and said to the woman, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, what you mother and son met was only a martial artist with excellent lightness kung fu, not a ghost."

"Really?" the woman asked.

"En! Don't worry, Bao'er will be fine." Zhan Zhao told Ma Han, "Go and invite Doctor Fei from the nearby medical center."

Not long after, Doctor Fei rushed over, bowed to Zhan Zhao, and said, "Master Zhan asked me to come here, what orders do you have?"

Zhan Zhao pointed at the woman's son and said, "I would like to invite you to take a look at this child."

"Yes!" Doctor Fei stepped forward to check the child's pulse, and replied, "Master Zhan, don't worry, he's just frightened, take a few doses of medicine, rest for a few more days and he'll be fine."

Zhan Zhao said gently to the woman, "You should rest assured now? Doctor Fei is a famous doctor in the capital."

The woman was overjoyed and said: "Don't worry, don't worry!" As she spoke, her face became hesitant again.

Zhan Zhao saw what was on her mind, smiled warmly, took out ten taels of silver from his waist, and handed it to her, saying, "Use this money to pay the consultation fee, and buy some things for the child's health. Also, Buy more bowls!"

The woman took the money tremblingly, thinking to herself: "I have worked hard for a year, but I can't earn two taels of silver!" Kneeling down, she kowtowed again and again, "Thank you, Mr. Zhan, thank you, Mr. Zhan!"

Zhan Zhao helped her up with both hands and said, "Sister-in-law, you don't have to do this. After the child recovers, you and your mother will have to go to Kaifeng Mansion to testify. The 'female ghost' you saw is probably a murderer."

"Yes!" The woman nodded and said, "As soon as Bao'er is well, I will take him to Kaifeng Mansion right away!"

Seeing that Dr. Fei took the mother and son to the clinic, the fortune teller went up to Zhan Zhao and said, "Thank you Mr. Zhan for helping me out! It's fate to meet you today, why don't I give you a hexagram?"

Before Zhan Zhao could answer, Wang Chao said, "No need, Mr. Zhan doesn't believe this."

Zhan Zhao smiled and said, "Thank you sir for your kindness, Zhan has never counted his fortune." Then, he cupped his fists, turned around and was about to leave.

The fortune teller hurried to catch up, walked around in front of Zhan Zhao and said, "It's not fortune-telling! I know you're looking for a murderer. I'll give you a word. As long as you understand this word, you will naturally catch the murderer."

Although Zhan Zhao knew that this person was a well-known fortune teller in the capital, he was skeptical of his words, but after thinking about it, the case is currently at a loss, so why not ask him to guide, maybe it will really help, so he cupped his hands and said: "In that case , then there will be trouble."

"Please give me your left hand!" The fortune teller took Zhan Zhao's wrist, wrote a word on his palm with his fingertips, and said, "This word must be understood from yourself. Don't ask others, because no one can understand it." Help you figure it out, let alone ask me, because the secrets of heaven cannot be leaked." Looking at Zhan Zhao with mysterious eyes, he said: "Remember! The only person who can ask is your own heart!"

Zhan Zhao lowered his head and stared at the palm of his hand, a series of questions immediately came to mind: "Why did he give me the word 'love'? What does this word have to do with the murderer? And why do I have to understand it from myself..."

On the way back home, Zhan Zhao kept thinking about what the fortune teller said, but couldn't figure out why.As he was walking, suddenly a pale yellow shadow swayed beside him. For some reason, Zhan Zhao felt as if his whole body was being pulled by something, unable to move forward.He turned his head subconsciously, and saw a small stall on the side of the street. A brand new oil-paper umbrella hung high above the stall, and a small green jade ring was tied to the red tassel on the umbrella handle.

"Master Zhan! Do you want to buy an umbrella?" Seeing Zhan Zhao approaching, the stall owner hurriedly stepped forward to laugh with him, reached out to take off the umbrella, and handed it to Zhan Zhao, saying, "You really have a good eye! This is the most unique umbrella in the whole capital!" As he spoke, he held up the jade ring on the red tassel in his palm, and said, "Look at this jade pendant. It's small, exquisite, moist and translucent, and it's a rare top grade! Because it's ring-shaped and hollow, it also has a very auspicious name, Ping'an buckle!"

Ma Han was also very curious when he saw it, and said to Wang Chao: "It's the first time I've seen such a beautiful umbrella pendant!"

Zhan Zhao didn't seem to listen to a word of what they said, holding the paper umbrella in his hand, he muttered to himself, "Why? Why did you tie a jade pendant on the umbrella?"

"Look at what you asked!" The stall owner said with a smile: "Why is there no reason? It's just for auspiciousness and good looks!"

Zhan Zhao stared at the paper umbrella, as if a familiar figure appeared in front of him again, "Mr. Zhan!"—as if that gentle voice echoed in his ears again.

I still remember that she gave her an umbrella in the rain regardless of previous suspicions; I still remember that he went to the prison to return the umbrella, but it was empty and separated; Still at his waist.

Seeing that Zhan Zhao couldn't put it down, the stall owner hurriedly flattered him, "If you like it, I'll give it to you!"

The stall owner's words seemed to remind Zhan Zhao of something, he hurriedly looked away from the umbrella, returned the umbrella to the stall owner and said, "No need!" For some reason, he suddenly didn't want to see this umbrella anymore!

Dynasty rarely saw Zhan Zhao's expression like this. He looked at Ma Han in dismay, feeling very puzzled, and couldn't ask any questions, so he said, "Master Zhan, let's go back home!"

Ma Han said: "By the way, how about the word given by the fortune teller?"

It was fine if he didn't ask, but when Zhan Zhao thought of the word "love", his already chaotic mood became even more difficult to calm down.