Consort Zhanzhao

Fortunately, after half a day, the rain gradually became smaller, and it stopped at [-] o'clock, but there are trees everywhere in the mountain, and the raindrops hanging on the leaves still fall on people from time to time, such as the raindrops just now Much bigger.

It is impossible to leave before the hour or two, and the sky will be dark in another hour, and there is no way to rush to the next station at this hour, and the most important thing is that although the rain has stopped, the road is still wet It's extremely slippery, and the road ahead is relatively steep. If you go on the road rashly, you're risking your life.

So even if Xu Qing and the others were anxious, but after all there was hope, they still waited patiently until tomorrow morning.

As soon as the rain stopped, Zhao Bijia couldn't sit still. He heard yesterday that there was a small stream in the east, and now he was able to move with great difficulty, so he dragged Zhan Zhao across.

Bai Yutang was born in the south since he was a child, and he also loves fish. He said, "Maybe some big fish can wash down from the mountain. Let's catch some for dinner."

Ding Yuehua saw Xu Qing and Han Zhang winking at her non-stop, and then looked at Yang and An who would never leave behind the princess, and the one who pretended to be innocent but had a smirk on purpose. Bai Yutang bit the bullet and followed.

"My father is the chief soldier of the Songjiang Mansion. I grew up by the river, and I am good at fishing." Ding Yuehua also smiled at Zhao Bijia, not sure if the princess understood what she meant.

My father works under your father's hand... I wouldn't come if I was forced to do so...

The original small tour by the stream has really become a fishing activity, Zhao Bijia looked at the group of people following behind, and rolled her eyes without image and temperament.

what to do?just go.

But as soon as he borrowed a fishing rod from the kitchen, and asked Bai Yutang to dig out a lot of earthworms, the chief guard Shao Yong came, "Princess, the post officer Xiang Da has come with a messenger."

Zhao Bijia glanced at Bai Yutang, who was smiling complacently, and thought about it, and said, "Since there is something important... well, the Zhan guards stay here, you two go fishing."

Yang and An naturally followed the princess. Bai Yutang and Ding Yuehua looked at each other, and lost interest immediately. It's just that the fishing rod and bait were all ready, and the seasoning for cooking fish in the kitchen at night was also prepared. They...

I can only go.

Bai Yutang held a fishing rod in one hand, and a small bucket of earthworms in the other, followed Ding Yuehua, and went up to the stream, but Zhao Bijia saw Ding Yuehua come back after two steps out of the yard.

"The road outside is slippery, I'll change clothes." Ding Yuehua smiled and went back to the room, and never came out again.

Bai Yutang's lonely back appeared in Zhao Bijia's mind, and he nodded with a smile: Only one can concentrate on fishing well.

Here Shao Yong has brought both of them in.

Xiang Da was still the same as yesterday, as soon as he came in he had a flattering smile on his face, and after the ceremony, he began to talk about the poor conditions of the inn, until the food was not refined enough, and begged the princess not to blame him.

Zhao Bijia was not interested in listening to this, coughed slightly, and Yang and An immediately spoke, "What's the matter with you?"

The one who asked was the courier who was trying to maintain a standing posture, but was already trembling slightly.

The messenger said: "I have followed the wishes of the Governor of Chengdu, and I am going to Bianliang to deliver the booklet to Your Majesty."

"Oh?" Zhao Bijia asked back, "What did you come to see me for?"

The messenger trembled again, and took out a letter wrapped in brown paper from his arms.

The kraft paper is naturally waterproof, but that's not the point. The point is that this letter has a large seal: three hundred miles.

Three hundred miles refers to the speed. This letter must be delivered to Bianliang at a speed of three hundred miles a day, but three hundred miles is the slowest speed for sending letters in a national post office system such as a post station. Four hundred miles, five hundred miles, and even eight hundred miles are urgent, but at eight hundred miles, it is really to the point of running to death.

Zhao Bijia understood why he came looking for her. Even at a speed of [-] miles, there was no reason to take a day off. The messenger arrived at the post station yesterday afternoon.

The messenger trembled and knelt on the ground, "It rained yesterday, and now—" the messenger trembled, and passed out immediately.

This dizziness was out of control, and his face was exposed, his complexion was pale, his lips were reddish purple, it was obvious that he was seriously ill.

Zhan Zhao stepped forward to investigate, then turned around and shook his head with Zhao Bijia and said, "I have a fever, so I have to take care of it."

