The Seven Heroes and Five Righteousness of Crossing

After entering the flower hall, Yan Chasan, the imperial envoy, took the first seat, and Gongsun Ce stood beside him, but the rest of the people refused to take their seats according to their official positions, so they gave way and unanimously pushed the elder Lu Fang to sit at the west head. It was Zhan Zhao and Jiang Ping, the two fourth-rank guards who were at the bottom.

After exchanging pleasantries, Lu Fang asked, "Lord Yan, where is my fifth younger brother? We haven't seen each other for a few months. We brothers really miss him very much."

Yan Chasan sighed, and replied: "This court has not seen Brother Bai Xian for two days, and I don't know where he is... now."

Lu Fang is the most affectionate person, when he heard this, he became anxious; when he was anxious, his eye circles turned red, and he said anxiously: "Master Yan, can you explain clearly, why is Fifth Brother missing?"

Xu Qing was also in a hurry, stood up quickly and said, "Yes, my lord! Tell me quickly!"

"Third brother." Jiang Ping quickly pulled Xu Qing to sit down, and seeing Yan Chasan's anxious expression, he said to Gongsun Ce, "Mr. Gongsun, do you know about the fifth brother's disappearance?"

"It's a long story." Gongsun Ce explained in detail how Deng Che and Shen Hu disguised themselves to steal the seal, "The white guard chased him out, and he hasn't returned yet."

Everyone was shocked when they heard what he said.Jiang Ping secretly felt that the fifth younger brother's departure might be more ominous than good, and because of Lu Fang's temperament of crying, making troubles and hanging himself, it was hard to point it out.

While they were worrying about each other, suddenly a foreign class came in to report: Jin Taishou and his party had important matters to visit.Yan Chasan hurriedly sent a quick pass.

After a while, Jin Hui, together with Zhihua, Ding Zhaohui and Ai Hu, rushed to the flower hall.

The four of them stood still at the ceremony, Zhihua and Ding Zhaohui saw the circle of old friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time, instead of being happy, they showed a sad expression. Ai Hu was so young, he didn't expect to be here, and bumped into Xingkong Island Siyi was stunned at first, then curled his lips and burst into tears.

Lu Fang's heart sank, and he said in a trembling voice, "Nephew Ai Hu, why are you crying here?"

Knowing that he couldn't hide it, Zhi Hua stepped forward and clasped Lu Fang's hands tightly and said, "Brother Lu, Fifth Brother is gone, you have to take care of yourself!"

Lu Fang turned pale, and murmured: "The fifth brother is gone... The fifth brother is gone..." Suddenly he raised his arms, pushed Zhihua away, and roared, "I am a big brother, what else is there to live? Meaning!" After saying that, he slammed his head towards the opposite pillar.Thanks to Zhan Zhao's quick eyesight and quick hands, he caught it, otherwise he would have to make a big mistake.

When Yan Chasan heard of Bai Yutang's death, he couldn't help but burst into mourning: "Brother Bai... Brother Yu has had you as a close friend for half his life. Once you leave, leave me alone. In the future... in the future..."

With tears in his eyes, Jiang Ping asked Xiang Zhihua, "Brother Zhi, where did you get the news? Where did my fifth younger brother die? Where are the bones now?"

Zhihua replied solemnly: "One hour ago, Jin Taishou's subordinates found out the news. It was night, the fifth younger brother chased Deng Che, strayed into the sky tower, and died in the gossip copper net array. Enemy, you have sunk Fifth Brother's bones into the Nishui Spring of the Han River!"

Han Zhang loves Bai Wu the most, his younger brother. He has always shown no signs of emotion and anger. Hearing the sad news, although he has never shed tears, his heart is already as painful as a knife.He said in a deep voice: "Fifth brother is extremely quick-witted, and is also proficient in organ formations. I don't know who set up this evil formation? It has hurt fifth brother like this!"

Xu Qing was furious, "Wow!" shouted: "Who cares who set it up! Let's rush into the palace, kill the treacherous king and Deng Che, and avenge the fifth brother!"

Zhan Zhao spoke out to dissuade him: "Brother Xu, there are many treacherous kings, and the county palace cannot be attacked by force. The matter of revenge needs to be considered in the long term. The most urgent thing is to find the bones of the fifth brother, so that he can be buried as soon as possible."

"Brother Zhan said it is true." Zhi Hua nodded and said, "This formation is unusual. It was set up by Peng Qi, the Lingtai Lang of the former dynasty. This person is so wise that he is close to a monster. He is a strange talent that is rare in a century. There is no formation map to guide , Entering the battle is tantamount to dying!"

