[mouse cat] Shiyi

After leaving a note, he turned and walked out.

On the back hill of the imperial palace, under the altar of offering sacrifices to ancestors, a mighty team lined up neatly.Zhao Zhen stood on the altar, bowed his head reverently and offered incense, and the officials below followed suit.As the breeze blew, the scent of chrysanthemums and light smoke dispersed, adding a bit of peace to the solemn atmosphere for no reason.

Zhan Zhao stood beside Bao Zheng, treating him solemnly.When the sacrificial ceremony was over, the other officials had already left. Bao Zheng was detained by the eunuch who came to pass on the message, and then he took Zhan Zhao along and turned into a small road halfway to a gazebo in the back mountain.Zhan Zhao was worried about whether it was a trap at first, but when he saw Zhao Zhen standing in the hall, he was relieved. After escorting Bao Zheng to the pavilion, he was about to turn around and leave when Zhao Zhen stopped him.

"Guard Zhan." Zhao Zhen's face was hidden in the shadows, and he couldn't see his expression clearly, "It's okay, just listen to it, maybe I will work hard on you in the future."

Zhan Zhao was puzzled. Seeing Bao Zheng's hands clenched behind his back suddenly, his heart skipped a beat. He wondered if some serious case happened somewhere. The adults seemed to know about it, but they were not willing to handle it by themselves?

"...Your Majesty, is it true? Is there any clue about that matter?" Bao Zheng felt that his throat was a little dry, and asked in a low voice after a while.

Zhao Zhen nodded and sighed: "The emperor's health is not very good... I can't attend the state banquet, and I can't help but miss the important event of worshiping the ancestors... The person sent to give gifts last time was sent back by the emperor before he came to the door. Bao Qing, tell me, should I send someone to visit the emperor sometime?"

"The emperor is holy." Bao Zheng bowed his head and cupped his hands and said, "It's just that I think that this matter should not be rushed to avoid condemnation; nor should it be too publicized, so as not to be disturbed by people who follow suit."

Zhao Zhen was noncommittal, and just said indifferently: "It happened that the autumn test ended a while ago, Bao Qing, please help to see if there are any young people with potential."

"Yes." Bao Zheng knew that the emperor had agreed to come down, and was going to find someone who was not too conspicuous to test the water first.Immediately afterwards, Zhao Zhen said again: "It is inevitable that there will be blind villains doing some small tricks in the dark, not wanting me to show my filial piety... to show up as guards."

Zhan Zhao bowed his head and obeyed: "The minister is here."

"At that time, I will trouble you to follow in the dark to protect the safety of Mr. Traveling."

"The minister takes orders."

After the confession, Zhao Zhen waved them away first, and stood in the pavilion silently for a long time, until the eunuch Chen Lin stepped forward to put on a fox fur coat for him, then he murmured: "Imperial power... For such a tiring thing..."

Chen Lin remained silent, and stayed behind Zhao Zhen respectfully. He knew that he couldn't get in the way, and just listened.

Zhan Zhao followed Bao Zheng back to the mansion, thinking about what was going on all the way that made adults and the emperor so shy, and had to solve it.When Bao Zheng went down the mountain, he only said to him, "Talk in detail after returning to the mansion" and stopped talking. The silence on the way home was stifling.

After finally returning to the mansion, Zhan Zhao and Bao Zheng called Gongsun Ce into the study before he had time to find Bai Yutang.

Zhan Zhao closed the door, Gongsun Ce handed a cup of tea to Bao Zheng who was frowning tightly.Bao Zheng took a sip, put down the teacup and sighed deeply: "Hey, sit down, I'll tell you slowly."

Zhan Zhao and Gongsun Ce looked at each other, and immediately felt the seriousness of the situation.Bao Zheng slowed down, said "imperial power", and then revealed the undercurrent hidden behind the peace:

King Zhao Jue of Xiangyang, the emperor's uncle of the current emperor Zhao Zhen and the brother of the late emperor, invited him to go to Xiangyang to stay away from the imperial city in his early years. After so many years, he would not come to Kaifeng every major festival, but he would send people to give gifts, and neither would Zhao Zhen. Regardless of the emperor's uncle's affairs, it is safe to get along with each other.But in recent years, Zhao Jue's behavior has become less respectful, not to mention the reduced gifts, every time he should attend the occasion, he said he was sick, just like a weak prince who is dying.However, a hidden stake investigation revealed that Zhao Jue was acting in a low-key manner on his own territory, not only recruiting strange people with lofty ideals, but also seems to be building construction recently. I don't know what he is doing, but he may have a heart of disobedience.The last time the emperor sent someone to give gifts was a little alarming, but this time he decided to "visit the sick" openly. Bao Zheng was responsible for selecting the "clearly observant" person, and Zhan Zhao was responsible for escorting the "secret visit" to get to know Zhao Jue's background.

Zhan Zhaogong and Sun Ce were silent, they both understood what this matter meant.This task cannot be shirked, let alone shirked.

The three stayed in the study for an hour, and no one knew what they discussed.It was already noon when Zhan Zhao went out, thinking of what Mr. Gongsun said when he just came out, Bai Yutang hadn't come back after leaving the mansion earlier, so he still planned to look for him.He went back to his room and changed his official uniform and put on a blue shirt. When he saw the note Bai Yutang left on the table, he smiled slightly, raised his sword and went out to look for him.