Zhao Bijia looked at Xiang Da again, Xiang Da thumped, and knelt down by himself, "I want to ask the princess to be a witness, it's raining heavily in the mountains, it's not that I don't want to send someone out, it's delayed for a whole day, I'm a lowly official, I’m afraid I’m going to go home and farm!”

Zhao Bijia squinted her eyes. Although she was a princess, she knew a thing or two about the important affairs of the court, and she was able to say a word or two to Renzong when she was in the palace, but she was away from home...

Before she had any reaction, Yang and An's expressions had already changed. He stepped forward and mentioned Honda and the fainted messenger one by one, and walked out of the room and threw them on the porch.

"What should I do? Have you been this post officer for more than ten years and haven't even memorized the regulations?" After leaving the princess, Yang He'an's voices were dark and cold, very scary.

"It's too late for a day, so you should choose the postman to deliver the letter first." After saying this, Yang He'an went back to the house, saw that Zhan Zhao was still a little confused, and said with a bit of sarcasm in his tone: "It is stated in the law that if the postman is seriously ill or due to weather conditions, the postman will send another postman to deliver the letter. But... a guarantor is required."

Zhan Zhao didn't understand it at first because he didn't understand the law here, but Yang and An understood what it meant after a few clicks.

Most likely it was that Xiang Da looked at the princess young, thought that she was easy to deceive, and wanted to trick her into being a witness for himself, if he could get the princess's seal... just a little bit of pretense, and the sky would rise straight up.

Zhan Zhao's eyes turned cold, "He dares to think about it."

Yang and An's expressions softened a little.

"I'm not that easy to be counted on." Zhao Bijia smiled, "It's none of my business, besides the three hundred li letters... the ministers are away, and the memorials are sent in the three hundred li file, no There will be urgent matters."

"The princess's itinerary was sent back to the capital, and it took eight hundred miles to expedite it." Yang He'an said proudly.

Zhao Bijia was a little confused, so she glanced at him and felt that this pretense was completely unnecessary...just looking at Zhan Zhao's face...Zhao Bijia frowned. Could it be that Yang and An wanted him to retreat?

After a small episode, Bai Yutang also came back with a bucket, which looked quite heavy.

Zhao Bijia laughed, "I didn't expect you to be good at fishing."

Bai Yutang grabbed a handyman casually and asked him to take his things to the kitchen, but he knew how to fish... and he was exposed during dinner.

Zhao Bijia looked at the fishes on the table with a half-smile and a big hole in their stomachs, obviously died after someone punctured their stomachs. Looking at Bai Yutang's pretendingly calm face, he couldn't help asking, "Could you be If you can't catch it, you will become angry from embarrassment..."

Han Zhang laughed, Xu Qing blushed to hold back the laughter, Zhan Zhao went up and patted him on the shoulder sympathetically, "Loving food and being able to fish are two different things."

"Fortunately, I didn't pierce the gall." Ding Yuehua also added quietly.

"It's good to have fish." Bai Yutang ate his head in suspense, and it took him a while to say this.

At dusk, before the sun set, there were traces in the sky. The person who showed them the way was very surprised and said: "The sky is going to be sunny." Then he said to Shao Yong Zhanzhao and others: "The next station is not far away. Far, wait for the sun to come out in the morning before leaving, and I will definitely be there before dark!"

With this sentence, after dinner, it was very busy for a while. Everyone should pack up, but they didn’t go to the back mountain for a stroll, and they didn’t see the waterfall. Zhao Bijia had to put this matter aside and think about the return trip It's the same again.

Everyone went to bed early at night, thinking about getting up early the next day to prepare for their journey, but they didn't know that something would happen as soon as the next day dawned.

The door of the small courtyard was slammed loudly, "It's not good!", "Something happened!", "Is the princess awake!"

Zhao Bijia vaguely heard the noisy life coming from outside, and then there were several guards, as well as the voices of Zhan Zhao, Yang and An, and then it became quiet again.

It's just that she was woken up and didn't know what happened outside. Zhao Bijia had no interest in going back to sleep again, so she packed up and got up.

Seeing her coming out, Yang and An whispered back, "Xiang Da died last night."

Shao Yong said: "There is no one in charge in the station, I want to ask the princess to uphold justice."

Although it was because of Ouyang Chun's life that he went on the road, after all, human life is at stake, and it is such an important place as the station. Zhao Bijia pondered for a moment and said: "Second brother Han, third brother Xu, if you two plan to leave first, I will I'm not stopping you either. I'm afraid I'm going to stay here for a few more days."

