The Rat and the Cat

Yu Xiao's gentle face and frank speech easily made them relax their vigilance, who knew he had hidden evil intentions.But he does look similar to his second sister-in-law Yu Yuan, and the tattoos can't be faked, but I don't know if Zhao Li deliberately arranged him, or there are other reasons.As for Zhao Li, he didn't expect that he not only helped his father to support the dead, but also set up an ambush to kill his friends who had known him for many years.Zhan Zhao read the pain of being betrayed in Bai Yutang's eyes, and couldn't help but feel a twinge in his heart. He wanted to comfort him but didn't know what to say.

"This is not an easy matter. King Yong is probably planning something." Zhan Zhao said in a low voice, "Don't worry, Pan, let's find a place to take it slow...uh..."

Suddenly a sharp pain exploded from his lower abdomen, shaking his viscera into unbearable pain as if they were out of place.Zhan Zhao couldn't help letting out a cry of pain, he clenched Ju Que tightly with one hand until his knuckles turned white, and tightly covered his abdomen that had just been slapped with the other.

"Mao'er, how are you? Is it Yu Xiao's palm?" Bai Yutang hurriedly put his arms around his waist to support his unsteady body, and Yin Hong and Pan'er also surrounded him in panic.

Zhan Zhao panted heavily and wanted to answer him, but his breath was already scattered, and he could only suppress his urges but was speechless.The heart-piercing pain spread between his chest and abdomen, he almost felt his internal organs convulsing violently, and in an instant the pain made his vision go dark.The thought of rejoicing while half awake and half awake turned to his mind: Yu Xiao originally went after Bai Yutang, but fortunately he was not the one who was recruited at that time.

Safety is uncertain now, and the next step needs to be agreed.Zhan Zhao let go of the hand covering his abdomen and tightly grasped Bai Yutang's arm, trying to straighten his body, but felt a sweetness in his throat with a sharp pain in his abdomen, and coughed and vomited a mouthful of blood on Bai Yutang's mouth. shoulders.The white clothes were stained with blood, and he subconsciously raised his hand to wipe it off, but he lost his strength and his body went limp, and he fell into an arm and lost consciousness.

When Zhan Zhao woke up, he felt that a hand was wiping the cold sweat on his forehead with a handkerchief, and the movement was very gentle, so he felt ashamed and didn't want to open his eyes.

But the person next to the bed seemed to have noticed the trembling of his eyelashes, and called out while pushing his arm, "Cat, are you awake? Are you feeling better?" The voice was familiar, but the movements were still so gentle that it made people uncomfortable.

He had no choice but to slowly open his eyes, and found that the flickering of the candles was about nightfall, and he was in a strange room. The two people in front of the bed were one expected and the other unexpected.

The expected one was Bai Yutang whose face turned pale with worry, and the unexpected one was Bao Zheng whose face was so black that he almost melted into the night.

Zhan Zhao felt his limbs go limp, but his tendons were unblocked, and there was only a faint tingling pain in his chest and abdomen.He coughed out the blood froth in his throat, grabbed Bai Yutang's hand that was about to wipe the corner of his mouth, and pulled him closer to him with a slight frown.Bai Yutang hurriedly leaned over, and heard him say in a somewhat hoarse voice: "It's dirty... Hurry up and change your clothes."

It was only then that Bai Yutang noticed that there were bloodstains coughed up by Zhan Zhao on his chest and shoulders. It was so bright and dazzling on his white clothes, he couldn't help throwing the handkerchief into the basin on the table, thinking about the cat's concern Worse than vomiting blood.But he couldn't have the same knowledge as the wounded, so he took the initiative to report without waiting for Zhan Zhao to ask questions: "Fortunately, Pan'er, she recognizes that you are the secret skill that Yu Xiao secretly practiced back then, the poison evil skill."

Poison evil skill, isn't this the housekeeping skill of the husband and wife back then, the devil Shuangsha?

