Gongsun Ce and Bao Zheng

"A Ce, I never regret it." Just as he was about to step into the palace, Bao Zheng suddenly said in a low voice.

Gongsun Ce looked up at Bao Zheng and smiled slightly, "Bao Zheng, I am the same."

When he got the Huanglong silk and satin from the former Concubine Li of Liuzi Noodle Shop, he never thought of retreating, and Bao Zheng was the same.

When Gongsun Ce and Bao Zheng were about to step into the palace, Pang Tong, who had been standing silently by the side, suddenly stood in front of them, "Bao Zheng, call it a day."

Pang Tong suddenly stood in front of them, which surprised both Gongsun Ce and Bao Zheng.

"The next thing... has nothing to do with you." Pang Tong looked at Bao Zheng and said. Pang Tong's black tights were stained with a lot of blood, and there were some blood stains on his face, but his expression was lazy. Sternly, "You can't intervene, and you can't control so much."

"General Pang is wrong." Bao Zheng cupped his hands and said with a calm expression, "General Pang, my subordinates and Gongsun Ce dare not say too much about royal affairs."

"In that case, let's go." Pang Tong narrowed his eyes at Bao Zheng, with a warning in his tone, "The farther you go, the better!"

Gongsun Ce raised his eyes and looked at Pang Tong. Pang Tong, who had repeatedly opposed the Kaifeng Mansion in his previous life, is now persuading them to leave?

"General Pang, Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce will leave, but it must... be before the case of Kou Zhu's murder is found out!" Bao Zheng said solemnly, cupping his hands.

Pang Tongtong was taken aback, "The case of Kou Zhu?"

"General Pang, don't forget that in this case, a maid died. This maid is the origin of everything." Bao Zheng cupped his hands and said calmly, "The case is still unclear. We will investigate the case according to the order of the Holy One. leave?"

Pang Tong took a deep look at Bao Zheng, and then slowly stepped aside.

When Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce stepped into the palace, they whispered, "No wonder Eighth Uncle and my father appreciate you so much... Hehe, Bao Zheng, Bao Zheng, you really lived up to Eighth Uncle's expectations. "

Bao Zheng didn't answer, but just pulled Gongsun Ce, and the two finally walked in.

*****

In the mansion of the Eighth Sage King, the Eighth Sage King stared closely at the sleeping Pang Ji who was lying on the couch with a pale and abnormally red face. The poisonous arrow on his right shoulder had been pulled out, and the poison was fortunately released in time. clean up.

——However, if Master Lingji from Lingguang Temple were not present in the residence, the situation would not be what it is now.

The Baxian King turned his eyes to Master Lingji who was sitting beside the couch and felt his pulse, and bowed deeply, "Thank you, Master Defang, for saving your life."

"The lord was joking, the poor monk saved the life of the grand master, not the life of the lord." Master Lingji looked sideways at the eight sage kings, and said with a smile.

"If it wasn't for the master's help, the grand master would have an emergency. The situation in the Song Dynasty would definitely change. At that time, the court would be in turmoil and the borders would be unstable. It would be the people of the Song Dynasty who would suffer. Defang's worship is also for the people of the Song Dynasty to thank Master for his help. Grace for saving lives!"

Master Lingji looked at the Eight Sage Kings, and sighed softly, "The Eight Sage Kings of Humanity are virtuous kings, King Ren, when I saw you today, your lord is really benevolent and benevolent, but, lord, you only see the outside, but never Overcome yourself. My lord, Grand Master Pang is in trouble, the court situation in the world is in turmoil, but what if you are in trouble? Wouldn’t the court situation be turbulent?"

The Eighth Sage King was taken aback for a moment, then smiled, his expression soft and calm, "Defang will take care of herself."

Master Lingji looked deeply at the Eight Sage Kings, and sighed, "My lord, in this world, there is a way of heaven. Under the laws, no one can change it. If there are troubled times, there will be heroes born. A king, a minister capable of ruling the world... The prince owes nothing to anyone, and all this self-suffering is for that? Prince, time is not forgiving."

The Eighth Sage King just smiled lightly and didn't answer.

At this time, a person hurried in and bowed on his knees, "My lord, all the rebels who attacked the palace have been captured, and His Majesty is summoning the leaders of the rebels in the palace!"

The Eight Sage King turned around and asked sharply, "What about Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce?"

"I don't know at the moment, it seems to be still in the palace!"

The Eighth Sage King frowned, glanced at Pang Ji who was still in a coma, and said to Master Lingji, "If the grand master wakes up later, please tell him that I will deal with the affairs, and please don't worry about the rest." Talk too much!"

Master Lingji nodded slowly.

The Eighth Sage King approached the bed again, staring at Pang Ji who was still in a coma, he slowly raised his hand, and before he knew it, Pang Ji's black hair already had white hair... Are they all old? ?

He wanted to raise his hand to touch, but he slowly withdrew his hand in mid-air, turned around abruptly, and strode away.

The Eight Sage Kings who turned around and strode away did not know that when he turned around, Grand Master Pang Ji, who was lying on the couch and fell asleep, moved his fingers slightly.