The two looked at each other, and Han Zhang said: "Human life is at stake, and the murder case happened while I was waiting for you. How can I just go away? It's nothing more than a few days of delay, and I'll find it later."

However, Yang He'an glared at Zhan Zhao for no other reason. The "Second Brother Han and Third Brother Xu" were clearly calling after Zhan Zhao!

Zhao Bijia pondered for a moment, then said to Shao Yong: "This station is under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Mansion, you send someone to deliver the letter, and ask them to send someone to take over."

Shao Yong hastily agreed, and was about to go out when Zhao Bijia said again: "Don't worry, you arrange for our people to put everyone in prison, and no one is allowed to hand over them in private. Besides, who found Xiang Da's body? Bring him here." Ask carefully."

Shao Yong responded one by one and went out to make arrangements.

Zhao Bijia looked at the people in the room, especially the two guards belonging to the Kaifeng Mansion, and was a little interested, "Why don't you bring them here first?"

Yang and An coughed at a distance, but Zhao Bijia glanced at him, and he immediately fell silent.

I have been possessed by ghosts before, am I still afraid of death?

After a while, Shao Yong brought in two men, one was older, looking towards fifty, the other looked around twenty, very young.

The two stood still, but still trembling a little.Zhan Zhao also met Mr. Bao many times to try the case, and said in a decent manner, "Did you two discover Xiang Da?"

The two looked at each other, and before they could speak, Zhan Zhao stopped him, and he leaned into Bai Yutang's ear again and said, "Let's ask each other separately."

Although Bai Yutang looked a little unreliable on weekdays and liked to show off, he was still reliable at critical moments, so he went forward and took the older man with him, and went to the wing to find a quiet room to inquire.

Zhao Bijia thought about it, and followed Zhan Zhao first.

What Zhan Zhao asked was a young man. He first asked about his situation, such as what he did. He had been in the inn for several years, and his voice was very kind. Gradually, even Zhao Bijia could tell that this man was shaking shoulders relaxed.

This young man's name is Fang Wei, he is a handyman, not even a postman, and he has only been here for more than a year. He usually does odd jobs, and there is also a handyman in the posthouse. In the morning, bring hot water to serve the post officer to wash.

"I knocked on the door, but there was no movement inside." Fang Wei said: "Because the princess said she was going to leave today, Mr. Xiang said that he had to wake him up no matter what, so I knocked on the door again. After waiting for a while, there was still no movement. I was a little scared."

Fang Wei trembled, his face was a little frightened, and he said: "It is said that Mr. Xiang should have woken up a long time ago with such a big commotion... Then I waited for a while, went down and saw Uncle Zhang was there, so I called him to come with me, Knock the door open."

Fang Wei trembled again when he thought of the scene at that time, "Master Xiang died on the bed, and his body was only half covered with the quilt. I yelled, and then..." He thought about it for a while, "Afterwards, many people, Uncle Zhang let the two One person looked at Mr. Xiang, and said that he wanted to find someone in charge, so the rest of us came to the princess's yard."

After Zhao Bijia listened, she saw that Zhan Zhao began to ask for details little by little, so she came over to Bai Yutang.

Yang and An never stopped the princess. Although they thought it was not good for the princess to care about such things, they still followed her to the wing with a cold face.

Compared with Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang, who just entered the public office, tried the case in a completely wild way.

Threatening and luring, chopping off the corner of the table, leaving a handprint on the table and other threatening methods were used all over the place. Seeing that Uncle Zhang was shaking in the mouth of the young handyman, he could not shake anymore, so he sat in the chair with one leg He even raised it up and put it on the handle, "Tell me, what's going on."

The rhetoric of the two is almost the same.

Uncle Zhang is the postman of this post station. His name is very simple, Zhang Da, but because he is old, everyone calls him Uncle Zhang.

Compared with the handyman, the postman actually has a little more money per month, and he can deliver letters. Although this job is hard, it takes several days to support him, and he may die, but It is the main source of income.

Of course, when they are free, they are also doing handyman's work. Uncle Zhang happened to be on the wheel sweeping the floor in the past two days.

"When I was sweeping the door in the morning, I saw Fang Wei running down in a panic. He said that Mr. Xiang couldn't open the room and was afraid of accidents. He wanted to invite me to go and have a look, so I followed him up."

This Uncle Zhang’s voice was much calmer than Fang Wei’s, “The two of us knocked on the door for a while, but when there was no movement, we pushed the door open together.” At this point, Uncle Zhang also paused, “Master Xiang is lying on his side On the bed, half of his face was exposed, his face was livid, and that color made him look like a dead person."