Pan'er had said long ago that her adoptive father, Dongfang Ji, had secretly practiced a very powerful secret skill, and it was precisely because Yu Xiao encouraged her to copy the scriptures and learn together secretly that she was locked up and was released by her to escape.Could it be that this secret skill is the Poison Sha skill? How could the martial arts of Shuang Sha appear on Liufeng Island and be owned by Dongfang Ji?

It is said that there is nothing to be seen on the outside after being poisoned, but the internal organs will turn into pus and blood. Those who cannot bear the pain will die of severe pain, and those who can't bear the pain will vomit blood and die.Back then, Shuangsha used this kung fu to cause disaster to the world, from high-ranking officials and clans down to traffickers and pawns, countless people died in pain and misery at his hands.More than ten years ago, he and his wife were captured alive by Mr. Pingshui, and then handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for public execution. Only then did the panic-stricken nightmare end.

No wonder Pan'er never used the secret skill she secretly learned when she was young, and she never mentioned its name. Probably because she thought it was too vicious, and because she learned of its notoriety after leaving Liufeng Island, she didn't want to use it. Get burned.Who knows that she is kind and doesn't need it, but her senior brother Yu Xiao doesn't hesitate to use it.

"Do you still remember that Pan'er is invulnerable to all poisons? Not only that, but her blood can also resist poison. Coincidentally, we happened to meet the imperial envoy returning to Beijing, and Mr. Gongsun gave you medicine to use Pan'er's blood. As a guide, the poison was really cured. Fortunately, the poison comes and goes quickly. After taking the medicine, you don’t vomit blood, and the pulse condition quickly stabilizes. It’s also fortunate that your internal strength is mellow and the poison is slow, Gongsun Mr. said that your internal injury is not deep and should be fine, how do you feel now? Is there any pain?" Bai Yutang said in a row.Previously, the government of Xiongzhou was messed up by Fu Hua, and Wuyousan was also quite difficult to pay, so Bao Zheng and the others stayed in Xiongzhou for a long time, and they have not returned until now.

"Uh, it's pretty good." Zhan Zhao rarely heard him speak so quickly, and he even praised himself incidentally, thinking it was very novel. "Where are we?"

"Kaifeng Fufuya. This house is not bad. If Shaoxia Zhan is willing to follow me, this house will belong to you in the future." Bao Zheng replied briskly, wearing a full set of dark purple official robes. Dai, it seems that he has not been replaced after returning to the palace, "Fifth Bai, can you mention me a little bit? Who is worried that the White House is not safe and invites you to stay here temporarily? If there is no imperial guard escort, the follower The dark guards have already made a move, okay?"

"I'm so grateful that I will never repay you," Bai Yutang said through gritted teeth, "But if Zhan Zhao hadn't been injured, I wouldn't have brought him here. It's just a temporary stay, don't keep thinking about abducting him, thank you."

"Yutang be cautious. Thank you sir and sir for your righteous rescue. You have caused trouble to your lord. Zhan will definitely repay you if you have the opportunity." Zhan Zhao couldn't help being moved when he learned that Bao Zheng took such a step to protect and even annoy King Yong.He sat up and wanted to salute, but Bao Zheng quickly stopped him and said, "I would also like to thank you two for bringing the suspicion that King Yong was raising dead soldiers. It just so happened that I went to the palace to report to the saint about Xiongzhou, and I have already reported the matter to you." Let’s tell the Holy One together.”

"Did the government send people to clean it up?" Zhan Zhao asked hastily, "The homeless people who were victims of the disaster have never done evil things, and they are not worthy of death."

"I have made this clear, and I would like to ask the holy majesty to find out the truth and punish the culprit and dismiss the innocent. The holy majesty praised it, but he also said that it is better to send people to watch now, and not to act rashly." Bao Zheng walked around the room with his hands behind his back Strolling around, looking worried, "Didn't you see the way the Holy Majesty sighed and shook his head at that time, what did he say?" Bao Qing, this kind of village may not be the only one in Hatoyama, nor the fourth brother. Lord, I just don't want to puncture the window paper.'"