*****

At this time, above the main hall, Bao Zheng cupped his hands in salute, and raised his eyes to look directly at the young emperor who was at the top.

Although the emperor is young, his scheming in the city is unexpected.

"Bao Zheng, what's the matter with you coming to see me?" Zhao Zhen, who was at the top, glanced at Zhao Hui, who had a face similar to his, with his neck held high, and his eyes slowly moved to Bao Zheng.

"The emperor ordered my ministers to thoroughly investigate the case of the court lady Kou Zhu being killed. Now that the case has been verified, the ministers are going back and forth to report to the holy order."

Zhao Zhen frowned, and glanced at the people in the hall at the moment, Prime Minister Wang, Zhao Hui, King Ning... Zhao Zhen said, "I will report this matter to you tomorrow. Bao Zheng, you have worked hard these few days, go back Have a good rest."

"My Majesty, the murder of the court lady Kou Zhu has something to do with the people standing here at the moment. The murderer is among these people. I think this matter must be reported to the Emperor today!" Bao Zheng said in a deep voice, cupping his hands.

Zhao Zhen frowned, looked at Bao Zheng, and was about to speak when a voice came from the door of the hall, "Bao Zheng's words are right! Since the murder case has been verified and it is related to today's matter, it should be dealt with today. "

Gongsun Ce turned around and saw the Eight Sage Kings striding forward, covered with dust and dust, and there was a lot of blood on the light yellow official robe he was wearing.

As soon as Zhao Zhen saw it, he hurriedly walked down the golden steps, quickly walked towards the Baxian King, looked him up and down nervously, and asked worriedly, "Uncle Ba, have you ever been injured? Doctor Xuan is here..."

"No need." The Eight Wise King raised his hand to stop it with a serious face, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, you don't have to worry about this humble minister, the blood on this body...is not from the humble minister, but from the Grand Master."

As soon as the Baxian King said this, Zhao Zhen was stunned. Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce looked at each other, and they both saw the astonishment in each other's eyes. Prime Minister Wang even lost his voice, "What! -"

But Zhao Hui, who was bound, laughed loudly, with madness and joy in his voice, "Is the old thief Pang Ji dead?! Hahaha! Great! Great! That old thief is finally dead! !"

"Shut up!" Zhao Zhen turned around suddenly and shouted sharply.

Zhao Hui looked at Zhao Zhen and smiled maliciously, "What? Zhao Zhen, you are sad! That old thief from Pang Ji controls the government and uses his hegemony without authorization. Don't you want him to die? Now that he is dead, shouldn't you are you happy?"

Zhao Zhen's eyes were cold and stern, he stared straight at Zhao Hui, but the hands in his sleeves were tightly clenched.

"I'm afraid... I'm going to disappoint you." The Eighth Wise King suddenly said slowly, "To save me, the grand master was hit by a poisoned arrow, but luckily the injury was not serious, and Master Lingji happened to be living in the house, he is a master of Xinglin. Take a good rest for a few days, and the Grand Master will recover." After finishing speaking, the Eighth Sage King gave Zhao Hui a gentle smile, "I'm really sorry for disappointing Your Excellency."

Gongsun Ce on the side was stunned when he heard Master Lingji, his master... came to treat Grand Master Pang?Didn't the master never step into the secular world?

When Zhao Hui heard that Grand Master Pang was alive, he opened his mouth wide, as if shocked and angry, his face was contorted, and he was about to rush towards the Eight Sage Kings, but the moment he moved, someone moved faster He flashed and stood in front of the Eight Sage Kings. Gongsun Ce looked intently, but it was Pang Tong!He raised his foot and kicked Zhao Hui hard, kicking Zhao Hui to the ground. Zhao Hui curled up and coughed up a mouthful of blood heavily.

Bao Zheng raised his eyebrows, and looked at Pang Tong. Pang Tong was standing outside before, and he made it clear that he didn't want to know about the affairs of the royal family, but now he ran in?also good.

"Ahem...Tong'er, don't kick people to death." A weak voice sounded, majesty and indifference in the voice.

As soon as the Eighth Sage King heard the voice, he immediately turned around to see that Grand Master Pang Ji was walking in with the support of his youngest son Pang Yu.

"You, Grand Master, what are you doing here!" Ba Xian Wang just wanted to shout out, but suddenly realized that the place he was in was not suitable, so he called out the word "Tai Shi" abruptly, with a voice full of Concealed anger and concern, his expression also stiffened.

Pang Ji looked up at the Eight Sage Kings, nodded slightly, then looked at Zhao Zhen who was standing stiffly, bowed respectfully and cupped his hands, "The sinner Pang Ji pays homage to His Majesty, long live long live Your Majesty. Your Majesty reported that the court lady Kou Zhu was killed, and that this matter was related to the criminal minister, so the criminal minister boldly came here."

Zhao Zhen looked at the pale Pang Ji, his eyes seemed to be reddish. After watching for a long time, he seemed to have made up his mind, and his voice trembled, "The Grand Master is injured, so there is no need to be polite." After finishing speaking, Zhao Zhen turned his head Looking at Bao Zheng, he said in a deep voice, "Bao Zheng, since you said that Kou Zhu's matter must be reported today, then you can say it."

