Consort Zhanzhao

Early the next morning, Zhao Bijia didn't wake up long before she saw the imperial physician from Miao Jiang yesterday waiting outside her palace gate.

"Princess, I turned on the lamp last night to study at night, and I finally found out something."

"Don't be in a hurry." Zhao Bijia hurriedly stopped him, "You can talk about it later when you go to Kaifeng Mansion, so as not to have to say it twice."

Zhao Bijia took him again, followed by Yang He'an, who had "pointed out" Mr. Han yesterday, and Yang He'an, who was full of self-confidence, and prepared a ginseng and Polygonum multiflorum, and went to Kaifeng Mansion.

Mr. Bao is a busy man. He is not investigating cases or discussing state affairs with Emperor Renzong. At this time, he is no longer in Kaifeng Mansion. Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, two new recruits, have changed shifts and are watching him drink medicine in Ouyang Chun's room. .

Seeing Zhao Bijia come in, Erye Han, who was pointed out yesterday, was the first to stand up, his speed was so fast that it was no different from jumping.

"Princess."

Bai Yutang stood up reluctantly, to say... When there were no such people, he and Zhan Zhao were the only ones together, and they didn't show so much courtesy.

Zhao Bijia smiled, and said: "He said he has a clue, and this is the medicinal material he found."

Yang and An put the things in their hands on the table, Han Zhang didn't know why his brain twitched, and he hurried to pick them up, but the action was too fast, a bit like snatching from someone's hand, Yang He An glared at him, and Han Zhang immediately let go.

It seems that yesterday's guidance was very successful.

Gongsun Ce stepped forward to look at the things, with a look of surprise, needless to say, those who came out of the princess palace must be good.

Mr. Gongsun stroked his beard and said with a smile: "He still can't stand the power of such a big medicine, so he has to take care of it slowly."

Although he felt a little frustrated that he couldn't eat good food, but after hearing what Mr. Gongsun said, Ouyang Chun also knew how good this medicinal material is. He stood up and bowed to the princess, saying: "I offended you so much yesterday, don't blame the princess."

Ouyang Chun is a tall and thick man, although he is now thinner, but from his face, he can tell how big this man was before. Zhao Bijia was embarrassed by his so many politeness, and said: "It's really nothing. , I..." I really didn't have any good intentions at the beginning.

But it is not easy to say it out, Zhao Bijia glanced at the imperial physician, "Listen to him first." After speaking, Zhao Bijia suddenly remembered that the imperial physician didn't know anything about his last name, so he asked again, "Your name? "

The Imperial Physician had tears in his eyes, and after being called an "Emperor Physician" for two days, he was finally able to get rid of this title.

"The old minister's surname is Bai."

The imperial doctor smiled again, "It's indeed a surname, but it turns out that the old minister's family belonged to the common people, with hundreds of surnames. After the war in Nanzhao, our family moved to the Central Plains. This is a surname of a foreign race. It's not very useful anymore."

Zhao Bijia subconsciously glanced at Bai Yutang.

"I am a native of Jinhua."

"That Jinhua of Jinhua Ham." This sentence was added by Zhan Zhao, and Zhao Bijia laughed out loud, moved closer to Zhan Zhao's side, and whispered to him with a smile: "It's good of you to say that, I won't remember it wrong again. "

Zhan Zhao glanced at Bai Yutang, and Bai Yutang could see a bit of complacency...and don't thank me.

What is there to be grateful for... From now on, whenever the princess thinks of him, Fifth Master Bai, she will definitely be associated with Ham. Isn't this kind of thing worthy of gratitude?

Doctor Bai took out a few things from the small box he carried with him.

The first thing to open was a scroll of letters, the texture of which was a bit like sheepskin, but it had turned gray and yellow in color over time.

As soon as this thing was taken out, even Zhao Bijia knew that it might be the book he said yesterday that he saw in his grandfather's study when he was a child.

Everyone moved their heads excitedly, and then... I don't understand...

Doctor Bai was still smiling cheerfully, "This is the Nanzhao script, which is very different from the Central Plains." He spread out the letter slowly, and said: "It is said that the second generation king of Nanzhao was smart since childhood, but The youngest son who is not in good health, in order to heal the youngest son, the Gu corpse witch doctors under King Nanzhao researched this Gu, in order to save his youngest son's life."

