[Rat cat] The legend of Lou Xiaochong

Bai Yutang stretched out his hand to catch the teacup thrown by Second Brother Han angrily. The second brother used a lot of force, and the small teacup spun a dozen times between his fingers before it stopped. Finally, he didn't spill the vinegar on his sleeve.

"Second brother, don't be angry. It must be because the business of this store is too good. Xiao Er made a mistake in his busy schedule, so he brought a pot of vinegar instead of tea." Pushing away: "Come on! I don't know how smart you are? You can't smell it if it's tea or vinegar? It's fun to bully the second brother when he catches a cold!"

"How dare you, second brother, haven't you heard that drinking vinegar can cure wind and cold?" Bai Yutang rubbed his hands, "Look, the three elder brothers didn't stop me when I was on the island, if second brother refuses to agree now, I will I had no choice but to sneak away—"

Hearing that he turned back to the topic again, Han Zhang lay helplessly on the bed, pulled up the quilt to cover himself, and after a while opened another seam, and threw out a faded purse: "Where there is a shop, there is a manager. , the errand-running 360-line craftsman who sent the letter, all in mind, be careful in everything!"

"Thank you, second brother!" Bai Yutang jumped to catch the purse, and did not forget to poke his head back when he went out, "I'm going to ask Xiao Er to bring tea over again!"

After the fifth brother ran away, Han Zhang lifted the quilt and sat up, looking at the empty room and exhaling: This child has really grown up, looking forward to going out, he doesn't want to stay for a moment!That Zhan Zhao was known as a chivalrous man in his early years, I hope he will not teach his fifth brother badly.

Second brother Han packed his luggage there and prepared to turn back to the empty island.However, in the posthouse, Zhan Zhao had just relaxed and put out the lights and was about to take a rest, when he suddenly felt a movement in his heart, and a black shadow rushed in between the panes, he subconsciously drew his sword——

The black shadow rushed towards him without dodging or dodging, Zhan Zhao hastily turned his sword, and slanted his way to block the person coming, but he heard a chuckle from outside, with a hint of banter, the voice must be Bai Yutang up.

Sure enough, Bai Yutang turned into the room from the door, lit the lamp, and looked at Zhan Zhao proudly: "You caught someone in the corner for you, how can you thank me, Mr. Zhan?"

Listen to the corner?Zhan Zhao frowned, could it be that he has been too tired lately and has lost his vigilance: "Where did you find it?"

"About...about three or five yards away?" Bai Yutang recalled the location, "But I must have come to look for you. There is no one else who knows martial arts here, so there is no need for such a professional manpower—Huh?"

Bai Yutang looked at the man in black whom Zhan Zhao brought up to check in a little surprise, dead?

Zhan Zhao looked up: "It's really professional. It's a pity that this clue was cut off."

"This time, Lord Zhan doesn't suspect that I killed the person?" Bai Yutang was stunned for a moment, leaning against the door with folded hands, and asked Zhan Zhao with raised eyebrows.

"I've never doubted you, it's all because of your own overthinking." Zhan Zhao responded casually, but suddenly felt that he had said a little too much, and hurriedly turned around to get his robe and put it on to change the topic: "This is a strange thing, Zhan Zhao I need to send him to the county magistrate for an examination as soon as possible, if Brother Bai is free, please..."

Bai Yutang secretly disliked him: he just touched a dead person, and he touched his own clothes without washing his hands.Even though he was thinking this way, he smiled: "Fifth Master is very free, just to accompany you to see the night scene, so I have the right to relax."

After tossing, it was half a night.

Bai Yutang felt inconceivable: Zhan Zhao actually thought that this assassin with unknown identity and purpose had nothing to do with his mission. "Hey, no matter which mountain king you want to capture, it's only natural that he sends a nimble little brother to do it for you, right? Why doesn't it matter?"

"Isn't Zhan always going out to get someone...Brother Bai, it's already three o'clock in the middle of the night, don't you want to go back and rest?" Zhan Zhao chased people away helplessly.

"No, that room hasn't been cleaned, it's full of dust." Bai Yutang looked around, the inn was quite simple, and Zhan Zhao's luggage was not enough, just a small bag, probably only a few sets of clothes string of money.

Zhan Zhao frowned: "Zhan will trade with you—"

"Forget it." Bai Yutang shrugged and stopped bullying Zhan Zhao, "Go to bed early, I'll come to you tomorrow morning—we agreed not to sneak away!"

The next day, Zhan Zhao, who tried to get rid of Bai Yutang but failed, was riding on a horse, listening to the sound of the horse's hooves of the fifth master Bai next to him, secretly worried.Bai Yutang also seemed to have something on his mind, and he didn't say a few words along the way. It wasn't until noon, when people ate food and horses, that he leaned over to ask Zhan Zhao, "Have you been so busy all this time?" ? The last case has not been closed yet, so the next case will be dispatched."

Last case closed?Zhan Zhao raised his eyes to look at him, and suddenly smiled: "Zhan's last case was to invite Brother Bai to Kaifeng Mansion for a briefing—as for 'that' case, Mr. Bao promised to take care of it, so Brother Bai doesn't need to worry about it. Make myself unable to eat."