"The officials are saying that King Yong is not the only one who is shady and nurturing the dead, and he knows it and dare not make a move?" Bai Yutang folded his arms and said coldly, feeling that he was being chased and killed for a matter that the bitter master didn't even bother to deal with. He was so wronged, "After sitting on the dragon chair for so many years, why is it getting more and more unstable?"

"Speak carefully, Fifth Master Bai! The emperor has not been easy these years, not to mention that his health is indeed deteriorating." Bao Zheng flicked the sleeves of his robe and said anxiously, "Oh, you don't understand these things after talking about them."

"The twists and turns of the royal family, you don't even bother to understand the fifth master." Bai Yutang disagreed.

Zhan Zhao didn't want to ask any more questions, at least the news had already been delivered, and the Lord had to worry about how to deal with it, so that the country would not be disturbed by such a small number of people.He scanned the room and found two people missing, so he asked, "Where are Xiao Wu and Pan'er?"

"Xiao Wu is comforting her. Pan'er received a serious blow this time...it should be said to be very serious." Bai Yutang's complexion sank again, and the joy of Zhan Zhao's awakening just now disappeared. Something. The White Mansion just received a letter from Zakong Island today, and it was sent here when we heard that we entered the Kaifeng government office. The letter said that Liufeng Island was silenced."

Has Liufeng Island been wiped out?This shock was no small matter, the lives of one hundred and eighty people on the island were ruined overnight, and Pan'er was homeless.

"The letter said that the fourth brother likes night fishing recently. When he took the boat out to sea that night, he found that Liufeng Island was on fire and went to rescue him. He found that the entire island had been killed. He caught two sneaky people while putting out the fire. He recognized It belonged to the Zhaixing Pavilion. Considering that Sunken Island and Liufeng Island didn’t have much friendship, they sent it to the government. On the second day, the brothers took people to bury the dead out of morality, and found that the government was collecting the corpse. Send it back to the government office, and put it aside, who knows that after a few days, there is no news of summons and arrest." Bai Yutang didn't want Zhan Zhao to bother reading the letter, so he briefly said, "Later, the second brother When we got home, we mentioned that Dongfang Pan on Liufeng Island had a friendship with us, maybe they would go to Kaifeng to visit Pingshui faction Zhao Yi together, so he sent a letter to Kaifeng's house to try his luck, so that he could tell Pan'er to go back...for the funeral."

"This matter has something to do with Zhaixing Pavilion?" Zhan Zhao asked in surprise.Last time, this sect was involved in the encirclement and suppression of Youyun Sect, and it has become more and more successful in recent years.

"Probably can't get rid of it. Also, I vaguely guessed why Yu Xiao wanted to kill him," Bai Yutang said bitterly, "The fourth brother mentioned that he saw a slender figure driving a car when he was fishing a few months ago. The bamboo raft sailed out from the direction of Liufeng Island, and felt a little strange. At night, the undercurrent was turbulent, and the man was extremely skilled, and he was safe and sound by riding the wind and waves with only one bamboo raft. There is some connection. That person is probably Yu Xiao."

"If Yu Xiao has ghosts in his heart, it's no wonder. In retrospect, he once asked you if you have been back to Xingkong Island recently. Maybe he thought we got the letter to trap him, or he was afraid that we would see him through after we got the letter. Zhan Zhao understood, "Fourth Brother Jiang actually didn't see his face clearly, but he must have recognized the fleet of the Sky Island, and the people who saw the Sky Island must be nervous."

"It's just that the time doesn't seem to be right." Bai Yutang tapped his fingers on the table, "It was a few months ago that the fourth brother saw him. On the night when Liufeng Island was burned, it was impossible for Yu Xiao to be still in Songjiang Mansion unless he could fly." Come to Kaifeng to join the job."

"Could it be that he was responsible for stepping on the spot, leaving Songjiang first but ordering his accomplices to commit murder?" Bao Zheng guessed randomly.

Just as he was guessing, he suddenly saw Gongsun Ce walking in with a lantern in his hand, and said to Bao Zheng with a worried face, "My lord, Prince Yong is here."

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