"What happened later? Did you ever say how to solve this Gu?" Ouyang Chun asked anxiously.

Physician Bai shook his head, "The superiors only said that this Gu has a great chance to be practiced, but did not say how to solve it. The letter also said that this Gu will bring great opportunities to the master, but..." Bai The imperial doctor looked at the handwriting very puzzled, "The above did not mention any loss of people who use it to raise Gu."

Doctor Bai didn't want to understand this question either, he said with doubts: "It is reasonable to say that this kind of life-borrowing Gu, since the word "borrowing life" is used, will definitely harm the person who raises the Gu, but the above mentioned I didn't mention it... I don't know if this thing succeeded in the end."

Doctor Bai sighed, he was born in Miaojiang, and he was curious about such things in his bones, let alone such Gu that can help people survive.

Mr. Gongsun suddenly sighed, "It should be unsuccessful."

Although I know that he has read a lot of books and has a lot of knowledge, thanks to watching too many horror movies in his previous life, Zhao Bijia still shuddered when he heard this sentence in a quiet time, and took a careful look at Mr. Gongsun, for fear that he would Something reverses out.

Mr. Gongsun was a little uncomfortable seeing the princess's terrified eyes, and said: "It is recorded in the history books that the second generation king of Nanzhao went to the Tang Dynasty to have an audience and died in Chang'an City. His son died less than a year after succeeding to the throne. Although the ranking of this son is not known, there are not many records about him in the history books, and Nanzhao did not recognize him as king. Nanzhao king who has been in power for 12 years."

No matter how you hear it, it feels tricky.

The father died outside, the older son died less than a year after succeeding to the throne, the younger son took over the elder brother's throne, and sat for 12 years, and also erased the previous one who had been in office for less than a year Traces of the existence of Wang's elder brother.

"It's also possible that his younger brother is the smart young son?" Zhao Bijia said, "My father loved him since he was a child, but he didn't think that his father died outside, and he didn't leave a word. It's just that this youngest son Smart, and loved by his father, even the courtiers can see that he is the next king, so that he can regain the throne from his brother, and he has been firmly in it for 12 years."

Everyone looked at Zhao Bijia smiling, and couldn't help being a little terrified when he said such speculations.

How did the princess live in the palace?

Thinking about Emperor Renzong's lack of heirs, he gave birth to several sons and never raised them to one year old, and the current crown prince, who doesn't look very strong... This princess is the same, she is 16 years old this year... Look She still looks like a little girl.

For a moment, everyone thought they knew the truth, and they even looked at Zhao Bijia with deep sympathy.

"What do you think I'm doing?" Zhao Bijia was still deeply immersed in the palace change, "Don't you all feel suspicious about the father who died outside, and the king who didn't even recognize Nanzhao?"

Everyone looked away as if in unison, "Suspicious, indeed suspicious!"

"But that's not the point. The point is the Gu on Ouyang Daxia's body." After Zhao Bijia finished speaking, he felt a burst of heat coming from behind him.

Ouyang Chun and others live in the dormitory of Kaifeng Mansion, which is a relatively high-end single dormitory. It is a small apartment, and they all live in the small hall.

But it is a small suite after all, the table in this hall can only seat four people.

Doctor Bai, the princess, Mr. Gongsun, and the sick Ouyang Chun.The rest of the people surrounded them.

The position behind Zhao Bijia is also very sought-after, to be precise, the two people with the highest martial arts in the room want to grab it, one is Zhan Zhao, and the other is Yang and An.

Feeling the heat coming from behind, Zhao Bijia looked back, and saw Zhan Zhao smiled at her, and said very thoughtfully: "Drawing wind, be careful of the cold."

Yang He'an and Bai Yutang gave Zhan Zhao a blank look, that's not how internal energy is used!But when they looked away, they accidentally met each other, and turned their heads at the same time. No one can understand each other.

"Although there are only so many left in this handbook, and it's still a little broken," Doctor Bai smiled shyly, "I don't quite understand some of the words, but I learned something after thinking about it all night yesterday."