Thinking of Bai Yutang's gorgeous young man, who was also anxious about public affairs and righteousness, such a good man, but died young, everyone felt sorry for him.All of a sudden, there was constant mourning in front of the hall, Lu Fang and Yan Chasan were crying so hard that they almost died.For the past two days, because of Bai Wu's loss of contact, Yan Chasan has been unable to eat and sleep at night. He usually has to work hard to deal with official duties. Now he is suffering from the loss of a friend. How can he bear the pain of losing a friend?After crying for a while, he passed out.Gongsun Ce and Jin Hui hurriedly helped him to the inner hall to rest.Lu Fang also cried and wanted to kill himself. Han Zhang and Xu Qing held one arm of him and dragged him away from the flower hall.

In a blink of an eye, half of the people in the room had left, and it became much quieter.Ding Zhaohui said quickly: "Just now when my younger brother entered the room, he saw a little lady waiting on the porch. She looked familiar. I don't know..."

"Oh!" Zhan Zhao said with a guilty face, "Second Brother Ding didn't mention it, Brother Yu almost forgot about it! I brought him in." Then, he walked quickly to the corridor, and personally led Xia Chan in.

Xia Chan stood still, met Ding Zhaohui's inquiring gaze, recalling what Yuan Cuixiao did in the past, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Little lady, wait a moment. I'll invite Mr. Gongsun to come and meet you." Zhan Zhao said, and went to the inner hall.

Ai Hu recognized her as the envoy next to Yuan Cuixiao, and said hostilely: "You are from the county prince's mansion, right? Why are you here to find Mr. Gongsun?"

"I... I'm here..." Xia Chan lowered her head awkwardly.

Zhi Hua pulled Xiao Xia aside and asked her, "How is your little lady?"

Xia Chan had never met his master and apprentice face to face, so she didn't know how these two knew her, she was a little scared, she shook her head and refused to answer.

Ding Zhaohui couldn't help but asked, "Is she sick?"

Seeing that Ding Zhaohui misunderstood her, Xia Chan shook her head even more.

At the moment when they were asking questions, Zhan Zhao and Gongsun Ce arrived.

Zhan Zhao pointed to Xia Chan standing in the hall, "Mr. Gongsun, this little lady wants to see you."

Gongsun Ce raised his eyes and couldn't help being surprised: "Aren't you..."

Xia Chan saluted and said: "The daughter of the people, Xia Chan, pays her respects to Lord Gongsun."

Gongsun Ce made a false note, stroked his beard and said, "I don't know why the little lady came here?"

Xia Chan replied: "My little lady, let me deliver something to you."

Gongsun Ce looked at Xia Chan, saw that she didn't carry any bags, and her hands were empty, and felt even weirder in his heart, so he said, "Bring me to have a look."

Everyone focused their attention on Xia Chan, and saw that she slowly unwrapped a pale pink silk scarf from her neck, and carefully held it in front of Gongsun Ce.

Ai Hu snorted lightly and said, "Your lady has taken the wrong medicine? Give this to Mr. Gongsun?"

Ding Zhaohui frowned slightly, Zhihua reached out and hit Ai Hu on the head, and said with a straight face, "Stop talking nonsense!"

Gongsun Ce hesitated but did not go to pick it up. Jiang Ping, who had been silent all this time, suddenly went around to him, stared at the scarf, looked at it carefully for a while and said: "This silk scarf seems to have some origins."

Gongsun Ce took the silk scarf, unfolded it and looked at it, but he didn't notice any difference. He knew that Jiang Ping was from a businessman, and he was very good at it. .”

"Don't dare to do it." Jiang Ping rubbed the silk scarf and said, "This silk scarf is made of ice cream, and the ice cream is woven from the silk spit out by snow silkworms in Changbai Mountain. Snow silkworms are extremely rare, so the ice cream is even more It is rare. It was popular in the palace of the previous dynasty, and the (Tai) ancestor of the dynasty thought it was too extravagant, so he banned it. The ones that still exist in the world are at least 80 years old." Speaking of this, He sneezed suddenly, rubbed his nose and said, "Why does this silk scarf have a strange smell?"

When Xia Chan heard this, her face turned red.

"Really?" Gongsun Ce's expression turned serious, he took the silk scarf again, smelled it, and said, "It smells like swallow grass."

Zhihua interface asked: "I don't know what effect this swallow grass has?"

Gongsun Ce replied: "To stop bleeding and remove blood stasis, but the curative effect is far inferior to that of Panax notoginseng and Chuanxiong. Few doctors would use this medicine."

Zhihua asked again: "Aside from being used as medicine, are there other uses?"