Bao Zheng clasped his hands and replied in a deep voice, "Yes."

After the eight virtuous kings, Grand Master Pang, and Prime Minister Wang were seated, Pang Tong and Pang Yu stood behind Grand Master Pang, Zhao Zhen returned to the first dragon seat, and Bao Zheng looked at Zhao Hui who was kneeling and cowering. No mercy, but this is what this person deserves.

"...the court lady Kou Zhu, there are four murderers! This traitor Zhao Hui is one of them!" Bao Zheng spoke slowly, his voice was deep and powerful.

Zhao Hui sneered, the corners of his mouth were still bloody, but the smile on his face was still distorted, "I have never met Kou Zhu before, this is the first time I have come to this palace, you say I harmed her? Evidence What about it? Bao Zheng, I think you are out of your mind?"

"You don't know Kou Zhu? You're wrong! Twenty-five years ago, when you were born, Kou Zhu hugged you, and she personally sent you to Concubine Lin's relatives!"

Zhao Hui's expression changed, and his voice suddenly became sharp, "What did you say!"

Bao Zheng ignored Zhao Hui, bowed his hands to Zhao Zhen, who was at the top of the list, and his expression became indifferent. He lowered his eyes and continued to say in a low voice, "The matter... should start from the appointment of the crown prince appointed by the previous emperor 25 years ago. At that time, in the harem, Concubine Li and Concubine Liu, who were favored by the first emperor, were pregnant at the same time. The first emperor issued a decree, and the prince who was born first was registered as the crown prince. Afterwards, Concubine Li gave birth first, The one who gave birth was a civet cat. The first emperor was furious, so he imprisoned Concubine Li in Qianbo Palace, and then Concubine Liu gave birth, and gave birth to a son, who will be the Holy One."

"Does this... have anything to do with what's going on now?" Zhao Zhen, who was on the throne, asked indifferently.

"Of course it has something to do with it!" Bao Zheng was categorical, looking up at Zhao Zhen, "Because the child born to Concubine Liu was congenitally deficient and became seriously ill within a day of birth! In order to continue on the road to glory, Concubine Liu had no choice but to change son! And what she exchanged was Concubine Lin's son!"

Zhao Zhen closed his eyes slightly, and the Eight Sage Kings on the side also turned their heads, but couldn't help but clenched their hands tightly.

"Although Concubine Lin is not from a wealthy family, she is also a concubine with status and background, but in the harem, she is too arrogant and domineering. Later, she was thrown into the cold palace because of her disrespect in front of the palace. No one expected that It turned out that Concubine Lin was pregnant with a dragon species when she entered the Leng Palace. The life in Leng Palace was miserable. Thanks to Concubine Li's constant care, Kou Zhu also followed Concubine Li to see Concubine Lin from time to time. After that, Concubine Li gave birth first. Then came Concubine Lin, but Concubine Lin was weak after giving birth to the child, and Concubine Lin died of illness before the child was full moon. Concubine Liu gave birth to a child who died. Kou Zhu was about to take the child out of the palace at that time, but she didn't want Concubine Liu to send someone to snatch the child. How could Kou Zhu, a low-level court lady, resist the authority of Concubine Liu at that time? Concubine Concubine's child came into Concubine Liu's hands, and Concubine Liu's child was also sent out of the palace by Kou Zhu. At that time, Concubine Liu thought that the child was in danger and must live soon, but she didn't want to. Where did you find out about Concubine Lin, and took the child away from Kou Zhu..."

Having said this, Bao Zheng paused.

"Bao Zheng, what you said is unimaginable and does not match the facts." Prime Minister Wang glanced at the silent Baxian King and Grand Master Pang, and said in a deep voice, "If Concubine Lin is pregnant with a dragon child, even in the cold palace , the royal family’s clan also had records, but at that time, neither the court nor the harem had heard about Concubine Lin.”

"The royal family does have this rule, but what if someone deliberately conceals it?" Bao Zheng said slowly, and raised his eyes to look at the indifferent Grand Master Pang. Where are the two dragon sons?"

Prime Minister Wang was taken aback.

Zhao Hui, who was kneeling on the ground, widened his eyes and looked at Grand Master Pang viciously.

"Bao Zheng, what you said doesn't seem to have anything to do with today's events, right?" Grand Master Pang said slowly, with a calm expression, "But what you said makes sense."

Bao Zheng bowed his hands to Grand Master Pang, and said calmly, "Yesterday's cause is today's fruit. Kou Zhu sent Concubine Liu's son out of the palace, and he is today's Zhao Hui! When Kou Zhu knew that the person in Qinghe County who looked similar to the current Shengshang was very likely to be the son of Concubine Liu, Kou Zhu knew that the time had come!"

"When is the timing?" Grand Master Pang seemed very interested and asked each sentence.

"The opportunity to uncover the case of the civet cat being exchanged for the crown prince and the case of Concubine Lin giving birth in the cold palace!" Bao Zheng replied in a deep voice.