Doctor Bai opened another piece of white paper full of words. "There is a place name mentioned several times above, Wudu Mountain. So I think that even if this place is not the place where this life-borrowing Gu was born, it has a great relationship with it, and it may even be the last person who participated in the birth of this Gu. Hermitage."

Although most of the people in the room knew nothing about Miao Jiang, they knew it was not an easy place to go just by hearing the name.

"Five Poison Mountain..." Mr. Gongsun frowned and repeated, "But...the mountain where the White Miao and Black Miao raced back then?"

Physician Bai nodded, "There is nothing recorded about what happened back then, and all that remains is word of mouth. After hundreds of years, who knows if it has gone out of shape."

Zhao Bijia was still at a loss, even though he had thousands of questions in his mind, but because he didn't understand anything, he didn't know where to start asking, so he simply listened to the doctor and finished.

"There is one more thing, the true leaf of the earth."

"Isn't this—" Zhao Bijia looked back at Zhan Zhao subconsciously, "The herbal medicine that Taoist Lingyun said?"

Zhan Zhao nodded at her, "It's exactly this thing."

A group of melon-eating people who became more and more confused asked: "What is this true leaf of the earth?"

Doctor Bai shook his head and said: "It is said that the true leaf of the earth is the holy grass from the Five Poison Mountains, which is of great help to those who raise Gu. What is it exactly... This grass has disappeared for many years, and what is left is only a few words. Among them There is one, the juice of this grass can draw the Gu worms out of the master's body."

"No wonder." Zhao Bijia said thoughtfully, "Ling Yun mentioned this grass, so he must have thought about it?"

Physician Bai knew that Ling Yun was a Taoist who was newly named a national teacher, and praised "He is very knowledgeable" and then said: "If there is this grass, maybe it can really lure this Gu worm out."

Everyone was excited again, Zhan Zhao frowned slightly, and said: "Just now you said that this grass has disappeared for many years... I'm afraid it's hard to find. And you also said that this grass came from Wudu Mountain, which is in Wudu Mountain again. where?"

Doctor Bai looked at Zhan Zhao with admiration, and said, "Let's talk about the Wudu Mountain first, as long as you find the Wudu Mountain, half of the true leaves of the earth will be found."

Doctor Bai spread out an official geomancy map produced by the Song Dynasty, pointed to the southwest area and said, "I read the family's classics, and this may be the place of Wudu Mountain. There are three places."

Everyone looked for his fingers.

"The first place is at the junction of Chengdu Mansion and Dali Kingdom, in the deep mountains—"

"This is the Colorful Mountain." Bai Yutang looked at the place he was pointing at, and couldn't help asking.

"Indeed," Imperial Physician Bai nodded, "Miaojiang people are good at using poison, and the more difficult the poison is, the brighter the color is, so any color in the name must be related to poison."

In this field, the doctor Bai is an expert, and everyone didn't say anything, and followed the doctor Bai to look down.

"There are two other places, which are now called Wudu Mountain. They are not far from Chengdu, but they are both in Dali." Doctor Bai pointed to the two dots he circled on the Kanyu map, "One is occupied by the Bai Miao people. , and another one in the hands of the Hei Miao people."

Mr. Gongsun frowned, "Although Dasong and Dali have business contacts, the Wudu Mountain must be the holy mountain of their clan, and it may not be easy to get in."

Physician Bai nodded, "Even if this is in the Song Dynasty, half of it belongs to the Song Dynasty. After crossing the mountain, you will arrive in Dali."

Zhao Bijia looked at the map and found it familiar.

Zhan Zhao frowned, and asked, "Are you talking about the true leaf of the earth again?"

"There are even fewer records about this. The only thing that explains it in detail is that it can lead to Gu worms. Even the Gu worms that have recognized their masters and have been raised by their masters for decades can't stop them. There is also some holy grass that is unclear. Knowing that it can cure hundreds of Gu." Doctor Bai looked at the piece of paper he copied again, "This grass will only appear on the first day of each month, and the letter says that it will not appear until the moonlight is at its darkest. .”