"This..." Gongsun Ce frowned and thought hard, "Let me think about it."

Jiang Ping looked at Xia Chan, walked up to her, and asked: "Little lady, think about it carefully, the person who sent the silk scarf, besides asking you to bring the silk scarf, did he say anything else?" Is it?"

As soon as he reminded her, Xia Chan suddenly remembered that Yuan Cuixiao had indeed asked her to talk, and said repeatedly: "Yes! Yes!"

"What did she say?!" Jiang Ping, Zhi Hua, and Gongsun Ce asked in unison.

Xia Chan shrank her neck in shock, and said in a low voice: "The little lady said that she saved a lot of lamp oil money for Mr. Gongsun in the past, so Mr. Gongsun should not forget to buy her a cup of hot tea."

Gongsun Ce looked shocked, turned his head to look at Zhan Zhao, and lost his voice, "It's her!"

Zhan Zhao also had an excited expression on his face, and asked Xia Chan, "Is your little lady Pan Pan?"

Jiang Ping said pleasantly: "If this silk scarf is given by Xiao Pan, there must be a lot of things inside!"

Ai Hu murmured: "Sister..."

Zhihua remained silent, and glanced at Ding Zhaohui worriedly.

Ding Zhaohui crossed his arms and bowed his head, wondering what he was thinking.

Xia Chan replied blankly: "I don't know what the little lady was called before, but I only know that she is called Yuan Cuixiao now."

Zhan Zhao hurriedly asked, "Are her eyes okay?"

Xia Chan nodded: "Okay."

Zhan Zhao showed a look of relief: "It's all good."

The name "Pan Pan" hit Ding Zhaohui's heart hard like a whip, the pain made him suffocate, and the vague figure in his mind seemed to be gradually becoming clearer, approaching him step by step .

"I remember!" Gongsun Ce clapped his hands suddenly, and said in a hurry, "I have read an ancient book before that it was recorded that swallow grass juice was mixed with black-bone chicken blood and used for writing, which has the effect of disappearing. Only Hot tea can make it develop!"

Zhihua beamed with joy: "Quick! Quick! Where's the tea?"

Ai Hu hastily picked up a cup from the table.

Jiang Ping touched it and shouted, "It's cold!"

"I'll make it again!" Gongsun Ce stuffed the silk scarf into Jiang Ping's arms, turned around quickly, and ran towards the back hall.

Zhan Zhao quickly followed and said, "Sir! I'm with you."

After a while, the two returned with teacups and copper basins.

Everyone gathered around, Jiang Ping put the silk scarf into the bottom of the basin, Gongsun Ce lifted the pot, and slowly poured the tea.The water flowed like a brook, and under the hot air, ink-colored imprints gradually appeared on the silk scarf.

Jiang Ping picked up the silk scarf, controlled the moisture, and gently shook it off. A detailed diagram of the organization array was completely presented in front of everyone.

Gongsun Ce stroked his beard and nodded: "It's done!"

Ai Hushui cried again: "Uncle Wu, you can go there two days later, it will be fine!"

When everyone heard this, they were all very sad.

Gongsun Ce turned to Xia Chan who was at the side, and said softly, "Xia Chan, you have contributed a lot to sending pictures, what are your plans for the future?"

Xia Chan stooped to answer: "Ministers don't dare to take credit. When I left the mansion, the young lady returned the deed to me, and asked me to obey the adults' arrangements."

Gongsun Ce approached her and said, "Since that's the case, I will adopt you as a righteous daughter. After the chaos in Xiangzhou has been settled, come back to Beijing with me. Are you willing?"

Shocked and delighted, Xia Chan quickly knelt down on the ground: "Father-in-law, please accept my daughter's three respects."

After Gongsun Ce received the ceremony, he led her to meet the uncle present, and then took her to the backyard to resettle him.

There are also five people in the hall: Yu Zhihua, Jiang Ping, Zhan Zhao, Ding Zhaohui, and Ai Hu's uncle and nephew.

Ding Zhaohui's eyes were as sharp as a sword, he looked at Zhihua closely and said, "Brother, did you already know that Pan Pan and Yuan Cuixiao are the same person?"

Zhihua raised his eyes, met his eyes, and smiled wryly: "Second brother, I only recognized her on the day I was in prison."

Ding Zhaohui snorted and said, "Brother has kept it from me so hard!" After saying that, he turned around and strode towards the door.

Zhihua asked anxiously, "Where are you going?"

Ding Zhaohui replied without looking back: "I want to take her away!"

Ai Hu caught up and said: "Second brother Ding, I will go with you to find my sister!"