Jiangning Distillery is not well-known among the large and small wineries in Kaifeng Prefecture, not only because of the remote location, but also because the boss is very capricious, saying that when the door is closed, it will be closed, and if it is open, it will be open. The waiter of the wine is in the store, but the boss is still missing.The guests who came to drink could not wait patiently for him to open the door. When they saw the door closed, they changed places, so not many people have had a drink inside so far, let alone met the boss.

But at the same time, Jiangning Winery is very famous among those who have drunk it. There is no other reason. Only they know how mellow and intoxicating the wine here is, so even if they know that the chance is very small, they will wander into the alley when passing by. Circle to see if the door is open.

Unexpectedly, these drinkers received a surprise today.When a few people came in to see, they found that the winery was not only open, but the waiter said that the boss had also returned. They were overjoyed—after waiting for so long, they could drink and meet the true face of the mysterious boss. How could it not make people happy?So he spread the word, and when Zhan Zhao stepped into Jiangning Winery, he unexpectedly found that this little-known winery was quite lively.

A drinker greeted Zhan Zhao: "Oh, Mr. Zhan, are you here to drink too?"

Zhan Zhao smiled and shook his head: "No, Zhan is here to find someone."

"Hey, long time no see, Mr. Zhan... Cough Mr. Zhan." A voice came from behind the counter. Zhan Zhao didn't seem to hear the first half of the sentence he swallowed, and greeted with a smile: "Long time no see, fourth brother, what's wrong?" Come to Kaifeng when you are free, and still work as the bookkeeper in this winery?"

Standing behind the counter and waving a goose feather fan even though it is late autumn, isn't it Jiang Ping, the fourth head of the empty island?He shook his head while stroking his mustache, and smiled inexplicably: "Hey, I accompanied the owner of this wine shop to do business, by the way...see how you and fifth brother are doing."

Zhan Zhao didn't understand what he was laughing at, looked around but didn't find Bai Yutang's figure, so he said, "Fourth Brother, Yutang asked me to come over..."

"Ah." Jiang Ping seemed to remember it after he mentioned it. He covered his mouth with a goose feather fan and said, "The fifth brother and the proprietress are in the backyard." He pointed to the door behind the curtain, "But I I think Fifth Brother probably doesn't want you to go there now."

Noticing that Jiang Ping emphasized the pronunciation of "Madam Boss" intentionally or unintentionally, Zhan Zhao couldn't help giving him a funny look, and walked straight to the backyard.He certainly believed in Bai Yutang, and he also believed in the blessings of the brothers and sisters in the empty island. Fourth brother Jiang can only say this now to satisfy his own bad taste and want to see a joke. How can he make his wish come true~

Zhan Zhao had already opened the door curtain while turning his eyes, thinking about how to repay the "kindness" of the fourth brother, and then saw the scene in the yard:

An old woman with silver hair and frosty white was sitting on a stone bench, pulling the ear of the white-clothed knight standing beside him and whispering in his ear unceremoniously: "Bai boy, you have grown up! Tell me yourself!" How long has it been since you came to see my old man? You don’t even come back for the Double Ninth Festival, so I have to come to you by myself, right? Look at how other people’s younger generations are filial. Why don’t you learn? Learn something messy Stuff, my old man finally came to see you and you just gave me such a big news, didn't you say something like 'I am the only one in the world'? Why didn't you tease the little girl and provoke the Lord Zhan instead?!"

Bai Yutang bent over in pain and covered his ears: "Alas, godmother! Take it easy!"

Zhan Zhao stopped at the door, thinking that what the fourth brother said was right, it seemed that he really came in at the wrong time...

Just as he was hesitating whether to leave or remind someone to come in, Bai Yutang had already spotted him and was startled: "Oh? Cat, cat?! Why are you here? The godmother let go."

Jiang Ning turned around and saw Zhan Zhao, but he didn't let go. Zhan Zhao saw the normally majestic Fifth Master Bai crouching under the old woman's hand with a distorted expression, not daring to speak out. No guarantee, but no one will believe it.Looking at Jiang Ning again, although he has white hair and wrinkles on his face, he is hale and hearty. From his current appearance, he can see the brilliance of his youth, and he must be a famous chivalrous woman.Thinking in his heart, knowing that the other party is Bai Yutang's godmother, Zhan Zhao bowed obediently, opened his mouth but didn't know what to shout, and finally shouted with a heat in his head, "Hello, mother-in-law."

Jiang Ning was also looking at Zhan Zhao at first, and nodded in secret. Looking at his appearance, he knew that he was a good boy. Why was he deceived by Boy Bai... Then he couldn't hold back his face and smiled when he heard Zhan Zhao's words: "Oh! , so polite, good boy, good boy, much more sensible than that brat in my family."

"Mother—" Bai Yutang yelled sadly, but he was still a little happy in his heart. Hearing what Mother said, it seemed that he didn't mind the matter between himself and Zhan Zhao.

Jiang Ning gave him a blank look: "Why? I'm not sensible, so why don't you let my mother tell you?" She stepped forward and took Zhan Zhao's hand to guide him to the stone table and sit down