Still didn't say what he looked like, Zhan Zhao frowned, Zhao Bijia still looked at the map and didn't know what he was thinking.

"The first day of September every year is the best time to look for this grass." Doctor Bai continued: "After August [-]th, the moon on the first day of September is the bleakest day of the year. If not, there is no need to think about other days."

"The first day of September?" Lu Fang was immediately excited, "It's less than a month away!"

"This letter can tell you what the real grass looks like?" Lu Fang said impatiently, "We will start our journey now, Bianliang is not far from Chengdu Mansion, even if we have to take the mountain road, we can get there in less than ten days at most. "

Physician Bai shook his head, "There is only one sentence, to show up when the moonlight is darkest."

The remaining few people have already convened to discuss who should go.

"Hero Ouyang can't go, and Daoist Ling Yun has to relieve him."

"But if we can find the true leaves of the earth, wouldn't we be able to use them at that time?"

"But he has to take medicine all day long, so it's better to stay in Bianliang."

……

In short, after a while of noise, there was finally a result.

Ouyang Chun didn't go, but Lu Fang stayed in the capital to accompany Ouyang Chun because he had a family.

Among the five rats, the third was nicknamed the mountain rat. There were many mountains in Miaojiang, and even their destination was a mountain, so he had to go too.

There is no need for the fourth fan Jiangshu to go.

There is also the Ding Clan's Heroes, the two of them attack together at the same time, and Bai Yutang is also brother, so they stay in the capital to protect Ouyang Chun, after all there is an unknown mastermind to guard against.

The rest were Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang, and Ding Yuehua who were already at the gate of the palace.

"I'm going to ask Mr. Bao to resign." Zhan Zhao spoke righteously, "Saving people's lives is the most important thing."

Bai Yutang also wants to go, "You are not as smart as my master, and you are not as sophisticated as my master, so naturally my master is going."

Doctor Bai did not forget to remind, "It's better for Miss Ding to follow. In the early years of Nanzhao's wars, many men went to the battlefield, resulting in countless casualties. Later, no matter whether it was farming or housekeeping, it was women who did it. , the number of men has also risen, but there are still many women who are in charge of the house, so it is more convenient to bring a girl."

At this time, Zhao Bijia finally remembered why she felt that whether it was the place name, the mountain, or the words Chengdu Mansion, she felt very familiar.

"This is my fief." Zhao Bijia suddenly raised her head, her face was still a little dazed, "When I entered Princess Zhenguo, my father made me a fief in the area of ​​Chengdu Mansion near Dali."

When she said this, Zhan Zhao suddenly remembered.

At that time, the princess was still a young prince, and he had just entered the palace. For the sake of several maids who had died in the palace, the princess took him and Yang Hean to the bank to check the accounts. There seemed to be some mountain in the details of the accounts.

After Zhao Bijia finished speaking, the room suddenly fell silent.

Lu Fang's eyes were eager, and his mouth was half-opened. He couldn't say the phrase "please come with the princess". This is a princess, and the emperor's favorite princess.

Zhao Bijia subconsciously looked at Zhan Zhao, who frowned and said, "No."

Before I said anything, Zhao Bijia glared at him.

Zhan Zhao was not afraid at all, and faced up to the difficulties and said, "It still doesn't work."

I started to take care of it before I got through the door. For some reason, Zhao Bijia came up with such a sentence in his mind, with a slightly lowered momentum, and said: "That is my fief, and I will follow, let alone go up the mountain. Even if you go to Dali Kingdom, you are all honored guests."

After hearing this, Lu Fang looked at Zhan Zhao with pleading eyes.

Zhao Bijia said again: "You can use the Maxima under my name."

Han Zhang also looked at Zhan Zhao.

"There are still a lot of post tickets, you can take the official road to live in the post, and use the official horse~"

The Ding Heroes also joined the ranks of pleading with Zhan Zhao with their eyes.

Zhan Zhao just said a word with great momentum, and everyone died down.

"Then who is going to tell His Majesty?"

Zhao Bijia got up, glanced at Zhan Zhao, "You come out with me." Some things are better resolved in private.