Bai Yutang was not used to such dry and tasteless hard buns, and now he really lost his appetite: "That's it." He broke off a small piece of buns and squeezed them a few times anyway, when he suddenly saw Zhan Zhao in front of him. Chewing slowly over there seemed to be very tasty, so he ate slowly like him, but with a deadpan expression on his face.

After eating the two buns, Bai Yutang took out a handkerchief to wipe his hands, and then took out a stack of papers from his pocket: "Look, Lou Xiaochong is hiding under the saddle."

Zhan Zhao took it over and took a look. They were all blueprints of mechanisms, but he didn't understand this: "I heard that brother Bai's family has a long history, and he is proficient in all kinds of gossip—"

"Don't flatter me, I'm far away." Bai Yutang reached out and took back the pictures, "These pictures are very powerful, and I won't be able to understand them all for a while."

"...Brother Lou may have something unspeakable, do you want you to find him according to the picture?" Zhan Zhao stood up, and smoothed Aima's mane, "Zhan Zhao's going has nothing to do with the Jianghu. But go to that child, just be more careful."

Bai Yutang shrugged his shoulders: "Even if the fifth master has the heart, there is nowhere to find him. I've never heard of any secret tunnel built like this."

Unable to drive him away, unable to shake him off, Zhan Zhao simply took Bai Yutang northward.This journey was an unannounced visit in a micro-service, accompanied by young knights, which actually made him regain some of the taste of the bloody adventures of the past.It's just that the depth of the disaster area is getting deeper and deeper, and there are refugees, abandoned houses, and washed-out fields everywhere, which makes people feel heavier and heavier.

Needless to say now, Bai Yutang also knew what Zhan Zhao was doing here.After a few days, he finally couldn't bear it anymore, and grabbed Zhan Zhao while no one was around: "Hey, isn't this very clear? Your emperor spent so much money and shipped so much food here. The people are still starving! Zhan Zhao, hurry up and arrest all those corrupt officials and take them to the capital to behead them—or just hand them over to me..."

"Nonsense!" Zhan Zhao pulled out his sleeves, "Several states are flooded, is this something that can be solved with a knife?"

Bai Yutang squatted on the ground in frustration, poking the soil with his scabbard: "Then what do you think? Hope those silverfish will find out, or ask the river god to spit out all the food they swallowed?"

"If Mr. Bao comes, there must be a way..." Zhan Zhao looked up at the sky, the weather could be regarded as clear, but there was no wind, and he felt a little bored.

Zhan Zhao was feeling emotional, but he heard Bai Yutang sneer: "You have to take care of everything? Then he won't die from exhaustion."

When he said this, he thought Zhan Zhao would be angry, but Zhan Zhao was just startled when he heard this, and suddenly said after a while: "That's right, they are all important ministers of the emperor, and they always have their own merits—this morning, they were far away by the river. The Lord Wang I saw from afar, Zhanmou thinks he is a calculating person, what does Brother Bai think?"

Lord Wang?Bai Yutang thought about it and shook his head: "I didn't pay attention." When it came to the morning, he could only think of Zhan Zhao helping a trembling old man to hold up the beams, and even splashed mud all over his body.What is he doing by himself?Well, it seems that two rogues took advantage of their strength to snatch other people's orphans and widows, and he caught and taught them a lesson.

midnight.The two of Zhanbai came back from inquiring about "Master Wang"'s residence.

If Bai Yutang hadn't been pulled by Zhan Zhao, he would have jumped out and slaughtered people: "That bastard! The people here even have their houses washed away, and he even set the price of food high! Who can afford it—he even Pulling his goatee and laughing!"

"Brother Bai, calm down!" Zhan Zhao held him tightly, "You came here too late and didn't listen to everything. Mr. Wang is trying to borrow food from a wealthy businessman in a different way!"

It is not easy to recover the previously embezzled rice, grain and silver money, and it has to be heard by the heavens. .And setting high grain prices, attracting grain merchants from all over the world to gather here, and then the grain prices will naturally drop, is also a... desperate solution.

Suddenly Zhan Zhao's eyes lit up: "Xiankong Island seems to have a lot of property..." He regretted it after saying a few words, no matter how big the property is, it was earned by others, and the current transportation of food for thousands of miles is a loss-making business after all. The reason why people lose money.

But Bai Yutang was only stunned for a moment, and he had already figured out the joints - he patted Zhan Zhao's shoulder heavily, and said happily, "I'll write a letter to eldest brother right away! My eldest brother is thinking about how to expand the business in Hebei!"

The days of waiting for a reply are very anxious.It wasn't until Zhan Zhao went around several important towns and was about to return to Beijing that the news of the empty island came back.

Bai Yutang couldn't wait to open the scroll, read it through, and suddenly started giggling, the brother and sister-in-law at home are really interesting, I want to show this to Zhan Zhao——

Except for the matter of transporting grain to Hebei, two lines were written heavily in big Chinese characters at the end of the paper. It was his sister-in-law's handwriting: He was limited to Bai Yutang to return to Xingkong Island for ten days, unless... If so, you can delay as long as you like.

The author has something to say:

This ahem is not a typical case, it’s just that Zhanmao ran for a business trip, and the white mouse followed him by accident ==

In the final analysis, it is to advance the emotional line under the guise of a business trip ==

Here comes the case——