When the two arrived at the door, Yang and An glanced at the people in the room and followed them out.Bai Yutang smirked and said, "I'll go and see, don't start a fight." He also followed.

Zhao Bijia and Zhan Zhao were talking in front, while Yang and An blocked Bai Yutang, wanting to watch the excitement?no way!

However, there was still a faint voice drifting over.

"It's been a hard journey—"

Zhan Zhao was interrupted by Zhao Bijia before he finished speaking, "I don't have to work hard."

Bai Yutang laughed twice, and Yang and An rolled their eyes.

"There is nothing to worry about," Zhao Bijia tiptoed and patted Zhan Zhao's shoulder, "Even if we are going the same way, or..." She pursed her lips, "I'm going to inspect the fief, you are my bodyguards, you can It’s considered a business trip. I won’t go to dangerous places, you go to yours, and I’ll just live in the palace.”

"It's dangerous to go here, I'm afraid I don't have time to take care of the princess's safety."

"I have Yang and An." Zhao Bijia looked up at Zhan Zhao, "He is very skilled in martial arts and can protect me."

Zhan Zhao's face suddenly became a little cold, and he persuaded: "Director Yang has no experience in the world. Although he has high martial arts, he has no experience in fighting enemies. I'm afraid he will suffer."

Having changed from Brother Yang to Director Yang, Bai Yutang smiled and curled his lips.

Yang Hean, who heard this next to him, couldn't help raising their feet and wanted to "point out". Bai Yutang stopped him with a smile, and even gave him a wink: You didn't ask me to come closer just now, so don't even think about it now.

Bai Yutang listened to these two with great interest...is it a quarrel?But with Zhan Zhao's appearance, it seems that he is no longer calm.

"...Otherwise, how could it fall into Bai Yutang's hands?"

Although it's true, why does it sound so unpleasant? Bai Yutang withdrew his hand that was blocking Yang and An, so it's something he can't handle if he falls into Bai Wuye's hands?

"Guard Zhan," Yang and An walked up to the princess, looking at him coldly, "You're talking too much."

Zhan Zhao squinted his eyes, Zhao Bijia felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly gave Bai Yutang another wink, but when he turned his head, he saw the door of Ouyang Chun's room, and all the people in the room came out to look at them at the door. Even the old doctor with white hair and white beard watched with a smile on his face.

Zhao Bijia coughed twice, before she could speak, she heard someone coming in from outside, she turned her head and saw a young scholar who was brought to the backyard by the yamen servant.

With an outsider, he couldn't continue talking. Just as Zhao Bijia stopped talking, the scholar looked at Bai Yutang in surprise, "Brother Jin! I didn't expect to see you here!"

Bai Yutang was wearing the standard red dress of a fourth-rank bodyguard, and the scholar asked again, "Are you working under Master Bao?"

Bai Yutang was a little embarrassed, he laughed twice and said, "Brother Yan, little brother——the one who walked the rivers and lakes that day used a pseudonym, his real name is Bai, Bai Yutang."

Zhan Zhao took a look at Zhao Bijia, did he hear that, a pseudonym.

Zhao Bijia gave him a white look, and asked with a smile, "Are you Yan Chasan?"

The scholar's face was full of surprise, his name was pointed out by a strange girl, his face was still a little red, "Miss, do you know?"

"Master Bao's disciple." Zhao Bijia smiled and said, "I know." The next champion.

But before he finished speaking, Zhan Zhao interrupted, "Princess, I will send you back to the palace."

Now it was Yan Chasan's turn to feel uncomfortable, and he saluted Zhao Bijia again, feeling a little nervous when speaking.

Although Zhao Bijia walked forward according to Zhan Zhao's intention, she still said one more word to Yan Chasan, "I think you have the talent of the number one scholar, so take the test hard."

After walking two steps forward, Zhao Bijia suddenly smiled again, turned around and said, "Be careful not to let the son-in-law under the list be arrested."

Zhan Zhao's face became more and more expressionless.

Bai Yutang snatched Yan Chasan's shoulder and saluted very enthusiastically, "Let's go, I'll take you to settle down." He said and looked back at Zhan Zhao.

Not jealous anymore.